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2011 - LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS WIND UP THURSDAY
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Great Darke County Fair opens today
By Bob Robinson
Photos by Elaine Bailey & Bob Robinson
Preparations for the 155th Darke County Fair began months ago, but
weren’t noticeable until a few days ago. For one photo sent earlier
this week, Elaine Bailey told CNO: “I came from the fairgrounds this
morning and couldn't believe my eyes,” she said. “The chairs were up
and ready on a Tuesday... probably were ready yesterday, even before
the vendors! “Such an interesting tradition... I can't help but wonder
when... Read More. More Community.
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LOSES ITS LUSTER... OR DOES IT?
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Alas? Fair Time Again
By Naiesha Thobe
You'd be hard pressed to find a seventeen year old who's not excited
for the Great Darke County Fair. Granted, I am not that teenager... the
fair loses its luster after so many years, don't you think? I can
remember when I was really young - my dad brought home a life-sized
stuffed tiger through one of the many games. I don't particularly
remember that year at fair, or the game, but I remember the tiger.
Later on, there was a... Read More. More Teen Scribes. |
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DEVASTATING FIRE IN NORTHERN COUNTY
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Darke County Sheriff, WHIO...
Over 1,000 hogs lost in barn fire
DARKE COUNTY – More than 1,000 hogs were lost in a large barn fire on
Brown Road near Hwy. 127, between Ansonia and Versailles early
Wednesday evening. According to a WHIO-TV report, about 100 sows and
1,100 pigs died in the blaze. The report added that damage estimates
could reach $1 million. Rossburg, Ansonia, Versailles, Gettysburg... Read More. More News.
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A WORLD BUILT OF WILD IMAGININGS
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A chapter in my life
By Elizabeth Horner
When you’re nine, you don’t stop to think about how the book you’re
reading could change the entire course of a life. All I knew was that
my best friend, Alison, didn’t believe my claim that I could read a
whole page in “under sixty seconds” and when I told her, “I could too”;
she pulled a thick, colorful tome off a shelf in our school media
center, gleefully thrusting it into my hands. Okay then, challenge
accepted! I didn’t even spare a... Read More. More Teen Scribes. |
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LOOMING DEFICIT REDUCTION FIGHT
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Politico...
President Obama bus tour brings out fighting mood
By Glenn Thrush
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — During the debt ceiling fight in mid-July,
President Barack Obama threatened to take his message “to the American
people” to leverage public support for his positions on entitlements,
taxes and job creation against the... Read More. More News. |
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EDGE OF RUIN... AND A FEW LAUGHS
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Human Events...
After America, the World Gets Expensive, Deadly, and Hilarious
by John Hayward
Mark Steyn’s new book, After
America: Get Ready for Armageddon, is both spiritually and
chronologically a direct sequel to his landmark America Alone. If
you liked the earlier work, you’ll love this one. It’s bigger,
stronger, scarier, and funnier. If America Alone was Steyn’s Star
Wars, this is the rare sequel that improves on the original... Read
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PERRY A FACTOR IN ALL OPTIONS
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The Shape of the GOP Race
By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
The key question going forward is how to arrange the semi-finals and
the seeding of the contest. There are three possibilities, all
involving Rick Perry. Is the Texas governor a Tea Party/Evangelical
candidate competing with Bachmann? Or is he a Party Establishment/Job
Creating candidate competing with... Read
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EDITOR - FRIDAY, AUGUST 19,
2011... THE GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR OPENS TODAY
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MSNBC
and FoxNews report that another day of wild swings in the stock market
leaves it down 419 points. Be patient, turn off your TV and hang in for
the long run I’ve been told… Otherwise, if you just like wild
rides I can think of a few you’ll be able to enjoy over the next nine
days. Also in News:
Possible repeal of new elections law puts congressional redistricting
in time crunch; Double-dippers swamp Hamilton County; and Overhaul to
make state schools more affordable may not work. Blogs: Scaling back SB 5 better than a bloody ballot fight; When the moment is right; and The mark of a tired nation. Obituaries: Thomas C. Coffield, Michelle J. (Pitzer) Smith. For
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