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TODAY IS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011 -  BOYS PREP HOOPS OPENING WEEKEND
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Friday Night High School Basketball opens with Ansonia, Tri-Village & Versailles scoring first wins

Six local teams tee'd off Friday night, with Franklin Monroe boys and girls set for Monday's CNO sports. Mississinawa Valley TBA.

Ansonia lights up Bradford in third quarter barrage
By George Starks - “They shot the lights out in the third quarter. Everything they put up went in. You can’t stop that.” Those were the words of Bradford boys basketball coach Curtis Enis Friday night after... Read More. More Sports.

Pats march in ‘The Battleground’
By Dale Barger - Sagester gets milestone win - Tri-Village jumped out to quick 15-6 first quarter lead and then a 27-9 halftime lead in their home opener against Franklin Monroe. The Jets tried to make a game of it in the second half... Read More. More Sports.

Versailles shreds Wave in season opener
By Dean Eversole - The Versailles Tigers were like a python Friday night against Greenville. In the opening game for both basketball teams, the Tigers extended their man-to-man defense and started to squeeze... Read More. More Sports.
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UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 8.6 PERCENT
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CBS News...
November Unemployment: Why the big drop?
By Jill Schlesinger

Reports and comments from CBS News, CNN Money, and House Speaker Boehner below. November Unemployment rate drops to 8.6%... (MoneyWatch) Good news on jobs and no, that’s not a typo. The Labor Department reported that 120,000 new jobs... Read More. More News.

DARKE CTY TREASURER SCOTT ZUMBRINK
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Zumbrink files for re-election

Scott J. Zumbrink, Darke County Treasurer, has announced his plans to run for re-election as treasurer. Mr. Zumbrink has served as Darke County Treasurer since October 1, 1993.  During his tenure as treasurer, Zumbrink has been an advocate of investing taxpayer dollars with the safety and security of those dollars being of highest priority.  With this principle in mind, he has maintained the goal of maximizing interest income by coordinated investment timing with cash flow needs... Read More. More News.

 
MISSISSINAWA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Lamas-Funk Wins MV Elementary Spelling Bee

Mississinawa Valley Elementary recently held its annual spelling bee.  Fourth, fifth, and sixth grade competitors spelled their way through seven rounds.  Sixth grader Mary Lamas-Funk, daughter of Ann Funk of Union City, Ohio, was declared Champion Speller on the... Read More. More Community.

PLANS TO SLASH $5 B IN ANNUAL EXPENSES
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Dayton Business Journal...
BofA starts layoffs in plan to cut 30,000 jobs

Bank of America started the first phase of what is expected to be a massive layoff effort, handing out pink slips to an undisclosed number of employees at its headquarters this past week, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. The report cited people familiar with the situation as saying layoff notices were circulated... Read More. More News.

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U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN BOEHNER
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GOP Stands Ready to Work with Dems
Need Fiscally-Responsible Path Forward on Jobs, Payroll Tax Cut Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At his weekly press conference, Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) reiterated that Republicans stand ready to work with Democrats to extend the payroll tax break and unemployment insurance, but reaffirmed that it must be done in a fiscally-responsible way to protect Social Security and avoid compounding the
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THURSDAYS WITH JOHN HAYWARD
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Daily Events...
Return of Self Interest

On Wednesday, President Obama took another of his many, many taxpayer-funded 2012 campaign junkets to Pennsylvania, which he famously dismissed as a land full of small folk who “get bitter” and “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment, or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations” during his 2008 campaign.   Obama labored very hard to make... Read More. More Blogs.
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FROM THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE  -  TODAY IS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011
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Friday night prep hoops stayed in the county with three teams winning and three looking for their first win next time out. Still to come, Franklin Monroe boys and girls. Mississinawa Valley TBA. Stay with CNO for all your county sports roundups. Also in News: Local homebuilding climbs 46 percent. Community: BRC Assists Mitten Tree Project. Events: Commissioners... Dec. 12 Agenda Session Cancelled. Blogs: So, Whose House is it Anyway? For Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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