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2011 - WRIGHT IS AN ENIGMA... A MAN WITH MANY FACETS
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Greenville was a Cow Town… and people had fun!
An exclusive interview with Don Wright
By Bob Robinson
“This was a wonderful place back then,” he said. “It had the greatest
bunch of old men you could have found anywhere.” Don Wright smiled as
he thought back to April 24, 1954, the day he arrived in town. “I came
here with $1,500 in my pocket and took over a closed gas station that
nobody else was dumb enough to want.” The gas station was at the corner
of South Broadway, Martin and Washington Streets, where Annie Oakley
Park now sits. That started... Read More. More Community.
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AT 65 ALZHEIMER'S STRIKES ONE IN EIGHT
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Heads, you get Alzheimers; Tails, you…
By Bob Robinson
Flip a coin. Heads, you develop Alzheimers; Tails, you care for someone
who has Alzheimers. That’s what Amy Schwieterman, Alzheimer’s Walk Team
Recruitment Captain, told Kiwanians recently. While there is no known
cure, there is medication that will slow the process if caught in time.
Without treatment or a... Read More. See More Community.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO PENNY PERRY
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Perry Honored as First Tourism Citizen of the Year
GREENVILLE – Ms. Penny Perry was honored as the first Tourism Citizen
of the Year by the Darke County Visitors Bureau at the Chamber’s annual
meeting, Thursday at Romer's Catering in Greenville. Daryl Riffle,
President of the visitors bureau’s board of trustees presented this
award which... Read More. See More Community. |
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SUPPORTING 4TH GRADE HISTORY EDUCATION
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Midmark Foundation Supports Garst Museum’s Education Program
Dr. Clay Johnson, executive director of the Garst Museum and Mitch
Eiting, with the Midmark Foundation, display some of the materials used
in the museum’s fourth grade history education program for local school
children. The Midmark Foundation supported this far-reaching... Read More. See More Community. |
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BIG 3 WILL BE ADDING JOBS IN NEAR FUTURE
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Dayton Business Journal…
Report: U.S. automakers to add 34K jobs
by David Bertola, DBJ Contributor
U.S. automakers in the next five years are expected to add about 34,000
new hourly and salaried workers nationwide. That is according to a
study by the Center for Automotive Research. While the report does not
break out hourly employment, it said Ford Motor Co. is planning to add
two shifts to its Louisville Assembly Plant and another 4,700 jobs... Read More. See More News. |
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ROMNEY THE CLEAR FRONT-RUNNER
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Romney’s Primary Path
By Dick Morris
With the visceral negativism of politics today, candidates must advance
masked by the shadows of their opponents. For example, Obama could
achieve credibility and strength in 2007-08 only when attention focused
on Hillary. When the spotlight shifted to him in April and May of 2008,
he nearly lost the nomination amid the Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
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A PINBALL MACHINE ON PERMANENT TILT
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Townhall Finance...
Boneheaded Stimulus Never Works
By Larry Kudlow
With a flamboyant downgrade of the outlook for economic growth, jobs,
and profits, Wednesday’s 280 point Dow plunge to launch the so-called
June stock swoon is a warning shot across the bow. The Dow tanked
alongside a batch of dismal economic data. The ISM manufacturing index,
ADP employment, Case-Shiller home prices, and... Read
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EDITOR - TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 7,
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Hundreds,
even thousands of people have read Don Wright’s rants over the years...
in The Daily Advocate, my Blog, Opinions by Bob, and in County News
Online. When my blog published a photo of his Hope & Change banner,
more than 500 people checked it out. So who is Don Wright? Find out on
today’s Home Page. Also in News:
Governor Kasich’s Week in Review; Ohio Senate debates teacher merit
pay; Beer buzz would get a big boost from GOP bill; and Auto bailout
loss put at $14B; Obama pleased, had expected closer to $48B. Events: Stateline Heritage Days… Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest. Senior Scribes: Poetry by Author Lois Wilson. Blogs: Victory tour; Education and Its Discontents; and Build it Right. Obituaries: Kathleen B. Harley. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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