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2011 - CORN IS A HOT TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION
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Getting a Late Start
By Justin Petrosino, OSU Extension, Darke County
With the final rain gauge emptying in April the rainfall total was a
few hundredths over eight inches. May is not looking much better with
just under an inch and a quarter so far. So what does all this mean for
our crops this year? Let’s dive into wheat. It’s been a season of
extremes for wheat, a warm dry fall and a cool wet spring. Most of our
fields have been top dressed with spring nitrogen; however, there are a
few still looking a little yellow. Most of our wheat is between Feekes
6 (jointing) and 7. Although the optimum timing for... Read More. See More Community.
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GARST, MAIN STREET GREENVILLE, BEARS MILL
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Garst Museum celebrates National Preservation Month
May is National Preservation Month. Sponsored by the National Trust for
Historic Preservation, the theme this year is “Celebrating America’s
Treasures.” At the local level, Darke County will be joining
communities across the country commemorating their own unique heritage.
Darke County’s “Celebrating Our Local... Read More. See More Events.
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| SENATOR FABER'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Free Fishing Days, Wild Turkey Season
May 7 and 8 are Ohio’s Free Fishing Days - ODNR - Ohioans are
encouraged to take advantage of “Free Fishing Days” on May 7 and 8 and
experience the great fishing Ohio has to offer, according to the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. For these
two days only, Ohio anglers may fish in any of the state’s public
waters without having to buy a fishing license. During the rest of the
year, anglers... Read More. See More News. |
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OBAMA'S "GRAND BARGAIN"
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Politico... The debt-ceiling talks: 5 scenarios
By Carrie Budoff Brown and Glenn Thrush
It’s got to get done one way or another. Or so everybody says. With the
nation due to shatter its debt ceiling later this month, legislators in
both parties are strategizing on ways to seal a deal to extend the
ceiling on the best possible terms. The possible scenarios for a
resolution — or collapse — are... Read More. See More News. |
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CONGRESS STILL DOESN'T GET IT
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Politico...
Gas prices rev up Congress
By Darren Goode
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. If you can afford to, that
is. Congress returns Monday after a two-week spring break during which
members faced constituent angst back home over high gas prices, and
lawmakers are ready to make some noise of their own. “It’s the single
most subject that people... Read More. See More News. |
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UNHAPPY WITH SOCIAL ENGINEERING
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Daily Events...
Social engineers face resistance
By John Hayward
The great obstacle facing social engineers is resistance. The
re-distribution of wealth is an act of aggression against those who
provide the wealth. The forced transition to a planned economy
produces high unemployment, for the central State will never be as good
at assigning jobs as a great body of free people, seeking each other
out for mutual advantage. Movement to a... Read
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FROM A WHIMPER TO PROMINANCE
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Al Jazeera... Osama’s death ‘a good career move’?
By Robert Grenier
Al-Qaeda’s leader might appear to have died with a bang, but he had
long since died with a whimper. For Osama bin Laden, violent death must
have come as a blessing. It has given him, at least fleetingly, a
seeming prominence that in fact had long since ebbed away, not only in
the Muslim world, but even within al-Qaeda itself. To many in the US,
for whom bin Laden’s demise... Read
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EDITOR - TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 5,
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We
had about two hours of sunlight this afternoon; reminded us of what
sunlight looks like and what lies ahead… some day. In the meantime,
area farmers are facing challenges. Our lead story by Justin Petrosino
addresses some of them. Also in News:
U.S. government to close 140 data centers; America’s Third War: Is the
U.S. Arming Mexican Cartels? And Boehner’s comments on the death of Bin
Laden. Opinion: Darke County Chamber Endorses and Joins Campaign for Jobs. Letters: To all Darke County Folks who care about their schools. Blogs: Danger: Tax Trigger Ahead; and Is Government Protecting Us or Limiting Us? Obituaries: Alice E. Hale. For
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