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2011 - WHAT MAKES SOMEONE PREFER DEATH OVER LIFE?
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Suicide in Darke County
By Bob Rhoades
Wikipedia says that Suicide is the act of a human being intentionally
causing his or her own death. Almost every reference book that
you can find suicide discussed in says that it is caused at least by
despair. Beyond that some of the other contributing factors are
depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism and drug abuse.
They all also agree that financial difficulties, troubles with
interpersonal relationships and other undesirable situations play a
significant role. Imagine that! It sort of looks like any one or a
combination of any of them... Read More. See More Opinion.
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DARKE COUNTY TEEN SCRIBES
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Teen Summer... Looking forward
Summer is almost here and four Teen Scribes think ahead to summer
days... even the coming school year. Some of them will be entering high
school. It can be scary or it can be an exciting challenge... or both.
Want to know what some of these young people are thinking? Here are the
thoughts of Sammy Lobenstein, Moe Donthnier, Leslie Logan and Elizabeth
Horner...
... Read More. See More Teen Scribes.
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HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER
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Politico...
GOP softens budget timeline ambition
By John Bresnahan
As he prepares his party for another epic spending fight with Democrats
over the 2012 appropriations bills, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is
finding out that governing is a lot tougher than it looks. Boehner is
having to back off an ambitious proposal from last fall to break up the
12 annual appropriations... Read More. See More News.
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| FROM "MY MOTHER'S CHILD"
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I Remember Mama
By Nancy Hampshire Rush
The following is a selection from my book, “My Mother’s Child.” It
reflects my memories of a mother who lived through some very difficult
times raising a family of four while working side-by-side with other
family members in OUR local poultry business. It is also a story of her
life as a wife and mother and how she dealt with the everyday
challenges that life often brings. Even though she has been gone for
many... Read More. See More Community. |
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JENNY FRITSCH... TALENTED ARTIST
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Young Local Artist Draws Pet Portraits
The young local artist Jenny U. Fritsch, a 2008 Greenville High School
graduate and current arts student at Edison Community College, just
opened her online business and offers charcoal and graphite drawings of
pets. Jenny's love for drawing started early. When she was a little
kid, she used to... Read More. See More Community. |
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READ IT... YOU STILL WON'T BELIEVE IT
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Human Events...
Adult Baby Syndrome
by Michelle Malkin
Welcome to the land of the freeloaders and the home of the depraved. No
image captures America’s regressive ethos better than that of
30-year-old Stanley Thornton Jr., self-proclaimed “Adult Baby.”
Profiled on a recent National Geographic reality television show,
Thornton claims to suffer from a bizarre infantilism that leads him to
wear diapers, lounge around in an... Read
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LESS OBJECTIONABLE THAN HIS CRITICS
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Townhall...
Moralizing Against McDonald’s
by Steve Chapman
Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, we can turn our attention to another
remorseless enemy who for years has sown death and destruction among
blameless innocents. I refer, of course, to Ronald McDonald. The
McDonald’s mascot may qualify as one of the more annoying characters on
the planet. But to his credit, he doesn’t compound his unappealing
personality... Read
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| NOTES
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EDITOR - TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 26,
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One
of CNO’s most prolific writers is Bob Rhoades, retired firefighter. He
has written on Senate Bill 5, the Greenville Schools and Greenville
Fire Department. Today’s offering is on a new topic… and another one
definitely worth reading. Tomorrow, I’ll be weighing in on the new
Conveyance Fee being considered by the Darke County Commissioners. Also
in News: The temptation of Paul Ryan; GOP braces for Medicare blowback; and Darke County Economic Development Office... We’ve Moved! Community: One Small, Surprising Way to Ensure Your Kid Gets to College. Blogs: A Peak Underneath; Blame Taxes, not “Big Oil”; and On Arab-Israeli Conflict Obama Manages to Infuriate Almost Everyone. For
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