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IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22,
2012 - RELIGION & POLITICS... FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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Mixing the Unmixable?
By Jim Surber
The folly and futility of arguing either politics or religion is
well-know. Understanding this, it would seem stupid to write concerning
both, even though they are now very closely linked. Mixing religion and
politics has been likened to mixing ice cream and horse manure—it never
hurts the horse manure, but it always ruins the ice cream. The
delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention may have blocked the
establishment of Christianity as a national religion, but they could
not keep religion out of American politics. Beginning with the election
of 1800, Federalist clergymen charged that Thomas Jefferson, a... Read
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DARKE COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER
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Pictures with the Easter Bunny
Get your Pet’s Picture taken with the EASTER BUNNY on Saturday, March
17, 2012 from 10am to 2pm at Greenville Walmart in the Garden Center.
The “Darke County Friends of the Shelter”, a 501c3 organization, and
Wal-Mart will be taking pictures of your companion animals with Easter
Bunny. All animals must enter Wal-Mart through the Garden... Read
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VERSAILLES BOWLING
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Boys, Girls Advance to District
Varsity Girls Bowling Team
Sectional Champions!
The Versailles Varsity Girls Bowling team competed in the 2012 OHSAA
Sectional Bowling Tournament at Marian Lanes in Huber Heights on
Friday, February 17th. The team format for the Sectional
Championships consists of 3... Read
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DARKE COUNTY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
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DCCA presents Bluegrass Band at Bistro Off Broadway
The Muleskinner Band will perform their unique blend of bluegrass,
gospel, and country music at the Bistro Off Broadway in Greenville on
Thursday, March 8. A part of Darke County Center for the Arts casual
Coffeehouse Series, the show starts at 7 p.m. “An... Read
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| EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
Baseball Returns to Edison for 2012 Season
For the first time in nearly 20 years this spring, Edison Community
College will be fielding a baseball team. After initial meetings this
fall to gauge interest, 17 players who are enrolled at Edison have
signed on to play for the club team, that will play its first game
March 22 against Bowling Green State... Read
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20 SEASONAL EMPLOYEES LOCALLY
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Dayton Business Journal...
Lowe’s hiring 250 seasonal workers in Dayton area
by Ginger Christ
Lowe’s Companies Inc. plans to hire 250 seasonal workers at Dayton-area
stores. The Mooresville, N.C.-based home improvement chain is hiring
about 20 employees at each of its 13 area stores, according to Shane
Thompson, Lowe’s Dayton market director. Positions include... Read
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MSNBC... OUTRAGE TO DECENCY
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Townhall...
The New Blacklist
by Pat Buchanan
My days as a political analyst at MSNBC have come to an end. After 10
enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the
left that to permit me continued access to the microphones of MSNBC
would be an outrage against decency, and dangerous. The calls for my
firing began almost immediately with the Oct. 18 publication of
“Suicide of a... Read
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| FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22,
2012 |
It’s
the heat of the primary election season. In two weeks we vote on the
Republicans that we want on November ballot. Since there will be no
fall challenges for three countywide offices, we will be choosing our
next Commissioner, Juvenile Probate Judge and Clerk of Courts in March.
Think this is a good time to learn about ethics in politics? Me too.
Thursday, 6 p.m., American Legion. Courtesy of the Darke County LWV.
Hope you can make it. Also in News: HHS Banned Determining Whether Mandate Was ‘Cost Effective.’
Events: Third Annual Karlh McCallister Golf Outing, 4-H Open House to be Held March 5.
Blogs: Obama’s Peculiar Idea of Fairness.
Obituaries: Betty Jean Riffell, Daniel Mason Summers. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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