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IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 4,
2012 - GREENVILLE EAGLES 2177 AT SHADE ROAD
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Eagles fireworks a success
despite weather!
By Bob Robinson
The heck with the weather! The Eagles simply moved its fireworks from
an uncooperative night to a cooperative one… and the community showed
up. More than 2,000 people attended the annual Greenville Eagles
Independence Day Celebration at Shade Road and got the show of their
lives. The 25-minute display capped off with a shower of lights, colors
and sounds that filled the sky and brought the crowd to its feet with
clapping, hoots... Read
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| ATTORNEY
GENERAL MIKE DEWINE |
$40 Million Settlement for Ohio
Medicaid
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that
Ohio and various other states and the federal government have reached
an agreement in principle for the largest healthcare fraud settlement
in U.S. history. Under the terms of the settlement, GlaxoSmithKline
(GSK) has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve allegations that GSK
engaged in various illegal schemes related...
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MISTAKES
PROVE COSTLY
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Slow start costs GTI2 in
tournament loss
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- “We waited four innings too late to get going,” said GTI2
coach Mat Netzley. Through the first four innings against Troy, GTI had
more errors, three, than hits, zero. By the end of the fourth frame,
Troy had built a 7-0 lead and was up 8-0 going into the bottom of the
fifth. Like General George Custer at the... Read
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COLLEGE
BOUND 2012
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Independence Day
By Elizabeth Horner
It’s the 4th of July --- Time to celebrate. We rejoice over
this
glorious freedom we now enjoy. In a few months, I will be facing my
own, more personal Independence Day. After years of waiting to be
eighteen, the occasion is finally here. I will be heading off to
college. Not only that, I will be embarking to see how it is like to
live in a different country, a different culture, as part of my studies
at New York... Read
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| OHIO REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY
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A Celebration of American Freedom
July 4th has always been a very special day for me personally, and for
all true Americans. It is a day for barbeques, family, fireworks, and
of course, patriotism. It is a day to celebrate the freedoms we have as
Americans and also to look back proudly over the history of our great
nation. On July 4th, 1776, the Second Continental Congress signed the
Declaration of... Read
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DARKE COUNTY SENIOR SCRIBES
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Lois Wilson pays tribute to
Independence Day
The Senior Scribes Poet Laureate Lois Wilson usually has something to
say about our holidays, changes of season and any other event worthy of
notice. Independence Day is no different. Below are two poems designed
specifically for this day... also, don’t forget she has published two
of a series of books of her poems. Click on the above banner for
details. THE FOURTH OF JULY, By Lois Wilson...
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OHIO
REPRESENTATIVE DICK ADAMS
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Commemorating Our Independence Day
As June begins to wrap up, it won’t be long before the citizens of the
79th Ohio House District put on red, white and blue attire and hang
stars and stripes from their homes. The patriotic spirit this time of
year is contagious, building up to our nation’s Independence Day on
July 4th. Apple pie, cookouts, firework displays, parades—there are so
many traditions that we associate with the Fourth of... Read
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| FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TODAY IS WEDNESDAY,
JULY 4,
2012 |
Happy Birthday America!! We have a lot of commentary about Independence
Day today, plus photos from the Eagles fireworks celebration.
If you click on our Independence Day banner, you will get a fantastic
graphic courtesy of our webmaster, Kurt Fritsch. Finally, back
by popular demand… Red Skelton’s famous Pledge of Allegiance to the
United States of America. I’ve had numerous comments and “thank you’s”…
one
reader told me he made sure his grandson saw it. It must be shared with
future generations! Click on the photo to the left. On the Inside…
Click on the tabs to check them out: New Classifieds, More Community, Events and News! Obituaries: Esta Fletcher Hathaway. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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