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IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13,
2012 - VERSAILLE POULTRY DAYS 2012
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Annual Festival logs 60,000
Visitors over
the Weekend
Kelly Murphy named Miss Chick 2012
By Bob Robinson
County News Online would like to thank Scott Ward of Tiger Radio, WTGR
97.5, and Toni Riegle, Versailles Poultry Days Committee, for their
contributions to this article. The 61st Annual Versailles Poultry Days
has wrapped up for 2012, serving 60,000 visitors a record number of
kegs of beer and 23,400 chickens. According to Toni Riegle... Read
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| COUNCIL
ON RURAL SERVICES |
Aces Program graduates 18 students
GREENVILLE – Council on Rural
Services is proud
to congratulate the eighteen students that graduated from the
Achievement Center for Educational Success (ACES) program and received
diplomas from their local school districts. The program believes in the
approach of different choices for students that seek a different
educational option by... Read
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CANCER
ASSOCIATION OF DARKE COUNTY
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Chicken and Portk Chop Barbecue
fundraiser
Mark your calendars now for the annual Chicken and Pork Chop Barbecue
sponsored by The Cancer Association of Darke
County. The
event will take place on Saturday, July 7 at the Greenville Park,
Shelter 3. Dinners will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The
cost for a dinner... Read
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NATIONAL
AMERICAN MISS OHIO PAGEANT
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Buchy Named State Finalist in
Pageant
Miss Samantha Buchy, age 12, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the
National American Miss Ohio Pageant to be held in July at the beautiful
Crown Plaza Hotel in Columbus. The pageant is held for girls
ages
ten through twelve. The National American Miss pageants are for
“Today’s Girl” and “Tomorrow’s Leaders.” The pageant program
is
based on inner beauty, as well as poise... Read
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| CINCINNATI REDS |
Reds close to signing top pic
reds.com
CINCINNATI -- The Reds are closing in on signing their first-round pick
from the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. Since his selection last Monday,
negotiations have moved quick with the 14th-overall selection,
right-handed pitcher Nick Travieso from Archbishop McCarthy High School
near Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “We’re pretty close,” Reds general manager
Walt Jocketty told MLB.com... Read
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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A “State Dinner” Just For Kids
Calling all kid chefs: The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge invites parents
of kids ages 8-12 to submit an original recipe for a lunch that is
nutritious and delicious. All entrants have the chance to win a trip to
Washington D.C. and the opportunity to be invited to attend a Kids’
“State Dinner” at the White House in August...
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OBAMA
CAMPAIGN MORE
DIVISIVE THAN EVER
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Townhall...
The
Real ‘War
on Women’
by Thomas Sowell
Among the people who are disappointed with President Obama, none has
more reason to be disappointed than those who thought he was going to
be “a uniter, rather than a divider” and that he would “bring us all
together.” It was a noble hope, but one with no factual foundation.
Barack Obama had been a divider all his adult life, especially as a... Read
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| FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TODAY IS WEDNESDAY,
JUNE 13,
2012 |
It’s looking like a great summer, with Old Fashioned Days and Poultry
Days “in the books.” What else is on tap for June?
Among a dozen other events is the Hoosier Hotshoe Classic and Darke
County Steam Threshers Reunion. Check them out under our Events tab:
scroll to What’s Happening in Darke County. And don’t forget the
Independence Day Celebration at Eagles Shade Road on July 1. In News:
Two-vehicle injury accident at 127 and Kruckeburg; Rasmussen... Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls. Sports:
Bengals… Hall on target for summer camp. Blogs:
Obama: “The private sector is doing just fine.” Obituaries:
Robert Carl Barker. For
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