TODAY
IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013 - GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
Crazy Person gets nod for top freak vegetable
By Elaine Bailey
Eight enthusiastic contestants, thirty minutes, and red potatoes,
yellow potatoes, green pepper, and tomato are all it took to get
creative juices flowing through the youth building at the 2013 Great
Darke County Fair Freak Vegetable Contest. The Junior Vegetable
department sponsors the event for individuals ages 6 through 18. “This
is the most [contestants] that we’ve had for awhile,” Nola Coning
exclaimed, beaming from ear to ear... Read
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ILLUMINATION FESTIVAL 2013
Plenty of tickets still available for big concert
By George Starks
GREENVILLE - Day One main program admission is $5 per person or 5 cans
of food per person. The 5K run is a separate registration fee and more
information can be found on the Day One link on the main
IlluminationFestival.org website. The Fairgrounds is a 185-acre... Read
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GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
Hope wins Hope Memorial
By George Starks
GREENVILLE - In January, 2013, the great grandfather of Thomas Hope
passed away. Saturday at the Darke County Fair, fourth generation
driver, Chris Hope had the pleasure of driving in the inaugural Tom
Hope Memorial. Not only did the young Hope drive, he took Lookout Mac
A... Read More. More Sports.
BROKE WIFE, BIG CITY
But it will all be worth it, trust me
By Aprill Brandon
It was on a Thursday afternoon. Or maybe it was a Wednesday morning.
Sunday night? Whatever. It doesn't matter. All the days are
running together now. Even my birthday, which was spent on the couch
trying not to die, much like how I've spent every other day for the
past two months. Anyway, it... Read
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GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
Pulls end on a high note at the fair
By George Starks
GREENVILLE - The second night of the annual truck and tractor pulls
came to an end Wednesday at the Great Darke County Fair. Five divisions
were contested in the 7 p.m. start with the winners taking home prize
money and collecting big points in the race for the... Read
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BLUE BAG MEDIA
Suspects arrested in Miami/Darke County burglaries
TROY – Miami County detectives have arrested David C. Shuman, 39, of
Sidney, and Morgan D. Mitchell, 29, of Greenville, on single counts of
burglary. Both are suspected of being involved in numerous daytime
burglaries in Miami and Darke counties. The arrests were made... Read
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TOWNHALL FINANCE
The One, the Creator, the Alpha and the Obamacare, Amen
by John Ransom
Critics of Obamacare are missing the point. They are likely the types
who go to U.S. art museums and can’t appreciate “art for art’s sake.”
Europeans would never have that problem. But here in the U.S., yokels
expect some moral or message or meaning from art. When it’s missing,
they think the artist self-indulgent or even crazy. Clearly this is
a... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013
Editor's
Photo: On Aug. 19, there was a scuffle outside of the Darke County
Courthouse that resulted in the arrest of Adam Weaver. Find out the
full story, including what happened when a knife was thrown into the
mix, tomorrow.
Paul
Ackley’s cartoon for
this week has
been posted. Get it here.
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