Woodland teachers prep for the new school year
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – “We can tackle anything!!!” This was the chorus as over
two dozen teachers, paraprofessionals and literacy specialists
‘tackled’ the latest challenges at Woodland Heights Elementary School
on Aug. 13. They were getting ready for the new school year. The
morning topic? Ohio’s new Common Core Standards. There is more reading
and writing in the standards; higher expectations in all areas.
According to Literacy... Read
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DARKE COUNTY SENIOR SCRIBES
My battle with El Toro
By Delbert Blickenstaff, M.D.
In May of this year I started losing my appetite and generally feeling
weak. I did feel a lump in my abdomen which was mildly
tender. A CAT scan suggested that the mass was a lymphoma, and a
needle biopsy on May 31st confirmed the diagnosis: Diffuse Large Cell
Lymphoma. My weakness gradually increased, and on June 7th I called my
family physician, Dr. Menendez, and... Read
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GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
Riegle Memorial contested in record time Palone shatters old record by three seconds
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- The final day of harness racing at the Great Darke County
Fair brought much to the table. It would prove to be a record-breaking
day for the trotters and pacers. In the opening session of the day,
Brandon Bates took Moveman to the circle... Read More. More Sports.
MUSINGS OF A SENIOR SCRIBE
What a Wonderful World
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! The ending of the Great Darke County Fair has always been the
"unofficial end" to summer. As a kid, I remember making bean bags with
my cousins - old sheets cut into little squares, stuffed with Navy
Beans (dried ones), and sewn shut. We'd stack washed out soup cans
partially filled with stones and practice knocking them over - "The
Fair was coming." We used to practice... Read
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DARKE COUNTY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Comic Jugglers open DCCA season
Darke County Center for the Arts initial presentation of the Artists
Series season provides something different from the organization's
usual slate of musical performers. Guiness World Record holders “The
Passing Zone” will perform a zany blend of comedy and gravity-defying
juggling on Saturday, September 14 at Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall
in... Read
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GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
“No Name” rabbits take honors
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – Two young ladies were holding and petting their rabbits in
the rabbit barn on Aug. 17. “It got a first, but doesn’t have a name,”
said Natasha Draper. “It?” “She. I have 20 rabbits. I’d forget their
names,” Natasha said. Natasha’s cousin, Leah Hiestand, was petting her
rabbit. “It doesn’t have a name,” she... Read
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TOWNHALL FINANCE
The Liberal Way: Making it Cheaper No Matter What it Costs
by John Ransom
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense
that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the
quantity of money than in output.”-- Milton Friedman. Whatever else
Obama studied at Accidental University, it wasn’t economics. If it had
studied economics, he’d... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2013
Editor's
Photo: Taylor Ward, an incoming freshman at Greenville High School this
year, took top honors at the 23rd Annual Great Darke County Fair
Cheerleading Competition on Aug. 16. Check back tomorrow for the full
story.
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