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IS TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 - PATRIOT SENIOR CREDITS TEAM
Thomas humbled by all-state honors
By George Starks
NEW MADISON - Taking into consideration everything Tri-Village senior
Shaye Thomas has been awarded this basketball season, it would inflate
the egos of most. By the end of the season, Thomas had been named MVP
of the Bill Burkett Tournament, was named Southwest District Player of
the Year, was Player of the Year in the Cross County Conference,
Co-Player of the Year by Jim Dabbelt of the Debbelt Report, scored her
1,000th point and has been named to...
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY
Responsible Budgeting Key to Ohio’s Success
You don’t have to watch the news for very long to realize the federal
government is in disarray. The national debt is approaching $17
trillion and there seems to be no sign of slowing down. Taxpayers of
future generations will be on the hook for the excessive spending of
today, which is unsustainable by anyone’s estimation. Not long ago,
Ohio was acting in much the same way as the federal … Read
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD ADAMS
Transparency Integral to Democracy
A democracy is defined as a “government by the people; a form of
government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and
exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free
electoral system.” To me it seems that the United States was built upon
the idea that the people and government are interlinked to form a
great, free nation. This means the government should...
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LIFE WITH LEVI
Speaking Minion
By Amanda Rodeheffer-Olson
Assistant Editor
Levi is bilingual. He can speak English a little, but his first
language seems to be Minion. I know I’ve mentioned it in a previous
column, but for those of you who missed it, or who don’t remember, the
minions I speak of are the little yellow guys in the movie, Despicable Me. And they speak some form of gibberish that…
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DARKE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE
Sharpen Tank Mixes – Now is the Winter of our Discontent
By Sam Custer
OSU Extension, Darke County
We would like to first apologize for inadvertently providing what has
proved to be false information all winter. Mark Loux, OSU
Extension, reports that “we have been receiving conflicting and
changing information on the legality of various Sharpen
tank-mixes. One company in particular told us two weeks...
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MIAMI COUNTY CAREER TECHNOLOGY
MVCTC Power Technology Students Place Third in State FFA Contest
Lima, Ohio – Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) Power
Technology students competed in the FFA State Agriculture Industrial
Diagnostics Career Development Event (CDE) at the University of
Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) on March 8. The team of James Benedict
(Arcanum), and Seth Johnson (Twin Valley South)...Read
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BETTER ROADS
Getting the Job Done Right
By Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
Some people just know how to sell. In mid-December, Ohio governor John
R. Kasich and the leaders of Ohio’s Department of Transportation and
Turnpike Authority announced that the state would raise $3 billion for
roads without leasing the Ohio Turnpike to a private vendor and without
laying off Turnpike employees. Hailed as the Ohio Jobs and
Transportation Plan, the new...Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
Editor’s
Photo: On tap is a concert of roots, blues and folk music at Montage
Cafe as part of DCCA’s “Coffee House Series”. Story Wednesday. The
latest Paul Ackley cartoon
posted here.
Favorite Sports Photos: New pics posted Mar. 11. Classifieds:
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