COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2015 - BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
Shelby Community Foundation awards to BBBS
The Community Impact Fund of the Community Foundation of Shelby County
recently awarded a total of $2,000.00 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Shelby and Darke County. The funding will be used to aid in
Life Skills Curriculum that will be utilized in the “Big Buddies” High
School Mentoring program that pairs high school freshman, sophomores,
juniors and seniors with elementary aged students twice a month. The
High School Mentoring program known as “Big Buddies” is a nine month
commitment where volunteer... Read
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MSN.COM
Teacher Shortages Spur a Nationwide Hiring Scramble (Credentials Optional)
The New York Times
By Motoko Rich
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — In a stark about-face from just a few years ago,
school districts have gone from handing out pink slips to scrambling to
hire teachers. Across the country... Read
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OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSN.
OHSAA Board of
Directors Approves New Divisional Assignments
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association board of
directors approved new divisional assignments Thursday based on updated
school enrollment figures that do not include charter school, community
school and STEM school students in the public schools where they
reside. Divisional... Read
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY
Making Ohio More
Business Friendly and
Improving Our Economy
Over the last 5 years the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)
has made changes to help it evolve from a problem, to a leader in
economic development and job growth in Ohio. The growth is due to the
presence of all the ingredients of a strong economy including: sound
business decisions, a focus on safety and hard workers. In recent years... Read
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ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
Middle School Assistant
Coach Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today
the arrest of a middle school assistant coach on child pornography
charges. Rex Bosley, 59, of Austintown, was arrested this afternoon and
charged with one felony count of pandering sexually oriented matter
involving a minor, one felony count of pandering... Read
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SPORTS TEACHES ABOUT LIFE
Parents, Coaches,
Fans and Officials
By Mike Stegall
Some of you may not know this, but I once was a High School football
player (Greenville), then College (Central Michigan University), then a
High school football official for 27 years. As an official, I
worked basically 3 leagues, The Midwest Athletic, the Greater Western
Ohio, and The Western Buckeye. In all of these... Read
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TOWNHALL
The Strange ‘Black
Lives Matter’ Movement
Rachel Alexander
The Black Lives Matter movement is a bizarre new phenomenon that
doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Instead of addressing real issues of
racism, the activists focus on a few incidents where a black person has
gotten into a deadly confrontation with law enforcement — but where
there doesn’t appear to have been any racism. In many of the... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2015
Editor's
Photo: Kiwanis Club of Greenville has been a long time supporter and
donor of Darke County Special Olympics. For more, read the story
tomorrow. This
week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here.
New Community Events photo set posted here. Sports
photos are updated on a regular basis here.Events: Donations needed for Prairie Days.News: Faber Praises Local Honda Plants for Environmental Stewardship.Obituaries: Bernard Christopher "Bernie" Treon. See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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