COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015 - BLUEBAG MEDIA
Local teacher creates a wildlife habitat
ARCANUM – Turn onto a gravel “Lane” and follow it past the gate into a
wooded area. It’s a different world… there’s an outhouse and an
old-fashioned water pump at the edge of the woods. Shortly after that
is the first sign: “Certified Wildlife Habitat” from the Wildlife
Federation. A little further down is another habitat sign. Then the
house comes into view. “It’s a blessing to live here,” said Halane
DeShane, a special education teacher in Greenville City Schools. She
and her husband Dawson purchased five acres... Read
More. More Community.
BLUEBAG MEDIA
Two school districts
o have in-house
youth advocates
GREENVILLE – Two Family Mentor/Youth Advocates should be in place by
the beginning of the school year, according to Jeff Vaughn, Director of
Gateway Youth Programs. One will be at Tri-Village High School; the
other at Mississinawa Valley High School. Interviews... Read
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OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY
ORP Update
Focusing on jobs and the taxpayers. That's a major difference between
Ohio Republicans and Ohio Democrats. A little over 4 years ago,
under Democrat Ted Strickland, our state faced massive job lost, tax
hikes, and an $8 billion budget hole. Now our Republican team has
delivered $5 billion in tax cuts, a $2 billion surplus... Read
More. More Opinion.
U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
Protecting Ohio’s
Drinking Water
Around this time last year, 500,000 Ohioans in the Toledo area were
forced to go without safe drinking water. They were warned they
couldn’t drink the tap water in their own homes. This is something no
family should have to go through, and that should not be happening in
our state. Cities and towns across Ohio need to have the best, most
up-to-date information on how to keep... Read
More. More Opinion.
OHIO SENATE
Faber, Beagle Encourage
Small Businesses to Take Advantage of Economic
Injury Disaster Loans
COLUMBUS- Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) and State Senator
Bill Beagle (R-Tipp City) urged local businesses and agricultural
cooperatives that have recently experienced rain and flooding
damage to take advantage of federal Economic Injury Disaster
Loans. The U.S. Small... Read
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VOICE OF AMERICA
All Is Not Lost
By Kate Burch
At our house, we joke about morning prayers consisting, at least in
part, of sitting with our coffee and the daily newspapers, saying
repeatedly, “Oh, God!” Yesterday, especial fervency was provoked by
some disheartening news about Voice of America. Started in 1942
as a means of countering Nazi propaganda, VOA is a taxpayer-funded
broadcasting... Read
More. More Opinion.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
49 AGs Reach $71 Million Settlement with Amgen
over Drug Marketing
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, along with 48 other
attorneys general, today announced a $71 million settlement with the
pharmaceutical company Amgen over allegations that it unlawfully
promoted two of its drugs, Aranesp and Enbrel. Ohio will receive
$1,856,585 as part of the settlement. Aranesp is used to treat... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015
Editor's
Photo: In Darke County, there are approximately 40 new cases of breast
cancer each year. “Any woman can call me for assistance if they want a
mammogram screening,” said Jill Brown, Cancer Coordinator at Wayne
HealthCare. For more information, read the story this weekend.
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. Blogs: Can You Oppose Gay Marriage and Be a Good Judge? The Chilling Opinion of Ohio Court’s Board.Sports: $32,000 Gene Riegle Memorial Open Pace.See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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