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NEWS ONLINE - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 - BLUEBAG MEDIA
Winter Reading event attracts ‘children’ of all ages
GREENVILLE – What do Flash Boxes, chair massages, toilet paper, a
movie, wedding cookies and Frozen cardboard figures have in common?
They could all be found at the Greenville Public Library Jan. 24. The
library kicked off its third annual Adult Winter Reading Program when
the staff decided to add a new twist… their first Children’s and Young
Adult Winter Reading Programs. “We decided to kick them all off
together,” said Greenville Library’s Deb Cameron, Adult Program leader.
“It’s a whole library... Read
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GREENVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
PARCC, Ohio Achievement and Third Grade Reading
Kitty Zumbrink, East School Principal
The second semester began on January 27 and is in full swing with
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
testing awaiting the fourth grade students in the areas of language
arts... Read
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LADY HAWKS DROP TO 8-11
Lady Hawks lack in loss to Parkway
By George Starks
NEW MADISON- “I knew when we were warming up, we were in trouble.”
Those were the thought of Mississinawa Valley head coach Roger Collins
Tuesday after the Lady Hawks fell to Parkway, 49-43 in a non-conference
clash. “We played pretty good in the second half but in the first half
we had no energy... Read
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REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY
Buchy Earns Cattlemen’s Industry Service Award
(MARYSVILLE, Ohio) – The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) awarded
Representative Jim Buchy of the Ohio House District 84, the Industry
Service Award at the OCA awards banquet held Jan. 24, 2015, at the
Nationwide Hotel and Conference center in Lewis Center, Ohio. OCA
and... Read
More. More Community.
EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Free Comedic Performance at Edison
Edison Community College brings comedian and singer–songwriter, Evan
Wecksell to the Piqua Campus on Friday, February 13 at 7 p.m. This
side–splitting performance is open to the community and is being
offered free of charge. Often compared to comedic superstars Adam
Sandler and Stephen Lynch, Evan’s act... Read
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U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
National Mentoring Month
January is National Mentoring Month—an opportunity to recognize and
celebrate the essential role mentors play in communities across the
country. Mentors are caring adults who take time from their busy
schedules to guide young people and help them make positive decisions,
build on their unique strengths, and identify and achieve individual
goals. Mentees are connected with adult mentors through community... Read
More. More Opinion.
EDUCATION NEXT
On Designing K-12 Education Savings Accounts
By Jason Bedrick and Lindsey M. Burke
As we celebrate National School Choice Week, education-reform advocates
would be wise to reflect on purpose of school choice as articulated by
Milton Friedman, the father of the modern school choice movement.
Friedman first proposed the concept of school vouchers in 1955, arguing
that by introducing consumer choice into education... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Editor's
Photo: The Andersons Inc. presented a gift of $25,001 to The Darke
County Agricultural Society on Jan. 23 and provided the community with
an opportunity to help turn the total amount into $75,001. Get the
details
tomorrow. This week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here. Blogs: Scott Walker: ‘I Wouldn’t Bet Against Me on Anything’. Sports: Lady Tigers Roll to A 9-1 Record.
See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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