COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - SATURDAY, JULY 18 & SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015 - GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Library's July “Third Floor Film Series”
In July the “Third Floor Film Series” will feature The Treasure of the
Sierra Madre from 1948. Directed by master filmmaker John Huston and
starring Humphrey Bogart in one of his most celebrated performances,
the film focuses on a trio of men who become obsessed with finding gold
in the desert mountains of northern Mexico in the 1920s. They start out
as business partners but greed and suspicion quickly drive wedges
between the men as tempers flair and trust (and sanity) slowly ebbs
away. Walter Huston, the father... Read
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JOYS OF JUDGING
Fair Season
By Susan Olling
Fair season’s starting here in the Free State. It would be unfair
to compare county fairs here with some of those in Ohio (the one in
Greenville comes to mind) or Indiana (land of Mr. History). The
first MoCo fair was in 1949. Yeah, yeah, not as long as the Great
Darke County Fair, but who’s counting? We started volunteering at
the MoCo fair twenty-one years ago... Read
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VERSAILLES HEALTH CARE CENTER
VHCC announces addition of spinal traction services
Versailles Health Care Center is excited to now offer spinal traction
treatment using the Triton Decompression Traction System (DTS).
The spinal decompression procedure is a non-surgical procedure which is
used for the treatment of many spinal conditions. Anyone who has
back... Read
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MUSINGS OF A SENIOR SCRIBE
Of Flags and Morals
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! This is another one of "those" columns. Again - this is the
truth. Friday, July 10, marked an historic event - the removal of the
Confederate Flag from the Dome of the Statehouse in Columbia, South
Carolina. It has hung there some 54 years. The catalyst for the event
is reported to be a one Dylan Roof - who purchased a gun through an
"FBI background check flaw." I'm... Read
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Statement Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
James B. Comey, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Good afternoon Chairman Burr, Vice Chairman Feinstein, and members of
the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today
to discuss the widespread reach of terrorists’ influence, which
transcends geographic... Read
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DARKE COUNTY PARKS
Darke County Parks hosts historical author
The Darke County Park District will be hosting author James Alexander
Thom, well-known author of a series of historical novels on Wednesday,
July 22, 2015 from 10:30 am to 7:30 pm in the Shawnee Prairie Nature
Education Center. Mr. Thom will be selling and signing books for
his many followers. Mr. Thom will be at the... Read
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SENIOR SCRIBES
Have you noticed how things are shrinking?
By Lois Wilson
Once again Senior Scribe Poet Laureate Lois Wilson is on top of her
game with an insightful look at the important events of the day. This
time it’s getting less for more. Wilson offers five poems, each
addressing a different look how our purchasing power seems to be
decreasing. She has no fear as she takes on the companies that
manufacture... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - SATURDAY, JULY 18 & SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2015
Editor's
Photo: The Big Brothers Big Sisters High School mentoring program
concluded 2014/15 “Big Buddies” after-school program. For more, read
the full story next week. 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: Autism Spectrum support group to meet July 23.News: Thunderstorm/Heavy Rain Event. See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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