COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 - THE POULTRY DAYS PARADE
Poultry Days through the eyes of a Vet
From Dick Coffield
The annual Poultry Days festival attracts visitors from all over the
world – including a group from China last year. A successful event
offers more than 20,000 chickens, rides for the little ones, fair food,
new Poultry Days Royalty - Rhylan Broerman was Little Miss Poultry Days
2015 and Christa Puthoff, Miss Chick 2015 – entertainment, games,
bingo, beer and, of course, The Poultry Days... Read
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GREENVILLE CITY SCHOOLS
Clear or Cloudy?
By Carla Surber
Treasurer
Transparency is a word that I remember from a very young age. I
had a first grade teacher, who addressed the windows in our 1930's
classroom as transparent (clear) and the door glass translucent or
cloudy. That stuck with me. The door panes were cloudy and
only let a shimmer of light through. Only glimpses of what was
there, but... Read
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GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
New Quilting Book Donated
The Towne Squares Quilt Club recently donated a beautiful quilting book
to the Greenville Public Library. It's Fabulously Fast
Quilts by Amy Smart who is a popular blogger on quilting tips and
techniques for beginners and experts alike. Vice-President Linda
McGlothin is a founding member of Towne Squares and is seen here with
Librarian Elois... Read
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OSU EXTENSION, DARKE COUNTY
Nutrient Stewardship for Cleaner Water
Sam Custer
Nutrient Stewardship for Cleaner Water is a new Signature Program for
OSU Extension which was implemented in 2014. IMPLEMENTATION -
Implementation has been timely; due to the heightened attention on
water quality and nutrient effects in Grand Lake St. Mary’s, Lake Erie
and Ohio River Watersheds, farmer awareness... Read
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Times have changed. If I live until my birthday I will be 81 years old.
Our house, in Gordon, was purchased from the Arcanum National Bank
because the original owners lost everything during The Great Depression
and could not make payments. The taxes were past due at the county seat
in Greenville, Ohio and my dad went there and paid the sum... Read
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GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Library's Next “Family Fun Day”
“Family Fun Day” at the Greenville Public Library continues on
Wednesday July 1 at 11:00 a.m. with “The Math Maniac Show.” This
fast-paced, upbeat, highly visual demonstration of awesome math facts
proves learning math and having fun go together. The Math Maniac is
the same fellow who did the Dr. T. Rex... Read
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U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
Investing in Infrastructure, Investing in Jobs
Several years ago my wife Connie and I were listening to one of my
favorite radio programs, NPR’s Science Friday, and we heard an
interview with author Earl Swift, who wrote a book called “The Big
Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers
Who Created the American Superhighways.” Mr. Swift related the story of
those trailblazers who in... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015
Editor's
Photo: From Bluebag Media... Broerman crowned Little Miss Poultry Days 2015. Get the details on Friday.
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: How Liberals Manipulate Data About the Minimum Wage.Events: Blood drives to be hosted in Greenville, Arcanum.See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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