COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 - BLUEBAG MEDIA
VHCC receives its 5th Facility of the Year Award
VERSAILLES – “This is the big award,” Versailles Health Care Center
(VHCC) Director Kristy Earick said. “We’re the top facility out of 27
buildings.” She grinned, adding “We get little ones every year… we’re
going to have to get a new award cabinet. The Current one is full.” One
hundred fifty employees, guests and Covenant Care officials gathered at
Stillwater Golf Course May 19 to celebrate the fifth time VHCC has won
Covenant Care’s Facility of the Year Award. Earick said while previous
awards focused... Read
More. More News.
GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Jurassic Park
Marathon at Library
Greenville Public Library's Kaley Breaden invites everyone to embark on
an adventurous expedition around Costa Rica where they will try to
uncover some dinosaurs! Journey all the way back to 1993 with
Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park Series. Movies will run from
9:00 to 4:00 on Saturday June 6th. Join... Read
More. More Events.
DARKE COUNTY SOCCER ASSOCIATION
DCSA wraps up
Youth Season with All-Star Games Tryouts scheduled, free soccer camp and more
DCSA had 200 participants this spring in the Youth Soccer Program at
North Park. The age groups were 3 to 5 year olds; 6 to 8 year
olds and 9 to 12 year olds, there were a total of 14 teams. The
players were coached... Read
More. More Sports.
LAWBREAKING
The Land of the
(Formerly) Free
By Kate Burch
Americans today live under a burden of laws and regulations so complex,
convoluted, and contrary to common sense, that it is probably
impossible for anyone not confined to bed, unconscious, in a nursing
home to get through the day without breaking laws, even without the
knowledge or intention of doing so. The huge... Read
More. More Opinion.
ROOM FOR SPORTS
Thank you for the humor
By Susan Olling
Will (you can fill in the blank) matter in five years? With
sports, things don’t matter in six months. Even though my
undergraduate degree is from Buckeye Nut U., what Mr. History calls
that enormous state university in Columbus, Ohio, that doesn’t mean
that I mindlessly follow its sports teams, or any others, with
shameless loyalty. There’s room... Read
More. More Opinion.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
DeWine Rejects Petition for Cannabis Control Amendment
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today rejected the
petition for the proposed Cannabis Control Amendment because the
summary of the petition was not “fair and truthful.” On May 11th, the
Ohio Attorney General’s Office received a written petition to amend the
Ohio Constitution by adding the Cannabis Control Amendment. Attorney
General DeWine’s... Read
More. More News.
U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
Combating Prescription
Drug Abuse in Ohio
Drug overdoses are on the rise across Ohio. In 2013, we saw a record
2,110 fatal overdoses in our state. Opioid abuse in particular has
wreaked havoc across Ohio, devastating thousands of families. When it’s
easier for Americans to access opioids than it is for them access help
to treat their addiction, we have a serious problem. That’s why I
worked across the aisle this week to... Read
More. More Opinion.
FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015
Editor's
Photo: All three parts of the 2011-2012 County News Online photos have
now been completed and are in the Community Events Photo Gallery.
That’s over 500 photos from CNO volunteers, Senior Scribes, Teen
Scribes and submissions from various Darke County organizations. Check
them out 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. Blogs: Obamacare's dark secret: 31 million still can't afford treatment. Events: EUM church offers Summer classes. Obituaries: Dorsa M. (Rodeheffer) McCullough; Helen A. McEldowney. See
yesterday's postclick
here.
County News Online
is a Fundraiser for the Senior Scribes Scholarship Committee. All
netprofits go into a fund for Darke County Senior Scholarships contact
