COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016 - EDISON STUDENT SPEAKS OUT
Heroin addiction: A vicious cycle
By Bob Robinson
“We keep our guns locked up, but not our prescription medications. We
teach sex education, but not drug education…” Tonya Alton, a paramedic
with Versailles Rescue and nursing student at Edison State Community
College, Darke County Campus, considers the drug problem an epidemic.
“It’s already at epidemic proportions in Dayton,” she said, “but not
quite here in Darke County… yet!” She noted this... Read
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OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Third Grade Reading Guarantee Helping Ohio’s Students Succeed
Ohio continues to raise the bar for student achievement, and even with
higher expectations, 94.1 percent of the state’s eligible third graders
met or exceeded the promotion score in reading to move to the fourth
grade. The results of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee were released
today as part of...Read
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DARKE COUNTY ENGINEER
Scheduled 2016 improvements to Darke County Roads & Bridges
By Jim Surber P.E., P.S.
An estimated $3,630,634 worth of improvements to Darke County roads and
bridges is scheduled for 2016. This is $872,685 more than was planned
for 2015, and is mostly due to anticipated federal funds earmarked for
guardrail, signs, and the Center Street bridge. Our local funds come
strictly from gas tax and license fees returned... Read
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COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER
Clark beats cancer, returns to make 609th donation
DAYTON, Ohio - If you clock it to the exact minute, Wendell Clark may
have cut the line a bit when he returned to the donor bed on March 26,
the Saturday morning before Easter. Community Blood Center’s all-time
leader in blood donations was coming off a two-year deferment mandated
for... Read
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ST. MARYS SCHOOL
Fort GreeneVille Chapter DAR Awards St. Marys School Essays
Fort GreeneVille Chapter DAR awarded students at St. Marys School for
their participation in the Daughters of the American Revolution
American History Essays Contest. Thirty-six students in 5th, 6th, 7th
and 8th grades wrote essays in recognition of the 250th anniversary of
the Stamp Act... Read
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FBI IDENTITY THEFT
Check-Cashing Scheme Voided
Multi-Agency Effort Disrupts U.S. Treasury Check-Cashing and Identity Theft Ring
The treasury checks were meant for military families, taxpayers
receiving refunds, and Social Security beneficiaries—but they wound up
in the hands of thieves instead. From June 2012 to September 2014, a
band of 19 criminals in... Read
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VERSAILLES HEALTH CARE CENTER
St. Remy’s Daughters of the Immaculate Heart Youth Group visit VHCC
Recently, the patients and residents of Versailles Health Care Center
were visited by the St. Remy’s Daughters of the Immaculate Heart Youth
Group. The group spent about two hours visiting with
patients and residents as well as singing hymn and making blankets
together. “It’s.. Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016
From
the Editor: Experience the memories… Rosemary’s Concert on April 10 at
the First Presbyterian Church in Greenville. Read the article
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