COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - SATURDAY, MARCH
19 & SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016
Local Child Care Earns Highest Five Star Award For Excellence
Council on Rural Services is proud to announce that the Kids Learning
Place located in Union City has earned their “FIVE Star Rating” in the
Step Up to Quality program from the Ohio Department of Job and Family
Services. Kids Learning Place is the only Five Star Award program
in Darke County. Congratulations go to each of the center’s team
members for their focused efforts, dedication, and improvements in the
growth and develop of all the children. Step Up to Quality is a
voluntary five-step child care rating system... Read
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ATTENTION TEACHERS!
Students learn natural and cultural history
Darke County Parks offers hands-on, educational field trips that
immerse students in natural and cultural history. Topics range from
life cycles, to geology, to frontier life and everything in between.
Naturalists are ready for students to visit their facilities, or they
will visit the classroom YEAR-ROUND! Spring still has...Read
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REMEMBER WHEN...
Beautiful Ohio
By Kim Smith
I am going to wander down a different path in this column: the beauty
of Ohio. I have lived in five different states: Illinois, Oregon,
California, Arkansas and Ohio. I have also traveled all over the
country, including the state of Hawaii. Each and every state in this
country has something unique and breath-taking to offer those fortunate... Read
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MUSINGS OF A SENIOR SCRIBE
The Picture
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! The niece looked at her picture many times over the years.
The picture was her Aunt - who was taken in a fatal car crash as many
years ago as the niece was old. The niece wondered about the crooked
smile - and a certain look in the Aunt's eyes - some sort of inner
knowledge - maybe. Mystery had always surrounded her death. When people
spoke - it was with hushed... Read
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REVELATIONS: A NEW WAY OF THINKING
Preparing for the End Times
By Aaron Olson
My wife gave me the idea of writing a preppers column from a
Christian’s point of view. I will cover a whole slew of topics from
prepping, to self-reliance skills, to revelations in the news and my
interpretation of that news. I'm not here to have an argument on the
ideas of the rapture timeframes. My wife and I have differing views,
and there are probably times she thinks... Read
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DESTINATION KNOWN
EUM Mission Teams Serve Families Living in Guatemala City Dump
Destination Known, the mission ministry of EUM Church, recently
returned from two back-to-back mission trips to Guatemala. This is
EUM’s eleventh year partnering with Potter’s House Association who has
been investing in serving at risk children and youth for 30 years...Read
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ANSWERING LIFE'S BIGGEST QUESTIONS
Dump the SUV…
Minivans make magic
By Abigail Fischer and Katie DeLand
Dear A+K, I am currently pregnant and due with #3..... I am struggling
with whether to enter the minivan world or to stand strong and continue
the SUV swagger. Help! Sincerely, Living the Dream. Dear Living the
Dream, Coming from two moms that drive minivans LIKE ITS OUR JOB, we
say go for it. Don't stand strong... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - SATURDAY, MARCH
19 & SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2016
From
the Editor: On Saturday March 5th, Darke County Parks hosted its annual
Maple Sugarin’ at the Prairie Festival in conjunction the Friends of
the Darke County Parks Waffle Breakfast. Find out how things went next
week. Community
Events photo
sets posted here.
Check
out our new Facebook pages: County News Online Community and Empowering Darke County Youth. Like them and
invite your Facebook friends to like them. Sports
photos are updated on a regular basis here.
Events: Good Friday Community Services; Greenville Senior High School Orchestra to Present a Concert.Obituaries:
Obituaries are posted daily here.
See
yesterday's postclick
here.
