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State
Senator Keith Faber at the Darke County Republican Men's Club in June,
2011
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Fine Tuning,
Adaptation and Growth
County News Online, 2nd Qtr Year 1
By Bob Robinson
While County News Online’s first quarter was characterized more by
experimentation and “trying to get it right,” the second quarter was a
period of fine tuning the process, adapting to what worked and what
didn’t and watching the number of viewers and page views grow.
It was during this time that CNO went from a five-story Home Page to
the seven-story format that you see today. It allowed for an increased
number of sponsors... and more work for yours truly. However, it was
justified by the support CNO was seeing from both readers and sponsors.
There were many highlights to this period of time. My favorite photo of
all time - taken in 2010 for the Darke County Chamber of Commerce - was
repeated for me by State Sen. Keith Faber. When I’m covering a speaker
for any event, I sometimes get in that person’s “face” while he or she
is speaking. They try to ignore me... sometimes successfully, sometimes
not. Keith stopped mid-sentence in his presentation and “posed” for the
camera in 2010. He was courteous enough to do so again at the June
Darke County Republican Mens Club meeting in 2011. After that he
successfully ignored me.
My favorite story was an exclusive interview with Don Wright -
“Greenville was a Cow Town... and people had fun!” - he’s an
opinionated old guy, as I am, who loves the Greenville of the 1950’s
but isn’t particularly fond of what’s happening today. He has the
story-telling and writing skills to make people sit up and take
notice... whether they agree with him or not. I have often thought
about scheduling a time to sit down with him for a follow-up interview,
but they haven’t invented a day with 27 hours yet.
Other important news that took place during this period was the ongoing
and heated debate over SB5, soon to become Issue 2 on our November
ballot, the Conveyance Fee increase passed by the Darke County
Commissioners (and the back-and-forth between Commissioner Mike Stegall
and me over it), the introduction of “Bath Salts” to our community,
Incumbent Mike Bowers winning the Republican Mayoral Primary, a visit
to Greenville by Speaker of the House John Boehner and more... much,
much more.
I hope you will enjoy Part 2 of County News Online’s trip down Memory
Lane.
June, 2011
Special Budget Edition, Part 2, Click here
Conveyance Fee passes unanimously, Click here
Greenville to make further budget cuts, Click here
Standoff with “bath salts” related suicidal subject, Click here
Faber: It’s all about jobs!! Click here
The lessons of our youth, Click here
An Ode to Neighborhood Schools, Click here
Greenville was a Cow Town… and people had fun! Click here
Borgerding, Mehta earn top GHS Class Honors, Click here
May, 2011
Point Counterpoint, Follow-up to opinions published last week, Click
here
Response to Robinson’s “That’s My Opinion” on the Conveyance Fee, Click
here
A tax is a tax is a tax, Click here
Suicide in Darke County, Click here
Thou Shalt not Kill, Click here
Ohio Tourism Industry Rebounds in 2010, Click here
Drug Investigation leads to Arrest, Click here
Bowers wins primary; Greenville Levy Passes, Click here
Bowers… Economic Development; Schmidt… Sex Offender Ordinance, Click
here
April, 2011
Darke County tied to U.S., World Economy - Part 2, Click here
Boehner tours Rebsco - Part 1, Click here
GHS students weigh in on debate, Click here
Mayoral candidates agree to agree, Click here
Zehringer discusses first 100 days, Click here
Senate Bill 5... Jobs: By the numbers, Click here
School Facilities Commission discuss facility options, Click here
“Ask Amy” Leads to Real World Class Project, Click here
Students get reality check on plight of homeless, Click here
To get access to all of County News Online’s Archives, Click here
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