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2011 - THE GREATEST COUNTY FAIR ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH
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Love that fair!
By Bob Robinson
Three days until we kick off the biggest annual event Darke County has
to offer… the 155th Great Darke County Fair! I love the festivals and
remembrances that start with Memorial Day each year, then move into
Independence Day celebrations and annual community events from New
Madison, Versailles, Union City, Bradford and many other local
villages. Then there’s the Annie Oakley Festival, Gathering at Garst,
Farm Power of the Past, Steam Threshers Reunion… have I missed
anything? But most of all... Read More. More Community.
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FATAL DARKE COUNTY 'TRAFFIC' ACCIDENT
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Fatal construction zone accident in Osgood
Fourth fatal traffic accident in Darke County this year
On Monday, August 15th, 2011 at approximately 10:53 AM, the Darke
County Sheriff’s Office 9-1-1 Dispatch Center received a 9-1-1 call of
a 16 year old male being fatally run over by a bobcat on West Main
Street in Osgood in a construction zone. Darke County Sheriff’s
Deputies along with Osgood Fire and Rescue and the Darke... Read More. More News. |
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ELDORA SPEEDWAY FAMILY FUN NIGHT
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Bowersock, Johnson & Drook Beat Weather
ROSSBURG, OH (August 13) – Saturday’s racing program at Eldora Speedway
turned into a race within a race, as the biggest crowd in the history
of Family Fun Night cheered on. While Jerry Bowersock (Modified), Ed
Johnson (Stock Car) and Don Drook (Vores Welding Compacts) won the main
events they were collectively in a race against Mother... Read More. More News.
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| THEY WERE ALL "REMARKABLE IN MY EYES"
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It’s Annie’s 151st birth anniversary!
By Elizabeth Horner
Teen Scribe
August 13, 2011 --- Today is Annie Oakley’s 151st birth
anniversary. I dedicate this article in her honor. Growing up, I
had this collection of books featuring the childhood of famous
Americans. The characters described in those books were like my
friends---George Washington, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney, and yes, Annie
Oakley... Read More. More Teen Scribes. |
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TRACTORS RECLASSIFIED "COMMERCIAL"?
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The Gazette Virginian...
Proposed rule on farms called ‘absurd’
By Sonny Riddle
A new rule being proposed by the federal Department of Transportation
would require farmers to get commercial drivers licenses. The Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is a part of DOT, wants to
adopt standards that would reclassify all farm vehicles and implements
as Commercial... Read More. More News. |
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EVENTS IN BRITAIN LIKELY IN OUR FUTURE
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Townhall...
There Is Just No Satisfying Liberals
By David Limbaugh
What is 2011 if not a dramatic global outworking of the abysmal
failures of liberalism? Their failures are everywhere, but liberals are
no closer to abandoning their political theology than they were, say,
five years ago. Every marginally intelligent person must know that
events unfolding in Britain are a likely foreshadowing of what’s in
store for us...
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RIGHTS WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITIES
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Townhall...
Ingratitude, Insolence and Entitlement -- Brought to You by the Welfare State
By Linda Chavez
The riots that have wracked England in the last week should be a sober
warning to the United States: This is what happens when a country
breeds a generation of welfare dependents who are happy to bite the
hand that feeds them. For days, roaming gangs of young people have
engaged in looting, setting fires... Read
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| FROM
THE
EDITOR - TUESDAY, AUGUST 16,
2011... 3 DAYS TO THE GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR |
I’d
like to welcome former Advocate Asst. Editor George Starks back to the
news and sports scene.. this time as a CNO volunteer. Watch for local
sports interviews and photos. In the meantime he has sent us the posted
Eldora Speedway press release. Also in News:
State will reimburse workers for personal days they gave up;
Rasmussen... Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls; and Top court rejects
challenge to mandated health care referendum. Blogs: Two Types of Crazy; Can’t We All Just Not Get Along; and What Will the 2012 Election Look Like? For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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