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TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2011  -  NEW MADISON'S ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
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The Independence Day Parade… an American passion
By Bob Robinson

More photos to come for both the New Madison Parade and the Greenville Eagles Celebration & Fireworks - One of the standards of the American passion for celebration is the parade… in this case the annual New Madison Independence Day Parade. All parades come fully equipped with high school marching bands, local youth crowned prince or princess for the day, veterans, politicians, fire trucks, emergency vehicles, youth organizations such as boy scouts and church groups, even local businesses and more... Read More. More Community.
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ANNIE OAKLEY DAYS
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Rent a spot at the festival

Did you know that you can rent a camping spot at the Annie Oakley Festival? The 2011 festival is being held July 29, 30, and 31. You can arrive at the fairgrounds as early as Tuesday, July 26 , stay until Sunday, and pay only $20 per night. You can stay past Sunday by making arrangements with the secretary’s office at the fairgrounds. For that small payment you will get a full hookup: electric, water, sewer and a weekend of great entertainment. You could... Read More. More Events.

BIOTECH AND PHARMACEUTICAL BOOM
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Dayton Business Journal...
Ohio a hotbed of biotech job growth
by Brittany Hart

The Dayton region and Southwest Ohio has seen a boom in biotech and pharmaceutical jobs, with 20 percent growth since 2000 and making it one of the fastest-growing industries in the region. Hundreds of Dayton-area amputee... Read More. More News.
 
DARKE COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB
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Fascinating Time to be held by GOP Women
By Lyn Bliss, Senior Scribe
 
State President Jean Turner will be the featured speaker at a social event being hosted by the Darke County Republican Women’s Club at noon on July 16 at the Greenville Country Club. “A Fascinating Time” is the name given to... Read More. More Events.

GARST MUSEUM FIRST ANNUAL EVENT
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Musicians Coming to the Gathering at Garst

GREENVILLE, OHIO: The Gathering at Garst, a new and exciting annual event planned for July 30 and 31, 2011 at Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio will include talented musicians performing as part of the Pickin’ on the Porch: The Thomas House Sessions. Performances will take place on the steps of the Thomas House, former home of American writer, broadcaster and world traveler, Lowell Thomas... Read More. More Events.

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"MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT"
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Townhall... 
Clearing the Air
by Paul Driessen

Trying to correct all the disinformation about “mercury and air toxics” is a full-time job.
Ever since public, congressional and union anger and anxiety forced the Environmental Protection Agency to postpone action on its economy-strangling carbon dioxide rules, EPA has been on a take-no-prisoners crusade to impose other job-killing rules for electricity generating plants. As President Obama said when
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INDUCE REVULSION... AT MISUSE OF POWER
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Townhall...
Big Government Gets Ugly
By Steve Chapman

It’s not unusual for the federal government to provoke widespread retching among its citizens, but it rarely does so intentionally. The new warning labels required on cigarette packs, however, have that goal. Designed to evoke disgust with smoking, they may also induce revulsion at excessive uses of power. The old cigarette warnings inform consumers of straightforward facts, such as
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dave knapp  
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR  -  TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2011
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Independence Day may be over but the summer festivities are just beginning. The last weekend of this month Darke County will have the annual Annie Oakley Days and a new event… Gathering at Garst. Summer’s here… enjoy it. Also in News: Kasich signs measure allowing guns in bars; Sebelius: Ohio’s efforts won’t block health-care reform; Unclaimed funds pile up in Ohio; and Ohio bill would ban synthetic drugs yet to be developed. Blogs: Townhall.com’s Washington Beat; A Question of Principle; The Drunk On The Beltway: Two Obama Tricks That Are Going To Clean Boehner’s Clock; and Editorial: Buckeye bests. Obituaries: Sarah A. (Paulus) Magoto. For Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.

 
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