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GOLD IN GHS AUTO TECH'S FUTURE? - TODAY IS SATURDAY,
MARCH 5,
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GHS Auto Tech team unveils ABS project to
Kiwanis
Greenville High School’s award-winning Automotive Technology team
recently presented this year’s SkillsUSA entry to Greenville Kiwanis.
Entitled “Life Beyond the Brake Pedal,” it is a detailed presentation
on the ABS brake system, which has been used in some vehicles since the
1990s, but would soon be required in all makes and models. The team
noted it was technology designed to keep the public safer by helping to
prevent skidding when braking in slippery road conditions. Team members
were Trevor Bates, Trevor DeScheppes and Andrea Arthur... Read More. See More
Community.
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O N D I T I O N S
U P D A T E |
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MULTIPLE
DARKE COUNTY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
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From the Darke County
Sheriff's Office as of 3:30 p.m.
Numerous other roads are
experiencing high water however this is the list of roads that are
currently closed
Hunter between SR118 & Grote
Jaysville St. Johns between Requarth & Kruckeberg
Palestine Union City between State Route 571 & Wasson
Kruckeberg Rd between Stahl & Westfall
Staudt Rd between Beamsville Union City & Union City Elroy Rd
New Madison Coletown Rd between Stingley Rd & US36
Conover between N. Star Ft. Loramie & Cohee Rd
Palestine Union City btwn Stingley & Ross
Horatio Harris Creek between SR721 & Gettysburg Webster Rd
Duvall between SR49 & Duncan Rd
White Coppess between Duncan & SR118
Hathaway between Beamsville Union City & SR49
Ansonia Elroy Rd between SR49 & Coletown Lightsville
Ansonia Elroy Rd between SR118 & Beam Rd
Woods Rd between Zumbrum Rd & Brock Cosmos Rd
Beamsville Webster & Gettysburg Webster
Childrens Home Bradford between SR121 & Stahl Rd
Fisher Dangler Rd between Wildcat & Wagner Rd
Seibt Rd between Barnes Rd & Kelch Rd
McFeeley Petry between SR118 & Rynard Fink Rd
Horner Rd between SR242 & Beamsville Webster Rd
Schroder Rd between SR242 & Beamsville Webster Rd
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HELPING
THOSE LESS FORTUNATE
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Life Lessons… Change for Change,
By Chris Mortensen, Principal, Greenville High School
This fall we attended a leadership conference with a handful of our
student council members. This conference was sponsored by the
Anthony Munoz Foundation. The conference gave these young leaders
a challenge to act in their local communities and school to tackle a
concern of their student body. The conference brought this small body
of students together... Read More. See More Community. |
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| A CHRONICLE
CALLED "CRAZY U" |
Townhall... America’s College
Obsession, By Mona Charen
Andy Ferguson, one of America’s most engaging and perspicacious
journalists, has not -- as Andre Malraux said of Whittaker Chambers --
returned from the hell of college admissions with empty hands. In
“Crazy U,” his chronicle of his son’s senior year of high school -- a
year of college visiting, application, essay writing, open-house
attending, interviewing, financial aid seeking, and waiting... Read More. See More Blogs.
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BULLYING... A
CHARACTER PROBLEM
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Family Events...
Our kids must
learn to “give a little whistle...”
by Marybeth Hicks
Just before she magically drifts out the window and into the stars, the
Blue Fairy famously smiles at the affable Jiminy Cricket and then gives
a word of advice to Geppetto’s endearing little puppet. “Now, remember,
Pinocchio: be a good boy. And always let your conscience be your
guide.” Of course, we all know what... Read More. See More Blogs. |
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| BENEFITS...
74.2 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
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Townhall... Oh, to Be a Teacher
in Milwaukee!
By Paul Greenberg
Leave it to a prof at the University of Arkansas -- specifically, an
economist in its Department of Education Reform -- to go to the heart
(and guts) of what all the fuss is about in Wisconsin. His name is Bob
Costrell, and he’s put his finger and calculator on the essence of that
state’s problem. In an op-ed piece for the Wall Street Journal last... Read
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| FROM
THE
EDITOR - TODAY IS SATURDAY,
MARCH 5, 2011 |
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Once again, the
union struggles in Wisconsin and Ohio hold unrivaled attention. On the
Home Page, Teacher in Milwaukee. On inside pages, the passage of SB5
and a Plain Dealer poll, plus two opposing opinions. A breath of fresh
air comes from Greenville High School. Auto Tech seeks yet another
Gold, plus a Student Council report from Principal Chris Mortensen. News:
Ohio Senate OKs bill curbing union bargaining rights, and a Cleveland
Plain Dealer poll. Events:
Darke County American Red Cross Creating Teen Leaders, and A Tribute to
the Native American Flute. Blogs: Unused sick days should
not spell “jackpot” for public-sector workers, How Green Is Your Lost
Job? and Really Bad Reporting in Wisconsin. Obituaries:
Diane Brown, Martha Emily Labig. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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