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IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 9,
2012 - GREENVILLE COUNCIL TABLES READING TO AUG. 21
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Council tables vote on Trilogy zoning request
By Bob Robinson
Greenville City Council approved a motion Tuesday to table the vote on
legislation prepared for Trilogy Health Care’s zoning change request
for 6.41 acres on Russ Road. The vote was five to one with Councilman
Tracy Tryon voting no. City Councilman Todd Oliver made the motion due
to the absence from the meeting of Councilman John Baumgardner. “I
believe this should be voted on by the full Council,” Oliver said in
making the motion. Before the vote, Council President John Burkett
explained to a large gathering of visitors, many of them supporters of... Read
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| GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR |
“Celebrating 156 Years of Greatness”
Fair opens August 17
The Great Darke County Fair 2012 kicks off with the annual Ribbon
Cutting Ceremony at 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17. It doesn’t take long for
the action to kick in with the Cheerleading Contest taking place at 11
a.m. and Harness Racing at 7 p.m.; both... Read
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| SPECIAL TO COUNTY NEWS ONLINE |
Class of 88 wins softball tournament
By Chuck Runner
VERSAILLES – For the second year in a row the weather had organizers
scrambling to get games in at the Versailles alumni softball
tournament. Last year the winner had to be declared off the field
because of rain on the final day of the tournament. While Friday
night’s contests went as scheduled, storms wreaked... Read
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| FIRST SUMMER ALUMNI PRODUCTION
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Every Day is a Day Worth Living
By Naiesha Thobe
Just because the school season is on its break right now, it doesn’t
mean that people aren’t able to catch some very interesting events
happening. One of these events, put on by the G.H.S. Alumni, is the
First Annual Greenville High School Theatre Summer Alumni Show entitled
Every Day is a Day Worth Living. The story follows four siblings who
had, until recently, broken away from each... Read
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| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS |
BBBS Launches a Summer Buddies Program
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke County launched a Summer
Mentoring Program for summer 2012 to serve some of the children
currently waiting for a volunteer mentor. Funding for this
program was secured through the Community Foundation of Shelby County
on behalf of the Roscoe Beanblossom Fund and the Founders Fund... Read
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EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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“The Avengers” coming to Edison Campus
Edison Community College will wrap up its exciting summer activities
schedule on Friday, Aug. 17, and Saturday, Aug. 18, with a showing of
the one of the season’s biggest blockbuster movie, “The Avengers,” at
the Piqua Campus. The PG-13 rated movie will make its first run on
Friday... Read
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SPORTS MORE RATIONAL THAN POLITICS
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Townhall...
Sports Versus Politics
by Thomas Sowell
It has long seemed to me that there is far more rationality in sports,
and in commentaries on sports, than there is in politics and in
commentaries on politics. What has puzzled me is why this is so, when
what happens in politics has far more serious effects on people’s
lives. To take one common example, there are many people who believe
that if the...
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| GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR COUNTDOWN... 8 DAYS TO GO - THURSDAY, AUGUST 9,
2012 |
The
Greenville grapevine is alive and well and it seems the GTI expansion
into Indiana has been one of the topics. Bob Rhoades has been
listening… and checked out some of the press that’s been published. He
has some questions about a few things. One of them is wondering if he
missed something? Check it out Friday on CNO. Also in Blogs: Obama nationalizing Common Core standards. Events: Greenville Athletic Booster meeting. News: Jobless benefits fund out of money. Obituaries: Luis Macias. For
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