TODAY
IS MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013 - GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
GHS Vocal Music Christmas Concert
GREENVILLE - The Greenville High School Vocal Music Christmas Concert
will be held on Monday, December 16 at 7:00 pm at St. Clair Memorial
Hall. All seats are reserved, and tickets may be purchased at the
Greenville High School ticket booth, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. daily through
the performance date. The price of the tickets is $5 for presale and $6
at the door. There are no refunds or exchanges. Tickets may also be
reserved by contacting... Read
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CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
Letters to Santa
DARKE COUNTY – The Early Bird is asking for Letters to Santa for
publication on its website, www.bluebagmedia.com. Letters can be sent
by email to editor@earlybirdpaper.com or mailed to The Early Bird, 5312
Sebring Warner Road, Greenville, Ohio 45331. Early Bird Associate
Editor Bob Robinson said he has Santa’s address at the North Pole and
will make sure...
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OHIO FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN
Greenville local elected president of OFRW
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – Local Republican Lyn Bliss was recently elected President
of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women (OFRW), a statewide
organization set up to assist the Ohio Republican Party (ORP) in its
various activities. Her goal as the organization’s new leader?
“Communication… top... Read More. More News.
FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EDGE...
“Unity of Purpose”…Mandela’s Ideal,…Obama’s Failure
By Joe Facinoli
When Nelson Mandela gave his only Inauguration Address, on May 10,
1994, in Capetown, South Africa, he spoke selflessly of the “…need for
a ‘Unity of Purpose’ ”, with which his racially divided, and strife
torn nation could provide themselves a hopeful and forgiving
future. Almost fifteen years later, on January 20, 2009, in his
first Inauguration... Read
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OVERDOSE DEATHS ON THE RISE
Drugs claim 42 lives
from 2006 to 2013
“The problem with street drugs like cocaine and heroin, when they’re
made no one knows what the actual dose is,” stated Darke County
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Mark Whittaker. Whittaker went on to explain
that the strength of these drugs depends greatly upon what they have
been adulterated with and how much additives have been included in the
drug. “This is why we have so many drug... Read
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A TIME TO CELEBRATE
Bread of Life Bookstore Grand Re-Opening
Bread of Life Bookstore announces a Grand Re-Opening on Saturday,
December 14, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The first 100 customers in the
store will choose a gift box from the Christmas tree that will reveal
their personal discount and free gift to be chosen from a wide
selection of new fiction books, non-fiction books, gifts, and
Bibles. Additionally, everyone... Read
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OHIO DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Ohio's Deer-Gun
Season Opens with
22,620 Deer Harvested
COLUMBUS, OH – Hunters checked 22,620 white-tailed deer on Monday, Dec.
2, the opening day of Ohio’s deer-gun hunting season, according to the
Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The
deer-gun season remains open through Sunday, Dec. 8. Hunters are
encouraged to take to the field to enjoy the six... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013
Editor's
Photo: Shelby Schepis and Kent Holmes mix with auction supporters
during the Ackley cartoon auction, with benefits going the the Senior
Scribes Scholarship Fund. Read the full story here tomorrow to find out
more. Paul
Ackley’s cartoon for
this week has
been posted. Get it here.
Favorite Sports Photos: New pics posted Sept. 15. Classifieds:
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