TODAY
IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
2013 - GREENVILLE CAREER TECHNOLOGY
Career Tech Students Advance to State Competition
Greenville Career Tech Center Students recently competed in the
Regional BPA Competition. Students from Computer Information Systems,
Financial Specialists, Interactive Media, and Supply Chain Management
Tech Prep Programs worked hard to prepare for and present at the
Regional competition. We are very proud of our students and staff for
their success! Students advancing to the state competition will compete
March 14 and 15th in Columbus, Ohio...
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BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE 2013
Bowling Teams and Sponsors Still Needed
The bowl-a-thon will be held Friday, March 1, from 5-6 p.m. at Bel-Mar
Lanes in Sidney and Treaty Lanes in Greenville, and Sunday, March 3,
from 12-5 p.m. at Bel-Mar Lanes in Sidney and Treaty Lanes in
Greenvile. The festive atmosphere will again feature
glow-in-the-dark bowling lanes, pins, and bowling balls. We also
have a great line up of prizes… Read
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OHSAA SECTIONAL GIRLS BASKETBALL
Sectional action resumes tonight
By George Starks
BROOKVILLE-
The second round of the OHSAA sectional girls basketball tournament
will resume tonight in Brookville. Two county teams that took first
round byes will be in action tonight. In the 6 pm opener, Franklin
Monroe enters with a 9-10 record after coming off a loss at Tri-County
North on February 9 in Lewisburg, 62-53. The Jets...
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LIFE WITH LEVI
Man of the House
By Amanda Rodeheffer-Olson
Assistant Editor
This past weekend, my husband Aaron went out of town for Advocare
Success School in Dallas, Texas, which meant that me and Levi were home
by ourselves from Thursday night until Sunday. When Daddy left on
Thursday, I told Levi that he was the man of the house for the weekend.
And he took full advantage of the situation... Read
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SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
Promoting UAS Research & Development in the Miami Valley
During a meeting with the nominee for secretary of defense, former
Senator Chuck Hagel, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown urged for support in
expanding the research, training, and development of unmanned aircraft
systems (UAS) in Ohio. Sen. Brown discussed a number of his Ohio
priorities with Hagel during a meeting in Sen....
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DARKE COUNTY PARKS
Woodcock Watch
The spring courtship ritual of this unique bird is a treat to behold.
Join a Darke County Parks’ Naturalist on Thursday, February 28th at
5:30pm as we spy on the male woodcock as he struts his stuff and shows
off his aerobatics for the ladies. Quite an unusual looking
“shore”-bird, the woodcock is present most of the year, but we only get
good looks during its short mating season. Meet at the Nature... Read
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TOWNHALL
Why Do Societies Give Up?
by Victor Davis Hanson
Why do once-successful societies ossify and decline? Hundreds of
reasons have been adduced for the fall of Rome and the end of the Old
Regime in 18th-century France. Reasons run from inflation and excessive
spending to resource depletion and enemy invasion, as historians
attempt to understand the sudden collapse of the Mycenaeans, the Aztecs
and, apparently, the modern Greeks...
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
2013
Editor’s
Photo: Shawnee Prairie is the scene of a lot of action… trees have been
tapped; it’s time for Maple Sugarin’ at the Prairie. Story Wednesday.
New Ackley cartoon just posted here.
Favorite Sports Photos: New pics posted Feb. 17. Classifieds:
New listings posted Feb. 17. Note: Classified categories are not
displayed correctly. Please check all categories when you visit the
page. Hansbargers Presidents Day bargains and more posted Feb. 12 on Promos.
In Blogs: Question of adequacy. Community: Letter of Appreciation to Duane Shields. News: Medicaid expansion in Ohio would avoid budget gap. Sports: Harvick wins Sprint Unlimited at Daytona. Yesterday's
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