TODAY
IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013 - LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
GSD Board the focus of League Candidates’ Night
The League of Women Voters of Darke County will once again sponsor a Candidates' Forum for the November General Election, Monday, October 21 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at the American Legion, 325 N. Ohio Street in Greenville. This non-partisan forum will focus on the candidates for Greenville Board of Education. Information on Local Issue1, the Darke County Park District, will be presented at the Forum and Greenville City non-contested candidates may also... Read
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POLICE BEAT
Attempted pick up of young girl, dead body, vehicle fire and more
On Oct. 3 a juvenile girl was walking home from school in the 800 block of Washington Ave. when an unknown male pulled up beside her and said “Does a pretty little girl want a ride home?” She shook her head no and said no, backing up from the roadway. She picked up a stick and kept walking. The suspect... Read
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HISTORICAL SOUTH SCHOOL PICTURE
Identity of South School Students Sought
By Lyn Bliss, Senior Scribe
Greenville—The Genealogy Library of Garst Museum recently obtained a picture from Georgeanna Bailey. Bailey said the picture was taken at South School when her mother was a student there. Bailey’s mother was Vergie Hanson (nee Overholser) who was married in 1931 and had her 100th birthday... Read More. More Community.
COURT APPOINTED CHILDREN'S ADVOCATES
CASA involved in cases of abuse, neglect & more, By Bob Robinson GREENVILLE – “Typical? There is no typical,” CASA Director Kay Robbins said. CASA stands for Court Appointed Children’s Advocates. “We have children born with drugs in their system, children who were in a home when a drug bust occurs, children with broken bones, shaken babies…” CASA volunteers see the same things Montgomery and Franklin counties see, just not as many. “There has to be (Darke County... Read
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STUDENTS ATTEND CONFERENCE
GHS BPA members attend Regional Fall Conference
Recently 88 Greenville High School Business Professionals of America members traveled to Wright State Nutter Center to attend the Regional Fall Leadership Conference. Students along with advisors, Dara Buchy, Margie Heitkamp, Lori Hoover, Nate Sharp and Bob Warner heard from... Read
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US REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER
Bipartisan Senate Agreement to Reopen Government, Avoid Default
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) released the following statement regarding the bipartisan Senate agreement to reopen the federal government and avoid a national default: “The House has fought with everything it has to convince the president of the United States to engage in bipartisan... Read
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HUMAN EVENTS
The brains behind the Obama shutdown strategy
By John Hayward
10/16/2013 Who talked Barack Obama into shutting down the government and pulling up the curtain on Shutdown Theater? (For those still clinging to “Republican shutdown” mythology, Matt Vespa at PJ Media reminds us that Republicans in the House voted 11 times to re-open the government, listing the bills by number... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013
Editor's
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