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NEWS ONLINE - MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2014 - CHEER COMP BRINGS OUT THE BEST
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Diverse group creates big competition
By George Starks
GREENVILLE- The 2014 Great Darke County Fair kicked off in its usual
fashion with the annual cheerleading competition. Thirteen schools were
represented with seven county schools in the competition and six out of
county schools. Lincolnview (Van Wert) was the furthest to drives while
he closest was Covington. Now in its 24th year at the fair, the
competition has become a huge part of the biggest festival in the
country. “It’s great to have... Read
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GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
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New ‘fair food’ vendors for 2014
By Elaine Bailey
If you head to the Great Darke County Fair for food, be on the lookout
for the new 2014 food vendors. The Trolley is not only new to this
year’s Great Darke County Fair, it is also making its debut in the
vending scene. Kevin and Charlene Via from Gratis, Ohio have put a few
of Kevin’s recipes to the taste... Read
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DARKE COUNTY PARKS
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Flint Knapping
Join the Darke County Parks on Thursday, September 4th at 6:30pm
for a program about the technical and artful skill of transforming
pieces of specialized rock into useful tools, producing knives, spear
points, scrapers and many other interesting materials. Bill Light will
demonstrate this useful art form using ancient techniques and more
modern ones. Various types... Read
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DARKE COUNTY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
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DCCA fair special
Annie Moses Band Tickets $20, August 15-23. Performance is Saturday,
September 13 at 8 PM. They are five Juilliard-trained musicians from
the same family tree with a sound all their own. They call it chamber
pop - a spicy blend of classical, jazz, pop and country. Siblings
Annie, Alex, Benjamin, Camille and Jeremiah are joined by their... Read
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U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
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Protecting Ohio Children from Liquid Nicotine and E-Cigarettes
Act would regulate childproof packaging on liquid nicotine
The tobacco industry, in an effort to replace the 480,000 customers it
loses each year to smoking-related deaths, has turned to electronic
cigarettes, a new nicotine product that it hopes to make appealing to
young people. These so-called e... Read
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DARKE COUNTY PARKS
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Friends of the Parks Basket Raffle
The Friends of the Darke County Park District will once again run their
annual basket raffle this summer and culminate at Prairie Days in
September. Local clubs donated baskets full of goodies to raise
money for the Friends of the Parks. Baskets include one from the
Darke County Birders, containing bird seed, a bird feeder, bird house,
field... Read
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DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL
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Two Ohio cities among most-educated in America
When it comes to the Three R’s, a couple of Ohio cities are among the
tops in the U.S. Financial firm NerdWallet has compiled a new list of
the 100 most educated places in America, based on 2012 Census data. The
scoring system factors in the proportion of residents with a high
school diploma, a... Read
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