COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014
Jets flex muscle in win over National Trail
By George Starks
PITSBURG - It took Franklin Monroe a mere 16 seconds to put up the
first score of the night and less than one minute to score the second.
With 40 minutes in the books, the Jets had built a 5-0 lead and would
put nine more goals on the board in the second. When it was all said
and done, the Jets unloaded a 14-0 beat down on National Train in Cross
County Conference action. Even with a lopsided outcome, Jets coach
Danny Diceanu saw many good things... Read
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GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
FM grad: working with
her animals a “habit”
GREENVILLE – “I always cry,” said Leah Allread, 2014 Franklin Monroe
High School graduate. She and her brother, Kenton, were prepping their
animals for this year’s show at the Darke County Fair. Showing pigs is
tough knowing the animal you have worked with for months will have to
be sold to market at the end of the show. Allread is no different. She
acknowledges... Read
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FRANKLIN MONROE GIRLS SOCCER
Trail hangs tough
but Lady Jets soar
By George Starks
PITSBURG - It was opening night for the Franklin Monroe Lady Jets
soccer team and the Jets did not disappoint the home crowd. In a hard
fought Cross County Conference contest, the Jets soared to a 3-0
victory over National Trail Thursday. “We had great weather and both
teams had a great effort,” said Lady Jets... Read
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MUSINGS OF A SENIOR SCRIBE
Just When Ya Think
By Mona Lease
There's nothing new under the sun; you find out it's true! Hi, all! I
was nosing around the Fair thinking there was nothing new...same old
oil and sugar. You know - deep fried pickles, twinkies, oreos, ice
cream and sugary funnel cakes, elephant ears, etc. Then I heard Asian
music?! I followed it to the Morris Elephant Encounter at the south end
of the Fairgrounds. Hailing from Florida - Bill and Cindy... Read
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TEEN TO TEEN TALK
Waiting for a Good Thing
by Elizabeth Horner
If you go and stay in London for a year, like I did as a freshman
college student, you are destined to acclimate to three things: British
accents, the pitter patter of rain, and some person getting excited
about Doctor Who or Sherlock, two of the hit shows on BBC. Which is why
I think it is a testament to my self control that I did not start
watching Steven Moffat’s modern-day interpretation of... Read
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GREAT DARKE COUNTY FAIR
Fair visitors come from
all parts of the country
GREENVILLE – “We’ve had people here from Florida, Alabama, New England
and all parts of Ohio,” said Deanna York, director of the Darke County
Visitors Bureau. This was Monday at their fair booth in the coliseum,
with five more days to go. “People are amazed we would promote stand
mixers at travel shows,” she added. “Then we tell them it’s a KitchenAid... Read
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JUST FOR FUN
Celebrating No. 88
Sent by a CNO reader
A lady goes to the bar on a cruise ship and orders a Scotch with two
drops of water. As the bartender gives her the drink she says: 'I'm on
this cruise to celebrate my 88th birthday and it's today.' The
bartender says 'Well, since it's your birthday, I'll buy you a drink.
In fact, this one is on me.' As the woman finishes her drink the woman
to her right says 'I would like to buy you a drink, too... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014
Editor's
Photo: Dyani Juarez graduated from Greenville High School in 1998.
Sixteen years later she was appointed Deputy Magistrate of the City of
Casa Grande Municipal Court. Read
more next week. This
week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here.
Favorite Sports Photos: New pics posted July 7, 2014.
Classifieds: New listings posted on a regular basis.Events: Meeting of Darke County Volunteer Network.Sports: Sunday Race Menu Follows Salute to Eldora Founders Earl & Berneice Baltes.To see yesterday's postObituaries: Forest L. Archie.Yesterday's
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