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NEWS ONLINE - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014 - BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
Big Buddy Mentors Make Big Impact in the Lives of Children
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke County is excited to
announce that another great year of the Big Buddies program is up and
running. This is the Fifteenth year the program has been in
place. The Buddies program is an eight-month commitment where
high school sophomores, juniors and seniors agree to work with and
mentor elementary aged children two times per month. During these
meetings, the high school students, under the supervision of Big
Brothers Big Sisters staff, work... Read
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BLUEBAG MEDIA
Edison DC campus dean to retire in December
GREENVILLE – “I’m going to miss the students,” said Darke County Campus
Dean Janice Michael. “And the faculty… the people here are really
good.” Michael, who has been a fixture at the Edison Community College
local campus – in all of its locations – for 30 years, will be retiring
at the end of the year. With accumulated vacation time, her last... Read
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DARKE COUNTY PARKS
Darke County Parks Photo Calendar for Sale
After a year-long contest and many photo submissions, the 2014 Darke
County Parks photo contest has come to fruition. The finalists
have been selected and a 2015 calendar is complete. Talented
photographers set out to the 12 Darke County Park areas and snapped
photos during various seasons and all... Read
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CRIME IN AMERICA
FBI Releases 2013 Hate Crime Statistics
Today, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2013, the Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Program’s first publication to present data collected
under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act
of 2009. Accordingly, the bias categories of gender (male and female)
and gender identity (transgender and gender nonconforming... Read
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GREENVILLE CAREER TECHNOLOGY
Emrick elected BPA secretary
Logan Emrick, a junior Supply Chain Management student at Greenville
Career Technical Center High School, was elected Secretary for Business
Professionals of America, Ohio Association at its annual Fall
Leadership Conference on Wednesday, November 19, at the Greater
Columbus Convention... Read
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY
Adoption Reform Continues to Move Through the Legislature
As we begin to wrap up our work in Columbus for the rest of the year,
we still have a few major tasks to accomplish. Among my highest
priorities is reforming Ohio’s current adoption system to ease burdens
on families and incentivize Ohioans to consider adopting children here
in the state. Ohio law affords the father of any newborn child the
opportunity to come forward and protest the adoption in the... Read
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AFTER 22 YEARS...
Burns Retiring as President & CEO of Greenville National Bank
In November 1974, The Citizen’s Bank of Ansonia hired a young man to
work for their bank. In April 1976, Greenville National Bank
purchased the Citizen’s Bank of Ansonia and acquired with it a future
president and CEO of Greenville National Bank. This young man was
Steve A. Burns. Steve was elected as President and CEO of GNB in
March, 1992. Under Steve’s... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014
Editor's
Photo: T-V senior chooses Marines, learns about Dickey. For
more on Echo Brown's decision and her experience at Garst Museum, check out the story tomorrow.
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