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NEWS ONLINE - THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 - THE DAILY SIGNAL
On the Texas-Mexico Border: The View From The Front Line
Genevieve Wood
• Drug cartels are helping would-be immigrants cross the border.
• Border officials: 3 of 4 people crossing the border are from
countries other than Mexico. • State lawmaker: “Texas is not
waiting for Washington to act.” Last weekend, I visited McAllen, Texas,
a hotbed of activity in the recent immigration surge on the U.S. –
Mexico border. I rode with U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, on a
boat with the Texas Department of Public Safety along the Rio Grande
River and... Read
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BLUE BAG MEDIA
Blacksmith most important person in a frontier town
GREENVILLE – “The blacksmith is the most important person in town.”
Jeff Brocious and Galen Delk, apprentice blacksmiths, were busy
fashioning tools and decorative iron from the flames at the Shawnee
Prairie Blacksmith Shop, the newest addition to the Darke County Park
District. Delk... Read
More. More Community.
EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Edison engages young minds with STEM Camp
Edison Community College is offering an entertaining and engaging way
for students entering grades 8-10 to spend part of their summer
vacation. The College will be offering its popular STEM Camp (Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Monday, July 28 through
Thursday, July 31 at the Piqua campus. “We’re looking forward to
offering... Read
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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER
The President's Immigration Announcement
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) issued the
following statement on the president's immigration announcement today:
"In our conversation last week, I told the president what I have been
telling him for months: the American people and their elected officials
don't trust him to enforce the law as written. Until that
changes, it is going to be difficult to... Read
More. More Opinion.
BACK IN TIME
Evening on watch was exciting because of ghosts
By Al Bliss
During my first three months at Fire Control School, I would, based on
a schedule for watch standers, be assigned a two hour watch in the
building. The school had been built sometime in the Second World War.
It was a two story building classically in the shape of H. The watch
station was on the first floor in the middle of the H. One... Read
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U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
Helping Ohio Workers Receive the Benefits They Deserve
To cut costs, some employers cheat the system by misclassifying their
employees as independent contractors. Though the vast majority of
employers are honest, the ones that aren’t deny their employees vital
worker safeguards and avoid paying their fair share of Social Security,
unemployment insurance, and income tax. This practice, which occurs
across several industries including... Read
More. More Opinion.
TOWNHALL
Obama Likes Secrets, Including Yours
Steve Chapman
The surprising thing about the Supreme Court's decision on police
searches of cellphones was its unanimity. Aligned on the same side of a
major law enforcement issue were liberal and conservative justices who
normally fight like cats and dogs. All agreed that it's intolerable to
let cops ransack the voluminous contents of mobile phones. Who could...
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014
Editor's
Photo: Tri-Village Rescue would like to invite you to the retirement
party of Jim and Carolyn Rush who are retiring after 30 years of
service. For more info, read all
about it tomorrow.
This
week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here.
Favorite Sports Photos: New pics posted Feb. 9, 2014.
Classifieds:
New listings posted on a regular basis. Community:
Columbus First Command office honors scholarship recipients, CORN
Newsletter: Wet Pattern Forecast in June Continues as Expected.Yesterday's
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