COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2015
Big Buddy Mentors Make Big Impact in the Lives of Local 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 Sixteenth year the program has been in
place. The Buddies program is an eight-month commitment where
high school freshman, 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 with one or two... Read
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CNO CHRISTMAS STORIES
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
by L. Frank Baum
Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big,
rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured. His workmen,
selected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and
every one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another. It is
called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy and gay.
The brook... Read
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LADY TROJANS NOW 4-3 ON SEASON
Arcanum improves
with win over Trail
By George Starks
ARCANUM- It might not be the most impressive victory Arcanum head coach
Matt Grote will see this season but it was a well-earned win. Arcanum
senior Rebecca Deao dropped in 15 points and pulled down 10 boards
Thursday as the Lady Trojans posted a 56-39 Cross County Conference... Read
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MUSINGS OF A SENIOR SCRIBE
Santa Claus?!!
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!! It's always interesting to me how different things are around
the world - and yet - the same, really. Take Santa Claus: In Belgium
he's Pere Noel, in Brazil he's Papai Noel. In Germany he's Weihnachtman
(Christmas Man), in Hawaii he's Kanakaloka. In Hungary he's Mikulas
(St. Nicholas), in Italy he's Babbo Natale. In Japan he's Hoteiosho (a
god or priest who... Read
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ELDORA SPEEDWAY
$100,000 Bonus For
Driver Who Sweeps
Four Crown Nationals $25,000 To Driver Who Wins Any Three Events
ROSSBURG, Ohio (December 9, 2015) – Eldora Speedway has always awarded
big money and the 35th Four-Crown Nationals are not any different as
track officials announced today that a $100,000 bonus will be awarded... Read
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GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
GHS Vocal Music Christmas Concert
GREENVILLE - The Greenville High School Vocal Music Christmas Concert
will be held on Tuesday, December 15 at 7:00 pm at St. Clair Memorial
Hall. Reserve and general admission seats are available this year.
Tickets may be purchased by calling Katie Netzley at 937-547-9659. The
price of the tickets... Read
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FAMILY MATTERS
Child tantrums
and adult tantrums
Dr. Melissa Martin, Ph.D.
Do you have a temper tantrum over your child’s temper tantrum? When
your child is rolling around on the floor and crying, the main thing is
for the parent or guardian to stay unruffled. Take a few deep breaths.
Check your emotions and your reactions. Is this a tantrum that can be
ignored? It is less difficult... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2015
Editor's
Photo: The 2016 Darke County Parks calendars are in! For more information, check out the story next week. See
the latest Christmas & Santa
articles here. New Community Events photo sets posted here. Check
out our new Facebook pages: County News Online Community and Empowering Darke County Youth. Like them and
invite your Facebook friends to like them. Sports
photos are updated on a regular basis here.Community: Darke County Parks Receives Grant.Sports: More than 73,000 Deer Checked during Ohio's Weeklong Gun Hunting Season. Obituaries:
Obituaries are posted daily here.
See
yesterday's postclick
here.
