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NEWS ONLINE - FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015 - BLUEBAG MEDIA
Hundreds enjoy Greenville’s June First Friday offerings
GREENVILLE – “We’re looking for volunteers,” said a volunteer. “We need
volunteers,” said another. At least seven or eight non-profits were on
Fifth Street with games for kids, brochures and other literature for
parents. Some looking for volunteers; some providing safety and other
information to visitors. One organization, the American Red Cross Darke
County, had a red blanket held at its ends by volunteers. They were
providing life-saving education… if a fire breaks out in the home,
smoke rises... Read
More. More Community.
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Bike safety and maneuvering
taught at rodeo
VERSAILLES – Dozens of children – some as young as three, others as old
as nine and 10 – went through a maze of orange cones following chalk
arrows on June 6. Their goal? Learn to control their bicycles and to
ride them safely. The Bike Rodeo course, set up by the Versailles Fire
Department... Read
More. More Community.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN HUFFMAN
Huffman, Grossman Discuss Legislation to Upgrade Statewide Trauma System
COLUMBUS—State Representatives Cheryl Grossman (R-Grove City) and
Stephen Huffman (R-Tipp City) discussed upcoming legislation they will
introduce to upgrade Ohio’s statewide trauma system through the
creation of the Ohio Trauma Board. The two legislators held a press
conference this morning at the Statehouse... Read
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SATELLITE VS. CABLE
Taxing Times
By Kate Burch
Some years ago, Ohio instituted a sales tax, now 5.75%, on satellite TV
services. The cable TV providers successfully lobbied to avoid
the tax, claiming that a sales tax, on top of “franchise fees” the
cable companies were required to pay to the state, would put them at a
competitive disadvantage. The satellite companies have tried
several times... Read
More. More Opinion.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY
The Budget Process
Approaches the Finish Line
With the Senate wrapping up their work on the budget, we are now
looking at the differences between their version and the House’s
version. I’ve spent the last month meeting with over half of Ohio’s
Senators to discuss the provisions in the budget that I feel are most
important to helping Ohioan’s succeed. In each of those meetings, I was
pleased to know that the public servants in the Senate... Read
More. More Opinion.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Help Us Find Them National Missing Children’s Day 2015
On May 25, 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared while walking to his
school bus stop in New York. Four years later, to honor Etan’s memory
and the memories of other missing children, President Ronald Reagan
proclaimed May 25—the anniversary of Etan’s disappearance—as National
Missing Children’s Day. Tragically, however... Read
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Employers taking a
new look at felons
GREENVILLE – “I started thinking he’d make it when he took that
porta-potty job at the fair… that’s not an easy job,” said Jon Heffner,
Darke County Workforce Development. At first, Heffner didn’t see it
happening. The felon had a bad heroin charge and addiction. He went
through welding class and worked at a variety... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015
Editor's
Photo: The Greenville Public Library's next Thursday evening “Third
Floor Film Series” movie will be on June 25 at 7:00. Find out tomorrow
which film will be featured.
This
week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here.
New Community Events photo set posted here. Sports
photos are updated on a regular basis here.Events: Pleasant Hill Church cruise in. Sports: Monster Jam® at Eldora Speedway set for August 7-8.Obituaries: Mark A. Dotson.See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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