COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015 - BLUEBAG MEDIA
Edison DCC to participate in workforce education
GREENVILLE – “We are aggressively pursuing Workforce Development
training as part of diversifying our offerings to the community,” said
Rhonda Rich, Edison Darke County Campus Coordinator and Success
Advisor. “At the same time we’ll continue to serve the needs of
traditional and CCP (College Credit Plus) students,” she added, noting
this will allow the college to serve the overall community better. Rich
said a new campus director, Chad Beanblossom, has been hired to, among
his... Read
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GREENVILLE FFA
GCTC FFA Members Participate in Public Speaking
Sydney Lawson, Kody Purvis, Chad Harter, Victoria Nader and Olivia
McDade represented Greenville FFA in the District 5, Sub-District
Public Speaking Contest on February 10, 2015 at Brookville High School.
Sydney Lawson, a freshman, participated in the Creed speaking... Read
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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER
Boehner Invites High School Students to Compete in Art Competition
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) today
released a video message inviting 8th Congressional District high
school students to participate in the 2015 Congressional Art
Competition, An Artistic Discovery. All artwork must be submitted to
Rep. Boehner’s Butler County, Clark... Read
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U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN
Standing Up for American Jobs by Addressing Trade Cheats
There isn’t much Democrats and Republicans can agree on these days, but
one idea is uniting senators on both sides of the aisle. This month I
joined my colleagues of both political parties to announce the
introduction of the Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act, to stand
up to Chinese currency manipulation. This bipartisan plan could create
five million... Read
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STATE SENATOR KEITH FABER
Ohio Legislative Service Commission Accepting Fellowship Applications
Each year college graduates set out to begin their professional lives
armed with new degrees, great enthusiasm and high expectations.
Many, however, quickly realize that getting a foot in the door can be a
difficult challenge, even for the most qualified candidates. It
is an under-appreciated fact that employers must often choose... Read
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ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
DeWine Rejects Petition for End Ohio Cannabis Prohibition Act
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today rejected the
petition for the proposed End Ohio Cannabis Prohibition Act because the
petitioners did not submit the minimum valid signatures required. On
February 17th, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office received a written
petition to amend the Ohio Constitution by adding the Ohio
Alternative... Read
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OHIO'S SCHOOLS
Charter school debacle getting more newspaper editorial attention
By William Phillis
Something is happening that should have happened fifteen years ago.
Editorial boards have finally awakened to the charter school experiment
that has removed over $7 billion from Ohio school districts. The $10.9
million pilot program has morphed into a billion dollar annual... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015
Editor's
Photo: The community gets update in fight against drug abuse. Read more tomorrow.
This week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here. View the latest Community Events slide show here. Sports photos are updated on a regular basis here. Community: BPA Region 3 State Qualifiers; 2015 Tree Sale Underway. News: Injury Accident on U.S. 36. Obituaries: Virginia M. Pittsenbarger; Edna Marie Engelken; James A. "Jim" Cox; Chris Pinney. See
yesterday's postclick
here.
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