COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 - DARKE COUNTY PARKS
Oven and Sorghum Press New Demonstrations at Prairie Days
The 2015 Prairie Days will feature two new demonstrations. First
volunteers will be demonstrating how pioneers would have made homemade
bread in the outdoor bake oven, also known as the cob oven. The oven
construction was completed during the summer of 2014 and is located
near the northwest corner of the log house. Volunteers will build a
fire in the oven to heat it, then remove the coals and sprinkle
cornmeal on the oven surface to prevent sticking. The bread dough,
cookies, or any other baked goods can then be prepared... Read
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GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Pressure Canning Class at Library
The Greenville Public Library is happy to offer a class on pressure
canning on Thursday September 17th at 6:30 in our upstairs meeting room
- timely knowledge for preserving this year’s garden vegetables!
Diane Barga from the OSU Extension Office will have all the supplies,
equipment, and the right kind... Read
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DARKE COUNTY SOCCER ASSOCIATION
DCSA Fall Skills Academy
What: DCSA Fall Skills Academy… When: Sundays starting September 27th
and running every Sunday through October 25th… Where: North Park Soccer
Fields… Ages: 3 to 8 year olds will be held from 5 to 6PM; 9 to 14 year
olds will be held from 6 to 7PM… Cost: FREE There is no registration
needed... Read
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BROKE WIFE, BIG CITY
This is why we don’t stick our hand in the toaster
By Aprill Brandon
The pitter-patter of little feet. This is what is promised to you when
you become a parent. The sound that will fill your house, night and
day. And it truly is one of the greatest sounds in the world.
Unfortunately, this sound is accompanied by a whole orchestra of other
sounds that are much... Read
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DARKE COUNTY SENIOR SCRIBES
The Dark Night of the Animas
By Kate Burch
Around 1988, my husband and I took a road trip to the West. In
Colorado, we had the delightful experience of riding on the
narrow-gauge railway from Durango to Silverton, an old mining
town. The train tracks for quite a while hugged a vertiginous
cliff overlooking the Animas River, and we could, scarily... Read
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ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
DeWine Announces 2015 Take Action Scholarship Contest
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced the
start of the seventh annual Take Action Video Contest for Ohio high
school students. To enter this year’s contest, students (grades 9 to
12) must produce and submit a 60-second video on identity theft,
cybersecurity, or student loans. The deadline to submit an entry is... Read
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TOWNHALL
Can We Please Have a Rules-Based Policy?
Larry Kudlow
As stocks endure their worst correction since 2011, and the battle
between Fed doves and hawks rages on over a
quarter-of-a-percentage-point rate liftoff, the much-anticipated August
employment numbers made for a surprisingly mediocre report. Nonfarm
payrolls came in below consensus at 173,000. But private payrolls... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Editor's
Photo: Edison Darke County Campus Dean Chad Beanblossom talked to
members and guests at the Sept. 9 meeting of Kiwanis of Greenville
about his vision for the future as the recently appointed Dean of the
campus. For more, read the story tomorrow.
You can check out the Paul
Ackley
cartoon archive here.
New Community Events photo sets posted here. Sports
photos are updated on a regular basis here.Events: Why Communication Is NOT the Key to Your Marriage; Darke County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.See
yesterday's postclick
here.