COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016 - NATIONAL JUNK FOOD DAY
Edison State Community College Lentz to become Agriculture Program Director at Edison DCC
Edison State Community College is pleased to welcome Mr. Brad Lentz as
the Agriculture Program Director. Lentz’s prior experience in
agricultural education will prove to be instrumental as he helps to
build and support the college’s new agribusiness program, which is set
to launch this fall at Edison State’s Darke County campus. “We are
thrilled to have Brad on board as our new Agriculture Program
Director,” said Chad Beanblossom... Read
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NAT'L FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN
NFRW President Calls for Unity in Republican Convention Speech
'Women support Trump! Women ... will unify the party.'
CLEVELAND – Carrie Almond, president of the National Federation of
Republican Women (NFRW), called for unity in the Republican Party and
encouraged everyone to “get on board” during her speech to the
Republican National... Read
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EMPOWERING DARKE COUNTY YOUTH
Empowering president talks about helping at-risk kids
“As many as one out of 10 Darke County students don’t graduate on time.
Many of them simply drop out of school,” said Eric Fee, president of a
new organization, Empowering Darke County Youth. The local business
owner of Oliver Floyd and Braund Pope Funeral Homes talked to Kiwanis of... Read
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OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Ohio School Report Cards
Ohio School Report Cards are a way to see how your child’s school is
performing. They are designed to help give parents and communities an
annual update on the variety of components that together show how well
students are learning, growing and achieving. An A to F grading scale
shows where your child’s school is... Read
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FARM POWER OF THE PAST
Annual Farm Power Reunion offers
taste of the past
By Bob Robinson
Park the car two blocks away and you could still hear the “putt putt
pop pop” of internal combustion engines from the early 20th century. It
told you the 17th Annual Greenville Farm Power of the Past had taken
over the Darke County Fairgrounds... Read
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THE CHALLENGES OF DIVERSITY
Learning from our kids
By Bob Robinson
I have trouble remembering names. No matter how hard I try, I can spend
16 weeks working with 15 or 16 students in a classroom and, if I’m
lucky – I mean really lucky – I’ll know 10 or 12 of them. Compound that
with two, three or four classes, and I’ll know the names of maybe a
third of students I’d seen twice a week for nearly four months.
Sometimes a... Read
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ELDORA SPEEDWAY
Eldora Crowns King Donny XXXIII at Kings Royal
Pittman the “Knight Before” Winner; Gravel takes “Joker’s Wild” night
ROSSBURG, Ohio — July 16, 2016 — It has been nearly a decade, but Donny
Schatz looked like a natural as he was crowned King Donny XXXIII – his
third Kings Royal title since 2007 – on... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016
From
the Editor: Darke County Center for the Arts… Local couples sponsor
DCCA Barbecue & Blues. Read the full story tomorrow. Community
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