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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at DCCA’s “Irish Wave”
Darke County Center for the Arts will host “Irish Wave” at Montage Cafe
in downtown Greenville on St. Patrick's Day, Friday, March 17. An
annual DCCA fundraiser, “Irish Wave” features Irish music, Irish food,
and an assortment of beers. According to DCCA Executive Director Andrea
Jordan, the proceeds will benefit DCCA's many programs including Arts
In Education and the Family Theatre Series. “We promise a good time for
a good cause, a win-win situation for everyone,” Ms. Jordan said. The... Read
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MANSFIELD NEWS JOURNAL
How young is too young? 36,000 elementary school suspensions
Jessie Balmert and Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati Enquirer
COLUMBUS - Ohio schools dole out up to 36,000 suspensions to elementary
students each year – a number that stunned a Republican lawmaker into
seeking a ban on many suspensions and... Read
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GREENVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Author’s Night at Montage
Author’s Night is a free event opened to the public, generously
sponsored by the Friends of the Greenville Public Library. Held
at Montage Cafe in downtown Greenville where delicious food & drink
can be purchased, the evening is always extra-festive with live music
by the cool J.R. Price and Bill Westfall. Doors open at 6:00 and
the program starts at 7:00. The dates for March and April have been... Read
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DARKE COUNTY PARKS
Funding Available for DCP Field Trips
Through the generous support of the Harry D. Stephens Memorial Fund,
the Friends of Darke County Parks have created a repository of field
trip funding for the schools and teachers who need it. Many times
teachers would like to schedule field trips to the park but are unable
to find the funding for transportation costs... Read
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DARKE COUNTY PARKS
Maple Sugarin’ at the Prairie
The sap is flowing and the fire is roaring in the Sugar Shack; that
means it’s time to enjoy nature’s sweet treat. Saturday, March 4th from
8:00am-3:00pm is Maple Sugarin’ at the Prairie! The Friends of the
Parks will once again be serving up a hearty breakfast of waffles,
sausage, juice, coffee, and of course pure Ohio... Read
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THE WASHINGTON POST
An alternative to remedial college classes gets results
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
When students are unprepared for the rigors of college, schools often
require them to take courses to catch up to their classmates. Those
remediation courses, though, do not count toward a degree and may delay
students from graduating on time, costing... Read
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DARKE COUNTY SENIOR SCRIBES
Puzzle Pete sees double
Lois E. Wilson
Use the numbered clues to find the 5-letter answers. Each dash stands
for a letter. The last 2 letters of an answer word are also the first 2
letters of the next word. Work up and down. The puzzle is started for
you. Puzzle Pete wants to know—“Are two better than one?” Wilson's
completed set has a new edition – now six volumes – of published... Read
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THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017
From
the Editor: Currently on CNO... Greenville’s K-8 opens to lots of
smiling faces; the new building will be dedicated on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m.
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