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Edison State Announces Spring 2018 Dean’s List
Editor Note: Most of my students are on this list... Congratulations!!
Edison State Community College recognizes 458 students for excellence
in academics on the Spring 2018 Semester Dean’s List. To be eligible
for the Dean’s List, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point
average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester. Anna: Andrew
Amsden, Emily Aufderhaar, Allison Bertke...
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America Red Cross Exceeds Sound the Alarm Goals
National and local campaigns successful
Piqua – (May 24, 2018) - The results are in and the Northern
Miami Valley Ohio Chapter of the American Red Cross had an extremely
successful Sound the Alarm campaign! NMVO volunteers and community
partners installed a total of 268 free smoke alarms in the area
residences, making 116 homes safer. Nationally, 30,859 volunteers...
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Annie Oakley Golf Committee plan Tournament for July 23
Preparations for the 37th Annual Annie Oakley Golf Tournament are
underway! Last year 92 golfers signed up for the 18-hole event,
which benefited the Cancer Association of Darke County. Committee
members for the tournament are Matt & Angie Arnold, Kent & Lynn
James, Todd and Beth Durham, Jack & Kay Sloat, Ed & Kay Curry,
Larry Ullery and Christine Lynn. Last year’s tournament was very
successful and the...
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Hunters Checked more than 22,000 Wild Turkeys
Darke County 49; up from 45 a year ago
COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio hunters checked a total of 22,571 wild turkeys
during the combined 2018 spring wild turkey south zone hunting season,
northeast zone hunting season and youth wild turkey hunting season,
April 21-May 27, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
(ODNR). In 2017, hunters checked a total of 21,042 wild turkeys...
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STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
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Remembering those who sacrificed
By Bob Robinson
On Monday I closed up my computer, got dressed and headed into town. It
was a little after 12… this year I wasn’t going to walk the parade
route. At 73, I wasn’t sure that was the best plan on a hot (and I do
mean hot) day at the end of May. Later I admit to being shamed at the
number of veterans, my age or older, who DID walk the parade route...
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Along
Life’s Way... Should We Sit This
One Out?
By Lois E. Wilson
Recently, a research study about the results of too much sitting was
published. Do sedentary habits adversely affect the brain?
Thirty-five cognitively healthy people were studied—25 women and 10
men, ages 45 to 75. They were given physical activity questionnaires
and MRI brain scans. They reported sitting an average of 3 to 15 hours
per day...
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Look for Empowering at June First Friday
GREENVILLE - Empowering Darke County Youth will be at the Main Street
Greenville’s First Friday event, June 1. Its purpose will be to educate
parents on what Empowering does, its successes over the past two years,
enroll students who could use some help this summer and let adults know
how they can help. Supervisor/tutors will be on hand to answer
questions and explain the free summer programs available for Darke...
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