Upper Scioto Valley 5th graders graduate the D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resittance Education) Program taught in local schools by the Hardin County Sheriff's office.
D.A.R.E. curricula address drugs, violence, bullying, internet safety, and other high risk circumstances that today are too often a part of students’ lives.
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By Monty Siekerman
Mr. Entertainer, Mr. Energy, Mr. Stamina...take your pick at what you want to call Ben Vereen, but most in the audience Saturday would say he is all three wrapped up in one person.
Vereen gave a two-hour show of song, dance, and humor at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts, earning two standing ovations at the conclusion.
He and three musicians kept the audience entertained with familiar and more recent songs for two hours without intermission.
His experience in acting showed when he could change his expression and emotion from happy to sad in an instant.
Judith Greavu, art emerita at Ohio Northern University, recently had her work “Kinnegoe Bay Cross” installed in Deland, Florida.
Greavu also has installed “Arts Spirit” at The Deland Sculpture Walk near the Museum of Florida Art in Deland, Florida. This towering outdoor work evoked a dancing spectacle that suggested influences of Henry Moore and Louise Bourgeois.
Greavu’s works have been shown in numerous venues around the country. She has presented from Michigan to Florida and throughout Ohio, including Polk Museum Outdoor Sculpture Competition, The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio, the Everglades National Park, and the Midwest Sculpture Initiative.
The Ada Kiwanis Club will meet on Tuesday, January 31st at 12:00 noon at Viva Maria’s Restaurant in downtown Ada.
Annetta, Holmes, a representative of the Hardin County Dolly Parton Imagination Library, will be speaking about their efforts.
In 1995, Dolly Parton launched an exciting new effort, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, to benefit the children of her home county in East Tennessee, USA.
Dolly's vision was to foster a love of reading among her county’s preschool children and their families by providing them with the gift of a specially selected book each month.
By Monty Siekerman
This is a story about Ben Vereen, the multitalented singer, dancer, actor who will present a show at the Freed Center on Jan. 28. But this is not the usual story detailing his talents and many accolades, you can read plenty of that on the internet; it's an easy search.
In a recent telephone interview, Ben Vereen discussed how he has coped with tragedy and enormous set backs in his life, something, he says, everyone experiences if they've lived a few years. Read on to find out his take on how to overcome misfortune...those terrible things you have no control over.
