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		<title>A day for heritage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fran Odyniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fran Odyniec For The Advocate &#160; Asked if the spritzes of rain had any negative effect on Heritage Day in Plain City on Saturday, May 18, Maria, a math and history teacher from Toledo, motioned to the kids in line at Shadpoke’s balloon artistry booth and pronounced, “Obviously not.” Maria, who had come down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Johns take the starch out of the Muffins, 8-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fran Odyniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fran Odyniec &#160; In a baseball game played by 1860 rules, the Der Dutchman Long Johns bested the Ohio Village Muffins 8-1 Saturday afternoon, May 18. A highlight of the fourth annual Plain City Heritage Day, the game took spectators as well as players back to a time when gentlemen played for exercise and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder, WJ win; London drops heartbreaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; The Jonathan Alder baseball team found a way to deliver when it needed to and will move on in the Division II Central District tournament because of it. The Pioneers (19-8) scored five runs with two outs en route to an 8-1 second-round victory over visiting Lakewood Thursday. With the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man accused of growing marijuana pleads no contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Beathard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Beathard Staff Writer &#160; The jury trial of a Pike Township man accused of growing marijuana in his backyard garden last summer was averted at the last minute on Tuesday after the defendant pleaded no contest to the charge. Prospective jurors waited outside the Madison County Common Pleas Courtroom as attorneys negotiated the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireworks unlikely</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Treynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor &#160; Will fireworks burst above Plain City this Independence Day? Probably not, according to Mayor Sandra Adkins, who spoke on the subject to village council on Monday night. Fireworks were among the many cuts made by council last year in order to deal with a budget shortfall. The mayor told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder sweeps Madison County Quad meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; There is power that comes in numbers, especially in the sport of track and field. The Jonathan Alder girls and boys track squads took home the championships of the Madison County Quad meet Tuesday at London on the strength of their superior numbers. The Pioneers simply had more athletes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London’s Carey shuts down Pioneers; Red Raiders roll 6-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; London High School junior hurler Zac Carey really wanted to throw in Tuesday’s inter-county game with host Jonathan Alder. Red Raiders coach Jim Wolverton insisted on keeping his ace available for South Central Ohio League games. But when the Red Raiders (10-8) contest with Hillsboro was rained out Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Take Back Day a big hit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fran Odyniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fran Odyniec For The Advocate   The Madison County Sheriff’s Office accepted approximately $20,000 worth of unused and expired medications at this past Saturday’s national “Drug Take-Back Day,” held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the office’s operations center at Elm Street and Garfield Avenue. “We are very satisfied with the results,” Sheriff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agape church robber charged  with  breaking probation terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Beathard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Beathard Staff Writer &#160; Kyle H. Koch, 21, 5419 Madison St., Hilliard, was charged with violating the terms of his probation for breaking and entering and theft convictions. Koch and co-defendant Jacob Heyder broke into Agape Church in Plain City on Aug. 20, 2011 to steal office equipment. As terms of their community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vaughn resigns, then appointed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Treynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor &#160; In the middle of Monday night&#8217;s Plain City village council meeting, President Pro Tem Kevin Vaughn finished his report to the mayor by resigning from council, effective immediately. No one on council seemed surprised as the mayor immediately asked to go into executive session. When council re-convened, Mayor Adkins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local girls earn bid to 2013 Junior Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For The Plain City Advocate &#160; The 15 National volleyball team from Elite Volleyball Training Center in Plain City were big winners at the Molten Bid Volleyball Tournament, hosted at the Columbus Convention Center the weekend of April 6-7. The team earned a national bid to attend the Junior National Championships (Junior Olympics) in Dallas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plain City hit with hefty information request</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Treynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor &#160; Plain City resident John Rucker has filed a freedom of information request with the village of Plain City. Rucker is closely associated with the Plain City Safety Awareness Organization. The group’s primary, if not sole, objective is to reinstate the police officer who was laid off by the village [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder’s big inning stuns West Jeff, gives Pioneers county softball title</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; The Jonathan Alder softball team is built on speed. With an army of lighting quick young players, the Pioneers have carved out a name for themselves this year for being a team that puts pressure on opposing teams with its ability to run. West Jefferson has what is considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder board approves Vineyard lease</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Beathard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Beathard &#160; A portion of the former Plain City Elementary School will soon be home to The Vineyard Church, following action by the Jonathan Alder Local Schools Board of Education on Monday, April 8. School board members authorized Superintendent Gary Chapman to finalize a one-year lease with the church’s Plain City congregation. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preserving a Civil War treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Treynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jerome Township Trustees, with the assistance of the residents of the township, descendants of the veterans named on the monument, and others who want to help save this historic treasure, are having the monument restored and relocated in a more safe location away from the intersection.]]></description>
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		<title>Village administrator Hilbert stepping down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Treynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I have been approached and have accepted a position in the private sector," Hilbert told Plain City village council on Monday evening. "I am resigning."]]></description>
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		<title>Spring sports season off to chilly April start</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; The spring sports season will see warmer days than the ones that have greeted area teams here at the start of April. But until mother nature turns down the breeze and turns up the heat, baseball, softball, tennis and track and field teams will have to deal with cooler [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder Jr. High students excel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shipley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dean Shipley Staff Writer &#160; Jonathan Alder Junior High students are making their mark outside the confines of their school on U.S. Route 42 and not just in one academic area. Their writing, geography knowledge and organizational skills have been lauded up to the state level. Three eighth grade girls and one seventh grade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mix of young and old have Pioneers poised for breakout season in ’13</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; With an influx of talented youngsters to go with a group of hard-nosed veterans, the Jonathan Alder softball team is poised for a breakout spring. Coach Dave McGrew is excited to see how his team meshes together as it looks to make noise in the Central District. “I’ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safety awareness group returns for round two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Treynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Rob Treynor &#160; Members of the Plain City Safety Awareness Organization (PCSAO) returned to another village council meeting on March 25 for round two of questions for the mayor and council members. Approximately 30 to 40 residents were shoehorned into the small council chambers. John Rucker, once again, was the main spokesperson for the [...]]]></description>
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