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		<title>Alder grad completes first season with pro volleyball team</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For The Advocate &#160; Jaclynn Yocum, a 2004 graduate of Jonathan Alder High School, recently completed her first season with the Arizona Sizzle of the professional Premier Volleyball League. Her season wrapped up at the USA Volleyball national tournament in Louisville, Ky. It was Yocum’s rookie year with the Phoenix-based squad. “It was a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drowning claims second-grader</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Beathard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Beathard Staff Writer &#160; A second-grade student at Plain City Elementary School apparently drowned accidentally in a Hilliard-area pool on the weekend, according to principal Kelly Hicks. Hicks told board of education members on Monday that Johnathon Miller, 8, was attending a family gathering on Morris Road in western Franklin County when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hors d’oeuvres to go or eat at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe we’re into June? The year’s near halfway over! June’s a time for wedding bells And vows to love, forever. Grads walking across a stage Capped, gowned and diploma’d Look back at the life that’s lived so far And forward at life unknown’d! June’s a time to celebrate The happy times in life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nut grass or dandelions will drive him crazy</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/slim-randles/nut-grass-dandelions-drive-crazy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slim Randles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s idolatry, pure and simple. Why else would millions of men spend billions of dollars each year on something that simply takes work and means time away from having fun with friends and family? It’s worship. Worship of tiny little plants invading our yards. It’s lawn-o-mania. Since man first invented the yard, he’s wanted it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You never know what may happen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I am sitting in the emergency room. It’s 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, June 5. I woke up at 7 a.m. today. Did I expect to spend my morning in the emergency room? No, actually, I had other plans. And to be truthful, going to the emergency room was not even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plain City native is featured senior at University of Findlay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sarah Foltz For The Madison Press &#160; Coming from a small town, Erica Ernst Stottlemyer had her eyes set on The University of Findlay’s small class sizes, pre-veterinary medicine program and the women’s soccer team after high school. In her freshman year, she decided that physical therapy would be the best major and she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Record participation at care day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Bezusko For The Plain City Advocate &#160; “What a blessing this day is.” The words of Linda Coates sum up the sentiments expressed by dozens of the record 702 volunteers who worked on Community Care Day. United Way’s 17th annual volunteer event was held on Tuesday, May 21, with sunny skies and comfortable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder confident in its return to state tournament</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 23:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; When the Jonathan Alder baseball team takes the field for their Division II state semifinal Thursday at 5 p.m. at Huntington Park they’ll be looking at a team similiar to themselves. The Huskies (23-7) are a squad that likes to play “small ball,” has at least one stud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Information request withdrawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Treynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rob Treynor Assistant Editor &#160; A request for public records, asked of Plain City in April 2013, has been withdrawn by John Rucker, according to fiscal officer Renee Van Winkle. The request included all emails and documents pertaining to costs of the construction of the Plain City Aquatic Center, all emails and print documents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the cow to the plow</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/slim-randles/cow-plow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slim Randles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“From the cow to the plow, Dewey,” Windy said, leaning on a shovel. Windy Wilson was on another of his “helper days” and today it was Dewey Decker’s turn to be helped. “What do you mean, Windy?” “You know … a slogan for the business. From the cow to the plow. Fertilizer. Farming.” He was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovina would rather sew than clean on her birthday</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/lovina-eicher/lovina-sew-clean-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are having a light rain this morning which we are so thankful for. Yesterday we also had some rain and it sure has made my garden perk up. I think we will be having radishes to use soon. Daughter Lovina and her friends were here for the night on Monday. They had lots of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tolles continues support of Special Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Gates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JEFF GATES &#160; Check mates. The Business Professionals of America student group at Tolles Career &#38; Technical Center and the Madison County Special Olympics program appear to be a perfect match. Throughout each academic year, Tolles Business Professionals of America holds events/activities to raise funds for Special Olympics. This year, Tolles’ National Technical Honor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneers prevail in regional semifinal game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Miles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Miles Sports Editor &#160; DAYTON — It’s not always about how many hits you get, but more importantly about when you get them. The Jonathan Alder baseball team was outhit during a Division II regional semifinal against Springfield Shawnee at University of Dayton Thursday, but the Pioneers delivered clutch hits when they needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathan Alder boys  basketball camp set</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 16:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jonathan Alder Pioneers Summer Skills Camp is scheduled Monday, June 10 through Thursday, June 13 for boys who will be in fourth through ninth-grade next school year. The camp will feature work on individual skill development, offensive and defensive concepts, drills to improve your game as well as competitions, contests and prizes. Camp for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early morning yields dinner ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 14:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a song from a long time ago whose lyrics start with, “In the wee, small hours of the morning….” (I typically remember bits and pieces of songs and quotes that grab my attention, thus my fondness for clichés.) The “wee, small hours” line came to mind on a recent morning when I went from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you believe that food made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) should be labeled as such?</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/weekly-poll/food-genetically-modified-organisms-gmos-labeled-such/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 17:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Poll</dc:creator>
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		<title>Thank God in all things</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; There’s an interesting interview on the Internet where Wolf Blitzer is interviewing a mom, holding her child, who survived the tornado in Oklahoma. At the end of the interview, he says, “Well, you are blessed. Your child is blessed. Your husband is blessed (that you survived the tornado). Did you thank the Lord?” Her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Curtis have ESP?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 14:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slim Randles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard the rumor down at the feed store, later in the afternoon. We had a real live Sherlock Holmes in our community, and he was our local barber, Curtis Naismith. “What do you mean?” I asked Julie, the stout girl hired to carry 100-pound sacks of grain out to waiting trucks. “Curtis can tell,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lot of extra cleaning is going on</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/lovina-eicher/lot-extra-cleaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 14:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Tuesday evening around 10 p.m. It’s late and I should join the rest of the family and go to bed. It seems our days are extra filled with all the extra cleaning we are doing plus gardening. Tonight we were out in the garden planting until 8:30 p.m. We planted 92 tomato plants. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alder slashes budget</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/current-news/alder-slashes-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 14:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Beathard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Beathard Staff Writer &#160; Jonathan Alder Local Schools will slash $1.3 million in expenses from next year’s budget, following action by the board of education on Thursday, May 23. More than 100 teachers, parents and community members gathered at the high school for a special school board meeting. They came to hear details [...]]]></description>
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