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	<title>The Sunbury News &#187; BW Local News</title>
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		<title>Sunbury’s Memorial Day opens at JR Smith Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday Sunbury will usher in the summer season with its traditional Memorial Day observances, complete with ceremonies honoring those who have served in the military services and who fought and died defending freedom both at home and abroad.

Sunbury’s commemoration begins with a 10 a.m. program at JR Smith Park, moves via parade to Veteran’s Memorial on the northwest corner of Village Square for a wreath laying ceremony, and disperses following a final ceremony in Sunbury Memorial Park.

The program at J.R. Smith Park is hosted this year by members of Sunbury’s Col. Benson Hough Post 457 American Legion. The keynote speaker for this year’s Sunbury Memorial Day ceremony will be Korean War veteran Robert Burr. The youth speaker will be Esther Armbrust, and Mary Bloch will sing the National Anthem.]]></description>
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		<title>Galena Memorial Day ceremonies open on Village Square</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Village of Galena invites you to attend its Memorial Day Ceremonies on Monday. Events begin at 1 p.m. on Village Square with the singing of the national anthem by Big Walnut High School senior Allison Dawson. Galena Council member David Simmons will offer opening remarks and Village Mayor Thomas Hopper will present a memorial wreath at the G &#038; T Club World War II memorial.

The featured speaker will be Robert Burr, a lifelong Delaware County resident and Korean War veteran. Burr is a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Amvets and the Disabled American Veterans. The youth speaker will be high school senior Esther Armbrust whose grandfather was a Marine veteran of Iwo Jima.]]></description>
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		<title>AAA inspects students cars at Big Walnut HS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to crash data assembled by the American Automobile Association, a.k.a. AAA, car crashes are the leading cause of death in teens, and more teen driver fatalities occur between Memorial Day and Labor Day than any other time of the year. Seven of the top 10 deadliest days for teen drivers occur during the summer months.

Triple-A statistics also note that proper vehicle maintenance can help reduce the risk of crashes and roadside breakdowns. In addition, correcting certain detected problems can help improve fuel efficiency. 

On Thursday, May 9, the week before Big Walnut High School’s Junior Senior Prom, AAA technicians inspected 71 vehicles at the high school. During high school vehicle inspections, AAA technicians identified potential problems with vehicle belts, hoses, tires, lights, fluid levels and batteries.]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Sunbury Farmers’ Market Season opens May 25!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its ninth year, the Sunbury/Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to bring the 2013 Sunbury Farmers’ Market on the Square to the Big Walnut community. Each Saturday, beginning May 25 and running through October 19, from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon, you can shop local vendors bringing home-made and home-grown items to the Market to sell on the Sunbury Square.

During the season, vendors will sell home-grown beautiful plants and flowers, delicious fruits and vegetables, snacks, pastries and hand-made crafts of all kinds.]]></description>
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		<title>Drummey says School District at levy tipping point</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Monday evening’s Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education meeting, district treasurer Felicia Drummey said district revenue for the current fiscal year is on track to be 2 percent higher than projected

“Income tax is also running well above projections,” Drummey said. “I anticipated a 5 percent income tax increase, it’s running at 8 percent, generating $441,000 more for the year than we anticipated - evidence that the economy is coming back.”

Drummey also noted that district expenditures are on track with projections, and for the fiscal year should be one percent less than projected.

In presenting the May five-year forecast, Drummey said that document is the first measure of the district’s fiscal health – how revenue coming in compares to revenue going out.]]></description>
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		<title>Fujii: Relevance makes rigor possible at BWHS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Monday evening’s Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education meeting, Big Walnut High School Principal Steve Fujii quoted education guru Bill Daggett, who said: Relevance makes rigor possible.

Fujii was speaking about Big Walnut teachers like Alan Frank that take on projects where students create a product or design solution for an outside client that’s used in the real world.

The idea being that students who roll up their sleeves and produce something for a client that will then be used outside of the school engages student’s attention more than if they were creating a pretend solution to a pretend problem that will never see the light of day.]]></description>
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		<title>BW Leo Club inducts 12 new members</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leo Clubs are a youth service organization of Lions Clubs International. In June of 2000, former Big Walnut High School teacher Mark Matthews formed the Big Walnut Leo Club. Since then the Big Walnut Leo Club had been one of the high school’s staple extra-curricular activities until budget constraints eliminated most 2010-11 school year club advisor funding.

Big Walnut High School Spanish language teacher and Leo Club advisor Dora Riggs was instrumental in successfully resurrecting the high school’s Leo Club following its full year hiatus. Last school year when the Leo Club was reinstated 32 high school student were inducted into the Big Walnut Leo Club; and last Thursday evening another dozen students were inducted into the school’s Leo Club ranks.]]></description>
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		<title>SUMC gearing up for 26th Annual Memorial Day Yard Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sunbury United Methodist Church (SUMC) will host its 26th annual Memorial Day Yard Sale from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, May 27 at 100 West Cherry Street. This annual event, which is held in conjunction with the Memorial Day Flea Market on the Sunbury square, attracts people from all over central Ohio. Parking is free, and there will be great deals on furniture, tools, toys, household goods, antiques and more, all donated by church members.]]></description>
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		<title>Dominion Homes’ gets nod to proceed at Sunbury Meadows</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/05/dominion-homes-nod-proceed-sunbury-meadows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Peck with Dominion Homes was in chambers during last Wednesday’s Sunbury Village Council meeting to ask council members to approve Sunbury Meadows Sections 5 A and B with a suspension of the rules and emergency language to allow the developer to proceed with laying out the two section’s infrastructure.

“The two sections contain 53 lots; Westport Homes will buy some of the lots,” Peck said, adding that the completion of the two sections would loop some streets in the subdivision that now end in stubs.

Peck also noted that Dominion’s construction activity is increasing.]]></description>
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		<title>Town Hall roof out to bid</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/05/town-hall-roof-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During last Wednesday’s Sunbury Village Council meeting village consulting engineer Wes Hall, CT Consultants, said the town hall roof project is going out for a three-week bid process. Hall said the bid opening to determine the lowest and best bid would be held at 12 noon on Wednesday, May 24.

Sunbury Town Hall has needed a new roof for some time. There have been leaks in council chambers, the metal roof is corroded and breaking apart around the perimeter, the painted coating is failing, and nails are pulling out.

Late last year Hall brought in Dan Bonham from his office to inspect the interior and exterior of the roof to determine its exact condition, and the nature of needed repairs when the roof is replaced.]]></description>
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		<title>Post 457 Community Service Awards presented to Donna, Glenn Evans </title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Legion Colonel Benson Hough Post 457 recently announced the 2013 recipients for the post’s Community Service Awards. The individual award went to Donna and Glenn Evans of Sunbury.

“This dedicated couple have given hundreds of hours serving the community in youth activities as well as any other event that takes place in the schools, their church or in the Village,” said Post 457 Commander Roy Terry. “Over the last 35 years I have never attended a local function that Donna and Glenn were not involved in, either directly or behind the scenes.”  ]]></description>
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		<title>Sunbury holds Arbor Day ceremony on Square</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Village of Sunbury recently held its annual Arbor Day celebration as part of the community’s requirements for maintaining Tree City USA status with the Arbor Day Foundation.

Communities achieve Tree City USA status by meeting four core standards of sound urban forestry management: maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day.

Tree City USA is a large and growing fraternity of 3,400 communities; over 135 million people live in a Tree City USA community.

Sunbury attained Tree City USA status five years ago and each year as part of its Tree City USA requirement held a brief tree planting ceremony. This year members of the Village of Sunbury Tree &#038; Landscape Commission decided to place tree identification markers next to 20 pre-selected trees on village square in lieu of tree planting as an Arbor Day requirement.]]></description>
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		<title>Genoa officer assaulted last Thursday morning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 5:20 a.m. last Thursday Genoa Township Police Lieut. Greg Yurkovich approached two suspicious individuals with a work van at the Red Bank Harbor area when the two men assaulted him. Lieut. Yurkovich was able to activate his radio’s emergency button before the men began dragging him towards a wooded area.

An emergency button alerts dispatchers to send all available officers in the area to provide assistance. A police source said approaching sirens might have prevented the assailants from doing further harm to Yurkovich, who was unresponsive when officers arrived at the scene.

After Yurkovich was released from Grant Medical Center Friday afternoon Genoa Township Police Chief Robert Taylor issued a press release stating that due to information and tips that the Genoa Township Police Department and Delaware County Sheriff’s office have received from the public, a task force was being assembled to investigate the assault.]]></description>
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		<title>15th Sunbury/Big Walnut Chamber Expo draws crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday evening’s Sunbury/Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce 15th Annual Expo, Business, Health, Civic &#038; School Showcase - Living, Learning &#038; Working in the Big Walnut Area, drew a healthy crowd to view products and services of the nearly 100 vendors set up in the Big Walnut High School Gymnasium.

In addition to local businesses showcasing their many products and services, there was information about a variety of issues related to health, fitness, nutrition, safety and wellness; and there were also student displays, along with instrumental and vocal music performances by Big Walnut students, and taekwondo and dance demonstrations by local businesses in the auxiliary gym.]]></description>
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		<title>Center Green Park Festival set May 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genoa Township has become known for its festivals and celebrations designed to be family friendly and with something for everyone; and the Sunday, May 19, Center Green Park Festival not only has all of the usual activities one would expect at a Genoa event, participants will also be able to Race a Rubber Ducky for a Buck.

Join in the fun during the 2013 Center Green Park Festival Great Rubber Ducky Race 50/50 Raffle. A modest $1 buys a chance to win, and the race will be held at 3 p.m. with a little help from Genoa Township Fire Department firefighters.]]></description>
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		<title>2013 GTBA Expo has strong music lineup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s never too early to put a note on the fridge to attend a spring event known for a variety of food vendors, good music and an outdoor beer garden; and all three will be available at the May 17 and 18 Genoa Township Business Association Community Expo in the Northgate Shopping Plaza parking lot.

The Expo opens Friday, May 17, at 6 p.m. with music until 11; and continues on Saturday, May 18, from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m.

Friday’s entertainment includes Blues artist Hurricane Jerry &#038; Storm Front, and classic rock from Stadium 11.]]></description>
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		<title>Galena Bridge closed until October 21</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the old Bert and I comedy albums, loaded with Down East, State of Maine type humor? A guy pulls his car up in front of Bert’s house and asks him how to get to East Vasselborrough. Bert tells him: “You cain’t get they’ah from he’ah.”

Well if you’re leaving Galena for points east and want to use the Sunbury Road Bridge to get out of town, Bert would switch to an Ohio accent and tell you that you can’t get there from here.]]></description>
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		<title>ABATE of Ohio Region 9 recognized at Sunbury Village Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABATE of Ohio Region 9 Deputy Director and Delaware County Coordinator Harlan Jay (Harley) Stock attended the Wednesday, April 17, Sunbury Village Council meeting where he was presented with a mayoral proclamation citing ABATE’s safe motorcycling education and advocacy efforts.

ABATE of Ohio, Inc. (American Bikers Aimed Toward Education) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the rights, improving the image, and promoting safe operating practices of Ohio Motorcyclists.

Stock encouraged motorcycle riders to join in the Saturday, May 4, Motorcycle Awareness Parade &#038; Rally that starts at the Sunbury A.D. Farrow Harley-Davidson and ends at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus.]]></description>
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		<title>Lots of road construction looms on horizon in Galena</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/lots-road-construction-looms-horizon-galena/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Walnut Street Phase 3 Project, between High and Church streets, should begin soon with Complete General Construction handling the project. Bricks have been ordered and the entire road bed will be excavated to make way for a deep gravel reservoir that will handle the area’s storm water drainage. Gas and water utilities have already been relocated. Scheduling issues are still being worked out. A public meeting will be held to inform residents about the entire process.]]></description>
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		<title>Car Show, Ice Cream Social to benefit BW Area Relay for Life</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/car-show-ice-cream-social-benefit-bw-area-relay-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weather is getting warmer and we’ll soon be approaching summer; and on a warm late spring day there’s nothing like a classic car show, and toss in a little ice cream and you’ve got the Jackson Farms Car Show &#038; Ice Cream Social.

The best part about the Jackson Farms Car Show &#038; Ice Cream Social is all proceeds from the day will benefit the American Cancer Society Big Walnut Area Relay For Life.

The Saturday, May 18, rain or shine event takes place at Jackson Farms, 2341 South Ohio 605, Galena.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Walnut juniors recognized by Sunbury/Big Walnut Area Chamber</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/big-walnut-juniors-recognized-sunburybig-walnut-area-chamber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday morning The Delaware Area Career Center and Columbus State Community College hosted a Sunbury/Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting at NorthStar Golf Club honoring four Big Walnut High School juniors, one Columbus State student and one DACC student who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the combined areas of scholarship, leadership and service.

Present for the occasion were Big Walnut Local School District Superintendent Steve Mazzi, DACC Superintendent Mary Beth Freeman, CSCC Delaware Campus Dean Angelo Frole, and Big Walnut High School guidance counselors Nancy McCracken-Bennett, Tammi Jordan and Molly Fortune.]]></description>
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		<title>New Ohio Combat Infantry Badge flag dedicated</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/ohio-combat-infantry-badge-flag-dedicated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A newly designed State of Ohio Headquarters Company Flag of the Combat Infantryman’s Association was commemorated during an official ceremony at the Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial Park on Saturday, April 6. Ohio Commander Chris Callen designed the flag, which will represent the Ohio Association in future events such as parades, public events, and Honor Guard ceremonies.

“As you know the Ohio Combat Infantryman’s Association was formed for the purpose of representing U.S. Army Combat Infantry Badge recipients throughout Ohio,” Callen said. “Since our inception our membership is growing and we are continuing to look for new members. Hopefully with our flag being represented during future events we will attract more members once they realize the Association exists.”]]></description>
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		<title>Souders McTeacher Night draws crowd</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/souders-mcteacher-night-draws-crowd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s nothing like meeting the real thing. Whether it’s a politician, a world-class athlete or a famous movie star, the real thing is worth an evening out for a chance for a photo-op, a handshake, and maybe a word or two.

That’s what area families were able to do during last week’s Hylen Souders Elementary School McTeacher Night at the Sunbury McDonald’s. And they didn’t get to rub shoulders with just any old politician, dime a dozen movie star or aging athlete turned used car salesman; they got to bump knuckles and high five with the one and only Ronald McDonald.]]></description>
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		<title>Katie’s Relay Flea Market set for tomorrow, Saturday</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/katies-relay-flea-market-set-tomorrow-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Cancer Society’s Big Walnut Area Relay For Life begins on Friday evening, June 7, at Big Walnut High School; but area teams are already busy organizing and raising funds to help reach this year’s local goal.

Katie Cautela, owner of Katie’s Kloset on the Square, will hold Katie’s Kloset Fundraising Team Event, a First Annual Flea Market with Bake Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., tomorrow (Friday, April 19) and Saturday (April 20) at Sunbury Town Hall.]]></description>
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		<title>Common Core Standards coming to BW Schools</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/common-core-standards-coming-bw-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Common Core State Standards and you come up with a host of hits - 37,700,000 hits to be exact. The Common Core Standards, as they are popularly known, are getting media attention across the spectrum, from more respectable and knowledgeable media outlets like the New York Times, The Washington Post and National Public Radio, all the way down the proverbial food chain to bottom feeding bloggers.

During Monday evening’s Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education meeting District Director of Academic Achievement Angie Pollock briefly spoke about the new Common Core State Standards. She said she wanted to remind everybody Ohio school districts have been operating under very similar standards for well over a decade.

Pollock also noted that the district has been phasing in the national Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Math for the past three years. (Common Core State Standards can be misleading because the word State is in the title, but it means standards that will be common core standards in every state in the country that adopts the standards.) The other two standards areas, Science and Social Studies, are transitioning into what is called Revised Ohio Academic Content Standards.]]></description>
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		<title>Barber resigns to take helm at Marion City Schools</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/barber-resigns-helm-marion-city-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday evening members of the Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education accepted the resignation of assistant district administrator Gary Barber. In a letter dated Monday, April 1, Barber informed district staff that he had accepted a position as superintendent of the Marion City Schools.

Barber was hired as the Big Walnut High School Principal in 2007; he came from Franklin Heights, where he served as the Franklin Heights High School principal. In 2009, when former district superintendent April Domine resigned, Big Walnut’s assistant superintendent Steve Mazzi was tapped to take the district helm, and on January 1, 2009, Barber was selected to fill the vacated assistant superintendent’s position.

During the years that followed, Barber and Mazzi guided the district through a crippling recession, a major staff reduction, two failed emergency operating levies, one successful levy and a host of belt-tightening measures, while at the same time maintaining the school district’s Excellent rating on the Ohio Department of Education Report Card.]]></description>
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		<title>Galena Building sold to Journey Fellowship</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/galena-building-sold-journey-fellowship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 156 years of serving eastern Delaware County students the Galena Administration Building, formerly the Galena School and then a building serving Big Walnut Local School District students, was sold at auction on Wednesday, April 3.

Partially built in 1867, the present building’s footprint took shape with additions and renovations in the early 20th century. With 15,000 square feet of interior space and sitting on a .942 acre lot on a knoll, the historic building overlooked Galena Square and Big Walnut Creek.

Through the years since consolidation in the early 1950’s the Galena School building served a variety of grades, one through nine; and it was renovated in 1991 to house the Big Walnut Local School District administration offices.]]></description>
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		<title>St. John Neumann breaks ground on church expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, St. John Neumann Parish officially broke ground on a project for a 17,559-square-foot church expansion which includes a day chapel building to be used for adoration and weekday Mass, as well as connectors for all four parish buildings.

The current church building was dedicated in September 2004 when the original 1983 church was outgrown. Since 2004, St. John Neumann Parish population has tripled to over 1,200 families. A long-range master plan created in 2010 by the work of numerous volunteers with input from all parish families, indicated the need for an expanded church after the Parish Offices and Faith &#038; Family Center dedication in 2012, which provided education, office and social space for this dynamic parish.

Transepts will be added to expand from 500 seats to 1,000. The parish is also adding beauty, symmetry and proportion to the space with larger stained glass windows, a carved wood altar of repose, large Stations of the Cross and painted murals depicting the life to Jesus, Mary and Joseph. An immersion baptismal font will also be added, floors will be tiled, lights replaced and upgraded, new pews constructed, and a state of the art audio and video system will be installed.]]></description>
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		<title>BWMS Patriot’s Pen winners recognized</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/bwms-patriots-pen-winners-recognized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year Big Walnut Middle School eighth-grade students have the opportunity to go to our nation’s capital, and one of their most memorable experiences is to witness the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.

For years, middle school students have proudly represented the Big Walnut community’s appreciation to those who gave the ultimate price while serving their country by placing a Big Walnut wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Walnut’s AFJROTC presents colors during Patriot’s Pen ceremony</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/big-walnuts-afjrotc-presents-colors-patriots-pen-ceremony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the colors were posted during the Friday, March 22, Patriot’s Pen ceremony at Big Walnut Middle School, four of Big Walnut’s nine members of the Delaware County Air Force Junior ROTC did the honors. Juniors Troy Young and Jacob Oppenheimer and freshmen Devin Wesolowski and Jordan Stonely performed their opening ceremony duties under the direction of their commanding officer, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.) Russ Anible.

While members of the countywide unit are Air Force Junior ROTC Cadets and wear an Air Force uniform, Anible emphasized that Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) is not an extension of the recruiting services of any branch of armed service.

“The Air Force Junior ROTC is not directly connected with college- or university-level ROTC programs, carries no obligation to enter military service, and does not actively encourage any young woman or man to choose a career in the armed service,” Anible said. “Delaware County Air Force ROTC is a citizenship- and character-building program offered at Delaware Hayes High School and available to students of Big Walnut, Buckeye Valley, Olentangy, Olentangy Liberty and Olentangy Orange high schools.”]]></description>
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		<title>Donatos opens Sunbury store in Fairland Plaza location</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since starting in Columbus in 1963 Donatos Pizza has opened stores in seven states, 62 of those stores right here in Central Ohio.

Donatos opened a Sunbury store in Fairland Plaza on Tuesday, April 2. That is not so unique for a growing pizza chain. What is unique is that in 1967 the Sunbury Donatos owner, Roger Howard, began his food service career as an associate rolling dough for $.90 an hour at the first Columbus Donatos when a large pepperoni pie cost a mere $2.]]></description>
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		<title>SUM Player’s eighth season features Daddy’s Girls</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/04/sum-players-eighth-season-features-daddys-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunbury United Methodist Church’s SUM Players are currently in rehearsal for this year’s dinner theatre production, Gary Ray Stapp’s Daddy’s Girl, directed by Nancy Meyer.

Benard Muloovy, owner of Maudie’s Diner, is served a full plate when his deceased wife enlists the services of an angel to help reunite Benard with their long-lost daughter, Elizabeth.

Benard runs a tight ship. He has been pretty lonely and grumpy since his wife, Maudie, passed away 30 years ago. Many interesting customers come in and out of the diner, and they all have amazing stories of their own.]]></description>
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		<title>Galena sells Municipal Building, accepts Walnut Street bids</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applause erupted in Council Chambers at the Village of Galena’s March Council meeting when Council voted unanimously to sell its Municipal Building on Village Square. Late in 2012, the Village had advertised for bids, as required by law for public entities, but received none. So, they advertised again for bids with a minimum purchase price of $190,000 and this time an option to lease the building as well. The sole bidder, SAE-MJME LLC, purchased the old bank building for $194,000.]]></description>
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		<title>COA’s Horrocks, Meyer seeking levy support at Sunbury Village Council</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/coas-horrocks-meyer-seeking-levy-support-sunbury-village-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Council for Older Adults of Delaware County Executive Director Bob Horrocks and COA’s Donna Meyer were in chambers during last Wednesday’s Sunbury Village Council meeting stumping for council member’s support for the 1.2-mil senior services levy on the May 7 Ballot.

Horrocks reminded council members that the primary Council for Older Adults mission is to help older county residents remain in their own homes as long as possible, avoiding unnecessary and costly long-term nursing home care.]]></description>
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		<title>Lori Siegel, BW’s Certified Athletic Trainer, presented with mayoral proclamation  at Council</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/lori-siegel-bws-certified-athletic-trainer-presented-mayoral-proclamation-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is accustomed to seeing Big Walnut High School Athletic Trainer Lori Siegel on the sidelines during home games. She’s on the clock, but she hopes she doesn’t have to put her talents to work; she wants every game to be injury free. But when the occasion presents itself, Siegel is prepared for just about anything. Injuries of almost any type and severity are all in a day’s work for Siegel and her Student Aides.

During the Wednesday, March 20, Sunbury Village Council meeting, Sunbury Council President Len Weatherby presented Siegel with a mayoral proclamation recognizing her efforts, and the efforts of athletic trainers everywhere, as part of National Athletic Trainer’s Month.]]></description>
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		<title>4-H holds Project Open House</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio 4-H offers more than 200 projects for youth in kindergarten through age 18, with topics including photography, small animals, health, natural resources, engineering, woodworking, clothing, livestock and much more. And on Thursday, March 21, 4-H youth and advisors gathered at the Willis Government Building in Delaware to explain how 4-H projects are fun, educational, and suitable activities for almost every age group and for the entire family.

The 2013 4-H Project Open House offered parents and youth the opportunity to explore a variety of project areas and examine 4-H project books, while 4-H advisors and club members displayed project samples, answered questions and helped potential 4-H members find a suitable 4-H club.]]></description>
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		<title>Sunbury man sentenced for rape, abduction</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/sunbury-man-sentenced-rape-abduction-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sunbury man who admitted to raping and abducting an Indiana teenager was sentenced to 14 years in prison, the maximum penalty for the crimes.

Scott Cisco, 47, originally was charged with six counts of rape and three counts of kidnapping, all first-degree felonies, as well as one count of abduction, a third-degree felony. Cisco pleaded guilty in January to the lesser charges of one count of rape and abduction — a negotiation the victim’s mother said was accepted so her daughter wouldn’t have to face Cisco at trial.

Cisco is to register as a tier III sex offender upon his release.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Walnut 2013 Kindergarten Registration Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Walnut Local School District elementary school buildings will hold their 2013 Kindergarten Registration Week from Monday April 8 through Friday, April 12.

The district’s three elementary schools — Big Walnut Elementary, General Rosecrans Elementary and Hylen Souders Elementary — will accept registration packets from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. each day during registration week; and all three elementary buildings will offer extended hours form 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9.]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Eagle Mentor Awards nominations sought</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/golden-eagle-mentor-awards-nominations-sought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, members of the Big Walnut Local School District honor their own at a reception hosted by Roush Honda immediately preceding the may board of education meeting. The Golden Eagle Mentor Award recognizes community members and staff who selflessly serve at an extraordinary level either at a school building or in the school district.

Roush Honda/Eagle Mentor Award recipients are selected through a nomination process that begins this month when school administrators, staff members and area residents are asked to nominate individuals they believe have made a positive impact in the life of Big Walnut students.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Walnut Young Life a growing ministry</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/big-walnut-young-life-growing-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re walking or driving past Sunbury Town Hall on a Monday evening and wonder what all the teenagers are doing hanging out around the building and going inside, it’s a weekly meeting of Big Walnut High School’s Young Life.

Young Life is a non-denominational outreach ministry for high school students started in 1941 by Jim Rayburn. In 1938 Rayburn, a young Presbyterian youth leader and seminary student in Gainesville, Texas, was given a challenge. A local minister invited him to consider the neighborhood high school as his parish and develop ways of contacting kids who had no interest in church.

Rayburn started a weekly club for kids. There was singing, a skit or two, and a simple message about Jesus Christ. After graduating from seminary, Rayburn and four other seminarians collaborated, and Young Life was officially born. They developed the club idea throughout Texas, with an emphasis on showing kids that faith in God can be not only fun, but also exhilarating and life changing.]]></description>
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		<title>Electricity aggregation opt-out period over</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/electricity-aggregation-opt-out-period/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trebel’s Scott Belcastro, the Village of Sunbury’s energy broker, was in chambers during last Wednesday’s (March 6) Sunbury Village Council meeting, along with Fred Holmes of Volunteer Energy, to present an update on the village’s residential and small business electricity and natural gas aggregation programs.

Holmes began stumping for Village Council to place the two residential and small business aggregation issues – electricity and natural gas - on the ballot well over two years ago; and when the issues reached voters they approved allowing the village to negotiate residential electric and natural gas aggregation by significant margins.  The village subsequently approved Belcastro to serve as its energy broker. Belcastro then negotiated an electricity aggregation program with Powell-based Border Energy; Volunteer Energy would be the village natural gas provider if a natural gas aggregation program moves forward.]]></description>
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		<title>Local Taxpayers will feel squeeze under Governor’s proposed School Funding</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/local-taxpayers-feel-squeeze-governors-proposed-school-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[School funding in Ohio relies on the concept of shared responsibility between the local and state government. Basically, school district revenue consists of three main sources, which includes local, state and federal. The local revenue sources account for 74.49 percent and include local property taxes, local income taxes, tuition payments, fees, sales, etc. The state revenue sources account for 21.77 percent and include such subsidies as Basic State Aid, rollback/homestead property tax allocations, and state grants. The federal revenue sources account for just 3.74 percent and include both restricted and unrestricted federal grants such as Title I (Reading), Title VI-B (Special Education) and Title II-A (Teacher Professional Development).]]></description>
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		<title>Barber says 3-tier busing stays; Two-tier discussed for 2014-15</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/barber-3-tier-busing-stays-two-tier-discussed-2014-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the February Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education meeting, district Assistant Superintendent Gary Barber raised the issue of 2013-14 school year bell times. Those bell times determine the district’s transportation schedule – one-tier, two-tier, or three-tier busing.

In a one-tier busing model all district schools start up and end their days at the same time, requiring the most buses on the road at the same time. In a two-tier system the district has two start and end bell times, allowing drivers to service one school’s bell times and then another’s, resulting in fewer buses on the road and lower costs to the district in both fleet and personnel.]]></description>
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		<title>State Report Card final; BW Excellent With Distinction</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/state-report-card-final-bw-excellent-distinction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was already common knowledge, but nothing was set in cement until the state investigation into school districts falsifying student information to enhance their state report card was complete; but during Monday evening’s Big Walnut Local School District Board of Education meeting District Director of Academic Achievement Angie Pollock reported that all 2011-12 State of Ohio Report Cards are now official.

Pollock said it’s finally confirmed that Big Walnut is one of the 138 Ohio school districts out of the state’s 610 that have been rated Excellent With Distinction for the 2011-12 school year. Pollock also noted that the district has been rated Excellent for seven consecutive years.]]></description>
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		<title>Walker District 6 Legionnaire of the Year</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/walker-district-6-legionnaire-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunbury’s Col. Benson W. Hough Post 457 of the American Legion was recently notified that post member Kim Walker was selected as Ohio District 6 Legionnaire of the Year, an honor awarded annually to one District 6 American Legion member who has demonstrated outstanding service to their local post and their community.

Walker currently serves as the Post 457 Buckeye Boys State and Buckeye Girls State chairman, as well as chairing the Post 457 Fund-Raising Committee; and Walker was instrumental in helping the post membership establish the Ohio Warriors Scholarship Fund that awards scholarship money to college students who have had a parent killed in the war on terror.]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Martin back in town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He’s Baaaack! On Monday Sunbury Village Administrator Dave Martin arrived back in his office at the village administration building after an extended absence. Martin was in a motorcycle accident on November 17. Following hospitalization and inpatient rehabilitation Martin spent his outpatient rehab in Michigan at his son and daughter-in-law’s home. Martin, who returns to work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Galena bridge project underway in April</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/03/galena-bridge-project-underway-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 200-foot continuous steel beam bridge over Big Walnut Creek leading out of the east side of the Village of Galena to Sunbury Road and points south, affectionately known to civil engineers as DEL-CR30, is more than 50 years old and structurally deficient. The Delaware County Engineer’s Office website describes the span “… in fair structural condition with notable deterioration of the steel beam superstructure and concrete deck.”

To put it in layman’s terms, the bridge needs complete rehabilitation or replacement, and the county engineer has deemed the bridge a high priority project to ensure that adequate transportation is maintained in the area. A rehabilitation option was taken off the table because the existing bridge foundations would not provide enough support for the additional width needed on the bridge; and the amount of widening that could be done on the existing substructure isn’t enough for the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians.]]></description>
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		<title>Lions give $3K to Friends Who Share</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year members of The Sunbury Lions Club holds a Christmas Tree Sale on Sunbury Square. After the trees are sold and bills are paid the remainder of the funds are given to Big Walnut Friends Who Share, eastern Delaware County’s grass roots, all-volunteer social service agency.

Friends Who Share Center Director Gene Wampler attended last Monday evening’s Sunbury Lions Club meeting at Sunbury United Methodist Church where he was presented with a $3,000 check from the 2012 Lions Christmas Tree Sale.]]></description>
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		<title>Sunbury Eagles donate $4K to BST&amp;G firemen</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/02/sunbury-eagles-donate-4k-bstg-firemen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 3614, a.k.a. the Sunbury Eagles, are always ready to lend a helping hand; and when the Eagles found out that BST&#038;G Fire District firefighters needed some commercial grade exercise training equipment at the station they decided to donate $4,000 to pay the tab.

BST&#038;G Chief Jeff Wilson said the department is purchasing a treadmill and a stair master, both units heavy-duty commercial grade, from Barry’s Barbells.]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor accused of murder posts bond</title>
		<link>http://sunburynews.com/2013/02/doctor-accused-murder-posts-bond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Henery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A doctor accused of murdering Deanna Ballman and her unborn child last summer spent five nights in jail before posting his $1 million bond.

Dr. Ali Salim, 44, was released Monday afternoon, ignoring reporters’ questions as he exited the jail and entered an SUV.

Salim is to remain under house arrest and monitored by GPS-tracking ankle bracelets until his trial, scheduled to begin May 7 in Delaware County Common Pleas Court. Salim is only allowed to leave his Turner Close home in New Albany to attend appointments with his attorney or Adult Court services appointments or court hearings.]]></description>
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