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Candidates, elected officials and members of the Darke County Republican Party came together to open the Darke County Republican Party Headquarters in Greenville.
Local Republican Party opens headquarters GREENVILLE – The Darke County Republican Party is open for business. On Sept. 17, local Republican candidates were joined by Pat DeWine, candidate for Ohio Supreme Court, opened the Darke County Republican Headquarters, 234 E. Main St., Greenville. DeWine’s career path to candidate for Ohio Supreme Court has included everything from city council member and county commissioner to common pleas court and appellate court judge. He told Darke County Republicans he believes in the constitution as it was written by its framers. He said his opponent believes in a living Constitution where it changes over time. “If people want to change the Constitution, we have a way of doing it,” DeWine said.
DeWine said he refuses to legislate from the bench, but will uphold the Constitution. DeWine believes he brings a unique perspective to the court. Having served citizens as a councilman and commissioner he has a familiarity with the concerns of local communities. Throughout his career, DeWine has been a consistent watchdog for taxpayers and has had a hand in lowering the tax burden and eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy and promoting public safety. The headquarters will be open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 5 p.m. They have yard signs and information on local, state and national candidates. If you would like to volunteer at the headquarters, call 423-4627 or 548-1731.
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vided by Bemus to The Early Bird, she states: “When we receive our data, we always reflect on results as we examine the positives and areas for growth/ improvement. One of our most positive results is the improvement of Greenville High School’s four-year graduation rate over time. The four-year graduation rate is 93.4 percent and this is up from 84.6 percent in 2011-12.” Fries told board members he was pleased with this year’s graduation rate grade – B. “Graduation rate and student engagement and involvement are the two most important things you can do at a school,” Fries said. In her report, Bemus explains that the General Assembly directed the Ohio Department of Education to transition to new state tests in mathematics and English language arts for the 201415 school year. “These new tests reflect higher expectations and increased rigor, she writes. “ To give schools, teachers and students time to adjust, new Ohio law suspends many of the consequences of the tests for the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years. Ohio’s assessment system is in transition, so the results on the report cards should be viewed in that context.
GREENVILLE - It took a jury just two hours to return a ‘not guilty’ verdict Thursday afternoon against 34year-old Derek M. Peffly in the Darke County Common Pleas Court. Facing a possible life sentence if found guilty, Peffly’s defense attorney Patrick Mulligan told The Early Bird that his client had turned down a plea offer prior to trial and was determined to prove his innocence against the allegations. “He has been absolutely confident in his position and never once wavered. Today he was rewarded for his convictions,” Mulligan said following the trial. Peffly was indicted in 2015 on three counts of Rape (F1) and three counts of Gross Sexual Imposition (F3) following an investigation by the Greenville Police Department accusing Peffly of victimizing the three young girls, on several occasions ranging from July 2013 to December 2014. Two of the alleged victims were under the age of 10 at the time, which carries a possible life sentence in the State of Ohio. During the three-day trial, the jury, made up of five men and seven wom-
en, heard testimony from the alleged victims, family members, local law enforcement and the defendant himself. While on the stand, Peffly claimed that the allegations started after he had disciplined the oldest of the three alleged victims... claiming he had “squeezed her breasts”. He did admit to being left in bed alone sometimes with the younger two children while the mother, his girlfriend, got the older kids ready for school in mornings. He adamantly denied any kind of sexual contact was ever made during these or any other occasions. In addition to the other witnesses, expert testimony was given by Dr. Brenda Miceli, a pediatric psychologist, and Dr. Lori Roediger, a physician from Dayton Children’s Hospital, where exams were performed on each of the three children in December 2014. The sexual abuse allegations were confirmed by the examining physician - despite normal exam results. “It is common to have incidents of sexual abuse, even with a normal looking exam,” Dr. Roediger explained while on the witness stand. During testimony for the defense, the children’s uncle told the jury that the
Derek Peffly takes the stand in his own defense Thursday in the Darke County Common Pleas Court. (Clinton Randall photo)
kids were instructed by their mother (his sister) of what to tell the doctor while they were en route to the hospital. Additionally, he testified that she had made similar allegations about the kids’ biological father while residing in Pennsylvania - though no police report was ever made. During closing arguments on Thursday, defense attorney Patrick Mulligan focused on what he called “contamination and inconsistency” in the victims’ stories and the virtual lack of any evidence to support a conviction of his client. “There is so far from consistency in this case. From an investigation standpoint - this case stinks,” he said during his
closing argument. “Would you be willing to bet a paycheck on the evidence in this case? I wouldn’t even bet a dollar!” Though disappointed in the outcome of the trial, Darke County Assistant Prosecutor Deborah S. Quigley was not upset by the verdict. “It is always a difficult case when you have to rely on small children being your main witnesses,” Quigley said following the trial. “We presented the evidence we had to the jury and they came back with a verdict of not guilty. I guess that is how they saw the case.” After being held on a $250,000 bond for over a year, Derek Peffly was released from the Darke County Jail.
Matix: ‘Legislators need to stay away from education’ STAFF WRITER shartley@earlybirdpaper.com
GREENVILLE – The Ohio Department of Education released the 2016 Ohio School Report Cards on Thursday, Sept. 15, showing how public schools performed during the 2015-16 school year. While the state continues to raise expectations for how its schools perform, school officials remain discouraged. At the end of Thursday’s Greenville Board of Education meeting, board president Fred Matix voiced his displeasure with state officials and changes taking place with student testing. “There’s been enough concern across the state with superintendents,” Matix said “that there’s a proclamation out there to go to Columbus in November” to protest the changes and the state legislators’ involvement with education. “The legislators need to stay away from education and let the teachers do their jobs,” he stated. Superintendent Doug Fries and Assistant Superintendent Laura Bemus both commented on the district’s improved graduation rate – one of six major components of the report card. In a written report pro-
History has shown us that when the state transitions to new or different tests, it takes time to adjust and see positive results.” For the 2015-16 school year, districts were given the choice to take tests online or use paper and pencil. “Greenville chose to test online and again that was new to our students for high stakes testing, but we felt that it was important to give our students that opportunity, while we are in safe harbor, to gain experience in using technology for assessments,” Bemus explained. Beginning with the release of the 2016 local report cards there are six components receiving an overall letter grade (A-F) for the first time - Achievement, Gap Closing, K-3 Literacy, Progress, Graduation Rate and Prepared for Success. According to Bemus, the department of education has cautioned districts not to compare to previous years across all categories, because many of the measures have changed and also
improvement will not show up clearly due to the changes on the report cards. The following are Greenville’s scores on the six components: District Achievement – D Gap Closing - F K-3 Literacy - D Progress - C Graduation Rate - B Prepared for Success - D “Also, we met the Value-Added performance measure overall and in all subgroups (gifted, students with disabilities, and the lowest 20 percent performing students),” Bemus explained. “The Value-Added measure has improved from an F in 2105 to a C in 2016, for Greenville City Schools. This measure is used for teacher evaluations and is determined by students meeting expected growth over the past year of instruction.” The district has implemented several initiatives to support learning, Bemus noted, including MAP testing in grades K-11 in English Language Arts and math to measure student achieve-
Graduation Rate: A Progress: C Arcanum Standards Met: 16 of 29 Indicators Met: D; Performance Index: C Achievement: C Gap Closing: F K-3 Literacy: D Graduation Rate: A Progress: A Franklin-Monroe Standards Met: 20 of 31 Indicators Met: D; Performance Index: C Achievement: C Gap Closing: F K-3 Literacy: C Graduation Rate: A Progress: B Tri-Village Standards Met: 11 of 30 Indicators Met: F; Performance Index: C Achievement: D Gap Closing: F K-3 Literacy: F Graduation Rate: A Progress: A Mississinawa Valley Standards Met: 11 of 29 Indicators Met: F; Performance Index: D Achievement: D Gap Closing: F K-3 Literacy: F Graduation Rate: A Progress: D Report card results for other Versailles Darke County Schools: Standards Met: 26 of 29 Ansonia Indicators Met: B; Performance Standards Met: 18 of 29 Index: B Indicators Met: D; Performance Achievement: B Index: C Gap Closing: D Achievement: C K-3 Literacy: D Gap Closing: F Graduation Rate: A K-3 Literacy: F Progress: B ment and growth, 1:1 technology in grades K-2 with eSpark providing learning quests and apps with plans to move the 1:1 technology initiative through high school to continue to prepare students for college and careers. “It is important to remember that there’s more to a child’s learning than what is measured on the state report card. The report card is one – but not the only – measure of teacher, school and district performance. As a district, we are always working to improve and better meet the needs of our students,” Bemus said. Also Thursday, the board approved a new position – James Hooper as director of curriculum and initiatives – to assist Bemus with implementation of student learning. The approval of Hooper’s two-year, $79,000 per year contract, said board member David Madden “shows we are committed and dedicated to our students, teachers, kids.”