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    Decker's Creek Incident

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    incident were the levels of environmental contamination. Ron Lewis of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) and Shell Chemical Company spokesman Rob Berger said that nothing from the fire fighter’s water sprayings made…

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    Jakob Correa Ms.Vue English 7 01 October 2015 Women in Aviation:Katharine Wright Katharine’s Childhood and Family “Katharine Wright was conceived at the Wright home at 7 Hawthorn Road, Dayton, Ohio on August 19, 1874 - her sibling Orville's third birthday. She was the youngest child of Milton and Susan Wright and the only girl to survive. (Her sister Ida died in early stages of life.) Like all the Wright kids, she had no middle name - her dad asserted that he gave his children particular first…

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    Both, the French and British claimed this land. They both wanted this land because it provided fur traders access to cities and ports along the East Coast. Then around 1753 the French living in Canada started to build a line of on land in the Ohio River Valley. The French built these forts to protect their land from the British. One of these forts was Fort Necessity; this was one of the first battles in the French Indian War. This battle was George Washington’s only military surrender. From…

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    Greek Art Museum

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    experienced the contemporary 24-hour art museum and hotel combination these two artist envisioned one night with a group entertaining and spontaneous friends. Our night started out with hand-dipped ice cream on the river walk, on the Indiana side of the Ohio River and ended up across the bridge among the tall buildings, street lights, and sketchy alley ways. While we were walking to the entrance, all bundled up, I was skeptical. I am from the Indianapolis area, so the downtown city life isn’t…

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    The Wright Design The Wright Brothers didn't invent the design of the airplane. In fact, their entire plane was based on how birds fly. They made the aircraft so it would catch some heavy winds that blew. Plus, they needed light weight materials so the plane wouldn't fall from the sky. But they did tweak it so it could be controlled. That's where the engine and propellers come in. They launch the craft's thrust. Their plane has a very unique design. Nevertheless,their plane was…

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    Wright Brothers, Invention of the airplaneHow exactly were the Wright Brothers successful? On August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio, two men Orville and Wilbur Wright were born. Orville and Wilbur Wright made many inventions, but their biggest would have to be when they invented the first plane, which skyrocketed their fame. The invention of the plane was a great invention, and changed humanity as we know it. When they invented the plane, it wasn’t all that easy, it took many tries, and hard work,…

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    MILLERSBURG — For her role in removing a change machine from a Millersburg area business, a local woman on Thursday was sentenced to local jail time. Kimberly Foster, 27, of 625 Kenton Alley, Apt. A, Millersburg, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to an amended charge of attempted burglary. In exchange for her guilty plea, a related charge of theft was dismissed. The state also agreed to dismiss an unrelated charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs (meth). She'd faced…

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    Cabin Number 15 One day, some construction workers decided to build a campsite for kids close to the graveyard and the fishing lake in the forest. A construction worker said that the cabin that they built closest to the graveyard will be cabin number they each didn’t like. They came up with number fifteen. So after they built the whole camping site for kids, the whole place was a huge hit! With kids 7-15. Two years later... two girls complained that strange things were happening in cabin…

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    Personal Narrative-Home

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    “Helen, I need you over here.” I watched her walk over to me with her concerned face. “What?” I watched her pause as she saw my face. “You have to go don’t you? Back over there?” She watched my facial expressions change over the course of one minute. “I got the call.” Her face seemed to darken as I said it. I had to go. There was no way around it. “Christopher, I hate that saying. I hate this. Your leaving. You are always away.” Sometimes I’d hated it too, but it's what I need to do for…

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    transportation did not simply evolve out of the blue, neither did it occur without any forethought. Numerous things have affected them in turning into a notable creator. Everything began in their youth. Orville was born on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio, and Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867, in Millville, Indiana. Wilbur and Orville's parents are Susan Catherine Koerner and Milton Wright along with five different siblings, although two died shortly after death. Orville died on January 30,…

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