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Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

Third-grade teacher Nan Davis-Ferrall, of East elementary in St. Marys, guides Sarah Roby in learning cursive writing. Nationally and locally teachers are finding that many older students cannot read or write cursive as a move toward standardized testing and computer use leaves little room for the writing form.

Related online story:

Handwriting is on the wall

Some area middle school students cannot read cursive writing when they see it on the board. On a recent SAT test essay question, only 15 percent of 1.5 million high school students taking the test wrote in cursive. The rest printed. [More]

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