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THE BROWN COUNTY PRESS www.browncountypress.com Vol. 37 No. 31 Georgetown High to hold talent show The Vocal Music Department of Georgetown High School will be hosting a talent show on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 at 7 p.m. in the high school cafetorium. The price for adults is $5, $3 for students, and those 4 and under get in free. Both high school and and middle school students will be performing various acts. Snacks will be sold during intermission. Please come and support the students and their talents!
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Unemployment rates up sharply BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press Unemployment numbers for January are out for Brown County, and they are up sharply. The jobless rate rose over two percent to 14.9 percent from the December number of 12.7 percent. The numbers are the highest in nearly twenty years, going back to the early 1980’s. The unemployment rate in
Brown County rose above 15 percent in July of 1982 and remained there until June of 1983, peaking at 20.2 percent in January of 1983. Neighboring counties all had an increase as as well. Highland County saw a jump to 19.1 percent from 17.9, Adams County went to 17.8 percent from 15.7, and Clermont County rose to 11.8 from 10.7 percent. The highest unemployment rate in the state was Ottawa
County at 19.8 percent, with Clinton County in second place and Highland County in third. That’s the bad news. However, there are signs both nationally and locally that things may improve soon. A report just released by the Labor Department said that the number of open jobs jumped almost eight percent nationally in January as compared with December. That’s the biggest increase in
11 months. Temporary services are also reporting a jump in requests for workers, which many economists say is usually a first step for companies thinking about expanding their work force. Here in Brown County, Chamber of Commerce President Tim McKeown is also “cautiously optimistic.” “I’m hopeful that we’ve hit bottom (with the unemployment rate)”, McKeown said.
“With the new Kroger Marketplace hiring more workers this Spring and construction jobs starting back up, we should see some improvement soon.” He also referenced the current Kroger building as an opportunity for job growth when the new store opens. “Someone is going to move into that building and they’ll be hiring as well”, he said. Another employment opporCONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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TJ’s Fishing Lake is sponsoring a “Fishing Tackle Blowout” on March 13, and has graciously allowed the Mt. Orab Women’s Club to serve food as a fundraiser for the club. Food will be served between 11-3 on Saturday.
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A bake sale will will be taking place at Martin’s Super Value located on state Route 32, Sardinia on Saturday, March 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This fund raiser is sponsored by the ladies of Sardinia Bible Baptist, Sardinia and Calvary Christian Church, Mt. Orab. For more information place call Joyce at (937) 379-2089.
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Former rapist caught with child porn BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press
SSCC singers to perform concert The Southern State Singers will present a Aftert h e - L o n g - H a r d - Wi n t e r Concert 3 p.m. Sunday, March 14, in Room 107 on Southern State Community College’s Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro. For more information, please contact Glaze at jglaze@hcf.com.
Correction Due to a reporter’s error, the story in the Mar. 7 edition of The Brown County Press about the bridge construction used an incorrect name for a local business. Vince Roades is the owner and manager of Cookie’s Coffee & Creamery, not the Cuppa Coffee Cafe.
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Patrick Schneider (left) and Nick Rymer take advantage of warmer weather to hit a few softballs in the Mount Orab village park last week.
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Construction for the new Kroger Marketplace has been underway for some time now, and its finishing touches are beginning to show. “Mount Orab is a wonderful town to have a Kroger,” Kroger Assistant Advertising
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New Country Inn Restaurant opens on Brooks-Malott Road BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press The new Country Inn Restaurant opened for business March 8 on BrooksMalott Road in Mt. Orab only eight days after its old restaurant closed on South High
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Kids step up for shelter dogs BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press Every Saturday since last August, dogs at the Brown County Animal Shelter have been getting some special visitors. Young volunteers arrive, rain or shine, to help walk and exercise the dogs who spend the majority of their lives in cages. 17 year old Samantha Smith said she comes all the way from Williamsburg, pretty much every Saturday without fail. “I got into it because I like dogs.”, Smith said. “It makes me feel good to know I’ve helped them.” Judy Copley, Chairperson of the Brown County Humane Society, said the dogs benefit from the visits long after the volunteers leave. “The kids not only give the dogs much needed exercise, they help keep them socialized which makes them better candidates for adoption”, Copley said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Ripley Fire Department personnel went on 130 runs in 2009, the most ever for a complete year thus far. That information was in the 28-page 2009 Annual Report Ripley Fire Chief Tony Pfeffer presented to Ripley Village Council members at their regular meeting Feb. 23. The RFD District includes the village of Ripley and the unincorporated area of Union Township. Pfeffer reported Ripley firefighters responded to 61 incidents this past year in the village, 51 in other parts of Union Township and 18 out of the district with many of them being mutual aid runs assisting other departments such as Georgetown’s and Higginsport’s. The total number of responding personnel for all 130 incidents was 1,649, an average of 13 Ripley firefighters per incident, according to the fire chief, who also mentioned that was the same number of average
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Ripley Fire Chief Tony Pfeffer, center, reads information from the Ripley Fire Department’s 2009 Annual Report to Ripley Village Council members at their regular meeting Feb. 16 as new RFD firefighters Ryan Regenstein, left, and Jordan England listen.
firefighters per run as in 2008. Response Times Reported Pfeffer reported the overall average response time from which firefighters received a signal to the time they arrived at a scene was 6 minutes inside Ripley, 11 minutes and 18 seconds in other parts of Union Township, and 15 minutes and 45 seconds outside of the district. The chief reported the total value of five property fires this past year was $244,200 with $66,700 worth of value being lost in the fires. While one
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rescue and hazardous material situations. The fire chief said firefighters meet once per month for some training, mentioning they have to receive 18 continuing hours of training annually. FIrefighters Introduced Pfeffer introduced two new RFD firefighters – Jordan England and Ryan Regenstein – who are on probationary status for six months. The chief said their addition about two weeks earlier keeps RFD’s roster at 30 firefighters as two other firefighters had left the department.
Ripley Council approves contractor to extend sewer lines to annexed area Village proposes raising garbage rates by $3 to pay for new truck BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Ripley Village Council members have awarded a
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structure valued at $15,000 and two passenger vehicles valued together at $10,200 were total losses, the firefighters were able to save $177,500 of the value of four other properties. “Non-Incidents” Are Listed The report included a list of 49 non-incident activities in which members of the department had participated this past year including meetings, fundraisers, funerals and parades. It included 25 training classes in which firefighters had participated including rope rescues, vehicle extrications, self-
Portsmouth construction company a contract to extend Ripley sewer lines to nearly 430 new acres the village annexed last September. Council members, meeting in regular session, approved Distel Construction Inc. for that project with a $366,451 bid. Distel Was Recommended Village Administrator Charles Ashmore had recommended Distel Construction receive the bid, and Project Engineer Andrew Spurgeon with Jones and Henry Engineers, Ltd., a Cherry Grove engineering firm working with Ripley on the project, had recommended that contractor as well in a March 5 letter he had sent to Ashmore. “After review of their bid, we see no irregularities,” Spurgeon had written. He said Jones and Henry Engineers had contacted Becky Distel with that Portsmouth contractor to discuss the project, and that contractor was comfortable with its bid and saw no problem in completing the project in the 210 days allotted for the work. The annexed land the sewer lines will serve include 429.942 acres whose owners had petitioned to become part of Ripley. Ashmore said that land is southeast of Ripley-UnionLewis-Huntington High School along both sides of U.S. 52-6268. He said the project calls for the extension of Ripley sewer lines from the present end of those lines at RULH High School to and under Eagle Creek and construction of a pump station for the sewer system on the other side of that creek. Separate sewer lines then will be constructed from U.S. 52-62-68 to Elk River Road and southward on U.S. 52-6268 close to the area where Elk River Road intersects it. Businesses and residences in the annexed area then can tap onto the extended sewer lines. Ashmore said Distel Construction’s bid price did not include two alternate projects the village is interested in obtaining for its sewage treatment system: an upgrade to its pump station on Waterworks Road to handle what is an anticipated increase in the flow of wastewater as a result of the sewer line extensions and the purchase of a portable generator to be used at any of the village’s pump stations in the
event of a power failure. The village administrator told council members the project, which already has been fully funded by the state, will be paid for with grants providing about 60 percent of the cost and loans the remainder. Garbage Rates May Rise Also at last Tuesday’s meeting, council members discussed raising Ripley’s garbage collection rates three dollars a month to pay for a new garbage truck and maintain service at current levels. While Rumpke Consolidated Companies Inc., which owns the landfill near Georgetown, has proposed providing its own service to Ripley, council members mentioned that service, though its rates would be less than Ripley’s, would not provide two days of residential garbage collection per week like Ripley’s service does but only one instead. Ashmore mentioned Ripley’s service provides collection on at least six days each week at all downtown Ripley businesses and mentioned if the village wanted to keep its downtown looking like it currently does, Ripley needs to keep its own garbage collection service. Council members mentioned the village was going to have to raise rates on its collection service, however, to help pay for a new garbage truck, which Ashmore said he anticipated Ripley could obtain, with its cab, chassis and compactor, for $150,000 through the state bid program.
Taste of Arnheim scheduled Everyone is invited to come for a ‘Taste of Arnheim’ hosted by Peace Lutheran Church on Saturday, Mar. 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. Arnheim is a German-founded community, therefore, a sampling of authentic modernday German delicacies are planned as well as 20-25 other items ranging from appetizers to desserts and exotic to family favorites. This is a ‘free’ event, but any donations received will help support local needy families through the Agape Council. Peace Lutheran Church is located at 10581 DayHillArnheim Rd., Georgetown. For more information call (937) 446-2747.
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BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press The village of Sardinia has an operating budget of more than $1.5 million for 2010 following Sardinia Village Council action on March 8. The budget was presented by Village Fiscal Officer Tracy Jodrey. Council members suspended the rules so the ordinance could be adopted on its first reading rather than after three separate readings. Budget appropriations include the following: • Sanitary Sewer Fund Appropriation Program V – Basic Utility Services: $404,921. • Water Fund Appropriation Program V – Basic Utility Services: $216,642. • General Fund: $194,274 including $145,274 for General Government, $38,000 for Other Uses of Funds (Transfers Out to Police) and $11,000 for Street Lighting. • Sewer Debt: $177,800. • Income Tax Fund Appropriation: $158,210. • Police Operating Fund: $78,925.
• Fire Operating Fund: $64,619.17. • Trash Operating Fund: $64,000. • State Highway Improvement Fund Program IV – Transportation: $52,794. • Capital Improvement Funds: $45,900. • Water Debt: $30,000. • Cemetery Fund: $28,795. • Bond Payment Fund: $16,800. • Utilities Deposits Fund Appropriation Program V – Basic Utility Services: $11,000. • Capital Outlay Fund: $10,000. • Drug Law Enforcement Supplies and Materials Fund: $5,000. • Computer Fund: $1,900. Pay Raises Approved Following an executive session, council members approved granting village employees a 2 percent pay increase for this year. The raise becomes effective with the next pay period. While the raise applies to such employees as Jodrey and Village Administrator Tim Mock, it does not apply to the mayor or any of the six council
members. Resolutions Are Adopted Council members also suspended the rules and adopted the following resolutions at this past Monday’s meeting: • Approval of six fire contracts with four different townships served by the Sardinia Fire Department. • Establishment of a Records Retention Policy for Sardinia. The resolution adopted the Suggested Records Retention Periods as set forth in the Ohio Municipal Records Manual published by the Ohio Historical Society. Festival Update Given Council President Greg Cassidy, who also serves Sardinia Founder’s Day Celebration Committee chairman, gave an update on plans for that festival, which is scheduled Friday-Sunday, June 2527, with most events to be held in downtown Sardinia. Cassidy said the committee had met the previous week and mentioned more individuals are showing interest in working on the festival. He said a main interest of the committee now is obtaining some amusement rides for the Celebration. The chairman said some fund-raisers are being planned including a Texas Hold’em
First reading given of new Ripley overtime ordinance Measure introduced as way village can address some personnel issues
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BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Ripley Village Council members on March 9 heard first reading of a proposed ordinance that would change a previous ordinance regarding Ripley municipal employees’ overtime pay. The ordinance has been drawn up as a way the village can cut personnel costs and define what actually constitutes overtime. The ordinance given first reading at the council’s regular meeting this past Tuesday reflects those changes, but it will be revised yet again to include another change council members indicated they wanted. Section Would Be Repealed The new ordinance would repeal Section 1 of an ordinance a previous village council had adopted on April 25, 2000, as it would be in conflict with the new ordinance’s provisions. Employees currently can count vacation time or a paid holiday taken during a given week as actual time worked. If an employee, for example, took three vacation days from a Monday through a Wednesday, then worked eight-hour shifts that Thursday and Friday, and then ended up working that Saturday as well, he would be paid overtime for that Saturday because the 24 hours of vacation time taken that week would count as time actually worked. The proposed new ordinance states “hours actually worked” shall include only those hours in which an employee is actually working for the village of Ripley and does not include hours earned or taken as vacation days, sick leave days or legal holidays. Disagreements Voiced There were some disagreeing exchanges on Feb. 23 between council members regarding what employees should be paid who work for the village on legal holidays. The ordinance presented that night mentioned if a village employee works eight hours on a holiday and then works eight hours on three other days that week and 10 hours on the fifth day that week, that employee would be paid eight holiday hours, 40 hours of pay for hours actually worked, and two hours of overtime on the fifth day. According to the ordinance that had been presented on Feb. 23, a person working on a holiday would receive double pay that day: the holiday pay and eight hours for time actually worked. “I think double time is generous for working on a holi-
day, and in no way do I think it is unfair,” Councilman Scott Eagan said on Feb. 23. Councilwoman Nowana Bingaman said she disagreed and thought employees working on a holiday should be paid for the holiday itself and also get paid one and one-half times their regular pay for actually working that day – a total of two and one-half the regular pay for that day. It was mentioned during discussion perhaps employees working on any of six “major” holidays would be paid one and one-half times their regular pay, in addition to the holiday pay, while those working on “minor” holidays would simply be paid their regular hourly wages plus their eight hours of holiday pay. The “major” holidays are New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day with other holidays in which the village offices are closed being considered “minor”. The ordinance given first reading this past Tuesday states a full-time employee called to work on any of those six “major” holidays would be paid one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for all hours actually worked on such a holiday. It also mentioned full-time employees would have four other paid holidays during the calendar year: Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day. Council members may choose to give the proposed ordinance readings at three separate meetings and then vote whether to adopt it or suspend the rules with its second reading and vote on it then without a third reading being necessary as a result. The council’s next regular meeting is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23.
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Letters to the Editor America is in trouble if ‘dumbing down’ continues Dear Editor, We are facing a major crisis in America - a crisis of epic proportions. As of this point in time, one third of our nation’s students will drop out of school before they finish high school. By the year 2015, if we last until then, this will change to one half of all students - that is, unless something changes. It was only a little while back and everybody was worried about the teen pregnancy problem “...our babies are having babies”. Now its worse - “Idiots are having idiots!” America is in a radical decline spiritually, morally, economically and socially - and now cerebrally. We’re dumbing down and intellectually lagging behind the rest of the world. And, what, pray tell, is our excuse for this deficit? To what do we owe this decline in our ability to produce the best and the brightest minds on this globe? One of the major issues facing the school system is the lowering of educational standards and the lowering of student expectations. Instead of raising the bar, we lower it in order to get the numbers up and the state and federal funds coming in. No longer do we allow our teachers to teach the necessary material - now we have them teaching to meet the
requirements of a standardized testing procedure by which the students are measured. (And they are failing miserably in math, science and language skills!!!) Yes, I know, a good sports program enhances a school’s appeal and brings in revenue. But is this more important than teaching our students to read? Of the ones who do graduate and go on to college, better than one fourth of them can’t even read past an eighth grade level. Of the ones who drop out of school during junior high and high school, the sad fact is that a very high percentage are functionally illiterate. Did you know that of the top ten cities in the United States with the highest drop out rate, two are found in Ohio - Cleveland with only 34.4 percent who graduate and Columbus with only 44.7 percent who graduate. Of those who drop out before graduating high school, the majority end up on the welfare rolls. They are also the most likely to end up as teen parents; end up developing an alcohol or drug problem; end up in the prison system; and end up having children who will follow in those same patterns of behavior. Is this a reason to be concerned? I think it is a very good reason to, not just be concerned, be alarmed!
An educated citizenry is the only thing that can keep us alive and free as a nation. We need to reserve this trend. How? Parents need to involve themselves more in the educational process. Students who need the help should have tutors and mentors provided. Parents should put a priority on scholastic achievement over other things. Schools need to raise their standards in how they teach and test - the level of the knowledge base must be raised. Failure should never be rewarded or winked at by anybody. If a student can’t make the grade, don’t pass them to the next level. If an athlete wants to play sports, then he/she needs to pass in order to play. Now immediately someone will protest by saying that not everyone is scholastically inclined. Are we willing to let them suffer? My answer: No. Anybody can learn. Some just learn differently. But they need someone to help them in the process. So, provide him/her with what he/she needs - a mentor or a tutor. And if he/she is not college bound, then channel that energy into a trade by which they can become employable. The bottom line is this: nobody should drop out of school! And what if he/she is determined to drop out of school
anyway? Let’s not make it so easy ... how about making it so that, if they want out of school, they can spend the next three years in some sort of mandatory military service ... or maybe mandatory community service, digging ditches, cutting brush, cleaning highways or emptying bed pans in a hospital or clinic...whatever, but don’t be easy on them, Make them take on some responsibility and learn about how the real world operates. Maybe then they’ll have some incentive to do what is right and go back to school. Rev. Sam Talley
Where does tax money come from? Dear Editor, It would be interesting to know who generates the most sales tax in Brown Co. (maybe the top ten) and what their opinion is on the sales tax increase. It may also help Brown Co. residents understand the impact of buying local when they see who these businesses are; and how or if it will effect them. Jim Myers
Thank God for firefighters and emergency workers Dear Editor, I stood in the yard watching the flames engulf the garage. The firefighters were not there yet as the flames touched the back end of the house. I remember thinking how everything we had worked for all of our lives was going up in flames. I mostly thought about the pictures of our kids, grandkids, and parents. It
seemed like an eternity waiting for the firefighters, but it only took 12 minutes for them to arrive. We lost our entire garage and many sentimental items, but to my amazement, the flames on the house were out in seconds. When we finally entered the house, we were elated to see that none of my pictures or furniture had been damaged.
We want to give our respect, appreciation, and heart filled thanks to all of the Mt. Orab and surrounding towns Firefighters, EMT’s and Police Officers. We are truly amazed at the extremely hard and dangerous work that they put themselves into at any given moment. Without the help from all of you, we would have lost everything
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ers, the night out has also become very dangerous. During last year’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the Patrol made 159 OVI-related arrests during the 24-hour reporting period of 6 a.m. on March 17 through 6 a.m. on March 18, 2009. Four motorists also lost their lives that night – of which all four were OVI-related. These deaths all could have been avoided. The Patrol recommends the following easy steps, for a safe St. Patrick’s Day. Plan a safe way home before the festivities begin; Before drinking, please designate a sober driver and leave your car keys at home; If you’re impaired, use a taxi, call a sober friend or family member, or use public transportation so you are sure to get home safely; If you happen to see a drunk driver on the road, please call 1-877-7-PATROL or 1-877-772-8765.
showing that except for the unemployment rate, the economy is slowly improving. And I was out of work for about six months last year, so I know what it feels like. Now I’m not advocating emptying your bank account on stuff you don’t need...that might lead to a run on pitchforks and torches (purchased here in Brown County of course). But what I am saying is that your dollars are needed by business owners here at home. On a much lighter note, it was really nice to get a taste of warmer temperatures and sunshine this week. Better weather is definitely around the corner. Also, due to reader requests, we’ve added a crossword puzzle to the Press. Look for it on Page 8. I’d also like to invite you to join the Brown County Press on Facebook. Please become a fan and get regular updates about what’s coming up online and in the paper. You can also let me know what you think about anything you’d like to talk about.
What Do You Think? “What is your favorite restaurant in Brown County?”
“Butterbee’s – I like the potato skins.” Rosemary Mayes Sardinia
“LaRosa’s because I like their chicken Alfredo.” Rachel Lambert Mt. Orab
“Gold Star in Mt. Orab because their cheese coneys are the best.” Ryan Meisberger Mt. Orab
“I’ll say Country Inn because I love their BLTs and their steak fries.” Samantha Brown Mt. Orab
“Probably LaRosa’s. Their pizza is the best.” Cindy Dietrick Mt. Orab
“I love Butterbee’s. I love the service.” Joy Ackley Winchester
we worked all our lives for. May god bless each and every one of you who participated in saving our home and keeping our community safe!!! George and Dee Kelch
CF Foundation Don’t press your luck this St. Pats Day In anticipation of St. popular night out to celebrate thanks conPatrick’s Day, the Ohio State with friends and family. Highway Patrol is urging Unfortunately, due to the tributors motorists to not press their large number of drunk driv-
luck and get behind the wheel impaired. Instead, Ohio motorists are strongly encouraged to plan ahead, designate a sober driver or find other transportation, and to not drive impaired.
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Dear Editor, As the saying goes, "It takes a village to raise a child." A village does help raise a child. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation local chapter would like to thank everyone who came to the Annual Cystic Fibrosis Spaghetti Supper on Sunday, March 7. $1,000 was raised during the event. This fundraiser is in honor of Serenity Slagle and her family and friends would like to tell the community thanks for supporting CF research and development. Without Serenity's village, $2,500 could not have been raised over the last couple of months for such research through various fundraising. The annual CF Walk-A-Thon is approaching on Saturday, May 8, 2010, in Georgetown, Ohio. For more information, please contact Lorie Layne, (937) 618-0633. Rebecca Varney
YOUR LEGISLATORS U.S. Representative Jean Schmidt (R) 175 E. Main St Batavia,Oh 45103 or (800) 784-6366 State Senator Tom Niehaus (R) (614) 466-8082 State Representative Danny Bubp (R) (614) 644-6034
U.S. Senators George Voinovich (R) (202) 224-3353 Sherrod Brown (D) (202)224-2315 Governor Ted Strickland (D) 77 S. High St. 30th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 466-3555
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The new unemployment numbers for January are out, as I’m sure you saw in the story on Page 1. And since fact and opinion are kept separate here in the Press, I can say some things about the numbers here in an editorial that I couldn’t while I was writing the article. Things clearly have been better on the unemployment front, but the best way to fight it is to not let it paralyze you. Don’t be afraid to spend a little money. Recessions can be kind of circular. About seventy five percent of the economy is based on consumer spending. So is the economy bad because people aren’t spending money...or are people not spending money because the economy is bad? And is bad news the chicken or the egg? When people relax and open their wallets back up a little, things will start to improve. That will lead to more hiring, which will lead to more consumer confidence. The improving data will then hopefully cause banks and investors to start moving money again...which is one of the most important elements of business (and employment) expansion. I know it’s easy to tell people to start spending money when you yourself have a job...but every indication is
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Ripley man sentenced on drug charges Sardinia Council adopts six fire protection contracts with townships Sardinia Village Council members on March 8 adopted six contracts with four townships for Sardinia Fire Department service during 2010. The contracts are retroactive to this past Jan. 1 and conclude Friday, Dec. 31. They are as follow: • Franklin Township: a fire protection contract through which that township will pay the village of Sardinia one-third of the net proceeds from fire protection levies or approximately $9,000 payable in April and November installments. • Jackson Township: a contract through which that township will pay Sardinia $3,000 in
Ripley Federal Scholarship reminder The final date for receiving applications for the scholarship offered by Ripley Federal Savings Bank is March 19, 2010. This scholarship is nonrecurring and will be awarded in the amount of $500.00. All high school seniors in the counties of Adams, Brown, Clermont and Highland, who are planning to attend college and major in business, economics, finance or accounting, and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, may apply for this award. Application forms are available at the Ripley office located at 1006 S. Second Street, at the Georgetown office located at 200 E. State Street, or from your high school guidance counselor.
Gospel Sing and Dinner in Decatur Decatur’s annual Gospel Sing and Dinner is being planned for Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 at the Decatur Community Center on St. Rte. 125. A baked steak dinner will be served beginning at noon. Price is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Those children under 3 eat for free. The musical program is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Singers for the event include: Harriet Jackson, Rosie Young, Doug Green, Betty Tatman and the Cantrell Family Gospel Band. The Gospel Sing is being hosted by the Byrd Township School Preservation Committee with proceeds going to preserve and maintain the Decatur Community Building. The public is cordially invited.
April and November installments. • Eagle Township (one contract): a contract through which that township will pay Sardinia $7,000 in April and December installments. The contract mentioned, however, that amount is subject to change and would equal 50 percent of the net annual real estate draw generated by that township’s 1.9-mill levy in effect for fire protection. • Eagle Township (the other contract): a contract through which that township will pay Sardinia $3,000 in April and November installments. The contract mentioned, however, that amount is subject to change and would equal 50 percent of the net annual real estate draw generated by that township’s .8mill levy in effect for fire protection. • Washington Township (one contract): a contract through which that township will pay Sardinia $10,000 in April and November installments. • Washington Township (the other contract): a contract through which that township will pay Sardinia $16,000 in April and December installments. That contract stipulates, however, Sardinia will use 80 percent of the money from that contract to purchase capital equipment for fire protection which will directly benefit Washington Township residents living outside that township’s incorporated part (with the incorporated part being the village of Sardinia). Prevention Officer Named The village also agreed its fire chief, Lee Naylor, shall serve as fire prevention officer for the four townships with which the Sardinia Fire Department has contracted and would fill out necessary forms required as fire prevention officer and prepare, sign, and file with the state of
Scholarship benefit to be held The annual Nancy Jewell Chili Supper and Variety Show will be held Saturday, March 20. The chili supper will start at 5 p.m. and serving will continue until 7:30 p.m. in the Hamersville School cafeteria. The variety show will begin at 8 p.m. in the school cafetorium. Doug Green will be the emcee for this year’s show. Cost for the show is $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for students or $10.00 for the family. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Nancy Jewell Scholarship Fund, which provides a scholarship to a Western Brown graduating senior from Hamersville to pursue a degree in education.
HealthSource of Ohio to begin delivering babies at Mercy Anderson HealthSource of Ohio is pleased to announce that beginning May 15, it will begin delivering babies exclusively at Mercy Hospital Anderson. All OB patients at HealthSource Seaman OB/Gyn, HealthSource Georgetown OB/Gyn and HealthSource Batavia OB/Gyn will need to present
at Mercy Hospital Anderson should they go into labor on or any time after May 15. Prior to and including May 14, all patients should present to Brown County General Hospital for delivery. Please contact the appropriate HealthSource office below if you have any questions.
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Ohio all reports required to be made by him in that position. The Franklin, Jackson and Eagle township contracts include descriptions of the boundaries within those townships to which Sardinia firefighters will answer calls. The Franklin Township area receiving its primary fire protection coverage through the Sardinia Fire Department includes all land north of DelhiArnheim and Ash RidgeArnheim roads bounded on the west side by Scott Township and on the east side by Jackson Township and includes Franklin Township land located within the Lake Waynoka confines. Properties that front on the north and south sides of DelhiArnheim Road shall receive their primary fire protection coverage from the Georgetown Fire Department, and properties that front on the north and south sides of Ash Ridge-Arnheim Road shall receive their primary fire protection coverage from the Russellville Fire Department. The Jackson Township area that will receive its primary fire protection coverage from the Sardinia Fire Department includes all that township’s land within the confines of Lake Waynoka. The Eagle Township area that will receive its primary fire protective coverage from the Sardinia Fire Department includes all that township’s roads located west of U.S. 62 including all properties that front on the east and west sides of U.S. 62.
one year in prison for the Aggravated Trafficking in Oxycontin and two years in prison for the Aggravated Trafficking in Oxycontin with the vehicle specification. The sentences will run concurrently. Hafer must pay $1470 in restitution to the Brown County
Sheriff’s Office and court costs. Judge Gusweiler ordered the forfeiture of the vehicle involved in the crime. Upon his release from prison, Hafer will be subject to post-release control by the Adult Parole Authority.
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Mt. Orab UMC to host free community dinner The Mt. Orab United Methodist Church is hosting a free community dinner for our Mt. Orab neighbors. The dinner will be Mar. 20 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The menu for the dinner will be chicken, baked beans, mashed potatoes, cole slaw, and dessert. If you would like to enjoy the fellowship and a good hot meal please call the church, 4441046, by Mar. 17 to make a reservation. Mt. Orab United Methodist Church is located on the corner of US 68 and Elm Street, across from Radio Shack and Domino's Pizza.
Imagine Nation book sale at hospital It’s book sale time again at the Brown County Hospital. The BCGH Auxiliary is happy to announce that the Imagine Nation book sale will be in full swing on Monday, Mar. 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, Mar. 23 from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m in the main hallway of the hospital. Imagine Nation always presents an excellent selection of both adult and children’s books at a surprisingly affordable price. In addition to selling books, Imagine Nation presents a nice selection of really great small gifts for adults and children. Mother’s Day and graduation will soon be upon us and it would be an excellent opportunity to get a gift for these occasions, especially at an excellent price. So come on over and check it out! All proceeds will benefit the Auxiliary in their endeavors to benefit the hospital.
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A Ripley man is going to prison for two years for selling Oxycontin. In November 2009, Jonathan Hafer was indicted by a grand jury on one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Oxycontin; one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Oxycontin with a specification that Hafer’s vehicle was used in the commission of the crime; and one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Oxycontin with a specification the offense was committed in the vicinity of a juvenile and a specification that Hafer’s vehicle was used in the commission of the crime. On March 2, Judge Scott Gusweiler accepted Hafer’s plea of guilty to one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Oxycontin and one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Oxycontin with the vehicle specification. The remaining count including the specifications was dismissed. Judge Gusweiler sentenced Hafer to
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Waitress Michelle Willman of Mt. Orab takes orders at a table during the new Country Inn Restaurant’s first evening of service on March 8. Customers include spouses Clara Kayser and David Kayser, seated across from each other, and their daughter Theresa Miller, all of Mt. Orab.
New Country Inn Restaurant opens on Brooks-Malott Road CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building. It also is just south of busy State Route 32. It is the first restaurant to open on Brooks-Malott Road and the first business to open in a planned business plaza at that site. Space is available for up to five smaller businesses in the north section of the building in which the restaurant fills the largest section. General Mgr. Comments Country Inn Acting General Manager Michael Kells said in a March 9 telephone interview the new eatery currently has an estimated 60 to 65 employees. Those employees had a trial run, according to Manager Erin Bohl, to prepare for the March 8 opening. The restaurant hosted “Friends and Family Days” March 4-6 during which invited guests received free food and some “walk-in customers” received half-price meals. The preparation of food and serving of meals for those trial run customers and the managers’ supervising of workers gave the restaurant’s employees some experience to handle the crowds that were expected during Country Inn’s first full week of business last week. While Kells didn’t have any numbers to report as far as how many customers came to the new eatery on its first day this
past Monday, he said Tuesday, March 9, had good attendance as well, and Bohl reported in her March 10 telephone interview good crowds were still coming in on that Wednesday. Kells said the busiest time that first day probably was 5:30-8:30 p.m. He said popular items that first day included lots of chicken dinners, chicken liver dinners, and that day’s special – meat loaf dinners. Kells said chicken livers is one new menu item at the new restaurant with three melt sandwiches – Frisco, turkey, and ham and swiss – also being new. He said he heard nothing but compliments from customers that first day about the restaurant’s meals and salad bar. The new restaurant, unlike the old eatery, has a wide front porch with a definite “country look” of rocking chairs and a couple of barrels resembling the barrels from which country stores used to sell crackers and pickles. Kells said customers talked about how they liked the porch, the rocking chairs, the wider space in the dining area compared to the old restaurant, and the larger rest rooms which include baby changing stations. Owner Says He’s Pleased Country Inn Restaurant owner Nader David said in a
March 10 interview he was pleased with the new eatery’s business thus far. “We are proud to bring the new Country Inn to the Mt. Orab area,” David said. He added that he has seen a lot of “old friends” from the former eatery stop by and comment about how they really miss the “old place”. David mentioned he was glad to see many of those “old place” customers come by and said the former restaurant, which had opened in 1986, still has a special place in his heart as well. While the old restaurant seated about 110, the new restaurant has seating for about 150, he reported. “We would like to invite everyone to come out and try it and enjoy it and be our guests,” the owner said of Mt. Orab’s newest restaurant. Its current operating hours are 6 a.m.-9 p.m. MondaysThursdays, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays, and 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Country Inn Restaurant’s telephone number is still (937) 444-3330 as it was at its former South High Street site. Kells said the restaurant is still looking for some candidates for management and labor positions. Anyone interested may online at apply www.EatCountryInn.com.
Kids step up for shelter dogs CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Copley added that volunteer program has led to “a few” dog adoptions and that the program has grown beyond just Saturdays. “Kids will call us on holidays or snow days and ask ‘Can we come walk the dogs?’”, Copley said with a smile. 13 year old Spring Thompson of Georgetown said she volunteers to keep in touch with an old friend. “We had to give our dog here and I want to make sure that he’s OK”, she said. Samantha Smith’s mother Linda was at the shelter watching her daughter work with the dogs. She said she’s filled with pride as she watches her daughter work with them. “She’s learning a lot about dogs and helping them stay healthy and find homes”, Smith said.
She added that it was great to see her daughter learning to enjoy giving of herself to help those in need. Copley agreed, saying “All these kids are making a difference in the lives of the dogs.” She also said that the exercise program and other efforts at the shelter are saving the lives of dogs. “We saved 88 dogs between August of 2009 and the end of the year that would have been euthanized”, Copley said. Last month, only two dogs at the shelter were put down, both because of aggression issues. In February of 2009. 104 dogs had to be euthanized. Copley also said there is still plenty of room for more volunteers. If you are interested in helping out with the Saturday program at the Brown County Animal Shelter or in possible adoption of a dog, Copley asks that you con-
tact the Brown County Humane Society. That number is (937) 3782210.
Williamsburg alumni association dinner scheduled The 115th Williamsburg Alumni Association Dinner will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at the Williamsburg Middle/Senior High School, 500 South Fifth St. Deadline to make reservations is Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Reservations at the door will NOT be accepted. Contact Charlene Speeg at speeg_c@burgschools.org or by phone at (513) 724-5544. Visit the website at http://www.burgschools.org to download a registration form.
The Gaslight Theater Players presents
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Russellville Church of Christ to host spring dinner The Russellville Church of Christ will be having their annual spring steak dinner on Saturday, March 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. The menu will consist of baked steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, tossed salad and dessert. Cost will be $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children under 12. The church is located on South Columbus Street, Russellville. For more information call Debbie Parker at (937) 3772193.
Gaslight Theater announces spring comedy The Gaslight Theater Players announce their spring comedy, SAVING GRACE, by Jack Sharkey. SAVING GRACE -- a play with a title which begs the question: from whom is she being saved? From her boss, who wants her to be more than just his secretary, or from the "burglar" who threatens to steal her heart? The Gaslight Theater Players invite you to find out on Mar. 19, 20, 26, and 27 at 8 p.m. at the Gaslight Theater in Georgetown. Tickets are $8 at the door. Call (513) 659-3703 or visit www.gaslighttheaterplayers.c om for more information.
OTF logo and theme contest announced The Ohio Tobacco Festival Committee announces the 2010 logo and theme contest. All applicants are welcome to enter by submitting your original logo and theme to Cindi McIntosh @ PO Box 3, Ripley, Ohio 45167 or drop them off at Applegate’s Auto, 900 South Second St. in Ripley. The winner will be honored during the 2010 Ohio Tobacco Festival. All entries will be the property of the OTF, once they are submitted. Please help support our tobacco heritage and community.
way Brown County residents could help keep the unemployment rate down was to spend their money at home. “If you spend your money in Brown County, you are helping your neighbors keep their jobs. That’s the bottom line.” To call attention to the impor-
tance of keeping dollars at home, McKeown said that the Brown County Chamber of Commerce is promoting a campaign called “Spend 20 on 20” . The organization is asking residents to spend twenty dollars at a Brown County business business on March 20th.
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The new Kroger Marketplace, expected for an early May grand opening.
Kroger hiring for new store opening CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Marketplace will be hiring 90 to 120 new associates to better help serve customers who shop there. “Those interested in applying for a position can go to www.kroger.com/careers,” Avant noted. “We want to give some hard working people a job in this rough economic time.” The Marketplace will continue to house all of the old Kroger departments as well as expansions of some, such as the wine shoppe, home goods
and the deli counter. “I already like the old Kroger,” Mount Orab resident Cassandra Colton quipped. “But I’m sure I’m going to like this one a lot better.” The Marketplace will also be adding a new addition entitled “Baby World,” where items for infants and toddlers can be found. The new Kroger Marketplace, which is being contracted by ReeceInc. from Campbell Cincinnati, is scheduled for an early May grand opening, weather permitting.
Former rapist caught with child porn CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nessed that were in Van Tielen’s possession were very disturbing. “I’ve been in this business a long time and this is the worst stuff I’ve ever seen”, Schadle said. Schadle said that the arrest was the result of a tip from the Georgia Bureau of Criminal Investigations Unit. The GBCI seized a computer during an investigation and discovered e-mails containing child pornography had been exchanged between that computer and Van Tielen’s. With the information, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office was able to get a search warrant for Van Tielen’s home. Items seized during the search include a computer and various electronic media devices, all of which contained child pornography according to Schadle. He added that there were “many more” pictures seized, with each picture carrying a mandatory two year prison sentence. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is currently conducting a forensic search of the items and further charges may be pending after review by a Grand Jury. Van Tielen had an arraign-
ment hearing Tuesday in Brown County Municipal Court where he was given a $500,000.00 cash or property bond. He is currently incarcerated at the Brown County Adult Detention Center. Van Tielen pleaded guilty in Bergen County. New Jersey to robbing and raping four elderly women between 1987 and 1990. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June of 1991, but was released in May of 2007. In an article from the Bergen County Record from June 18, 1991, Van Tielen’s lawyer defended him. Wakely Paul of the Bergen County Public Defender’s Office said sex-crime specialists had found Van Tielen an “exceptional” candidate for rehabilitation. “Most people have either enlarged sexual appetites or are pedophiles”, Paul said in the Record. “But in this particular case, they thought he suffers from a chronic personality disturbance which results in bizarre behavior. Based on that, it would appear this guy can be cured.” Van Tielen was a registered sex offender with the Brown County Sheriff’s Department.
Georgetown DECA raises over $1,300.00 for the coaches’ cancer fund
Donations requested for book sale
By: Alexis Wahl The Georgetown DECA chapter has recently completed the first leg of a nine month community service project aimed to benefit The Coaches’ Cancer Fund. Under the leadership of project chairpersons, Casey Taylor (President) and Luke Elfers (Treasurer), the entire chapter worked together throughout this period to plan, organize, and execute four events. Events held and assisted with include: The Georgetown High School “Hoopin’ 2 Help” Foundation Game, a Movie Night, a Jr. High Snowball Dance, and a Soup, Salad, and Sandwich Dinner. Due to their efforts, over $1,300.00 was raised and awareness has been spread for The Coaches’ Cancer Fund throughout the Georgetown
It's time to spring into action to prepare for the Aberdeen Friends of the Library booksale on Fri., April 23 and Sat., April 24. While you're spring cleaning, unload your shelves and closets of past reading materials, DVD's, CD's and tapes and bring them to the Aberdeen Library during regular working hours. The Friends appreciate your efforts, because your additions help make the event a success for everyone. The library benefits from your generosity, and you have nice clean shelves and corners to fill with new selections from the upcoming sale. Times for the booksale will be announced at a later date. For questions or additional information, please call Penny Westheider, President, at (937) 795-8026.
Community. The Coaches’ Cancer Fund is a recently founded fund set up in coordination with Brown County General Hospital in order to financially assist those in the Brown County area who incur significant, unanticipated expenses associated with cancer treatment. Georgetown DECA has been corresponding with cofounder and dedicated member of the fund, Jerry Underwood, for many months in order to make this campaign as successful as possible. Thank you to all who contributed to and supported this project. For more information on how you can donate, please contact Georgetown DECA advisor, Scott Sterling at (937) 3786730 EXT. 1181 or scott.sterling@gtown.k12.oh.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tunity for Brown County residents will be with the United States Commerce Department. Hundreds of workers are expected to be hired over the next couple of months to help with the 2010 U.S. Census. Those workers could start working as soon as April and stay employed for up to two months or more. McKeown also said Brown County residents are fortunate to live within driving distance of Clermont and Hamilton counties were jobs are more plentiful. McKeown stressed that one
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Obituaries
Wilbur Harold Shafer, 89 Wilbur Harold Shafer, 89 of Ohio died Georgetown, Monday, March 8, 2010 at the Ohio Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Ripley, Ohio. He was a farmer, a retired custodian for the Brown County Administration Building located at the fairgrounds in Georgetown and a United States Army Veteran serving in World War II where he received the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Badge, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal with six Bronze Service Stars and one Bronze Arrowhead. He attended the Fairview Church and was a member of the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180 and the Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show. Wilbur was born April 16, 1920 in Brown County, Ohio the son of the late Earl and Lulu (Groppenbacher) Shafer. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by one sister – Mary Rhoades. Mr. Shafer is survived by his wife of fifty-four years – Olive (Hughes) Shafer, whom he married on July 21, 1955; one son – Dean Shafer, Georgetown, one granddaughter – Tara Balzhiser and husband David, Mt.Orab, one nephew – William Charles, Dayton, one cousin – Bill Sams, Tampa, Fl. and one brother-in-law – Albert Hughes, Dayton. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown. Rev. Lee Shafer will officiate. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Decatur Cemetery in Decatur, with veterans services by the Carey Bavis American Legion Post #180. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Adams County Christian School, 184 Willow Drive, West Union, Ohio 45693 or the Fairview Church, P.O. Box 146, Georgetown, Ohio 45121.
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Sister Mary Carmen Johnson, OSU (formerly Sister Mary David) of the Ursulines of Brown County died peacefully at Mt. Notre Dame Health Care Center on Mar. 3, 2010. Daughter of the late W. Henry and Elizabeth Johnson, sister of the late Eleanor (Dale) Chaney, brothers Roger and Maurice and brother-in-law Robert Rand. She is survived by sisters Anita Rand, Sister Jeannette, OSU, brother Raphael (June) Johnson, sister-in-law June L. (Roger) Johnson and many nieces and nephews. Donations may be made to the Ursulines of Brown County. 20860 State Route 251, St. Martin, Oh. 45118 or the Mt. Notre Dame Health Care Center, 699 East Columbia Avenue, Cincinnati, Oh. 45215. Egbert Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.
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Linda S. (nee Burchett) Hoffer, 60 Linda S. (nee Burchett) Hoffer, 60, Mt. Orab, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Linda was the wife of Bill Hoffer, mother of Jeff Lingrosso, stepmother of Michael Hoffer and Tammy Baker, grandmother of Jacob and Corey Lingrosso, stepdaughter of Violet Burchett, sister of Doris Bentley (Don), Joan Uhl (Bob), Judy Queen (Frank), Lowell Burchett (Ruth Ann), Gerald Burchett (Pat), Larry Burchett (Brenda), Phil Burchett, Dave Burchett (Debbie), and the late James Burchett and Emery Burchett and she is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Services were at Mt. Orab Bible Baptist Church, on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Interment was in St. Louis Cemetery. If desired memorial contributions may be made to the Mt. Orab Bible Baptist Church Missionary Fund.
Mary Elizabeth Trees, 83 Mary Elizabeth (nee Shelton) Trees, 83, Monroe Township and the 12th of 13 children, died March 5, 2010 at her residence. She was the widow of Donald M. Trees, dear mother of Marilyn (the late Stephen) Fox, Bonnie (Jim) Hight, Lois (Gary) Lee, James (Cindy) Trees and Carl (Barb) Trees, grandmother of Ronnie Fox, Merrick Hight, Trula and Melody Trees, great grandmother of Chelsea Fox and Carlie Treet, and also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were at Tuesday March 9, 2010 at E.C. Nurre Funeral Home, Bethel. Memorials may be made to the Clermont County Humane Society or Shriner’s Children Hospital. Burial was in Laurel Cemetery.
Delbert G. Osburn, 77 Delbert G. Osburn, 77, Georgetown, died Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. He was a retired brick layer and a member of the Dayton Local Union #22. Delbert was born on February 3, 1933 in Rarden, Ohio, one of seven children born to the late Wiley and Della (Hoffer) Osburn. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Letha (Davis) Osburn in 2008 and one brother- Bob Osburn. Mr. Osburn is survived by three sons - Tim Osburn and wife Kim, Xenia, and Dale and Scott Osburn both of Georgetown, one daughter Connie Donaldson and husband Tom, Minot, ND., four grandchildren Wesley Donaldson, Aletha Preston and husband Donie and Jesse and Connor Osburn; two great grandchildren - D.J. and Evan Preston; two brothers – George Osburn, Michigan and Delmar Osburn, Florida; three sisters – Betty Spruance, Mt. Orab, Schweickart, Phyllis Cincinnati, and Janie Oliver of Texas and several nieces and nephews. An anatomical gift was made to the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. A memorial service was held Thursday, March 11, 2008 at the Best Western Inn, Mt. Orab. Cahall Funeral Home in Georgetown, Ohio served the family. Private condolences may be sent to the family at www.cahallfuneralhomes.com
Destiny Marie Lynn Marsh, infant Destiny Marie Lynn Marsh infant daughter of Derek Marsh and Tabitha Davis of Georgetown, Ohio died Tuesday Mar. 2, 2010 at the County General Brown Hospital in Georgetown, Ohio. Destiny is preceded in death by one great uncle, Mark Lunsford. In addition to her parents she is survived by one brother, Derek Marsh, Jr., maternal grandparents, Nena and Randy McGrew of Georgetown, paternal grandparents, Krystal Marsh of Georgetown, and Michael Marsh, North Ft. Myers, Florida; maternal great grandmother, Mary Mason, Georgetown, and paternal great grandparents, Edith Lunsford, Russellville, and Pauline and Donald Marsh, Hillsboro. Funeral services will be held at 12 p.m. Saturday March 6, 2010 at the Cahall Funeral Home in Georgetown, Ohio. Kevin Whitsett will officiate. Visitation will be from 11 to 12 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow the services.
Bobby F. Humble, 60, Georgetown, Ohio died Sunday, March 7, 2010 at his residence. He was a retired service technician for American Showa Inc. in Blanchester, Ohio, a United States Air Force Vietnam veteran and a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Bobby was born on May 18, 1949 in Maysville, Kentucky the son of the late Emmett Smith and Betty Beryl (French) Humble. Mr. Humble is survived by his wife of thirty-eight years – Lidia (Matta) Humble; one son – Josh Humble, Georgetown, two grandchildren – Grace Elizabeth Humble and Dylan Taylor; two brothers – Micky Humble and wife Sherry, Manchester, and Timothy Humble and wife Maggie, West Union, one sister – Susan Bishop and husband Lee, Milford, three nieces – Brandy Huntley, Erica Cooper and Erika Bishop; one nephew – Avery Humble; eleven brothers and sisters inlaws- Rev. Samuel Matta, Rachael Garcia, Finess Matta, Danial Matta, Beatrice Matta, Leroy Matta, Rev. Paul Matta, Carol Martin, Rick Matta and Ruben Matta all of Texas and Bob Matta of North Carolina and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. There will be no visitation. The Cahall Funeral Home in Georgetown, is serving the family.
Eldon P. Reisinger, 80 Eldon P. Reisinger, 80, Hillsboro died Saturday morning March 6, 2010 at the Highland District Hospital. He was born April 6, 1929 in Fincastle, Ohio the son of the late Clyde and Grace Purdy Reisinger. Mr. Reisinger had worked for the Milicron Cincinnati Company for twenty-one years and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the Freedom Hillsboro Fellowship. He is survived by one daughter, Sherry R. (Billy) Pickens, Hillsboro, two sons, Buddy Reisinger, Lebanon, Timothy W. (Kim) Reisinger, Lebanon, three grandchildren, Jeremy (Cammie) Mills, Cassie (Bryan) Broyles and Jeffrey Pickens, six great grandchildren, Brayden, Tanner, Chloe, Koby, Gabrielle and Sebastian and a special friend, Inas Klein, Dayton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ruth Reisinger on Nov. 25, 1999. Services were held Wednesday, March 10 at the Hillsboro Freedom Fellowship, where Jerry Fyffe officiated. Burial with military honors was presented by the Highland County Honor Guard in the Hillsboro Cemetery.
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Robert Earl Curtis, 79, Williamsburg, Oh., died Saturday, March 6, 2010. He was a retired mechanic, Cincinnati Gas and Electric. Robert was born on June 12, 1930 in Bracken County, Ky., the son of the late Charles and Lona-Mae Curtis. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his wife, Cyrena Curtis and several brothers and sisters. Mr. Curtis is survived by a daughter, Robin C. (Andrew) Allgaier, Batavia, a son, Robert C. (Ginger) Curtis, Mt. Orab, grandchildren, Rhiannon Curtis and Adam Curtis, both of Mt. Orab and nephews, Randall Curtis and Donald Curtis, both of Woodberry, Tn. Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at the Egbert Funeral Home in Mt. Orab, where Rev. David Dewitt officiated. Interment will be in the Bladeston Cemetery, Bladeston, Ky. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley.
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Cabin Fever Arts Festival rescheduled for March 20 The annual Cabin Fever Arts Festival celebrates traditional Appalachian arts and culture and will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at Southern State Community College’s Appalachian Gateway Center in Fincastle. Originally scheduled for late February, the event was postponed due to inclement weather.
McKeown to speak at Auxiliary meeting The Brown County General Hospital will be having their regular monthly meeting on Monday, Mar. 15, 2010 at 1 p.m. in the Executive Conference Room at the Hospital. The speaker this month will be Tim McKeown who will be
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WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST VI Last week I said: the antichrist will be the resurrected Judas Iscariot. Now to summarize these past few weeks I will reiterate a few verses and add a few. Jesus referred to a prophecy of Daniel’s in Matthew 24:15 when He said: “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place...” It is the midweek event of Daniel 9:27 when the beast, the man of sin, will be interfering with temple worship. He is the predicted prince. He is the abomination of desolation spoken of in Matthew 24. Revelation 11:1-2 also speaks of this midweek event when temple worship has begun halfway through the tribulation with 42 months, which is 31⁄2 years, left to go. Jesus clearly named Judas Iscariot, the son of perdition, as the Antichrist. In John 17:12 He said: “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.” Jesus was praying this high priestly prayer to His Father in heaven. He said, “Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee...”. In this prayer He is talking about the twelve apostles he chose. He said: “...I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.” Note again that He said in verse 12: “...and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition;...” Perdition is utter destruction, absolute loss, eternal damnation, Hell. Since Jesus was speaking of all twelve apostles in His prayer, this one then, the son of perdition, that Jesus spoke of could be no other than one of the twelve, Judas Iscariot. In John 6:70 Jesus said: “...Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?” Verse 71: “He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.” Judas Iscariot is the deceiver, the betrayer, the
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Ackleys celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Harry and Joy Ackley were married on Feb. 20, 1960 at the Tollesboro Christian Church, where Reverend J.T. Williams officiated. The couple was surprised by their family on Feb. 6, 2010 with a Hummer limousine in their driveway with their eldest son, Kelly Ross, his wife, Tamara and two sons, Andrew and Edward from Lexington, South Carolina, which they had not seen since June 2009. Also in the limousine were the Ackley’s other son, Kevin Ray, his wife, Heather and
two children, Hannah and Joshua from Cincinnati, and their daughter, Domenica and husband John from Hamilton. The limousine was decorated with old pictures from their wedding, gold Mylar balloon bouquets and bottles of fruit juice to toast. The Hummer took them to Cincinnati to a restaurant called J. Alexander’s, which is located about three blocks from the first place they lived. A video was made of this event, and a 50th Wedding
Album was given to the couple to put all the pictures they had taken in that day. The children also had a book made of the event for them to keep. After dinner, they were taken back to their son Kevin’s place for a visit. The Ackley’s received many cards and e-mail greetings and would like to thank everyone involved. The Brown County Press would like to congratulate the Ackleys on such a great achievement!
Hamersville students celebrate writing success More than seventy authors celebrated their accomplishments at Hamersville School on Friday, January 29, 2010. The seventh grade writers participated in the bi-annual Authors’ Tea sponsored by the junior high writing group,
SLAM. The students enjoyed a buffet of appetizers and punch, were individually recognized for their work, and received a personal copy of Illuminate Your World With Words, an anthology of student work.
The young authors were invited to read aloud their published writing to an audience of their peers. The young writers’ group, SLAM, sponsored the event under the guidance of their teacher, Tracy Gibson.
White completes Navy basic training Navy Seaman Recruit Steven P. White, son of and Michael Cynthia A. Dietrick of Mt. Orab, and Steven P. White of Cincinnati, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, White completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness. The capstone event of boot camp is "Battle Stations." This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in
the fleet. "Battle Stations" is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. Its distinctly 'Navy' flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a Sailor. White is a 2008 graduate of Western Brown High School of Mt. Orab, Ohio. White is currently stationed at Fort Meade, MD. for Aschool where he is training to be a mass communication specialist. The Brown County Press thanks Navy Seaman Recruit White for serving our country.
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Eastern Middle School is helping Haiti The Eastern Middle School recently showed their concern for the plight of the victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. The teachers and staff felt that it was important for students to understand how lucky we are to live in the United States of America. The Eastern Middle School Leadership Team organized the project. The students were able to collect $400.00 for this humanitarian effort. Mrs. Heather Lane’s sixth grade homeroom led the effort.
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Daileys welcome home new addition Nicholas and Jessica Dailey are proud to announce the birth of their first daughter, Kinze Katherine Dailey. Kinze was born on Jan. 19, 2010 at Anderson Mercy and weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Kinze was welcomed home by her maternal grandparents, Brenda Ferguson, Hillsboro, Glenn Ferguson, Hillsboro and paternal grandparents, Bradley and Cheryl Dailey, Sardinia. She was also welcomed by maternal great grandparents Bob and Joan Greene, Winchester, maternal great grandmother Lois Ferguson, and the late Hugh Ferguson, Dayton, and paternal great grandparents, Ruby and Gilbert Dailey, Sardinia and
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paternal great grandmother, Betty Crawford, Georgetown, and the late Howard Morgan. The Brown County Press congratulates the Daileys on the birth of Kinze.
MOE third graders will present Spring concert The Mt. Orab Elementary Third graders will present the Spring Concert "Proud to be American" on Tuesday, March 30. Students in Mrs. Hahn's, Mrs. Hall's, Mrs. Kohus's and Mrs. Lightner's classes will perform at 6:00 pm and students in Mrs. Castle's, Mrs. Dowler's, Mrs. Vance's and Mrs. Williford's classes will perform at 7:15. Guest singer will be Mr. Doug Green, Brown County Auditor. Admission is free; and the public is invited and encouraged to attend!
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The Fayetteville-Perry LPDC (Local Professional Development Committee) meeting dates have been changed. The regular meeting dates for the balance of 2010 will be the third Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. in the Fayetteville Elementary Conference Room. Date changes are effective with the March 2010 meeting. Any questions, please contact Raegan White, High School Principal at (513) 875-3520.
The members of the Junior Fair Swine Department met recently to discuss the rules for the 2010 Brown County Fair. The members, under the direction of Adult Superintendents, Roger and Anita McKinzie, discussed different changes that could be made for their department. Any rule changes will be mailed to all 4-H and FFA members who will sign up for swine projects. If fair exhibitors have any questions, they should ask their head advisor. Pictured from L – R, front row:Tyler Tucker, Tyler Fisher, Corey Keller and Andy Wallace. Second row: Mackenzi Carrington, Morgan Meranda, Megan Johnson, Abbey Rowe and Ashley Moore. Third row: Austin Fowler, Trevor Koch, Zach Wallace, Jared Reveal, Del Procter and Daniel Sullivan.
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Hamersville Tech Team This school year, Hamersville School decided to try and create a more user friendly website that is updated frequently. To accomplish this, and use it as a teaching and learning experience, a class for 7th and 8th grade students was created. The students, known as the Tech Team, are under the supervision of teachers Gary Powell and Barry Daulton. Log on to www.wb.k12.oh.us and click on the HEMS link to see all of their hard work.
Mobile dentists returning to MOE The Mobile Dentists, are returning to MOE on April 14th, 15th and 16th for 6 month check-ups and for anyone who missed them the first time and wants their child to
be seen. Permission slips went home recently and need to be turned in as soon as possible. Look for an update in the March and April school newsletters.
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Garrett on Dean’s List at UNOH The University of Northwestern Ohio is proud to acknowledge that Taylor W. Garrett of Mt. Orab, has made the Dean’s List for the January 2010 session in the College of Technologies. Full time students must receive a grade point average of 3.5 or better to be named to the Dean’s List.
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Pictured with Mrs. Castle's 3rd grade students, from L to R is Brandi Wallace, Gail Erhardt, from the American Red Cross and Robyn Castle, 3rd grade teacher at Mt. Orab Elementary. Trinity Freeman was absent from the picture.
“Spare Change for Change” Mrs.Robyn Castle and her third grade students at Mt. Orab Elementary, have had the privilege of having Mrs. Brandi Wallace, a student teacher from Wilmington College, in their classroom since the beginning of 2010. She has been working with the students and preparing them for the fourth grade using lots of fun activities. She has incorporated games, like charades, to help the stu-
dents learn new vocabulary words, taught sequencing information using two and three dimensional shapes, utilized graphic organizers to help the students better understand their reading, and much more. Mrs. Wallace also was the person in charge of the "Spare Change for Change" Haiti Relief Collection. After a discussion of Haiti and the hardships they were having
there, the students were given the opportunity to design posters to hang throughout the school building. Those posters were created to help encourage others to join in on the collection efforts and donate money for the cause. $385.89 was collected and presented to Gail Erhardt, an American Red Cross representative, to be used for the fund. Congratulations on a job well done!
The Eastern Brown High School Advanced Art classes are once again taking part in the Learn and Serve Grant as part of their class curriculum. This year, students are exploring recycled art and environmental sculptures and have already taken two field trips as part of this study. The first field trip was to the Adams Brown Recycling Center in Georgetown, Ohio. With Sam Perin as their guide, students were given tours of the recycling center and were able to see what happened to recyclables once they were collected. After completing the tour of the recycling center, Mr. Perin took them to the ‘Glass reFactory.’ Here, students were shown how recycled glass bottles were melted down and made into works of art. Next, the Advanced Art classes continued their study of glass art by traveling to the Franklin Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio. This time,
students were able to discover the artwork of Dale Chihuly, a world known glass sculpture. Not only were Chihuly’s glass sculptures much larger and complex, but they were also displayed within the gardens of the conservatory. This gave students a chance to see how artwork can work with the environment to give an entirely different experience to the viewer. Senior, Trevor Woollard, states that “Seeing Chihuly’s art amongst the environment was a better way of viewing it than just seeing it in a glass case. The natural environment really brought out the beauty and the harmony of the vegetation and glass.” Meagan Noble, also a senior, agrees: “Chihuly’s art within the environment makes the glass come to life...” Overall, the students really gained an appreciation for the effects of the environment on particular works of art as well as Chihuly’s work in general. After the tour of the artwork,
the classes were able to see how glass art is made. A professional glassblower created an entire work of art within a 30 minute presentation. Students were able to experience the heat of the art-making procedure as well as ask questions about the process. In the end, it was very apparent that the students really enjoyed the trip as well as the experiences it presented. Junior, Brooke Taylor, really seems to sum the trip up for everyone: “All of the colors of the art greatly contrasted with the green plant life so it was just like “Surprise! Awesomeness!” I really, really loved the exhibit.” In the Spring, the Advanced Art Classes will be creating their own recycled artwork and presenting it within the environment. The students will design and create large-scale sculptures out of assorted recyclables. These will be displayed within the environment of their new high school grounds.
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MOE kindergarten students celebrated Valentine's Day On Friday, Feb. 12, the students in Miss Allyson Cockrell’s kindergarten class got quite a surprise! The class read a book entitled “Twas the Night Before Valentine’s Day” earlier in the week. On Friday, the events that took place in the book started to come to life in their classroom! For example, the students got the opportunity to make valentines just like the ones in the book. They ate cupcakes, grapes, and cherries and drank punch with heartshaped ice cubes . They played some fun games like “pin the heart on the donkey” and passed out valentines to one another. Then the assistant principal, Mrs. Debra Maham, walked into the classroom dressed just like Cupid! She didn’t say a word, but dropped off a present to the class. When they opened it, they found two African dwarf frogs! The two frogs are now class pets in Miss Cockrell’s room. It was a very fun afternoon for everyone involved. A big thank you goes to Mrs. Maham for being such a good sport and to the parents who came in to help out with the party.
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Sarah Dorado, of Hamersville, a sophomore at Cornell College, has been named to the fall 2009-2010 Dean's list. Cornell named 237 students, or about 21 percent of its enrollment, to the Dean's List for the fall semester. A grade point average of at least 3.6 on a 4.0 scale is required for this designation.
Business & Finance, Inc. students from Southern Hills Career & Technical Center were welcomed by the Brown County Juvenile Court on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. The students had an opportunity to tour the facilities and speak to Judge Margaret Clark and other personnel. The students explored the multitude of careers available through the court system. Mrs. Rebecca Varney and the Business & Finance, Inc. students have been discussing and learning about Business Law, so this field trip was a great addition to the curriculum. Southern Hills Career & Technical Center is proud to partner with businesses in our area to educate our students outside the classroom walls. For more information about Business & Finance, Inc. program, please contact Mrs. Rebecca Varney, (937) 3786131 x299. Applications for the program are currently being
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DECA wins second in Ohio Quiz Bowl The SHCC/RULH DECA Quiz Bowl team anchored by senior, Katie White wins 2nd place in the state competition. Her teammates include Will Jones, Katie McClain, Amanda McClain and John Kessel. The group traveled to Roberts Center in Wilmington on Saturday, March 6 to compete. To earn their trophy they beat Olentangy Orange High School DECA 27-16 and Badin High School DECA II 27-15. Their quest for a first place was stopped by last year’s winning team, Badin DECA I. Pictured left to right: Quiz Bowl Team: Katie & Amanda McClain, Will Jones, Katie White and John Kessel.
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Fourth grader Brianna Goldsberry read 54 Dr. Seuss books in 10 days with Mrs. Melody Kokensparger, librarian at St. Michael School.
Godby named recipient of scholarship Gardner-Webb University proudly announces that Sarah Godby has been awarded a scholarship to attend GardnerWebb University in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Sarah is the daughter of Barry and Detrea Godby from Fayetteville. Sarah is a recent senior at Fayetteville-Perry High School. Congratulations!
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The St. Michael School library had a contest for the K-4 grade students to see who could read the most Dr. Seuss books in a 10 day period leading up to Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2. The winners for each class are: K – Caroline Day; 1st grade – Grace Burrows; 2nd grade – Kaden Mountain; 3rd grade – Madison Plum; 4th grade – Brianna Goldsberry. Prizes were also given to the top two students who took the most AR quizzes on Dr. Seuss books. Those students were: Chloe Little – K and Emerson Day – 2nd grade. Every student received a certificate, bookmark and a Dr. Seuss pin.
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T-Shirts are awarded by the SWAT team at Mt. Orab Middle School each nine weeks to students who have excelled in the following classes: Art, Band, Choir, Library, Music, P.E. and Technology. Pictured are the second quarter winners for the 2009-10 school year. Front Row (l-r): Ally Dowd, Chance Seibert, Joe Rose, Lauren Donathan, Jewlyn Rahn, Kane Blank, Dana Buttree, Shelby Elder. Back Row (l-r): Sadie Benfield, Deavon Arnold, Kyle Conrad, Chris Campbell, Jacob Conlee, Patty Fletcher, Josh Mullen, Jasmine Fields, Brittany Hall.
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An approved 3.5-percent tuition hike will not be implemented spring quarter, as voted Feb. 24 by the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the board’s finance committee. Jim Buck, SSCC Vice
President of Business and Finance, advised that approving a tuition increase but waiving the implementation of it keeps the door open if the college needs to implement it in the future. “We are at the bottom of the totem pole as far as
tuition,” said Trustee and Finance Committee Chairman Paul Hall, referring to Southern State’s status as having the lowest tuition in the state among non-levied schools. “And that’s something to be proud of, but we’ve been putting off this
issue and it’s starting to catch us. It’s time for us to be proactive, not reactive.” After a two-year mandated tuition freeze in the state, in July 2009 Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland lifted the freeze and allowed public institutions of higher education to
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consider up to a 3.5-percent tuition increase. Southern State’s Board of Trustees voted July 23 to maintain current tuition rates and revisit the issue at a later date. Board Chair Kay Ayres asked what a 3.5-percent tuition increase would mean for students in terms of actual dollars. “A full-time student would see an increase of $119 for the year,” said Buck, who also advised that even if the tuition increase were implemented, Southern State would still hold rank as lowest tuition in the state among non-levied schools. “We are providing a great education at a great price,” said Hall. Budget shortfalls at the state level, however, have affected Ohio’s colleges and universities, including Southern State Community College. “We’re looking at a 5-percent need, but 3.5 percent gets us closer to where we need to be,” said Hall. “Right now we’re going to waive [implementation of the tuition increase]” said Trustee Rory Ryan. “Would it take another act of the board to assess the increase?” Ayres confirmed the board would need to vote on the issue. “Although the tuition increase was approved, no student will see a tuition increase during the current academic year,” said SSCC President Dr. Kevin Boys. “So what does this really mean? This decision preserves the college’s ability to increase tuition up to 3.5 percent from this year’s imposed cap on increases and then up to another 3.5 percent during the 2010-11 academic year should it become necessary.
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Citing health concerns, Don Gephart of Blanchester resigned as a member of the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees.
As the budget is developed for the new academic year, and as we continue to monitor the state of Ohio’s budget difficulties, we will be better positioned to determine what kind of increase will be required to help us maintain and even improve the quality of what we do.” The also board voted to accept the resignation of Trustee Don Gephart of Blanchester who had been appointed to the college’s Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland for a 2008-12 term. “It is with heartfelt regret that I must resign my position as trustee for Southern State Committee College,” read a letter from Gephart. “Recurring personal health issues prevent me from continuing my service.” The next meeting of the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010. For more information, please visit www.sscc.edu.
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Rhonemus receives Pioneer award Al Rhonemus accepting the Brown County Hospital Foundation Pioneer Award from Barb Campbell, Gala CoChair.
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Eastern downs Alexander, earns trip to district final The Eastern Warriors advanced to the district final on Saturday by downing the Alexander Spartans by a score of 47-35 at the Convocation Center on the campus of Ohio University. “It was a nice win,” said Eastern coach Rob Beucler. “They were big and athletic, so it was a concern.” Alexander got off to a good start against the Warriors, taking a 5-2 lead after Zach Bobo hit a jumper and a 3-pointer. Tyler Knabb scored on a drive for Eastern and Taylor Little made two layups, pulling the Warriors to within one, at 9-8, by the end of the
13 edge with just over two minutes left in the half. Jack Hart made a layup for the Spartans in the final minute of the quarter, but at the half Eastern led 24-15. Alexander scored the first four points of the second half on a free throw by Cody Lawson and a 3-pointer by Wes Meadows. Knabb responded for the Warriors, canning a three of his own. Little scored in the lane and added a bank shot before Knabb drained another three. Lawson connected on a 15-footer and with 1:27 remaining in the third, Eastern’s lead grew to 36-21. Bobo made two jumpers in the final minute of the quarter, cutting the Warriors’ lead to 36-25 heading into the final frame. Tanner Dabe scored the first basket of the fourth period, putting Eastern in front, 3825. Bobo made a layup and Lawson hit a 3-pointer for the Spartans, closing the gap to 38-30 with 5:34 left in the game. Eastern ran its offense for two minutes, eating away precious time from the clock. Payne scored in the paint with 3:40 showing, giving the Warriors a 40-30 lead. Lawson hit another three for Alexander, cutting the Eastern advantage to 40-33 with just over three minutes remaining. Again, the Warriors showed some patience and hustle, grabbing a couple of offensive boards and keeping the possession alive. Clay Garrett finished the offensive trip by making a follow-up shot with 1:48 left on the fourth-quarter
first period. Zach Downing gave Eastern its first lead of the night when he stuck back an offensive rebound a minute into the second stanza. Austin Smith converted a layup with 6:16 remaining in the second, putting the Warriors on top, 12-9. Ethan Williams made 1-of2 at the line for the Spartans, trimming the Eastern lead to 12-10. The Warriors commenced on a 12-3 run over the next three minutes. Jordan Payne scored two times in the lane. Chase Lawson also made a shot in the paint and Little added two old-fashioned three-point plays. When the run ended, Eastern held a 24-
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Eastern’s Tyler Knabb drives around an Alexander defender during the Warriors’ victory over the Spartans. Eastern was set to play Wheelersburg in Athens at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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over, which led to 34 points for us.” The Warriors forced 23 turnovers and committed only 11 miscues on the night. Eastern, now 14-6 overall, was set to play the Wheelersburg Pirates at the Center on Convocation Saturday. Tipoff was slated for 5 p.m. “Wheelersburg is wellcoached and they have some weapons on offense,” added Beucler. “Their young kids are coming along.”
also grabbed nine rebounds and had five steals. “Taylor was all over the floor again tonight,” said Beucler. “Our bench played well. We had a lot of different kids contribute. Zach and Clint (Black) did a nice job keeping their big kid away from the basket.” Bobo paced the Spartans with 11. Lawson added 10 and Meadows chipped in seven. “We didn’t want to turn it over and allow them any runouts,” said Beucler. “We were able to get them to turn it
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Eastern’s Clay Garrett puts up a shot during the Warriors’ district semifinal win over Alexander.
clock. “We wanted to be patient and run our offense at the end,” added Beucler. “And for the most part we did that.” Little added a layup and Payne went 3-of-4 from the line in the final minute, preserving the Warriors’ 47-35 win. Little led all scorers with 18 points for Eastern. Payne added nine and Knabb chipped in eight. Lawson finished with four while Smith, Garrett, Downing and Dabe netted two points each. Little
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The Georgetown Lady GMen traveled to Springfield on Saturday and lost in the district final to the Anna Lady Rockets by a score of 62-48. “We didn’t play our best today,” said Georgetown coach Bernie Cropper. “But we got beat by a good team.” Anna raced to an early 6-2 lead when Megan Fogt, Maria Wells and Rebecca Burch all scored for the Lady Rockets. The Lady G-Men responded by putting the ball in the hands of their post players. Kirsten Grant scored twice in the lane. Kelsey Mell stuck back a rebound and converted a three-point play. Brianna Householder also scored off an offensive board. Burch scored the final basket of the period for Anna. After eight minutes of play, the Lady Rockets and the Lady G-Men were tied, 11-11. The teams traded baskets for the first three minutes of the second stanza. Anna went on a 6-0 run just before the midway point of the period. Burch hit two jumpers
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Georgetown senior Kelsey Mell goes up for two of her 11 points versus Anna.
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The Georgetown Lady G-Men after receiving district runner-up honors at Springfield on Saturday.
quarter with a 3-pointer, pulling Georgetown to within six, at 44-38. But that was as close as the Lady G-Men came the rest of the way. Georgetown started fouling the Lady Rockets with just over two minutes left in the game. Anna finished 5-of-10 from the line, but the Lady GMen were unable to capitalize, going scoreless the final 1:40. When the horn sounded, Georgetown found itself on the short end of the 62-48
score. “They denied entries in the second half and it took us out of what we wanted to do,” said Cropper. Grant led the Lady G-Men with 16 points. Mell added 11. Carter added nine and Paige Gast finished with six. Householder netted four and Zurbuch tallied three. Burch paced Anna with a game-high 18. Fogt added 10. Carrie Watkins and Natalie Billing chipped in eight points
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Georgetown senior Paige Gast tries to drive during the Lady G-Men’s loss to Anna.
each. “Anna could shoot it well and beat us off the dribble,” added Cropper. “Their pressure bothered us. Losing our point guard (Amanda Jelley got injured in the sectional finals) was not a good thing, but Casey and Paige did a nice job filling in.” The Lady G-Men, who finished 22-2 on the season, bid farewell to four seniors in Gast, Householder, Mell and Brooke Lahmer.
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Georgetown senior Brooke Lahmer looks for an open teammate versus Anna.
“The four seniors showed great leadership,” said Cropper. “They were focused, conscientious and wanted to be successful. they are good players and even better people. We were blessed to have them the past four years. i can’t say enough good things about our seniors.” The 2009-2010 edition of the Lady G-Men tied a school record for wins.
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Georgetown senior Brianna Householder handles the ball against Anna.
Georgetown G-Men ousted from sectional by Madeira By Ritchie Butler The Brown County Press The Georgetown G-Men fell to the Madeira Mustangs last Thursday at Western High School in the second round of the sectional tournament by a score of 59-36. “The first quarter was tough for us,” said Georgetown coach Jerry Underwood. “We came out and shut down (Andrew) Benintendi but they got some offensive rebounds and put backs. They also kicked it out for some threes.” Madeira got baskets from Rolfes, Patrick Eric McClanahan and Matt Almquist in the first 2:14 seconds, racing to an 8-0 advantage. Jess Chadwell got the GMen on the board when he hit a 3-pointer with 5:31 showing on the first-quarter clock, but Georgetown managed only three more points the rest of
the period. The Mustangs got eight points off offensive rebounds in the first quarter and scored 18 points in the frame. Alex Otto scored in the lane with three seconds remaining in the first, cutting Madeira’s lead to 18-6 after eight minutes of play. Cody Dunkin made a layup and Cody Drake scored off a backdoor cut in the second stanza. With just under five minutes left in the half, Georgetown trimmed Madeira’s lead to 18-10. The Mustangs responded with 11 unanswered points. Chris costello hit a layup and a three while McClanahan added two baskets during the run. Meanwhile, Georgetown could not get any shots to fall in the final five minutes of the half. When the buzzer sounded, the G-Men found themselves on the short end of a 29-10 score. Georgetown came out strong in the third period as Drake and Chadwell scored in the paint. A basket by Dunkin at the midway point cut
Madeira’s lead to 31-16. Costello converted a threepoint play and McClanahan nailed another 3-pointer for the Mustangs. With less than two minutes remaining in the third, Madeira pushed its advantage to 37-16. Chadwell scored on a stick back and Drake made a three for Georgetown, cutting the spread to 37-21. Madeira scored with three seconds left in the period and took a 39-21 lead into the fourth. “We just couldn’t get any points off turnovers,” said Underwood. “We got a few in that third quarter, but we couldn’t sustain any momentum.” The Mustangs put the game away in the first three minutes of the fourth, outscoring the G-Men 8-2. Madeira’s lead ballooned to 25 points with 2:38 left in the game. David Howser scored on two consecutive trips for Georgetown, closing the gap to 55-34 with two minutes left. But that was as close as the G-Men could get, eventually
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and Erica Huber scored on a layup, giving the Lady Rockets a 19-15 lead. Casey Carter made two free throws and Hannah Zurbuch made a 3-pointer for the Lady G-Men, closing the gap to 2120 with 2:41 left in the half. Ashley Frohne banked home a three for the Lady Rockets in response. Huber and Frohne added two free throws each. At the break, the Lady Rockets held a 28-22 lead. Grant made two layups to start the second half, cutting Anna’s lead to 30-26. Burch and Huber answered with baskets for the Lady Rockets. Mell stuck back an offensive rebound and Grant converted a three-point play, pulling the Lady G-Men to within five, at 36-31. After Burch scored on a drive, Grant stuck back an offensive board, again cutting the deficit to five, at 38-33. Anna outscored the Lady G-Men 6-2 over the final three minutes of the quarter. After three complete, the Lady Rockets held a 44-35 lead. Carter opened the fourth
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Georgetown senior Logan Hayslip takes a jumper versus Madeira.
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Georgetown senior Cody Dunkin takes it strong to the hoop during the G-Men’s loss to Madeira.
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The Georgetown G-Men huddle prior to the sectional game versus Madeira.
falling to the Mustangs, 59-36. “Madeira is a good team and they could win the sectional,” added Underwood. McClanahan led the Mustangs with a game-high 19 tallies. Rolfes added 13 and Costello chipped in 12. Chadwell paced the G-Men with 16 points. Drake added seven while Dunkin and Howser chipped in four points each. Logan Hayslip, Tyler Fletcher and Taylor Caudill netted two points each. The G-Men, who finished with a record of 15-6, lose seven seniors to graduation in Chadwell, Dunkin, Howser, Hayslip, Tyrek Delaney, Corey Marshall and Tyler Turner. “This was a great group of young men,” said Underwood. “I enjoyed their personality and they worked hard. A record of 15-6 is a good year and fans should be pleased with the effort and performance. The seniors are growing into fine young men and have a lot to be proud of.” Chadwell departs as the school’s all-time leading scorer, and Underwood was quick with praise. “Jess has had a great four years, one of the best careers of anyone,” said Underwood. “But he will be the first to tell you that he could not have accomplished what he did without his teammates. They’ve all given great effort and have contributed to Jess’ success.”
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Georgetown senior Jess Chadwell looks for room to operate against Madeira. The school’s all-time leading scorer netted 16 in his final game.
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By Ritchie Butler The Brown County Press The Fayetteville Rockets lost to the Seven Hills Stingers in the final of the sectional tournament held at Oak Hills on Friday by a count of 60-43. “Their pressure defense and depth were the difference,”
said Fayetteville coach Darryl Iles. “We handled it at times, but at others we didn’t. Seven Hills was the number one seed for a reason.” Tyler Gambrel gave the Rockets their only lead of the night when he scored the game’s first point on a free throw.
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Fayetteville senior Tyler Guenther shoots for two of his eight points in the sectional finals versus Seven Hills.
Seven Hills scored a free throw and a basket before Tyler Guenther tied the score at 3-3 with a jumper at the 4:24 mark. The Stingers scored 11 points over the next three minutes. Max Davis scored on a drive, a 3-pointer and added a three-point play. Adimu
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Fayetteville senior Tyler Gambrel scored 12 points during the Rockets’ loss to Seven Hills in the sectional finals.
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Hunter-Woodard added a dunk and with 39 seconds left in the first, Seven Hills held a 14-5 lead. Seth Erwin made two free throws and Trevor clark drained a three with one second left in the period, pulling the Rockets to within six, at 16-10, after eight minutes of
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Fayetteville senior Seth Erwin netted eight points against Seven Hills.
play. Gambrel hit a jump shot early in the second quarter, trimming the Seven Hills lead to 16-12. The Stingers finished the half on a 12-4 run. the only points Fayetteville got the rest of the period came on a free throw by Nick Durham and a 3-pointer by Gambrel. At the break, the Rockets trailed the Stingers, 28-16. Fran Chatfield opened the second half with a jumper for Seven Hills. Davis added a rare four-point play and suddenly the Rockets were down 34-16. After Erwin scored in the lane, the Stingers answered with seven-straight points, taking a 41-18 lead with just over four minutes left in the third. Gambrel scored on a cut, Guenther added a jumper and Erwin canned two free throws before the end of the period, but the Rockets trailed 43-24 after three complete. Fayetteville and Seven Hills traded baskets at the start of the fourth. Fayetteville threatened when Guenther made two free throws and Nick Durham completed a threepoint play, cutting the Stingers’ lead to 45-31 with 6:31 left in the game.
Fourteen was as close as the Rockets came the rest of the way, eventually falling to the Stingers, 60-43. “They really mixed up their defenses,” said Iles. “We got some decent shots, but didn’t execute. We couldn’t get the penetration we wanted.” Gambrel led the Rockets with 12 points. Nick Durham, Erwin and Guenther added eight points each. Clark chipped in five and Zach Durham netted two. Max Davis led all scorers with 20. Jake Davis added 12. Hunter-Woodard chipped in eight. The Rockets finished the season with a record of 8-15. Fayetteville says goodbye to six seniors in Erwin, Guenther, Gambrel, Jace Tussey, Daniel Mullins and Steven Forehan. “The seniors are a dedicated group of guys,” said Iles. “Erwin worked hard and was our second-leading rebounder. Guenther had some great games this year. He always worked hard and went about business. Gambrel led us in scoring and rebounding. He was our ‘go-to’ guy. The whole group was great to coach. They worked hard and gave us no problems.”
Allen and Trip looking forward to 2010 horse show season It is quickly approaching the 2010 horse show season. Ashley Allen and her horse, Rock’s Triple Color, better known as Trip, are looking forward to another successful year. Ashley and Trip were the 2009 12-17 Trail Pleasure Division World Champion. Ashley and Trip also received Reserve World Champion in the 17-and-under Amateur Owned and Trained Trail Pleasure Division. Trip received top honors through the Spotted Saddle Horse Association of Kentucky as their Juvenile Horse of the year and Juvenile Performance Horse of the year for the State of
Ohio. Ashley and Trip campaigned through out Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee to receive these honors. Stratton Stables would like to invite everyone out to the horse shows this year and if you see Ashley on Trip or Ashley’s little brother Kyler riding Trip please give them your support. This will be Kyler’s first year on Trip. He will be campaigning in the 11 and Under Trail Pleasure Division. Stratton Stables would also like to wish everyone a safe and successful show season.
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All the Ripley players and coaches could do was solemnly watch as the Taft Senators eclipsed the century mark against them in the sectional final at Western. Submitted Photo
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Western Brown’s Morgan Orr recently broke three indoor school records at Ohio State. in the 60meter, Orr ran an 8.4. In the 200meter, she sprinted for a time of 27.9. In the long jump, Orr leapt 15feet, 7 and 1/2-inches. She placed 15th in the 60-meter, 10th in the 200-meter and seventh in the long jump. Christine Moon also performed well, placing fourth in the 3,200-meter run. Moon is still ranked among the best 3,200meter runners in the state. She is presently ranked 12th.Orr is pictured in the finals of the 60-meter.
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Ripley senior Dylan Johnson found the going tough inside against Taft. The Senators downed the Blue Jays, capturing the sectional title in the Southwest district division III tournament held at Western High School. Ripley graduates Johnson and fellow seniors, Bryant Applegate and Chase West following a season in which the Blue Jays vied for the Southern Hills League championship until the final week.
Hamersville Lady Hornets finish season undefeated
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The 7th-Grade Hamersville Lady Hornets finished the 2009-2010 basketball season undefeated. They ended the season with a record of 13-2, won the league and the South Division of the SBAAC end of the season tournament. The Lady Hornets’ Championship team included 10 very hard working and talented young ladies. Their hard work, knowledge of the game, and team effort resulted in these accomplishments. Front row, l-to-r, Katie Smith, Krissy Bomkamp, Brooke Lindsey, Morgan Fischer and Samantha Clark. Back row, l-to-r, coach Mindy Pride, Hannah Keller, MacKaela Fischer, Hope Jamison, Stacy Bolender, Abi Krick and coach Diane Nickell
The winner of the 2010 National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) state tournament was Maysville (6-12) High School for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The state tournament was held March 5 in Columbus in conjunction with the Arnold Sports Festival, the ongoing fitness tournament developed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger addressed the archery participants and their fans during the awards ceremony. “This year’s state tournament was quite a success in many regards,” said Kevin Dixon, shooting sports coordinator for the Division of Wildlife, which coordinates NASP for Ohio. “The state tournament drew more than
1,000 student archers with 34 of the 45 Ohio teams qualifying for the NASP national tournament in May.” Tyler Finley (Maysville MS) was the top overall male archer. Both Tyler and Kelsey received full, two-year scholarships to Hocking College in Nelsonville. The top male and female archers were determined by a shoot-off between the top three boys and top three girls from each of three divisions—elementary, middle and high school. This year’s Spirit Award, which usually is given in recognition of a team’s enthusiasm and support of fellow archers in the tournament, was to Kelsey Taylor of Morgan High School. Kelsey was involved in a serious automobile accident just weeks prior to the tournament. Her determination and dedication led to an overall female archer award for the second year in a
row. A total of 1,034 student archers from 45 teams from across the state competed. Each competitor could score a maximum of 300 points by shooting arrows as close to the center of a target as possible. Awards were given for both teams and individuals who competed well in the elementary, middle, and high school divisions. Thirty-four Ohio teams received qualifying scores, making them eligible to participate in the NASP National Invitational Tournament scheduled for May 7-8 in Kentucky. The NASP is used to teach target archery right in the school gym. The curriculum covers archery, safety, equipment, technique, concentration skills and self-improvement. For more information on the program, visit www.ohionasp.com.
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Monday Pesticide Recertification for private applicators will be held Monday, March 15, at Southern State Community College South Campus in Fincastle and Tuesday, March 23, at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville.
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Larry A. Hart Memorial Scholarship application deadline will be Monday, March 15. Ohio Wildlife Officers Lodge 143 of the Fraternal Order of Police and the Twin Valley Rod and Gun Club of Preble County are accepting applications from Ohio residents who have graduated or will graduate from an accredited high school and from any person who is enrolled or will be enrolled in an accredited college and will be pursuing a career in the fields of law enforcement or natural resources. An interested person may obtain scholarship applications by contacting the Larry A. Hart Scholarship Committee, 120 Wayne Ave., Eaton, OH 45320 or calling (937) 456-5371 and giving his or her name, address, and phone number. Applications also may be found at www.dnr.state.oh.us./Default.aspx?tabid=1 9719. Chatfield College Annual Quilt and Craft Show deadline to submit a quilt for display or to reserve a craft booth is Monday, March 15. The show will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Chatfield College’s St. Martin Campus, 20918 State Route 251, St. Martin. Further information is available by calling (513) 8753344, Ext 126; logging on to www.chatfield.edu; or e-mailing pamspencer@chatfield.edu. Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Monday, March 15, at the Commissioners’ Office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. Northern Brown Senior Center at St. Martin’s Chapel Hall in St. Martin will host activities for senior citizens 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday, March 15. Indoor walking also is slated during that time. A Birthday Party will be held to honor senior citizens whose birthdays are in January, February and March. All area citizens 55 and older are invited to attend. Free bingo will be offered to senior citizens 60 and older 9:45-11:15 a.m. Monday, March 15, at the Brown County Senior Nutrition Center, 505 N. Main St., Georgetown. Those coming are asked to bring a wrapped $1 gift for the prize table. All senior citizens are invited to attend for fun, fellowship and food. A regular nutritional lunch will be served at noon each weekday at the Center.
New 4-H Advisor Orientation is scheduled at 1 p.m. or 7 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the Ohio State University Extension Services Office at the Brown County Fairgrounds, 325 W. State St., Georgetown. Commercial and Private Applicator License for pesticides free testing will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, March 15, at Southern State Community College South Campus in Fincastle. Head 4-H Advisors will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the Ohio State University Extension Services Office at the Brown County Fairgrounds, 325 W. State St., Georgetown. Thursday, April 1, is the deadline for youths to enroll in a Brown County 4-H Club for this year. Southern Hills Adult Education Department will offer a Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Publisher Class 6-9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays for three weeks beginning Monday, March 15, at Southern Hills Career and Technical Center, 9193 Hamer Road, Georgetown. Anyone wanting further information or wishing to register may contact Southern Hills Adult Education at (937) 378-6131, Ext. 357.
Carey Bavis Post No. 180 and Auxiliary of the American Legion, 1001 S. Main St., Georgetown, will meet at 8 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the Post. Tuesday Brown County Planning Commission will meet at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Brown County Commissioners’ Office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. Governing Board of the Brown County Educational Service Center will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, in the Board Offices, 325 W. Main St., Georgetown, to consider any business which may be necessary. The meeting time on the third Tuesday of each month has been changed from the former meeting of 10 a.m.
Ripley Village Council Finance Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Ripley Community Building on Waterworks Road to discuss the village’s 2010 Budget.
Main St., Milford. Anyone wanting further information may call Fred Thomas at (513) 683-9733 or ACS at (513) 229-0616 or 1888-227-6446.
Alzheimer’s Family Support Group will meet 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Brown County General Hospital Private Dining Room in Georgetown. Further information about the group is available by calling 1-800-272-3900.
TOPS Chapter in Ripley will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, at Ripley Church of The Nazarene, 230 N. Second St. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501.
Lake Waynoka Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Lake Waynoka Lodge.
TOPS Chapter in Sardinia will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, at Sardinia Church of The Nazarene on SardiniaMowrystown Road. Further information is available by calling Bobbi Wilson at (937) 446-4662.
Eastern Local School District Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the District Administrative Offices on U.S. 62 south of Macon. The third Tuesday of each month will be a new meeting date in 2010 for the Eastern Board, which met in regular session on the third Monday of each month in 2009.
Western Brown Local School District Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the District Administrative Offices, 524 W. Main St., Mt. Orab.
Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Local School District Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the RULH High School MultiPurpose Room in Ripley.
Mt. Orab Lions Club Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the Houser Law Offices, 750 S. High St., Mt. Orab.
Wilson Sroufe Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 9772 Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Post, 117 W. Main St., Mt. Orab.
Aberdeen Village Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the Municipal Building.
Ripley 2012 Bicentennial Planning Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Union Township Public Library, 27 Main St., Ripley.
Richard G. and Frances McGlone to Jeffrey T. and Jennifer C. Babiak, Lot 356 (Lake Waynoka Subdivision), Franklin Twp., $279,000 Diana W. Pulliam to Danny Allen Rice, 1.29 acres, Aberdeen Village, $116,250 PHH Mortgage Corporation to Roger H. Thornberry, 2.48 acres (Lot 2 – Greathouse Acres Subdivision), Jackson Twp., $48,000 Rick and Susan Jivoin to Carson Burton, Lot 797 (Lake Waynoka Subdivision), Jackson Twp., $640 Leon J. and Mary A. Troyer to Tyler L. Spiller, 4.79 acres, Jefferson Twp., $89,000 Darrell L. Rockey to Green Tree Servicing, L.L.C., 1.3 acres (Lot 6 – Sun View Subdivision), Jefferson Twp., $54,667 Larry J. and Tammy C. Wood to Andrew T. and Mary E. Dunn, .81 acre (Lot 21 – Georgetown Station Subdivision), Georgetown Village, $130,900
Brenda Ann Borntrager, 23, Russellville, and Nathaniel Mark Yoder, 25, Burkesville, Ky., construction employee Edith Ann Day, 70, Ripley, homemaker, and Ralph Leroy Egbert, 68, Mt. Orab, bus driver
Probate Glenda K. Derryberry, Hartsville, Calif., Case No. 20101029, DOD 02/17/07, file date 03/01/10 Ricky Morgeson, Mt. Orab, Case No. 20101030, DOD 02/01/10, file date 03/04/10 Wilma Pauline Rankin, Georgetown, Case No. 20101028, DOD 01/02/10, file date 03/01/10
Common Pleas CIVIL CASES Larry Baker et al vs. Billy S. Grayless, other civil Discover Bank, care of Discover Financial Services, L.L.C. vs. Natalie M. Vogel, other civil Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. Mandy Malin, other civil Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. Ashley R. Phillips, other civil Brown County Treasurer Connie Patrick vs. Eva M. Lockard et al, foreclosure Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Mark Johnson et al, foreclosure Chase Home Finance, L.L.C. vs. Bryan King et al, foreclosure Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., as trustee vs. Robert R. Campbell et al, foreclosure Household Realty Corporation, care of HSBC Consumer Lending vs. Eric R. Stewart et al, foreclosure Capital One Bank (U.S.A.), N.A. vs. Michael S. Bailey, other civil Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. vs. Barbara A. Brown also known as Barbara Bechmann also known as Barbara Bradburn, other civil DOMESTIC CASES Carolyn J. Ordiway, Cincinnati, vs. Robert S. Ordiway, Hamersville, dissolution of marriage Karen Spires, Georgetown, vs. Lorraine Philhower, address not given, stalking order Jade D. Louderback, Mt. Orab, vs. Ryan K. Louderback, Mt. Orab, dissolution of marriage Theresa M. Siemer, Hamersville, vs. William S. Siemer, Hamersville, dissolution of marriage John W. Wilson, Mt. Orab, vs. Roxanne L. Wilson, Cincinnati, dissolution of marriage Donna Whitaker, Sardinia, vs. Amy Fyffe, Milford, stalking order David C. Foley, Hamersville, vs. Brian Allen, Goshen, stalking order
Pink Ribbon Project raises money for breast cancer
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Sardinia Town Hall, 151 Maple Ave., Sardinia.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter in Mt. Orab will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the Mt. Orab Public Library, 613 S. High St. Further information is available by calling Hope Fain at (937) 444-0404.
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Dr. Nathan Long, Medical Director for the BCGH Diagnostic Imaging Department, along with Certified Mammography Technicians, Karen Adkins, Lisa Marino, Connie Lay, Lora Smith and Lana Ward, joined Darlene Flannery, Director of Diagnostic Imaging in turning over a check for over $100.00 to Jenny Cahall, of the Susan Komen Foundation in support of the fight against breast cancer. The Diagnostic Imaging Department raised the money through a Pink Ribbon project during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Adams Brown Community Action Program will host bingo every Tuesday, including March 16, at 406 W. Plum St., Georgetown. Doors will open at 5 p.m. with bingo beginning at 7 p.m. Further information is available by calling (937) 378-6041, Ext. 257.
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Russellville Community Action Planners will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, at the Rambler Community Center in Russellville.
Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley, 215 Hughes Blvd., Mt. Orab, will offer a Grief and Loss Support Group 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 15, and the third Monday of every month for individuals who have lost a loved one recently. Further information is available by calling 1-800-928-4848 or (937) 444-4900.
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Feesburg Worship Center revival will continue at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at 8651 State Route 505, Feesburg. There will be special singing. Further information is available by calling Rev. Rick Cooper at (513) 724-1315.
Brown County General Hospital Auxiliary will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the BCGH Executive Conference Room in Georgetown. Refreshments will be served by the BCGH Dietary Department. The public is invited to attend.
St. George Catholic Church, 501 E. State St., Georgetown, is offering the public an opportunity to learn about the Roman Catholic Church in a “welcoming environment” Inquiry Session at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17. Ripley Life Squad will host bingo at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Life Squad Building, 799 S. Second St., Ripley. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Bible Baptist Church, 994 W. Main St., Mt. Orab, will host the Awana Truth Training Club for third through sixth-graders 7:158:45 p.m. Wednesdays, March 17. Further information is available by calling Jarrod McGinnis at (937) 444-2493. Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the BCSWCD Office, 706 Main St., Georgetown. Thursday Brown County Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 18, at Chatfield College in St. Martin. Further information is available by calling the Chamber Office at (937) 378-4784. Brown County Subdivision Regulations Review Board Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Brown County Planning Commission Office, 740 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. Northern Brown Senior Center at St. Martin’s Chapel Hall in St. Martin will conduct an Arthritis Exercise Program beginning at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, March 18, for interested citizens 55 and older. Indoor walking is scheduled 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and chair volleyball practice also is slated. Lunch will be eaten out.
and major in business, economics, finance, or accounting and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher may apply for this scholarship. Application forms are available at the Ripley Bank at 1006 S. Second St., Ripley, or the Georgetown Bank at 200 E. State St., Georgetown, or from high school guidance counselors in the four counties. Applications must be postmarked no later than Friday, March 19. The winner will be notified no later than Saturday, May 1. Free knitting and crocheting classes will be held 10 a.m.-noon Friday, March 19, at the Rambler Center (old Russellville School) in Russellville and continue each Friday morning until Memorial Day Weekend in May. Anyone who would like information and a list of supplies or who wishes to register may call Mary Kelch at (513) 734-2501 or (513) 543-3137. Lenten Friday Fish Fries will be held 4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 19, and continue each Friday through March 26 at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church Parish Hall, 36 N. Fourth St., Ripley. All You Can Eat fried fish and baked fish will be featured, and the event also will include fried shrimp and fried oysters. The meals will be served with side items and drinks, and homemade desserts also will be available. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger. Carryout will be available for all meals. The church also will offer Lenten Friday dine-in and carryout luncheon plates of fish, french fries and cole slaw for $6 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. through March 26. Orders may be placed in advance by calling (937) 392-1356. Proceeds from the meals will benefit St. Michael School in Ripley. Holy Trinity Church, 140 N. Sixth St., Batavia, will hold Fish Fries 5:30-7:30 p.m. each Friday during Lent including March 19. Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2289, 265 Foundry Drive, Batavia, will be holding Fish Fries 5:30-8 p.m. every Friday through Lent including March 19. The cost will be $8 per dinner. Sandwiches also will be available separately. Further information is available by calling (513) 732-9035.
God’s Mission at Sisterville and Walnut streets in Hamersville will hold a revival with evangelist Bro. Ben Watts of Marengo, Ind., at 7 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, March 16-21. There will be special singing each night. Further information is available by calling (937) 378-4558.
Fayetteville-Perry Local School District Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at District Administrative Offices in Fayetteville.
Pleasant Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Municipal Building in Georgetown.
Brown County Writers’ Group will meet 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Mt. Orab Branch of the Brown County Public Library.
Danbery Chapter No. 230 Order of The Eastern Star will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Union Lodge No. 71 Free and Accepted Masons Temple, 210 N. Second St., Ripley.
Aberdeen Friends of The Library will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Aberdeen Public Library along U.S. 52-6268 next to Dollar General Store in Aberdeen.
Brown County Singing Convention will host its March event at 7 p.m. Friday, March 19, at West Fork Baptist Church, 10127 West Fork Road, Georgetown. Those who have special songs, poems, or other God-given talents they would like to share and those who just want to enjoy an evening of fellowship are invited to attend the Singing Conventions, which are open to the public. Further information including directions is available by calling Larry Downing at (937) 446-3259.
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2293 and Auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the Eagles Lodge in Georgetown.
George A. Lambert Post 755 of the American Legion will host instant bingo at 6 p.m., Early Bird bingo at 7:15 p.m. and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Legion Hall on College Avenue in Sardinia.
Stations of The Cross services will be held at 7 p.m. every Friday during Lent, including March 19, at St. Angela Merici Parish’s St. Patrick Chapel in Fayetteville. The last Stations of The Cross service will be held Friday, April 2.
Sardinia-Mowrystown Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at Washington Township Community Park Building, formerly known as SardiniaMowrystown Lions Club Park Building, 7731 Tri-County Highway East, Sardinia.
Carey Bavis Post 180 of The American Legion will host bingo beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, March 19, at the Post, 1001 S. Main St., Georgetown.
Brown County Health Department, 826 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown, will administer general immunizations 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, or other days by appointment. Those wishing to be immunized need to bring their shot records with them. Seasonal flu shot administration is finished for this year. Wednesday Georgetown Lions Club will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Fireside Restaurant in Georgetown. Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Commissioners’ Office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. Rambler Weavers will meet 9:30 a.m.noon Wednesday, March 17, at the Rambler Center in Russellville. Membership in the Rambler Weavers group is open to any interested person. Further information is available by calling Geri Cahall at (937) 378-3426. Brown County Board of Developmental Disabilities will hold an Ethics Committee meeting and a regularly scheduled meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Habilitation Center, 9116 Hamer Road, Georgetown. TOPS Chapter in Aberdeen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Riverbend Apartments Community Room. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501. Yoga class will be held 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley Office, 215 Hughes Blvd., Mt. Orab. The cost is $8. Further information is available by calling Jane Amiot at (513) 5357507. Brown County Public Library District Board of Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, in the FayettevillePerry Public Library Meeting Room, 406 N. East Street, Fayetteville, for the purpose of conducting any business that may come before the board at that time. Fayetteville-Perry Township Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the sewage treatment plant on Snowhill Road in Perry Township. Man to Man Prostate Cancer Education and Support Group sponsored by the American Cancer Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, at Room 215, Milford First United Methodist Church, 541
Russellville Kiwanis Club will meet at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Russellville Firehouse. Franklin Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Township Hall in Arnheim. Pike Township Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Township Hall on Boyd Road near Mt. Orab. Brown County Farmers Union will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Brown County Senior Citizens Center, 505 N. Main St., Georgetown. The 7 p.m. time is a permanent change from the former meeting time of 8 p.m. Ripley Neighborhood Watch will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Ripley Community Building on Waterworks Road in Ripley. Yellow Ribbon Support Group will conduct a Military Support Meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Yellow Ribbon Support Center, Suite 430, 700 S. Eastgate Blvd., Union Township (Clermont County). Georgetown Village Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Municipal Building. Scott Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Township Hall in New Hope. Byrd Township School Preservation Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Byrd Township Community Center along State Route 125 in Decatur. Clark Township Trustees will meet at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at the Firehouse in Hamersville. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet 8:309:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 220 S. High St., Mt. Orab. Friday Ripley Federal Savings Bank is offering its non-recurring Annual Scholarship Award of $500. All high school seniors in Brown, Adams, Clermont, and Highland counties who are planning to attend college
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 19, at Sardinia Town Hall, 151 Maple Ave., Sardinia. Friday and Saturday Ripley Farmers Market has moved from 30 Main St. to 14 Main St. in downtown Ripley. The Market continues to serve its customers with farm fresh eggs, freeranged chickens, baked goods, onions, potatoes and other items. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays including March 19 and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays including March 20. Anyone who needs further information or wishes to become a vendor may contact Vicki Bixler at (937) 515-0109.
Friday, March 15-19. Further information is available by calling Greg Applegate at (937) 515-6714. Annual Nancy Jewell Chili Supper and Variety Show will be held Saturday, March 20, in the Hamersville ElementaryMiddle School Cafeteria, 1950 State Route 125, Hamersville. The Chili Supper will be held 5-7:30 p.m., and the Variety Show will begin at 8 p.m. in the School Cafetorium with Doug Green serving as emcee. The show’s admission cost will be $3 for adults, $2 for students or $10 for the family Proceeds will benefit the Nancy Jewell Scholarship Fund, which provides a scholarship to a Western Brown High School graduating senior from Hamersville to pursue a degree in education. “Taste of Arnheim” will be held at Peace Lutheran Church, 10581 DayhillArnheim Road, Arnheim, 5-7 p.m. Saturday, March 20. The free event will include a sampling of modern day German delicacies and other items ranging from appetizers to desserts and exotic foods to family favorites. Donations will help support local needy families through the Agape Council. Further information is available by calling (937) 446-2747. Ripley Life Squad will host bingo at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at the Life Squad Building, 799 S. Second St., Ripley. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Whiteoak Valley Grange will host a Card Party at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20, at the Grange Office on East Main Street in Mowrystown. Admission will be $1.50 per person. Progressive Euchre will be the main game, but other card and board games will be available. Token prizes will be awarded. Further information is available by calling (937) 446-2070 or (937) 442-4704. Courts-Fussnecker Post 367 of the American Legion will host a dance 8 p.m.midnight Saturday, March 20, at the Post, 2944 Elk River Road, Ripley. The event is open to the public. Upcoming Events Benefit Dinner for longtime Goshen resident and icon Charlie Anderson will be held 12:30-3 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Heritage Hall on Ohio State 28, Goshen. Anderson is in need of financial help as he battles cancer. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children and are available for purchase from Family Deli in Goshen, who will provide the food for the dinner. Won Heart will provide gospel music at the event, and a Silent Auction will be held. Additional donations are being accepted at Lebanon Citizens National Bank. Further information is available by calling Jim Allen at (513) 6252524 or (513) 390-6249. Byrd Township School Preservation Committee will host a Gospel Singing and Dinner Sunday, March 21, at the Byrd Township Community Center on State Route 125 in Decatur. A baked steak dinner will be served beginning at noon, and serving will continue throughout the musical program, which begins at 1 p.m. The Gospel Singing will include vocalists Doug Green, Harriett Jackson Groh, Rosie Young, Betty Tatman and Cantrell Family Gospel Band. The price will be $10 for adults, $5 for children 3-12, and free for children 2 and younger. Proceeds will go toward preserving and maintaining the Byrd Township Community Center. John P. Parker Historical Society Annual Meeting is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at the John P. Parker House in downtown Ripley. The speaker at 2 p.m. will be Brian Shellum, who will discuss and sign his new book, Black Soldier on a Buffalo Soldier Regiment: The Military Career of Charles Young. All friends and members of the John P. Parker Historical Society are invited to attend.
Gaslight Theater Players will present their spring comedy “Saving Grace” by Jack Sharkey at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 19 and 20 and March 26 and 27, at the Gaslight Theater in downtown Georgetown. Tickets will be $8 at the door. Anyone desiring further information may call (513) 659-3703 or visit www. gaslighttheaterplayers.com.
Sardinia Village Council Economic Development Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Monday, March 22, at Sardinia Town Hall, 151 Maple Ave.
Saturday Sardinia Buckeye 4-H Club will accept new members until Saturday, March 20. Anyone who would like further information may call Head Advisor Charla Yochum at (937) 446-3119 or Vernon and Darlene Scott at (937) 446-2277.
Mt. Orab Women’s Club will sponsor its Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 27, at Mt. Orab Municipal Park by the Mt. Orab Municipal Building at 211 S. High St. Children 10 and younger are invited to participate. Further information is available by calling Sandy Cummins at (937) 444-4852.
Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department is sponsoring its Family Portrait Fund-Raiser Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21, at the Georgetown Firehouse, 831 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. Each family who supports the Fire Department with a $20 contribution will receive a certificate for a complimentary 10” by 13” family portrait. Further information is available by calling Georgetown Fire Chief Joe Rockey at (937) 378-4414.
Sardinia Village Council Finance Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 29, at Sardinia Town Hall, 151 Maple Ave.
Laborers For The Master will host a Men’s Fellowship Breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday, March 20, at Faith In God Fellowship, 7636 U.S. 62, Russellville. Ohio Tobacco Festival Annual Farm Machinery Consignment Auction will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 20, at the New Farmers Warehouse in Ripley. Items will be received 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-
Sardinia Village Council Safety Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 22, at Sardinia Town Hall, 151 Maple Ave.
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Commissioners award insurance coverage, administrative services Feb. 17, 2010 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Approved the payment of bills from 15 funds totaling $182,903.44. • Approved salary adjustments for Smith to $37,876.80 rate per year and for Forsythe to a $32,240 rate per year. The adjustments equal what the same BCCSEA job positions earned in 2009. • Approved Brown County Probate/Juvenile Court Administrator William Carkeek’s request to pay Carol Castle 58.97 hours of accumulated vacation leave and 221.8 hours of accumulated sick leave from A15-1 in the Accumulated Leave Fund. • Voted to record as a matter of record the Brown County Department of Job and Family Services Annual Report was received in the Brown County Commissioners’ Office on Feb. 10. • Approved Martin’s request for an appropriation change for Gear Up Grant T88 as follows: decrease Line Item T88-15 Community Outreach by $2,000 and increase Line Item T88-8 Employee Travel by $2,000. • Approved Martin’s request to correct a change of appropriation in the Gear Up Fund dated this past Jan. 22, which was a decrease in Line Item T88-8 by $250 and an increase in Line Item T88-7 by $250. • Approved Brown County Common Pleas Court Program Director Jenny Andrews’ request for signatures from the commissioners on a Community Based Corrections Program Subsidy Grant Agreement for $80,000 to be paid in two equal installments for the period beginning with the effective date of the agreement and ending Wednesday, June 30. • Issued a proclamation declaring Feb. 20-27 as Entrepreneurship Week in Brown County. Russ Brewer with Southern State Community College and McKeown with the Brown County Chamber of Commerce were present for the proclamation. The proclamation stated that designated week provides an opportunity to focus on innovative ways in which entrepreneurship education can bring together the core academic, technical, and problem solving skills essential for future entrepreneurs and successful workers in future workplaces. The following activities took place Feb. 12: • Paeltz attended a County Risk Sharing Authority meeting in Columbus. • Jeff Walker with Time Warner Cable met with the commissioners to discuss new services in Brown County. • Van Workman with EBS of Ohio Inc. and Cahall with New York Life met with Board of Commissioners Vice President Ralph Jennings and Commissioner William Geschwind to discuss health insurance options and rates. • Willie Estep met with the commissioners to discuss new signs for the county buildings. The following activity took place Feb. 16: • Stockman and Rinderle with USI Insurance met with the commissioners to discuss health insurance options and rates. The following activities took place Feb. 17: • CORSA attorney A.J. Hensel met with the commissioners with an update on the Melody Blair/Engineer case. • Tom Pope with McGohan-Brabender met with the commissioners to discuss health insurance options and rates. Feb. 17, 2010 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Approved the payment of bills from 15 funds totaling $182,903.44. • Approved salary adjustments for Brown County Child Support Enforcement Agency Interim Director Susan Smith to $37,876.80 rate per year and for Interim Assistant Director Debra Forsythe to a $32,240 rate per year. The adjustments equal what the same BCCSEA job positions earned in 2009. • Approved Brown County Probate/Juvenile Court Administrator
William Carkeek’s request to pay Carol Castle 58.97 hours of accumulated vacation leave and 221.8 hours of accumulated sick leave from A15-1 in the Accumulated Leave Fund. • Voted to record as a matter of record the Brown County Department of Job and Family Services Annual Report was received in the Brown County Commissioners’ Office on Feb. 10. • Approved Southern Ohio Center of Excellence Executive Director Brenda Martin’s request for an appropriation change for Gear Up Grant T-88 as follows: decrease Line Item T88-15 Community Outreach by $2,000 and increase Line Item T88-8 Employee Travel by $2,000. • Approved Martin’s request to correct a change of appropriation in the Gear Up Fund dated this past Jan. 22, which was a decrease in Line Item T88-8 by $250 and an increase in Line Item T88-7 by $250. • Approved Brown County Common Pleas Court Program Director Jenny Andrews’ request for signatures from the commissioners on a Community Based Corrections Program Subsidy Grant Agreement for $80,000 to be paid in two equal installments for the period beginning with the effective date of the agreement and ending Wednesday, June 30. • Issued a proclamation declaring Feb. 20-27 as Entrepreneurship Week in Brown County. Russ Brewer with Southern State Community College and Tim McKeown with the Brown County Chamber of Commerce were present for the proclamation. The proclamation stated that designated week provides an opportunity to focus on innovative ways in which entrepreneurship education can bring together the core academic, technical, and problem solving skills essential for future entrepreneurs and successful workers in future workplaces. The following activities took place Feb. 12: • Board of Commissioners President Margery Paeltz attended a County Risk Sharing Authority meeting in Columbus. • Jeff Walker with Time Warner Cable met with the commissioners to discuss new services in Brown County. • Van Workman with Employment Benefit Services of Ohio Inc. and Dale Cahall with New York Life met with Board of Commissioners Vice President Ralph Jennings and Commissioner William Geschwind to discuss health insurance options and rates. • Willie Estep met with the commissioners to discuss new signs for the county buildings. The following activity took place Feb. 16: • Susan Stockman and David Rinderle with USI Insurance met with the commissioners to discuss health insurance options and rates. The following activities took place Feb. 17: • CORSA attorney A.J. Hensel met with the commissioners with an update on the Melody Blair/Engineer case. • Tom Pope with McGohan Brabender met with the commissioners to discuss health insurance options and rates. Feb. 22, 2010 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Approved two Post Certificate Purchase Orders totaling $944.67 for the Brown County Department of Job and Family Services from funds not encumbered in a timely manner. One was to vendor Pamida for $802.07, and the other was to vendor Ohio Child Support Enforcement Agency for $142.60. • Approved six Post Certificate Purchase Orders totaling $2,956.67 for the Brown County Department of Travel and Tourism from funds not encumbered in a timely manner. The Purchase Orders were to vendors Ohio Travel Pavilion for $1,640, Naylor, L.L.C., for $369.50, Sonja Cropper for $333.28, Ohio Appalachia for $325, Harmon Sizemore for $250, and United Parcel Service for $38.89. • Approved Brown County Communication Director Rob Wilson’s
request to hire Martina Kuttler as a telecommunication specialist/Enhanced 911 dispatcher. Kuttler’s beginning date of employment was Feb. 22 with a probationary period of 365 days at an hourly pay rate of $9.80. • Approved Change Order No. 1 yearly maintenance contract with Blankemeyer Company of Hamersville to routinely test the 12 emergency sirens in Brown County four times per year each. The total amount of the corrected contract was $3,050 with additional emergency calls billed at $65 per hour. An addition of a siren site in Fizzleville was added from the first contract approved this past Jan. 22. • Approved Brown County Economic Development Director Kelly Cole’s request to pay back a $41,000 advance from Community Housing Improvement Program Grant Fund A90B-12 dated Dec. 14, 2009, to Brown County General Fund 47a. The following activity took place Feb. 18: • Jennings and Brown County Board of Commissioners’ Clerk Jean Rickey attended a UnitedHealthcare Diabetes Awareness meeting in West Chester. The following activities took place Feb. 19: • Paeltz attended a County Commissioners’ Association of Ohio meeting in Columbus. • Van Workman and Matt Workman with EBS of Ohio Inc. and Cahall with New York Life met with the commissioners to discuss health insurance options and rates. The following activity took place Feb. 20: • The commissioners attended the Brown County General Hospital Gala in Batavia. The following activities took place Feb. 22: • Allen Freeman with D&S Consulting, L.L.C., Georgetown Village Administrator Kelly Jones and Cahall, who is Georgetown mayor, met with the commissioners to discuss capital improvements. • Cahall with New York Life met with the commissioners to discuss health insurance and rates.
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Local resident wins picture Frank Mayfield of Higginsport was the winner of the painting by Steve White of the John Parker House in Ripley. Pictured are left to right; Greg Haitz, President of the John Parker Historical Society; Judy Mayfield; Frank Mayfield; and Dan Pinger, who sold the winning ticket. Thanks to all who purchased tickets. • Smith met with the commissioners to discuss health insurance and rates. Feb. 24, 2010 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in regular session on this date: • Approved the payment of bills from 26 funds totaling $142,663.89. • Adopted a resolution granting a petition for the annexation of 173.9 acres of unincorporated land in Sterling Township into the incorporated village of Mt. Orab. • Approved Brown County Board of Commissioners’ Assistant Clerk Lisa Spiller’s request for a supplemental appropriation of County General Funds to increase A15-1 County General Accumulated Leave Fund by $16,635.37. • Accepted the resignation of Taressa Ingle as a Brown County Community Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services board member effective Feb. 12. • Appointed Jeff McCray to fill a vacan-
cy on the Workforce Investment Board. After reviewing possible candidates, Workforce Connections Director Debora Plymail recommended McCray. Angela Jamison with Workforce Investment also was in attendance for the appointment. • Voted to recess that day’s meeting until Feb. 25 to conduct further business. Feb. 25, 2010 The Brown County Board of Commissioners meeting in the regular session reconvened from Feb. 24: • Met with McKeown with McKeown Insurance Service, Ken Poston with Poston and Associates, Jay Anderson with Kallam Insurance, Pope with McGohan Brabender, Stockman with USI, Van Workman with EBS of Ohio Inc., and Cahall with New York Life due to the proposed increase in the current health insurance coverage and the county’s budget constraints. Horan and County Employee Benefits
Consortium of Ohio also sent quotes while Humana declined to provide a quote. The commissioners awarded the insurance coverage for county employees to Cahall, an insurance agent in Georgetown, and the providing of the plan’s administrative services to EBS of Ohio Inc. based in Mansfield. The commissioners decided due to the continuing increases in health insurance costs, the Brown County Board of Commissioners has elected to become a partially self-funded medical group and fully-funded Dental and Vision group with the plans being administered by EBS of Ohio Inc. The insurance agents who met with the commissioners on this date presented their plans, and after numerous discussions, meetings, and communications, EBS of Ohio Inc. was able to provide the same current coverage for employees at the same current rates as in 2009. • Voted to recess that day’s meeting until Feb. 26 to conduct further business.
Brown County Press and Mt. Orab Food Court Easter Coloring Contest THE BROWN COUNTY PRESS AND THE MT. ORAB FOOD COURT IS HAVING A COLORING CONTEST! There are 2 age categories. Age 0-5 and Age 6-10. Please color the rabbit and mail back to: The Brown County Press 219 South High Street Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154. Please put the childs name, town, age and phone number on the BACK of the entry. All entries must be delivered by 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 31st for judging. All entries will be on display at the Food Court in Mt. Orab.. First, Second and Third place winners will receive gift certificates from Mt. Orab Food Court and will be published in our April 4 edition and posted on the web at browncountrypress.com and facebook.com
The Brown County Press and the Mt. Orab Food Court Coloring Contest
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As in the past the new “Explore Brown County, Ohio!” visitors guide was introduced at the Cincinnati Travel, Sport and Boat Show which was held January 15th – 24th. The guide is available online by logging on to www.browncountytourism.com and following the link on the right hand side of the page. During the same time the Cincinnati Travel, Sport and Boat Show was happening, Brown County was represented at the Columbus AAA Show by Ohio Pavilion. Both shows had large attendance numbers. Ohio Pavilion provides literature distribution and travel counselors at travel shows. This service allows us to be at shows for a small fee that we could otherwise not afford to attend. Beside the Columbus show Brown County has contracted with Ohio Pavilion for the Detroit, Cleveland, Charleston, Indianapolis and the State Fair. Plans are underway for the two fishing tournaments Brown County will be hosting at White Oak Creek Marina. The first will be part of the Bassmaster Weekend Series operated by the American Bass Anglers. This event will bring in excess of 120 anglers and their family members into the county on September 18th and 19th. The second is the Buckeye Crappie Challenge to be held October 16th and 17th. The event in Brown County will also be their awards ceremony and banquet. There are usually 100 or more that qualify for this end of the season tournament. The planning has started for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Ohio. The Underground Railroad is also included in this celebration. This is a four year event, 2011-2015. The Civil War touched every communi-
ty and person in some way. The hopes are that each community will have some kind of celebration in one of those years. A celebration doesn’t have to be a major event. It can consist of researching and honoring people from your community who served in the war or how your community was impacted by the war. I am available to assist you in planning an event. A new section will be added to the Brown County website so that communities have a place to post their research and events. The statewide website is www.ohiocivilwar150.org. Also in 2011 the 200th anniversary of the first steamboat voyage will be celebrated. The New Orleans the first steamboat to descend the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans changed American civilization. The passage was marked by Hailey’s comet streaking across the sky and by the greatest earthquake ever recorded in the continental United States. The New Orleans did not stop in Brown County, but over the years many steamboats did. Brown County will focus on the history of the steamboats along the Brown County shores and the impact on the economic, social and cultural environment. A new section will also be added for this celebration with information that was mostly published in the local newspapers during the steamboat era. If you have any information about anything related to steamboats and this area it can be added to the website. Don’t forget to submit your events that are tourism related to the website. If you need help on what format to submit them in you can contact the office. For further information call (937) 378-1970 or www.browncountytourism.com.
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RIPLEY SCHOOLHOUSE Apartments, 1br units available, Move-in Rent Special, rent-$255 plus utilities, for Seniors 62 years old, disabled or handicapped. For questions call 937-392-9216 or 937-378-6603. Managed by Brown County GEORGETOWN - 2 & Senior Citizens Council. 3br apartments available for immediate occupancy. 2br, 1ba, c/a, all kitchen appliances, w/d hookup, $560/mo & util., 303 - HOUSES FOR RENT $560/dep. 3br, 1.5ba, 2BR BEAUTIFUL house 1-car att. garage, c/a, all located near Scenic Hiskitchen appliances, laun- torical Covered Bridge, dry room, $675/mo & creek, garage, Mt. Orab util. $675/dep., area, $625 per month. 513-253-8170 or Good credit history, de513-616-3504. posit required, available May 1st. 513-532-7560. LYTLE TRACE Apartments, Williamsburg, 3BR HOUSE for rent, loOH. Unfurnished, age cated in Williamsburg, 62+, 1br, secure building, $575/mo., $575/dep., utilities included, rent $100/water deposit. Call subsidized, laundry room, 513-616-8851. community room, library, cozy living. Call 3BR, 2BA, kitchen w/appliances & attached ga513-724-3358. rage. Nice yard, county MT. ORAB - 2br apart- water, $725/mo. plus ment, 1st floor, $450/mo., utilities. 12/mo. lease $450/dep., no pets. w/security deposit. Near SR 32, east of Sardinia, 937-444-2689. ELSD. PH 937-446-2917 or 937-515-4388. MT. ORAB - CALL TODAY ABOUT FREE MT. ORAB, 2br, 2-car 30 DAYS FREE RENT - garage, $525/mo., 2br, 1ba, $575/mo., $525/dep., no pets, $575/dep., 937-444-2689. w/washer/dryer, stove, reNEW RICHMOND frigerator, water/sewer/garbage in- Newly remodeled home, cluded. Also brand new, 2br, in town, natural gas $600/mo. w/cathedral heat/ central air, $600/mo. PETS!!!!! Call ceilings. 513-504-3368 or NO 513-752-0374. 513-616-6817.
TWO HOMES! Both in country, 2br remodeled farm house, close to Georgetown, & 3br, $600/mo. 937-378-3317.
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MT. ORAB - For sale 110 Nathans Lane, 3br, 2ba home, 2-car garage, 5yrs. old in nice neighborhood near schools, $119,900, possible short 307 - MOBILE HOMES term owner financing for FOR RENT credit repair. Dennis Properties, 2BR MOBILE home for Wright rent, WBSD, 1.5-acres, 937-213-2060. $385/mo. Call WHY RENT when you 513-284-8585. can own, Lake Waynoka, 2ba w/large 3BR, 1-ACRE lot, ga- 3br, rage, no pets, good credit, kitchen/great room. No $500/mo. plus deposit. down payment offered for qualified buyers. Call 937-444-3701. Mike at 937-515-4734 for FOR RENT - Ready details. April 1st, remodeled small 12x60, 2br mobile 403- MOBILE HOMES home on US Rt. 62 beFOR SALE tween Macon & Ash FOR SALE: Mobile Ridge, $350/rent, No Pets! home, 16x80, 3br, 2ba, $350/dep. Mt. Orab area. Possible 937-446-2155. rent to own. NICE 1BR mobile home 513-833-3061. near Hamersville, NO PETS. Has stove, fridge, PRIVATE COUNTRY shed. Single or couple living. Singlewide on 10 preferred. $425/rent, acres. Option to take over $425/deposit. Call payments at $610/mo. Bank will allow loan as937-378-6827. sumption. Selling as is. Make offer. 308-OFFICE/BUSINESS 937-444-2739/513-404SPACE FOR RENT 8073. UPTOWN BUILDING, prime location, 2000sq. 405 - LOTS & ACREAGE ft., great for retail or office space. Call BEAUTIFUL 937-205-1678 for details. 50ACRES
400 - HOUSES FOR SALE 2BR, 1BA, village of Williamsburg, new roof & windows, appliances stay, natural gas heat, $59,500. Call 513-317-8430. FARM WITH nice 1.5 story older home w/basement, 3 car detached garage, barns & 20 rolling acres with large rock lined creek and woods, great for hunting or farming, more or less acreage available, Bethel New Hope Rd., 1 mi. from Clermont County line, Western Brown but close enough for Bethel. Asking $215,000 513-734-6349 or 937-444-6925 Dan (May also sell for less with fewer acres) FAYETTEVILLE Lake Lorelei, 139 Munster Dr., fishing, boating, skiing on beautiful Lake Lorelei, nice manufactured home overlooking lake, 3br, 2ba, stone fireplace, deck on two large lots, oversize 2/3-car detached garage, mature shade, fruit trees, spring special $90,000, possible owner financing, Dennis Wright Properties, 937-213-2060.
506 - CLEANING RESIDENTIAL CLEANING or just needing some spring cleaning, great rates, and even better references. Call for a quote, or for more information. 513-255-4342.
507 - SEWING & ALTERATIONS For all your sewing needs for you, your family and your home. Call 937-4444276. Reasonable rates, expert service.
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1-2-PC. PILLOWTOP mattress & box. New in 613-PETS AND SUPPLIES plastic. $150.00. Can de- AKC GREAT Danes, liver. Call Dan ready end of March, 513-967-4687. shots, dewormed & vet checked, black & Merles 550-600. Call QUEEN PILLOWTOP 937-446-4085. mattress set w/memory foam. New! In plastic. Worth $1100. Sell $350. BLACK LAB pups, born Nov. 27th, full-blooded, 937-515-6590. reasonably priced, right age to train! SECTIONAL-DOUBLE 937-446-3279. RECLINER, dark green, solid oak armoire w/36” BOXER PUPPIES, TV, matching oak cock- fawn, 4-females, 3-males, tail & end tables, oak pool shots, dew claws, tails table, excellent condition. docked, POP, born Call 937-695-1237. 2-5-10. Call 937-444-3186 or 606 - FARM 937-515-0114.
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30HP 4X4 Kubota Diesel W/large rock lined tractor, HST w/loader & creek & woods, great back hoe, 860/hrs., for hunting or farming. $14,800. 55HP diesel 4x4 More or less tractor, loader w/(skid acreage available. spear quick attached Bethel New Hope Rd. bucket), rear remotes, 1-mile from only 18/hrs., $17,500. Clermont County line, Also, 30HP diesel 4x4 Western Brown but tractor w/loader, with close enough for 2-sets of rear remotes, Bethel. 216/hrs, $8,750. Also, a Asking $199,500 364 International, 35 Dan Massy Ferguson, 9N, 850, 513-734-6349 or 2000 Ford tractors. Have 937-444-6925 used related equipment, (Smaller parcels also plows, disks, 3pt. tillers, bush hogs, box blades, available) mowers. Can deliver, MT. ORAB area - 937-402-0769. 5-acres, minutes from highway & school. All FORD Tractor, utilities & driveway on 800 property. $35,000.00. 5spd., line lift motor overhauled. 513-827-2628. 513-724-3003.
PUPPY RESCUE cepting litters, pickup, Non-kill. In ness for 15 years. 513-885-9943.
614 - HORSES/LIVESTOCK 2-3 YR old goats; Purebred Nubian Does w/Nubian Doelings at side. 2 yr old Doe Bred to Freshen in June. Yearling Doe open, born June 11, 2006. Call after 5pm for prices. Interested calls only, please. Call 937-764-1260. HORSE BOARDING Two horse stalls available in Russellville. Full or partial board. Training also available. Call Marietta at 937-377-2304.
615 - MISC. FOR SALE 901 FORD Diesel power 4 BRAND new Toyota GEORGETOWN - 195 steering, line PTO motor Camrey 5 lug 16” steel rims with Toyota hub acres, 13 tillable, overhauled. caps with emblem still in 513-827-2628. $1800/acre. the boxes. $50 FIRM. 513-460-3408. Contact 513-876-3403. 607 - FIREWOOD
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504 - BUSINESS SERVICES MIKE’S MOWING & Lawn Maintenance - Will mow, weedeat, mulch, clean-up. References. Call 937-446-4421. Also light cleaning available.
FOR SALE Firewood, sold by State Regulations, u-pick up or we deliver. For fast friendly service call Cox Firewood at: 937-378-4309 No answer, leave message or call 937-515-5829 Located 3600 SR 125 Georgetown, OH State & County Voucher welcome
FORD PARTS, motors, transmission. For sale, lumber from 1830’s home, oak, all parts. 937-289-1040.
702 - MISC. NOTICES IF YOU used Type 2 Diabetes Drug Avandia and suffered a stroke or heart attack. You may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles Johnson 1-800-535-5727.
Acfree 801 - MARINE busi- SAILBOAT - 1995 26ft. Call Hunter w/trailer, excellent condition. 937-364-2376.
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CHILD CARE services in my Mt. Orab home, flexible hours from Mon.-Fri. for all ages, full or part-time. 513-312-8778 anytime.
615 - MISC. FOR SALE FOR SALE: Folding tables, 6ft & 8ft, $35/$45. Metal file cabinets, $20. Children’s school desks, book shelves, 25” TV, $60, tables. 937-444-9403.
BEAUTIFUL WHITE Maggie Sottero wedding gown, size 8, never worn, $800 OBO Also, Chapel length veil never worn, $75 OBO For more information call:
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804 - AUTOS WANTED BIG JIM’S JUNK CAR REMOVAL (513) 304-2280 I Pay CASH for Junk Car’s, Trucks & Vans!! 807 - TRUCKS FOR SALE 1989 FORD F-700 dump truck, 429gas, 2spd. rear end, 166K/miles, under CDL, runs & looks great, asking $4,750.00. 937-444-9403.
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1198955- Mt. Orab - Immaculate w/location! 1st flr.Master, 1st flr bath. Beautiful & roomy. Nice sized laundry rm dbls as an home office. Possible conversion to an office building. Extra wide driveway. Huge rolling back yd. Public water & sewer. Do not delay! $95,000
1140572- Georgetown- Will Consider Owner Financing- Excellent condition! Two one BR apts.Lg & roomy. Drywall thru-out. Brand new A/C Units.Central systems. 1 unit has a laundry rm. Covered front porch. Good cash flow. $55,000
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1202541- Georgetown- Immaculate! *This well built ranch is ready to move into. *Natural woodwork,solid 6 panel doors,fully equipped kitchen. MBR suite. Covered front & back porch. *Beautifully landscaped yard. Storage shed. Poured foundation. Location, location! $119,900
1200703- Ripley- Picturesque setting for this unique two story. Contemporary. DBL skylites in spacious great rm. Fully equip. Kit. Island w/ wet bar. Dining room has walk-out to indoor,inground pool & Spa area. MBR suite w/shower + Jacuzzi.Family Rm. Loft. $299,900
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1205153 -Mt. Orab- Immaculate 3 BR, 2 BA ranch on double lot. New flooring in LR & FR. Open floor plan. Freshly painted & inviting. Att. 2c gar. for maximum storage. Beautifully landscaped, Coy pond w/serene sitting area. Back yard tree-lined for added privacy. $109,900
1186984- Bethel - Private setting for this custom built home. Amenities include: formal dining room, hardwood flrs, blt in kit. appliances, jetted jacuzi, shower & toilet closet in MBR, tray ceilings, open foyer, stone gas log F/P, full part-fin bsmt. Prof. landscaped. $259,900 1 1 4 0 5 6 5 Georgetown- Will Consider Owner Financing! Solid all brick duplex. Two, 2bdrm. units. Equip. kitchen & full bath.1 unit has covered porch. Live in one side- rent the other. Multipanel doors. All dry wall. $85,000 1142530- Jefferson Twp- Gentlemans farm. Private location. Cont. home w/soaring ceils. Flr to ceil dbl sided fpl.1st flr master BR. Fire escape off second flr BR. Inground pool, stocked pond, huge barn. Land nicely rolls w/1168' of rd frontage. $249,900
1199723- Mt Orab- Look no more! *Ceiling to floor stone F/P, wrap around kitchen, walk-in closets, 2 full baths, MBR Suite, W/O to solidly built deck, stocked pond, tree-lined yard. 2.16 acre lot, attached Oversized 2 car gar. *All of this for $94,900
1208031 -Russellville- Listed below appraised value! Solid 3 Bd.2 Ba.home.Master BR.suite w/it's own LR blt.in 1206370 -Mt. Orab- Totally renovated home on public 2007. HDWD Flrs.under carpet in LR, DR, hallway & 2 water & sewer. Beautiful hardwood floors thru-out. Fully Brm's. Arched doorways,Equipped kitchen, picture wndw, partial bsmt,deck,1 car garage,huge back yard. $89,900 equipped kitchen. Full basement. Why rent? $69,900 1206356 -Mt. OrabWhat a deal! 2 bdrm property in town on public utilities. Great condition. Nice sized bdrms. Newer heat pump. All new wiring thru-out. In the process of Real Estate conversion. $39,900 1201734- Georgetown - One of a kind!*Full brick 2-story.*Huge Master BR suite w/personal bal1205263 ING cony.*Natural Bay windows, pocket doors thruHamersvilleEND P out, oak woodwork.* Real Beauty!*Inground for a Looking D L 32x18 8' deep pool.*Det 2 story brick garage S O home for your also.*Full fin bsmt plumbed for 3rd ba. $395,000 growing family on almost an acre? This is it! Better than move-in condition.Beautiful wood flooring lower level. Antique mantle. Septic leach lines are marked. 2 covered porches. Shed 20x8. Corner location. $ 85,000
1180019- Georgetown - First offering! Fantastic positive cash flow! Duplex in good condition. 1 & 2 bdrm. units. Fully equipped washer, dryer hook-ups in both units. Great location. Huge walk in attic. $49,900
1123757- Four family Apt. bldg. located two blocks off of SR 52. All units have been totally renovated. Each unit has a laundry area available. Each apt. is separately metered. 4000 plus SF. Bldg and units are in mint condition. PLEASE, ONLY PRE-APPROVED BUYERS. $147,500
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1191791 Lake Lorelei Nice lake front 3 BR rustic ranch style home, fireplace, beautiful double lots w/approx 1.3 acres with a 12x28 deck overlooking the lake, loads of mature trees and 2 car det. 24x30 garage. $239,900 Ray Houk
1205276 SardiniaUnbelievable Mini Resort! Total renovation w/updates galore!Family Rm.w/corner fountain.Open Flr.plan. Det. Rec area w/30' antique bar. 5 car gar w/one 14' door.5 ac.fenced pasture w/add'l turn-out,add'l barn w/stalls. Ingr.pool w/pool hse. $199,900
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1206473 -Mt. Orab- This home is not a driveby! Double corner lot w/public water ans sewer. Beautiful hdwd floors thru-out. Fully equiped Kit w/dryer incl. 2 blacktop driveways. Attached 1 car gar. Storage shed. Within walking distance downtown area. $87,500
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NEW LISTING- 1199280- Georgetown- To be divided off of a 49 acre tract.*Beautifully rolls .*Can be sub-divided w/plenty road frontage.*On an area of farms.*64X32 tobacco barn. $119,900 1171915 - Sterling Twp- REDUCED! - Private acreage! Income producing with .5 ac. fully stocked pond . Brand new 12x16 dock. 3 total ac in woods. Vegetation planted to attract wildlife. Beautiful homesites. $129,900 1170543-Winchester- REDUCED! - Nice farm w/barn, woods & over 850' of road frontage. Land nicely rolls with good drainage. Beautiful private home sites. Water available at the road. Located on a dead end road. Mins from SR 32. $119,900 Residential .46 ac lot. Milford School District. Slightly rolls. One of the few building lots left in the area. $29,900.00 30 Acres to be split off of a 49 acre tract. Beautifully rolls. Can be sub-divided. Plenty of road frontage. In an area of farms. 64x32 tobacco barn.
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NEW LISTING! 1201948- Williamsburg- Income producing with .5 ac. fully stocked pond.3 total acres in woods,could be timbered.Vegetation planted to attract wildlife.Multi-purpose land.Address has been assigned off of Lost Lake. $119,900 Hamersville - TURN KEY OPERATION W/SEP. LIVING QUARTERS ON PREMISES. Well known dairy bar. Impeccable condition in the heart of town. 3BR house in, better than move in condition, included. City water and sewer metered separately. Financials avail. w/ Bank pre-approval. Will temporarily stay on to train. Call today for a personal showing. $299,900 1166483- Winchester- Multi-purpose acreage a couple a hundred feet off of the coerner of 32 & 62. Approx 35 acs of woods, level ground. Solid investment. Public water & public sewer available. $369,390 1165982- Mt. Orab- The former Cahall Apparel store w/4 apts. Located in the heart of downtown Mt.Orab. All 4 Apts. have equipped kitchen. Plus 2 business/office rental spaces. Off street parking in rear. Great cash flow. Brand new rubber membrane roof. $199,900 1197834 - Winchester - Look no further! Nice farm w/barn, woods & over 850' of road frtg. Land nicely rolls with good drainage. Beautiful private home sites. Water avail.at the road. Located on a dead end road. Make an Offer. Motivated Seller!Two min. from SR 32. MAKE AN OFFER, MOTIVATED SELLER $109,900
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Lake Lorelei 1192048 Cute 3 BR, 1 full bath ranch with open LR & Dinning area, home warranty, appliances, and new 10x24 deck, situated on 2 lots with a desirable park like setting with mature shade. Great starter or retirement home. Connie Creditt $69,900
Lake Lorelei - 1196200 Two nice adjoining, corner building lots with some trees. Second lot is 984 Krupp Drive. Priced below auditors appraised value. Gated community with security, fishing, boating, club house, and beaches. $3,000 Connie Creditt Mt. Orab - 1194671 Nice country lot with septic, water, electric, 24x32 building, and partial fenced pasture. No singlewides per deed. Possible Owner Financing. $59,900 Connie Creditt REDUCED - Lynchburg - 1201293 Charming/Secluded 3 Bedroom home situated on 7 wooded acres, dead end road, blacktop drive, 25x40 detached garage/shop. Enjoy the wild life from your front & rear deck. A must see! $127,500 Leah Morgan
Fayetteville - 1165588 3 rolling partially wooded country acres ready to build your dream home. Water at street. No singlewide trailers. $31,900 Connie Creditt Blanchester - 1124017 5 acres near Blanchester of nice gently rolling land with county water at street. Nice place for that new home. $33,000 Ray Houk Blanchester - 1124022 136.69 acres of good tillable farm land with approx. 1 mile of road frontage some with county water line in front. Owner may divide with price adjustment. Land 3/10 mile from Blanchester city limits & 6/10 mile from new Kroger store. $645,000 Ray Houk
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LOCATED: The Jackson Township Hall at 3263 U.S. Rt. 504 miles east of Owensville, Oh., 7 miles west of Fayetteville, or 7 miles north of Williamsburg. Antiques & Collectibles: All original, oak case wall mounted telephone. (made by North Electric, Cleveland, Oh.) Two one drawer wash stands w/turned legs; hump top trunk; Shaker style cherry candle stand; oak rocker; 2 D.P. style lamp tables; fancy wrought iron base floor lamp; marble top cabinet; sev. solid wood wall hanging shelves; men’s old hat collection; (derbys etc.); painted base oil lamp; miniature ice cream chair and child’s oak rocker; lg. John H. Ruthven (signed & numbered print); Amish framed scissors print; porcelain chamber pot; tall flower stands; approx. 23-30 older & some rare Longaberger baskets; old Wilson freight sign; plus lots & lots of smalls; box lots; decor. Furnishings etc.: Nice oak full size office desk; pair of red leather seat office chairs; six drawer mahogany dresser; unusual platform rocker; pair of Cracker Barrel rockers; sev. stands, tables, cabinets and other furniture. Also all kinds house wares, kitchen items including a Kitchenmaid “ultra power” food mixer; huge selection of quality Christmas decorations. Tools - Equipment Etc.: Husqvarna md. 76 chain saw; TroyBilt backpack blower; Craftsman 6.5 shop vac; weed wackers; trimmers; blowers; rakes; shovels; hoes; hand tools; portable air tank; animal cages and a whole lot more from garage & shop Winchester md. 67-22L cal. Rifle. - 1950’s girl’s bicycle. TERMS: Cash - Checks w/full ID: Come prepared to remove your purchases. Building must be vacated right after Auction. Building is heated - rest rooms.
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4-4
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447mo*
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2 7,93 2 430mo* 2007 FORD F-150 LARIAT $ 4x4, Crew Cab, 45,000 Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 , 9 3 2 $ 412mo* 2009 FORD F-150 XLT $ Super Cab, 4x4, Low Miles, V8, Full Power, Fact. Warranty . . 2 5 , 9 3 2 $ 412mo* 2006 FORD F-150 $ Crew Cab, 4x4, 50,000 Miles, All Options, Clean . . 2 5 , 9 3 2 $ 326mo* 2005 FORD F-250 XLT $ 4x4, Crew Cab, V8, Auto., 68,000 Miles . . . . . . 2 0 , 9 3 2 $ 292mo* 2005 FORD F-450 XL DIESEL $ 4x2, Crew Cab, Steel Plate Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 , 9 3 2
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292mo*
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$
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$
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$
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274mo*
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205mo*
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