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The Brown County Press Sunday, September 30, 2012 • Volume 40 No. 8 Serving Brown County, Ohio since 1973
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David Warner fired by ODNR Hospital is BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press David Warner has been fired by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Warner was indicted in July after an investigation revealed that he had been hunting while claiming work hours from the Division of Wildlife. Warner is charged with Theft in Office, a fifth degree felony, Tampering with Records, a third degree felony and Dereliction of Duty, a second degree misdemeanor. His case is still pending in Brown County Common Pleas Court. Warner was placed on unpaid administrative leave by the ODNR following his indictment. State law only allows
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David Warner was fired by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on Sept. 21.
someone to remain in that status for 60 days before reinstatement or dismissal.
Bethany McCorkle of The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said the depart-
ment chose to terminate Warner following that 60 day period. Matthew Roberts, a Wildlife Officer assigned to Clinton County, was also indicted by the same Grand Jury as Warner. He is charged with Theft in Office, a fifth degree felony and Tampering with Records, a third degree felony. His case is also pending in Brown County Common Pleas Court. McCorkle said that Roberts is on restricted duty due to his status as a member of the Fraternal Order of Police. She said that a hearing was held on the employment status of Roberts was held by the ODNR last wee and that a decision was expected CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Jungle Jims open in Eastgate BY Kristin Bednarski The Brown County Press Jungle Jim’s International Market in Eastgate has come to life. After a brief “vine cutting” ceremony in front of the entrance Sept. 25, Jungle Jim’s founder “Jungle” Jim Bonaminio released hundreds of eager shoppers into the new market, and for the first time ever, opened a store all at one time. And as shoppers filed in through the entrance, took photos and browsed the aisles in awe, the store took on a whole new dynamic. “It’s the same Jungle Jim’s, but a whole new experience,” Lauren White, of CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Jungle Jim’s staff and Union Township officials cut the vine on opening day at the Eastgate market Sept. 25. From left are “Jungle” Jim Bonaminio, public relations and marketing coordinator Debby Hartinger, Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, Union Township fiscal officer Ron Campbell, Trustee Bob McGee, Administrator Ken Geis, Trustee Matt Beamer and Jungle Jim’s director of development Phill Adams.
More West Nile virus found in county BY Martha B. Jacob The Brown County Press According to Kathy Wright, a nurse for the Brown County Health Department, a second case of West Nile virus has now been confirmed in Brown County. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week that there have been 3,545 cases of West Nile virus reported in the United States as of September 25. Of those case 147 have proven fatal this year. The CDC also stated that the new numbers are the
highest number of the virus cases reported since September 2003. Mosquitoes carry the disease after feeding on infected birds, and then the insects transmit the disease to humans. While in about 80 percent of the cases the infected won’t have any symptoms,
20 percent develop “West Nile fever.” Symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting and occasionally a skin rash on the chest, stomach and back, and may last for several weeks. “We are hopeful that in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
purchased by CEO Joan Phillips BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press Southwest Regional Medical Center has changed hands once again. Multiple sources have confirmed that control of the hospital was assumed by current Chief Executive Officer Joan Phillips on Sept. 21. Employees of the hospital were informed of the change on that day. Phillips and a group of unnamed investors purchased the hospital from Paul Tuft, owner and Executive Chairman of Southwest Healthcare, LLC. According to the Unit Purchase Agreement drawn up between Phillips and Tuft, the purchase price was $150,000 and assumption of all debts and obligations. Tuft had put forward $150,000 toward the original asset purchase agreement between the Brown County Hospital Board of Trustees and the Brown County Board of Commissioners last year before assuming control
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of the hospital on June 2, 2011. The Brown County Commissioners approved a resolution on Sept. 26 consenting to the sale. The original asset purchase agreement gave the Commissioners a right of first refusal if any sale of the hospital were to take place. The right of first refusal will continue to rest with the CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Unemployment rate drops across region BY Wayne Gates The Brown County Press The Unemployment Rate in Brown County and the surrounding area is moving downward again, following flat numbers in July. According to figures from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the jobless rate in Brown County fell to 7.9 percent in August. That is down .4 percent
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from the 8.3 percent figure in July. This continues the trend of the local unemployment rate running at nearly four year lows. The figures are similar in surrounding counties. In Adams County, the jobless rate dropped .5 percent in August to 10.0 percent. Clermont County saw a decrease of .6 percent to 6.2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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BY Martha B. Jacob The Brown County Press The 161st Brown County Fair open it’s week September 24 with a record breaking crowd, following the opening parade. The parade featured over 125 entries from across Brown County. Nearly every village was well represented, either by a 4-H club, a church, a business and yes, even politicians. Georgetown
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officials estimate attendance at the parade at nearly 2,000. Fire trucks, bands, and horses were all included in the parade and enjoyed by all. People on the floats were more than generous with their give-aways, including bags and bags of candy thrown out to children watching the parade. Once inside the fairgrounds, the King and Queen contest took place around 8 p.m. Crowned King of the 2012 Brown County Fair was Dustin Yockey, a senior at Eastern High School. He is the son of Martin and Connie Yockey and represented Eastern Brown FFA. Crowned Queen of this years fair was Georgetown FFA member Catherine Fussnecker, a senior at Georgetown High School and the daughter of Frank and Joni Fussnecker. According to Juanita Barricklow, secretary treasurer CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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Fair opens to record crowd, king and queen named
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2012 Brown County Fair Court, left-right, Jennifer Durbin (4th), Kayla Eicher (3rd), Koleigh Eastwood (2nd), Sydney Gibson (1st), Queen Caty Fussnecker, King Dustin Yockey, Tyler Purcell (1st), Dustin Canter (2nd), Jared Cluxton (3rd), Logan Lucas (4th). See more pictures on page 22.
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Peek-a-boo! “Chandler” a beagle/mix dog owned by George McDonald is shown here with his head peeking out of a hole in a large tree in Perry Township. He climbed over 30 feet and got stuck in the tree for nearly two weeks.
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BY Martha B. Jacob The Brown County Press Volunteers from the Brown County Humane Society continue in their efforts to help dogs in the county who are unable to help themselves. According to Jan Staubach, humane society member and volunteer at the animal shelter, George McDonald of Fayetteville had lost his dog and had been looking for him for over a week and a half. McDonald’s dog Chandler, a beagle mix, went missing from his home on McCafferty Road in Perry Township. Luckily for Chandler, Robert and Virginia Powell of Fayetteville had been hearing a dog barking for several days and decided to find where the sound was coming from. “We finally went for a walk one day, and were determined to find the whining, barking dog,” said Mrs. Powell. “We were convinced the dog was trapped somewhere in the brush, but we just couldn’t find him.” The Powells were searching a remote area near Lake Lorelei and realized that the sounds were coming from a location across a ravine and a nearby creek. The couple ‘bushwhacked’ down the steep slope, crossed the creek and suddenly heard the whining dog clearly. “We could hear the dog whining,” said Powell, “but simply could not find him. Then we looked up and there he was, this small beagle dog peeking out through a hole in a branch of a tree, over 30 feet up the tree. “We couldn’t figure out how he got there, but then we saw a large hole at the base of the tree and realized that it was hollow.” Staubach said the little dog was unable to get his body turned around so that he could come back down. She said that the Powells piled blankets beneath the tree, but were unable to encourage the dog to jump out. “They called the animal shelter and asked us to help,” Staubach said. “We immediately sent our dog warden out to see what could be done. “We had no way of getting a 40 foot ladder back
that far to rescue the dog, so we contacted the Fayetteville Fire Department. “Those guys never hesitated to help us and Chandler out, they went above and beyond the call of duty.” According to deputy dog warden David Hurst, “They had to hack their way to the tree in order to get the 40 foot ladder truck in. They even had to call in for another ladder. It took a lot of effort on their part.” Staubach said that during the rescue, Mr. McDonald, Chandler’s owner, showed up at the scene. He tearfully told Staubach that he had come to terms with the fact that he would probably never
see his little dog again. The firefighter safely pulled the little dog out of the tree, carried him down the ladder and handed him to Mr. McDonald. “Chandler was very thin of course,” Staubach said, “but he was also very excited to see his owner. Hopefully he won’t be climbing another tree any time soon. This was a very happy ending for Chandler.” The Brown County Animal Shelter is located in Georgetown at 100 Veterans Way (next to the Ohio Veterans Home). They may be contacted by calling (937) 378-3457.
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A Fayetteville Firefighter is shown here rescuing Chandler.
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The issue of eliminating crossing guards at the Georgetown Exempted Village Schools was once again a main topic of conversation at the September 19 board of education meeting. Crossing guards Jim Glaze and Anna Ralston were in attendance of the meeting and read aloud a prepared statement defending their jobs. After thanking the board for hearing what they had to say, Glaze read his statement. “We have no agenda here tonight other than the safety of these students. This is my fourth year of providing a safe crossing service for the students. Each of the three crossings at the schools have different challenges. The location I serve deals with heavy traffic and excessive speed in a school zone. “Many vehicles exceed 35 and 45 miles an hour through that 20 mph strip even with the flashing lights. And I never know what’s coming up over that hill. Mt. Orab Pike is a busy street, both morning and afternoon. Students should be given the opportunity to cross the street safely on their way to and from school. “You (the school board) may have your focus on the number of students who use these crosswalks, but student safety should be your number one priority. You may see a cost saving of $11,748 by eliminating these three crossing guards, but my question to this board of education is... is the safety of these students each day worth the cost savings?” School board member Dr. Jeff Donohoo was quick to ask Mr. Glaze how many students, on a daily basis, use his crossing. Glaze responded that each day is a different number. He did say that there are at least six students from Station Drive who use the crossing, two students on Wall Street and at least
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Tom Ackley, Den Leader for the Georgetown Webelos II attended the September 19, Georgetown Exempted Village School District Board of Education meeting as part of requirements to earn a ‘Scholar Badge.” Webelo II are fifth grade students who are preparing to be Boy Scouts. The word Webelo literally means “We’ll be Loyal Scouts.”
two to four elementary students on Station Drive. He stated that every day the numbers vary. Ralston, who has been a crossing guard for 32 years, then spoke up confirming what Glaze had said about the numbers varying from day to day. She also commented that the third crossing guard, Sandy Purdin, depended greatly on the income from her crossing guard position and could quite possibly lose her home without the extra income. Glaze added that the Village Police Department no longer monitored the traffic at the school like they once had. He said they used to park by the crosswalk which helped in slowing down traffic. At the end of the crossing guards comments, Superintendent Tom Durbin clarified his stand on why eliminating the three position was worth considering. “At the last meeting we did have a discussion about the crossing guards and the cost factor,” Durbin began, “I will say, on record, that anything decided here tonight is not because of the type of service being provided, not at all.” Durbin said he understands the comments about fluctuating numbers. He
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said he had observed the traffic once in the morning and twice in the afternoon and saw first-hand how the number of students using the crosswalks changes daily. “The cost, $11,748 is half the cost and the Village of Georgetown pays the other half,” he said. “As you are aware, we have made about $680,000 in cuts over the last two years. And as we’re looking at the crossing guards, we’re having to turn down field trips now and I have to tell teachers no that they can’t have it. “We have to look at all costs. And this is one of those costs we need to take a look at.” Durbin went on to say that there are less kids crossing today than there has ever been. He said the district has reduced bus routes, busses are crowded and staffing has been reduced. He said he understands that you can not put a dollar amount on the safety of the kids, and if the district could they would have metal detectors and a resource officer in the building. “I don’t like to put a dollar amount on safety,” he
said, “we have to do everything we can to keep our students safe, but at the same time, we have to be reasonable with the taxpayer dollars and how we spend them.” Durbin said he finds it difficult to justify the cost of the crossing guards right now with all the additional cuts that have been made. After a lengthy discussion by the board, no decision was made on the issue and Durbin said he would offer his final recommendation at the October meeting. In other business at the meeting, Georgetown Webelo II Den Leader Tom Ackley along with his pack visited the board meeting to help them earn their Scholar Badge in preparation of becoming Boy Scouts. Durbin also updated the board briefly on progress being made with the Race To The Top program, stating that Georgetown was well ahead of a lot of other districts in the program. He told the board that with a lot of effort by everyone, the number of paper copies being used at the school had been reduced by over 86,000, which was saving the dis-
One killed in Brown County crash The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a one vehicle fatal crash that occurred on SR 221 in the area of mile post #1, Lewis Township, Brown County. The crash occurred on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at approximately 2:45 a.m. Bridgett R. Phillips, age 31, of Georgetown, Oh., was operating a 2000 Volkswagen Cabrio northbound on SR 221. Ms. Phillips’s vehicle traveled off the right edge of the roadway and rolled down an embankment. The vehicle eventually came to final rest on its top and was partially submerged in a creek. Ms. Phillips was pronounced deceased at the scene by Brown County Coroner Dr. McKinley.
Hike for Hope set for Oct. 7 Hike for Hope is set to take place on Sunday, October 7. Registration will begin at 2 p.m. and the hike will begin at 3 p.m. The 3-mile walk through Mt. Orab, starts and ends at Merchants National Bank. To participate you must register by October 1 to be guaranteed a shirt (after the first, shirts are first come, first serve). You may also buy a memory lane sign for $5.00. Go to www.hospiceofhope.org for registration and more information.
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God does as he pleases. No Christian would disagree with that. God has a purpose in whatever he does. No Christian will disagree with that. God is clear in what he tells us in his word, the Bible. No problem. As one man used to say, you have to have professional help to not see what God has proclaimed. True. One area of misunderstanding is the teaching on the miraculous gifts mentioned in I Corinthians 12-14. Paul addresses many issues in both of the Corinthian Letters. He spends three Chapters on this teaching. It must be important. (Read Chapters 12-14.) Now that you have read the passage, do you understand Paul’s teaching? It seems in the Corinthian church there were some Christians who had gifts and thought a lot of themselves. That is why Paul will say in verse 12:31 that he will ‘show the more excellent way.’ That is LOVE. Chapter 13 of Corinthians is not teaching about love but to show a church they were not living in love. They bragged about a ‘special gift’ given them but had not love, Paul says. They missed the point of building up the church body with such gifts! First, Paul will proclaim what some miss today. He states that miraculous gifts will stop or cease or still! (See I Cor. 13:8.) Paul will say why they stop in verses 9-10, “For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.” Perfection has come in the words of God: The Bible! The church of Christ is here! The imperfect (the in part) was the Holy Spirit inspired teachings. The parts were put together to make the Bible. The miracles simply confirmed
what was being taught in part by Jesus and the Apostles as from God. Miracles verified the word spoken. Now we have the completed words of God in 66 Books we call the Bible! No need for miracles to confirm what is completed today! Second, we know the miraculous gifts will cease simply because there have been no Apostles since the First Century! We acknowledge that Jesus empowered those he sent out to do the miraculous (the 12 and 70). After he ascended, the Apostles were left to lay hands on and impart miraculous gifts as the Holy Spirit determined. (See Acts 8:9-24.) Simon saw that special gifts were given by the laying on of the Apostles’ hands. He wanted the Apostles’ ability to impart these gifts. Miraculous gifts were distributed no other way. We have no Apostles today to give these gifts and have not had any Apostles for 2000 years! We have the completed word of God. (Point one above.) Perfection has come! There is no new word of God needing verified by Godly miracles. The Bible and the church are here! To say we have the same miraculous abilities today as in the founding of the church is to be insincere and ignorant of Scriptural teaching. I have yet to see anyone raised from the dead. I have yet to see any ‘miracle worker’ walk down the halls of children’s hospitals and bring the children out of their beds. They can’t. But they will make you think they can do these things, then, take your money. May God forgive them. “All the churches of Christ send greetings.” Romans 16:16.
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What Do You Think? School districts across the country are being forced to make cuts and tighten budgets. What programs, if any, would you cut first from school curriculums to save money?
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Taking A Trip Through Time Back on Saturday, September 27, 1980 the front page picture on The Valley Post, an edition of the Cincinnati Post pictured William Henry Gaskin, 79, Georgetown, right, having a laugh with John H. Bachman, 57, Sardinia, left and George B. Williams, 63, Georgetown, center, as they sat on a bench the last day of the 1980 Brown County Fair. At the time, Mr. Gaskins was only able to claim that he had been to 78 ‘little state fairs’, because the fair was disbanded for one year in 1918, during World War I. Thanks are extended to Mary Williams, Georgetown, wife of late George B. Williams for sharing this old newspaper clip with us. ‘Taking a Trip Through Time’ is a feature of the Brown County Press that is supplied by our readers. If you have photos of places within Brown County that are at least 30 years old please feel free to submit them along with some information about the photo to The Brown County Press by email to bcpress@frontier.com or mail them to or drop them off at The Brown County Press 219 South High Street Mt. Orab, Ohio 45154. You will get your picture back. You can also reach us at (937) 444-3441.
I guess it would have to be sports programs. I know that's not a popular choice, but you sure don't want to cut any academics. Frank Sturgill, Hamersville
I think some sports programs could be cut, there are some sports that they don't need, but either way, academics should always be first. Nolan Mallott, Williamsburg
I think I would have to cut sports programs, they are a privilege not a necessity. Mary Waits, Mt. Orab
I would probably have to say programs like band, but I think it's really bad that they have to cut anything else from our schools. Bob Bingaman, Bethel
I don't think anything else should be cut from our schools, they need to find more ways of generating funds. Sandy West, Ripley
I'd say sports should probably be cut. Extra-curricular activities aren't necessary to get a good education. Bill Collett, Russellville
Letters to the Editor A worse danger than 9/11 is happening now Dear Editor, Danger is creeping across America. It is worse than 9/11 and half the people are not aware of it because Obama has put his approval on it, “Same Sex Marriage.” Most Roman Emperors started out that way they were either homosexual or bisexual. Nero played his fiddle with his lovers while Rome burned. Rome had absorbed the male body, and rulers had no reason not to indulge in whatever type of sexual pleasure they wished. Obviously, the populace followed in their leaders’ footsteps. The city of Pompeii, which was destroyed instantly by violent eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 at a magnitude of 8, left many remains intact of the city’s homosexual lifestyle. Hadrian, crowned emperor in A.D. 117, pushed the envelope by being the first emperor to actually present his male lover with an officially public edit. He killed Jews and completely
destroyed Jerusalem and is believed to have run a plow over all parts of the city. He also changed the name of Judea to Palestine. Skip now over some 2000 plus years on the same content to Tel Aviv which has become a magnet for homosexuals from all over the world. The Mayor of Tel Aviv, Ron Huldai, interested in more tourism, has made one of his primary goals be that Tel Aviv become the homosexual capital of the world. Here is an example of a very sympathetic journalist reporting the last Tel Aviv gay pride parade: “Drag queens, flamboyant dancers and vivacious topless joyful people partied through central Tel Aviv today as people packed the streets ... the party was awesome - lots of booze, boobe, boobs and dums ... drinks were flowing, all around, how fantastic”. The persons who want to participate with homosexuality in “Same Sex Marriage,” that Obama put his
stamp of approval on are what we used to call queers. Now they want to believe that the first half of Hebrews 13:4 is true for them. “Marriage is honorable in all, and the marriage bed undefiled;” (so they want to get married to stop being a sinner) (what do we think of that?, they want to believe a part of the Bible) But the fouth verse does not stop there. “Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” Webster’s dictionary explains what the whoremongers and adulteress is - sexual intercourse between two people not lawfully married. Now they want to take two words out of the Bible in Hebrews 13:4b. “Whoremongers and adulterers”. I don’t know any court or judge that has the right or the nerve to do that. If anyone does, God will judge them according to Revelation 22:18-19 “If any man shall add unto these things of God, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if
any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of the holy city and from the things which are written in this book.” Evangelist Billy Graham’s letter calling America and its “deceived people” to repentance is one in a series of excalation warnings that America is in growing danger of God’s judgement. In his letter, ‘My Heart Aches For America”, the 93 year old Graham wrote that he recalled how his late wife, Ruth, once expressed concerns “about the nations terrible downward spiral” exclaiming, “If God doesn’t punish America, He’ll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.” “If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God then we will be a nation gone under.”-President Ronald Reagan Andy Fain Georgetown
Dear Editor, I have become completely exasperated in trying to correspond with Senator Brown’s office. Evidently, I don’t have enough prestige or wealth to receive an answer. I trust you will find this letter of interest to many people because it tells how Washington D. C. operates. Dear Senator Brown, I am writing this as an open letter because I have written to you three times
with no satisfaction. You should know that I am not writing for my own benefit but for the approximately seven thousand five hundred (7,500) meters or members of Adams REC. The first letter that you received was dated March 19, 2009. In that letter, I stated that Kentucky and other southern states had suffered severe damage from the ice storm and would receive FEMA funds. There were a few
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Ohio counties along the Ohio River that suffered similar damage but the Ohio counties received no FEMA funds. That is because FEMA funds are granted as to state wide damages and the state of Ohio did not qualify. I wa snot asking for any special favors for Adams REC but it didn’t seem to me that everyone was being treated equally. Why should the Ohio River be the deciding factor as to who receives FEMA funds? The one letter I received from your office stated that you were forwarding the matter to your state office for resolution. This shows how utterly incompetent and unconcerned you, or your staff, or both were in handling this matter. FEMA operates under federal law so there was no way the State of Ohio FEMA office could provide any assistance. In both of the letters, one dated March 19, 2009, and the other dated June 12, 2009, I mentioned two possible solutions: (1) Contiguous or adjoining counties to an area receiving FEMA funds should also be eligible for assistance. (2) If damages exceeded a designated percent of annual revenue, i.e. 4%, 5%,
or 6% assistance should be given. Although I probably wouldn’t have agreed with you, it would have been helpful to know why you think the FEMA funds are being distributed equally. The ice storm damages to Adams REC were $684,127. Adams REC ended 2009 with a balance of $8,321.00. The cooperative has a policy to pay capital credits on the basis of past earnings. No capital credits were paid in 2009 because the board did not think it was wise to borrow money to pay capital credits. Adams County is not a rich county and most of the members appreciate getting a capital credits check. The final blow in this entire scenario came last year. I was still troubled by the handling of the ice storm of 2009 so on November 17, 2011, I wrote another letter to you, Senator Brown, saying I would appreciate an answer to these questions: (1) Should a state boundary line decide who gets FEMA assistance? If so, why? (2) Why did you send the request for funding back to the state office when you should have known that the law at that time did not permit FEMA
assistance? (3) Have you or do you plan to offer any amendments to current FEMA regulations that would treat all entities equally? To these questions, I received NO answer. The most humiliating and degrading part of the story is when I learned this winter that the National Rural Electric Association had been contacted to learn if they were aware of the letter. Of course, the answer was NO. National Association contacted Buckeye Power and then Buckeye Power contacted Adams REC and our manager, Bill Swango. Mr. Swango asked me if I had written to Senator brown and I answered in the affirmative. Your actions sent a very clear and distinct message. If there wasn’t a large number of votes or cash coming with the request, you were not interested and were not going to reply. This was a put down to every member of the Adams REC who could have benefited if you had chosen to get involved. It is my understanding that a legislator should know the law and all people should be treated equally. I do not believe that happened for Adams REC. Evidently you are only interested in subsidizing al-
ternative sources of electricity. At the recent statewide trustees meeting of the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperative you sent a video promoting solar and wind farms which receive federal funds. Buckeye Power has spent 1.2 billion to produce electricity using clean coal technology. Coal is the primary source of energy for Buckeye Power to produce electricity. Coal is also an important part of the economy in southeastern Ohio and in your video you did not mention coal. You have demonstrated a lack of respect for Adams REC and the coal industry in Ohio. Truthfully, not one member of Adams REC should vote for you in November. That will never happen because too many people place the political party above principle. The same goes for former Senator Voinovich but, fortunately, he did no seek re-election. I started with the question, Is Washington Broken? Senator Brown, you have provided the answer. Yes, Washington in Broken and you, Senator Brown are part of the brokenness!! I and many members of Adams REC would appreciate hearing from you. Charles W. Grimes Decatur
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OPINION Letters to the Editor A view on our economic future from the right... Dear Editor: I have been reading with interest Mr. Books' columns the past few weeks. It reminded me of what Ronald Reagan, a former Democrat once said: "Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so." And that is indeed the case here. Mr. Books has gone on and on about how Romney is going to destroy the middle class, raise taxes on them, but let's look at some facts, shall we, and not just those cherry picked by the DNC talking points Mr. Books types from. Because of Obama policies, the middle class is in for huge tax hikes, as are small businesses, and it will happen next year if we don't work to change things. There will be three waves of Obama tax hikes that will nail us next year. First wave: Personal income tax rates will rise on January 1, 2013. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which the majority of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. This means EVERYONE WILL PAY MORE, EVEN THE POOR. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The 10% bracket rises to a new and expanded 15%. The 25% bracket rises to 28%. The 28% bracket rises to 31%. The 33% bracket rises to 36%. The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%. So, it is just not true to say that we won't be paying more under Obama. The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of taxable income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. So, you will be punishing married couples and those
who have children. The death tax is currently 35% with an exemption of $5 million ($10 million for married couples). For those dying on or after January 1 2013, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones. And that is just the first wave. The Second wave will be because of the thing that Mr. Books loves, Obamacare, which a majority of Americans still oppose. The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 23.8 percent in 2013. The top dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 43.4 percent in 2013. This is because of scheduled rate hikes plus Obamacare’s investment surtax. There are twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Some have already gone into effect (the tanning tax, the medicine cabinet tax, the HSA withdrawal tax, W-2 health insurance reporting, and the “economic substance doctrine”). Several more will go into effect on January 1, 2013. They include: Medical device manufacturers employ 409,000 people in 12,000 plants across the country. This law imposes a new 2.3% excise tax on gross sales – even if the company does not earn a profit in a given year. Exempts items retailing for <$100. The Medicare payroll tax is currently 2.9 percent on all wages and self-employment profits. Starting in 2013, wages and profits exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 in the case of married couples) will face a 3.8 percent rate. The Obamacare “Special Needs Kids Tax” comes online on January 1, 2013. Imposes a cap on FSAs of $2500 (now unlimited). Indexed to inflation after 2013. There is one group of FSA owners for whom this new cap will be particularly cruel and onerous: parents of special needs children. There are thousands of families with special needs children in the
United States, and many of them use FSAs to pay for special needs education. Tuition rates at one leading school that teaches special needs children in Washington, D.C. (National Child Research Center) can easily exceed $14,000 per year. Under tax rules, FSA dollars can be used to pay for this type of special needs education. This Obamacare cap harms these families. The Obamacare “Haircut” for Medical Itemized Deductions goes into force on January 1, 2013. Currently, those facing high medical expenses are allowed a deduction for medical expenses to the extent that those expenses exceed 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI). The new provision imposes a threshold of 10 percent of AGI. Waived for 65+ taxpayers in 2013-2016 only. The third wave is next with the new and worse Alternative Minimum Tax. When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2013, they’ll be in for a nasty surprise—the AMT won’t be held harmless, and many tax relief provisions will have expired. These tax increases will be in force for BOTH 2012 and 2013. The major items include: The AMT will ensnare over 31 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress’ failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying families—rising from 4 million last year to 31 million. These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers. Full business expensing will disappear. In 2011, businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. Starting on 2013 tax returns, all of it will have to be “depreciated” (slowly deducted over many years). Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses. There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will
...and an economic view from the left Dear Editor, Are you one of the 47%? I Think I am. But one thing I am sure of is that I am one of the 99%. We all know who makes up the 1%. They are people like Charles and David Koch and Mitt Romney. I have no trouble with them having the millions, that I am sure they worked hard to acquire. I feel that they should be more patriotic and spread it around in this great country of ours. First and foremost they should treat their workers with more respect by giving good wages and a say in their workplace especially when it comes to safety. This is something we will never see. But I can see the future after the election. President Obama will be elected and this will make some people happy, knowing that he won't be able to run again. Then we will be in for the lame duck session of congress. A budget deal will be
made to avoid the fiscal cliff. Grid lock will fall apart. The president's job program will pass, which will create 700,000 to a million jobs. The Congress will agree to a 10yr or longer deal that will hold interest rates down. And the economy starts to grow. People will start borrowing money and banks will start loaning money to small businesses not just the big ones. Then interest rates will go up because of competition for money. With President Obama's plan in place and Obamacare going full speed I foresee an economic boom and growth and interest rates where they should be. This can all be done in the lame duck session if Norguist and his flock of sheep come to their senses. If not we will have to wait for William R. Smith of the 2nd district, Jeff Sinnard of the 1st district take their seats in the house. Sherrod Brown resumes his job as
senator, where he has done so many great things already. Then of course President Obama can continue doing what he knows will make our economy well again. Oh! I have heard that there is a movie out that is designed to stir up the conservative crowd like the one that stirred up the Islamist groups. Danny Books Sr.
take place. The biggest is the loss of the “research and experimentation tax credit,” but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs. Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families. Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual “required minimum distribution.” This ability will no longer be there. These are not just taxes on the "wealthy." They are taxes on all of us. And, untold amounts of government fingers in our business. We cannot accept this. America needs to cut back on the bloat, not increase. Romney and Ryan have plans to cut taxes like Reagan did and create jobs. Obama has not created a single net job. Vote for real change. Mark E. Garbett, Jr. New Hope
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Dear Editor, I don’t know who to vote for. All they do is put each other, like what they didn’t do. I want to hear what about getting the fuel prices down, where a person on a fixed income isn’t going to pay all their money to the oil company. Why doesn’t the press ask both candidates for President of the U.S.A. what they are really going to do for the poor and middle class? I don’t like either one of them.
The president has done anything to help stop oil drilling, then the election comes around and he restarts drilling. He also gave millions to a company to find new energy, but the company went bankrupt. What a joke. The president froze Social Security for 2 years while prices rose so we can’t afford to buy what we need. What a joke, both of them. Bonnie T. Davis Mt. Orab
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Bill Seigler, technical coordinator, spoke briefly to members of the Fayetteville-Perry Local School District Board of Education September 20 updating them on plans to install wireless internet throughout the district.
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Board president Angela Murphy told Bailey that cheerleading is considered a sport, but the board chose to charge an activity fee (which is less than a sports fee) because the girls have to buy thier own uniforms. Bailey also asked the board why the high school cheerleaders are not allowed to cheer at the football games? “It’s not that they’re not allowed to cheer,” Murphy began, “but right now with our current MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the teachers union for football, they have approved middle school cheerleaders, but we do not have a MOU for high school cheerleaders. So it’s not that they can’t cheer, but the cheerleading coach receives a stipend for cheer for football. It is spread out for the ten games.” Murphy added that a two year contract has already been signed with the union so they would have to wait until the contract was due to discuss changes like adding a high school cheerleading team. The board also discussed the band and the possibility of it traveling with the football team to help boost the spirit of the team. They talked about the school spirit in the school and a problem with conflicts between the football team and the other sports teams at the school. This year marks the third year for the district’s football team.. During White’s legislative report he talked about the following issues and bills: • new mandates for the school regarding student fitness reports that would be appearing on the schools report card for school year 2012-2012, where physical education would be incorporated into the Ohio curriculum; • SB210 a mandate that will also become part of the district report card regarding new restrictions on school lunch rooms and vending machines. A pilot program for student participation in these mandates would also be on the Ohio grade card; • SB224 reduces the state statute of limitations to sue for breach of contract from 15 to 8 years, effective September 28, 2012; • HB578- makes it a 2nd or 3rd degree felony for a school district employ to engage in sexual activity with a minor; • SB341 changes age requirements for retirements which passed September 12. The board also heard from Bill Seigler, technical coordinator for the district, in regards to obtaining wireless internet throughout the school district. The board approved the action and expect the upgrade to wireless to be in place by mid December.
Winners at the 2012 Brown County Jr. Fair Horse Show on Monday, September 24 were Emily Siener with OSU Iron Fred, Grand Champion Western Showmanship, (right) and Madison Brown with McCues Missle Man, Reserve Champion Western Championship .
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One of the winners at the 2012 Brown County Jr. Fair Horse Show on Monday, September 24 was Jordan Ford with Thunder, Champion Pleasure Driving Pony.
State continues to offer drought meetings to assist farmers The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), Ohio State University Extension and USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), continue to host a series of meetings throughout the state in September and October to provide crop and livestock farmers with information on farming in a drought and on accessing available relief resources. In July, Governor John R. Kasich signed Executive Order 2012-11K, instructing state agencies to
tension and FSA. The public will have the opportunity to talk with experts and ask questions at the following local meeting: October 1, 2012 5:30 – 8 p.m., HiTech Center– Central Conference Room, 1575 North High Street, Hillsboro, Ohio For more information on other drought related resources, please visit http://www.agri.ohio.gov/ TopNews/DroughtInformationAndResources/.
Why it Matters: The link between animal cruelty and intimate partner violence It has been determined that there is a link between child abuse and neglect, domestic violence and animal abuse. Save the DATE! On October 3, 2012 there will be a training session that will start 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Brown County JFS, located at 775 Mt Orab Pike Georgetown This training is FREE, but you must RSVP by October 1 to reserve your seat. The trainer will be Theresa Singleton, YWCA, Protection from Abuse Director Why this training matters. 71% of pet-owning women entering women’s shelters reported that their batterer had injured, maimed, killed or threatened family pets for revenge or to psychologically control victims; 32% reported their children had hurt or killed animals. Between 25% and 40% of battered women are unable to escape abusive situations because they worry about what will happen to their pets or livestock should they leave. Abusers kill, harm, or threaten children’s pets to coerce them into sexual abuse or to force them to re-
Brown County Health Dept. offering free mammograms The Brown County health Department and St. Elizabeth have teamed up to provide no cost mammograms to anyone 35-40 for baseline Screening or over 40 for annual screening. These will be offered on Friday, October 19 from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Brown County Health Department located at 826 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. Private insurance will be
work with Ohio’s farmers to minimize the potential environmental and economic impact of an agricultural drought. As part of the order, ODA was instructed to hold a series of educational meetings to discuss forage management, water availability, heat stress on livestock, mitigation strategies and other drought-related topics. The meetings will include officials from ODA, Ohio State University Ex-
billed and all co-payments and other out-of-pocket expenses will be paid for thanks to a grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to receive this important health test in the comfort and privacy of the St. Elizabeth mobile van. To schedule an appointment call (937) 378-6892 or toll free (866) 867-6892.
main silent about abuse. Disturbed children kill or harm animals to emulate their parents’ conduct, to prevent the abuser from killing the pet, or to take out their aggressions on another victim. Investigation of animal abuse is often the first point of social services intervention for a family in trouble. For many battered women, pets are sources of
comfort providing strong emotional support: 98% of Americans consider pets to be companions or members of the family. Animal cruelty problems are people problems. When animals are abused, people are at risk. If you have any questions regarding this training please email Danielle Toft, YWCA dtoft@ywcacin.org
E-HEAP/Winter Crisis Program to begin November 1 The E-HEAP/Winter Crisis Program administered locally by Adams-Brown Counties Economic Opportunities, Inc., will begin November 1, 2012 for the 2012-2013 winter heating season. Eligible applicants must be at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines as follows: HouseholdYearly 13 Size Income Weeks Income 1 $22,340 $ 5,585 2 $30, 260 $7,565 3 $38,180 $9,545 4 $46,100 $11,525 Households with more than four members add $7,920 per member to the annual income and $1,980 per member to the 13 week income. YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING: Proof of citizenship (i.e. birth certificate, current medical card, voter registration card) and social security cards for all household members; proof of all income received for the household for the past 13 weeks (or 12 months);
proof of disability if disabled; bills for both the main heating and electric utility sources. If you heat with bulk fuel, a ten day supply or less is required in order to receive assistance. A metered utility, electric or natural gas, must have a disconnect notice or be disconnected in order to receive assistance. WE WILL BEGIN SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS FOR NOVEMBER, ON OCTOBER 15TH @ 7:30 a.m. in Adams County and 8 a.m. in Brown County. Please call the E-HEAP office as follows: Adams County - (800) 233-7891 or (937) 6950316, Ext. 252, 235, or 236. Hours: Monday thru Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; walk-ins accepted daily, 7:30 to 10 a.m. Brown County - (800) 553-7393 or (937) 3786041, Ext. 305, 253 or 254. Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. Walk-ins daily, 8 to 10:30 a.m. Outreach is available for the elderly or disabled.
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William Albert Crank, 82, Winchester, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2012. He was born in Crab Orchard, Ky., on January 11, 1930 the son of the late Arthur and Gertrude (Dishon) Crank. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by five brothers; Homer, Sam, Gene, Arthur, and Ray Crank. William attended Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union and he was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Betty (Lucas) Crank of Winchester, three sons and daughters-in-law; William and Loraine Crank, Jr. of Carterville, Georgia, Keith and Barbara Crank of Winchester, and Ken and Tracy Crank of Mt. Orab, two daughters and son-in-law; Marilyn and Gaylen Roades of Winchester and Sue Beville of Inverness, Flor., one brother; Logan Crank of Hamilton, Oh., one sister; Mary Hazlett of West Union, 15 grandchildren, and 31 great grandchildren. Services were held on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union where Rev. Dan Harrison and Rev. Dan Bennett officiated. Burial followed in Cherry Fork Cemetery with a military graveside service given by the Adams County Honor Guard. The Wallace-Thompson Funeral Homes, BradfordSullivan Chapel, Winchester served the family.
Donald L. "Duck" Newman, 69, of Hamilton, Oh., formerly of Sardinia, died Monday, September 24, 2012. He was born August 12, 1943 in Brown County, son of the late Vance Newman and Dorothy Reedy Newman. He was a member of the Friends of the Chrisholm Historic Farnstead in Trenton. Surviving is his wife, Carol Sue Newman of Hamilton, Oh., whom he married June 20, 1964, daughter, Pamela K. Newman of Hamilton, son, Brian (Debra) Newman of Fairfield Township, 2 grandchildren, Jason Minthenbaugh, and Christopher (Amanda) Bonham. Also surviving is a brother, Danny (Diane) Newman of Sardinia, 2 sisters, Nancy (Tom) McAfee of Sardinia, Linda (Danny) Kratzer of Sardinia, and a brother-in-law, Pete Fiscus. In addition to his parents, Don was preceded in death by a sister, Jean Ann Fiscus. Services were held at the Sardinia Church of Christ, Friday, September 28, 2012 where Pastor Robby Ballmeyer officiated. Interment followed in the Buford Cemetery, Buford, Ohio where the Highland County Honor Guard conducted full military honors. Contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 350 Erkenbrecher Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45229, Wounded Warriors Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675, or the USO, PO Box 96322, Washington, DC 200906322. The Edgington Funeral Home, Mowrystown, served the family.
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Mitchell Eugene Grooms, 63 Mitchell Eugene Grooms, 63, of West Union, Oh., died Thursday, September 20, 2012, at home. He was born May 8, 1949, in Brush Creek Township in Adams County to the late Harley Enix and Doretta Mae (Craft) Grooms. He is survived by wife, Donna Jean (Mattingly) Grooms of West Union, two sons, Christopher (Tammy) Grooms and Eric (Missy) Grooms, both of West Union, daughter, Melissa (J.R.) Grooms of West Union, two brothers, Jerry (Mary) Grooms of Hillsboro and Junior Paul (Wanda) Grooms of Jacksonville, two sisters, Harlene Rein and Barbara (Tim) Perry, both of Wilmington, one half-sister, Geneva Stiffler of Eaton; and father-in-law, James Mattingly of Lawshe. He was a self-employed small engine mechanic; a former mechanic for Jackrabbit Repair Company in West Union and Gary’s Small Engine Repair Company near Locust Grove. He was a former machinist and welder for the Copeland Corporation, formerly in West Union. He was a guitarist and singer. He attended the Church of Jesus Christ, Praise and Worship in Cedar Mills. Services were Thursday, September 27, 2012, where Pastor William Myers and Roger Thornberry officiated. The interment was at East Liberty Cemetery in Lynx. The Lafferty Funeral Home, West Union, served the family.
Kenny Whitaker, 56 Kenny Whitaker, 56, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012. He was born August 6, 1956 in Brown County, Oh., the son of the late James and Minnie Whitaker. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by 6 brothers, Jim, Mike, Jerry, Billie, Ronnie and Roger Whitaker, 3 sisters, Madeline Hamilton, Irene Haney, and Bonnie Fetters. Surviving Kenny are one brother, Donnie Whitaker, 2 sisters, Judy Whitaker Liming, Teresa Whitaker, 2 sons, Wyatt and Waylen Whitaker, 1 daughter, Jill and 2 grandchildren, also many nieces, nephews, cousins and one sister-in-law, Faye Whitaker. There was no funeral service. The Tufts-Schildmeyer Funeral Home, Goshen, served the family.
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Marjorie Louderback McCarter, 91, Wooster, Oh., died on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Marjorie was the wife of the late Hubert R. “Hootie” Louderback. She is survived by 4 children, Patricia (Charles) Kennedy, Kenneth (Jenny) Louderback and the late Jerry Louderback and Trish, 2 granddaughters, Mimi Kennedy Ross and Monica Gibson, 3 greatgrandchildren, 2 sisters, Norma Kraft and the late Lucy French, 1 late brother, Oliver Constant. Services were held on Monday, September 24, 2012. Burial was at the Felicity Cemetery, Felicity, Oh. The Charles H. McIntyre Funeral Home, Felicity, served the family.
Wanda Jean Schwallie, 86 Wanda Jean Schwallie, 86 of Georgetown, Oh., died Thursday, September 20, 2012. She was a homemaker and a member of St. George Catholic Church in Georgetown. Mrs. Schwallie was born March 1, 1926 in Ash Ridge, the daughter of the late Roy and Lola (Schweickart) Newman. She was also preceded in death by her husband – Richard Schwallie in 1990 and one brother – Ralph Newman. Mrs. Schwallie is survived by six children – Jeanie Smith of Columbus, Susan Ogden and husband Dick of Columbus, Rick Schwallie and wife Kay of Georgetown, Jennifer Nelson and husband John of Mt. Orab, Hannah Watson and husband David of Georgetown, and Mary Bingham and husband Chris of Hamersville, seventeen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, two sisters – Ruth Cahall of Cincinnati, and Gladys Liming of Georgetown, and one brother – Jim Newman of Lafayette, Ind. Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday, September 24, 2012 at the St. George Catholic Church in Georgetown where Rev. Dohrman Byers was the Celebrant. Interment was in the Confidence Cemetery. The Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, served the family.
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Helen M. (Hampton) Orr, 96, of Fawcett in Adams County, Oh., died Tuesday, September 18, 2012. She was born November 17, 1915, in Jefferson Township to the late Joseph William and Retta (Hodge) Hampton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Odos H. “Jim” Orr; and daughter, Janet Baker. She is survived by four daughters: Ramona (Everett) Dempsey, Dixie (Larry) Godfrey and Sharon (Bob) Eubanks, all of Fawcett, and daughter, Nancy Willis of West Chester; one brother, Bobby Hampton of Georgetown; two sisters, Mary Ellen (Gilpin) Worobec of Lake Worth, Florida, and Daphene Srofe of Mt. Orab; 13 grandchildren; 18 great grand-children; and several great-great grandchildren. She was a machinist at the former Cincinnati Milling Machine Company in Oakley for 20 years and a packer at the former Diamond National Company in Norwood for eight years. She was a member of the Churn Creek Christian Union Church in Jefferson Township. Services were held Saturday, September 22, 2012, where Pastor Lee Dettwiller officiated. The interment was at Moore’s Chapel Cemetery in Blue Creek. The Lafferty Funeral Home, West Union, served the family.
George Franklin Kimball, 84 George Franklin Kimball, 84 of Georgetown, Oh., died Thursday, September 20, 2012. He was car salesman for over 46 years for Charlie Davis Crossroads Auto Sales, Hilltop Ford, RV’s Used Cars, Phil Wilson Chrysler and a lifetime member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles #2293 in Georgetown, Oh. George was born July 3, 1928 in Georgetown, Oh., the son of the late William Henry and Lydia Mae (Cox) Kimball. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one stepson – Robert A Schmidt, Jr. and three step-sisters. Mr. Kimball is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Imelda Rose (Herrmann) Kimball, whom he married April 29, 1966; two step-sons – John Schmidt and wife Terry and William M. Schmidt and wife Debi all of Georgetown, and several nieces and nephews. Services were held Sunday, September 23, 2012 where Adam Jones officiated. Interment was in the Confidence Cemetery in Georgetown, Oh. The Cahall Funeral Home, Georgetown, served the family.
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Rolling Hills Veterinary Service to hold Open House Rolling Hills Veterinary Service (RHVS) started as a large animal mobile service, but we are currently expanding the practice to include small animal medicine as well. We have two full time veterinarians, Dr. Kelly Liming and Dr. Jason Patchell. We have built a new clinic at 3097 South Bantam Rd., Bethel (the intersection of South Bantam Road and State Route 125). Our new phone number is (513) 734-9400. RHVS will be available for large and small animal emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our office hours will be Monday thru Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m.12 p.m. To celebrate our expansion, we would like to invite you to an open house on Saturday, October 6 to tour our new facility and ask questions. The open house will start at noon and run until 5 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided along with door prizes.
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The Brown County Board of Developmental Disabilities will hold an ethics committee meeting, and regular scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. This meeting will be held at the Mt. Orab LaRosa’s Restaurant at 114 Glover Drive, Mt. Orab. The public is invited to attend.
The Southern Ohio Council of Governments (SOCOG) will hold its next board meeting on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 10 a.m. at 150 East Second Street, Chillicothe, Ohio. Board meetings usually are held the first Thursday of the month. For more information, call (740) 7755030.
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We, the Hacker family, would like to thank our church family, Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist, our family and friends, for all the prayers, food, cards, flowers and money in our time of need. We could not have made it without all the support of everyone in the death of our loved one, Les Hacker. THANKS EVERYONE, THE HACKERS
TWO GROUPS Luke 23: 1-2: “And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.” They did not care about Caesar. They were not submissive to the Roman empire. They just wanted to accuse Jesus of something. Let’s skip down to verses 20-21: “Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.” Pilate found that he could not prevail. Look at verses 23: “And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.” The whole multitude was screaming, crucify him. It was the loud voices which prevailed! Verses 24-25: “And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.” Verse 26: “And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.” That was the first crowd of people. Now let’s look at the second crowd. Verse 27: “And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.” Their voices was completely different. They were crying and weeping because Jesus was being led away to Mount Calvary, a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, to be crucified. Notice that verse 27 specifically mentions the women. Thank God for the women! Where would our churches be without good godly women! And here they were standing up for Jesus when Jesus was taken to the cross. It was to them that Jesus spoke the last great prophecy given by Him on this earth! He said: “...Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the
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mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?” There is a day coming when women will be blessed for not having children or getting married. Did you ever wonder what the green tree was that He spoke of? He spoke of Himself. For if they did those things while He was alive, what shall be done after He died. The nation, would become like a dead tree, like the cursed fig tree. However, the roots are still alive and one day the nation will be restored! But it is the two different groups of people that I wanted you to see; those who cried, Crucify him, crucify him, and those who loved Him and followed after Him. They did not want Him to be crucified. But here is the thing. He could not be saved from that death because if He was saved from that death, we could not be saved from an eternal death. We would forever be lost to an eternal hell. The only way for us to be saved from an eternal hell was for Him to take our sin away, to pay the wages of our sin on that old rugged cross. His blood was the payment for our sin. I John 1:7 states: “...and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” II Corinthians 5:21 tells us: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” Jesus was not alone at Calvary. There were two thieves, one on either side of Him. They represented the two groups. The one which loves Christ and accepts Him and the one which rejects Him and cries: “away with him, we will not have this man to rule over us.” Which group do you belong to? Where will you go when you die? Those who accept Christ will go to an eternal Heaven, those who don’t to an eternal hell.
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Family grows giant watermelons The Wayne Stevenson (top, right) family grew these 70 and 58 pound watermelons in their Perry Township garden this year. They attributed these giants to watering twice a week for the first couple of months until it started to rain, but other than that no special treatment was given. They thought maybe the love their family shares working together and of course the great Perry Township dirt might have also helped. Son, Donavan Meddock (seated left), grandson Kingston Caudill (seated right), wife Amy Funke Stevenson (top, left) were constantly weeding and helping in the garden. The weeds were terrible this year! They also grew also grew a four more that were over 35 pounds and about 15 regular size ones.
Community invited to participate in Western Brown Homecoming Parade The annual Western Brown Homecoming parade will be held on October 5 through the village of Mt. Orab. The parade lines up at 5 p.m. at the Mt. Orab Church of Christ then leaves the grounds at 6 p.m., concluding at the high school before the football game. All high school organizations should line up at the Mt. Orab Church of Christ, located at 400 Smith Avenue. All other school and community groups should plan to line up at the Mt. Orab Church of Christ at 5 p.m. as well. Participants should line up along Grant Avenue facing towards the church. Parents wishing to drop off their participants should enter along Smith Avenue and let their children out at the corner of Smith and Second Street, then exit the parade preparations by turning left onto Second Street and then left onto Eula Avenue, which connects back to Smith Avenue and then US 68. The parade route will follow the wrap around parking lot of the Mt. Orab Church of Christ out onto Smith Ave. and then continue back to US 68 and through town until reaching
the school grounds. Please enter along Grant Ave. to avoid the traffic congestion of past years. Any Western Brown Community organization that is interested in having a float, entering as a walking group, or riding in a truck are welcome to participate. All pee-wee organizations such as football, soccer, or cheerleading in the Western Brown School District are encouraged to participate. All groups participating must have an adult present at line up and during the parade. These groups will line up at 5 p.m. at Mt. Orab Church or Christ. Organizations should contact Western Brown High School teacher, Jeremy Wheeler, who is one of the organizers of the event. He can be reached at the high school at 444-2544 ext. 11138, during school hours. Please leave a voice mail message stating the name of your organization, a contact person’s name and phone number, and how you are planning to participate (float/walk). All community members are invited to line the village streets to watch the pa-
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New pastor expands services at Lake Waynoka Lake Waynoka Community Chapel recently welcomed its new pastor, Rev. Samuel W. Talley, and his wife, Sue. Sam had pastored congregations in his home state of Virginia and in the southern Ohio area previously and was the pastor of Fairview Church on US 68, north of Georgetown, for ten years. He is currently an associate professor at Chatfield College, teaching courses in sociology, psychology, and philosophy. His wife, Sue, is retired from the Eastern Local School District, having taught at the elementary level for thirty two years and continues to substitute teach. She is the daughter of Dale and Etta Mays of Russellville. Rev. Talley is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He attended Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky and United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio and has a Masters degree in counseling from the Athenaeum of Ohio – Mt. St. Mary’s of the West. In 1980 he studied for at L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland under Dr. Fran-
cis Shaefer. He has worked in the counseling field and in community- based corrections in both northern Kentucky and the Cincinnati area. Services at the Lake Waynoka Community Church are as follows: Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and Worship Service at 10 a.m. every Sunday. Beginning on the First Sunday in October of this year the schedule is being expanded to include a Bible study on Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m. and an early Sunday service called “Discovery in Recovery: A 12 Step Program of Spirituality for Recovering People and Their Families” which will begin at 8:30 a.m. Everybody is welcome to attend these services and to call upon Sam for ministry and counseling. The Lake Waynoka Community Chapel is a non-denominational congregation of people merely trying to serve Jesus Christ and to reach out to those in need of a spiritual home. Please come visit us whenever you can ….and bring a friend with you. We’re located at Lake Waynoka, next to the campground.
rade. The Western Brown Bronco Varsity Football team will be hosting a game against the CNE Rockets beginning at 7:30 p.m. that evening. The 2012 Fall Homecoming court and attendants will be introduced at half time along with the crowning of the King and Queen. The Homecoming dance for Western Brown High School students is scheduled for the following evening, Saturday October 6 from 8:30-11 p.m. at the high school.
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Winners: L to R Kay Davenport, John Bender, David Sharp
profit life affirming organization that provides services for women in the midst of unplanned pregnancies. The mission of the PRC is to provide the opportunity for women involved to keep and parent their baby. Services available include free pregnancy tests, information regarding fetal development and choices available for women and families in the midst of unexpected pregnancies. Families are given an opportunity to earn items such as a car seat, crib, blankets, a “shopping trip” at our Baby Boutique and many other needed supplies and baby equipment. Services are available to all expectant mothers and families with infants and toddlers in Brown County and surrounding communities. Families may come to the PRC to receive emergency supplies of diapers, wipes, formula and baby food. Also available is clothing for size Newborn to 4 Toddler. Both mothers and fathers are invited to take advantage of PRC services, as are grandparents and others who may have custody of infants and toddlers.
Although all services are provided free of charge, clients participate in parenting and relationship classes in order to earn the items needed. This gives them the knowledge that they earned what they received and they also receive important parenting skills. The PRC receives no government funds: city, state or federal. It is funded entirely with private donations, and fundraisers. Donations of cash as well as baby supplies such as diapers, wipes, formula, baby shampoo, lotion & wash are always welcome. New or gently used baby equipment such as infant and toddler car seats, cribs, swings, etc. are also appreciated. The PRC is located at 852 Mt. Orab Pike in Georgetown, Ohio. It is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM; Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Wednesdays from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Clients may call for an appointment (937-378-6853) during regular office hours. Walk-ins are also welcome, but those with an appointment take priority.
Weight loss challenge to begin Oct. 4 Sue and Jim Wylie of Ideal Nutrition announce the success of their just completed summer Weight Loss Challenge. Each participant lost an average of approximately 9 inches and 5 percent of body weight. Mount Orab participants have now lost over 7,000 pounds. Come join our next Weight Loss Challenge, starting Thursday, October 4. Contact Sue at (937) 444-6161.
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Churches gather for Picnic Sunday The Churches of Agape’, United Methodist, Church of the Nazarene, First Presbyterian, and Church of Christ, all of Sardinia, and St. Mary’s and Peace Lutheran, both of Arnheim held their Annual Picnic Sunday, September 16. Our purpose is a united program for helping those in need and to foster unity among the area churches. Donations for Agape’ may be sent to any of the above churches.
Catholic Rural Life Conference to meet On Thursday evening, October 11, 2012, the Catholic Rural Life Conference of the St. Martin Deanery will hold its regular meeting. On the agenda are further discussion the 2012 Farm Bill and efforts to promote local, nutritious food. The meetings are open to anyone who shares our goals of bringing a Christian perspective to life in rural areas, preserving our
rural heritage and working to promote dialogue between rural and urban leaders. The meeting will be held at St. Mary’s church hall in Arnheim at 7:00 p.m. For directions or more information, call Pat Hornschemeier at (937) 378-4769 (day) or (937) 378-4560 (evening). For further information call Patrick Hornschemeier 937-378-4769.
October weekend revival services set Freedom in the Rock has announced special weekend revival services for the month of October. Beginning Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6, Pastor Chris King will be ministering, then on October 12 and 13, Pastor Jason Mays along with special singing by Third Genera-
tion, October 19 and 20 with Bro. Glenn Henderson, and wrapping up the month will be Pastor Sonny Price. Come out and see what God is doing! The church is located at 3187 S. Bantam Road, Bethel. For more information call Pastor Richard Deems at (513) 276-8673.
Al-Anon meets in Williamsburg Garden Mt. Orab Club to meet Oct. 2 The Mt. Orab Al-Anon
Brown County native flora presented at Sardinia Library
On Tuesday evening, October 2, the Williamsburg Garden Club will meet at the First Presbyterian Church at 6:30 p.m. The club will enjoy dinner prepared by member Nancy Karlen and desserts prepared by the officers. Members are reminded to R.S.V.P. to President Julia Hess at (513) 724-3657 if they
There will be a special presentation at the Sardinia Library on Thursday, October 4, at 6:30 p.m. Mary Jo White will be presenting "Native Flora & Fauna of Brown County" . The library is located at 13309 Purdy Road, Sardinia. For more information call (937) 446-1565.
plan to attend. The program for the evening will be a review of the flower arrangements from the June Flower Show along with comments from the judge. For information about the club's activities and membership, visit the web site www.williamsburggarden-club.org or friend us on FaceBook.
Family Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday at the Mt. Orab Methodist Church on Church St. off N. High St. (US 68). This self help group can provide support and information to families and individuals who know someone who suffers from Substance Abuse. For more information call Jean at (937) 4443877.
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On Saturday, September 15, 2012, the Pregnancy Resource Center A Place of Hope held their 19th Annual Walk for Life. The Walk for Life is a fundraiser to provide needed funds to continue providing services for women and families in the midst of unexpected pregnancies and families with infants and toddlers. The Walk also gives community members an opportunity to support the PRC A Place of Hope as they work to give parents opportunity and support they need to choose life for their baby. Nearly 40 people participated in the Walk on this beautiful autumn day. Walkers collected over $3000 which will be used to fund PRC services. All participants received gifts for participating and those who collected the most received gifts which were donated by businesses in Brown County and surrounding communities. Winners were: 1st Place Male: David Sharp of Williamsburg and 2nd Place Male: John Bender of Georgetown, Ohio; 1st Place Female: Kay Davenport of Georgetown and Pam Crabb of Georgetown. Each year a poster contest is held and this year the winners were David Sharp and Sharon Wilson and Karen Broshears. Many businesses in Brown County and surcommunities rounding supported the Walk and their contributions are greatly appreciated. The Pregnancy Resource Center is a non-
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Eastern students attend Farm Science Review Forty-two students of the Eastern Brown FFA chapter got a chance to attend the Farm Science Review in London, Oh., on Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Farm Science Review is a trip that all Ag. Students should try to go on at least once in their high school career. Farm Science Review is an opportunity to learn about all the new technologies in agriculture. The students get to walk around and look at booths of different seed companies, equipment manufacturers, grain companies, watch the new tractors in action, learn about new developments in animal science, judge a soil pit, and eat some good food. When asked about the Farm Science Review trip Gage Dailey stated, "It is a fun and exciting learning experience that every FFA member should try to attend." Many of the other students that were asked about Farm Science Review agreed that it was a fun trip. Keep watching the Brown County Press or visit our website at http://www.eb.k12.oh.us/EasternFFA.aspx to learn more about all of the activities Eastern Brown FFA participates in or you like them on Facebook.
The Adult Education Department of Southern Hills Career and Technical Center will begin an Introduction to Spanish course on October 2, 2012. The course will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. for four weeks and covers basic words needed for common conversations. The Spanish course will be held at Southern Hills CTC, 9193 Hamer Road in Georgetown. For more information or registration for any class, please call Southern Hills Adult Education office at (937) 378-6131 Ext. 357. Southern Hills Career Center accepts MasterCard/ Visa for your payment!
AmeriCorps volunteers mentoring students at Southern State
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Recent Southern State Community College graduates Nicole Elliott, Breanne Johnson and Kylena France are back on campus serving as College Completion Coaches through a statewide partnership.
ber of the SSCC Patriots softball team and currently serves as a volunteer with the program. Elliott is a 2011 graduate with an associate of arts degree. She is currently working on her bachelor’s degree through Lindsey Wilson College. Throughout the state, these coaches, who will be at 10 Ohio community colleges, will each serve a cohort of 100 students who are first-time community college students, enrolled in developmental education courses and Pell-Eligible. The coaches’ first task will be to help their student cohort in completing their developmental courses and then helping them to enroll in college-level credit courses. This, research shows, is a big stop-out point for students. Coaches serve as a valuable support system that will help students power through this potential obstacle and assist them in progressing through their completion plan. ”The Ohio College Access Network is pleased to be part of this innovative initiative. We are grateful to share the vision of ServeOhio and the Corporation of
National and Community Service in supporting the effort,” said Dr. Reginald Wilkinson, president and CEO of the Ohio College Access Network. “We know that with proper support, students will graduate from college at a higher rate and add to the talent pool Ohio’s workforce needs for a successful economy.” Participating coaches receive a modest living allowance and $5,550 education award to help with college debt at the successful completion of their 11-month service term. “ServeOhio is proud to support this AmeriCorps program that will provide data-driven, hands-on support to first-time community college students,” William Hall, ServeOhio Executive Director stated. “We’re confident that this local, state and federal partnership will improve the college completion rates across Ohio, allowing students to stay on course to earn their degree or certificate. By completing their courses on time, with passing grades and AmeriCorps support, students save time and money.”
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SHCTC and Access and Success for Adults are partnering to offer a free personal and career development class to area residents Southern Hills Career and Technical Center & Access and Success for Adults are Partnering to offer a FREE Personal and Career Development Class to Area Residents Southern Hills Career and Technical Center (SHCTC) Adult Education Director, Vicki Carrington, and Access and Success for Adults (ASA) Executive Director, Sue Evans, are partnering to offer a Personal and Career Development class to assist area residents with developing transitional, educational, and workplace skills. ASA provides essential services for low-income class participants by assisting individuals-in-transition with a
travel allotment to aid in class retention, thereby, encouraging participants to achieve their goals of attaining higher education and/or employment for the betterment of their families and society as a whole. Rhonda Fannin and Sue Evans will co-facilitate the class at SHCTC beginning October 23, 2012 and ending December 13, 2012. The 8-week class will operate on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Upon successful completion, participants will have a thorough knowledge of how to successfully complete higher educational classes and obtain skills needed to further their job search and employabil-
ity opportunities. Mrs. Evans states, “This class is a great place for anyone to find direction and begin on their educational and/or career path.” Staff, including Peggy Berry, Office Manager, assists participants in achieving their goals, and a Resource Lab is available for additional assistance. "Learning is not just for kids!" Now is the perfect time to enroll in an Adult Education course at Southern Hills! To register for the class or for further information, CALL Adult Education at (937) 378-613, Ext. 357, to register or download and application at http://www.shcc.k12.oh.us/i mages/app.pdf.
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Constitution Day great success The Second Graders in Mrs. Lana Richey’s class, at Sardinia Elementary studied about Constitution Day on Sept. 17, 2012. The children found out that the Constitution is over 200 years old and that the Constitution was written to have rules or laws for the new country. As an ending of the informative day, the children made a U.S. Flag to honor our Country. They had to read and follow directions to make an edible flag. Shown above is the final project from the class.
Miami announces Fall 2012 IRL Courses Registration is now open for Miami University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement fall 2012 term. The Institute for Learning in Retirement, part of Miami University’s Office of Lifelong Learning, is offering 47 courses this fall, including classes on the 2012 Presidential Election, Water Tai Chi, Spanish for Beginners, Cincinnati History, History of Ragtime, two film series, the Best
Computer Classes at Southern Hills Are you looking for skills to meet the demands of today’s work force? Look no further! Come and take a class at Southern Hills Career Center. A Microsoft WORD class starts Tuesday, October 2, 2012. This three-week class meets on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 - 9 p.m. In addition to basic word processing skills, students will be introduced to printing envelopes and labels, setting margins and tab positions, using built-in templates, automatic spelling and grammar correction. The Microsoft WORD class will be held at the Southern Hills Career Center, 9193 Hamer Road, Georgetown. For more information or registration for any class, please call Southern Hills Adult Education office at (937) 3786131 Ext. 357.
Apple iPad Apps, Keats’s Odes and Related Letters, Islam and Monotheism, Poe’s Five Best Short Stories, Foundations of Genealogy, Hatha Yoga and many more. Hands-on courses include Water Color Painting, Beginning Pottery, and Understanding Digital Photography. This is the ILR's 16th year of fall courses and special events. Classes begin October 8 and end November 16. Courses are offered in Oxford, Fairfield, Hamilton and West Chester. The West Chester courses are offered at Miami University’s Learning Center at the Voice of America. A one-term membership fee of $95.00 allows mem-
bers to take as many of the fall offerings as they wish. ILR also offers a discounted introductory fee of $75 for anyone who is registering for the first time. In addition to courses, ILR offers special events. This fall we’ll be touring the Wright-Dunbar Complex and Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, as well as the Toyota Motor Manufacturing plant and the Woodford Distillery in Kentucky. For more information, or for a copy of this term’s course bulletin, contact Judy Macke at 513529-8500 or email ilr@MiamiOH.edu. And visit our website at www.MiamiOH.edu/ilr for an in-depth look at everything ILR has to offer.
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R’ville Elementary plans Fall Carnival October 6 The Russellville Elementary Fall Carnival is scheduled 4-7 p.m. Saturday, October 6. Food will be served from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wristbands and tickets for games and raffles are available for purchase from 4 to 6:30 pm. There will be a costume and decorated pumpkin contest at 4:30 p.m., games and a cake walk from 5 to 6:30 p.m., and a cake auction at 6 p.m. A raffle drawing will be held at 6:30
p.m. Some new things are planned for the carnival this year. These include new games, new dinner menu items, Spirit Wear, family photos, split the pot, and a balloonist. Everyone is invited to show support for Russellville Elementary. Donations from local businesses can be made for the raffle. For more information, contact Gina Dash at (513) 702-1497.
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Three recent graduates have returned to Southern State Community College this fall to serve as College Completion Coaches dedicated to supporting firsttime students who are enrolled in developmental education courses to earn a certificate or degree. It’s all part of the AmeriCorps College Completion Coaches Initiative, a strategic partnership between the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC), the Ohio College Access Network (OCAN), and ServeOhio (Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism). “In this exciting initiative, we are using the leadership skills of recent community college graduates to provide mentoring and coaching to community college students, many of whom are first-generation college students,” said Dr. Ronald Abrams, president of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges, which represents the 23 community colleges in Ohio. “These ‘coaches’ will provide their students with the support needed to create their educational completion plan, and then mentor them through challenges they may encounter as they move ahead through their plan.” The three College Completion Coaches working on the Southern State campus are Kylena France, Breanne Johnson and Nicole Elliott. France is a 2009 graduate with a degree in human and social services. She is currently working as a graduate assistant while pursuing her master’s degree from Lindsey Wilson College on the SSCC Central Campus. Johnson is a 2011 graduate with a degree in corrections and a 2012 graduate with a degree in human and social services. She was a mem-
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of regular time on duty and Warner claimed eight hours of regular time on duty, plus two hours of overtime.” Similar activity is documented for the two men for the next day, December 5, 2008. Regarding Roberts, the IG report reads: “The 2010 deer gun hunting season ran from November 29 through December 5. Harvest reports revealed that on December 2, 2010, Wright harvested a deer at 5:20 p.m. in Brown County which was checked in by Roberts. Communication logs showed that Wright had no contact with the communications center on this date; however, ODNR payroll records show Wright claimed four hours regular time on duty and four hours overtime. The same harvest reports showed that Warner harvested a deer at 10:00 a.m. in Brown County, which was checked in by Wright. Warner had no contact with the communications center on this date; however he claimed eight hours regular work on duty. The December 2, 2010, harvest reports also indicated that Roberts harvested a deer in Brown County at 9:15 a.m. which was checked in by Wright. Roberts’ unit log showed he reported on duty at 5:05 a.m. with Wildlife Officer Jason Keller (unit 1541), and off duty at 8:26 p.m. ODNR payroll records show Roberts claimed 10 hours regular work on duty, and Keller claimed eight hours regular work on duty plus two overtime hours. (Automatic Vehicle Locater) records placed Roberts’ vehicle in Russellville, Ohio, from 5:48 a.m. to 5:34 p.m., near Wright’s residence in Brown County.” The conclusion of the IG report lists organizational concerns with the Division of Wildlife. “During deer gun hunting season, which is the busiest time of the year for wildlife officers, the communication records for December 4, 2008, show neither Wright nor Warner reported to the
communications center during the course of their scheduled work day. Though the communications directive requires wildlife officers to report their status hourly to the communications center, there is no policy to address a situation where there is no communication for long periods of time from wildlife officers on duty. In this case, Wright and Warner only reported on duty early in the morning and off duty in the evening with no communication traffic throughout the day. By not enforcing the ODNR Radio and Mobile Data Communications Directive, the ODNR Division of Wildlife allowed the wildlife officers to be unaccountable, with little or no supervision or oversight, thus enabling the wildlife officers to be hunting rather than attending to their enforcement duties. Without the department’s communications center establishing the officers’ specific locations throughout the on-duty work period, and especially during one of the most active gun seasons of the year, the question remains whether the wildlife officers could have responded to a potential emergency. The absence of regular radio communication also presents an officer safety issue. If a wildlife officer were unconscious, incapacitated and unable to operate a radio, the department’s failure to mark any wildlife officer’s position for long periods of time could pose serious consequences.” The IG report closes by asking that the ODNR respond within 60 days to the following recommendations: “1. Internally review the actions of all employees involved to determine whether their conduct warrants further administrative action or training. 2. Review the communication policy with all personnel to insure compliance. 3. Increase monitoring of on-duty ODNR Division of Wildlife enforcement officers to adequately ensure safety and accountability.”
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “soon”. The indictments of the two men followed the public release of an investigation by the Ohio Inspector General. The investigation began as the result of a complaint on Feb. 1. The complaintant told the Inspector General’s office that he found a photograph of Wright and Warner posing with harvested deer while wearing their uniform pants. The bottom line of the findings is that the two men were found to be hunting on state time and falsifying records by claiming work hours for when they were actually hunting. Brown County Prosecuting Attorney Jessica Little said “After reviewing the Inspector Generals report, I felt that the facts should be presented to the Grand Jury. They felt, as I do, that these two men took public money and betrayed the public trust because they chose to hunt while being paid by taxpayers.” The Inspector General report reads: “On December 4, 2008, at 10:22 a.m., Wright (1582) called the ODNR communications center by telephone to report he was “in service” and working with Warner (1531). Warner harvested his first deer of the day at 11:15 a.m. and a second deer at 5:00 p.m. Both deer were checked in by Wright at 7:00 p.m. That same day, Wright harvested his first deer at 4:50 p.m. and it was checked in by Warner at 7:00 p.m. Wright called the communications center via telephone at 7:39 p.m. and reported that he was “out of service.” Warner contacted the communications center via radio at 8:33 p.m. and reported that he was “out of service” and at home. On this date, Wright and Warner had no other contact with the communications center other than to report “in service” in the morning and “out of service” that evening. ODNR payroll records show that on December 4, 2008, Wright claimed eight hours
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Child Focus honored at ribbon cutting A ribbon cutting officially welcoming Child Focus of Mt. Orab was held Sept. 27 by the Brown County Chamber of Commerce. Holding the ribbon (from left) are Kimberly Fisher of Child Focus, Jim Carter, Child Focus CEO, Kelly Cornette, President, Brown County Chamber of Commerce and Kelly Ward of the Brown County Chamber of Commerce. Carter said that Child Focus currently treats about 200 Brown County Children and is looking to expand hours and services.
Hospital is purchased by CEO Joan Phillips CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Commissioners until a $225,000 debt to the county is repaid by the hospital. The money is what remains of a $300,000 loan that the commissioners made to the hospital when it was still a county-owned facility. “We wish Joan Phillips the best as she takes on this new responsibility”, said Brown County Commissioner Ralph Jennings. “I think it’s very important to maintain access to acute in-patient health care in Brown County.” Commissioner Bill Geschwind agreed, saying “This proves Joan’s commitment to this hospital and this community. It’s my hope that people will return that commitment and use the hospital for their health care.” Phillips has stated publically that efforts are underway to recruit two more primary care physicians for the Georgetown area, along with other efforts to meet the healthcare needs of the community. A press release received
Jungle Jims open in Eastgate CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Batavia, said about the new location. White said there are many aspects of the store that are similar to Fairfield, but the new store is also so different from the Fairfield location. White and Andrew McCoy, both culinary students, said they came to check out the new market, which is much closer to home. White and McCoy said they used to shop at the Fairfield market a lot and recently moved to Batavia. They said they love the open feel of the new market and will enjoy exploring the thousands of products within the aisles. “For a culinary student it’s like a theme park,” McCoy said about Jungle Jim’s. For Darci Kathman, of Anderson, the experience was somewhat different because this was her first time ever shopping at Jungle Jim’s. “I was excited to see what it’s all about,” Kathman said about coming to the opening. “It is overwhelming.” Kathman said the store is huge and there is so much to look at and to take in. And even though she hadn’t left the store yet, she said she already can’t wait to come back again. “It’s organized a lot better than regular grocery stores,” Kathman said about Jungle Jim’s. “And it has a lot more products.” Kathman said the store is also great for children. She brought her son Cooper, 3, and a little boy she babysits, Henry, 2, who enjoyed looking at all the displays in Candy Land. “They love all the visuals,” Kathman said. Like the Fairfield location, Jungle Jim’s in East-
gate boasts a collection of unique food stands, and interactive displays. From a boat to a 1940s U.S. Navy fire truck, to amusement park rides to parts of an airplane hanging from the ceiling, customers have plenty to see throughout the store. “Jungle” Jim, who is known for “scrapping” cool, useful items, said almost 80 percent of the store, including the food stands and displays, come from re-used or recycled materials. “It is a lot to look at,” Shawn Peters, of Amelia, said about the market. Peters said this was her first experience at Jungle Jim’s as well. She said she decided to come explore the market for a change of scenery. Peters said she will definitely be bringing her children and other family members back to the market and is glad that it is just 10 minutes from her house. Many other shoppers who came out on opening day said they shop at the Fairfield location and were excited to see the second Jungle Jim’s. “It’s fantastic,” Tom Zeigler, of Eastgate, said about the store. “It’s kind of aweinspiring.” Tom and his wife, Beverly, said they have been to the Fairfield store and said they like Jungle Jim’s because they have family members with food allergies and the store carries many organic foods that they buy. The organic section, located toward the front of the store, includes several aisles filled with hundreds of products. “We love Jungle Jim’s,” Dani Tigsma, of Batavia, said. “It’s the only place we can get a lot of things.” Tigsma said this location is much closer to her home.
Tigsma said her husband’s family is from the Netherlands, and they are able to find many of the items from their country at Jungle Jim’s. The enormous international section at the new stretches from the right of the entrance to the back of the store and is organized by country. “We will probably shop here more often” Tigsma said about the new location. Tigsma said she was excited to explore the new store and said she liked the layout and the space. “It’s really nice,” Tigsma said. “It’s roomy.” And as shoppers explored the 215,000 square-foot store, Jungle Jim’s staff spent time answering questions, showing customers around and taking in some of the reactions of customers as they explored. “It’s great to see everyone’s smiling faces,” Jimmy Bonaminio, “Jungle” Jim’s son and director of creative marketing, said. “We are so excited to be able to share it.” Phill Adams, director of development the Eastgate location, has been working on creating the store with “Jungle” Jim for years. Adams said he didn’t realize it, but as he was imagining what the finished store would look like, he was seeing everything in black and white. Now, Adams said the store is in color. While “Jungle” Jim, and all of his staff would agree that opening a new store was definitely a challenge, and is still not completely finished, sharing products and creating an experience for customers is what “Jungle” Jim has done for years. And from the time “Jungle” Jim was selling produce from a roadside stand
until now, customers have always continued to be the focus. “Jungle” Jim said he knew he was ready to open the doors of the new market because after so many individuals put their hearts into creating the store and once the store was built and the products were in place, the only thing left was to put some life in the store with real customers. “I want to put a smile on people’s faces,” “Jungle” Jim said before opening the doors to the new market. “That’s what I want. That’s what this is all about.” Jungle Jim’s is located at 4450 Eastgate South Drive. The store open seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. For more information about Jungle Jim’s visit www.junglejims.com.
by the Brown County Press from Southwest Regional Medical Center on Sept. 27 begins with a statement from Phillips: “I am pleased to say that on Friday September 21, 2012, a transaction occurred between Paul Tuft and me, resulting in my purchase of the hospital from Mr. Tuft. The transfer of ownership has been finalized and is complete. Hospitals have been my love since a “Candy Striper” during my High School years. Before entering Nursing School upon high school graduation, I worked in Nursing Homes and Hospitals. All my free time was spent in Health Care organizations. I wanted to help people get well and to make the organization a comfortable place for them and their families. At the time, I did not realize what this really meant, only that it was helping people feel better. Our family has had their share of illness and I remember what it felt like. So what I know today is that “I feel more comfortable in a hospital than I do in a home”. The press release continued, describing Phillips’ professional history. “Ms. Phillips became the appointed CEO of Southwest Regional Medical Center during the transition,
Unemployment rate drops across region CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 percent, the unemployment rate in Clinton County fell .7 percent to 9.8 percent and Highland County saw a decrease in the unemployment rate of .5 percent to 9.3 percent for August. The jobless rate for the Cincinnati Metropolitan Statistical Area was also improved in August. It fell from 7.1 percent in July to 6.6 percent in August. The Cincinnati MSA includes Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Warren and Butler
More West Nile virus found in Brown County CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 coming weeks, we have a good hard freeze which will kill the mosquitoes,” Wright said. Wright encourages people to take precautions including: • avoid mosquitoes. (Mosquitoes bite between dusk and dawn, so limit time outdoors during these hours and always use repellents and protective clothing; • mosquito proof in and around your home by fixing or installing window and door screens, drain all standing water outside; • report any dead birds found to the health department. “Adults are at the highest risk for contracting West Nile virus,” Wright said. “People over age 50 should be extra
from Brown County General to SWRMC in 2011. Her health care and business education along with her administrative positions throughout her career and her consulting career with a national healthcare company gives a solid back ground of a variety of experiences. Ms. Phillips believes health care is very important to our region and knows we deserve to have the best choices of services in our rural communities. Ms. Phillips wants to work with and for our citizens in this community to sustain and enhance the health-care services for our families’ wellbeing. She has the knowledge and work ethic to establish needed services and the drive to collaborate and grow partnerships.” Phillips then addressed the immediate future at SWRMC. “The next two weeks will be spent stabilizing and pulling many things together. My intent is to communicate frequently with you, since the community is our partner in health. I believed in the opportunity of this medical complex to serve the community. After a year here, I believe even more in that vision.”
careful to avoid mosquito bites.” Wright encourages anyone experiencing any of the symptoms of West Nile virus to call their health provider immediately. A brochure is available at the Brown County Health Department on the West Nile virus which could be helpful to the public. Currently, most people who get infected with West Nile virus do not have any symptoms. There is no specific treatment for West Nile virus infection and there is no vaccine available. For more information visit www.cdc.gov/westnile or call (800)-232-4636. The Brown County Health Department can be reached at (937) 378-6892.
counties. Statewide, the unemployment rate fell from 7.4 percent in July to 6.8 percent in August. The ODJFS reports that the unemployment rate fell in 83 of the 88 counties in Ohio last month. Pike County had the highest rate at 12.1 percent, followed by Meigs County at 11.1. Jefferson County was in third place at 10.6 percent, Scioto in fourth at 10.4 percent and Adams County had the fifth highest jobless rate in the state at 10.0 percent. Those five counties were the only ones in the state in August to have the unemployment rate in double digits. On the other end of the spectrum was Mercer County with an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, the lowest in the state.
Black is guest speaker Open Arms*****Always will be meeting at the Mt. Orab LaRosa's at 7 p.m. on October 1, 2012. Josh Black of the Mount Orab Police Department will speak about gun ownership, gun safety, and the Second Amendment. The public is welcome to attend.
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DAVID DUGAN corn for everything from human consumption to livestock feed. This is a major issue for producers as they begin to harvest an already poor crop in many areas due to the lack of rain and extreme heat that came at the wrong time this summer. With that said, I have received a few calls and some pictures concerning issues with corn. Smut is a common problem in corn, especially sweet corn, but it seems to be in greater levels this year in field corn. Though not normally a problem, in very high populations it can pose a problem, too. There are two great sources of information for those of you with the internet. For those of you who do not use the internet, you may need to contact your local extension office, or go to a neighbor, relative, or your local library to get this information online. With the Brown Co. Fair in session, this week may be even harder to contact me than normal. My cell is (937) 515-2314 if all else fails. The sources that I referred to are the OSU Crop Team’s C.O.R.N. newsletter and the Kentucky Pest News. Both come out weekly and both have had information about this problem the past few weeks. To access the C.O.R.N. web page simply go to this address http://corn.osu.edu or you can have it e-mailed to your address. I mail it out to a list each week during the growing season and every other week starting in November. The Kentucky Pest News address is a little harder, but here it is: www.uky.edu/Ag/kpn/kpnhome.htm
Here are a few things that you might want to know that comes from these two sources. Reports from county Extension agents in Kentucky indicate that the incidence of contamination appears to be low thus far, although occasional rejections from buyers always get the attention of producers. Scouting non-harvested corn fields for Aspergillus ear rot and Fusarium ear rot is advisable. These are things that you can see. However, some of the problems with the corn can’t be seen by the naked eye, so testing will likely be done on corn that is sold. For producers who might be feeding corn, it is advised to have the corn tested if feeding to highly sensitive livestock. Corn can be fed at some levels, and in some cases it may need to be blended. For the most part, feedlot cattle will consume most of this corn, as they can tolerate the higher levels. The chart for the levels by species was in the article last week. The article in the Kentucky Pest News explains sampling and testing, and how difficult it is to test for something in the parts per billion without variation. Another thing worth noting is this, it is very possible for clean-looking corn to go into the bin with no aflatoxin, and to emerge from the bin with aflatoxin. For this reason it is very important to pay attention to sound storage practices in order to keep that from happening. This comes from the CORN newsletter and is something to consider. The symptoms in livestock fed contaminate corn can range from lower milk production, lower growth rates to even death. For dairy cows, the problem can be passed through the milk so we need to take precautions to avoid problems. Keep in mind that the levels of aflatoxins is measured in part per billion, but extra pre-
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BY Faye Mahaffey Master Gardner Volunteer It is officially autumn and everywhere you look pumpkins, squash and gourds are for sale. Since I have limited garden space, and even more limited ambition to deal with trailing vines, I proudly “buy local” and let the experts do the growing for me! Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet, Growing and Curing Gourds in the Home Garden (HYG-163096), available on ohioline.osu.edu, provides the first-time gourd enthusiast with important researchbased information. There are 3 types of gourds covered in this fact sheet: the cucurbita, or ornamental gourds; the lagenaria, which encompass the large, utilitarian gourds; and the luffa, or vegetable sponge. The cucurbita include the colorful, variously-shaped gourds often used in fall arrangements. Plants of this group produce large orange or yellow blossoms that bloom in the daytime. The lagenaria group includes the Martin or Birdhouse, Bottle and Dipper gourds. These plants produce white blossoms that bloom at night. Lagenaria gourds are green on the vine, turning brown or tan, with thick, hard shells when dry. Luffas have an outer shell that is easily removed to expose a tough, fibrous interior that can be used as a sponge. Luffas produce prolific vines with yellow blossoms and require the longest growing season of all the gourds. Gourds are ready for harvest when the stems dry and turn brown. It is best to harvest gourds before frost. Mature gourds that have a hardened shell will survive a light frost, but less developed gourds will be damaged. Take care not to bruise the gourds during harvest, as this increases the likelihood of decay during the curing process. After harvesting,
gourds should be cleaned with soap and water, dried, and rubbing alcohol applied to the surface. Curing cucurbita gourds is a two-step process which may take 1 to 6 months depending on the type and size of the gourd. Surface drying is the first step in the curing process, and takes approximately one week. During this time, the skin hardens and the exterior color of the gourd is set. Place clean, dry fruit in a dark, well-ventilated area. Arrange gourds in a single layer and make certain that the fruits do not touch each other. Check gourds daily and discard fruit that show signs of decay or mold and any that develop soft spots. Internal drying is the second step in curing and takes a minimum of four weeks. Keep the gourds in shallow containers in a dark, warm, well-ventilated area. If any mold appears on the outside skin, gourds can be wiped clean and allowed to continue drying. Periodically turn the fruit to discourage shriveling and promote even curing. Providing warmth during the internal curing process will accelerate drying and discourage decay. Adequate curing is achieved when the gourd becomes light in weight and the seeds can be heard rattling inside. Cured gourds can be painted, waxed, or decorated. Saving seeds from gourds could prove to be an interesting experience. Considerable cross-pollination occurs in the cucumber family. The gourd, squash and pumpkin seeds purchased from garden centers or through seed catalogs are from varieties grown in areas free from pollen of any other variety. Even so, a cross may sneak in now and then. Seeds saved from gourds grown in the garden will likely produce a cornucopia of fruit of different shapes, sizes and colors, none of which may resemble the fruit form
which the seed was saved. Frost warning for tonight! I am headed to the potting shed to pull out sheets to cover my pallet garden on the deck. I took a walk around the yard today and said, “Goodbye” to most of the plants. What usually comes inside for the winter at my house? The list is short: Rosemary and Lemon Grass. I am ready to use the green tomatoes in a new recipe, but we will certainly miss the ripe tomatoes at dinner time. It’s not too late to register for the Master Gardener Training Classes that begin on October 9! If you register before October 1 the cost is $150. After that the cost will be $195. For more information about the classes, you can call the OSU Extension Office in Adams, Brown, Clermont or Highland Counties. The class will last 8 weeks and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We sure hope you stopped by the Brown County Master Gardener Fair Booth at the Brown County Fair last week and said hi!
cautions may need to be taken with animals that have a large portion of their ration or diet containing corn. The primary approaches to prevent problems with aflatoxins on animals or their products is to: 1. avoid feeding contaminated grain if possible, 2. if contaminated grain is feed, it should be diluted with un-contaminated grain and/or with forage to lower the dietary contamination to a low risk level, 3. or add a mycotoxin binder to the diet to reduce the absorption of the aflatoxin. Several of these binders are available commercially and should be used according to the label. Expired Medication Collection If you have livestock,
chances are you have medication and vaccines on your farm to treat your livestock. In many cases the amount you need to treat your animals and the amount you buy is not the same. Hopefully you keep good records and utilize as much of the excess as possible the next time you treat your livestock. However, in some cases it is not recommended to use the product later, especially live vaccines. Those are the ones you mix prior to using. Then you have antibiotics, too. You buy in larger volume so you have it on hand when you need it, plus larger volumes are cheaper. In the end, the date may expire before you use the entire bottle. Using expired products may be useless, so it is a good idea
to use according to the label for best results. So what do you do with the expired products? Here is an opportunity to discard these products safely. In an effort to help with solid waste, we will have boxes available at the OSU Extension Office on Thursday and Friday of the Brown Co. Fair. Our office is located on the fairgrounds. This is for bottles, not bags of medicated feed. The disposal will also be available on Saturday during the Jr. Fair Sale in the Wallace building. Dates to Remember Master Gardener Training Class - Starts October 9 on Tuesdays and Thursdays Brown Co. 4-H Ox Roast - October 20 at the Brown Co. Fairgrounds starts at 5 p.m.
Haunted Hills now open for scares Nearly all folks agree, the place to be for Halloween scares and fun is none other than The Haunted Hills at Magic Waters! Indeed, this annual event has come to be a favorite with youth groups, families, and kids on dates, and this year’s Haunted Hills started on September 28 and run Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays all the way through October 28. Tickets go on sale at 7 p.m and on Friday and Saturdays, the trail stays open until 11pm. On Sundays it closes at 10 p.m. This year’s trail is longer than the trails of recent years, and some new and exciting scares will be on hand, as well. The trail through the Magic Waters’ woods is
lit only by torches, so just walking on the trail itself is scary enough without any of the unforseen entities that show up along the way! The Haunted Hills is appropriate for families, and indeed families are the backbone of their visitors. Indeed it is scary, but all in good fun and in as good a taste as a Halloween event can offer! Folks are asking if Boonie, the Magician will be on hand again this year. and the answer is, “Yes” However, he will not be around for the very late visitors. He’ll definitely be on hand for the family groups attending, as some of them come mainly to see him! Admission to the Haunted Hills is $7.00 for
adults and $4.00 for children. Groups rates are available for groups of 20 or more who have called ahead to arrange same. Call (937) 365-1388. The groups should be prepared for one person to pay for the entire group. Not been to The Haunted Hills? You will find it on the Cave Road, just off of US Route 50, midway between Hillsboro and Chillicothe. (Set your GPS for 7757 Cave Road, Bainbridge, OH 45612 or call the number above for exact directions which usually are easier than the GPS’s.) A visit to the web-page may also be helpful:www.magicwat e r s theatre.com
Conservation Seeking the scariest stories for the 2012 contest District The Brown County Orab, OH 45154, or you offering Writers Group and the Mt. may submit your story by Orab Branch of The Brown e-mail to County Public Library are bcplmo@oplin.org. If encomposting happy to announce a call tering online, please send for submissions to the 2012 your stories as an RTF atworkshop Scary Story Contest. tachment along with all The Brown Soil and Water Conservation District is pleased to offer a Backyard Composting workshop to Brown County residents. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, October 2 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Adams Brown Recycling Center on Mt. Orab Pike in Georgetown. This workshop will help participants understand why composting is a valuable tool and discover the do’s (and don’ts) of making it work for you. By attending the workshop you will have the opportunity to purchase the Earth Machine home composter at the reduced cost of $20.00. (The same composter could cost nearly $100 at a retail store!) Payment is due the day of the workshop. Pre-registration is required. Call the Brown SWCD office at 937-3784424 ext. 4 to sign-up. We would like to thank the Brown County Solid Waste Authority and Adams-Brown Recycling for their support of this program!
All ages are welcome to submit and the contest is free to all residents of Southwest Ohio. All other entries are $5 per submission. Only two stories per submission, please. You must include your name, age (or adult, if over 18) address and phone number or e-mail address. Please use a legible font such as New Times Roman for submissions. Send your entries to the Mt. Orab Branch of The Brown County Public Library, 613 S. High St. Mt.
contact information. Deadline for submissions is midnight, October 3, 2012. The public is welcome to join us for a reading and presentations of prizes to the winning authors on Thursday, Oct. 26th, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Mt. Orab library. Chapbooks of the winning stories will be available at the event. For more information, please contact the library at (937) 444-1414 or Lawrence at (513) 4274211.
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As we hit the last week of September, and now we have had a couple of light frost over the weekend, it is fair time in Brown County. Harvest may be going strong in most areas, but part of the state saw significant rain over the weekend that may delay harvest for a while. I do not know of any significant rain in Adams, Brown or Highland Counties over the past weekend, so most likely combines were roaring until rain moved in early Tuesday. As we get into harvest, we expect to hear yields with a very wide range on corn and soybeans. If you are a producer and don’t mind sharing your yields, please e-mail me. I will try to develop some kind of range as we generally discuss this as part of the conference call for the C.O.R.N. newsletter on Monday mornings. My email would be the best way to send this. My address is dugan.46@osu.edu The following article addresses aflatoxin issues and this would also be good to know. If you are selling or having corn tested, please share those results, too. I will not need to pass on names, just levels for toxins and yields as we continue to try to access the results of the 2012 drought. As several in Brown County travel to and from the fair and producers throughout the area continue to harvest crops, stay safe. For those of you on the roads, make sure you are well lit. For those of you in automobiles be on the lookout for harvest equipment and don’t take unnecessary chances. More on Aflatoxin in Corn As I drove to and from the Farm Science Review last week, I noticed several corn fields that have been harvested. I discussed some of the issues with mold in corn last week. That article discussed the levels of concern using this
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Birthday Card Shower Betty L. Hines is turning 90! To honor her on her birthday and let her know she is loved, send her a birthday greeting to: 10094 Beacon Hills Drive Cincinnati, Oh. 45241
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Lacy Lorie (Mowry) Dumford of Mt. Orab is not just another ‘pretty face,’ she is a walking, talking history of Brown County. On Saturday, September 29, Lacy will turn 100 years old. Along with her daughter, JoAnn Bright, the couple have planned a birthday party for all their friends. She was married over 50 years to the late Harmon Dumford. Lacy has an impeccable memory and can remember stories of lifetime events as far back to when she was only five years old, right around 1917. “One of my earliest memories is when my oldest brother, Stanley, went off to World War I,” Lacy said with a sad expression. “Even though I was only five years old, I remember it vividly. A friend of the family, Harold Moon, drove me and my family to Chillicothe, to Camp Sherman, in an old
Overland car. I loved my brother dearly, and I remember how sad and lonely I felt when we had to come back home from Chillicothe. He left the next day for France.” Lacy said her brother was wounded in the war and walked on crutches for the rest of his life. “One of the happiest days of my life was when the Armistice was signed ending the war,” she said. “When my brother got home he brought me this little pair of wooden shoes, (holding up the shoes) I have cherished them my whole life and always keep them near.” The Dumford and Mowry families grew up near Bardwell, raising most of their own food for the family from a garden and raising pigs. Lacy said she remembers carrying large five-gallon cans of pure cream from the family cow, to the old depot in Mt. Orab and sitting for hours watching the trains come and go.
“For years we sent our cream, by train to Cincinnati to the French-Bauer Ice Cream Company,” Lacy said, “Then they would send our empty cans back to us by train. I also loved looking in the window at the depot, watching the telegraphs work. To me that was real excitement.” Lacy and her daughter JoAnn said the Brown County Fair was always a big deal for the family and they hardly ever missed a year of attending the fair. “The day before the big fair, my mother would spend hours fixing fried chicken, baking cakes and other goodies,” she said. “Then early in the morning we would head out in our twohorse surrey with fringe hanging from the top and make it to the old iron bridge near New Hope. Then we would stop there, spread out a blanket and eat, before going the rest of the way to the fair. I can remember hitching our surrey to a
hitching post behind the grand stand. We’d spend the whole day there.” Lacy also remembers every business and business owner that ever worked in the Mt. rab area. She know’s thier families and where and when they went out of business. “I’ve seen a lot of changes in this little village, some good, some bad,” she continued. “I remember my school days when I attend Columbia College in Greenbush. It was a one mile walk to school then a mile back home again. I walked it every day until 8th grade. “I don’t know why, but for some reason, I remember every teacher I ever had. “Then for my four years of high school in Mt. Orab, my dad bought me an old Model-T Ford Coupe to go back and forth. I would pick up other girls and take them to school too.” Lacy explained just how bad the roads were which
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Commissioners contribute to Jr. Fair kids The 2012 Jr. Fair King and Queen, Dustin Yockey and Caty Fussnecker, along with the Industry Representatives from the departments that sell at the Jr. Fair Sale, gathered with Brown County Commissioners Ralph Jennings, Tony Applegate and Bill Geschwind to thank them for their personal donation which will cover each exhibitor’s sale commission for selling their market project at this year’s fair.
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State Rep. Danny Bubp
Rep. Bubp named “Watchdog of the Treasury”
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Award honors fiscal discipline, responsible spending of tax dollars State Representative Danny Bubp (R-West Union) was recently honored at the “Watchdog of the Treasury” award ceremony, hosted by the United Conservatives of Ohio. The award recognizes key legislators or policymakers who strive to restore responsible limited government, lower taxes, free enterprise and regulatory relief, and personal freedom. “I consider it a great privilege to receive this award from the United Conservatives of Ohio,” said Rep. Bubp. “I am a firm believer in exercising great caution when it comes to spending public funds. Ohio is full of hardworking citizens who expect their public officials to be responsible and disciplined when it comes to spending their hard-earned tax dollars. I am determined to meet that expectation.” The United Conservatives of Ohio supports the responsible spending of taxpayers’ dollars, the reduction of government waste, and a freemarket system of competition among private sector firms.
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Lacy Lorie (Mowry) Dumford is shown here holding a very special pair of wooden shoes brought home to her by her brother Stanley, when World War I ended. Lacy will celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday, September 29, 2012.
were often nothing but mud. On those days she said she would have to take the horse and buggy to school. “Sometimes the mud came all the way up to the hub of my buggy,” she said with a chuckle. “Dad rented a stable in Mt. Orab where the horse would spend the day while I was in school.” Lacy said she graduated from school in 1930, in a class of 19. “Dick Smith was the superintendent of the school all four years that I attended,” Lacy said. Although Lacy said she has been voting since she was 21 years old, she doesn’t really like talking about politics of any kind, but admitted she’s not extremely happy with either of the candidates in this year’s presidential election. Lacy remembers her family electricity for the first time in 1939. Until that time they used oil lanterns for light. “We got our first telephone about that same time and our phone bill was $1.25 a month,” she stated. “We got our first radio in 1935 after I was married. What a day that was, listening for the first time to a radio. We didn’t get our first TV until 1953.” Lacy said she also has a vivid memory of the first time she ever saw an airplane fly over her home. She talked briefly about taking piano lessons for several years until she was about 12 years old. Her teacher was Fern Schubert and a neighbor, Alice Day used to let her practice on her piano because she didn’t
have one. She remembers her father, brother and an uncle cutting large chunks of ice out of Al Watson’s pond (located where the overpass is at Rt. 68 and St. Rt. 32). “We would wrap those ice chunks in sawdust, then in newspapers and store them in our old smokehouse, all summer long,” she said. “Then all summer long we would make ice cream using the ice.” Lacy enjoys reminiscing about her childhood and her life so far. She has kept a daily journal of her life since 1980 and admits that she has had a good life, a good husband, a good daughter and has continually tried to be a caring, good Christian. “Of course I’ve had my ups and downs,” she said, “I’ve watched as all my family members passed away and that’s never easy. But I’ve been fortunate to have good doctors and the Good Lord on my side. I’ve had some really good neighbors through the years and lots of good friends in my life.” She continued, “I don’t know why I’ve lived 100 years, but I feel truly blessed, and fortunate to still be here.” Lacy added that one of the best the more recent events that she enjoyed was riding in the Mowrystown Founders Day 100 year celebration in 2006, where she was the grand marshall. Mowrystown was named after one of her relatives. Lacy and JoAnn would like to invite all their friends to drop by Saturday, September 29 and say hello in honor of Lacy’s birthday
Pilot project makes yard trees available for Bethel area residents A pilot project will make available a limited number of landscape trees to Clermont County property owners who had trees removed from their lawns as part of eradication efforts to keep the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) from spreading across the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). ALB was initially discovered in Tate Township in Clermont County in June 2011. The invasive beetle has no known natural predator, and, it poses a serious threat to Ohio’s 7,768,821 acres of hardwood forests as well as the state’s $5 billion nursery industry which employs nearly 240,000 people. “If the Asian longhorned beetle escapes from the Bethel area and spreads across Ohio then 1000-fold the current number of landowners will be impacted and tens of thousands of jobs could be lost in the nursery and wood industries,” said Robert Boyles, state forester and chief of the ODNR Division of Forestry. “This pilot project is meant to show appreciation for the cooperation being provided from the Bethel community in this eradication effort which is critical to the continued health of hardwood trees throughout the state.” The pilot tree replacement project is jointly implemented by ODNR and
the Ohio Department of Agriculture. It would allow affected landowners to obtain up to 10 landscape trees with an average height of five-feet. Information on how to apply can be found at ohiodnr.com/forestry or by calling 513-932-6836. ODNR foresters encourage landowners to submit their applications by Sept. 26. In addition, landowners with woodlots impacted by the eradication efforts may request to have a forester provide them with technical advice on their woods and about how best to obtain federal, land improvement funds. USDA NRCS funds are available to treat weed species and noxious plants growing in a woods’ understory. To date, the exotic pest has infested more than 8,879 Bethel area trees affecting 314 properties. More information on the tree killing pest and the pilot tree replacement project is available at www.ohiodnr.com/forestry. Additional information about the pest can be found at http://www.agri.ohio.gov/T opNews/asianbeetle/ ODNR’s Division of Forestry works to promote the wise use and sustainable management of Ohio’s public and private woodlands. To learn more about Ohio’s woodlands, forest health and tree care, visit www.ohiodnr.com/forestry.
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100 year old Mt. Orab resident shares her memories of the past century
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Almost as soon as you walk through the door to enter the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame one of the first things that catches your eye is a display case that encases two Reds jerseys and a Reds jacket that are apart of a special exhibit honoring the ‘Big Red Machine’ era of Reds baseball in the 1970’s. You might expect that those jerseys would have a name like ROSE or BENCH or PEREZ or MORGAN stitched on the back. While those names are prominently, and numerously, featured in the exhibit, the name stitched on the back of the #61 white Reds home jersey is... WAITS. For some, that name is instantly recognizable for many reasons, not least of which is because of its place on the Western Brown High School baseball stadium. For others, baseball fan or not, it doesn’t ring a bell. But for the man who wore the jersey, it’s a reminder of all that he accomplished and just how fortunate he has been. “Being raised out here in the country, to me it's a big deal,” said Gary Waits, a Mt. Orab native, recently. “I really thank the good lord that I've had the opportunity. Same with that ball field. I really feel honored to have it named after me.” Waits grew up in Mt. Orab in the ‘50s and graduated from the old Mt. Orab High School in 1957. Baseball was the game that he played and he had hoped to make a career of it after graduation. The Mt. Orab resident played semi-pro baseball in Mt. Orab his final two years of high school and moved on to the Tri-State League in Milford after his graduation. He was even afforded the opportunity to make a positive impression to then Reds farm director Bill McKechnie, Jr. in 1958 when he took part in tryout for the team at Crosley Field. Waits played well enough on the first day of the tryout to be invited back for the second day filled with games. When the games were over, McKechnie, Jr. asked him to come talk to him after playing well. “He said ‘Well, how big is your dad? How big are your uncles?' I said, ‘My uncles are bigger on my mother's side.’ He said, ‘We'll be out to see you soon,” Waits said of his conversation with McKechnie, Jr. “I didn't hear anymore.” As he remembered back to the experience, Waits added, almost with astonishment of one his many vivid memories of his life in baseball, “He called me over there. I never will forget that.” Even though he was never signed by the Reds, that day in 1958 wasn’t the last time Waits would get the chance to catch in old Crosley Field. Thanks to a mutual acquaintance, Waits became friends with Leo Cárdenas. Cárdenas, the Reds
Golf Scramble fundraiser to be held in October A four man golf scramble fundraiser is being held for the 14U Cincy Shock Fastpitch team at Friendly Meadows Golf Course on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. To play or for more information on sponsoring, please call David ‘Rock’ Shively at (513) 403-4190.
shortstop from 1960-1968, came and watched Waits play. He told him to come down and catch during Reds batting practice. “I went down and they suited me up in catchers gear and I got in there and caught the whole series,” Waits said. “I noticed Dave Bristol (Reds manager from ‘66-69) was behind the batting cage, watching. After batting practice I went and took a shower and was getting dressed and so on and Dave came over and said, 'Gary, I watched you. You did a good job there tonight. You're welcome to come back anytime you want to.'” And so began Waits’ 14
cause he was getting his real estate business off the ground at that time. Then, in 1970, when Sparky Anderson was hired as the new Reds manager, Waits was given the opportunity of a lifetime. Anderson wanted him to be the Reds bullpen catcher, a position that didn’t exist at the time. Now bullpen catchers are apart of every team’s coaching staff but back then it was such a progressive idea that the Reds had to get permission to have Waits do the job. “He had to get permission from the commissioners office for that,” Waits said. “I was first the bullpen catcher in the big
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Gary Waits was the bullpen catcher for the Reds during the team’s four trips to the World Series in the 1970’s. These are his four World Series rings.
year stint with the Reds. Initially, Waits would go
to the ballpark just a few days a week and catch be-
leagues. They had to get permission from the umpires each game to be on the field and in the dugout.” The job that Waits had on those dominant Reds teams of the ‘70s was to warm up pitchers, starters before the game and relievers when they were needed. While the job wasn’t full time -- he continued to run his real estate business at the same time -- he was with the team for home games and made only a couple of road trips, to Houston and Chicago. Being a part of the one of the greatest teams baseball allowed him to live out his CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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Resilient Rockets hold on for first win BY Andrew Wyder The Brown County Press There could have been many reasons for the Fayetteville football team to not give it their all last Friday night against visiting St. Bernard-Elmwood Place. It could have been because they suffered through four straight losses to start the season as they battled low numbers and injuries. Or it could have been because the Titans took the ball right down the field on their opening drive for a score. It could have even been when penalties wiped a touchdown off the board and derailed a long drive destined to end with a score, either of which could have put the Titans away in the second half. That wasn’t enough to derail the Rockets, however. They overcame all of it and held on for a 20-14 win, their first of the season. “We still found a way to win,” Fayetteville coach Harley McCullough said afterward. “That’s what’s real good. We don’t quit. We never gave up. We found a way to win.” The night didn’t get off to a great start for the Rockets. St. Bernard stopped the Rockets on their first drive and forced them to punt. On the ensuing drive the Titans used two long pass plays, the first 31 yards and the second 35 yards, to set up a six yard touchdown run that gave the visitors a 6-0 lead. Despite the slow start, the Rockets defense made a play on the Titans second possession that seemed to turn the tide. With St. Bernard trapped inside its own 20 yard line after a nice Rocket drive was halted by a penalty, Kyle Feck recovered a fumbled snap to set the Rockets up at the St. Bernard 19 yard line. Three plays later Rocket freshman quarterback Cole Schaefer found Andrew
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Andrew Dowers (27) and Austin Caldwell (50) tackle the St. Bernard ball carrier on Friday night.
Dowers in the back of the end zone for an 18-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at six apiece. It was the first Rocket touchdown since late in their loss to Bethel-Tate on Aug. 31. “We kind of changed our offense a little bit,” McCullough said. “We put Nate (Allen) back up on the line, had Cody (Shaw) at fullback and played (James) Snider at (running back) a little bit. Kind of mixed it up a little bit on them.” The fumble recovery seemed to pump the Rocket defense up. They forced punts after three and outs on the next two Titan possessions, the second of which turned into another positive for the Rockets. A high snap on a punt from their own 13 yard line went into the end zone and was covered up by the Titans punter for a safety to give the Rockets an 8-6 lead. They added to thier lead on the ensuing drive as they went right down the field using all their offensive weapons. The 10 play, 65 yard drive feature runs from Schaefer, Shaw and Snider, who scored from a yard out to give the Rockets a 14-6
lead. “We were able to spread it around a little bit,” McCullough said of the offense. “That way were not just one faceted. We were able to run to the left and right a little bit more than we have been. It made a big difference.” Even though there was only 3:02 left in the first half after the Snider score, the Rockets weren’t done. Another three and out forced by the Rockets defense meant the Titans had to punt the ball back to a confident Rocket offense. Despite only having 1:30 left on the clock and 63 yards to the end zone, the Rockets went right down the field and scored. Trevor Koch caught two passes for big gains on the drive, including a 24-yard touchdown pass from Schaefer to give the Rockets a 20-6 halftime lead. Coming out of the break, it looked like the Rockets had picked up where they left off. They recovered an onside kick to start the half but on a fourth down and two play from the Titans 37 yards line, they were snuffed for a loss and gave the ball back to St. Bernard. The Titans responded with a 11 play, 62 yard
drive that culminated with a seven yard touchdown pass to make it 20-14. Then the Rockets made their first big mistake of the second half. Schaefer fumbled on the second play of the ensuing drive and St. Bernard recovered. They drove down the field and were set up for a first and goal from the Fayetteville four yard line as the third quarter was coming to an end. After a two yard gain got them to the two yard line, the Titans had a false start penalty on the first play of the fourth quarter to push them back to the six yard line. Another run got three yards back before Ethan Wolfer stopped them for a one yard loss on a third down and goal play. Going for it on fourth and goal from the Fayetteville five yard line, a Titans pass was high and broken up by Snider to give the Rockets the ball back. “That was real big,” McCullough said of the goal line stand. “Some of the things we did tonight our kids, we told them, you just gotta believe. Keep playing. We stepped it up and did the right things to win tonight.” It wasn’t quite over at that point, however, as the Rockets allowed the Titans to stay in it. They took the ball after the goal line stand and drove right down the field but a holding penalty at the Titans five yard line halted the drive and Rockets eventually turned the ball over on downs after 13 plays without getting into the end zone. The Titans got the ball back but Koch intercepted a pass on the drive and ran it back in for a score. Another Rocket penalty on the return, however, took the points off the board. “We could have iced it,” McCullough said. But the Rockets never gave in despite the setbacks and held on for their first win.
SCOREBOARD Golf Western Brown finishes strong for third place finish in league The Western Brown golf team finished strong during final round of Southern Buckeye Conference-American Division league play and then at the SBC Tourney. “The kids did well at the Tournament,” Western Brown coach Dave Bickett said. “They overtook Bethel to finish in third place in the American Division.” They finished strong thanks to a final round total of 193 at White Oak Golf Course and team total of 390 at the 18-hole tournament at Cedar Trace Golf Course. Senior captain Brad Hamblen finished seventh overall, which was good enough for Second Team All-League. “I was pleased with the kids and their effort,” Bickett said. “We struggled all year but when it came to crunch time the kids came through.”
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James Snider takes a pitch from quarterback Cole Schaefer on an option during the Rockets win over St. Bernard last Friday night.
Georgetown comes back to win SBC-N golf title BY Andrew Wyder The Brown County Press The Georgetown golf team has had a pretty good couple of days. Last Saturday they wrapped up the Southern Buckeye Conference-National Division conference title by shooting the lowest team score in the National Division at the SBC Tournament at Cedar Trace Golf Course. Then, on Tuesday, GMen golfers Trent Poe and Clinton McElroy played well enough at the Southwest District Division III sectional at Walden Pond Golf Club to place among the top four individual golfers and advance on to the district tournament on Oct. 4 at Weatherwax Golf Course. Needless to say, the GMen are thrilled with what they’ve already accomplished in the past couple of weeks. “My kids are all excited,” Georgetown coach Sheri Griffith said by phone Thursday morning of winning league. “It’s been a few been a few years since it happened
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Austin Briggs prepares to hit a tee shot during the fourth round of SBC-N league play on Sept. 24.
here.” Heading into the final round of SBC-N league
play on Sept. 18 at their home course, Buttermilk Falls Golf Course, the G-
Men were in third place but were beginning to play better golf. They shot a team total of 177 in the third round of league play Wilmington Elks Golf Course, which set the stage for the comeback. After shooting another team total of 177 at Buttermilk Falls in the fourth round, which was the best score by 14 strokes, the GMen climbed past Batavia and in to second place behind the leader, Williamsburg. Heading into the SBC Tournament at Cedar Trace, the G-Men trailed the Wildcats by 14 strokes, 720-734. And, again, the G-Men performed well. They shot a team total of 362 in the 18-hole tournament to win the league by 11 shots -- 1096 to 1107 -over Williamsburg. “We kind of kicked butt those (last) two rounds,” Griffith said. “We did very well.” She added, “They were very consistent towards the end.” Poe (a five round total of CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
SOBOA to offer basketball official training classes The Southern Ohio Basketball Officials Association will be offering an instructional class for new basketball officials beginning Oct. 15 at Western Brown High School in Mt. Orab. Class begins at 7:00 p.m. and will about three that evening. Classes will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday for a period of five weeks. Students will also gain practical on floor experience working scrimmages on other dates as needed. Students will meet all the requirements (25 hours classroom and on floor instruction) to become a licensed Ohio High School Athletic Association official after passing the test and will be eligible to work jr. high, freshman and junior varsity contests during the upcoming season. Many local youth organizations now also require this certification to officiate their local youth games. The OHSAA has established new online enrollment procedures this year. Students should go to the following website to in enroll in class prior to the first meeting: http://officials.myohsaa.org /Logon. Class instructor, Tin Engel, is a certified OHSAA instructor. The class costs $125 which covers books, materials and OHSAA registration. Prospective students should contact Engel at (513) 724-7622 or (513) 235-2470 to obtain additional information.
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WB Jr. High football rack up wins The Western Brown Jr. High football teams each picked up wins over the past two weeks. The seventh grade squad has won two games in row after defeating Norwood 22-14 and Amelia 20-12, which raised its record to 22 on the season. Against Norwood, the team was led by Zach Stacy as he rushed for two touchdowns, one for 25 yards and the other for two yards. The Bronco offense benefitted from four blocked Indian punts to set up the scores. In their victory over Amelia, it was, again, Stacy who did the brunt of the damage. He scored on touchdown runs of 41 and 72 yards. The defense led the way as the unit collected five turnovers. Jacob Haggerty intercepted two passes while Wyatt Fischer intercepted another. Stacy and Noah Fry each had a fumble recovery. Meanwhile, the eighth grade team pushed its record to 2-3 on the season by defeating Amelia 50-12 after falling to Norwood 38-12. In the loss to Norwood, the Broncos couldn't muster much on offense. Costly turnovers plagued the team all night. Tim Harvery lead the way as he ran for a three yard score and then connected with Brian McGee for a 12-yard touchdown pass. The offense finally came around against Amelia as the Broncos took an early 16-6 halftime lead before putting up 34 unanswered points on the board in the second half. Harvey scored on runs of 50, 33 and 68 yards. He also caught a Eli Crall pass of 78 yards. Crall connected with to Jesse Roberts twice and once with McGee. Josh Haggerty scored on a 20-yard run while Greg Wallace and Dawson Bowling each recovered a fumble. Cody Carrington recovered a fumble and carried it 39 yards for a touchdown. Both teams will play again on Wednesday, Oct. 3, when they play host to the Bulldogs of Batavia. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m.
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Lady Broncos jump up early, Lady Rockets sweep past CNE heading into fair break hang on for tie in SBC-A clash
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McKenna Hammons prepares to hit the ball during the Lady Rockets win over CNE last Saturday morning.
“She’s doing great.” Great serving pushed the Lady Rockets ahead quickly in the second game. Gabby Valentine (two), Sydney Sheets (one) and Carly Burroughs (four) each tallied service aces on the Lady Rockets first three service turns to put the visitor on top 13-3. They wasted little time putting away CNE in the second game as the Lady Rockets continued their strong serving but also were strong defensively and passing the ball as they rolled to a 25-14 win. “We had some nice digs,” Sheets said. “Good passes.” Up two games to none, the Lady Rockets came out strong in the third game as they had hoped. They separated themselves from CNE with Carly Burroughs, again, at the
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Fayetteville’s Lincoln Smyth goes up for a block during the Lady Rockets win over CNE.
serve. Two Carly Burroughs service aces as well as two hits in for Smyth and a hit in for Emily Burroughs helped the Lady Rockets build a 113 lead. CNE slowly but surely cut into the lead by keeping the ball in play and forcing the Lady Rockets into a few errors. “We had some kills errors and we had some attacks that didn’t go over,” Sheets said. “You’re gonna have that. When you play ball consistently with somebody that can try to give you the ball back and is constantly passing.” The hosts got within three, 17-14, after back-toback Fayetteville errors on attacks. Just minutes later, after the Lady Rockets had pushed the lead back to five or six, CNE got the lead back to three, 22-19. The Lady Rockets, again, responded. A Valentine kill got the Lady Rockets the serve back and Alex Carson -- a transfer from Peebles who is now eligible -- promptly served an ace. “Serving was great tonight,” Sheets said. “We had a lot of aces.” A CNE hit out on the next serve secured the win for the Lady Rockets in a three game sweep. “We won the first one, we won the second one (and) in the huddle (the players) said, ‘Do not let them have this third one,’” Sheets said. “It’s a killer. Our momentum shifts big time if we win the first two and give them the third game.” The win was the third in a row, which gave the Lady Rockets some nice momentum heading into Fair break. “I’m very happy about where we are,” Sheets said. “Prior to fair break we were strong and, knock on wood, we come back (the same).”
It certainly seemed like the Western Brown girls soccer team was in a good spot as the first half of their Southern Buckeye Conference-American Division showdown with Amelia was winding down on Tuesday night. The Lady Broncos were playing well and looked to be heading to the 10 minute halftime break with a two goal lead over the SBC-A leaders. Then, with 54 seconds left in the half, that all changed. Marissa Stone’s goal not only cut the Lady Broncos lead in half but it took the proverbial wind out of their sails. The Lady Barons carried the momentum over to the second half as their attack got stronger before eventually tying the score at two apiece. The Lady Broncos had some chances late in the second half to score the winner but could never quite get on the same page as the game ended tied, 2-2. “I think we were up 2-0 and we got calm and we weren't patient,” Western Brown senior midfielder Ashley Baker said after the game. “We expected we had it in the bag and we didn’t come out full force.” Though both teams came out a little sluggish at the start, the Lady Broncos turned it on a couple minutes in. They began to make runs up the field and getting some looks on goal about 14 minutes in. Then, with 18:33 left in the half, they took the lead. Taylor Henry got the ball in the box and was able to get a shot off that Amelia keeper Danielle Lang stopped but couldn’t grab. Freshman forward Michelle Goslin got to the loose ball and drilled into the back of the goal to give the Lady Broncos a 1-0 lead. A little less than two minutes later the Lady Broncos doubled their lead. Again, it was the combination of Goslin and Henry that combined for the goal. After Amelia had gotten off one of their few first
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It didn’t take long for the Western Brown football team to set the tone against Bethel-Tate last Friday night. The Broncos defense quickly forced a punt after stopping the host Tigers short of a first down on the first three plays. Then, senior returner Jake Lawson caught the ensuing punt and raced 65 yards for a touchdown to give the Broncos an early lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Thanks to a very strong defensive effort and solid offensive play, the Broncos earned their fifth straight win to open the season with a 46-13 win over the Tigers. “The punt return of Jake Lawson ignited the outcome,” Western Brown coach Evan Dreyer said
Monday afternoon. “We got a three and out and they kicked it to him and he made a great run after he caught it. It was one of those things that ignited the whole team and (we) were off to a great start.” A big contributor not only to the strong start but the win as a whole was the Broncos strong defensive effort. The Broncos starting defense kept the Tigers from getting anything going -they didn’t give up a point during their two quarters on the field -- and actually put some points on the board themselves on Justin Longbottom’s interception return for a touchdown. Layne Mosbacher also recorded an interception. “It was a good start for Jake and our defense to get back to playing good football,” Dreyer said. “It was a good all around defensive start.”
The Broncos offense didn’t get off to quite the same strong start. They were forced to punt on their first two possessions before they found the consistency that has been a trademark of their strong start to the season. Two touchdown passes from quarterback Devyn Wood to receiver Pierce Moore helped the Broncos right the ship. Wood was 9-for-18 passing for 202 yards and three scores. Gunnar Woodyard added 89 yards on the ground, on 12 carries, and a touchdown. “We didn’t have a fast start like we usually do. We came out a little slow,” Dreyer said. “Then we got a spark. Pierce Moore made some nice catches to get us some quick touchdowns.” Jumping out to a 40-0 lead despite getting the
Michelle Goslin kicks the ball as an Amelia defender tries to get to the ball on Tuesday night.
half shots that was off line, the Goslin and Henry made a run up field on the left sideline. Goslin then lofted a perfect pass to Henry in front of her and the senior midfielder connected on a shot into the corner of the net to give the Lady Broncos a 20 lead. Just as soon as it seemed like the Lady Broncos were in the drivers seat, though, Stone struck for her first goal of the evening. She dribbled into the box and fired a shot past keeper Hailey Martin to give help the visitors cut the lead in half at the break. With their newly found momentum, the Lady Barons came out of the half playing well. They began to find more possession and put some shots on goal but the Lady Broncos defense played well enough to keep them from putting another tally on the board. The Lady Broncos weren’t just playing back on their heels, however, as they started to make some runs up field again. Henry nearly put one in off a Sarah Benz cross but Lang made a nice play to stop the ball. But the Amelia attack kept coming and Stone, again, cashed in. Her second goal of the game, with 24:41 left, tied the game at two. “We just weren’t pressuring the ball,” junior Lady Bronco defender Holly O’Hara said. The final 20 minutes were frantic as both teams
looked for the winning goal so they could get a step up in the standings. Western Brown had the best chances but were just a bit off. Benz nearly did get the winner with 14:50 left. Henry dribbled to the front of the box and passed ahead to Benz, who had a good look at goal. She launched a shot for the top of the net that looked right on target but Lang just got her hand on it enough to have it bounce off the crossbar. Catterina Brooks got the rebound but the Amelia defense retreated and got a piece of the ball before they cleared it. They Lady Broncos kept pushing as the clock ticked down and had some opportunities but were just off on most of them. “I know we started to get down after they started to catch back up,” Henry said. “We were rushing.” The tie was the Lady Broncos second of the season against Amelia. The two games are the only two SBC-A games the Lady Barons haven’t won. While the Lady Broncos are happy to see their improvement -- they had won six of seven coming into the game -- they felt like they missed an opportunity on Tuesday night. “It’s very disappointing,” Baker said. “If we would have beat them, we would have had a chance to win league. Now we have to wait it out and see if someone can beat them.”
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Taylor Henry tries to get to kick a ball past keeper Danielle Lang during the Lady Broncos and Amelia’s 2-2 tie on Tuesday night.
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sluggish offensive start was just what Dreyer had hoped to see from his team coming off an emotional win over New Richmond a week earlier. “I wanted to see our team come right out of the gate and play hard and play fast,” he said. For the entire second half, the Broncos played their junior varsity players. The youngsters put up a good effort in their two quarters on the field. They gave up two scores to the Tigers but were able to put a score of their own on the board. “I was proud of them. They played a lot of plays,” Dreyer said of his JV players. “We played everybody on our football team and within our program. Everybody got in and everybody played at least 10 plays. I’m excited about that and where we’re heading.”
G-Men: League champs CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 252) and McElroy (257) each earned First Team All-League honors while Austin Briggs (282) earned Second Team All-League honors. Griffith was named the SBC-N Coach of the Year. The G-Men’s strong play carried over to the sectional, which began last Monday, Sept. 24. Jessica Griffith and Meranda Wallace competed in the Southwest District Division II girls sectional on Monday at Hamilton Elks Golf Course. Jessica Griffith, a sophomore, shot a 111, good for an 18th place tie, and Wallace, a freshman, shot a 124, good for 39th. “Not bad for the first year of going,” Sheri Griffith said of the girls. “It kind of shows them what they need to do.” Their teammates competed in the boys sectional the following day at Walden Ponds Golf Course. And they played nearly well enough to qualify for districts as a team as they finished in fifth place among the 13 teams competing.
They shot a team total of 378, which was eight shots behind fourth place, and final district qualifier, Miami Valley Christian Academy. Poe shot an 81, good for a sixth place tie. He struggled on the back nine, his first nine holes, with a 47 but bounced back with a 34 on the front nine. “He really turned it on to make it,” Griffith said. McElroy was a bit more consistent. He shot a 40 and 42 en route to his 82. “He was consistent all day long,” Griffith said. “He missed a couple of birdie putts but played very well.” The G-Men nearly had a third qualifier as Briggs played very well. His 84 was one shot away from qualifying. “He took a couple of penalty strokes and that’s what kept him from out of it,” Griffith said. Though two players still have golf to play, Griffith was already pleased with how her small team -- they have just six players -- played. “I’m so proud of my team this year,” she said. “It’s amazing.”
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Hannah Dotson prepares to serve for Eastern last Thursday night at Whiteoak.
seemed to see both sides of the Lady Warriors spurts. They got off to a slow start to the game and quickly found themselves nearing a game loss before Dotson took the serve back. Trailing the Ladycats 24-16, the Lady Warriors fought all the way back to tie the game at 24 thanks in large part to Dotson’s serving ability. Five of the eight points during the run came on Dotson aces. “Her serves were outstanding tonight. Tonight we scored 16 points on those, nine of those being aces,” Reeves said of Dotson. “That was a good impact for us. She brought us back into the game a couple times.” But after Dotson tied the game at 24 with an ace, her next serve was long. That was all the Ladycats needed. They won the game on the next serve to go up two games to none. But the Lady Warriors carried their strong finish in the second game to the start of the third game. They got behind early but got back into it quickly as saves from Dotson and Savannah Newman and two Shelby Cowdrey kills tied the game at eight apiece. In what became a back and forth game, the Lady Warriors pulled away late
with Vanessa Balas at the service line. A Balas ace and three straight Ladycat hits into the net helped the Lady Warriors win the third game 25-18. “They wanted to win and they did fight through that,” Reeves said of her team’s resiliency. “They came back in game three and did win that. Just game four kind of got away from us.” A big run early in the fourth game put the Ladycats in control before the Lady Warriors tried to rally once more. Carina Reeves took to the service line with her Eastern team down 19-12 and cut into the lead. A Balas kill and Reeves ace got the Lady Warriors within five. Another Balas -- who played well after being moved the middle to fill in for Durbin -- hit cut the Ladycat lead to 19-17. That was as close as they could get, though. The Ladycats put them away for a 25-18 game four victory to clinch the match win. The Lady Warriors played very well at times last Thursday night but couldn’t overcome their struggles working with a new lineup on the fly. “They stepped in,” Reeves said, “but we just didn’t have that team chemistry quite harnessed.”
For many Brown County high school coaches, fair break is simply a nuisance. It is a week, or more in most cases, away from competition for a majority of the local teams that can disrupt a team that’s played well all season or a team just starting to find its way. But for Aimee Carpenter, the Ripley volleyball coach, fair break couldn’t have come at a much better time. Her Lady Jays do have a match over the week long break but, for the first time since early August, they will get some semblance of a break. With five of her teams seven varsity players on the Lady Jays soccer team, they simply haven’t had much time to rest as they play in every volleyball match and soccer game. And Carpenter felt her team was simply wearing down as they hosted Peebles last Friday night. The Lady Jays put up a good effort but just couldn’t get over the top as they lost 3-0 to the visiting Lady Indians. Peebles won 25-13, 25-23 and 25-17. “The lack of depth hurts,” Carpenter explained by phone on Tuesday afternoon. “The girls I do have are working hard. It does hurt sharing with soccer. Honestly, I just think my team’s tired.” The Lady Jays didn’t get off to all that bad of a start. A Morgan Wright kill before Peebles couldn’t return in three hits put the Lady Jays ahead early. Peebles quickly jumped in front on a Baylee Wallace kill but another Wright kill kept the Lady Jays close. That’s when the Lady Jays began to struggle. Three hitting errors from the Lady Jays combined with two Peebles service aces and another Wallace kill pushed the visitors to a 13-3 lead. The Lady Jays tried stay within reach but simply couldn’t find much consistency. “It’s one of those things where we are on or off, unfortunately,” Carpenter said. For much of the second game, it seemed as if the Lady Jays were on their re-
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Ripley’s Kelci Bowling returns the ball to Peebles last Friday night.
spective games. The two teams battled back and forth as each were playing a pretty crisp game. With the score tied at 16 apiece, Wright took the serve. A Bethany Perkins hit over and a Morgan Bahnsen push over for a point helped the Lady Jays to a 20-16 lead. But just as it looked like the Lady Jays were going to even the match at one game apiece, they stopped attacking the Lady Indians and the visitors took advantage. Two Annie McFarland service aces tied the game at 22, which forced Carpenter to call a timeout to right the ship. It was too later, however, as Wallace eventually tapped a ball over to wrap up a 2523 second game victory. “I think my girls go on the defense side instead of going on the attack,” Carpenter said of the second game. “Unfortunately, that’s been a problem for us.” The third game saw the Lady Indians get off to a strong start thanks in large part to the play of their tall hitters Wallace and Sidney Pell. The duo combined for six kills in the third game, as well as two other points at the net, as the Lady Indians jumped out to an 11-4 lead. But, again, the Lady Jays refused to give in.
When Wright took to the service line midway through the game, the Lady Jays trailed 14-9. Thanks to a Kody Gilkerson kill, a Perkins hit over and Wright ace, the Lady Jays tied the game at 14 apiece. “My girls give everything they’ve got,” Carpenter said. “(They) did do a good job getting some of (Wallace’s) hits up.” The Lady Indians duo of Wallace and Pell were simply too much for the Lady Jays to overcome. Pell and Wallace, respectively, recorded the final two points of the game on kills as the Lady Indians finished off the sweep of the Lady Jays. “Not having blockers at the net plays a part in letting them get the perfect hit,” Carpenter said. Though the loss added to ever growing pile of losses for the Lady Jays -- they have just one win, over Lynchburg-Clay -- they aren’t nearly as bad as their record might indicate. They’ve given strong efforts against some of the best teams the Southern Hills League has to offer but haven’t been able to pull out many victories. But their strong effort isn’t going unnoticed by opposing coaches or their own. “Our record,” Carpenter said,” is really no show to how we’ve played this year.”
Waits: Career in baseball gave him the opportunity to do many things CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 dream. He may not have played in games but he certainly was apart of the team. “From the time I was a little kid that's all I did was play ball. Of course, that was a dream,” Waits said. “I always said as a bullpen catcher, that was the next best thing.” It was a particularly good time to be the bullpen catcher for the Reds, too. During his nine years with the Reds from 1970-79, the team won 953 games, six division titles, four National League pennants and two World Series titles. He worked with some of the best players to ever to not only put on a Reds jersey but to pick up a baseball. His locker was right next to George Foster. Not too far away was Pete Rose and Joe Morgan. He worked with pitchers like Jack Billingham, Clay Kirby, Don Gullet, Tom Seaver -- who he warmed up before he threw his only nohitter -- and, as he called him, the ‘ornery’ Pedro Borbon. “Those guys, of course when you're winning that's a big thing. Everybody's happy. They'd come to the ballpark and their in a good humor,” Waits said of the group. “That's the No. 1 thing. Those guys really got along good. They really loved to agitate each other.” As obvious as it is that Waits enjoyed every second of his time with he Reds, it’s also obvious, he said as much, that he felt it went by far too quickly. While it may have went by far too quickly, Waits still has vivid memories of the time. Some of his favorite are from the 1975 World Series with the Boston Red Sox, of which he was there for all seven games as he traveled to
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Gary Waits stands in front of a wall of mementos in his home.
Boston with the team. He recounted how, during the three days of rain outs the Reds had to sit through in Boston, Anderson had to ask for directions at a gas station - in full uniform -- after the bus driver got lost heading to an indoor facility to work out. He said he can still see Carlton Fisk trying to wave his Game Six game-winning home run fair. His most vivid memory, however, was of what the scene was like after Cesar Geronimo caught the final out to wrap up the World Series title. “On that final game in Boston, I'm warming up somebody and, boom, they hit the fly ball to Geronimo for the third out. Those guys all take off. See, you gotta go all the way across the field clear to the dugout. Back then, the people just come down on the field,” Waits explained. “Anyway, all the other players and everybody was all gone. “I had to gather up a couple of balls and my jacket. By
the time I got out of that bullpen they was all the way ahead of me. Man, here there's guys grabbing for my hat. I had a ball in my glove there. He grabbed me and I finally gave him a ball. I kept on a running.” His time with the Reds also gave provided him with many other things. It was a boost to his real estate business as he helped many players find places to live, including a house in Williamsburg that Bench’s parents lived in for a short time. He even entered into a real estate partnership with Rose and Bench that lasted for nearly 20 years. He also got to meet many people he wouldn’t have otherwise, including country singer Loretta Lynn. He’s become close with Lynn over the years and got her to come sing the National Anthem and throw out the first pitch on the Reds Opening Day in 1990, his favorite memory of all. One of the best perks of the job, though, was that he became close with Rose.
The two lockered next to each other during Waits later years with the team and the two became friends. He would help Rose with things like throwing pepper to him before batting practice, helping him adjust to catching fly balls in right field and working on his throws from third base. Given their relationship, Waits felt very strongly about many things Rose related. But the one thing he felt is most important to bring up about Rose was his willingness to move from position to position to allow younger players the chance to play but still find ways to be great. He did, as Waits pointed out, make the All-Star team at five different positions. “I don't think he gets the credit for the way he stepped aside for these younger players,” Waits said. “Those other guys might not have even had a career. Things like that never get mentioned.” In case you were wondering, Waits doesn’t think Rose will get into the Hall of Fame
while he’s still alive. He knows that bothers Rose but he also knows that other things -- particularly his family having to visit him in prison -- hurt him much more. His connection to Rose went beyond baseball, though. It helped him do the things he may be most proud of -his charitable work. Once his time with the Reds was done in 1979, Waits started a celebrity softball team to raise money for the Ruth Lyon’s Children’s Christmas Fund. During the team’s run from 1979-1991, Waits and the team raised $500,000 for the charity. They would play local fire houses or knothole managers from around Cincinnati and Dayton -- they played at Riverfront Stadium twice -and provide food and other entertainment. Local television and radio celebrities like Bob Braun, Pat Barry, Gary Burbank, Bill Cunningham and Dennis Jansen as well as athletes like Rose, Oscar Robertson, Boomer Esiason, Anthony Munoz, Isaac Curtis, Dave Lapham and others would play. He decided to start the team after his daughter got toy from the Ruth Lyons fund one year and saw how much it meant to her. “Everybody would corroborate with that because it's all going for the kids in the hospital,” he said. “That's the reason it was a good thing.” Once he retired from his real estate business and from the softball team, Waits came back home to Mt. Orab, where he is still today. Though he retired from most of the things he did, Waits still tries to give back - mostly to Western Brown
High School. Almost a decade ago to the month, Waits held a fundraiser at Western Brown with Rose to raise money to improve the baseball facility. During the two and a half hour signing, Rose and Waits raised $15,000. “It was unbelievable to have Pete Rose come to Mt. Orab,” Western Brown athletic director Tim Cook said recently. “It was a great day. It was a lot of fun.” He hasn’t quit helping the Western Brown program, yet, either. Just this past spring he approached Cook about helping the Broncos put up a press box, something Cook had mentioned to him in the past. He donated $10,000 for the project. The press box is almost done and will be ready to go once the Broncos baseball team hits the field this spring. With the help of Waits, who has raised $25,000 for the project, the Broncos have a top notch facility for its student-athletes. “We feel like we have as great of facilities as any in this part of Ohio,” Cook said. Having his name on sign at the entrance of the baseball stadium is something that Waits is incredibly proud of. Just as much, if not more, than being honored in the Reds Hall of Fame. “I think it's an honor to me. I really appreciate it greatly. That's something my grandkids... when I'm gone that'll be there,” he explained. “Just like now, we're putting that new press box up. I was glad to do that. “Here in my hometown, like I say, it means a lot to me. I'm getting older. (I’m) retired. A person likes to be remembered for something and you hope it's a good thing.”
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MOWRYSTOWN-- Already a team lacking much experience beyond what they’ve garnered so far this season, the Eastern volleyball team was dealt a blow as they headed towards a Southern Hills League matchup with Whiteoak last Thursday evening. The Lady Warriors lone senior, middle hitter Jennifer Durbin, was injured the night before, Sept. 19, in a non-conference match with Northwest. For a mostly young team that has saw its share of ups and downs already this season, the Lady Warriors put up a strong effort but couldn’t overcome the abrupt changes that Durbin’s injury forced in a 3-1 loss. The Ladycats won 2517, 26-24, 18-25 and 2518. “We didn’t play our best,” Eastern coach Carmela Reeves said. “We had spurts of really good play. We’re missing our senior leadership. We had to change the positions and pull somebody up from the (junior varsity). They did well (but) they just haven’t had the time to gel.” The Lady Warriors came out playing pretty well. With the score tied at three apiece in the first game, Hannah Dotson took the serve for Eastern. Dotson, who was called up from the junior varsity squad to help fill in for Durbin, kicked off what was a very strong game with two aces to help the Lady Warriors take an early 6-3 lead. Whiteoak would quickly take the lead back and would go on to win after the Lady Warriors had a bad stretch in the middle of the game. Four straight Lady Warriors (6-10, 3-5 SHL) passing errors allowed the Ladycats to 19-12 lead en route to a 25-17 game win. “There were some inconsistencies,” Reeves said of the Lady Warriors passing and defense. “They have improved with that. Some games they’re spot on. Tonight we were just in spurts throughout the night.” The second game
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Old West Festival returns to Williamsburg on Saturday, September 29 through Sunday October 7, and every week-end in between, opening each day at 10 a.m. through 6 p.m., rain or shine. The cost is only $12 for adults, $6 for children 6 to 12, and children 5 and under are free. For more information visit www.oldwestfestival.com. MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 TOPS Chapter in Mt. Orab will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, October 1 at the Mt. Orab Public Library, 613 S. High St. Further information is available by calling Velvet Frye at (937) 444-7237. Aberdeen Village Council Meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 1, this meeting is open to the public. Buy-A-Brick project for the 9/11 Police, fire and EMS Memorial in Aberdeen, at a cost of $35 for a 4x8 brick with 3 lines of engraving or $75 for an 8x8 brick with 6 lines of engraving. For more information call (937) 795-2212. Eagle Township Trustees Meeting will be held at 7 p.m in Fincastle on Monday, October 1. This meeting is open to the public.
Hall. Please enter the back door. For more information call (937) 444-3877. Phileo Ministries Clothing Ministry will be open on Tuesday, October 2 and Tuesday, October 16 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. This event is a ministry of Tri-County Baptist Church, 110 Winchester Street in Sardinia. For more information call (937) 446-1416. Mt. Orab Village Council Meeting will be held at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Zumba Classes will be offered by Snap Fitness, 127 North Point Drive in Mt. Orab at 6:30 on Tuesday, October 2. These classes are for members of Snap Fitness as well as non-members. Please call (937) 444-5230 for more information. Yoga Classes will be offered by Snap Fitness, 127, North Point Drive, Mt. Orab at 7:30 p.m. at the center on Tuesday, October 2. Members of Snap Fitness as well as non-members are welcome. Please call (937) 4445230 for details. Al-Anon Family Group Sessions will be held on every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Mt. Orab Methodist Church on Church Street, off N. High Street. This group can provide support and information to families and individuals who know someone who suffers from substance abuse. For more information call Jean at (937) 444-3877.
TOPS Chapter in Sardinia will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, October 1, at Sardinia Church of the Nazarene on Sardinia-Mowrystown Road. Further information is available by calling Regina Davidson at (937) 446-3714.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter in Winchester will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 3 at Winchester Church of Christ in Christian Union, 1540 Tri-County Highway, Winchester. Further information is available by calling Bobbi Wilson at (937) 446-4662.
TOPS Chapter in Ripley will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, October 1, at the Ripley Church of the Nazarene, 230 North Second Street. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501.
Yoga Classes will be offered by The Hospice Center located on Hughes Blvd in Mt. Orab at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 3. For more information on this class please contact Jane Amiot at (937) 444-3446.
Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Monday, October 1, at the commissioners office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike in Georgetown. This meeting is open to the public.
Belly Dancing Classes will be offered Wednesday, October 3, from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m at the Hospice Center located on Hughes Blvd in Mt. Orab. For more information on this class please contact Jane Amiot at (937) 444-3446.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 Alcoholics Anonymous in Sardinia meets from 11 a.m. until noon each Tuesday morning at the Sardinia Town
Sit and Stitch will meet 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, October 3 at the Sardinia Public Library, 13309 Purdy Road, Sardinia. Anyone who is a cro-
cheter or spinner or who wants to learn, is invited to attend and bring a current project. Children are welcome. Further information is available by calling (937) 403-8481 or (513) 314-1656. Brown County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 3, at the commissioners office, 800 Mt. Orab Pike, Georgetown. The public is invited to attend. Jefferson Township Trustees Meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in Ashridge on Monday, October 3. This meeting is open to the public. TOPS Chapter in Aberdeen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 3, at the River Bend Apartments Community Room. Further information is available by calling Kaye Nichols at (937) 377-2501. Burger Bash Fundraiser, sponsored by the Western Brown (10-year-old) Pee Wee football team at the Mt. Orab Wendy’s Restaurant from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 3. Please come out and support the team. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 Kick-boxing Classes will be offered on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on October 4 at the Snap Fitness Center in Mt. Orab, 127 North Point Drive. These classes are open to members as well as non-members. For details call 4445230. Pike Township Trustees Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Rt. 774 on Thursday, October 4 and on Thursday, October 18. This meeting is open to the public. Financial Peace University Family Courses will begin on Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m. and run for 9 weeks at the Mt. Orab Church of Christ located at 400 Smith Avenue. The course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances. For more information contact Joe Strunk at (937) 444-2721. Dinner in the Decatur Park will be held on Thursday, October 4, October 11 and October 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. Dinner in the Park is sponsored by the “We Can Help Food Bank” and members of the community. For more information contact Kay Fry at (937) 378-3703. Legion Hall Bingo held each Thursday (including October 4 at 5 p.m. with the kitchen opening at 5:30 p.m. Ripoffs/Instants start selling at 6 p.m., the early bird bingo is at 7:15 and reg-
ular bingo begins at 7:30 p.m. Call Ed Fryman for more information at (937) 442-4704. Franklin Township Trustees Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in Arnheim on Thursday, October 4. This meeting is open to the public. Yoga Classes will be offered at the Snap Fitness Center in Mt. Orab, 127 North Point Drive beginning at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 4. These classes are open to both members and non-members. Call (937) 4445230 for more information. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, October 4, at St. Michael's Catholic Church, 220 S. High St., Mt. Orab. County Adams/Brown Alzheimer's/Dementia Family Caregiver Support Group will meet Thursday, October 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Adams County Regional Medical Center, second floor. For more information (937) 386-3590. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 The Haunted Hills at Magic Waters begins on Friday, October 5 and runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through October 28. Magic Waters is located at 7757 Cave Road in Bainbridge.** Tickets go on sale at 7 p.m., runs until 11 p.m. Sundays until 9 p.m. Call for group rates and specials, (937) 365-1388. Visit www.magicwaterstheatre.com for more information. 37th Annual Pumpkin Run Nationals will be held on Friday, October 5 and run through Sunday, October 7 at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville, US Rt. 50 and St. Rt. 132. For ‘Swap’ space please contact Joe Hererra at (513) 748-8404 or email pumpkinrun@msn.com. For a complete list of events visit the website www.pumpkinrunnationals.com. Free Knitting and Crocheting Classes at the Rambler Center (old Russellville-Jefferson High School) in Russellville will be held 10 a.m.-noon Friday, October 5. Anyone who would like information or a list of supplies or who wishes to register for the next group of classes may call Mary Kelch at (513) 734-2501 or (513) 543-3137. UPCOMING EVENTS Catholic Rural Life Conference of the St. Martin Deanery at St. Mary’s Church’s regular meeting will be held on Thursday, October 11, beginning at 7 p.m. The agenda includes further discussion of the farm bill and promot-
ing local nutritious food. The meeting is in Arnheim. For directions or more information call Pat Hornschemeier at (937) 378-4769 or (937) 378-4560. Jaymie Jamison Foundation of Hope Hike For Hope, benefiting the Hospice of Hope will begin and end at Merchants National Bank in Mt. Orab on Sunday, October 7. Mt. Orab Lions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 8 at the New Harmony Lodge, 110 South High Street. For more information contact Bob Richmond at (937) 444-4791. Hamersville Youth Basketball Association Deadline for sign up is set for Sunday, October 14 for grades 3 to 6. Sign up available on line at www.hjsasports.com. Cost is $50 for first child, $25 for additional child in a household and a $15 uniform fee. For questions contact Angela Shepherd at (513) 328-0986. Wilson Sroufe VFW Post 9772 Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 10 at the Pike Township Building on SR 774. All are invited to join. For more information contact Bill Cornetet at (937) 618-0325. Spook-Tacular Multi-Vendor Shopping Event will be held on Saturday, October 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Eastgate. Pick up early Christmas gifts. Vendors include “American Doll Clothes,” “Advocare,” “Lia Sophia,” “Pampered Chef,” “Tupperware” and many many more, all in one place. Brown County Board of Developmental Disabilities will meet for an ethics committee meeting and its regular scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, October 17 at 4:30 p.m. at the Mt. Orab Larosa’s Restaurant, 114 Glover Drive in Mt. Orab. The public is invited to attend. Fall Festival Heritage Festival, sponsored by the Brown County Genealogy Society will be held on Saturday, October 20 at the Georgetown Methodist Church located at the corner of Main and State Streets. For more information contact Donna Skinner at (937) 444-4188. Fourth Annual Wellness Walk, sponsored by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) in Clermont County will be held on Saturday, October 13. This event will take place at Veteran’s Memorial Park, located on the corner of Clough Pike and Glen Este-Withamsville Road in Union Township. For
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Property Sales Emma E. Black, etal to Max A. Sales, Jr., 15.76 acres of land in Byrd Township, filed 9-17-2012, $15,000 Randchar, Inc. to Michael S. and Brandi R. Miller, In-Lot 54 and In-Lot 55 in Midway Acres in Clark Township, filed 9-17-2012, $64,900 Tynia L. and Franklin L. Seipelt, Jr., to Springleaf Financial Services of Ohio, Inc., 2.82 acres of land in Franklin Township, filed 9-17-2012, $45,334 Robert M. and Kristin Leffler to Louis A. and Lisa K. Fender, In-Lot 2297 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Franklin Township, filed 9-19-2012, $235,500 Joseph and Brenda Clifton to Earl Barnes, 11.67 acres and 5.37 acres of land in Franklin Township, filed 9-13-2012, $35,000 Pam Kratzer to First State Bank, Lot 10 in Misty Meadows Sub., Green Township and 1 acre in Jackson Township filed 9-172012 Donna Slonecker to Bowling Family Investments, Inc., 1.50 acres of land in Green Township, filed 9-17-2012, $20,000 Wanda F. Campbell to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., .28 acres, (lot 13) in Grants Crossing Sub., Green Township, filed 9-172012, $96,000 Fenner Motel Partnership to Beverly Hills Inn, LA LLC, In-Lot 5, In-Lot 6, In-Lot 1, part of In-Lot 2, another part In-Lot 2, In-Lot 4 in Dundee Valley Sub. in Aberdeen and .91 acres of land in Aberdeen, Huntington Township, filed 9-172012, $318,000 Justin and Rachel Phillips to Justin Phillips, In-Lot 25 in Dundee Valley Sub., in Aberdeen, Huntington Township, filed 9-17-2012 Phillip Dunn Estate to Clayton W. Garret, 37.07 acres of land in Jackson Township, filed 9-182012, $215,000 Timothy Kemplin and Daniel Williams to Carla and Ched Weatherspoon, Lot 27, Lot 17 and Lot 18 in Greathouse Sub., Jackson Township, filed 9-19-2012, $140,000 Anthony J. and Louise G. Miller to Aaron and Debra Vicars, In-Lot 3248 in Lake Waynoka Sub., Jackson Township, filed 9-19-2012, $1,850 Roy Allen and Kirsten Adkins to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Lot 101 and Lot 102 in Russellville, Jefferson Township, filed 9-17-2012, $26,667 Painter Development Co., to Kathy Monroe/Kathy Williams NKA, Lot 3 in Rose Hill Acres Sub., Lewis Township, filed 9-13-2012, $30,000 Allen L. and Denise M. Hayes to Justin Hayes, 39.64 acres of
Common Pleas land in Lewis Township, filed 9-192012, $40,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., to Walter W. and Margaret L. Rodenburg, In-Lot 14 in Jan Lee Acres, Lewis Township, filed 9-142012, $35,000 Darryl and Bonnie Dick to Daniel M. Freese, In-Lot 1215 and In-Lot 1214 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Township, filed 9-13-2012, $387,500 Edward W. Moore to Edward W. Moore, In-Lot 488 and In-Lot 477 in Lake Lorelei Sub., Perry Township, filed 9-13-2012 State of Ohio and BSP Holding Trust to State of Ohio, 1.53 acres of land, Lot 10 in Perry Township, filed 9-19-2012 American Mortgage Service Company and John A. and Kimberly Dixon to Krista L. White, InLot 13 in Georgetown Acres Sub., and .38 acres of land in Perry Township, filed 9-13-2012, $104,000 Tabitha and Marlin Mahon Jr., to Bank of America, NA, 2.35 acres of land in Pike Township, filed 9-13-2012, $41,334 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Matthew L. Abbinate, InLot 8F (part) in Grand View Acres in Pike Township, filed 9-17-2012, $42,500 Nathaniel K. Hensley etal to Nathanel, Rachel, Caleb, Matthew, Michael, William A. II Hensley, on Church Property House Trailer, 1 acre of land, filed 9-17-2012 Linda Milakovich to Adam West, Lot 6 in Grant’s Landing Sub., II, Pike Township, filed 9-19-2012, $65,000 Christopher and Kelly Carrington to Kelly J. Montgomery, .33 acres and 1.92 acres of land in Pleasant Township, filed 9-14-2012 Keith D. thomas to Thomas Enterprises of Georgetown, 2.40 acres of land in Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed9-17-2012 Dewayne Sexton to Bank of America NA, .97 acres of land in Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed 9-13-2012, $45,000 William and James and Black Kattine to Clinton R. Kattine, Lot 162, Lot 163 and Lot 164 in Northland Sub., Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed 9-14-2012, $81,250 Nancy K. and Thomas A. Hanselman to Lonnie Lewis, In-Lot 5R whole in Fulton P. Park Sub., in Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed 9-17-2012, $59,000 Kenneth W. and Carey R. Gleckler to Eric P. and Nichele R. Myers, In-Lot 13 whole in Wills Sub., in Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed 9-17-2012, $97,000 Jeffrey and Dee Ann Edge and State of Ohio to State of Ohio, InLot 25 whole Blair Sub., in George-
town, Pleasant Township, filed 919-2012 Ellen Davis to Jordan R. Jones, Out-Lot 22 in Georgetown, Pleasant Township, filed 9-13-2012, $29,000 Bernice McKinzie to Schlabach Construction, LLC, .66 acres and 1.87 acres of land in Scott Township, filed 9-17-2012, $25,000 Wells Fargo Bank, NA to James and Tonja Bowens, In-Lot 9R in Anderson Sub II, Sterling Township, filed 9-13-2012, $52,000 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Jeffrey Powers, 1 acre of land in Sterling Township, filed 9-13-2012, $26,000 Christopher Bruce to Roy Fry, .31 acres of land in Sterling Township, filed 9-18-2012 Maxine and L.D. McCarty to Eva L. and David W. McCarty, 3.88 acres of land in Sterling Township, filed 9-19-2012, $25,000 Shannon L. and Terry M. Paul to Mark and Jennifer M. Crawford, .94 acres of land in Sterling Township, filed 9-19-2012, $21,000 Thomas W. Patten to Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, NA, 9.25 acres of land in Union Township, filed 9-13-2012, $24,000 State of Ohio and John C. and Merry K. Rigg to State of Ohio, Lot 71 in Eagle Landing Sub., Union Township, filed 9-19-2012 Marilyn S. Humphries to Fannie Mae, In-Lot 46 and In-Lot 45 in Trapp Addition in Ripley, Union Township, filed 9-13-2012, $45,000 Timothy C. and Candice E. Hubbard to Home America, LLC, .33 acres of land in Ripley, Union Township, filed 9-19-2012, $12,850
Marriages Jessica leigh Slover, 20, Sardinia, homemaker to marry Raymond Michael Smith, 21, Sardinia, farm worker, filed 9-132012 Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, 23, Sardinia, homemaker to marry Andrew Allen Harding, 29, Sardinia, manager juvenile, filed 913-2012 Kristin Barnes, 24, Fayetteville, Meijer to marry Taurean Jackson, 29, Fayetteville, Advantage Sales, filed 9-13-2012 Anna Katheryn McWilliams, 30, Russellville, factory to marry Eddie James Shoemake, 34, Russellville, factory, filed 9-142012 Edna Jean Mullins, 76, Bethel, retired to marry Nathaniel W. Brock, 77, Bethel, retired, filed 917-2012 Felica Elizabeth Bullock, 23, Fayetteville, homemaker to marry Zickrus Allen Young, 24, Fayetteville, pressman, filed 9-14-2012
CIVIL CASES Martina Newman versus Greg Helbling, case #20120905, filed 913-2012, Action: civil stalking Household Realty Corporation versus David W. Guess, case #20120907, filed 9-13-2012, Action: foreclosures Bank of America, NA successor versus Randy Moler, case #20120908, filed 9-13-2012, Action: foreclosures Lendmark Financial Services versus Clyde R. Kennard, Jr., case #20120909, filed 9-13-2012, Action: other civil Vic Allen Thomas versus Heather Meranda, case #20120910, filed 9-13-2012, Action: other TORTS (personal injury) Liberty Savings Bank, FSB versus Catherine M. Brown, case #20120911, filed 9-13-2012, Action: foreclosures Regional Acceptance versus Patty A. Webb, case #20120912, filed 9-13-2012, Action: other civil Ina Clark versus Chuck Klein, case #20120914, filed 9-13-2012, Action: civil stalking Carla Sue Pritchett versus Theophilus Martin Price, case #20120915, filed 9-14-2012, Action: civil stalking HSBC Bank, USA, NA versus Shawn King, case #20120916, filed 9-14-2012, Action: foreclosures Gladys R. Seminatore versus Douglas E. Home, case #20120917, filed 9-14-2012, Action: other civil (stalking) Gladys Seminatore versus Elizabeth Fay Heyne, case #20120918, filed 9-14-2012, Action: civil stalking Asset Acceptance, LLC versus Lori A. Bowen, case #20120920, filed 9-17-2012, Action: other civil Merchants National Bank versus The unknown heirs, Dievisee, case #20120922, filed 9-17-2012, Action: foreclosures Judith Varnau versus Brown County General Hospital, case #20120923, filed 9-17-2012, Action: other civil Citimortgage, Inc. successor versus Tim Hauck, case #20120924, filed 9-17-2012, Action: foreclosures Tifinie Brown versus Karey Dixon, case #20120925, filed 9-172012, Action: other civil (stalking) LVNV Funding, LLC versus Ray Felts, case #20120926, filed 9-182012, Action: other civil LAH Property Enterprises, LLC versus Patricia Riggs, case #20120927, filed 9-18-2012, Action: other civil Brown County Treasurer, Connie Patrick versus Howard Collett, case #20120929, filed 9-18-2012, Action: foreclosures Fannie Mae (Federal National) versus Beverly Hussey-Allison, case #20120932, filed 9-19-2012, Action: foreclosures
Brown County Treasurer, Connie Patrick versus Marcia Huff, case #20120935, filed 9-19-2012, Action: foreclosures First Source Bank versus Anthony L. Griffith, case #20120936, filed 9-19-2012, Action: foreclosures. DOMESTIC CASES Vicki Fannin, Sardinia versus Timothy M. Ballein, Sardinia, case #20120904, filed 9-13-2012, Action: domestic violence Douglas L. Williams II, Mt. Orab versus Amber Williams, Maysville, KY, case #20120906, filed 9-132012, Action: dissolution of marriage Maryann R. Brown, Mt. Orab versus William R. Brown, Mt. Orab, case #20120913, filed 9-13-2012, Action: dissolution of marriage Stephanie Gregory, Fayetteville versus Paul Gregory, Williamsburg, case #20120919, filed 9-17-2012, Action: domestic violence Jamie Combs, Georgetown versus Tracy Shouse, Georgetown, case #20120921, filed 9-17-2012, Action: domestic violence Samantha Burkhart, Mt. Orab versus Jason Cunningham, Ripley, case #20120928, filed 9-18-2012, Action: domestic violence Gregory B. Helbling, Georgetown versus Martina R. Newman, Russellville, case #20120930, filed 9-18-2012, Action: domestic violence Darrell Branham, Milford versus Sandra Branham, Fayetteville, case #20120931, filed 9-19-2012, Action: termination of marriage Lisa Tumey, Aberdeen versus Michael Tumey, Aberdeen, case #20120933, filed 9-19-2012, Action: domestic violence Sherry Cole, Mt. Orab versus Lee Wingfield, Mt. Orab, case #20120937, filed 9-19-2012, Action: domestic violence
Probate John H. Bachman, Sardinia, case #20121186, DOD 5-1-2012, filed 919-2012 Thomas Glen Day, Hamersville, case #20121182, DOD 8-30-2012, filed 9-17-2012 Norma Lee Jones, Georgetown, case #20121180, DOD 8-5-2012, filed 9-17-2012 Perry John Powell, Georgetown, case #20121184, DOD, 11-302011, filed 9-10-2012 Wendell R. Shivner, Ripley, case #20121185, DOD 1-22-2001, filed 9-19-2012 Eugene Sorrell, Russellville, case #20121183, DOD 6-4-2012, filed 918-2012 Marie K. Sullivan, Georgetown, case #20121181, DOD 5-7-2012, filed 9-17-2012
more information visit www.namicc.org. Rick Eagan Memorial Chili Supper is set for Saturday, October 27 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Brown County Fairgrounds in Georgetown. Cost for the meal is only $5 and can be purchased at Applegate’s Hardware Store, First Choice Video in Georgetown and at Fifth Third Bank in Georgetown or Russellville. For more information call (937) 515-0097.
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SATURDAY, September 29 “Cutie Pie” and “Cutie Pet” contest at Brown County Fair will be held on September 24-29. Registration fee is only $2.00. For a list of the rules and regulations contact Linda Allen, 325 West State Street, Suite 1 in Georgetown, 45121. For more information contact Allen at (937) 393-194, ext. 131.
Homecoming Fall Festival at Chatfield College will be held on Saturday, October 20 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in St. Martin, 20918 St. Rt. 251. This event features the Dedication of the Fr. Raymond Kammerer Library, tennis, cornhole, children’s games and story time. For more information contact Jessica Smith at (513) 875-3344 ext. 140. Diabetes Support Group, The Brown County Diabetes Coalition will meet on Monday, October 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Georgetown Methodist Church. Please try to attend. For questions call the Health Department at (937) 3786892. Russellville Community Action Planners (RCAP) will meet in regular session at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 15 in the Arts Council Room (102) at the Rambler Center. Everyone is welcome. Toot-n-Tell Reunion Party will be held on Saturday, October 13 at the Clermont County Fairgrounds. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. and the 50’s Dance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Music will be provided by Night Train, DG Don Stiles. Tickets are only $12 per person in advance or $15 at the door. For ticket information contact Richard Malott at (513) 724-7870 or Rita McQuitty at (937) 695-9022. Annual Craft Show at The Rambler Center in Russellville will be held on Saturday, November 3 from 9 to 4 p.m. For information on setting up a table, which are only $10, please call Mary Kelch at (513) 734-2501 or (513) 5433137. Breakfast and lunch will be served by members of Russellville Community Action Planners. Brown County Sugar helpers Group meeting will be held on Monday, October 8 at 6:30 until 8 p.m. at the Georgetown Methodist Church. The public is welcome. Reserve Space for Lake Lorelei Craft Show scheduled for Saturday, November 3 at the Clubhouse. This will be open to the public and tables are only $15 to set up. For more information or to obtain an application contact Gerry Harness at (513) 875-3851 Tri-State County Animal Response Teams (CART) training, CART Exotics Team overview and update instructors will be held on Tuesday, October 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Best Friends Pet Resort, 11216 Gideon Lane, Cincinnati. Visit www.tristatecart.com for more information. Craft Bazaar and Bake Sale sponsored by the Ripley United Methodist Women will be held on Saturday, October 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ripley Centenary United Methodist Church located at 110 N. Second Street. For more information contact Druann Kendrick at (513) 646-4984.
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Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District Board Meeting will be held at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, October 17 at the SWCD office at 706 South Main Street in Georgetown. For more information call (937) 378-4424. HIKE 4 HOPE-3-Mile Walk/Run through Mt. Orab will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 7. All ages and experience levels are welcome, $12 for adults, $10 for children, $25 for families. All proceeds will benefit Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley. For more information (800) 928-4848. ONGOING EVENTS “Bread of Life Food Pantry is currently accepting donations for it’s 4th season. The pantry opens for donations each 21st day of the month after 3 p.m. To make a contribution or donation at another time please contact us at (937) 444-3972 or (937) 4443440. We continue to collect. Southern Hills Tea Party meets each 4th Thursday of the month at the Ripley Library. The public is invited to attend. Helping Hands Please come shop with us any Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday from 9 a.m. until noon at 668 Camp Run Road in Georgetown. Senior Bingo will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each Monday at the Georgetown Nutrition Center. Please bring a $1 wrapped gift. A nutritional meal will be offered. HIV/Hepatitis C Testing is offered free by the Brown County Health Department by appointment only. The HIV test results are available within 15 minutes. To schedule an appointment call (937) 378-6892. Tuesday Community Bingo will be held every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Community Building in Country Place Apartments, located across from the Country Inn in Georgetown. Please bring a $1 gift and join in the fun. This is a free event. For more information contact Joy Gelter at (937) 483-4614.
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STUDENT DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST (212PV2339) The University of Cincinnati is currently accepting applications for a Student Development Specialist. Full time position to assist the Director with operational functions of the Upward Bound grant, including the following: recruitment and selection of high school students who are Upward Bound participants, written and oral public relations, communication with students, parents, schools and community agencies, coordination of student travel, enrichment seminars and career exploration, meetings with students to assess progress.
Are you a person that • Is civic minded and likes being involved? • Believes in the right to free, fair, open and honest elections? • Would like to make some extra money (Approximately $110.00)? • Meeting and making new friends? If you answered “yes” to these questions, the Brown County Board of Elections would like to recruit you as a poll worker.
Job Description: Under general supervision from a designated administrator, assist students with academic and career related concerns. Min. Quals.: Bachelor's degree with 1 year experience; OR associate degree with 3 years experience; OR 5 years experience. Experience must be in related field. Position Qualification: Bachelor's degree in education, counseling or a related field. At least 1 year of experience working with disadvantaged students in an educational setting, particularly low-income, first generation to college students, or educational advising experience. To apply for position (212PV2339), please see
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WANTED - Truck Driver, Tractor Dump trailer, regional, steady, year round work, out over night, good equipment & pay, must have Class A CDL, good record, pass drug test. Call 937-444-3717.
Diesel Mechanic - must have own tools, shop experience, CDL a plus & good driving record. Competitive wages, Health Ins./Retirement available. Call 937-444-3717.
BONUS $500 Sign on bonus Class A CDL with experience. Regional position, tanker endorsement a plus, not required. Percentage Pay, Company match Simple IRA, Vacation & Holiday Pay. Call 513-724-7140.
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200 - HELP WANTED INSPECTION ARBORISTSCLIMBERS Inspectors needed-Davey Resource Group, Div of Davey Tree. Full-time, Clermont County & Bethel, OH areas . Climbing & Inspecting trees for the presence of the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB). Climbing Experience Required--specific task training provided. Prevailing Wages paid. Valid drivers’ license required. Drug screen and E-Verify SS# verification required, EOE. Contact: Heather Reitano (216)246-3134, or send resumes to Heather.Reitano@davey. com. LOCAL AMBULANCE company looking for certified EMTs, Intermediate, & Paramedics. Please call 937-379-1404.
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CARE GIVERS FT/PT 2nd Shift No prior experience needed to work in our 8-client family home in Milford/Goshen area. You’ll help teach our developmentally disabled clients daily living skills. Our orientation is paid & our comprehensive training includes FA/CPR. With a HS diploma/GED; clean background check & acceptable driving record, you could be working immediately.
Community Concepts, Inc. is a drug free workplace Call: 513-398-8885 today & mention code: DCPC
200 - HELP WANTED SEMI DRIVER NEEDED 25 years old, clean CDL Class A with 2 years experience. OTR Flat bed. Home weekends. Call 937-446-1707. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Position available for Watershed Coordinator with the Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District. Minimum 2-year Associates’ Degree required in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Water Resources or related fields (a Bachelors’ Degree is preferred). Interested applicants should complete an application packet available from the Brown County SWCD office at: 706 S. Main St. Georgetown, OH 45121. Deadline 4:00 p.m. October 5, 2012
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937-444-0820 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Full-time Community Manager needed for 46 unit multifamily property located in Owensville, Ohio. Successful candidate will possess 2+ years of property management experience, preferably with a subsidized property. Will handle day to day duties including overseeing maintenance staff, marketing units for occupancy, processing bills and appropriate documentation for government subsidized programs. Salary depends on experience and includes benefits. Send resume, references and salary requirements to: Attn: Amanda Schilling Castle H.R. 830 Main St., Suite 300 Cincinnati, OH 45202 aschilling@CastleHR.com Fairfield Homes Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
WANTED: 23 People who want to get back on Track: Weight-Loss Challenge! Get back on track before Christmas. Join our next greater Mount Orab area Weight Loss Challenge, Thursday AM & PM (duplicate challenges). Biggest Weight loss winners earn cash, enjoy weekly prizes, weekly weigh-ins, 12 week duration with free personal wellness coaching. Learn healthy nutrition information in 30 minute classes. Starts October 4, call Sue for additional details and registration, 937-444-6161.
YOU CAN make a difference in the lives of Seniors by providing non-medical care in their homes. Companionship, lt. housekeeping, meal prep and personal care. Call Home Instead Senior Care 513-230-5111.
205 - EDUCATION INSTRUCTION FREE - CAREER DEVELOPMENT CLASS - ANYONE! 10/23/12 - 12/11/12 6 to 9pm Tuesdays and Thursdays Southern Hills CTC 9193 Hamer Road Georgetown Register: 937-378-6131
300 - APTS. UNFURNISHED 2BR, 1BA in Georgetown. C/A, heat, W/D hookup, stove, refrigerator & dish washer. Water/sewer included. $525/mo. plus $525/dep. No Pets. 937-213-3124. ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for 1, 2 & 3br, Equal Opportunity Housing, apply at Forest Glade Apartments, 9001 Airport Rd., Georgetown, OH, 937-378-4565. ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for Hamant Apartments, Senior Living. All 2brs, equipped kitchen, washer/dryer hookup, back patio & nice front porch in quiet area. Starting at $550 with 1yr lease. Water/Sewage/Garbage included. Deposit same as rent. Call 513-724-2841 or 513-313-8262. BATAVIA - 2br, 1ba, central A/C, wall-to-wall carpet, equipped eat-in kitchen, off-street parking. $500/mo. plus deposit. 513-561-4014. BATAVIA NICE clean 1br apt. with patio, FREE HEAT, $495 month, plus deposit, 513-732-0532. EFFICIENCY & TWO BEDROOM, MOVE IN NOW, nice size, A/C, lots of storage, single story. Call 513-724-3951. FELICITY GARRISON PLACE SENIOR APARTMENTS 62 & OVER Rent Subsidized Free Utilities Secure Bldg. On-site laundry Pets allowed
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GEORGETOWN - 2 & 3br apartments available for immediate occupancy. 2br, 1ba, c/a, all kitchen appliances, w/d hookup, $560/mo & util., $560/dep. 3br, 1.5ba, 1-car att. garage, c/a, all kitchen appliances, laundry room, $675/mo & util. $675/dep., 513-253-8170 or 513-616-3504.
NOW ACCEPTING applications for Georgetown I Apartments. Accepting Applications for 1 and 2 bedroom apartments at Georgetown Apartments, 401 Marshall Ave., Georgetown, Ohio 45121.
LYTLE TRACE Senior Apartments. 62 & over, rent subsidized, secure building, free utilities, on-site laundry, pets allowed. Call 513-724-3358. TTY 800-750-0750.
Apply at: 610 Markley Ave. Georgetown, Ohio 45121 or call for details at 937-378-6460. Stove, refrigerator and on site laundry. Possibility of rental assistance. Equal Housing Opportunity. TDD # 419-526-0466
MT. ORAB Candlelight Apartments 2br Townhouse Starts at $565 With discount. Visit our website: briarcreekproperties.com
or call 513-532-5291 or 937-515-3092 Ask about our student, senior & other discounts
MT. ORAB - 1br apartment w/balcony at $525/mo. You pay NO utilities. 513-739-5550.
MT. ORAB - 2br apartment, 1st floor, $395/mo., $395/dep., no pets. 937-444-2689. MT. ORAB, 2br, 1ba, washer/dryer, stove, refrigerator & water, $625/mo., $700/dep. 937-728-9694 or 513-310-4041. ONE BEDROOM in Fayetteville school district, washer/dryer hookup, newly remodeled, big yard, appliances, water included, references required, 513-520-3385. SARDINIA Efficiency, $350., some utilities paid. Also, 2br House $500, 3-4br house $600, no dogs, no smoking. 513-309-4349 or 513-309-4319.
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303 - HOUSES FOR RENT HAMERSVILLE, SENIOR CITIZENS GET 10% DISCOUNT! 3BR, 1ba, all appliances furnished. Absolutely no pets. Credit references, $695/mo. plus deposit and utilities. 937-392-6052 or 513-734-4460.
MT. ORAB area, 2br, 1ba, dining room, full kitchen w/nook, full basement, oil heat plus wood stove in basement, nice yard & garden spot, SW of Mt. Orab, $475/mo plus $475 deposit plus $100 water deposit, NO PETS IN HOUSE, RENT IS DOUBLED WITH A PET, 513-752-0828.
RED OAK area - 3br, 2ba doublewide w/wood burning stove, large yard, private setting, $675/mo. plus deposit. 513-578-3621.
307 - MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT 2BR, REMODELED, new appliances, private country lot in Georgetown, NO PETS!, $450 plus deposit, 513-583-0219.
3BR MOBILE home on .91 acres, CA, newer electric furnace, large room addition, $550/mo. plus deposit. 513-724-1315.
NEAR RUSSELLVILLE - 2br, 2ba w/kitchen appliances & utility room with W/D hookup, propane heat. $500/mo. plus deposit. 937-377-2135.
308 - OFFICE/BUSINESS SPACE FOR RENT COMMERCIAL BUILDING (40x60), all concrete floor, Mt. Orab-Williamsburg (Old 32) TriCounty Hwy, call 513-724-5478.
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303 - HOUSES FOR RENT 2BR, 1-STUDY, Beautiful Victorian style home, 2 porches, large deck, garage; in Goshen, 6 miles from 275 or Milford, $695/mo + utilities, good credit history, deposit required; 513-532-7560.
CROOKED CREEK Lane/Georgetown - Upscale 2/2/1 Duplex overlooking White Oak Creek, 14ft vaulted ceilings, appliances included, $675 + deposit. Phil 513-315-1897.
DUPLEX FOR rent, 2br, 134 South Front St., Williamsburg. Water, sewer, garbage included, NO PETS! $600/mo. plus $600/dep. Section 8 Welcome. 513-827-9816.
FAYETTEVILLE, 3-BEDROOM, 2-bath brick ranch, 2-car attached garage, new paint, floors carpet, stove, refrigerator, one acre on country road, $750 month, 513-673-0893, 513-835-6445.
WANTED Farm ground to rent for 2013 season & beyond. Call Jeff at 937-213-3909.
400 - HOUSES FOR SALE 3-4 BEDROOM, two bath home with 2 car detached garage, nearly 2 acre lot with potential building lot. House has central air, full basement with one car garage, above ground pool, large deck and wood burning insert fireplace. Sale of house will include oven, microwave, refrigerator, dish washer and washer/dryer, $105,000, Decatur, Ohio, call 937-373-0303. 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)
400 - HOUSES FOR SALE
4BR, 2.5BA on cul-d-sac in Lake Lorelei. Lake view, living room, family room, master suite, 2-car garage 20x12 attached workshop, .45ac. No money down - $729/mo P/I only. Call Mike Matti (513)767-6999.
LOVELY, WELL maintained country home. Newly remodeled, 3br, 2ba, 2275 sq. ft., on 2.4/ac., 937-444-2676, www.sharphome.com\ listing\view\130525
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BEAUTIFUL 50ACRES W/large rock lined creek & woods, great for hunting or farming. More or less acreage available. Bethel New Hope Rd. 1-mile from Clermont County line, Western Brown but close enough for Bethel.
Asking $199,500 Dan 513-734-6349 or 937-444-6925 (Smaller parcels also available) GOT A FARM? 45-ACRES, Fleming, Ky., tillable, hunting, $45,000 CASH, 1-20-acres, $300/down. 813-788-6644
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MT. ORAB - 1.846ac with large pole barn on Tri-County Hwy. Two septic systems and water already hooked up $45,000. Call Mike Matti 513-767-6999.
SARDINIA - BEAUTIFUL 8-acre property mostly wooded. Existing septic, driveway, water tap. $35,000 - Available for lease with option to buy. Call Mike Matti, 513-767-6999.
501 - CHILD CARE DAYCARE: HUGS & KIDS, LLC, 662 Willow St., Williamsburg, Dorothy & Stephanie Lewis, Managers - call 513-218-7471, 859-801-0125; OPENING August 2012, two blocks from elementary school.
504 - BUSINESS SERVICES
STORM DAMAGE roofing911.net 855-228-ROOF 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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600 - FURNITURE WASHER & dryer, heavy duty, $250 for both, living room set: like new couch, chair, coffee & end tables, $350 OBO. 937-444-5035.
606 - FARM MERCHANDISE J&M 250 bushel wagon with 8-ton running gear II L-15 floation tires running gear has a 13’ auger, wagon is very clean, never had any fertilizer in box, 937-446-3091.
611 - WANTED TO BUY I BUY left over Fuel Oil from people who have changed to a different type of heat, $2 a gallon Cash Paid at time of pickup. Call Dan at 209-770-3999. TOP DOLLAR PAID!! Cash for furniture, antiques, appliances, tools, fishing, jewelry, gold, silver, records, DVD’s, games, sports, pocket knives, more! ALMOST ANYTHING! 937-378-1819 or 937-378-2850
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MARK WANTS running, wrecked, dead cars and trucks. Now paying $150 - $400/cash for complete vehicles. FREE TOW! 937-446-3021 or 513-739-0774 FOR SALE 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, runs good, new tires, Derby potential, $800 OBO, call 937-728-0059. JUNKED, WRECKED unwanted autos, autos, trucks, motorcycles, etc., some towed free, cash paid for some. Call 513-734-1650
901 - SALES DAILY 9-10-12 to 10-7-12, 9am-5pm. Halloween & Christmas items & much, much more. Will be adding more items daily. 17242 Minnick Rd., Mt. Orab. 937-444-2913. FOR SALE - Garage full of yard sale items, one price takes all. For sale or trade for good running diesel pickup, 1954 Dodge Meadowbrook, 4dr sedan, beautiful & runs good. 937-364-6254. GARAGE SALE - Oct. 4th, 5th, 6th at 4682 Upper 5 Mile E. Rd., Mt. Orab. Small furniture, guns, glassware by box, lots of stuff. 2-miles off 68, 9-5pm, 2-seated Huffy bike. HUGE FAMILY Yard Sale every Fri., Sat. & Sun. from 9am-7pm at Holly Lanes on St. Rt. 125, Amelia. Lots of items for home, clothes for kids & adults, great prices. MOVING SALE: Items must go! Won’t fit in apartment. Chest freezer, $35, antique table w/6-chairs, leaf, hutch, buffet, $650 OBO, 1995 Dutchman camper, has appliances, $2300, oak color TV entertainment armoire, $150. 513-375-8651, if no answer leave message/number or 513-767-8710. OCTOBER 5TH, 6th, 7th: 9-5pm. Housewares & decorations, tools, clothes, books & more. 3-families. Caryl Acres Drive, Ripley (off US 68/Gardner Rd.).
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1308592- Sardinia - Starter Home/Investor Property. 2 bedroom, bath Ranch with great access to St.Rt.32. $43,500
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1311912- Western Brown Schools! Tucked away on a private creek lined 6+ ac lot. 4BD, 2.5 BA. Ready to move in! Full walkout bsmt, 30x30 det. garage. 30x15 back deck. Get ready to move!! $229,000 MLS#1318272 - 7 ACRE LOT in Sardinia Must See! Beautiful 7acre lot. Motivated Seller. Don't Miss Out! $56,000
1307706 - Zoned Residential/ Commercial! Located at the corner of St Rt 131 & SR 50, one minute from Fayetteville. Mins. to Blanchester, Milford, Mt. Orab. 24x60 Multi-purpose bldg. included. This home must be viewed inside & out. Picturesque location $124,500
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TI-F MUL 1243844 - Investment opportunity! Nothing to do but take over the rent roll!! Total renovation on all units. 4 different units! Elec & gas separately metered. Laundry facilities on site. Partial Bsmt. Fresh paint on exterior. $147,500
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1324847 - Mt. Orab - Location! Setting! Location! All Brick Ranch 100's of feet off of the road. 5 Acres! 3BD, 2BA. Supreme curb appeal! Sunken family rm, equipped kitchen, newer roof. 2 finished rooms in bsmt. 24x26 finished rm. in garage. 2 car bay also. Rolling woods on rear. $179,900
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1299751- Sardinia - 3.25 Acre Mini-Farm. Solidly built Ranch, well kept. 2BD, 1BA. 25x36 Log cabin w/stone FP & huge pot belly stove. 36x36 tobacco barn w/built in stall. Water outside barn. Fenced pasture. Hundreds of feet of road frontage. Close to SR32 on lightly traveled road. $99,900
1258238- Sardinia- 3BD, 2BA, Almost 1500 sq.ft. of open living area. Master BD suite. Dining Rm. & Equipped eat-in Kitchen. Large front deck & covered back porch. Affordable living seconds off St. Rt. 32. Back yard completely privacy & fenced. 2 car carport. $79,900
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YARD SALE: 6290 Lucas Lane, Hillsboro. Rocky Fork Lake area. Friday-Sunday, Sept. 28-30. 9a.m.-5p.m. Garden, mechanics, electric tools; Christmas items; and a lot more.
615 - MISC. FOR SALE 10FT. SHUFFLE board table, $100 in-home use; 6-person round soft sider hot tub, $1200; electric piano/organ combination, like new, $1200. 513-319-6600.
BEAUTIFUL WHITE Maggie Sottero wedding gown, size 8, never worn, $800 OBO
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Beautiful 4bdr 4 bath home in a peaceful & serene setting ~ Eat-in kitchen, formal DR, HWD flrs, NEW carpet, NEW lighting, Fin LL w/walk out.1st fl laundry; 4 car garage; office/study over dtchd garage; HUGE deck overlooks woods; Private drive; over 5acres w/creek!
Nichole Dugle, Realtor Cell: 520-5679 I-fax: 297-4358 www.NicholeDugle.com
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Generations For a free map of America's majestic National Park System,
Also, Chapel length veil never worn, $75 OBO For more information call:
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The Brown County Press - Sunday, September 23, 2012 - Page 21
RULH Superintendent shares thoughts
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BY Pat Kimble RULH Superintendent In my previous article, I shared with you some good things about the RULH School District. I also shared with you some not so good news. I did this for a reason. As our customers, you have a right to be informed about the good, the bad and the ugly – not just the good. As an example, one of the indicators on the local report card for the high school is “graduation rate”. In order for a school or district to earn this indicator, at least 90% of your graduating class has to do just that -- graduate from high school. So, let’s say that you take a freshman cohort/group of 100 students. By the time they receive their diplomas in four years, they must either be at least 90 in number, or you have to be able to verify what school they moved to before completing four years at Ripley High School. Unfortunately, we did not earn the graduation indicator on the 2012 LRC because our graduation rate was below 90%. Occasionally, students do not complete high school. While we are not pleased with this, sometimes there are situations that are beyond our control. That is why parental involvement is such an important key to all of this. When a student drops out of school, then everyone loses. So now, I would like to redirect you to some very positive things about our high school. I don’t have the time or space to address all of them, but I will mention a couple. The first pos-
itive program at Ripley High School that I would like to mention is a familiar one. It is our Marine Corps JROTC program. I have to wonder just how many young lives have been positively impacted by this program and its two wonderful instructors – Col. Rick Klinker and Sgt. Maj. Otis Kokensparger. These are two quality people leading a sizeable portion of our students through other school districts who have exercised their right to open enroll to Ripley simply because of the JROTC program. Indeed, that is the case again this year for at least one student. The RULH community is fortunate to have this program and its two leaders. Another program that I would like to mention is a relatively new one, and a growing one as well. It is our dual credit program. What does dual credit mean? It means that we can offer certain classes in our high school that not only can be counted toward graduation/high school credit, they can also count for college credit. Currently, we have articulation agreements with both Maysville Community and Technical College, as well as Wright State University in the Dayton area to offer certain dual credit classes to eligible students. The dual credit courses we are offering this year from MCTC are English Composition 101 and 102, Human Ecology, and Humanities. All of these classes are primarily for junior and seniors. From WSU, we are able to offer Spanish 103 and 204, which are for juniors and
seniors. We also have a dual credit class called Earth Systems that is available to any high school student. At this time, we do not offer any dual credit classes from Southern State Community College, but this could change in the future. A couple of our present dual credit classes are actually taught by someone offsite from our high school and facilitated by our own staff. Your school district and the staff members involved with these efforts are to be commended for their efforts to provide the very best for our students. We are so fortunate to be able to present these opportunities for our students. A special thanks to Mr. Russ Curtis, Mrs. Angela Gray, and Mrs. Susie Skinner for their efforts to bring dual credit programs to Ripley High School. As well as, those educators in our district who are willing to branch out and try new things. Now, we aren’t perfect. We do make mistakes form time to time. One thing, however, that is a constant is our desire to provide the best possible comprehensive educational program that we can for our students and parents. It is an ever increasing challenge given our stagnant and/or decreasing operating funds. But, we accept this challenge and we thank you for giving us the opportunity to work with you through the children that you entrust us to serve. Thank you. If you have any questions about this article, please feel free to contact me at (937) 392-4396.
Housing industry showing uptick in Clermont County Builders and developers hopeful for what lies ahead BY Kristin Bednarski The Brown County Press Great things are starting to happen in neighborhoods throughout Clermont County. Trucks loaded with lumber and concrete are driving in, construction crews are becoming regular sights, and houses are being erected piece by piece. Builders, developers and zoning officials throughout the county agree, there has been positive activity in the housing market, especially in the past year. “We are really seeing traffic in our doors,” Dan Tartabini, vice president of sales at M/I Homes, said. “And an increased confidence in the traffic.” Tartabini said his company is seeing an improvement in sales throughout the developments they have in Clermont County including areas of Wetherby Farms, Ivy Trails, Liberty Crossing and more. He said buyers seem like they are more prepared to make a decision, they aren’t as worried about losing their job and they know it is a good time to buy a home. “The time for buyers to buy is now,” Tartabini said. “We are feeling that for probably the first time in a while, buyers are getting that message and beginning to make a move.” Tartabini said he believes another thing fueling activity is the fact that interested home buyers who had to sell their home first have been able to do so. Tartabini said their sales have continued to improve, and the last month has been the best month they have had in the past year. Carolyn Rolfes, president of Potterhill Homes, said she feels the worst part is over for the housing industry. “I think the bleeding has stopped,” Rolfes said. “Next year we anticipate a slight increase in the market.” Rolfes said she believes that Potterhill Homes and other select builders were able to pull through the worst of the economic recession because they found
a niche in the market. “In the last year I would say you’re starting to see the builders who have made it through this are builders who have hunkered down and worked on their core values and strengths,” Rolfes said. “More niche building is going on.” Rolfes said at Potterhill Homes they are focusing their efforts on energy efficiency. “We’re confident we can guarantee the lowest energy bills,” Rolfes said. Potterhill Homes featured their Zero Energy Home at Homearama, a home show that was held for the first time in Clermont County this year. She said showcasing the home in Clermont County enabled thousands of residents to see their product, hear their story and get to ask questions. “It helped us get our message out,” Rolfes said. “It created a buzz for us and probably others too.” Hal Silverman, the developer of the Homearama subdivision, Willows Bend, and president of Hal Homes, said since the home show they have sold 15 homes in the development. “A lot of people had been waiting on the sidelines and decided to move forward,” Silverman said. Silverman said he believes a number of the sales are related to Homearama, and he said low interest rates buyers have been able to get has also helped. “Those rates have helped people that were on
the fence,” Silverman said. Cory Wright, zoning administrator at Union Township, agreed that with lower interest rates and adjusted land prices and home values, now is the time to buy. “I think that is driving it,” Wright said. “And I think the foreclosure inventory has burned off. I think all of those things have been having an impact positively.” Wright said their building permits within the township have increased. He said last year hey had 94 permits total. He said this year they have already surpassed 90 permits. Dan Dressman, executive director of the Home Builders’ Association of Greater Cincinnati, said the same has been true for the market across the Greater Cincinnati area. “I think we’ve seen a steady improvement across the region,” Dressman said. Dressman said people have been able to sell their homes and know that it is a good time to buy a new home. Dressman likened the improvement in the industry to baseball. “We’re not hitting it out of the ballpark at this point, but we are getting some singles,” Dressman said. Dressman said he is hopeful things are just going to get better. “I think over the last couple years we’ve started to see an improvement that has started to solidify,” he said. “It’s not hit or miss. We think it is here to stay.”
Seip family reunion a great success The 37th Annual Seip Reunion was held Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the home of Donald and Ann Seip on Delhi Arnheim Road. This reunion was previously held in August, but due to the extreme heat in the Ohio Valley during this season, the family decided to postpone this reunion for one month. There were 88 family members and friends in attendance which included 4 family members from Indiana who were descendants of Fred and Tamer (West) Seip. Fred and Tamer had one son, Bert Seip, whose daughter, Mary, was in attendance. They enjoyed meeting all their family
members that they had never met before. The remaining family members were descendents of the children of William and Edith (Tumbleson) Seip along with some friends. This included: 12 from the Russell Seip family; 9 from the Chuck Seip family; 8 from the Thelma Seip (Lindsey) family; 22 from the Emma Seip family; 16 from the John Seip family; 12 from the Donald Seip family; and 5 from the Earl Seip family. The next Seip Reunion will be held Sunday, September 8, 2013 at the home of Donald and Ann Seip. All family members are invited to attend.
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Congresswoman Jean Schmidt recently received the Guardian of Small Business award from the National Federation of Independent Business, which cited her outstanding voting record on behalf of America’s small-business owners. “The record shows that Representative Schmidt is a true champion of small business, having stood strong on the key smallbusiness votes in the 112th Congress,” said Dan Danner, president and CEO of the federation. “This award reflects our members’ appreciation for supporting the NFIB progrowth agenda for small business,” Danner added. The owners of small businesses “pay close attention to how their lawmakers vote on the issues affecting their businesses and employees, and stand by those who stand for them.” Congresswoman Schmidt said she was honored to receive the award, which was presented to her in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. “I’ve helped manage a family business, so I recognize the challenges that small-business owners face and the important role they
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Dan Danner presents Rep. Jean Schmidt with Guardian of Small Business award
play in providing jobs in Ohio’s Second Congressional District,” Congresswoman Schmidt said. Congresswoman Schmidt recently co-sponsored bills designed to reduce federal regulations on businesses, including the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act, which makes it
easier for small businesses to borrow money and create jobs. She also hosted the Start-Up Summit in Clermont County last fall, which brought together more than 200 people interested in learning how to launch and expand a small business.
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Fair opens to record crowd, king and queen named day because that’s when all the senior citizens get into the fair for a discounted price.” Barricklow said the Aaron Tippin show on Tuesday night was also well attended and brought out a lot of people. “Aaron Tippin is known for his generosity and his patriotism,” she added, “while he was on stage he put together a bicycle. He’s actually an engineer by trade. Then a local marine came up on stage and Tippin donated the bicycle to the Toys for Tots program. “He’s really a great guy.” Barricklow said the rain slowed things down a little bit, but all in all it’s just another great year for the “Little State Fair” in Georgetown.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for the fair board, this years fair opened to a huge crowd. “Spectator of the parade was huge, “Barricklow said. “We’ve been very fortunate this year as far as the weather is concerned. “Wednesday night got a little scary when a bad storm rolled in during the cheerleading competition. We only had one team that did not get to compete, the lightening just got too bad. And one tractor didn’t get to participate in the tractor pull because of the weather. But all in all they were still great contests and everyone enjoyed them. “The horse shows have been well attended, and Thursday is always a great
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Georgetown High School Marching Band
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4H Clubs from across the county participated in this years Fair parade which opened the fair. Shown here are the Barn Busters 4H Club.
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Western Brown High School’s Mya Schafer on the Keyboard Xylophone and Robyn Jackson, Flags.
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The Village of Mt. Orab was well represented at the 2012 Brown County Fair with several entries from its fire department including this ladder truck.
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Nearly all the school bands took part in the 2012 Brown County Fair parade. Shown here are members of the Western Brown Marching Band.
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New Beginnings Chapel’s Noahs Ark Float
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Tristen Cahall (right) is a member of the Ripley Day Hill Dirt Kickers 4H Club. He is shown here with the goat he is showing this year. With him is fellow 4H Club member Levi Troutman.
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Hamersville Fire Department’s Eric McKinney riding a dirt bike.
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2012 Brown County Fair Queen Caty Fussnecker and King Dustin Yockey.
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2012 Grand Marshal Becky Cropper.
Two year old Zurie Nichols, Mt. Orab, enjoys a corn dog.
Photos by Kelly Day and Martha B. Jacob
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