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Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab at 154 Health Partners Circle, Mt. Orab, is owned by Mercy Health Partners of Cincinnati and may be reached at (937) 444-4000.

The Grand Opening of that new MHP building was held July 30, 2009, with the facility at Brooks-Malott Road and State Route 32 being open to patients on Aug. 1, 2009.

The facility is closely associated with Mercy Hospital Clermont in nearby Batavia. At the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held this past July 30 at the facility, MHC President/Chief Executive Officer Gayle Heintzelman opened the program by saying, “It is with great pleasure I welcome you to the newest member of our Mercy family – Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab.”

Mercy Medical Center offers emergency care 24 hours per day, seven days per week. It also offers an Outpatient Imaging and Diagnostic Center including Computed Tomography (CAT) scans, electrocardiograms (EKG), X-rays, blood draws and laboratory services.

The new Medical Center’s emergency care services apparently have been used a lot in the seven-plus months since its opening this past summer.

Medical Center Nurse Manager Angie Gilkerson, R.N., said the staff has seen a lot of high acuity patients such as those with

officers in each location.

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Notes On The Cover Photography All of the buildings shown on the cover opened in August 2009. The top picture includes the two buildings on the new medical campus in Mt. Orab. Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab is at left, and the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building is at right.

The new Fayetteville-Perry High School in Fayetteville is in the center photo, and the new Eastern Local High School near Macon is in the bottom photo.

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strokes and heart attacks.

“We are seeing a lot more patients than expected, and things are going really well out here,” Gilkerson said in a March 4 interview.

In an interview this past summer, Gilkerson said the facility truly was amazing with eight Emergency Room beds, a Nurses’ Station, a waiting room, and full imaging and diagnostic services.

In her March 4 interview, Gilkerson said the staff has had a lot of successes in treating patients with medical emergencies and mentioned there were a wide variety of medical emergencies that have been treated.

In an interview that same day, Patty Tomley, Mercy Health Partners East Side director of Business Development, commented about Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab, “We’ve really been excited about it and happy about how much it is being used.”

Tomley said the new facility made staff adjustments (added more people) to cover the volume of patients that ended up coming there for services. “It really makes us feel good knowing there was a need for the service and we are able to fulfill that need.”

Fred Hansen, who served as a Mt. Orab Village Council member last year, said at the council meeting on Aug. 11, 2009, only 10 days after the Medical Center had opened, he had been informed by a employee of that facility an additional nurse had to

be hired there because the facility’s workload had gotten to be so great.

The new facility encompasses more than 10,000 square feet, according to MHP, and includes a heliport where helicopter ambulances may land and take off. It is a facility aimed at saving patients’ lives and stabilizing them before sending them off to other facilities, including MHC, for longer stays and is not meant to be a facility where patients stay overnight.

One of the most positive results of the Mt. Orab facility is how it has helped the Mt. Orab Life Squad in its turnaround time in transporting emergency patients. Mt.Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford reported that news at the Mt. Orab Village Council’s Aug. 11 meeting.

Turnaround time refers to how long it takes for an ambulance to deliver an injured or seriously ill person to a hospital or other medical facility for treatment and then go to pick up another injured or sick person needing transportation to a medical facility.

At last summer’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Lunsford mentioned about how five or six years previously, he had talked with Mt. Orab Fire Chief Lisa Reeves, who also oversees the Life Squad in that village.

Reeves reportedly mentioned how the Life Squad was making so many runs to a lot of hospitals, it was needing a second shift of personnel.

The mayor added that had got-

ten him to thinking about how Mt. Orab needed its own Emergency Room, and he met with several health providers from the Cincinnati Area about possibly obtaining such a facility for Mt. Orab. Those inquiries eventually resulted in the new Mercy Medical Center.

“Catholic Health Services and the Mercy System stepped up to the plate and did what we thought was needed,” Lunsford told the estimated 250 to 300

people at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.

He said the Mt. Orab Village Council, the Mt. Orab Port Authority and the Mt. Orab Board of Public Affairs had all been involved in bringing the new medical facility to Mt. Orab.

The Mt. Orab mayor added Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab “will mean the quality of life for people in this area will be so much better”.

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Sally Meyer, a computerized axial tomography (CAT) scanning technician, demonstrates the reading of CAT scan images on a computer to Sterling Township residents David and Betsy Sharp, left, and Kathy Glover-Grever, Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab director of Development, at the Medical Center’s Open House held for the public on July 31, 2009.

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The Classic Closet celebrates 7 years The Classic Closet is in its 6th year of serving the area as the only Upscale Consignment Shop.

We have grown each year by consigners who have brought great name brands for resale for all ages. Toddlers and children can choose between name brands such as Talbot’s Kids, Rothschild, The Children’s Place, and

Gymboree. Teen name brands include Aeropostle, Limited Too, Abercrombie, Hollister, and American Eagle. Ladies include Talbot’s, Chico’s, Ralph Lauren, Christopher & Banks, and Coach.

The men have choices such as Tommy Bahama, Polo, Columbia, Levi and Carhartt.

We have now added Attic

Accents, a room filled with Antiques, Primitives and Collectibles.

The antiques include Rookwood, Roseville, and McCoy to name a few. There are collectibles of Fenton, Waterford, Longaberger and many other hard to find items.

Primitives new and old, dolls, baskets, stars, wreaths, garland and many decorative items. We

have Crossroads and Candleberry candles, Wind & Willow dips and cheese balls, Cream Candy, MailWraps, UK and Ohio State items, plus many, many more.

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New consigners are always welcome. Please stop in to see how it works or just to

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The clock indicates it is nearly 4:10 p.m. this past Sunday, Feb. 28, at the new Merchants National Bank branch on South Main Street in Georgetown. The building formerly housed a Citizens National Bank of Higginsport branch, which Merchants National Bank acquired in 2009 along with Citizens National Bank of Higginsport branches in Higginsport and Batavia.

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Many Social Activities Held Last year also included many social activities in Georgetown including the third season for the Courthouse Square Open Air Market in downtown Georgetown.

Open Air Market Committee President Selma Pitzer said the market, which was held on Saturdays during warm months, offers local farmers and crafters a free place to sell their goods to the public.

The committee also sponsored a Father’s Day Car Show, a Patriotic Pooch Parade, an Ice Cream Social, a combination Quilt Show and Chili Cookoff, and a Ghost Tour and Dinner. The committee as well successfully brought in performers for four Concerts On The Square in front of the Brown County Courthouse on four summer Thursdays.

The Downtown Georgetown Merchants sponsored a Hometown Christmas Celebration complete with Santa Claus this past Nov. 14, and the annual sixday Brown County Fair during the early fall brought tens of thousands of visitors to Georgetown to the biggest social event held annually anywhere in Brown County.

This year’s Brown County Fair Parade, which always attracts thousands of onlookers along its route from Georgetown JuniorSenior High School to the Brown County Fairgrounds, was reported to be the largest ever with one hour and 45 minutes being required for all the units to leave their starting positions at GJSHS and other nearby areas.

The 13th Annual U.S. Grant Celebration, which celebrates Georgetown’s most famous historic former resident, 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, drew scores of Grant and Civil War history enthusiasts in late April and was successful with the most popular event being a re-enactment of an historic Confederate military raid of Georgetown in 1863.

Eastern District gets new high, elementary schools R’ville Elementary is renovated, new middle school being planned

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press The Eastern Local School District celebrated the beginning of the 2009-10 School Year with the opening of a new Eastern Local High School near Macon and a new Sardinia Elementary School in Washington Township.

Dedication Ceremonies and Open Houses were held at both schools this past Aug. 20.

Both structures are significantly larger than the ones they replaced.

While District Treasurer Kevin Kendall reported the old ELHS building encompasses 65,857 square feet and the old SES building 36,295 square feet, District Project Supervisor Bill Mullins said the new ELHS covers a little more than 92,000 square feet and the new SES a little more than 45,000 square feet.

Improvements Reported Mullins reported on some improved changes at the new schools compared to their former structures including the fact both have air conditioning which they previously lacked.

He said the new ELHS is heated and cooled using geothermal energy from the earth, which should help reduce the district’s electric bills.

The new high school has wider hallways because lockers are all located on just one side of those hallways.

Mullins reported that school’s band and vocal music rooms are designed for an “acoustic sound” that will not echo. He said the vocational agriculture classroom has greatly increased space compared to the former ELHS, and all classrooms with laboratories are all much nicer in the new school.

Both new schools have better cabinets and storage space in classrooms, and some rooms are bigger at the new high school than they were at the older building.

Both new buildings have dimmable lights in classrooms and daylight sensors so lighting from outside will give those rooms the potential to save up to 75 percent of the electric costs from what the district paid in the old buildings, the project supervisor mentioned.

He referred to the sound systems in the new ELHS’ gymnasium and cafeteria as being “phe-

nomenal” and the lighting system on the stage in the cafeteria as being of “performance quality”, adding, “It is far better than anything we have ever had.”

Acoustics in the SES gymnasium, cafeteria and stage also are improved from what they were in the former school, Mullins reported.

Security features at the new buildings should improve students’ safety, according to Mullins. There is a system allowing staff members to use electronic cards to gain access to the schools, and if a card should be lost or stolen, the district simply will take information out of a pertinent computer system so no one else may use that card.

There also are two sets of double doors at each building to strengthen students’ security. One set will allow visitors into the office area, but then some buttons will have to be activated to allow visitors into the other part of the school including classrooms.

There also is new external lighting at both schools, Mullins said, which will serve visitors at night events well while in the past there has been little or no such lighting.

He said computers will control a lot of the new schools’ operations including card entry access, security, heating, ventilation, air

conditioning and some flashing school signs on the highways near the schools.

Superintendent Comments ELSD Superintendent Alan Simmons said overall comments about the new schools have been positive.

“The new facilities provide us with an opportunity to give our students the latest technology and a comfortable and safe environment,” Simmons said.

The superintendent also said the upgraded facilities demonstrate the district’s continued commitment “to provide all that is possible to our children and our future”.

The new schools became possible after district voters passed a bond issue and tax levy in November 2005. With the district’s passage of that ballot measure, the State of Ohio through the Ohio School Facilities Commission contributed the majority of funding for the schools.

Mullins reported the overall cost of the new ELHS as being $18,352,998 with OSFC paying $14,881,545 and the overall cost of the new SES as being $9,725,355 with OSFC paying $8,172,508.

The bond issue also included renovation money for Russellville

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Save energy, save money with insulation from Kibler Lumber FEDERAL TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE Homeowners throughout southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky are opening their fuel bills and saying, “WOW!” The recent winter weather has sent home heating costs spiraling upward.

“Area residents can reduce heating and cooling bills by insulating with fiberglass insulation,”

according to Kibler Lumber store manager Randy Colliver.

“Adding attic insulation is the number one way to improve your home’s energy efficiency,” continued Colliver.

Kibler Lumber’s Installed Insulation division has been servicing local homeowners and builders since 2000. They are equipped to install attic insulation, spray-on wall insulation and

fiberglass batts.

The crew is managed by Tony Fultz who has more than 20 years in the building materials industry.

“All our Guardian Fiberglass residential products are ENERGY STAR labeled,” reported Fultz.

“This signifies that these insulation products meet or exceed the strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and US Department of Energy. Products with the ENERGY STAR label help reduce energy bills and improve home comfort,” according to Fultz.

“And now, recently enacted law includes a homeowner federal tax credit incentive up to 30 percent of the cost of qualifying insulation products to a maximum of $1,500 per household for tax years 2009 and

2010,” stated Fultz. “It’s a perfect time to consider adding to

one’s home insulation,” concluded Fultz.

Moler Raceway Park offers Friday racing entertainment In addition to insulation, the $1,500 federal tax credit applies to qualifying door, window and roofing products. “All products that we sell at Kibler,” said Colliver with a smile. “It’s all about saving America energy and saving the homeowner money. Now is the time to take a look at improving your home’s energy usage with,” suggests Colliver.

Kibler Lumber is headquartered at 665 E Main Street, Mt Orab, and has additional locations in Wilmington and Hillsboro, OH, and Maysville, KY. The local family-owned lumber and building materials supplier has been doing business throughout southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky since 1895.

Moler Raceway Park, 2059 Harker-Waits Road, Williamsburg, is owned by Kevin and Kim Moler and opened for business in 2007.

The Sterling Township business is a car racing and entertainment complex with events scheduled every Friday night March 26-Oct. 1. It is considered the Midwest’s Fastest Quarter Mile Dirt Oval.

Class sponsors include Sunesis Construction, Holman Motors, Mt. Orab Ford and U.S. Race Gear, and vehicles that race on a regular basis include Sunesis Construction Late Models, Mt. Orab Ford UMP Modifieds, U.S. Race Gear Street Stocks and Holman Motors Chevettes.

Moler Raceway Park also has various other classes making appearances throughout the year including the Winged Mini Sprints, 360 Sprints, C.J. Rayburn’s NASRA Services and

many others.

Friday, March 19, will be an open practice, weather permitting, that is free to the public with pits being $10. Gates will open at 4:30 p.m.

An upcoming event noon-5 p.m. Saturday, March 20, is the Race Car Exposition at Holman Motors in Clermont’s County’s Eastgate area. That will be held rain or shine, and those planning to bring their car(s) to that event are asked to e-mail molerrace waypark@aol.com.

Some upcoming Moler Raceway Park events on Fridays are as follow: • March 26: Holman Motors Opening Night, Chevettes $1,000 to win. All Chevettes are welcome plus Late Models, UMP Modifieds and Street Stocks. The rain date is Friday, April 2.

• April 2: Regular show, LM, Mods, SS and Chevettes.

• April 9: Brown County Chamber of Commerce Night (Chamber members bring business card for drawing), UMP Modifieds, Street Stocks, Late Models and Chevettes.

• April 16: LM, SS, UMP Modifieds and Chevettes.

• April 23: Street Stock Special $600 to win, Late Models, UMP Modifieds and Chevettes. Kids Night with foot races on the Front Stretch, children 0-15 admitted free.

• April 30: Mt. Orab Ford UMP Modified Special, Modifieds $1,000 to win, Late Models, Chevettes and Street Stocks. Darf Night, Darf members free with rain date being May 28.

• May 7: Mom’s Night at the Races – Powder Puff, LM, UMP

Modifieds, SS and Chevettes.

• May 14: Third Armed Forces Night – Freedom Fighters 40, Late Models $2,000 to win, SS, Chevettes and Modifieds. All military members in uniform or with identification will be admitted free.

Moler Raceway Park’s complete 2010 Schedule is available on the park’s website at www.molerraceway park.com.

Gates open for all Friday events at 4:30 p.m. with Hot Laps at 7 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

General admission for regular shows is $13 for adults with children 7-15 admitted for $5 and 6 and younger free and pits being $25.

General admission for special shows is $15 for adults with chil-

dren 7-15 admitted for $5 and 6 and younger free and pits being $30.

Anyone desiring further information may call Moler Raceway Park at (937) 444-6215.

“We would like to thank all our class sponsors as well as our general sponsors L&M Performance, Rock Auto, L. Wood and Son, Jody Shannon, Gray’s Used Auto Parts, Coca-Cola and C103 FM, who does several live broadcasts throughout the year,” Kevin and Kim Moler. “And a special thank you to all our volunteers and staff.”

The Molers added, “Please support those who support our sport and let them know we appreciate them. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you all soon!”

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Elementary School. The RES renovations were completed mostly during the summer of 2008, Mullins said, and primarily consisted of a mechanical system overhaul with air conditioning added to that building.

Work included new air handlers and univents, fire alarm upgrades, a new phone system, new servers and wiring for the computer system, and improved fire protection with overhead sprinklers. That renovation cost $4,803,285 with OSFC paying $4,130,825.

Simmons said the RES renovations also included a resurfaced parking lot and new outdoor lighting.

Principals Comment Along with the arrival of a new ELHS building this past August came a new high school principal, Jennifer Grimes, a 1990 ELHS alumna.

“What stands out to me (about the new school) is how the staff and students enjoy the new building and the new technology avail-

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able,” Grimes commented.

She said classrooms are significantly larger at the new high school than at the former one, and hallways are wider. Grimes said teachers are taking advantages of the storage space and technology in their classrooms and added she likes the new school’s color scheme (with the school colors red and white with black accents).

Michael Bick served as principal at the old SES building in Sardinia for seven years and began his eighth year as SES principal this past August in the new elementary school.

In an interview following the Aug. 20 Dedication Ceremony at the new school, Bick commented, “I am happy and proud to have this nice building for the children of Eastern Local Schools.”

He noted how the new SES is cleaner, bigger and cooler than the old building, which had lacked central air conditioning.

In an interview this past February, Bick also said the new school is brighter than the old building, has wider hallways, and

has a better loading and unloading area for buses on the east side of the building with drop-off and pickup zones for parents out front, making the overall drop-offs and pickups of students much better than at the former SES. RES Principal Susan Paeltz, who is in her eighth year at the helm of that school, had a lot of praise for that school’s renovations, which were completed last year, and said she was happy with the work done at that building in Russellville.

Paeltz said she liked the “much needed” air conditioning, an improved speaker system, and the new cafetorium (a cafeteria that doubles as an auditorium for school programs) and gymnasium.

She said the parking lot is much nicer now and also reported, “I think the staff and students enjoy the new carpet.”

And she said she was happy classrooms received new furniture. “Yes – we really needed that badly.” continued on page 10

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Historical re-enactor Ernie Parnell portrays Captain Frederick Kautz in a program held Sept. 13, 2009, at the Ohio Tobacco Museum in Ripley. Kautz was the owner of the farm near Higginsport on which White Burley tobacco was discovered during the 1800s. Parnell was one of many representatives of museums and history-related organizations in Brown County and four other Ohio River counties in Ohio and Kentucky who participated in the Fall Back Into Time fund-raising campaign in 2009.

Every $1 vote cast for Parnell during that campaign went to help fund the Ohio Tobacco Museum, which is one of possibly only three museums in the United States devoted solely to tobacco.

MARCH 19: Open Practice • Free to Public • Pits $10 MARCH 20: Holman Motors Race Car Expo, Eastgate, OH 12 to 5 p.m.

MARCH 26: Holman Motors Opening Night • Chevettes $1,000 to Win • also UMP Modifieds, Street Stocks & Late Models APRIL 23: U.S. Race Gear Street Stock Special • $600 to Win • also Late Models, UMP Modifieds & Chevettes APRIL 30: Mt. Orab Ford UMP Modifieds Special • Modifieds $1,000 to Win • plus all regular classes MAY 14: 3rd Annual Armed Forces Night • Freedom Fighters 40 • Late Models $2,000 to Win • plus all regular classes JUNE 18: American Late Model Series • Late Models • $2,000 to Win

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Rockin’ Robin’s takes you back to the Fifties

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Rockin’ Robin’s Soda Shoppe & Catering owner Tara Davis took over the highly popular river front business at 8 North Front Street in downtown Ripley in 2001. The restaurant offers daily blue plate specials, hot sandwiches, homemade soups and an extended dinner menu. The same great burgers, shakes, and banana splits are still offered daily. The 50’s and

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Downtown Georgetown gets five new businesses Village administrators reports five other new businesses also arrive continued from page 27

$151,508 cost. The village constructed a new road in the North Kenwood Road area back to a property whose owner may construct housing units there.

Council members at their regular meeting Feb. 25 adopted an ordinance changing that new road’s name from North Kenwood Avenue to Northland Avenue.

• The start of work on upgrades to the village’s wastewater treatment plant and the completion of the third year of an Inflow and Infiltration Study regarding surface water that makes its way into the village’s wastewater collection. That study was mandated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

• The start of plans on a Downtown Renovation Project and also a Gas To Electric Project including contract negotiations with the owner of the Rumpke landfill near Georgetown concerning the purchase of methane gas for the village’s possible conversion into electricity.

• Completion of the Street Line Painting Project at a $17,957 cost, the Mac Tool Water Tower Maintenance Project, the North Street Water Tower Repair Project, and the new Cemetery Building Project at Confidence Cemetery.

Contracts, Grants Reported Jones in his report also mentioned many contracts the village had signed in 2009 and many grants for which the village had applied to fund projects.

Four contracts alone were with Santoro Engineers of Georgetown: one to do the village’s commercial inspections so commercial developers don’t have to seek improvement from a Building Department in Columbus; one with Santoro Engineers and also K-4 of Cincinnati on the proposed Downtown Renovation Project at $24,800; another for work on the village’s Land Use Planning studies for $22,000; and another for design on the new Confidence Cemetery Building at $3,400.

Other significant contracts included those with: • Ameritcon Inc. to undertake the 2009 Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project at $73,800.

• Jones and Henry Engineers for engineering work on the 2009 WWTP Upgrade Project at $10,400.

• OK Construction to build the new Confidence Cemetery Building at $14,396 and Bonar Construction to take down the old Confidence Cemetery Building for $2,950.

While the village applied for

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Barry Horstmeier, left, stands in front of his North Main Street home in Georgetown as he portrays former U.S. Rep. Chilton White, the son of John White, who was Ulysses S. Grant’s former teacher, as part of the Third Annual Spirit Tour hosted Oct. 24 by the Courthouse Square Open Air Market Committee. Horstmeier Maysville’s Onlyresidence, Familywhich Owned was theand last stop on White’s former lives in Chilton the Spirit Tour. Ned Lodwick, right, a member of the Brown County Operated Funeral Home.

Historical Society and the U.S. Grant Homestead Association, provided backgrounds and stories about the different historical places which tour participants traveled on a shuttle around Georgetown to see after enjoying a dinner at Georgetown United Methodist Church. The Spirit Tour and Dinner was the final event hosted by (606) 564-3641 E. Second St.Open Air Market Committee the620 Courthouse Square in 2009 and was one of many events that occurred this past year in Maysville, KYsocial 41056 1-800-222-8672 Georgetown.

many grants it didn’t receive or hasn’t received yet, a major grant Georgetown obtained in 2009 was an Ohio Department of Transportation Enhancement Program Grant for $352,099 for the village’s Downtown Renovation Project.

Jones said the village aims in that project to relocate all utilities underground and remove utility poles in the affected area, replace sidewalks, and add trees and decorative lighting to make that area of downtown more aesthetically attractive.

Equipment, Police News Jones reported the village purchased a new 2009 Ford truck for the Water Department, a new 2009 Chrysler Police Cruiser for the Police Department, a 2001 International Truck for the Electric Department and a new John Deere 48-inch mower for the Street Department with those vehicles costing $72,100.50 altogether.

Georgetown police had some positive news this past year with their arrests of 39 adults and three juveniles during drug sweeps conducted on Aug. 27 and Nov. 30.

Coburn also brought the Police Department’s new K-9 Unit German shepherd, which is used in drug investigations, to a council meeting last year for introduction to council members.

Other 2009 news from Georgetown included: • The village’s start of the annexation process for the Georgetown Station Subdivision and other properties in Georgetown.

Council members, at their first meeting of 2010 on Jan. 14 adopted an ordinance to annex 27.793 acres in the Georgetown Station Subdivision area, which for the most part are along Mt. Orab Pike east of and across from the Georgetown Exempted Village School District Administrative Offices Building.

It was mentioned during discussion the annexed land had about 40 different property owners altogether, and it also was mentioned 31 annexed lots were in Georgetown Station Subdivision while one was outside that subdivision.

• The village’s purchase of new holiday decorations for $11,023 and new American flags to be placed throughout Georgetown.

Grant Career Center can prepare students for both future schooling and future careers With a constant eye towards the future of Clermont County and keeping in step with current trends, Grant Career Center offers a variety of career and technical education programs with hands-on training in specialized fields.

In 1976 Grant Career Center opened its doors to the community. The Career Center is easily accessible just west of the town of Bethel on State Route 125.

The campus consists of a onebuilding school housing academic areas, career training classrooms and labs and is surrounded by 41 acres, much of which is landscaped and maintained by the horticultural students and the staff maintenance crew. The Career Center provides area juniors and seniors with handson career training in specialized

fields.

The Career Center offers thirteen career-training options to high school juniors and seniors of the Bethel-Tate, FelicityFranklin, New Richmond and Williamsburg school districts.

Along with the high school training, Grant also offers fulltime adult career training classes, and a wide variety of parttime special interest and career advancement courses.

Individualized corporate training is also provided to the area businesses of Clermont, Brown, and Hamilton counties. On average the Career Center provides educational training for approximately 350 juniors and seniors combined. Enrollment for adult education and specialized training courses averages more than 500 students per year.

Currently, career training programs offered are College Tech Prep Allied Health Science, Medical Information Tech, Carpentry, Cosmetology, Cooperative Education, Horticulture, Culinary Careers, Business and Finance, Metal Fabrication, College Tech Prep Engineering Design, Auto Collision, College Tech Prep Automotive Service Technology, and The Teacher Academy which are all designed to help students prepare themselves for the 21st century workforce.

New this year is the addition of a satellite location of The Teacher Academy at New Richmond High School. Students in the New Richmond school district have the opportunity to receive valuable career training on their campus.

After completion of the desired program the student receives a certificate of completion from the career training program and high school academic credits. Along with the certificate of completion, students receive their high school diploma from their home schools.

Students participate in related Career Training Youth Organizations which prepare them for the workforce through competitive events that promote mastery of their skills and teach them valuable communication and social skills for the work place. Students have the opportunity to compete at the local, state and national levels where they have brought back numerous awards in the past decade.

Numerous national titles belong to students of Grant Career Center.

The career training programs are continuously updating their standards to meet the needs of business and industry in the global marketplace. Students have the chance to learn and to perfect their skills on industryready equipment and the most recent software editions.

Student training on a daily basis is consistent with industry standards; many labs and shops are run as actual businesses.

Students gain additional experience through industry-based internships and apprenticeship programs by actually spending time with mentors in the field of their choice.

At the completion of their career training program, students are encouraged to continue their training at local colleges and universities and then enter local community workforces. Each year, the percentage of students seeking additional training increases. Students reach higher levels of success with additional training and make greater contributions to our county.

“The Career Center believes its contributions to the progress of Clermont County are secure and the future is in the capable hands of our graduates,” states Pam McKinney, Public Relations Director. “Students are working and living in Clermont County and our strengthening our communities.”

Visit our website at www.grantcareer.com for more information on our programs and facilities and while you are there, view the video gallery for highlights and testimonials from students, staff, graduates and community members.

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Many positive things happen at Brown Co. General during its ‘mission of survival’ year Trustees approve buyer for BCGH, other BCRHC operations/assets

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown embarked on a “mission of survival” in 2009, BCGH Marketing Consultant Lee Edwards reported, but the hospital’s business operations remained stable with much positive news occurring.

Edwards said an end of year

analysis of the hospital’s financial situation in early 2009 determined the hospital, if it was to survive, must form a partnership to stabilize a financial crisis and keep the hospital operational.

At a special meeting held this past Sept. 9, the Brown County Regional HealthCARE Board of Trustees, which oversees BCGH, unanimously selected Essent Healthcare Inc. of Nashville,

Tenn., to purchase BCRHC’s operations and assets including the hospital.

In a separate vote that followed the trustees’ decision, the Brown County Board of Commissioners, who were meeting with the trustees in a joint session at BCGH, voted unanimously to approve the trustees’ choice.

Edwards went on to report about the hospital’s happenings in 2009, “In spite of the pending change that loomed over the hospital during the year, hospital operations remained stable.

“New technology was brought into the hospital, new physicians joined the hospital’s medical staff, and new services began for enhancing the overall abilities of our facility. It was business as usual with hope for a more secure future.”

Technology News Reported The hospital acquired a state-ofthe-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, a new digital fluoroscopy room and an Aquilion 16 Toshiba Computed Tomography Scanner in 2009.

Edwards reported this service as the first among the local area hospital Diagnostic Imaging Departments to receive a threeyear term of accreditation in nuclear medicine by the American College of Radiology.

“The hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging Department has become one of the most state-of-the-art equipped departments in the hos-

pital,” Edwards stated.

She also reported Darlene Flannery, who had been the department’s manager for several years, was promoted to its director.

Edwards said the hospital also improved its Teleradiology Program, which has 15 physicians, with an upgrade to its picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) allowing all radiologic images to be viewed from locations with access to the hospital’s computer system.

Physicians Are Added “We were fortunate to add several physicians to our medical staff this year (2009),” Edwards stated.

They included: • Dr. John C. Mobley, general surgeon and Bariatric Medicine specialist located at Georgetown’s East Surgical Group.

• Dr. Andrew Deak, a gastroenterologist specialist, and Dr. Ann Heff, a dermatologist, both in the Outpatient Pavilion.

• BCGH’s newest hospitalists, Dr. Jinhong Xing and Dr. Mazen H. Shaheen, Internal Medicine.

• Dr. Blake Nestok, who became medical director of the BCGH Laboratory.

• Dr. Jeff Dickerson, medical director of Respiratory Therapy and the Sleep Lab Center.

• Radiologist Dr. Nathan Long, who became the medical director of Diagnostic Imaging.

• Thomas E. Heffernan IV,

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M.D., who joined the Radiology Team in October.

• Muhammad K. Ahsan, M.D., Internal Medicine/ Critical Care Medicine, who joined the medical staff in August.

• Honora H. Favorito, M.D., Pathology, who joined the medical staff in September.

• Dr. Tracy Sawyer-Nash, who became BCGH Emergency Department medical director.

• Emergency Department medical staff additions Dr. Jeff Jablonski, Emergency Medicine physician, and Emergency Room physicians William Angelos, M.D.; Michael J. Ward, M.D.; Caroline E. Eady, M.D.; Aaron Bender, M.D.; Syed A. Naqvi, M.D.; Christopher Willoughby, M.D.; James P. Cleary, D.O.; Orlando J. Encarnacion, M.D.; Bethany M. Kapp, M.D.; Rachel E. Garvin, M.D.; and Bryan K. Stegman, M.D. “In 2010 recruitment efforts will continue in the areas of Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Orthopedic Surgery,” Edwards stated.

New Services Mentioned Edwards mentioned the hospital was fortunate to add Mobley to its medical staff this past May. Mobley performs Lap-Band Surgery as a Bariatic Medicine specialist, and that procedure until now was available at more costly hospitals in larger cities.

That surgery is a valuable treatment for those whose weight is creating serious health issues, and Mobley can speak from personal experience after having lost more than 100 pounds by having this procedure himself. He donates his time each month to offer a free Lap-Band discussion to help people understand the procedure and what to expect.

A schedule of the days, times and places for these seminars can be found on the BCRHC Website at www.bcrhc.org under “Classes and Events”. Further information is available at Mobley’s Office at (937) 378-7115.

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Downtown Georgetown gets five new businesses in 2009 Village administrators reports five other new businesses also arrive

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press New businesses, especially in the downtown area, were a major sign of progress in Georgetown in 2009.

In a February interview in his office, Georgetown Village Administrator Kelly Jones said while six downtown area buildings were empty two years ago, only one was empty this year.

Five of 10 new businesses Jones said located in Georgetown this past year are in the downtown area with four alone being in the

South Main Street block directly in front of, and west of, the Brown County Courthouse.

Micasa Real, a Mexican restaurant, opened in that block where Mi Familia, another Mexican restaurant, had operated during part of 2008 before closing.

Merchants National Bank now occupies the building in that block where Citizens National Bank of Higginsport stood after acquiring that former bank in 2009 as well as Citizens National Bank of Higginsport branches in Higginsport and Batavia.

Two neighboring new business-

es at the north end of that block are Applegate’s Pro Hardware and Grandpa’s and Grandma’s Footwear and Workwear.

Yet another new downtown business that arrived in 2009 is ECOPRO Pest Solutions, L.L.C., a pest extermination company located in the 100 block of North Main Street near the block with the other new downtown businesses.

“We were happy to see our (downtown) business district pick up,” Jones said. “That was a big asset.”

The other new Georgetown

businesses included one quite significant in the healthcare field. Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently-owned air ambulance service in the United States, partnered with Brown County General Hospital to set up a permanent base facility in Georgetown, only the second based set up in Ohio by that service headquartered in West Plains, Mo. Other new Georgetown businesses Jones mentioned included Fletcher Management, Hauke’s Auto Care, Alpha Tax Service and Prime Communications.

Jones said it was nice to see

Georgetown adding new businesses considering the current state of the economy and also said Georgetown experienced overall good progress this past year.

He mentioned the new businesses and some other progress in Georgetown in his 2009 Yearly Report he presented to Georgetown Village Council members at their regular meeting Feb. 11.

Municipal projects last year included: • Completion of the North Kenwood Road Project at a

Wright’s Country Store.

Brown County Recovery Services (Talbert House) relocated its Mt. Orab office from South High Street to a larger and vacant building on North High Street in downtown Mt. Orab.

BCRS offers mental health and drug and alcohol treatment services. BCRS Manager Cheryl Williams said the new site in Mt. Orab enables that service provider to offer group therapy, which it was unable to do at its prior site.

Mt. Orab area residents served

by BCRS who participate in group therapy won’t have to travel now to the BCRS Office in Georgetown to do so, Williams noted.

Major construction began this past year on a major new Mt. Orab business, the Kroger Marketplace, which is scheduled to open this spring and replace the current Kroger supermarket, which is next door. The newer Kroger store, which will be nearly twice a s large as the current store, could bring Mt. Orab as many as 150 new jobs.

Apple Street Work Begun While Lunsford mentioned the village improved some sidewalks and streets last year, a major road construction project was begun as well in connection with the new Kroger Marketplace – the Apple Street West Extension.

The new road is being extended west from the current Apple Street, which runs eastward off North High Street south of the business plaza where Butterbee’s Neighborhood Grille is located.

The road will proceed west of Maintenance the village’s Building and a softball park north

of that building and continue to Sterling Run Boulevard and provide access to the Kroger Marketplace. Apple Street West traffic reaching Sterling Run Boulevard then could turn west and reach a new Bratton Way road being built that will take traffic to a parking lot at the north end of the new supermarket.

Lunsford said another important undertaking the village did last year was hire a contractor to undertake a traffic study of SR 32 in Mt. Orab. He said that study determined the village needed a five-lane, rather than a two-lane, SR 32 overpass on U.S. 68.

The mayor said the study was done at the Ohio Department of Transportation’s request, and its results were presented to ODOT District 9 Office in Chillicothe. He said the study was very time-consuming, complicated, and, at $60,000, expensive.

In other news from 2009, the village issued 193 zoning permits including 10 for single family homes, two for multifamily residential buildings and four for new businesses, according to Mt. Orab Zoning Administrator Adrian Shaw.

While some new buildings went up in Mt. Orab last year, Lunsford said he is concerned about several empty buildings in Mt. Orab where businesses once operated.

Some businesses closed their doors last year, even though Lunsford said the village got more new businesses than it lost old businesses.

He said while he thinks Mt. Orab is doing well, he hopes it can pull out of the current recession and do much better. The mayor

mentioned he is hopeful when the recession turns around and ends, some people will open new businesses in the vacant buildings.

“I think, considering the recession, things could have been a lot worse,” Lunsford commented.

Another positive note for Mt. Orab from last year was another successful Christmas Parade and related holiday activities that took place the final Saturday this past November. It was the third year the parade has been held.

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of time until people won’t even recognize the old Brooks-Malott Road/SR 32 intersection because of all the businesses that will be there. He said while the current recession may have slowed down some development that might otherwise have started in that area, he still thinks more economic growth in that area will come.

New Mexican Eatery Opens While the relocated Country Inn Restaurant is a new eatery that has opened in Mt. Orab in 2010, another new restaurant opened in the village in 2009.

Mi Camino Real opened this past Nov. 19 as Mt. Orab’s first full-scale Mexican restaurant and as the only restaurant in the Northpoint Centre business plaza, replacing the former Royal Buffet, a Chinese restaurant that once was that plaza’s only eatery.

Farm Credit Services of MidAmerica is a new business that opened on Grieshop Street near LaRosa’s Pizzeria north of SR 32, and Watkins Seamless Gutter is a new business that opened on East Main Street.

Several new businesses opened in 2009 along U.S. 68, which runs through Mt. Orab as North High Street and South High Street (with the downtown traffic signal on Main Street being the north-south dividing line).

A new business on North High Street included AutoZone, which is north of and next to the Mt. Orab Food Court, and new businesses on South High Street included Best Choice Home Care, Chris Munn Agency for Allstate Insurance, an expansion of Everyday Cut and Tan, and

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Mt. Orab’s progress includes several new businesses, homes Mayor says biggest positive item was the ER at new Medical Center

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Mt. Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford said that village had several new businesses open and home construction permits issued in 2009 as well as the start of a major road construction project.

Among all the progress that occurred this past year, however, Lunsford said the item he thought had the biggest impact on the

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He said it had a major impact certainly on the local residents who used that medical facility and it helped reduced the “turnaround time” for Mt. Orab Life Squad ambulances transporting patients to the nearest emergency facility.

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Lunsford mentioned how the new Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab brought several new jobs to the village and the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building next door to that medical center on a new BrooksMalott Road medical campus brought some new jobs.

HSO relocated its offices from a smaller building on South High Street in Mt. Orab, and while some of its employees are new at the Brooks-Malott Road location, some others simply moved there from the old Mt. Orab site. A full story about Mt. Orab’s new medical campus and its two buildings is located elsewhere in the Progress Edition insert in this week’s edition of The Brown

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housing the new restaurant also has space in which four smaller businesses may locate, making that building Mt. Orab’s newest business plaza.

The new Country Inn Restaurant, which is on the opposite side of Brooks-Malott Road from the medical campus, is near SR 32 just as the medical buildings are. Lunsford said he sees the medical campus and the new restaurant/business plaza as significant economic news for that section of Mt. Orab.

“I think this is just the start of a lot of things to come out there,” he said.

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Fayetteville-Perry School District celebrates ’09... continued from page 15

move to new buildings when school began this past August.

Barlow said he also like the better security in the new FPES building with video surveillance and the fact visitors must go through the front office first before being admitted to the rest of he school. He added he likes the fact the buses dropping off or picking up FPES students are in an area isolated from other traffic on the FPLSD Campus.

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Another Factory Opens The neighboring medical buildings weren’t the only new employers to open in 2009 off Brooks-Malott Road, according to Lunsford. Luxus Products became the second small factory to open on Homan Way off that road.

The mayor said Luxus Products manufactures specialty gun stocks. It joins the other Homan Way factory, X-Mil, which manufactures specialty machines.

Construction also began in 2009 on Brooks-Malott Road on the new and bigger Country Inn Restaurant, which opened there earlier this March after relocating from the old site on South High Street in Mt. Orab. The building

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Siblings Lilly Beebe and Gabriel Beebe examine a skeleton in a Fayetteville-Perry High School science classroom during that new school’s Open House held Sept. 20, 2009.

control is much better as well in the new building than in the old one.

Superintendent Comments Hill said he is pleased to be working in the new Administration Building. “It is a very nice facility.”

He and other District Administration Office employees formerly had worked out of space in the old FPES building. Hill said one good thing about the new building is the ability of different employees to visit one another’s offices more conveniently when they need to do so.

In addition to Hill’s office, the new building contains one office each for the district’s secretary, treasurer, two assistant treasurers, facilities coordinator and transportation supervisor. The structure also includes a conference room where the school board meets, a workroom, two rest rooms and a full basement for storage.

The new buildings are possible because of FPLSD voters, approval in 2005 of a bond issue and tax levy to enable the new buildings’ construction and the renovation of the former FPMS building into a new FPES. The 5.9-mill bond issue approved was for $6,895,000 for construction, renovations, and other improvements to school facilities, equipment, furnishings, and site improvements. Voters

extended a .5-mill tax levy for maintaining classroom facilities to 2028.

Hill said interest money from the bond issue financed the Administration Building, which was not part of the OSFC project.

Hill commented about FPLSD’s new buildings, “Obviously we are very pleased with the largest public works project ever in Fayetteville and Perry Township. It brought facilities the community can be proud of for years to come.”

He reported in a March 1 telephone interview the district has received bids for its planned new athletic facilities on the district campus that are scheduled to include a football/soccer field complex with a track as well as baseball and softball fields and practice fields. The district plans to add football as a varsity sport and possibly a track and field program as well.

The district’s architectural firm on that project will review the bids and decide whom to recommend to the FPLSD Board of Education to approve, Hill said.

The superintendent said the facilities possibly could be ready by the beginning of the 2011-12 Academic Year in August 2011, and they are being financed by the bond issue voters approved in 2005 – they are not part of the OSFC project.

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Pain Management continues to be one of hospital’s most successful programs. The Center in 2009 added vertebroplasty to its list of pain management treatments.

Vertebroplasty, performed by Dr. Magdalena Kerschner, the Center’s director, is a procedure to correct spinal breaks, including those created through osteoporosis, which injects a substance into the affected spinal area that hardens and corrects the pain created by the break.

Edwards also reported an Occupational Health Service began at Mt. Orab Urgent Medical Care, part of the BCRHC network.

The service includes employment physicals, drug screenings, first onset of injury care, adult immunizations, hearing screenings and color blindness screenings.

She also stated BCGH has a new Patient Education System available throughout the hospital thanks to a U.S. Housing and Urban Development Grant.

There are 50 topics to select

from such as “Diabetes and Nutrition” and “Labor: What To Expect” to meet the individualized education need of each patient.

The system also makes it possible to transmit educational videos to the family waiting areas and meeting rooms.

Air Ambulance Arrives One of the biggest stories from 2009 was BCGH”s entering into a relationship this past September with West Plains, Mo.-based Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently owned air ambulance service in the United States.

Air Evac Lifeteam’s Bell 206 Long Ranger helicopter is now based on the helipad on BCGH’s grounds, and this first-of-a-kind service covers a 70-mile radius including Brown County’s six neighboring counties in Ohio and Kentucky. A new building project on the BCGH campus was completed to provide accommodations for this new service.

In some other community project news Edwards reported from 2009:

• BCGH’s hospital-based environmental group Helping Others Protecting Earth was instrumental in building a relationship with Adams Brown Recycling Station in Georgetown that resulted in a new roll-off box on the hospital grounds. This made it more convenient for hospital employees to recycle and give local citizens who recycle another place to bring their discarded items.

HOPE also placed 40 new recycling bins throughout the hospital thanks to a generous donation by Dr. Barbara Patridge.

• It was announced in July the hospital had raised an “amazing” $6,678 for breast cancer research.

“The support of the hospital employee’s fund-raising project efforts was in the true spirit of their healthcare profession to help others,” Edwards stated.

“Friend” Award Presented • BCRHC President/Chief Executive Officer Michael Patterson accepted a Friend of Brown County Safe Communities Award for the hospital from the

Foundation and Auxiliary help BCGH tremendously

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press The Brown County General Hospital Foundation and Auxiliary supported that hospital greatly with funds raised in 2009, BCGH Marketing Consultant Lee Edwards reported.

The Foundation’s Annual Heart of Brown County Gala held Feb. 21, 2009, in Georgetown brought in more than $26,000 to support the hospital’s Good Neighbor Fund. That fund provided several thousands of dollars in payments for testing ordered by the hospital’s physicians in 2009.

Other Foundation events included a Road Trip to Berea, Ky., to support the BCGH Veterans Fund, which helps uninsured veterans in the hospital service area; the Annual Golf Outing supporting the Medical Scholarship Program, which awarded more than $27,000 in medical scholarships to local students; and partnering with Schwann’s during the hospital’s Annual Health Fair this past April 18.

The Foundation hosted Celebration of Lights, a Christmas memorial event which supports an

Endowment Fund for future hospital needs, in December, and worked with Georgetown High School to set up the Coaches Cancer Fund that assists cancer patients and their families with expenses.

The Foundation continues to fund an original project for the purchase and acquisition of Automated Electronic Defibrillators by replacing pads and batteries as needed in those units, Edwards reported.

Auxiliary volunteers contributed more than 4,000 hours assisting throughout the hospital and at various fund-raisers.

Volunteers conducted special shopping opportunities for medical personnel uniforms, books, bath and beauty items, plants, baked goods,d and pecans.

The Auxiliary also sponsored a Community Calendar and partnered with Goessling’s IGA of Georgetown to conduct a raffle at the Brown County Fair with IGA donating the prizes and the money raised going to the Auxiliary.

The Auxiliary agreed in November to donate $40,000 to BCGH to purchase new Digital Mammography equipment. Those funds were generated through the

Auxiliary’s various fund-raising projects and Gift Shop and vending machine sales.

The Auxiliary also purchased two new baby changing stations for the BCGH Maternity Department.

“In 2009, the Foundation and Auxiliary once again showed us what valuable supports they are to the hospital, and their efforts are appreciated and dedication to the betterment of hospital operations commendable,” Edwards commented.

She also reported BCGH, which is part of the Brown County Regional HealthCARE network, launched its new website, this past www.bcrhc.org, September. The website include among other features a Photo Gallery of hospital events.

The hospital also has a Facebook page on the Internet where viewers may see babies who have been delivered there and get updates about hospital happenings, and there is a Pain Management video on U-Tube featuring Dr. Magdalena Kerschner, director of BCGH’s Center for Interventional Pain Management, Edwards mentioned.

Brown County Safe Communities Coalition at a ceremony held this past Aug. 26 at the Brown County Engineer’s Office in Georgetown.

The hospital has been a donor for the Coalition’s annual High School Seat Belt Challenge and served as the host and event coordinator for the Mocktails Competition held this past December as part of a National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention campaign.

• BCGH partnered this past September with Xavier University’s School of Nursing to offer higher education videoconferencing classes for degreed nurses in the BCGH service area.

These classes will be offered at BCGH with XU making the hospital technologically prepared for videoconferencing capability with $350,000 in equipment for this virtual classroom.

• The Center for Interventional Pain Management launched “Rein In Pain,” its first Pain Walk, this past Oct. 18 at Sawyer Point Park in Cincinnati to raise funds to assist patients to receive the Center’s innovative pain treatments.

“This was the the first walk in the United states, to our knowledge, that has ever been dedicated to those who suffer with chronic pain,” Edwards stated.

Dr. John C. Mobley, General Surgeon and Bariatric Medicine Specialist, joined the Medical Staff in May. His arrival expanded the BCGH surgical services to include Lap Band Surgery.

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K & L Farms Greenhouse to open its doors March 22 K & L Farms Greenhouse, 4480 Tri-County Highway, Mt. Orab, will open for business Monday, March 22.

The business, which is 1 mile from the center of Mt. Orab on Old State Route 32, is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Wednesdays through Saturdays.

Sunday hours will be 9 a.m.-6 p.m. April through June and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in September and October.

Ken Schumpelt and Lucy Sizemore are the owners.

“We are both down-to-earth people, and we feel we don’t need a fancy-looking place to sell a fancy-looking product,” Schumpelt and Sizemore stated.

They said they are both Western Brown High School graduates who grew up in Brown County.

They started last year with a small PVC greenhouse and sold from the Bernhardt Accounting Office parking lot in Mt. Orab.

They purchased their current location in mid-summer last year and have built the new greenhouses with four times the growing room. Two greenhouses are up at their Tri-County Highway site, and Schumpelt said the owners would like to construct three or four more, depending on how their business grows.

K & L Farms Greenhouse has many garden plants including many heirloom tomatoes. The business offers flowers including the Angel Wing begonia and the basket petunia, perennials, garden plants, hardy mums, planters,

hanging baskets, Coco baskets and more.

The owners said they plan to grow fresh vegetables for sale in the summer. The business also offers campfire wood at $4.99 for a 1.5 cubit-foot bundle.

“Although we do not have them this year, we hope to expand the business as time goes on to include things like bulk mulch, soil, trees and shrubs, Knockout roses, etc.,” Schumpelt and Sizemore stated.

The business plans to have weekly specials. An available coupon that is good through Friday, Dec. 31, gives a customer 5 percent off K & L Farms Greenhouse’s already low prices on purchases of $50 or more.

K & L Farms Greenhouse will have daily drawings on Mothers’ Day Weekend, which is FridaySunday, May 7-9. Customers making purchases of $20 or more may enter daily drawings for a $50 certificate, and concession items are scheduled to be sold that weekend.

The business plans this fall, according to Sizemore, to sell mums, corn stalks, Indian corn, pumpkins, straw bales and other items pertaining to that season.

Schumpelt and Sizemore stated their motto is “Come grow with us” and mentioned they are doing their part to keep the community green.

Anyone desiring further information may call Schumpelt at (513) 560-2605 or Sizemore at (513) 213-3980.

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Retired Ripley Fire Chief Tim McCaughey, left, and current Ripley Fire Chief Tony Pfeffer talk to children at the Community Health and Safety Day fair on Oct. 10, 2009, about the importance of having a designated place to gather after escaping a house fire. The first-time fair took place at Ripley-Union-LewisHuntington High School in Ripley.

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SunQuest Hair Designs celebrates 21 years serving Brown County SunQuest is celebrating! The years have flown by, for owner Angela Isner, since the grounding breaking for SunQuest Hair Designs in 1988. "My grand opening was in January of 1989, I

was so nervous and excited that day. The people of the Sardinia community and surrounding area have always supported me from day one, and I am very grateful to them. I take great pride in meet-

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Through the years, I have grown as a person and a professional.

You can't work and serve in a small community like Sardinia, this long, and not grow to care about the people who support you. I could not have accomplished this without the support of my children Eric and Michael, my family, friends and especially, the support early on of my par-

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Education is a high priority in our salon for both the staff and the clients, at SunQuest it is our job to not only provide you with the service you desire, but to do it without sacrficing the health of your hair. "I have a theory that I teach all staff, that if you treat every client the way you would want to be treated, you can never go wrong" says Angela. We want you and your family to have a positive experience with us.

Southern State looking forward with a clear vision SunQuest also is a tanning center, perfect for both the beginning and experienced tanner. "We carry a full line of tanning products to meet the individual needs of a wide range of tanning clients." Our beds are equipped with bronzing bulbs and facial bulbs, so there is less chance of burning.

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U.S. 68 bridge reopens to traffic A southbound vehicle, left, and a northbound vehicle, right, cross over the replaced White Oak Creek Bridge on U.S. 68 in Scott Township on May 6, 2009, after the Ohio Department of Transportation had reopened that bridge to traffic earlier that day. ODOT had closed the bridge Jan. 5, 2009, for that replacement work, and motorists traveling between Mt. Orab and Georgetown had to take detours to reach their destinations.

For more than 30 years, Southern State Community College has been serving the southern Ohio region. During that time, the institution has undergone phenomenal growth with additions to its academic offerings, increases in its services to the students, increases in workforce training initiatives, and expansion of its facilities.

Southern State continues to experience enrollment growth while holding the line on tuition.

This winter, the college maintained that trend with an unprecedented enrollment increase of nearly 35 percent.

This level of increase, partnered with back-to-back years of record-setting graduation numbers, demonstrates that more and more people are recognizing the value of education.

In the past year alone, SSCC has welcomed a new president, added the Office of Advising and Retention Services, announced plans to investigate the possibility of establishing a Southern State campus in Adams County, embarked on a plan to convert from quarters to semesters, and enrolled students in the new bachelor’s degree programs. The college has made essential advancements in its mission to provide accessible, affordable, high-quality education to the residents of its service area.

PERSONNEL On Jan. 1, 2010, Dr. Kevin S. Boys took the helm as Southern State Community College’s new president, following the resignation of Dr. Sherry A. Stout who has served Southern State since its founding in 1975, most recently as the college’s fourth president.

A lifelong resident of the Cincinnati area, Dr. Boys served as superintendent of the Loveland City School District, as well as assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal and teacher within the Sycamore Community School District.

“I have spent my entire 31 years in education in a K-12 setting preparing students to go on to college,” said Dr. Boys. “So it seems like a natural progression to take on a leadership role at the

college level.”

ACADEMICS Southern State Community College has partnered with regional four-year institutions to bring bachelor’s, and even master’s, degree programs to the SSCC campuses. · Southern State and Shawnee State University have partnered to bring a B.S.N. (bachelor of science degree in nursing) to SSCC’s South Campus in Sardinia. · Southern State and Ohio University-Chillicothe have partnered to bring bachelor’s degree programs to SSCC’s Fayette Campus in Washington C.H. The programs offered include a bachelor of technical and applied studies, a bachelor of specialized studies, and a bachelor of criminal justice. · Southern State and Lindsey Wilson College have partnered to offer a bachelor’s degree in human services and counseling and a master’s degree in counseling to SSCC’s Central Campus in Hillsboro.

SERVICES A new department at Southern State Community College promises to help students navigate the college experience. The Office of Advising and Retention Services opened in November on the college’s Central Campus in Hillsboro with satellite offices on Fayette Campus in Washington C.H., North Campus in Wilmington, and South Campus in Sardinia.

Primary services include assisting students with selection of classes; providing information about academic programs and courses; helping students understand and deal with academic warning and probation; and guiding students in exploring, declaring or changing a major.

“Our biggest concern right now is getting the word out…We’re here, we can help.

Come in and talk to us,” said Dennis Bothel, SSCC Director of Advising and Retention Services.

FACILITIES Representing the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees, on Oct. 14 Trustee Ralph Shell announced plans to

investigate the possibility of establishing a Southern State campus in Adams County. Board members and other college representatives toured Adams County to explore possible sites.

Following the site tour, the board met in special session to discuss the feasibility of the project.

Just in time to kick off fall quarter 2009, Southern State Community College unveiled a recently completed expansion project which doubled the size of Fayette Campus in Washington C.H. The college broke ground on the project in June 2008, adding 17,000 square feet to the existing structure. The new space includes six classrooms, a 2,312square-foot community center, bookstore, courtyard and student services area.

“Southern State has helped me every step of the way to fulfilling my career goals,” said student Patricia Smith at the September 2009 open house event. “The convenience of taking classes close to home has definitely helped me to learn. It’s opened a whole new world for me.”

ENROLLMENT Based on enrollment figures the first week of winter quarter, headcount enrollment at Southern State Community College was up 35 percent over this time last year.

Each campus noted remarkable increases—Central Campus in Hillsboro up 28 percent, North Campus in Wilmington up 30 percent, and South Campus in Sardinia up 34 percent—however, Fayette Campus in Washington C.H. had the largest enrollment increase by far, coming in at 71 percent over 2009 figures.

“As a result of great planning by the campus directors, it was only necessary to add a total of 31 courses to the original printed schedule,” said Dr. Kevin Boys, SSCC President.

UPCOMING Southern State Community College will join Ohio’s institutions of higher education in converting from quarters to semesters.

Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut of the Ohio Board of Regents suggested that all public colleges and universities adopt a common academic calendar to make it easier for students to transfer or participate in exchange programs. More than 90 percent of the nation’s universities utilize the semester system.

In response, Southern State faculty and administration formed a joint task force to explore moving forward with semester conversion. The task force is working toward a projected start time of Fall 2012.

Of the state’s public four-year universities still on the quarter system, Ohio State University, Wright State University, the University of Ohio and the University of Cincinnati all have plans under way to adopt the semester system.

ABOUT SSCC Offering the lowest tuition rate in the state of Ohio among nonlevied institutions, Southern State Community College offers day, evening, weekend and online classes in 28 associate’s degree and transfer programs as well as nine certificate programs.

With four campus locations— Central Campus in Hillsboro, Fayette Campus in Washington Court House, North Campus in Wilmington, and South Campus in Wilmington—Southern State offers close-to-home convenience and a supportive community experience.

Financial aid is available to those who qualify. As a matter of fact, 84 percent of Southern State students qualify for some form of financial aid.

To learn more about Southern State Community College and its mission to provide a high-quality education that is both affordable and accessible, call 1-800-6287722, e-mail info@sscc.edu or or visit www.sscc.edu www.facebook.com/southernstate.

Students enjoy time between classes at Southern State Community College’s South Campus near Sardinia.

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Fayetteville-Perry School District celebrates ’09 with new buildings New high/middle school complex, new Administration Bldg. are built

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Last year was an exciting year for the Fayetteville-Perry Local School District as its residents and employees celebrated the openings of two new schools and a new District Administration Building.

It also was the year FayettevillePerry Elementary School was relocated to a new site.

“It is an exciting time for our school district,” FPLSD Superintendent Roy Hill, who has held that position since the beginning of 2004, said at a Dedication Ceremony for the new buildings held this past Sept. 20 in the new Fayetteville-Perry High School’s

spacious gymnasium. An estimated 250 to 300 people attended that event.

New FPHS, FPMS Open A new FPHS as well as a new Fayetteville-Perry Middle School opened last fall on the district’s campus on Apple Street (U.S. 68) in Fayetteville. They are in separate wings of a single new building which has a Commons Area, space shared by both schools that includes a gymnasium, a media center (library), a cafeteria, and art and music classrooms.

Hill said the new high schoolmiddle school complex encompasses about 88,000 square feet.

Some portions of the former and demolished high school on the dis-

trict’s campus that were saved last year cover another estimated 10,000 square feet or so and include the gymnasium, shop, an old agriculture classroom which will now serve as an Information Technology Office, and “a little storage barn out back”, according to the superintendent.

The former FPMS building is the new home for FPES, which used to be located on East Street in Fayetteville away from the high school-middle school campus. All the district’s schools are now on the same Apple Street campus, and the former FPES building also was demolished this year.

Hill mentioned a 10,000-square feet addition, that was approved by

the Ohio School Facilities Commission, was built on to the former FPMS building. OSFC will pay 84 percent of the cost for 5,000 square feet of that addition, the superintendent reported, while the district will pay the remaining 16 percent as well as the entire cost for the other 5,000 square feet.

That addition includes prekindergarten, kindergarten, special education and first-grade classrooms.

Hill estimated the total cost of the district’s construction project, including some athletic facilities yet to be built, at about $23 million with most of that cost being paid by the State of Ohio through OSFC. The project also includes

the new District Administration Building that opened in January 2009 and encompasses about 2,300 square feet, on the Apple Street campus.

Principals Comment FPHS Principal Raegan White, who served as principal at the old FPHS building for five previous years, said he was “tickled” to be able to work in the new high school building.

“Safety, security and technology are greatly improved,” White reported.

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Eastern District gets new high, elementary schools R’ville Elementary is renovated, new middle school being planned continued from page 4

New ELMS In Future The bond issue approved in 2005 also included money to renovate the former ELHS building, which is now the new Eastern

Local Middle School, but what had been a planned renovation project has now become a planned demolition and replacement project, according to Mullins.

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Eastern Local High School Band members perform on the new gymnasium stage in their new school during that school’s Dedication Ceremony on Aug. 20, 2009, as ELHS Flag Corps members stand on the gym floor awaiting their cue to perform as well.

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2009 on what was to be renovation work to create the new middle school, it was discovered the old ELHS building, which was constructed in 1997, had some mold problems. He added, however, that building was tested for its mold and had never been declared unsafe for occupancy.

Mullins also said some materials used in building that structure were not what they were supposed to be including some wood trusses that weren’t fire-treated like the original design had stipulated.

He said OSFC gave the Eastern District the option of constructing a new building on that site rather than renovating the 1997 structure, so the district opted to build a new ELMS, which will cost an estimated $13,804,426 (which is the district’s and OSFC’s contributions combined).

Mullins said former OSFC Executive Director Michael Shoemaker worked with and enabled the Eastern District to obtain some additional state funding to make up the difference between what the cost of renovating the 1997 structure and the cost of constructing a new building would be.

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whole person, and acceptance of diversity as the dynamic principle of unity are the foundation of Chatfield College community life. Just as St. Angela was dedicated to reaching those people who in her society were considered not capable of learning, Chatfield serves a community of underserved students who may find it difficult to get a college education in a traditional college setting. Many Chatfield students have returned to college several years after graduating from high school. In addition to financial issues, many are raising families and are working full-time or part time jobs. Others come to Chatfield right out of high school.

Many of these traditional-age students hold full-time jobs in addition to going to school.

In either case, students find the small classes and individual attention at Chatfield to be a nonthreatening, affirming environ-

ment in which to learn. In fact, more than 90% of Chatfield graduates report that Chatfield has helped them lead more productive lives.

The mission of St. Angela and the Company of St. Ursula continues in the mission of Chatfield College. Just as the Ursulines have made a difference for countless women over the centuries, Chatfield is making a difference in the lives of its students and their families. Just as St. Angela believed that the values of society could be changed by educating young women, Chatfield is working to change the values of the community through education.

And, just as St. Angela believed that the collective power of women could transform society, Chatfield is dedicated to transforming the community and the world, by helping students realize their dreams, no matter what they may be. Big dreams come true here.

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Ursuline history guides Chatfield’s vision for education in Brown County

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Almost everyone who knows of Chatfield College and the Ursulines of Brown County are familiar with the story of their founding.

In 1845, a small group of Ursuline Sisters, dedicated to educating girls and teaching them gospel values, came to St. Martin from Europe at the request of Cincinnati Archbishop John Baptist Purcell.

Archbishop Purcell had

moved his seminary from downtown Cincinnati to St. Martin.

After five years, the seminary moved back to Cincinnati, and the property in St. Martin lay vacant. The Ursulines, led by Sr. Julia Chatfield, intended to turn it into a place to educate young girls.

The Ursuline order was founded by Saint Angela Merici, who lived in northern Italy in the 16th century, a male-dominated time in which it was believed

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that girls were not capable of being educated.

Angela believed that the values of society could be changed through the education of women. She had received a vision from God which showed her that the collective power of women could help transform society. She founded a group of women for this purpose and called it the Company of St. Ursula, in honor of the patron saint for young people.

Over the next three centuries, the Ursuline order grew throughout Europe. There were boarding schools, day schools, and schools for the poor.

Everywhere, the Ursulines were regarded as educators.

With the purpose of the Ursuline order firmly imbedded into their lives, Sr. Julia and the others were determined to continue St. Angela’s vision in the United States.

Because the two small struc-

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They had 27 pupils.

Under Julia’s direction, the school and the Ursuline community thrived. At the time of the Civil War, there were students from both the North and South, some of them daughters of colonels and generals.

Over time, the Ursulines of Brown County expanded their teaching to neighboring parishes, giving religious instruction to both boys and girls. They opened a mission in Santa Rosa, California, and a day school, Ursuline Academy, in Cincinnati. In the 1950’s, the boarding school in St. Martin also began accepting day students. In 1958, the Ursulines established the Ursuline Teacher Training Institute to provide a liberal arts education for recruits to the Ursuline order. In 1971, that same institution opened its doors to the public, and changed from being a college for those in religious service to serving the community as a whole. It was renamed Chatfield College, in honor of Sr. Julia Chatfield.

Although Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati grew throughout the years and is now located in Blue Ash, there were not, unfortunately, enough students to maintain a day school in St. Martin. The school closed its doors in the early 1980’s.

However, the Ursuline tradition of providing education to the community continues today with Chatfield College, at both its main campus in St. Martin and its Cincinnati location in historic Findlay Market. The college is governed by a lay board of Trustees composed of business leaders, educators and other professionals from the community, as well as members of the Ursuline order.

The Ursuline values of compassion, justice, education of the continued on page 23

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Garrett said it is the original mobile home parts store in the Mt.Orab area and that area’s first fully-stocked store since its opening in 2005.

Garrett and Parker have more

than 25 years experience in the manufactured housing industry and carry the latest in furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, doors, windows, plumbing and electrical parts, and “all your hard to find parts”, according to Garrett.

He said the store is credited with being the largest retail distributor of mobile home parts for

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Courts-Fussnecker Post 367 of the American Legion is one of many places located in the 429.942-acre area the village of Ripley annexed through an ordinance on Sept. 22, 2009.

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The First Southern Baptist Church of Ripley’s new building opened in 2009 at 521 S. Second St. in Ripley south of and next door to Family Dollar Store. The new church is shown here on a snowy day during 2009.

Russellville Fourth of July Celebration Co-Chairwoman Sandy Edmisten gives a tribute to Hope Woods Gano, a 1945 Russellville-Jefferson High School graduate, at the 2009 Celebration’s Opening Ceremony in the Rambler Center Gymnasium.

A $200,000 bequest left by Gano enabled many physical improvements to be undertaken at the Rambler Center.

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New businesses Applegate’s Pro Hardware, left, and Grandpa’s and Grandma’s Footwear and Workwear stand next to each other on South Main Street in downtown Georgetown. They were among four new businesses to open in the 100 Block of South Main Street in 2009 and among five that opened altogether this past year in downtown Georgetown.

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32 Senior Community Located at Eastwood Rd. and St. Rt. 32 32 Senior Community is for those 50 and older as well as the disabled, is a complex that has 90 apartment units as of 2010. The apartments range from 720 sq.ft. to over 1500 sq.ft. which reflects the space of a small 3 bedroom home. These apartments are 1 and 2 bedroom with and without a garage and some with a huge Florida sun room as well as a 10ft. covered porches in rear and 4ft. covered porch in front. The cost ranges from $400 for a 1 bedroom to $750 for the deluxe models. All apartments at 32 Senior Community have a single floor plan (No Steps), high efficiency HV/AC with a heat pump, Laundry room for a full size washer and dryer, lots of medium oak kitchen cabinets, a place to

install a dish washer, flat top stove, 19 cubic ft. refrigerator, 36 inch doors for handicap accessibility, ADA toilet with access for a wheel chair, this makes for a nice size restroom. Other amenities that vary from apartment to apartment are space saver microwaves above the stove, ceramic tiled restrooms, wall to wall carpeting, pantries, Florida sun rooms, ceiling fans in bedrooms and living rooms and walk in closets.

All apartments at 32 Senior Community are set up so the tenants can stay in their home for as long as they can. Although they are Senior Friendly, the units are very spacious and look fantastic.

The quality and craftsmanship of these apartments really show

through when you see them.

On site amenities consist of a 1 1/2 acre fishing pond, fencing and gates that secure the complete complex and the pond with many wooded areas which surround the complex. Garbage pick up at your door twice a week, on site manager, maintenance and HV/AC man for any needs that may arise in the 32 Community.

For those whom have rented in the past, these services are very important when you need them.

All lawn care and snow removal is included as well.

In 2010-2011, 32 Senior Community will add another 50 units. These units will be unique because a 2 car garage will be added to some of these units.

Some 2 bedroom with some having 2 bathrooms will be added as well. These new units will have all the amenities listed before and some new ones like full view screen doors with glass for the front and rear door. The best of the past units are used in all new

construction with addition of some new products and ideas. A Club House with an exercise room, pool table, ping pong, darts, and a few other games that all tenants and their families may use. The Club House will also consist of a Rental Hall which will be used for the community gatherings, parties, and tenants may rent this part out for themselves and their families for a very low cost. The Club House will be equipped with an emergency generator and propane heat in case of any power losses to the 32 Senior Community.

This will allow for heat in the winter and A/C in the summer for all tenants at No extra charge.

The 32 Senior Community is not a profit based facility, although it is privately owned by Tim Hale and his family. Tim Hale is setting up the community to be self supporting only, and is proud to boast that the original tenants from 8 years ago are still paying the same rent today and hopes

that they will be paying the same 10 years from now.

The concept of this Senior Community is to have a great and secure place to live at a fair price.

The summers here are the best, with lots of room to walk, wild life to watch and friendly people to gather with. The residents of this complex is the best part of it.

Residents helping residents on a daily basis from left overs for dinners to a ride to a hospital for testing. This community seems to provide the setting of days gone bye with everyone stopping to talk with each other while relaxing on their front porches as dusk sets. These apartments are a must see! Take the time and see them for yourself. You won’t be sorry.

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Center finally came to Mt. Orab last year.

The Mt. Orab Life Squad is part of the Mt. Orab Fire Department.

Reeves said she knows of two patients whose lives absolutely were saved by the Medical Center’s Emergency Room during its first month of being open because the Life Squad didn’t have to transport those patients to farther lifesaving facilities.

Lunsford said the two new medical buildings are something the village sought and worked to get for years and mentioned they “are huge assets to the community”.

He said the Emergency Room takes a big load off the Life Squad. Before the Medical Center opened, an ambulance might have to transport a patient to a farther medical facility and not get back as fast to transport another patient as it can now.

Lunsford said the Emergency Room certainly has decreased the Life Squad’s “turnaround time” regarding the time elapsing between patient pickups.

HSO Busier By 33 Percent Shannon Nielson, HSO director of Marketing and Outreach, said in a Feb. 19 telephone interview the new and larger HSO Medical Offices Building has resulted in about a 33 percent increase in patients HSO staff members see in Mt. Orab than the same time during the winter of 2009.

Nielson said while the former facility on South High Street in Mt. Orab had two medical providers, the new facility has three: a physician, a physician’s assistant and a nurse practitioner.

The new building has 17 or so employees altogether.

The new building has a pharmacy, which the former facility lacked. The Mt. Orab Medical Offices Building became only the second HSO facility, besides one in Seaman, that has a pharmacy.

Nielson said she believes the fact the new building now has a pharmacy and also the fact it is next door to the Mercy Medical Center Emergency Room are both reasons the new HSO building’s patient load had risen by about one-third.

“It was a great move,” Nielsen said of the new building and location. “We’re very pleased with the outcome, and we’re very excited about what is still to come.”

The Medical Offices Building will begin offering two new services this year the former facility did not: dental services scheduled to begin Monday, March 29, and obstetrics-gynecology services scheduled later in 2010.

In an interview last summer, Nielson said the former Mt Orab facility, that had been open near the Mt. Orab Library and Mt. Orab First Baptist Church, encompassed about 3,400 square feet.

The new facility covers about 15,000 square feet, Nielson reported, and is more than four times larger than the South High Street building and is the larger of the two medical structures on the Brooks-Malott Road medical campus.

Some features of the new building are a pager system to notify patients when medical providers may see them; a waiting area for patients with children and for children who are patients that includes a sand table for those youngsters; a scale designed so patients in wheelchairs are able to approach and use it; and expanded family practice services.

Farrell Inc. celebrates 40 successful years Celebrating 40 Years, Farrell Inc. offers tax, accounting, and payroll services in Georgetown and Eastgate.

Farrell Incorporated has provided tax, accounting, and payroll services from its Eastgate location since 2008, but the company has a very long tradition of serving the public.

Founded in 1970 in Bethel by Connie Farrell, the company now has two locations, in Georgetown and Eastgate, and employs three generations of the family.

In the early days, the business's only service was income tax preparation. Then in 1983, Farrell moved the business to Georgetown and started offering bookkeeping and accounting services in addition to tax preparation.

Shortly thereafter, the company began offering payroll services. In 2008, Farrell Inc. expanded into Clermont County with the opening of the Eastgate office. "We took a big leap of faith," Amy Farrell, Connie's daughter in law said.

"But we had many clients who lived in Clermont County, and this is a growing region."

The company's Georgetown location is still the main office.

It is run by Connie Farrell's two sons, Troy and Matt Farrell, and her daughter Elaine Sams.

Elaine's two daughters and son

also work at the Georgetown office.

Amy Farrell, the manager of the Eastgate office, is married to Troy. Their son works at both locations. "We are a family-run business, and we're very downto-earth," Farrell said. "We develop a relationship with our clients and treat them as friends and family."

Many companies that prepare taxes are only open from January through April, but Farrell Inc. is open year-round for the convenience of its customers.

Farrell Inc. offers income tax preparation and accounting ser-

vices for individuals, partnerships, and corporations. Farrell Inc. also offers payroll services, and provides e-filing of tax returns.

"If we prepare a tax return, there's no additional fee for efiling," Farrell said. "I've been doing this since it was done with paper and pencil, and I like this a lot better. This is much more efficient for our clients."

Farrell Inc. is located in Eastgate at 978 Old St. Rt. 74, and in Georgetown at 205 W. State Street. For more information, call (513) 753-6757 or (937) 378-6757.

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Schoolhouse Premiers at OVAM Show

A blackboard, a desk and a globe are the front centerpiece of the new One-Room Schoolhouse which opened for display for the first time at the 2009 Ohio Valley Antique Machine Show last Aug. 13-16 in Lewis Township near Georgetown. Except for a computerized device that operates a slide show on the table at left, the contents of the school are what a person may have seen who actually had attended classes at that school. The school is reconstructed from a building that was torn down in the Williamsburg area in 2004, according to OVAM Association Director Earl Pringle. The only part of the original structure that was replaced was the blackboard, Pringle mentioned, and he said that school opened for classes about 1860 and continued serving students until possibly about 1923.

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The north side of the new Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab, including its Emergency sign, is shown here as it faces northward toward State Route 32 (the Appalachian Highway) shortly after the building opened for business in August 2009 in Mt. Orab.

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The Pregnancy Resource Center has another busy but successful year a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Mt. Orab office is open on Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Clients may call the PRC at 937-378-6853 to make appointments to be seen by a PRC volunteer at the Mason County Health Department.

The year 2009 also saw an increase in the number of fathers seen at the Pregnancy Resource Center with 222 male clients coming to the Pregnancy Resource Center.

With the increase of male clients, the PRC has implemented a new program to cater to the specific needs of dads. Fatherhood - Not for Sissies is headed up by Jeff Haffner of the Georgetown Church of Christ. He is assisted by Jason Galley, Family Life Minister of the Georgetown Church of Christ.

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hours to accommodate client needs. The PRC now also sees clients at the Mason County Health Department on Wednesday mornings by appointment only. The main office in Georgetown is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 10

The Pregnancy Resource Center reports another successful year for 2009. Once again they saw an increase in clients from 929 in 2008 to 1203 in 2009. To accommodate their client needs, the Pregnancy Resource Center has both day time and evening

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Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley extends its service area by adding Clinton County with the first “Daddy Boot “Daddy Boot place at the

Georgetown Church of Christ the last Saturday of every other month on even months and runs from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. During the “boot camp” dads will participate in workshops that will teach skills such as diapering, bathing and feeding your infant, baby proofing your home, and proper ways to discipline. The program is open to expectant dads, new fathers, and those who have been unexpectedly thrust into the fatherhood role, such as grandfathers who are parenting their grandchildren or uncles who are male role models for their nieces or nephews. Anyone interested in joining the Fatherhood—Not for Sissies program may call the PRC at 937378-6853 and ask for Jeff to register.

The Pregnancy Resource Center is a Christian, non-profit organization that is life-affirming and provides services to women and families in the midst of unexpected pregnancies. The PRC also provides support to expectant mothers and families with infants and toddlers. They have many programs in place to assist families in need. By taking parenting and relationship classes at the PRC, parents can earn

items for their families such as cribs, infant and toddler car seats and other baby equipment such as strollers, high chairs, and bouncy seats, as available.

Not only do clients earn needed items, they gain valuable parenting and relationship skills, as well as maintain their dignity since the items are earned through their own hard work and not a hand-out.

Also available to families are emergency supplies of diapers, wipes, formula, maternity clothes and baby clothes from size Newborn to 4 Toddler. The services of the PRC are available to all expectant mothers and families with infants and toddlers in Brown County and surrounding communities. As a non-profit organization, the Pregnancy Resource Center is not a government agency and receives no government funds. The PRC is funded entirely through private donations and fundraisers. The Pregnancy Resource Center offers community service organizations the opportunity to support this worthy organization through a variety of service projects. Leaders of 4-H Clubs, Boy and Girl Scout Troops, Vacation Bible Schools and church and school organizations are invited to contact the PRC to see how they can participate in projects that will benefit the families of Brown County.

In addition to providing services to families, the PRC also offers educations concerning Sexually Transmitted Infections, Relationships and Sexual Integrity to students in area High Schools. For the past three years, over 300 students of the Southern Hills Technical and Career Center benefited by information shared by the PRC. Schools interested in taking advantage of these programs may contact the PRC and ask for Becky McRoberts, the Client Services Director or Tamma Plymesser the Executive Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center.

In 2009, Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley entered its 21st year of providing high quality services to those facing life limiting illnesses. Throughout the years their dedicated board and loyal staff have continued to push the envelope by striving to provide the very best in end-of-life care. Over the past two decades, they have provided hospice care to over 8,000 patients within their 12 county service area.

Kavin Cartmell, Executive Director added, "Over the years we've been able to continually reengineer our business through cost-saving measures, more efficient procedures and adding new technology however; we’ve never lost the focus of how powerful our community can be and the importance of exceptional hospice care" Recent satisfaction surveys revealed that ongoing supportive care was a priority during those last few days of life.

Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley is pleased to announce that in 2009, they were able to increase this service by almost 90% to 17,702 hours.

With today’s news of a troubled economy, business downsizing, and high unemployment, rates, Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley's business model has

remained very strong. As the national debate heats up with regards to health care reform and unbalanced budgets at both the State and Federal, they too face financial uncertainty.

Michael Parker, Director of Development and PR stated, "We feel encouraged knowing that we have a core of loyal supporters who will always welcome Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley into their hearts. Our goal is to continue to provide a high level of service to our patients and families to grow support for our organization". In 2009 alone they received donations from 795 first-time donors who have reached out to support our organization and our mission.

This year, Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley will continue to strive for exceptional quality and access to end-of-care. Beginning this past January, they expanded their services into Clinton County, Ohio bringing their Ohio service area six counties. They will also continue to provide the needed resources to fund their supportive care team. Remember that anyone can make a referral to Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley. To find out how call 1-800-9284243 or log onto www.hospiceofhope.org.

Erin Richmond, Ohio Provider Relation Specialist representing Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley at the Annual Festival of Hope Fundraiser.

COMMUNITY LIVING - RUSSELLVILLE

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The Russellville Fire Department’s new tanker, which was purchased in 2009, is parked after participating in the 2009 Russellville Fourth of July Celebration.

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Quality Handmade Furniture by Amish Craftsman

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Bakery & Gifts Gazebos & Mini Barns

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The Home Place, more than just a furniture store Truly the economic recession has birthed some creativity, resourcefulness, and ingenuity.

Like a family man who went around looking for trash piles to recycle and clean up because he wasn’t otherwise employed. Or a former RV factory employee in northern Indiana who began fabricating simple message signs of wood like: Always kiss me goodnight; and God bless our home.

At last reports he couldn’t keep up with orders!

Or a handcrafted furniture store who began grilling meat for carry out. That’s us!

As a family enterprise, we’ve begun scattering our eggs among numerous baskets and the result has been quite positive. When the potato chip salesman told us, "a recession is good for the potato chip industry," we began looking at what goes into our mouths and not only at the wooden table we place that food on.

While our first love is still the handcrafted, hardwood, superb quality, custom, Ohio made furniture; we are quickly embracing a second love. We have recently opened a small deli featuring cheeses and meats offered by Walnut Creek Foods of Holmes County, Ohio (Amish Country).

Your choices range from roll butter to peppered bacon to Lebanon bologna to smoked baby swiss and myriads of additional options in between. Our eager deli workers are on hand to slice and chip and chunk your choices.

Another feature that was well received last summer was that of barbequed baby back ribs and chicken. When this awesome winter weather breaks we hope to once again be offering ribs on Friday and chicken on Saturday.

Add to that our own salads, soft serve ice cream and slices of freshly baked pie. Call or stay tuned to our weekly newspaper ads for the beginning date! (Oh, and fresh strawberry pie.)

What used to be termed a

"weekend bakery" now offers peanut butter pie all week, a selection of cookies, creme horns, pumpkin bars, blackberry jam cake every day - because we know that your sweet urges and special gatherings don’t always wait for Friday. Italian herb pizza crusts are always available too, fresh or frozen. Until further notice, breads are usually on the shelf Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (And a little secret is the decorated party cakes that may be forthcoming...Stay posted.)

Our signature granola continues to draw repeat customers.

Popcorn and local honey selections are a close second. Jerky, candies, jams, relishes, noodles and coffees are some other "country store" options you’ll find here.

The poly wood furniture created out of recycled milk and pop bottles continues to be a growing favorite among our clients.

Watch this spring season for some new colorful and delightful creations! The only thing you’ll miss is the repeated staining, painting and maintenance that wood required.

We sport a larger display of outdoor buildings, sheds, cabins and gazebos than ever before.

On site building of storage sheds is the latest addition to the options we offer.

Like I said before, the quality USA made furniture in our showroom is still our first love and while adding the food items in our store we have not diminished our inventory of furniture.

We have some new styles, designs and creations on our floor because the craftsmen are always coming up with something new and when we go to their shows we bring it back so you can enjoy it too.

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Two new medical buildings are major sign of Mt. Orab progress Neighboring structures are first major Brooks-Malott development

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press One of the biggest signs of progress in Mt. Orab in 2009 was the opening of two neighboring buildings on a new medical campus on Brooks-Malott Road by State Route 32 (the Appalachian Highway).

The larger and more northern building is the new Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab, a 24hour, seven-days per week emergency facility that encompasses more than 10,000 square feet.

The smaller and more southern building is the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building.

Ribbon-cutting ceremonies for both buildings were held this past July 30 with Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab opening this past Aug. 1 and the HSO Medical Offices Building opening this past Aug. 3.

Daily Patient Count In 40s Cincinnati-based Mercy Health Partners is the new Medical Center’s parent company, and the new medical building is associated closely with Mercy Hospital Clermont in nearby Batavia.

In an interview this past Feb 19, MHC President/Chief Executive Officer Gayle Heintzelman said Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab has been quite busy since its opening.

Heintzelman said while more than 90 patients came to the facility on some days, the daily average now is about 45 to 47.

“What the volume (of patients) shows is there was a great community need for the people we serve,” she said. “That is what we’re here for.”

She gave as an example of the patients the Medical Center serves a man who was driving along SR 32 with his wife when he experienced chest pains. He went to the Medical Center where it was determined he was having a heart attack, so Medical Center personnel stabilized him and then sent him to an appropriate medical facility for further care.

Heintzelman said the patients the Medical Center has seen have had conditions ranging from minor to major. Some have been traffic accident victims, including two in an accident that occurred on SR 32 in front of the Medical Center, and some have been patients who require surgery.

The Medical Center seeks to stabilize patients in need of medical attention and then send them to a larger facility where they may receive the appropriate level of pertinent care, according to the MHC president/CEO. While the Medical Center has a space in which to deliver a baby if that becomes necessary,

Heintzelman said on Feb. 19 that service hadn’t been needed yet.

Another Nurse Was Needed Heintzelman reported 40 fulltime and part-time employees work at the Medical Center, mentioning the facility had to hire another nurse than original plans called for because of the patient workload that eventually resulted.

The Medical Center has eight Emergency Room beds, a Nurses’ Station, a waiting room, full imaging and diagnostic services and a heliport where air ambulance helicopters may land for transporting patients to other medical facilities.

The entrance area includes vending machines, a Waiting Room, and men’s and women’s rest rooms. The Emergency Center also has a Nurses’ Station and patients’ rest rooms.

The Medical Center not only provides around the clock emergency care but is able to provide outpatient medical tests. It offers computed axial tomography (CAT) scan, radiology and laboratory work services, Heintzelman said, adding the new facility hasn’t seen as many outpatients who have wanted tests as Medical

Center personnel would like to see.

She thanked what she said has been a warm welcome for the Medical Center from Mt. Orabarea residents and businesses and commented, “We are so grateful to be able to serve the community

and provide high quality health care out there.”

Fire Chief, Mayor Grateful Mt. Orab Fire Chief Lisa Reeves and Mayor Bruce Lunsford are among many people who are grateful the new Medical continued on page 21

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The medical staff at the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building in Mt. Orab pose during that facility’s Open House on Aug. 13, 2009. From left are Nurse Practitioner Andrew Scott of Mt. Orab; Paul Sklena, M.D., of Terrace Park, the facility’s medical director; Physician Assistant – Certified Teresa Wright of Williamsburg; and Family Practice Physician Dr. Richard BroderOldach, D.O., of Anderson Township.

HealthSource of Ohio expands in 2009 to better serve the area HealthSource of Ohio was founded in 1976 to address the issue of access to primary health care. It is a private, not-for-profit Federally Qualified Community Health Center that serves Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland and Fayette counties in southwest Ohio.

HealthSource Mt. Orab expanded to a new 15,000 square foot facility in August 2009. The community has been very responsive.

The Mt. Orab facility currently offers family practice, counseling and pharmacy services. We urge not only our patients, but the entire community to utilize the pharmacy to fill prescriptions, but for over the counter items as well.

We are adjacent to the new Mercy Medical Center which offers diagnostics including x-ray, MRI, an open CT scan and EKG. We can send patients next door for their tests, which makes it more convenient for our patients and doctors.

HealthSource is very pleased to begin offering dental services in Mt. Orab. in seeing patients on March 29. Mt. Orab Dental will also have a hygienist for teeth cleaning. We have new state of the art dental equipment. We are excited about the dental practice opening and believe it will be great for the patients and community.

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Clermont College is an accredited, open access college offering more than 50 associate degrees and certificate programs

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The University of Cincinnati, Clermont College is located in the center of Clermont County on 91.2 beautiful wooded acres in Batavia Township. Opened in 1972, Clermont College is an accredited, openaccess college offering more than 50 associate degrees and certificate programs.

In addition, the college hosts six bachelor degree programs ranging from criminal justice to nursing.

The college is part of the nationally recognized University of Cincinnati. Students who attend UC Clermont College

have full access to UC's Uptown campus libraries, student support services, student clubs, fraternities, sororities, intramural sports and athletic events.

At UC Clermont College, students will find highly dedicated and credentialed faculty in our classrooms – where the emphasis is on the student. The faculty–student ration is 20:1.

The staff is committed to making this a great college experience for all of our students. Our goal is help our students succeed, graduate with distinction -- prepared, confident and eager for the

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At UC Clermont College we bring the power of UC... close to home!

ENROLLMENT • Fall 2009, record enrollment of 3,713 students, up 14.6% from Fall 2008.

• Winter 2010 – up 17.7 % from Winter 2009 • Faculty: 93% of full-time faculty have advanced degrees; 70% of full-time faculty have doctorate, professional or other terminal degrees • UC Clermont College is receiving the highest increase in state subsidy – 24 percent for

2009.

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES UC Clermont College has experienced tremendous growth – with a 70 percent increase in enrollment since 2000. The college has built five new buildings since 2000 to accommodate the needs of the campus.

UC Clermont College has been identified as having the highest usage of building space in state by the UC architect’s office.

The college is in the final stages of the 10-year master planning. Currently, the college is seeking space - in the nearby community - to accommodate the expansion of programs. UC Clermont College plans to build additional facilities in the next two to three years.

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS • In October 2009, UC Clermont College hosted its second 5K Walk/Run for Scholarships at TQL in the Ivy Pointe Business Park to meet the needs of a growing student population who often face financial barriers to obtaining a college degree. The fundraiser brought together community members, students, faculty, staff, businesses and organizations to help our students achieve their academic dreams by raising money for the Clermont College Scholarship Fund. Approximately $15,000 was raised and 143 runners/walkers participated. Race sponsors

USCAA All American photo (L to R): Lauren Bradford, Kelley Koons, and Erica Hoctor.

include: International Paper, TQL, Duke Energy, Mercy Hospital Clermont, Midwestern Plumbing Service & Archie Wilson, Chick-fil-A Eastgate, PNC Bank Eastgate, and ChemTech.

• A dedicated group of community volunteers work toward the ambitious goals of the Proudly Cincinnati campaign so that students are prepared to succeed anywhere and everywhere as UC Clermont College alumni.

Funding priorities include meeting the needs of a growing student body through the establishment of a new building, strengthening recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, increasing scholarship to recruit and reward and academically talented and engaged student body and enriching the college’s thriving academic enterprise and community outreach.

• In a season of historical accomplishments, the UC Clermont volleyball team added another page to their history books. For the first time, the Cougars reached the Final Four at the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championship Tournament. Kelly Koons was selected to the USCAA First Team All-American while Lauren Bradford and Erica Hoctor received USCAA Honorable Mention All-American Award.

• Both the men and women’s basketball teams earned repeat bids to the USCAA National Basketball Championships March 2-6 in Fayette, Pennsylvania.

FAST FACTS Fall 2009 enrollment: 3,713 Male/Female enrollment: 1,526/2,187 Full-time Faculty: 82 Adjunct Faculty: 259 Student to Faculty Ratio: 20:1 Average class size for fall 2009 is 25 CONTACT INFORMATION: UC Clermont College Clermont College 4200 Clermont College Dr. Batavia, Oh 45103 P: 513-732-5200 Website www.ucclermont.edu

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table and we can show you pictures of 50 different ones we can have special ordered for you. In this world of mass production and huge manufacturing complexes, please allow us to take you back to the dad who works with his sons, drawing, designing, planing, sawing, sanding and finishing with only supreme products and craftsmanship, building each piece FOR YOU. Veneers, composite wood, cardboard boxes, assembly required are not in our vocabulary here.

We offer quality Ohio made bed mattresses that come with a

firm warranty. We’ll even custom size those if you need one for an antique bed or your RV. Something new: quick ship TV stands that will not require you to wait two months. Oh yes, and the electric stove and solid wood mantles are here now too.

Stop by and help us figure out whether we’re about furniture or food. While you experience the glider rocker, you get to sample the ride, coffee, cookies, and the daily paper. There’s a chance your neighbor just happened by too for the same reason. All at The Home Place.

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having to go through the office first before being able to get into the rest of the building.

White also said the new high school has some security cameras both inside and outside the former school lacked.

New technology the principal praised includes classroom instruction ceiling projectors throughout the building.

The new high school also has more space and better maneuverability for students. The former high school had three floors in one wing and four floors in another wing students had to travel while the new school has two floors in a single wing.

White also mentioned with the way the old school had been constructed, there were some problems such as columns coming up in the middle of classrooms.

FPMS Principal David Tatman, who served as principal at the former FPMS for six years, said he likes the larger classrooms in the new middle school compared to what they were in the former middle school and the fact the new school has only one floor rather than the former two.

Tatman also said he likes the technology upgrades with such educational instruments as projectors, sound fields and SMART Boards.

He also said the heating and air conditioning in the new school are more consistent than in the former school and said classrooms are more aesthetically pleasing with more windows and lighting.

Tatman said the classrooms are more environmentally friendly and less expensive to operate as

far as utilities are concerned. Their design allows less heat to get into the classrooms during warm weather and thus reduces the amount of air conditioning being needed, and sunlight getting into classrooms doesn’t shine as directly on those gathered there as in the old school.

FPES Principal Greg Barlow spent only one year at the helm of the old East Street school before moving to the elementary school’s new home in the renovated FPMS building.

Barlow said he likes the layout of the new school better than the old East Street facility because he thinks it is more conducive to learning.

The prekindergarten, kindergarten, special education and firstgrade students are self-contained in the same area (the school addition), and the second-graders are self-contained in another area.

Each of those classrooms has only one teacher all day.

Third-graders are self-contained in the morning, Barlow said, but go to other classrooms in the afternoon. Fourth and fifthgraders aren’t self-contained and go to different classrooms throughout the day for classes.

Barlow said while the second through fifth-graders attend class in the portion of the former FPMS that isn’t the school addition, their classrooms were renovated before the school opened this past August.

A change made in the district with the two new schools and the relocated elementary school is that fifth-graders no longer attend FPMS. Last school year, fifthgraders attended the current FPES building with sixth through eighth-graders when it was the former FPMS; the newly-constructed FPMS was designed only

for sixth through eighth-graders.

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Southern Hills CTC Upcoming Events April 13 . . . . . . . . . . . District Wide Advisory Meeting April 15 . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmetology Style Show May 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . Teacher Appreciation Week May 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Completion Ceremony May 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . Last day for students

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Progress lead the way - engineering, bio-medical programs Southern Hills CTC, Georgetown Junior/Senior High School, and Western Brown High School are participating in Project Lead the Way, a national organization committed to providing more engineers and scientists among American students.

The partnership allows students at Georgetown and Western Brown to take an engineering class their freshman, sophomore, and junior year. As seniors, the students attend Southern Hills for part of their day the first half of the year to take Civil Engineering. During the second semester, students work with a working engineer to complete a project. The engineers working with students are John Hattersley from Rumpke; Todd Cluxton, Brown County Engineer; and Chris Hatfield, Santoro Engineer

Company.

In addition to the Engineering program, Project Lead the Way has a Bio-Medical program.

Western Brown is in the first year of the Bio-Medical program, which is offered to sophomores.

Like the engineering program, students will attend Southern Hills for part of the day during their senior year.

NEW EQUIPMENT FOR WELDING PROGRAM The Southern Hills CTC Welding program purchased a new shear, brake press, and roller to replace used equipment donated by MacTools over twenty-five years ago. The new equipment comes with many state-of-the-art features that will give students additional preparation for the job market.

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937.378.6131 www.shjvs.com

You Can Go Anywhere from Here!

Southern Hills CTC Upcoming Events April 13 . . . . . . . . . . . District Wide Advisory Meeting April 15 . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmetology Style Show May 3-7 . . . . . . . . . . . Teacher Appreciation Week May 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Completion Ceremony May 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . Last day for students

Secondary Programs Agriculture/Industrial Mechanics Early Childhood Education Auto Mechanics Engineering Business & Finance, Inc. Graphics Carpentry

Information Technology Clinical Health Services Sports Medicine Cosmetology Welding Criminal Justice

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Progress lead the way - engineering, bio-medical programs Southern Hills CTC, Georgetown Junior/Senior High School, and Western Brown High School are participating in Project Lead the Way, a national organization committed to providing more engineers and scientists among American students.

The partnership allows students at Georgetown and Western Brown to take an engineering class their freshman, sophomore, and junior year. As seniors, the students attend Southern Hills for part of their day the first half of the year to take Civil Engineering. During the second semester, students work with a working engineer to complete a project. The engineers working with students are John Hattersley from Rumpke; Todd Cluxton, Brown County Engineer; and Chris Hatfield, Santoro Engineer

Company.

In addition to the Engineering program, Project Lead the Way has a Bio-Medical program.

Western Brown is in the first year of the Bio-Medical program, which is offered to sophomores.

Like the engineering program, students will attend Southern Hills for part of the day during their senior year.

NEW EQUIPMENT FOR WELDING PROGRAM The Southern Hills CTC Welding program purchased a new shear, brake press, and roller to replace used equipment donated by MacTools over twenty-five years ago. The new equipment comes with many state-of-the-art features that will give students additional preparation for the job market.

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Clermont College is an accredited, open access college offering more than 50 associate degrees and certificate programs

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The University of Cincinnati, Clermont College is located in the center of Clermont County on 91.2 beautiful wooded acres in Batavia Township. Opened in 1972, Clermont College is an accredited, openaccess college offering more than 50 associate degrees and certificate programs.

In addition, the college hosts six bachelor degree programs ranging from criminal justice to nursing.

The college is part of the nationally recognized University of Cincinnati. Students who attend UC Clermont College

have full access to UC's Uptown campus libraries, student support services, student clubs, fraternities, sororities, intramural sports and athletic events.

At UC Clermont College, students will find highly dedicated and credentialed faculty in our classrooms – where the emphasis is on the student. The faculty–student ration is 20:1.

The staff is committed to making this a great college experience for all of our students. Our goal is help our students succeed, graduate with distinction -- prepared, confident and eager for the

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At UC Clermont College we bring the power of UC... close to home!

ENROLLMENT • Fall 2009, record enrollment of 3,713 students, up 14.6% from Fall 2008.

• Winter 2010 – up 17.7 % from Winter 2009 • Faculty: 93% of full-time faculty have advanced degrees; 70% of full-time faculty have doctorate, professional or other terminal degrees • UC Clermont College is receiving the highest increase in state subsidy – 24 percent for

2009.

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES UC Clermont College has experienced tremendous growth – with a 70 percent increase in enrollment since 2000. The college has built five new buildings since 2000 to accommodate the needs of the campus.

UC Clermont College has been identified as having the highest usage of building space in state by the UC architect’s office.

The college is in the final stages of the 10-year master planning. Currently, the college is seeking space - in the nearby community - to accommodate the expansion of programs. UC Clermont College plans to build additional facilities in the next two to three years.

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS • In October 2009, UC Clermont College hosted its second 5K Walk/Run for Scholarships at TQL in the Ivy Pointe Business Park to meet the needs of a growing student population who often face financial barriers to obtaining a college degree. The fundraiser brought together community members, students, faculty, staff, businesses and organizations to help our students achieve their academic dreams by raising money for the Clermont College Scholarship Fund. Approximately $15,000 was raised and 143 runners/walkers participated. Race sponsors

USCAA All American photo (L to R): Lauren Bradford, Kelley Koons, and Erica Hoctor.

include: International Paper, TQL, Duke Energy, Mercy Hospital Clermont, Midwestern Plumbing Service & Archie Wilson, Chick-fil-A Eastgate, PNC Bank Eastgate, and ChemTech.

• A dedicated group of community volunteers work toward the ambitious goals of the Proudly Cincinnati campaign so that students are prepared to succeed anywhere and everywhere as UC Clermont College alumni.

Funding priorities include meeting the needs of a growing student body through the establishment of a new building, strengthening recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, increasing scholarship to recruit and reward and academically talented and engaged student body and enriching the college’s thriving academic enterprise and community outreach.

• In a season of historical accomplishments, the UC Clermont volleyball team added another page to their history books. For the first time, the Cougars reached the Final Four at the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championship Tournament. Kelly Koons was selected to the USCAA First Team All-American while Lauren Bradford and Erica Hoctor received USCAA Honorable Mention All-American Award.

• Both the men and women’s basketball teams earned repeat bids to the USCAA National Basketball Championships March 2-6 in Fayette, Pennsylvania.

FAST FACTS Fall 2009 enrollment: 3,713 Male/Female enrollment: 1,526/2,187 Full-time Faculty: 82 Adjunct Faculty: 259 Student to Faculty Ratio: 20:1 Average class size for fall 2009 is 25 CONTACT INFORMATION: UC Clermont College Clermont College 4200 Clermont College Dr. Batavia, Oh 45103 P: 513-732-5200 Website www.ucclermont.edu

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table and we can show you pictures of 50 different ones we can have special ordered for you. In this world of mass production and huge manufacturing complexes, please allow us to take you back to the dad who works with his sons, drawing, designing, planing, sawing, sanding and finishing with only supreme products and craftsmanship, building each piece FOR YOU. Veneers, composite wood, cardboard boxes, assembly required are not in our vocabulary here.

We offer quality Ohio made bed mattresses that come with a

firm warranty. We’ll even custom size those if you need one for an antique bed or your RV. Something new: quick ship TV stands that will not require you to wait two months. Oh yes, and the electric stove and solid wood mantles are here now too.

Stop by and help us figure out whether we’re about furniture or food. While you experience the glider rocker, you get to sample the ride, coffee, cookies, and the daily paper. There’s a chance your neighbor just happened by too for the same reason. All at The Home Place.

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having to go through the office first before being able to get into the rest of the building.

White also said the new high school has some security cameras both inside and outside the former school lacked.

New technology the principal praised includes classroom instruction ceiling projectors throughout the building.

The new high school also has more space and better maneuverability for students. The former high school had three floors in one wing and four floors in another wing students had to travel while the new school has two floors in a single wing.

White also mentioned with the way the old school had been constructed, there were some problems such as columns coming up in the middle of classrooms.

FPMS Principal David Tatman, who served as principal at the former FPMS for six years, said he likes the larger classrooms in the new middle school compared to what they were in the former middle school and the fact the new school has only one floor rather than the former two.

Tatman also said he likes the technology upgrades with such educational instruments as projectors, sound fields and SMART Boards.

He also said the heating and air conditioning in the new school are more consistent than in the former school and said classrooms are more aesthetically pleasing with more windows and lighting.

Tatman said the classrooms are more environmentally friendly and less expensive to operate as

far as utilities are concerned. Their design allows less heat to get into the classrooms during warm weather and thus reduces the amount of air conditioning being needed, and sunlight getting into classrooms doesn’t shine as directly on those gathered there as in the old school.

FPES Principal Greg Barlow spent only one year at the helm of the old East Street school before moving to the elementary school’s new home in the renovated FPMS building.

Barlow said he likes the layout of the new school better than the old East Street facility because he thinks it is more conducive to learning.

The prekindergarten, kindergarten, special education and firstgrade students are self-contained in the same area (the school addition), and the second-graders are self-contained in another area.

Each of those classrooms has only one teacher all day.

Third-graders are self-contained in the morning, Barlow said, but go to other classrooms in the afternoon. Fourth and fifthgraders aren’t self-contained and go to different classrooms throughout the day for classes.

Barlow said while the second through fifth-graders attend class in the portion of the former FPMS that isn’t the school addition, their classrooms were renovated before the school opened this past August.

A change made in the district with the two new schools and the relocated elementary school is that fifth-graders no longer attend FPMS. Last school year, fifthgraders attended the current FPES building with sixth through eighth-graders when it was the former FPMS; the newly-constructed FPMS was designed only

for sixth through eighth-graders.

Because fifth-grade classrooms remained in the same building and became elementary classrooms now rather than middle school

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Quality Handmade Furniture by Amish Craftsman

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Bakery & Gifts Gazebos & Mini Barns

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The Home Place, more than just a furniture store Truly the economic recession has birthed some creativity, resourcefulness, and ingenuity.

Like a family man who went around looking for trash piles to recycle and clean up because he wasn’t otherwise employed. Or a former RV factory employee in northern Indiana who began fabricating simple message signs of wood like: Always kiss me goodnight; and God bless our home.

At last reports he couldn’t keep up with orders!

Or a handcrafted furniture store who began grilling meat for carry out. That’s us!

As a family enterprise, we’ve begun scattering our eggs among numerous baskets and the result has been quite positive. When the potato chip salesman told us, "a recession is good for the potato chip industry," we began looking at what goes into our mouths and not only at the wooden table we place that food on.

While our first love is still the handcrafted, hardwood, superb quality, custom, Ohio made furniture; we are quickly embracing a second love. We have recently opened a small deli featuring cheeses and meats offered by Walnut Creek Foods of Holmes County, Ohio (Amish Country).

Your choices range from roll butter to peppered bacon to Lebanon bologna to smoked baby swiss and myriads of additional options in between. Our eager deli workers are on hand to slice and chip and chunk your choices.

Another feature that was well received last summer was that of barbequed baby back ribs and chicken. When this awesome winter weather breaks we hope to once again be offering ribs on Friday and chicken on Saturday.

Add to that our own salads, soft serve ice cream and slices of freshly baked pie. Call or stay tuned to our weekly newspaper ads for the beginning date! (Oh, and fresh strawberry pie.)

What used to be termed a

"weekend bakery" now offers peanut butter pie all week, a selection of cookies, creme horns, pumpkin bars, blackberry jam cake every day - because we know that your sweet urges and special gatherings don’t always wait for Friday. Italian herb pizza crusts are always available too, fresh or frozen. Until further notice, breads are usually on the shelf Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (And a little secret is the decorated party cakes that may be forthcoming...Stay posted.)

Our signature granola continues to draw repeat customers.

Popcorn and local honey selections are a close second. Jerky, candies, jams, relishes, noodles and coffees are some other "country store" options you’ll find here.

The poly wood furniture created out of recycled milk and pop bottles continues to be a growing favorite among our clients.

Watch this spring season for some new colorful and delightful creations! The only thing you’ll miss is the repeated staining, painting and maintenance that wood required.

We sport a larger display of outdoor buildings, sheds, cabins and gazebos than ever before.

On site building of storage sheds is the latest addition to the options we offer.

Like I said before, the quality USA made furniture in our showroom is still our first love and while adding the food items in our store we have not diminished our inventory of furniture.

We have some new styles, designs and creations on our floor because the craftsmen are always coming up with something new and when we go to their shows we bring it back so you can enjoy it too.

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Two new medical buildings are major sign of Mt. Orab progress Neighboring structures are first major Brooks-Malott development

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press One of the biggest signs of progress in Mt. Orab in 2009 was the opening of two neighboring buildings on a new medical campus on Brooks-Malott Road by State Route 32 (the Appalachian Highway).

The larger and more northern building is the new Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab, a 24hour, seven-days per week emergency facility that encompasses more than 10,000 square feet.

The smaller and more southern building is the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building.

Ribbon-cutting ceremonies for both buildings were held this past July 30 with Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab opening this past Aug. 1 and the HSO Medical Offices Building opening this past Aug. 3.

Daily Patient Count In 40s Cincinnati-based Mercy Health Partners is the new Medical Center’s parent company, and the new medical building is associated closely with Mercy Hospital Clermont in nearby Batavia.

In an interview this past Feb 19, MHC President/Chief Executive Officer Gayle Heintzelman said Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab has been quite busy since its opening.

Heintzelman said while more than 90 patients came to the facility on some days, the daily average now is about 45 to 47.

“What the volume (of patients) shows is there was a great community need for the people we serve,” she said. “That is what we’re here for.”

She gave as an example of the patients the Medical Center serves a man who was driving along SR 32 with his wife when he experienced chest pains. He went to the Medical Center where it was determined he was having a heart attack, so Medical Center personnel stabilized him and then sent him to an appropriate medical facility for further care.

Heintzelman said the patients the Medical Center has seen have had conditions ranging from minor to major. Some have been traffic accident victims, including two in an accident that occurred on SR 32 in front of the Medical Center, and some have been patients who require surgery.

The Medical Center seeks to stabilize patients in need of medical attention and then send them to a larger facility where they may receive the appropriate level of pertinent care, according to the MHC president/CEO. While the Medical Center has a space in which to deliver a baby if that becomes necessary,

Heintzelman said on Feb. 19 that service hadn’t been needed yet.

Another Nurse Was Needed Heintzelman reported 40 fulltime and part-time employees work at the Medical Center, mentioning the facility had to hire another nurse than original plans called for because of the patient workload that eventually resulted.

The Medical Center has eight Emergency Room beds, a Nurses’ Station, a waiting room, full imaging and diagnostic services and a heliport where air ambulance helicopters may land for transporting patients to other medical facilities.

The entrance area includes vending machines, a Waiting Room, and men’s and women’s rest rooms. The Emergency Center also has a Nurses’ Station and patients’ rest rooms.

The Medical Center not only provides around the clock emergency care but is able to provide outpatient medical tests. It offers computed axial tomography (CAT) scan, radiology and laboratory work services, Heintzelman said, adding the new facility hasn’t seen as many outpatients who have wanted tests as Medical

Center personnel would like to see.

She thanked what she said has been a warm welcome for the Medical Center from Mt. Orabarea residents and businesses and commented, “We are so grateful to be able to serve the community

and provide high quality health care out there.”

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The Brown County Press/WAYNE BOBLITT

The medical staff at the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building in Mt. Orab pose during that facility’s Open House on Aug. 13, 2009. From left are Nurse Practitioner Andrew Scott of Mt. Orab; Paul Sklena, M.D., of Terrace Park, the facility’s medical director; Physician Assistant – Certified Teresa Wright of Williamsburg; and Family Practice Physician Dr. Richard BroderOldach, D.O., of Anderson Township.

HealthSource of Ohio expands in 2009 to better serve the area HealthSource of Ohio was founded in 1976 to address the issue of access to primary health care. It is a private, not-for-profit Federally Qualified Community Health Center that serves Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland and Fayette counties in southwest Ohio.

HealthSource Mt. Orab expanded to a new 15,000 square foot facility in August 2009. The community has been very responsive.

The Mt. Orab facility currently offers family practice, counseling and pharmacy services. We urge not only our patients, but the entire community to utilize the pharmacy to fill prescriptions, but for over the counter items as well.

We are adjacent to the new Mercy Medical Center which offers diagnostics including x-ray, MRI, an open CT scan and EKG. We can send patients next door for their tests, which makes it more convenient for our patients and doctors.

HealthSource is very pleased to begin offering dental services in Mt. Orab. in seeing patients on March 29. Mt. Orab Dental will also have a hygienist for teeth cleaning. We have new state of the art dental equipment. We are excited about the dental practice opening and believe it will be great for the patients and community.

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The Pregnancy Resource Center has another busy but successful year a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Mt. Orab office is open on Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Clients may call the PRC at 937-378-6853 to make appointments to be seen by a PRC volunteer at the Mason County Health Department.

The year 2009 also saw an increase in the number of fathers seen at the Pregnancy Resource Center with 222 male clients coming to the Pregnancy Resource Center.

With the increase of male clients, the PRC has implemented a new program to cater to the specific needs of dads. Fatherhood - Not for Sissies is headed up by Jeff Haffner of the Georgetown Church of Christ. He is assisted by Jason Galley, Family Life Minister of the Georgetown Church of Christ.

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hours to accommodate client needs. The PRC now also sees clients at the Mason County Health Department on Wednesday mornings by appointment only. The main office in Georgetown is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 10

The Pregnancy Resource Center reports another successful year for 2009. Once again they saw an increase in clients from 929 in 2008 to 1203 in 2009. To accommodate their client needs, the Pregnancy Resource Center has both day time and evening

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Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley extends its service area by adding Clinton County with the first “Daddy Boot “Daddy Boot place at the

Georgetown Church of Christ the last Saturday of every other month on even months and runs from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. During the “boot camp” dads will participate in workshops that will teach skills such as diapering, bathing and feeding your infant, baby proofing your home, and proper ways to discipline. The program is open to expectant dads, new fathers, and those who have been unexpectedly thrust into the fatherhood role, such as grandfathers who are parenting their grandchildren or uncles who are male role models for their nieces or nephews. Anyone interested in joining the Fatherhood—Not for Sissies program may call the PRC at 937378-6853 and ask for Jeff to register.

The Pregnancy Resource Center is a Christian, non-profit organization that is life-affirming and provides services to women and families in the midst of unexpected pregnancies. The PRC also provides support to expectant mothers and families with infants and toddlers. They have many programs in place to assist families in need. By taking parenting and relationship classes at the PRC, parents can earn

items for their families such as cribs, infant and toddler car seats and other baby equipment such as strollers, high chairs, and bouncy seats, as available.

Not only do clients earn needed items, they gain valuable parenting and relationship skills, as well as maintain their dignity since the items are earned through their own hard work and not a hand-out.

Also available to families are emergency supplies of diapers, wipes, formula, maternity clothes and baby clothes from size Newborn to 4 Toddler. The services of the PRC are available to all expectant mothers and families with infants and toddlers in Brown County and surrounding communities. As a non-profit organization, the Pregnancy Resource Center is not a government agency and receives no government funds. The PRC is funded entirely through private donations and fundraisers. The Pregnancy Resource Center offers community service organizations the opportunity to support this worthy organization through a variety of service projects. Leaders of 4-H Clubs, Boy and Girl Scout Troops, Vacation Bible Schools and church and school organizations are invited to contact the PRC to see how they can participate in projects that will benefit the families of Brown County.

In addition to providing services to families, the PRC also offers educations concerning Sexually Transmitted Infections, Relationships and Sexual Integrity to students in area High Schools. For the past three years, over 300 students of the Southern Hills Technical and Career Center benefited by information shared by the PRC. Schools interested in taking advantage of these programs may contact the PRC and ask for Becky McRoberts, the Client Services Director or Tamma Plymesser the Executive Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center.

In 2009, Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley entered its 21st year of providing high quality services to those facing life limiting illnesses. Throughout the years their dedicated board and loyal staff have continued to push the envelope by striving to provide the very best in end-of-life care. Over the past two decades, they have provided hospice care to over 8,000 patients within their 12 county service area.

Kavin Cartmell, Executive Director added, "Over the years we've been able to continually reengineer our business through cost-saving measures, more efficient procedures and adding new technology however; we’ve never lost the focus of how powerful our community can be and the importance of exceptional hospice care" Recent satisfaction surveys revealed that ongoing supportive care was a priority during those last few days of life.

Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley is pleased to announce that in 2009, they were able to increase this service by almost 90% to 17,702 hours.

With today’s news of a troubled economy, business downsizing, and high unemployment, rates, Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley's business model has

remained very strong. As the national debate heats up with regards to health care reform and unbalanced budgets at both the State and Federal, they too face financial uncertainty.

Michael Parker, Director of Development and PR stated, "We feel encouraged knowing that we have a core of loyal supporters who will always welcome Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley into their hearts. Our goal is to continue to provide a high level of service to our patients and families to grow support for our organization". In 2009 alone they received donations from 795 first-time donors who have reached out to support our organization and our mission.

This year, Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley will continue to strive for exceptional quality and access to end-of-care. Beginning this past January, they expanded their services into Clinton County, Ohio bringing their Ohio service area six counties. They will also continue to provide the needed resources to fund their supportive care team. Remember that anyone can make a referral to Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley. To find out how call 1-800-9284243 or log onto www.hospiceofhope.org.

Erin Richmond, Ohio Provider Relation Specialist representing Hospice of Hope Ohio Valley at the Annual Festival of Hope Fundraiser.

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The Russellville Fire Department’s new tanker, which was purchased in 2009, is parked after participating in the 2009 Russellville Fourth of July Celebration.

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32 Senior Community Located at Eastwood Rd. and St. Rt. 32 32 Senior Community is for those 50 and older as well as the disabled, is a complex that has 90 apartment units as of 2010. The apartments range from 720 sq.ft. to over 1500 sq.ft. which reflects the space of a small 3 bedroom home. These apartments are 1 and 2 bedroom with and without a garage and some with a huge Florida sun room as well as a 10ft. covered porches in rear and 4ft. covered porch in front. The cost ranges from $400 for a 1 bedroom to $750 for the deluxe models. All apartments at 32 Senior Community have a single floor plan (No Steps), high efficiency HV/AC with a heat pump, Laundry room for a full size washer and dryer, lots of medium oak kitchen cabinets, a place to

install a dish washer, flat top stove, 19 cubic ft. refrigerator, 36 inch doors for handicap accessibility, ADA toilet with access for a wheel chair, this makes for a nice size restroom. Other amenities that vary from apartment to apartment are space saver microwaves above the stove, ceramic tiled restrooms, wall to wall carpeting, pantries, Florida sun rooms, ceiling fans in bedrooms and living rooms and walk in closets.

All apartments at 32 Senior Community are set up so the tenants can stay in their home for as long as they can. Although they are Senior Friendly, the units are very spacious and look fantastic.

The quality and craftsmanship of these apartments really show

through when you see them.

On site amenities consist of a 1 1/2 acre fishing pond, fencing and gates that secure the complete complex and the pond with many wooded areas which surround the complex. Garbage pick up at your door twice a week, on site manager, maintenance and HV/AC man for any needs that may arise in the 32 Community.

For those whom have rented in the past, these services are very important when you need them.

All lawn care and snow removal is included as well.

In 2010-2011, 32 Senior Community will add another 50 units. These units will be unique because a 2 car garage will be added to some of these units.

Some 2 bedroom with some having 2 bathrooms will be added as well. These new units will have all the amenities listed before and some new ones like full view screen doors with glass for the front and rear door. The best of the past units are used in all new

construction with addition of some new products and ideas. A Club House with an exercise room, pool table, ping pong, darts, and a few other games that all tenants and their families may use. The Club House will also consist of a Rental Hall which will be used for the community gatherings, parties, and tenants may rent this part out for themselves and their families for a very low cost. The Club House will be equipped with an emergency generator and propane heat in case of any power losses to the 32 Senior Community.

This will allow for heat in the winter and A/C in the summer for all tenants at No extra charge.

The 32 Senior Community is not a profit based facility, although it is privately owned by Tim Hale and his family. Tim Hale is setting up the community to be self supporting only, and is proud to boast that the original tenants from 8 years ago are still paying the same rent today and hopes

that they will be paying the same 10 years from now.

The concept of this Senior Community is to have a great and secure place to live at a fair price.

The summers here are the best, with lots of room to walk, wild life to watch and friendly people to gather with. The residents of this complex is the best part of it.

Residents helping residents on a daily basis from left overs for dinners to a ride to a hospital for testing. This community seems to provide the setting of days gone bye with everyone stopping to talk with each other while relaxing on their front porches as dusk sets. These apartments are a must see! Take the time and see them for yourself. You won’t be sorry.

If there are any questions about availability or just want to check out this facility, call Tim or Angie at 937-444-3043. They live within the gated community as well.

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Center finally came to Mt. Orab last year.

The Mt. Orab Life Squad is part of the Mt. Orab Fire Department.

Reeves said she knows of two patients whose lives absolutely were saved by the Medical Center’s Emergency Room during its first month of being open because the Life Squad didn’t have to transport those patients to farther lifesaving facilities.

Lunsford said the two new medical buildings are something the village sought and worked to get for years and mentioned they “are huge assets to the community”.

He said the Emergency Room takes a big load off the Life Squad. Before the Medical Center opened, an ambulance might have to transport a patient to a farther medical facility and not get back as fast to transport another patient as it can now.

Lunsford said the Emergency Room certainly has decreased the Life Squad’s “turnaround time” regarding the time elapsing between patient pickups.

HSO Busier By 33 Percent Shannon Nielson, HSO director of Marketing and Outreach, said in a Feb. 19 telephone interview the new and larger HSO Medical Offices Building has resulted in about a 33 percent increase in patients HSO staff members see in Mt. Orab than the same time during the winter of 2009.

Nielson said while the former facility on South High Street in Mt. Orab had two medical providers, the new facility has three: a physician, a physician’s assistant and a nurse practitioner.

The new building has 17 or so employees altogether.

The new building has a pharmacy, which the former facility lacked. The Mt. Orab Medical Offices Building became only the second HSO facility, besides one in Seaman, that has a pharmacy.

Nielson said she believes the fact the new building now has a pharmacy and also the fact it is next door to the Mercy Medical Center Emergency Room are both reasons the new HSO building’s patient load had risen by about one-third.

“It was a great move,” Nielsen said of the new building and location. “We’re very pleased with the outcome, and we’re very excited about what is still to come.”

The Medical Offices Building will begin offering two new services this year the former facility did not: dental services scheduled to begin Monday, March 29, and obstetrics-gynecology services scheduled later in 2010.

In an interview last summer, Nielson said the former Mt Orab facility, that had been open near the Mt. Orab Library and Mt. Orab First Baptist Church, encompassed about 3,400 square feet.

The new facility covers about 15,000 square feet, Nielson reported, and is more than four times larger than the South High Street building and is the larger of the two medical structures on the Brooks-Malott Road medical campus.

Some features of the new building are a pager system to notify patients when medical providers may see them; a waiting area for patients with children and for children who are patients that includes a sand table for those youngsters; a scale designed so patients in wheelchairs are able to approach and use it; and expanded family practice services.

Farrell Inc. celebrates 40 successful years Celebrating 40 Years, Farrell Inc. offers tax, accounting, and payroll services in Georgetown and Eastgate.

Farrell Incorporated has provided tax, accounting, and payroll services from its Eastgate location since 2008, but the company has a very long tradition of serving the public.

Founded in 1970 in Bethel by Connie Farrell, the company now has two locations, in Georgetown and Eastgate, and employs three generations of the family.

In the early days, the business's only service was income tax preparation. Then in 1983, Farrell moved the business to Georgetown and started offering bookkeeping and accounting services in addition to tax preparation.

Shortly thereafter, the company began offering payroll services. In 2008, Farrell Inc. expanded into Clermont County with the opening of the Eastgate office. "We took a big leap of faith," Amy Farrell, Connie's daughter in law said.

"But we had many clients who lived in Clermont County, and this is a growing region."

The company's Georgetown location is still the main office.

It is run by Connie Farrell's two sons, Troy and Matt Farrell, and her daughter Elaine Sams.

Elaine's two daughters and son

also work at the Georgetown office.

Amy Farrell, the manager of the Eastgate office, is married to Troy. Their son works at both locations. "We are a family-run business, and we're very downto-earth," Farrell said. "We develop a relationship with our clients and treat them as friends and family."

Many companies that prepare taxes are only open from January through April, but Farrell Inc. is open year-round for the convenience of its customers.

Farrell Inc. offers income tax preparation and accounting ser-

vices for individuals, partnerships, and corporations. Farrell Inc. also offers payroll services, and provides e-filing of tax returns.

"If we prepare a tax return, there's no additional fee for efiling," Farrell said. "I've been doing this since it was done with paper and pencil, and I like this a lot better. This is much more efficient for our clients."

Farrell Inc. is located in Eastgate at 978 Old St. Rt. 74, and in Georgetown at 205 W. State Street. For more information, call (513) 753-6757 or (937) 378-6757.

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Schoolhouse Premiers at OVAM Show

A blackboard, a desk and a globe are the front centerpiece of the new One-Room Schoolhouse which opened for display for the first time at the 2009 Ohio Valley Antique Machine Show last Aug. 13-16 in Lewis Township near Georgetown. Except for a computerized device that operates a slide show on the table at left, the contents of the school are what a person may have seen who actually had attended classes at that school. The school is reconstructed from a building that was torn down in the Williamsburg area in 2004, according to OVAM Association Director Earl Pringle. The only part of the original structure that was replaced was the blackboard, Pringle mentioned, and he said that school opened for classes about 1860 and continued serving students until possibly about 1923.

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The north side of the new Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab, including its Emergency sign, is shown here as it faces northward toward State Route 32 (the Appalachian Highway) shortly after the building opened for business in August 2009 in Mt. Orab.

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Ursuline history guides Chatfield’s vision for education in Brown County

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Almost everyone who knows of Chatfield College and the Ursulines of Brown County are familiar with the story of their founding.

In 1845, a small group of Ursuline Sisters, dedicated to educating girls and teaching them gospel values, came to St. Martin from Europe at the request of Cincinnati Archbishop John Baptist Purcell.

Archbishop Purcell had

moved his seminary from downtown Cincinnati to St. Martin.

After five years, the seminary moved back to Cincinnati, and the property in St. Martin lay vacant. The Ursulines, led by Sr. Julia Chatfield, intended to turn it into a place to educate young girls.

The Ursuline order was founded by Saint Angela Merici, who lived in northern Italy in the 16th century, a male-dominated time in which it was believed

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that girls were not capable of being educated.

Angela believed that the values of society could be changed through the education of women. She had received a vision from God which showed her that the collective power of women could help transform society. She founded a group of women for this purpose and called it the Company of St. Ursula, in honor of the patron saint for young people.

Over the next three centuries, the Ursuline order grew throughout Europe. There were boarding schools, day schools, and schools for the poor.

Everywhere, the Ursulines were regarded as educators.

With the purpose of the Ursuline order firmly imbedded into their lives, Sr. Julia and the others were determined to continue St. Angela’s vision in the United States.

Because the two small struc-

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They had 27 pupils.

Under Julia’s direction, the school and the Ursuline community thrived. At the time of the Civil War, there were students from both the North and South, some of them daughters of colonels and generals.

Over time, the Ursulines of Brown County expanded their teaching to neighboring parishes, giving religious instruction to both boys and girls. They opened a mission in Santa Rosa, California, and a day school, Ursuline Academy, in Cincinnati. In the 1950’s, the boarding school in St. Martin also began accepting day students. In 1958, the Ursulines established the Ursuline Teacher Training Institute to provide a liberal arts education for recruits to the Ursuline order. In 1971, that same institution opened its doors to the public, and changed from being a college for those in religious service to serving the community as a whole. It was renamed Chatfield College, in honor of Sr. Julia Chatfield.

Although Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati grew throughout the years and is now located in Blue Ash, there were not, unfortunately, enough students to maintain a day school in St. Martin. The school closed its doors in the early 1980’s.

However, the Ursuline tradition of providing education to the community continues today with Chatfield College, at both its main campus in St. Martin and its Cincinnati location in historic Findlay Market. The college is governed by a lay board of Trustees composed of business leaders, educators and other professionals from the community, as well as members of the Ursuline order.

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Garrett said it is the original mobile home parts store in the Mt.Orab area and that area’s first fully-stocked store since its opening in 2005.

Garrett and Parker have more

than 25 years experience in the manufactured housing industry and carry the latest in furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, doors, windows, plumbing and electrical parts, and “all your hard to find parts”, according to Garrett.

He said the store is credited with being the largest retail distributor of mobile home parts for

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The First Southern Baptist Church of Ripley’s new building opened in 2009 at 521 S. Second St. in Ripley south of and next door to Family Dollar Store. The new church is shown here on a snowy day during 2009.

Russellville Fourth of July Celebration Co-Chairwoman Sandy Edmisten gives a tribute to Hope Woods Gano, a 1945 Russellville-Jefferson High School graduate, at the 2009 Celebration’s Opening Ceremony in the Rambler Center Gymnasium.

A $200,000 bequest left by Gano enabled many physical improvements to be undertaken at the Rambler Center.

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New businesses Applegate’s Pro Hardware, left, and Grandpa’s and Grandma’s Footwear and Workwear stand next to each other on South Main Street in downtown Georgetown. They were among four new businesses to open in the 100 Block of South Main Street in 2009 and among five that opened altogether this past year in downtown Georgetown.

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Fayetteville-Perry School District celebrates ’09 with new buildings New high/middle school complex, new Administration Bldg. are built

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Last year was an exciting year for the Fayetteville-Perry Local School District as its residents and employees celebrated the openings of two new schools and a new District Administration Building.

It also was the year FayettevillePerry Elementary School was relocated to a new site.

“It is an exciting time for our school district,” FPLSD Superintendent Roy Hill, who has held that position since the beginning of 2004, said at a Dedication Ceremony for the new buildings held this past Sept. 20 in the new Fayetteville-Perry High School’s

spacious gymnasium. An estimated 250 to 300 people attended that event.

New FPHS, FPMS Open A new FPHS as well as a new Fayetteville-Perry Middle School opened last fall on the district’s campus on Apple Street (U.S. 68) in Fayetteville. They are in separate wings of a single new building which has a Commons Area, space shared by both schools that includes a gymnasium, a media center (library), a cafeteria, and art and music classrooms.

Hill said the new high schoolmiddle school complex encompasses about 88,000 square feet.

Some portions of the former and demolished high school on the dis-

trict’s campus that were saved last year cover another estimated 10,000 square feet or so and include the gymnasium, shop, an old agriculture classroom which will now serve as an Information Technology Office, and “a little storage barn out back”, according to the superintendent.

The former FPMS building is the new home for FPES, which used to be located on East Street in Fayetteville away from the high school-middle school campus. All the district’s schools are now on the same Apple Street campus, and the former FPES building also was demolished this year.

Hill mentioned a 10,000-square feet addition, that was approved by

the Ohio School Facilities Commission, was built on to the former FPMS building. OSFC will pay 84 percent of the cost for 5,000 square feet of that addition, the superintendent reported, while the district will pay the remaining 16 percent as well as the entire cost for the other 5,000 square feet.

That addition includes prekindergarten, kindergarten, special education and first-grade classrooms.

Hill estimated the total cost of the district’s construction project, including some athletic facilities yet to be built, at about $23 million with most of that cost being paid by the State of Ohio through OSFC. The project also includes

the new District Administration Building that opened in January 2009 and encompasses about 2,300 square feet, on the Apple Street campus.

Principals Comment FPHS Principal Raegan White, who served as principal at the old FPHS building for five previous years, said he was “tickled” to be able to work in the new high school building.

“Safety, security and technology are greatly improved,” White reported.

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Eastern District gets new high, elementary schools R’ville Elementary is renovated, new middle school being planned continued from page 4

New ELMS In Future The bond issue approved in 2005 also included money to renovate the former ELHS building, which is now the new Eastern

Local Middle School, but what had been a planned renovation project has now become a planned demolition and replacement project, according to Mullins.

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Eastern Local High School Band members perform on the new gymnasium stage in their new school during that school’s Dedication Ceremony on Aug. 20, 2009, as ELHS Flag Corps members stand on the gym floor awaiting their cue to perform as well.

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2009 on what was to be renovation work to create the new middle school, it was discovered the old ELHS building, which was constructed in 1997, had some mold problems. He added, however, that building was tested for its mold and had never been declared unsafe for occupancy.

Mullins also said some materials used in building that structure were not what they were supposed to be including some wood trusses that weren’t fire-treated like the original design had stipulated.

He said OSFC gave the Eastern District the option of constructing a new building on that site rather than renovating the 1997 structure, so the district opted to build a new ELMS, which will cost an estimated $13,804,426 (which is the district’s and OSFC’s contributions combined).

Mullins said former OSFC Executive Director Michael Shoemaker worked with and enabled the Eastern District to obtain some additional state funding to make up the difference between what the cost of renovating the 1997 structure and the cost of constructing a new building would be.

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whole person, and acceptance of diversity as the dynamic principle of unity are the foundation of Chatfield College community life. Just as St. Angela was dedicated to reaching those people who in her society were considered not capable of learning, Chatfield serves a community of underserved students who may find it difficult to get a college education in a traditional college setting. Many Chatfield students have returned to college several years after graduating from high school. In addition to financial issues, many are raising families and are working full-time or part time jobs. Others come to Chatfield right out of high school.

Many of these traditional-age students hold full-time jobs in addition to going to school.

In either case, students find the small classes and individual attention at Chatfield to be a nonthreatening, affirming environ-

ment in which to learn. In fact, more than 90% of Chatfield graduates report that Chatfield has helped them lead more productive lives.

The mission of St. Angela and the Company of St. Ursula continues in the mission of Chatfield College. Just as the Ursulines have made a difference for countless women over the centuries, Chatfield is making a difference in the lives of its students and their families. Just as St. Angela believed that the values of society could be changed by educating young women, Chatfield is working to change the values of the community through education.

And, just as St. Angela believed that the collective power of women could transform society, Chatfield is dedicated to transforming the community and the world, by helping students realize their dreams, no matter what they may be. Big dreams come true here.

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SunQuest Hair Designs celebrates 21 years serving Brown County SunQuest is celebrating! The years have flown by, for owner Angela Isner, since the grounding breaking for SunQuest Hair Designs in 1988. "My grand opening was in January of 1989, I

was so nervous and excited that day. The people of the Sardinia community and surrounding area have always supported me from day one, and I am very grateful to them. I take great pride in meet-

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Through the years, I have grown as a person and a professional.

You can't work and serve in a small community like Sardinia, this long, and not grow to care about the people who support you. I could not have accomplished this without the support of my children Eric and Michael, my family, friends and especially, the support early on of my par-

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ents Larry and Shirley Wilson, and my neighbors J.C. and Betty Vance and their children. God has truly blessed and protected me through the years. I thank him for that." says Angela SunQuest Hair Designs is a full service salon catering to the entire family. Getting to know our customers is a priority. We focus on meeting their hair care needs by taking the time to listen, and to create a specific, individual style for each client. Wether you need an in depth consultation, a trendy cut or dimensional hi-lights and color, the hairdressers at SunQuest are here to give you the look that you desire.

Education is a high priority in our salon for both the staff and the clients, at SunQuest it is our job to not only provide you with the service you desire, but to do it without sacrficing the health of your hair. "I have a theory that I teach all staff, that if you treat every client the way you would want to be treated, you can never go wrong" says Angela. We want you and your family to have a positive experience with us.

Southern State looking forward with a clear vision SunQuest also is a tanning center, perfect for both the beginning and experienced tanner. "We carry a full line of tanning products to meet the individual needs of a wide range of tanning clients." Our beds are equipped with bronzing bulbs and facial bulbs, so there is less chance of burning.

SunQuest also offers full manicure and pedicure services with nail tech, Kris Langhans. She specializes in acrylic, gel nails and freehand nail art. Stop in or call for a spa service with Kris.

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U.S. 68 bridge reopens to traffic A southbound vehicle, left, and a northbound vehicle, right, cross over the replaced White Oak Creek Bridge on U.S. 68 in Scott Township on May 6, 2009, after the Ohio Department of Transportation had reopened that bridge to traffic earlier that day. ODOT had closed the bridge Jan. 5, 2009, for that replacement work, and motorists traveling between Mt. Orab and Georgetown had to take detours to reach their destinations.

For more than 30 years, Southern State Community College has been serving the southern Ohio region. During that time, the institution has undergone phenomenal growth with additions to its academic offerings, increases in its services to the students, increases in workforce training initiatives, and expansion of its facilities.

Southern State continues to experience enrollment growth while holding the line on tuition.

This winter, the college maintained that trend with an unprecedented enrollment increase of nearly 35 percent.

This level of increase, partnered with back-to-back years of record-setting graduation numbers, demonstrates that more and more people are recognizing the value of education.

In the past year alone, SSCC has welcomed a new president, added the Office of Advising and Retention Services, announced plans to investigate the possibility of establishing a Southern State campus in Adams County, embarked on a plan to convert from quarters to semesters, and enrolled students in the new bachelor’s degree programs. The college has made essential advancements in its mission to provide accessible, affordable, high-quality education to the residents of its service area.

PERSONNEL On Jan. 1, 2010, Dr. Kevin S. Boys took the helm as Southern State Community College’s new president, following the resignation of Dr. Sherry A. Stout who has served Southern State since its founding in 1975, most recently as the college’s fourth president.

A lifelong resident of the Cincinnati area, Dr. Boys served as superintendent of the Loveland City School District, as well as assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal and teacher within the Sycamore Community School District.

“I have spent my entire 31 years in education in a K-12 setting preparing students to go on to college,” said Dr. Boys. “So it seems like a natural progression to take on a leadership role at the

college level.”

ACADEMICS Southern State Community College has partnered with regional four-year institutions to bring bachelor’s, and even master’s, degree programs to the SSCC campuses. · Southern State and Shawnee State University have partnered to bring a B.S.N. (bachelor of science degree in nursing) to SSCC’s South Campus in Sardinia. · Southern State and Ohio University-Chillicothe have partnered to bring bachelor’s degree programs to SSCC’s Fayette Campus in Washington C.H. The programs offered include a bachelor of technical and applied studies, a bachelor of specialized studies, and a bachelor of criminal justice. · Southern State and Lindsey Wilson College have partnered to offer a bachelor’s degree in human services and counseling and a master’s degree in counseling to SSCC’s Central Campus in Hillsboro.

SERVICES A new department at Southern State Community College promises to help students navigate the college experience. The Office of Advising and Retention Services opened in November on the college’s Central Campus in Hillsboro with satellite offices on Fayette Campus in Washington C.H., North Campus in Wilmington, and South Campus in Sardinia.

Primary services include assisting students with selection of classes; providing information about academic programs and courses; helping students understand and deal with academic warning and probation; and guiding students in exploring, declaring or changing a major.

“Our biggest concern right now is getting the word out…We’re here, we can help.

Come in and talk to us,” said Dennis Bothel, SSCC Director of Advising and Retention Services.

FACILITIES Representing the Southern State Community College Board of Trustees, on Oct. 14 Trustee Ralph Shell announced plans to

investigate the possibility of establishing a Southern State campus in Adams County. Board members and other college representatives toured Adams County to explore possible sites.

Following the site tour, the board met in special session to discuss the feasibility of the project.

Just in time to kick off fall quarter 2009, Southern State Community College unveiled a recently completed expansion project which doubled the size of Fayette Campus in Washington C.H. The college broke ground on the project in June 2008, adding 17,000 square feet to the existing structure. The new space includes six classrooms, a 2,312square-foot community center, bookstore, courtyard and student services area.

“Southern State has helped me every step of the way to fulfilling my career goals,” said student Patricia Smith at the September 2009 open house event. “The convenience of taking classes close to home has definitely helped me to learn. It’s opened a whole new world for me.”

ENROLLMENT Based on enrollment figures the first week of winter quarter, headcount enrollment at Southern State Community College was up 35 percent over this time last year.

Each campus noted remarkable increases—Central Campus in Hillsboro up 28 percent, North Campus in Wilmington up 30 percent, and South Campus in Sardinia up 34 percent—however, Fayette Campus in Washington C.H. had the largest enrollment increase by far, coming in at 71 percent over 2009 figures.

“As a result of great planning by the campus directors, it was only necessary to add a total of 31 courses to the original printed schedule,” said Dr. Kevin Boys, SSCC President.

UPCOMING Southern State Community College will join Ohio’s institutions of higher education in converting from quarters to semesters.

Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut of the Ohio Board of Regents suggested that all public colleges and universities adopt a common academic calendar to make it easier for students to transfer or participate in exchange programs. More than 90 percent of the nation’s universities utilize the semester system.

In response, Southern State faculty and administration formed a joint task force to explore moving forward with semester conversion. The task force is working toward a projected start time of Fall 2012.

Of the state’s public four-year universities still on the quarter system, Ohio State University, Wright State University, the University of Ohio and the University of Cincinnati all have plans under way to adopt the semester system.

ABOUT SSCC Offering the lowest tuition rate in the state of Ohio among nonlevied institutions, Southern State Community College offers day, evening, weekend and online classes in 28 associate’s degree and transfer programs as well as nine certificate programs.

With four campus locations— Central Campus in Hillsboro, Fayette Campus in Washington Court House, North Campus in Wilmington, and South Campus in Wilmington—Southern State offers close-to-home convenience and a supportive community experience.

Financial aid is available to those who qualify. As a matter of fact, 84 percent of Southern State students qualify for some form of financial aid.

To learn more about Southern State Community College and its mission to provide a high-quality education that is both affordable and accessible, call 1-800-6287722, e-mail info@sscc.edu or or visit www.sscc.edu www.facebook.com/southernstate.

Students enjoy time between classes at Southern State Community College’s South Campus near Sardinia.

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K & L Farms Greenhouse to open its doors March 22 K & L Farms Greenhouse, 4480 Tri-County Highway, Mt. Orab, will open for business Monday, March 22.

The business, which is 1 mile from the center of Mt. Orab on Old State Route 32, is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Wednesdays through Saturdays.

Sunday hours will be 9 a.m.-6 p.m. April through June and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in September and October.

Ken Schumpelt and Lucy Sizemore are the owners.

“We are both down-to-earth people, and we feel we don’t need a fancy-looking place to sell a fancy-looking product,” Schumpelt and Sizemore stated.

They said they are both Western Brown High School graduates who grew up in Brown County.

They started last year with a small PVC greenhouse and sold from the Bernhardt Accounting Office parking lot in Mt. Orab.

They purchased their current location in mid-summer last year and have built the new greenhouses with four times the growing room. Two greenhouses are up at their Tri-County Highway site, and Schumpelt said the owners would like to construct three or four more, depending on how their business grows.

K & L Farms Greenhouse has many garden plants including many heirloom tomatoes. The business offers flowers including the Angel Wing begonia and the basket petunia, perennials, garden plants, hardy mums, planters,

hanging baskets, Coco baskets and more.

The owners said they plan to grow fresh vegetables for sale in the summer. The business also offers campfire wood at $4.99 for a 1.5 cubit-foot bundle.

“Although we do not have them this year, we hope to expand the business as time goes on to include things like bulk mulch, soil, trees and shrubs, Knockout roses, etc.,” Schumpelt and Sizemore stated.

The business plans to have weekly specials. An available coupon that is good through Friday, Dec. 31, gives a customer 5 percent off K & L Farms Greenhouse’s already low prices on purchases of $50 or more.

K & L Farms Greenhouse will have daily drawings on Mothers’ Day Weekend, which is FridaySunday, May 7-9. Customers making purchases of $20 or more may enter daily drawings for a $50 certificate, and concession items are scheduled to be sold that weekend.

The business plans this fall, according to Sizemore, to sell mums, corn stalks, Indian corn, pumpkins, straw bales and other items pertaining to that season.

Schumpelt and Sizemore stated their motto is “Come grow with us” and mentioned they are doing their part to keep the community green.

Anyone desiring further information may call Schumpelt at (513) 560-2605 or Sizemore at (513) 213-3980.

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Retired Ripley Fire Chief Tim McCaughey, left, and current Ripley Fire Chief Tony Pfeffer talk to children at the Community Health and Safety Day fair on Oct. 10, 2009, about the importance of having a designated place to gather after escaping a house fire. The first-time fair took place at Ripley-Union-LewisHuntington High School in Ripley.

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Mt. Orab’s progress includes several new businesses, homes Mayor says biggest positive item was the ER at new Medical Center

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Mt. Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford said that village had several new businesses open and home construction permits issued in 2009 as well as the start of a major road construction project.

Among all the progress that occurred this past year, however, Lunsford said the item he thought had the biggest impact on the

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area’s residents in 2009 was the opening of the Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab Emergency Room at Brooks-Malott Road and State Route 32 (the Appalachian Highway).

He said it had a major impact certainly on the local residents who used that medical facility and it helped reduced the “turnaround time” for Mt. Orab Life Squad ambulances transporting patients to the nearest emergency facility.

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Lunsford mentioned how the new Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab brought several new jobs to the village and the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building next door to that medical center on a new BrooksMalott Road medical campus brought some new jobs.

HSO relocated its offices from a smaller building on South High Street in Mt. Orab, and while some of its employees are new at the Brooks-Malott Road location, some others simply moved there from the old Mt. Orab site. A full story about Mt. Orab’s new medical campus and its two buildings is located elsewhere in the Progress Edition insert in this week’s edition of The Brown

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housing the new restaurant also has space in which four smaller businesses may locate, making that building Mt. Orab’s newest business plaza.

The new Country Inn Restaurant, which is on the opposite side of Brooks-Malott Road from the medical campus, is near SR 32 just as the medical buildings are. Lunsford said he sees the medical campus and the new restaurant/business plaza as significant economic news for that section of Mt. Orab.

“I think this is just the start of a lot of things to come out there,” he said.

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move to new buildings when school began this past August.

Barlow said he also like the better security in the new FPES building with video surveillance and the fact visitors must go through the front office first before being admitted to the rest of he school. He added he likes the fact the buses dropping off or picking up FPES students are in an area isolated from other traffic on the FPLSD Campus.

Barlow mentioned the climate

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Another Factory Opens The neighboring medical buildings weren’t the only new employers to open in 2009 off Brooks-Malott Road, according to Lunsford. Luxus Products became the second small factory to open on Homan Way off that road.

The mayor said Luxus Products manufactures specialty gun stocks. It joins the other Homan Way factory, X-Mil, which manufactures specialty machines.

Construction also began in 2009 on Brooks-Malott Road on the new and bigger Country Inn Restaurant, which opened there earlier this March after relocating from the old site on South High Street in Mt. Orab. The building

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Siblings Lilly Beebe and Gabriel Beebe examine a skeleton in a Fayetteville-Perry High School science classroom during that new school’s Open House held Sept. 20, 2009.

control is much better as well in the new building than in the old one.

Superintendent Comments Hill said he is pleased to be working in the new Administration Building. “It is a very nice facility.”

He and other District Administration Office employees formerly had worked out of space in the old FPES building. Hill said one good thing about the new building is the ability of different employees to visit one another’s offices more conveniently when they need to do so.

In addition to Hill’s office, the new building contains one office each for the district’s secretary, treasurer, two assistant treasurers, facilities coordinator and transportation supervisor. The structure also includes a conference room where the school board meets, a workroom, two rest rooms and a full basement for storage.

The new buildings are possible because of FPLSD voters, approval in 2005 of a bond issue and tax levy to enable the new buildings’ construction and the renovation of the former FPMS building into a new FPES. The 5.9-mill bond issue approved was for $6,895,000 for construction, renovations, and other improvements to school facilities, equipment, furnishings, and site improvements. Voters

extended a .5-mill tax levy for maintaining classroom facilities to 2028.

Hill said interest money from the bond issue financed the Administration Building, which was not part of the OSFC project.

Hill commented about FPLSD’s new buildings, “Obviously we are very pleased with the largest public works project ever in Fayetteville and Perry Township. It brought facilities the community can be proud of for years to come.”

He reported in a March 1 telephone interview the district has received bids for its planned new athletic facilities on the district campus that are scheduled to include a football/soccer field complex with a track as well as baseball and softball fields and practice fields. The district plans to add football as a varsity sport and possibly a track and field program as well.

The district’s architectural firm on that project will review the bids and decide whom to recommend to the FPLSD Board of Education to approve, Hill said.

The superintendent said the facilities possibly could be ready by the beginning of the 2011-12 Academic Year in August 2011, and they are being financed by the bond issue voters approved in 2005 – they are not part of the OSFC project.

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Pain Management continues to be one of hospital’s most successful programs. The Center in 2009 added vertebroplasty to its list of pain management treatments.

Vertebroplasty, performed by Dr. Magdalena Kerschner, the Center’s director, is a procedure to correct spinal breaks, including those created through osteoporosis, which injects a substance into the affected spinal area that hardens and corrects the pain created by the break.

Edwards also reported an Occupational Health Service began at Mt. Orab Urgent Medical Care, part of the BCRHC network.

The service includes employment physicals, drug screenings, first onset of injury care, adult immunizations, hearing screenings and color blindness screenings.

She also stated BCGH has a new Patient Education System available throughout the hospital thanks to a U.S. Housing and Urban Development Grant.

There are 50 topics to select

from such as “Diabetes and Nutrition” and “Labor: What To Expect” to meet the individualized education need of each patient.

The system also makes it possible to transmit educational videos to the family waiting areas and meeting rooms.

Air Ambulance Arrives One of the biggest stories from 2009 was BCGH”s entering into a relationship this past September with West Plains, Mo.-based Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently owned air ambulance service in the United States.

Air Evac Lifeteam’s Bell 206 Long Ranger helicopter is now based on the helipad on BCGH’s grounds, and this first-of-a-kind service covers a 70-mile radius including Brown County’s six neighboring counties in Ohio and Kentucky. A new building project on the BCGH campus was completed to provide accommodations for this new service.

In some other community project news Edwards reported from 2009:

• BCGH’s hospital-based environmental group Helping Others Protecting Earth was instrumental in building a relationship with Adams Brown Recycling Station in Georgetown that resulted in a new roll-off box on the hospital grounds. This made it more convenient for hospital employees to recycle and give local citizens who recycle another place to bring their discarded items.

HOPE also placed 40 new recycling bins throughout the hospital thanks to a generous donation by Dr. Barbara Patridge.

• It was announced in July the hospital had raised an “amazing” $6,678 for breast cancer research.

“The support of the hospital employee’s fund-raising project efforts was in the true spirit of their healthcare profession to help others,” Edwards stated.

“Friend” Award Presented • BCRHC President/Chief Executive Officer Michael Patterson accepted a Friend of Brown County Safe Communities Award for the hospital from the

Foundation and Auxiliary help BCGH tremendously

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press The Brown County General Hospital Foundation and Auxiliary supported that hospital greatly with funds raised in 2009, BCGH Marketing Consultant Lee Edwards reported.

The Foundation’s Annual Heart of Brown County Gala held Feb. 21, 2009, in Georgetown brought in more than $26,000 to support the hospital’s Good Neighbor Fund. That fund provided several thousands of dollars in payments for testing ordered by the hospital’s physicians in 2009.

Other Foundation events included a Road Trip to Berea, Ky., to support the BCGH Veterans Fund, which helps uninsured veterans in the hospital service area; the Annual Golf Outing supporting the Medical Scholarship Program, which awarded more than $27,000 in medical scholarships to local students; and partnering with Schwann’s during the hospital’s Annual Health Fair this past April 18.

The Foundation hosted Celebration of Lights, a Christmas memorial event which supports an

Endowment Fund for future hospital needs, in December, and worked with Georgetown High School to set up the Coaches Cancer Fund that assists cancer patients and their families with expenses.

The Foundation continues to fund an original project for the purchase and acquisition of Automated Electronic Defibrillators by replacing pads and batteries as needed in those units, Edwards reported.

Auxiliary volunteers contributed more than 4,000 hours assisting throughout the hospital and at various fund-raisers.

Volunteers conducted special shopping opportunities for medical personnel uniforms, books, bath and beauty items, plants, baked goods,d and pecans.

The Auxiliary also sponsored a Community Calendar and partnered with Goessling’s IGA of Georgetown to conduct a raffle at the Brown County Fair with IGA donating the prizes and the money raised going to the Auxiliary.

The Auxiliary agreed in November to donate $40,000 to BCGH to purchase new Digital Mammography equipment. Those funds were generated through the

Auxiliary’s various fund-raising projects and Gift Shop and vending machine sales.

The Auxiliary also purchased two new baby changing stations for the BCGH Maternity Department.

“In 2009, the Foundation and Auxiliary once again showed us what valuable supports they are to the hospital, and their efforts are appreciated and dedication to the betterment of hospital operations commendable,” Edwards commented.

She also reported BCGH, which is part of the Brown County Regional HealthCARE network, launched its new website, this past www.bcrhc.org, September. The website include among other features a Photo Gallery of hospital events.

The hospital also has a Facebook page on the Internet where viewers may see babies who have been delivered there and get updates about hospital happenings, and there is a Pain Management video on U-Tube featuring Dr. Magdalena Kerschner, director of BCGH’s Center for Interventional Pain Management, Edwards mentioned.

Brown County Safe Communities Coalition at a ceremony held this past Aug. 26 at the Brown County Engineer’s Office in Georgetown.

The hospital has been a donor for the Coalition’s annual High School Seat Belt Challenge and served as the host and event coordinator for the Mocktails Competition held this past December as part of a National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention campaign.

• BCGH partnered this past September with Xavier University’s School of Nursing to offer higher education videoconferencing classes for degreed nurses in the BCGH service area.

These classes will be offered at BCGH with XU making the hospital technologically prepared for videoconferencing capability with $350,000 in equipment for this virtual classroom.

• The Center for Interventional Pain Management launched “Rein In Pain,” its first Pain Walk, this past Oct. 18 at Sawyer Point Park in Cincinnati to raise funds to assist patients to receive the Center’s innovative pain treatments.

“This was the the first walk in the United states, to our knowledge, that has ever been dedicated to those who suffer with chronic pain,” Edwards stated.

Dr. John C. Mobley, General Surgeon and Bariatric Medicine Specialist, joined the Medical Staff in May. His arrival expanded the BCGH surgical services to include Lap Band Surgery.

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Many positive things happen at Brown Co. General during its ‘mission of survival’ year Trustees approve buyer for BCGH, other BCRHC operations/assets

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press Brown County General Hospital in Georgetown embarked on a “mission of survival” in 2009, BCGH Marketing Consultant Lee Edwards reported, but the hospital’s business operations remained stable with much positive news occurring.

Edwards said an end of year

analysis of the hospital’s financial situation in early 2009 determined the hospital, if it was to survive, must form a partnership to stabilize a financial crisis and keep the hospital operational.

At a special meeting held this past Sept. 9, the Brown County Regional HealthCARE Board of Trustees, which oversees BCGH, unanimously selected Essent Healthcare Inc. of Nashville,

Tenn., to purchase BCRHC’s operations and assets including the hospital.

In a separate vote that followed the trustees’ decision, the Brown County Board of Commissioners, who were meeting with the trustees in a joint session at BCGH, voted unanimously to approve the trustees’ choice.

Edwards went on to report about the hospital’s happenings in 2009, “In spite of the pending change that loomed over the hospital during the year, hospital operations remained stable.

“New technology was brought into the hospital, new physicians joined the hospital’s medical staff, and new services began for enhancing the overall abilities of our facility. It was business as usual with hope for a more secure future.”

Technology News Reported The hospital acquired a state-ofthe-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, a new digital fluoroscopy room and an Aquilion 16 Toshiba Computed Tomography Scanner in 2009.

Edwards reported this service as the first among the local area hospital Diagnostic Imaging Departments to receive a threeyear term of accreditation in nuclear medicine by the American College of Radiology.

“The hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging Department has become one of the most state-of-the-art equipped departments in the hos-

pital,” Edwards stated.

She also reported Darlene Flannery, who had been the department’s manager for several years, was promoted to its director.

Edwards said the hospital also improved its Teleradiology Program, which has 15 physicians, with an upgrade to its picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) allowing all radiologic images to be viewed from locations with access to the hospital’s computer system.

Physicians Are Added “We were fortunate to add several physicians to our medical staff this year (2009),” Edwards stated.

They included: • Dr. John C. Mobley, general surgeon and Bariatric Medicine specialist located at Georgetown’s East Surgical Group.

• Dr. Andrew Deak, a gastroenterologist specialist, and Dr. Ann Heff, a dermatologist, both in the Outpatient Pavilion.

• BCGH’s newest hospitalists, Dr. Jinhong Xing and Dr. Mazen H. Shaheen, Internal Medicine.

• Dr. Blake Nestok, who became medical director of the BCGH Laboratory.

• Dr. Jeff Dickerson, medical director of Respiratory Therapy and the Sleep Lab Center.

• Radiologist Dr. Nathan Long, who became the medical director of Diagnostic Imaging.

• Thomas E. Heffernan IV,

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M.D., who joined the Radiology Team in October.

• Muhammad K. Ahsan, M.D., Internal Medicine/ Critical Care Medicine, who joined the medical staff in August.

• Honora H. Favorito, M.D., Pathology, who joined the medical staff in September.

• Dr. Tracy Sawyer-Nash, who became BCGH Emergency Department medical director.

• Emergency Department medical staff additions Dr. Jeff Jablonski, Emergency Medicine physician, and Emergency Room physicians William Angelos, M.D.; Michael J. Ward, M.D.; Caroline E. Eady, M.D.; Aaron Bender, M.D.; Syed A. Naqvi, M.D.; Christopher Willoughby, M.D.; James P. Cleary, D.O.; Orlando J. Encarnacion, M.D.; Bethany M. Kapp, M.D.; Rachel E. Garvin, M.D.; and Bryan K. Stegman, M.D. “In 2010 recruitment efforts will continue in the areas of Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Orthopedic Surgery,” Edwards stated.

New Services Mentioned Edwards mentioned the hospital was fortunate to add Mobley to its medical staff this past May. Mobley performs Lap-Band Surgery as a Bariatic Medicine specialist, and that procedure until now was available at more costly hospitals in larger cities.

That surgery is a valuable treatment for those whose weight is creating serious health issues, and Mobley can speak from personal experience after having lost more than 100 pounds by having this procedure himself. He donates his time each month to offer a free Lap-Band discussion to help people understand the procedure and what to expect.

A schedule of the days, times and places for these seminars can be found on the BCRHC Website at www.bcrhc.org under “Classes and Events”. Further information is available at Mobley’s Office at (937) 378-7115.

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Downtown Georgetown gets five new businesses in 2009 Village administrators reports five other new businesses also arrive

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press New businesses, especially in the downtown area, were a major sign of progress in Georgetown in 2009.

In a February interview in his office, Georgetown Village Administrator Kelly Jones said while six downtown area buildings were empty two years ago, only one was empty this year.

Five of 10 new businesses Jones said located in Georgetown this past year are in the downtown area with four alone being in the

South Main Street block directly in front of, and west of, the Brown County Courthouse.

Micasa Real, a Mexican restaurant, opened in that block where Mi Familia, another Mexican restaurant, had operated during part of 2008 before closing.

Merchants National Bank now occupies the building in that block where Citizens National Bank of Higginsport stood after acquiring that former bank in 2009 as well as Citizens National Bank of Higginsport branches in Higginsport and Batavia.

Two neighboring new business-

es at the north end of that block are Applegate’s Pro Hardware and Grandpa’s and Grandma’s Footwear and Workwear.

Yet another new downtown business that arrived in 2009 is ECOPRO Pest Solutions, L.L.C., a pest extermination company located in the 100 block of North Main Street near the block with the other new downtown businesses.

“We were happy to see our (downtown) business district pick up,” Jones said. “That was a big asset.”

The other new Georgetown

businesses included one quite significant in the healthcare field. Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently-owned air ambulance service in the United States, partnered with Brown County General Hospital to set up a permanent base facility in Georgetown, only the second based set up in Ohio by that service headquartered in West Plains, Mo. Other new Georgetown businesses Jones mentioned included Fletcher Management, Hauke’s Auto Care, Alpha Tax Service and Prime Communications.

Jones said it was nice to see

Georgetown adding new businesses considering the current state of the economy and also said Georgetown experienced overall good progress this past year.

He mentioned the new businesses and some other progress in Georgetown in his 2009 Yearly Report he presented to Georgetown Village Council members at their regular meeting Feb. 11.

Municipal projects last year included: • Completion of the North Kenwood Road Project at a

Wright’s Country Store.

Brown County Recovery Services (Talbert House) relocated its Mt. Orab office from South High Street to a larger and vacant building on North High Street in downtown Mt. Orab.

BCRS offers mental health and drug and alcohol treatment services. BCRS Manager Cheryl Williams said the new site in Mt. Orab enables that service provider to offer group therapy, which it was unable to do at its prior site.

Mt. Orab area residents served

by BCRS who participate in group therapy won’t have to travel now to the BCRS Office in Georgetown to do so, Williams noted.

Major construction began this past year on a major new Mt. Orab business, the Kroger Marketplace, which is scheduled to open this spring and replace the current Kroger supermarket, which is next door. The newer Kroger store, which will be nearly twice a s large as the current store, could bring Mt. Orab as many as 150 new jobs.

Apple Street Work Begun While Lunsford mentioned the village improved some sidewalks and streets last year, a major road construction project was begun as well in connection with the new Kroger Marketplace – the Apple Street West Extension.

The new road is being extended west from the current Apple Street, which runs eastward off North High Street south of the business plaza where Butterbee’s Neighborhood Grille is located.

The road will proceed west of Maintenance the village’s Building and a softball park north

of that building and continue to Sterling Run Boulevard and provide access to the Kroger Marketplace. Apple Street West traffic reaching Sterling Run Boulevard then could turn west and reach a new Bratton Way road being built that will take traffic to a parking lot at the north end of the new supermarket.

Lunsford said another important undertaking the village did last year was hire a contractor to undertake a traffic study of SR 32 in Mt. Orab. He said that study determined the village needed a five-lane, rather than a two-lane, SR 32 overpass on U.S. 68.

The mayor said the study was done at the Ohio Department of Transportation’s request, and its results were presented to ODOT District 9 Office in Chillicothe. He said the study was very time-consuming, complicated, and, at $60,000, expensive.

In other news from 2009, the village issued 193 zoning permits including 10 for single family homes, two for multifamily residential buildings and four for new businesses, according to Mt. Orab Zoning Administrator Adrian Shaw.

While some new buildings went up in Mt. Orab last year, Lunsford said he is concerned about several empty buildings in Mt. Orab where businesses once operated.

Some businesses closed their doors last year, even though Lunsford said the village got more new businesses than it lost old businesses.

He said while he thinks Mt. Orab is doing well, he hopes it can pull out of the current recession and do much better. The mayor

mentioned he is hopeful when the recession turns around and ends, some people will open new businesses in the vacant buildings.

“I think, considering the recession, things could have been a lot worse,” Lunsford commented.

Another positive note for Mt. Orab from last year was another successful Christmas Parade and related holiday activities that took place the final Saturday this past November. It was the third year the parade has been held.

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of time until people won’t even recognize the old Brooks-Malott Road/SR 32 intersection because of all the businesses that will be there. He said while the current recession may have slowed down some development that might otherwise have started in that area, he still thinks more economic growth in that area will come.

New Mexican Eatery Opens While the relocated Country Inn Restaurant is a new eatery that has opened in Mt. Orab in 2010, another new restaurant opened in the village in 2009.

Mi Camino Real opened this past Nov. 19 as Mt. Orab’s first full-scale Mexican restaurant and as the only restaurant in the Northpoint Centre business plaza, replacing the former Royal Buffet, a Chinese restaurant that once was that plaza’s only eatery.

Farm Credit Services of MidAmerica is a new business that opened on Grieshop Street near LaRosa’s Pizzeria north of SR 32, and Watkins Seamless Gutter is a new business that opened on East Main Street.

Several new businesses opened in 2009 along U.S. 68, which runs through Mt. Orab as North High Street and South High Street (with the downtown traffic signal on Main Street being the north-south dividing line).

A new business on North High Street included AutoZone, which is north of and next to the Mt. Orab Food Court, and new businesses on South High Street included Best Choice Home Care, Chris Munn Agency for Allstate Insurance, an expansion of Everyday Cut and Tan, and

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$151,508 cost. The village constructed a new road in the North Kenwood Road area back to a property whose owner may construct housing units there.

Council members at their regular meeting Feb. 25 adopted an ordinance changing that new road’s name from North Kenwood Avenue to Northland Avenue.

• The start of work on upgrades to the village’s wastewater treatment plant and the completion of the third year of an Inflow and Infiltration Study regarding surface water that makes its way into the village’s wastewater collection. That study was mandated by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.

• The start of plans on a Downtown Renovation Project and also a Gas To Electric Project including contract negotiations with the owner of the Rumpke landfill near Georgetown concerning the purchase of methane gas for the village’s possible conversion into electricity.

• Completion of the Street Line Painting Project at a $17,957 cost, the Mac Tool Water Tower Maintenance Project, the North Street Water Tower Repair Project, and the new Cemetery Building Project at Confidence Cemetery.

Contracts, Grants Reported Jones in his report also mentioned many contracts the village had signed in 2009 and many grants for which the village had applied to fund projects.

Four contracts alone were with Santoro Engineers of Georgetown: one to do the village’s commercial inspections so commercial developers don’t have to seek improvement from a Building Department in Columbus; one with Santoro Engineers and also K-4 of Cincinnati on the proposed Downtown Renovation Project at $24,800; another for work on the village’s Land Use Planning studies for $22,000; and another for design on the new Confidence Cemetery Building at $3,400.

Other significant contracts included those with: • Ameritcon Inc. to undertake the 2009 Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project at $73,800.

• Jones and Henry Engineers for engineering work on the 2009 WWTP Upgrade Project at $10,400.

• OK Construction to build the new Confidence Cemetery Building at $14,396 and Bonar Construction to take down the old Confidence Cemetery Building for $2,950.

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Historical Society and the U.S. Grant Homestead Association, provided backgrounds and stories about the different historical places which tour participants traveled on a shuttle around Georgetown to see after enjoying a dinner at Georgetown United Methodist Church. The Spirit Tour and Dinner was the final event hosted by (606) 564-3641 E. Second St.Open Air Market Committee the620 Courthouse Square in 2009 and was one of many events that occurred this past year in Maysville, KYsocial 41056 1-800-222-8672 Georgetown.

many grants it didn’t receive or hasn’t received yet, a major grant Georgetown obtained in 2009 was an Ohio Department of Transportation Enhancement Program Grant for $352,099 for the village’s Downtown Renovation Project.

Jones said the village aims in that project to relocate all utilities underground and remove utility poles in the affected area, replace sidewalks, and add trees and decorative lighting to make that area of downtown more aesthetically attractive.

Equipment, Police News Jones reported the village purchased a new 2009 Ford truck for the Water Department, a new 2009 Chrysler Police Cruiser for the Police Department, a 2001 International Truck for the Electric Department and a new John Deere 48-inch mower for the Street Department with those vehicles costing $72,100.50 altogether.

Georgetown police had some positive news this past year with their arrests of 39 adults and three juveniles during drug sweeps conducted on Aug. 27 and Nov. 30.

Coburn also brought the Police Department’s new K-9 Unit German shepherd, which is used in drug investigations, to a council meeting last year for introduction to council members.

Other 2009 news from Georgetown included: • The village’s start of the annexation process for the Georgetown Station Subdivision and other properties in Georgetown.

Council members, at their first meeting of 2010 on Jan. 14 adopted an ordinance to annex 27.793 acres in the Georgetown Station Subdivision area, which for the most part are along Mt. Orab Pike east of and across from the Georgetown Exempted Village School District Administrative Offices Building.

It was mentioned during discussion the annexed land had about 40 different property owners altogether, and it also was mentioned 31 annexed lots were in Georgetown Station Subdivision while one was outside that subdivision.

• The village’s purchase of new holiday decorations for $11,023 and new American flags to be placed throughout Georgetown.

Grant Career Center can prepare students for both future schooling and future careers With a constant eye towards the future of Clermont County and keeping in step with current trends, Grant Career Center offers a variety of career and technical education programs with hands-on training in specialized fields.

In 1976 Grant Career Center opened its doors to the community. The Career Center is easily accessible just west of the town of Bethel on State Route 125.

The campus consists of a onebuilding school housing academic areas, career training classrooms and labs and is surrounded by 41 acres, much of which is landscaped and maintained by the horticultural students and the staff maintenance crew. The Career Center provides area juniors and seniors with handson career training in specialized

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The Career Center offers thirteen career-training options to high school juniors and seniors of the Bethel-Tate, FelicityFranklin, New Richmond and Williamsburg school districts.

Along with the high school training, Grant also offers fulltime adult career training classes, and a wide variety of parttime special interest and career advancement courses.

Individualized corporate training is also provided to the area businesses of Clermont, Brown, and Hamilton counties. On average the Career Center provides educational training for approximately 350 juniors and seniors combined. Enrollment for adult education and specialized training courses averages more than 500 students per year.

Currently, career training programs offered are College Tech Prep Allied Health Science, Medical Information Tech, Carpentry, Cosmetology, Cooperative Education, Horticulture, Culinary Careers, Business and Finance, Metal Fabrication, College Tech Prep Engineering Design, Auto Collision, College Tech Prep Automotive Service Technology, and The Teacher Academy which are all designed to help students prepare themselves for the 21st century workforce.

New this year is the addition of a satellite location of The Teacher Academy at New Richmond High School. Students in the New Richmond school district have the opportunity to receive valuable career training on their campus.

After completion of the desired program the student receives a certificate of completion from the career training program and high school academic credits. Along with the certificate of completion, students receive their high school diploma from their home schools.

Students participate in related Career Training Youth Organizations which prepare them for the workforce through competitive events that promote mastery of their skills and teach them valuable communication and social skills for the work place. Students have the opportunity to compete at the local, state and national levels where they have brought back numerous awards in the past decade.

Numerous national titles belong to students of Grant Career Center.

The career training programs are continuously updating their standards to meet the needs of business and industry in the global marketplace. Students have the chance to learn and to perfect their skills on industryready equipment and the most recent software editions.

Student training on a daily basis is consistent with industry standards; many labs and shops are run as actual businesses.

Students gain additional experience through industry-based internships and apprenticeship programs by actually spending time with mentors in the field of their choice.

At the completion of their career training program, students are encouraged to continue their training at local colleges and universities and then enter local community workforces. Each year, the percentage of students seeking additional training increases. Students reach higher levels of success with additional training and make greater contributions to our county.

“The Career Center believes its contributions to the progress of Clermont County are secure and the future is in the capable hands of our graduates,” states Pam McKinney, Public Relations Director. “Students are working and living in Clermont County and our strengthening our communities.”

Visit our website at www.grantcareer.com for more information on our programs and facilities and while you are there, view the video gallery for highlights and testimonials from students, staff, graduates and community members.

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Save energy, save money with insulation from Kibler Lumber FEDERAL TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE Homeowners throughout southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky are opening their fuel bills and saying, “WOW!” The recent winter weather has sent home heating costs spiraling upward.

“Area residents can reduce heating and cooling bills by insulating with fiberglass insulation,”

according to Kibler Lumber store manager Randy Colliver.

“Adding attic insulation is the number one way to improve your home’s energy efficiency,” continued Colliver.

Kibler Lumber’s Installed Insulation division has been servicing local homeowners and builders since 2000. They are equipped to install attic insulation, spray-on wall insulation and

fiberglass batts.

The crew is managed by Tony Fultz who has more than 20 years in the building materials industry.

“All our Guardian Fiberglass residential products are ENERGY STAR labeled,” reported Fultz.

“This signifies that these insulation products meet or exceed the strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and US Department of Energy. Products with the ENERGY STAR label help reduce energy bills and improve home comfort,” according to Fultz.

“And now, recently enacted law includes a homeowner federal tax credit incentive up to 30 percent of the cost of qualifying insulation products to a maximum of $1,500 per household for tax years 2009 and

2010,” stated Fultz. “It’s a perfect time to consider adding to

one’s home insulation,” concluded Fultz.

Moler Raceway Park offers Friday racing entertainment In addition to insulation, the $1,500 federal tax credit applies to qualifying door, window and roofing products. “All products that we sell at Kibler,” said Colliver with a smile. “It’s all about saving America energy and saving the homeowner money. Now is the time to take a look at improving your home’s energy usage with,” suggests Colliver.

Kibler Lumber is headquartered at 665 E Main Street, Mt Orab, and has additional locations in Wilmington and Hillsboro, OH, and Maysville, KY. The local family-owned lumber and building materials supplier has been doing business throughout southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky since 1895.

Moler Raceway Park, 2059 Harker-Waits Road, Williamsburg, is owned by Kevin and Kim Moler and opened for business in 2007.

The Sterling Township business is a car racing and entertainment complex with events scheduled every Friday night March 26-Oct. 1. It is considered the Midwest’s Fastest Quarter Mile Dirt Oval.

Class sponsors include Sunesis Construction, Holman Motors, Mt. Orab Ford and U.S. Race Gear, and vehicles that race on a regular basis include Sunesis Construction Late Models, Mt. Orab Ford UMP Modifieds, U.S. Race Gear Street Stocks and Holman Motors Chevettes.

Moler Raceway Park also has various other classes making appearances throughout the year including the Winged Mini Sprints, 360 Sprints, C.J. Rayburn’s NASRA Services and

many others.

Friday, March 19, will be an open practice, weather permitting, that is free to the public with pits being $10. Gates will open at 4:30 p.m.

An upcoming event noon-5 p.m. Saturday, March 20, is the Race Car Exposition at Holman Motors in Clermont’s County’s Eastgate area. That will be held rain or shine, and those planning to bring their car(s) to that event are asked to e-mail molerrace waypark@aol.com.

Some upcoming Moler Raceway Park events on Fridays are as follow: • March 26: Holman Motors Opening Night, Chevettes $1,000 to win. All Chevettes are welcome plus Late Models, UMP Modifieds and Street Stocks. The rain date is Friday, April 2.

• April 2: Regular show, LM, Mods, SS and Chevettes.

• April 9: Brown County Chamber of Commerce Night (Chamber members bring business card for drawing), UMP Modifieds, Street Stocks, Late Models and Chevettes.

• April 16: LM, SS, UMP Modifieds and Chevettes.

• April 23: Street Stock Special $600 to win, Late Models, UMP Modifieds and Chevettes. Kids Night with foot races on the Front Stretch, children 0-15 admitted free.

• April 30: Mt. Orab Ford UMP Modified Special, Modifieds $1,000 to win, Late Models, Chevettes and Street Stocks. Darf Night, Darf members free with rain date being May 28.

• May 7: Mom’s Night at the Races – Powder Puff, LM, UMP

Modifieds, SS and Chevettes.

• May 14: Third Armed Forces Night – Freedom Fighters 40, Late Models $2,000 to win, SS, Chevettes and Modifieds. All military members in uniform or with identification will be admitted free.

Moler Raceway Park’s complete 2010 Schedule is available on the park’s website at www.molerraceway park.com.

Gates open for all Friday events at 4:30 p.m. with Hot Laps at 7 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m.

General admission for regular shows is $13 for adults with children 7-15 admitted for $5 and 6 and younger free and pits being $25.

General admission for special shows is $15 for adults with chil-

dren 7-15 admitted for $5 and 6 and younger free and pits being $30.

Anyone desiring further information may call Moler Raceway Park at (937) 444-6215.

“We would like to thank all our class sponsors as well as our general sponsors L&M Performance, Rock Auto, L. Wood and Son, Jody Shannon, Gray’s Used Auto Parts, Coca-Cola and C103 FM, who does several live broadcasts throughout the year,” Kevin and Kim Moler. “And a special thank you to all our volunteers and staff.”

The Molers added, “Please support those who support our sport and let them know we appreciate them. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you all soon!”

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Elementary School. The RES renovations were completed mostly during the summer of 2008, Mullins said, and primarily consisted of a mechanical system overhaul with air conditioning added to that building.

Work included new air handlers and univents, fire alarm upgrades, a new phone system, new servers and wiring for the computer system, and improved fire protection with overhead sprinklers. That renovation cost $4,803,285 with OSFC paying $4,130,825.

Simmons said the RES renovations also included a resurfaced parking lot and new outdoor lighting.

Principals Comment Along with the arrival of a new ELHS building this past August came a new high school principal, Jennifer Grimes, a 1990 ELHS alumna.

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able,” Grimes commented.

She said classrooms are significantly larger at the new high school than at the former one, and hallways are wider. Grimes said teachers are taking advantages of the storage space and technology in their classrooms and added she likes the new school’s color scheme (with the school colors red and white with black accents).

Michael Bick served as principal at the old SES building in Sardinia for seven years and began his eighth year as SES principal this past August in the new elementary school.

In an interview following the Aug. 20 Dedication Ceremony at the new school, Bick commented, “I am happy and proud to have this nice building for the children of Eastern Local Schools.”

He noted how the new SES is cleaner, bigger and cooler than the old building, which had lacked central air conditioning.

In an interview this past February, Bick also said the new school is brighter than the old building, has wider hallways, and

has a better loading and unloading area for buses on the east side of the building with drop-off and pickup zones for parents out front, making the overall drop-offs and pickups of students much better than at the former SES. RES Principal Susan Paeltz, who is in her eighth year at the helm of that school, had a lot of praise for that school’s renovations, which were completed last year, and said she was happy with the work done at that building in Russellville.

Paeltz said she liked the “much needed” air conditioning, an improved speaker system, and the new cafetorium (a cafeteria that doubles as an auditorium for school programs) and gymnasium.

She said the parking lot is much nicer now and also reported, “I think the staff and students enjoy the new carpet.”

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Historical re-enactor Ernie Parnell portrays Captain Frederick Kautz in a program held Sept. 13, 2009, at the Ohio Tobacco Museum in Ripley. Kautz was the owner of the farm near Higginsport on which White Burley tobacco was discovered during the 1800s. Parnell was one of many representatives of museums and history-related organizations in Brown County and four other Ohio River counties in Ohio and Kentucky who participated in the Fall Back Into Time fund-raising campaign in 2009.

Every $1 vote cast for Parnell during that campaign went to help fund the Ohio Tobacco Museum, which is one of possibly only three museums in the United States devoted solely to tobacco.

MARCH 19: Open Practice • Free to Public • Pits $10 MARCH 20: Holman Motors Race Car Expo, Eastgate, OH 12 to 5 p.m.

MARCH 26: Holman Motors Opening Night • Chevettes $1,000 to Win • also UMP Modifieds, Street Stocks & Late Models APRIL 23: U.S. Race Gear Street Stock Special • $600 to Win • also Late Models, UMP Modifieds & Chevettes APRIL 30: Mt. Orab Ford UMP Modifieds Special • Modifieds $1,000 to Win • plus all regular classes MAY 14: 3rd Annual Armed Forces Night • Freedom Fighters 40 • Late Models $2,000 to Win • plus all regular classes JUNE 18: American Late Model Series • Late Models • $2,000 to Win

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The Classic Closet celebrates 7 years The Classic Closet is in its 6th year of serving the area as the only Upscale Consignment Shop.

We have grown each year by consigners who have brought great name brands for resale for all ages. Toddlers and children can choose between name brands such as Talbot’s Kids, Rothschild, The Children’s Place, and

Gymboree. Teen name brands include Aeropostle, Limited Too, Abercrombie, Hollister, and American Eagle. Ladies include Talbot’s, Chico’s, Ralph Lauren, Christopher & Banks, and Coach.

The men have choices such as Tommy Bahama, Polo, Columbia, Levi and Carhartt.

We have now added Attic

Accents, a room filled with Antiques, Primitives and Collectibles.

The antiques include Rookwood, Roseville, and McCoy to name a few. There are collectibles of Fenton, Waterford, Longaberger and many other hard to find items.

Primitives new and old, dolls, baskets, stars, wreaths, garland and many decorative items. We

have Crossroads and Candleberry candles, Wind & Willow dips and cheese balls, Cream Candy, MailWraps, UK and Ohio State items, plus many, many more.

Also don’t forget we can make money for you by selling your gently used clothing and home items.

New consigners are always welcome. Please stop in to see how it works or just to

browse. We’re sure we have something of interest for everyone!

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The clock indicates it is nearly 4:10 p.m. this past Sunday, Feb. 28, at the new Merchants National Bank branch on South Main Street in Georgetown. The building formerly housed a Citizens National Bank of Higginsport branch, which Merchants National Bank acquired in 2009 along with Citizens National Bank of Higginsport branches in Higginsport and Batavia.

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Many Social Activities Held Last year also included many social activities in Georgetown including the third season for the Courthouse Square Open Air Market in downtown Georgetown.

Open Air Market Committee President Selma Pitzer said the market, which was held on Saturdays during warm months, offers local farmers and crafters a free place to sell their goods to the public.

The committee also sponsored a Father’s Day Car Show, a Patriotic Pooch Parade, an Ice Cream Social, a combination Quilt Show and Chili Cookoff, and a Ghost Tour and Dinner. The committee as well successfully brought in performers for four Concerts On The Square in front of the Brown County Courthouse on four summer Thursdays.

The Downtown Georgetown Merchants sponsored a Hometown Christmas Celebration complete with Santa Claus this past Nov. 14, and the annual sixday Brown County Fair during the early fall brought tens of thousands of visitors to Georgetown to the biggest social event held annually anywhere in Brown County.

This year’s Brown County Fair Parade, which always attracts thousands of onlookers along its route from Georgetown JuniorSenior High School to the Brown County Fairgrounds, was reported to be the largest ever with one hour and 45 minutes being required for all the units to leave their starting positions at GJSHS and other nearby areas.

The 13th Annual U.S. Grant Celebration, which celebrates Georgetown’s most famous historic former resident, 18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, drew scores of Grant and Civil War history enthusiasts in late April and was successful with the most popular event being a re-enactment of an historic Confederate military raid of Georgetown in 1863.

Eastern District gets new high, elementary schools R’ville Elementary is renovated, new middle school being planned

BY Wayne Boblitt The Brown County Press The Eastern Local School District celebrated the beginning of the 2009-10 School Year with the opening of a new Eastern Local High School near Macon and a new Sardinia Elementary School in Washington Township.

Dedication Ceremonies and Open Houses were held at both schools this past Aug. 20.

Both structures are significantly larger than the ones they replaced.

While District Treasurer Kevin Kendall reported the old ELHS building encompasses 65,857 square feet and the old SES building 36,295 square feet, District Project Supervisor Bill Mullins said the new ELHS covers a little more than 92,000 square feet and the new SES a little more than 45,000 square feet.

Improvements Reported Mullins reported on some improved changes at the new schools compared to their former structures including the fact both have air conditioning which they previously lacked.

He said the new ELHS is heated and cooled using geothermal energy from the earth, which should help reduce the district’s electric bills.

The new high school has wider hallways because lockers are all located on just one side of those hallways.

Mullins reported that school’s band and vocal music rooms are designed for an “acoustic sound” that will not echo. He said the vocational agriculture classroom has greatly increased space compared to the former ELHS, and all classrooms with laboratories are all much nicer in the new school.

Both new schools have better cabinets and storage space in classrooms, and some rooms are bigger at the new high school than they were at the older building.

Both new buildings have dimmable lights in classrooms and daylight sensors so lighting from outside will give those rooms the potential to save up to 75 percent of the electric costs from what the district paid in the old buildings, the project supervisor mentioned.

He referred to the sound systems in the new ELHS’ gymnasium and cafeteria as being “phe-

nomenal” and the lighting system on the stage in the cafeteria as being of “performance quality”, adding, “It is far better than anything we have ever had.”

Acoustics in the SES gymnasium, cafeteria and stage also are improved from what they were in the former school, Mullins reported.

Security features at the new buildings should improve students’ safety, according to Mullins. There is a system allowing staff members to use electronic cards to gain access to the schools, and if a card should be lost or stolen, the district simply will take information out of a pertinent computer system so no one else may use that card.

There also are two sets of double doors at each building to strengthen students’ security. One set will allow visitors into the office area, but then some buttons will have to be activated to allow visitors into the other part of the school including classrooms.

There also is new external lighting at both schools, Mullins said, which will serve visitors at night events well while in the past there has been little or no such lighting.

He said computers will control a lot of the new schools’ operations including card entry access, security, heating, ventilation, air

conditioning and some flashing school signs on the highways near the schools.

Superintendent Comments ELSD Superintendent Alan Simmons said overall comments about the new schools have been positive.

“The new facilities provide us with an opportunity to give our students the latest technology and a comfortable and safe environment,” Simmons said.

The superintendent also said the upgraded facilities demonstrate the district’s continued commitment “to provide all that is possible to our children and our future”.

The new schools became possible after district voters passed a bond issue and tax levy in November 2005. With the district’s passage of that ballot measure, the State of Ohio through the Ohio School Facilities Commission contributed the majority of funding for the schools.

Mullins reported the overall cost of the new ELHS as being $18,352,998 with OSFC paying $14,881,545 and the overall cost of the new SES as being $9,725,355 with OSFC paying $8,172,508.

The bond issue also included renovation money for Russellville

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Georgetown Animal Hospital has been serving the Brown County area since 1952 The Georgetown Animal Hospital is committed to providing the best possible veterinary care for every state of your pets’ lives. We offer preventative medicine, diagnostics, in-house bloodwork, ultrasound, x-rays, surgical care, dental care, and much more. The doctors and staff continually strive to provide quality veterinary care, customer service, and education so your pets can receive the compassion-

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Each of us here loves animals, ad we greatly appreciate the chance to help your family companions live the healthiest, longest, happiest lives possible.

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Merchants National Bank has been a part of Brown County since February 2006 when our office opened at 370 N. High Street in Mt. Orab. In August of 2009 Merchants acquired the Citizens Bank of Higginsport and now is pleased to be serving Brown County with three locations.

Our Georgetown Office is located at 120 S. Main Street and in Higginsport we are located at 314 Washington Street. All three are full service branches with loan

Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab at 154 Health Partners Circle, Mt. Orab, is owned by Mercy Health Partners of Cincinnati and may be reached at (937) 444-4000.

The Grand Opening of that new MHP building was held July 30, 2009, with the facility at Brooks-Malott Road and State Route 32 being open to patients on Aug. 1, 2009.

The facility is closely associated with Mercy Hospital Clermont in nearby Batavia. At the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held this past July 30 at the facility, MHC President/Chief Executive Officer Gayle Heintzelman opened the program by saying, “It is with great pleasure I welcome you to the newest member of our Mercy family – Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab.”

Mercy Medical Center offers emergency care 24 hours per day, seven days per week. It also offers an Outpatient Imaging and Diagnostic Center including Computed Tomography (CAT) scans, electrocardiograms (EKG), X-rays, blood draws and laboratory services.

The new Medical Center’s emergency care services apparently have been used a lot in the seven-plus months since its opening this past summer.

Medical Center Nurse Manager Angie Gilkerson, R.N., said the staff has seen a lot of high acuity patients such as those with

officers in each location.

Established in 1879, the Merchants National Bank is an independent institution built upon a foundation of financial strength and customer service.

MNB employees specialize in providing exceptional service on a personal level. We are large enough to provide financial products at competitive prices, yet small enough to know our customers. We are Brown County’s “Real Community Bank with REAL Customer Service.”

Notes On The Cover Photography All of the buildings shown on the cover opened in August 2009. The top picture includes the two buildings on the new medical campus in Mt. Orab. Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab is at left, and the new HealthSource of Ohio Medical Offices Building is at right.

The new Fayetteville-Perry High School in Fayetteville is in the center photo, and the new Eastern Local High School near Macon is in the bottom photo.

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strokes and heart attacks.

“We are seeing a lot more patients than expected, and things are going really well out here,” Gilkerson said in a March 4 interview.

In an interview this past summer, Gilkerson said the facility truly was amazing with eight Emergency Room beds, a Nurses’ Station, a waiting room, and full imaging and diagnostic services.

In her March 4 interview, Gilkerson said the staff has had a lot of successes in treating patients with medical emergencies and mentioned there were a wide variety of medical emergencies that have been treated.

In an interview that same day, Patty Tomley, Mercy Health Partners East Side director of Business Development, commented about Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab, “We’ve really been excited about it and happy about how much it is being used.”

Tomley said the new facility made staff adjustments (added more people) to cover the volume of patients that ended up coming there for services. “It really makes us feel good knowing there was a need for the service and we are able to fulfill that need.”

Fred Hansen, who served as a Mt. Orab Village Council member last year, said at the council meeting on Aug. 11, 2009, only 10 days after the Medical Center had opened, he had been informed by a employee of that facility an additional nurse had to

be hired there because the facility’s workload had gotten to be so great.

The new facility encompasses more than 10,000 square feet, according to MHP, and includes a heliport where helicopter ambulances may land and take off. It is a facility aimed at saving patients’ lives and stabilizing them before sending them off to other facilities, including MHC, for longer stays and is not meant to be a facility where patients stay overnight.

One of the most positive results of the Mt. Orab facility is how it has helped the Mt. Orab Life Squad in its turnaround time in transporting emergency patients. Mt.Orab Mayor Bruce Lunsford reported that news at the Mt. Orab Village Council’s Aug. 11 meeting.

Turnaround time refers to how long it takes for an ambulance to deliver an injured or seriously ill person to a hospital or other medical facility for treatment and then go to pick up another injured or sick person needing transportation to a medical facility.

At last summer’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Lunsford mentioned about how five or six years previously, he had talked with Mt. Orab Fire Chief Lisa Reeves, who also oversees the Life Squad in that village.

Reeves reportedly mentioned how the Life Squad was making so many runs to a lot of hospitals, it was needing a second shift of personnel.

The mayor added that had got-

ten him to thinking about how Mt. Orab needed its own Emergency Room, and he met with several health providers from the Cincinnati Area about possibly obtaining such a facility for Mt. Orab. Those inquiries eventually resulted in the new Mercy Medical Center.

“Catholic Health Services and the Mercy System stepped up to the plate and did what we thought was needed,” Lunsford told the estimated 250 to 300

people at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.

He said the Mt. Orab Village Council, the Mt. Orab Port Authority and the Mt. Orab Board of Public Affairs had all been involved in bringing the new medical facility to Mt. Orab.

The Mt. Orab mayor added Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab “will mean the quality of life for people in this area will be so much better”.

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Sally Meyer, a computerized axial tomography (CAT) scanning technician, demonstrates the reading of CAT scan images on a computer to Sterling Township residents David and Betsy Sharp, left, and Kathy Glover-Grever, Mercy Medical Center Mt. Orab director of Development, at the Medical Center’s Open House held for the public on July 31, 2009.

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