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Six competing for seat on TC Council TIPP CITY — One of the most competitive races in Miami County this election is for Tipp City Council. Six candidates are vying for four seats. Bryan Budding will be vacating his seat, while Katelyn Berbach, Joseph Gibson and Patrick Hale are seeking reelection. The following is excerpts from surveys the candidates. Name: Patrick Hale Hale Age: 54 Family info: Wife Pamela, children Ryan and Brad, both from Tipp City. Work/Job title: Owner of Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning
for all of Miami and Montgomery counties. Past Political Experience: Served on city council since 2005. Why did you decide to seek reelection: As a member of council, I have served on the advisory board of Tipp Monroe Community Services, the Miami County council, and currently serve on the Board of Directors of the Ohio Municipal Electric Association. I would like to continue to serve the Tipp City community and continue working on maintaining some of the
very issues that I felt strongly about when I ran for office back in 2005. Maintaining the small town feel of our downtown, good fiscal management, controlled residential growth, and economic development. What are the key issues facing Tipp City: Continued fiscal responsibility has to continue to be a high priority in our city’s future. This is accomplished by having council members that understand how to cut when needed and how to manage a city budget. Over the past seven years when many communities have been running their budgets in the red, Tipp City has continued to have a budget in
the black.It would be my plan to continue to have a solid budget. It is very important that council makes wise choices when it comes to allowing a Planned Residential Community (PRD) to come to our great city. Not only whether there should be one or not but also the developer’s fiscal soundness and the developer’s willingness to follow Tipp City’s current building codes, and in the downtown, the maintenance of Tipp’s small town feel. I would also support the beginning of an economic development fund to be used See COUNCIL | 2
Pleasant Hill, Newton Twp. candidates on ballot
Molly Jackson doesn’t seem that different from a typical mother in the Peoria area: she shuttles her four daughters to and fro and runs the house. The already tasking title of motherhood is made more difficult by a blight on two of her daughters so rare that there’s only been 300 recorded cases in the world. See Page 6
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Sweaters for Soldiers under way Beginning today through Nov. 11 — Veterans Day — Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home in Piqua is sponsoring Operation Sweaters for Veterans. The funeral home is collecting new sweaters and gloves that they will deliver to local VA hospitals and homes, as well as veterans service organizations. See Page 3
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Troy resident Ralph Warner discusses longevity and a favorite pastime of going to K’s Hamburger Shop.
Warner turns 100 Celebration set for next week
Colin Foster
Staff Writer colinfoster@civitasmedia.com
Ralph Warner is celebrating his 100th birthday today. So what’s been his secret to longevity … Taking care of himself on a daily basis? Eating properly? Good hygiene? Staying busy? Perhaps. But if you ask Warner, the answer to that question is a family secret. “I don’t really know (what the secret to longevity has been),” Warner said. “I’ve got two sisters living (both in their 90s), and my mother was about 98 when she died. I guess the family just lived to be old anyways.” “He gets along fine,” his son Richard explained. “He has two knees that are worn out, he had a hip replacement at 92 or 93. But he gets along fairly well. He was driving until about six or seven
months ago.” Warner was born Nov. 4, 1913, in Champaign County in a log house about three miles east of Christianburg. He attended school in a oneroom school house and rode in a school bus that was pulled by a team of horses. “I worked for 75 cents a day on the farm,” Warner recalled. “A hamburger at K’s was a nickel. Greenville had hamburgers for a nickel, and Springfield had hamburgers for a nickel, so all the big cities had hamburgers for a nickel. My first house rent was $5 a month.” Times have changed a little since those days. Though Warner didn’t particularly enjoy school, he did like sports, especially basketball and baseball. And Warner would be the first to tell you — he had a pretty good curve ball back then. “When I was in seventh and eighth grade, we had a game with the high school,” Warner explained. “It was a small school — and by God I had a better curve than he did, and
we actually beat them.” Warner grew up on a farm and helped his dad with the work. He attended Lost Creek High School. He learned the watch-making trade from a jeweler in Springfield, where he worked for two years without pay, before opening his own watch-repair shop in Tipp City in April 1936. Warner married his first wife, Margery Fry, in June 1936, and the pair had two sons named Jim and Richard, both of whom graduated from Tippecanoe High School. The Warner’s had a jewelry store and watch repair business in Tipp City for 45 years. The family sold their business in 1981. Margery Warner passed away in November of that year. Ralph later married Hilda Bowman and moved to Troy, where he has lived ever since. In November 2004, Hilda passed away. Warner still spends his time working at his watchmaker’s bench and reminiscing about See WARNER | 2
Sending sweets to soldiers Melanie Yingst
Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com
TROY — Giving back to troops overseas is a sweet job, and one dentist office needs Miami County kids and their Halloween candy stash to help put smiles on the faces of soldiers. The dental team at Excellence in Dentistry, located at 1523 N. Market St., Troy, is holding its second annual “Candy Buy Back” event through Saturday, Nov. 9. According to Nicole McFadden, public relations for the dental office, last year’s first candy corralling
campaign was a “huge success” netting approximately 250 pounds of Halloween candy, which was sent to U.S. troops overseas. “All the candy will be collected and shipped overseas through a program called Operation Gratitude,” McFadden said. Children can bring their candy to the dentist office and will receive $1 per pound, up to 5 pounds, for their stash. The children also can write notes about their Halloween costumes and trick-or-treat stories to the military members who will enjoy the sweet treats. The buy-back event is limited to 500 pounds of sugar-filled fun. All children
will also be entered in to a drawing to win an iPad. All participants do not have to be patients through the office, McFadden said. “The kids can put their name on a note and tell the military all about their Halloween to help them feel good about what they are doing,” McFadden said. McFadden said Excellence in Dentistry is planning on making the Candy Buy Back event an annual event. For office hours and other information about Excellence in Dentistry, visit www. bentleydds.com or ‘Like’ Excellence in Dentistry on Facebook.
There are two openings for Newton Township Trustees on Tuesday’s ballot. Stanley A. Fessler, Terry E. Wackler are all running unopposed. Gene Laughman is in office through 2015. There are four openings on the Pleasant Hill council, John A. Weaver, Jr. and Vickie L. Kirk are on the ballot. Issue on the ballot: Joint Fire District, Pleasant Hill (Newton Township) Replacement Tax Levy A replacement of a tax for the benefit of the Pleasant Hill/Newton Township Joint Fire District for the purpose of emergency medical services and fire protection at a rate not exceeding 1.2 mills for each one dollar of valuation, for a continuing period of time, commencing in 2013, and first due in calendar year of 2014.
Street levy up to be replaced Joyell Nevins
Staff Writer jnevins@civitasmedia.com
WEST MILTON — The year 1984 was the year of “Thriller,” “The Karate Kid,” Ronald Reagan and the beginning of MTV. That’s also the year West Milton passed its original street levy. The levy has continued to be renewed by voters on a 5-year basis. The current levy ends in 2014. This year, however, the city is seeking a replacement levy to start in 2015. While the levy will stay at 3-mils, it will be based off of today’s property values instead of 1984’s market. This would mean a jump from $39.84 for a $100,000 homeowner to $91.88 annually for the same homeowner. The resulting increase would take West Milton’s street income from $94,500 to about $201,500, according to the municipality. City staff said this is necessary because expenses have increased drastically since 1984. And since 2008, the revenue from the state and county has decreased by more than $100,000 annually. Less staff and more streets also are a problem. According to a fact sheet produced by the municipality, West Milton had 20 employees in 1990, and only 12 in 2013. In 1984, the village was responsible for 31 miles of road. In 2013, its responsible for 52 miles. The new levy would fund street capital improvements, and be used in some operations to offset the loss of those state and county funds, according to Municipal Manager Matt Kline. On the same fact sheet, it listed the Emerick Road repaving project as costing $29,200 in 1984. In 2013, the See LEVY | 2
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