REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY AND HIS SON JOSH WILL BE AT THE SHELBY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AT 6PM TONIGHT FOR A VICTORY RALLY. DOORS OPEN AT 4:15PM. THE GOVERNOR’S MIAMI VALLEY VISIT PART OF A DAY OF CAMPAIGN EVENTS IN OHIO BEGINNING WITH A TOWN HALL MEETING IN MOUNT VERNON. PRESIDENT OBAMA SPOKE TO 15,000 PEOPLE TUESDAY AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY’S OVAL, WITH THE PRESIDENT SAYING, “I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU AND I AM ASKING YOU TO KEEP BELIEVING IN ME.” A CNN/ORC POLL TUESDAY SHOWED OBAMA WITH A LEAD OF 4 PERCENTAGE POINTS AMONG LIKELY VOTERS IN A POLL TAKEN OCTOBER 5-8, SAYS THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS SUPERINTENDETN MARY JO SCALZO HAS ANNOUNCED SHE’LL RETIRE THIS AUGUST 1ST. SCALZO HAS BEEN WITH OAKWOOD CITY SCHOOLS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, BEING SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE LAST EIGHT.
EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD JAMES DILLEY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER AFTER AN AUGUST 8TH FATAL ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE WAS DRIVING A PICKUP TRUCK THAT STRUCK AND KILLED MOTORCYCLIST JOSEPH CHRISTMAS, 19 YEARS OLD, DILLEY ALSO CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD AFTER THE CRASH IN NEW CARLISLE, THE NEWS SUN SAYS.
THEY SAY IT’S DUE TO SECURITY PURPOSES, AND WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE TUESDAY PERMANENTLY CLOSED A MILE AND A HALF STRETCH OF OHIO 444 THAT BISECTS THE BASE, WITH AN INTERIM GATE 1A TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN A MONTH NEAR THE COMMISSARY THAT’LL BE OPEN ALL THE TIME. BASE OFFICIALS SAY SECURITY WILL BE ENHANCED AND MONEY WILL BE SAVED BY MEASURES BEING TAKEN THERE.
THE AMERICAN VETERANS TRAVELING TRIBUTE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AT THE GREENE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. FOUR THOUSAND MOTORCYCLISTS WILL ESCORT THE MEMORIAL WALL FROM WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY’S NUTTER CENTER IN FAIRBORN TO THE FAIRGROUNDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON, WITH ROADS NEARBY TO BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED. MOTORCYCLISTS TO BEGIN MEETING OUTSIDE THE NUTTER CENTER AROUND 3PM TODAY, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
WEEC SPORTS – WEDNESDAY 10-10-12:
NL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF: SAN FRANCISCO 2 CINCINNATI 1, 10 INNINGS, REDS LEAD 2-1.
AL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF: OAKLAND 2 DETROIT 0, TIGERS LEAD SERIES 2-1.
TODAY: 1PM: ST. LOUIS AT WASHINGTON, 4PM: SAN FRANCISCO AT CINCINNATI, BOTH GAMES OF THE NL DIVISIONAL SERIES, THE AL DIVISIONAL SERIES GAMES, 7:30PM: BALTIMORE AT THE N.Y. YANKEES, 9:30PM: DETROIT AT OAKLAND.
NFL FOOTBALL, THURSDAY NIGHT 8:20PM: PITTSBURGH AT TENNESSEE, SUNDAY 1PM: CINCINNATI AT CLEVELAND.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY 8PM: OHIO STATE AT INDIANA. NOON: WISCONSIN AT PURDUE, 1PM: CHICAGO AT WITTENBERG, URBANA UNIVERSITY AT ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, MOREHEAD STATE AT DAYTON AT WELCOME STADIUM, ALWAYS GREAT TO WATCH THE FLYERS UNDER HEAD COACH RICK CHAMBERLAIN, SPRINGFIELD NATIVE!, 3:30PM: ALABAMA AT MISSOURI, WEST VIRGINIA AT TEXAS TECH, STANFORD AT NOTRE DAME, ILLINOIS AT MICHIGAN, 8PM: SOUTH CAROLINA AT LSU, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS SHAWNEE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL COACH BRAD SMITH RESIGNS MONDAY AMID ALLEGATIONS HE SHOVED ONE OF HIS PLAYERS. SMITH DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. SMITH SAYS HE WAS TOLD TO RESIGN OR HE WOULD BE DISMISSED. THE STATE RANKED BRAVES HAVING A GREAT SEASON ON THE COURT, JV COACH RACHAEL YONTZ WILL COACH FOR THE REST OF THIS SEASON.
THIS WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COMPUTER RATINGS, THESE TEAMS WOULD MAKE THE PLAYOFFS NOW: DUBLIN COFFMAN, WAYNE, TECUMSEH, TIPPECANOE, TROTWOOD–MADISON, URBANA, COLUMBUS DESALES, HARTLEY, READY, THURGOOD MARSHALL, KETTERING ALTER, GREENFIELD MCCLAIN, RICHWOOD NORTH UNION, CLINTON-MASSIE, MILTON-UNION, COLDWATER, COVINGTON, DAYTON CHRISTIAN, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM, WEST JEFFERSON, VERSAILLES, TRIAD, MARION LOCAL, FORT LORAMIE, BRADFORD, WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN, MINSTER, AND DAYTON JEFFERSON.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 10 TRIAD 0.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: BEN LOGAN 3 GRAHAM 0.
