CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF GENE KELLY SAYS TRAFFIC LIKELY TO BE HEAVY BETWEEN 9AM AND 2PM IN THE HOME ROAD AND NORTH LIMESTONE STREET AREAS FRIDAY MORNING WHEN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA VISITS SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOR A RALLY DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. NO MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE EVENT, DOORS SCHEDULED TO OPEN AT 10:15AM, THE EVENT SCHEDULED TO START JUST BEFORE 1PM. THE RALLY TO BE IN THE SCHOOL GYM, AND SHERIFF KELLY SAYS RESIDENTS ATTENDING THE EVENT SHOULD EXPECT TO PASS THROUGH SECURITY, THE NEWS SUN SAYS.
Congressmen Mike Turner, Jason Chaffetz Join Delphi Salaried Retirees to Hold Press Conference Before President Obama’s Springfield Stop
Columbus, OH – On Friday, Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH) and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), both leaders of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will join Delphi salaried retirees for a press conference ahead of President Obama’s visit. They will ask why the Obama Administration slashed the pensions of non-union Delphi autoworkers across the Midwest. The Obama Administration has denied this was the case, says the report. This event is at 8am at the Atrium of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce downtown.
WEEC SPORTS – FRIDAY 11-2-12:
NBA: SAN ANTONIO 86 OKLAHOMA CITY 84
TONIGHT: 7PM: INDIANA AT CHARLOTTE, 7:30PM: CHICAGO AT CLEVELAND.
THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE IS SUNDAY 3:15PM AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, THREE MORE RACES TO GO IN THE CHASE! JIMMIE JOHNSON THE CURRENT POINTS LEADER, WITH BRAD KESELOWSKI JUST 2 POINTS BEHIND, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM! SATURDAY 7:45PM THE NATIONWIDE RACE IS AT CHARLOTTE! THE TRUCKS RACE IS TONIGHT AROUND 8:20PM AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY!
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER REGIONAL SEMIFINALS WEDNESDAY: LAKOTA WEST 4 WAYNE 0, CARROLL 2 BELBROOK 1 OT, MADEIRA 2 DAYTON CHRISTIAN 1, SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY 2 CATHOLIC CENTRAL 0.
GIRLS SOCCER REGIONAL SEMIFINAL THURSDAY: MASON 2 CENTERVILLE 0.
DIV. 3 REGIONAL FINAL SATURDAY 3PM: TROY CHRISTIAN VS. CINCINNATI SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL REGIONAL SEMIFINALS: KETTERING ALTER 3 WYOMING 1, MARION LOCAL 3 JACKSON CENTER 0, FORT LORAMIE 4 SIDNEY LEHMAN CATHOLIC 0, MIAMI EAST 3 CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 0, ANNA 3 MIDDLETOWN FENWICK 1. SHEKINAH CHRISTIAN’S LADY FLAMES PLAY IN A DIV. 4 REGIONAL FINAL SATURDAY 2PM AT LANCASTER VS. EASTERN, GO LADY FLAMES!
NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: SAN DIEGO 31 KANSAS CITY 13. SUNDAY 1PM: BALTIMORE AT CLEVELAND, MIAMI AT INDIANAPOLIS, DENVER AT CINCINNATI, 4:25PM: PITTSBURGH AT THE NEW YORK GIANTS, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY: 1PM: HIRAM AT WITTENBERG, 3:30PM: ILLINOIS AT 9-0 OHIO STATE, PITTSBURGH AT NOTRE DAME, 7PM: OREGON AT USC, 8PM: NO. 1 ALABAMA AT NO. 5 LSU!
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE PLAYOFFS: DIV. 1 SATURDAY 7PM: WAYNE AT CINCINNATI MOELLER, WESTERVILLE SOUTH AT HILLIARD DARBY, HILLIARD DAVIDSON AT DUBLIN COFFMAN, DIV. 3: COLUMBUS WATTERSON AT BRYAN, SANDUSKY PERKINS AT URBANA, CIRCLEVILLE LOGAN ELM AT DAYTON THURGOOD MARSHALL, SHAWNEE AT KETTERING ALTER, DIV. 5: MIAMI EAST AT COLDWATER, DAYTON CHRISTIAN AT WEST LIBERTY-SALEM, TRIAD AT SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY, DIXIE AT COVINGTON.
FRIDAY NIGHT 7:30PM: DIV. 2: TECUMSEH AT DRESDEN TRI-VALLEY, TIPPECANOE AT CINCINNATI TURPIN, TROTWOOD-MADISON AT CINCINNATI MT. HEALTHY, DIV. 4: UPPER SANDUSKY AT COLUMBUS HARTLEY, GALION AT RICHWOOD NORTH UNION, COLUMBUS READY AT GENOA AREA, MADEIRA AT CLINTON MASSIE, MILTON-UNION AT WILLIAMSPORT WESTFALL, AND MIDDLETOWN FENWICK AT NORWOOD, DIV. 6: HANNIBAL RIVER AT DANVILLE, WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN AT ADA, FORT LORAMIE AT ST. HENRY, TRI-COUNTY NORTH AT MINSTER, AND BRADFORD AT MARION LOCAL, SAYS OHSAA.ORG.
THE STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET IS SATURDAY AT HEBRON NATIONAL RACEWAY NEAR NEWARK. WEEC’S JEFF KELLEY WILL BE AT THE MEET SATURDAY. LOCAL TEAMS TAKING PART INCLUDE THE DEFENDING DIV. 2 STATE CHAMPIONS, THE SPRINGFIELD SHAWNEE BRAVES BOYS, WITH MICHAEL TYMOSKI AMONG THOSE CONSIDERED STRONG RUNNERS THAT COULD WIN INDIVIDUALLY!, IN DIV. 3 BOYS EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S WES HANEY, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM’S GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS, INCLUDING SENIOR MEGHAN VOGEL OF THE LADY TIGERS!, AND DIV. 1 SAM WHARTON OF TIPPECANOE, AND THE BEAVERCREEK GIRLS LED BY SYDNEY LEIHER, WILL BE TRYING TO WIN THEIR 1ST STATE TITLE SINCE 1996! BEST WISHES TO ALL WEEC LISTENING AREA PARTICIPANTS AT THIS SATURDAY’S MEET!
