DAYTON CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER TAKING PART IN WHAT CREATORS ARE CALLING HASHTAG GIVINGTUESDAY, THIS TUESDAY GIVING EVENT A NEW EFFORT THAT’LL USE THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF CHARITIES, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS TO “TRANSFORM HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT, TALK ABOUT, AND PARTICIPATE IN THE GIVING SEASON, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS THE NUMBER OF MOTORISTS KILLED ON OHIO’S ROADWAYS THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND WAS MUCH LOWER THAN THE PRIOR THREE YEARS, WITH 11 PEOPLE KILLED IN 8 ACCIDENTS BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY, INCLUDING THE 4 YOUNG ADULTS KILLED IN THAT WARREN COUNTY ACCIDENT LAST WEDNESDAY. SEVENTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN 2011, 18 IN 2010 AND 20 IN 2009, SAYS THE HIGHWAY PATROL.
ACCORDING TO REUTERS NEWS SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO ONLINE SALES WERE UP ON CYBER MONDAY, SENDING E-COMMERCE RETAILERS’ SHARES HIGHER AND SUGGESTING STRONG GROWTH FROM EARLIER IN THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON IS CONTINUING FOR THE PRESENT. EARLY CYBER MONDAY DATA RELEASED BY E-COMMERCE FIRM CHANNELADVISOR SHOWS EBAY INCORPORATED’S ONLINE MARKETPLACE SALES GREW, WITH COMPANY SHARES CLIMBING NEARLY 5 PERCENT, WITH AMAZON.COM INC. ALSO CONTINUING ITS RAPID HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON GROWTH.
WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT LAURIE JOYNER SPOKE TO THE SPRINGFIELD ROTARY CLUB MONDAY, AND SAID LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES THAT IGNORE MARKET REALITIES ABSOLUTELY WON’T EXIST IN THE NEXT DECADE, SAYS THE NEWS SUN. JOYNER ADDS THAT A SHRINKING POOL OF PRICE-SENSITIVE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HAS COMBINED WITH A BAD ECONOMY TO PRODUCE THE EQUIVALENT OF A PERFECT STORM FOR SOME OF US, AND DECLINING ENROLLMENT HAS LED TO DECLINING INCOME, JOYNER SAYS THAT MUST CHANGE.
FROM NOON TO FIVE PM THIS SUNDAY THE GREENFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOUR OF HOMES GOING ON, SAYS THE CHILLICOTHE GAZETTE. THE SOCIETY TO HOST THE DISPLAY OF 40 INTERNATIONAL NATIVITY SCENES ON LOAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON’S MARION LIBRARY, WHICH HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL NATIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND PROBABLY THE WORLD, CONTAINING OVER 3,000! THE NATIVITIES TO BE ON DISPLAY AT THE KONNEKER EDUCATION MUSEUM ON SOUTH STREET IN GREENFIELD. THERE IS FREE ADMISSION.
WEEC SPORTS – TUESDAY 11-27-12:
NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: CAROLINA 30 PHILADELPHIA 22.
NBA: MEMPHIS 84 CLEVELAND 78
SPRINGFIELD NATIVE BRAXTON MILLER OF OHIO STATE RECEIVES THE GRIESE-BREES QUARTERBACK OF THE YEAR HONOR IN THE BIG TEN IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. BUCKEYES SENIOR DEFENSIVE STANDOUT JOHN SIMON IS NAMED THE SMITH-BROWN DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR.
