Band of Flight among Air Force budget cuts
(FROM DAYTON DAILY NEWS) The Air Force Band of Flight is downsizing due to budget cuts and restructuring.
Officials at Wright Patterson Air Force Base said the local U.S. Air Force Band of Flight is one of many Air Force bands nationwide having to reduce its size. The number of members locally will go from 45 to 15 next year.
The Air Force of Band of Flight annual holiday concert held at the Dayton Masonic Center the past 25 years is set for this weekend. There will also be a concert at the National Museum of the USAF.
Air Force officials said even with the coming cuts, concerts are expected to continue.
THE LEGENDARY LIGHTS OF CLIFTON MILL CAN BE SEEN NOW THROUGH NEW YEAR’S DAY WHEN THEY CLOSE AT 8PM. NORMAL HOURS ARE GATES OPEN AT 5PM, LIGHTS COME ON AT 6PM, AND GATES NORMALLY CLOSE AT 9:30PM, LIGHTS GO OFF A HALF HOUR AFTER THE GATES CLOSE. CLIFTON MILL’S LIGHT DISPLAY ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S FINEST WITH OVER 3 AND A HALF MILLION LIGHTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO WWW.CLIFTONMILL.COM.
WEST CARROLLTON CITY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT RUSTY CLIFFORD, THERE FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS, NAMED THE 2013 OHIO SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR BY THE BUCKEYE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. CLIFFORD NOMINATED FOR THE HONOR BY THE WEST CARROLLTON BOARD OF EDUCATION, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT LARRY CAMPBELL, AND TREASURER RYAN SLONE.
Wright State celebrates 45 years by looking to the future
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES ITS ANNIVERSARY WEDNESDAY WITH A PANEL ON THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION WITH OSU PRESIDENT E. GORDON GEE AND MIAMI PRESIDENT DAVID HODGE THERE, THE SCHOOL STARTING 45 YEARS AGO WITH 5,000 STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL WAS ACTUALLY FORMED THREE YEARS EARLIER THAN THAT AS A BRANCH OF MIAMI AND OHIO STATE UNIVERSITIES. WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DAVID HOPKINS SAYS THE UNIVERSITIES WILL BE IMPORTANT TO THE STATE OF OHIO IN GROWING THE ECONOMY, YET THE PRESIDENTS AGREED HIGHER EDUCATION NOW FACES UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES. WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY NOW HAS NEARLY 18,000 STUDENTS, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
WEEC SPORTS – THURSDAY 11-29-12:
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: THE BIG TEN-ACC CHALLENGE: THE FINAL RECORD IS 6-6, WITH NO. 2 DUKE COMING FROM BEHIND TO DEFEAT NO. 4 OHIO STATE 73-68, THE BUCKEYES LED BY AS MANY AS 10, INCLUDING EARLY IN THE 2ND HALF, OSU NOW 4-1. THE BIG TEN GOES 2-4 ON THE 2ND NIGHT OF THE CHALLENGE, WITH WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN STATE LOSING, ALONG WITH PENN STATE, WITH ILLINOIS AND PURDUE BOTH WINNING. ALSO, WEBER STATE 62 DAYTON 61.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TONIGHT 7:30PM: LOUISVILLE AT RUTGERS. FRIDAY 7PM: NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT KENT STATE IN THE MAC TITLE GAME, THEN THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT 8PM, WITH UCLA AT STANFORD. SATURDAY 4PM: THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HAS ALABAMA VS. GEORGIA AT THE GEORGIA DOME, 8PM: FLORIDA STATE AT GEORGIA IN THE ACC TITLE GAME, AND THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS NEBRASKA VS. WISCONSIN AT INDIANAPOLIS, THE WINNER GOES TO THE ROSE BOWL!
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FRIDAY: 11AM: DIV. 6: NEWARK CATHOLIC VS. MARION LOCAL AT MASSILLON, DIV. 4 3PM: ST. CLAIRSVILLE VS. CLINTON-MASSIE AT CANTON, DIV. 2 7PM: TOLEDO CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. TROTWOOD-MADISON AT MASSILLON.
SATURDAY 3PM DIV. 5: KIRTLAND VS. COLDWATER AT MASSILLON’S PAUL BROWN TIGER STADIUM, AND DIV. 1 SATURDAY 7PM AT CANTON’S FAWCETT STADIUM: TOLEDO WHITMER VS. CINCINNATI MOELLER.
NFL THURSDAY NIGHT 8:20PM: NEW ORLEANS AT ATLANTA. SUNDAY 4:25PM: CLEVELAND AT OAKLAND, CINCINNATI AT SAN DIEGO, PITTSBURGH AT BALTIMORE.
THE BASEBALL WRITERS OF ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ANNOUNCE THEIR 2013 HALL OF FAME CLASS, AND INCLUDES CRAIG BIGGIO, MIKE PIAZZA, CURT SCHILLING, AND SAMMY SOSA, BARRY BONDS, AND ROGER CLEMENS. MEMBERS WILL VOTE THROUGH NEXT MONTH, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM. THE CINCINNATI REDS SIGN RELIEVER JONATHON BROXTON TO A 3 YEAR DEAL, WHICH FREES UP PUTTING CLOSER AROLDIS CHAPMAN INTO THE STARTING ROTATION.
THE ALL-OHIO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK: DIV. 1 CO-COACH OF THE YEAR IS STEVE CHANNELL OF MIAMISBURG, 2ND TEAM DEFENSE, LINEBACKER AIRIUS MOORE OF BEAVERCREEK, THE DIV. 2 DEFENSIVE PLAYER IS MICHAEL MCCRAY OF TROTWOOD-MADISON, SPECIAL MENTION ALL-OHIO TO ANDREW GATCHELL OF TIPPECANOE AND CHUCK BUCHANAN OF TECUMSEH. THIS YEAR’S MR. OHIO MR. FOOTBALL IS MENTOR QUARTERBACK MITCH TRUBISKY, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS. CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN DIV. 3 IS BRANDON FLUCAS OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, 3RD TEAM DIV. 3 IS TANNER LAWRENCE OF URBANA, NAMED SPECIAL MENTION ALL-OHIO DIV. 3 ARE TYLER POWELL, JAKE QUICK, AARON SIDDERS, AND NATHAN MAYS, ALL OF URBANA, ALONG WITH ALEX MCCRORY AND HAYGAN BLAIN OF SHAWNEE!
