A 22 YEAR OLD GREENE COUNTY WOMAN, A STUDENT AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, DIED TUESDAY AT KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER AFTER BEING HOSPITALIZED FOR FOUR DAYS WITH THE INFLUENZA A VIRUS ACCORDING TO THE GREENE COUNTY COMBINED HEALTH DISTRICT. AMELIA CATHERINE PERRY OF FAIRBORN APPEARED OTHERWISE HEALTHY SAID SPOKESWOMAN SARA PAPPA. PERRY WAS A JUNIOR MAJORING IN COMMUNICATIONS AT WRIGHT STATE. SHE ALSO WORKED AS A HOSTESS AND SERVER AT MILANO’S IN BEAVERCREEK AND WAS A 2008 GRADUATE OF FAIRBORN HIGH SCHOOL. AN ELDERLY MAN FROM WARREN COUNTY WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR INFLUENZA DIED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT HE HAD OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS DEATH SAID HEALTH OFFICIALS. THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SAID THE STATE IS EXPERIENCING A “WIDESPREAD” FLU OUTBREAK.
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE HAS RULED THE PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF DEATH OF TROTWOOD POLICE OFFICER DAVID YANEY WHO WAS KILLED IN A CRASH WEDNESDAY MORNING WAS BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AND FRESHWATER DROWNING. THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE THAT YANEY HAD MINOR HEART DISEASE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE CRASH. YANEY DIED WHEN HIS PICKUP TRUCK DROVE OFF AN ENGLEWOOD ROAD, HIT A GUARDRAIL AND WENT AIRBORNE, PLUNGING 35 FEET INTO TEN FEET OF CREEK WATER. THE CORONER SAID IT COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS DETERMINED. VIEWING FOR YANEY WILL BE AT PHILLIPS TEMPLE, 3620 SHILOH SPRINGS ROAD IN TROTWOOD ON SUNDAY FROM 3-7PM. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11AM MONDAY AT PHILLIPS TEMPLE.
A FOUR-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING ON FOUNTAIN AVENUE IN SPRINGFIELD CAUGHT FIRE LATE LAST NIGHT BUT THANKFULLY THE FAMILIES LIVING INSIDE ESCAPED TO SAFETY. FIREFIGHTERS SAID THE FIRE APPARENTLY STARTED IN A SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS CALLED IN TO ASSIST RESIDENTS.
TECUMSEH LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO CUT MORE EXPENSES AND INCREASE REVENUES OR FACE A PROJECTED $1.6 MILLION DEFICIT AND FISCAL CAUTION STATUS WITH THE STATE IN 2014. ALTHOUGH THE DISTRICT ISN’T ON THE CAUTION LIST RIGHT NOW, IT WILL NEED TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPTABLE FISCAL ACTION PLAN TO THE STATE. ROGER HARDIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S FINANCE PROGRAM SERVICES SPOKE TO ABOUT 300 OF THE DISTRICT’S PARENTS AND EMPLOYEES AT A COMMUNITY MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT. SUPT. BRAD MARTIN SAID THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO PASS A NEW LEVY IN ADDITION TO MAKING SOME POTENTIAL CUTS. THE LAST TIME NEW MONEY WAS VOTED INTO THE TECUMSEH DISTRICT WAS IN 1995.
FAIRBORN SCHOOLS WILL BE SEEKING AN 11.7 MILL EMERGENCY LEVY ON THE MAY 7TH BALLOT…FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE STATE PLACES THAT GREENE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN “FISCAL CAUTION”. THE FAIRBORN BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED THE PLACING OF THE LEVY ON THURSDAY. THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NOTIFIED THE FAIRBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT THIS WEEK THAT IT WILL BEGIN STATE OVERSIGHT DESIGNATION STARTING MONDAY BECAUSE IT FACES A PROJECTED $4.1 MILLION DEFICIT BY JUNE 30, 2014. FAIRBORN SCHOOL OFFICIALS MUST SUBMIT A PLAN BY MARCH 14TH SHOWING HOW THEY PLAN TO GENERATE REVENUE AND REDUCE COSTS. BOARD PRESIDENT TESS LITTLE SAID THE STATE IS CONDUCTING AN ANALYSIS ON THE DISTRICT’S FINANCES AND THEN THE STATE WOULD SAY WHERE CUTS SHOULD BE MADE IF THE MAY LEVY IS DEFEATED.
CHAMINADE JULIENNE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL WILL START CONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK ON A NEARLY $4 MILLION RENOVATION THAT WILL TURN ELEVEN SECOND-FLOOR CLASSROOMS INTO A NEW STEMM CENTER THAT SHOULD OPEN IN AUGUST ACCORDING TO THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS. STEMM STANDS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH AND MEDICINE EDUCATION. THERE IS A GROWING EMPHASIS ON STEMM EDUCATION IN THE DAYTON AREA AND ACROSS OHIO.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO ABOUT 50 DEGREES WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 11MPH. HIGHS ON SATURDAY GET TO THE 60 DEGREE MARK WITH RAIN POSSIBLE…MAINLY AFTER 3PM. HOWEVER WE WILL HAVE A 100 PERCENT PROBABITY OF RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS NEAR 46. RAIN CONTINUES ON SUNDAY, WITH COOLER CONDITIONS…HIGHS ONLY RISING TO 48 DEGREES. LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT DROP TO 30 DEGREES AND AS IT GETS COLDER THAT RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW! WE MIGHT SEE SNOW WHEN WE WAKE UP MONDAY MORNING AND IT WILL BE COLD THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 30’S AND LOWS DIPPING INTO THE MID 20’S.
