WE’VE ALL HEARD THE SAYING “IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LAMB, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LION…OR IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LAMB”…SO WHAT IS THE VERDICT FOR THIS FIRST DAY OF MARCH? STORM CENTER 7 METEROLOGIST RICH WIRDZEK SAYS TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO FEEL MORE LIKE THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY THIS WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30’S EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MIAMI VALLEY.
THE CITY OF DAYTON IS GOING TO USE UP TO $750,000 FROM ITS GENERAL FUND TO TEMPORARILY COVER THE COST OF A MAJOR HOMELESS HOUSING PROGRAM SO THAT 330 LOCAL HOUSEHOLDS WILL NOT BE EVICTED IN MARCH. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN RECEIVING AN ANNUAL GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. A DAYTON CITY DOCUMENT READ, “DUE TO VARIOUS TIMING DELAYS RELATED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET PROCESS, (HUD) HAS ADVISED THE CITY THAT THE AWARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2012 SHELTER PLUS CARE GRANTS WILL BE DELAYED SEVERAL MONTHS.” THOSE PEOPLE INVOLVED WHO SUFFER PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS, AIDS AND OTHER DISEASES, RECEIVE RENTAL SUBSIDIES THAT ALLOW THEM TO LIVE IN PRIVATE LANDLORD HOUSING THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY ACCORDING TO THE DATON DAILY NEWS REPORT. CITY MANAGER TIM RIORDAN SAID THEY BELIEVE HUD WILL REIMBURSE THE CITY AND THEY DON’T WANT THE 330 FAMILIES EVICTED SO THEY ARE TAKING THE RISK BY COVERING THE COST OF THE HOMELESS HOUSING PROGRAM. DAYTON CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS VOTED WEDNESDAY UNANIMOUSLY AN ORDINANCE TO GIVE THE MIAMI VALLEY HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AN ADVANCE OF UP TO $750,000.
DR. CYNTHIA JACKSON-HAMMOND WILL BE SWORN IN AS THE EIGHTH PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 7TH. JACKSON-HAMMOND IS THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT IN CENTRAL STATE’S 126-YEAR HISTORY. CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1887 AND ACADEMICALLY PREPARES STUDENTS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD.
26 YEAR OLD OHIO STATE TROOPER BRENT HILL REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING STRUCK ON I-75 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HILL JUST GRADUATED FROM THE PATROL ACADEMY AND WAS WORKING WITH HIS TRAINING OFFICER. THEY WERE WORKING A CRASH ON INTERSTATE 75 WHEN HILL WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. HILL SUFFERED HEAD TRAUAMA AND EXTENSIVE INJURIES TO HIS LEG, SAID LT. ANNE RALSTON, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. HE WAS STABLE ENOUGH TO HAVE SURGERY ON HIS LEG AND IS IMPROVING. TROOPERS SAY THREE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE AREA, INCLUDING THE ONE INVOLVING TROOPER HILL, WERE LIKELY WEATHER-RELATED BECAUSE ROADS WERE SNOW COVERED AT THE TIME THE WRECKS OCCURRED.
A $5,000 REWARD IS OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING A GARAGE AND VEHICLE ON FIRE THIS WEEK IN URBANA AT 302 E. CHURCH STREET AROUND 10:24PM ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH. THE RESIDENTS OF THE ADDRESS WERE HOME BUT THERE WERE NO APPARENT INJURIES ACCORDING TO URBANA FIRE ASSISTANT CHIEF JEFFREY ASPER. THE INVESTIGATION BY THE FIRE AND POLICE DIVISIONS, ALONG WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE DETERMINED THE FIRE HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY SET. THE REWARD BEING OFFERED IS PART OF THE BLUE RIBBON ARSON REWARD PROGRAM ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CALL THE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE AT 1/800/549-2728. IF YOU WANT TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE URBANA POLICE DIVISION’S TIP HOTLINE AT 937/652-4357. IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THIS INFORMATION GO ON-LINE TO OUR WEBSITE AT: WWW.WEEC.ORG , CLICK ON RESOURCES, THEN NEWS.
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ENGLEWOOD ENDED UP ON LOCKDOWN THURSDAY AFTER A TEACHER RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT A BOMB WAS IN THE BUILDING AROUND 1PM. POLICE SEARCHED ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY AND CHILDREN WERE MOVED TO A SHELTER AREA IN THE BUILDING. SUPERINTENDENT SARAH ZATIK SAID A TEACHER HAD RECEIVED A VOICE MESSAGE FROM WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A YOUNG STUDENT. POLICE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING AND THE SCHOOL RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATIONS BY 1:35. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
KARI JOBE, RECORDING ARTIST HEARD ON WEEC, IS LENDING HER SUPPORT TO THE NEW FILM “NOT TODAY” IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THIS FILM HELPS AUDIENCES PUT A HUMAN FACE ON THE WORLDWIDE PROBLEM OF MODERN SLAVERY AND EXPLOITATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. KARI SAYS, “WE ALL HAVE TO PLAY A ROLE AND DO OUR PART TO FIGHT AGAINST THE PLAGUE THAT AFFECTS 27 MILLION PEOPLE AND GROWING.” JOBE COMMENTED THAT, “MOST OF THESE VICTIMS ARE GIRLS LIKE ME, AND I CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IN THAT PLACE.” KARI JOBE IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING WITH THE CHRIS TOMLIN BURNING LIGHT’S TOUR.
A UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON GROUP IS ALSO WORKING TO END GLOBAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING BY ELIMINATING ONE VICTIM AT A TIME. THE NEWS RELEASE FROM U.D. STATES THAT A GROUP OF STUDENTS IS HOLDING A CONCIOUSNESS RISING CONFERENCE MARCH 7TH – 9TH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON TO EXPOSE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF, AS WELL AS THE GREATER DAYTON COMMUNITY, TO THE ISSUES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR FOR THE CONFERENCE WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASED THIS YEAR TO THREE DAYS FROM ONE DAY LAST YEAR. THE 2013 EVENT WILL BE HEADLINED BY NICHOLAS KRISTOF, TWO-TIME PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST AND CO-AUTHOR OF “HALF THE SKY: TURNING OPPRESSION INTO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE.” HIS FREE, PUBLIC TALK IS ALSO PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON SPEAKER SERIES AND WILL BEGIN AT 1PM SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH IN THE 1700 SOUTH PATTERSON BUILDING ON THE UNIVERSITY’S RIVER CAMPUS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE CALL 937/229-3391.
IN CLARK COUNTY…THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE GLOBAL IMPACT STEM ACADEMY AGREED IN A SPLIT VOTE THURSDAY TO OPEN THE SCHOOL IN AUGUST 2013. BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO EVENTUALLY HOUSE THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH SCHOOL IN THE FORMER SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT RENOVATIONS MAY NOT BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE AUGUST START DAY. THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR A TEMPORARY SITE, ACCORDING TO THE NEWS SUN, AND WILL MAKE A DECISION ABOUT ENROLLMENT GOALS AND GRADES IN THE COMING WEEKS. THEY WILL ALSO BE STARTING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR THE FIRST CLASS.
WE COULD STILL SEE SOME SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES TONIGHT…MAYBE SATURDAY AS WELL. LOWS TONIGHT DROP TO 23 DEGREES, WITH HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PEAKING AROUND 33. IT WILL BE COLD THIS WEEKEND, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS EACH NIGHT DIPPING TO 19 OR 20 DEGREES!
