IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR…OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD! WEEC WILL BEGIN ACCEPTING CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES PACKED FOR NEEDY CHILDREN ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH FROM 10AM-4PM. COLLECTION WEEK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH! ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, COLLECTION HOURS AT WEEC WILL 10-2. THURSDAY’S TIMES ARE 10-4 THEN 10-5 ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY YOU CAN BRING YOUR SHOEBOXES BETWEEN NOON AND 2PM, THEN ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, WEEC WILL COLLECT THOSE CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN FROM 12:30-4PM. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH IS THE LAST DAY FOR COLLECTIONS AND HOURS THAT DAY WILL BE 8AM-NOON. ANY QUESTIONS? CALL CATHY AT 937/399-7837! WEEC IS LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 41, JUST A MILE AND A QUARTER WEST OF THE UPPER VALLEY MALL.
THERE ARE JUST DAYS LEFT BEFORE ELECTION DAY! PRESIDENT OBAMA, MITT ROMNEY, PAUL RYAN AND MICHELLE OBAMA WILL BE IN THE DAYTON AREA HOPING TO GET THE VOTES! ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE AT SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL TICKETS HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT FOR THAT EVENT! FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA WILL SPEAK AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY SATURDAY IN A FREE PUBLIC EVENT AT WITHROW COURT AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY, 201 TALLAWANDA ROAD. TICKETS ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF LIMITED SPACE AND ARE AVAILABLE BEGINNING AT 10AM FRIDAY ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: 32. W. WALNUT STREET IN OXFORD AND AT 112 N. 2ND STREET IN HAMILTON. A CAMPAIGN RALLY FEATURING REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS MITT ROMNEY AND PAUL RYAN, ALONG WITH THEIR WIVES ANNE ROMNEY AND JANNA RYAN, WILL BE HELD AT 7PM FRIDAY AT THE SQUARE AT UNION CENTRE IN WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP. TICKETS ARE FREE, BUT REQUIRED. YOU CAN GET TICKETS AT: WWW.MITTROMNEY.COM/OH. GATES OPEN AT 4:30PM AND THE EVENT WILL BEGIN AROUND 7:00.
THE WORD IS THAT BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL MAKE LAST MINUTE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES IN COLUMBUS ON MONDAY. GOV. ROMNEY WILL BE JOINED AT LANDMARK AVIATION BY THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND. DOORS OPEN AT PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 4PM WITH THE EVENT TO BEGIN AT 6PM MONDAY. TICKETS CAN BE PICKED UP AT ROMNEY’S COLUMBUS HEADQUARTERS AT 1335 DUBLIN ROAD. THE PRESIDENT WILL HOLD A RALLY FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND JAY Z. DETAILS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RELEASED.
THE VALUES BUS TOUR WILL STOP IN OHIO THIS WEEKEND! TONIGHT IT WILL BE AT THE SQUARE AT UNION CENTRE IN WEST CHESTER FOR THE ROMNEY-RYAN CAMPAIGN EVENT, THEN SATURDAY THE BUS TRAVELS TO OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, ARRIVING AT 11AM. THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE BEFORE AND AFTER THE OHIO STATE FOOTBALL GAME IN PARKING LOT 3. THE VALUES BUS WILL THEN TRAVEL TO VANDALIA ARRIVING AT 8AM AT LIVING WORD CHURCH, 926 EAST NATIONAL ROAD. TONY PERKINS WILL PREACH AT THE 9AM AND 11 AM SERVICES AT THE CHURCH. THE BUS WILL THEN GO TO CINCINNATI FOR THE BENGALS GAME, DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE ROLLOWING THE GAME OUTSIDE THE PAUL BROWN STADIUM.
WE URGE YOU TO CONTINUE PRAYING FOR THE ELECTIONS AND ELECTION DAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6! WEEC WILL HAVE ELECTION COVERAGE THAT EVENING WITH YOUR WEEC NEWS TEAM AND VETERAN ELECTIONS ANCHOR, KEVIN LANTZ!
STUDENTS AT SPRINGBORO HIGH SCHOOL ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE-CAR ACCIDENT THURSDAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED. 17 YEAR OLD SHAUN A. FRECHETTE DIED IN THAT ACCIDENT JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS TEAM IS SCHEDULED TO PLAY IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. FRECHETTE’S CAR STRUCK A UTILITY POLE ON OHIO 741 ABOUT 6:20 THURSDAY MORNING…A FEW MILES SOUTH OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL. FRECHETTE IS THE 19TH VICTIM AND FIFTH TEEN TO DIE IN 17 FATAL CRASHES THIS YEAR IN WARREN COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE OHIO HIGHWAY PATROL. THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SAYS 78 TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN KILLED ON OHIO ROADWAYS THIS YEAR. THE SCHOOL PROVIDED COUNSELORS TO HELP STUDENTS DEAL WITH THE DEATH OF THEIR FRIEND. ANYONE WHO WITNESSED THE CRASH IS ASKED TO CALL CLEARCREEK TOWNSHIP POLICE AT 937/748-1267.
XENIA SCHOOLS HAVE HAD THEIR SECOND FIRE IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. THIS MORNING A MOTOR CAUGHT FIRE AT SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY, CAUSING A TWO HOUR DELAY AT THE SCHOOL. ON OCTOBER 25TH, STUDENTS AT WARNER MIDDLE SCHOOL WERE SENT HOME AFTER INSULATION CAUGHT FIRE AFTER A MALFUNCTION WITH A HEAT EXCHANGER THAT WAS BEING WORKED ON AND SMOKE FILLED TWO CLASSROOMS. WORKERS WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT FIRE OUT BEFORE FIRE CREWS ARRIVED. CLASSES WERE BACK IN SESSION THE NEXT DAY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT HAVING A COAT THIS WINTER? YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN JACKSON, LYTLE & LEWIS FUNERAL HOME AND THE SALVATION ARMY IN THE “WARM COATS-WARM HEARTS COAT DRIVE”! YOU CAN DONATE COATS FOR MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN BY DROPPING THEM OFF AT JACKSON, LYTLE & LEWIS, 2425 N. LIMESTONE STREET IN SPRINGFIELD. USED COATS ARE ACCEPTABLE AS LONG AS THEY ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. OTHER TYPES OF OUTER WEAR CAN BE SHARED AS WELL, SUCH AS SWEATERS, JACKETS AND SWEATSHIRTS, AS WELL AS GLOVES AND HATS…CLOTHES TO KEEP SOMEONE WARM DURING THIS COLD SEASON. THE “WARM COATS-WARM HEARTS COAT DRIVE” WILL CONTINUE UNTIL NOVEMBER 25TH THEN THE COATS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE IN NEED AT NO COST. IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 937/399-2811.
A MUSIC BENEFIT TO HELP EMILY HAYSLETT WITH HER MISSION TRIP TO GUATEMALA WILL BE HELD IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL AT PLEASANT GROVE MISSIONARY CHURCH, 491 W. HYDE ROAD IN YELLOW SPRINGS TOMORROW FROM 1-5PM. THERE WILL BE LOCAL BLUEGRASS BANDS, FOOD AND MORE! FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 937/241-2288.
RESIDENTS ACROSS OHIO IMPACTED BY DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER CAUSED BY HURRICANE SANDY COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF REDUCED INTEREST RATES ON LOANS UNDER OHIO TREASURER JOSH MANDEL’S RENEW OHIO & REBUILD OHIO PROGRAMS. TREASURER MANDEL HAS MADE $25 MILLION AVALABLE THROUGH THE OHIO TREASURY’S RENEW OHIO & REBUILD OHIO EMERGENCY FINANCING PROGRAMS TO ASSIST OH IOANS WHOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, FARMS AND HOMES ARE DAMAGED BY SEVERE WEATHER. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE OHIO TREASURY’S DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY CALLING TOLL-FREE 1/800/228-1102, OPTION 3 OR VISIT THE RENEW OHIO & REBUILD OHIO WEB PAGE AT: WWW.OHIOTREASURER.GOV/RENEWREBUILD .
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CALLING FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT AND COLD WITH LOWS DIPPING TO 31 DEGREES. SATURDAY SHOULD BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS NEAR 50. CLOUDS COME INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL EXTEND THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL PEAK AT 48 DEGREES, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING TO AROUND 38 DEGREES.
