WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY WILL SOON HAVE AN AEROSPACE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER WHICH WILL CONNECT EMPLOYERS WITH QUALIFIED WORKERS TO FILL JOBS GOING UNFILLED IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. STATE SENATOR CHRIS WIDENER SAID THE CENTER WILL OPEN THIS MONTH AT THE WRIGHT STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE. WRIGHT STATE WILL WORK WITH AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY ON THE INITIATIVE.
BOB EVANS FARMS, INC. IS ANNOUNCING THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SPRINGFIELD GLOBAL IMPACT STEM ACADEMY! A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE ON MONDAY AT 10AM AT THE HOLLENBECK BAYLEY CONFERENCE CENTER OF CLARK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WILL BE CHAIRMAN & CEO OF BOB EVANS FARMS, INC., STEVE DAVIS AND STATE SENATOR CHRIS WIDENER.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROSS McGREGOR SHARES THAT THE 21ST CENTURY MANUFACTURING TASK FORCE HELD A MEETING AT PENTAFLEX IN SPRINGFIELD, DESIGNED TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN OHIO’S MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY, PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS AND INTERESTED PARTIES REGARDING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE OHIO’S MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS. McGREGOR SAYS, “MANUFACTURING PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN OHIO’S ECONOMY AND EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT OF ALL OHIO WORKERS. “ HE CONTINUES, “IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK INTO WAYS TO BOOST THIS INDUSTRY AS WE CONTINUE THE EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE JOB CREATION IN OHIO.” THE TASK FORCE, OF WHICH REP. McGREGOR IS VICE CHAIRMAN, HAS HELD REGIONAL HEARINGS THROUGHOUT OHIO WITH EACH LOCATION OFFERING AN EMPHASIS ON A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF MANUFACTURING IN OHIO AND SHOWCASING THE INDUSTRY’S DIVERSITY AND IMPORTANCE TO THE STATE.
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT THE MAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER AN APPARENT BURGLARY AND SHOOTING IN HUBER HEIGHTS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 31 YEAR OLD TYREE NORTH. NORTH WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE SGT. WILLIAM DULANEY SAID THEY WERE CALLED WHEN A WOMAN CAME HOME TO FIND HER BOYFRIEND UNCONSCIOUS AROUND 5PM WEDNESDAY IN THE HALLWAY OF THEIR RESIDENCE. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEATH OR POSSIBLE BURGLARY IS ASKED TO CALL THE HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE AT 937/233-2080.
THREE OHIOANS HAVE BECOME FUNGAL MENINGITIS VICTIMS AFTER RECEIVING TAINTED STEROID INJECTIONS PRODUCED AT A MASSACHUSETTS PHARMACY. STATE OFFICIALS SAY CASES INVOLVE TWO WOMEN, ONE FROM MORROW COUNTY AND ANOTHER FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY, AS WELL AS A 65 YEAR OLD MAN IN HAMILTON COUNTY WHO DEVELOPED THE INFECTION AFTER RECEIVING THE STEROID INJECTIONS. THE TAINTED INJECTIONS ARE CAUSING A RARE BRAIN INFECTION. IN OHIO, FOUR PAIN CLINICS, ONE IN CINCINNATI, ONE IN DUBLIN AND TWO IN MARION, RECEIVED THE STEROID INJECTIONS USED TO TREAT BACK PAIN. THE CLINICS REPORTED THEY ADMINISTERED THE DRUG TO 422 OF THEIR PATIENTS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS TEAMED UP WITH LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO TRY TO CONTACT EVERY PATIENT WHO RECEIVED AN INJECTION WITH THE POTENTIALLY CONTAMIANTED STEROID. NATIONALLY, 170 CASES AND 14 DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN 11 STATES.
THE APPLE BUTTER FESTIVAL IS TOMORROW AND SUNDAY IN ENON…CELEBRATING OVER 30 YEARS OF THE APPLE BUTTER FESTIVAL! HOURS ARE SATURDAY, 10AM-6PM AND SUNDAY 11AM-5PM ON THE GROUNDS OF ENON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CENTER OF DOWNTOWN ENON. THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY THE ENON COMMUNITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. YOU CAN SEE APPLE BUTTER BEING MADE THE OLD FASHIONED WAY OVER OPEN FIRES! THERE WILL BE A GREAT VARIETY OF FOOD AVAILABLE AS WELL AS CRAFTS AND ARTS FROM AROUND THE AREA.
DAYTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WILL HOLD THEIR HOMECOMING GAME TONIGHT AGAINST MEADOWDALE HIGH SCHOOL! KICKOFF IS AT 7:30 AT WEST CARROLLTON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM. IN HONOR OF THE DAYTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY A FIRST-EVER “ALL-ALUMNI REUNION” IS PLANNED WITH LOTS OF SPECIAL EVENTS! ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13TH AT THE DAYTON CHRISTIAN CAMPUS ON WASHINGTON CHURCH ROAD IN MIAMISBURG, A PANCAKE BREAKFAST WILL BE HELD IN THE CAFETORIUM FROM 9-11AM, THEN THERE WILL BE AN ALUMNI SOCCER MATCH ON THE GROUNDS AT 4PM, THEN A SATURDAY NIGHT FAREWELL PARTY WITH MUSIC, GAMES AND FOOD IN THE SCHOOL COURTYARD. THE DAYTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM INCLUDES DAYTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, XENIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, AND THE DAYTON CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM. THEY HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF OVER 1,400 STUDENTS!
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGING IS ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING OLDER INDIVIDUALS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE 2013 OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME. THE HALL OF FAME HONORS THE VITAL ROLE OUR ELDERS PLAY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, ACROSS THE STATE AND NATIONWIDE, WHILE PROMOTING THE BENEFITS OF ACTIVE, PRODUCTIVE AND PURPOSEFUL LIVING AT ALL POINTS IN OUR LIVES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR WANT TO NOMINATE A NEIGHBOR, COLLEAGUE, FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND, GO ON-LINE TO: WWW.AGING.OHIO.GOV . NOMINEES MUST BE AGE 60 OR OLDER AND BE NATIVE-BORN OHIOANS OR RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF OHIO FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. THE NOMINEE OR A REPRESENTATIVE MUST CONSENT TO THE NOMINATION. THAT’S WWW.AGING.OHIO.GOV .
TONIGHT SHOULD BE CLEAR WITH LOWS DROPPING TO 37 DEGREES. THE SUN COMES OUT FOR SATURDAY AND HIGHS WILL REACH 72 DEGREES! SATURDAY NIGHT’S LOWS WILL BE MUCH WARMER…62 DEGREES. LOOK FOR A 70 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 68 FOR HIGHS AND 49 DEGREES FOR LOWS.
