FOUR FAMILIES FROM THE SPRINGFIELD AREA ARE IN THE PROCESSING OF ADOPTING SIX CHILDREN! THEY WILL BE HOSTING AN EVENT TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE AND HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ADOPTION FEES. 100 PERCENT OF THE MONEY RAISED WILL BE DIVIDED EVENLY AMONGST THE FOUR FAMILIES. CRAIG AND JENNIE HAMSTRA WILL BE ADOPTING A SIBLING GROUP OF THREE CHILDREN FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND EXPECT TO GET THEM IN LATE OCTOBER. JIM AND MICHELE BARD ARE ADOPTING A LITTLE GIRL FROM ETHIOPIA, BRIAN AND GRETCHEN ELLIOTT WILL BE ADOPTING A LITTLE GIRL DOMESTICALLY WHO SHOULD BE BORN IN OCTOBER, AND ROB AND DONNA KING ARE ADOPTING FOR THE SECOND TIME DOMESTICALLY. A WORSHIP CONCERT WITH DESSERTS AND A SILENT AUCTION WILL BE HELD TONIGHT BEGINNING AT 6:30 AT FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN CHURCH, ACROSS FROM THE UPPER VALLEY MALL IN SPRINGFIELD. TESTIMONIES FROM THE ADOPTING FAMILIES WILL ALSO BE SHARED. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE THROUGH ADOPT TOGETHER.
ALSO, 5 YEAR OLD CALEB ELLIOTT HAS BEEN DOING HIS PART TO HELP WITH BRINGING THESE ADOPTIVE CHILDREN TO THE AREA! HIS OWN FAMILY IS ADOPTING TOO, AND WILL BE PART OF THE ADOPT TOGETHER EVENT. CALEB WILL RUN 12 MILES, TWO MILES FOR EACH ADOPTIVE CHILD, ON SEPTEMBER 29TH TO RAISE MONEY TO HELP THE FAMILIES COVER THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTION PROCESS. ADOPTION COSTS COULD REACH AS MUCH AS $110,000 COMBINED FOR ALL FOUR FAMILIES, SAID CALEB’S MOTHER, GRETCHEN ELLIOTT. CALEB UNDERWENT OPEN HEART SURGERY WHEN HE WAS JUST SIX DAYS OLD TO REPAIR A SERIOUS HEART DEFECT, HIS MOTHER SHARED. NINE SPRINGFIELD BUSINESSES HAVE ALREADY OFFERED SUPPORT FOR CALEB’S RUN. MONEY THAT IS DONATED FOR THE ADOPTIONS FOR ALL FOUR FAMILIES WILL BE MANAGED THROUGH THE NONPROFIT ADOPT TOGETHER AND WILL BE DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG THE FAMILIES AS JENNIE HAMSTRA JUST SHARED WITH US.
LIBERTY BAPTIST TEMPLE, LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 72 JUST SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD, WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL HOMECOMING CELEBRATION THIS WEEKEND! ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND AT 7PM, THERE WILL BE A TIME OF WORSHIP AND PRAISE WITH BLUEGRASS SOUTHERN GOSPEL GROUP BEYOND CALVARY. THE CONCERT IS FREE, BUT A LOVE OFFERING WILL BE RECEIVED. BEYOND CALVARY WILL AGAIN M INISTER IN THE 10:30AM WORSHIP SERVICE ON SUNDAY, AND LEAD SINGER RICK KEESEE WILL SPEAK. THERE WILL BE A POT LUCK DINNER IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL FOLLOWING THE MORNING SERVICE FOR ALL! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO LIBERTY BAPTIST TEMPLE!
WE SHOULD SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO BEACON OF HOPE BOOKSTORE TOO! THIS IS THEIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY FOR BEING IN SPRINGFIELD! THERE WILL BE CAKE AND VARIOUS SURPRISES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. RICK LEE JAMES WILL PERFORM FROM 7-9PM TONIGHT IN THE CAFÉ! RICK HAS BEEN ON WEEC SEVERAL TIMES AND WRITES MANY OF HIS OWN SONGS, INCLUDING HIS NEWEST PROJECT CALLED “BASEMENT PSALMS”!
THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WOULD LIKE THE HELP OF THE PUBLIC IN LOCATING A MISSING 17 YEAR OLD. JACOB LEE HANEY WAS LAST SEEN ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 18TH IN THE AREA OF SMITH PARK IN NEW CARLISLE PLAYING BASKETBALL. HE FAILED TO RETURN HOME THAT EVENING AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE REACHED THROUGH HIS CELL PHONE. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE REQUESTED THE CELL PHONE CARRIER ATTEMPT TO LOCATE HIS PHONE SO THEY COULD FIND HIS LAST KNOWN LOCATION. THAT LAST LOCATION THE PHONE WAS USED WAS IN THE AREA OF SMITH PARK ON SEPTEMBER 18TH AT 11:27PM WITH A TEXT MESSAGE. THE CELL PHONE HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE. UNIFORMED DEPUTIES AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW CARLISLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE AREA, FINDING NOTHING. YESTERDAY, MEMBERS OF THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION MET AT SMITH PARK AND CONDUCTED ANOTHER SEARCH OF THE AREA WITH MEMBERS OF JACOB’S FAMILY. SEARCH DOGS WERE ALSO TO BE USED. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT JACOB COULD BE ENROUTE TO MOUNT STERLING, KENTUCKY WHERE HE HAS FRIENDS. HE WAS DESPONDENT OVER BREAKING UP WITH A GIRLFRIEND. ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN JACOB LEE HANEY SHOULD CONTACT THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 937/328-2560.
A DRIVER WHO WAS LEAVING A VEHICLE IN SPRINGFIELD EARLY FRIDAY MORNING HEARD A GUN SHOT AND FOUND A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE WITH A WOUND TO THE HEAD. POLICE SAY THAT PASSENGER SUFFERED A GRAZE WOUND TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
FEDERAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS THAT THE MOST PROMISING PROFESSIONS FOR JOBS ARE IN THE SERVICE, RETAIL AND HEALTH CARE INDUSTRIES. THE TOP FIVE PROFESSIONS NATIONALLY ARE REGISTERED NURSES, RETAIL SALESPERSONS, HOME HEALTH AIDES, PERSONAL CARE AIDES AND OFFICE CLERKS, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. IN THE LOCAL AREA THOUGH, HORTON HOBBS, VICE PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GREATER SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS BESIDES THE NATIONALLY PROJECTED AREAS OF GROWTH, HIGHER WAGE JOBS IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SHOULD BE A FOCUS. HE SHARES THAT THERE IS ROOM FOR GROWTH IN THE FOOD AND DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRIES LOCALLY AS WELL. THE LARGEST INDUSTRY WITH JOB VACANCIES IS IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR, PRIMARILY FOR NURSES AND AIDES.
SIX NEW INDUCTEES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE DAYTON REGION’S WALK OF FAME! THE 16TH ANNUAL WALK OF FAME INDUCTION WAS CELEBRATED ON THURSDAY, AT SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE. INDUCTED WERE BROTHER RAYMOND L. FITZ, THE LONGEST SERVING PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON; MILTON KANTOR, SON OF RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO TURNED THE FAMILY STORE INTO A GROCERY CHAIN THEN GROCERY WHOLESALER; AND DORIS PONITZ, WHOSE LOVE OF ART TRANSLANTED INTO SUPPORT OF THE DAYTON PHILHARMONIC AND A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS. ALSO INDUCTED WAS JOHN D. SIEBENTHALER, WHOSE FAMILY NURSERY CONTINUES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY; RUDOLPH F. WURSTNER, THE LONGEST SERVING POLICE CHIEF IN THE HISTORY OF THE DAYTON POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND TONY STEIN, A DELCO TOOL AND DIE MAKER WHO WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOLLOWING HIS DEATH STORMING MT. SURIBACHI DURING THE MARINE LANDING ON IWO JIMA IN 1945.
EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL FALL FUN FESTIVAL TOMORROW FROM 2:45-7PM AT 2177 EMMANUEL WAY IN SPRINGFIELD. THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT THROUGHOUT THE TIME! ON THE MAIN STAGE WILL BE KIDS HELPING KIDS PERFORMING FROM 2:45-3:15, FOLLOWED BY THOSE ONE GUYS FROM 3:30-4. THREE COMEDIANS WILL THEN TAKE THE STAGE, FOLLOWED BY THE ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST’S PRAISE DANCE TEAM FROM 5-5:30. THE SMITH FAMILY, FEATURING SEVEN MIMES WILL BE THE SHOW CLOSER. HORSE DRAWN TROLLEY RIDES WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM 4-6PM. A LIVE BASKET AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT 6:00. THE FALL FUN FESTIVAL, TOMORROW, 2:45-7PM AT EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY!
WE’LL HAVE RAIN TONIGHT, WITH LOWS DROPPING TO 52 DEGREES. THERE IS A 40 PERCENT CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 20 PERCENT SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL PEAK AT 64 DEGREES. SUNSHINE IS BACK FOR SUNDAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 60 DEGREES. IT WILL BE COLD SUNDAY NIGHT AS LOWS GO DOWN TO 38 DEGREES!
