GOV. JOHN KASICH OFFICIALLY WELCOMED HOME TWO SPRINGFIELD-BASED GUARD UNITS FROM THE WAR ON TERROR IN A CEREMONY SUNDAY. GOV. KASICH PROMISED JOBS FOR THE ASKING TO THE 219 SOLDIERS OF HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY AND C COMPANY OF THE 37TH SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION WHO RETURNED EARLIER THIS FALL FROM DEPLOYMENT. KASICH URGED THOSE NEEDING EMPLOYMENT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. HE SAID THE JOB MIGHT REQUIRE A MOVE, BUT THERE IS WORK. 23 YEAR OLD SPECIALIST SEAN CLANCY, A MEMBER OF C COMPANY, FROM PORTAGE COUNTY, SAID HE MISSED THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD THIS PAST FEBRUARY. HE DID GET TO SEE THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, ROWAN, ON SKYPE. SO…CLANCY GOT TO MEET HIS SON FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS PAST SEPTEMBER…THE PROUD FATHER SHARED, “DADDA WAS HIS FIRST WORD.” CLANCY SAYS THAT WAS NICE SINCE HE HAD ALREADY MISSED “SO MUCH OF HIS LIFE.”
SAD NEWS TO REPORT WITH THE FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN 18 YEAR OLD SOUTH VIENNA WOMAN KILLED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ON SELMA PIKE NEAR OLD SPRINGFIELD ROAD. STATE TROOPERS SAID CADY REED WENT LEFT OF CENTER ON SELMA PIKE JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 21 YEAR OLD KYLE NELSON OF SPRINGFIELD. REED WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE CLARK COUNTY CORONER. NELSON AND HIS PASSENGER WERE TAKEN TO SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
WHEN I CAME TO WORK ON SUNDAY…LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULDN’T LET ME GET UP THE HILL ON ROUTE 41 BY THE UPPER VALLEY MALL. THIS MORNING, THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS SUN REPORTS WHY. A WOMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH THAT SHUT DOWN OHIO 41 FOR A TIME. A 1998 FORD EXPLORER WAS TRAVELING EAST ON OHIO 41, WENT LEFT OF CENTER AND STRUCK A 1993 LINCOLN ACCORDING TO THE OHIO HIGHWAY PATROL SPRINGFIELD POST. THE DRIVER OF THE LINCOLN SUFFERED LIFE—THREATENING INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN BY CAREFLIGHT FROM SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER OF THE EXPLORER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN SPRINGFIELD FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES NOT CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING. THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL IS CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLORER TO CROSS THE CENTER LINE CAUSING THAT ACCIDENT.
ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, A LOCAL NONPROFIT TOWARD INDEPENDENCE WILL HOST A GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATION AT ITS 81 E. MAIN STREET OFFICE BUILDING IN XENIA. THE EVENT IS THE CULMINATION OF MANY YEARS OF WORKING TOWARD THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPLETE RESTORATION OF ITS FACADE FOR BOTH ITS 81 AND 87 E. MAIN STREET LOCATIONS IN HISTORICAL STYLE AND THE TOTAL RENOVATION OF THE LOWER LEVEL OF ITS OFFICE BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS HABILITATION PROGRAM. THE CITY OF XENIA OBTAINED MATCHING STATE GRANT FUNDS TO OFFSET A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE COSTS INVOLVED. THE GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATION WILL BEGIN AT 6:30PM WITH AN OFFICIAL PROGRAM BEGINNING AT 7:30PM. THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PROCEEDS FROM A SILENT AUCTION WILL BE USED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES LIKE AUTISM, DOWNS SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY AND MORE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TOWARD INDEPENDENCE, INC, CALL 937/376-3996.
IF LEGISLATION UNDER CONSIDERATION AT THE STATEHOUSE PASSES, OHIO COULD BECOME THE 33RD STATE TO ENACT AUTISM INSURANCE REFORMS. THIS LEGISLATION WOULD PROVIDE RELIEF FOR FAMILIES IN OHIO WHO STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR ADEQUATE CARE AND SERVICES NEEDED FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM. MARLA ROOT OF THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF OHIO SAYS MANY FAMILIES SPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET SO THEIR CHILDREN CAN HAVE ACCESS TO CRITICAL CARE AND THERAPY. 32 STATES, INCLUDING ALL OTHERS IN THE MIDWEST, HAVE ENACTED LEGISLATION REQUIRING STATE-REGULATED HEALTH PLANS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. IN THE PAST FOUR DECADES, THERE HAS BEEN A THOUSAND-PERCENT INCREASE IN THE PREVALENCE OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, IMPACTING ONE IN 88 INDIVIDUALS. ROOT SAYS IT IS TREATABLE AND EARLY INTERVENTION IS CRITICAL TO FUTURE SUCCESS FOR THOSE WITH AUTISM.
WE HAVE A FEW DAYS FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES AND SOME RAIN…MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM AS WELL! LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 54 DEGREES WITH SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS TO HIT 60 DEGREES…100 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION! SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR TUESDAY NIGHT AND LOWS WILL DIP TO 34 DEGREES. IT WILL BE COOLER ON WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 42 AND LOWS OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AT 27 DEGREES. WE SHOULD HAVE SUNSHINE FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE WE GO BACK TO RAIN IN THE FORECAST FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
