AS RAIN STARTS TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. WE’LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE WEATHER IN A FEW MINUTES.
UNITED WAY OF CLARK, CHAMPAIGN AND MADISON COUNTIES WILL HOLD ITS 89TH ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS CELEBRATION ON MARCH 19TH AND INSTEAD OF HAPPENING IN THE EVENING…THERE WILL BE A LUNCHEON AT THE COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD. THREE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THIS LUNCHEON. A PRESIDENT’S AWARD WILL BE GIVEN TO BRETT MOORSHEAD, MANAGER OF THE UPS HUB ON LEFFEL LANE. UNDER MOORSHEAD’S LEADERSHIP, UNITED WAY PARTICIPATION AT UPS HAS INCREASED ANNUALLY, ACCORDING TO DOUG LINEBERGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED WAY OF CLARK, CHAMPAIGN AND MADISON COUNTIES. ALSO BEING HONORED WILL BE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER AT STANLEY ELECTRIC IN MADISON COUNTY, LAURA TOOPS, WHO WILL RECEIVE A PRESIDENT’S AWARD. TOOPS HAS CHAIRED MADISON COUNTY’S STABLE HEALTHY FAMILIES IMPACT GROUP FOR TWO YEARS. KTH PARTS INDUSTRIES OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY WILL RECEIVE THE MORREY SHIFMAN SPIRIT OF UNITED WAY AWARD. LAST YEAR, KTH DEVELOPED A FREE COMMUNITY DINNER ON THE SITE THAT DREW MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. LINEBERGER SAID, “THEY’RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.” FOR INFORMATION OR TO RESERVE TICKETS FOR THE MARCH 19TH LUNCHEON, CALL 937/324-5551.
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT MAJOR GENERAL DEBORAH A. ASHENHURST, ADJUTANT GENERAL OF MORE THAN 16,000 AIR AND ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN OHIO, TOLD THEM THAT IF MASSIVE DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS COME OUR WAY, THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND THAT 1,800 TECHNICAL CIVILIAN WORKERS COULD BE FURLOUGHED. SHE SAID, “THE IMPACTS CAN GO PRETTY DEEP.” IN THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD, IF SEQUESTRATION IS TRIGGERED ON MARCH 1ST, REDUCTIONS WOULD HIT PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS TRAINING. STATE GOVERNORS ACROSS THE NATION HAVE RELIED ON NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO RESPOND TO DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES IN A CRISIS. ASHENHURST SAID IT MAY NOT BE AS EASY TO SEND GUARDSMEN QUICKLY IF READINESS SUFFERS BECAUSE OF IMPOSED BUDGET CUTS.
A DRIVER MISSED A CURVE ON GRANTS TRAIL CIRCLE THIS MORNING, WITH THE CAR STRIKING A TREE AND SPLITTING IN TWO. THE 21 YEAR OLD PASSENGER WAS EJECTED. THE GAS TANK OF THE CAR RUPTURED IN THE CRASH AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE. THE 21 YEAR OLD DRIVER AND A NEIGHBOR PULLED THE PASSENGER AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE BEFORE THE EXPLOSION, BUT THAT PASSENGER DIED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. THAT CRASH OCCURRED JUST AFTER 6AM THIS MORNING.
52 YEAR OLD DAVID NEWLAND WAS FOUND HANGING IN A CLARK COUNTY JAIL CELL SATURDAY MORNING AND COULD NOT BE RESUSCITATED. HE WAS BOOKED FRIDAY EVENING INTO THE JAIL FOR PAROLE VIOLATION. DEPUTIES CONDUCTING THEIR WELFARE CHECK DISCOVERED NEWLAND AT AROUND 3:34AM. AN INVESTIGATION IS ENSUING CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT.
A SIX-MONTH INVESTIGATION INTO A HORSE RESCUE FACILITY IN MIAMI COUNTY ENDED UP WITH MORE THAN 100 ANIMALS, INCLUDING HORSES, SHEEP, GOATS, CHICKENS, DUCKS AND PEACOCKS, BEING REMOVED FROM THE SERENITY HORSE RESCUE IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AS OF THIS TIME, BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING INTO WHAT IS BEING CALLED AN ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROSS McGREGOR HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE OHIO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITS 13 MONTH LEGISLATIVE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. THE COMMISSION WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE CAUCUSES OF THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND WILL HIRE 20-PLUS FELLOWS TO WORK WITH MEMBERS AND STAFF AT THE OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE OHIO SENATE DURING 2014. McGREGOR SHARED THAT THE LSC FELLOWSHIP IS A “FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES TO EXPERIENCE A FIRST HAND LOOK AT STATE GOVERNMENT.” HE CONTINUED, “THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN A POLITICAL FUTURE, OR JUST LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.” THE FELLOWSHIPS ARE FULL-TIME, PAID POSITIONS WITH ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS APPLICABLE TO OTHER STATE EMPLOYEES. APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY APRIL 1ST, 2013 TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PROGRAM. THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THE TWO TELECOMMUNICATIONS POSITIONS IS MAY 31ST, 2013. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR AN APPLICATION AND INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE CALL 614/466-3615 OR GO ONLINE TO: WWW.LSC.STATE.OH.US/FELLOWSHIP .
THE BUCKEYE WIND PROJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BACK AND FORTH FOR SOME TIME, BUT A STATE DECISION ON WHETHER TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT WIND PROJECT COULD BE JUST WEEKS AWAY. THE OHIO POWER SITING BOARD WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD. OFFICIALS FROM EVERPOWER TOLD THE NEWS SUN THAT A DECISION COULD COME AS EARLY AS THIS SPRING. EVERPOWER IS THE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF THE BUCKEYE WIND PROJECT IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. THE OPSB CAN EITHER APPROVE THE PROJECT AS SUBMITTED, REQUIRE CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL OR REJECT THE PROPOSAL COMPLETELY. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN QUITE CONTROVERSIAL WITH THOSE IN FAVOR SAYING IT WILL BRING NEEDED REVENUE AND JOBS TO THE REGION AND OPPONENTS SAYING THE PROJECT IS TOO CLOSE TO HOMES.
CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY WILL HOLD TUITION INCREASES TO 2.8 PERCENT NEXT YEAR AND THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WILL INCREASE FINANCIAL AID MORE THAN 12 PERCENT TO $23.4 MILLION. TUITION WILL COST $26,220 NEXT YEAR AT CEDARVILLE. WITH THE CHANGES, APPROXIMATELY 95 PERCENT OF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR. CEDARVILLE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO AWARD NEED-BASED GRANTS TO STUDENTS WHICH COULD GO AS HIGH AS $4,000. KIM JENERETTE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID SHARED THAT CEDARVILLE HAS A 95 PERCENT PLACEMENT RATE OF STUDENTS ENTERING THE WORKFORCE OR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT RATE IS AT A LOW 1 PERCENT! THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON IS OFFERING A FOUR-YEAR TUITION GUARANTEE TO NEW FRESHMEN NEXT YEAR BY MATCHING TUITION INCREASES WITH EXTRA SCHOLARSHIPS. WRIGHT STATE WILL AWARD $3 MILLION MORE IN FINANCIAL AID WITH A NEW PROGRAM THAT GUARANTEES RENEWABLE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY.
AFTER A SUNNY DAY TODAY, LOOK FOR A CHANGE TOMORROW AS RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST…100 PERCENT PROBABILITY! HIGHS WILL REACH 40 TUESDAY WITH LOWS TONIGHT AT 31 AND TUESDAY’S OVERNIGHT LOWS AT 35. WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW MIX WITH THAT RAIN TUESDAY OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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