A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM TUESDAY WITH WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 15 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 25 MPH WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE EVENING AND LAST WELL INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS BETWEEN 10 AND 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS WARMLY…MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
GOVERNOR KASICH ISSUED A PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF TODAY SAYING, “IT IS FITTING THAT OHIOANS REFLECT UPON THE LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF DR. KING AND RECOGNIZE THAT HIS VISION CONTINUES TO PROVIDE A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF A LIFE BASED ON THE VALUES OF LOVE, PEACE, COMPASSION, DIGNITY, NONVIOLENCE, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.”
DESPITE THE COLD TEMPERATURES, DAYTON EVENTS HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR, HAVE DRAWN LARGE CROWDS TODAY, INCLUDING THE MARCH IN DAYTON THAT TRAVELED DOWN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY AND ENDED AT THE DAYTON CONVENTION CENTER. TOMORROW, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY’S UNITY MARCH WILL BE HELD AT NOON BEGINNING AT FIVE LOCATIONS: LAUREL HALL, DUNBAR LIBRARY, THE RUSS ENGINEERING BUILDING, FOREST LANE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE COLLEGE PARK C-STORE. THE MARCHES WILL THEN COME TOGETHER AT THE RED TURNING POINTS SCULPTURE IN THE CENTER OF CAMPUS BEFORE GOING TO A RALLY AT THE STUDENT UNION.
THE 178TH FIGHTER WING AT THE SPRINGFIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE WILL SOON START SECRETIVE INTELLIGENCE WORK THAT NO OTHER GUARD UNIT IS DOING IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE NEWS-SUN. A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT SECTION OF A BASE SUPPLY WAREHOUSE WITH SPACE FOR 57 ANALYSTS IS BEING RENOVATED. BY 2015, THE GUARD HOPES TO RENOVATE AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE WAREHOUSE INTO A BIG SECURE FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE 225 ANALYSTS AND EVEN MORE WORK. ISR OR INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF THE AIR FORCE SAID STEVEN BUCCI, A FORMER SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDER AND FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. BUCCI SAID THE 178TH FIGHTER WING IN SPRINGFIELD WILL BE VERY BUSY.
28 YEAR OLD DUSTIN MIRACLE OF MEDWAY WAS KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN HIS VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD ON LOWER VALLEY PIKE AND UNION ROAD, HIT A TREE AND OVERTURNED. AUTHORITIES SAID HE WAS ALONE AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SPEED AND ALCOHOL WERE FACTORS IN THAT CRASH.
NINE SCHOOLS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY EARNED CERTIFICATION FROM PROJECT LEAD THE WAY, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH CURRICULA TO SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THOSE RECOGNIZED AS STEM SCHOOLS, ACCORDING TO THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS, INCLUDED EIGHT REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS: BELLBROOK, OAKWOOD, KETTERING FAIRMONT, SPRINGFIELD HIGH, XENIA HIGH AND CENTERVILLE FOR ENGINEERING. CHAMINADE JULIENNE WAS CERTIFIED FOR ENGINEERING AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AS WAS FAIRBORN HIGH SCHOOL. OAKWOOD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE ONLY NON-HIGH SCHOOL ON THE LOCAL AND OHIO CERTIFIED LIST AND ONE OF JUST 17 IN THE UNITED STATES TO ACHIEVE THIS RECOGNITION. PROJECT LEAD THE WAY HAS THREE PROGRAMS: GATEWAY TO TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SPARK STEM INTEREST IN SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH-GRADERS; PATHWAY TO ENGINEERING TO COMPLEMENT TRADITIONAL MATH AND SCIENCE COURSES FOR NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS AND THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PROGRAM WHICH TEACHES A RANGE OF BIOMEDICAL TOPICS TO HIGH-SCHOOLERS. TO RECEIVE CERTIFICAITON IN ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS MUST ADHERE TO STRICT REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRICULUM AND EXAMS, WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND A CLEAR PATH TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. CERTIFICATION CAN ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE CREDIT FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.
THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL IS REMINDING DRIVERS TO OBEY THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON OHIO’S ROADWAYS. EXCESSIVE SPEED REDUCES REACTION TIME AND INCREASES THE SEVERITY OF TRAFFIC CRASHES. IN 2011, 30 PERCENT OF ALL FATAL CRASHES WERE CAUSED BY SPEED-RELATED FACTORS – KILLING 479 PEOPLE AND INJURING 72,536 MORE. COL. JOHN BORN, PATROL SUPERINTENDENT, SAYS, “EXCESSIVE SPEED GREATLY REDUCES A DRIVER’S ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE AN UNEXPECTED CURVE, TO STOP WITHIN AN ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AHEAD OR TO STEER SAFELY AROUND A HAZARDOUS OBJECT.” HE CONTINUED, “SPEEDING DRIVERS PUT THEMSELVES, THEIR PASSENGERS AND OTHER DRIVERS AT TREMENDOUS RISK.” DRIVERS, AGES 16-25 CAUSED 37 PERCENT OF THE ALMOST 125,000 SPEED-RELATED TRAFFIC CRASHES IN 2011. IN 2012, THE HIGHWAY PATROL, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, FORMED A TEEN DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM KNOWN AS “YOU ARE IN CONTROL”. THE PROGRAM AIMS TO EDUCATE YOUNG DRIVERS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF DANGEROUS DRIVING HABITS AND TO REINFORCE SAFETY, RESPONSIBILITY AND AWARENESS. TEEN DRIVERS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT LIVES ARE IN THEIR HANDS. SO FRIENDS…SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT…AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT!
IT WILL BE COLD…VERY COLD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS! LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 4 DEGREES BUT WITH WEST WINDS 14-17 MPH, WILL MAKE FOR WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 11 BELOW 0. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 8:00 THIS EVENING THROUGH 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY AND MAKE SURE ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT AS WELL BUT THERE WON’T BE MUCH ACCUMULATION. SUNSHINE IS IN STORE FOR TUESDAY BUT HIGHS WILL ONLY REACH 13 DEGREES, WITH WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS -13. LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP TO AROUND 6 WITH WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND -5. WEDNESDAY BRINGS THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME MORE SNOW AND HIGHS WILL PEAK AT 20 DEGREES.
