CHAIRMAN OF THE 21ST CENTURY MANUFACTURING TASK FORCE KIRK SCHURING HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE TASK FORCE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING IN SPRINGFIELD TODAY AT 1PM AT THE PENTAFLEX MAIN BUILDING, 4981 GATEWAY BLVD IN SPRINGFIELD ACROSS FROM THE CLARK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THE HEARING IS 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. BESIDES SCHURING, OTHERS TAKING PART INCLUDE VICE-CHAIRMAN ROSS McGREGOR AND OTHER STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS NAVISTAR PLANT MANAGER JIM RUMPF, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MINSTER MACHINE JOHN WINCH, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MOUND LASER AND PHOTONICS CENTER, DR. LARRY DOSSER AND VALCO INDUSTRIES PRESIDENT AND OWNER ED LEVENTHAL.
COLLEGE STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID WHO RECEIVE THAT MONEY ON A DEBIT CARD ARE BEING CHARGED FEES THAT SOME CALL PREDATORY ACCORDING TO THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS. THOSE FEES ARE UNDER SCRUTINY FOR SIPHONING STUDENTS’ LIMITED FINANCIAL AID DOLLARS AND ADDING TO THEIR ALREADY HIGH DEBT BURDENS, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP WHICH ADVOCATES FOR LOWER STUDENTS DEBT. U.S. SENATOR SHERROD BROWN SAYS THERE IS NOTHING ILLEGAL, BUT “IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S JUST GREED AND LESS-THAN-DESIRABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES”. WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY WHICH HAS ABOUT 1,750 STUDENTS SAY STUDENTS HAVE THE CHOICE TO RECEIVE MONEY FOR THEIR FINANCIAL AID, REFUNDS OR PAY FROM THEIR ON-CAMPUS JOBS THROUGH THEIR HIGHER ONE-RUN STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD OR TO THEIR OWN BANK ACCOUNT.
MANY VETERANS FEEL CONFUSED ABOUT BENEFITS AND SERVICES THEY HAVE EARNED, BUT THERE IS HELP COMING TO MASON, OHIO FROM THE NONPROFIT DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS AND THE HARLEY DAVIDSON FOUNDATION. THE DAV MOBILE SERVICE OFFICE WILL BE AT THE POWDER KEG HARLEY-DAVIDSON, 2838 KINGS CENTER COURT IN MASON FROM 10AM-5PM ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 13TH TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND CLAIM FILING ASSISTANCE. THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE NATIONWIDE HARLEY’S HEROES TOUR AND IS FREE TO ALL VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES.
THE APPLE BUTTER FESTIVAL IS THIS WEEKEND IN ENON, BUT DARRYL BAUER REPORTS THAT IT WILL BE WITHOUT ONE OF ITS LEADING RESIDENTS. PAUL PARRISH DIED ON OCTOBER 2ND AFTER NEARLY 97 YEARS OF BEING INVOLVED IN ENON LIFE! HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY IN WORLD WAR II THEN WENT ON TO A CIVILIAN CAREER AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE WHERE HE RETIRED AFTER 38 YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ENON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH…ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1949 AND SERVED ON THE ENON VILLAGE COUNCIL FOR 27 YEARS. EARLIER THIS YEAR PARRISH WAS NAMED ENON SENIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR. BAUER SHARES THAT WHAT IMPRESSED HIM WAS THE “QUIET AND DIGNIFIED WAY IN WHICH HE LED HIS LIFE, ALWAYS LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE.” DARRYL SAYS WE CAN BEST HONOR PEOPLE LIKE PAUL PARRISH BY USING THE QUALITIES AS THEY DID AND SHARING THEM WITH OTHERS.
THE DRIVER OF A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE THAT WAS HIT BY A SEMI TRAILER WEDNESDAY MORNING IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HAS DIED OF HER INJURIES. 37 YEAR OLD STEPHANIE WHITE OF GALLOWAY WAS GOING NORTH WHEN SHE FAILED TO STOP AT A POSTED STOP SIGN AT LUDLOW ROAD AROUND 9:45AM. HER SUV WAS STRUCK BY A TRUCK HEADED EAST ON ROUTE 36 DRIVEN BY ROBERT ZOELLER OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, WHO WAS NOT INJURED. TWO CHILDREN IN WHITE’S CAR, AGES 6 AND 7, SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN URBANA.
THE CITY OF CLAYTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO CUT TWO MEN FROM THE INSIDE OF A VEHICLE WHICH CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA ON DOG LEG ROAD. THE MEN SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. THAT CRASHED OCCURRED AROUND 2:00 THIS MORNING AS THE DRIVER WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN OVERCORRECTED. THE VEHICLE TRAVELLED INTO A WOODED AREA AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THAT CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
IN HUBER HEIGHTS, A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT IN A HOME THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BURGLARIZED. HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD, REPORTS THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE. HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE SGT. WILLIAM DULANEY SAID POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME AROUND 5PM YESTERDAY WHEN A FEMALE RESIDENT TOLD POLICE SHE CAME HOME TO FIND HER BOYFRIEND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE HALLWAY OF THE HOME. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEATH OR POSSIBLE BURGLARY SHOULD CALL HUBER HEIGHTS POLICE AT 937/233-2080.
OFFICIALS AT THE VECTREN DAYTON AIR SHOW PRESENTED BY KROGER HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THE 2013 SHOW WILL BE HELD JUNE 22-23RD AT THE DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…A FULL MONTH EARLIER THAN THE TRADITIONAL JULY DATES FOR THE AIR SHOW. MICHAEL EMOFF, CHAIRMAN OF THE USATS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE GOVERNING ORGANIZATION OF THE EVENT, SAID THEY WERE GOING TO EXPERIMENT WITH HOLDING THE AIRSHOW IN JUNE WHEN IT IS A LITTLE COOLER!
BE LISTENING FOR FYI THIS SATURDAY EVENING AT 5:30PM WHEN WE HAVE AS OUR GUEST, SHELLEY LOPEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION! SHELLEY WILL SHARE ABOUT THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION INFORMATIONAL FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST COMING UP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18TH AT 7:30AM AT THE COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD, AS WELL AS TALK ABOUT THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION, ITS BACKGROUND AND WHAT THE FOUNDATION DOES! THAT’S 5:30 SATURDAY NIGHT ON WEEC!
EACH MONTH MORE THAN 10,000 OHIOANS TURN 65 YEARS OLD AS AMERICA’S BABY BOOMER GENERATION CONTINUES SHIFTING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR LIVES. MARY TAYLOR, OHIO LT. GOVERNOR AND DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE DIRECTOR SAYS AT THIS AGE, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT, SPENDING MORE TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS OR ENJOYING YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES. SHE SHARES THAT WHILE EACH ONE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT PATH FOR THE FUTURE THAT EACH ONE SHOULD TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER HEALTH CARE COVERAGE AND HEALTH INSURANCE NEEDS. IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE’S MANY PROGRAMS, YOU SHOULD USE THE MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD WHICH BEGINS OCTOBER 15TH AND ENDS DECEMBER 7TH TO FIND OUT ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, TO SEE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU! THE OHIO SENIOR HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE ON MEDICARE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS BY PROVIDING FREE AND OBJECTIVE INFORMATION. THERE ARE ALSO EVENTS BEING HELD THROUGHOUT OHIO TO HELP YOU MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE DURING THE OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD. FOR INFORMATION CALL TOLL-FREE 1/800-686-1578 OR GO ON-LINE TO WWW.INSURANCE.OHIO.GOV .
A FREE MEDICARE CHECK-UP EVENT WILL BE HELD IN CLARK COUNTY ON OCTOBER 15TH AT UNITED SENIOR SERVICES OF CLARK COUNTY, 101 S. FOUNTAIN AVENUE IN SPRINGFIELD. A PRESENTATION WILL BEGIN AT 10AM FOLLOWED BY PLAN COMPARISONS. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF MEDICARE CHECK-UP EVENTS GO ON-LINE TO: WWW.INSURANCE.OHIO.GOV .
A CANDIDATES FORUM WILL BE HOSTED BY THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS-SUN AND WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY’S HAGEN CENTER FOR CIVIC AND URBAN ENGAGEMENT ON OCTOBER 17TH, WEDNESDAY, FROM 7 TO 9PM IN THE BAYLEY AUDITORIUM OF THE BARBARA DEER KUSS SCIENCE CENTER AND WILL FEATURE CLARK COUNTY COMMISSION CANDIDATES AS WELL AS CANDIDATES FOR THE 79TH OHIO HOUSE DISTRICT AND STATE SENATOR CANDIDATES. THE EVENT WILL GIVE LOCAL VOTERS A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES AND ASK QUESTIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE NEWS SUN EDITOR BEN McLAUGHLIN TO SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS, EMAIL THEM TO: BEN.MCLAUGHLIN@COXINC.COM .
CLOUDS COME INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND LOWS WILL DROP TO 41 DEGREES. FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE COLDER THOUGH WITH LOWS DIPPING TO 36. HIGHS FOR FRIDAY WILL BE AT 57 WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE. THINGS BEGIN TO WARM UP ON SATURDAY AS HIGHS REACH 72 DEGREES AND LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT GET DOWN TO 61. RAIN SHOWERS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY WITH HIGHS PEAKING AT 68 DEGREES.
