YESTERDAY WAS “SEE YOU AT THE POLE” AT SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY! KIDS…STANDING UP TO BE COUNTED FOR GOD! WE HEARD FROM SHARIE WHO REPORTS THAT MADISON-PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL HAD 34 STUDENTS, 7 STAFF, 5 PARENTS AND ONE YOUTH MINISTER AT THEIR EVENT! STUDENT BAILEY PHILLIPS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IS GETTING THIS EVENT GOING AT MADISON PLAINS. TWO YEARS AGO, THEY HAD FIVE TOTAL, LAST YEAR 13 TOTAL AND THIS YEAR THE EVENT GREW TO 48 TOTAL PEOPLE INVOLVED! WHAT A WONDERFUL TESTIMONY! WE ARE PROUD OF EACH STUDENT AND INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS INVOLVED IN SEE YOU AT THE POLE AROUND THE WEEC LISTENING AREA FOR 2012! THANKS FOR STANDING UP FOR JESUS!!
AS PARENTS, WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM HARM. WE TEACH THEM, GUIDE THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM. THE FIRST LADY OF OHIO, KAREN W. KASICH, SHARES THAT WE NEED TO TEACH THEM TO BE WARY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS WELL. EVERY 19 MINUTES, SOMEONE DIES FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER SAYS THAT THE TREND IS DRIVEN BY PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS. IT HAS SURPASSED AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES AS THE LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN OUR COUNTRY. DRUG OVERDOSES HAVE REACHED EPIDEMIC LEVELS, AVERAGING FOUR DEATHS A DAY, WITH 63 PERCENT ATTRIBUTED TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. THE ARTICLE STATES THAT ONE IN SIX TEENS ADMITS TO ABUSING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND 65 PERCENT OF THOSE TEENS SAY THEY GET THE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. KAREN KASICH SAYS THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP IN A NEW ERA WHERE POWERFUL MEDICINES ARE CLOSER TO THEIR REACH THAN ANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT. SHE SHARES THAT HER HUSBAND, GOV. JOHN KASICH, AND THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS, INDUSTRY LEADERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THE EPIDEMIC OF MISUSE, ABUSE AND OVERDOSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT AND EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN!
THERE IS GOING TO BE A FUN EVENT THIS SUNDAY FROM 1-4PM AT JACKSON, LYTLE AND LEWIS LIFE CELEBRATION CENTER! THEY WILL HAVE THEIR “TOUCH-A-TRUCK” EVENT…WHERE KIDS CAN SEE AND EXPERIENCE A FIRE TRUCK, A VINTAGE ARMY TRUCK AND MANY MORE TRUCKS AND CARS! THIS IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
88 YEAR OLD CLIFTON FAIR WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING BURNED DURING A HOUSE FIRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THAT DESTROYED HIS RESIDENCE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE BURN UNIT AT MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. NEIGHBORS SAID THEY SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE GARAGE AND BEGAN POUNDING ON FAIR’S DOOR. A NEIGHBOR WAS ABLE TO KICK OPEN A SIDE DOOR AND SAW FAIR LYING ON THE GROUND. FIREFIGHTERS PULLED FAIR OUT AND BEGAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE UNTIL MEDICS ARRIVED. FIREFIGHTERS HAD BEEN DISPATCHED BECAUSE OF A REPORT OF A SMOKE DETECTOR GOING OFF. NEIGHBORS REPORTED HEARING AN EXPLOSION FROM THE GARAGE, WHICH BEAVERCREEK BATTALION CHIEF GREG CONNORS SAID WAS LIKELY DUE TO THE TIRES ON A CAR BURSTING FROM THE HEAT OF THE FIRE. THE FIRE QUICKLY SPREAD FROM THE GARAGE THROUGH THE HOME.
SOON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE GOLF CARTS AND SIMILAR VEHICLES ON ENON VILLAGE ROADS. VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A MEASURE ON TUESDAY TO ALLOW UNDER-SPEED VEHICLES TO DRIVE ON MANY OF THE VILLAGE STREETS. A LETTER OF JURISDICTION DEFINING WHERE THE VEHICLES CAN BE OPERATED AND ENFORCED WILL BE SENT TO THE OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE ORDINANCE WILL TAKE AFFECT IN THIRTY DAYS, ACCORDING TO THE NEWS-SUN.
THE DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION IS COMING IN OHIO. EARLY VOTING BEGINS OCTOBER 2ND AND THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS OCTOBER 9TH. ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH. VOTING INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION AND AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE: WWW.SOS.STATE.OH.US THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS ALSO ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION ONLINE, WHICH ACLU OF OHIO’S, MIKE BRICKNER, SAYS IS GREAT NEWS FOR OHIO BECAUSE AS PEOPLE’S LIVES GET BUSY, MANY DON’T REALIZE THAT THEY NEED TO UPDATE INFORMATION! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD…STAND FOR YOUR VALUES AND VOTE!
AS CHRISTIANS, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION, OUR STATE AND OUR COMMUNITIES AS THE ELECTION DRAWS NEAR! THERE WILL BE SPECIAL PRAYER EVENTS COMING UP IN XENIA TO REMEMBER OUR NATION AND THE UPCOMING ELECTION WITH THE FIRST ONE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11TH FROM 7-9PM. THERE WILL ALSO BE SPECIAL PRAYER TIMES ON OCTOBER 18TH, 25TH AND NOVEMBER 1ST. KAY BOND SAYS EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO THE PRAYER TIMES AT MT. ZION CHURCH ON SHEPHERD ROAD IN XENIA. KAY SAYS THE PURPOSE AND FOCUS WILL BE TO PRAY AND SEEK GOD’S FACE FOR REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL, TO INTERCEDE FOR OUR NATION DURING THIS CHALLENGING AND CRITICAL TIME!
THE UNVIERSITY OF DAYTON IS DEVELOPING NEW PROGRAMS TO SERVE A GROWING POPULATION OF STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, AS WELL AS IN THE DAYTON COMMUNITY, FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE. THE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS HIRED TWO LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS THIS SUMMER TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES. ONE PROGRAM WILL PREPARE TEACHERS, AS WELL AS STUDENTS IN OTHER MAJORS, TO TEACH ENGLISH. THE OTHER PROGRAM WILL OFFER SUPPORT SERVICES ON CAMPUS FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN SHOULD DISSIPATE AND WE WILL HAVE CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING TO 51 DEGREES. SUNSHINE IS BACK FOR FRIDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 68 AND LOWS GOING DOWN TO 45 OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY’S FORECAST INCLUDES PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES PEAKING AT 68. WE HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A BIT OF RAIN OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT THEN SUNSHINE COMES OUT FOR SUNDAY WITH HIGHS REACHING 67 DEGREES.
