THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WILL SHARE ABOUT THE LIVES OF A NUMBER OF LOCAL SOLDIERS FROM THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD’S COLUMBUS-BASED TASK FORCE 1 – 134 FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT. THE NEWSPAPER WILL SHARE THEIR DAILY STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS AS THEY READJUST TO LIFE BACK HOME, FOLLOWING THEM AS THEY ARE REUNITED WITH FAMILIES AND AS THEY COPE WITH EMPLOYMENT ISSUES AND THE CHALLENGES OF OBTAINING BENEFITS. THIS STORY, SHARED BY DAYTON DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER, MARY McCARTY, IS ABOUT SETH PARKER. AT THE AGE OF 14 HE WAS REPORTING TO A MONTGOMERY COUNTY JUVENILE COURT PROBATION OFFICER. NOW…8 YEARS LATER, HE REPORTS TO OFFICERS WITH THE OHIO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. PARKER JUST RETURNED FROM AFGHANISTAN AND PLANS TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE ON THE GI BILL, STUDYING TO BECOME A PSYCHOLOGIST. MARTY CAFFREY, PARKER’S FORMER PROBATION OFFICER SAYS THERE IS A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION WHEN SOMEONE “BELIEVES IN SOMEBODY WHO DOESN’T BELIEVE IN HIMSELF.” CAFFREY SAYS…PARKER BEGAN TO BELIEVE IN HIMSELF AS WELL! PARKER FEELS THAT THE CHALLENGES OF THE YEAR-LONG DEPLOYMENT WAS EXACTLY WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE. HE SAYS THAT THROUGH HIS MILITARY SERVICE HE DISCOVERED THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF…HELPING HIM TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON. PARKER ALSO SAYS THAT CAFFREY, HIS FORMER PROBATION OFFICER TAUGHT HIM TO FORGIVE HIMSELF…A VERY POWERFUL LESSON.
THE AWAKE 88 BUS WILL BE IN CLARK COUNTY TONIGHT FROM 6:30-8PM. THE AWAKE 88 TOUR WAS BORN IN THE HEART OF A GROUP OF PASTORS AND PHIL BURRESS, PRESIDENT OF CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY VALUES, TO VISIT PASTORS AND CHURCHES IN ALL 88 COUNTIES OF OHIO TO ENCOURAGE, EQUIP AND EDUCATE PASTORS AND CHURCHES ON HOW THEY CAN IMPACT THE CULTURE IN THE AREAS OF FAITH, FAMILY AND FREEDOM. THE AWAKE 88 BUS WILL BE AT THE SPRINGFIELD CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1620 BUCK CREEK LANE TONIGHT, 6:30-8PM. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT JASON STEVENS AT 937/322-7207.
SEVERAL CRASHES HAPPENED ON I-75 THIS MORNING, CAUSING TRAFFIC DELAYS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. AROUND 6:15 AM, A SEMI CRASHED ON NORTHBOUND I-75 NEAR THE STANLEY AVENUE EXIT IN DAYTON. APPARENTLY A PORTION OF THE SEMI WAS HANGING OVER A BRIDGE AND LEAKING FUEL INTO THE RIVER. THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WAS CALLED IN. THERE WAS ALSO A CRASH WITH INJURIES REPORTED ON SOUTHBOUND I-75 AT NEEDMORE ROAD JUST BEFORE 8AM. A FOUR-VEHICLE CRASH OCCURRED AROUND 7:30 ON NORTHBOUND I-75 AT EDWIN C. MOSES BLVD WITH TRAFFIC BACKED UP PAST OHIO 741 IN MIAMISBURG UNTIL AT LEAST 8:20 THIS MORNING, ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
A MAN WHO WAS SHOT SUNDAY NIGHT WAS ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO ROB A PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER AT GUNPOINT. 24 YEAR OLD LAJUANE M. WHITE WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TAKEN BY CAREFLIGHT FROM THE DOMINO’S ON 1756 S. LIMESTONE STREET IN SPRINGFIELD. SPRINGFIELD POLICE SAID WHITE SHOWED A HANDGUN WHEN HE TRIED TO ROB THE PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER. AN OFF-DUTY DOMINO’S WORKER, 24 YEAR OLD STEPHEN P. CARROLL INTERVENED IN THAT ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND SHOT THE SUSPECT TWO TIMES, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT. SPRINGFIELD POLICE CHIEF STEVE MOODY SAID DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF WHITE IS CONNECTED TO OTHER PIZZA DELIVERY ROBBERIES THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT.
SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOLS WILL HOST AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 AT THE CLARK CENTER, 1500 W. JEFFERSON STREET. THIS MEETING WILL BE ABOUT THE PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY SENATOR CHRIS WIDENER AND WOULD BE CALLED THE GLOBAL IMPACT STEM ACADEMY. OFFICIALS HOPE TO OPEN THE SCHOOL FOR THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR. ONE POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR THE SCHOOL IS SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED AS A SCHOOL SINCE 2008. THE SCHOOL WOULD EVENTUALLY SERVE ABOUT 600 STUDENTS FROM CLARK AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES, OPERATING PRIMARILY ON STATE FUNDING. WIDENER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OHIO FARM BUREAU AND BATTELLE, A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NONPROFIT BASED IN COLUMBUS, TO DEVELOP THE SCHOOL, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT IN THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS SUN. SENATOR WIDENER WILL BE AT WEDNESDAY’S MEETING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. AGAIN THAT MEETING WILL BE AT THE CLARK CENTER, 1500 W. JEFFERSON STREET IN SPRINGFIELD BEGINNING AT 7:30PM WEDNESDAY.
IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY TONIGHT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 6-14 MPH AND LOWS DROPPING TO AROUND 41 DEGREES. SUNSHINE IS BACK FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, WITH TEMPERATURES INCREASING EACH DAY. WEDNESDAY’S HIGHS WILL PEAK AT 66, THEN HIGHS HIT 73 FOR THURSDAY, AND GO ON UP TO 75 ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A 40 PERCENT CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE BACK IN THE 60’S WITH HIGHS ON SATURDAY AT 66 DEGREES…63 FOR SUNDAY. WE SHOULD SEE SUNNY SKIES AGAIN ON SUNDAY!
