GOD’S GREAT OUTDOORS IS A PROGRAM HEARD ON WEEC AT 6AM ON SATURDAYS FEATURING GERRY CAILLOUET. YOU COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM AS WELL AS EXTREME BOWHUNTER RAY HOWELL AND BRAD JERMAN, WHO HOLDS OHIO’S WORLD RECORD TYPICAL WHITETAIL TAKEN WITH A CROSSBOW AT THE GOD’S GREAT OUTDOORS SPORTSMEN’S DINNER AND OUTDOOR EXPO ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH! THIS WILL BE HELD AT COMMUNITY GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH, 2261 S. MIAMI STREET IN WEST MILTON. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6PM. TICKETS ARE $10.00 FOR ADULTS, KIDS 12 AND UNDER ARE $4.00. THEY WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE A DONATION OF CANNED GOODS FOR COMMUNITY GRACE’S FOOD PANTRY. FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION CALL 937/698-3656. THAT’S 937/698-3656!
GET READY…GET SET…AND STOP! STOP TEXTING WHILE DRIVING THAT IS! THE STATE’S NEW TEXTING WHILE DRIVING BAN WILL BE IN FULL EFFECT BEGINNING FRIDAY, MARCH 1ST, ENDING THE SIX MONTH WARNING PERIOD. THOSE CAUGHT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING CAN BE CITED. THE LAW SAYS IT IS ILLEGAL FOR DRIVERS AGE 18 AND OLDER TO USE HANDHELD ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES TO SEND, WRITE OR READ TEXT MESSAGES WHILE DRIVING. FOR ADULTS THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED A MINOR MISDEMEANOR AND ADULT DRIVERS HAVE TO COMMIT ANOTHER VIOLATION BEFORE THEY CAN BE TICKETED FOR TEXTING. THOSE IN VIOLATION CAN BE FINED UP TO $150. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR THOSE YOUNGER THAN 18 TO USE ANY ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WHILE DRIVING, SITTING AT A LIGHT OR STUCK IN TRAFFIC. THIS MEANS NO TEXTING; EMAILING OR TALKING ON YOUR CELL PHONE, BLUEOOTH, BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS, ON-STAR OR ANY SIMILAR DEVICE. TEEN DRIVERS CANNOT USE COMPUTERS OR TABLETS; PLAY VIDEO GAMES OR USE A GPS THAT IS NOT VOICE-OPERATED OR HANDS-FREE DEVICE. A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CAN STOP ANY TEEN FOR DOING ANY OF THE ABOVE BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED A PRIMARY OFFENSE AND A CONVICTION OF A FIRST OFFENSE COULD BRING A PENALTY OF A $150 FINE AND 60 DAY DRIVER LICENSE SUSPENSION. ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS ARE $300 AND COME WITH A ONE YEAR LICENSE SUSPENSION. THE STATE ALLOWS EXCEPTIONS FOR PRE-PROGRAMMED GPS, VEHICLES IN A STATIONARY POSITION AND OUTSIDE A LANE OF TRAVEL, EMERGENCY CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOSPITAL, OR FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN LEARN MORE FROM THE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FAIRBORN HAS HAD TWO UNSPECIFIED THREATS IN SIX DAYS ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS. INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING FOR INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH AND ON FEBRUARY 19TH. NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ACCORDING TO SGT. PAUL HICKS OF THE FAIRBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT’S ONE RESOURCE OFFICER, SGT. HICKS SAID THAT PATROL OFFICERS HAVE BEEN VISIBLE AT THE SCHOOL WHILE STUDENTS ARRIVE OR LEAVE AND ALSO VISIT THE SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY. EARLIER THIS MONTH, TIPP CITY SCHOOLS HAD TO DEAL WITH MULTIPLE THREATS OF VIOLENCE MADE AT TWO OF THE DISTRICT’S SCHOOLS.
THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED YESTERDAY WHEN THEIR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE STRUCK A SEMI AT MOOREFIELD AND URBANA ROADS. THE SUV THEN ROLLED AND LANDED ON ITS TOP IN A DITCH. RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED JUST AFTER 7PM AND TOOK ONE ADULT AND TWO CHILDREN WITH WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE MINOR INJURIES TO SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE OHIO STATE PATROL IS INVESTIGATING.
TOM GRIFFIN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 96. GRIFFIN WAS A DOOLITTLE RAIDER WHO SERVED AS THE NAVIGATOR OF AIRCRAFT NO. 9 ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE. GRIFFIN SERVED IN BATTLE IN EUROPE IN 1943 AND WAS SHOT DOWN AND CAPTURED BY GERMANY. THERE ARE ONLY FOUR DOOLITTLE RAIDERS STILL LIVING.
THE RAIN THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TODAY HAS BEEN CHANGING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON TO SNOW. THERE IS A 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TONIGHT…60 PERCENT FOR TOMORROW. LOWS WILL DROP TO 28 DEGREES FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW OVERNIGHT. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL BE AT 35 DEGREES WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 11-15 MPH. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OF LESS THAN AN INCH. IT WILL BE COLD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH WEEKEND HIGHS PEAKING IN THE LOW 30’S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 18 COLD DEGREES!
