CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY RANKED FIRST IN OHIO FOR THE FIRST-TIME PASS RATE ON THE 2011 UNIFORM CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT OR CPA EXAM! THAT REPORT WAS RELEASED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOARDS OF ACCOUNTANCY. THE CPA EXAM CONSISTS OF FOUR SECTIONS THAT AMOUNT TO 14 HOURS OF TESTING THAT CANDIDATES MUST PASS TO QUALIFY TO BE LICENSED AS CPA’S. OF THE CEDARVILLE ALUMNI WHO TOOK SECTIONS OF THE EXAM LAST YEAR, 73.1 PERCENT PASSED ON THEIR FIRST ATTEMPTS. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PASS RATE FOR OVERALL PERFORMANCE IS 45.5 PERCENT.
THREE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON STUDENTS WILL PRESENT RESEARCH AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY THIS MONTH AS PART OF A NATIONAL CONFERENCE! THEY ARE NICHOLETTE SMITH, A SENIOR PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR, ALEX ULINTZ A SENIOR IN PREMEDICINE AND GERMAN AND ELIZABETH WETZEL, A SENIOR BIOLOGY MAJOR. THE THREE DAY CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE JANUARY 24-26TH.
COMMUNITY MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS HAS APPOINTED AN INTERIM REPLACEMENT FOR FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO MARK WIENER. PAUL C. HILTZ WILL SERVE BEGINNING TODAY. HE HAS BEEN IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT CINCINNATI MERCY FOR 25 YEARS. THE COMMUNITY MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS BOARD AND CATHOLIC HEALTH PARTNERS BOARD ALONG WITH A NATIONAL SEARCH FIRM WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT.
A PILOT FROM FAIRBORN HAD TO MAKE A BELLY-LANDING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE SPRINGFIELD-BECKLEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHEN HIS LANDING GEAR FAILED. 67 YEAR OLD MICHAeL BOTWIN HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE 1994 SINGLE-ENGINE BUESING LOWELL LANCAIR 320. THE PLANE DID HAVE DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER AND BELLY ACCORDING TO SPRINGFIELD FIREFIGHTER RANDY LISCH. AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, ALONG WITH THE GREENE TOWNSHIP/CLARK COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD POST OF THE OHIO HIGHWAY PATROL WILL INVESTIGATE. THE FAA REGISTRY SHOWS THAT BOTWIN HOLDS CERTIFICATES AS A TRANSPORT PILOT, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A GROUND INSTRUCTOR. LISCH SAID BOTWIN SAID HE HAD BEEN FLYING FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.
STILL IN CLARK COUNTY, DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR THREE PEOPLE WHO BROKE INTO THE SPEEDWAY STATION IN SOUTH VIENNA EARLY THIS MORNING. SHERIFF’S SGT. BRAD BARNHART SAID THE THREE GAINED ENTRY BY PRYING OPEN THE FRONT DOOR AND WERE OBSERVED BY A SPEEDWAY SECURITY CAMERA INSIDE THE STORE. A K-9 UNIT FROM GREENE COUNTY WAS BROUGHT IN BUT LOST THE SCENT. BARNHART SAID THE SAME STATION WAS BROKEN INTO A YEAR AGO AND TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED IN THAT BURGLARY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT SHOULD CALL THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 937/328-2560.
GOING TO THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD NOW…A MAN DIED THIS MORNING WHEN HIS RED PICKUP TRUCK DROVE OFF TAYWOOD ROAD AND INTO 12 FEET OF WATER. EMERGENCY CREWS WORKED UNTIL NEARLY 10AM FROM JUST BEFORE 6AM TO PULL THE TRUCK FROM THE WATER. DIVERS THEN LOCATED THE BODY OF THE MALE DRIVER. AUTHORITIES ARE NOT YET RELEASING HIS IDENTITY.
IF YOU GO TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AIR FORCE ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 27TH, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE CINCINNATI REDS ORGANIZATION FROM 10:30AM-1:30PM! HALL OF FAME BROADCASTER MARTY BRENNAMAN, ALL-STAR SECOND BASEMAN BRANDON PHILLIPS, BROADCASTER AND FORMER PITCHER CHRIS WELSH, MINOR LEAGUE CATCHER TUCKER BARNHART, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER BOB MILLER AND MASCOT GAPPER WILL BE THERE TO MEET VISITORS AT THE MUSEUM! SEATING AND AUTOGRAPHS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 450 FANS, ALTHOUGH STANDING ROOM WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LISTEN TO THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. MUSEUM DOORS WILL OPEN AT 9AM ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 27TH.
HIGHS TODAY WILL PEAK AT 45 DEGREES WITH OUR OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING TO 29. THERE IS AN 80 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF RAIN THURSDAY EVENING…THAT RAIN COULD START AFTER 4:00 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL GO UP TO 49 DEGREES WITH LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT DROPPING 9 DEGREES TO 40. WE WILL PROBABLY SEE SOME RAIN AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM ON FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO 58 DEGREES. SATURDAY BRINGS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE FOR RAIN, GOING UP TO 80 PERCENT FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND 60 PERCENT ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL MAKE IT TO 61 DEGREES BEFORE THINGS COOL AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND GET COLD BY MONDAY!
