MIDDAY CONNECTION FROM MOODY RADIO RECORDED A BROADCAST IN SPRINGFIELD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO! THAT PROGRAM WILL AIR AT 1PM TODAY FEATURING HOSTS, MELINDA SCHMIDT AND ANITA LUSTREA, ALONG WITH GUESTS, SHELLEY LOPEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION, AND MARLA TAVIANO, LOCAL AUTHOR! THAT’S 1PM THIS AFTERNOON ON WEEC!!
ROADS WILL CLOSE TEMPORARILY TODAY AS ABOUT 4,000 MOTORCYCLISTS ESCORT THE AMERICAN VETERANS TRAVELING TRIBUTE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL IN A PARADE FROM WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY’S NUTTER CENTER IN FAIRBORN TO THE GREENE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. MOTORCYCLISTS WILL BEGIN GATHERING AT 3PM TODAY OUTSIDE THE ARENA. THE 380 FOOT REPLICA WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE GREENE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS THROUGH SUNDAY. WM. TIMOTHY SPRADLIN, ONE OF FIVE GREENE COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES COMMISSIONERS, SAYS IN THE NEWS SUN ARTICLE, “IT’S ABOUT HONORING ALL VETERANS, BUT IT’S ESPECIALLY A WELCOME HOME TO OUR VIETNAM VETERANS THAT IS LONG OVER DUE.” SPRADLIN IS AN IRAQI WAR VETERAN. HE CONTINUES, “IT IS ALSO SO THE PUBLIC DOESN’T FORGET THAT THERE IS A COST TO SERVICE. WE GET BUSY AND WE FORGET THERE ARE MILITARY ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT ARE DISPLACED FROM THEIR FAMILIES. THEY ARE THERE PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS WE ALL ENJOY.” THE FIVE-DAY TRIBUTE SPONSORED BY THE GREENE COUNTY VETERANS TRIBUTE COMMITTEE INCLUDES ELEMENTS HONORING VETERANS OF THE KOREAN WAR, THE GULF WAR, THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AS WELL AS FIRE AND POLICE PERSONNEL LOST ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001. THE EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
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 .
THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WITH TWO DEER AND A VEHICLE, BUT THANKFULLY THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT, EVEN THOUGH HIS VEHICLE DROVE UP A GUARD WIRE ON A UTILITY POLE AND ROLLED OVER ONTO ITS TOP. APPARENTLY TWO DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF THE MAN DRIVING ON WEST JACKSON ROAD NEAR ENON EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 1AM. OHIO STATE PATROL TROOPERS SAID THE MAN WAS NOT INJURED.
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 .
MORE THAN 64,000 OHIOANS WILL RECEIVE LETTERS THIS FALL SAYING THEY MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENTS OF AT LEAST $840 FROM THE NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT. THE NEWS-SUN ARTICLE SAYS THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AND THE NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATOR ARE MAILING THE LETTERS THROUGH FRIDAY TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES TO FORECLOSURE BETWEEN 2008 AND 2011 THROUGH ACTIONS BY FIVE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST BANKS: ALLY, BANK OF AMERICA, CITI, JPMORGAN CHASE AND WELLS FARGO. THE SETTLEMENT IS FROM THE SO-CALLED ROBO-SIGNING SCANDAL OF 2010 WHERE THE FIVE BANKS WERE ACCUSED OF SHODDY MORTGAGE PAPERWORK. THE MONEY IS FROM THE $25 BILLION JOINT STATE-FEDERAL SETTLEMENT REACHED THIS YEAR WITH THE BANKS. OHIO’S SHARE OF THE SETTLEMENT IS $335 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES MONEY TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE UNDERWATER AND DELINQUENT HOMEOWNERS, PEOPLE WHO WERE VICTIMS OF BAD FORECLOSURE PRACTICES AND FOR FORECLOSURE PREVENTION. OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DeWINE SAYS THAT MORE THAN $200 MILLION IS TO GO DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE “WHO EITHER LOST THEIR HOME OR TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HURT BY THIS OR ARE UPSIDE DOWN IN THEIR MORTGAGE.” THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT A CLAIM IS JANUARY 18TH OF 2013. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A PAYMENT AND DID NOT RECEIVE A CLAIM FORM CONTACT THE NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATOR AT 1/866-430-8358, MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS, 7AM-7PM CENTRAL TIME.
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!
AND COOLER IS WHAT IT WILL BE TONIGHT!! MUCH COOLER! TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 31 DEGREES AND WE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD FROST FROM ABOUT 5-9AM! THE SUN WILL THEN COME OUT AND THURSDAY’S HIGHS WILL PEAK AT 61. IT WON’T BE AS COLD THURSDAY NIGHT AS LOWS DROP TO 41 UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. SUNSHINE IS BACK FOR FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO 56 DEGREES. BY SATURDAY, WE WILL SEE HIGHS AT 73 DEGREES!
