A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…WITH A RENEWED THREAT OF STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. SNOW SHOWERS…AND FALLING TEMPERATURES AFTER SUNSET. THIS .MAY YIELD SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN A FEW AREAS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS A PORTION OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT SNOW AND AN INCREASE IN WIND. FRIDAY WILL FEATURE COLD TEMPERATURES WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MORNING FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO.
THE ORGANIZATION FAMILY AND YOUTH INITIATIVES IS COMPRISED OF FOUR PRIMARY PROGRAMS: THE WOMEN’S NETWORK PROVIDES EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO PREGNANT AND/OR PARENTING WOMEN AND THEIR PARTNERS THROUGH THE EARN WHILE YOU LEARN PROGRAM. REAL LIFE…A MATTER OF CHOICES PROGRAM SERVES MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CLARK, CHAMPAIGN, GREENE, LOGAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES WITH RELATIONSHIP/CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. COLE’S WARRIORS IS A DRUG TASK FORCE CREATED TO PROVIDE AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH REGARDING THE DANGERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE. THE FOURTH ASPECT OF FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVES IS GARDENING FOR HEALTH, A COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CLIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES AND REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE GROWING, HARVESTING, PRESERVING AND COOKING FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FROM THEIR OWN GARDENS. THEIR GOAL IS TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH AND FAMILIES ON HOW TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND HELP THEM BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT ADULTS WHO MAKE POSITIVE CHOICES, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR LIVES AND THE FAMILIES THEY CREATE AND TO HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVES CALL PAT AT 937/845-0403.
FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVES WILL BE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS VYING FOR A MICROGRANT AT THE SOUP ‘N’SERVE DINNER WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 30TH. SOUP ‘N’ SERVE IS A MICROGRANT DINNER EVENT WHERE PRESENTATIONS ARE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO WIN A MICROGRANT FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION. DINNER PARTICIPANTS PAY A MINIMUM $5 DONATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE PRESENTATION THEY THINK MOST WORTHY WITH THE TOP VOTEGETTER WINNING THE EVENING’S DONATIONS. PARTICIPANTS GET TO ENJOY A SIMPLE SOUP SUPPER. THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 30TH FROM 6-7:30PM AT THE CLARK COUNTY TECHNICAL CENTER, 1901 SELMA ROAD IN SPRINGFIELD. FOOD WILL BE MADE BY THE CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM OF SPRINGFIELD CLARK CTC.
ONE OF TWO PEOPLE SHOT IN AN APPARENT HOME INVASION THIS PAST MONDAY EVENING IN FAIRBORN HAS DIED. ACCORDING TO THE NEWS-SUN ARTICLE, POLICE RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE WHEN FIVE PEOPLE STORMED THE HOUSE WITH THE INTENT TO ROB THE RESIDENTS. FAIRBORN POLICE SGT. PAUL HICKS SAID TWO WRIGHT STATE STUDENTS WERE HOME WHEN THE INTRUDERS ENTERED. THERE WAS A STRUGGLE AND TWO OF THE FIVE ALLEGED HOME INVADERS WERE SHOT. 19 YEAR OLD TA’VAUN FAMBROUGH WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED. 20 YEAR OLD ANTHONY BARWICK II WAS SHOT IN THE LEG, TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY FAIRBORN POLICE. ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WERE 23 YEAR OLD DERON McGUIRE, 23 YEAR OLD LONDON NORMAN AND 20 YEAR OLD TAVAUGHN LEWIS. THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME ARE NOT FACING CHARGES AT THIS TIME BECAUSE SGT. HICKS SAID IT APPEARS THAT THEY WERE ACTING IN SELF DEFENSE. THE CASE WILL BE PRESENTED TO A GRAND JURY.
A DRIVER IN A PICKUP TRUCK PULLED IN FRONT OF A SEMI AT THE INTERSECTION OF OHIO 56 AND OHIO 4 IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. THE SEMI DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. BOTH VEHICLES LANDED IN A NEARBY FIELD AFTER THE CRASH WITH THE PICKUP ROLLING SEVERAL TIMES.
TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP WHEN THEIR VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A DITCH EARLY THIS MORNING ON U.S. 40. STATE TROOPERS SAID THE VICTIMS’ INJURIES APPEARED TO BE NON-LIFE THREATENING AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL.
FOODBANKS ARE HAVING A STRUGGLE TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SO MANY. GOVERNOR KASICH SIGNED AN ORDER YESTERDAY AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF $1.5 MILLION IN TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES FUNDS. THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES WILL USE THE FUNDS TO ASSIST THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF FOODBANKS AND INCREASE THE AMOUNTS OF FOOD FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS STARTED A NEW PROGRAM TO HELP ELDERLY RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. SENIOR WATCH, STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES, WILL HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PERIODICALLY VISTING ELDERLY RESIDENTS WITH THE HOPES THAT THESE VISITS WILL LEAD TO BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS AND FEWER SCAMS. THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AT NO COSTS, ACCORDING TO CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF MATT MELVIN. FOR RESIDENTS WHO ENROLL, THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES WILL BE ENTERED INTO A DATABASE THAT DEPUTIES WILL ACCESS FROM A LAPTOP IN THEIR VEHICLES. THEN, DURING REGULAR PATROLS, DEPUTIES WILL PERIODICALLY STOP BY THOSE RESIDENTS’ HOMES, CHECK UP ON THEM AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED. SHERIFF MELVIN SAID THE VISITS WILL BE BRIEF AND UNOBTRUSIVE. THE URBANA POLICE DIVISION ALSO OFFERS A SAFETY PROGRAM TO ASSIST THE HOMEBOUND AND ELDERLY, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT IN THE NEWS SUN. THEIR PROGRAM IS CALLED “ARE YOU OKAY” AND SENDS AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS TO RESIDENTS WHO SIGN UP. IF THE PERSON DOESN’T ANSWER THE CALL OR THE LINE IS BUSY, THE PROGRAM MAKES TWO MORE AUTOMATED CALLS. IF NO CONTACT IS MADE, A POLICE OFFICER IS ALERTED AND DISPATCHED TO THE HOME TO CHECK ON THE RESIDENT’S WELL-BEING. THAT PROGRAM IS ALSO FREE TO URBANA RESIDENTS. CHAMPAIGN COUNTY RESIDENTS WISHING TO SIGN UP OR FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE “SENIOR WATCH PROGRAM” SHOULD CALL THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 937/484-6091. URBANA RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL IN THE “ARE YOU OK” SAFETY PROGRAM CAN CALL: 937/652-4350.
DAYTON’S BOONSHOFT MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY IS EXPANDING TO SPRINGFIELD! THE INTERACTIVE SCIENCE CENTER WILL TENTATIVELY OPEN A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT SATELLITE MUSEUM AT THE UPPER VALLEY MALL ON MARCH 9TH, ACCORDING TO MARK MEISTER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE DAYTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, THE MUSEUM’S PARENT ORGANIZATION. THE BOONSHOFT HAD A RETAIL KIOSK AT THE UPPER VALLEY MALL THIS PAST HOLIDAY SEASON AND DID WELL. MEISTER SHARED THAT SPRINGFIELD SEEMED LIKE A LOGICAL CHOICE FOR THE SATELLITE MUSEUM WHICH WILL CONTAIN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS FOCUSED ON A FAMILY AUDIENCE. THAT MUSEUM WILL OPEN ON MARCH 9TH AT THE UPPER VALLEY MALL IN SPRINGFIELD!
OHIO WEATHER…IT IS KNOWN TO CHANGE…AND CHANGE IT DOES TODAY! AFTER HAVING TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 60’S LOOK FOR THAT TO CHANGE DRASTICALLY AS LOWS TONIGHT DROP TO ABOUT 23 DEGREES AND THEN IT REMAINS COLD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK! HIGHS TOMORROW WILL ONLY HIT 27 DEGREES…19 ON FRIDAY! IT WILL BE WINDY TONIGHT WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 39 MPH AND THE RAIN THAT WE’VE BEEN HAVING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. WE MIGHT SEE SOME SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THURSDAY’S OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP TO ABOUT 11 DEGREES WITH WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS -4.
