News Stories for August 2009
Stories for Monday, August 31
Cal Thomas: It wasn’t hypocritical to care for Kennedy
Opinion columnists, like the rest of humanity, walk a fine line between judgment (holding people accountable to a standard we did not create) and judgmentalness (thinking ourselves morally superior because we haven’t committed the acts of others).Since writing of my friendship with the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, I have been ...
$1.5 billion in state budget at risk in lawsuits
COLUMBUS — Two key cases before the Ohio Supreme Court this week have the chance to blow a $1.5 billion hole in Gov. Ted Strickland’s tenuously balanced state budget.On Tuesday, Sept. 1, the seven supreme court justices will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Grocers Association that ...
Stories for Friday, August 28
Two injured workers in the hospital after fire at Vandalia plant
VANDALIA — Two of the four employees injured in a fire at a specialty pharmaceutical company this afternoon have been admitted to Miami Valley Hospital, spokeswoman Nancy Thickel said Friday, Aug. 28. Thickel said at 5:15 p.m. two men were admitted in stable condition, a third was about to be ...
Stories for Thursday, August 27
Who did our high school football experts pick to win in Week 1?
Each week of the regular season, area high school football experts pick a winner for selected games.
Two dead bodies found in home near Xenia
XENIA - Greene County Sheriff’s deputies are responding to the report of two dead bodies inside a home in the 1700 block of Ireland Road. Sheriff Gene Fischer said his officer was notified shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, of the deaths. He would not comment if the victims ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 26
Get 'Live' high school football scores on the Web, mobile phones
Now you can follow your favorite high school teams wherever you are with "Friday Night Live!" Every Friday night this fall, we'll be posting live high school football scores from kickoff to completion that can be accessed from a Web browser or mobile phone. On your mobile device, go to ...
Cal Thomas: A surprising friendship
Most of my adult life has been intertwined with the Kennedy family. As a freshman at American University in 1960, I stayed up late watching the election returns, as John F. Kennedy barely eked out a victory over Richard Nixon. As with most Americans my age, the decades that followed ...
Springboro father, daughter and son ride in Ohio ‘Ice Cream Tour’
Just tell him he gets to eat a lot of ice cream. That enticing piece of information worked for Dan Gilmore, despite the fact that big sister was also going on the trip. The Springboro dad, sixteen-year-old daughter Theresa, and son Christopher were three of the 250 riders who took ...
School delays expanded abstinence plan
SPRINGBORO — The school board will take another look on Sept. 8 at a proposed policy requiring students taking part in all extracurricular activities to abstain year-round from drugs, alcohol and tobacco on and off school grounds.On Aug. 18 the board put the brakes on plans to adopt the policy ...
Motorcycle ride to honor couple killed in crash
LEBANON — Gwen Wilkens grew up with Amy Dorn.When Dorn began dating Aaron Adams a year ago, Wilkens welcomed him into their circle of friends.Now, Wilkens is organizing a memorial motorcycle ride in the aftermath of the June 27 crash that killed Dorn, 22, of Lebanon, and Adams, 26, of ...
Medical center has free series for caregivers
Marilyn’s son has lived at home for the last 20 years due to a disabling illness.When he first moved in he could still transfer himself from bed to chair, take a shower and feed himself. Now he is bedridden and unable to care for himself. Marilyn and her husband are ...
Your patriotism could help feed needy kids
KETTERING — The Dor-wood Optimist Club of Kettering is asking the city’s residents to support the city, country and charity by participating in the club’s Avenue of Flags project. The project allows residents to have the optimists plant a 10 foot flag pole and a 3x5-foot American flag in their ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 25
Cal Thomas: ‘National Suicide’ spells out government spending sins
Remember when the deficit was so bad that Democrats said we (or more accurately the Republicans) were placing a terrible burden on our grandchildren?That was several trillion dollars ago. Democrats now appear perfectly fine with extending the growing deficit and national debt to their great-grandchildren. Perhaps politicians think they will ...
Stories for Monday, August 24
Fire destroys vacant rope factory in Xenia
XENIA — A fire Monday, Aug. 24, that tore through a vacant factory of rope maker Hooven and Allison remains under investigation, a fire official said. Firefighters were expected to be at the structure well into Monday night to keep the blaze contained. Firetrucks were dispatched to the abandoned site ...
Stories for Friday, August 21
Leonard Pitts Jr.: More than miles are separating us
Our story so far: Last year, Barack Obama was elected president, the first American of African heritage ever to reach that office. If this was regarded as a new beginning by most Americans, it was regarded apocalyptically by others who promptly proceeded to lose both their minds and any pretense ...
Thomas Suddes: So why are payday loans still topping 400 percent?
The Ohio legislature is getting really good at ignoring — or rewriting — what Ohio’s voters say.Key example: Legislators’ delay in closing loopholes in Ohio’s anti-payday-loan law.Last year, 64 percent of voters approved Issue 5. Not even Franklin D. Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan ever carried Ohio by such a margin. ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 19
Schools see changes as new year begins
TROTWOOD — Here’s some of what’s new at Trotwood-Madison schools: Early Learning Center The focus will remain on literacy and learning to read, Principal Jeffrey Hall said. The school will offer students classes in martial arts, dance and swimming. Hall expects the students to use the high school pool throughout ...
Pilot programs mark new school year
ENGLEWOOD — Here’s some of what’s new at Northmont schools. Englewood Elementary Fourth-graders will be piloting a program that uses handheld computers to do research and take tutorials. “It’s more technology for our classrooms,” Principal Beth Wyandt said. Students will use iPod Touches, allowing students greater access to the Internet. ...
What’s new at Brookville schools in 2009-10?
BROOKVILLE — Here’s some of what’s new at the Brookville schools. Westbrook Elementary “We’re using federal stimulus money for staff development in math and reading,” Principal Constance Strait Gilhooly said. Some of the advanced training occurred over the summer; the remainder will happen during the school year. Gilhooly is involved ...
Northmont budget uncertain
ENGLEWOOD — Northmont is facing the same challenges as other Ohio districts when it comes to state funding.At the Aug. 10 Northmont school board meeting, treasurer Sandy Harris said tax revenues were lower this year than in the past.And, she said, calculations about state funding and how a district’s allocation ...
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