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Megan Gildow of the News-Sun newspaper in Springfield, Ohio, covers local school districts, their teachers, students and anything in between. Districts she covers include: Springfield City Schools, Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Northeastern Local Schools, Northwestern Local Schools, Tecumseh Local Schools, Southeastern Local Schools, Greenon Local Schools, Catholic Central Schools, Emmanuel Christian, and area charter schools.

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Every 15 Minutes comes to Northwestern

By Megan Gildow | Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 02:34 PM

Every 15 minutes tomorrow and Friday Northwestern students will be reminded of the importance of making good decisions related to drinking, driving and personal safety.

The Clark County Combined Health District will present the “Every 15 Minutes” program at Northwestern High School tomorrow. The program, based on the concept that every 15 minutes someone dies from an alcohol-related traffic collision, starts with a mock crash tomorrow at 9 a.m. For the remainder of the day, a student will be “taken” from class — by a Grim Reaper — every 15 minutes.

At 6 p.m., there will be a lock-in at Wittenberg University and the program will end with a mock funeral Friday morning. The program focuses on high school juniors and seniors.

I’ll be there tomorrow to tell you more about this effort.

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Students eye Halloween as charitable opportunity

By Megan Gildow | Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 09:06 AM

If a Kenton Ridge High School students knocks on your door this Halloween, put away the tootsie rolls and candy corn.

Members of the school’s Leo Club will be looking for used eyeglasses to be refurbished and distributed to Springfield residents, according to the school’s newsletter.

As part of their charitable work this fall, the Leo Club will go door-to-door from 6 to 8 p.m. on Beggar’s Night in Moorefield Twp.

Or you can drop your old glasses off at Security National Bank on Moorefield Road, Kroger’s on Derr Road, Howard’s IGA in Northridge or Kenton Ridge High School.

The Leo Club’s other projects this year include collecting gifts for children in developing countries through Operation Christmas Child and the Adopt-a- Family Christmas project with the Salvation Army.

Items for Operation Christmas Child must be shipped by Nov. 1 to make it overseas for the holidays. Anyone who wants to participate can contact Mrs. Bennett at the high school. The number there is (937) 390-1274.

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