News Stories for September 2009
Stories for Wednesday, September 30
Living history at this weekend’s AppleButter Festival
Hueston Woods’ Pioneer Farm will transform into a site of “living history” this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, when the Ohio Valley Civil War Association marches to town for the 46th Annual AppleButter Festival.The association, of nearly 50 members, was founded in the late 1990s to preserve history, ...
State income tax cut might not happen
COLUMBUS — Forced into a corner, Gov. Ted Strickland is pulling the plug on his doomed plan to install 17,500 slot machines at racetracks and abandoning his pledge not to raise taxes during the slumping economy. He is now asking the General Assembly to cancel the last phase of an ...
Good news for Talawanda: Site work bids low
The Talawanda Board of Education took a tour through the glistening halls of the district’s new high school during their Sept. 28 meeting, albeit in digital form.While the official groundbreaking ceremony isn’t taking place until Friday, Oct. 2, architect Charlie Jahnigen led board members and district residents around a 3D ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 29
Man on county's most wanted list arrested
HAMILTON — A man on the Butler County Sheriff’s Office “Most Wanted” poster was arrested Monday, Sept. 28, in Hamilton, according to the sheriff’s office. Christopher Emmert, 27, owes more than $7,300 in child support, according to deputies. Due to the close working relationship with Butler County’s Child Support Enforcement ...
Stories for Monday, September 28
‘Down in Mississippi’ examines the real-life incidents of 1964
“Down in Mississippi: A Gospel Play with Music ” explores the real-life events of Freedom Summer 1964, when more than 1,000 volunteers gathered for training in Oxford, at Western College for Women (now a part of Miami University) before traveling to Mississippi to register African-American voters and organize freedom schools.This ...
Local soldier back from Iraq
An Oxford resident returned three weeks ago after being stationed in Iraq for the past year. 1st Lt. Adam Vance is a Civil Affairs Officer in the Army Reserve and a 1995 graduate of Talawanda High School.As a Civil Affairs Team Leader, Vance spent the past year in the Eastern ...
Tour in Iraq gave Oxford man new perspective on American way of life
After spending a year in the Iraqi desert delegating between the U.S. and Iraqi governments, Oxford resident and 1st Lt. Adam Vance is happy to back among the green grass and trees.Vance graduated from Talawanda High School in 1995 where he was named the Outstanding Player in football and the ...
Miami urges self-isolation in wake of alumna’s death
OXFORD — Miami University officials are encouraging students who might have contracted the H1N1 virus to avoid contact with the outside world as much as possible in the wake of a recent graduate’s death.Spokesperson Claire Wagner said the daily number of reported flu-like symptoms has declined in recent days, dropping ...
Stories for Friday, September 25
City looking at again letting police carry Tasers
Oxford police could be carrying Tasers soon, having shelved the conducted energy devices following the tragic death of a Miami graduate more than a year ago.The city’s Police Advisory Board met Thursday, Sept. 24, to discuss allowing officers to carry the devices under a stricter set of guidelines.The revised policy ...
Names make news
News of area residents in militaryMarine Corps Pfc. Travis J. Young, son of Tina M. Knight, of Hamilton, and Donald R. Young, of Oxford, recently completed 12 weeks of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C., designed to challenge new Marine recruits both physically and mentally.In ...
Editor reflects on his time at Oxford Press
For the past 38 years, one name has been synonymous with The Oxford Press.But in October, Editor Bob Ratterman will be leaving the newspaper he’s been with for almost four decades, opting to take part in a voluntary retirement plan offered by Cox Ohio Publishing.While Ratterman said it was an ...
Stories for Thursday, September 24
Young author draws on love of Victorian era for 1st novel
As a girl, Leanna Renee Hieber loved theater and ghost stories. She once directed a play at Girl Scout camp in which she portrayed a lovesick teen who hanged herself. To get into character, Hieber smeared purple lipstick around her eyes and slipped a rope around her neck to the ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 23
‘One Big Family Since 1809’ gathers next weekend
As the leaves begin to change, fall colors along with Miami parents will fill the streets of Oxford for the annual Family Weekend sponsored by the Campus Activities Council from Oct. 2-4.With this year’s theme being “One Big Family Since 1809,” the Family Weekend Committee co-chairs Alicia Howrey and Sara ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 22
RFK Jr. speaks at Miami University
OXFORD — Clean energy would give the nation an opportunity to heal the planet as well as the economy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. told a sold-out Hall Auditorium on Monday, Sept. 21, as the first speaker in Miami University’s Lecture Series for 2009-2010.The environmental lawyer, activist and author presented “Our ...
Stories for Monday, September 21
Mission trip aids migrant families
With Americans consuming more than 2.5 billion pounds of pickles each year, 20 billion pickles need to be picked and some of those are in Ohio.Picking cucumbers is difficult because no mechanical picker has been developed that will not destroy the vines. For maximum production, a cucumber plant must be ...
Oboist, friends in recital Sept. 21
Staff ReportMiami University faculty member and oboist Andrea Ridilla will present a recital at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in Souers Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts. Also performing on the program are Randy Bowman, flute; Christin Schillinger, bassoon and Ron J. Matson, piano.The program will feature Trio for Oboe, ...
Three Valley Trust marks 15 years
Many regions have seen their natural lands turn to high-rise buildings and developments, but thanks to the Three Valley Conservation Trust, southwest Ohio’s beauty and heritage has been protected now for more than a decade.The nonprofit organization will reach its 15-year anniversary this October, celebrating the thousands of acres of ...
Stories for Sunday, September 20
U.S. House considers additional rights for airport security officers
Federal transportation security officers at U.S. airports would gain the right to collectively bargain with the Transportation Security Administration about conditions of employment, under legislation that two U.S. House committees have approved.The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved the Transportation Security Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 by a 19-10 ...
Stories for Friday, September 18
State to State race seeking participants
The seventh annual State to State Half Marathon and 5K is just around the corner, yet the number of race participants, thus far, is lower than expected.Diana Durr, executive director of the Oxford Visitors and Convention Bureau, said that as of Sept. 16, there were 600 people signed up for ...
Miami grad part of Teachers in Space program
Forget the clouds. Miami alumnus Steve Heck’s head is far above the highest cumulus now that his lifelong dream of becoming an astronaut is coming true at age 57.Through the Teachers in Space program, he will fly in suborbital space within the next 2-4 years.Heck (’74, MEd ’75) knew by ...
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