A NOT GUILTY VERDICT FOR FORMER PROSECUTOR IN CLARK COUNTY JAMES BERRY THURSDAY.  THE 81 YEAR OLD BERRY LAST MAY STRUCK AND KILLED SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP RESIDENT, 37 YEAR OLD JAMES PIERCE AROUND 10PM, JUST AFTER PIERCE STUMBLED ONTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF SPRINGFIELD-XENIA ROAD.  BERRY FOUND NOT GUILTY OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF THE CRASH THAT KILLED PIERCE.  BERRY WAS JUST RETURNING HOME THAT NIGHT FROM A PARTY IN COLUMBUS WHEN HE HIT PIERCE, BUT TESTIFIED DURING THE TRIAL THAT HE THOUGHT HE HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD.  MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMON PLEAS JUDGE JOHN KESSLER ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, SAYING THE STATE DIDN'T PROVE BERRY KNEW HE STRUCK PIERCE, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.

PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SAW HIS SHADOW ON GROUNDHOG DAY, MEANING 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, WHILE BUCKEYE CHUCK IN MARION DIDN'T, WHICH MEANS ACCORDING TO LEGEND A SHORTER WINTER, SAYS NORTHCOASTNOW.COM.

SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXPLORING BUILDING A $25 MILLION DOLLAR EDUCATION CENTER, THAT WOULD CONSOLIDATE ITS COURSE OFFERINGS IN THE LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES.  IT WOULD REPRESENT NEARLY A THIRD OF THE COURSES TAKEN AT SINCLAIR.  THE DAYTON-AREA SCHOOL HAS 21,000 STUDENTS.  SPOKESMAN ADAM MURKA SAYS THE PLANNING PART OF SINCLAIR'S MASTER PLANNING PROCESS. 

THE OHIO STATE AUDITOR ANNOUNCES MIAMI COUNTY HOME-CARE NURSE JAMES DELVER OVER THREE YEARS IMPROPERLY CHARGED MEDICAID NEARLY $70,000.  STATE OFFICIALS SAY DELVER IS ACCUSED OF CHARGING MEDICAID FOR UNAUTHORIZED HOURS DESPITE WARNINGS FROM HIS MEDICAID CASE MANAGER.  DELVER SAYS HE WORKED THE HOURS HE BILLED AND WAS PAID FOR, BUT STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE PROBLEM IS THAT DELVER WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO WORK THE HOURS IN QUESTION.  DELVER SAYS HE'LL FIGHT THE ACCUSATIONS.

FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BRIAN DONOHER SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS INITIAL MUNICIPAL COURT APPEARANCE THIS AFTERNOON.  DONOHER ALLEGEDLY OFFERED MONEY TO AN UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICER FOR SEX.  THE 42 YEAR OLD DONOHER IS THE SON OF FAMED DAYTON FLYERS MENS BASKETBALL COACH DON DONOHER, AND HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BY KETTERING SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

WEEC SPORTS - FRIDAY 2-3-12:

NBA 7PM TONIGHT:  CLEVELAND AT ORLANDO, 8:30PM:  INDIANA AT DALLAS.

SATURDAY:  7PM:  ORLANDO AT INDIANA, 7:30PM:  DALLAS AT CLEVELAND.

NHL 10PM TONIGHT:  COLUMBUS AT ANAHEIM

NFL:  THE SUPER BOWL IS SUNDAY NIGHT 6:30PM:  NEW ENGLAND VS. THE NEW YORK GIANTS AT INDIANAPOLIS.

COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL:  BUTLER 64 WRIGHT STATE 53, NORTHWESTERN 84 NEBRASKA 74, DUKE 75 VIRGINIA TECH 60.

SATURDAY: 1PM:  ALLEGHENY AT WITTENBERG,  2PM:  OHIO STATE AT WISCONSIN, 5PM:  DAYTON AT ST. LOUIS.

COLLEGE WOMENS BASKETBALL:  TONIGHT 7PM:  HIRAM AT WITTENBERG, SATURDAY 3PM:  ALLEGHENY AT WITTENBERG.

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY IS OVER, ALABAMA WITH THE NO. 1 RECRUITING CLASS SAYS MAXPREPS.COM, TEXAS 2ND, OHIO STATE 3RD, MICHIGAN 4TH, FLORIDA 5TH, AND FLORIDA STATE 6TH. 

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL:  THE NEWS SUN SAYS, TRIAD 72 CATHOLIC CENTRAL 34, MECHANICSBURG 59 SOUTHEASTERN 34, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 55 NORTHEASTERN 27, GREENEVIEW 70 CEDARVILLE 40, XENIA CHRISTIAN 44 YELLOW SPRINGS 38, AND WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE 41 SHEKINAH CHRISTIAN 40.

WEEC NEWS - THURSDAY, 02-02-12
 

IT WILL BE SUNNY TODAY, ALTHOUGH A BIT COOLER THAN THE LAST FEW DAYS, WITH HIGHS RISING TO 49 DEGREES.  TONIGHT’S LOWS DROP TO 29.  FRIDAY SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS PEAKING NEAR 52 DEGREES.  THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS DIPPING TO 35 DEGREES.  RAIN CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY WITH HIGHS GOING TO 45.  WE COULD ALSO SEE SOME RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT AS LOWS DROP TO 32 DEGREES, WE COULD SEE THAT RAIN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.  SUNDAY GOES BACK TO BEING SUNNY WITH HIGHS NEAR 44 AND LOWS DIPPING TO 31.
 
DAYTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, WITH CAMPUSES IN MIAMISBURG, XENIA AND DAYTON, AS WELL AS A HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM, INVITES FAMILIES TO ATTEND AN OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT FROM 5:30-8PM AT THE MIAMISBURG AND XENIA CAMPUSES.  YOU CAN MEET FACULTY, TOUR FACILITIES, REVIEW CURRICULUM AND LEARN ABOUT THE MANY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE.  FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 937/352-1517 OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT: WWW.EDUCATINGFORETERNITY.COM .

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS DAYTON RESIDENTS WERE SAFER IN 2011 THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.  DAYTON POLICE CHIEF RICHARD BIEHL SAYS THAT IS IN PART BECAUSE OF IMPROVED POLICING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT!  SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN 16 PERCENT IN 2011 COMPARED TO 2010 AND MAJOR PROPERTY CRIMES DROPPED BY 6 PERCENT.  CHIEF BIEHL SAID, “WE CAN’T DO THIS WITHOUT THE HELP OF OUR CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY AS OUR RESOURCES ARE DECLINING.”  BIEHL SAYS THAT USING CRIME ANALYSIS HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT DO A BETTER JOB OF SPOTTING EMERGING TRENDS SO THERE CAN BE A BETTER FOCUS ON RESPONSE. 

FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE TO GREENE COUNTY YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 22.  THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN 2001 BY DR. VIOLET B. JACKSON IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND, DR. LEWIS A JACKSON, AND AIMS TO HELP TRAIN GREENE COUNTY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR CAREERS IN AVIATION.  APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE GREENE COUNTY LEWIS A. JACKSON REGIONAL AIRPORT OR BY CALLING CHARLES MARTEL AT 937/426-4239.  DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MARCH 18TH.

FIRST LADY KAREN KASICH AND THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGING WILL HONOR 17 COUPLES FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO MARRIAGE AND VOLUNTEERISM AT THE 13TH ANNUAL JOINED HEARTS IN GIVING CELEBRATION ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH AT THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE IN COLUMBUS.  MRS. KASICH SAYS, “THESE COUPLES EMBODY A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.  BOTH AS DEVOTED SPOUSES AND VOLUNTEERS, THESE ‘JOINED HEARTS IN GIVING’ ARE ROLE MODELS FOR US ALL.”  THOSE BEING HONORED INCLUDE: HENRY AND MARYANN BURWINKEL OF CINCINNATI WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED 56 YEARS AND VOLUNTEER WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND ARE ACTIVE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THROUGH THEIR CHURCH; AND RICHARD AND ANNETTE RUSH OF GROVE CITY, MARRIED 50 YEARS , HAVE LED THEIR CHURCH’S MEALS-ON-WHEELS PROGRAM FOR TWENTY YEARS.

ON FRIDAY AT 2PM, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF GENE A. KELLY WILL HOLD A PROMOTION CEREMONY IN THE RAYNOR ROOM AT THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.  BEING INTRODUCED WILL BE CAPTAIN JONATHAN ERIC HOLMES WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SINCE 1989; LT. CHRISTOPHER CLARK WHO BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE COMMUNICATION DIVISION IN 1997; AND SGT. RICHARD P. BRUMFIELD, PART OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SINCE 1992.  THEIR NEW DUTIES WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH.

A DOCUMENTARY FOCUSING ON WIND TURBINES WILL BE SHOWN TONIGHT AT 7PM AT THE MECHANICSBURG CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 4401 ALLISON ROAD, THEN SHOWN AGAIN AT 7PM ON SATURDAY IN THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER, 1512 S. U.S. 68 IN URBANA.  THE FILM FOCUSES ON A COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK THAT IS DIVIDED BECAUSE OF A DISPUTE OVER THE TURBINES.  THE BUCKEYE WIND PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD MORE THAN 50 WIND TURBINES IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY WITH A SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT ADDING ABOUT 50 ADDITIONAL TURBINES. 

THAT’S NEWS FOR NOW…THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING NEWS ON WEEC!                              
               
IT’S TIME FOR OUR LIVESTOCK REPORT FROM UNITED PRODUCERS – AUCTION RESULTS FROM GALLIPOLIS & MT. VERNON.

HOGS:
  MARKET HOGS:  80.00 & DOWN
  HEAVY:  58.00-61.25

SOWS: 
  LIGHT:  50.00-57.50
  HEAVY:  53.50-56.00

CATTLE:
  CHOICE STEERS:  110.00-125.00
  SELECT STEERS:  85.00-100.00

SHEEP & LAMBS:
  CHOICE WOOLS:  150.00-160.00
  CHOICE CLIPS:  155.00-167.00
  AGED SLAUGHTER SHEEP:  50.00-95.00

(FROM HONDA.COM) ANNA, OHIO - Honda will build new continuously variable transmission (CVT) in Ohio;
Total recent Honda investment in Ohio operations exceeds $500 million

Honda announces it'll invest $98 million at its Anna, Ohio engine plant as part of a strategy to build the company’s next-generation powertrain technologies in Ohio. The move is aligned with a $120 million investment, announced last year, for the production of a new continuously variable transmission (CVT) in Russells Point, Ohio.

The Anna Engine Plant will manufacture high-tech pulley components for Honda’s new CVT technology, which is part of the new Honda ‘Earth Dreams’ powertrain technology lineup, to be deployed for the first time in the U.S. in the all-new, more powerful and fuel-efficient 2013 Honda Accord.

Honda will produce its technically advanced CVT on a new assembly line at Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc. in Russells Point. The modernization and expansion of the Russells Point transmission plant, along with the new pulley component production at the Anna plant, will create 150 new jobs.

Since November 2010, Honda has announced new investments exceeding $500 million in its two auto plants and two powertrain plants in Ohio.

 Ohio would make it illegal to stay in a highway's left lane if not passing or exiting, under a bill that previously drew attention for another provision that would raise the speed limit on the state's interstates to 70 miles per hour.  The story from the Dayton Daily News says left-lane restrictions could make Ohio roads safer, says the bill's sponsor. 

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY.  THIS THE DAY WE WATCH PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL AND BUCKEYE CHUCK TO SEE WHETHER WE'LL HAVE 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER OR NOT! 

DEGRAFF RIVERSIDE LOCAL SCHOOLS, LOGAN COUNTY HELD THEIR ANNUAL SPELLING BEE RECENTLY.  THIRD-GRADER SAM FLEMING TAKES FIRST PLACE, 7TH GRADER ANDREW WRIGHT 2ND PLACE.  EIGHTH GRADER JOSHUA CORDELL WAS THE WINNER OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPELLING BEE AT WEST LIBERTY-SALEM LAST MONTH, FELLOW 8TH GRADER JACKSON SANBORN WAS RUNNER-UP.  CONGRAGULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WEEC LISTENING AREA STUDENTS WHO'RE EXCELLING IN THE CLASSROOM, INCLUDING STUDENTS AT CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BELLEFONTAINE WHO RECENTLY REPRESENTED THEIR SCHOOL AT THE ACSI SPELLING BEE WORTHINGTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, ISAAC REINHARD, ELLA STUDEBAKER, NAOMI ALDO, JOSH AND HANNAH KILGORE, AMANDA KOONS, AND IAN LAWLOR, AGES RANGING FROM 1ST THROUGH 8TH GRADES, SAYS THE LOGAN COUNTY RIVER CURRENT.

WEEC SPORTS - THURSDAY 2-2-12:

THE SUPER BOWL IS THIS SUNDAY 6:30PM IN INDIANAPOLIS.  NEW ENGLAND VS. THE NEW YORK GIANTS.  THE ATHLETES IN ACTION BREAKFAST IS THIS SATURDAY IN INDIANAPOLIS AS WELL, THE NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION'S BRUCE GRIMES TALKED ABOUT KNOWING FORMER GREEN BAY HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACK BART STARR ON WEEC NEWS, WHO'S A CHRISTIAN AND INVOLVED WITH AIA!
COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL:  MICHIGAN 68 INDIANA 56, DUQUESNE 83 DAYTON 73, WITTENBERG 66 OHIO WESLEYAN 58, NORTHWOOD 77 URBANA 57.

WOMENS ACTION:  CEDARVILLE 83 SALEM INTERNATIONAL 39.

URBAN MEYER'S 1ST RECRUITING CLASS AT OHIO STATE ENDS UP 4TH IN THE COUNTRY AFTER NATIONAL SIGNING DAY WEDNESDAY, INCLUDING NOAH SPENCE, ALDOLPHUS WASHINGTON, AND TOMMY SHUTT.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL:  THE NEWS SUN SAYS, KENTON RIDGE 82 GREENON 50, TECUMSEH 80 NORTHWESTERN 33, WAYNE 50 SPRINGFIELD 29, JONATHAN ALDER 74 GRAHAM 42.

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL:  MIDDLETOWN CHRISTIAN 91 EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 49.
 

WEEC NEWS - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2012

GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR TUNING TO WEEC FOR NEWS TODAY! 

IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WARM DAY FOR JANUARY!  HIGHS TODAY WILL REACH 56 DEGREES WITH LOWS TONIGHT DROPPING TO 34.  WE SHOULD HAVE SUNSHINE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  FRIDAY’S HIGHS RISE TO 50 DEGREES.  THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.  IT GETS COLDER FOR THE WEEKEND TOO, WITH LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT DROPPING TO 32 GIVING US THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW MIXING WITH THE RAIN.  

THE ARMY IS HIRING CIVILIAN DOCTORS, NURSES, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER CLINICAL SPECIALISTS AT SITES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY TO WORK WITH ITS CIVILIAN CORPS.  BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE ARE THE SPECIALITIES IN MOST DEMAND, SAID JOSEPH HARRISON JR. CHIEF OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR THE U.S. ARMY MEDICINE CIVILIAN CORPS.  THEY EMPLOY ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.  HARRISON SAID THEY ARE NOT A TRAINING PROGRAM, THAT WHEN THEY HIRE PEOPLE, THEY MUST BE FULLY QUALIFIED.  THE AGENCY’S WEBSITE IS: WWW.CIVILIANMEDICALJOBS.COM AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT POSITIONS, BENEFITS AND LOCATIONS OF JOBS.  JOB CANDIDATES CAN ALSO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A NEWSLETTER.  IF YOU MISSED THAT WEBSITE, HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE AT: WWW.WEEC.ORG AND CLICK ON THE NEWS TAB. 

THERE’S GOOD NEWS IN THE LISTENING AREA AS HONDA IS ANNOUNCING THAT IT WILL INVEST ABOUT $100 MILLION IN ITS PLANTS IN ANNA IN SHELBY COUNTY AND AT RUSSELLS POINT IN LOGAN COUNTY.  THE COMPANY WILL MAKE PULLEYS FOR ITS CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONS AT THE ANNA PLANT AND WILL ADD AN ASSEMBLY LINE AT ITS TRANSMISSION PLANT IN RUSSELLS POINT TO MAKE THE NEW TRANSMISSION, ACCORDING TO A COMPANY OFFICIAL.  THE HONDA SPOKESMAN SAID THE EXPANSION WILL INVOLVE CREATING UP TO 150 NEW JOBS AND THE TRANSFER OF SOME EXISTING JOBS.  HONDA HAS ABOUT 13,500 EMPLOYEES IN OHIO.

THE GREATER DAYTON AREA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL CRIME LABORATORY AND BESTOWED A $10,000 GRANT TO HELP MEDICAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IDENTIFY THE EVER-CHANGING INGREDIENTS IN DEADLY DESIGNER DRUGS SUCH AS “BATH SALTS”.  IN THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS ARTICLE, KEN BETZ, THE CRIME LAB’S DIRECTOR, SAID, “WHEN WE IDENTIFY A COMPOUND, THEY CHANGE ITS CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND WE HAVE A NEW COMPOUND THAT IS OUT BEING INGESTED BY OUR CHILDREN.” BATH SALTS CAN CAUSE HALLUCINATIONS, PARANOIA, RAPID HEART RATES AND SEIZURES.  USERS ARE OFTEN VIOLENT AND OUT OF CONTROL, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND OTHER PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SAID BRYAN BUCKLEW, GREATER DAYTON AREA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE.  FUNDING FOR THE GRANT CAME FROM THE 28 HOSPITALS IN THE ASSOCIATION’S 12-COUNTY REGION. 

STEPPING STONES OUTREACH MINISTRIES HELD A MEAL PREPARATION CLASS THIS PAST MONDAY AS PART OF A SIX-WEEK DOLLAR-STRETCHING SERIES!  ORGANIZERS WANT THE SERIES TO TEACH THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING DUE TO THE ECONOMY OR OTHER PERSONAL REASONS TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE THEIR DOLLARS GO FURTHER.  THE CLASS WAS PRESENTED BY VOLUNTEER SERIES FACILITATOR MARK TOWLER AND FULL-TIME STEPPING STONES VOLUNTEER JOHN NOLTE.  MEAL PREPARATION IS JUST ONE AREA THE SERIES HAS FOCUSED ON.  THEY HAVE ALSO STUDIED BASIC BUDGETING, CREDIT SCORES AND CREDIT’S POTENTIAL PITFALLS AS WELL AS COUPONING.  THERE ARE TWO MORE TOPICS YET, “MAKE YOUR OWN LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND DISH SOAP” ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH AND “BUILDING OR REBUILDING YOUR CREDIT SCORE” ON FEBRUARY 13TH.  BOTH CLASSES WILL BEGIN AT 6PM AT STEPPING STONES, 142 DELLINGER ROAD IN URBANA.  CLASSES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT IS REQUESTED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.  CALL 937/652-1303 TO REGISTER.  ORGANIZERS ARE ALSO PLANNING TO PUBLISH A 50-PAGE LIFE SKILLS TEXTBOOK FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THOSE RECEIVING BENEFITS FROM THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES.  STEPPING STONES IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS IN LIFE SKILLS, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SENIOR, CHLOE WEST OF SPRINGFIELD, HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FINALIST LIST ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION.  IN LATE FEBRUARY, THE NASP WILL BEGIN MAILING SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS TO THE WINNERS AT THEIR HOME ADDRESS AND CONFIDENTIALLY TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.  CHLOE IS THE DAUGHTER OF GILLIS AND JULIE WEST.

RECORDING ARTIST BABBIE MASON IS COMING TO SPRINGFIELD ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH FOR THE STAND II CONFERENCE, A CITI-WIDE WOMEN’S CONFERENCE AND WORSHIP TIME.  “THE JOURNEY…WOMEN JOURNEYING TOGETHER SO WE CAN STAND AS ONE” IS THE THEME FOR THIS SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT MAIDEN LANE CHURCH OF GOD, 1201 MAIDEN LANE IN SPRINGFIELD FROM 9AM-6:30PM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH.  TICKETS ARE ONLY $40 PER PERSON AND INCLUDE THE CONFERENCE, A CONCERT BY BABBIE MASON AND LUNCH AT THE COURTYARD BY MARIOTT.  CONFERENCE HOST IS CITILOOKOUT.  PLEASE CALL CITILOOKOUT AT 937/322-6532 IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION.  TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT CITILOOKOUT, MAIDEN LANE CHURCH OF GOD AND THE BEACON OF HOPE BOOKSTORE.  THEY CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT: WWW.CITILOOKOUT.ORG .

I’M RUTH BOOK THANKING YOU FOR CHOOSING NEWS ON WEEC!                              
IT’S TIME FOR OUR LIVESTOCK REPORT FROM UNITED PRODUCERS – AUCTION RESULTS FROM CALDWELL, EATON & WAPAKONETA.

HOGS:
  LIGHT:  61.00 & DOWN
  HEAVY:  64.25 & DOWN

SOWS:
  LIGHT:  56.25 & DOWN
  HEAVY:  60.50 & DOWN

CATTLE:
  CHOICE STEERS:  123.00-129.75
  CHOICE HEIFERS:  122.00-129.75
  SELECT STEERS:  120.00-123.00
  SELECT HEIFERS:  120.00-123.00

SHEEP & LAMBS:
  CHOICE WOOLS:  155.00-189.00
  FEEDER LAMBS:  170.00-189.00
  AGED SLAUGHTER SHEEP:  80.00 & DOWN