UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, THE Y AND WALGREENS OFFERS DAYTON RESIDENTS DIABETES PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAMS

Dayton among first cities in the nation to have access to innovative diabetes alliance programs

DAYTON, Ohio (Sept. 1, 2010) – Dayton residents are among the first in the United States to have access to health and wellness programs provided by UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Diabetes Prevention and Control Alliance, a partnership with the Y and Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG).

The Alliance includes two innovative components:

·         The Diabetes Prevention Program with the Y helps people at high risk for diabetes delay or prevent the disease through healthy eating, increased physical activity, and other lifestyle changes;

·         The Diabetes Control Program with Walgreens provides free education and support from trained pharmacists to help people with diabetes better control their condition and reduce the risk of developing diabetic complications such as nerve, kidney and eye disease.

The programs at the Y and Walgreens have been tested in controlled clinical trials or pilot projects with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Y, Indiana University, clinical centers, employers, and retail pharmacies. 

UnitedHealth Group offers these programs at no charge to participants enrolled in employer-provided health insurance plans. This is the first time in the United States that a health plan is paying for evidence-based diabetes prevention in addition to engaging pharmacists to deliver critical control programs for the disease.

THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE COVERED A FATAL TRUCK/BICYCLE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY MORNING AROUND 7:30AM AT THE BIKE PATH/ROAD CROSSING ON WEST HICKORY GROVE ROAD SOUTH OF URBANA.  58 YEAR OLD THOMAS SPURGIN RIDING HIS BIKE NORTH ON THE TRAIL WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A TRUCK IN THE ROADWAY DRIVEN BY 24 YEAR OLD ANTHONY ESSEX OF COLUMBUS.  SHERIFF BRENT EMMONS SAYS THE INTERSECTION HAS A STOP SIGN FOR CYCLISTS WHILE MOTOR VEHICLES HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE.  SPURGIN HAD RETIRED IN 2009 FROM THE SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SMALL SCHOOLS PRINCIPAL, AND DIED LATER AT MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. 

THE SIDNEY DAILY NEWS REPORTS MOTORCYCLISTS FROM THE AREA TOOK PART IN ESCORTING THE AVTT-TWF TRAVELING WALL INTO SIDNEY WEDNESDAY.  THE TRAVELING WALL A REPLICA OF THE VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.  THE SHELBY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HOSTS THE TRAVELING WALL AS PART OF THEIR "HONORING THOSE WHO SERVE" EVENT.  THE AVTT-TWF TRAVELING WALL TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT CUSTENBORDER PARK TODAY THROUGH MONDAY, LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH. 

THE MARYSVILLE POST OF THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS 47 YEAR OLD ROBERT HOUTZ OF XENIA DIES THIS PAST TUESDAY AT DAYTON'S MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL.  HOUTZ DYING AS A RESULT OF INJURIES SUFFERED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH SUNDAY EVENING ON STATE ROUTE 235 BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 24 AND 27, HE RAN OFF THE ROADWAY HEADING SOUTHWEST AND OVERTURNED, BEING EJECTED FROM THE MOTORCYCLE WHILE NOT WEARING A HELMET.  HOUTZ HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED SUNDAY TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SERIOUS INJURIES AND DIED TUESDAY. 

Urban Light Ministries
Annual Gala
Thursday September 16, 2010
6:00pm
Guest Speaker, Rev Herb Lusk
Quality Inn and Suites,
383 East Leffel Lane, Springfield, Ohio

Enjoy an evening of fine dining with guest speaker Rev. Herb Lusk, former pro football player with the Philadelphia Eagles. Lusk is known as the "praying tailback." Learn about the future of The Sonshine Clubs and honor those who have championed fatherhood in our community. To attend is free, but tickets are required. To reserve your ticket call 937-324-4246 by September 10, 2010.

WEEC SPORTS - 9-2-10:

COURTESY OF OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM

Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference office announced football division alignments beginning with the 2011 season as recommended by conference directors of athletics and reviewed and supported by the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors. Nebraska will officially begin conference competition in 2011, giving the Big Ten 12 football programs for the first time in conference history.

The winner of each Big Ten division will meet in the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game, to be played December 3, 2011, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The championship game will determine the Big Ten Champion and the conference’s participant in the Rose Bowl Game or Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game.

The Big Ten football division alignments will include a division featuring Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin, and a division featuring Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Northwestern. Each school will play the other five schools within its division and will also face three teams from the other division, including one cross-division matchup guaranteed on an annual basis. The guaranteed cross-division matchups are Illinois-Northwestern, Indiana-Michigan State, Ohio State-Michigan, Penn State-Nebraska, Purdue-Iowa and Wisconsin-Minnesota. Names for each Big Ten football division will be announced at a later date.

BASEBALL:  CINCINNATI 6 MILWAUKEE 1, HOUSTON 5 ST. LOUIS 2, THE REDS HEAD OFF TO ST. LOUIS FOR A WEEKEND SERIES STARTING FRIDAY, THE CARDINALS WILL TRY AND MAKE UP AN 8 GAME DEFICIT IN THE NL CENTRAL!  PITCHER AROLDIS CHAPMAN PITCHES THE 7TH INNING, THROWING 11 PITCHES, STRIKES OUT THE SIDE WHILE GETTING THE WIN! 

8:15PM FRIDAY NIGHT:  CINCINNATI AT ST. LOUIS

WWW.CINCINNATI.COM REPORTS starting today, fans can register for the opportunity to purchase tickets for any 2010 Reds postseason games that may be played at Great American Ball Park.

Fans may register for the drawing on reds.com only. The online registration runs from today until Thurs., Sept. 9 at noon.  Season ticket holders and partial plan holders (13 games) and more have the opportunity the same number of additional tickets starting next Wednesday. 

WEEC NEWS - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

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WE ARE IN FOR ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY, WITH HIGHS FORECAST TO REACH 91 DEGREES.  IT WILL BE HOT AGAIN ON THURSDAY BEFORE WE GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 66 DEGREES.  WE HAVE A 20 PERCENT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT, BUT THAT POSSIBILITY GOES UP TO 50 PERCENT ON FRIDAY, BUT IT WILL BE COOLER, WITH HIGHS PEAKING NEAR 79 DEGREES.  COOLER CONDITIONS ARE THEN IN THE MIAMI VALLEY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING INTO THE LOW TO MID 50’S AND HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL RISE TO 72…GOING ON UP TO 76 ON SUNDAY…BUT SUNSHINE IS FORECAST FOR BOTH OF THOSE DAYS.  LABOR DAY BRINGS MORE SUNSHINE WITH TEMPERATURES AT 80 DEGREES.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, GREENON LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL DISMISS TWO HOURS EARLY TODAY, SAID ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT TAMMY CARNAHAN.  ALL GREENON SCHOOLS WILL DISMISS TWO HOURS EARLY, AND THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON KINDERGARTEN OR PRESCHOOL.

AUGUST WAS AMONG THE 25 DRIEST MONTHS SINCE 1893, ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECORDS.  THE DRIEST WAS AUGUST OF 1996.  MYRON PADGETT, METEOROLIGIST WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON, SAID WE HAVE ABOUT HALF OF THE RAINFALL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE.  METEOROLOGISTS RECORDED 1.73 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE DAYTON AREA LAST MONTH, WELL BELOW THE AUGUST AVERAGE OF 3.1 INCHES.  WHIO-TV METEROLOGIST, JAMIE SIMPSON, SAID THAT “JUNE WAS QUITE WET, AND THAT’S WHAT’S REALLY SAVING US NOW.”  LAWNS ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE THE MOISTURE THAT IS IN THE TOP OF THE SOIL IS VERY LOW BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO DRY.”

CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ARE PAYING DOWN THEIR STUDENT LOANS AT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN OTHER COLLEGES IN THE MIAMI VALLEY, ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.  THE REPORT IS BASED ON THE 2009 RATE OF REPAYMENT FOR STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED OR LEFT SCHOOL BETWEEN 2004 AND 2008.  MORE THAN 8,000 UNIVERSITY, COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS WERE INCLUDED IN THAT REPORT.  CEDARVILLE HAD AN 88 PERCENT FEDERAL LOAN REPAYMENT RATE IN 2009…THE HIGHEST IN THE AREA.  THE UNIVERSITY WAS ALSO RANKED IN THE TOP 20 AMONG ALL UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES IN THE NATION.  IN THE REPORT IN THE NEWS SUN, CEDARVILLE PRESIDENT BILL BROWN GAVE TWO POSSIBLE REASONS.  HE SAID,  “ONE, I HOPE WE INSTALL A REAL SENSE OF INTEGRITY IN OUR STUDENTS…IF YOU OWE SOMETHING YOU PAY IT.  SECONDLY, WE ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN JOB PLACEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR AREA OF STUDY…EVEN FOR OUR ALUMS. “  BROWN BELIEVES THAT HELPS A LOT.  THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE IN THE AREA AT 69 PERCENT, FOLLOWED BY WITTENBERG AT 68 PERCENT, THEN URBANA AND WRIGHT STATE SHOWING A 48 PERCENT REPAYMENT RATE OF STUDENT LOANS.

INTERVARSITY HAS SEEN GROWTH IN CAMPUS MINISTRY DESPITE SOME UNCERTAINTY CREATED BY A RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISION.  INTERVARISTY PRESIDENT ALEC HILL SAID, “THIS IS A GOOD SEASON FOR INTERVARSITY RIGHT NOW, THE CLIMATE FOR CAMPUS MINISTRY HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER.”  THEY HAVE TRAINED THE LARGEST-EVER CLASS OF NEW STAFF AND ARE READY TO MINISTER TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.   QUESTIONS ABOUT CAMPUS MINISTRY WERE RAISED BY A JUNE RULING OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY VS. MARTINEZ, IN WHICH THEJUSTICES DECIDED IN A 5-4 DECISION THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW COULD DENY OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THE CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY AS A CAMPUS ORGANIZATION.    THE DENIAL WAS BASED ON CLS’S REQUIREMENT THAT MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION AFFIRM A STATEMENT OF FAITH AND ON HASTINGS’ “ALL COMERS” ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY WHICH STATES THAT ALL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS MUST ACCEPT ALL STUDENTS WHO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP.  INTERVARSITY DOES NOT HAVE A STRICT MEMBERSHIP POLICY, BUT THEY DO REQUIRE LEADERS TO AFFIRM THEIR DOCTRINAL STATEMENT.  INTERVARSITY HOPES TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS FREELY AS ANY OTHER CAMPUS ORGANIZATION.  INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP/USA IS AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL MINISTRY WORKING WITH 35,000 CORE STUDENTS AND FACULTY IN 850 CHAPTERS ON U.S. COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES.  FOUNDED IN 1941, INTERVARSITY IS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS, ADVANCING CHRISTIAN STUDENT WORK IN 150 COUNTRIES. 
 
A WEST LIBERTY NATIVE AND DWARF CAR DRIVER, DANIEL WIRICK, WANTED TO RACE WITH HIS GRANDFATHER, BILL HOSTETLER, THERE…SO ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH, WIRICK WON ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACES OF HIS CAREER…A RACE NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER.  THE RACE WAS THE MAX EVANS-BILL HOSTETLER DWARF CAR CLASSIC AT SHADY BOWL SPEEDWAY.  WIRICK SAID IT’S AN EXCITING RACE BECAUSE OF IT BEING NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER AND BECAUSE 15 OUT OF STATE CARS COME TO THE RACE.  THE SERIES HAS FIVE RACES REMAINING…AND WIRICK WOULD LIKE TO WIN HIS FIRST POINTS TITLE AFTER FINISHING SECOND LAST SEASON.

OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD CORDREY WAS IN SPRINGFIELD AT THE WOODRUFF CENTER TODAY TO LAUNCH A NEW PROGRAM TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS RECOVER FUNDS LOST TO DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES BY SCAMMERS.  MORE THAN 1,400 OF THESE HAVE SOUGHT AND RECEIVED ASSISTANCE.

AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND…WHICH SIGNALS THE TRADITIONAL END OF THE SUMMER BOATING SEASON, WE NEED TO REMEMBER SOME BASIC TIPS FOR SAFE BOATING!  REMEMBER TO NEVER DRINK WHEN YOU GO BOATING.  HALF OF THE BOATING-RELATED FATALITIES RECORDED IN OHIO THIS YEAR INVOLVED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.  BOAT OPERATORS NEED TO BE AWARE OF OTHER BOAT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS.  USE NAVIGATION LIGHTS AT NIGHT AND NEVER OVERLOAD THE BOAT WITH PEOPLE OR EQUIPMENT.  TAKE A BOATING COURSE TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON BOATING SAFETY.  THESE ARE AVAILABLE IN A CLASSROOM, ON THE INTERNET OR THROUGH A HOME STUDY COURSE.  FOR INFORMATION ON OHIO’S BOATING PROGRAMS, GO ON LINE TO:  WWW.OHIODNR.COM/WATERCRAFT , OR CALL TOLL-FREE TO 1/877/4BOATER.

THE WEATHER FORECAST IS CALLING FOR SOME BEAUTIFUL WEATHER FOR BOATING THIS WEEKEND!  SUNNY SKIES ARE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND LABOR DAY, WITH TEMPERATURES PEAKING AT 72 SATURDAY, 76 ON SUNDAY, AND NEAR 80 FOR MONDAY.  THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY, BUT SUNNY SKIES SHOULD BE SEEN TOMORROW AND HIGHS WILL AGAIN RISE TO 90 DEGREES.  TONIGHT’S LOWS WILL DROP TO 66.

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IT’S TIME FOR OUR LIVESTOCK REPORT -  DIRECT FROM UNITED PRODUCERS, INC.

RESULTS FROM CALDWELL, EATON AND WAPAKONETA:

CATTLE:
  CHOICE STTERS:  87.00-90.00

SHEEP & LAMBS:
  CHOICE WOOLS:  99.00-128.00
  AGED SLAUGHTER SHEEP:  51.00-62.00

The Ohio State University’s Ford Named a

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ‘Nurse Faculty Scholar’

Community Health Researcher Studying Sexually Transmitted Infections is Selected for Prestigious Program to Advance Careers of Nation’s Most Promising Junior Nurse Faculty

Columbus, Ohio—Jodi Ford, Ph.D., R.N., an assistant professor at The Ohio State University, has won a competitive grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to study how neighborhood and school disadvantage affect the spread of sexually transmitted infections in young adults. Ford is one of just 12 nurse educators from around the country to receive the three-year $350,000 Nurse Faculty Scholar award this year. It is given to junior faculty who show outstanding promise as future leaders in academic nursing. The grant period begins next month.

THE WEST LIBERTY LABOR DAY FESTIVAL GOING ON THIS WEEKEND IN LOGAN COUNTY, AT LIONS PARK THROUGH MONDAY LABOR DAY.  HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A SATURDAY PARADE, A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, AN ANTIQUE TRACTOR AND IMPLEMENT AUCTION, AND AN ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL. 

AN URBANA DAILY CITIZEN REPORT SAYS MORE THAN 40,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE STATE OF OHIO THIS MONTH, ALMOST AS MANY AS OFFICIALS UNCOVERED IN THE STATE IN ALL OF 2009.  IN EARLY AUGUST, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS FOUND AROUND 22,000 POT PLANTS IN THE SOUTHERN OHIO VILLAGE OF LATHAM.  THE BUST SO BIG AUTHORITIES CHOSE TO BURN THE PLANTS IN AN OUTDOOR AREA WHERE THEY WERE FOUND, INSTEAD OF DESTROYING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.  OHIO BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION SPECIAL AGENT SUPERVISOR SCOTT DUFF SAYS HE EXPECTS THOSE NUMBERS TO INCREASE IN THE YEARS AHEAD AS OUTDOOR POT-GROWING OPERATIONS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON IN RURAL OHIO. 

THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIR STARTS TODAY IN DAYTON, THE RICHWOOD INDEPENDENT FAIR STARTS TODAY AS WELL IN UNION COUNTY, AND THE HIGHLAND COUNTY FAIR IN HILLSBORO STARTS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH IN OUR LISTENING AREA!

Tea Party Express Congratulates Joe Miller As

Lisa Murkowski Concedes U.S. Senate Race

ANCHORAGE - The Tea Party Express (website: www.TeaPartyExpress.org) congratulates Joe Miller on winning the race for the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Alaska.

"Last night Senator Lisa Murkowski conceded the race for U.S. Senate to Conservative Republican Joe Miller.  We here at the Tea Party Express couldn't be more excited," said Amy Kremer, Chairman of the Tea Party Express.

"We congratulate Joe Miller on winning the political shocker of the year.  Joe Miller's campaign based on a constitutional conservative platform resonated with the state's Republican primary voters and should serve as a wake up call to the political establishments of both parties.

"We also thank and congratulate Gov. Sarah Palin who first called our attention to this race.  She was right in her proclamation that Joe Miller was a first-rate candidate who offered a vision for the future of this country and how to return America to the right track," said Amy Kremer.

"Up next:  Christine O'Donnell for U.S. Senate in Delaware," Kremer said.

WEEC SPORTS - WEDNESDAY 9-1-10:

BASEBALL:  CINCINNATI 8 MILWAUKEE 4, HOUSTON 3 ST. LOUIS 0, REDS LEAD THE NL CENTRAL BY 7 GAMES HEADING INTO SEPTEMBER!  HERALDED LEFT-HANDED PITCHER AROLDIS CHAPMAN CAME IN TO THROW 8 PITCHES IN THE 8TH INNING, RETIRING THE SIDE IN ORDER AND BEING CLOCKED AT 103 MILES AN HOUR BY THE RADAR GUN AT GABP!  CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 CLEVELAND 3.

ERNIE HAASE & SIGNATURE SOUND TO PERFORM
NATIONAL ANTHEM AT EMORY HEALTHCARE 500 NASCAR
SPRINT CUP SERIES AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY

ESPN TO BROADCAST EVENT LIVE

NASHVILLE, TN (August 31, 2010) – Ernie Haase & Signature Sound will perform the National Anthem prior to the Emory Healthcare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series night race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 5.

The patriotic pre-race event will feature the group performing the National Anthem, preceded by, "I Pledge My Allegiance." The group will be joined by a choir from Hampton First Baptist Church in Hampton, GA. During the performance, local families of fallen military members will join Ernie Haase & Signature Sound in the Atlanta Motor Speedway Infield where they will help display a vast American flag to honor America's soldiers.

Ernie Haase commented, "We are honored to sing the National Anthem at the Emory Healthcare 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. We are grateful to Ed Clark, the president of the Atlanta Motor Speedway for giving us a chance to celebrate America and the Altanta Motor Speedway's 50th Anniversary."

THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE IS SUNDAY EVENING AT 7:45PM AT ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY, THE NATIONWIDE RACE SATURDAY AT 7:15PM IN ATLANTA, THE TRUCKS RACE IS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 8:15PM AT KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY IN SPARTA, THE INDY CAR RACE SATURDAY 9PM AT KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY.  
U.S. OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT:  WINNERS INCLUDED ROGER FEDERER AND MARIA SHARAPOVA. 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:  THURSDAY 7:30PM:  MARSHALL AT OHIO STATE, SATURDAY 3:30PM:  PURDUE AT NOTRE DAME, AND AT 6PM SATURDAY IT'S OLIVET AT WITTENBERG, EXPECTATIONS HIGH FOR JOE FINCHAM'S TIGERS AFTER A 12-1 CAMPAIGN IN 2009. 

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK TWO, MOST GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT, INCLUDING TWO 1-0 TEAMS IN ACTION, THE NORTHWESTERN WARRIORS AT THE WEST LIBERTY-SALEM TIGERS.  NORTHWESTERN WITH A SURPRISING FIRST WEEK WIN OVER A GOOD SOUTHEASTERN TEAM, WHILE THE TIGERS ROUT ARCANUM.  THE SPRINGFIELD WILDCATS GO FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR ENTERTAINING UPPER ARLINGTON.  HEAR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AT 625AM AND 725AM DURING SPORTS, AND ON MONDAY MORNINGS AT 625AM, ALL SEASON LONG ON WEEC SPORTS! 

ALABAMA RUNNING BACK AND LAST YEAR'S HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER MARK INGRAM HAS TO HAVE SURGERY AND WILL MISS THE CRIMSON TIDE'S FIRST GAME VERSUS SAN JOSE STATE.

NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL THURSDAY NIGHT:  7PM:  CINCINNATI AT INDIANAPOLIS, 8PM:  CHICAGO AT CLEVELAND, ACCORDING TO CBSSPORTS.COM.

WEEC NEWS - TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010

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...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S TODAY. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE ABOUT 10 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL HIGHS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES IN THE MID 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON.  PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO AVOID PROLONGED WORK IN THE SUN AND KEEP PLENTY OF LIQUIDS ON HAND. TRY TO STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT IF POSSIBLE.    SKIES WILL BE CLEAR TONIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING TO 65.  WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BOTH WILL STILL BE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 92.  WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING…ABOUT A 30 PERCENT POSSIBILITY.  TEMPERATURES COOL SOME ON FRIDAY, WITH HIGHS AT 82 AND LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 54.  SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE QUITE PLEASANT WITH SUNNY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES PEAKING BETWEEN 75 AND 78 DEGREES!  LABOR DAY SHOULD BE SUNNY WITH HIGHS NEAR 81.

A SPRINGFIELD MAN DIED SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN HIS MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP TRUCK AT INTERSTATE 675 AND OHIO 444.  ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, DONALD KARNS, 63, OF SPRINGFIELD WAS RIDING HIS 1949 HARLEY-DAVIDSON EASTBOUND ON OHIO 444 AROUND 4PM SUNDAY WHEN A PICKUP TRUCK GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ATTEMPTED A LEFT TURN ONTO THE RAMP TO I-675 SOUTHBOUND.  KARNS’ MOTORCYCLE STRUCK THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE PICKUP.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.  KARNS’ WIFE WAS A PASSENGER ON THE MOTORCYCLE BUT SHE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.  HELMETS WERE NOT WORN.  THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK, JEFFREY WITTMAN OF CASSTOWN WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. 

THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS THAT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE BEING FACED WITH THE THREAT OF LOSING FEDERAL FUNDING IF THEY DON’T MAKE EFFORTS TO CURB PIRACY OF MUSIC AND MOVIES BY THEIR STUDENTS.  UNDER THE 2008 REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY ACT, IF SCHOOLS DO NOT IMPLEMENT PLANS TO “EFFECTIVELY COMBAT” THE PIRACY OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS, THEY FACE LOSING ELIGIBILITY FOR BILLIONS IN FEDERAL STUDENT AID AND RESEARCH DOLLARS.  THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON TRIES TO BLOCK TRAFFIC USED FOR PIRACY AND WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY USES A COMBINATION OF SOFTWARE AND EDUCATION TO CURB PIRACY.  THE MUSIC AND FILM INDUSTRY LOSES BILLIONS EACH YEAR TO PIRACY.

THE DAYTON DEAF FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE NUTTER CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH FROM 9AM-5PM.  THIS BIENNIAL EVENT CELEBRATES AND EDUCATES ABOUT THE DEAF COMMUNITY.  ADMISSION IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, STUDENTS, INTERPRETERS, PARENTS OF DEAF CHILDREN---AND HEARING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES!  THERE WILL ENTERTAINMENT, BOOTHS, DISPLAYS, PRIZES, EDUCATION, AND FUN!  FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON THE GROUNDS.

THE STATE’S LARGEST INLAND LAKE WAS OPEN FOR BOATING THIS PAST WEEKEND, BUT THERE WERE NOT VERY MANY BOATS SEEN ON THE WATER.  AN ALGAE BLOOM ADVISORY, WHICH SHUT DOWN THE USE OF THE 13,500 ACRE LAKE ON JULY 17TH WAS DOWNGRADED LAST WEEK TO A TOXIN ADVISORY BY THE OHIO EPA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES.  THE LATEST ADVISORY ALLOWS RECREATIONAL BOATING, BUT STILL WARNS AGAINST DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE WATER.  THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS THAT SUNDAY, AUGUST 29TH WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR BOATING…BUT ONLY ABOUT A HALF DOZEN BOATS WERE VISIBLE ON GRAND LAKE ST. MARYS.    DON DAVIS SAYS THEY AREN’T GIVING UP AND EXPECT TO HAVE A BETTER BOATING SEASON NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS A GREAT WEEK AND IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND FOR BOATING!  SUNSHINE ABOUNDS THROUGH LABOR DAY…WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRIDAY WHEN WE HAVE A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SOME PRECIPITATION IN THE MORNING.  OTHERWISE EXPECT SUNSHINE AND HIGHS THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE LOW 90’S, THEN 80 ON FRIDAY, GOING TO 75 FOR SATURDAY.

THE SALVATION ARMY OF MARION…IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MID OHIO FOOD BANK, WILL HOST A FARMER’S MARKET PRODUCE GIVEAWAY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH.  AN INDIVIDUAL FROM EACH INTERESTED HOUSEHOLD MAY COME BETWEEN 1 AND 4PM TO PICK UP PRODUCE AT THE SALVATION ARMY, 317 W. CHURCH STREET IN MARION.  THERE ARE INCOME GUIDELINES TO PARTICIPATE.  CALL THE SALVATION ARMY FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY AT 1/740/382-2156.    THAT SPECIAL PRODUCE GIVEAWAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH AT THE SALVATION ARMY IN MARION.  FOR QUESTIONS, CALL 1/740/382-2156.

THE DAYTON DRAGONS SCORED SEVEN RUNS IN THE NINTH INNING TO OVERCOME A FIVE-RUN DEFICIT AS THEY DEFEATED THE LANSING LUGNUTS 9-7 LAST NIGHT!  THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS THE DRAGONS HAVE WON EIGHT OF THEIR LAST TEN GAMES!  THEY PLAY THEIR FINAL ROAD GAME OF 2010 TONIGHT AT 7:05 AGAINST THE LUGNUTS IN LANSING, MICHIGAN.  THE NEXT HOME GAME IS WEDNESDAY AT 7PM AT FIFTH THIRD FIELD IN DAYTON AGAINST BOWLING GREEN.

THANKS FOR LISTENING TO WEEC! 

IT’S TIME FOR OUR LIVESTOCK REPORT -  DIRECT FROM UNITED PRODUCERS, INC.

RESULTS FROM CRESTON & HILLSBORO:

HOGS:
  MARKET HOGS:  59.75-65.00
  LIGHT:  59.75-75.00
  HEAVY:  62.50-65.00

SOWS:
  LIGHT:  48.00-60.00
  HEAVY:  72.50-64.50

CATTLE:
  CHOICE STEERS:  90.00-97.50
  CHOICE HEIFERS:  88.00-95.00
  SELECT STEERS:  84.00-91.00
  SELECT HEIFERS:  80.00-91.00

SHEEP & LAMBS:
  CHOICE WOOLS:  116.00-128.00
  FEEDER LAMBS:  129.00-169.00
  AGED SLAUGHTER SHEEP:  56.00-67.50