WEEC NEWS DIRECTOR JEFF KELLEY ENJOYED HIS TIME AT CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL'S OPEN HOUSE IN BELLEFONTAINE LAST NIGHT.  BELLEFONTAINE CITY SCHOOLS, AND CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BEGIN CLASSES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25TH.  INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR JOHN TAYLOR WAS A GREAT HOST, I HAD A GREAT TIME LAST NIGHT, GOD IS DOING A GREAT WORK THERE!  I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH GEORGE DETWILER, LONG-TIME TEACHER AT URBANA CITY SCHOOLS, AND BEGINNING HIS 16TH YEAR NOW AT CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AS A SCIENCE AND MATH TEACHER.  HE RECOMMENDED ANYONE THAT CAN GO TO THE CREATION MUSEUM IN KENTUCKY, HE'S ENJOYED GOING THERE MANY TIMES, AND TAKING A FIELD TRIP THERE AT CALVARY IN OCTOBER!  WEEC GENERAL MANAGER TRACY FIGLEY ATTENDS CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, AND WIFE VICKI TEACHES FIRST GRADE AT CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 

STUDENTS COMING BACK TO URBANA UNIVERSITY AND WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY, CLASSES STARTED MONDAY FOR WITTENBERG, WHILE THEY START TODAY AT UU. THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON STARTS CLASSES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25TH.  CLASSES START AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH, AND AT CLARK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH. 

WE WISH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, WORKERS AND OTHER STAFF THE VERY BEST SCHOOL YEAR!

WEST LIBERTY SALEM SCHOOLS START TODAY,  JEFF KELLEY'S TEENAGERS, 17 YEAR OLD REESE IN 11TH GRADE, 15 YEAR OLD APRIL IN 9TH GRADE, AND 13 YEAR OLD ROSS IN 7TH GRADE.    LONDON CITY SCHOOLS START TODAY, EXCEPT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE, RYAN FREED'S DAUGHTER CALVARY IS GOING TO FIRST GRADE.   URBANA CITY SCHOOLS START ON WEDNESDAY, AS DO SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOLS, MECHANICSBURG SCHOOLS, AND GREENON LOCAL SCHOOLS.  GRAHAM LOCAL SCHOOLS IN ST. PARIS DON'T START SCHOOL UNTIL WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST.  

WEEC SPORTS - TUESDAY 8-24-10:

BASEBALL:  SAN FRANCISCO 11 CINCINNATI 2, ST. LOUIS 10 PITTSBURGH 2 REDS LEAD OVER THE CARDINALS NOW 2 1/2 GAMES IN THE NL CENTRAL.

NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL:  TENNESSEE 24 ARIZONA 10

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:  THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND:  MARSHALL AT OHIO STATE, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH AT 6PM:  OLIVET AT WITTENBERG. 

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:  FRIDAY AUGUST 27TH:  GAMES INCLUDE WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN AT TRIAD, TIPPECANOE AT GRAHAM, WAPAKONETA AT BELLEFONTAINE, CEDARVILLE AT MADISON PLAINS, MECHANICSBURG AT WEST JEFFERSON, MIAMI EAST AT MILTON UNION, RIVERSIDE AT BENJAMIN LOGAN, GREENEVIEW AT DAYTON CHRISTIAN, CATHOLIC CENTRAL AT SHAWNEE, NORTHWESTERN AT SOUTHEASTERN, WEST LIBERTY SALEM AT ARCANUM, CHAMINADE JULIENNE AT TROY, KETTERING ALTER AT FAIRMONT, FAIRBORN AT TECUMSEH, XENIA AT CARROLL, CENTERVILLE AT LAKOTA EAST, PIQUA AT LIMA SENIOR, SIDNEY AT ST. MARYS MEMORIAL, BEAVERCREEK AT PRINCETON, GREENVILLE AT VANDALIA BUTLER, NORTHEASTERN AT KENTON RIDGE, URBANA AT LONDON, THURGOOD MARSHALL AT GREENON, AND THE RICK ROBERTSON'S SPRINGFIELD WILDCATS AT THE HAMILTON BIG BLUE!

WEEC NEWS - AUGUST 23, 2010

GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR CHOOSING WEEC FOR NEWS TODAY! 

KINGDOM RACING’S DAVEY HAMILTON TOGETHER WITH deFERRAN DRAGON RACING, HAVE ENTERED THE #21 HEWLETT PACKARD SPONSORED CAR IN THE IZOD INDY CAR PEAK INDY 300 THAT WILL BE RUN ON AUGUST 28TH.  HAMILTON’S CAREER ALMOST ENDED AFTER A DEVASTATING CRASH AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN 2001, BUT AFTER FIVE YEARS OF REHABILITATION AND 23 OPERATIONS, HAMILTON IS BACK TO RACING.  KINGDOM RACING IS AN INDYCAR RACE TEAM WITH A UNIQUE MISSION:  TO DELIVER GOD’S WORD THROUGH MOTORSPORTS.  THEIR GOAL?  TO USE INDYCAR RACES AS A PLATFORM TO REACH 1,000,000 MEN AND WOMEN FOR CHRIST!

BILL ARDLE ISN’T AFRAID TO POST HIS POLITICAL VIEWS ON HIS FLOWER SHOP SIGN ON N. LIMESTONE STREET IN SPRINGFIELD.  SCHNEIDER’S FLORIST HAS PUT ALL SORTS OF MESSAGES ON THEIR SIGN FROM BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO POLITICAL COMMENTS TO MESSAGES ABOUT CHRISTIANITY.   IN THE NEWS-SUN ARTICLE, ARDLE SAYS HE RECOGNIZES THAT HE LOSES SOME CUSTOMERS, BUT SAYS HE WOULD “RATHER LOSE CUSTOMERS THAN LOSE THE COUNTRY”.   SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY WILL BUY FLOWERS FROM HIM BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGES, BUT BILL ARDLE SAYS, “I ONLY PUT UP SIGNS I BELIEVE IN.”

THE GREAT BUCKEYE CHALLENGE WAS HELD AT BUCK CREEK STATE PARK IN CLARK COUNTY WITH ABOUT 700 PARTICIPATING IN THE TRIATHLON THAT INVOLVED SWIMMING, BIKING AND RUNNING.  THE WINNER WAS 22 YEAR OLD OHIO STATE STUDENT ROSS HARTLEY WHO WON THE SPRINT TRIATHLON FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR IN 1 HOUR, 6 MINUTES AND 19 SECONDS. 

A XENIA RESIDENT AND SPRINGFIELD NATIVE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD!  NICOLE HUFFMAN’S HUSBAND AND BUSINESS PARTNER DIED OF CANCER TWO YEARS AGO.  HUFFMAN CONTINUED RUNNING HER PACKAGE DELIVERY COMPANY OUT OF FEDEX’S TERMINAL IN VANDALIA.  SHE SAYS SHE USED HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE TO SUCCEED AS OWNER OF A.R.HUFFMAN, INC.  SHE WAS HONORED AT A BANQUET IN PITTSBURGH.  FEDEX RECOGNIZES THE BEST OF THE 12,000 SMALL-DELIVERY BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT THE FEDEX GROUND NETWORK WITH EXEMPLARY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

SCHOOLS ARE CONTINUING TO BEGIN THIS WEEK, WITH MANY STARTING TODAY, AND OTHERS STARTING THIS WEEK.  AS STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO CLASS, A NEW STUDY FINDS MORE PRE-TEENS AND TEENS IN THE BUCKEYE STATE ARE RECEIVING THEIR RECOMMENDED VACCINES COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO.  ACCORDING TO THE NEW REPORT FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, VACCINATION COVERAGE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AGED 13-17 INCREASED AS MUCH AS 15 PERCENT FROM 2008 TO 2009.  DR. CHRISTINA DORELL WITH THE CDC SAYS INCREASES IN WHOOPING COUGH CASES IN OHIO AND ELSEWHERE ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT CHILDREN AGAINS THESE SERIOUS, BUT PREVENTABLE DISEASES.  IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2010 IN OHIO, THERE WERE 670 CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH.  NOW OHIO IS REQUIRING ALL SEVENTH GRADERS TO GET THE T-DAP VACCINE WHICH PROTECTS AGAINST WHOOPING COUGH AS WELL AS DIPTHERIA AND TETANUS.  FOR FAMILIES WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD VACCINATIONS, THE VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON WELCOMED MORE THAN 2,000 FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS FROM MORE THAN 40 STATES THIS WEEKEND, MAKING IT THE LARGEST FIRST-YEAR CLASS AND THE GREATEST NUMBER OF OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL’S 160 YEAR HISTORY.  U.D. IS OHIO’S LARGEST PRIVATE UNIVERSITY AND ONE OF THE TOP-10 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE PAN FOR THE RECORD-BREAKING PUMPKIN PIE WAS MADE IN SPRINGFIELD?  ARCTECH FABRICATING, INC, LOCATED ON LAGONDA AVENUE IN SPRINGFIELD MAKES A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS WITH A BIG PORTION OF THEIR BUSINESS BEING MAKING PANS FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY.  ONE OF THE COMPANY’S BIGGEST CUSTOMERS IS THE AMERICAN PAN COMPANY LOCATED IN URBANA.  IN 2005, THE TEAM AT ARCTECH CREATED A PIE PAN THAT GOT INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.  IT WAS 12 FEET IN DIAMETER AND HELD THE RECORD-SETTING PUMPKIN PIE CREATED AT THE NEW BREMEN PUMPKIN FEST.  THEY SAY THAT THIS YEAR…THEY WANT A 20 FOOT DIAMETER PIE PAN!  THE 20 FOOT PIE WILL BE BAKED FOR ABOUT 12-15 HOURS OVER SEPTEMBER 24 AND 25 AS PART OF THE 2010 PUMPKIN FEST!

MARK KORDIC SAYS THAT THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR THE TLC FOR AFRICA 5K RUN/WALK THAT WILL BE OCCURING IN XENIA IS MONDAY, AUGUST 30TH.  THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD TO HELP PROVIDE HOPE AND LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL CARE TO AIDS ORPHANS AND OTHERS IN AFRICA.  THE RUN/WALK WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT SHAWNEE PARK IN XENIA.  REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 8AM WITH THE RACE TO START AT 9:00.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION CONTACT MARK BY EMAIL AT:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A XENIA WOMAN DIED AFTER HER MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED WITH A JEEP YESTERDAY EVENING AROUND 6:30PM.  GAIL ARNOLD, 43, WENT LEFT OF CENTER ON TRENTON FRANKLIN ROAD IN MADISON TOWNSHIP AND STRUCK A JEEP WRANGLER DRIVEN BY ROGER WILLIAMS OF MIDDLETOWN. ARNOLD WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE ACCORDING TO BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF LT. MIKE SMITH.  LT. SMITH SAID SEVERAL MOTORCYCLES WERE TRAVELING TOGETHER WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS, MEMBERS OF WEST MIDDLETOWN CHURCH OF GOD WERE IN THE MIDST OF A PRAYER SERVICE WHEN SOME OF THE MOTORCYCLISTS CAME TO THE CHURCH AND ASKED THEM TO PRAY FOR THEIR FRIEND.  THE CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING TO 60.  THE SUN WILL COME OUT FOR TUESDAY AND HIGHS WILL REACH 82.  THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY…ONLY A 20 PERCENT CHANCE.  IT WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER ON THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES PEAKING NEAR 75 UNDER SUNNY SKIES.  SUNSHINE IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!

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

RESULTS FROM OHIO MARKETS:

HOGS:
  MARKET HOGS:  55.00-65.50
  LIGHT:  60.00-75.00
  HEAVY:  53.00-59.50

SOWS:
  LIGHT:  52.00-60.00
  HEAVY:  44.00-67.00

CATTLE:
  CHOICE STEERS:  86.00-99.75
  CHOICE HEIFERS:  84.00-99.00
  SELECT STEERS:  78.00-91.00
  SELECT HEIFERS:  75.00-89.00

SHEEP & LAMBS:
  CHOICE WOOLS:  100.00-141.00
  CHOICE CLIPS:  125.00-140.00
  FEEDER LAMBS:  35.00-180.00
  AGED SLAUGHTER SHEEP:  28.00-72.50

IT'S BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK FOR MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE WEEC LISTENING AREA, SOME HAD ALREADY STARTED, BUT MOST THIS WEEK AND NEXT.  DAYTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FIRST DAY IS TODAY.  WE WISH ALL OF YOU THE VERY BEST NEW SCHOOL YEAR!!  TECUMSEH LOCAL SCHOOLS AND EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HAVE BEEN IN SESSION SINCE LAST WEDNESDAY, TRIAD LOCAL SCHOOLS STARTED LAST THURSDAY, NORTHWESTERN LOCAL SCHOOLS BEGIN CLASSES TODAY, AS DO NORTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOLS, CLARK-SHAWNEE LOCAL SCHOOLS,   WEST LIBERTY SALEM SCHOOLS START TUESDAY, WHILE URBANA AND BELLEFONTAINE CITY SCHOOLS BOTH START ON WEDNESDAY, AS DO SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOLS, MECHANICSBURG SCHOOLS, AND GREENON LOCAL SCHOOLS.  GRAHAM LOCAL SCHOOLS IN ST. PARIS DON'T START SCHOOL UNTIL WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST.  

The Dayton Daily News reports as Dayton Public Schools opens its three newest schools, more than two-thirds of the district’s students are now learning in new buildings.

An estimated 1,556 of those 10,473 students are at Meadowdale High School, Edison and Residence Park Pre K-8 schools, the latest to open. Four more schools will open later this school year in the district of about 14,557 students.

The state is paying about 60 percent of the construction costs, with local funds coming from a $245 million bond issue passed in 2002.

STUDENTS COMING BACK TO URBANA UNIVERSITY AND WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY, CLASSES START TODAY FOR WITTENBERG, WHILE THEY START TUESDAY AT UU, ACCORDING TO BOTH SCHOOLS' WEBSITES.  THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON STARTS CLASSES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25TH.  CLASSES START AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH, AND AT CLARK STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH. 

THE BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS 43 YEAR OLD GAIL ARNOLD IS KILLED IN A SUNDAY NIGHT MOTORCYCLE CRASH THAT SAW HER RIDING THE BIKE THAT COLLIDED WITH A JEEP AROUND 6:30PM.  ARNOLD HEADING NORTH ON TRENTON FRANKLIN ROAD AROUND THE 54 HUNDRED BLOCK, NEAR THE WEST MIDDLETOWN CHURCH OF GOD, WHEN HER BIKE WENT LEFT OF CENTER, HITTING A JEEP DRIVEN BY 57 YEAR OLD ROGER WILLIAMS OF MIDDLETOWN.  ARNOLD'S MOTORCYCLE WENT UNDERNEATH THE TIRE AND SHE WAS THROWN FROM THE BIKE, AND SLID UNDER A GUARDRAIL THERE.  WILLIAMS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION SUNDAY NIGHT, AUTHORITIES SAY.

WEEC SPORTS - 8-23-10:

BASEBALL:  CINCINNATI 5 L.A. DODGERS 2, ST. LOUIS 9 SAN FRANCISCO 0, THE REDS LEAD THE CARDINALS BY 3 1/2 GAMES IN THE NL CENTRAL.  DETROIT 8 CLEVELAND 1.

OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE WINNERS:  HOUSTON, PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH, SAN DIEGO, ATLANTA, AND COLORADO. 

AMERICAN LEAGUE WINNERS:  MINNESOTA, TAMPA BAY, KANSAS CITY, TEXAS, BOSTON, AND THE N.Y. YANKEES. 

MINOR LEAGUES:  TOLEDO 4 COLUMBUS 2, THE CLIPPERS HAVE LOST 5 STRAIGHT GAMES AND TRAIL LOUISVILLE BY A 1/2 GAME IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE WEST, DAYTON 12 LAKE COUNTY 7. 

TONIGHT 7PM:  TOLEDO AT COLUMBUS, LAKE COUNTY AT DAYTON, 10:15PM:  CINCINNATI AT SAN FRANCISCO, REDS 5-1 ON THE WEST COAST ROAD TRIP SO FAR!

FORMER REDS MANAGER LOU PINIELLA, WHO LED THE CINCINNATI TO THE 1990 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP, THE REDS LAST, RETIRES SUNDAY AS MANAGER OF THE CHICAGO CUBS.  PINIELLA WILL SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS AILING MOTHER, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM, PINIELLA ADDING, "MY MOM NEEDS ME HOME AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.  THE CUBS LOST SUNDAY TO ATLANTA 16-5.

NASCAR RACING:  HOW ABOUT KYLE BUSCH, WHO SWEEPS THE 3 RACES THIS WEEKEND AT BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, WINNING THE TRUCKS RACE LAST WEDNESDAY, THE NATIONWIDE FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THE SPRINT CUP RACE SATURDAY NIGHT!  WILL POWER WINS THE INDY CAR RACE AT SONOMA, CALIFORNIA. 

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER:  COLUMBUS 3 COLORADO 1

IN MENS TENNIS, ROGER FEDERER WINS THE CINCINNATI MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP BY DEFEATING MARDY FISH IN STRAIGHT SETS. 

NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL:  CINCINNATI 22 PHILADELPHIA 9, ST. LOUIS 19 CLEVELAND 17. 
QUARTERBACK BRETT FAVRE COMPLETES 1 PASS IN HIS PRESEASON DEBUT IN MINNESOTA'S 15-10 LOSS TO THE 49ERS.

WHIO-TV REPORTS THE CINCINNATI BENGALS PRACTIC BEFORE A SELLOUT CROWD SUNDAY AT DAYTON'S WELCOME STADIUM. 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL:  THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND:  MARSHALL AT OHIO STATE, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH AT 6PM:  OLIVET AT WITTENBERG. 

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:  FRIDAY AUGUST 27TH:  GAMES INCLUDE WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN AT TRIAD, TIPPECANOE AT GRAHAM, WAPAKONETA AT BELLEFONTAINE, CEDARVILLE AT MADISON PLAINS, MECHANICSBURG AT WEST JEFFERSON, MIAMI EAST AT MILTON UNION, RIVERSIDE AT BENJAMIN LOGAN, GREENEVIEW AT DAYTON CHRISTIAN, CATHOLIC CENTRAL AT SHAWNEE, NORTHWESTERN AT SOUTHEASTERN, WEST LIBERTY SALEM AT ARCANUM, CHAMINADE JULIENNE AT TROY, KETTERING ALTER AT FAIRMONT, FAIRBORN AT TECUMSEH, XENIA AT CARROLL, CENTERVILLE AT LAKOTA EAST, PIQUA AT LIMA SENIOR, SIDNEY AT ST. MARYS MEMORIAL, BEAVERCREEK AT PRINCETON, GREENVILLE AT VANDALIA BUTLER, NORTHEASTERN AT KENTON RIDGE, URBANA AT LONDON, THURGOOD MARSHALL AT GREENON, AND THE RICK ROBERTSON'S SPRINGFIELD WILDCATS AT THE HAMILTON BIG BLUE!

WEEC NEWS - FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010

GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR CHOOSING WEEC FOR NEWS TODAY! 

THE SECOND ANNUAL “HIT FOR HANNAH” VOLLEYBALL SCRIMMAGE FUNDRAISER WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY AT 4PM AT EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.  HANNAH WAS KILLED IN APRIL OF 2009 IN A TRAGIC CAR ACCIDENT.  HANNAH LOVED VOLLEYBALL AND LOVED TO HAVE FUN.   PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO HELP FUND THE HANNAH CHRISTINE YOUNG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT THE SPRINGFIELD FOUNDATION.  SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO GRADUATES FROM EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY AND KENTON RIDGE.

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION HAS LAUNCHED A WEBSITE TO HELP PEOPLE KEEP TRACK OF UPCOMING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION.  THE WEBSITE IS WWW.NAVISTAR.COM/NEGOTIATIONS AND WILL OFFER THE “BIG PICTURE” INFORMATION AND REGIONAL INFORMATION, SAID NAVISTAR SPOKESPERSON ROY WILEY.  THE SITE WILL BE UPDATED AS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.  CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN ON MONDAY, AUGUST 23RD.

FREE DISPOSAL OF USED FARM TIRES WILL BE OFFERED ON AUGUST 25TH AT THE CLARK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.  THIS FREE TIRE COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE TO CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS.  THE HOURS ARE 7AM-NOON.  YOU SHOULD ENTER AT GATE A1 AND BE PREPARED TO SHOW PROOF OF CLARK COUNTY RESIDENCY.  THE CLARK COUNTY COMBINED HEALTH DISTRICT AND THE CLARK COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ARE SPONSORING THE TIRE COLLECTION AND IT’S FUNDED WITH A TIRE AMNESTY GRANT FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF RECYCLING AND LITTER PREVENTION.  A FREE TIRE COLLECTION EVENT FOR ALL CLARK COUNTY RESIDENTS IS PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 20TH.

WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY IS WELCOMING 550 STUDENTS OF ITS CLASS OF 2014.  STUDENTS ARRIVED ON CAMPUS THURSDAY TO FIND PRESIDENT MARK ERICKSON AS WELL AS PROFESSORS, ALUMNI AND PARENTS OF STUDENTS READY TO HELP THEM UNLOAD THEIR CARS, CARRY BOXES AND ASSIST THEM INTO SETTLING INTO THE UNIVERSITY.  OHIO RESIDENTS MAKE UP ABOUT 360 MEMBERS OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS WITH THE REST COMING FROM 30 STATES AND 11 COUNTRIES. 

LOOK FOR SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON , AS WELL AS ON SATURDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO 91 DEGREES.  OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 69.  THERE IS A 60 PERCENT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND A 30 PERCENT POSSIBILITY OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDING INTO SUNDAY.  TEMPERATURES PEAK NEAR 85 ON SUNDAY.  SUNSHINE IS FORECAST FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES EACH DAY IN THE MID 80’S.

HERE’S SOME SAFETY TIPS YOU CAN TAKE TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR YOUR CHILDREN AS THEY RIDE THE BUS:
- SUPERVISE CHILDREN TO BE SURE THEY GET TO THE BUS STOP ON TIME, WAIT FAR AWAY FROM THE ROAD, AND AVOID ROUGH PLAY.
- TEACH YOUR CHILD TO ASK THE DRIVER FOR HELP IF HE DROPS SOMETHING NEAR THE BUS.  WHEN A CHILD STOOPS OVER, THE BUS DRIVER CANNOT SEE HIM.
- MAKE SURE CLOTHING HAS NO LOOSE DRAWSTRINGS AND BACKPACK STRAPS ARE SHORT SO THEY DON’T GET CAUGHT IN THE HANDRAIL OR BUS DOOR.
- ENCOURAGE SAFE SCHOOL BUS LOADING AND UNLOADING.
- IF YOU THINK A CERTAIN BUS STOP IS DANGEROUS, TALK WITH YOUR SCHOOL OFFICE OR TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.
- FOR THOSE DRIVING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR…PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY AND REMEMBER TO STOP ANY TIME THE SCHOOL BUS ARM IS OUT WITH CHILDREN LOADING OR UNLOADING!  ALSO BE SURE TO SLOW DOWN IN SCHOOL ZONES AND WATCH OUT FOR OUR CHILDREN!

GRANDPARENTS DAY IS SEPTEMBER 12TH AND TO CELEBRATE, THE STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGING IS ASKING OHIOANS TO SUBMIT PHOTOS OF GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN WORKING, LEARNING AND SERVING TOGETHER ON THE AGENCY’S FACEBOOK PAGE.  BARBARA E. RILEY, DIRECTOR, SAYS, “EACH DAY, OUR STATE AND COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM THE DIVERSE WAYS FIVE OR MORE DISTINCT GENERATIONS INTERACT AT WORK, AT PLAY AND THROUGH SERVICE TO OTHERS.”  SHE CONTINUED, “WE NEED EVERYONE’S HELP TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW THE STRENGTH OF OUR GENERATIONS MAKES US A GREAT STATE IN WHICH TO GROW UP AND GROW OLD.”  THE PROJECT IS ACTIVE NOW AND YOU CAN POST YOUR PICTURES AT:  WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OHIODEPARTMENTOFAGING.  SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 12TH.  YOU MAY ALSO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOS BY MAIL TO:  OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGING, ATTN: COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, 50 W. BROAD STREET, 9TH FLOOR, COLUMBUS OHIO, 43215.  THESE SUBMISSIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.  ONE MORE NOTE…PHOTOS CANNOT BE RETURNED.   IF YOU MISS ANY OF THIS INFORMATION, GO TO:  WWW.WEEC.ORG AND CLICK ON THE NEWS TAB!

IN BASEBALL TONIGHT IT’S CLEVELAND AT DETROIT AT 7:05 AND CINCINNATI DOING BATTLE WITH THE LA DODGERS IN LOS ANGELES AT 10:10PM.

THE NATIONWIDE SERIES TRUCKS RACE IS TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN TENNESSEE AND THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE TAKES PLACE THERE TOMORROW AT 7:43PM.
       
SATURDAY SHOULD BE SUNNY WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 90 DEGREES.  THERE IS A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COMING INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER 10PM…A 30 PERCENT POSSIBILITY OF THEM EXTENDING INTO SUNDAY.  TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL PEAK AT 86 DEGREES.  TONIGHT’S LOWS WILL DROP TO 69 UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND KEEP LISTENING TO WEEC! 

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

RESULTS FROM BUCYRUS:

HOGS:
  MARKET HOGS:  57.00-61.00
  LIGHT:  56.00-65.00
  HEAVY:  58.75 AND DOWN

SOWS: 
  LIGHT:  52.00-60.00
  HEAVY:  61.00-63.25

CATTLE: 
  CHOICE STEERS:  91.00-99.75
  CHOICE HEIFERS:  89.00-99.00
  SELECT STEERS:  86.00-91.00
  SELECT HEIFERS:  84.00-89.00

SHEEP & LAMBS:
  CHOICE WOOLS:  132.00-141.00
  CHOICE CLIPS: 130.00-140.00
  AGED SLAUGHTER SHEEP:  28.00-55.00