Middletown Artist Wins Best of Show at Ohio State Fair
Richard George, instructor at the Middletown Fine Arts Center, received Best of Show in the Fine Arts Division at the Ohio State Fair. His winning painting The Banqueting Room, one of four George works shown, earned a $500 prize from the Ohio Arts Council. The four paintings will remain on exhibit through Sept. 3. George has 27 juried shows since 1971, with multiple awards. He served as interim director of the Fine Arts Center in 1973 and will teach five classes this fall starting Sept. 24. He and his wife recently bought a home near Seven Mile. Mrs. George is an associate professor of art at Miami University.
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Richard George
Middletown Fine Arts Center
George
Seven Mile
Oxford
Miami University
Franklin mother charged in infant death
The mother of 20 month old Jessie Lamb from Franklin was charged with second degree murder after an autopsy found severe abdominal injuries. A man, James Abney, 18, was charged with second degree murder and the mother with child neglect.
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Franklin
Middletown
Paul Lamb
Main St
James Abney
Pennyroyal Road
Caesar's Creek dam work resumes after court ruling
A federal judge allowed the U S Army Corps of Engineers to restart construction on two Caesar's Creek area dams and the East Fork project. The ruling lifts a temporary restraining order but imposes an environmental protection injunction until a later hearing. About 200 workers in Warren and Clermont counties may return to work.
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Dayton, Ohio
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Warren
Clermont
U.S. District Court
Carl Rubin
Caesar’s Creek
East Fork
Little Miami River
Rubin
Atty. Gen
William J. Brown
Brown
Timothy Hogan
Hogan
Mason man dies after Monday shooting
Warren County sheriff's officers report the death of 45 year old James Burgess of Mason. Burgess was found Monday shot once in the lower abdomen and lying in a pool of blood. He died yesterday as the investigation continues.
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Mason
Warren County Sheriff’s
James Burgess
Man Shot Dead in Franklin Under Investigation
John D. Hathaway, 26, of 305% Hamilton Middletown Road Franklin, was found shot in the mouth with a 9mm pistol. Warren Young tentatively rules death by own action. coroner's office continues investigation. Survivors include his mother in Norwood. funeral arrangements at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Middletown.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Ralph Young
John D. Hathaway
Hamilton- Middletown Road
Franklin
Hathaway
Young
Warren County Sheriff's Office
The
Outlaws
Cincinnati
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local Obituaries
Claude Gibbs 73 of 3204 Illinois Ave dies Thursday. Service Monday 2 p.m. Grace Baptist Church with Rev. Howard Sears. burial Woodside Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. and after 1 p.m. Monday at church. Nancy O Hyden 1917 Lamberton St dies Thursday night at Butler Kentucky home of her mother. Services Sunday 1 p.m. Peoples Funeral Home Butler. burial Stanton Kentucky. Mattie Satterfield 74 of 1338 Woodlawn Ave dies Friday night at Barbara Park Convalescent Center. Survived by sisters Anna Hoe Louisville and Hazel Belini Cincinnati and brothers Ancil Charles Andrew Downey Middletown and Dave Downey California. McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home arranging. Fannie Hogan 79 of Lynchburg, former South Lebanon resident, dies Friday at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington. Survived by husband Charles and two sisters in Kentucky. Services Tuesday 11 a.m. South Lebanon United Methodist.
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Claude Gibbs
Illinois Ave
Grace Baptist Church
Howard Sears
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler
Gibbs
Nancy O. Hyden
Lamberton St
Malva Combs
Butler
Green
Robert Bishop
Franklin
Roy
Falmouth
Peoples Funeral
Stanton, Ky
Mattie Satterfield
Woodlawn Ave
Barbara Park Convalescent Center
Anna Hoe
Louisville, Ky
Hazel Belini
Cincinnati
Ancil
Charles
Andrew Downey
Middletown
Dave Downey
California
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Lebanon
Fannie Hogan
Lynchburg
South Lebanon
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Kentucky
South Lebanon United Methodist
Mason — Remmert P
Doc) Wunker
Albuquerque
N.M
Shadow Lake
Mason
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Lois Class
Susanna Keller
Daniel
David
Lydia van Houten
William
Ontario
Canada
Herbert
Wesley
Shorten Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Funeral
Man Hit On Head Near Crawford Street Overpass
Paul Augspurger a 63 year old resident of 546 Crawford Street was treated and released at Middletown Hospital for a head laceration and facial abrasions after telling firemen he was struck while walking under the Crawford Street overpass. Burial plans include South Lebanon Cemetery with Oswald Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Paul Augspurger
Crawford Street
Middletown Hospital
Augspurger
Middletown
Theft Reports From Local Vehicles And Apartment Break-In
A toolbox valued at 350 was stolen from a car owned by Arthur E. Wright at the Aeronca parking lot on Germantown Road. Two front tires and wheels were stolen from a car at Whitt Auto Sales owned by Carliss Whitt. Phillip Williams reported a break-in at his apartment on 1505 Manchester Ave, with a crescent wrench and a roll of electrical tape taken.
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Arthur E. Wright
Oxford State Road
Aeronca
Germantown Road
Whitt Auto Sales
Carliss Whitt
Phillip Williams
Manchester Ave
Cyclist Hurt in Motorcycle Crash Near Lebanon
Jerry Gill aged 34 of Lebanon underwent surgery at Middletown Hospital after a motorcycle crash on Ohio 741 near Ohio 63 last night. The cycle left the road on a curve and rolled over several times before Gill was transported by the Lebanon Life Squad.
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Jerry Gill
Lebanon
Middletown Hospital
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Gill
Lebanon Life Squad
Middletown Board OKs 3.8% admin pay rise over objection
The Middletown Board of Education approved a 3.8 percent salary increase for administrators such as principals directors and counselors despite a dissenting vote by member Joseph Woodruff who urged a fixed pay schedule. The board will have Superintendent Robert Johnson draft a schedule reflecting Woodruff's ideas by December 1. Additional actions included cost saving sidewalk repairs by the district and road extension discussions near Verity School while approving various contracts and personnel moves.
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Middletown
Board of Education
Joseph Woodruff
Woodruff
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Monroe
Butler Street
Robert Wearly
Howard Schueller
Paul R. Christiansen
City Community Development Department
Marshall Road
Verity School
Barnitz Bank
First National Bank of Middletown
Kaiser Sound and Communication Co
Bees
Central Ave
Kennedy School
Dayton
Butler County
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Jessie Lamb
Franklin Rescue Act
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John Sheckler
Great Miami River
Carmody Boulevard
Caesar’s Creek Dam
Clermont County
East Fork Project
Mr. Hathaway
Norwood
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Nancy Hyden
South Lebanon Cemetery
Oswald Funeral Home
Remmert Wunker
Florence Smith
Millville Ave
Proeschel
ICE
Adiator
ATCO
U.S
Dodds Monuments
Verity
14Th Ave
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Cincinnati-Dayton Rd
PRP
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