Schools weigh late start times for elementary and middle grades
Middletown teachers push to adjust start times as five elementary and two middle schools open at 9 10 and end at 3 55. Superintendent Samuel Dalton says a study of bus and cafeteria schedules will guide a decision by July with options including aligned middle school starts and potential shorter days within state minimums and existing resources.
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Middletown
Middletown Teachers Association
Samuel Dalton
Rosedale
Roosevelt Middle School
Manchester
Seta Anday View
Mayfield
Spring Hi
Wildwood
Dalton
the Journal
Dalton Sa
Robyn Frye
MTA
Old South School limited print offered by JA Co
Limited Arts Junior Achievement Co offers a second limited edition of a historical painting by the late Herbert Fall titled Old South School. Prints sell for 7 dollars, last year’s buyers can request the same number, and orders are taken from community members and at the Trade Fair in Middletown Hall. The company plans its own framing service soon with advisers Alice Trimble Larry Fraley and Clarence Shmitt.
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Herbert Fall
JA Company
Limited
Arts Junior Achievement Co
Old South School
Joe Myers
Myers
Tami Profitt
Jeff Crocker
Annette Banks
Betty Getter
Annexation appeal filed over 201 acres near Towne Mall
A Warren County Common Pleas Court filing appeals a recent decision to deny annexation of 201 acres along Dixie Highway from Ohio 122 to I-75. The area includes residences and businesses near Towne Mall, Guyler Buick, Marvin's TV, and the former Blue Ball school, with 185 acres in Warren and 16 in Butler counties.
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Warren County Commissioners
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Towne Mall
Middletown
East Plains
Warren County
Butler County
Dixie Highway
Ohio 122
Frederick Harlander
Dixie
Guyler Buick
Marvin's TV
Blue Ball School
Shut-in caroling scheduled by Fire Division
The Division of Fire sponsors annual Christmas caroling for elderly and shut-ins on December 14 and 15. Firefighter David South leads with Elktones Tuesday and Razor's Edge Wednesday, with Santa joining. Call 422 4514 by Monday to arrange a visit within city limits.
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Division of Fire
David South
Elktones
Razor's Edge
Cleaver talk at Miami canceled at Oxford campus
Eldridge Cleaver the former Black Panther spokesman had been set to speak at Miller Hall on the Miami University Oxford campus at 7 30 p m tonight The public information office announced the cancellation received word last night with no reason given by Cleaver
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Oxford
Miami University
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
Public Information Office
Cleaver
Miller Hall
Miami
Police Briefs and Fire at Mall Center
Police report thefts of CITIZENS BAND radios from Shaeff Jones and Michael Johnson at two locations. A 16 year old boy was robbed of 5 dollars in a fight among youths in the Manchester parking lot near Middletown Mall. Firefighters responded to Elder-Beerman at 1 p.m. as a workman set a canopy support on fire, a hole was cut in the roof to extinguish flames causing about 100 dollars in damage.
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Citizens Band
Shaeff Jones
15Th Ave
Calumet Ave
Michael Johnson
C St
Charles S
Manchester
Middletown
Elder-Beerman
City Planning Commission to discuss master plan changes
The City Planning Commission will review proposed changes to the corporate area master plan at tomorrow's 1 p.m. meeting in the Community Development conference room. They will also set a public hearing date for a zone change affecting eight acres east of Breiel Boulevard and north of Esco Distributing Co. on Lewis Street. Kittyhawk Investment Ltd seeks zoning to C-3.
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City Planning Commission
Breiel Boulevard
Esco Distributing Co
Lewis Street
Kittyhawk Investment, Ltd
Kittyhawk
Charles Hurst, Inc
Grove Street
Prospect
Adam Cristo, Inc
Bonita
Helton Drives
Lebanon board seeks U S funds to renovate Berry Middle School
The Lebanon school board seeks 791805 dollars from the U S Public Works Employment Act to fix Berry Middle School heating lighting and plumbing systems. McClorey and Associates prepared plans at no cost while bond measures failed. If approved construction must start within 90 days. Supplemental contracts were issued to three Berry staff for senior class adviser assistant wrestling coach and track coach roles.
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Lebanon Board
U.S
Berry Middle School
McClorey and Associates
Shelby Stanfield
Woodrow Williams
Don Bunce
Berry
Wayne life squad tests skills at mock disaster
Wayne Township life squad class near the end of training tested its response at a mock disaster staged in a barn at 4681 West Elkton Road Jacksonburg. Sixteen participants acted as explosion victims with five rescued from the loft as Franklin Monroe emergency squads and Seven Mile provided support while Wayne prepares its first certification exam.
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Wayne Life Squad
Jacksonburg
Wayne Township Life Squad
West Elkton Road
Jack Cassidy
Franklin and Monroe
Seven Mile Life Squad
Wayne Township
Cassidy
Middletown
Robert Bush
Man pleads guilty to arson at Middletown residence
Rader Mullins, 25, of Auburn Street Middletown, pleaded guilty to arson before Judge Robert L. Marrs. He admitted starting a fire by an outside basement window of a residence after a domestic argument. He faces sentencing December 21 after a sentence investigation by the Adult Probation Department. Originally charged with aggravated arson and disorderly intoxication, police arrested him Sunday.
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Hamilton Rader Mullins
Auburn Street
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Mullins
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