Miami University approves 9 percent tuition rise for 2005-06
Miami University trustees approved a 9 percent tuition and general fees increase for the 2005-2006 year affecting the Oxford campus and 9.8 percent for regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown. Officials cited rising costs and a new variable tuition plan intended to ease burdens on needy families while preserving education quality. Full-time regional campus undergraduates will pay 4,218 up from 3,840.
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Ohio
Miami University Board of Trustees
Hamilton
Middletown
Miami
Fred Wall
Rod Nimtz
MUM
Board of Trustees
Nimtz
MUH
Butler sheriff trims 21 jobs to save 1.3 million
The Butler County sheriff cuts 21 positions to reduce costs by 1.3 million as the department faces budget pressures. Forecast calls for early fog then sun with a high near 52 and a low around 26.
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Butler
Middletown tax humor creator faces short suspension
Middletown Tax Supervisor Linda Stubbs gains national attention for humorous tax forms she mailed last week. She will be suspended for five days starting February 14. Finance Director John Lyons notes favorable reactions from residents and readers, while emails from California and Romania praise her light approach despite the action.
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Middletown
Linda Stubbs
Stubbs
Middletown City
Journal
John Lyons
California
Targu-Mures
Romania
Middletown 2004 tax tips mix blunt deadlines and humor
Excerpts show lax filing notes like use Federal Extension Request, postmark by April 15, and penalties with October 30 final filing. Quirky lines praise profits and invite notes, humor about location behind the ladies room. Overall tone is jokey municipal instruction.
Indictment in Erica Baker case advances in Dayton area
Montgomery County prosecutors announced an indictment tied to the February 1999 disappearance of 9 year old Erica Baker. The body has not been found as investigators pursue charges against Christian John Gabriel for tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse. The grand jury also did not indict Clifford Butts. Gabriel, 33, remains jailed with arraignment planned February 17. The case remains active as police seek the victim’s body and further evidence ahead of statute limits.
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Erica Baker
Montgomery County
Mathias H. Heck Jr
Christian John Gabriel
Springfield
Clark County
Gabriel
Clifford Butts
Butts
Heck
Southeastern Correctional Institution
Clark County Common Pleas
Kettering Police Department
Kettering Police
Gabriel tied to Erica Baker case and prior crimes
Christian J. Gabriel, linked to the Erica Baker disappearance, has a history across Florida and Ohio with convictions for trafficking in stolen property burglary check fraud and grand theft. He lived in Holiday Tarpon Springs New Port Richey Springfield London Coldwater Dayton and Orient Ohio where he served prison time before his 2000 release.
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Christian J. Gabriel
Erica Baker
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Ohio
Holiday
Tarpon Springs
New Port Richey
Fla
Springfield
London
Coldwater
Dayton
Gabriel
Jan Franks
Erica
Kettering
Franks
Orient
Columbus
Clark County
Army general visits Humvee plant in Fairfield Ohio
Gen Peter Schoomaker, Army chief of staff, toured the O Gara Hess plant in Fairfield to review armored Humvee production. The plant, initially at 450 vehicles monthly, plans 509 in February and 550 in March amid accelerating output as the Army orders 8 105 armored Humvees.
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Fairfield
Iraq
Afghanistan
Peter Schoomaker
O’gara- Hess & Eisenhardt
Ohio City
Schoor
Schoomak
Starr Peter Schoemaker
O’gara-Hess & Eisenhardt
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