Civil Defense recalls blizzard crisis and recovery
Butler County Civil Defense director Irene Lewis recalls the Jan. 26 blizzard as one of the most emotional crises of her 20 year career. The office handled 200 plus calls daily for food and fuel, coordinating with the National Guard sheriff’s department and Red Cross to reach isolated residents and deliver groceries and medications. The county plans improved communications and additional command posts while preparing for possible floods if a rapid thaw occurs.
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Salvation Army
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Ohio State Patrol
Middletown
Larry Penny
Wayne Township
Martin Halsey
Butler County
Civil Defense Office
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Klondike Derby Draws 450 Scouts Across 67 Patrols
The Klondike Derby at Camp Hook in the Mound Builders Area Council drew 450 boys in 67 patrols. Senior winner was Lizard Patrol Troop 125, with Leadership Corps Troop 2 second. Junior winner Woodsman Patrol Troop 16, with Eagle Patrol Troop 51 second. many patrols and sponsors listed. Event chair Mel Martin led a day aided by Franklin Emergency Squad and Dial Radio Club Middletown after weather-related cancellations.
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Mound Builders Area Council
Lizard
Citizens of
Trenton
Leadership Corps
Vestry
Church of the Ascension
Woodsman Patrol
Parkway Church of Christ
Eagle Patrol
Waynesville Baptist Church
Mason Presbyterian Church
Ardvark
United Presbyterian Church of Middletown
Black Knights
Barretts
Civitan Club of
Middletown
Amanda Methodist Church
Aeronca Management Club
Hunter Community Church
Mel Martin
Franklin Emergency Squad
Dial Radio Club of
Fires and medical calls across city respond to multiple incidents
Fire and emergency units were dispatched yesterday to numerous locations including 16 Aberdeen Drive and 109 Iglehart St for ill persons, 807 Auburn St for pains, 532 Kensington St for serious illness, and 422 Cribbs Ave for illness. A backfire on Mth Avenue and Lind Street caused a brief outage. a wiring fault at 2514 N Verity Parkway caused $250 damage to a 1970 auto. Several patients were treated and released or admitted in fair to serious condition.
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Aberdeen Drive
Mildred Wells
Iglehart St
Brenda Jackson
Mth Avenue
Lind Street
Auburn St
John Taulbee
Kensington St
Anna Fay
Cribbs Ave
Alma Moore
Timber Trail
Robyn Frye
Baltimore St
Linda Reed
Johns Road
Annabell Vendervetter
N. Verity Parkway
Robert Allen
Pershing Ave
Shafer
Jack Baker
Garfield St
Diane Sizemore
Clothing depot at Ninth Avenue closed for repairs
The clothing depot at 808 Ninth Avenue Social Service Center will be closed indefinitely for ceiling repairs.
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Ninth Avenue Social Service Center
Rape reported. investigation spans three counties
A Centerville woman, 30, reported rape after leaving a Germantown Road bar with three men around 2:30 a.m. They drove 45 minutes, assaulted her, and dropped her at Denny's near Dayton Mall. Sheriff’s offices from Montgomery and Butler Counties and Middletown Police assisted, with Warren County helping due to unknown assault location, and the woman treated at Middletown Hospital.
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Middletown
Centerville
Germantown Road
Denny's
Dayton Mall
Montgomery County Sheriff's
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Middletown Hospital
Journal photographers win six awards in ONPA contest
Journal photographers Bob Wendt and John Sheckler won six awards in the Ohio News Photographers Association annual contest in Cincinnati. Wendt earned first place in pictorial for Neon Lights at the Contemporary Art Center. Sheckler took second in color feature, third in color picture story, third in spot news, honorable mentions in spot news and color portrait, and a third for a brain damaged child at Doty House.
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Contemporary Art Center
Cincinnati
Middletown
Middletown High School
Fourth St
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Ellen Drive
Journal
Navy
Sheckler
ONPA
Shiloh Holiness Tabernacle
Armco Steel Corp
Ku Klux Klan
Doty House
Creekview PTA Meeting And Tornado Safety Talk
Creekview Elementary PTA will meet in the school gym tomorrow with Irene Lewis of Butler County Civil Defense discussing tornado safety. The Wildwood Elementary PTA meeting, originally set for tomorrow, has been postponed and will instead be held February 21. Sheckler, a Louisville native and seven year journal photographer, has earned multiple press photography awards including from AP and NPPA. The Journal photographers won six ONPA awards this year amid 1,000+ entries from 88 photographers.
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Creekview Elementary
Wildwood Elementary
PTA
Creekview
Irene Lewis
Butler County Civil Defense
Wildwood Pta
Sheckler
Louisville, Ky
Journal
Associated Press
National Press Photographers Association
ONPA
Louisville Courier- Journal and Times
Courier-Journal
Western Kentucky University
Mobile home fire destroys Avalon Trailer Park unit
Firefighters fought a blaze at a Carmody Boulevard mobile home, engulfing the Keith A. Lawson residence at 2813 G St. The fire began in a central bedroom at 1:44 p.m. and burned for just over an hour. Three cats died from smoke. Estimated damage reached $10,000 to the structure and $5,000 to contents. Nine firefighters and three trucks responded. cause under investigation.
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Lawson
Avalon Trailer Park
Carmody Boulevard
Keith A. Lawson
G St
Four Homes Burglarized Over Weekend Report Thefts
Four homes were hit over the weekend with stereo items and jewelry stolen. Largest loss was at John Crihfield's 711 Waite St where a stereo system and an electric guitar were taken for about 415 dollars. A diamond ring and other items were taken from Austin Barrett at 612 Crawford St from a small safe. Robert Carpenter at 3188 Barbara Drive lost a wedding band and another ring Friday night. A rear window entry ransacked a bedroom at Carpenter's home.
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John Crihfield
Waite St
Austin Barrett
Crawford St
Robert Carpenter
Barbara Drive
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Hamilton
Butler County Civil Defense Office
Bob Wendt
Wildwood
John Sheckler
Hutt
NEMA
CSA
Denny Company
First Avenue
Grimes Street
North Pole
By Ellis Hall
Hall
Yankee Rd
Spa
Central Ave
Blaze
Jack Lige
Jackson Lane
Trammel
Grove Street
Michigan Avenue
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