Election year gridlock and stalled bills loom over Congress
The piece surveys Congress back for a tight schedule aiming to pass 12 spending bills before the Democratic National Convention. It notes a Senate budget deadlock, GOP tax-cut tensions with moderates, and uncertain prospects for major bills like transportation, energy, and welfare reform, plus a constitutional amendment on gay marriage.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
John McCain
Arizona
Dayton-area
Ohio
Gallup
Larry Sabato
University of Virginia
Sabato
Middletown Police Briefs Report Gas Theft and Vandalism
Police report a $50 gas siphon from Ronnie Combs’s truck parked at 921 Malvern Friday evening. Vandals tossed toilet paper and eggs at Ken Meckler’s home 126 Stolz Drive around 3 a.m. Thursday and buttered the mailbox. Heather Miller’s library card at 3222 Yankee Road was used to check out over $200 in unreturned movies. Miller lost the card three months ago. Tools worth over $400 were stolen from 2200 Hill Ave overnight Thursday through a back door at Mike Gilmore’s property.
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Ronnie Combs
Malvern
Vandall
Ken Meckler
Stolz Drive
Heather Miller
Yankee Road
Middletown Public Library
Miller
Hill Ave
Mike Gilmore
Amicable divorce turns sour over child support dispute
John and Valerie Poptic pursued a 2000 divorce with a 50 50 asset split and no child support but a conference with Judge Spillane led to a change. Valerie’s accusations, failed petitions, and repeated court delays culminated in a 2002 order for supervised visits, later relaxed to every other weekend, amid ongoing claims of court system failures.
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Hamilton
John Poptic
Valerie
Valerie Poptic
Spillane
Guardian Ad Litem
Frank Schiavone
Schiavone
Poptics
Butler County Courts Top Domestic Relations Clearance 2002
Butler County Domestic Relations Court posted a 107.7 percent clearance rate in 2002, with 2 205 cases pending and 1 670 disposed, while judges like Leslie Spillane urged fast settlements to avoid prolonged court action. Lucas and Warren counties showed varied caseloads and similar presiding judges. Spillane noted Butler as one of the state leaders in clearance for courts of comparable size.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Lucas County
Butler
Lucas
Warren County
Leslie Spillane
Spillane
Hamilton hosts J Seward Johnson bronze sculptures in city gallery
Downtown Hamilton transforms into a public sculpture gallery with 20 life size Johnson works from ordinary people in extraordinary poses. The exhibit, sponsored by the Carruthers family and organized by local leaders, runs through September 30 with a Preview Gala held at Fitton Center.
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Hamilton
City of Sculpture
J. Seward Johnson Jr
Ralph Carruthers
Fitton Center For Creative Arts
S. Monument Ave
Marcum
Ralph
Donna Carruthers
Gerry Hammond
Troy
Ohio
J. Seward Johnson
Indiana
Kentucky
Imanent Johnson
Oth
Carruthers
Neon J. Fitton
Seward Johnson
Cateauls
Paula Stoeke
Johnson & Johnson Medical Supplies
Johnson
U.S. Steel
Middletown July Fourth parade honors top float winners
Eagles Post 528 wins Fraternal prize in Middletown Independence Day float contest. Judges noted strong participation and close adherence to the theme. Parade routes ended at Smith Park with the new layout, where winners across categories included MHS Alumni Band and Grace Baptist Church among others.
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Middletown
Eagles Post 528
Marilyn
Hatfield
Smith Park
Eagles
Ae of
Foreign Wars
American Legion
MHS
Vasilios P. Karras
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alice E. Scheibert
Grace Baptist Church
Middletown Area
Republican Club
American Legion Post
Mark
Scheibert
Navy
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