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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 2005
Page
1
The school’s coaching search for the middle football program has been pared to a pair of finalists. Officials plan interviews this week and aim to announce a decision by month’s end. Both candidates bring extensive high school and college coaching backgrounds.
Bronson Arroyo pitched a strong start as the Reds visit Boston for the first time in 30 years. David Ortiz drove in three runs to power the Red Sox to a decisive sweep.
The Ohio House passed 93 to 0 a measure to force districts to report professional misconduct to the state and to require criminal background checks on license renewals. Sponsored by Rep. Tom Raga the bill aims to stop teachers resigning quietly to teach elsewhere after abuse allegations. The bill now goes to the Senate with hopes for final passage by year end.
Trenton Rescue Squad Chief Raymond Nichols, 52, was issued a first degree assault summons for allegedly shoving James Bailey 10 feet into a parked car during a medical emergency scene. Nichols denies the charge calling it a political stunt as city officials seek to shut down the squad. case moved to Middletown Municipal Court.
Middletown confronts rising backyard pools as city officials push strict safety rules after a drying municipal system. Health commissioner David Wintough urges adult supervision, proper chlorination, pH testing, lifesaving gear, a spine board for diving pools, nearby phone access, and a First Aid kit to curb child drownings, a leading cause of injury deaths.
In Butler County Ohio Judge Michael Saget sentenced two Middletown residents for their roles in a cross burning last year. Donald Eric Fugate 22 received 11 months in jail and three years probation after pleading guilty to complicity to ethnic intimidation a fifth degree felony. Linda Lowder 39 got six months in jail and three years probation for driving Fugate and four others to the site. Both had pleaded guilty in May and told the court they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, a claim the judge rejected.
An 8 year old, Eric Gill of Mason, remains in serious condition after a runaway 192 foot boxcar crashed into a minivan at U.S. 42 and Tylersville Road in Mason. Six people were injured across two crashes as investigators study whether mechanical or human error started the incident. The boxcar belongs to RailAmerica Inc and was left with brakes disengaged after detaching from two other cars at Portion Pac in Mason. Federal investigators expect a two month timeline for a probable cause report and guard the site while lumber spilled is secured.
The Journal notes folk art of a covered bridge, highlighted by Frank Farmer Loomis, could command a substantial sum at auction or sale, reflecting its historic craftsmanship and regional appeal.
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