East Plains annexation fight awaits new court ruling
The East Plains subdivision annexation case returned to Judge Liendell Bauer for a ruling after arguments by David Izor for residents and James Flannery for Warren County. The 19 acre area north of Central Avenue in Middletown remains contested with county officials opposing the move. The case has winding appeals history and a possible contempt issue over notification.
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Debbie Gebolys
Lebanon
East Plains
Liendell Bauer
Sidney
David Izor
James Flannery
Izor
Flannery
Warren County
Central
Middletown
Bauer
First District Court of Appeals
Paul Harrison
Harrison
Ohio
Middletown GOP club targets 50 members by June 28
The Middletown Area Young Republicans Club aims to recruit 50 members by June 28 to obtain a charter from the Ohio League of Young Republicans and send delegates to the state convention July 28 to 30. About 20 people attended the second meeting where Peter Couladas and state Sen. Donald Lukens’s wife spoke.
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Middletown Area
Young Republicans Club
Gerald
Patty) Enright
Ohio League
Ohio
Sharonville
Peter Couladas
State Organization
Toshi Lukens
Donald Lukens
Middletown
Enright
Mossman Road
Bernie Straub
Dover Ave
Leed
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Marilyn Frueh
Springboro planning proposals debated at special meeting
Springboro planners faced resident questions on the master plan in a 103 page document. Vogt Sage and Pflum sought a special meeting to explain proposals as clarified after a June 12 public hearing. Residents pressed access road feasibility and affordability along Ohio 73 while planners kept highway zoning and access points but allowed flexibility for developers. The Ohio 741 area drew questions on keeping low density housing to limit airport expansion near Dayton General Airport South. John Remich and Larry Edwards commented on commercial considerations.
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Springboro
Cincinnati
Vogt. Sage
Pflum
Ohio 73
Ohio 741
Dayton General Airport
John Remich
Larry Edwards
Jack Pflum
Lions Club to install officers in Middletown
The Middletown Lions Club will install its 1978-79 officers this evening at Alex's Continental Inn. John Seitzer becomes president, succeeding Tim Cole, with Tom Blake, Bill Johnson, Greg Nenni, Calvin Casson, Art Stitt, Fred Cooper, Bob Wearly and directors named. The group also noted achievements including Rose Day, district convention hosting, and membership growth.
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Middletown Lions Club
Alex's Continental Inn
Mike Long
Ohio Lions District 13-H
John Seitzer
Tim Cole
Tom Blake
Bill Johnson
Greg Nenni
Calvin Casson
Art Stitt
Fred Cooper
Bob Wearly
Calvin Cole
Jim Elder
Seitzer
Manchester Inn
Dave Stitt
Communications top disaster drill list
The annual mock disaster sponsored by the Disaster Preparedness Manning Group shifts to test communications and coordination from an emergency operating center. Butler County Civil Defense director Irene Lewis notes the drill will cover recovery planning for the first time and aims to reveal weaknesses in emergency communications during and after rescue efforts. It is tentatively set for the first weekend in October.
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Lewis
Nature walk offered by Butler County park district
The Butler County Park District Naturalist Department will host a wild foods nature walk for the public this Sunday at 2 p.m. at Governor Bebb Park. Hikers will learn about useful edible plants and meet in the parking lot near the naturalist office in the pioneer log village.
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Butler County Park District
Governor Bebb Park
Naturalist Office
Pioneer Log Village
Obituary notices for Adams Coleman Wehr Bibee Canaan multiple deaths
Robert Adams 70 of Melbourne Fla died after a heart attack in Melbourne. Survived by wife Frances two sons Robert H and William E daughter Elizabeth Shearer foster son Ronald Hambeys eight sisters and many grandchildren. Services Saturday Somerville Pentecostal Church with burial Fairmount Cemetery. Richard F Coleman 68 of Dayton formerly Germantown died after brief illness. Survived by wife Florence sister Helen Danner brother David L. Services Friday in Dayton with burial Woodland Cemetery. Oliver E Wehr 80 of Hamilton services Friday Young Funeral Home. Raymond L Bibee 64 of Hamilton area services Friday Webb Funeral Home. George M Canaan former Hamilton resident in Miami Mass of Christian Burial Friday at St Marys Church.
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Camden
Robert Adams
Melbourne
Fla
Richmond
Pentecostal
Frances
Robert H
William E
Elizabeth Shearer
Ronald Hambeys
Waterloo
S. C
John
Miamisburg
Raymond
Fairhaven
William
Charles
Harold
Somerville
Eula
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Germantown Lodge 257
F&am
Florence
Helen Danner
Middletown
David L
Whitmer Brothers Funeral Home
Dayton
Woodland Cemetery
Hamilton
Oliver E. Wehr
Foster Ave
Young Funeral Home
Raymond L. Bibee
Sharon Lane
Webb
George M
Bud
Canaan
Miami
St. Mary’s Church
Colligan
Auto crash mixup leads to funeral delay for victim
Victim Steve Koval, 19, of Silver Lake, Ohio, died after a car crash. Earlier, Christopher Anfang was misidentified as Koval, prompting funeral arrangements before the error was found. Koval died later at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Koval
Silver Lake
Ohio
Christopher Anfang
Koval
Woman in critical condition after domestic beating
A 28 year old woman Diana Morgan of 2824 Audubon Drive is in critical condition at Kettering Medical Center with severe head injuries from a domestic disturbance with her ex husband on Tytus Avenue early Wednesday. She was first taken to Middletown Hospital unconscious, then transferred to Kettering about two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tytus Avenue
Kettering Medical Center
Diana Morgan
Audubon Drive
Middletown Hospital
Kettering
Quake Hits Salonika. Middletown Family Missing Amid Aftermath
Still no word from Costas Papakirk and family in Salonika after Tuesday earthquake. Death toll climbs to 20 as six more bodies are pulled from an eight story collapsed building. Temperature 95 degrees as aftershocks prompt outdoor living and mass departures from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Costas Papakirk
Salonika
Greece
Stratton Papakirk
Lopane Avenue
Break-in probed at local firm
Police investigated a break in at Chester Products 1300 Lafayette Ave this morning. A burglar entered via an air duct, avoided the alarm, a safe was moved but not opened, and it is unclear if anything was taken.
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Chester Products
Lafayette Ave
Whittier Street
Donald Spencer
Whittier St
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Boro
Lions Club
Park Department
Hazel Hall
Lottie Marshall
Franklin
Emma Johnson
Mary Ann Plaugher
Margaret Powell
Lorene DePew
Virginia Wehr
College Corner
Louise Knoblock
Houston
Texas
Somerville Pentecostal Church
Sherman Cook
Fairmount Cemetery
R. C. Nein & Sons Funeral Home
Richard Coleman
Germantown
Richard F. Coleman
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon Memorial Company
North
Sycamore Street
Battered Woman
Salonika, Greece
Moore St
Robert Cable
William Thiendorf
Red Bud Drive
Ben Franklin
First National
First National Bank
First National Bank OF Middletown
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