Ground Breaking Held For Whitewater Senior Center
Ground was broken at Whitewater Township Park on Dry Fork Road for a 5200 square foot one story senior center. Construction began Sept 12 with a Feb 1 completion target. The $255000 project funded by federal sources was designed by Roger L Short Associates in Cincinnati and includes a kitchen, director’s office, oak parquet dance floor, wooden cathedral ceiling, a multipurpose room, and landscaped exterior. Parking for about 100 will be added and the access road regraded and paved. Contractors are L and B Construction Meier Plumbing Schneider Brothers Electrical and River City Mechanical.
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Whitewater Townshp Park
Dry Fork Road
Roger L. Short
Roger Short Associates
Cincinnati
Short
Ing
L. & B. Construction
Meier Plumbing
Schneider Brothers Electrical
River City Mechanical
Down Home Mountain Festival At Miami Whitewater Forest
Crowds attended the Down Home Mountain Festival at Harbor Pavilion on Sept 10 and 11 with story telling children's music Appalachian craft demonstrations square dancing clogging and mountain music. Co sponsored by Hamilton County Park District Urban Appalachian Council WSAI AM and FM Heidelberg Distributing Budweiser. Admission was $1 with free entry for children under six. Craft booths featured weaving jewelry making leatherwork pottery glass work and rug hooking. Music ran 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day with various acts at different times.
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Miami Whitewater Forest
Harbor Pavilion
Hamilton County Park District
Urban Appalachian Council
Wsaiam and FM
Heidelberg Distributing
Budweiser
Vandals Destroy Dravo Office at Campbell Road
The Dravo Construction Office near Westbrook Subdivision suffered over $5000 in damage when a trailer was broken into on Friday September 9. Windows, electrical outlets, fixtures, walls, furniture and doors were demolished, with a $1000 reward offered for information leading to arrests. This wave of vandalism is described as the worst in a long time.
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Dravo Construction
Campbell Road
Westbrook Subdivision
Ridgeview Dr
Man Killed When Car Hits Tree in Whitewater Township
Ronald Linneman, 21, of Miami Township, died after the car he rode in veered off Ohio 128 near US 50 and Interstate 74. Driver Charles Basdon Jr., 18, of Eagle Creek Road, reportedly fell asleep before the vehicle struck a guard rail and a tree, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reports. He was transported to University Hospital and pronounced dead at 4 a.m. Saturday.
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Miami Township
Whitewater Township
Hamilton County
Sheriff's Department
Ronald Linneman
Wesselman
University Hospital
Ohio 128
Charles L. Basdon, Jr
Eagle Creek Rd
First PTA Meeting at Wm. Henry Harrison Schools
The first meeting of the Wm. Henry Harrison Jr. and Sr. High School PTAs will be held Monday September 19 at the Junior School. Registration to join the PTA opens 6:45 p.m. and the meeting starts 7:00 p.m., followed by an open house. Please bring a dessert to share. coffee and punch provided by PTA.
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Wm. Henry Harrison Jr. and Sr. High School
Ptas
PTA
Mosquito Exchange Student Arrives in Harrison
Michiyo Kureha from Wakayama Japan arrives in Harrison as its third foreign exchange student. She stays with Mr. and Mrs. Daughterty, attends William Henry Harrison High School, and enjoys shopping and American foods while noting language ease and higher pitched female voices aid comprehension. The Educational Foundation for Foreign Study supports this exchange alongside Martina Erdmann of Germany and Ingrid Meline of Sweden.
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Michiyo Kureha
Japan
Harrison
Michiyo
Meechio
David Daughterty
Brooks Lane
States
William Henry Harrison High School
Wakayama
Martina Erdmann
Hanover
Germany
Ingrid Meline
Marsa
Sweden
Educational Foundation For Foreign Study
Holland
Belgium
Italy
France
Spain
Canoe Race Festival Plans Underway in Brookville Indiana
The 1983 Canoe Race Festival Steering Committee schedules events in Brookville on September 24 from 10 to 9 and September 25 from 10 to 6. Booths on Court House Square offer arts crafts baked goods and flea market treasures. A 4:00 parade and 5:00 queen's contest cap the weekend. Call (317) 647-3177 for details.
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Brookville
Indiana
Court House Square
Area schools report enrollment shifts across districts
Southwest District totals 3 090 students, down from 3 130 previous October. St John the Baptist School at 462, up from 457. North Dearborn Elementary K 135, 1st 170, 2nd 131, 3rd 156, 4th 147, 5th 134, 6th 127, total K 6 1 000. East Central High records 484 junior high and 905 high school students. Christ Centered Day School enrolls 121. Staff counts include 39 teachers full time, 2 part time, 10 aides, 1 nurse, 3 custodians, 9 cafeteria workers, 1 guidance counselor, 2 administrators and 27 bus drivers.
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St. John the Baptist
East Central High School
Christ Centered Day School
North Dearborn Elementary PTO Carnival Highlights New Games
The annual North Dearborn Elementary PTO Carnival will feature many new and delightful games for children. Food offerings include hot dogs pretzels popcorn cotton candy sno cones and homemade baked items with soft drinks available. All booths run by teachers and parents. Grand prizes include dirt bikes for boys and girls and a Colonial...
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North Dearborn Elementary
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Whitewater
Senior Citizens’ Center
Dry Fork
Karen Minnelli
Roger Short
Down Home Mountain Festival
Dravo
PTA News
Harrison High
By Karen Minnelli
Westbrook Estates
Miami
Archie Mason
Westbrook
Robert Mertens
Gene Kritsky
College of Mount St. Joseph
Mertens
Roger Hornsby
Mason
Public Works Office
N. Dearborn
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