Loveland, Ohio – The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency has announced an Air Quality Alert for the Loveland Area, including Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio and Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky.
The air quality index is predicted to be 108 on Wednesday which is “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups”.
Active children and adults, and people with respiratory diseases, such as asthma, should be avoiding all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
You can track the air quality in real-time by clicking the image below.
Do Your Share! Take these precautions:
• Take the bus, carpool, bike or walk instead of driving • Refuel your vehicle after 8 p.m.; do not top off when refueling and tighten the gas cap • Avoid idling your vehicle • Combine trips or eliminate unnecessary vehicle trips • Keep your vehicle maintained with properly inflated tires and timely oil changes • Avoid use of gasoline-powered lawn equipment on Air Quality Alert days • Avoid use of oil-based paints and stains on Air Quality Alert days • Never burn leaves or other yard trimmings • Always burn clean, seasoned wood in outdoor fire pits, fireplaces and wood stoves • Do not use fire pits or fireplaces for non-essential home heating on Air Quality Alert days • Conserve electricity
Michael J. Gabrielson being promoted to Kettering Department Captian on November 20, 2019
Loveland, Ohio – Michael J. Gabrielson, current Assistant Chief of Police with the Kettering Police Department, has been chosen as the Loveland Police Department’s new Chief of Police.
Gabrielson will begin his employment with the city on August 1.
Sue Madsen, who has served as the city’s Safety Director since April when former Chief Sean Rahe retired, will assist with Gabrielson’s onboarding according to a release by the City.
“My family and I have been blessed throughout my law enforcement career and we absolutely see Loveland in that same light. It is an honor to be selected as chief and become part of an exceptional and successful agency. I am eager to join a flourishing community with outstanding schools, beautiful parks, and a thriving business district — all serviced by an incredible city with hardworking and dedicated employees,” said Gabrielson in the City press release.
“Gabrielson brings more than 28 years of experience as a certified peace officer in the State of Ohio and more than 20 years as a law enforcement instructor to his new role. He has served the citizens of Kettering since 1993, where he began as a patrolman. His responsibilities as the Assistant Chief at Kettering included leading one of two major divisions of the department with special focus on patrol operations, administrative support, community relations, and criminal investigations.”
Gabrielson holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Tiffin University and has pursued ongoing education through the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety.
“We are very excited to have Mr. Gabrielson join the Loveland Police Department,” said Loveland City Manager David Kennedy. “After an extensive interview process, he is the right candidate to lead the department. He has a robust background in building internal and external relationships, and I believe he will be a strong asset to the Loveland community and to our police officers’ development. Thank you to all who assisted in the candidate interview process.”
Hey y’all! Our summer sale at Plaid Room Records is here! During RSD we always run 15% off in-store, but we’ve never had the fulfillment capacity to extend that sale to online the same weekend. After some discussion here and a ton of folks asking, we decided to extend that 15% off sale to online customers Sunday through Tuesday! Our warehouse team has also been putting some pressure on me to try to clear some of our overstock so they can continue to operate normally. So, here’s the deal:
EVERYTHING (excluding pre-orders) IN THE STORE IS 15% OFF! No code required, the discount will auto-apply at checkout.
ALL DOUBLE DISCOUNTED ITEMS There are some serious deals in here – I hope y’all find something that’s been on your list!
**Discounts are applied one at a time. For example, a $100 item discounted 30% and then 15% would be ($100 – 30% = $70). Then, it would be ($70-15% = $59.50). $59.50 would be the item’s price before tax.
Scratch And Dent Section On Website Now! As many of you have seen over the last few years, distributors don’t always get product to us in perfect shape. When my team is receiving product, they do their best to separate out the damaged products. In the past we’ve listed some of this product online, usually with the word [DAMAGED] in the title. We’ve historically usually only listed products where we have 3 or more copies that arrived damaged. Now we will be listing tons more titles, even if we only have one copy. The scratch and dent “collection” is available on the site on the menu “Shop Only In Stock” -> “Scratch and Dent Deals”. I’ll drop the link below and sort by the newest added so you can see what’s there. Scratch And Dent
Loveland, Ohio – For area residents choosing to celebrate freedom and independence this 2022 Independence Day, here is some information from City Hall.
A kid zone with photo opportunities, a mini petting zoo, performers and more will occur 4-6:30 PM in Nisbet Park. Lawn games will be available from 4-9:30 PM in front of City Hall and Fountain Greene (in front of the Fleet Feet store).
At 7 PM, the parade will leave from Loveland Elementary School (600 Loveland Madeira Road), turn on West Loveland Avenue, and travel through the downtown district, ending at the intersection of State Route 48 and East Loveland Avenue. If you or your organization would like to be in the parade, registration is open through June 30.
The band Color Blind will perform from 8-10 PM at the Nisbet Park Amphitheater. This “high-energy party band” performs songs from the 1970s to current radio hits.
The fireworks display will begin at 10 PM and be visible across the downtown area.
Parking shuttles will be transporting eventgoers continuously from 4-11 PM. Shuttle pick-up locations will be at Loveland High School (1 Tiger Trail) and the Loveland Early Childhood Center (6740 Loveland-Miamiville Road). Drop-off locations will be at Riverside Drive and Third Street.
Loveland, Ohio – The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency has announced an Air Quality Alert for the Loveland Area, including Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties in Ohio and Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties in Kentucky.
The air quality index is predicted to be 101 on Tuesday which is “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups”.
Active children and adults, and people with respiratory diseases, such as asthma, should be avoiding all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
You can track the air quality in real-time by clicking the image below.
Do Your Share! Take these precautions:
• Take the bus, carpool, bike or walk instead of driving • Refuel your vehicle after 8 p.m.; do not top off when refueling and tighten the gas cap • Avoid idling your vehicle • Combine trips or eliminate unnecessary vehicle trips • Keep your vehicle maintained with properly inflated tires and timely oil changes • Avoid use of gasoline-powered lawn equipment on Air Quality Alert days • Avoid use of oil-based paints and stains on Air Quality Alert days • Never burn leaves or other yard trimmings • Always burn clean, seasoned wood in outdoor fire pits, fireplaces and wood stoves • Do not use fire pits or fireplaces for non-essential home heating on Air Quality Alert days • Conserve electricity
I just wanted to point out that Ohio has a special/primary election (state legislative offices) scheduled for Aug 2. You can request your mail-in ballot now by going here (link below) and printing out the request to mail in once you fill out the form. They start accepting absentee ballots on July 6, so if you send in your request this week you should get your ballot in plenty of time to mail it off. It's always best to take your absentee ballot directly to the post office counter when mailing it and ask them to postmark it, so there's no question your vote will count (they don't automatically postmark everything anymore).
Below is the link to make your absentee ballot request.
ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/absentee-ballot/
• Take the bus, carpool, bike or walk instead of driving • Refuel your vehicle after 8 p.m.; do not top off when refueling and tighten the gas cap • Avoid idling your vehicle • Combine trips or eliminate unnecessary vehicle trips • Keep your vehicle maintained with properly inflated tires and timely oil changes • Avoid use of gasoline-powered lawn equipment on Air Quality Alert days • Avoid use of oil-based paints and stains on Air Quality Alert days • Never burn leaves or other yard trimmings • Always burn clean, seasoned wood in outdoor fire pits, fireplaces and wood stoves • Do not use fire pits or fireplaces for non-essential home heating on Air Quality Alert days • Conserve electricity
CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Young Children
On Saturday, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that all children 6 months through 5 years of age should receive a COVID-19 vaccine. This expands eligibility for vaccination to nearly 20 million additional children and means that all Americans ages 6 months and older are now eligible for vaccination.
Parents and caregivers can now get their children 6 months through 5 years of age vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines to better protect them from COVID-19. All children, including children who have already had COVID-19, should get vaccinated.
COVID-19 vaccines have undergone—and will continue to undergo—the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. Parents and caregivers can play an active role in monitoring the safety of these vaccines by signing their children up for v-safe – personalized and confidential health check-ins via text messages and web surveys where they can easily share with CDC how a child feels after getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Distribution of pediatric vaccinations for these younger children has started across the country, and will be available at thousands of pediatric practices, pharmacies, Federally Qualified Health Centers, local health departments, clinics, and other locations this week. Children in this younger age group can be vaccinated with whichever vaccine is available (either Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech). Parents can reach out to their doctor, nurse, local pharmacy, or health department, or visit vaccines.gov to see where vaccines for children are available.
“Together, with science leading the charge, we have taken another important step forward in our nation’s fight against COVID-19. We know millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can. I encourage parents and caregivers with questions to talk to their doctor, nurse, or local pharmacist to learn more about the benefits of vaccinations and the importance of protecting their children by getting them vaccinated,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky.
Loveland, Ohio – Below is the partial draft of the minutes of the Loveland School Board meeting that was held last night. The Board authorized a “Resolution of Necessity” to request that the Hamilton County Auditor certify the projected revenues for a 4.90 Mill levy for the General Election on November 8.
Members Eileen Washburn. Eric Schwetschenau, Kevin. Dougherty, and Jonathan Eilert voted, “Yes”. Kathryn Lorenz did not attend the meeting.
This is the first of the two votes needed for the Board to place the operating levy on the ballot.
The Board of Education of the Loveland City School District, Counties of Hamilton, Clermont and Warren, Ohio, met in regular session at 6:00 P.M, on the 16th day of June, 2022, at the LMS/LIS Media Center, 757 S. Lebanon Road, Loveland, Ohio, with the following members present:
Mr. Kevin Dougherty Rev. Jonathan Eilert Dr. Eric Schwetschenau
Mrs. Eileen Washburn
The following members were absent: Dr. Kathryn Lorenz
Mrs. Washburn moved the adoption of the following resolution:
LOVELAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO. 22-69
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF LEVYING AN ADDITIONAL TAX FOR CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES IN EXCESS OF THE TENMILL LIMITATION AND REQUESTING THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO CERTIFY MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, this Board of Education of the Loveland City School District (the “Board of Education”) anticipates levying an additional tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation as described herein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5705.03 of the Ohio Revised Code, this Board of Education is required to certify to the County Auditor a resolution requesting the County Auditor to certify certain matters in connection with such a tax levy;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of Loveland City School District, Counties of Hamilton, Clermont and Warren, Ohio:
That pursuant to the provisions of Section 5705.21 of the Ohio Revised Code, it is necessary that an additional tax be levied in excess of the tenmill limitation for the benefit of the Loveland City School District (the “School District”), for the purpose of current operating expenses at a rate not exceeding four and nine-tenths (4.9) mills for each one dollar ($1.00) of valuation, which amounts to forty-nine cents ($0.49) for each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of valuation, for a continuing period of time.
That the question of the passage of said tax levy shall be submitted to the electors of the School District at an election to be held on November 8, 2022. If approved by the electors of the School District, said tax levy shall first be placed upon the 2022 tax list and duplicate, for first collection in calendar year 2023 for a continuing period of time. The tax shall be levied upon the entire territory of the School District and the ballot measure shall be submitted to the entire territory of the School District. The School District has territory in Hamilton County, Clermont County and Warren County, Ohio.
That pursuant to Section 5705.03 of the Ohio Revised Code, the County Auditor is hereby requested to certify to this Board of Education the total current tax valuation of the School District and the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by the number of mills specified in Section 1 hereof, and the Treasurer of this Board of Education be and is hereby directed to certify forthwith a copy of this resolution to the County Auditor at the earliest possible time so that said County Auditor may certify such matters in accordance with such Section 5705.03 of the Ohio Revised Code.
That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Board of Education concerning and relating to the adoption of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Board of Education, and that all deliberations of this Board of Education, and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code, and the rules of this Board of Education adopted in accordance therewith.
Dr. Schwetschenau seconded the motion, and the roll being called upon the question of adoption of the resolution the vote resulted as follows:
AYE: Mrs. Washburn, Dr. Schwetschenau, Mr. Dougherty, Rev. Eilert
NAY:
ADOPTED this 16th day of June, 2022.
Robert Giuffre’, Interim Treasurer
CERTIFICATE
The undersigned hereby certifies that the text of the foregoing resolution is taken and copied from the record of proceedings of a meeting of the Board of Education of the Loveland City School District held on June 16, 2022. The undersigned further certifies that the same has been compared by me with said record and it is a true and correct copy thereof, together with a true and correct copy of excerpts from the minutes of said meeting to the extent pertinent to the consideration and adoption of said resolution.
Robert Giuffre’, Interim Treasurer
RECEIPT
The undersigned hereby acknowledges this day receipt of a certified copy of the foregoing resolution.
County Auditor, Hamilton County, Ohio
Date: June ___, 2022
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY AUDITOR
Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Education of the Loveland City School District, adopted on June 16, 2022, the undersigned county auditor of Hamilton County, Ohio hereby certifies that the total current tax valuation of such school district is $___________________, and that the dollar amount of revenue that would be generated by four and nine-tenths (4.9) mills per year as specified in such resolution is $___________________ per year, assuming that the tax valuation of such school district remains the same throughout the life of the levy.
