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Loveland, Ohio – 366 Loveland High School Seniors are members of the Class of 2022 and they graduated yesterday, May, 21, at the Cintas Center at Xavier University.
The Senior Awards Ceremony for the class happened on May 3. The school celebrated the Top 10 Seniors, called out accomplishments in everything from citizenship to spirit, and presented many scholarships, including the ones awarded by local individuals and organizations.
Symmes Township, Ohio – Symmes Township will honor the veterans that served our country on Friday, May 27, at 7 PM at Home of the Brave Park, 11605 Lebanon Road.
The keynote speaker will be Louis Terhar, a retired US Navy Commander and former State Representative for Ohio’s 30th District and former State Senator for Ohio’s 8th District.
Loveland, Ohio – The City’s Memorial Day event will be held Monday, May 30, starting with a parade at 9 AM from the Loveland Elementary School, 600 Loveland Madeira Road, to the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial at the Col. Thomas Paxton Bridge offer the Little Miami River.
If you or your organization would like to be in the parade, registration is still open.
Immediately following the parade, a ceremony will be held at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial, located at the intersection of West Loveland Avenue and Riverside Drive. The ceremony will feature a speech from Senator Terry Johnson of Ohio Senate District 14 (Adams, Brown, Clermont, Lawrence, and Scioto Counties).
Senator Johnson is a retired physician, a medical educator, and a retired military officer. Commissioned into the Ohio Army National Guard while a fourth-year medical student, he attained the rank of colonel in just 12 years. A senior flight surgeon and the Ohio Army National Guard’s first State Aviation Medical Officer, Dr. Johnson was deployed overseas multiple times, including two tours in Iraq and one posting in Kuwait. He ended his military career in 2011 as the Army Guard’s State Surgeon, the highest position attainable for a Medical Corps officer at that time.
Since 2006 this amazing community effort has been the primary
fundraiser to sustain LIFE Food Pantry and our vital services
depended upon by hundreds of local families. Life Food Pantry is such
an integral part of the well-being of our community—please join us in
making this fundraiser a success in such a critical time!
541 Loveland-Madeira Road Loveland, Ohio 45140 (513) 583-8222 LifeFoodPantry.org
Clermont County, Ohio – Clermont Senior Services has introduced a special newsletter for Lifelong Learning this month.
Take a look at the May/June issue.
Loveland, Ohio – Wednesday evening the Loveland Eagles #3006 presented a check for $6,000 to the Paxton’s Grill Golf Outing Benefiting CancerFree KIDS!
Be sure to register to participate in 17th annual outing at the link below: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTQxOTky
Read how to Help Paxton’s Grill Reach Their 100K Goal for CancerFree KIDS
Columbus, Ohio – The Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) proposal failed by a margin of 538 to 254 in voting conducted by the Ohio High School Athletic Association to amend their Constitution and Bylaws.
The proposal mirrored recent changes made at the collegiate level and would have allowed student-athletes to sign endorsement agreements so long as their teams, schools and/or the OHSAA logo were not used, the endorsements did not happen on school property or in school uniform, and provided there were no endorsements with companies that do not support the mission of education-based athletics, such as casinos, gambling, alcohol, drugs and tobacco. By rejecting the proposal, Ohio’s student-athletes remain unable sign endorsement deals without losing their amateur status.
Loveland, Ohio – The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a “Special Meeting” on Thursday, May 26, at 6 PM, at City Hall.
The purpose of the meeting will be to review the final draft version of the 2022 Comprehensive Master Plan for the City as recommended by the Comprehensive Master Plan Steering Committee and to consider making a recommendation for the adoption of the plan to Council.
The approved Final Draft version of the 2022 Comprehensive Master Plan can be found below:
APPROVED FINAL DRAFT – Comprehensive Master Development Plan
Columbus, Ohio – The State Board of Education of Ohio on May 10 selected Stephen Dackin as the 39thsuperintendent of public instruction for Ohio and leader of the Ohio Department of Education.
With more than 40 years of service in education, Dackin has experience in both postsecondary and preK-12 education settings having served as a school district superintendent, school principal, and classroom teacher. He recently served as superintendent of School and Community Partnerships at Columbus State Community College and, prior to that, superintendent of Reynoldsburg City Schools. Dackin and his wife Susan live in Columbus and have two daughters, Jessica and Erika.
The State Board of Education selected Dackin by a vote of 14 to 4, with one abstention. The start date is yet to be determined.
Loveland, Ohio – The City’s 1.75 Mill Fire and EMS levy passed at the ballot box on May 3.
At the time of its introduction by the Council, it was estimated property tax revenue produced would be an additional $727,638 per year and the amount would be sufficient to “maintain Fire and EMS services”, according to the City Manager. The estimated cost to an owner of a home with a $100,000 market value is $61.25 per year.
Clermont County – 278 YES, 168 NO.
Hamilton County – 837 YES, 540 NO.
Warren County – 120 YES, 47 NO.