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January 2009
Seniors’ center to close at least 6 months
HAMILTON — Partners in Prime is moving its kitchen and offices to the Vora Technology Park while work gets underway on the extensive water damages caused by a frozen pipe that broke at the center.
The Ross Avenue center could be closed for six months, as the work will take at least that long, said Steve Schnabl, chief executive officer of Partners in Prime.
Assistance in tax preparation for seniors will continue, but has been moved to the First Methodist Church on Ludlow Street.
More details are in the news release (below) from Partners spokeswoman Christy Quincy.
The Partners in Prime organization is vacating their headquarters facility at 140 Ross Avenue this week.
According to Steve Schnabl, “It is looking like at least a six month process to restore the building, and we will need to do further ‘deconstruction’ prior to any restoration. Extra precautions will occur since we assume we have a minor asbestos mixture in the old plaster that was flood-damaged, plus lead paint issues to address first.”
The agency is moving 20 staff members including 5 kitchen staff, to Vora Technology (the former Champion Paper building) on Knightsbridge Drive on Thursday. Meals on wheels will be prepared in the kitchen at the Vora Technology location, with an additional 14 meals on wheels drivers picking up meals from the new location.
“The folks at Vora have been wonderful to work with. They have offered to help with whatever we need to remain operational,” said Schnabl.
In-home services will also be operated from the new office location. In-home services include companions and daily assistance in the home with chores such as bill paying, appointment scheduling and personal care.
For seniors trying to contact the agency, the same telephone numbers and contact information will remain in place.
Transportation services are operated from the prime club Fairfield location and there has been no interruption in those services, other than weather-related issues.
Prime club activities at the Fairfield and West Chester clubs have experienced an increase in participants since the Hamilton club was closed.
And this time of year, the agency typically sees hundreds of people in need of assistance with tax preparation. Those services offered by AARP, have been relocated to the First Methodist Church on Ludlow Street on a first come, first served basis.
Many local agencies and businesses stepped forward to assist Partners in Prime in the days following the flood that occurred on January 16 as a result of a frozen t-joint pipe on a sprinkler head in the attic. Among those, several area buildings are now housing senior activities including the Masonic Temple on High Street, Knights of Columbus, the Old Moose Lodge, the Eagles, Epcon Communities Clubhouse, First Baptist Church on Hamilton-Cleves Road, Grace United Methodist Church on Main Street and Hamilton Assembly of God on NW Washington Boulevard. Two other prime clubs in Fairfield and West Chester were able to absorb some of the activities as well.
“We have so many people to thank for ensuring that our prime club activities continue, and I am also proud at the way our members have handled this situation - they realize that life goes on, and they are showing up at the various club activity locations, and making sure that others in their groups are joining them,” said Schnabl.
With 1,622 prime club members over the age of 55, continuing to offer a wide variety of prime club activities is important.
“Our goal is to continue the variety of fitness, dance and social activities that we have offered in Hamilton - especially this time of year when our members don’t get out of the house as often, and need to stay connected with each other in a warm, comfortable environment,” said Schnabl.
To date, the agency has received over $4,500 in financial support. Donations can be made online at www.PartnersInPrime.org or by mail to 140 Ross Avenue, Hamilton, 45013.
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TweetRockies Express Pipeline to skirt Hamilton golf course
HAMILTON — Rockies Express Pipeline officials are providing a tour to media outlets today, Jan. 26, of a construction site where the natural gas pipeline is being installed.
The tour is designed to update the public on the progress of the project. The pipeline stretches from the Rocky Mountains and will skirt the city of Hamilton by the Twin Runs Golf Course, according to city officials.
After that the pipeline is expected to go through Monroe and into Warren County on its way to the Eastern United States.
Rockies Express officials are expected to meet with media representatives at Bob Evans Restaurant, 1461 Main St., then lead a tour to a nearby construction site.
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TweetLocal Dems celebrate Obama’s swearing in
HAMILTON — A group of Butler County Democrats met at Riverbank Cafe to watch the Inauguration of President Barack Obama today, Jan. 20. Some made arrangements to be off from work and school to watch the historic moment.
Kendall Dienno, 15, a Talawanda student, stayed home from school and attended the viewing party with her mom, Chele Dienno.
Kendall said she’s inspired by Obama’s story, that he’s a young, black man from Chicago who was raised by a single mom. “ I’m really proud, and I usually don’t feel that way about our country,” she said.
Chele Dienno, said it was important to her that her daughter witness Obama’s Inauguration.
“She had to see this. It’s history,” Dienno said, adding that she hopes the new administration will provide a “healing of wounds” left from President Bush’s administration.
Sonya Montana came back to Hamilton a few years ago and Worked for the Obama campaign in her hometown neighborhood on the East side. The 69-year-old said talking to residents there where she grew up about a man she believes in was thrilling.
“It’s a return of hope greater than fear,” Montana said. “My hope today is to have a full eight years of this administration.”
Nelly Bly Cogan, of Oxford, teared up at different times watching the ceremony, particularly during the performance of “It’s a Gift to be Simple,” by Yo Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman. Cogan said she remembers hearing that performed by folk lorist Richard Chase, whom she met in North Carolina after graduating college.
Cogan said the Inauguration of the first black president was important to her because she remembers seeing segregation first-hand as an exchange student at an all-black university in Tennessee.
The year was 1959, and Cogan said she wasn’t able to go eat at the same places with the other students, whom she considered friends.
“It brought back a lot of memories from that experience,” Cogan said.
Originally from Scotland, Liz Miller has lived here for 17 years and commutes from Eaton to work at Miami University Hamilton. Miller said she hasn’t felt compelled to apply for citizenship until now.
“I wasn’t opposed to it before, but now it just feels more right. I want to be a part of the big change,” Miller said.
Miller said she thinks more people will be inspired to get involved in the community.
“I think more people will get involved in service. Enough things are so wrong, so broken, I think this will inspire people to fix their little corner of the world,” she said.
Peggy Herr, a Hamilton Democrat who occassionally writes letters-to-the-editor to the JournalNews, just had one thing to say: “Our long national nightmare is over.”
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TweetJazz musician kicks off 2009 Sojourner concert series
Stacy Mitchhart will be back in the area this weekend for a jazz performance at the Fairfield Community Arts Center. The show is part of the 2009 Sojourner Recovery Series. The jazz musician can regularly be seen at BB Kings in Nashville, Tenn. Click here for more details and to learn how to get tickets.
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TweetMore charges handed down in Blankenburg case
A Butler County grand jury has handed down nine new felony charges against Hamilton pediatrician Dr. Mark E. Blankenburg. The charges are for the alleged sexual abuse of two former juvenile male patients. He is already facing 27 felony charges for child-sex and drug dealing stemming from a grand jury indictment in December. Click here to read the full story.
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TweetSalt trucks everywhere
It is my personal opinion the salt trucks in Hamilton are doing a great job so far this winter. I live in the German Village, and have seen them dousing the streets at appropriate times — waiting for rain to stop and covering them just before the snow begins. I have been appreciative and felt safer so far this season. Have you had the same experience?
Click here to share your winter weather photos and to see what others are sharing.
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TweetWhat is it that Hamilton needs?
With the recent announcement by Bon Ton that it plans to close its Elder Beerman store in Hamilton, a few residents have said they’re saddened, but not surprised. Is it the growth of Bridgewater Falls in Fairfield Twp. causing locals to shop elsewhere? Is it that Elder Beerman itself has lost popularity as a hot shopping spot? If you were on City Council, what moves would you make to keep Hamilton breathing? Is Council on the right track? Another question: At which Hamilton businesses do you spend money? Are there any that have piqued your interest from the outside, but you’ve never gone in?
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TweetJunior highers head back to elementary school
Okay, so it’s not REALLY that they’re going back to elementary school, but they’ll be back in a building from which they may have already graduated. As the Wilson Middle School staff outlines plans to move in order to prepare for a new building, students will prepare to attend Lincoln and Adams elementaries next fall.
Plans currently call for seventh-graders to attend Adams, while eighth-graders will go to Lincoln. The elementary students will be moved to new elementary buildings, already under construction. (There aren’t lockers in the elementary schools, so students will be encouraged to carry backpacks.) Click here for the full story.
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