News Stories for September 2010
Stories for Wednesday, September 29
<b>‘A true testament’</b>
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wishes to publicly acknowledge Animal Friends Humane Society of Hamilton for saving the lives of 279 cats and dogs during August. This number, a major achievement in and of itself, also represents an increase of 72 more lives saved at ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 28
<b>‘Best candidate’</b>
Fall arrives and the November 2010 elections are fast approaching. The majority of us ... go to the polls, determined to support our respective candidate(s). Then, there are those of us referred to as independent voters: Those who support a candidate best suited for the job at hand.This election will ...
Stories for Thursday, September 23
<b>‘Fighting for us’</b>
I support John Boehner 100 percent and am thrilled with the job he does representing Butler County and leading the Republican Party in the House.As a former small business owner, John Boehner understands what this country needs to turn things around. He knows that we need to put an end ...
<b>‘20-year grip’</b>
John Boehner is campaigning for Speaker of the House. Has he forgotten District 8 voters have not re-elected him to remain a member of the House?Mr. Boehner takes District 8 as a given, but this year he has a credible West Point graduate, Justin Coussoule, running against him. Justin is ...
Stories for Monday, September 20
<b>‘Join me in supporting the levy’</b>
When my mother accidentally set the field next to our house on fire in the early 1950s, we listened as the sirens grew louder and louder as the Monroe Fire Department came to put out the fire. Liberty Twp. had no fire department.In 1953, Liberty Twp. voters passed the first ...
Stories for Friday, September 17
<b>Strickland ‘used his power to gain political favor’</b>
Richard Nields brutally beat and strangled his girlfriend while also stealing her car and travelers checks. He later bragged about the murder to people in a bar as well as a jail inmate.A jury recommended the death penalty and the courts — state and federal — agreed the death penalty ...
<b>‘Restore honor’</b>
While I am not a Republican, there have been some, such as Barry Goldwater, Robert Dole and George Voinovich, whom I respect because they put democracy and personal conscience above partisan politics.Rep. John Boehner is not among them. He exemplifies an extreme of the partisanship that has caused disillusionment with ...
Stories for Thursday, September 16
Court weighs Bluffton crash liability
The Ohio Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether Bluffton University's insurers are liable for a 2007 crash in Atlanta that killed seven people, including five college baseball players. A chartered bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team plunged from the Northside Drive overpass and landed on I-75 before ...
<b>‘Best solution’</b>
Those of us who found the “Dubya” Bush years troubling are worried about a return to those policies of yesterday.Haunting us are visions of back-room, closed-door Republican legislative decision making; a failed system of national security, culminating in the 9/11 disaster; the inability to apprehend bin Laden; a pre-emptive attack ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 15
<b>‘He chose public service over cash’</b>
I’m voting for Justin Coussoule and here is why. He has the courage, the leadership ability, and the sober good judgment that inspires people. ...Earlier this year, he stepped up to oppose John Boehner when no one else had the courage to do it, and he easily won the Democratic ...
<b>‘Shocking affront’</b>
What could be more appalling than the murder of three people, including a 4-year-old girl and her mother? Perhaps that justice is now being denied after 16 years due to one powerful person.The Sept. 3 account — that our governor, Ted Strickland, commuted the death sentence of Kevin Keith though ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 14
<b>‘Not an empty shirt’</b>
“How do you pronounce his name?” my Republican friend asked.“Kuh-soo-lee,” I said.“You know he’s is not going to beat Boehner.” Before I could speak, my friend continued: “I’ll say this, though. Coussoule isn’t an empty shirt like the Dems usually run against Boehner.”My GOP friend and I do not agree ...
<b>‘How strange’</b>
More than 30 years ago, I moved from Michigan to California. Over the years, I have listened to Midwesterners talk about how weird and strange we are in our thinking and politics.Now that we in California, and across the nation, have the unfortunate experience of listening to the man you ...
Stories for Saturday, September 11
Senior works to be scary for Band of Class performance
ROSS TOWNSHIP — Stephanie Wigal has been getting a lot creepier lately, but she’s really had to work at it.At a recent Ross High School Band of Class practice, Wigal took the center of the field and struck a pose along with the rest of the color guards — head ...
Stories for Friday, September 10
<b>Strickland ‘best choice for Ohio’</b>
Ohio is facing multiple issues and economic challenges. The election this fall will determine the path we take into the future. Gov. Ted Strickland has provided steady leadership in the face of unprecedented challenges. He has an unwavering commitment to the middle class, and has demonstrated a willingness and ability ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 8
<b>‘Where are the jobs, Mr. Boehner?’</b>
Mr. Boehner, given your penchant for luxury hotels, gourmet dining and exclusive golf resorts (to the tune of over $1 million in campaign cash), your reference to mopping floors in your dad’s bar room as a kid rings a bit hollow this year. But not as hollow as your five-step ...
Tire shatters windshield, caves in roof of car on I-75
MIDDLETOWN — Police believe a tire may have crossed six lanes of traffic from southbound to northbound Interstate 75 to strike a car early Tuesday morning, according to WKRC Channel 12. A truck going southbound had lost a tire near the scene of the car with a windshield shattered by ...
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