Dog Owners Reminded to Renew

Dog Owners Reminded to Renew
Their Dog’s License

Date: November 28, 2007 Contact: Faith Dickerhoof
496-7405

Montgomery County Auditor Karl L. Keith along with the Montgomery County Commissioners would like to remind Montgomery County dog owners that the time is upon us to renew your dog’s license. Each year, between December 1 through January 31st, dog owners register their dogs with local authorities to ensure a safe trip home if their dog is lost, stolen, or missing. State law requires that every dog over the age of three months old needs to be licensed.

For 16 dollars per license, dog owners have the peace of mind that with 24 hour identification, their puppy will return home safely and quickly. This also enables the dog owner to avoid a potential $150 ticket for failure to license their pet. Finally, if the dog cannot return home quickly, the Animal Resource Center provides a safe shelter, food and emergency care if your lost dog requires such attention.

The Auditor’s office provides many reasonable, easy opportunities to purchase your dog’s license. First, starting on December 1st, visitors to www.mcohio.org will recognize the icon for dog licenses. With one click, surfers can navigate to the Auditor’s website and purchase up to five dog licenses per transaction. A $2.00 fee is attached to each transaction. Second, various vendors or outposts around the county, such as municipal buildings, pet supply stores and veterinarian’s offices, sell the dog license. Third, previous dog owners will receive a postcard in the mail from the Montgomery County Auditor’s office reminding them to renew their pet’s license. Please mail back to Auditor’s office a check or money order made out to the Montgomery County Auditor Karl L Keith for the total number of licenses required and a self addressed stamped envelope. Please make corrections to the card such as if a dog is deceased or changes in address.

Finally, the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center, located at 6790 Webster St, is available to sell licenses and arrange adoptions of pets Monday thru Friday from 10:00am to 6:00pm and Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00pm. Credit Cards are accepted at this location. For questions concerning adoption, please call the Animal Resource Center at 937-898-4457 ext 8. For questions regarding the purchase of dog licenses, please call the Auditor’s office at 937-225-4314.

All license fees generated go to support the work of the Animal Resource Center. Donations to the Animal Resource Center such as $5 for a bone shaped dog tag or $10 or more for a heart shaped dog tag go directly to the operation of the Animal Resource Center for the rescue, care and housing of our community’s lost and homeless pets.

Meeting on the Kroger Development

The meeting last Thursday was well attended by neighbors from Walnut Hills, Twin Towers and South Park. Shelly Dickstein announced that the City had identified money to bridge the gap the developers had shown and would begin real estate assessments and negotiations with homeowners before the end of the year. There are 88 properties that need to be acquired to fulfill the requirements for acreage for a new Kroger. Of those 88 properties, 21 (?) are owner occupied. Several are in foreclosure, the remainder are rentals or have been boarded up. This is the next step in the process, but there is yet no guarantee on a new store. Shelly did indicate that something would happen in that area, but I got the impression they are not putting a lot of effort into a Plan B until they are sure Plan A won't work.

Kroger Meeting

When: Thursday November 15th 6:30 PM

Where: Twin Towers Place 250 Allen street

Winter Raffle

To those who missed our October meeting, you should be excited to know that we've decided to raffle off a laptop computer to raise some funds and have some fun this winter! This year's computer is a truly impressive Compaq Laptop that includes a powerful dual core processor, a gigabyte of ram, a massive 120GB harddrive and a dvd burner!

Tickets are just a $1 each or SIX for $5.


For more info or to buy tickets call Chad @ 937.258.2392!

Mega Clean-Up Planned in Southeast Priority Board Area

Mega Clean-Up Planned in Southeast Priority Board Area

Release Date: Thursday, October 11, 2007
Contact: Paula Powers, Citizen Participation Coordinator, 333-7373

The Walnut Hills Neighborhood is spearheading a joint, three-and-a-half-mile volunteer litter clean-up effort through the heart of the Southeast Priority Board area on Saturday, October 13.

Last year Southeast Priority Board member and Walnut Hills resident Mike Schommer saw an article in the Spring 2006 issue of a City of Dayton publication, The Dayton Update, about the “Adopt an Area Program” sponsored by the Montgomery County Solid Waste District.

At that time he organized volunteers to take advantage of the program, which supplies free trash bags, gloves, safety vests, and litter grabbers for volunteers willing to adopt an area to clean up. Identifying Wyoming Street from Hyland Park to the intersection of Wayne Avenue as their adopted area, the volunteers picked up and hauled away 1,400 pounds of litter in May of 2006, 400 pounds in October of 2006, and 800 pounds in May of this year.

The initiative has gathered momentum and the cleanup scheduled for Saturday October 13 will include four Southeast neighborhoods, additional streets, many more volunteers, donations from local businesses, and will encompass a total of 3.5 miles of roadway.

The Fairgrounds, Linden Heights, and Twin Towers neighborhoods are joining Walnut Hills. The clean-up area will cover the entire stretch of Wyoming Street from Main Street to its terminus near Cleveland School on Purcell Avenue.

The Twin Towers Action Coalition, under the leadership of Barbara Bauer, another Southeast Priority Board member, was in the process of organizing a separate collaborative clean-up effort with volunteers from the Twin Towers Community Council, Twin Towers Block Leaders, East End Community Services Corporation, East End Community Church and support from Wayne Avenue Twin Towers Business Association and Dabel Eagles #3031. They planned to clean up Xenia Avenue from Steve Whalen Drive to Keowee Street. Schommer offered to expand the use of his pickup truck to collect the litter gathered by the Twin Towers neighborhood under the voucher issued by the County, which allows him to dump the refuse without a fee. This removes the trash from the neighborhoods the same day of the clean-up, instead of waiting for a scheduled weekday pick-up.

Approximately 30 volunteers from Walnut Hills, Linden Heights and Fairgrounds will gather at Hyland Park at 11:00 a.m. to start their clean-up and will celebrate afterwards at the Pizza Factory, 1101 Wayne Avenue, which is donating pizza for their hard work. The Twin Towers neighborhood will begin its clean-up effort at East End Community Services, located at 624 Xenia Avenue at 9:00 a.m. Organizers will reward the approximately 75 volunteers afterwards with a cookout in the lot across the street.


“Without the City of Dayton, I wouldn’t have known about the County’s Program,” Schommer said. “Montgomery County is supplying the necessary materials. Without the Priority Board, I wouldn’t have known who the neighborhood contacts were in order to organize this thing. We need to send a strong message from Dayton to outlying communities that we have pride in our neighborhoods. So many people have no idea of all the great stuff that goes on in Dayton neighborhoods all the time. We’re taking positive action because we just aren’t going to tolerate attitudes of those who feel our city streets can be used as trash cans.”

Volunteer interested in helping with the clean-up efforts may call Mike Schommer at 256-2516.

School Board Candidates at Walnut Hills meeting tonight

Several school board candidates will be at the Walnut Hills meeting tonight at 6:30 until about 7:15 and will be available to answer questions on the issues facing the school district. Election day is Nov. 6. Take this opportunity to find out where these candidates stand on issues important to you, your children, and your neighborhood.

Stewart Street Bridge

Stewart Street Bridge Informational Meeting Set for October 16



Release Date: Friday, October 5, 2007

Contact: Steve Finke, City of Dayton, 333-4070

Melissa Rasnic, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, 226-8269



The City of Dayton and the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct an informational meeting regarding the Stewart Street Bridge on Tuesday, October 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at the Dayton Daily News corporate offices, 1611 S. Main St.



The purpose of the meeting is to inform affected citizens, employers and motorists of the timeline related to the planned closure, demolition and reconstruction of the Stewart Street Bridge. The bridge, which was constructed in 1911, is a vital transportation corridor for Dayton residents, businesses, and visitors. The bridge will be replaced beginning in the spring of 2008.



Anyone wishing to attend the meeting is asked to call Melissa Rasnic at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce at 226-8289 to RSVP and for parking information.

Beggar’s Night

Beggar’s Night Scheduled for Tuesday, October 30

Release Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2007

The City of Dayton will observe the annual tradition of Beggar’s Night on Tuesday, October 30 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the city of Dayton. Parents are encouraged to dress children in brightly-colored and reflective clothing. Also, as always, motorists are encouraged to use caution when traveling during that time.

Trade & Skills Fair

City Recreation and Youth Services Department to Sponsor
Youth & Young Adult Trade & Skills Fair


Release Date: Monday, October 1, 2007

Contact: Roma Stephens, Recreation & Youth Services, 333-3322



The City of Dayton’s Department of Recreation and Youth Services is hosting a “Youth & Young Adult Skilled Trades Fair” on Tuesday, October 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. Fifth Street.



The event is free and open to all youth and young adults (ages 16 to 23 years) and will focus on two areas of interest: obtaining a GED and post-high school training for those interested in trades.



The fair’s GED section will offer information to youth and young adults who have attended high school but did not receive a diploma. Representatives of several schools and agencies will be present to discuss GED options with those seeking a second chance at earning a high school education and improving career possibilities.



The trade careers section is for individuals who are on track to earn a high school diploma but are interested in skilled trade careers rather than pursuing a four-year degree. Representatives from more than 30 career areas including electrical, plumbing, trucking, health and beauty, and even creative fields will be present to offer information on opportunities and requirements for the trades.



Currently enrolled students should contact a school guidance counselor regarding attendance. Dayton Public Schools will send interested Junior and Senior level students to the trade careers segment.



For more information, call 333-8400.

Oktoberfest

St. Anthony school is having an Oktoberfest on 13 Oct from 6-midnight (carry out from 5-6) att he school. Tickets are $10 pre-event and $12 at the door. All you can eat cabbage rolls, brats, metts, etc plus drinks at the event. Call CHris Emmerich at 258-1191 for tickets or information.

Volunteers Still Needed

South Park is having their Rehabarama event next week and still need some people to assist at some of the houses. Please contact Karen Manovich at kmanovich@usa.net if you can help out.

Count Week October 1-5

This coming week (October 1-5) is Count Week in Dayton Public Schools. It's HUGELY important for kids to be at school this week because school funding is based on attendance records during Count Week. Please help us by getting your children to school. Attendance has been dropping and poor attendance during this week is extremely detrimental to schools. Thank you for your help!

Halloween and the YMCA

At Cleveland PK-8
Neighborhood School Center
You are invited to Join us for

Trunk-or-Treat is a fun and safe way to celebrate a family tradition. Instead of going from house-to-house, families will have the opportunity to go from trunk-to trunk in search of fun treats! We will be using Cleveland Pk-8’s parking lot for all of the participating vehicles. We are currently looking for families, organizations, and business to sponsor a vehicle to decorate and pass out candy. This is a fun event for everyone!

Where: Cleveland PK-8 School

When: Tuesday Oct. 30th
6:00pm-8:00pm
Who: Everyone!!!

If you are interested in sponsoring a vehicle, a game, or treats, please fill the form out below. If you have any questions, or you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact:

Kym Beasley 937-474-2091, KBeasley@dps.k12.oh.us , or you can turn in the bottom portion of this form to Cleveland PK-8 School

______Yes, I am interested in decorating a vehicle and passing
out candy.

______Yes, I am interested donating candy, prizes, or coupons.

______Yes, I am interested in sponsoring a fun game.

______Yes, My family will be attending Trunk-or-Treat.

Include your name and contact information on the back of this form. Please respond by Wednesday October 24th. Thank You!

Spray Park Working

The spray park is up and running in Walnut Hills Park for the next couple of weeks to work out any bugs in the system.

The official grand opening should be next year but in the meantime stop by and have some fun! If you put your hand on the black button at the back of the orange speaker the jets will come on.

$8000 Reward

The Walnut Hills Association voted unanimously to set aside $1000 from our treasury as a reward for information leading to the conviction of the person responsible for the ARSON fire at 260 Indiana Ave on July 16th, 2007.

This raises the total reward to $8000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for this crime.

Call 222-STOP if you have any information regarding this crime.

Wednesday in the Park

The basketball court was being re-surfaced

AND the spray park is so almost done that there is a possibility that it may be open for use in the next two weeks!

More Yard Sale Details

I promised to post this because I think people should be using this site much more than they are doing. I am also trying to make people who are participating in the yard sale this coming weekend realize the true value of this site.
If there is an unusual or specific item that you feel should be promoted, there is nothing to stop you from uploading the URL and sending us a link to your site so that people who visit this web site from the newspaper advertisement can see some of the great items available in our neighborhood yard sale.
That being said, 1418 Phillips Ave will be running their yard sale on Friday and Saturday since they are unable to be available on Sunday.

Unique items at Neighborhood Yard sale Saturday

Hello,
I will be participating in the neighborhood yard sale on Saturday, September 8th only. I will be selling mostly collectible Barbies (I have about 100 all together) in new condition all in their original boxes. I have them priced quite reasonably and you can see some of the pictures of them here, Charity's Barbies for sale. So be sure to stop by my house at 1322 Epworth Ave. to check them out. It's not too early to be thinking about gift ideas and these dolls would make excellent presents!

Yard Sale reminder, Septemeber 8th!

A reminder to all you crazy yard-salers, this year’s fall yard-sale extravaganza is coming up in a little less than two weeks. If you’d like to participate contact Chad at 258-2392 or Gary at 253-1359 to sign up or get details. The official date is Saturday, September 8th.

You can find more details or sign up digitally here, or check out the map here.
Don’t miss out!

Property Tax Savings Deadline: October 1

Homeowners 65 years of age and older or who are disabled are eligible for a property tax reduction under the Homestead Reduction Program. Applications must be submitted by October 1. Get more information from the office of the Montgomery County Auditor.