Vacation Bible School and Evangelistic Meetings!!!

Colorado Ave Baptist Church, Ohmer Park Methodist Church, and New Bethany is presenting a Vacation Bible School. Please pass this along to any young children that you may know between the ages of 5-12.

VBS will be held the week of July 13-17 from 6:00PM to 8:30PM at Ohmer Park Methodist Church located at 1357 Arbor Blvd. Please contact Greg Segda at (937) 838-6861 or Sharon Roth at (937) 925-0166 if you have any questions. Please see the attached fliers for additional information and to also print off the registration form for any child that would like to participate.

Also, please plan to join us at Colorado Ave Baptist Church for The Evangelistic Meetings with Pastor Don Godby. They will be held on July 17, 18, and 19th starting at 7:00PM. If you have any questions regarding the Evangelistic Meetings please contact Colorado Ave Baptist Church at (937) 253-0014.

Southeast Festival Next Saturday!

Don't miss out on the fun!

All Sons Banquet

We would like to introduce ourselves to everyone in the Walnut Hills Community. We are 3 churches united to become 1, Colorado Ave Baptist Church, Ohmer Park Methodist Church, and New Bethany for Christ.

We are having an all sons banquet on Tuesday, June 16 at 6:30pm at Ohmer Park Methodist Church located on 1357 Arbor Ave, please plan to join us for an evening of celebration as we recognize all fathers and sons.

For more information please contact one of our churches.

Colorado Ave Baptist Church-(937) 253-0014 or Ohmer Park-(937) 252-5674

We have a lot more plans and celebrations coming up this summer, so we will keep you posted on more events as they become available.

The Dayton Mediation Center

Mediation Training and Apprenticeship
at the Dayton Mediation Center

The Dayton Mediation Center is offering a free training for citizens interested in learning to be a volunteer community mediator.

Basic Mediation training through the Dayton Mediation Center includes 20 classroom hours and approximately 30 continuing training hours over a six-month period. Following this apprenticeship, mediators are expected to volunteer at least once a month for 18 months. The dates and times are:

Saturday, August 15th, from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 20th, from 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 29th, from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
(must be able to attend all three dates)

To be fully informed about the decision you and the Center will be making, anyone interested in considering this training is invited to a group interview/orientation session. Please choose one of these dates to attend. (If you are unable to attend one of these, please contact us to schedule an individual session.)

Thursday, June 18th, from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30pm
OR
Saturday, June 27th, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

These sessions will take place at the Center’s office on the 3rd floor of the City of Dayton Building at 371 W. Second Street, Dayton OH 45402.

If you have any questions or would like directions please contact Janet Mueller at janet.mueller@cityofdayton.org or (937)333-2356.

5 Year Crime Statistics for Walnut Hills

This month I requested crime statistics for our neighborhood so that I could publish them in the newsletter. I also asked if crime was really down in the City of Dayton. I didn't get what I asked for but what I did get was way more interesting! I can't post the actual pages here for you to view directly but have put links below. Please take some time to review the information and draw your own conclusions.

Walnut Hills 5 Year Summary

Walnut Hills 5 Year Year to date statistics

Adopt-An-Area Clean Up

Here is a picture of our core group of clean-up volunteers who help organize and participate in the twice yearly Adopt-An-Area clean ups that we do in South East Dayton. Mike Schommer wearing an orange vest, is standing with his father, wife, son and two volunteers from the community as they venture out to pick up litter from an area that they have chosen to clean up. This year we let residents chose where they wanted to participate instead of designating Wyoming Avenue as the street of choice.

Register Now for Summer Camps & Activities

Dayton's Department of Recreation and Youth Services is presenting a full schedule of summer camps for 2009. Camps include: A Backpack of Experiences (weekly special topics from June 15 through August 7); Pee Wee Power Camp (weekly, June 15 to August 7); All About Sports (featuring the Cincinnati Reds Rookie Success League; weekly, July 6 through August 14); Youth Tennis Camp (two-week sessions, June 15 through August 7); and the Fairview Park Program (for residents of the Phoenix Project area, June 16 through August 7). For information and registration, go to www.daytonrecreationandyou.com or call 333-8400.

Phone-a-Thon to Support Foreclosure Prevention

Dayton-area community service organizations are joining forces with WDTN to present a foreclosure prevention "phone-a-thon" on Thursday, June 4, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Professionals from the Neighborhood Lending Partnership will take phone calls and provide resource and referral information to homeowners seeking help with home foreclosures or potential foreclosures. WDTN will air live coverage of phone-a-thon segments and will also provide information on www.wdtn.com.

Letter to Kroger

During our last neighborhood association meeting Doug Schommer presented a letter that he felt we should send to the Kroger Company. I mailed it off last week to

Geoffrey Covert at
Kroger Food Stores
P.O. Box 46234
Cincinnati, OH 45246

It reads;

Dear Mr. Covert,

I am writing to your company on behalf of the Walnut Hills (Neighborhood) Association. Our association represents 2,500 households near your store located on Wayne Ave. in Dayton, Ohio.
Thank you for approximately 50 years of quality products and service to our community. We are disappointed that you will not be able to participate in the development at the corner of Wayne and Wyoming Avenues. Our community is very excited about the future of this site and its potential in the new millennium. Thank you again for 50 great years!


Sincerely,




Gary Leitzell
President WHA

Bike Polo Tournament

The 6th Annual Midwest Bike Polo Championship Tournament is being held at Walnut Hills Park lower level on Sunday May 24th. There will be people almost 100 people participating from as far away as Wisconsin. Apparently the in-line hockey arena at Walnut Hills Park is the best available facility for this type of event in the entire Midwest. The bike polo players frequent the park on Sunday afternoons and are looking for new players to participate.
Just think, Dayton, home of the Midwest Bike Polo Tournament. As a City we need to promote this sport.

Street Sweeping

Neighborhoods to be swept the week of 5/18/09 through 5/22/09


Twin Towers
Burkhardt
Linden Heights
Walnut Hills
Fairlane
Old Dayton View
Southern Dayton View

Yard Sale Fast Approaching.

I am putting the yard sale map together this week. The yard sale is officially Friday May 15th through Sunday May 17th. Let me know if you plan to participate. The cost to be included is FREE. So it is great at half the price! If you want a Walnut Hills Yard Sale sign the cost is $5.00 which is refundable if you return the sign. Other wise you may keep it and use it every year. Participants will each be given 20 yard sale maps to give away to people touring the neighborhood yard sales. The sale will be advertised in the Dayton Daily News as well.


View Walnut Hills Yard Sale - 2009 in a larger map

Safe Routes to School Grant

Got this email today. Thought I would share it.


Good Morning!

Some of you may have already heard the news...but it has been officially anounced. Cleveland NSC, Kate Ervin, and The City of Dayton have worked on the Safe Routes to School grant for a while, and the Cleveland neighborhood has been awarded $125,813! $100,000.00 will go towards infrastructure: improving pedestrian access to school by updating crosswalks, walks, lighting near school and park, adding a bike rack...etc. $25,813 will go towards education, encouragement and enforcement leg of Dayton's overall plan. Cleveland NSC will be hosting it's first Bike Rodeo tomorrow for Healthy Kids Day!

Have a great day!

Kym Beasley

Site Coordinator

Cleveland PK-8 Neighborhood School Center

1102 Pursell Ave

Dayton, OH 45420


Side note: That is $100,000 that is going to be spent on improvements in the vicinity of Cleveland School. Walnut Hills is included in that area!

Enrolling Now!!

Miami Valley Child Development Centers, Inc. is accepting preschool
enrollment applications for the 2009/2010 school year. The program is
free to income eligible families and offers both part-day and full-day
sessions. This educational program will offer age appropriate school
readiness activities, health screenings, and nutritionally balanced
meals and snacks. Social services that support the whole family will
also be offered.

For more information or to complete an enrollment application, please
contact Laura Navaro at 937-258-2470 ext. 30.

COOKING EXERCISE

Nutrition
Volunteers from the University of Dayton want to teach you ways to be healthy!

WHEN: Friday April 17th
TIME: After school – 5:00 pm
WHERE: Cleveland PK-8 School: Life Skills Room
WHO: PK-8th graders; 25 spaces available on a first-come, first-serve basis: PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME TO THIS SESSION!
COST: FREE!!
Any questions, please contact Kym Beasley at 474-2091

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Student’s name:_______________________ Grade:___________


Parent/Guardian Signature:________­­­­­­­­_____________ Date:_____________

Please return to Kym Beasley ASAP.

Round Up Your Friends and Parents for:

Cleveland’s 1st Annual
Bike Rodeo
April 18th
Cleveland PK-8 Neighborhood School Center Parking Lot

11am-1pm
FREE!
Skills Challenge Course!
Learn Bike Safety!
Prizes!
Rain or Shine!
Kids ages 5+ are invited to bring their own bikes and participate in the challenge!
Helmets are required for the challenge

Any questions, if you need a helmet, please contact Kym Beasley 937-474-2091 KBeasley@dps.k12.oh.us

Stone Soup Presents

9 STEPS TO
SURVIVE IN THIS ECONOMY


Free INFO from the experts!
Ruskin School, 407 Ambrose Avenue
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Step 1 April 14 Budgeting 101, presented by Wright Patt Credit Union
Step 2 April 21 How to Stay Competitive in the Work Force, presented by Job and Family
Advocacy , East End Community Services

Step3 April 28 Making Less Grocery Money Last Longer, presented by Bubbles the Clown,
Angelfood Ministries

Step 4 May 5 College/Certificate Fair, with Sinclair Communtiy College
Step 5 May 19 Steps to Financial Freedom, presented by Wright Patt Credit Union
Step 6 June 2 TBD
Step 7 June 9 TBD
Step 8 June 16 TBD
Step 9 June 23 TBD


Stone Soup Presents
a progam of East End Community Services, Inc.
624 Xenia Avenue
Dayton, Ohio 45410

Vaughn Murphy
Phone: 937-259-1898
Fax: 937-259-1897
Email: vmurphy@east-end.org

Waste Collection Route Revisions Are in Effect

Waste Collection Route Revisions Are in Effect

Pickup Days Unchanged, Times May Change

Release Date: Friday, April 3, 2009

Contact: Division of Waste Collection, 333-4800

Waste collection customers served by the City of Dayton (in the cities of Dayton and Riverside and Jefferson Township) may experience revised pick-up times as a result of route changes implemented on March 30. Scheduled collection days have not changed. Waste collection crews will still travel normal service routes from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. However, residents may notice crews collecting waste at different times of the day than in the past. The route revisions have been implemented to help reduce operating costs. To contact the Division of Waste Collection, call 937-333-4800.

The following are reminders for Dayton waste collection customers:

Guidelines for setting out waste and recycling for collection:

· Keep containers away from parked cars and other obstacles.

· Waste containers and recycle bins must be at designated collection areas by 7:00 a.m. on scheduled collection days.

· Waste containers and recycle bins must be removed from designated pickup areas by 8:00 a.m. on the day after pickup.

· Waste collection crews will not enter private property for pickup services.

· Do not overfill containers or recycle bins.

· Do not put loose trash in waste containers. Please wrap or bag all trash first.

· Do not overfill waste containers or recycle bins, to help keep neighborhoods clean.

· Recyclable materials are: glass, aluminum, tin, plastic (#1 through #7), newspapers, magazines, cardboard, or other material determined by the City.

How do I schedule a “bulk” waste pick-up?

· Bulk waste pick-ups must be scheduled in advance by calling 937-333-4800 between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

· Bulk waste items should be set out by 7:00 a.m. on the pre-scheduled collection day.

· One pick-up equals material totaling 4 feet x 8 feet x 4 feet in size.

· Separate metal items (stoves, refrigerators, etc.) from other bulk items. Remember to remove refrigerator doors.

· All loose and small items must be securely contained, bundled or bagged.

· Crews cannot pick up concrete, rocks, brick, blocks, sand, gravel, demolition materials or hazardous waste.

· Yard waste (brush, hedges, tree limbs, etc.) must be tied into bundles not larger than 4 ft. long and 18 inches in diameter. Bundles are limited to 25 pounds each.

Womens Self Defense Classes

The residents of South Park have successfully held self defense classes for women in the past and are looking to host another series beginning on April 20 if enough people participate. Classes are held at the Hope Lutheran Church at 7:00 PM on Wednesdays. Participation is by donation. For details contact Lisa at lcpersons@woh.rr.com

Rite Aid Prescriptions

Effective Friday March 20Th prescriptions will no longer be filled at the Rite Aid Pharmacy at Wayne and Wyoming Aves. They have sold their service to Walgreen's across the street. For anyone who was not aware, Rite Aid will be closing.