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The Dayton community is invited to ride for free aboard all RTA fixed-route buses and RTA Connect paratransit services all day on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 17. This will ensure those in the community are able to attend events.

Riders need only board an RTA bus to receive the free ride. For the holiday, RTA will run its normal schedule with the exception of Route 22 which will not run, and Route 43 which will have reduced service. The Flyer will run on its regular weekday services. The RTA Customer Service Call Center will be available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to take customer calls and Connect Paratransit Reservations.

There may be service delays and rolling route deviations due to the MLK Jr. Day march between approximately 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. along Third Street and the downtown Dayton corridor. The march will begin at the Charles Drew Health Center and end on West Third Street in front of Sinclair College.

Reroutes for Routes 1 and 4 are as follows; eastbound from West Third Street turn right on Paul Laurence Dunbar, left on Germantown Street to 5^th Street, left on South Wilkinson Street, back to West Third Street to regular route. As the march moves down West Third Street past Broadway Street, we would use Broadway in place of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Route 2 eastbound would continue across Broadway, then left on Germantown and 5^th Street, to left on Wilkinson Street to regular route.

Reroutes for Routes 1, 2 and 4 westbound from Wright Stop Plaza are as follows; continue on 4^th Street to Germantown Street, right on Paul Laurence Dunbar, left on West Third Street to regular route. As the march moves down West Third Street past Broadway Street, we will use Broadway until the march is cleared.

For assistance in planning your trip, visit our website at www.iriderta.org and consult the “Saturday Service” section of your RTA schedule.

With over 100,000 artifacts the The Miami Valley Military History Museum outgrow their home since January 2007 at the Dayton VA Medical Center. Today they opened at their brand new home in the  heart of downtown Fairborn. The museum is located at 4 East Main Street, the site of the former Faith Christian Bookstore on the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue.

The Miami Valley Military History Museum was established to:

• Perpetuate and preserve the memory of the veterans of our Armed Forces past, present, and future
• Establish a permanent military history museum as a repository for artifacts and research materials
• Highlight the military history of local communities and the state of Ohio
• Foster patriotism and respect for veterans and the Armed Forces.

The displays begin with the Revolutionary War, and include the history of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (the “Soldiers Home”, now the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center), and continue through the Spanish-American War, both World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War, Operations DESERT STORM, ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM and Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) such as Lebanon, Grenada, and Panama.

All ranks and branches of the service are represented – you’ll have the opportunity to see artifacts belonging to privates and generals alike, as well as relics from the opposing side in each conflict. For those interested in World War II, one of our prized artifacts on display is a piece of the USS Arizona, generously donated by the United States Navy. Listen to authentic WWII news broadcasts in our Home Front display, or you can enjoy the Armed Forces Vietnam radio shows playing in the Vietnam display. Do you know how heavy a flak jacket and Kevlar helmet is? They’ve got them waiting for you to try on!

Check out the  Veterans Wall:

You can submit photographs to be included by emailing to their Curator at [email protected] or dropped off at the Museum during normal business hours. Please  include the Veteran’s full name, branch of service, rank or rate, and when known the years in which they served.

The Miami Valley Military History Museum staff and dedicated volunteers offer presentations about the Museum and its subject areas to schools, educators, government organizations, associations, professional societies and other groups. A minimum of two weeks advance notice is requested. Presentations are provided at no cost.

The Museum needs all types of volunteers – especially docents. Docents are guides who greet visitors and show them around. As little as one day a week for 3 hours, either in the morning or the afternoon would be helpful to us. Those not as comfortable with public contact can find plenty to do behind the scenes. Volunteers are needed to help plan and stage events, conduct Veterans History Project interviews, and generally keep the museum in shape for day to day operations. If you would like more information, please call the museum at at 937-409-4529 or e-mail them  at [email protected].

You can wleo drop off your tattered/torn/soiled United States, State, Armed Forces or POW/MIA flags and they’ll see that they’re destroyed in a dignified manner in accordance with the United States Flag Code.

Miami Valley Military History Museum
4 East Main Street
Fairborn, OH 45324

Current Hours:
Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 9AM to 3PM

Five Rivers MetroParks hopes to collect 800 used holiday trees for an important conservation project that will bolster aquatic habitat and improve angling opportunities at Eastwood Lake.  The public can recycle their trees by dropping them off at Eastwood MetroPark (lake side), 1401 Harshman Road, from Dec. 26 to Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 to Jan. 31. Eastwood MetroPark is closed Jan 1, 2022.  Trees should be free of decorations, paint and artificial snow.

MetroParks’ parks and conservation staff and volunteers, along with staff from the Ohio Division of Wildlife, will bundle and sink the donated trees into Eastwood Lake on Wednesday, Jan. 19.

“By sinking these trees, we’re adding a natural resource that will provide refuge and feeding areas for fish,” said Grace Dietsch, MetroParks’ regional manager of conservation. “It also gives the public a way to repurpose their trees and enriches Eastwood Lake’s ecosystem — a win-win for nature and the community.”

Five Rivers MetroParks successfully completed the same conservation project in early 2019. With help from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), nearly 750 trees were sunk into Eastwood Lake. According to ODNR fisheries biologist Michael Porto, tree sinkings at Eastwood Lake and other public bodies of water have yielded positive feedback from anglers.

In 2020 and 2021, MetroParks collected trees for ODNR to sink in local state parks.

“It’s an ongoing process for habitats such as Eastwood Lake,” Dietsch said. “Because this body of water was once a quarry, there is a lack of woody debris surrounding the lake. That means natural materials — such as leaves, branches and wood — don’t fall into the lake. With help from the community, we can support aquatic life and improve angling opportunities throughout the lake.”