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Oct 16 Mystery Monday

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Helping Adolescents Achieve Long-term Objectives (HAALO) is an arts program created through a partnership with the Montgomery County Juvenile Court Program.  Under the leadership of Judge Nick Kuntz and Judge Anthony Capizzi,  the HAALO Program in partnership with K12/TEJAS Gallery exposes Court-involved youth to different mediums of art while also teaching them life skills that will assist them in being successful members of our community.

Arts exposure can be an integral asset building tool for our young people; from critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills to creativity, motivation, and patience, the therapeutic process of the HAALO Program has endless benefits for the young people involved.   The youth artists work with a local artist and Court staff Brittini Long and Shirley Tucker, to plan and execute these amazing murals.  The art that these young people produce is displayed on vacant buildings throughout the City of Dayton.

Murals have shown to be an effective way to combat blight and vandalism, as well as encourage neighbors to take responsibility for their community.  It encourages at-risk teens to participate in the creation of artwork and to have a sense of pride in the rejuvenation their artwork brings to the urban landscape around them. Their murals can be found in numerous sites throughout the city. Our picture from last week was done by K12’s HAALO program.

A lot of you incorrectly guessed this was by the 2nd Street Market but  about a dozen of you knew exactly where it was at 3rd and Findlay Streets.  We randomly drew from the correct answers and Hannah Flemming of Dayton will be enjoying free Rapid Fired Pizza!

 

So here’s this weeks mystery location:

If you know the location of this photo, please do NOT comment with the answer, but instead enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.

 

 

 

We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

Mystery Monday Oct 9

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So a lot of you guessed the bar at Jay’s Seafood, some thought it was the Century Bar and a few even suggested Pat’s Bar on Linden, Coco’s Bistro and Carvers.   WRONG!

This lovely bar is located in the Amber Rose Restaurant in Old North Dayton.  They specialize in homemade Eastern European Cuisine including German, Lithuanian, Polish, Hungarian, Russian and Italian cuisines. The bar is made of imported Turkish marble, perfect for having an appetizer and spirits with friends.

The building, in which The Amber Rose Restaurant is located, was originally built in 1910 by Sigmund Ksiezopolski.  It ran as a general store and deli named Sig’s up until the 1980’s.  The family ran the general store downstairs and resided upstairs as their family quarters.  The National Guard stayed with the family during the Great Flood of 1913.

The Amber Rose Restaurant at 1400 Valley Street, near Children’s Hospital.

In 1989 Elinor Sluzas acquired the building with the intention of opening a restaurant.  Before the scheduled grand opening there was a horrific fire and a portion of the building had to be rebuilt.  The restaurant officially opened for business in 1990.  Elinor retired in 1998 and owner Joe Castellano bought the restaurant, and still uses many of Elinor’s recipes.

Congratulations to Justin Schondelmyer of Sidney- your correct answer won you free Rapid Fired Pizza!

And now for this week’s photo- can you identify the location it was taken?

If you know the location of this photo, please do NOT comment with the answer, but instead enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.  We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

 

Mystery Monday Oct 2

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Our photo from last week was the Walk of Fame mural that was dedicated on Sept 28th  in the Wright Dunbar neighborhood.  Created by artist James Pate, this project was a collaboration with K12 Gallery, HAALO, and Montgomery County Juvenile Court.  You can find this mural at West Third and South Williams Streets.  Ashley from Miamisburg, Rapid Fired Pizza is coming your way for correctly identifying this location!

 

 

And now for this week’s photo- do you recognize this place? If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.  We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

9/25 Mystery Monday

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 Photographer Bill Franz of Dayton at Work and Play says, “this is my favorite spot at the University of Dayton and it holds my favorite sculpture by Hamilton Dixon. It is Serenity Pines, a site that honors those who died while they were students, faculty or staff members at UD.

When someone dies, like UD basketball player Steve McElvene did a few months ago, Hamilton Dixon takes a metal leaf he has crafted to Dayton Stencil. They inscribe the name of the student on the leaf and Hamilton Dixon attaches the leaf to one of his metal trees.

It is only steps away from a busy campus, but Serenity Pines is a quiet, calming place. We were surprised at how many of you got this one! Congrats to our randomly drawn winner Youssef from Dayton- watch your mail for your Rapid Fired Pizza certificates!

And now for this week’s photo- can you identify where this picture came from? If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.  We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

9/18 Mystery Monday

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The centerpiece of the Beavercreek 9/11 Memorial is a large piece of the World trade Center’s North Tower.

This piece of steel from the World Trade Center stands over 25 ft .high, and weighs nearly 3 tons. It was dedicated on 9/11/2011 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

There is a parking lot and trail to walk up to it and  benches and a park surround the 6,000-pound structure, once located between the 101st and 105th floors of the North Tower.

Many of you correctly identified this spot and our lucky winner is Sabrina Braden, so watch your mailbox, free pizza is coming your way from Rapid Fired Pizza. 

 

And now for this week’s photo- do you recognize this place? If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.  We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

 

Sept 11th Mystery Monday

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Were you one of the many that correctly identified last weeks photo as the bow of the pirate ship at the Ohio Renaissance Festival in Harveysburg?  

There must be a few other ships around town, as we had guesses of  Kings Island, downtown Fairborn, and  a kids park in Brookville that has a pirate ship.

Quite of few of you got this one, so we randomly drew a winner and Joshua West- watch your mail for your prize! 

 

Here’s the photo for this week:

If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.

Please do NOT post your answer publicly.

One lucky winner each week will win a free pizza from Rapid Fired Pizza. 

We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

 

Mystery Monday For Sept 4th

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Many of you knew about Gus as one of the 2 robots, who’ve  perched on the roof of Gaines Mechanical on Hall Avenue, waving as cars that drive-by,  just off I-75 since 2008.
Prior to that he waved from the window of their old location on Salem Avenue after being created in the late 80’s out of scrap ductwork that was found around the business owned by Tommy Gaines. Now owned by Tommy’s son Bruce, he’s commented that they’ll keep Gus around as a mascot s long as they can.

Congrats to our winner: Kati Taylor from Franklin- watch your mail for some certificates for Rapid Fired Pizza coming your way!

Here’s our photo for this week:

If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.

One lucky winner each week will win a free pizza from Rapid Fired Pizza. 

We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

 

Our Mystery Monday Photo Contest Is Back

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So after taking the summer off  we’ve brought our Mystery Monday photo contest back!  Each week we’ll feature a photo taken somewhere in the Miami Valley.
We’re starting off with a pretty easy one here.

If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.

One lucky winner each week will win a free pizza from Rapid Fired Pizza. 

Good Luck!
We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

 

Mystery Monday for May 22nd

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Over a century ago, this windmill was providing easy access to water for the farm at Carriage Hill. Currently, it sits as a beautiful icon of the Carriage Hill MetroPark and Farm, and a reminder of days gone by.

Quite a few of you were able to identify this, but our lucky Rapid Fired Pizza winner is Katelyn Brink from Huber Heights!

 

 

 

 

Now let’s see who can identify this weeks Mystery.   If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.  We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

Mystery Monday for May 15th

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Last weeks winner, Rob Strobel of Dayton had no problem identifying these beautiful stained glass windows in the Oregon District.  Free Rapid Fired Pizza is coming his way.

Located on the corner of Clay and Cass streets, this  church built in 1888  had been condemned and set for demolition.Until Dayton native Karl Williamson decided that it would be the perfect space for an urban climbing center.  After much restoration The Urban Krag Climbing Center opened in November of 1996 with  eight thousand square feet of vertical courses ranging in heights from twenty-eight to fifty-six feet, including options for all levels of expertise.

 

Now let’s see who can identify this weeks Mystery.   If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48.  We’ll let you know next Monday if you got it right!  Good Luck!

 

Mystery Monday For May 8th

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Well this one must have bee  pretty easy, as about 75 of you got it right! So we randomly drew a name from the correct answers  and Mike Sievers, watch your mailbox, because you’re our winer of Rapid Fired Pizza!

Lookout Tower – the highest point in the city – during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913, it became a place of refuge. Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio, is one of the oldest “garden” cemeteries in the United States. Incorporated in 1842, the cemetery began with 40 acres southeast of Dayton and has been enlarged to its present size of 200 acres.

 

Now who can correctly identify the subject of this picture below?  If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48


We’ll be back next week to tell you more about this photo and tell you our winner!

Mystery Monday For May 1

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Mystery Monday is back!  

We got crazy busy and skipped the month of April, so let’s first take care of some old business. The last picture we posted was of the newly redecorated lobby of Cake, Hope & Love, located at 1490 N. Fairfield Rd. since May of 2011.

Their motto is “to change the world one cupcake at a time.”  And we think they serve up some of the best sweets in the Miami Valley!

Lots of you correctly identified this picture, so we did a random drawing from the correct entries and Lauren Gump of Miamisburg is our winner and we’ve got FREE Rapid Fired Pizza coming your way!

 

Now who can correctly identify the subject of this picture?  If you know the location of this photo enter it here:  http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48
We’ll be back next week to tell you more about this photo and tell you our winner!

March 13 Mystery Monday

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Did you correctly identify the  March 6th Mystery Monday photo?  We got guesses of Cox Arboretum, Woodlawn Cemetery and Yellow Springs, but none of those were correct.   Congratulations to Miranda of Beavercreek for being drawn from the list of correct answers to win 2 free Rapid Fired Pizza‘s!

This is photographer Bill Franz’s favorite spot at the University of Dayton and it holds his favorite sculpture by Hamilton Dixon. It is Serenity Pines, a site that honors those who died while they were students, faculty or staff members at UD.

When someone dies, like UD basketball player Steve McElvene did a few months ago, Hamilton Dixon takes a metal leaf he has crafted to Dayton Stencil. They inscribe the name of the student on the leaf and Hamilton Dixon attaches the leaf to one of his metal trees.

It is only steps away from a busy campus, but Serenity Pines is a quiet, calming place.

 

So here’s this week’s challenge for you.

Do you know where this photo was taken?  If so please enter your answer here:

http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48

We’ll choose a winner from those with correct answers to win 2 Rapid Fired Pizza’s.  Now with 13 locations and coming soon to Englewood and Beavercreek!

We’ll post the winner next Monday with details about the photo as well as a new photo to challenge your knowledge of the Dayton area.

Thanks for playing and good luck!

 

Mystery Monday: Monday, Oct 17th

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Welcome to Week 36 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 35’s Mystery Photo is The Leaders Bench  located on the south end of Riverscape along the walkway area by the rectangle fountains, behind the The Enormous Information Universe .

dmm-mystery-monday-34We congratulate our randomly drawn winner Joy D of Dayton-  Rapid Fired Pizza certificates are coming your way!

We challenge you to tell us where in the Dayton area this photo was taken by filling out the form below.  We’ll do a random drawing from all those with a correct answer and the winner will get 2 pizzas from Rapid Fired Pizza.

Enter here:

http://goo.gl/forms/dyU55fzc48

We’ll post the winner next Monday with details about the photo as well as a new photo to challenge your knowledge of the Dayton area.

Thanks for playing and good luck!

Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 36:

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