National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors will have the unique opportunity of observing Presidents Day by viewing presidential aircraft and interacting with various Air Force One subject-matter experts on Monday, Feb. 19.
Community
Welcome Dayton Welcomes Monica Harris
The Dayton City Commission announces Monica Harris is the newly hired Coordinator for Welcome Dayton.
Harris brings extensive experience relevant to Dayton’s immigrant friendly city initiative, having served as coordinator of a multi-cultural community health project and as manager of a workforce development and college success program.
A New York City native, Harris was born to immigrants from Taiwan and interned with community development organizations in South Africa. She holds graduate degrees in counseling and international community development.
“I have been navigating and bridging two very different cultures (East & West) my whole life
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and love working in cross-cultural contexts,” Harris said. “Because I grew up in an immigrant family and watched the struggles my parents went through to adapt to the U.S.–as well as the help they received in order to become successful contributors to our country–the work of Welcome Dayton has particular resonance with me. I am excited about the opportunities this position gives me to support all those working to ensure that Dayton will always be a welcoming city to the immigrants and refugees who call it their home.”
“Welcome Dayton has made great progress in building a more welcoming community since its inception less than seven years ago,” said Commissioner Matt Joseph. “We are excited to welcome Monica Harris and expect the community will benefit from her experience and abilities as we take steps for further success.”
Welcome Dayton was launched in 2011 and is administered by the Dayton Human Relations Council. Welcome Dayton promotes immigrant integration into the Dayton region by encouraging business and economic development, providing access to education, government, health and social services, ensuring equity in the justice system, and promoting appreciation of arts and culture.
Dayton was named the nation’s first Certified Welcoming City in 2017 by Welcoming America, a national non-profit organization supporting welcoming activities in communities throughout the country.
For more information about Welcome Dayton, go to welcomedayton.org or follow facebook.com/welcomedayton.
The Legend of Geek Gala 2018
VR, old-school Nintendo, Blind Bob’s, and enough raffle prizes to make your head spin: it’s a party. Better than that, it’s a gala.
The official Dayton Geek Gala comes to Blind Bob’s in the Oregon District this Saturday at 7 pm “The Legend of Geek Gala” makes its return to Dayton with a Legend of Zelda theme and trust me: you’ll want to be in attendance.
The event is the brainchild of Dayton resident Josher Lumpkin — a neonatal nurse with a passion for community and all things geek. The gala hopes to bring a taste of the convention culture home to Dayton, providing a one-stop hangout for anyone geek enough to enjoy it. The inaugural 2017 effort brought in nearly $3000 for the Extra Life foundation and was such a success Josher was forced to relocate into a larger venue. It’s a party from wall to wall, with games, raffles, and fellow geeks packing in to Blind Bob’s.
Come for the chance to win some one-of-a-kind Star Wars raffle prizes. Come for the chance to get your hands on the red-hot Nintendo Switch (including some of the latest and greatest games provided by Nintendo rep Ron Martin). Come for the chance to prove that through all these years of PS-whatever’s and Oculus-nonsense, you are still the undisputed king of Double Dragons, or the true master of the SNES. There’s something for everyone.
Photo by Larry Peck Photography — with Jenner Lumpkin, Josher Lumpkin and Katey Mermaid, Ohio’s First Mermaid at the 2017 Geek Gala.
Be wary: while the drinks, raffle prizes, games are open to all who walk through the door, only the truest of geeks dressed in costume will get the cool $5 discount on the $10 cover charge. Not only that, but a costume contest — with prizes for the winners of course — will be held by Through the Ages Fabrics’ own Scott Bradley, and judged by Susanne Kern from The Human Race Theatre Company, Mary Stephens a competitive cosplayer, and Matthew Smith from Ohio Renaissance Festival.
Whether it’s that dusty Zelda outfit in your closet you’ve been aching to show off since you splurged for it two Halloween’s ago, or the ever-nagging thought of finally making your way to Through the Ages Fabrics to see how good you’d look in a Dr. Who get-up: now is your chance. Geek out, and geek out hard.
Rachel Morris of Hawthorne Hill Photography will be snapping photos of attendees in all their geek glory, so get your camera poses ready.
“It’s just a celebration of whatever you’re into” Josher describes, “and even if you’re not into that… it’s just fun. Who doesn’t like a costume party?” Good question.
As mentioned above, all proceeds will be donated to the Dayton Children’s Hospital through the Extra Life foundation. Partners Absolute and Tito’s vodka will be donating $1 and $3 respectively for every drink ordered.
For more information on the event, and to find all the names of the people who make this event possible, head over to the event’s Facebook page here. And if you can’t make the event but want to support the cause, fret naught! Head over to the event’s Extra Life donation page here!
It’s a party, it’s a community, and like any true Dayton event, it’s all in good fun to help those around us.
Prizes, costumes, games, and a good cause: what more could you need?
Lean How To Use Storytelling To Lead Strategic Change
Register now for Wright State University’s seventh annual Organizational Effectiveness Lecture Series (OELS). This year’s topic is…
What’s Your Story?
How To Use Storytelling To
Lead Strategic Change
During this event, Andy Eninger – a writer, comedian and former head of the writing program for the famed comedy theater The Second City – will share his insight on the risk of leaving people behind when vision and direction shift.
Something gets lost between that brilliant new strategy and the people who have to make it real. They don’t understand and check out, fade away or underperform because they’re overwhelmed and underinformed. Great leaders connect the dots through great storytelling. They map the message, going beyond bullet-
points. They build a story that builds trust, gives purpose and inspires.
In this interactive presentation, attendees will learn how to:
- Recognize the power of storytelling for making strategic change meaningful and personal.
- Use tools for framing message to help audiences understand the ‘why’ and ‘why it matters’.
- Apply universal storytelling elements like hero, hook and metaphor.
- Simplify information to be more memorable.
- Build rapport, trust and transparency through a well-crafted anecdote.
- Be more adaptive and connected in the delivery of information.
Andy Eninger plunders techniques from the world of improvisation, comedy writing, consumer insights and marketing for an innovative and entertaining, experiential learning experience. He’s a storytelling expert, speaker and learning designer. He helps individuals and organizations connect to audiences by understanding, crafting and delivering their stories in a memorable way. Andy has worked with hundreds of corporations, including Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Cigna, State Farm and many more. He’s traveled the world designing and delivering learning programs on collaborative leadership, executive presence, innovation and storytelling. For Second City Works, he spearheaded learning programs on storytelling, selling skills and diversity & inclusion.
Thursday, March 29
7:45 – 8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Program
Wright State University Nutter Center,
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Berry Rm., Fairborn
Cost:
$30 (early bird pricing until February 28);
$35 (March 1 – March 29);
$10 for Students
For more information and to register, click here.
Mardi Gras Music and Local Celebrations!
Fat Tuesday -a day of indulgence on every level. Celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, it’s the last big blowout before Lent kicks in and fasting begins. And of course, Mardi Gras and music go together like floats and parades, jazz bands and beads, purple, gold and green. Songs get stirred up in the spicy gumbo of different cultures and become the celebratory music that begs us to dance and sing along.
One of the most well-known songs of Mardi Gras is “Iko-Iko,” made popular after an impromptu jam session was caught on tape by songwriting greats Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
In 1965 New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups were recording for Leiber & Stoller’s Red Bird Records in a New York studio. They’d finished “Chapel of Love” and during a break the girls began singing a song they’d learned from their mother called “Iko-Iko,” a call and response chant of a Mardi Gras Indian tribe. Group member Barbara Hawkins said: “We were just playing around with it during a session using drumsticks on ashtrays. We didn’t realize Jerry and Mike had the tapes running.” Leiber and Stoller later overdubbed bass and percussion along with the drumsticks on ashtrays, released it, and in 1965 it became the Dixie Cups’ final Top 40 record.
“Iko Iko” by The Dixie Cups
It turns out the song, originally titled “Jock-a-Mo,” was actually written in 1953 by James “Sugar Boy” Crawford. It tells of a parade collision between two “tribes” of Mardi Gras Indians. There’s a “spy boy” or “spy dog” (a lookout for one band of Indians) encountering the “flag boy” for another band. He threatens to set the flag on fire. Crawford told Offbeatmagazine in 2002: “It came from two Indian chants that I put music to. ‘Iko Iko’ was like a victory chant that the Indians would shout. ‘Jock-A-Mo’ was a chant that was called when the Indians went into battle. I just put them together and made a song out of them. I was just trying to write a catchy song.”
When the Dixie Cups released the song in 1965, they didn’t know the origins of it, only that they’d heard their mother sing it. So the original authorship credit went to the members, Barbara Ann Hawkins, her sister Rosa Lee Hawkins and their cousin Joan Marie Johnson. Crawford sued, claiming that “Iko Iko” was the same as his “Jock-A-Mo,” and in 1967 it was settled with him winning no claim to authorship but being credited 25% for public performance of “Iko Iko” in the United States. In the end he said, “I don’t even know if I really am getting my just dues. I just figure 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing.”
The song has since been covered by a diverse group of artists including Cyndi Lauper, Dave Matthews, Warren Zevon, Cowboy Mouth, and the Grateful Dead who made it a staple of their live shows from 1977 on. It’s also been in over a half dozen movie soundtracks including Rain Man, The Hangover and Mission: Impossible II.
Another iconic song for Fat Tuesday is “Mardi Gras Mambo,” written in 1953 by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch, and originally recorded as a country song by Jodie Levens. In 1954 it was recorded by The Hawketts, a group of New Orleans teenagers that featured 17-year-old Art Neville (who later became the lead vocalist of The Meters before forming The Neville Brothers). The Hawketts’ version was released on Chess Records and became an R&B hit for them, and later recorded by greats like The Meters and Buckwheat Zydeco. “Down in New Orleans where the blues was born, it takes a cool cat to blow a horn…”
The Story Behind “Mardi Gras Mambo” and “Iko Iko” was originally run in Performing Songwriter by
Where you can get your Mardi Gras on in Dayton:
Mardi Gras
The Big Read is Going to the Dogs
The Big Read is going to the dogs! The annual community reading project hosted by area libraries, colleges, Books & Co., and others, is focused this spring on the unique ability of dogs to impact human lives.
By popular vote last fall, readers chose The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love by Melissa Fay Greene to be the topic of book discussions and special events taking place March 4-April 14 across the Miami Valley. The Underdogs tells the story of Xenia, Ohio-based service dog organization, 4 Paws for Ability and its founder, Karen Shirk. The book weaves the latest scientific discoveries with Karen’s story and the stories of children with disabilities and their families.
Sponsoring libraries have a variety of dog-focused programs scheduled – ranging from dog massage to basic obedience to K-9 law enforcement and more. 4 Paws for Ability will lead more than a dozen programs giving insight into their service dog training program, along with demonstrations by a dog in training. There are also more than 30 book discussions scheduled at participating libraries.
“The book showcases a nationally recognized organization that is based right here in the Miami Valley, and we’re looking forward to all the excellent discussions and other programs related to the book and its themes,” said Dayton Metro Library’s Ben Murphy, co-chair of The Big Read.
MEET THE AUTHOR
Author Melissa Fay Greene, along with 4 Paws founder Karen Shirk, pays a visit to the Dayton Metro Library on Thursday, April 12, 6:00 pm in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum. They will talk about the book, the dogs that are trained at 4 Paws, and the wonderful families they serve. Audience questions are welcome.
“We’re eager to learn about how Ms. Greene researched her book, how she worked with Ms. Shirk on the project, and to hear more about families who have been impacted by the unconditional love of dogs,” said Murphy. It will be a homecoming for the author, who lived in Dayton when she was a child. The program is free and open to the public.
A complete schedule of events, as well as information on the book and the author, is available at BigRead.org.
Valentine’s Day Date Ideas
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Valentine Drippy Cake
Valentine’s Day Pre Fixe
February 14 @ 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Valentine’s Day is about the one you love. How they add flavor to your life. How they surprise you with their tenderness. How you wouldn’t even think of trading them for a juicy, perfect 8 oz. Filet Mignon, even if it was paired with flavorful Colossal King Crab Legs.
Dinosaurs Invade Dayton
It’s a Dinosaur Adventure for the whole family with over 80 life size dinosaur’s taking up residence at the Dayton Convention Center as Jurassic Quest returns to the Miami Valley this weekend. The main dinosaur exhibit features ultra-realistic, life-size animatronic dinosaurs. Visitors can interact with these huge creatures, learn about them and even ride a few. It features realistic scenes, enormous dinosaurs, cute baby dinosaurs and lots of fun activities for kids of all ages. There are huge T-Rex and Triceratops fossil digs where young paleontologists can uncover long hidden dinosaurs bones, the “Dino Bounce” area with several, towering, dinosaur theme inflatable mazes, face painting, Dino crafts and much more!
In collaboration with leading paleontologists, from the very small, to the gigantic, skyscraping dinosaurs each one was painstakingly replicated in every detail. Whether their prehistoric counterpart had skin that was scaly, had feathers or fur, Jurassic Quest has spared no expense in bringing this realism to life.
The interactive baby dinosaurs are always a big hit. The Baby Dinosaurs love to see and play with our guests. They’ve been known to grab baseball caps right off of unsuspecting children’s heads, nibble at their shirts and even pose for pictures.
Turns out, even when they grow up a little, they still love the attention. Jurassic Quest has adolescent dinos that walk around and play with our guests. Just like when they were babies, they love to put smiles on families faces and with their bigger size, maybe startling them a little too. This is another dinosaur fan favorite that can only be seen at Jurassic Quest Events.
Once visitors have experienced the Dinosaur Exhibit, they’re not finished yet… There are many attractions and activities for all kinds of dinosaur fans. Guests can dig up fossils like a real paleontologist, they can ride on the back of a Huge 24ft TRex, or the spiky, Overgrown, Carnotaurus. There are countless dinosaur themed rides through out the event… Inflatable mazes, HUGE slides, and the multitrack Dino Bungee Pull. Jurassic Quest has a Dinosaur Petting zoo where little ones can pet dinosaurs that are more their size and take photos. do crafts with the kiddos, Dino Science stations, Visit the fossil area in our Dinosaur Museum and see real dinosaur fossils dating back over 60 million years.
How To Go:
Where: Dayton Convention Center
22 E 5th St, Dayton, OH 45402
When: February 9-11, 2018
Fri 3pm-8pm Sat & Sun 9am-8pm
How Much: Kids (2-12) $20 or $34 for VIP includes unlimited rides, fossil digs, dino scooters, inflatables and bungee pull, games and more
Adults $20, Seniors (65 and up) $18
Police, Military and their families save $2 on each ticket. Must present ID at event )
Get tickets online or at the door
Green Screen photography and Face Painting are extra.
Luminaries of Dayton: Frederick P. Beaver
Frederick P. Beaver was founder and president of the Beaver Soap Company. He was born in Dayton on November 29, 1845. He was the son of J. N. F. and Caroline (Snyder) Beaver, both natives of Pennsylvania. For some years J. N. F. Beaver was one of Dayton’s active business men, first engaged in the manufacture of candy, and later in selling coal and wood. Still later he became engaged in the wholesale notion business with Jacob Coffman, under the firm name of Coffman & Beaver.
Frederick was educated in the public schools of Dayton, and at the age of sixteen was a paper carrier. Afterward he took a business course, and in 1863 accepted a position as bookkeeper with Chamberlain & Parker. On May 12, 1864, he enlisted in the 100 days’ service during the Civil War, and, after serving his time in the army, returned to Dayton, re-entered the employ of Chamberlain & Parker, and remained with them until 1869.
In the early 1870s, he purchased the interest of Edward Sweet, in the firm of Chadwick & Sweet, furniture dealers, and changed the name to Chadwick & Beaver, remaining in this business for five years. Mr. Beaver then established the Silver Star baking powder business, which lasted but a few months, and in which he lost most of his earnings; but, not daunted by failure, he then in 1879, started the Beaver Soap Company. The company proved successful and manufactured the brands: Grandpa’s Wonder, Beaver’s Pine Tar and Grandma’s Laundry Soap. In 1885 he accepted as a partner W. D. Chamberlin and the firm name then became Beaver & Co. In September 1893, the business was incorporated under the name of the Beaver Soap Company. Mr. Beaver was married, November 29, 1893, to Miss Emma J. Thompson, daughter of Ralph and Mary J. Thompson, of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Frederick P. Beaver died on January 4, 1936 at the age of 90. He is located in Section 113 Lot 107.
Woodland Cemetery, founded in 1841, is one of the nation’s oldest rural garden cemeteries and a unique cultural, botanical and educational resource in the heart of Dayton, Ohio. Visit the cemetery and arboretum and take one of the many tours Woodland offers free of charge. Most of Dayton’s aviation heroes, inventors and business barons are buried at Woodland.
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 118 Woodland Avenue off of Brown Street near the University of Dayton Campus. The Woodland Office is open Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm and Saturday 8 am to 12 pm. The Cemetery and Arboretum are open daily from 8 am to 6 pm. The Mausoleum is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, call 937-228-3221 or visit the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum website.
Book Fair Awards $30,000 to Local Charities
On Friday, February 2nd the Book Fair Foundation presented checks for ten thousand dollars each to the Artemis Center, Caesar’s Ford Theatre Co. and Dayton Public Radio; all beneficiaries of the proceeds from the 2017 Dayton Book Fair in a reception held at the 804 Meeting Space on Monument.
Larkin Vonalt, Book Foundation Executive Director
The mission of the Book Fair Foundation, Inc. is to receive and collect donated books which we resell through an annual book fair and other channels in order to raise money for a variety of charitable interests. In addition, we also redistribute donated books to schools, clinics, nursing homes, soup kitchens, the county jail, and other entities where books are needed.
Their annual Book Fair is held the second weekend in November at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio.
Each year the Foundation chooses three beneficiaries from applications of local non-‐profit organizations to receive the proceeds from Ohio’s largest book fair, which takes place the second weekend in November at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds.
2018 Dayton Book Fair Beneficiaries are:
We Care Arts – a non-profit organization that helps developmentally disabled adults and youth achieve greater personal independence. Through a variety of art classes and experiences, we promote the artist’s individuality, self esteem, community skills, ability to focus, life skills, responsibility, confidence and job skills.
Through the creation and sale of their individually crafted items, artists are able to affirm their self worth, take steps back into the mainstream of society and receive a supplemental income. We Care Arts provides all training and materials to artists and a portion of the proceeds of all sales is returned to the artist. The remainder goes back to program funding.
Rebuilding Together Dayton – Rebuilding Together Dayton is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization that assists low-income Dayton homeowners, particularly the elderly and disabled, to live in warmth, safety and independence by building community partnerships and providing home rehabilitation. Rebuilding Together Dayton is the only organization in the Miami Valley dedicated to rehabbing owner-occupied homes for low-income homeowners at no cost. Through in-kind labor and donated materials, Rebuilding Together Dayton is able to expand every dollar raised into $4.
Victory Project – The Victory Project breaks down the walls of captivity. By undoing the youths isolated experiences, we expose them to the potential of a positive socioeconomic standing through education, entrepreneurship and enlightenment. Our youth no longer depend on a criminal or social system which can enable their destructive lifestyles. Finding freedom and independence by obtaining marketable skills which will allow them to compete in the world. Empowering our young men to discover the life God intended. This vision is directly reflected in our motto: “It’s Less About What We Do And More About What We Undo.”
5 Fabulous Fundraisers in February
The fact that Dayton was recognized on the Travelocity list of 25 Most Giving Cities in the U.S. is no surprise to us at MostMetro.com. Having put together the most comprehensive list of charity events in the region for the last 10 years, we’ve seen how many people are willing to give back and help others in this community. We’ve got a list of area fish fry’s that make a difference to so many and each week, Fifth Street Brewpub allows different non-profits to guest bartend each Monday to raise funds and Old Scratch Pizza has Cones for a Cause Program that has raised over $20,000 dollars for area charity’s in the past year and Warped Wing Brewery and Milano’s are just a couple of the local businesses that have established fundraising programs.
It’s hard to choose which events to support each month, but here are suggestions for February Fundraisers:
A Special Wish Foundation Annual Valentines Dance
Friday, February 9 @ 7 pm – 11:30 pm $150/person
A Special Wish Foundation – Dayton has been making special wishes come true for local children for over 30 years. These wishes wouldn’t be possible without the continued generosity of the community. I ask you to join ASW and continue to give local wish kids and their families’ memories that will last a lifetime.
The 13th Annual Valentines Dance benefiting The Dayton Chapter of A Special Wish Foundation is the area’s only wish-granting organization! This fun and unique event will be held at the Wright State University Nutter Center on Friday, February 9th, 2018.
The Legend of GEEK GALA 2018
February 17 @ 9:30 pm $5 for anyone in costume. $10 for everyone else
Geek Gala is Dayton’s hottest costume dance party for a cause. Last year, you helped raise over $2200 for Extra Life Dayton in support of Dayton Children’s Hospital. This year, we will once again have video game consoles set up for you to play, as well as the regular arcade cabinets and pinball Blind Bob’s always has in the back. Also, VR!
New this year: The Legend of Geek Gala Costume Contest, judged by staff from Through the Ages Fabric, We will have some killer prizes to be announced later. All costumes welcome! This is a judgement-free party!
Sorry, kiddos; this event is for adults 21+ only.
Do you want to help our cause, but dance parties not really your thing? Consider making a donation here:
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If you have a business and would like to donate a prize or gift certificate for our raffle or costume contest, please send an email to [email protected] need all the prize support we can get! For more information on Extra Life, visit www.extra-life.org
Bud Light Bar Stool Open North
February 24 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm $180 entry fee per team of four
Put together a team of four and join us for a crazy-fun 9-hole indoor miniature golf outing in 9 bars throughout North Dayton on Saturday, February 24, 2018! Click here for more info!
Proceeds benefit local children and adults with disabilities at United Rehabilitation Services!
All teams are required to bring their owner putter and ball and have a designated driver. The participating bars, in rotation order, are Rip Rap Roadhouse, Little York Tavern, Submarine House, Wings, Shiloh Athletic Club, Bolts Sports Cafe, Oscar’s, Hinders and Tony’s Bada-Bing. Volunteers are also needed for this event!
Bowling For Pride
February 24 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm $20
Join the fun at the 11th Annual Bowling for Pride! Last year was the biggest crowd ever , and this year is shaping up to beat that. Gather your team and be sure to get to the registration early! Don’t have a team, no worries, we’ll find one for you!
Check in time is 1pm, Bowling begins at 2pm and the event is generally over by 4pm.
With got over 140 raffle prizes- buy a ticket for a good chance to win, and you can buy a chance to win the ‘Rainbow Strike Jackpot’. The snack bar will be open so you can buy lunch and adult beverages, too.
Tickets $20 (includes shoe rental)
Broadway’s Rebecca Luker: One Night Only
February 24 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm $65 – $140*
Join Broadway’s Rebecca Luker (Phantom of the Opera, The Secret Garden, The Music Man, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Fun Home and more)—three-time Tony Award nominee—as she takes you on a musical journey, singing the hits from the Golden Age of Broadway—with tunes from Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim and more—to the present, featuring many exciting songs from today’s top theatre composers.
* VIP level tickets include a pre-show event with heavy hors d’oeuvres, wine and cheese; reserved premium seating and a post-show reception with Ms. Luker. The price includes a $35 tax-deductible gift to The Human Race.
For a list of more charity events in town, click here for the MostMetro listings. If you know of an event that should be listed, submit it here.
Warning Period Begins for First Fixed-Site Traffic Enforcement Camera
On February 1, the 30-day warning period will begin for the first fixed-site location under the renewed traffic enforcement camera program. Two speed cameras will be located on North Keowee Street between East Third Street and East Fifth Street. This is the first of five fixed sites to be placed across the city over the course of this year.After the warning period, citations will be issued to the registered owner of a vehicle photographed violating the speed limit. Every potential violation is reviewed by a Dayton Police Department officer, and a citation will only be issued if there is clear evidence of a violation.
As a reminder, the Dayton Police Department also utilizes six handheld speed camera units, which can be deployed to areas city where crash data show that speed is likely a problem. The department also has two mobile speed enforcement trailers currently in use on Riverside Drive and North James H. McGee Boulevard. Due to a decrease in crashes and noted change in driver behavior in these two areas (illustrated by the figures below), the speed trailers will be moved to the area of Stanley Avenue and Troy Street, based on crash data.
Below are monthly totals of warning or violation notices issued from the trailer locations since the program began in October 2017:
Riverside Drive (near Knecht Avenue)
Warnings:
Warnings:
October 2017: 10,702
Citations:
Citations:
November 2017: 2,313
December 2017: 2,386
January 2018: 784
December 2017: 2,386
January 2018: 784
North James H. McGee Boulevard
Warnings:
Warnings:
October 2017: 8,521
Citations:
Citations:
November 2017: 2,416
December 2017: 1,476
January 2018: 806
December 2017: 1,476
January 2018: 806
At Home Opens New Home Décor Superstore
The 100,000-square-foot home décor superstore offers more than 50,000 home decor items, from furniture, mirrors, rugs, art and housewares to tabletop, patio and seasonal decor. Extensive inventory in 12 broad product categories featured in At Home help deliver upon the promise of offering a wide array of products and endless possibilities for every room and style at every budget.
Luminaries of Dayton: Harry S. Price
Harry S. Price, the son of Robert and Mary Price, grew up on his parent’s farm in Michigan. His first job was that of a carpenter and he would eventually find himself involved in the business of “contracting.” His business in Michigan proved to be highly successful while working with his brothers for a period of twelve years but then he made the decision to move to Dayton, contracting in bridges, water mains and hydroelectric plants. Work at the Price Brothers Concrete Plant included rolling long metal cylinders that would be filled with freshly made concrete. The end product after being kiln dried would turn out to be highly professional concrete water drainage tiles. Harry S. Price served as President and Senior Partner of the firm. He also served on the Board of Parks Commission, was a Member of the Engineer’s Club, the Chamber of Commerce, the Bicycle Club and the Masonic Order.
In a 2007 press release, Hanson Pipe & Precast announced the purchase of all outstanding shares of Price Brothers Company. More than 500 Price Brothers employees would be affected. “Price Brothers has some of the best trained, most knowledgeable people in the industry and we are very fortunate to have them join the Hanson family,” said Clifford Hahne, Hanson’s South Central region president. “We plan on continuing Price Brothers prestigious reputation.”
Harry S. Price founded Price Brothers Company as a construction company in 1899. From the beginning, the company worked on such notable projects as Dayton, Ohio’s Island Park Dam, producing prestressed concrete cylinder pipe and fittings for a power plant in Indonesia and in 1996, building more than 43 miles of pipe for a pipeline in Virginia that now supplies 60 million gallons of water from Lake Gaston to the City of Virginia Beach per day. The salaried employees of the company bought Price Brothers Company from the founder’s family in 1998.
Harry Steele Price was born May 27, 1876 and died September 23, 1958. He is located in Section 113.
Woodland Cemetery, founded in 1841, is one of the nation’s oldest rural garden cemeteries and a unique cultural, botanical and educational resource in the heart of Dayton, Ohio. Visit the cemetery and arboretum and take one of the many tours Woodland offers free of charge. Most of Dayton’s aviation heroes, inventors and business barons are buried at Woodland.
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 118 Woodland Avenue off of Brown Street near the University of Dayton Campus. The Woodland Office is open Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm and Saturday 8 am to 12 pm. The Cemetery and Arboretum are open daily from 8 am to 6 pm. The Mausoleum is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, call 937-228-3221 or visit the Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum website.
Dayton Creates Preferred Rental Property Program
The City of Dayton is launching a new initiative aimed at boosting responsible rental property management and reducing negative impacts rentals can have on neighborhoods. The Preferred Property Program offers qualifying properties a “stamp of approval” to help with marketing and a free listing on the City website, daytonohio.gov.
Acceptance to the program indicates a property meets requirements including structural soundness, no housing violations, and a safety assessment by the Dayton Fire Department. The program is designed for properties of four units or fewer.In addition to the free online property listing, property owners and managers have access to services of the Dayton Mediation Center and are invited to quarterly discussions with City staff. Tenants may also attend the Good Tenant Training offered by the Mediation Center.
Participating owners or managers must complete a property management training course offered by the City of Dayton (or an equivalent), complete all appropriate inspections, and register properties with the Montgomery County rental registry.
“The Preferred Property Program is one more way the City of Dayton is responding to resident needs and working with the community to build stronger neighborhoods,” said Commissioner Matt Joseph, who proposed the initiative.
Acting in response to concerns from residents about the condition of rental housing, Joseph convened an inter-departmental City team and members of the Greater Dayton Apartment Association and the Greater Dayton Real Estate Investment Association to develop effective ways of working with landlords to improve the quality of city rental housing.
For more information, including an online application, go to daytonohio.gov/preferredproperty.
Super Bowl Footballs Made in Ohio
The footballs used in the Super Bowl have the names of the two competing teams, so they couldn’t be made until late yesterday. A work crew showed up at the Wilson factory in Ada, Ohio during halftime of the second game. They had some pizza and made a little TV party out of it. Then when the game was over and they knew who would be in the Super Bowl they started making footballs.
They worked all night, until five or six this morning when a new crew came in. By the end of today they will overnight 100 footballs to the Philadelphia Eagles and another 100 to the New England Patriots.
The N.F.L. is the only major sports league whose balls are manufactured in the United States. World Series baseballs come from a factory in Costa Rica. Basketballs in the N.B.A. finals first bounced on the floors of factories in China.
Wilson football factory, Ada, Ohio
Tours conducted by factory employees, ready to answer your football manufacturing questions can be booked in advance by calling 419-634-9901 for $5/adult.
- 217 N. Liberty St., Ada, OH
- Directions:
- From Hwy 235/N. Main St., turn east at the stoplight onto E. Highland Ave. Drive three blocks. You’ll see the parking lot for the little factory on the right.
