The city did not have the matching funds available, but Beavercreek Police Chief Turner contacted Beavercreek Superintendant Denny Morrison to see if the school could put up the funds, which is allowed by the federal government. Morrison expressed interest and reportedly commented that besides being a great collaborative effort, it would also help stretch the dollars of the bond issue that was passed last November.

The schools already had some money set aside from the bond issue to upgrade security cameras and can provide a total of $720,000 toward the federal match. The City will administer the grant for the schools and they will provide the required 50% matching funds. The money will be used to upgrade cameras, add more cameras and connect the school’s camera system to the Beavercreek Police Department.

Through the agreement, Beavercreek student athletes and students participating in extracurricular activities will receive sports medicine and athletic training services, as well as prevention, wellness and health education services, through hospital trainers and physicians.

Beavercreek City Schools and Miami Valley Hospital officials dedicated Miami Valley Hospital Stadium at 7:45 p.m. today, immediately prior to the start of Beavercreek High School’s varsity boys’ basketball game against Centerville. Beavercreek High School’s football and track complex will be known as Frank Zink Field at Miami Valley Hospital Stadium.

Dennis Morrison, superintendent, Beavercreek City Schools, said that the stadium renovation project will provide significant improvements.

“Through this agreement, which is focused exclusively on our athletic facilities, we will expand and update the Beavercreek High School stadium. Improvements will include synthetic turf for Frank Zink Field – a name in which we continue to take pride in Beavercreek — and an eight-lane track. The new turf will provide a quality playing surface for football, soccer and band events. The addition of the eight-lane track will allow us to host larger invitational track meets,” he said.

Beavercreek City Schools hopes to make the stadium improvements in time for the Fall 2008 athletic season.

Mary Boosalis, president and chief executive officer, Miami Valley Hospital, said, “Our agreement with Beavercreek Schools will help create a healthier community, increase access to health education services and expand Miami Valley Hospital’s presence.

“As in other communities where we’ve formed partnerships, our agreement with Beavercreek represents a new way of offering and making readily available the excellent services provided by Miami Valley Hospital and our physician partners, further integrating quality healthcare into the everyday lives of students and their families,” she said.

During 2007, Miami Valley Hospital announced agreements with Springboro Community Schools and Sugarcreek Local Schools. Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton and Atrium Medical Center in Warren County, also part of Premier Health Partners, have also announced agreements with school districts in communities they serve.

“Miami Valley Hospital has a long-term presence in the Beavercreek community through our Premier HealthNet physician offices. More recently, we have opened a Premier ExpressCare in Beavercreek. We are happy to extend our presence for the benefit of Beavercreek City Schools student athletes and other students involved in extracurricular activities,” Boosalis said.

Located at the Beavercreek Kroger at 3195 Dayton-Xenia Road, Premier ExpressCare serves individuals age three and up for minor and common ailments, including select immunizations and screenings.

Source: Miami Valley Hospital.

“Since 1979, teachers have been recognized for reflecting exemplary teaching which is the keystone of Beavercreek Schools,” said Michael Rarick, Assistant Superintendent for Staff Personnel. Each teacher selected will receive a plaque and special recognition at a Board of Education meeting.

Where will the Outstanding Teacher of the Year come from. Residents have a chance to nominate their favorite teacher. (Pictured Ferguson Middle School, Parkwood Elementary and Main Elementary.

Any classroom teacher currently employed in the District is eligible for nomination. The award is given to two elementary and two secondary teachers chosen from nominations of parents, students, colleagues, and community members.

The public is invited to submit a nomination form to the Office of the Assistant Superintendent. Nomination forms may be obtained at any school building, the District’s Central Office, located at 3040 Kemp Road, or the Beavercreek Library. Nominations will not be accepted after 4 p.m. on February 15, 2008.

According to Dr. Lynn Hickman-Long, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, a committee consisting of parents, teachers, administrators, and a student consider a list of guidelines established by Phi Delta Kappa, an international professional fraternity for men and women in education, when choosing the recipients. The committee considers the following qualities:

Instructional ability, which includes characteristics such as good classroom management, providing prompt feedback to students, and setting high expectations for herself/himself and for students.

Professional attributes, which include characteristics such as continuing to seek professional growth activities and updating educational knowledge, sharing newly acquired knowledge with professional peers, and pride in their students’ accomplishments.

Humanistic qualities, which include characteristics such a demonstrating flexibility related to student needs, encouraging acceptance of self and others, and maintaining high morale among students.

Community involvement, which includes characteristics such as making a conscientious effort to become involved in extra-curricular activities and community activities, and exhibiting strong school pride and spirit.

Source: Beavercreek City School District

This year’s Classic will be the biggest ever with 23 groups totaling 1,100 students from Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia. The two day event starts Friday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. with the middle school competition. Beavercreek’s Ankeney Connection and Ferguson Guys and Dolls show choirs will perform in exhibition. Three other middle schools will compete for honors in a variety of categories.

A full day of high school competition begins at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19. Local-area schools competing include the Kettering Fairmont Illusion, Lebanon Singers, Milton Union Center Stage, Ross Rhythm and Motion, Hamilton Rhapsody in Blue, Edgewood Choraliers and the Wapakoneta Singsation.

Groups will compete throughout the day with the top five qualifiers returning Saturday night to compete for grand champion honors. Beavercreek High School’s Friends Show Choir will perform in exhibition at approximately 10 p.m. prior to the awards presentations.

The Midwest Show Choir Classic is open to the public and tickets can be purchased at the door. All seats are reserved. HH Gregg of Beavercreek has donated the use of six big-screen TVs to accommodate any overflow audience and allow viewing from in the high school Commons area and other locations in the school.

Proceeds from the Classic benefit the Beavercreek high and middle school choral programs.

Source: Beavercreek School District

David Simmons of the Ohio Historical Society will discuss “The Romance and Symbolism of Covered Bridges” at the next meeting of the Beavercreek Historical Society, January 22, 2008. The public is invited to attend.

Romance of covered bridges discussed at Jan. 22 meeting of historical society. Photo LOC

Simmons is chief editor of Timeline, an illustrated magazine that embraces the fields of history, prehistory, and the natural sciences published by the Ohio Historical Society. Prior to this position he was in charge of the Department of Historic Preservation at the Ohio Historical Society. The department was responsible for the identification and listing of historic sites in the State of Ohio.

David Simmons, Ohio Historical Society

Simmons holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in American history from Miami University and has published articles on a variety of technological history topics, including military architecture, canal construction, and the history of bridge engineering.

The meeting is scheduled for January 22, 2008 at 7 p.m. in the Peace Lutheran Church located at 3530 Dayton-Xenia Rd.




Contributed by Charlotte Panton, Beavercreek Historical Society, additional by staff.   C-BR20080112-01

Dr. Michael L. Grumelli examines the relationship among airmen, technology and airmindedness in early military aviation at 7:30 pm Jan. 16 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in the lecture, titled “Billy Mitchell’s Air War: Practice, Promise and Controversy in Early Military Aviation.”

Planes of these type were used in military training in 1919 following World War I. Photo LOC

The lecture is part of the museum’s Wings & Things Guest Lecture Series. The lecture pays particular attention to the formative influence of the Great War in the air on the development of Mitchell’s uniquely American air power thought in the 1920s.

Dr. Michael Grumelli

The son of a 30-year Army non-commissioned officer, Grumelli earned his Ph.D. in military history from Rutgers University in 1991 and is currently on the faculty of the Air Command and Staff College and the School of Advance Air and Space Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. A colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, he has deployed in support of contingency operations as a planner from Uphold Democracy to Operation Iraqi Freedom and most recently served with Multi-National Force Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, as the chief of campaign planning.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The National Museum of the United States Air Force is located on Springfield Street, six miles northeast of downtown Dayton. Admission and parking are free. For more information or special seating arrangements, contact the museum’s Special Events Division at (937) 255-1743. Filming or videotaping the lecture is prohibited.

The B-25 “Billy Mitchell” bomber on the flight ramp in Inglewood, California in 1942. The bomber was named after the general who was an early advocate of air power in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Photo LOC

Source: The National Museum of the United States Air Force

Wright State Grad Stories Part 2: A Grandmother’s Challenge

We are inspired and challenged by many around us to become better people. Those who inspire us to action can come from anywhere. In this case a grandmother’s challenge to her grandson meant quite a bit of work on her part and an achievement worth recognition.

There are many grandmothers who attend their grandchildren’s college graduation. But it’s not that often that she’s in cap and gown marching in the commencement ceremony alongside. That was the case this year when 70-year-old Ethel Samuels and her 27-year-old grandson, Gregory Hamilton, marched down the isle at Wright State’s 40th commencement ceremony.


Ethel recalls accompanying her grandson to Wright State when he was considering enrolling. Sensing his apprehension, she looked at him and laid down a challenge. “If you decide to apply for admission, I will too.” she said. Hamilton looked at his grandmother, realized she was serious, and soon they had both enrolled in the Organizational Leadership program.

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Wright State Grad Stories Part 1: The Mothers of Twins

You never know what common bonds will connect you with others. This is one of those stories about two people at very different points in life who formed a friendship from a common bond that transcends most… both are the proud mothers of twins.

Wright State student Jasmine Malik was already tired that cold morning four years ago as she waited for the shuttle to take her from Mini University up the hill to campus. Mini University is the on-campus day care provided for students. Dressing and feeding her twin sons and dropping them off at child care in time to get to an 8 a.m. class was always a struggle after working the night shift.


Even so, when the car pulled up next to her at the bus stop and the driver offered her a ride, Malik declined the stranger. “No thank you, I don’t know you,” she said. Michele Wheatly, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, herself a mother of twins, persisted. “It’s OK. I work on campus. I’m the dean of a college.” Thus began a life-altering relationship that would last throughout Malik’s four years at Wright State as a psychology major in the College of Science and Mathematics.

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