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COMMUNITY JOURNAL CLERMONT 75¢

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015

Your Community Press newspaper serving Amelia, Batavia, Batavia Township, New Richmond, Ohio Township, Pierce Township, Union Township, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Township

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League of Women Voters of Clermont County expands voter guide Cindy Schroeder cschroeder@communitypress.com

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The Ohio State University Extension Office Educator for 4-H Development Kelly Royalty, left, sits with 4-H club members as they wait for their judge interview.

Clermont County Fair begins for some 4-H Club members Sheila Vilvens svilvens@communitypress.com

Some walk through the doors of the Clermont County Fair Ground’s 4-H building confidently. They’ve been here before and are unshaken by the rows of tables and judges filling the room. Others enter the room timidly, wide-eyed and in awe of the large room before them. Clutching their project (or in most cases projects), most entering without a parent, they wait for instructions from adults and older club members in the room. Quickly, people like Jerry Krebs greet the children with a smile, encouraging words and help in carrying their project (s). The date is June 7, and the Clermont County Fair has begun – at least for the children who have spent countless hours on their non-livestock projects. General project judging takes place a couple of weeks before the fair officially begins July 26 in Owensville. Nearly 200 children will have non-animal projects judged dur-

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Jerry Krebs talks with 4-H club member Nora Cowdrey of Batavia, and judge Liz Dunn of Georgetown.

ing general project presentations, the Ohio State University Extension Office Educator for 4-H Development Kelly Royalty said. Each child spends 15 minutes with their judge for each project. Ten minutes are devoted to the interview and five minutes for feedback and comments from the judge. The judges are encouraged to be

generous with their comments and feedback to help the students learn and grow, she said. The judges are assigned specific categories, and all are within an interest or specialty for that judge, Royalty said. For example, animal care projects are judged by a local veterinari-

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For the Nov. 3 general election, the League of Women Voters of Clermont County is including local races in its online candidate guide for the first time. On the website, Vote411.org, Clermont County voters can get biographical information and learn where candidates in every race stand on the issues. The site also will provide a link to a candidate’s YouTube video on “Why I Am Running.� “I think you get more insight into a person when they’re speaking,� Marcia Oganowski, voter service chair of the League of Women Voters of Clermont County, told members of the Milford Board of Education at the board’s June 18 meeting. She gave handouts on Vote411.org to school board members and encouraged them to participate if they’re seeking re-election. With 38 government entities in Clermont County and more than 90 races this fall, the League of Women Voters’ guide offers voters an easy way to compare candidates’ views on key issues, Oganowski said. The online voter guide also helps candidates who don’t have the resources create an online presence for their campaigns to do so for free via a secure portal, she said. Oganowski said all candidate information should be entered by Sept. 22. Besides compiling candidate information, the League of Women Voters of Clermont County is asking the public to submit questions for candidates at askmycandidate.org. by Aug. 5, the filing deadline for this fall’s general election. “You have to register with a valid email (to submit a question for a candidate), but you don’t have to give your name to propose a question,� Oganowski said. For now, the League of Women Voters of Clermont

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Marcia Oganowski of the League of Women Voters of Clermont County is appearing before local government bodies to publicize the group’s newly-expanded online voter guide.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ONLINE VOTER GUIDE By visiting Vote411.org, Clermont County candidates can enter information and create YouTube videos for their races. The deadline to do so is Sept. 22. At AskMyCandidate.org, voters can suggest questions to ask candidates. The deadline to submit questions is Aug. 5. Contact LWVClermont@gmail.com for more information.

County is appearing before as many groups as possible to get the word out about its expanded online voter guide, and encourage participation by candidates and the general public alike. The league also is hoping to have a pro and con for each issue on Clermont County’s Nov. 3 ballot as part of its online election guide. Want to know what’s happening in Clermont County? Follow me on Twitter @CindyLSchroeder. Vol. 35 No. 15 Š 2015 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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