YOURcommunity vehicle. He was wrapping up a traffic-crash investigation on Kings Island Drive in May 2008 when he was struck by a vehicle. He was able to rebound from that accident and returned to work – with screws and hooks implanted in his back – after 14 painful months of recovery. But after only eight months back on the job, a car hit Miller as he directed traffic in February 2010 outside St. Susanna Catholic Church on U.S. 42 in Mason. The resulting injuries ended the career Miller says he loves. He took a disability retirement in December. Miller had traffic stopped outside the church when he was struck by a vehicle operated by Eleanor R. Donovan, 78, of Mason. Donovan panicked and left the scene but later turned herself in. Her license was suspended for 45 days and she was fined $400 for failure to stop after an accident.
sinclair community college looks to expand mason campus Dayton-based Sinclair Community College expects to open another building in two years at its Courseview campus in Mason. Enrollment has grown at the Mason campus since it opened in fall 2007 by 262 percent. The campus had 1,250 students last fall. “We’re at capacity now basically in terms of students and classes at the Courseview campus center,” said Madeline Iseli, Sinclair’s vice president of advancement. Sinclair was the first brick-and-mortar campus college campus in Warren County when Courseview opened. The building is along Interstate 71. Sinclair owns a 32-acre parcel across the street. Iseli said issues such as how much space the college needs and what programs are needed are being studied. Iseli said the plan is to maintain operations at the current building when the new one opens. Iseli said the new facility would cost millions but didn’t have a precise figure. She said Sinclair offers 21 degree and certificate programs through the Courseview campus. Sinclair officials are aiming to have construction completed in June 2013 with classes starting in the new building two months later.
no fire levy in mason this year City Council won’t ask voters to approve an increased fire levy this year. An extension of the levy, a renewal that did not increase the tax, was last approved in 2008. It expires in 2013. Mayor Don Prince said the city will continue to look for cost savings through such practices as bulk purchasing, though he noted expenses are beginning to eat into reserves. Funding from the state of Ohio has also decreased, he said. There will be no staff reductions, city officials said.
golf team has new head coach Tim Lambert now heads the Mason High School boys’ golf team. Lambert comes to Mason from Lakota West, where he’s coached the girls’ golf program since 2002. In 2006, he led the team to Lakota’s first and only OHSAA Girls’ State Golf Championship. He replaces Michelle Lipka, who recently accepted the vacant head coach position of the girls’ golf team at Mason. Under his leadership, Lambert led the Firebirds to four district championships, three top Enquirer rankings, four sectional championships and five Greater Miami Conference titles. Lambert, who played four years of varsity golf in high school, is a 1989 graduate of Miami University with a degree in Landscape Architecture. He attained Professional Status in 1990 and is the current director of instruction at Four Bridges Golf Academy. He took over a boys’ program that last year finished second in the GMC and fourth overall in the Southwest Ohio District.
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