The Clermont Sun
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
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FLASHBACKS
Linda Fraley and Jeff Diesel, 2010 Winners
Annual ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is March 9 Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Clermont DD “Dancing with the Stars” Extravaganza. This year’s event takes place on Friday, March 9 at the Holiday Inn Eastgate.
Just who will win the Mirror Ball Trophy? Join us and see! Ticket information will be available soon. Call (513) 732-7000 for more information.
Lawrence Ranson, the driver of the horse-drawn Owensville school bus, poses in this photograph from the early 1920s. This picture was submitted Ranson’s grandson, Mike Ranson, of Mt. Orab.
40 Years Ago March 2, 1972 Planning begins on 9-mile sewer project
Wildey retires after 29 years After 29 years of keeping New Richmond Exempted Village School District parking lots free of ice, grassy areas neatly mowed and the building infrastructure in top shape, Bill Wildey is retiring. Wildey is pictured ringing the ceremonial school bell presented to him on his last day at work Jan. 18 by NREVSD superintendent Adam Bird. To Bird’s right are district treasurer Teresa Napier and treasurer office employee Sondra Marshall.
Bethel students get to see performance of Brigadoon Ninety-five choir students from Bethel-Tate Middle and High schools enjoyed a performance of Brigadoon on Nov. 3 at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati. The students were impressed with what they saw and heard. Morgon Branning, a seventhgrader, wrote, “The lighting was good, the costumes were even better, the music was amazing, but the acting was the best!”
Mia Brown, also in seventh grade, added, “It was as if I were watching a movie!” Samantha Hency, in twelfth grade, commented, “The performance of Brigadoon awakened my love of musical theater – the SCPA performers were just great!” This experience was funded in part by the Bethel-Tate Arts Appreciation Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, which contributed $250 toward the cost of the trip.
Bethel Lions hear about Tiger Packs program The Bethel Lions Club had Carrie Minarchek, at their Feb. 6 meeting. Minarchek explained the Tiger Packs program, through which they send food for the weekend home with some of the children. The Lions Club had made a donation to this project and will be doing so again next school year. On Feb. 20 Bethel Mayor Alan Ausman and Lion member Travis Dotson attended to talk with the club on some of the members’ ideas to help with some projects to beautify the village. The light posts, which the Lions Club had installed many years ago, need to be painted and many other things that were brought up and will be considered and planned to get done. The Lions Club plans to have a booth again at the B.A.M.
Fest this year. They will have a box their to collect used eyeglasses, which will be taken and donated to the V.O.S.H (volunteer optomitrest group) for giving to needy in other countries. The next pancake breakfast will be on April 21. This is our most active fund-raiser, which enables us to do all the projects like paying for eye exams and eyeglasses for children and senior citizens who need the help of our area, and the other things they donate to. The Lions Club members pay their own dues and for their meals at the meetings. We invite men and women who would be interested in joining this active group to come to a meeting or talk to a Lion member. We meet at the Grant Memorial Building on the first and third Monday at 6:30 p.m.
Clermont County Commissioners have authorized McGill & Smith, Amelia consulting engineers to proceed with plans for the estimated $3 million Nine Mile Creek sewer project. In a letter to commissioners, engineer Jess Smith said the project will serve the Cherry Grove, Tobasco, Withamsville area and east along Ohio 125 to the terminus of the Amelia Batavia sewer system. Also served will be residents of Hopper Hill Road, Nine Mile Road, Fulton Grove Road, Banks Road and contiguous areas and all of the Witham Woods development. The treatment plant is planned to be located in the vicinity of the junction of Nine Mile Road and US 52 and this location, Smith noted, permits service to the Ten Mile Creek watershed and possible service to Locust Corner and other tributary areas when it becomes economically feasible. Smith estimated the number of users to the time of completion of the project will be 2175, of which 265 are presently served by the Hall’s Run and Shayler Run sewer systems in Union Township. Three lift stations now required to pump sewage into the Union Township sewers will be eliminated, and commissioners feel this will help postpone the eventual enlargement of the AmeliaBatavia plant, which is to receive sewage now received by the Shayler Run plant.
203 feet if the plans submitted are followed. Commissioners said they have $10,000 set aside for improvements at the airport and much of the work on the hangar is expected to be done with skilled workers employed by the county under the Emergency Employment Act.
25 Years Ago March 5, 1987 Prominent scientist Jerry Stara dies at 61 Dr. Jerry F. Stara, director of the Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Cincinnati, died suddenly in Baltimore on February 26. He was 61. Born Jaroslav Frank Stara on February 16, 1926, to Frank and Zdenka Stara in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he was raised in Brne, a farming community. After serving in the military, he entered veterinary school. It was during this period of his life that his strong stance for democracy and safeguarding individuals’ rights and liberties that he was imprisoned for his convictions. His escape from the prison’s mines and flight from Czechoslovakia to Europe, and his eventual arrival in the U.S. in the late 1940s, was accomplished through the aid of an Athens, Georgia, Rotary Club. His appreciation for this assistance has been continually demonstrated through many years of hard work and dedication toward helping others. He was granted U.S. citizenship in Mt. Clements, Michigan, on Sept. 4, 1968.
15 Years Ago March 6, 1997 Two new buildings planned for college Steadily increasing enrollment at Clermont College has created a need for additional space, and officials at the college are making plans to accommodate students. Dean James McDonough said the college plans to construct two new buildings on the Batavia campus, adding up to 40,000 square feet of classroom and office space. The first building, just off the parking lot, will begin with the addition of a second floor bridge from the center section of the Snyder Building. The second building will be constructed diagonally from the first, creating a circular feel to the complex and more of a campus look, McDonough said. “The classroom building will house two new biology labs and several computer labs, along with other classroom and office space,” McDonough said. “The second building will house student services, making a one-stop registration much easier.” McDonough is seeking funding for the new buildings from the University of Cincinnati as a part of the college’s normal annual requests. “We would like to borrow the money, and repay the loan with funds we receive from the state,” he said. “The state has changed the model for funds, giving either a set amount per year or an equivalent amount to repay financing. We would rather repay it as a loan to the university.”
New 9-plane hangar planned for airport
Senior Services to move Bethel center
Record rains bring threat of flooding
A hangar large enough to accommodate nine planes is being planned for the Clermont County Airport. Clermont County Commissioners made the announcement following a recent meeting of commissioners, their airport advisory board and a delegation from the Clermont County Pilots Association. Both groups urged construction of the hangar and plans for the structure have already been made by Col. William Shilling, architect and member of the pilot’s association. The hangar would be 50 by
The Clermont County Senior Services has announced its plans to move the nutritional center now operated in Bethel. The Bethel site will be closed May 1, and the center will be relocated in Batavia, according to information received by members of the Bethel Village Council. The nutrition center has been in Bethel for seven years, where it operated in the Bethel Baptist Church.
Record rainfall in Ohio and Kentucky March 1, 2 and 3 resulted in local streams and rivers leaving their banks, beginning the annual flood season. According to Ashley Kells at the Wilmington bureau of the National Weather Service, between six and eight inches of rain fell in Clermont County, especially in the southern portion of the county. New Richmond Mayor Jack Gooding said the river was at 59 feet Monday afternoon, and was expected to crest at about 63 feet by Wednesday.
B R O A D S H E E T O D D
Q: I am an individual experiencing financial difficulties. What are the differences between the types of bankruptcies I might consider? A: Before deciding to file, you should consult a bankruptcy attorney to determine your options, including any alternatives to bankruptcy. Most individuals who proceed choose between a Chapter 7 “straight” bankruptcy and a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which is sometimes called a “wage earner’s plan.” Q: What’s the difference between a Chapter 7 and a Chapter 13
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bankruptcy? A: A Chapter 7 bankruptcy normally allows you to discharge certain debts, such as credit card bills. You can often keep your home and your car. For example, if your mortgage is current and your house is worth less than what you owe your lender, you can usually keep your home. Even if your house is worth more than what you owe
your lender, you may be able to keep it, depending on the amount of equity (the amount by which the value exceeds what you owe on your mortgage). If you have equity over a certain amount, the trustee appointed for you in your Chapter 7 proceeding may proceed to sell your home. This also applies to other assets. If you have assets that your trustee is able to sell to satisfy your debt, you may want to consider filing a Chapter 13 bankruptcy instead. In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you make payments to the Chapter 13 trustee
through payroll deductions, usually for either 36 or 60 months. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy allows you to keep your home, but you must resume your normal monthly mortgage payments and pay any arrearage (payments you missed) over time through your Chapter 13 plan. Also, if your mortgage is current, but there is equity in your home for bankruptcy purposes, a Chapter 13 proceeding allows you to keep your home if you pay the equity amount to your creditors in installments over time. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy can be useful if your income level is too
high to allow you to qualify for a Chapter 7 proceeding. Q: What is the timeline for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy? A: Usually, you will first meet with your attorney to see if you qualify for a Chapter 7 proceeding, and if that is the best choice for you. Your attorney will ask you to bring financial documents such as pay stubs and tax returns. If you decide to proceed, the attorney will draft your bankruptcy petition, but before you can actually file the petition, you must take a credit counseling course, usually online or by telephone. After com-
pleting this course, you will meet with your attorney again to review your petition and sign it. Then, the petition is filed with the court electronically. About a month after the filing, you and your attorney will attend a “meeting of creditors” at the courthouse with your trustee and any creditors who wish to attend. At this meeting, the trustee may ask you for more documents, such as copies of tax returns that have not yet been filed. Each creditor normally has two months after the meeting to file any objections to See Law, Page A10
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