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March 1 - 8, 2024 - Dayton Weekly News
Vol. 30, Issue 14
March 1 - 8, 2024
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The Dayton Area Broadcasters Hall of Fame to Enshrine Five in 2024
By: Retha Phillips The five individuals to be enshrined include Guy Fogle – long-time Dayton Sports Broadcaster; Chuck Hamlin – Videographer, with a career that spans over forty years; Mike Hubert, who spent over ten years on the anchor desk at WHIO Television as a sports announcer -who became the Voice of the Florida Gators for Thirty -three years; Jamie Jarosik, well-known and beloved meteorologist at WDTN Television, who has won the heart of Daytonians and whose career spans over twenty-three years in Dayton
Guy Fogle and Tom Michaels, sports announcer with over fortyfour years in the industry. A Community Service Award will also be honored for Montgomery County Commissioner
Chuck Hamlin Judy Dodge and former City of Dayton Culture Director Carol Sampson for their tireless work on the Board of Directors of the Hall of Fame. Guy Fogle started his
Mike Hubert
Jamie Jarosik
Tom Michaels
career in 1985 through 2004, working at all three TV stations. He was on the anchor desk of WKEF, WDTN, and WHIO television. He also traveled and covered the Cleveland Browns
football team, did play by plays for the Dayton Wings Professional Basketball team, Wright State University football team and High School baseball games of the week. Fogle worked with such greats
as the late Johnny Walker, Lyle Steig and recently retired sports announcer, Mike Hartsock. Chuck Hamlin is the son of the late sports Continued on Page 4
MCPC Awards Prevention Officer The City of Dayton Will Not of the Year Have 2024 Fourth of July Festival
The Montgomery County Prevention Coalition (MCPC) is honoring a local police officer with the first Prevention Officer of the Year Award. The Opioid Prevention Committee accepted nominations for police or school resource officers who prioritize prevention in the community. The 2024 Prevention Officer of the Year Award winner is Officer Nick Lambert of the Huber Heights Police Department. “Officer Lambert assisted with Fall DEA Take Back Day and served as a champion for spreading the word about the event in the community. He made efforts to connect with children and families who came to the event to drop off unused medication. He seemed like a welcoming officer within our community as he approached cars and assisted with passing out MCPC prevention swag bags. Based on my observation dur-
ing Fall DEA Take Back Day, he seemed truly concerned about accepting unused medications and engaging with residents,” said the nominator. “Prevention saves lives every single day. Police Officers can’t be everywhere all day, so putting prevention in the hands of citizens literally saves lives,” said Officer Lambert. Officer Lambert will be given his award at the March 8, 2024, meeting of the MCPC. The meeting will take place at the downtown branch of the Dayton Metro Library at 10 a.m.
The City of Dayton will not have a Fourth of July festival to go with the fireworks for a second year in a row. City leaders said that modern workplace realities make the festival impossible now. “Our experience with our festival is 30,000 to 50,000 people, depending on the weather,” Joe Parlette, Deputy City Manager, said. Parlette said that a citysponsored event like the festival is all on the back of city workers and staffing problems are a big issue. “I saw we have 161 va-
cancies in our organization,” he said. Parlette said it’s not just the police department involved in the festival. It’s also the fire department, street maintenance, recreation, and trash pickup. People like Kasandra Frazier are sad the festival won’t be happening. “That’s sad because kids won’t have the same memories we had back in the day,” she said. Mark Weaver thinks there are enough volunteers or community service workers that could step in but city leaders said that since this is a city-sponsored event, they
would have to be subject to background checks like regular employees. They said the real issue is that they have to concentrate on providing the services residents expect and demand and that’s already demanding overtime from exhausted workers. “We’ve experienced so much overtime that people just don’t want to work any more overtime,” Parlette said. While there won’t be a large festival, the city is exploring adding other nighttime attractions.
The Board of Trustees for Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE)—a nonprofit law firm that provides comprehensive legal representation in non- criminal matters to more than 385,000 people living, working, and raising their families in poverty in northwest and west central Ohio—is pleased to announce that it has named Makiedah Messam its new Executive Director.
Messam brings to the role decades of experience in public interest law, being an integral part of developing and implementing policy that serves and empowers underprivileged communities. Prior to accepting the position, Messam was the Interim Executive Director of the City of Cincinnati’s Citizen Complaint Authority, where she coordinated the Makiedah Messam Heather Hall agency’s investigations into citizen complaints public confidence by en- with the highest degree and oversaw its commit- suring that all claims are of professionalism and diligently promoting accountability ment to strengthening investigated
in the Cincinnati Police Department. In addition, she served four years as a Director with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) in Jamaica. INDECOM’s groundbreaking and transformative work in law enforcement oversight is well known throughout the Caribbean and internationally. Messam holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and a Practice Certificate from
the University of the West Indies Norman Manley School of Law. “We are thrilled to welcome Makiedah Messam as our new Executive Director,” says Cassandra Rice, ABLE Board of Trustees President. “She will bring leadership experience and excellent communication skills to the organization. An executive director’s role is to envision an ambitious future and lead our advocates into that future with strength and staContinued on Page 2
Officer Nick Lambert
Cory Brown, Manager of Problem Gambling Services at the Ohio Casino Control Commission, will provide professional development. Brown will give an update on sports betting in Ohio since becoming legal more than a year ago. For more information or to schedule interviews, please contact Tina Rezash Rogal at trezash@ mcadamhs.org or call 937416-1458. What is the MCPC? – The MCPC comprises community leaders passionate about preventing substance misuse and promoting positive mental health. The coalition's mission is to mobilize Montgomery County to prevent youth substance use and promote positive mental health by implementing evidence-based prevention strategies and community collaboration. The vision of the coalition is a community where every individual lives a substance-free life with optimal mental health.
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Appoints New Executive Director Makiedah Messam
Red Cross Month Kicks Off to Honor Community Heroes
Join the annual celebration by donating on Red Cross Giving Day (March 27), giving blood, volunteering or taking a lifesaving skills course
The American Red Cross Central & Southern Ohio Region this week is kicking off its annual Red Cross Month celebration in March to honor local community heroes who help ensure their neighbors never face crises alone. Red Cross Month is a national tradition that
began in March 1943 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first Red Cross Month proclamation — and each U.S. president has followed ever since. Governor Mike DeWine has declared March as Red Cross Month in Ohio with an official proclamation. “During Red Cross
Month, we are proud to honor the people in our community who step up to support one another during emergencies when help can’t wait emergencies,” said Stephanie Byrd, Regional CEO for the American Red Cross Central & Southern Ohio Region. “This relief wouldn’t be possible without these lo-
cal heroes. Please consider joining in their commitment by donating, volunteering, giving blood or platelets, or taking a lifesaving skills course.” Join the Red Cross Month celebration by visiting redcross.org to make a financial donation, give blood or platelets, become a volunteer or take
a lifesaving skills course. Those who donate at redcross.org/givingday on March 27 will be part of the 10th annual Red Cross Giving Day, which aims to rally 30,000 supporters nationwide to help provide shelter, food, relief items, emotional support and other assistance for people Continued on Page 8
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