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Miami East High School Assistant Principal Scott Donaldson shakes hands with senior Corey Monnin during a graduation rehearsal Friday at Hobart Arena.
Can Tornado Alley become safer? In the wind-swept prairie called Tornado Alley, the scene is eerily familiar: Homes smashed to splinters. Trees and telephone poles snapped like twigs. Piles of bricks, overturned cars and dazed survivors sifting through rubble in search of a precious photo or heirloom. A town in ruins. On Monday, it was Moore, Okla. Two years ago, it was Joplin, Mo. There’s a pattern to the aftermath of these deadly disasters: Clean-up. A steely determination. Vows to rebuild. And urgent questions about what can be done to shield tornadoprone communities from the worst ravages of the next monster storm that comes calling.
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‘No Toughness, No Championship’ East senior overcomes odds to graduate BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com
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Like any proud mother, Kelly Monnin, along with family and friends, rushes to prepare her home for the crowd of well-wishers that soon will fill her family’s home on Loy Road, near Piqua. Her in-laws were busy outside mowing the grass and weeding the flower beds. Two days before today’s party, large, empty punch containers stood ready to be filled in the bar area inside of an outbuilding filled with exercise equipment and
sports mementos. Pictures and scrapbooks are scattered about, waiting to be gazed at and thumbed through while guests visit with one another. Kelly wears a royal blue Miami East Viking T-shirt with white lettering, which features her son’s football jersey number, No. 61, emblazoned on a football. Kelly doesn’t sit long before rushing out the door to grab her son’s senior memory book. As she leaves the room, the
back of the Viking-blue T-shirt reads: “No Toughness, No Championship.” “That’s always been my motto since my freshman year of football,” Cory said as he watched his mother walk out the door. Kelly returns minutes later with his senior memory book, a senior English project, filled with pictures and essays of his days as a Miami East Viking. “I’m going to miss high school,” Cory shared. “It was a lot of fun. This is a big step, though.” “It’s huge!” Kelly exclaimed as • See MONNIN on 2
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Preparations are under way for the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover mural, but rather than be painted on the Troy Masonic Temple, the concert badge will be displayed as a prefabbed vinyl banner facing North Cherry Street. The cost for the project remains at $7,000. “They’re stripping it down and repainting any areas that need to be repaired on the stucco,” Director of Public Service and Safety Patrick Titterington said Friday. At Troy Planning Commission, a few residents had voiced their opposition to the mural, related to its cost and use of the building facade. However, Titterington said the decision for the vinyl banner was made as a long-term cost-saving measure as opposed to serving as a compromise. “That was one of the options we had already been looking at, and when we saw the impact (the paint) would have on the building, we figured it would be easier to take off after the time it ran than to try to whitewash it off,” Titterington said. “It will save us money in the long run because we won’t have to go back and repair it and repaint it.” The banner will be taken down at the end of 2015, city officials announced at a Troy Planning Commission meeting. It is funded by a $7,000 grant from The Troy Foundation, which was arranged by Titterington and Mayor Michael Beamish. Troy City Council did not vote on the matter.
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Clothes make the man THS senior has made suits his daily attire BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com Clothes may make the man, but for one Troy High School graduating senior, a suit, tie and cuff links make a confident statement. As Troy High School senior Alec • See SUITS on 6
The Miami County Sheriff ’s Office is joining more than 900 hundred other law enforcement agencies in Ohio to raise awareness for and enforce Ohio’s seat belt laws. The traffic enforcement campaign began Tuesday and runs through the Memorial Day holiday on Monday. The Miami County Sheriff’s Office will deploy additional deputies at various time frames on Miami County roadways to strictly enforce all Ohio traffic statutes. Special emphasis will be placed on seat belt enforcement, speeding, stop sign violations and other crash-causing infractions. Deputies also will be on the look-out for impaired drivers during the Memorial Day holiday STAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER weekend. The Memorial Day weekend is Troy High School senior Alec Gunter shows off a pair of cuff links, one of several he wears to school. • See HOLIDAY on 2
REM Ohio clients dance the night away BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@civitasmedia.com It was a sea of corsages, balloons, sparkly gowns and bow ties in the gymnasium when individuals from Miami County as well as programs in western and central Ohio met for the REM Ohio prom Friday night at Riverside of 6 Miami County. REM Ohio
TROY provides services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Program Director Sarah Watkins said the staff decided to have their own prom after Vineyard Cincinnati Church no longer hosted one. In past years, individuals could
Joey Foney, 19, and Cassie Dawson, 25, dance the night away at REM Ohio’s prom Friday night. have attended that dance. With REM Ohio having several offices across Ohio, Friday’s prom attracted people from as far away as Zanesville. • See PROM on 2
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