Local veteran receives France's highest honor
Brig. Gen. Walter Givhan presents retired Air Force Col. Byron Lee Schatzley with the Knight of the Legion of Honor medal July 13 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Colonel Schatzley was recognized for his service as bombardier in the 558th Bomb Squadron during World War II. Napolean Bonaparte created the medal to honor military and non-military people for outstanding bravery or achievement in service to France. General Givhan is Air Force Institute of Technology Commandant and presented
Fairborn grad helps homeless in wake of Irma
FKOC is a homeless shelter and prevention program that helps those who are homeless or at risk for homelessness, become self-sufficient and financially able to maintain their own housing. This task was made all the harder after the devastating impact of Hurricane Irma, which hit in September.
In spite of all that has happened, Kaple said that she still loves her new community and her job. She said she knew from an early age that she wanted to work in a, “helping field.”
Kaple started at FKOC i
‘Our goal is to get Jeremie here to the states’
Jeremie, 5, isn’t much different from all the other children at the orphanage other than the fact that he is deaf. Unfortunately, said Cleland, that is enough of a difference to promise him only one future.
Cleland said, “He lives in a society that devalues those who are different. While Jeremie is safely living at the orphanage, if he isn’t given a formal education, he will live his entire life as a beggar.”
He said that his sister discovered Jeremie while working for Living Water for Haiti,
Local heroes bring a touch of realism to 'Avengers' Cleveland set
They actually got to fight evil-doers alongside the likes of Iron Man and Captain America in the movie “The Avengers,” which opens this weekend.
“Our commander asked us who had seen (the movie) ‘Captain America,’ and then began explaining that ‘The Avengers’ was being filmed in Cleveland. My hand was up before he had the chance to ask us who wanted to take part,” said Specialist Steven Sergeant of Casstown.
By the time the 931st battalion arrived in Cleveland, the film shooting location had be
Steve Harvey sees local student’s yo-yo skills
On Jan. 16 White appeared Steve Harvey’s nationally syndicated show where he faced-off with two fellow champion yo-yoers during the “Battle Me on Steve,” segment of the show.
A computer science major and native of Schenectady, N.Y., White currently holds the National Yo-yo Contest top spot for off string yo-yo (division 4A).
White said he was presented with the opportunity to be on the show when a member of the production crew reached out to him in December. “The show paid for me to fly out to
Color for a color-blind student
After finding out that Lucas Boonchaliew one of his seventh-grade students was color blind, Case said that he remembered a video he had seen online about glasses that help correct color blindness.
“I’ve known about the glasses for a few years now,” Case said. “They make the rounds on the viral video circuit. I have done research on them, and I saw very mixed reviews. I couldn’t justify buying a pair before I had any students with colorblindness. When I discovered Lucas was color blind I asked h
It started with 3 people sharing a uniform. Now the Greene County parks rangers are celebrating 40 years.
“One of us was a maintenance guy (Rick Bull), one of was a naturalist guy (John Humston) and I was the programs guy,” said former GCP&T staffer Ed Bice while discussing the recent 40-year anniversary of the division.
Bice said the three became inspired to look into training after Bice had an encounter with a large rowdy party at the Narrows Reserve, to which the Greene County Sheriff’s Office responded.
“I clearly remember a beer can almost hitting me,” he said. “One of the law enforcement off
‘Chubby’ Howard enters Steel Guitar Hall of Fame
XENIA — Veteran radio broadcaster, Ray “Chubby” Howard, was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame during the 2015 International Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis.
Howard has been entertaining Classic Country Radio listeners each weekend with his unique mix of encyclopedic country music knowledge and down-home humor since 1998. A US Navy veteran and professional steel guitar player, Howard has worked with some of the brightest stars in the country music business including Buck Owens, Co
