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Cincinnati Country Day kids visit Ohio Statehouse

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 11:37pm
Cincinnati Country Day kids visit Ohio Statehouse

COLUMBUS (FOX19)— Students from the Cincinnati Country Day School received a first-hand view of the Ohio Senate Wednesday while visiting the Ohio Statehouse.  Just moments before Senate session came to order, State Senator Shannon Jones (R – Springboro) welcomed the fourth graders into the chamber.

After asking their state senator a number of questions about government and the General Assembly, the group was provided with a Statehouse tour.

Senator Shannon Jones represents Ohio’s 7th Senate District, which includes Warren County and a neighboring portion of Hamilton County.  She currently serves as the Senate Majority Whip.

Cincinnati Country Day is located on Given Road in Indian Hill.

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State auditor places Monroe Local Schools in fiscal emergency

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 12:46am
State auditor places Monroe Local Schools in fiscal emergency

COLUMBUS (FOX19) – Ohio Auditor Dave Yost says failure to present an acceptable financial recovery plan by the Monroe Local School District prompted him to place the district in a state of fiscal emergency Wednesday.

The district is following in the footsteps of the Little Miami Local Schools in that regard.  Little Miami was put under state control after voters there failed every operating levy for years.  A levy passed last year and that district is working toward regaining local control.

 “The Monroe Local Schools will have some difficult decisions to make in the coming weeks and months,” Auditor Yost said in a release.  “My office stands ready to assist wherever we can to bring financial stability back to the district.”

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Kings High School Junior Designs and Decorates Pig for “Big Pig Gig”

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 5:00pm
Kings High School Junior Designs and Decorates Pig for “Big Pig Gig”

KINGS MILLS, OH (FOX19) - “The Big Pig Gig” is back, and one of Kings High School’s very own has a porky creation that will be on display during this year’s World Choir Games.  KHS junior Zoe Rodriguez is one of only 40 artists selected to create a pig for this year’s “Big Pig Gig.”

“The Big Pig Gig” first showed up in Cincinnati in 2000. It is back just in time for the World Choir Games this summer.  Beginning in May and throughout the summer, visitors and locals to “Porkopolis” can delight in this public art installation. The pigs are giant, colorful custom designed fiberglass sculptures decorated by local artists.

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Rodriguez moved to the area with her family last year. Zoe first heard about the “Big Pig Gig” from her mother and grandmother who are both artists. She knew right away that this was a project she wanted to be part of.

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Half Price Books gives 25,000 kids’ books to Cincinnati area non-profits Thursday

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, 5:07pm
Half Price Books gives 25,000 kids’ books to Cincinnati area non-profits Thursday

MASON, OH (FOX19) – Non-profit organizations from the Cincinnati area can pick up free children’s books during a special giveaway event at Half Price Books.  The books were donated by the Cincinnati-area community and matched by Half Price Books during the company’s 14th annual Half Pint Library book drive.

Any not-for-profit organization that can use or distribute children’s books is invited to stop by and get books while supplies last. Half Price Books employees will help load the hundreds of boxes of books for the groups that attend. Several groups have already signed up to get books, and all 25,000 books are expected to be given away.   

The 14th Annual “Half Pint Library” Book Drive is 2 p.m. Thursday at the Half Price Books store at 8211 Arbor Square Dr. in Mason.

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School play discounted for Mason Community Center Members

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Monday, March 26th, 2012, 6:03pm
School play discounted for Mason Community Center Members

MASON, OH (FOX19) - Mason Community Center is partnering with Mars Hill Academy to offer a $2 discount to community center members who attend the school’s presentation of Anne of Green Gables.  Show times are 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, March 29 and 30, and 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 31, at Mason Middle School. 

This is a new musical by Cincinnati area composer/lyricist/playwrights Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic 1908 novel.

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Teens get a look at the Ohio Statehouse, meet senator

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012, 5:28pm
Teens get a look at the Ohio Statehouse, meet senator

COLUMBUS, OH (FOX19) - State Senator Shannon Jones (R – Springboro) hosted students from the Warren County Career Center in Columbus on Thursday.

Following a Statehouse tour, the students joined Jones, whose district covers a large chunk of Warren County, to discuss issues pertaining to career and technical education in Ohio as well as state government.

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Mount Notre Dame seniors present Capstone Projects

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 2:45am
Mount Notre Dame seniors present Capstone Projects

READING (FOX19) – Seven Seniors from Mount Notre Dame high School in reading demonstrated projects they created to serve the community at Monday night’s (MND) Senior Capstone Showcase Evening.  The evening is the culminating component of the four-year journey that each MND senior has taken through her MAP (My Action Plan) Program.  The MAP Program is designed to engage the MND student in experiences that will empower her in all areas of her life.

Through MAP, MND students:

  • transition into the MND community (freshman year)
  • learn to LIVE as an empowered young woman (sophomore year)
  • learn to LEAD as an empowered young woman (junior year)
  • learn to SERVE as an empowered young woman (senior year)

Here are examples of some of the projects:

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