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2016 Miami County Progress
A publication of
2016 MiaMi County Progress
2 Friday, February 26, 2016
Troy Daily News and Piqua Daily Call
Artist’s rendering
A rendering of the exterior of the UVMC ED expansion.
ED expansion under way at UVMC
More rooms,
space part
of project
Hurak, UVMC vice president.
Initial work has included construction enabling
projects such as utilities
work and relocating the
helipad, he said.
The new ED will feature 38 beds compared
to the current 28 beds.
The new rooms will
be universal, meaning
everything will be in the
same location. “Regardless of which room you
go into everything will
be in the same place
in the room,” Pleiman
explained.
Rooms will feature
dual headwalls with
oxygen and air supplies,
suction, blood pressure
cuffs and other equipment. A supply cart in
every room will provide
items clinical staff needs
for patient care. The
carts are among features
designed for efficiency
and fewer steps for the
workforce, Pleiman said.
Each room also has
more space to allow for
a patient zone, family
zone and caregiver zone.
Rooms will have doors
versus curtains to provide more privacy.
The new ED will
have two trauma bays.
Each bay can hold two
For the Troy Daily News
TROY — As the year
2016 progresses, visitors
to the Upper Valley Medical Center campus will
see a major emergency
department (ED) expansion unfold. The expansion will be followed by
a renovation project in
the ED’s current home.
Patients and families
along with staff were the
focus in the design of
the 26,300 square feet
of new space and 16,800
square feet of renovation planned, said Diane
Pleiman, UVMC vice
president.
Ground breaking for
the expansion was held
Sept 28. The ED will
remain open during the
entire 18-month project.
“Construction-wise we
are looking for a large
portion of the project to
be completed by the end
of 2016 with the internal
renovation into the first
quarter of ’17,” said Jim
A rendering of a new atient exam room, which is part of the UVMC ED project.
patients and, designed
to care for high needs
patients, will be larger
than universal rooms
and supplied with specialty trauma equipment.
Two isolation rooms
are being added for uses
such as a child with
chicken pox.
Two dedicated behavioral health suites also
are being built for that
population of patients,
with a third room available if needed. “These
rooms are built for a different patient population
with different needs,”
Pleiman said.
The expansion project
includes the embedding
in the emergency department of CT and X-Ray
equipment for improved
turnaround times for
tests.
“An important goal
is to decrease waiting
especially for patients
where time really matters – strokes, cardiac,
abdominal aneurysms,”
Pleiman said. A second
MRI also is being added
to help handle capacity
of those procedures,
Hurak said.
A separate ED
entrance for CareFlight
Artist’s rendering
is part of the expansion,
allowing for a direct
route to the relocated
helipad. In addition,
the new Emergency
Medical Services (EMS)
work room for ambulance crews will include
enhanced equipment
such as a backboard
washer, more space to
clean equipment, more
equipment storage lockers and an area for crews
to complete reports,
Pleiman said.
“The new ED will
include a modern appeal
expected in today’s
hospitals and features
improved design and
functionality,” said
David Cohen, MD,
ABEM, medical director
of emergency services.
“These designs will
provide for enhanced
patient experience,
privacy and efficiency
aimed at enhancing the
overall quality of care.”
When the new ED
opens, it will continue
use of an express care
system that has separate
treatment pathways for
patients who have lower
acuity medical concerns
and those with high
acuity. The system recognizes the difference in
time needed to address
issues such as a twisted
ankle versus congestive
heart failure.
“Express care has
allowed us to decrease
our length of stay for our
patients in the ED,” Pleiman noted.
Hurak said the significance of the expansion
project will become
more visible as construction moves forward.
“We will occasionally
need to reroute traffic,
so we ask people to use
extra caution and care
while entering and leaving,” he said.
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MIAMI COUNTY —
Make 2016 the year you
get out and visit all 15
Miami County Park District parks. Whether you
head out on your own to
explore the 30 plus miles
of nature trails or participate in one of the many
public programs, there
are many opportunities
to include fun, outdoor
experiences as part of
your healthy lifestyle.
The connection
between children and
nature has become more
relevant as new research
demonstrates the importance of outdoor education and recreation to
children’s academic,
emotional and physical
wellbeing. The passage
of Ohio’s No Child Left
Inside proclamation
helped raise awareness
of this “nature deficit”
and its effects on today’s
youth. According to J.
Scott Myers, executive
director of the Miami
County Park District,
two natural play areas
were recently installed
at Stillwater Prairie
Reserve and Twin Arch
Reserve so that kids
could climb, crawl and
make believe using
things found in nature.
In addition to the designated natural play areas,
the park district offers
a wide variety of public
programs designed to
get children outside.
New this year is the
Family Discovery Hike
designed especially for
children with autism and
their families. The first
hike will be held on April
16.
Another new program
in 2016 is the Park
District Photo Contest
in partnership with
the Troy Daily News
and Piqua Daily Call.
Contest participants are
encouraged to submit
photos taken in the
County parks during
the 2016 calendar year.
Every month, a group
of judges select five
photographs from both
the professional and nonprofessional category to
be posted on the park
district’s Facebook page
and voted on by the
general public. Winning
photos will be featured
monthly on social media
and published in the
Troy Daily News and
Piqua Daily Call. A hike
lead by a professional
photographer will be
held in conjunction with
the photo contest.
This year marks the
fifth annual Trail Run
Challenge. This series
of 5k races held at different parks throughout
Miami County will kick
off on April 24 at Hobart
Urban Nature Preserve
in Troy. The goal of the
Trail Run Challenge is
to encourage the community to get outside
and get healthy. Nurses
from Miami County Public Health will be at the
races to measure the participant’s blood pressure
and calculate body mass
index (BMI).
“We hope that people
will take advantage of
the free screening and
use the information to
set and track health
goals over the series,”
Myers said.
The annual Fall Farm
Fest at Lost Creek
Reserve has continued to gain popularity
attracting over 15,000
visitors last year. People
gathered from all over
the region for the twoday festival making it
the most attended event
in the park district’s
49-year history.
“This festival is a celebration of the agricultural heritage of Miami
County,” said Myers.
“It’s one of those events
that make Miami County
a great place to live and
work!” This year the
Fall Farm Fest will be
held on October 8 and 9
and offer a six acre corn
maze, wagon rides, a
scarecrow contest, children’s games, demonstrations, vendors, display
booths, farm animals,
Kiddie Tractor Pulls, a
pumpkin patch, music
food and more.
Over the past couple
of years, the park district has added and
upgraded park offerings to help encourage
diverse outdoor experiences. An example is
the construction of the
award winning archery
range at Garbry Big
Woods Reserve in Piqua.
According to Myers,
high demand and lack of
a public, outdoor archery
facility in the county
prompted the building of
the range. It was funded
by an Ohio Department
of Natural Resources
Grant and consists of
four shooting lanes and
a 12-foot elevated platform.
“Not only does it
engage the sportsmen
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Jodi Borger and A.J. Montgomery from Pioneer Electric Cooperative assemble a scarecrow down Scarecrow Lane where local businesses
show their talent and creativity for the annual contest at the Fall Farm Fest. Scarecrow Lane is a part of the Miami County Park District’s
annual two-day event at Lost Creek Reserve in Troy.
community, it will serve
as a location for citizens
to learn and practice
archery skills,” Myers
said.
Getting up close and
connecting with nature
has become easier with
the new viewing platform at Maple Ridge
Reserve in Covington.
The 12-f00t-by-12-foot
wooden structure serves
as an observation point
for park people to enjoy
the unique landscape
and views along the scenic Stillwater River. If
visitors are up for more
adventurous activities,
a river access point is
located nearby, making it a great place for
fishing, canoeing and
kayaking. This is just
one of many parks to
offer river access. Other
parks include: Farrington Reserve, Twin
Arch Reserve, Stillwater
Prairie Reserve, F.L.
Blankenship and Goode
Prairie Reserve.
For news updates and
detailed information on
park district programs
and facilities visit MiamiCountyParks.com.
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By Belinda M. Paschal
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PIQUA — From its birth
in 1991 as the Piqua Arts
and Humanities Council to
its current incarnation as
Piqua Arts Council, the goal
of this community-minded
group hasn’t changed: to
enhance quality of life, enrich
educational and cultural
opportunities, and strengthen
the spirit of our community
through promoting the arts.
“Piqua Arts Council is
dedicated to making the arts
accessible to
our community
through
education,
support and
presentation,”
said Jordan
Knepper,
Knepper
executive
director of
the arts council, which is
headquartered at 427 N. Main
St. in downtown Piqua.
“We do that through various
programming efforts and even
our fundraising efforts involve
the arts. We support other
organizations in their efforts
to bring the arts to Piqua as
well.”
Piqua Arts Council offers
programming that ranges
from visual arts — including
painting and photography
— to music to dance. The
council has hosted art walks
that have given participants
the opportunity to view
local architecture, exhibits
and enjoy refreshments at
downtown businesses. The
group also does outreach
in local schools, bringing
cross-curriculum, projects to
students of all grade levels.
The council’s efforts also
include workshops instructed
by professional artists. They
host two workshops each year,
one in the spring and another
in the fall.
The first offering will be a
four-day watercolor workshop
led by American Watercolor
Society President Antonio
Masi in mid-March.
Masi is widely known for
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The 2015 Dancing with the Piqua Stars winners, left to right, Trenton Karn, Kristene Clark, Sarah Jones and Justin Sommer, show off their trophies following the
competition on April 11 at A Learning Place in Piqua.
his paintings of the bridges of
New York, which have earned
him awards in competitions
including the Richeson
Landscape 75 competition,
Illinois Watercolor Society
exhibit, Allied Artist of
America competition,
and World Water Media
competition in Thailand.
Praising Masi as “one of the
most respected watercolorists
in the world,” Knepper said,
“Antonio will be sharing
his unique painting style
with workshop participants
along with covering design
elements.”
The workshop will take
place March 15 through 18,
from 4-9 p.m. each day. The
cost is $300 for Piqua Arts
Council members and $350 for
non-members. Dinner will be
included in the workshop fee.
A non-refundable $100
deposit will be required to hold
your spot for this workshop
and participation is limited to
the first 14 artists to register.
Once the workshop is filled, a
wait-list will be formed.
Next on Piqua Arts Council’s
seasonal agenda will be a new
event, The Ultimate Variety
Show, which will take place
Saturday, March 19, at Hartzell
Performing Arts Center at
Piqua High School.
The show will feature local
talent in three age divisions
(under 13; 13-19; 19 and
older), with prize money
awarded to first, second
and third place in each
category. All participants
will be required to audition
for the show. Visit www.
PiquaArtsCouncil.org/variety
for more information and to
download a sign up sheet or
register online.
The wildly popular
‪Dancing with the Piqua
Stars, sponsored by Mark
Reedy at Thrivent Financial,‬
will return with a new cast of
dancers on Saturday, April 16,
at A Learning Place in Piqua.
Blending footwork with
fundraising, the event will
feature seven local “stars”
paired with more experienced
dancers, under the instruction
of Rick and Judy Bowerman of
RJ Ballroom. The contestants
will perform twice for the title
— first, during an afternoon
dessert matinee, then at an
evening dinner performance
the same day.
Shutterbugs will love the
photography invitational
hosted by Piqua Arts Council
and the Schmidlapp Family
during Mainstreet Piqua’s
Taste of the Arts on May 20.
Held in the Schmidlapp Free
Public Library, 509 N. Main
St., Piqua, the exhibit will
feature the work of five invited
local photographers.
In the musical arena, Piqua
Arts Council once again will
partner with Mainstreet Piqua
to present the annual Rock
Piqua! concert series. Now in
its third year, the free series
takes place the third Saturday
of June, July and August in
Lock 9 Park.
While the first year focused
mostly on country music
and last year brought a more
alterna-rock lineup, this year,
“We’re planning to go different
with the entertainment,”
Knepper said.
To that end, the kickoff
concert on June 18 concert
will boast a 50s to 70s theme,
with a return to country on
July 16, followed by an evening
of leg warmers and big hair as
“80s to Now” night wraps up
the series on Aug. 20.
For more information about
the Piqua Arts Council, its
events and programs, call
(937) 773-9630 or visit www.
PiquaArtsCouncil.org.
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Troy Main Street plans downtown events
TROY — Due to popular
demand and feedback from the
downtown businesses, Troy
Main Street has revamped
the 2016 event calendar to
include an event every month,
according to Stephanie Silk,
interim TMS director. Troy
Streets Alive will happen once
a month, and incorporate a different theme, intended to have
something for everyone.
TMS already kicked off the
year with the Win the Window
contest in January. On Feb. 26,
TMS held a Paint the Town
Red event, encouraging visitors
to wear the color red or have a
red accessory as they visit each
participating business to check
out specials and promotions
and to receive a complimentary
wine, chocolate, or cheese
offering.
According to Silk, the downtown is at about 98 percent
capacity, and a new business
will be coming between Raise
Your Brush and Amish Country
Furniture. She said the building was recently purchased
and there is a tenant to fill the
space.
For the 2015 calendar year,
Silk said Troy Main Street had
111 memberships in place,
consistent with 2013 and 2014.
Silk said the organization
already has several new memberships for 2016 and look to
increase memberships through-
out the year.
Funding for Troy Main Street
comes from the city, a percentage of funding through grants
for the programs, a small portion from membership dues,
and largely from sponsorship
and public and private donations.
Silk said membership in
TMS means many things to
members, including a healthy,
vibrant downtown being used
by community businesses to
recruit new employees.
“People want to live near and
visit downtown shopping and
restaurant districts. Making a
choice where to live and work
is influenced by an attractive,
bustling downtown,” Silk said.
“Downtown is what makes
Troy unique. Troy Main Street
is the ‘caretaker’ of downtown
Troy and relies on membership
to fulfill that role.”
Troy Main Street is a nonprofit, public-private partnership dedicated to the enhancement and protection of the
downtown through economic
development, design, promotional and organizational
efforts, Silk said.
“We are the organization that
advocates specifically for the
downtown business district.
Troy Main Street sponsors
events to draw people downtown; works to maintain an
attractive downtown; provides
support, education, and marketing assistance to downtown
businesses; and seeks to attract
new businesses to the district.
“A thriving downtown does
not happen by accident — it
requires nurturing, planning,
resources, partnerships, and
hard work. With support from
our members and sponsors,
Troy Main Street helps to keep
our historic business district a
bustling, attractive place to live,
work, play, and invest,” Silk
said.
Looking ahead to the rest
of the year, in March, Troy
Main Street will host a fashion
show at the Troy Rec, where
the downtown boutiques,
salons, and jewelers will showcase their talents, wares, and
upcoming spring line.
In April, the organization will
focus on the rich history that
the town boasts by providing
local history tours. Participants
can expect to learn about the
history of several downtown
shops and buildings in and
around the square.
In May, Troy Main Street will
host a Dancing in the Streets
event, where staff will host
a music and dancing themed
Troy Streets Alive on the
square, just as the weather is
starting to warm up.
June is the kick off to summer with the start of the summer concert series. Organizers
are in the process now of securing sponsors for the concerts
and working with the TroyHayner Cultural Center, the
On the board:
Ben Redick — 2016 president
Phyllis Meiring — vice president
Sandy Pennington – treasurer
Will Harrelson – past president
David Dilbone, Richard
Dinsmore, Matt Erwin, David
Fair, David Fisher, Gregg Harris,
Kathi Roetter, Todd Uhlir, Wade
Westfall, and John Wilson
city of Troy, the Troy Foundation, and the Troy Civic Band
to put together an eclectic line
up of musicians, groups, and
bands to entice music lovers of
all ages to join come to Prouty
Plaza for the summer concerts
that run June through August.
The Downtown Troy Farmers
Market will have an extended
season this year, kicking off on
Saturday, June 11 and running
through Saturday, Oct. 8. The
market will also offer extended
shopping hours this year. The
market will open for business at
9 a.m. and will stay open until
1 p.m.
New this summer will be
“Movies on the Square.” Troy
Main Street is partnering with
the Troy-Miami County Public
Library to bring free outdoor
movies to Prouty Plaza. The
movies will be Tuesday, June
14 at 9 p.m., Tuesday, July 12 at
9 p.m., and Tuesday, Aug. 9th
at 9 p.m. Movies will be family
friendly and will be projected
onto a screen that will sit on
the showmobile stage.
The Taste of Troy is moving
to a new weekend and will take
place on Saturday, Sept. 10.
TMS will likely follow the same
layout as last year and will offer
a variety of food, drinks, and
entertainment for patrons.
The Hometown Halloween
is scheduled for Saturday, Oct.
22. As always, there will be a
parade, costume contest, games
area, and trick or treating at the
local merchants.
Oct. 27t, TMS will host a pep
rally downtown for the oldest
rivalry in Ohio, Troy vs. Piqua.
The Merchants Holiday
Open House will take place the
weekend of Nov. 4. The downtown merchants will be open
and showcasing their unique
merchandise during a weekend
of holiday events and programming focusing on getting visitors into the holiday spirit!
The Grand Illumination will
take place on Friday, Nov. 25 on
the square in downtown Troy.
Phone calls to the North Pole,
visits with Santa Claus, and of
course, the tree lighting will
take place.
The Santa House will again
be placed on Prouty Plaza for
the Christmas season and will
kick off with the Grand Illumination. The Santa House,
built and donated to Troy Main
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Continues to
provide cultural,
community events
By Linda Lee Jolly
Director
“It seems like we do
a lot of celebrating at
the Hayner Center, but
then we have a lot to celebrate,” said Troy-Hayner
Cultural Center Director
Linda Lee Jolly.
The year 2016 marks
the 40th anniversary of
the creation of the TroyHayner Cultural Center.
The center is located in
the 101-year-old Hayner
Mansion at 301 W. Main
St., Troy.
Willed to the community in 1942 by Mary
Jane Hayner, the building
became public and served
as the library for thirtythree years. When the
library moved in 1975,
the community created
the Troy-Hayner Cultural
Center to provide continued public access to
the building as well as a
variety of educational and
cultural opportunities for
the community.
The Hayner Center
records more than 40,000
visitors and participants
annually. It offers about
24 concerts, eight exhibitions and a wide range of
other activities such as a
film series, teas, poetry
readings, antiques seminars, family day events, a
gift gallery in November,
Valentine Dinner and
Show, and bus trips to
cultural sites in other
communities.
Classes are offered in
art and a variety of other
subjects for both children
and adults. Classical ballet and home school art
classes, as well as three
weeks of Summer Art
Day Camp are also among
the annual fare. Ballroom
dancing has been on
the schedule since the
Hayner’s inception.
We are happy to welcome new instructors,
Ronnie and Cindy Mullins
who will carry on the tradition this season,” Jolly
said.
The board and committees of the Hayner have
already begun planning
special events to celebrate
Hayner’s past, present
and future. A ball is being
planned for April 30.
There will be an outdoor
concert on the lawn in
August and a children’s
event in the fall.
“A 40th anniversary is
a ruby anniversary,” Jolly
said.
Programing at the
Hayner evolves and
expands as new people
bring ideas to the table.
An administrative and
program staff work with
volunteer committees to
develop programs that
Anthony Weber | Troy Daily News
Participants of the Kids Summer Art Day Camp including Johnston Hollenbacher, left, and Max Erdahl work on an art journal using worn books Thursday at the Troy-Hayner
Cultural Center. During the four day camp, instructed by Dawn Flory and Carol Bellas assisted by Kaitlyn Flory, kids have been focusing on book illustrators to create several
projects. Following each camp themed "if you give a kid a paintbrush" an art exhibit reception is held to showcase the work created from the week. The second session for
the camp begins July 6 at the center.
cover a wide range of
interests. New programing this year includes
“Cabaret and Cabernet,”
a Broadway sing-along
event hosted by pianist
David Wion. “Hayner
Hits the Road” bus trips
started last year and
have proven to be very
popular. The second trip
filled two buses. A trip to
the Columbus Museum
of Art and the Franklin
Park Conservatory with
lunch at Schmidt’s German Village Restaurant
is scheduled for June 1.
A five-day, four-night trip
to New York City has also
been announced for next
fall.
The exhibits presented
at the Hayner cover a
range of topics and presentations related to the
arts and the humanities.
In February “Historically Speaking: Troy City
Schools” will be displayed, followed by the
Ohio Watercolor Society
Traveling Exhibition.
“We are especially looking forward to a traveling
exhibition that opens May
6,” Jolly said. “Imagining A Better World: The
Artwork of Nelly Toll” is
coming from the Massillon Museum. It focuses on
a young girl’s childhood
reaction to the Holocaust
Troy-Hayner Cultural Center Director Linda Lee Jolly shows a bottle given in additional donation
through Mike Grilliot. The antique Hayner whiskey bottle was made between 1897 and the time
“prohibition” came into effect. The John E. Lutz collection of Hayner Memorabilia can be seen inside
the Hayner Distillery Company Room.
through an exploration of
art and writing. Nelly Toll
was an 8-year-old child
in hiding with her family
in Poland for two years.
The gift of a watercolor
set provided her with
the tools she needed to
express the world of her
imagination. Dr. Toll now
lives in the United States.
She holds a master’s
degree in art and art history and received her Ph.
D. from the University
of Pennsylvania. Dr. Toll
came to Troy in October
to talk about the exhibition and her experiences
with the art students at
the Troy City Schools.
Plans are being made
for her to return during
the exhibition. A grant
from the Troy Foundation
and the sponsorship of
Alvetro Orthodontics are
providing support for this
project.
Hayner’s upcoming concerts include a return visit
by Corky Siegel on April
9. Long popular throughout the mid-west, his
latest project, Chamber
Blues, blends classical and
blues styles in a chamber music setting. This
ground breaking innovative sound has earned
tremendous acclaim
throughout the country.
Corky Siegel has earned
an international reputation as one of the world’s
great blues harmonica
masters.
Hayner holds a jazz
concert annually in
March. This year’s performance is the Keigo
Hirakawa Trio. Hirakawa,
together with Eddie
Brookshire and Fenton
Sparks creates a hard
hitting, swinging jazz
piano trio that reaches the
highest level of improvisational artistry.
When summer comes,
the Hayner concerts
move outdoors. A proud
contributor to the Downtown Summer Music
Series, the Hayner is
planning three concerts
for Prouty Plaza and, of
course, Lucky Lemonade
Concerts will return to
the Hayner Courtyard. A
wine tasting featuring an
Ohio Winery accompanies
the last concert of the
series.
The third annual 5K
run/walk, the Whiskey
Chaser, will take place on
Saturday morning, June
11. It is named as a tribute to the Hayner Distillery, a pre-prohibition Troy
business that produced
most of the money that
built the Hayner mansion.
The fascinating story of
this piece of Troy history
is told in a permanent
exhibition at the Hayner
Center. The proceeds
from the 5K provide
additional support for the
programming efforts of
the Hayner.
The Hayner is Troy’s
publicly supported arts
and cultural center. Regular open public hours are
kept for people to see the
exhibition or just to visit
the house itself. A new
QR code self-guided tour
is available thanks to Matthew Jackson, who created the tour as his Eagle
Scout project. An open
house is held each year
on the first weekend of
December, but the doors
are always open.
“It is our hope that
everyone will come in
to see this magnificent
house and take advantage of all that is being
offered,” Jolly said.
Most of the programing
discussed is offered free
and open to the public.
Details about these and
all of the upcoming events
at the Hayner will be
posted on the website at
www.troyhayner.org.
40843834
CORS serves nine-county area
Education offered
for children to adult
MIAMI COUNTY —
Council on Rural Services
(CORS) is a nine-county
non-profit organization
that has provided holistic
education and service
programs to children,
youth and adults in west
central Ohio for 43 years.
Kids Learning Place,
the early childhood program has been involved
with Head Start and early
childhood education for
more than 40 years. The
focus of the agency is
always been to bring programs to clients through
new opportunities to
learn and increase their
overall growth for the
future. CORS has a history of achieving outcomes
for children by supporting their health and
learning and enabling
their families to achieve
their own goals for education, employment, stability, and success. During
the last year they served
2,271 children in nine
counties, including Auglaize, Champaign, Darke,
Logan, Greene, Miami,
Shelby, Preble and Van
Wert.
As the children grow
and change, seamless services extend to Gateway
Youth, Achievement Center for Education Success (ACES) and Community Connectors that
focuses on positive youth
development in Darke
County. These programs
use their ability to build
healthy relationships and
innovative approaches
to support the youth of
the communities in the
process of transition from
dependent child to independent adult. Last year,
CORS supported more
than 395 youth and their
families as they moved
towards a higher sense of
self and achievement.
• The agency management team began a
new strategic planning
process of defining its
organizational direction, setting priorities,
focus, and strengthening
its operations through
strategic planning. This
will ensure everyone is
working towards a common goal that produces
fundamental decisions
to adjust in changing
environments. During
this past year the board
of trustees hired Daniel
Schwanitz as the CEO to
lead the agency towards
the future.
• Kids Learning Place
participates in Ohio’s
Step Up To Quality
(SUTQ) rating system
for early childhood
centers. This program
administered by the Ohio
Department of Job and
Family Services recognizes programs that exceed
licensing standard in
early learning education,
staff training and staff
qualifications.
• In order to improve
operational efficiency the
agency implemented a
new web-based program
to track child and family
outcomes, assessments
and data management
initiatives that enable the
agency to direct better
implementation of school
readiness skills and
engage families.
• In order to share
CORS school readiness
goals with the education community at-large,
CORS hosted a community stakeholder’s
meeting to ensure more
productive transitions
for children and families
from the early childhood
program to the public
school systems. Members
Children in the Piqua program create a tower with building blocks.
of the education community in all nine service
areas were invited to
attend this meeting. Spe-
cific efforts were made
during 2015 with Piqua
City Schools and Sidney
See CORS | 9
When Edison State Community College opened its doors in Piqua, Ohio, in
1973, its founders held a belief that an educated person is a public asset.
With this in mind, Edison State continues to offer an exceptional college
experience for students who want to increase their understanding of the
needs of the world in which they live. With these learning experiences,
cultivated by a vibrant academic community where professors, educators
and students alike excel, higher education becomes a natural progression.
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Mainstreet Piqua goes mobile
By Lorna Swisher
mainstreetpiqua@woh.rr.com
PIQUA — Access to information
about the events and
activities in downtown
Piqua, along with
information about the
downtown businesses, is
much easier to access for
area residents, thanks to
a new Mainstreet Piqua
Swisher
website launched late last
year.
The newly redesigned website (www.
mainstreetpiqua.com) was created by
downtown Piqua website designers
Michael Web Solutions and was paid
for by a technology grant from the
Miami County Visitors and Convention
Bureau. The new website has a full
listing of all the events in downtown
Piqua along with a list of the Mainstreet
Piqua supporters throughout the
community and beyond.
The new website is being used in
conjunction with the Mainstreet Piqua
mobile app that was launched in 2014.
The mobile app is available for both
Apple and Android phone users and
not only has listings of all businesses
by their category but can also provide
turn by turn directions using the smart
phone’s internal GPS. The app also
has phone numbers, addresses and
websites for all the businesses located
in downtown Piqua. The app is free of
charge and can be found by searching
“Piqua” in either Google Play or iTunes.
Mainstreet Piqua has a full schedule
of events planned for 2016 with many
popular events returning with a new
twist. Taste of the Arts is set for Friday,
May 20, and this year will feature an
expanded artisan vendor area and
a robust Main Street Kids Zone for
younger event attendees. The Piqua
Community Farmers Market will launch
on Thursday, May 26, and run for 16
weeks through early September. The
market hours will be 3:30-6:30 p.m.
and there are numerous fun activities
and competitions scheduled for the
market season. A full Piqua Farmers
Market schedule of events can be
found in the events section at www.
piquafarmersmarket.com.
The very popular Rock Piqua!
Riverfront Concert series will return
this summer thanks to a partnership
between the Piqua Arts Council and
Mainstreet Piqua. These free events
will each take on a particular theme
each month with a 50s-70s night,
country night and an 80s-Today
night planned. The concerts will be
Saturday, June 18, Saturday, July 16,
and Saturday, Aug. 20, from 7-11 p.m.
The bands that will be performing at
the Rock Piqua! Concerts are familiar to
many music lovers in the area and are
sure to draw large crowds.
Immediately prior to the last Rock
Piqua Concert on Saturday, Aug. 20
Mainstreet Piqua will launch the 2nd
Rockin’ River Duck Drop. Last year’s
grand prize winners received $1,000
in cash and Mainstreet Piqua event
organizers are in the process of putting
together this year’s prize packages.
Last year’s run away successful event
“Down the River, Down A Beer” will be
held again in Lock 9 Park on Saturday,
Aug. 6. The event will feature fun river
activities along with 99 different types
of beer available for tasting along with
food vendors and live music. The Down
The River, Down a Beer event last year
raised over $6,000 in seed money for
the creation of an upper Miami Valley
River steward program. Tickets for the
popular event will be $25 per person
with a limit of 600 tickets being sold.
Mainstreet Piqua’s very popular
Moonlight Stride and Ride event will
once again happen in late September
and it will be following by the 3rd
Annual Groovy Gourd Bike Tour in
early October. The Groovy Gourd Bike
tour is a 25- or 50-mile bike tour that
will cover south eastern Miami County
and prominently features the Piqua bike
PATH. Last year the event drew almost
100 riders from throughout the region.
Downtown Piqua’s “Christmas
experiences in Piqua” weekend has
been set for Friday, Dec. 2, and
Saturday, Dec. 3. Friday night will
feature the very popular Christmas
File Photo
Nathan Hebdon, assistant to Roy Adams of Christ Centered Ironworks, melts the tip of iron to create
tigerlilly sculptures at the 2015 Taste of the Arts event in downtown Piqua.
on the Green event from 6-9 p.m. On
Saturday, the increasingly popular
Holly Jolly 5K/10K event is held in
the morning and the Downtown Piqua
Holiday Parade hits the streets at 2 p.m.
Mainstreet Piqua’s beautification
committee is in the process of deciding
what flowers will be planted in the
downtown planters and look for other
exciting improvement projects from the
committee.
Anyone interested in being involved
in the Mainstreet Piqua organization
is asked to contact executive director
Lorna Swisher at (937) 773-9355.
Volunteers are needed in all aspects
of the organization including special
events and office duties.
Lorna Swisher is executive director of Mainstreet
Piqua. She can be reached at (937) 773-9355.
CREATIVE LABELS, INC.
Creative Labels located in Troy, Ohio is growing to service our Customers needs with
the addition of a new Mark Andy 13” 10-Color U.V. Flexo press. It is the latest addition to an
already impressive listing of equipment available.
Creative Labels, founded in 1990 is a family owned and operated business which was
purchased in March 2007 by Michelle & Dave Nosker. Creative Labels is located at 197 MaryBill Drive, in Troy’s industrial park.
Over the past nine years, Creative Labels has been investing into new technology and
equipment to service our Customer’s needs with the best equipment and personnel required to
stay on top of the ever changing technology and industry.
With an impressive list of Customers being served such as American Honda, Walnut
Creek Foods, Meijer’s, Brown-Forman, Boston Stoker, and many more, the presses at Creative
Labels stay busy!
Creative Labels recently upgraded their In-house Pre-Press department with a new Esko
system used to dramatically improve their plate making process which also helped take their
already superior Quality to the next level. The 4-color process printing of Creative Labels will
rival that of the best digital presses available on the market today.
Creative Labels is also a leader in the industry in lead times and turn arounds for our
Customer’s labeling requirements. Our normal lead times are 1-2 weeks for most labels.
We have instances however with turning jobs the same day as the labels are ordered to help
keep our Customer’s production lines from shutting down. We are a very Service oriented
company says Dave Nosker. We sometimes have been referred to as the Jiffy Print of labels.
Our philosophy is if we don’t do it, someone else will. Spinnaker Coating, one of our largest
suppliers of material is located right down the street making this possible.
Sales Brochures are available upon request to demonstrate the many type of labels
Creative Labels in capable of producing. From simple one & two color work to picturesque
4-Color Process printing, Creative Labels is an industry leader in printing technology
& quality! Creative Labels also offers In-line & Rotary Hot stamping. For additional
information, please contact Creative Labels at 1.800.562.5052 or visit www.creative-labels.com.
High School and Adult Division
uppervalleycc.org 937.778.8419
40847534
197 Marybill Drive, Suite C, Troy, Ohio
Career and Technical Education
40842888
Edison State continues to develop, uphold partnerships
College in fifth
decade of service
PIQUA — With the
focus of meeting a
demand for high-quality,
affordable higher education to the residents of the
Greater Miami Valley, Edison State Community College continues to exceed
expectations of
many. With
so much to
offer and
ongoing
processes
that assure
Dr. Doreen Larson consistent
quality, Edison State remains committed to creating a sustained, significant impact
throughout the region.
Edison State currently
serves more than 4,000
unduplicated students
per year, choosing from
over 35 technical fields
of study, baccalaureate
transfer programs, developmental course work and
Business and Industry
offerings which provide
on-site training, career
preparation and personal
enrichment.
Since opening its doors
in 1973, Edison State
Community College has
served more than 75,000
students and boasts over
10,000 graduates. Eighty
percent of the college’s
enrollment comes from
its primary service area
of Darke, Miami and
Shelby counties. Likewise,
students from Auglaize,
Champaign, Logan,
Mercer, Montgomery
and Preble County are
attracted as well to Edison
State’s campus for quality
education.
Edison State’s College
Credit Plus program,
which allows current
junior and high school
students to earn college
credit at no charge, partners with over 40 high
schools, translating to one
of the highest high school
student to total enrollment ratio percentages in
the state at over 30 percent. Participation in this
program has increased by
53% from the previous
academic year.
Edison State has students which come from all
walks of life, many being
first-time graduates in
their families. In addition
to providing a personal
and rewarding education,
the college’s number one
commitment is student
success. This is evident in
the high course completion rate of 85 percent,
which placed the college
highest in the region and
second in the state. As
well, Edison State also has
the highest graduation
and retention rate of community colleges in Ohio at
47 percent.
Located in a strong
manufacturing and agricultural region, the college plays a vital role in
tion continues to evolve
through advances in
technology and the skilled
workforce sector, the
need for a science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM)
academy continues to be a
vital and vibrant program
within the school. Being
newly named as Innovation Academy in 2014,
Edison State continues to
be proud of the program
offerings, which lead
students to careers in
today’s highly demanded
STEM fields. Providing
distinctive pathways from
high school through college, Innovation Academy
Provided photo
Edison students in Gail Ahmed’s music appreciation class gather in a drum circle to participate in ensures students have
the opportunity to be
HealthRHYTHMS. Drumming Circle.
gainfully employed upon
economic development
graduation.
by adding more than
Now in its fifth decade
$13.2 million annually to
of service, Edison State
the local economy. Duris committed today and
ing its 2014 fiscal year,
in the future to being a
alumni of Edison genervaluable resource as it
ated more than $110 milcontinues to be responlion in added income to
sive to the needs of its
our region, representing
students and the broader
the wages that students
communities it serves.
earned during the year,
The development of both
increased output of the
certificate and 2-year
businesses that employed
associate degree options
students and the multiapplicable to today’s workProvided photo
plier effects that occurred
Chelseá Thompson of Piqua addresses her peers during Edison’s force standards continue
as students and their
to be explored with the
40th commencement ceremony on May 8, 2015.
employers spent money at
help of local and regional
leading employers. These through internships and
other businesses.
manufacturers.
capstone classes, over 90
innovative partnerships
To meet the needs
For more information
provide students with the percent of students in the about Edison State Comof an ever-changing
engineering and informa- munity College and a
hands-on experience and
workforce environment,
tion technology fields are detailed list of program
knowledge applicable to
Edison State continues
offered full-time positions offerings, visit www.edicurrent and future industo develop and uphold
before graduation.
try needs. Because of
meaningful partnerships
sonohio.edu or call (937)
with some of the region’s
direct experience gained
As the future of educa778-8600.
Provided photo
Children in the Troy program create food items.
CORS
From page 7
40838967
Where
2016
City Schools to collaborate.
The coming year will bring plans to
adjust the overall Head Start and Early
Head Start child slots and move four of
our school setting centers to longer four
day/six hour instruction in the same
schools where the child will be attending kindergarten. These changes will
improve school readiness services and
better prepare children for transition to
kindergarten. Family engagement will
be enhanced by reducing family advocate’s caseloads for parents to receive
timelier goal setting and referrals to
meet their personal goals toward selfsufficiency.
“CORS is proud of our working families and staff who are dedicated to the
mission of CORS and to Head Start,”
said Deborah Brayfield, public relations
coordinaor. “We believe our continued
efforts of education, information, and
purposeful intent will lead to more
positive impacts in the communities we
serve.”
Piqua Country Club
North Country Club Rd., Piqua, OH
Time
5:30p - 8:30p
Healing Jar Gala
Save the Date for the 7th annual Healing Jar Gala, a fund-raiser to support the mission of Health Partners
Free Clinic. The event will include a cocktail hour, catered dinner, a featured speaker, and multi-media
art auction, containing pieces obtained through a collaboration with the Piqua Arts Council. The night will
culminate with our traditional live auction of hand-made, ’healing jars’ pottery along with other local pieces.
Date
More
Info
May 4, 2016
(937) 332.0894 ext. 208
justin@healthpartnersclinic.org
RELAX,
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Customer Service, and we have a genuine
Interest in you and your vehicle!”
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Customer Service, and we have a genuine
interest in you and your vehicle!”
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