Online registration available at www.MidwestTeamTennis.com

Indianapolis, Ind. – The United States Tennis Association in partnership with the West Milton Tennis Association will be conducting a Midwest Youth Team Tennis program this summer in West Milton.  The multi-week program for youth ages 10 and under will teach basic tennis skills and provide team competition opportunities.  The Midwest Youth Team Tennis program is part of the tennis industries 10 and Under Tennis initiative, which features age appropriate equipment, court sizes, and scoring.

The West Milton Youth Team Tennis program will be offered starting 6/12/2012, and the deadline to register is 5/18/2012.

Register online at www.MidwestTeamTennis.com.  Additional information about Midwest Youth Team Tennis, 10 and Under Tennis, volunteering and coaching opportunities is also available.

For more information about registration, volunteering, or coaching, please contact Bud Schroeder at (937) 669-5552, email: bud@schroedertennis.com.

The West Milton Midwest Youth Team Tennis program is open to girls and boys ages 5-10 years of age.  Beginning, intermediate, and advanced players are all welcome to participate.  The program participant package includes the following: new tennis racquet (21 or 23 inch for 8-and-Under, 25 inch for 10-and-Under), Ace’s Kids Club fun pack, team uniform, and age appropriate tennis ball.

“The USTA/Midwest Section is excited to work with this community to introduce more youth to the fun and excitement of tennis participation,” said USTA/Midwest Section Director of Junior Tennis Chad Docktor.

The USTA/Midwest Section is the second largest section of the United States Tennis Association, the National Governing Body for tennis.  The USTA/Midwest Section consists of 14 Districts in the following states:  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin as well as designated counties in West Virginia and Kentucky.  The USTA/Midwest Section offers recreational and competitive tennis for individuals of all ages and abilities.  Please visit www.midwest.usta.com for more information.

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Join us for an afternoon of golf, food and fun on Monday, June 18, at the Beechwood Golf Club. Help support the Milton-Union Education Foundation.

Monday, June 18, 2012 (Arrival time 11 a.m.)
(Rain date, June 25, 2012)
Texas Scramble • Shotgun Start at 12 noon

Sign up now for the Milton-Union Bulldog Golf Classic to be conducted at Beechwood Golf Club. The cost to play is $80.00 per person or $300.00 per foursome. Special prizes will be awarded for closest to pin on two par three’s – one men and one women, longest drive – men and women, and 1st Place Team low score.
Registration entitles players to…
• 18 Holes of Golf • Golf Cart
• Refreshments on Course • Fried Chicken Dinner
• Door Prize Drawing

For the brochure and registration form, please click HERE.

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Vicki Blei, program host, invited Susan Walker Hemm, Marketing and Development Coordinator for Hospice of Miami County, as our guest speaker at the May 14 West Milton Rotary Club meeting. Susan, a Milton-Union graduate, has been with Hospice of Miami County
for five years. One of her major points of her presentation was to inform everyone that there are many organizations that are called Hospice and most are “profit” groups and located in different parts of the Miami Valley, state and nation. However, Hospice of Miami County is a NON-Profit” organization that has been serving Miami County for over 28 years. They have cared for more residents of Miami County than any other hospice. They also have deep expertise in pain management for patient’s physical needs, plus experience in counseling emotional needs and can provide all therapies, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and supplies related to hospice diagnosis at no cost to patients. For more information, you can visit them online at www.HospiceofMiamiCounty.org.

S. Hemm, V. Blei

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As a fundraising event, the New Friends of the Milton-Union Public Library will participate in the West Milton Community Wide Garage Sale, Memorial Day Weekend.  The group is planning to hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 in the multi-purpose room of the Milton-Union Public Library, 560 S. Main Street, West Milton.
Items included in the sale will be movies and cds, movie release posters, guitar magazines, donated household items from the Friends members and the community, and a lot of craft magazines and items.
The Friends use the funds collected during fundraising events like this garage sale, poster sales and the twice yearly book sales to purchase items and host programs for the M-U Public Library.  The group continues to sponsor the Summer Reading Programs by paying for items that each child receives upon completion of the reading club requirements.  The organization has also covered the costs of entertainment programs for the summer as well as the yearly Family Christmas Party and other events.
In addition to those “extras,” the Friends have purchased needed equipment, supplies and library materials such as new computers, CDs and DVDs.  Other donations to the library include honorarium and memorial gifts for members who have given much or for fallen Friends.

For more information on the New Friends of the Library or the yard sale please call 698-5515.  The library is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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By MEAGHAN BAKER
Milton-Union High School Yearbook Editor

Courtesy of the Weekly Record Herald; Printed 5.13.12

WEST MILTON – Milton-Union High School has been feeling prom fever this last week. April 30-May 4 was Prom Promise Week, culminating in prom May 5.
Each day of the week there were various events to get students involved and aware of what they were promising, which meant concentrating on making wise choices. The main events were held during the two lunch periods each day of the week.
On Monday, the first activity was a game that included whipped cream and bubble gum. The participants had to use only their mouths to dig into a bowl of whipped cream to find the piece of gum and blow a bubble.
The next day the game was called “Egg on Your Head.” Two students competed with one another to keep a plastic egg on their head and walk a certain distance. Continuing on Wednesday, the game was called “Feather Blowing,” in which two contestants each blew a feather across the stage in the cafeteria to get it across a certain point.
On Thursday, the challenge for the day was to how keep a feather in the air longer than the competitor. Then on Friday, the game was a McDonald’s hamburger eating contest. This was the game that many were looking forward to and participated in.
Throughout all the fun activities, the focus that was continuously brought to the center of attention was that everyone needed to be safe on prom night. When purchasing tickets for prom, students were asked to sign a paper discussing that they would make good decisions and keep their fun-filled evening safe.
Prom was held May 5 for the last time in the high school gym. As always, it was the junior class’ responsibility to decorate the gym according to a theme they chose. This year the theme was “New York.”
Students had a wonderful time and afterwards they had the opportunity to attend after-prom at Club 55.
The weekend was very exciting and many students made good decisions while keeping their previous week and promises in mind.

Canyon Spicer and Wesley Biser compete in the hamburger eating contest on the last day of Milton-Union High’s Prom Promise Week

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Tipp City, OH — Boys from Kindergarten to high school benefit from the Boy Scouts of America program nationwide. In the Tipp City/Troy area, Ginghamsburg Church is home to Pack 413 for Cub Scouts (K-Grade 5) and Troop 413 for Boy Scouts (Grades 6-12). Boys develop Christian character, leadership skills, courage and self-reliance.

On Sunday, May 20, Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City will host the Boy Scout Tent Event on its front lawn from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Families are invited for field events, games and prizes. There will be food and beverages for sale at a minimal cost.

Tipp City resident and Boy Scout Troop 413 Scout Master Gary Vance explained, “We want to let boys know what’s available through scouting. By hosting this tent event, boys and their parents can talk with current scouts and their parents to find out the many benefits of scouting.”

“Today’s scout participates in high adventure outdoor activities like rock climbing, zip lining, backpacking, canoeing, whitewater rafting and cave exploring,” shared Lori Maginnis, Troy resident and Chartered Organization Representative, “The boys still enjoy outdoor camping and hiking on a regular basis. We are a family centered Pack, so in 99% of our activities, the whole family is invited to participate with us. ”

Pete Cullen, Troop Leader and Clayton resident explained, “Scouting gives fathers the opportunity to spend quality time with their sons in a great scouting program. Troop 413 selected our Troop # based on Philippians 4:13 ‘I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.’”

For more information, contact pcullen1985@gmail.com or 937.239.4836  or online at www.scoutlander.com. 

About Boy Scouts of America

The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation’s largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness.

For over a century, the BSA has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun. The Boy Scouts of America believes — and, through over a century of experience, knows — that helping youth is a key to building a more conscientious, responsible, and productive society.
BSA Mission - to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

About Ginghamsburg Church

Ginghamsburg Church is committed to changing the world, serving over 40,000 people annually in Miami and Montgomery Counties through its outreach services. Since 2005, the congregation has invested $5.6 million into sustainable humanitarian projects in the Sudan. A member of the West Ohio Conference of United Methodist Churches, the church has an average annual weekly attendance of 4,632. We are a growing church with multiple campuses.

Fort McKinley – 3721 W. Siebenthaler Avenue, Dayton, OH 45406 -  is Ginghamsburg’s urban campus, offering a unique blend of passionate worship that connects to the community, intentional diversity, and commitment to service with the neighborhood with a vision for reclaiming the city of Dayton one life at a time.

A new Trotwood campus – The Point, 506 E. Main Street, Trotwood, OH 45406 – will open on Saturday, April 7 at 5 p.m.

For more information about Ginghamsburg Church, visit our website—www.ginghamsburg.org.

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??Got Scrap?? Donate it to the kids!

Friends of Wrestling, Milton’s Wrestling Boosters, would like to invite you to participate in our 1st Annual Metal Drive. This fundraiser will be held the week of May 13 thru 19. 100% of the funds earned from this drive will go to directly support the wrestling program here in Milton and will help purchase much needed items for the teams (singlets, warm ups, and other necessities).  It is our immediate goal is to purchase new singlets to kick of the season in our new school, that finally provides us with a dedicated wrestling room. If you have items to donate, whether it be old appliances that still need to be carried out of the basement, broken/old equipment out in a field, or a small amount of metal items out of the house and garage from spring clean up, just call us.

WE DO ALL THE WORK!

To schedule your pick up today contact:

Colin 513-746-6890 or Scott 937-475-4658

Pick-ups will be scheduled for the week of May 13 thru 19.

Deadline to schedule pick up is May 18^th @ 9pm

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A Learning Place will be offering a series of training sessions for existing local business owner/managers who wear many hats with a wide variety of responsibilities.  Do you need to know more as a business owner?   This is series can be your answer; we know that production, marketing/sales, human resources, and financial management are among the many concerns businesses deal with daily.

Few individuals are proficient in all of these critical areas. The Business Management Series is designed to provide classroom presentation, on-site technical assistance, and a telephone/internet rapid-response resource system. A Learning Place will be sponsoring this Business Management Training at their location for area businesses.    This program series will deliver 2.5 hour weekly class sessions on critical business topics:

  Series one-         Financing the Business

                                  May 24 and 31, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

                                  Determination of Feasibility

• ·         Sources of financing/impact of legal organization.
• ·         “Through the eyes of the lender” (or investor)  -credit analysis
• ·         Government incentives
• ·         Preparation of the financing package

                                  Investment: $95.00/business; up to (3) persons /business may attend.

  Series two           Management by the Numbers

                                  (Introduction to financial analysis for the business owner/manager)

                                  June 7, 14, 21       6:00-8:30 p.m.

• ·         Basic financial statements
• ·         Construction and meaning
• ·         Basic ratio analysis
• ·         The return on investment model
• ·         Integrating R.O.I. into a Business and / or continuous improvement plan

                                  Investment: $145.00/business; up to (3) persons/ business may attend.

The class instructor is Jon Heffner, longtime business consultant in the region and General Partner of the ProtoGen Group.

The classes will be held at A Learning Place, 201 RM Davis Parkway, Piqua, Ohio.   Further information is available at http://www.alearningplace.org/  or register by calling Tony Sherry, 773-6851 ext. 422.

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Norene Hogle

Former Union Township resident Norene (Harshbarger) Hogle will be visiting the West Milton area and will be presenting a program at the library about her experiences as a WorldTeach volunteer teacher in Namibia, Africain 2009.

Upon her retirement from 31 years of teaching in modern schools in highly industrialized nations, this Milton-Union graduate (class of 1949) discovered a desire to reach out to children inThird World countries. Searching the internet, Norene learned of WorldTeach; a non-profit group that helps economically undeveloped countries obtain teachers for remote areas.

Mrs. Hogle’s trip to Ondangwa, Namibia and surrounding towns provided her with the charming stories included in her book, Are You Feeling a Little Finer, Miss Norene? Whether reading of dealing with the flooding of her small apartment during the rainy season or of the “little beasties” that skittered around her walls, her readers will begin to understand the challenges of living in an alien land.  Namibia is located on the other side of the equator, making its seasons the reserve of ours. When reminiscing about 100 degree afternoon walks, tightly clutching her possessions to foil muggers, the author sweeps us into her exciting and enjoyable African adventures.

Join us Wednesday, May 16^th at 6:30 p.m. and learn from Norene Hogle’s refusal to quit after suffering a broken knee cap and share the friendships she developed during her year abroad.  She will also have a book signing at the library on Saturday, May 19^th from 9 a.m. till noon, and will bring books for purchase.

The library is located at 560 S. Main Street,   WestMiltonand is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.  For more information on this or other library programs, please visit or call the library at 698-5515 or go to the website www.mupubliclibrary.org.

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Marie Stebel began collecting carousels and carousel horses in the early 1980’s. Since then her daughter Katherine and husband Jon never missed an opportunity to expand her collection. Although she has never owned a horse her childhood love of rocking horses was the inspiration for her assortment. On display at the library are just a few of over 400 pieces she has amassed. One of her favorite piece is the carousel horse that has the background of an actual carousel complete with mirrors.

If you have something you would like to share with our community, please contact the library. We would most appreciate sharing your treasures with others. The library is located at 560 S. Main Street, West Miltonand is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.  For more information on this or other library programs, please visit or call the library at 698-5515 or go to the website www.mupubliclibrary.org.

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