Local Headlines: TID meeting, Reds hot blood donors, VOA photo contest, Dogfest, Will Downs, Referral exchange group
Thursday, May 22, 2008
TID meeting date changed to June 2
The Butler County TID Board meeting that was scheduled for June 9 will be at
Extras
8:30 a.m. June 2 at the Butler County Engineer's Office, 1921 Fairgrove Ave., Hamilton. Please use the side entrance. For more information, call (513) 785-3450.
Blood donors can win baseball tickets
Hoxworth Blood Center is conducting special blood drives through Saturday, May 24, to get blood before the Memorial Day holiday. Those who donate blood on Friday or Saturday, May 23 or 24, will be entered to win one of seven pairs of Cincinnati Reds tickets. Winners will be contacted Tuesday, May 27. All donors who give today through Wednesday, May 28, will receive a free "Red Hot Blood Donor" T-shirt.
A spokesperson for Hoxworth said the Memorial Day time is difficult for the center to recruit donors because churches and businesses are unable to host drives due to the holiday.
Friday, centers taking donations are located in Blue Ash, Central at U.C., Ft. Mitchell, Tri-County and Western Hills. Saturday, centers include Blue Ash, Ft. Mitchell and Tri-County. Community blood drives conducted Friday are Rookwood Commons, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Crestview Hills Town Center, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Best Buy Tri-County, 1 to 7 p.m.; and on May 24, Kenton Co. Library, 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 1:15 to 4 p.m.
To schedule an appointment at a neighborhood center call Hoxworth at (513) 451-0910. For more information visit www.hoxworth.org.
Photo contest for kids under way at VOA Park
An unidentified animal has been eating trees and other features around the lake at Voice of America Park. MetroParks of Butler County is offering $50 in Boathouse gift cards to the first child age 12 or younger who photographs the animal. The contest will run until the animal is photographed.
For more information, contact MetroParks of Butler County at (513) 867-5835 or visit butlercountymetroparks.org.
Dog Fest includes new contest
A new contest to be held with this year's Dog Fest, scheduled for June 14-15 at Voice of America Park, will give dog owners a chance to show them off.
Artist Dawna Boehmer is soliciting photos of pet owners with their pets. Photos submitted by June 10 will be displayed at Boehmer's Dog Fest booth. Visitors will be able to vote for their favorite photos, and the top four winners and their pets will be featured in a painting by Boehmer.
Winners will receive framed prints, and 500 additional prints will be sold to raise funds for area no-kill shelters such as Progressive Animal Welfare Society in Middletown, Dog Fest's sponsor.
Contest participants are asked to e-mail digital photos to Boehmer at contest@dawnaboehmer.com in JPEG format with the largest side 6-inches wide or long. Include the owner's name, address, phone number and the dog's name.
Local boy
to be on television
Will Downs, 6, will be featured on a television show "Facing Life Head On," next week.
The kindergartner at Wyandot Early Childhood School in Lakota has Down Syndrome and will star in an episode called "Unexpected joys," which will air at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 27 on cable's Trinity Broadcasting Network. It also will appear at 8:30 p.m.
May 26 and 10:30 a.m. May 30 on Direct TV, channel 378.
Referral exchange group growing
The West Chester Twp. chapter of the Professional Referral Exchange Group is seeking new members for its weekly referral group meetings. Members must represent a business category unique to the group and share a minimum of two referrals a month with the networking group. The group meets
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Thursdays at the Chesterwood Retirement Community clubhouse at 8073 Tylersville Road.
For more information, call (937) 750-5323 or visit prorefx.com.
