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Road closure

Norfolk Southern Railroad has announced a road closure between Barnett’s Mill and Main Street in Camden from Monday, May 15-Saturday May 20. No traffic will be permitted while the road is closed for railroad repair and maintenance.

Food drive

The National Association of Letter Carriers will have the annual food drive on Saturday, May 13. City and rural carriers in Eaton and Camden are participating in this nationwide event and are asking for the public’s support to help “stamp out hunger.” People can donate by leaving non-perishable food items in or near their mailboxes. The carriers will pick up all donations while making their deliveries. All donations will help families in need in Preble County.

Single’s Interaction night

Single’s Interaction, Inc. provides a weekly discussion group and dance for Richmond, IN area singles age 21 year or older. Every Friday night the club meets at Eagles Lodge, located at 75 South 12th St., Richmond, IN. The club meets at 6 p.m. for social time, at 7 p.m. for discussion group, and at 8 p.m. for the dance. The cost is a $6 donation. Upcoming discussion topics include: how has interaction changed your life? on Friday, May 19. Also on Friday, May 19 band Gree De Ville will play. Bounty Hunter will play on Friday, May 26, with a Racing Night Pitch-In Dinner at 7 p.m.

Art show

The adult day care center in Eaton, Your Happy Place, art show will be on display from May 19-July 14. The reception will be held on Friday, May 19 from 6-8 p.m. Participants from Your Happy Place come to the art center every month to make an art peice.

Road closure

Ohio 732 will be closed just north of Camden-College Corner Road for culvert replacement beginning Monday, May 22. Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, May 22, Ohio 732 will be closed north of Ohio 177 and Camden-College Corner Road for five days, or until approximately 3 p.m. Friday, May 26. The detour uses Ohio 177 and Ohio 725. Arrow boards and/or signs will be in place to alert motorists of the upcoming work zone and road closure. To help ensure the safety of the construction workers as well as the traveling public, ODOT reminds motorists they should remain alert, reduce their speed and watch for stopped traffic while passing through the work zone.

NTBOE meeting

The time of the May 23, Board of Education meeting of the National Trail Local School District, at the National Trail K-12 Facility, 6940 Oxford-Gettysburg Road, New Paris, has been changed from 6:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Lewisburg seeking recipes

The Lewisburg Bicentennial Cookbook Committee is collecting recipes from friends and neighbors. The group will start selling the personalized cookbooks Aug. 17, with all profits going to the Bicentennial Committee. The spiral bound books will feature the donors’ names, so everyone can easily locate their favorite recipes of friends and family. Cost for the books will be $13 per copy. Purchase a copy by calling Diane Shrout, 937-962-4224, email [email protected] or Dinah Clark, 937-962-2079, email [email protected] or request forms to use when submitting recipes. The recipes need to be received by May 31.

Guided wildflower walks return to Silvoor

Wildflower walks will be held at 1 p.m. on Sundays until May 14 at Silvoor Biological Sanctuary in Oxford. Meet at Miami University’s Peffer Park shelter, located off U.S. 27. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Bentley Brymer at [email protected].

PCRTA meetings

Preble County Retired Teachers Association President Harold Niehaus announced the dates for 2017 PCRTA meeting as follows: June 13, Sept. 12 and Nov. 14. All meeting dates are on the second Tuesday of the month, and all begin at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Enterprise Rd., Ingomar, near West Alexandria. All retired educators are encouraged to attend. In addition to socializing and a meal, PCRTA shares news of interest to all retirees, information regarding STRS and ORTA benefits, legislation, local community and school interests, the Tools for Schools initiative, entertainment and much more. For more information, visit the website, www.pcrta.org.

Tornado siren testing

Testing of all sirens in the county will be conducted on the first Wednesday of each month at noon. In the event of inclement weather, sirens will not be tested that month.

COG meeting

The Preble County Schools Regional Council of Governments will be meeting on Friday, May 19, at 1 p.m. at the Preble County Educational Service Center, 597 Hillcrest Drive, Eaton. The purpose of the meeting is to review insurance programs and any other business that needs to be brought before the COG at that time.

Relay for Life set

The Preble County Relay for Life this year will be Saturday, June 10, from 3 p.m-midnight at the Preble County Fairgrounds. Organizational meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m., at Bruce Elementary School in Eaton. Anyone interested in forming a team for this family event and raising money for cancer research is invited to attend the meetings or call 937-733-9534 for additional details. This event allows everyone in the community to celebrate those who have survived, grieve for those lost to cancer and empower others to fight back against a disease that takes too much.

Humane society wish list

The Humane Society of Preble County is always in need of the following items: cat litter (scoopable or non-scoopable), dry kitten food, canned puppy food, Clorox bleach, liquid Lysol or Fabuloso, liquid laundry detergent, air freshener, trash bags (33 gallon or tall kitchen bags), large Nyla bones and fabric softener sheets for dryers. Drop off these much-needed items to the shelter during operating hours. The Humane Society of Preble County is located at 951 S. Barron St, Eaton.

PCESC meetings

The regular monthly meetings of the Preble County Educational Service Center Governing Board will be held the fourth Wednesday of each month, with noted exceptions, at the PCESC facility located at 597 Hillcrest Drive, Eaton, at 5:30 p.m. Meeting dates are: May 24, June 28, July 26, Aug. 16 (moved to the third Wednesday;) Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 15 (third Wednesday;) Dec. 15 (fourth Friday, time changed to 3:30 p.m.)

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