Apple Butter Festival 2012

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College
Fair 2012
The Springfield and
Clark County school
counselors, with the
support of the Springfield Kiwanis Club, is
hosting “College Fair
at the Fair” on Tuesday,
October 16th from 7:00
PM until 8:30 PM at
the Clark County Fairgrounds in the Arts &
Crafts Building. Admissions
representatives from over 50
colleges from several
different states will be
present to talk with you
and answer your questions. There will be
a special financial aid
presentation at 7:30.
All high school students
and parents are invited
to attend this free event.
For additional information, please see your
high school counselor.
Directions:
The
fairgrounds are located at the intersection of State Route 41
and Interstate 70 (exit
59, 4401 S. Charleston Pike, 45502) near
Springfield.
Ohio
HasTalent
Auditions
Auditions are being
sought for the sixth annual Ohio Has Talent!
show in Van Wert, Oh.,
featuring area and statewide acts competing for
cash prizes.
Auditions will be
held Nov. 2nd and 3rd
to select the 18 acts that
will perform in the Feb.
9, 2013 show at the Niswonger Performing Arts
Center in Van Wert.
Audition applications
are due Oct. 26 and are
posted at www.comhealthpro.org/Ohio_
has_Talent.php.
Winners from the
show will be awarded
prizes of: $500-first
place,
$250-second
place, $100-third place
based on audience
votes.
Proceeds from the
show will benefit a nonprofit hospice. For more
information
contact
Kim Mason at 419-2380200.
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Apple Butter Festival 2012
Photos taken at last year’s Apple Butter Festival in Enon, Ohio. Staff photos.
2011 marks the festival’s 34th year and the
13th year for our new
downtown site. RAIN,
SHINE or SNOW!!
The Enon Community Historical Society
sponsors the annual Enon
Apple Butter Festival as a
community service project.
The Historical Society
makes apple butter the old
fashion way in 50 gallon
copper kettles, cooked
over open fires. Canning
and selling of the apple
butter is done at the festival in the afternoon when
it becomes ready. Annual
attendance is estimated at
8-10,000 for the two days.
Admission to the festival
grounds is free. Free parking is available.
The Apple Butter Festival began as a fund raising event for the Enon
Community
Historical
Society. Today the Festival continues to be the
Society’s main event for
funding but also for many
non-profit community organizations, churches and
school groups.
In previous years the
festival was located on the
Village Green adjacent
to the Enon Village Hall
(Government
Center).
The Government Center was renovated utilizing a majority of the area
used for the Festival. The
“hunt” was on for a new
location and the Apple
Butter Committee did an
excellent job locating that
perfect spot. Now we are
located on South Xenia
St. and the grounds of
Enon Elementary School.
NO PETS ARE ALLOWED ON THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS.
The 2012 Enon Apple
Butter Festival is held on
the 2nd weekend of October.
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm
RAIN, SHINE or
SNOW!!!
What will you see,
smell and hear at the Festival?
Food, Food and More
Food - Pork Chops, Hot
Dogs, Chicken Noodles,
Apple Dumplings, Walking Tacos, Funnel cakes,
Sausages, Hamburgers,
Peanuts in the shell and by
the bag, Shaved Ice and of
course APPLE BUTTER.
Food vendors are required
to setup in booths and
cook the products on site.
Food trailers are not allowed on the grounds.
Crafts and Gifts - All
Craft booths are judged
by the committee and are
of homemade quality.
Manufactured crafts are
not allowed in the festival.
Demonstrations - The
Enon Community Historical Society volunteers
demonstrate the Apple
Butter production by
cooking all apple butter
sold over a fire in copper
kettles. Cider by the cup,
25 cents, is available at
the Historical Society’s
booth.
Music and Entertainment - Music from the
past adds to the festival
atmosphere throughout
the entire festival. Greenon High School band
and choir entertain the
public on Saturday at the
Opening Ceremony.
Come Visit us the second weekend of October!
Fun for the whole Family!
Enon’s Hometown Reunion Event!!!
Courtesy of the Enon
Community Historical
Society website
Wittenberg Office of Community Service Celebrates
Halloween-Inspired Make a Difference Day
Springfield, Ohio
– The Wittenberg University Susan Hirt
Hagen Center for
Civic and Urban Engagement Community
Service Program will
host a Halloweeninspired day of service on Saturday, Oct.
20, offering activities
for
Springfield-area
children such as Halloween crafts, storyreading, face painting,
Halloween
games,
and, of course, trickor-treating.
The Make a Difference Day Halloween
Festival is aimed at
kids ages 3-12 and will
take place from 9:30
a.m.-noon. Participants
will gather in the Benham-Pence
Student
Center, and the festival includes various
Halloween-themed activities, and costumes
are encouraged. Many
of the volunteers, who
will lead the children
through the activities,
are members of Wittenberg’s fraternities
and sororities, serviceoriented groups and
leaders in the university’s Student Senate.
All of the children will
be provided lunch.
The event is part of
an annual nationwide
celebration that occurs
each October. Wittenberg has participated
in the celebration for
many years, but this
will be the seventh
straight year that the
day of giving will be
Halloween-themed
and focused on giving
back to children in the
Springfield area.
“We are very excited for Make a Difference Day,” said student
organizer Ilana Spaulding, class of 2014 from
Ann Arbor, Michigan
“We are thrilled that
the Wittenberg com-
munity has come to
embrace this tradition,
and we look forward
to welcoming so many
kids from the area to
our campus.”
Registration runs
from Oct. 8-17, and it is
required to participate.
To register, visit the
Wittenberg Community Service website at
http://www.wittenberg.
edu/communityservice
or call the office at
(937) 327-7523.
The Springfield Paper would like to thank Farrah & Todd Stone for their photos that accompanied
our “Making Strides to End Breast Cancer” article on the front page of our Go Pink special edition
last week. Thank you for your contribution, it is very much appreciated.
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Round One of National Meat Cutting Challenge
5th Annual Mickey
Usually reserved
Three
challeng- Texas Roadhouse must
9:30 p.m.
the Lion’s Corn Maze for figure
ers will advance to the have those traits in orskaters and
Competition:
Courtesy Photo
The 5th annual Mickey the Lion’s Corn maze
invites you to enjoy fall
fun Saturdays in October
from 5pm to 7pm. The
maze will also be open as
a haunted maze Fridays
and Saturdays from 8pm
to midnight.
Proceeds
benefit the ALS Association Central & Southern
Ohio Chapter. The maze
is at its new location of
6995 Springfield-Jamestown Road in Springfield.
Please bring aluminum
cans to donate to the cause.
Every 90 minutes
someone is diagnosed with
Lou Gehrig’s disease and
your help is needed to find
a cure. For more information call 207-6365 or visit
www.mickeymaze.com.
A special Kids’ Day
will be held on Saturday, October 13th from
4pm to 6pm. Come out
and meet Heater from the
Dayton Dragons, Biscuit
and Gravy from Bob Evans and Andy Armadillo
from the Fairborn Texas
Roadhouse. Explore a
fire truck, see live creepy
animals from Petsmart
and meet with Excel Sport
Medicine. Participate in
games, face painting, the
bounce house and more.
Don’t miss the excitement
as you get lost in the maze
and help strike out Lou
Gehrig’s disease!
Donations are still being accepted for the raffle
which includes items from
the Dayton Dragons, the
Cleveland Browns, autographed memorabilia from
the Columbus Blue Jackets, numerous entertainment and restaurant gift
certificates and items from
the Boonshoft Museum
and Think TV.
Special thanks to Meijer, Holmes Printing, Mr.
Whitehead and the Fire
Department, Wilson Printing, Wilson Farm & Tool,
Armstrong Printing and
the Timmons family for
their generous support.
hockey players, Lou &
Gib Reese Ice Arena in
Newark, Ohio will play
host to an event of a different kind – Round One
of the National Meat
Cutting Challenge. The
frigid conditions and
large venue make it the
perfect place to test the
skills of master meat
cutters. Nineteen skilled
meat cutting specialists
from Texas Roadhouse
restaurants across Kentucky, Ohio and West
Virginia will compete,
getting one step closer
to the coveted title Meat
Cutter of the Year and a
grand prize of $20,000.
Date:
Tuesday, October 16
Time: Doors open:
10:00 a.m. – Noon
Place: Lou & Gib Reese Ice Arena
936 Sharon Valley Rd
Newark OH 43055
(740) 349-6784
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Each participant receives 30-40 pounds of
beef, consisting of two
sirloins, 1 filet and one
ribeye to cut. Meat cutters are judged on quality, yield, and speed in
this timed “cut-off”. The
winner is the cutter who
yields the most steaks,
with the highest quality
cut in the least amount
of time. To assure the
best, freshest quality
meat, all cutting is done
at a chilly 38 degrees.
semi-finals in February
where they’ll compete
for the opportunity to
participate in the 2013
national competition in
May in Maui, Hawaii.
The winner of the national competition receives a grand prize of
$20,000 and is crowned
Meat Cutter of the Year.
“The National Meat
Cutters Challenge is the
only competition of its
kind. Meat cutters from
stores all across America will be coming together to see who is the
best of the best. It instills passion, integrity,
and pride into each meat
cutter individually and
gives them a sense of
ownership. Each meat
cutter who works for
der to be successful and
the NMCC is something
that helps them achieve
that,” said Travis Shearing, Texas Roadhouse
Product Coach.
The National Meat
Cutting Challenge is
part of the Meat Hero
program, created in
2001, to recognize daily
efforts of Texas Roadhouse meat cutters.
Meat cutters hand-cut
each steak served at the
restaurant. Their work is
displayed where guests
can hand pick their
steak.
Participating Meat Cutter from Springfield:
Ricardo Trejo
CCHS Hall of Honor 2012 Induction Ceremony
On Saturday, September 22, Catholic Central was pleased to induct six outstanding alumni and the 2001 State Championship
Soccer Team into the school’s Hall of Honor. These inductees were honored for their significant accomplishments and dedication
to making a positive difference in the world.
Honored Alumni (L-R): Dan Rogusky, Theresa Parham, & Peggy Derr representing Charles Rogusky ’36, Patrick Hearlihy
’70, Maribeth Sheehan Mahoney ’76, Maurice Houston ’89, Steve Moody ’73, and Jim Foreman ’58.
2001 State Championship Soccer Team- Front Row (L-R): Announcer Dan Bohn, Brandon Spridgeon, Tony Miller, Matt
Sprinkle, JV Coach Ray Davis. Back Row: Head Coach Shane Latham, Asst. Coach Nick Wendt, Brent Rohrer, Adam Maloney,
Joe Talley. Not pictured: Marcus Murphy, Ryan Walsh, Daniel Bourke, D.J. Catrow, Matt Calabrese, Geoff Kunkle, Anthony Murray, Chris Hall, Jake Feltner, Tyler Stockstill, Andrew Wineberg, Chris Moorman, Andy Hellmuth, Kevin Mealy, Danny Trenner,
and Matt Hilling.
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More Fun At
Frame Haven...
October 13th
Book Signing with
David Catrow
New Releases and
popular titles avaliable
Of Good Faith
$75
Grandma’s Little Helper
$65
Mechanicsburg’s
5 Historical Churches
The barn with painted quilt seen through the
window was painted for The Barn & Quilt Tour
in Champaign County, October 13-14
November 10th
Meet Local Artisans
Featured at Frame Haven
Variety of Gifts to Meet
Your Holiday Needs
Frame Haven Art Gallery, Inc.
1300 Goodwin Ave
323-9088
October 10, 2012 s The Springfield Paper s Page A3
Physicians from Europe and USA Present Free Public Lecture
about Healing on the Spiritual Path
Thursday, October
11, the Dayton Chapter
of the Bruno Groening
Circle of Friends will
host a free public lecture
titled “Healing on the
Spiritual Path - The Key
to Tomorrow’s Health”
at Bergamo Center,
Chaminade Room 4400 Shakertown Road,
Dayton, Ohio. The lecture is scheduled to take
place from 7:00 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. and is approximately 90 minutes in
duration. During the lecture, keynote presenter
Franz Grinzinger, MD
from Austria will illustrate how healing energy
regulates, cleanses and
heals and can conscious-
ly be experienced by any
person. Attendees will
have the opportunity to
experience the healing
energy and learn how
to continue the practice
regularly at home. The
introductory lecture and
practice is non-denominational and available to
every person, regardless
of religious affiliation.
About the Lecture
The basis of the
lecture is the teaching
of Bruno Groening, a
simple man who lived
in Germany from 19061959. In his lifetime,
extraordinary healings
occurred during his lectures, which gave him
worldwide recognition.
He spoke of a power that
comes from God which
can be easily absorbed
by everyone. This divine
power was referred to by
Bruno Groening as the
“healing stream” or the
Heilstrom. The “healing
stream” gives help and
healing, even in cases
of chronic, degenerative
and serious organic illnesses.
Through public lectures in over 70 countries
– also in universities –
medically documented
healings from severe
chronic diseases are presented and explained.
Those attending learn
of an entirely new way
of viewing the origins
of health and illness
through the teaching of
Bruno Gröning. Attendees will also have an
opportunity during the
lectures to perceive the
healing or life force in
your own body.
About the Bruno
Groening Circle of
Friends
The Bruno Groening Circle of Friends is
an informal gathering of
people that have recognized the value of Bruno
Groening’s teaching and
apply the knowledge in
their daily lives. The information is passed on
in thousands of groups
that have formed around
world. The great num-
ber of healings occuring
by this method are documented in accordance
with clinical anamneses
by the Bruno Groening Medical Scientific
Group - a forum of several thousand doctors
that review reports and
provide medical comments based on the findings of independent doctors.
Affiliation to the Circle is voluntary and free
of charge. Costs are met
by voluntary donation.
There are no national,
idealogical or confessional ties. Everyone
is free to consult their
doctor for treatment of
illness in addition to receiving healing on the
spiritual path.
There
are no medical consultations, examinations or
treaments in the Circle
of Friends.
For more information
call Sandy Lozier at 937847-9165 or visit:
www.bruno-groening.org/english
Detailed information
about the lectures:
http://www.brunogroening.org/english/
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City of Fairborn Receives Water Quality Award
for Fourth Year in a Row
Fairborn, Ohio –
The City of Fairborn
received its fourth
Water
Fluoridation
Quality Award from
the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) for
the year 2011. This
award recognizes communities that maintain
a consistent level of
optimally fluoridated
water, which is the adjustment of fluoride in
water at a level optimal
for preventing tooth
decay.
Utilities
Superintendent
Karen
Hawkins stated the
City has received the
award ever since the
CDC program began
reading the information Fairborn reported.
Prior to that, the two
programs were incompatible.
“This award demonstrates the skills of
our plant operators in
assuring that fluoride
dosages are correctly
applied, correct collection of samples in
accordance to compliance schedules, and appropriate recordkeeping,” stated Hawkins.
“The plant operators
during the award’s
scope are: Chuck Mifflin, Gary Adkins and
Jeremy Billetter.”
Community water
fluoridation is recognized by the CDC as
one of 10 great public
health achievements of
the 20th century. Fluoridating a community’s
water supply is one of
the most effective public health measures to
prevent tooth decay.
The CDC recommends
water fluoridation as a
safe, effective, and inexpensive method of
Dayton Holiday Festival Still Looking for
Perfect Tree to Adorn Courthouse Square
The Dayton Holiday
Festival is still searching for a tree that will
be the centerpiece of
Courthouse Square this
holiday season. The selected tree will be decorated with more than
50,000 lights and be
unveiled at the Grande
Illumination ceremony
on Friday, Nov. 23.
Guidelines for the perfect tree are:
• The ideal tree
is approximately 45 to
60 feet tall and 25 feet
wide.
• Colorado Green
Spruce or Blue Spruce
trees are preferred, but
other types of ever-
greens will be considered if they are grand
and stately.
• The tree must
be located on your
property in the front or
side yard.
If you believe you
have the perfect tree,
nominate it by calling Colleen Turner at
the Downtown Dayton
Partnership at 937-2241518 or email turner@
downtowndayton.org.
The winning tree will
be selected by a search
crew at the end of this
month. PSC Crane and
Rigging will transport
the tree to Courthouse
Square at no expense
to the owners, who will
have the opportunity to
be part of the official
tree-lighting ceremony.
The 2012 Dayton
Holiday Festival is
presented by OneMain
Financial and sponsored by the Downtown Dayton Partnership, the City of
Dayton, Montgomery
County and the Virginia W. Kettering Dayton
Holiday Festival Fund.
For more information
about Dayton Holiday
Festival activities, call
937-224-1518 or visit
www.downtowndayton.org.
preventing decay; every $1 invested in fluoridation saves approximately $38 in costs for
dental treatment.
Of the approximately 10.3 million
Ohioans
who
are
served by public water
systems, 92 percent are
enjoying the benefits
of fluoridated water.
For more information
on fluoridation and the
Ohio Water Fluoridation Quality Awards,
please visit: www.
odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/ohs/oral/oralprev/fluoridation.aspx.
Dirt Happens!
10% OFF
Full & Self
Serve Washes
(excludes hair cuts)
Open MON-FRI 9am-8pm
SAT 9am-6pm SUN 10am-5pm
400 Upper Valley Pike
Springfield, OH 45504
937-322-1668
OAKWOOD VILLAGE
Concert on the Lawn Series
featuring
DOWN DEEP
performing Jazz and other favorites
Wednesday
Oct. 10 • 6 p.m.
Bring your
lawn chair.
Food vendors
will be on site.
Oakwood Village
1500 Villa Rd., Springfield
This will be the last of the concerts
scheduled for 2012. For more information,
please call 390-9000.
1500 Villa Road
Springfield, OH
(937) 390-9000
www.Community-Mercy.org
P A R T
O F
T H E
R E G I O N ’ S
(Additional parking
available at Central
Christian Church)
C A R E
N E T W O R K
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THE POWER OF WORDS
A Faithful Word
David M. Reeves, Ph.D.
1 John 1:8, 9, 10 “If
we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us. If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
us [our] sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we
say that we have not
sinned, we make him a
liar, and his word is not
in us.”
Every one of us is in
need of a Savior; someone to take the load of
guilt of our years of living a lifestyle of deceitfulness and lies. Some
of us have been what
‘we’ thought of as good
yet knowing deep inside that we are inherently bad…evil.
We are in need of instructions in righteousness. Remember that
we don’t have to teach
our children to lie! We
Well Notes
GUMC Karaoke
Grace
United
Methodist
Church,
1401 W. Main St., invites you to join us for
Karaoke Night held
on the third Friday
of the month from
7:00pm to 9:00pm.
All are welcome to
come enjoy a free
evening of music and
fun.
Refreshments
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The
South
Charleston
United
Methodist
Church
will hold the annual
Soup Supper on October 12, 2012 from
4:30 to 7:00 P.M.
The church is on the
corner of Church and
Jamestown
Streets
across from Southeastern High School.
The soup choices
are bean, chili, potato, or vegetable.
There will also be hot
chicken sandwiches,
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barbecue sandwiches,
or hot dogs. You can
end your meal with
pie, cake, cookies or
brownies.
We will also be
collecting non-perishable food items
during the Soup Supper. For every person who brings in a
non-perishable food
item to the Church
street entrance, they
will receive a token
that is worth 25 cents
off of their meal at
the Soup Supper. We
will also have a jar at
the cashier’s table for
people to make monetary donations to the
Manna Food Pantry if
they want to support
the Food Drive in that
because of their faith
simply say, “The message is as near as your
mouth or your heart.”
And this is the same
message we preach
about faith. So you will
be saved, if you honestly say, “Jesus is Lord,”
and if you believe with
all your heart that God
raised him from death.
God will accept you
and save you, if you
truly believe this and
tell it to others. The
Scriptures say that no
one who has faith will
be disappointed, no
matter if that person is a
Jew or a Gentile. There
is only one Lord, and he
is generous to everyone
who asks for his help.
All who call out to the
Lord will be saved.”
Will you call out to
Jesus?
Until next week I’m standing in the
gap remaining blest and steadfast in Christ.
Defining Moments
manner. Please keep
this outreach ministry in mind and help
us restock the Food
Pantry while enjoying the Soup Supper!
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Bethlehem Lutheran
Church Christmas
Bazaar
1240 South Maple Ave
Fairborn, Ohio
November 17, 2012
9am to 4pm
Free Admission
Contact information
878-0651
Items available include
hand made quilts, doll
clothing, paintings,
crochet, ceramics, wire
art, woodcrafts, paper
crafts. and cookies.
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righteousness and good
in our lives is through
the atoning work of Jesus Christ. (I should say
Yeshua which translates
to ‘Jehovah is our salvation’…and Christ or
Messiah is the ‘Anointed One’) Jesus paid
the price for our having any hope of living
righteously now and in
heaven forever. All we
must do is accept Him.
The Bible is made
clear through the Contemporary English Version: Romans 10:8-13
“All who are acceptable
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must teach them to be
truthful or they will
naturally tell the lie
of convenience. Our
thoughts continuously
run to wickedness and
lust and there are no
small sins in God’s eye!
We will try to reason
our lust, revenge, theft,
and the host of other
brotherly and Godly
infringements because
of a wronged and hurt
feeling…yet a wrong
is still a wrong and a
wrong never makes a
right!
Our only hope of any
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Isaiah 9:6
For to us a Child
is born, to us a Son is
given; and the government shall be upon His
shoulder, and His name
shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
This has been a year
of change in my life.
Some of these changes
have not been easy for
me to accept. Some
have made me cry and
some have made me
very sad to the place
where I have had to war
against depression.
Change can affect
people in many different ways; even good
change can sometimes
be a fight. It could be
that you have just found
out that you have cancer
or some loved one has
passed or you have to
move because you have
lost your job. These are
changes that are very
hard to deal with. Other
changes that we may
express as good chang-
es is that your child is
going off to college or
you just had a new baby
or you just got marry. Like I said earlier
change good or bad can
be a fight.
I have had lots of
comfort from friend
and family over this
past month, words of
encouragement and lots
of prayer. And I am so
thankful for all of this,
but nothing has brought
me through like the
Word of the Lord.
He is a Wonderful Counselor, and My
Prince of Peace. In
this scripture it says
the government shall
be upon His shoulder.
Not the government of
the world is what this
is saying but, the governing of our lives. He
watches over us and
He is the one that takes
our burdens and when
change comes, He is the
one that gives us peace
so that we will know
that He is our Everlasting Father.
No other Word can
you fine all of this in
other than the Word of
God. If you want real
change to take place in
your life then you must
turn everything over to
the one who already has
it in His Hands.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
“I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord”
St. John’s
Lutheran Church
775 WASHINGTON AVE URBANA, OH 43078
(937) 653-6754 – www.TheRiverOnline.org
Pastor Dan Leiker
Service Times:
Sunday School of the Bible: 9:30am
Sunday Morning Service: 10:30am
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My life will be lived on the edge. Not just so that it’s exciting. But so I will
30 TRUTHS 9.learn
to trust him more.
By. Shelley Lopez
Shelley Lopez
Mediocrity is a death
trap for me. It is an alluring oasis from many
responsibilities. I can
convince myself that I
have so much going on
that getting by with the
least amount of work possible is “good enough.” I
measure myself against
others, checking performance, investment of
time and energy and pat
myself on the back considering that I have at
least done as well as the
next guy. “Normal” expectations for living include being comfortable
with my exerted effort
and staying within my
knowledge base. I have
a reasonable degree of
certainty that I can succeed at “mediocre.” What
more can you ask for?
Over the years, that
oasis has turned into a
mirage. “Mediocrity” has
stifled my creativity, destroyed my passion and
challenged my sense of
value and purpose. When
I am not stretching or
being stretched I begin
to get comfortable and
sloppy, losing expertise,
drive, passion and most
of all, focus. The result is
a pathetic emptiness that
sucks me into an abyss of
distain and distress. What
once appeared comfortable becomes suffocating. What was once easy
is overwhelming. What
was once safe is now
a black pit of regret. A
death trap.
In my 30’s I was in
grad school. I had finished
my undergrad degree
with a minimal amount of
effort. I knew I was capable of more, but reasoned
that with 2 kids, a husband, a house and a job,
getting A’s with minimal
effort was a gift to me. I
knew that I was not putting all of myself into my
work. Grad school, to my
surprise was easier than
undergrad and I seemed
to have a natural gift in
the area of my training.
Maybe school was
easy and I could rest on
my laurels and get by,
but life was not easy.
Life was never easy. Trials and heartache, financial issues and confusion,
loss and desire for success, relationships and
fear. Those things were
far from easy and would
demand more of me that
“mediocre.”
God began to speak
to me about my attitude.
Would I want my own
children to just give what
they had to in order to get
by? Or did I want them
to do their best, even if
it didn’t win them anything but the knowledge
that they had given it all
they had. So I began to
pray against my mediocre spirit. I committed
to pray that prayer every day, asking God to
help me to live above the
level of mediocrity and
stretch enough every day
to be afraid of something.
Pushed to the edge....possibilities for great adventure or great disaster.
God began working on my mind. Being
‘normal’, whatever that
meant, was simply a way
of looking like others
around me and fitting in.
It came with a sense of
entitlement. I deserve to
be normal because I am
trying to live right. God
revealed my pride, my
fear of not being in my
comfort zone, my uncomfortable restlessness with
not being able to do it
myself with no one else’s
help. I realized that being
normal meant to me that
God would bless me the
way I thought he should
instead of me seeking
what he wanted for my
life.
God began working
on my heart. “Whatever
you do, in word, or deed,
do ALL to the glory of
God.” Whatever means
“everything.” A pang of
conviction set in. I hadn’t
really invited God into
the picture at all, let alone
given him the glory. I was
more concerned about
what I could accomplish,
what I could make happen, how I could make
sure I was safe, comfortable, free from fear or
pain. I hadn’t even factored God into the equa-
tion. In fact, he might be
an uncontrollable variable.
God worked in my
circumstances.
Before
long God allowed, perhaps even orchestrated
situations in my life that
began to stretch me beyond my limits. A job that
was more than I was prepared for. Children who
were bright and stretching, a home that required
time and money, financial
situations that were tight
enough to make me snap,
tragic personal losses,
relationship
struggles.
Each area of my life that
I wanted to be “safe” and
“normal” took a left hand
turn toward the edge of
a cliff. The only thing
preventing me from going over the edge was the
hand of God that reached
out and grabbed me.
Interesting
though,
he didn’t pull me back
to safety. He didn’t even
pull me away from the
edge. He steadied me
there, challenging all of
me to lean into all of him
to sustain, balance and
steady me. He asked for
all of me--not just enough
to get by. He asked me to
believe that he was God
and would make a way
out of no way. He called
me to trust, when I could
not see, when I could not
figure it out, when all
of me was not enough
to bring me to a place
of rest. He asked me
to stretch and reach for
him, and even sometimes
jump into the free fall of
his goodness in order to
experience the freedom
of trusting him fully.
Some would call it an
adventure. It is an adventure, but not of the sort
that makes heroes and
heroines.
It’s an adventure of
destiny. One that teaches
me about me and one
that teaches me about
God. Some would call
it a risk. I don’t see the
risk in it. If God is God,
then I have the greatest
resource available to man
or woman. The greater
risk it seems, is to settle
for the best I can do and
call it “good enough.”
Today I choose the
adventurous path to the
edge of destiny where
trust and God intersect.
Hope you will join
me.
Check in next week for Shelley’s Truth #10
Play the Man
Doug Apple
I got an e-mail from
Terrence Wilson, who
lives near Detroit, Michigan. Like me, he is concerned about the absence
of fathers in the lives of
their children.
Terrence knows first
hand the damage absentee fathers do to their
children. His own father
walked out on him when
he was 5 years old. He
writes, “That’s when my
mother told me that I
was now ‘the man of the
house.’ I couldn’t wait to
grow up just to prove that
I would be a man that my
mother was proud of.”
Skip ahead 20 years,
and we find Terrence as
a maturing young man,
taking on more and more
responsibility. He says he
was sitting in his apart-
ment one day, thinking of
the various burdens in his
life, and…. “I began to
cry. I found myself alone
without any guidance, not
knowing if I was making the right decisions. I
had already made some
bad mistakes and there
was no one there to balance me as a developing man. At that point in
time, the importance of a
father became very real to
me. From whose wisdom
would I draw? To whose
hand would I reach for?
In whose ear would I cry
out for help?”
So there he is, a man
in his 20’s, and yet still
suffering from that terrible decision his father
made to walk out of his
life when he was only
five.
Terrence adds, “All
over the world, the effects
of missing fathers are
evident. When we take
a look at our neighborhoods and communities,
the violence, gangs, drugs
and sexual activity is a direct result of fathers not
being at their post. There
are statistics that show a
great correlation between
persons who are incarcerated, those who have
behavioral problems, and
the absence of fathers.”
Terrence is right on
the money. It doesn’t
matter if you’re in Detroit
or Tallahassee or Beijing,
you can see clearly the
negative effects on society when fathers don’t
step up and fulfill their
responsibilities.
Now let me talk to the
good dads. Gentlemen…
how is your purity? If
you are a good dad, it is
unlikely you will ever
leave your children. So
your personal temptation
will not be to leave your
family, it will be to taint
your family. Are you doing right with all your
heart, or are you leaving
yourself little loopholes,
little grey areas?
Back in the early
90’s author Kent Hughes
wrote
these
powerful words…challenging
words: “Men, if we are
Christians, it is imperative that we live pure,
godly lives in the midst
of our Corinthian, pornotopian culture. We must
live above the horrifying
statistics or the Church
will become increasingly
irrelevant and powerless and our children will
leave it. The Church can
have no power apart from
purity.”
Dads, of course we
must stay with our families. But there is more.
We must be leading pure
lives. We must be righteous men men.
Now, have you ever
heard of this guy? Weird
name….
“Polycarp.”
Polycarp lived about
two thousand years ago
and was martyred for
his faith. He was in the
arena, preparing to die for
his allegiance to Christ,
and the story goes that a
voice came from heaven
saying, “Be strong, Polycarp, and play the man.”
I love that line and the
phrasing, and according
to the story it was spoken by God Himself: Be
strong and play the man.”
This is a foundation
stone for our society –
men rising up and being
the men they were designed to be. And that
means strength and purity.
So let that line run
through your head one
more time: Be strong,
and play the man!
(Check out Terrence’s
website: http://www.wilstonian.com/)
(As heard on Wave
94.1 FM)
Turning the Corner to
Addiction Recovery
By James P. Perry, Ph.D.
From the moment of
birth, life can bring about
the unexpected at any
given turn. No two people’s life experiences are
the same. No two people
are the same. Therefore,
each person is uniquely
“wired” to cope with the
trials of life.
When a person has
learned to cope in positive
ways, he may allow himself to feel uncomfortable
feelings and work to resolve issues as they arise.
However, when a person has learned to deny
problems exist, unresolved issues can amass
to create heavy emotional
burdens. These can weigh
him down, magnify pain,
and easily lead to choices
that damage or destroy
his life and the life of others.
To ease painful feelings some people turn to
coping devices (or quick
fixes), such as alcohol,
drugs, food, sex, violence, or gambling. These
are defense mechanisms
used to numb emotional
pain with instant feelings
of pleasure. But a “quick
fix” is short-lived.
Should “quick fixes”
become excessive, pleasure can become difficult
to achieve and the want
for more intensifies. A
downward spiral to dependency and addiction
can ensue, trapping the
person in damaging cycles.
Recovery from the
dark road of addiction
may seem impossible, but
it is not. Recovery is filled
with bumps, curves and
challenges, but is a worthy road well-traveled every day by those seeking
a better life. And this road
is not traveled alone.
On the road to recovery a person is met by
caring individuals who
want to help every person
achieve a successful journey. It is also filled with
those who have already
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In Springfield
Mike McDorman
October 1 was a historic night for Greater
Springfield.
That’s when the governing body of the new
Global Impact STEM
Academy held a ceremonial signing of the articles
of incorporation at the
former Springfield South
High School building sealing the deal to open
the state’s first-ever bioscience STEM school.
The school, which
is slated to start classes
next fall, will equip students for the ever-growing bio-science fields
which serve the energy,
environment, food and fi-
ber industries. These are
in-demand sectors that
are expected to continue
to see growth for decades
and beyond.
In fact:
• Between 2001 and
2010 the bio-science industry grew by 6.4 percent and added 96,000
jobs nationwide.
• During that same
time, private-sector employment fell by 2.9 percent, eliminating some 3
million jobs.
• One out of every
seven jobs in Ohio are in
the Food, Fuel and Fiber
industries.
• Bio-science jobs
average $68,384 annual
salaries.
The school will open
with 200 students from
this region (Clark and
contiguous
counties).
They will be chosen by
lottery without regard to
GPA. It is expected that
students from 50-some
districts will apply.
We have many reasons to celebrate this endeavor.
1. It provides new
opportunities for our
students: High school
students interested in
pursuing bio-science careers will be able to do
so while earning college
credit in the innovative,
hands-on environment of
a STEM academy.
2. It saves South
High School. Designed
after the Capitol Building, the Springfield South
High School building is
a beautiful facility fully
capable of serving future
generations. The cost for
renovations will be split
with the Ohio School Facilities Commission.
3. It will draw new
business. With hundreds
of students preparing for
the bio-science fields in
our area, we will be able
to create an even more attractive package to businesses that are seeking a
Members of the governing board of the Global Impact STEM Academy sign the articles of incorporation at the Oct. 1 signing ceremony at the former South High School in Springfield
workforce-ready site to
locate or expand. We’ve
already had one potential
business inquire about
when the school will
open. I’m sure they will
not be the first. And with
PrimeOhio II Industrial
Park reaching shovelready status, we’ll be
prepared for this influx
of new companies.
There are a lot of people to thank for this opportunity, starting with
State Sen. Chris Widener
for his tireless efforts to
bring this opportunity
to our community and
Springfield City School
Superintendent
David
Estrop and the school
board for their support
and effort to make this
happen for our kids all
the while knowing they
will likely lose students
to the school.
Also OSU President
E. Gorden Gee and his
staff, Batelle, Karen Rafinski and the Clark State
board, David Hopkins
and the Wright State
board and Jeff Hoagland
of Dayton Development Corporation and
JobsOhio all deserve our
thanks.
Years from now, we
will look back on Oct. 1,
2012 as a positive turning point in our history.
I’m excited that we get to
be witnesses to this exciting time.
Have a great Chamber day!
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Page A8 s The Springfield Paper s October 10, 2012
Local Cancer Patients Benefit with First Hangers for
Health Donation
Dolbeer Cleaners presents gift to Community Mercy Foundation
SPRINGFIELD,
OHIO– According to
the American Cancer
Society, one in three
American women will
develop cancer during their lifetimes. But
for Springfield cancer
patients who undergo
chemotherapy and experience its side effects,
a local charitable campaign is helping fund a
resource that encourages positive self-image.
Dolbeer
Cleaners
presented a check for
$1,115 this morning to
the Community Mercy
Foundation
following the first year of the
“Hangers for Health”
campaign. The donation
benefits the Appearance Center, a place for
women who are experiencing the symptoms of
chemotherapy to obtain
wigs and headpieces.
The facility is located in
the Springfield Regional
Cancer Center.
“We’re very excited
to exceed our goal and
use over 100,000 hangers for the first year
of this program,” said
Andy Koelsch, owner
of Dolbeer Cleaners. “It
is important to me that
we help make day-today life easier for those
who are suffering with
cancer. I’m proud of my
employees and the customers that made this
first donation possible.”
Launched back in
August 2011, the Hangers for Health campaign
created a partnership
between Dolbeer Cleaners and the Community Mercy Foundation.
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Through the campaign,
Dolbeer donates a penny for each hanger they
use in their operations
towards the Appearance
Center.
“What a great gift
for the cancer patients
in our area,” said Mark
Wiener, President and
CEO of Community
Mercy Health Partners.
“Hangers for Health
offers meaningful support to the work of the
Appearance Center, and
we look forward to continuing this partnership
in the future.”
Koelsch and Wiener
spoke about the first
year of the campaign
on Wednesday morning,
October 3 at 9 a.m. during a check presentation
at the Springfield Regional Cancer Center.
Both Dolbeer Cleaners and the Community Mercy Foundation
have agreed to continue
the Hangers for Health
campaign for a second
year.
About
Dolbeer
Cleaners
Dolbeer
Cleaners
is a full-service family
owned and operated dry
cleaner that has been
doing business in the
Greater Springfield region for over 30 years. A
member of the Certified
Restoration Drycleaning Network ®, they
work to provide quality
and valuable services to
ensure happy customers.
The company is located
at 448 North Limestone
St., Springfield, Ohio.
For more, visit http://
dolbeercleaners.com/.
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