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Engagement______________________________ Guy - Berutti
The wedding will be at 6:00 p.m., March 29, 2008 at First Presbyterian Church The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Robert Ross Craig and Lt. Col. (USAF, Ret.) and Mrs. Carroll Wilson Guy, all of Murray, Kentucky. She is a graduate of LaGrange High School; Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee; the University of Georgia, where she received a Master’s Degree; and the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, where she received her law degree. She was a member of the 1999 LaGrange Cotillion Club and Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority. She is an associate attorney at Stites and Harbison in Louisville. The groom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. William Edward Berutti of Manassas, Virginia. He is a graduate of Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio, and Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He is a regional product specialist with Wright Medical Technology in Louisville. Bobby Greer hooks Junior World Record Walleye
The Oakwood group included Brad Gingrich and his son, Tommy, Seth MacDonald and his son, Austin, Doug Penry and his son, Alex, Keith Powell and his three sons, Diggy, Bo and Buck, me and my son, Bobby Greer, and my Dad, Dave. The fish was caught while trolling on Keith Powell’s boat on the last day of the trip. Bobby caught it and his friend, Buck Powell, netted it for him. Both Bobby and Buck are in the eighth grade at Oakwood. Since it was a trophy fish, I agreed to have it mounted for Bobby and we brought it home whole and frozen. After coming home we realized that it may be the new Jr. World Record. Jr. World Records are set aside for anglers under the age of 17. We got confirmation this week that the record has been approved. Bobby has been interviewed by Field & Stream Magazine and will appear in the December/January issue.
Birch Island anglers. Oakwood inventor among 4 honored at Smithsonian
Pictured from left: David Allison, curator of Information Technology and Communications at the National Museum of American History, James H. Van Tassel, co-inventor Jerry Merryman, Melendy Lovett. the president of Texas Instruments Educational Products Division and the Director of the museum, Brent D. Glass. The event took place on Sept. 25, 2007 in the Commons of the Smithsonian Castle. Melendy Lovett, president of Texas Instruments Education Technology Division, Brent D. Glass, director of the National Museum of American History, David Allison, curator of Information Technology and Communications at the National Museum of American History and inventors Jerry Merryman and Oakwood’s James H. Van Tassel were in attendance. Before Jerry Merryman, Jack Kilby and James H. Van Tassel went to work developing the first hand-held calculator, the world of math computations was a cumbersome place: we had the slide-rule and the electric calculator that weighed somewhere between 25 and 50 pounds and plugged into the wall. It was Nobel Prize winner, Jack Kilby’s invention of the integrated circuit or “the first computer chip” that would allow for the invention of the calculator as we know it as well as other handheld mainstays of modern life, vis-à-vis the cell phone (Texas Instruments). It was Jack Kilby who envisioned Cal-Tech, the prototype for the first handheld calculator (Texas Instruments). According to Dr. Van Tassel, “Jack would come into my office somewhere between 7:45 and 8:00 in the morning and say, ‘Jim let’s try . . .’ and I’d follow him to the lab.” A year and a half later, after many long days and a lot of hard work, the team had produced Cal-Tech: Dr. Merryman worked as project manager and created the logic design for the calculator and Dr. Van Tassel created the keyboard and worked on packaging or the internal connections a major fete in and of itself, considering it was much more advanced than anything that had up to that point been developed. Texas Instruments filed for a patent on September 29, 1967, just two years after the three men team began work on the calculator and forever changed the face of math education and technology (Texas Instruments).
Calculator prototype and its offshoots. The first electronic calculator could add, subtract, divide and multiply; the TI-Nspire we have today can simultaneously represent one math problem in four different ways. The Cal-Tech calculator could print numbers on temperature sensitive paper; the TI-Nspire has a touch screen that allows students to “grab-and-move graphed functions” (Texas Instruments). Texas Instruments has broken a lot of ground in the world of math education and it has done so because of the vision, creativity and determination of three men. As we sat in his Oakwood home office, I asked Dr. Van Tassel, “What made you think you could do it?” His eyes flashed and a wry grin spread across his face, “What makes you think we couldn’t? We never doubted it.” After his work on the CAL-Tech project, Dr. James H. Van Tassel continued to work for Texas Instruments until 1980 when he was recruited by NCR Corporation to serve as Vice President of the Microelectronics Division where he worked with semi-conductors until he retired in 1991. An avid golf enthusiast, these days you can find Jim Van Tassel on the fairway, tracing the trajectory of a little white ball across a great blue sky. National magazine names Deck the Walls in Top 100 framers DÉCOR Magazine, a national trade publication serving the art and framing industry, has recognized Deck The Walls of Castle Hills Plaza in Dayton as a winner in the magazine’s Top 100 Art & Framing Retailers Award program. Co-Owner, Christine Hartzell said, “With more than 20,000 Art & Framing Retailers in the US & Canada, we are very proud of our staff & honored to be named to this prestigious list.” The annual program honors many of the nation’s leading art & framing retailers across the United States. Entries are judged by a panel of industry experts at the mag azine’s national headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. In its fifth year, the goal of the Top 100 program is to promote excellence in retailing among frameshop & gallery owners nationwide. DÉCOR Magazine highlights select Top 100 winners in its publication to offer readers the opportunity to learn more about successful retailers. This family owned retailer is featured in the October 2007 issue of DÉCOR Magazine, and were invited to attend a ceremony at DECOR Expo Fall, Sept. 7-9, in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center. Deck The Walls-Dayton is located in Castle Hills Plaza at 4005 Far Hills, Kettering, OH 45429. To learn more about Deck The Walls products and services, visit their website at www.castle hillsplaza.deckthewalls.com or contact Christine or Tom Hartzell by phone at 294-4300 Henny Penny promotes Connelly to president
Henny Penny has experienced particularly strong growth in the past several years. The appointment of Connelly as company president is a natural outcome of strategic initiatives designed to channel the company’s growth into continuing high-quality products and unparalleled customer care. “Rob has brought a tremendous amount of experience to his leadership role in the marketing of our company,” said Cobb. “He’s an excellent strategist and a visionary thinker. Our customers, our company and our industry will benefit greatly with Rob in this new leadership position.” As President, Mr. Connelly retains his role as marketing chief while taking on additional corporate responsibilities. “I’m excited about this opportunity. It’s a privilege to be associated with a company and a group of people as successful as Henny Penny.” Connelly went on to say there will be no change in the company’s strategic direction. “We will continue to focus on taking care of our customers around the world and providing them with the highest quality food service solutions. We will continue to build on our core strengths, and that includes extending our leadership in pressure frying, which Henny Penny invented and brought to the industry fifty years ago.” Uphoff to be honored for 49-year career Oct. 19
Dr. Jim Uphoff has been active in the field of education for 49 years, beginning as a public school teacher in Nebraska, and including 41 years with Wright State University, including being a Dean and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education. Dr. Uphoff was the President of the Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) in 2001. Jim and his wife Harriet live at 150 Spirea and have a son Nick. The community, friends, family, and colleagues in the field of education are welcome to attend this informal reception honoring Dr. Uphoff for his 18 years of service as a school board member for the Oakwood Schools. During half time of the game, the school board and administration will honor Dr. Uphoff with a special presentation in the stadium. Oakwood Giving offers service opportunities The 2007/2008 Oakwood Giving Club already has their engines started and is in full steam for a successful year of community service. We are pleased to announce that over 125 students, fifty of which were freshman, attended the first meeting on Sept. 11. The new club sponsors, Heidi Steinbrink and Melinda Wargacki, have been meeting with the officers since the summer to organize many events for this school year. Trick/Treat for Canned Goods The club’s first main event will kick off on Oct. 28. Oakwood Giving members will be trick-or-treating in the Oakwood Community for canned goods from 5: 30-8 p.m. Please donate any packaged, nonperishable food items. If you wish to donate but will not be home, place a bag of canned goods on your front steps and we will pick them up. Your donations will go to Holiday Aid, who will distribute the food throughout the Miami Valley. Any donation is greatly appreciated! Leaf Raking Are your leaves piling up? On Saturday, Nov. 10, Oakwood Giving will help those who are physically unable take care of this fall chore. Please contact the high school office at 297-5325 to be placed on the leaf raking schedule. 2007/2008 Oakwood Giving Officers Sarah Maher – President Feel free to contact Heidi Steinbrink (steinbrink.heidi@oakwood.k12.oh.us) or Melinda Wargacki (wargacki.melinda@oakwood.k12.oh.us) with any questions or events that Oakwood Giving could assist at. Respite care volunteer training offered at CSS Two Senior Programs at Catholic Social Services desperately need volunteers now: Respite Care Volunteer - provides a 3-4 hour break every week for caregivers of the frail elderly. The trained volunteer provides companionship and supervision, while the caregiver takes a much-needed break. Trainings will be held in the CSSMV new facility at 1046 Brown Street, Dayton. All training courses will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. 2007 dates are as follows:
Volunteers who complete all five courses will be fully qualified to serve as a volunteer for either the Senior Respite or Senior Visiting Programs. (Senior Visiting volunteers are not required to attend the training at Miami Valley Hospital and Alzheimer’s training is optional.) For more information or to reserve a training slot, please call Lynn Adams, Mission Services’ Volunteer Developer, at 937-223-7217, ext. 1104 or email at adamsl@cssmv.org. Happy 101st Mr. Johnson!
Raymond Johnson, an Oakwood resident at Sunrise Assisted Living, just enjoyed his 101st birthday on Oct. 5. His family came to visit and a celebration was held for all who came. Mr. Johnson remains active with his church, and enjoys an occasional game of pool as well. Unitarian minister to be installed Oct. 21 The Miami Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will be installing its new minister, Rev. Amy Russell, on Oct. 21, 2007 at 4 p.m. Rev. Russell, a former Oakwood resident, formerly served a congregation in the Washington DC area. A congregation “installs” a minister who has been called to that congregation by a democratic vote. The ritual is a mutual recognition that there is a deep abiding faith in the significance of this congregation and this minister coming together to create a lasting meaningful relationship. Women outnumber men as ministers in the Unitarian Universalist faith. One of the first ordained woman ministers in the U.S. was a Unitarian. Miami Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship welcomes all who seek a religious community that affirms spiritual exploration and reason as ways of finding truth. Services are Sundays at 11 a.m. The church used to be on Far Hills in Oakwood and moved several years ago to 8690 Yankee Street in Washington Township. Woodland Cemetery offers “Ossuary” entombment Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum has introduced a new method of burial for cremated remains. In an interview with David FitzSimmons, president and CEO of Woodland, he answered several questions about this new offering from Woodland. According to FitzSimmons, “ossuaries have been around since the time of Christ and are still prevalent today in Italy, France, Jerusalem and around the world. Bodeis were sometimes placed in limestone crypts and permitted to dyhydrate and waste away to bone. The bones were then removed from the crypt and placed in a common container (assuary) with the bones of others, so that the crypt could be re-used. When the conainter was full, a giant ledger or stone would be placed oveer the container to secure and protect the bones forever.” When asked if this the way it’s done today, he said’In some cases, creamted remins are actually poured into a large crypt and co-mingled with the cremated remains of others. This is irreversible, of course. In our case we provide a permanent stainless steel identification tag and entomb each cremated remains individually in its own container within the ossuary.” Woodland also includes permanent memoriualizationvia both their cemetery “Interment Database” (www.woodlandcemetery.org), and by engraving a nameplate on the black granite ledger that secures the top of the ossuary, he said. Who would want to go the ossuary route? Well, FitzSimmons said “many cremated remains that are returned to families are honored and revered for years on a matel or bookshelf in the home. But many are eventually stored in a basement or closet and never memorialized at all. We thought this would provide families with a decent, respectuful, dignified and affordable alternative for final disposition.” For more information or advice, cals Woodland Cemetery at 222-1431. They not only will provide you with a brochure that explains the Ossuary option, but you can talk to knowledgeable staff and can be shown the Ossuary, itself. |
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Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Kreffes of LaGrange, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Leigh Guy, to Aaron Johns Berutti of Louisville, Kentucky, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard George Berutti of Dayton. 
The Oakwood Schools will host a dessert reception on Friday, Oct. 19 for Dr. Jim Uphoff who is retiring from the school board in December. Dr. Uphoff has been a school board member since August 1989 and has been active with the Oakwood Schools for over two decades. The reception will be held on the south lawn of the Junior High, across from the Stadium, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. immediately preceding the home football game that evening against Bellbrook.
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