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In preparation for the 2008 Oakwood Centennial celebration and the upcoming ground breaking for “Centennial Park”, there will be a Houk Stream beautification and cleanup day on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Bring a shovel, loppers and work gloves and help get the park in tip-top shape for Oakwood’s 100th anniversary in 2008. Jobs will include honeysuckle and weed removal, litter clean-up and bulb planting.
Street parking is available on Ridgeway Road and Oakwood Avenue. Follow the signs to the site clean-up check in station. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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.
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.
The City of Oakwood has extended the deadline for this year’s Johnny Appleseed Street Tree Planting Project to Sunday, Nov. 11. All applications must be turned in to the Oakwood Community Center, 105 Patterson Road no later than 5 p.m. This is the last chance for homeowners to purchase a tree at a 50 percent discount.
Application forms are available at the Oakwood Community Center, 105 Patterson Road during business hours. One tree will be allocated for each approved property site. Trees will be planted in the city right of way (tree lawn area) at the discounted rate and will be wrapped, staked, mulched and guaranteed by the nursery for one growing season. Trees will be planted the latter part of November or the beginning of December and will be about 1” - 2” in diameter. A homeowner may also purchase a tree at the full price, if they are interested in planting an additional tree in the right of way or on private property. This is an excellent price for the size of tree homeowners will be purchasing.
Prices range from $70 to $79 per tree at the discounted rate. The five trees offered this year are ‘Cleveland Select’ Callery Pear, Eastern Red Oak, ‘Ivory Silk’ Japanese Lilac Tree, ‘Green Mountain’ Sugar Maple and, ‘Frontier’ Hybrid Elm. If you have questions about the project, please call Carol Collins or Brian Caldwell at the Oakwood Community Center at 298-0775.
250,000 items at low prices, plus a Rare Books Silent Auction and Collectible Corner!
Friday 10am - 9pm, admission $10 at 10am, $5 at 5pm
Saturday 10am - 8pm FREE admission
Sunday 10am - 6pm FREE admission
(Sunday books $5 per grocery bag)
Mountgomery County Fairgrounds, 1043 S. Main St., Dayton, Ohio
Sponsored by the Friends of Planned Parenthood Book Loft
www.plannedparenthood.org/swoh
Wouldn’t it be fun to design your own floral arrangements for your home? Nov. 8 is the date to come to Parkview Church of the Nazarene located at 4701 Far Hills Avenue, Kettering. In that evening you can watch, learn and ask how to arrange live floral arrangements. The florist that will be sharing their expertise with those in attendance will be The Flower Shoppe located at 1132 Brown Street, Furst Florist at 1306 Troy Street and The Oakwood Florist, 2313 Far Hills Avenue. The door will open at 6:15 p.m. with the program starting at 7 p.m.
Each florist will produce six beautiful and unique floral pieces and all of the eighteen arrangements will serve as door prizes. There will also be a raffle and silent auction for more wonderful gifts.
Cathy Hackett of Vandalia, chairperson of the event, is excited to have this type of an event in the Dayton area. Libby Kirsch of Kettering, WDTN news department, will serve as mistress of ceremonies while Adele Good, a member and past president of the Garden Club of Dayton, will be the floral commentator. Other members of the Floral Fantasy Committee are Linda Miller, Lois Ross, Marty Ebeling, of Oakwood, Carolyn Young, Katie Gammell, Alice Stone, Maggie Jones and Erin Chase, of Centerville, Rae Ann Herman of Miamisburg, Carol Dickerson of Kettering, and Maria DiLoreto of Vandalia.
Funds raised through the Floral Fantasy will be used to aid deserving University of Dayton women in financial need. Tickets are available by calling Carolyn Young at 433-8447. Reserve now for this fun and exciting evening.
All Oakwood residents are invited to attend the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Oakwood High School Cafeteria. This free dinner is sponsored by the Oakwood Fraternal Order of Police and the Oakwood Rotary and is provided in cooperation with Oakwood City Schools.
Come and enjoy turkey with all the trimmings with fellow neighbors and friends. Home delivery is available to those who prefer that option.
For more information, contact Fred Wilson at 298-2122 Oakwood FOP Lodge 107.
Check out Wright Memorial Public Library's newly spruced up website at www.WrightLibrary.org !
Wright Memorial Public Library is lowering fines for videos and DVD’s. To help patrons clear up old fines, the library will offer “Food for Fines” during the month of November.
Starting Nov. 1, fines for all overdue items will be 10 cents per day except “Fast Read” books, which will remain $1 per day. Patrons who owe more than $5 may not check out more items until the account is paid in full.
To help patrons clear up old fines, during the month of November non-perishable food items will be accepted as payment for overdue fines – both current and old fines. There is no “exchange rate” on the food items. One food item will excuse all of a patron’s fines for that transaction. Charges for lost or damaged materials are not excused – just overdue fines on items that have been returned. If a patron wants to donate additional non-perishable food during November, the library will accept it.
If anyone doesn’t want to bother with food, the library will still accept cash to pay for fines. The food will be donated to The FoodBank, 427 Washington Street, Dayton.
Anyone with questions about the new fine structure or their library account can call Wright Library at 294-7171.
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