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Ketter - Irwin

Kathy and Gene Ketter and Lynne Irwin, both of Oakwood, are pleased to announce the marriage of their children, Carolyn Michelle Ketter and Alexander James Irwin. They were married June 29, 2007 during a wedding mass held at the Church of the Holy Angels in Dayton, Ohio.

Carolyn is a 2003 graduate of Oakwood High School, and graduated from Auburn University in 2007 with a major in Apparel Merchandising and a minor in Business. Carolyn is a wardrobe stylist in New York City for the television show Ten Years Younger on TLC.

Alex is a 2002 graduate of Oakwood High School and a 2005 graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Accounting. Alex is an Audit Associate with KPMG LLP in New York City.

The wedding party included Halle Field, Kelly Kussman, Maggie Jones, Andy Irwin, Jonathan Ketter, and Chris Thiele of Oakwood.  College sorority sisters Ashley Boon, Jessica Earnest, and Abigail Moeller & fraternity brothers Aaron Gallardo, Brett Kenerly, Michael Kiser, and Colten Miller.

The couple honeymooned in the Bahamas before returning to their home in Manhattan.

Benedict elected to FMA board

R. Bruce Benedict, aka RB, president of Production Tube Cutting, Inc., of Dayton, Ohio, was elected to the board of directors of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International, (FMA) at the group’s recent annual meeting.  Benedict will serve a three-year term on the 15-member board.

“I look forward to assisting the FMA in promoting manufacturing and its craft worldwide,” said Benedict.

Based in Rockford, Ill., the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), is a professional organization with more than 2,000 members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry.

Martin awarded CRS designation

Michael Martin, a Dayton Realtor has been awarded the prestigious Certified Residential Specialists (CRS) Designation by the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Realtors who receive the CRS Designation have completed advanced courses and have demonstrated professional expertise in the field of residential real estate. Fewer than 38,000 Realtors nationwide have earned the credential.

Home buyers and sellers can be assured that CRS Designees subscribe to the strict Realtor code of ethics, have access to the latest technology and are specialists in helping clients maximize profits and minimize costs when buying or selling a home.

Michael Martin is an owner of Kamela & Company Realty in Dayton Ohio.  He is a member of the Dayton Area Board of Realtors (DABR), the Ohio Association of Realtors (OAR) and the NAR.  Martin is an active community volunteer and serves on the Oregon Historic District’s residential board of directors as well as the Oregon District Business Association’s Board of Directors. He holds Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) and Historic Homes Specialist (HHS) Designations. He recently received the Award of Achievement Designation from the OAR.

PHP announces new management appointments

Ann Schuerman, former vice president of operations at Good Samaritan Hospital, has been promoted to the new position of vice president, Operations, eSynergy Implementation, for Premier Health Partners (PHP).

In this new position, she will report to Tom Breitenbach, president and CEO of Premier Health Partners. Schuerman will focus on optimizing operations of eSynergy — PHP’s digital patient records system — and transition management of the operational changes, education, and physician relations associated with the project.  

Barbara Johnson, former director of Human Resources at Good Samaritan Hospital, has been promoted to the position of vice president, Hospital Operations, for Good Samaritan. Johnson has been with the hospital since 2003.  She succeeds Schuerman.

Stacey Lawson, former director of Human Resources for Corporate Services and director of Diversity, has been promoted to director of Human Resources for Good Samaritan. Lawson, who has been with PHP since 1998, succeeds Johnson.  

Lisa Smith has been promoted to director, PHP Human Resources and Diversity. She succeeds Lawson. Smith joined PHP in 2002 from Bank One Cincinnati where she was an operations officer.

Historical Society elects new officers, board for 2008

The Oakwood Historical Society has elected new officers and board members for the 2008 Oakwood Centennial year. President: Harry Ebeling, Vice President: Harrison Stamm Gowdy: Treasurer: Lisa Kell, Secretary: Karen Fleming. The four board members are Marilynn Sheehan, Mackensie Wittmer, Phyllis Miller and Kjirsten Goeller. The officers and board members were named at its Annual Founder’s Day meeting held last week.

The Society was also fascinated by the Garden Club of Dayton’s powerpoint presentation of “The Gardens of Oakwood,” a 1926 tour by the Garden Club of America showing 16 gardens in the Oakwood area back then.

Prepared by a committee headed by Cindy and Mark Garner, with Frances Reppenger, the half-hour program was narrated by Adele Good and Holly Castle. Familiar names such as Rike, Haswell, Patterson, Schantz, Talbott, McKee, Mead and Ohmer, and their homes and gardens were featured, with a professionally prepared commentary.

Thanks to the many volunteers who have been working hard to refurbish the Homestead, was capped by this program which will be offered to the public during the Centennial year.

“Woody Knoll,” the garden of  Mrs. Robert Patterson

Thanksgiving about togetherness
- not about body mass index 

By Ryan Wineberg

We all know the holidays can be stressful, but this Thanksgiving, amidst the all the difficulties that getting family together can present, find something for which you are thankful and savor it. Take for instance one Thanksgiving with my husband’s family. He is half-Italian, so for Thanksgiving all the women on his mother’s side get together and make Grandma Amakan’s Ravioli. The first time I was invited to take part in this tradition I was nervous, and it didn’t help that his family is made up of tiny beautiful women with absolutely no body fat. His mother and sisters are all 5’2” and weigh exactly four pounds. His father weighs eight pounds more than I do. It’s because they eat nothing but soy chips and hummus. Compared to these people, I am an Amazon; I am Ryan - Warrior Princess!

So there we were: Charlie’s Angels with special guest star Bea Arthur. For myself, I was perfectly happy churning out dough and filling shells with soy chips, hummus and bark when the day took a very dark turn—it seems his mother owns a scale that will not only tell you what you weigh but will also calculate your body fat index. I must admit, I was curious to see if, in fact, I am a solid at room temperature, but fear overtook curiosity. As I stood on the scale, I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. Time stopped as I stood still on the 21st century’s version of the Iron Maiden and then everything went black. I came to on the floor with the girls gathered around me. It seems that I had passed out and fallen off the scale in the knick of time, leaving my mass a mystery, and for that I am truly thankful.

The holidays do indeed bring with them a special kind of peril—it’s the sort of thing psychology is made of—but this Thanksgiving, remember that you’re family and the point of being together isn’t turkey or football or even body mass, it’s togetherness.

This Thanksgiving, if life you hands you giblets, make giblet gravy.

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November 20, 2007
Volume 16, No. 47

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