Wedding__________________________________

Gower - May

Rachel Mae Gower and Dr. Steffan John May were married May 12, 2007 at Gallatin Gateway Church in Bozeman, Montana with the bride’s cousin, Shane DeHaan officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Bonnie Gower of Belgrade, Montana and Kevin Gower of St. Regis, Montana. She is a 1999 graduate of Belgrade High School and a 2007 graduate of Columbus State Community College. Rachel is employed by Information Control Corporation and is completing her accounting degree at Franklin University.

The groom is the son of Ken and Darrell May of Kettering, formerly of Oakwood. He is a 1997 graduate of Oakwood High School and a 2001 graduate of Boston College. Steffan received his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and is doing an Internal Medicine residency at The Ohio State University Medical Center.

The bride’s sister, Crystal Marx served as matron of honor, along with Joleen Giovanini and Stephanie Cox and Sylvia Wigfield. Kelsey and Paige McDonald served as hostesses.

The best man was the groom’s brother, Dr. Ken May Jr. Jerry Ater, Dr. Brian Kane and Mat Marx were the groomsmen.

Following a reception at the Rockin’ TJ Ranch, the couple honeymooned in St. Lucia. Rachel and Steffan reside in Columbus.

Campbell 2nd in state with Prudential One

Colin Campbell of Prudential One Realtors, was recently recognized for being second in sales volume for Prudential Realty in the state of Ohio for the third quarter of 2007.

Campbell just returned from the National Association of Realtors Convention in Las Vegas, where he obtained ideas on developing new and effective marketing strategies.

Colin has been a leader in residential sales for over 34 years and has consistently been a top producer, even in markets with difficult conditions.

Family tradition

The OCC held its annual Gingerbread House Decorating Class last Tuesday.  Pat Lawson had all the houses assembled with a wide variety of candy, pretzels, sprinkles, and icing to decorate with. More candy and icing are eaten than put on the houses, but that’s part of the fun!

Sam and Ben Miller, grandmother Diana Sebaly and mother Cathy Miller have done this for the past four years. This year, the boys aunt, Cathy Shill, made it in from Victor, Idaho to be part of the tradition.

Building 26 gets adaptive re-use proposal from Dayton Engineers Club as demo deadline nears

As the date for demolition of the historic Building 26 on the University of Dayton campus approaches, the Dayton Engineers Club has put forward a last-minute appeal to UD officials to first pull down the surrounding structure of steel and glass that has sheathed the original limestone core of the building for the past 50 years, and consider preserving the original structure.

Dr. Ben S. Graham, Immediate Past President of the Engineers Club of Dayton, has reiterated the club’s plea that the University of Dayton remove the modern additions surrounding Building 26 and explore adaptive reuse of the original historic structure.
”The University of Dayton should let the people of Dayton see what is left of Building 26,” Graham said.  “It is pretty simple.  The choice is between destroying Building 26 while it is hidden and people don’t get to see it, or destroy the additions first and they do.”

The Engineers Club’s Board of Governors passed a resolution in September strongly supporting adaptive reuse.  It also stated, “Under no circumstances, should it be destroyed or defaced while it is hidden behind those additions.

“In this way, a fair judgment can be made of the building’s current condition and the innovative skills that Dayton has been noted for can be applied to an appropriate decision for its future.”

Building 26 served as a top-secret U.S. Navy laboratory and factory during World War II for developing state-of-the-art codebreaking machines.  Led by UD graduate and chief NCR research engineer Joe Desch, the joint Navy-NCR program carried out in Building 26 contributed significantly to the Allied Ultra effort, which historians believe shortened the war by as much as two years and saved untold lives.

Though surrounded on three sides by 1960s additions, local and national preservationists say the original Art Deco structure, built in 1938, is still 80 to 90 percent undamaged.

Building 26 circa 1947.

The Engineers Club of Dayton was founded in 1914 by Edward Deeds, Charles Kettering, Orville Wright and several other prominent engineers.  Through the years and to this day, it has provided a meeting place for leaders of Dayton’s engineering community, which have included Ermal Fraze, Erv Nutter, Fritz Russ, Hans Von Ohain, Joe Desch, General James Stewart, Hardy Trolander, John Janning, General Jack Hudson, John Bosch, Bill Lockwood and many others. 

The club’s purpose was stated on the invitation to its grand opening in 1918  – “To cement friendship, to educate youth, to foster all types of engineering work in Dayton, and to hold ever aloft our devotion to the truth.”

The University of Dayton began removing asbestos from the interior of Building 26 in November. UD’s demolition permit would allow it to begin demolishing the structure on Dec. 18.

For more information, contact Dr. Ben Graham at 689-3380.

Also of interest ...www.building26.org

Local art gallery opens Saturday in 2600 Building

Catherine’s Art Gallery will be celebrating its Grand Opening in the 2600 Building (not to be confused with Building 26) in Oakwood, Suite 211, on Saturday, Dec. 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Proprietor Catherine Wick is an artist and a breast cancer survivor. Her works in both sculpture and oil painting will be on display and available for purchase on Fridays and Saturdays, from Noon to 10 p.m. at the art studio and gallery.

Guitar trio at Sunrise of Oakwood Dec. 16

The Tone Note Trio, a guitar playing group of three girls ages 9 and 10 years of age, will be playing a 15 minute program of music for residents of Sunrise Senior Living in Oakwood on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2:30 p.m.

The public is invited to attend.

Salud coat drive underway

The Oakwood Spanish Department and The Oakwood Register is sponsoring the 5th Annual Coat Drive for the Salud Community Clinic which serves the the Spanish-speaking migrant population of Southwest Ohio.  Located In Tipp City, Salud is staffed by medical volunteers from area hospitals.

Residents of Oakwood have donated hundreds of coats for men, women, and children that have been distributed to needy families.  If you would like to donate a coat or other winter outer-wear items, please drop them off at the Oakwood Register at 435 Patterson Rd., or send them with students to Mrs. Long’s room (the Spanish classroom) at the high school.

Students collecting Yoplait lids for cancer

Oakwood students are collecting Yoplait yogurt foil lids again for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  Each lid is worth 10 cents in the fight against breast cancer.  

Please drop lids off in the collection boxes in the school offices by Dec. 17 or you may bag and leave them on the porch at 219 Orchard Drive in Oakwood. Over the last five years we have collected 9,341 lids, or $934.10, in this campaign.

This fundraiser goes year-round, so keep on licking and saving them in 2008! THANK YOU for your support.

City Notes________________________________

Family Input sought for Orchardly Park renovation

The city of Oakwood is embarking on an effort to develop a Master Plan for the renovation of Orchardly Park. Although the park has aged well since its last major renovation nearly 20 years ago, many new advances in park, playground and water play equipment, as well as the desire to make the park more accessible for users with special needs, make this an ideal time to update the city’s most heavily
used neighborhood park. The park will be renovated in several phases, with the initial phase to begin next spring.

The city is interested in gathering as much “user” input as possible to assist with the development of the Master Plan and a preliminary project budget. Towards that end, on Thursday, Dec. 13, the city will be conducting a brainstorming session to gather input from the community. While parent ideas and feedback are certainly important, we really want to hear from the children as to the features and equipment they would like to see incorporated into the park design so we strongly encourage the whole family to attend the Dec. 13 planning session.

For questions regarding the Dec. 13 meeting, please contact Carol Collins, Director, Department of Leisure Services at 298-0775.

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December 11, 2007
Volume 16, No. 50

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