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www.springborosun.com A Publication of Times Community Newspapers $1 per copy Thursday, November 17, 2011 Vol. 15, No. 9 Inside FYI FYI 6 74825 42812 9 C Co om me e r re el la ax x a an nd d e en nj jo oy y! ! Serving our Traditional Turkey Dinner Turkey, Dressing, Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Peas and Pumpkin Pie Reserve now for your Holiday Parties – seating 8 to 80 2234285 Buy the Perfect Gift! Purchase $50 gift certificates, get $10 complimentary gift card Purchase $100 gift certificates, get $25 complimentary gift card g go oo od d f fr ri ie en nd ds s & & f fa am mi il ly y! ! Serving the Dayton Area for 80 years 6 6 7 7 S S . . 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OPEN THANKSGIVING 11:30 AM–7:00 PM C Ca as su ua al l D Di in ni in ng g E Ex xp pe er ri ie en nc ce e w wi it th h a a w wa ar rm m a at tm mo os sp ph he er r e e L Li iv ve e E En nt te er rt ta ai in nm me en nt t E Ev ve er ry y F Fr ri id da a y y! ! 7 7 P PM M– –1 10 0 P PM M M Ma ar rk k P Pe eq qu ui ig gn no ot t o on n K K e ey yb bo oa ar rd d Christmas festival this weekend in historic village By TERRY BAVER Managing Editor [email protected] For the 25th year, the sights and sounds of Christmas will be seen and heard on Main Street in Olde Springboro Nov. 18-20. It is the silver anniversary of the Christmas In Historic Springboro festival. And as in years past, Main Street will be lined with all the yuletide spirit of the season. The festival has been recognized as the largest three-day festi- vals in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The annual festival attracts more than 50,000 people, who have enjoyed the entertainment, tasted the variety of food available and purchased many items from vendors participating in the event. The theme of this year’s festival is “Santa’s Silver Celebration” in honor of the event’s 25-year history. See schedule on page 5 FIRST Lego League holds competition Photo by Terry Baver Two members of the Springboro United Nerds of America team make adjustments to their robot’s programming. Four teams qualify for district meet; two Springboro teams compete in regional event Joe Miko inducted into hall of fame By ROBIN RIGG Special to the Sun Joe Miko, Jr., a resident of Springboro for more than 20 years, was inducted into the Kiser High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The KHS Athletic Hall of Fame Committee was estab- lished by the Kiser High School Alumni Association on Feb. 23, 2009. Its purpose is twofold: to identify and honor those KHS alumni and/or coach- es who brought fame, honor and glory to themselves and favorable recognition to their Alma Mater, and to bestow formal recognition upon those persons selected. On Oct. 16, the third annual Kiser High School Athletic hall of Fame induction ceremony and dinner took place at the Celebrations Banquet Hall in Dayton. Joe Miko, Jr. was one of 10 inducted. As a standout football player at Kiser, Joe Miko (Class of 1961) only knew one way to play: He played HARD ALL THE TIME!! This approach of never letting up even in practice earned him the respect of his coaches and shocked and surprised his teammates. Joe Miko Jr. See “MIKO”page 6 See “FESTIVAL” page 5 Merge Wright ‘Thanks mayor’ Page 3 The Christmas in Historic Springboro Festival committee seeks volunteers to help with this year’s event scheduled Nov. 18-20 in Olde Springboro Village. Anyone interested in volun- teering is asked to call Tom Heil at 367-1355. Christmas commitee needs volunteers to help during festival SHS selling tickets to give away Ford Mustang The Springboro High School baseball team could help you to sit pretty inside a 2012 Ford Mustang. The team is selling tickets for a chance to win the new vehicle to help raise funds for its spring break trip to Florida. Tickets are $20 each. Only 2,000 tickets will be sold. If less than 1,500 tickets are sold, the contest will become a 50/50 cash pot. The drawing will be held at the Dec. 9 Springboro Varsity boys basketball game. Players and parents will be sell- ing raffle tickets as well as yo-yo balloons at Christmas in Springboro, Nov. 18-20. Tickets can also be purchased from any junior varsity or varsity baseball player. The baseball team will be trav- eling to Florida for spring break for the first time in three years. Both the junior varsity and varsi- ty teams will be playing four games against teams from all over the country at the Wide World of Sports facility at Disney World. “This is a great opportunity for our teams to get in some strong competition before we begin our regular season here. We’re very excited about the development opportunity for the players,” says Mark Pelfrey, Springboro’s varsi- ty baseball coach. Other fund raisers the team has undertaken were a chicken din- ner before a football game, bag- ging groceries at Cub Foods, and a rummage sale. In addition, they have an ongo- ing recycling fundraiser, collect- ing used electronic equipment including cell phones, cameras, computers and ink cartridges. For more information on the drawing for the car or other fundraising efforts, contact Pelfrey at mpelfrey@spring- boro.org. Four teams qualified for regional competition after competing in the FIRST Lego League regional competition held last Saturday at Springboro Intermediate School. Qualifying for regional competition at Central State University in January are the Mops, the Miamisburg Mindstormers, the Cookie Pirates from Carlisle and the champions of the Springboro regional, the Contamination Hotshots. A total of 12 teams com- peted in the event, includ- ing two teams from Springboro — The United Nerds of America and Team B.R.I.C.K.S. The 12 teams, located from school districts throughout the Dayton area and western Ohio, earned the right to com- pete in the regional event after each built and programmed Lego Mindstorms robots. After building the robots, they were pro- grammed to negotiate and accomplish various SEE “LEGO” page 10
