Are you, or is someone you love, experiencing vision loss? Are you searching for a group that will help you understand the issues surrounding blindness and vision loss? Do you need encouragement, education or resources concerning vision loss? Then you should know about the National Federation of the Blind (NFB.)

Thursday, February 9th, the Springfield City School Board of Education hired Mr. Eric Gillespie as the Head Varsity Football Coach of Springfield High.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (February 8,2011) – Springfield City School District is pleased to announce the opening of The Learning Café, an innovative learning opportunity to encourage more family and community involvement in education.

John Donald Snelling

John Donald Snelling, a life long resident of Springfield, Ohio, passed away on February 8, 2012,   John was born on June 22, 1923.  He is survived by his two daughters, Donna Kaye Badger (Larry Badger) of Trafalgar, Indiana and Karen Maxine Williamson (Michael Williamson), of Nashville, Tennessee.  Grandchildren, Brent Badger (Teresa) of Columbus, Ohio; Lori Duggan (Stacey) of Bloomington, Indiana; Michael Williamson, Jr., (Juhee) of Austin, Texas and Erin Buck (Chandler) Nashville, Tennessee.  Great-grandchildren Morgan and Mackenzie Badger, Columbus, Ohio and Brayden and Bowen Buck, Nashville, Tennessee.  His brother, Gene Snelling of Dayton, Ohio and Helen Shackelford, Springfield, Ohio, his friend and companion of many years. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 58 years, Clara Jo Ledford Snelling, who passed away March 18, 2003 and his son Joel Alan Snelling who passed away December 15, 1993.   Also preceded  in death by his Mother, Elizabeth and his sisters Lottie Peck and Hazel Smith. John or JD as he was known to many of his family and friends was a life long resident of Springfield and knew a great deal about its history.  Having grown up in the Depression Era he knew what it was to work hard.  He had a shoeshine stand and a newspaper route at a very young age and at age 16 enlisted in the Federal CCC Program where he was sent to Nevada to work.    He always said this was a great time in his life.  He also enlisted in the Youth Corp of Springfield and helped build the air hangers at the Springfield Airport.John was a veteran of WWII and while serving in the Army in Macon, Georgia, he met and married Clara Jo Ledford Snelling in 1945.  Upon his discharge from the Army they moved to Springfield to build their home.  This was the year that John applied for work at the International Harvester Plant.  He said he applied in the A.M. and went to work that day on the 3:30 P.M. Shift.    He had so many memories of the International.  They didn’t have a car when he started to work so he would walk to and from the plant up Belmont Ave. to their home on Mound St.  as the streetcars did not run at night.  When he did get a car he remembers the parking lot being so full at the plant that he would have to crawl out of his window to get out of his car.  John was a very skilled body “ding” man at the IH and worked at International until his retirement on June 30, 1981. His family remembers John as an avid gardener and fisherman.  He loved to go mushroom hunting in the spring and treasurer hunting with his metal detector.  He was a man who could repair or build anything and always kept his homes and lawns immaculate. He will always be missed by his family and friends. Visitation will be Friday, February 10, 2012 from 5 to 7 P.M.  in the RICHARDS, RAFF & DUNBAR MEMORIAL HOME, where funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:30 A.M. with Pastor Scott Griswold officiating.  Burial to follow in Ferncliff Cemetery.  Expressions of sympathy made be made at www.richardsraffanddunbar.com.  

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (February 7, 2012) — Springfield City School District is pleased to announce the opening of The Learning Café, an innovative learning opportunity to encourage more family and community involvement in education. The Learning Café will host an Open House on Thursday, February 16 to introduce the variety of new learning choices and activities that it will offer to Springfield families. The Open House will be held at Springfield High School, 701 E. Home Road.

Springfield, Ohio — Nearly three months after raising the 2011 NCAA Division III championship trophy to thunderous cheers of a small but partisan crowd at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., Wittenberg University’s volleyball team was honored much closer to home with a resolution read on the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives.

On Thursday, February 9th, Dr. David Estrop, Superintendent of Springfield City School District, will recommend that the Board of Education hire Mr. Eric Gillespie as the Head Varsity Football Coach of Springfield High. The Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at Clark Center, Room 14, 1500 W. Jefferson Street, in Springfield at 6 PM.

The February program of the Springfield Fortnightly Musical Club will be held on February 19 at 2:30pm at Northridge United Methodist Church, 4610 Derr Road.  The program will feature the Clark State Choir which is a small ensemble of singers who want and like to sing.  The choir will sing all styles of pieces including “Hand in Hand, “Haba na Haba, “Zipadedoda”,  and “Down to the River to Pray”.  The Clark State Choir is directed by Ms. Faith Pencil who is instructor of voice and piano as well as teaching music appreciation. Faith has been teaching at Clark State Community College since 2000.  She graduated in music from Anderson University and then received her master’s degree in voice from The Ohio State University.  Ms. Pencil will also perform some art and folk songs as part of the program.  Betty Wilkins, member of the club, will do several patriotic readings.

Get your boots ready for scootin', the North River Band is coming back to the Clifton Opera House on Saturday, Feb 11!  How to describe them?   "Old country style" with an occasional bluegrassy, rockabilly, or old rock and roll tune thrown in to keep your toes tapping.
 

With rugby being the newest addition to the 2016 Olympics, many think its a new sport in America. The fact is, rugby has around in the Miami Valley since the mid 1960's in both the University and Senior Club level. In Springfield, specifically, it has a history at Wittenberg since the late 60's/early 70's. Now it has a new chapter of history in the form of Springfield's first U19 (High School) team supported by the Dayton Area Rugby Club.