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Council opposes state tax planBy TERRY BAVERManaging Editortbaver@tcnewsnet.com

Springboro council voted Oct. 20 tosend a resolution and a letter to OhioGov. John Kasich informing him of itsobjections to a proposed plan to allowthe state or any other third party col-lection agency to take control of thecity’s income tax collection process.According to Springboro City

Manager Chris Thompson, Springborojoins other Ohio cities who areopposed to the centralized income taxcollection plan for the state’s 579municipalities currently being stud-ied by Kasich’s administration.“To my knowledge all the munici-

palities in the state of Ohio are vehe-mently opposed to the state taking

this over,” Thompson said.Kaisich’s adminstration believes a

centralized tax collection sytemcould creat potential efficiences andsavings for municpalities by allowingtaxes to “piggyback” on state incomereturns, making filing and paymenteasier for businesses.Ohio municipalities, including

Springboro, disagree with that theory.In the resolution, council states the

process would create “numerousadministrative difficulties, includingbut not limited to how the state willadminister local tax ordinances, howretention of and access to tax recordswill be handled, the timing and fre-quency of distribution of collected rev-enues tomunicipalities and the report-ing of tax collection to municipalities.”Council also indicated in the reso-

lution that allowing for a “central-ized income tax collection systemwould eliminate the city’s ability toaudit local tax returns and/or ensurecompliance” in addition to “reducingthe city’s ability to resolve/collectany delinquent filings or payments.”Thompson said a recent study con-

ducted by the Miami ValleyCommunications Council indicatedthe state’s proposal would not becost-effective.“The Miami Valley

Communications Cable group did ananalysis as to the cost of collectingincome tax for the municipalities andthe analysis determined that we (theeight local municipalities, includingSpringboro, who are members of the

GENE LOLLISpringboro Schools Superintendent

Money savedby districtkeeps levyoff the ballotBy GENE LOLLISpringboro Schools Superintendent

For most Americans, autumnbrings a sense of excitement,pride and possibility as we headto the polls to vote on ElectionDay.In school districts throughout

Ohio, Election Day also bringsattention to the business of run-ning our schools.In recent years, our district

has headed to the polls with fiveproposed operating levies. Theyhave all met defeat with some bythe narrowest of margins.This year the Springboro

Community Schools are not onthe ballot with an operating levy.Instead, the attention on our

schools has been in celebratingour success in the classroom.As the new school year began,

the State of Ohio announced thatour school district received theranking of “Excellent withDistinction” for 2010-2011. Eachof our schools: Clearcreek,Dennis East, Dennis West, FivePoints East, Five Points West,Springboro Intermediate,Springboro Junior High andSpringboro High Schoolincreased its Performance IndexScore in 2010-2011. In September,the United States Department ofEducation named our high

Springboro city council willhold two consecutive regularmeetings on Thursday, Nov. 3.The regular Nov. 3 meeting

will be followed by the Nov. 17regular meeting.The meeting will begin at 7

p.m. in Council Chambers at theSpringboro Municipal Building,320 W. Central Avenue.The city council work session

will take place at 6 p.m. on Nov. 3as scheduled.No council or committee meet-

ings will take place on Nov. 17.A special meeting will be held

on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 5 p.m. inthe community room at themunicipal building.The purpose of the special

meeting is to present and discussthe 2012 city budget.Council is not expected to con-

sider any other business at thistime, however, council may con-duct business for general purpos-es during the special meeting.

See “TAX PLAN” page 13

Food fight winner

Photo by Max Surikov (www.maximphotostudio.com)

Springboro was the winner of the first annual “Food Fight” competition between the city and Lebanon.Springboro collected more than 28,000 non-perishable food items while Lebanon collected more than 17,000.The contest was the creation of Heather Sukola, owner of Heather’s Coffee and Cafe in Springboro andSukola’s aunt, Ann Seeger, owner of Seeger’s Meat and Deli in Lebanon. The food went to the food pantries inSpringboro and Lebanon. The winner received a trophy at halftime of last Friday’s football game betweenSpringboro and Lebanon. Posing with the trophy are (left to right) Nikki Karimi of Heather’s Coffee and Cafe;Seeger; Springboro Food Pantry Director Wendy Ford and Sukola.

Firefighters receive goodies from students

Clearcreek Fire Districtfire fighter/paramedicJoel Logsdon (topphoto) chats with threeyoungsters while in thephoto at right LilyPurman (left) KennedyDixon, members of inJennifer Finney's after-noon kindergartenclass, take their bag ofgoodies for the firefighters and place itagainst the wall withthe other bags. Thestudents gathered theitems as part of theschool’s Pow Wow pro-gram. Items given tothe fire fighters rangedfrom homemadebrownies, snacks, bot-tled water and lipbaum. (Photos by TerryBaver)

By TERRY BAVERManaging Editortbaver@tcnewsnet.com

Members of the Clearcreek FireDepartment were called to ClearcreekElementary School twice onWednesday, Oct. 12.But they weren’t there to put out any

fires. They came to ClearcreekElementary in the morning and thenagain in the afternoon to receive somespecial gifts from the school’s kinder-garten and pre-school students.Upon arrival at the school, the fire

fighters entered the school’s gymnasi-um where they were presented bags ofgoodies, ranging from homemadebrownies to lip baum to bottled water,to take back to the station with them.In addition to the treats, each bag

contained a specially homemade cardthanking the fire fighters for all they dofor the community. The cards weresigned by all the students.According to Clearcreek Elementary

Principal Jennifer Johnson, the giftswere part of the school’s “Pow Wow”program.“The Pow Wow is our school-wide

assembly we do once a month,”Johnson said. “It is a community-basedproject that goes along with the prom-ises of our ‘Panther Responsibilities’we make.”Those responsibilities are “caring,”

“responsibility,” “trust” and “make adifference.”“We try to center what we are doing

around those,” Johnson said.The program, Johnson said, was initi-

ated three years ago. She said the stu-dents try monthly to do something ofbenefit for the community.“Each month we try to highlight

someone different in our community.This month we did the fire fighters,”Johnson said.Johnson acknowledged undertaking

a project like the one on Wednesdaytakes time.“We have a committee that began

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school a 2011 NationalBlue Ribbon School.SHS is one of only twohigh schools in theState of Ohio toreceive this honor.We thank every

teacher, staff, and stu-dent for his or herpart in these achieve-ments. We also thankthe parents, families,residents and busi-nesses of our commu-nity as they support usin keeping our stu-dents competitive.Much of that supportis voluntary, and muchof it comes from taxdollars.With repeated levy

defeats and a slowingeconomy, we havemade tough economicdecisions in order touphold our traditionof excellence in edu-cation. This traditionbegan whenSpringboro was amuch smaller townand many would saythat it was a much sim-pler time. Through allof the changes in theworld and here athome, our school dis-trict has stayed true tothe demanding princi-ples of a well-roundededucation.According to the

Ohio Department ofE d u c a t i o n ,S p r i n g b o r oCommunity Schoolsclosed with 5,755 stu-dents registered forthe 2010-2011 schoolyear. Through theyears, the support ofour communityallowed us to buildand improve our facil-ities so that we couldaccommodate theincreasing number ofstudents. And ourrecent awards provethat when we facedthe challenge to domore with less in atough economy, ourstudents, staff andteachers still accom-plished our mission inthe classroom.With six candidates

vying for two openschool board seats andthe attention onanother electioncycle, many haveasked about ourschools’ fiscal healthand future levy issues.Many wondered whywe were on the ballotlast November, but not

on the ballot with alevy issue this year.Others have askedabout how we canreinstate high schoolbusing in January andreduce student fees.The answer is in the

numbers. In October2010, our five-yearforecast showed anending deficit of nega-tive $25,800,412. Ourfive-year forecast wasupdated in May andshowed an ending sur-plus of $6,220,395. This$32 million dollarturn-around did nothappen overnight orin response to oneevent or one effort.The previous admin-

istration and schoolboard cut more than$6.5 million from theschool budget. SinceJune 2010, we havesaved an additional$6.2 million. No oneperson or group cantake credit for it. It isthe result of years ofsignificant innova-tions, sacrifices andcompromises.Our May 2011 five-

year financial forecastshows that revenueactually will decreaseby $5.8 million morethan what was project-ed in 2010. We beganour financial forecastknowing we faced thepotential of an evenbigger deficit.However, our expendi-tures also willdecrease $37.8 millionover the next fiveyears. This decrease isthe result of multiplefactors, including:� Education JobsGrant $500,000 savings� Reduction in thenumber of new hires$1,000,000 savings� Eliminated imple-mentation of all-dayk i n d e r g a r t e n$3,000,000 savings� No replacement foreliminated staff$1,600,000 savings� Eliminated longevi-ty steps $5,900,000 sav-ings� No base raiseincreases $5,200,000savings� Early retirement forteachers and staff$3,400,000 savings� Employees pay 5percent more for theirhealth insurance$1,000,000 savings� Eliminated retire-ment pick-up fora d m i n i s t r a t o r s

$500,000 savings� Implemented newinsurance plan$5,000,000 savings� Reduced projectedhealth insuranceincrease from 15 to10% $10,300,000 sav-ingsOur teachers have

made concessions tofreeze their base payand step indexincreases as well as toreduce health carebenefits in their newcontract. Two factorsinfluenced theachievement of newstaff and teacher con-tracts. First, we enjoya strong, cooperativeworking relationshipwith the SpringboroEducation Associationand the SpringboroClassified EducationAssociation. Theimpact of Senate Bill 5was also a significantfactor in successfullynegotiating these newcontracts, which wesigned at the end ofthe last school year.Our new contracts

with teachers andstaff are the major fac-tors in our district’sability to lower pay toparticipate fees, lowerschool fees, and rein-state high school bus-ing in January.Regarding busing, it isa long-standing serv-ice to families that weare pleased to offeronce again. The bene-fits of high school bus-ing includes the con-venience to families,improved traffic andincreased safety witha reduction of cars onState Route 741 duringschool arrival and dis-missal times. Ourtransportation depart-ment is contactinghigh school families tomeasure how manystudents will use highschool busing so thatthis service can be as

efficient and costeffective as possible.Working on the five-

year forecast remindsus how much canchange in just a yearor two. Our forecastscan change dramati-cally when the econo-my deteriorates asquickly as it has inrecent years, or whenthe administrationand unions canachieve successfulcompromise as we didearlier this year. Justone year ago,S p r i n g b o r oCommunity Schoolsfaced a hard levydefeat. That levy wasrun to return servicesthat had been cut, toreduce participationfees and to allow forgrowth in the district.One year later, wehave a $3 million dol-lar surplus in our

financial forecast, andwe do not need toreturn to the voters.With news of signifi-

cant savings to our dis-trict, our administra-tion and school boardimmediately tookaction to reinvest inour schools.� Increasing new tech-nology funds begin-ning this year.� New textbooksbeginning in the2012/13 school-year.� A new AdvancedPlacement course atthe High School start-ing in 2012-2013.� Adding one addi-tional teacher eachyear to meet educa-tional needs.� High School studentbusing beginning inJanuary 2012.� Decreasing studentfees by 25 percent.� Decreasing

extracurricular par-ticipation fees by 25percent.Our district admin-

istration’s 2011-2012priorities include aca-demics, right-sizedclassrooms, an analy-sis of student fees, areview of student serv-ices and increasedcommunication withthe community. InSpringboro, we valueour schools. And theschools value our com-munity. Students,their parents, teach-ers and staff, busi-nesses and homeown-ers alike share in ourachievements andbenefit from oura c c omp l i s hmen t s .Thank you for yourpart in the success ofour students and staffas well as in the finan-cial health of our dis-trict.

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My neighborand goodfriend Mike

Schneider (aka WildWalley when he workedat the Rebel as theirmorning man for 21years) tried to get me toteam up with him for a5k event that he thoughtI’d love.It’s called a Swamp

Stomp Mud Challengefeaturing 14 obstaclesto overcome on acourse.The whole event was

designed by a formerSpecial Op’s Officer.The obstacles were:

The Great Wall Climb,100-foot Water Slide,Tire Bridge, RopeClimb, Fire Leap, HayBale Climb, MilitaryCargo Net Climb,Culvert Water Crawland the final obstaclesthe Mud Pit Slide andMilitary Crawl underbarbed wire in a mudpit to the finish line.Now to some people

this doesn’t sound toobad, but when you addin the outside tempera-ture when the eventstarted of 29 degreesyou have to be crazycrawling through mud,water, down slides in tomud pits and thenunder barbed wirewhile literally freezingyour hiney off.No one, I repeat no

one would ever do sucha thing I thought. Imight of when I was ateenager, but neverafter maturity.Well 165 people, guys,

gals ages 14 to 57showed up lastSaturday morning atthe first ever SwampStomp on a propertyabout a mile behindSpringboro HighSchool in FranklinTownship, to do justwhat I told you.I recall starting my

car to let it warm upand deice the windowsbefore leaving myhouse to go to a videoshoot at DLM thatmorning.Don’t get me wrong

this course was profes-sionally designed andbuilt and will be usedagain in the future(next year).I thought no one from

Springboro would evenwant to hear about suchan event but I waswrong.Eighteen participat-

ed from our town froma 14 years old to coun-cilman Jim Chmiel inhis 50s. Cincinnati had20, Lebanon 12,Franklin nine andMiamisburg four.People came from asfar away asIndianapolis andKentucky to compete.Springboro had one

contestant that came infourth out of the overallc o m p e t i t i o n .Congratulations TonyNapier.The overall winner

was a 17 year old fromAnsonia, AdamKlipstine.

Coming in dead lastwas a 21-year-old guyfrom Columbus. Thatwould have been mehad I signed up for thisevent.So how did

Councilman Chmieldo? Well he came in67th, not bad really, hebeat 98 behind him.Now in the women’s

category EstherKeough of Springborograbbed fourth place,Emily Moreland fifthand Janie Moreland24th. Way to go ladies.And John Moreland

came in 13th in themen’s competition soSpringboro was wellrepresented.I think they should

hold the event inspring, summer or atthe latest right afterLabor Day. Proceedsfrom the event go to“Medals in the Making”that mentors kidsthrough sports atProdigy TrainingCenter in Springboro.

Mark your calendarsright now “Christmas inHistoric Springboro”the 25th anniversaryFriday Nov. 18, throughSunday Nov. 20.The parade is at noon

on Saturday comingNorth from ClearcreekElementary school toSR 73.This is gonna’ be the

grand daddy of all.Don’t miss it.

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planning this eventback in September,”Johnson said. “Eachclass was in charge ofdonating something.We got all the itemstogether and dividedthem among all ourgroups.”Johnson said this

recent project met withtremendous participa-tion from the students.“The donations were

more than we everdreamed we wouldreceive. We had lots ofdonations,” Johnsonsaid.While the mainstay of

the program is to givesomething to the com-munity, Johnson saidthe Pow Wow programserves another pur-pose.“The purpose is to

also promote school

unity by getting all thekindergarten and pre-schoolers together,”Johnson said.According to

Johnson, there are 415kindergarten studentsand nearly 100 pre-school children atC l e a r c r e e k

Elementary.As the bags were

filled and placedagainst the wall for thefire fighters to gatherand take back to thestation, the fire fighterswalked through thegymnasium and visitedwith the students.

As a way to saythanks for their kind-ness, the fire fightersbrought a couple fireengines and the ambu-lance to the school sothe children could takethe opportunity toexamine each one ofthem.

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� EELECTIONLECTION PPREVIEWREVIEW�

Springboro council at-large

Springboro board of education

EDITOR’S NOTE: DUE TO A COUPLE TECHNICAL ISSUES, TWO CANDIDATESWHO SUBMITTED INFORMATION FOR THE NOV. 8 ELECTION WERE OMITTED

FROM LAST WEEK’S ELECTION GUIDE.

After serious consideration and with great passion, I have made an importantdecision to get off the “political” sidelines and seek an elected position inSpringboro. I want to bring my enthusiastic perspective to the City of Springboroand be a part of providing positive solutions by running for an at large - city coun-cil seat on Nov. 8.I have a B.S. degree in industrial engineering technology from the University

of Dayton, and an esthetics degree from Miami Jacobs Career College.I have been a resident of Springboro for six years. I am a dedicated wife, moth-

er to five children, and small business woman with experience in sales, manage-ment, and esthetics.Springboro is being challenged with receiving reduced revenue from the state

of Ohio while continuing to stabilize the growth of our city. Our city governmentand council will need to continue to act with fiscally responsible standards whilenot impeding the quality of the services that we provide to our citizens. If wefocus on these ideals, then Springboro will continue to be a great place for eachof us to call home.Carol Millard

Good board members should be first and foremost pro public education. Beingpro public education means strong schools. One of Springboro’s greateststrength is our schools. As a board member, I believe all decisions should bethoroughly researched, based on facts, and rise above political pressure in orderto give our students the opportunity to reach their full potential. Our communi-ty wants excellent schools, one of the main reasons so many have moved here. Ibelieve it is important to find the right balance of excellent schools and fiscalresponsibility. I would like to create public forums where issues are shared,input is gathered, informed facts are given, and we develop solutions together asa school community. My goal as a board member is to make well-researchedsound policies based on state requirements and community values. These poli-cies would empower the staff to do their job effectively while board membersserve as liaisons for the school and community. I have lived in Springboro for 37years and served as a teacher/administrator for 27 years. I have two daughterswho graduated from Springboro High School and a granddaughter at DennisElementary. I taught third, fifth, seventh, and eighth grade and oversaw 800 stu-dents and 50 staff. I have served on numerous school and community commit-tees, created student recognition programs, and developed grants. My PhD. is ineducational administration from Miami University where I presently teach soci-ocultural studies.

Jane Gregg

Merge Wright

Sloshing throughthe water and mudand over obstaclesat Swamp Stomp

Contributed photo

What a better way to spend the day lastSaturday than crawling through a drainageditch and running through the muddy water.

DonWright

ColumnistSpringboroSun

Goodies

By TERRY BAVERManaging Editortbaver@tcnewsnet.com

Springboro council approveda resolution Oct. 20 authorizingThompson to amend an exist-ing contract with BarrettPaving Materials Inc. so thatsidewalk can be installed alonga section of East CentralAvenue from South RichardsRun to Farmridge Road.

According to Thompson,there were Issue II fundsremaining from the roadwidening project at that loca-tion.“After the project was com-

plete we learned there was $45-$50,000 remaining,” Thompsonsaid. “When learning this, theengineering department soughtout permission to spend thatmoney to install the sidewalk

that was not in the originalproject.”The sidewalk will be

installed on the south side ofEast Central Avenue.“This is a great project,”

Thompson said. “We will beable to connect the Field Stonesubdivision to South RichardsRun Road which will allowpeople in that subdivision towalk on that sidewalk all theway into town.”

Sidewalk planned for section of East Central

The Springboro girlscross country team willbe participating in thestate cross countrytournament once againafter finishing fourth inthe Division I regionalcompetition held lastSaturday in Troy.This is the fifth

straight year thePanther girls have com-peted as a team in thestate meet.Springboro earned

the right to competeafter scoring 108 points.Mason won the Troy

Division I regionalmeet with a score of 67.Beavercreek was sec-ond with 86.Centerville was thirdwith 100.The Panthers placed

two runners in the top10. Rachael Mahle ledthe Panthers with aneighth place finish in atime of 18:44.58. LyciaHollon was 10th in atime of 18:55.73.Claudia Saunders of

Cincinnati Princetonwon the event in a timeof 18:19.11. JacquelynCrow of Lebanon wassecond in a time of18:19.30.Monica Lake of

Mason was third in atime of 18:23.29. SydneyLeiher of Beavercreekwas fourth in a time of18:28.90. HayleyStegemiller of Lebanonwas fifth in a time of18:36.36. SamanthaSiler of CincinnatiSycamore was seventhin a time of 18:43.48.Abbie Van Fossen ofLiberty Township wasninth in a time of18:44.44.Heather Baruxes fin-

ished 22nd forSpringboro in a time of19:24.88. Keaton Casewas 42nd in a time of19:53.18.

Kim Streetz finished55th in a time of20:11.45. MaeganJewson was 66th in atime of 20:24.48. SarahSmith was 102nd in atime of 21:28.28.Springboro’s partici-

pation as a team in thestate tournament beganin 2007 when thePanthers finished sixth.In that year CarlyHamilton finished thirdoverall as a freshman.The Panthers fin-

ished third in 2008 with

Hamilton leading theway with a fourth placefinish.Springboro’s best fin-

ish came in 2009 whenthe Panthers took sec-ond place behindCleveland Rocky RiverMagnificat. Hamilton,who had not fullyrecovered from an ear-lier illness, finished18th. Mahle, however,had the race of her lifeas a freshman pacedSpringboro with a 11thplace finish.

Springboro came insixth in 2010 withHamilton recordingher highest finish ofsecond place.The Panthers will

compete next Saturdayat a new location. Thestate cross countrymeet will be held atNational TrailRaceway, 2650 NationalRoad SW (State Route40) in Hebron. ]The Division I girls

race begins at 12:30p.m.

By TERRY BAVERManaging Editortbaver@tcnewsnet.com

Springboro’s hopes toend the season on awinning note endedunhappily as thePanthers dropped a 46-31 decision to Lebanonin a Greater WesternOhio Conference SouthDivision game playedlast Friday atCareFlight Field inSpringboro.The loss ended a dis-

appointing season forthe Panthers who fin-ished the year 2-2 in theGWOC South and 3-7overall.As has been the case

all season, mistakeshurt the Panthers.Two turnovers in the

first half allowedLebanon to score 13unanswered points,enabling the Warriorsto build a cushion thePanthers couldn’t elim-inate.The first turnover

came with 9:20 to playin the first quarterwhen a Josh Little passintended for tight endJason Rigg was pickedoff by defensive backAlex McCarty at thePanther 39.Seven plays later,

Lebanon put the ball inthe end zone when run-ning back AaronAbbott scored from 12yards out givingLebanon a 6-0 lead with6:59 to play in the firstquarter.Lebanon took advan-

tage of the secondturnover, when Little,forced out of the pock-et, was hit from behind,causing the signalcaller to lose the ball atthe Lebanon 45 with2:32 to play in the firsthalf.Lebanon quickly cap-

italized on theturnover, scoring infour plays when quar-

terback Luke Morgandropped back and hitwide receiver NickEsposito in the cornerof the end zone on a 14-yard touchdown passgiving Lebanon a 25-14lead with 45.8 secondsleft in the first half.Springboro tried to

build a little momen-tum after the Lebanonscore as the Pantherstook the ensuring kick-off and moved the balldown field where TylerSmith toed a 27-yardfield goal to narrow thedeficit to 25-17 at the

break.But whatever

momentum Springborobuilt up, Lebanon triedto take away when theWarriors took the kick-off to begin the thirdquarter and scored inseven plays.Abbott took credit for

the score by scoring histhird touchdown of thegame when he slidaround the right endfrom two yards out giv-ing Lebanon a 32-17lead with 8:25 to play in

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Panthers fall to LebanonSpringboro mistakes helps Warriors

post 46-31 win in final game of season

Photo by Max Surikov (www.maximphotostudio.com)

Wide receiver Jack Schaaf tries to hang on to aJosh Little pass while Lebanon defensive backBrad Ellis tries to knock the ball away.

Photo by Terry Baver

Chris Koczak (18) fights off Beavercreek’s Paul Ramos for the ball.

Beavercreek holds offPanthers in district finals

By TERRY BAVERManaging Editortbaver@tcnewsnet.com

Springboro’s quest to continue inthe Division I boys soccer tourna-ment came to an end at the hands ofthe Beavercreek Beavers, who heldoff the Panthers 2-1 in a districtfinals match played last Saturday atNorthmont High School’s GoodSamaritan Field.Two Beavercreek goals in the first

half sunk Springboro’s plans to makeit into regional competition.The first goal was scored by Caleb

Smith, who headed a shot from a cor-ner kick into the net for a 1-0 leadwith 13:41 to play in the first half.But it was the second goal that

proved to be the back breaker forSpringboro.The goal, off the foot of Jevon

Mason with 11:50 to play in the half,caught everyone by surprise.When the shot left Mason’s foot, it

appeared that the Panthers would

have little trouble keeping it awayfrom the net.But something happened. The ball

sailed past a Panther defender andthen slipped by a surprised TimSkrinkak, who looked in disbelief asthe ball struck the back of the net fora 2-0 Beavercreek advantage.Springboro coach Paul Bohaboy

said after the match he didn’t knowwhat happened on that scoring play.“I don’t know if Tim was kind of

screened on it or if he didn’t expectit because he thought someone wasgoing to clear it. But those thingshappen,” Bohaboy said.Despite the 2-0 deficit, Springboro

came out strong in the second halfand began to create scoring opportu-nities.Springboro’s hard work paid off at

the 27:22 mark when Chris Koczakjust happened to be in the rightplace to still a deflected pass on theright wing.

See”LEBANON” page 14 See”PANTHERS” page 14

Cross country

Panther girls qualify for stateSpringboro making fifth appearance in a row as a team

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MVCC) could actually collect onbehalf of the state for a lot less moneythan the state can collect on behalf ofthe cities,” Thompson said.Thompson noted that the main rea-

sons cities are opposed to the state-controlled tax collecting system is thefear of losing money on the local leveldue to the complexities that wouldarise when implementing such a cen-tralized system.“The inability of them to collect as

we do, their lack of probably enoughpersonnel to cover the state and theway they would audit all of the returnsand realizemistakes and correct those

mistakes and collect those revenues isvery much in doubt,” Thompson said.In the resolution, council urged

state legislators “to reject and opposeany legislation that proposes to trans-fer collection and/or control of munic-ipal income taxes to the State of OhioDepartment of Taxation.”In addition to Gov. Kasich, copies of

the resolution have been sent to Ohio.Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, state senatorShannon Jones, state representativesPeter Beck and Ron Maag, tax com-missioner Joseph Testa and the OhioMunicipal League.The Ohio Municipal League has

gone on record in opposition of theplan.

Tax plan