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Sinclair CommunityCollege continues toserve as a regional andn at ion al l ea de r i nadvancing Science,T e c h n o l o g y ,Engineering, and Math(STEM) education.

Community CollegeWeek magazine’s annu-al Top 100 Rankingscited several of  Sinclair’s STEM relat-ed programs as beingamong the most produc-tive in the nation.

“STEM education isabsolutely critical tod ev elop in g tod ay ’sworkforce and to com-peting in tomorrow’seconomy,” said Steve

  Johnson, President of Sinclair CommunityCollege.

With a 2 0 p er ce ntinc re as e s in ce las tyear, Sinclair’s engi-neering technologies

and engineering relat-ed fields have beenranked ninth largest inthe nation in two-yearassociate degree pro-ducing schools.

Computer and infor-mation sciences andsupport servi cesdegrees at Sinclairhave grown 19 percent,ranking the programfourth among t henation’s two-year col-leges.

The Jiffy Lube at 560 W. Central Ave. inSpringboro is proud to share they are the numberone Jiffy Lube store in Ohio.

Competing against 2,400 Jiffy Lubes at the annu-al J-Team All Stars competition, Ric Booker,Customer Service Advisor at Springboro’s JiffyLube, said their success of being number one inOhio is thanks in part to the people of Springboro.

“They’re the people who put us in this positionto do that,” Booker said. The Springboro JiffyLube held a special service appreciation day onSaturday, June 25 giving customers free water,soda and hot dogs to thank them.

The Jiffy Lube J-Team All Stars competition judges based on teamwork, enthusiasm and dedi-cation. It challenges teams to deliver exceptionalcustomer experience.

“The bottom line is we do have integrity, we dohave honesty,” Booker said.

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Merge Wright 

Nexting, but 

not today 

Acouple weeksago I was doinga wedding and

reception at Crockett’sRun in the HockingHills of southeast Ohio.A beautiful venue andpicturesque location.

The wedding tookplace 33 steps down ahill near a pond andhuge rock formation. Itwas magnificent andthe weather perfect.

After the ceremony guests were lined up at thebar for refreshments. I had been in line aboutthree minutes and was next when a gentlemancame up to me and inquired, “Are you nextingtoday”? Quickly I countered, “No, I’m working

today and I never next while I’m working.”I then asked, “Where are you from?” I mean this

guy had evidently read my column from two daysago. He replied, “Miami Township just outside of Springboro.”

The newly weds were from Settlers Walk inSpringboro so many guests were from our area. Itcaught me by surprise, but my reaction camequick and right on. If you missed the column, nex-ting is what I do now and then when I’m next inline. When it’s my turn I let the person behind mego so I can be next again. Yes, texting, sexting andnow nexting…what else will they come up with.

If you miss a Merge Wright column, away onvacation, wintering in Florida, withering inArizona or Ice Road Trucking in the Arctic youcan always read a PDF version on Facebook. Eachweek’s column is posted on FB every Friday.Where it says search at the top of your FB page

type in: Merge Wright and it’ll take you there. As amatter of fact, about 60 columns going back to thespring of 2010 are there. And while you’re visiting,become a friend of Merge Wright.

Only 590 individuals were caught drunk drivingover the Fourth of July holiday weekend in Ohio.What is it that these people don’t get? I’m surethere were probably five times that many maybeeven more, but the unlucky 590 that will be cough-ing up thousands of dollars for fines, attorney’sfees, higher insurance costs and more are theones that got caught.

Were they caught at OVI check points? Yes,many were. When they post on the news, TV, andinternet where the OVI check points will be locat-ed and they drive right to the check point and sitin line waiting to get caught what does that sayabout the individual? Duhh.

A designated driver or a cab ride is soooo much

cheaper and easier on one’s life not to mentionthe possibility of an accident and injury to youand/or others. Hines Ward down in Atlanta, win-ner on Dancing With the Stars and awesome foot-ball player for the Pittsburgh Steelers is nowfamous for drunk driving too. Don’t drink anddrive.

South Campus of Christ United MethodistChurch of Kettering which meets in the auditori-um at Dayton Christian Schools at Spring Valleyand Washington Church Road., offers one of themost wonderful contemporary services in thearea.

Lucy and I being Episcopalians for 43 yearsgave up trying to convince the church that contem-porary will bring young people and renew thechurch. We tried several other churches in thearea and then Wayne Botkin, one of our Optimist

club members, invited us to the South CampusChristmas eve service. We’ve been there everyweek except a few where we’ve had to work.

Wayne gives hip, today sermons, talks 21st cen-tury right where we’re at now not 200 or 400 yearsago. Lance the director of music and media arts isphenomenal. He writes Christian songs, sings,plays guitar and choreographs some of the mostoutstanding services we’ve ever attended. Greatsingers, instrumentalists..pretty unbelievable.

Come join Lucy and I some Sunday at 10 a.m. atSouth Campus follow the Connect signs on SpringValley or Washington Church Road.

DonWright

Columnist

SpringboroSun

Photo by Jennifer Osterday 

Ric Booker, Customer Service Advisor at the Springboro Jiffy Lube, stands to the far left with therest of the Jiffy Lube team on Saturday, June 25 during their Customer Appreciation Day.

They’re number one Jiffy Lube in Springboro tops all

other stores in the state of Ohio 

Sinclair leader 

in STEM education 

Donate your used vehicle to St. Vincent 

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All proceeds stay inthe local community.

The benefits help totransform the life of a

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call 222-3661 or visitwww.stvincentdayton.org.

The CommunityService

Board will meet Monday,

  July 18, at 7 p.m. at the

Springboro City Building,

located at 320 W. Central

Avenue.

Community 

Service Board 

to meet 

SATURDAY

JULY 16

9AM-5PM

SUNDAY

JULY 17

11AM-4PM

TUESDAY

JULY 19

9AM-8PM

MONDAY

JULY 18

9AM-8PM

WEDNESDAY

JULY 20

9AM-8PM

THURSDAY

JULY 21

9AM-8PM

FRIDAY

JULY 22

9AM-6PM

SUNDAY

JULY 24

11AM-4PM

SATURDAY

JULY 23

9AM-5PM

MONDAY

JULY 25

9AM-8PM

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