the right person at the wright time
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T hi s c ol um n h op eful ly
serves many different pur-
poses as it moves on through
t ime. It informs, educates,
quest ions , ent er ta ins and
serves as a release valve.
This week its that valve that
wil l keep me from implod-
ing!
Im scratching my head
wondering if we are a sick
society and getting sicker,
or if my particular gripe
this time around has always
been just as present, its just
being discussed more. Im
talking about child abuse;
not the Jerry Sandusky
kind, which Ive addressed
as well and is sick enough,
but the kind involving the
smallest, most innocent
among us.
The latest allegations
involve a 19-month-old
transported to the hospital
by the babys mother and
her boyfriend. Sources I
spoke with, as well as wit -
ness accounts broadcast on
TV and radio news,
describe a precious child
with a broken arm, broken
leg, multiple body bruises
and multiple cigarette burns
clinging to l ife as of this
writing.
These allegations, as I
said, are merely the most
recent. This kind of infant
abuse, sexual and physical,
of children under two or
three years is almost too
much for me to wri te about
much less pretend to under-
stand.
What kind of twisted
mind, even intoxicated or
angry, could cause this,
allow this or look the other
way if they knew of i t. All
share the gui lt in my book.
As a fol lower of Christ I
am told to forgive. As a
father who adores his two
children, both blessings on
our family, I find i t hard to
offer any kind of forgive-ness to folks like this. What
I find even more uncon-
scionable is that this kind of
infant terrorist, if convicted,
could ever see the l ight of
day outside prison. But they
proba bly will. It happens all
the time. Liberal judges and
flamboyant lawyers will
suggest treatment and rein-
troduction into civilized
society. Thats pure HOG-
WASH!
Whether the victims of
monsters like this survive or
enter heaven, lock the per-
petra tors up and throw away
the key. Youll be doing civ-
ilized society a favor, pro-
tecting potential future vic-
tims and helping the other
inmates who, from what I
understand, love it when
this kind of inmate joins
their ranks. It couldnt hap-
pen to a more deserving
group of citizens.
And you know what? I
released that valve, but still
feel the pain for those t iny
innocents. Pray for them
and their families.
Mike Scinto is a 37-year
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nationally behind the micro-
phone.
For the past dozen years
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Our younges t son , S tuar t Wright,
had a diff icult time in in his teens.
Hardly a d ay went by tha t th e junior
high or high school didnt cal l, askingus to c ome pic k him up for talkin g in
class or a multitude of other minor
infract ions. He had some great habits
in self-control, but others that needed
much work. Wed seen it and lived it.
For many of us,its a phase, a period,
a moment in t ime where were a l it tle
off course in our direction. The basics
had been taught, l ove , care and com-
pass ion had been in place since day
one . Several of h is t eachers told him
hed never amount to anyth ing more
than a hill of beans and probably spend
most of his life in ja il. What manu al
t eaches to change ones a tti tude you
must berate and insti ll in your subject
that theyre a loser?
There was one teacher at SHS, how-ever, that stood out. He saw great
pot ent ial in Stua rt and taug ht him
much. He knew he was a good kid that
had a great work ethic, family and
friends, but was struggling with who he
was, where he was going and what he
wanted out of li fe . S tuar t exce lled in
his c lass . I asked Stuar t one day who
was the t eacher or t eachers in school
that meant the most to you, that taught
yo u right f rom wro ng, gave you the
most dire ction and a life le sso n th at
will live with you forever.
There was only one teacher, Dad,
h e rep li ed, Troy Ho lt re y. Troy
played a huge part in my growing up,
and I wasnt on his basketball team. He
taught me everything about businessthat has lead me to all my success I
enjoy today.
Stuar t i s marri ed with a wonderfu l
wife, threeawesome sons and has made
an amazing l ife for h is family. Hes a
bus inessman , crew lead er, sale sman
and dynamo for a bus iness here in the
Miami Vall ey. He says thanks to his
fami ly for a ll t he ir l ove and support
and to tha t speci al teacher that never
told him he was a loser, insteadencour-
aging him to stand up, stand out and be
the person he was meant to be. Weproba bly all can remember someone
from our ear ly years tha t said some-
thing that rang loud and clear that
weve never forgotten, someone who
instilled the spirit and enthusiasm to be
who we are and proceed in a posit ive
manner to reach the goals we wanted to
achieve.
For all of you tha t enjoy the Nor th
Park Concert Ser ies in Spr ingboro,
t he re s GR EAT n ews t hi s s um me r.
Instead of the normal four or five con-
certs on Tuesday evenings starting at 7
p.m., this year there will be seven con-
certs star ting the last week in June
through the first week in August. Great
g roup s, g reat fun is comin g s oon.
Complete detai ls from the city wil l beout shortly. Right now, block out those
s even Tuesd ay evenings fo r fun at
North Park. Ill be your emcee again
this year and loo k fo rwa rd to a g reat
concert series for everyone.
Our next TV newsmagazine of
Spr ingboro the May/June edi ti on i sfi lming right now. Wel l get up close
and personal with Maverick Morgan,
the state of Ohios number one hig h
s ch oo l b as ke tb al l p lay er, m ee t th e
Panther tea m and coa ch Jay By rne ,
v is it with Dr. Ron Malone , whol l be
departing our school system at the end
o f this sch ool yea r, and he has a few
specia l guests for us to meet. A tr ip to
the Warren County Career Center will
h ighl ight thi s time the cosmeto logy
school and some of the award-winning
designs the students came up with this
year. Their creativity is amazing. In the
pas t, weve show cas ed the ir heav y
equipment , hor ti cu lt ural , l ineman,
medical and fire-EMS schools. These
college classes are available to adultsa ls o a nd a re very rea sona bly price d
compared to the for-prof it schools .
Well check in with the library,
Coffman Family Y and Heatherwoode
Golf Course to get the latest on spring
and summer programs and on Meet
your Neighbor, the mayor introduces
us to a special guest from our commu-
nity. Its a fast-paced 30-minute show
all about Springboro and is avai lable
on Time Warner Channel S ix dur ing
May and June, when it will air 30
times. Its also available anytime on the
int erne t a t www.mvcc .net and then
cli ck on archived programs and then
Springboro feature programs and then
Springboro 45066. It wil l be up on the
net the f irst week of May. Dont mi ssit.
The right person at the Wright timeMERGE WRIGHT
B
y Don W
r
ight
Times
Columnist
Lets make
commonsense our
guideYes, there are dangers in trying to figure out everything for our-
selves, but sometimes pure instinct or common sense can
guide us better than all those experts.
Lets share a thought or two.
For decades there has been a high-pressure campaign against
smoking. Those who are left have been driven into the streets to
indulge and in some communities even that is illegal. Ofcourse, were talking about
tobacco. Now there is a move
on to encourage smoking mar-
ijuana. Thats right, encourage.
Some experts say its recre-
ational (isnt tobacco?) and
some say it is medicinal. But
smoking is pretty much OK if
its pot. And is second-hand
pot smoke recreational, too?
Michigan, among other states, has tried limited sales (for
medicinal purposes only) and its a joke. If pot is medicinal then
its properties should get intensive lab tests, be given extensive
field testing and then several years of pondering by the Food &
Drug Administration. Doctors could then administer it by pre-
scription and thus save us from second-hand smoke and the need
to equip police with Breathalyzers that can test us all for pot as
well as alcohol.Ohio is also, as you know, host to four big gambling casinos
that seem destined not to live up to the rosy predictions of their
owners. Now we know that part of the proceeds are earmarked
for treatment of gambling addiction. Who would have guessed?
We are told that gambling at so-called internet cafes is bad, but
gambling at racinos (in addition to any betting on horses) is
good. Slot machines are bad unless they are at race tracks and
the big casinos. Betting on sports is between you and your book-
ie. Right, Pete Rose?
We daily hear that local governments and school districts are
all but starving even as some of them plan to build big entertain-
ment and conference centers on the theory that we need more, or
so the experts say. We can look forward to a trip to the ballparks,
then the casinos, a concert at some big new entertainment com-
plex, then off to the racino and maybe a stop at Kings Island.
How about hooking them all together with high speed rail?
I have a friend in Florida who is overwhelmed with awe at
almost every governmental announcement in the Orlando area.A while back the Municipal Justice Building and police depart-
ment was deemed substandard (oh, 40 years old!) and, quite by
coincidence, could be sold to the Orlando Magic basketball team
whose arena is across the street. The land would become part of
a Magic entertainment and shopping complex.
Orlandos justice and police complex would go somewhere,
but require additional tax money to be really up-to-date. My
friend says common sense has evaporated in the excitement.
If the economy was booming we might give a pass to some of
these grandiose schemes, but its not. In fact, were where we are
today because of grandiose schemes in the past. Maybe the thou-
sands of college graduates working at minimum wage jobs for
lack of any other opportunities will begin to grasp the common
sense idea that less government means more money in the pro-
ductive (jobs) side of the economy. A little alarm bell might go
off in their heads when they see tours of the White House (our
house) shut down while Air Force One swallows millions on
campaign trips to meetings with West Coast billionaires. If youput two and two together these days it adds up to $17 trillion in
national debt. There may not be enough common sense left to
ever pay it back.
William
H. Wild
Guest
Columnist
The worst of the worst among usMany property owners over the age of 65 in MontgomeryCounty do not realize that there is a special exemption that they
can qualify for by applying before June 1.
The Homestead Exemption
program allows senior citizens
and permanently and totally
disabled Ohioans to reduce
their property tax burden by
shielding some of the market
value of their home from taxa-
tion. Current Homestead
Exemption recipients do not
need to reapply or do anything
unless they have moved or had some change in their status.
The Homestead Exemption, which takes the form of a credit
on property tax bills, allows qualifying homeowners a reduction
that is equal to the taxes that would otherwise be charged on up
to $25,000 of the market value of their home from all local prop-
erty taxes.
Those eligible must be 65 years of age or older or be perma-
nently or totally disabled and must own the home where they live
as of the year in which they apply. There are no income require-
ments.
With respect to property owned in trust, property owners are
still eligible for the Homestead Exemption if all of the following
are true: the created the trust is effective during lifetime of the
property owner (an inter vivos trust); the property owner provid-
ed the assets for the trust; and the trust can be terminated at any
time (revocable trust). Also, the trust agreement contains a pro-vision that says the property owner has complete possession of
the property.
With respect to disabled applicants, there must be a complet-
ed Certificate of Disability signed by a doctor or psychologist
verifying that the applicant is totally and permanently disabled.
The certificate is provided on the back of the application form.
A state or federal agency disability determination letter or certi-
fication is also acceptable.
Eligible property owners can send their applications to the
County Auditor until the first Monday in June. Applications are
available by phone at the Homestead Hotline at 937-225-4341.
Rob Scott is a practicing attorney at Oldham & Deitering,
LLC. Scott is Chairman of the Montgomery County Republican
Party and the founder of the Dayton Tea Party. He can be con-
tacted at [email protected] or www.gemcitylaw.com.
Homestead deadline approaching
By Rob
Scott
Times
Columnist
Mike
Scinto
Guest
Columnist