Tree donations
With 23 parks, numerous beautification areas and green spaces, the need for trees is great. Every year millions of young evergreens are used for the holidays and then destroyed and discarded into landfills.
The City of Beavercreek Department of Parks, Recreation & Culture invites you to donate your living and ready to be planted holiday tree after the holidays and after you have enjoyed it. It will be picked up at your home and taken to be planted at a Beavercreek City Park to be enjoyed for many years.
The guidelines to follow are: purchase a tree that is still bagged and ready for planting from any reputable vendor and follow their instructions to keep tree fresh and alive. Then call the Parks Department at 937-427-5514 after the holidays to schedule a pick-up of your tree. Donate a living tree and help keep Beavercreek ... ForEverGreen.
Contact the Beavercreek Parks, Recreation, and Culture Department by email at parks@beavercreekohio.gov with any questions.
On Dec. 6, 2018 there was a vacancy on the Xenia Community Schools Board of Education due to a Board member’s death. The remaining four members of the Board are required to appoint a replacement to fill this vacancy within 30 days (O.R.C. 3313.85). The newly appointed member will serve for the remaining unexpired term that will end on Dec. 31, 2019.
Any qualified and interested citizen who is a registered voter living within the boundaries of the Xenia Community School District, must deliver their letter of interest to fill the vacancy to: Eric J. Soltis, Attn: Board Vacancy, Treasurer/CFO, Xenia Community Schools, 819 Colorado Dr., Xenia, OH 45385.
Letters of interest will be accepted until 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21. The letter of interest must be no longer than two pages and include the candidate’s resume, the strengths the candidate will bring to the Board, and how the candidate sees the Board moving the school district forward.
During the executive session of a special meeting to be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 27, all letters of interest will be reviewed and the Board will select candidates for interviewing. There will be a public announcement indicating those candidates selected for an interview. A special meeting for the purpose of conducting the interviews will be held beginning at noon on Jan. 2, 2019.
On Jan. 4, 2019, at 3 p.m., the Board will hold a special meeting and executive session to discuss the merits of each interviewee. In open session at the special meeting on Jan. 4, the Board will vote to appoint the person who will fill the vacancy.
During the regular Board meeting scheduled for Jan. 14, 2019, the appointed person will be sworn in by the Treasurer.