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performed by Barrett Paving to mill the existing pavement and resurface the ramp. This work is associated with the project began last fall to include the permanent addition of a second lane to the westbound on ramp to 275. CONTRIBUTED to www.westchesteroh.org. CONTRIBUTED

Everyone who registers to donate will also receive the “Step Up to the Plate” baseball T-shirt. Make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com or call 937-461-3220.

Community Blood Center (CBC) needs donors to help build the blood supply in advance of the Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day signals the beginning of the summer vacation season, a traditionally challenging time to register enough blood donors to supply area hospitals.

The goal the “Step Up to the Plate and Hit a Double” summer blood drive campaign is to enlist first-time donors, remind all donors to make and keep appointments despite travel and other summer distractions, and to encourage those eligible to donate at least twice.

Donate at any CBC blood drive or the CBC Donor Center through Aug. 27 and donors are automatically entered in a drawing to win four tickets to the Sept. 3 Cincinnati Reds vs. Colorado Rockies game at Great American Ball Park, followed by a Cole Swindell concert, plus $100 in concession stand gift cards.

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Warren County.

Today and Thursday, contractors for the Ohio Department of Transportation will close Fields-Ertel Road under I-71 to place formwork for the new structure that is being built as part of the project.

The closure will go into effect at 11 p.m. each night, and the route will be reopened at 5 a.m. the following day. While Fields-Ertel is closed, motorists will be detoured via Escort Drive and Mason-Montgomery Road.

Along with a new bridge over Fields-Ertel, the total project includes construction of an entrance ramp from Mason-Montgomery Road to I-71 South; a new southbound turn lane on Mason-Montgomery from Escort Drive to the ramp; and an entrance taper on I-71 South, between the Fields-Ertel Road bridge and the existing ramp from Fields-Ertel.

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CONTRIBUTED Eleven student-athletes from Badin High School confirmed their commitment to play sports in college during a Signing Reception in the school’s Pfirman Family Activity Center on April 27. They included (front row, from left): Andrew Schwartz (golf, John Carroll University), Molly Anthony (soccer, Concord University), Jada Pohlen (soccer and basketball, Wilmington College), Mallory Smith (soccer, Earlham College) and Jefrey Luna-Mata (football, Mount St. Joseph University). At rear, from left, are Hunter Harrison (football, Indiana Wesleyan University), Todd Hayes (football, Georgetown College), Ely Emmons (football, Thomas More University), Brennan Tuley (football, Mount St. Joseph University), Luke Dwire (volleyball, Mount St. Joseph University), and Henry Birchwell (football, Wittenberg University).