#fairborn ohio

[middleland]

OH Fairborn - Ecto 1 vehicle by Ken

[a-4skyhawk]

Took some photos on Thanksgiving Day with Canon EOS 50D on the way to my mom's place, driving from Indiana.

Lived in Ohio for over 20 years before moving to Indiana.

[2inx4inx8inbrick]

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c17 Spirit of the City of Fairborn 70044

and two f-16s from the 180th fighter wing of the the Ohio Air National Guard doing touch-and-go's at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio

taken 27/12/23

[guerrerense]

NYC, Fairborn, Ohio, 1956 por Center for Railroad Photography & Art Por Flickr: Northbound New York Central train led by 1947 Fairbanks-Morse "Erie-built" no. 5003 leaves Fairborn, Ohio, in the summer of 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-022-06

[beardedmrbean]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio man won $45 million in a civil lawsuit against a police department and detective whose actions led to his wrongful conviction and more than 20 years behind bars.

Dean Gillispie sued Miami Township police and former detective Scott Moore for suppressing evidence and tainting eyewitness identifications in the 1991 rape and kidnapping case against Gillispie.

Gillispie was convicted in 1991 in Montgomery County and released from prison in 2011. The Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati law school, former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro and Dean's mother, Juana Gillispie, worked to free him and clear his name.

Today, Gillispie is 57, and lives in Fairborn, a suburb of Dayton.

"The horror inflicted on Dean and his family and community is hard to wrap your mind around," Ohio Innocence Project Director Mark Godsey said. "The way the authorities pushed through a conviction and then fought back and refused to admit a mistake was so disappointing. Nothing can repay Dean for the horror."

He added: "The jury's verdict sends a strong message that those in power need to change the way they do things."

"Justice prevailed in this case, although it took a long, long, long time for that to occur," said Petro, who co-authored a book with his wife Nancy about wrongful convictions.

David Owens, whose firm Loevy & Loevy represents wrongfully convicted clients and represented Gillispie, said they believe $45 million sets an Ohio record.

It is unclear if Miami Township or Moore will seek to appeal the case or when Gillispie might receive payment.

Gillispie steadfastly maintained his innocence from day one. In 2021, a Montgomery County judge declared Gillispie a wrongfully imprisoned person.

He was convicted in the rape and kidnapping of twin sisters in one attack and a third woman in a second attack. But the jury in the federal civil lawsuit found that Moore violated Gillispie's rights by hiding evidence that would have helped Gillispie's defense and creating unfair lineup procedures for the victims.

Moore claimed a witness had made an identification when she had not, and later told the victims that they might not recognize Gillispie in court because he “dyed his hair.” Evidence was also presented that Moore failed to disclose camping receipts showing Gillispie was in Kentucky when the crimes occurred, his attorneys said. 

No biological evidence ever tied Gillispie to the crimes.

While imprisoned, Gillispie turned to art across multiple mediums. It was an outlet for his pain and imagination of how life would've been different. In 2020, his artwork depicting a miniature model camping trailer was included in “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

After his release, he bought and restored a camping trailer.

[finishinglinepress]

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: In Bloom by John Spiegel

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John Spiegel received his MFA in #Poetry from Miami University. His poetry has been published in Garbanzo, Milk & Cake Press, Typehouse Literary Magazine, and others. He contributes poetry reviews to Fence Digital and nonfiction articles to Vine Leaves Literary Journal. He lives in Fairborn, Ohio. #parenthood

PRAISE FOR In Bloom by John Spiegel

John Spiegel’s debut collection, In Bloom, traverses the weeks before and the year immediately after becoming a new #father. These poems journey through the complicated mix of uncertainty, anxious anticipation, and wistful reverie as they move to accept a new reality. In reflective series “Notes to Self” the speaker wades through hopes and fears, questioning himself and the balance of #family #life. Yet even as he struggles and asks, “where have I put myself?” these tightly-woven poems reveal a man transformed by his experience, ready to embrace what fatherhood requires. In Bloom explores the very particular and intensely questioning time of new #parenthood with earnestness and sincerity.

–Laura Van Prooyen

In Bloom moves musings on kinship, #fatherhood, and what it means to grow up human. Intimate and moving, lighthearted and serious, it’s a book of connection and consideration, of nature and nurture: tender, marvelous, and meaningful.

–Hoa Nguyen, author of A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure

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[stevensaus]

When The Protest Sign Reveals A Lot More Than Intended

The news coverage of the protests outside a local (to me) YMCA yesterday missed the most important sign the TERFs (trans-exclusive radical feminists) were holding. The one that really revealed how they felt.Quick side note: While I am aware that "TERF" might not be the most accurate term -- I really doubt most of those folks were feminists in any meaningful way -- they were attempting to employ feminist language, so I'm going to run with that label for the moment.The background: The City of Xenia -- not the YMCA, to be clear -- decided to prosecute a transgender woman for utilizing the female changing room. To recap the Dayton Daily News coverage, a Fairborn, Ohio woman "was charged in Xenia Municipal Court with three counts of public indecency, for incidents in September, November, and a third incident between November 2021 and 2022." Xenia council president Will Urschel, in a video posted to YouTube in January 2023, "told a meeting of the Greene County Tea Party that if the city is able to successfully prosecute the person involved, they may bring legal action against the YMCA for aiding and abetting the alleged crime." The YMCA, in response, "has said that state non-discrimination laws require it to allow transgender individuals to use locker rooms, changing rooms and bathrooms that align with their gender identity." The organization also says "posted locker room guidelines ask patrons to 'remain properly covered while in public areas of the locker room.'" The court date has been pushed back due to publicity.Yesterday, 25 Feb 2023, three to five times as many pro-trans protesters showed up to show support for human rights (across the street in this photo), while a dozen or so TERFs protested against the policy, something you can pretty clearly see in some of the video from the news coverage. For quite some time, there were only four folks protesting against the YMCA - the guy with his cross-on-wheels, one man who kept letting the American flag he was holding hit the ground, one guy who seemed to think he was "owning" people by taking their pictures, and a single woman holding their anti-trans signs. That 3:1 ratio seemed to hold true for the anti-trans protesters, while it was easily the reverse for those protesting for human rights. There's a lot I could talk about and unpack there, but specifically, I want to focus on one sign that the anti-trans woman held. The read, "The YMCA cannot give consent for all women." (The sign is just barely visible below the flag in the photo linked here.)The assumptions embedded in that one sentence really reveal a lot. - Using "consent" here inherently brings in an implication of prurient (or sexual) interest to a non-sexual action. This was reinforced by the "keep our women safe" sign another TERF was holding. - It absolutely ignores the actual data about who commits sexual assault. - It ignores the YMCA's own policy of being "properly covered while in public areas of the locker room." - It ignores that gender expression is not -- and does not necessarily correlate to -- sexual orientation. The folks I know were all confused by the sign. Because to us, changing in the locker room or using the restroom is an individual act. The idea of "consent" is utterly misused here, and makes no sense whatsoever. I have never asked "consent" before going in the public restroom at, say, a truck stop, and I've never seen or heard of someone doing so. Even if you were thinking about knocking on the door before using an individual restroom or stall... well, your gender doesn't matter, you don't use the same stall (or individual restroom, or individual changing room) as someone else when they're using it. Problem solved.The anti-trans panic does not actually keep anyone safer. If anything, it distracts us from the actual perpetrators of sexual assault. Transgender people are overwhelmingly survivors of sexual assault. On the other hand, it is shockingly easy to find recent cases involving a church leader in Florida, a youth pastor in Mississippi, a youth pastor in Massachusetts, a pastor in North Carolina, a youth pastor in Arkansas, and a youth pastor in Virginia, and, of course, the Southern Baptist Convention's own released list of "about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced credible accusations of sexual misconduct. Of those, roughly 220 were convicted of sex crimes or received plea deals."If actual "indecent exposure" happens, then it is actually a violation of the YMCA's rules already, and has nothing to do with a person's gender expression. Problem solved.The last point is the most telling to me, though... because these TERFs have already signaled that this is just part of their campaign against LGBTQIA+ people as a whole. The concept of people whose sexual orientation -- including asexuality! -- is not the same as their own simply did not occur to them. They were utterly unable to think beyond their own motivations and experiences.And if you put all that together, that brings us back to something I said at the beginning of the month. Their actions, their signs, make no sense when measured against observable data. At first glance, it seems nonsensical, even hypocritical.Then you look at who is assaulting women, is stripping away rights, is denying the existence of others for their identities.And then you realize.It is not hypocrisy.It is projection. Featured Photo by Lena Balk on Unsplash Read the full article

[montecarlona]

Monte Carlo Car Club of North America presents the Nationals the place to see all generations of Monte Carlos in Fairborn, Ohio on June 23-25, 2023. Three great days of food, music, cruise ins, swap meet and award winning cars. You won't want to miss it. A detailed timeline will be released later. This event will be held at the Holiday Inn Dayton/Fairborn which is located at 2800 Presidential Dr, Fairborn, OH 45324. Register at www.montecarlonationals.com

Get your reservations early to reserve your room by calling 937-426-7800 and say your with the "Monte Carlo Club". A small number of hotel rooms have been reserved for a limited time. You must reserve your hotel room early.

Pre-Entry Fee $55.00 (includes T-shirt ) Must be purchased by 5/31/2023

Weekend of Show $55.00 (no shirt);

Dash Plaque/Magnet to first 100 entrants

50/50 Drawing

Awards given in all classes, Best of Show, and special awards

“Original/Modified categories included ”

All Professional Judging

Picture Taking Scavenger Hunt and TicTok activity

Two Cruise Ins - Youngs Jersey Dairy and Gale Halderman Barn Museum - Designer of the Ford Mustang

Panel Discussions, Detailing Seminars and Tune up contest

Swap Meet and Vendors: Spaces $75 each, 17×27

(17′ deep by 27′ long approximately)

(for Vendor show info, contact Julie Albaugh: 937-215-8136)

NO GLASS BOTTLES OR CONTAINERS PLEASE.

Spectators are Free

If you need more information, please contact:

Julie Albaugh at 937-215-8136 or info@montecarlocarclub.com

One year Memberships for the Monte Carlo Car Club of North America can be purchased for $35 a year. Obtain a free window cling, membership card, listed in membership directory and access to member only Website content. Add this to your order when registering for The Nationals.

[dmbgorgecrew]

Serving up passion nightly 📷 @lindz_fairchild Dave Matthews Band - Fairborn 2022 (at Fairborn, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEiaf_OvTv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ahopkins1965]

Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?  First, I want to inform all of you that I grew up with Mr. Ronald Harper from 1972 until 1981 because his family members attended Edison Elementary School in Dayton, Ohio.  His mother used to work at EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as a Language Teacher from 1967 until 1992 because her sons and daughters attended Kiser High School from 1978 through 1982.  Her oldest son attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and graduated in 1978.  The twins Ronald and Donald Harper graduated from Kiser High School in 1982.  Ronald Harper attended Miami of Ohio immediately after High School.  Ronald Harper played basketball all of his life from 1978 to 1998 for Miami of Ohio University from 1982 through 1986.  The first NBA team that drafted him was the Los Angeles Clippers  where he played for them for three years.  Afterwards, he played basketball for the Cleveland Calvaliers for another three years and he also played for the Chicago Bulls for six years and he won five championship Rings while playing with the Chicago Bulls.  Second, I also attended Roth High School with Mr. Keith Byers.  Mr. Byers played football and basketball with the Roth High School Falcons for three years and he transferred to Trotwood High School Rams for one year.   Mr. Keith Byers attended the Ohio State University for four years as a Running Back for the football team from 1982 through 1986.  Mr. Keith Byers played for the New England Patriots for a few years, and he also played football for a couple of other NFL Teams as well. I also attended High School with Mr. Mark Baker, who played basketball for Paul Laurence Dunbar High School from 1983 through 1987.  He also played basketball at Ohio State University from 1987 to 1991.  Third, I helped raise my oldest nephew from the time that he was born on Friday February 28, 1986 at 8:25pm at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.   My nephew attended Fairborn High School in Fairborn, Ohio from September 2000 to June of 2004.  His name is Mr. Anthony Russell.   He graduated from Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio in May of 2009.  He played football for three years.   My nephew is in Upper Management right now, and he is doing well for himself.  I also have another nephew who played football for Northridge High School from 2007 through 2011.  He was an All State Football Player in 2009 through 2011.  His name is Mr. Tyrell Russell.   He also played basketball as well as my oldest nephew.  My oldest nephew made All State while playing football and basketball.  Fourth, I remember seeing President William Jefferson Clinton in the Toledo, Ohio on the corner of Madison Avenue and Adam Street this was during the time that I was living in Toledo, Ohio from September of 1990 through 1996.  I saw President Clinton in 1992 in the Toledo Ohio during his Presidential Campaign.   I remember when I was on NBC News in 1995 on Friday February 21, 1995 at the University of Toledo Student Union during a Debate between Dr. Frances Cress Welshing and Mr. Murray about the Books called The Bell Curve & The Isis Papers.  I was interviewed by Reporters from NBC News immediately after the Debate.  I have written a paper about the Debate for my Class in Race and Ethnic Minorities with Dr. Morrissey who taught the class during the year 1995.  Thank you for reading my essay today.  God Bless All of You 🙏!

[middleland]

Ohio by Ron Himebaugh

[brookston]

Holidays 8.17

Holidays

Archeology Day

Baby Boomers Recognition Day

Balloon Airmail Day

Black Cat Appreciation Day

Cartoon Day

Cat Nights Commence (Ireland)

Coats’ Disease Awareness Day

Congressional Startup Day

Davy Crockett Day

Day of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense Agencies Employees (Tajikistan)

Discovery Day (Yukon Territories, Canada)

817 Day

Engineer’s Day (Colombia)

Flag Day (Bolivia)

International Sheet Music Day

Jade Day

Lois Lane Day

Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaica, Rastafari)

National Abel Day

National David Day

National Engineers’ Day (Colombia)

National I Love My Feet Day

National Marilyn Day

National Massachusetts Day

National Meaning of "Is" Day

National Model Aviation Day

National Nonprofit Day

National No. 2 Pencil Day

National Termite Protection Day

National Thrift Shop Day

National Workers’ Comp Adjuster Day

Parsi New Year’s Day (Nauraj, India)

Phineas & Ferb Day

Pike Place Market Day

Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)

Railway Employees Day (Tajikistan)

San Martin Day (Argentina)

World Myocarditis Day

World Pedestrian Day

Wrench Day

Yellow Toadflax Day (a.k.a. Great Toadflax)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Beer Book Day

Burgers to Beat MS Day (Canada)

Buttered Popcorn Day

Drink Coffee at the Office from a Sippy Cup Day

National Pineapple Juice Day

National Vanilla Custard Day

World Eggplant Day

Independence & Related Days

Gabon (from France, 1960)

Indonesia (from Japan, 1945)

Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)

3rd Saturday in August

Bookstore Romance Day [3rd Saturday]

Break the Monotony Day [3rd Saturday]

Brothers & Sisters’ Day (Ohio) [3rd Saturday]

Chef’s Appreciation Day [3rd Saturday]

Clear the Shelters Day [3rd Saturday]

Hartjesdagen (Day of Hearts; Amsterdam/Haarlem, Netherlands) [Modern 3-day holiday begins 3rd Saturday]

International Geocaching Day [3rd Saturday]

International Homeless Animals Day [3rd Saturday]

International Restaurant Day [3rd Saturday] (also Feb, May & Nov)

National Honey Bee Day [3rd Saturday]

Sandcastle & Sculpture Day (Nantucket, Massachusetts) [3rd Saturday]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sentimental Saturday [3rd Saturday of Each Month]

Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]

Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]

Steak Saturday [3rd Saturday of Each Month]

World Anthotype Day [3rd Saturday]

World Honey Bee Day [3rd Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning August 17 (2nd Full Week of August)

Children’s Book Week (Australia) [thru 8.23]

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Week (thru 9.5)

Great Week of Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain; thru 8.25) [1st Saturday after 8.15 + 9 Days]

Festivals Beginning August 17, 2024

Afro Nation Detroit (Detroit, Michigan) [thru 8.18]

Assyrian Food Festival (San Jose, California) [thru 8.18]

Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival (Wilmington, Delaware)

Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival (Pelham, Tennessee) [thru 8.18]

Bloemencorso Leersum [Leersum Flower Parade] (Leersum, Netherlands) [thru 8.18]

Bounty of Yamhill County (Yamhill County, Oregon) [thru 8.18]

Bristol Harbor Festival & Blessing of the Fleet (Bristol, Rhode Island)

Dessert Wars (Jacksonville, Florida)

Eastern's Bayside Blues and Wine Festival (Baltimore, Maryland)

Eastmont Tomato Festival (Shawsville, Virginia)

Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival (Fairborn, Ohio) [thru 8.18]

Food Truck Festival (Anoka, Minnesota)

Gettysburg Brewfest & Trail 5k (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

Great Week of Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain) [thru 8.25]

Henley-on-Todd Regatta (Alice Springs, Australia)

Lemon Festival (Chula Vista, California)

Manitou Springs Heritage Brew Festival (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

Michigan Renaissance Festival (Holly, Michigan) [thru 9.29]

Milford Oyster Festival (Milford, Connecticut)

Minnesota Renaissance Festival (Shakopee, Minnesota) [thru 9.29]

Mountaineer Brewfest at Heritage Port (Wheeling, West Virginia)

New York Renaissance Faire (Tuxedo, New York) [thru 10.6]

Norwegian International Film Festival (Haugesund, Norway) [thru 8.23]

The National Lentil Festival (Pullman, Washington)

PastyFest (Calumet, Michigan)

Peach Festival (Lafayette, Colorado)

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire (Manheim, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.27]

Red White and Brew BBQ and Seafood Festival (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Reggae on the Mountain (Topanga, California)

Rhubarb Frenzy At Winehaven (Chisago City, Minnesota) [thru 8.18]

Sacramento Banana Festival (Sacramento, California) [thru 8.18]

Surf & Turf Seafood Festival (Monmouth Park, Oceanport, New Jersey) [thru 8.18]

Taste of Chicago Pullman Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Tomato & Vine Festival (Fairfield, California) [thru 8.18]

Truckfest (Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Great Britain) [thru 8.18]

UniCon [Baltic Comic Con] (Riga, Latvia) [thru 8.18]

Winter Park Uncorked Wine Festival (Winter Park, Colorado)

World Brewing Congress (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.20]

Zoo Brew (Brookfield, Illinois)

Feast Days

Agostino Carracci (Artology)

Carlos Cruz-Diez (Artology)

Cat Nights begin (Ancient Ireland)

Clare of Montefalco (Christian; Saint)

Day of the Sacred Grove (Pagan)

Ethelred (Christian; Saint)

Eusebius, pope (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Our Lady of Knock

Festival of Diana (Ancient Rome)

Francesco Albani (Artology)

Gnocchi Gnawing Day (Pastafarian)

Herta Müller (Writerism)

Hyacinth of Poland (Christian; Saint)

Jean-Jacques Sempé (Artology)

Jeanne Delanoue (Christian; Saint)

Jonathan Franzen (Writerism)

Lacaille (Positivist; Saint)

Larry Rivers (Artology)

Liberatus, and Six Monks (Christian; Martyrs)

Marcus Garvey Day (Rastafari) [Jamaica]

Maeldiun & the Queen of the Land of Women (Celtic Book of Days)

Mamas (Christian; Martyr)

Odin’s Ordeal begins (Norse) [thru 25th]

Portunalia (a.k.a. Portunus; Festival of Keys; Ancient Rome)

Portunes (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)

Sharon Mitchell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ted Hughes (Writerism)

V.S. Naipaul (Writerism)

Walter (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 229 [50 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

After Lorca, by Jack Spicer (Poetry; 1957)

Animal Farm, by George Orwell (Novel; 1946)

Bloody Kisses, by Type O Negative (Album; 1993)

Chili Weather (WB MM Cartoon; 1963)

Cruel to Be Kind, by Nick Lowe (Song; 1979)

Disenchantment (Animated TV Series; 2018)

Ducking the Devil (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)

Dust, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2013)

Enter the Dragon (Film; 1973)

Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel; 1996)

Franks Wild Years, by Tom Wait (Album; 1987)

Godiva, by Ludwig Roselius (Opera; 1933)

Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1876) [Ring of the Nibelung #4]

Jeremy, by Pearl Jam (Song; 1992)

Kind of Blue, by Miles Davis (Album; 1959)

Luxo, Jr. (Pixar Cartoon; 1986)

The Merry Old Soul (WB MM Cartoon; 1935)

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Film; 1979)

My Blue Heaven (Film; 1990)

Neighbors (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1935)

ParaNorman (Animated Film; 2012)

The Petty Girl (Film; 1950)

Phineas & Ferb (Animated TV Series; 2007)

Rat Race (Film; 2001)

Roots: The Saga of an American Family, by Alex Haley (Novel; 1976)

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV Series; 2022)

Soul Train (Music Variety TV Series; 1970)

Superbad (Film; 2007)

Taking Care of Business (Film; 1990)

The Theory and Practice of Brewing, by Michael Combrune (Beer Book; 1762)

Tiger Rag, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

Tulips & Chimneys, by e.e.cummings (Poetry; 1923)

Wild at Heart (Film; 1990)

Today’s Name Days

Gudrun, Hyazinth, Janine (Austria)

Hijacint, Klara, Liberat, Miron, Natalija (Croatia)

Petra (Czech Republic)

Anastatius (Denmark)

Saamo, Saamu, Saamuel (Estonia)

Venni, Verneri (Finland)

Hyacinthe (France)

Clara, Gudrun, Hyazinth, Janine (Germany)

Lefkothea, Miron, Straton (Greece)

Jácint (Hungary)

Giacinto (Italy)

Anaida, Drosmis, Oļegs, Vilibalds, Vineta (Latvia)

Hiacintas, Laisvydas, Mažvilė (Lithuania)

Verner, Wenche (Norway)

Anastazja, Angelika, Anita, Bertram, Eliza, Jacek, Jaczewoj, Joanna, Julianna, Liberat, Miron, Żanna, Zawisza (Poland)

Darya (Russia)

Milica (Slovakia)

Beatriz, Eusebio, Jacinto (Spain)

Valter, Verner (Sweden)

Hyacinth, Jachinth, Jacinda, Magnolia, Pansy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 230 of 2024; 136 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of Week 33 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 14 (Guy-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 13 Av 5784

Islamic: 11 Safar 1446

J Cal: 20 Purple; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 4 August 2024

Moon: 94%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Lacaille]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 59 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 27 of 31)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.17

Holidays

Archeology Day

Baby Boomers Recognition Day

Balloon Airmail Day

Black Cat Appreciation Day

Cartoon Day

Cat Nights Commence (Ireland)

Coats’ Disease Awareness Day

Congressional Startup Day

Davy Crockett Day

Day of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense Agencies Employees (Tajikistan)

Discovery Day (Yukon Territories, Canada)

817 Day

Engineer’s Day (Colombia)

Flag Day (Bolivia)

International Sheet Music Day

Jade Day

Lois Lane Day

Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaica, Rastafari)

National Abel Day

National David Day

National Engineers’ Day (Colombia)

National I Love My Feet Day

National Marilyn Day

National Massachusetts Day

National Meaning of "Is" Day

National Model Aviation Day

National Nonprofit Day

National No. 2 Pencil Day

National Termite Protection Day

National Thrift Shop Day

National Workers’ Comp Adjuster Day

Parsi New Year’s Day (Nauraj, India)

Phineas & Ferb Day

Pike Place Market Day

Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)

Railway Employees Day (Tajikistan)

San Martin Day (Argentina)

World Myocarditis Day

World Pedestrian Day

Wrench Day

Yellow Toadflax Day (a.k.a. Great Toadflax)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Beer Book Day

Burgers to Beat MS Day (Canada)

Buttered Popcorn Day

Drink Coffee at the Office from a Sippy Cup Day

National Pineapple Juice Day

National Vanilla Custard Day

World Eggplant Day

Independence & Related Days

Gabon (from France, 1960)

Indonesia (from Japan, 1945)

Prekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)

3rd Saturday in August

Bookstore Romance Day [3rd Saturday]

Break the Monotony Day [3rd Saturday]

Brothers & Sisters’ Day (Ohio) [3rd Saturday]

Chef’s Appreciation Day [3rd Saturday]

Clear the Shelters Day [3rd Saturday]

Hartjesdagen (Day of Hearts; Amsterdam/Haarlem, Netherlands) [Modern 3-day holiday begins 3rd Saturday]

International Geocaching Day [3rd Saturday]

International Homeless Animals Day [3rd Saturday]

International Restaurant Day [3rd Saturday] (also Feb, May & Nov)

National Honey Bee Day [3rd Saturday]

Sandcastle & Sculpture Day (Nantucket, Massachusetts) [3rd Saturday]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sentimental Saturday [3rd Saturday of Each Month]

Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]

Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]

Steak Saturday [3rd Saturday of Each Month]

World Anthotype Day [3rd Saturday]

World Honey Bee Day [3rd Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning August 17 (2nd Full Week of August)

Children’s Book Week (Australia) [thru 8.23]

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Week (thru 9.5)

Great Week of Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain; thru 8.25) [1st Saturday after 8.15 + 9 Days]

Festivals Beginning August 17, 2024

Afro Nation Detroit (Detroit, Michigan) [thru 8.18]

Assyrian Food Festival (San Jose, California) [thru 8.18]

Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival (Wilmington, Delaware)

Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival (Pelham, Tennessee) [thru 8.18]

Bloemencorso Leersum [Leersum Flower Parade] (Leersum, Netherlands) [thru 8.18]

Bounty of Yamhill County (Yamhill County, Oregon) [thru 8.18]

Bristol Harbor Festival & Blessing of the Fleet (Bristol, Rhode Island)

Dessert Wars (Jacksonville, Florida)

Eastern's Bayside Blues and Wine Festival (Baltimore, Maryland)

Eastmont Tomato Festival (Shawsville, Virginia)

Fairborn Sweet Corn Festival (Fairborn, Ohio) [thru 8.18]

Food Truck Festival (Anoka, Minnesota)

Gettysburg Brewfest & Trail 5k (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

Great Week of Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain) [thru 8.25]

Henley-on-Todd Regatta (Alice Springs, Australia)

Lemon Festival (Chula Vista, California)

Manitou Springs Heritage Brew Festival (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

Michigan Renaissance Festival (Holly, Michigan) [thru 9.29]

Milford Oyster Festival (Milford, Connecticut)

Minnesota Renaissance Festival (Shakopee, Minnesota) [thru 9.29]

Mountaineer Brewfest at Heritage Port (Wheeling, West Virginia)

New York Renaissance Faire (Tuxedo, New York) [thru 10.6]

Norwegian International Film Festival (Haugesund, Norway) [thru 8.23]

The National Lentil Festival (Pullman, Washington)

PastyFest (Calumet, Michigan)

Peach Festival (Lafayette, Colorado)

Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire (Manheim, Pennsylvania) [thru 10.27]

Red White and Brew BBQ and Seafood Festival (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Reggae on the Mountain (Topanga, California)

Rhubarb Frenzy At Winehaven (Chisago City, Minnesota) [thru 8.18]

Sacramento Banana Festival (Sacramento, California) [thru 8.18]

Surf & Turf Seafood Festival (Monmouth Park, Oceanport, New Jersey) [thru 8.18]

Taste of Chicago Pullman Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Tomato & Vine Festival (Fairfield, California) [thru 8.18]

Truckfest (Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Great Britain) [thru 8.18]

UniCon [Baltic Comic Con] (Riga, Latvia) [thru 8.18]

Winter Park Uncorked Wine Festival (Winter Park, Colorado)

World Brewing Congress (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [thru 8.20]

Zoo Brew (Brookfield, Illinois)

Feast Days

Agostino Carracci (Artology)

Carlos Cruz-Diez (Artology)

Cat Nights begin (Ancient Ireland)

Clare of Montefalco (Christian; Saint)

Day of the Sacred Grove (Pagan)

Ethelred (Christian; Saint)

Eusebius, pope (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Our Lady of Knock

Festival of Diana (Ancient Rome)

Francesco Albani (Artology)

Gnocchi Gnawing Day (Pastafarian)

Herta Müller (Writerism)

Hyacinth of Poland (Christian; Saint)

Jean-Jacques Sempé (Artology)

Jeanne Delanoue (Christian; Saint)

Jonathan Franzen (Writerism)

Lacaille (Positivist; Saint)

Larry Rivers (Artology)

Liberatus, and Six Monks (Christian; Martyrs)

Marcus Garvey Day (Rastafari) [Jamaica]

Maeldiun & the Queen of the Land of Women (Celtic Book of Days)

Mamas (Christian; Martyr)

Odin’s Ordeal begins (Norse) [thru 25th]

Portunalia (a.k.a. Portunus; Festival of Keys; Ancient Rome)

Portunes (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)

Sharon Mitchell Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ted Hughes (Writerism)

V.S. Naipaul (Writerism)

Walter (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 229 [50 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

After Lorca, by Jack Spicer (Poetry; 1957)

Animal Farm, by George Orwell (Novel; 1946)

Bloody Kisses, by Type O Negative (Album; 1993)

Chili Weather (WB MM Cartoon; 1963)

Cruel to Be Kind, by Nick Lowe (Song; 1979)

Disenchantment (Animated TV Series; 2018)

Ducking the Devil (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)

Dust, by Hugh Howey (Novel; 2013)

Enter the Dragon (Film; 1973)

Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk (Novel; 1996)

Franks Wild Years, by Tom Wait (Album; 1987)

Godiva, by Ludwig Roselius (Opera; 1933)

Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1876) [Ring of the Nibelung #4]

Jeremy, by Pearl Jam (Song; 1992)

Kind of Blue, by Miles Davis (Album; 1959)

Luxo, Jr. (Pixar Cartoon; 1986)

The Merry Old Soul (WB MM Cartoon; 1935)

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Film; 1979)

My Blue Heaven (Film; 1990)

Neighbors (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1935)

ParaNorman (Animated Film; 2012)

The Petty Girl (Film; 1950)

Phineas & Ferb (Animated TV Series; 2007)

Rat Race (Film; 2001)

Roots: The Saga of an American Family, by Alex Haley (Novel; 1976)

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV Series; 2022)

Soul Train (Music Variety TV Series; 1970)

Superbad (Film; 2007)

Taking Care of Business (Film; 1990)

The Theory and Practice of Brewing, by Michael Combrune (Beer Book; 1762)

Tiger Rag, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

Tulips & Chimneys, by e.e.cummings (Poetry; 1923)

Wild at Heart (Film; 1990)

Today’s Name Days

Gudrun, Hyazinth, Janine (Austria)

Hijacint, Klara, Liberat, Miron, Natalija (Croatia)

Petra (Czech Republic)

Anastatius (Denmark)

Saamo, Saamu, Saamuel (Estonia)

Venni, Verneri (Finland)

Hyacinthe (France)

Clara, Gudrun, Hyazinth, Janine (Germany)

Lefkothea, Miron, Straton (Greece)

Jácint (Hungary)

Giacinto (Italy)

Anaida, Drosmis, Oļegs, Vilibalds, Vineta (Latvia)

Hiacintas, Laisvydas, Mažvilė (Lithuania)

Verner, Wenche (Norway)

Anastazja, Angelika, Anita, Bertram, Eliza, Jacek, Jaczewoj, Joanna, Julianna, Liberat, Miron, Żanna, Zawisza (Poland)

Darya (Russia)

Milica (Slovakia)

Beatriz, Eusebio, Jacinto (Spain)

Valter, Verner (Sweden)

Hyacinth, Jachinth, Jacinda, Magnolia, Pansy (USA)

Today is Also��

Day of Year: Day 230 of 2024; 136 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of Week 33 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 14 (Guy-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 13 Av 5784

Islamic: 11 Safar 1446

J Cal: 20 Purple; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 4 August 2024

Moon: 94%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Lacaille]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 59 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 27 of 31)

[krispyweiss]

Steep Canyon Rangers at Fairborn Bluegrass & Brew, Fairborn, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2024

Though they’re only kinda bluegrass - they have a Dobro-playing drummer and a dude who picks an electric banjo on occasion - Steep Canyon Rangers were ideal hosts of the 2024 Fairborn Bluegrass & Brew street party.

Perched on a makeshift bandstand near the corner of Grand Avenue and Main Street on Aug. 2, the Rangers did what they do - and were in top form - in front of a hometown audience of a few hundred (plus Sound Bites, who drove in from out of town) on an unseasonably comfortable Ohio night that dodged the threat of torrential storms.

Opening with a rambunctious instrumental that gave each musician an opportunity to shine, the sextet moved quickly to their “Sweet Spot,” providing Aaron Burdett (acoustic guitar), Barrett Smith (bass fiddle), Mike Ashworth (drums/Dobro) and Graham Sharp (acoustic and electric banjo/acoustic guitar) each a turn at the mic. The tone was thus set for the Rangers’ 15-song, 90-minute performance, where musicians and singers moved seamlessly between lead and support roles, masked fiddler and musical antagonist Nicky Sanders danced the two-step around his bandmates and mandolinist Mike Guggino played fiery solos and provided essential harmonies.

Burdett is the newest Ranger, having joined in 2022, and brings country (“Fruits of my Labor”) and rock (“Deep End”) elements to the group. But while the Rangers are evolving, they also nodded to their folk-’grass beginnings with such SCR standards as “Stand and Deliver” and “Tell the Ones I Love,” which closed the main set and found the band lined up behind the whirling dervish that was Sanders as the festivalgoers danced in the streets and on the sidewalks.

After the location-appropriate “Birds of Ohio,” with Shrap’s baritone and electric banjo at the fore, the group unplugged and spent five songs gathered around a single, old-fashioned mic. While the volume dipped considerably at this point, the musical excellence did not as Smith and Guggino’s tenors wrapped around each other on the coal-miners’ lament that is “Call the Captain” and soaring three- and five-part harmonies powered “Come Dance” and “Fare Thee Well, Carolina Gals,” respectively.

Those voice remained in peak shape as the band bid Fairborn adieu with “As I Go” and capped some four hours of music that also included a purely bluegrass set from the five-piece - guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and bass - Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers and the Wayfarers.

It was a free gig. But a $50 ticket wouldn’t have been unreasonable.

Grade card: Steep Canyon Rangers at Fairborn Bluegrass & Brew - 8/2/24 - A

See more photos on Sound Bites’ Facebook page.

8/3/24

[thenightling]

This is fascinating. Jacob the Carpet Bagger (He goes to US tourist traps all over the US) just went to Foy's year round Halloween store in Fairborn Ohio.

I'm subscribed to The Carpet Bagger in Youtube and sometimes he goes to really interesting and strange places.

And apparently Foy's Halloween Store (two locations and a horror museum) has been in business for ninety-five-years. I didn't even know Halloween stores (as a concept) dated back ninety-five-years.

It's actually an entire town of Halloween stores. A Foy's Halloween store, Foy's Halloween themed 5 and 10 (one of the oldest 5 and 10s in existence and stayed alive by switching to becoming Halloween themed for the novelty), Foy's horror museum, a kids only Halloween costume store, the regular Foy's Costume store, Halloween Tattoo Parlor, Oddities shop. And this is all on Main Street Fairborn Ohio.

Also the town library is designed to look like a giant book case with real book titles including Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

Foy's owns most of the town and made it a mostly Halloween Town all year long and Foy's has been there as a Halloween store since 1929. Again, I didn't even know Halloween stores date back that far.

Where is the heir of the Foy empire and how can I marry him? (Joking... maybe...)

[cannabisbusinessexecutive]

Recreational marijuana is legal in Ohio, but cities say employees can’t use it

Recreational marijuana has been legal in Ohio for more than three months, but many public employers are not changing their policies and still prohibit workers from consuming the drug in their free time. Local cities including Dayton, Beavercreek, Centerville, Fairborn, Kettering and Trotwood still forbid their employees from using marijuana when they are off the clock. Other public agencies have…