Planners to give status report on I-75 projects

WEST CHESTER TWP. - Highway planners will give a status report on Interstate 75 projects - including the proposed Liberty interchange and Brent Spent Bridge repairs - at a meeting Thursday in the township hall.

Presentations will be made by Judi Craig, corridor studies manager for the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments; Diana Martin, district planning director for the Ohio Department of Transportation; and Rick Bailey, who retired earlier this month as Butler County Transportation Improvement District director.

The 3 p.m. meeting at 9100 Centre Point Drive is free and open to the public. Reservations should be made with the Southeastern Butler County Chamber of Commerce by calling (513) 777-3600 so accommodations can be made, said A. Christian Worrell III, chairman of the chamber's Small Business Action Committee.

Water to be shut off along Snider Road

DEERFIELD TWP. - Water will be turned off for some of the Snider Road area Wednesday and when service returns, a boil-water advisory will be in effect.

Water will be shut off 9 a.mto 5 p.m. while the Warren County Water and Sewer Department makes improvements. After the water is back on, residents are advised to boil their water for at least two minutes, and use bottled water for cooking and drinking.

The advisory affects residents on Snider Road from Sherman Terrace Drive to Hunter's Green Boulevard and along Sherman Terrace Drive from Snider Road to Parkview Circle. The advisory will be in effect until further notice.

Clermont sheriff plans seat belt crackdown

BATAVIA - The Clermont County Sheriff's Office plans to increase efforts to ticket drivers who aren't wearing seat belts during the two weeks surrounding Memorial Day.

As part of the state "Click It or Ticket" campaign, deputies in Clermont County will be seeking out drivers and passengers who aren't wearing seat belts between May 24 and June 6.

Two-thirds of those killed in crashes in Ohio in 2003 were not wearing seat belts, according to the National Traffic Safety Administration.

Sword Deaf Church plans college dorm

MASON - Residents can speak out next month on plans from Sword Deaf Baptist Church to build a college dormitory.

The church already holds some ministerial college classes for about 40 deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The dormitory would house 100 students.

A public hearing on a rezoning request for the 9.68-acre site on Mason Road will be held during city council's 7 p.m. meeting June 14.

The church wants the property rezoned so it can build a nearly 15,000-square-foot church addition, the 30-unit dormitory and a 1,800 square-foot single-family residence.

The dormitory could open as early as fall 2005.