Over a dozen deputies responded to Jamison Trailer Park for a standoff. ADVOCATE PHOTO/DEREK MYERS

Deputies responded to a call Tuesday evening in Washington Court House that turned into a standoff.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s office responded to a call in Jamison Trailer Park after a woman reportedly had an argument with a general contractor over a construction trailer parked in her yard.

The woman — whose name Fayette Advocate isn’t releasing because she isn’t being charged by authorities at this time — spoke to deputies that responded to the dispute but then became uncooperative.

Although unconfirmed by law enforcement, neighbors say they witnessed a deputy arrive on scene to handle the disturbance complaint run to his cruiser after the female allegedly told him she was going into her trailer for a gun.

Neighbors said they witnessed the deputy run to his cruiser and call for backup. Over a dozen patrol cars raced to the scene, according to a neighbor.

Fayette County Sheriff Vernon P. Stanforth said the woman’s family arrived on scene and was able to calm her down after his deputies were on scene for over an hour. A negotiator was initially called in to assist and no gun was found.

Shortly before 10 p.m. deputies started clearing the scene. Stanforth said he doesn’t know at this time if any laws were broken and it’s unknown if the female will be charged.

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One suspect is seen laying on the ground as deputies take three people into custody after a high speed chase. ADVOCATE PHOTO/DEREK MYERS

Several agencies were involved in a high speed pursuit that stretched across two counties and ultimately ended in a small village in Fayette County.

Three people allegedly stole a Ford F-150 truck and refused to stop for police after officers caught up with the trio, according to Fayette County Sheriff deputies.

Hillsboro police attempted to pull over the truck after it was reported stolen but the driver refused to stop and started driving north on U.S. 62 at high rates of speed.

The truck raced through the community of Leesburg and crossed into Fayettte County where deputies from the Fayette County Sheriff’s office had laid spike strips at Route 62 and Miami Trace Road in an attempt to stop the feeling bandits.

According to Fayette County Chief Deputy Andy Bivens, the truck ran over the spike strips but kept traveling for several more miles before driving into a backyard and stopping in the village of Staunton.

Officers from the Hillsboro Police Department and deputies from the Highland County and Fayette County Sheriff’s offices, including Deputy K-9 Ben from Fayette County, surrounded the truck at gunpoint.

Two males and a female were taken into custody. One of the males complained of neck pain and was transported to Fayette County Memorial Hospital by emergency crews.

The two others were taken to the Highland County Justice Center to be booked on charges. Deputies are expected to release their names later today.

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An early morning house fire in Washington Court House took four fire departments several hours to get under control.

Washington Court House Firefighters responded to the 500 block of North North Street shortly after 1 a.m. after a volunteer fireman driving through town spotted a house fully engulfed in flames.

The homeowner broke a window out to escape the flames and yelled at the passing fireman. He jumped from the roof.

When firefighters arrived on scene, they soon realized the flames were much more than they could handle and they immediately called for assistance from several neighboring departments including Bloomingburg, Wayne Township, and Concord-Greene.

North North Street remained closed at Paint Street to Eyman Park Drive for several hours whiles crews worked to extinguish the blaze.

No injuries were reported and fire officials continue to investigate the cause of the fire.

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Three people from this truck were flown by medical helicopters to Miami Valley after this truck hit another head on. ADVOCATE PHOTO/DEREK MYERS

A head-on crash involving three vehicles in Fayette County injured five people and sent three to trauma level hospitals by medical helicopters.

Emergency crews responded to U.S. 62 south at Snowhill Road at 2 a.m., Friday morning after a silver Chevy S-10 pickup truck was traveling southbound on U.S. 62 and went left of center striking a Ford Ranger head on.

The Ford spun around and struck a Chrysler 300 that was traveling southbound.

A female driver in the Ford, Carolyn Everman, 56, was taken to Highland District Hospital by Leesburg E.M.S., who responded to the scene to assist Fayette County. She was complaining of a broken hand and chest pains.

Two medical helicopters landed at the scene and transported two passengers, Jacob Richter, 30, Logan Robinson, 14, and the driver, Jeff Richter, 57, from the Chevy to Miami Valley Hospital. They are all listed in serious but non-life threatening condition.

A female from this truck was taken to Highland District Hospital after she was struck head-on by another vehicle. ADVOCATE PHOTO/DEREK MYERS

The driver of the Chrysler, Wesley Shiftlet, 33, walked away with minor injuries.

U.S. 62 remained closed for several hours while crews investigated the crash; alcohol is not believed to be a factor.

The names of those involved are expected to be released by Sheriff deputies later today.

​The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a single vehicle traffic crash that hospitalized a 22-year-old Fayette County woman on Sunday evening. The crash, reported at 5:08 p.m., occurred on Robinson Road near Crop Production Services.

​According to Fayette County Sheriff Vernon Stanforth, a 1987 Jeep Cherokee operated by Brandallyn W. Thomas, 22, of Washington Court House, was traveling east on Robinson Road when she failed to negotiate a left curve, losing control of the vehicle.

Thomas traveled off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected and traveled left of center before traveling off the right side of the roadway for a second time where the vehicle overturned onto its top in the eastbound lane of Robinson Road.

She was ejected from the jeep.

Thomas was taken from the crash scene by Fayette County E.M.S. to Fayette County Memorial Hospital and airlifted by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, with serious injuries.

Three children, ages 7, 3 and 2 were in the vehicle at the time of the crash and all restrained by child safety seats.

The children were transported from the scene by Fayette County E.M.S. to Fayette County Memorial where they were examined by medical staff for injuries and expected to be released.

​The vehicle sustained heavy damage in the crash and was towed from the scene.

Assisting at the scene were members of the Washington Fire Department and Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team.

​No charges have been filed at this time as the Sheriff’s Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit continues their investigation of the crash.

Several fire departments responded to a triplex fire in Greenfield where Fayette Advocate was first on scene to bring you a picture of the flames.

This apartment house went up in flames shortly after 10 p.m., Monday night.

Paint Creek Joint Fire and E.M.S. responded to the scene and immediately requested the assistance of neighboring Wayne Township in Fayette County.

Washington Court House Fire Department was also called to the scene with their ladder truck to aid in putting out the flames.

The unit where the fire started had been vacant for several months after the person living there died. The two other apartments were occupied but everyone made it out safely.

Paint Creek Joint Fire and E.M.S. Fire Chief Bradley George said that the fire remains under investigation.

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Streetside 62 is located at 2007 Columbus Avenue in Washington Court House.

Derek Myers, Editor-in-chief

A new restaurant is opening in Washington Court House and the owners are excited to offer foods new to the area.

Matthew and Molly Pettit had a vision to start a restaurant in their community that would offer high quality foods made with locally grown produce in a casual atmosphere, or as Matthew likes to call it, “farm-to-table.”

“We wanted to bring high quality food with a casual atmosphere,” he said. “Streetside 62 is a farm-to-table Italian bistro crafting fresh food with locally grown produce and ingredients.”

Farm-to-table is a phrase coined by the husband and wife restaurateurs meaning much of the ingredients used to create the Italian dishes that’ll be served at their establishment will be made from locally grown produce.

“We grow our own herbs,” Pettit said. “We are keeping with locally grown produce as much as possible and sourcing our ingredients from the best local providers here in the Fayette County area and delivering those to our guests.”

When deciding on what to serve at their restaurant, it was easy for the duo.

“We wanted to offer our version of what we think an Italian bistro is, emphasis on fresh, quality ingredients prepared well with soups and salads, along with quality pastas and steaks.”

And Pettit says that one shouldn’t let the words “Italian bistro” and “steak” scare their wallet away.

“What one will pay at a fast food restaurant, they can find authentic Italian dishes on our menu for similar price.”

And authentic it is.

Pettit and his wife have employed Carlos Silveti as their Executive Chef.

Silveti is an Italian native from Sicily, Italy, who has decades of experience as a chef. He toured Europe for many years while obtaining his culinary education and has brought many of his own dishes to the restaurant’s menu.

One dish that Silveti says is popular among those who have eaten his cooking is the Napa Valley Salmon, which is olive oil, shallots, grapes, white wine, and orange butter sauce laid atop Salmon fresh from the Atlantic.

He has many more recipes that aren’t on the opening menu but once inside the restaurant, guests will have a constant variety of dishes to choose from.

From crab stack salad, which is a Maryland style crab cake, mixed greens, oven dried grape tomato, avocado, and a house made dressing of shallot, champagne, and vinaigrette, to filet mignon, and of course, everything in between from soups, salads, and pastas.

Another favorite is the chicken carbonara with saute chicken breast, pancetta crisp, asparagus, cracked black pepper, fettuccine pasta, and parmesan cheese sauce.

“You can come here and an Italian dish that isn’t on our menu may be featured as a special dish.”

Streetside 62 Italian Bistro has a tentative opening date of July 30 and will be opened Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Thursday through Saturday until 10:30 p.m, and until 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.

David Shoemaker is pictured in handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit is lead away from the court by his attorney, Lee Koogler of Hillsboro. Also pictured is Deputy Bailiff Gene Ivers. PHOTO/MARK BRANHAM

Mark Branham

Long time Hillsboro city councilman David W. Shoemaker, 118 Westover Dr, Hillsboro, was led from the Fayette County jail, across the street to the Washington Court House Municipal Court for his arraignment on Wednesday morning.

Shoemaker was arrested on three charges in Fayette County on Tuesday morning, July 30, stemming from a bizarre episode where he reportedly parked his car at a nursing home in Sabina, in Clinton County, on Monday night and was found wandering down Interstate 71 near Jeffersonville the next morning.

The most serious charge against him is carrying a concealed weapon, a 4th degree felony. Shoemaker was also charged with having a weapon while intoxicated, a misdemeanor 1, and having an open container, a minor misdemeanor.

He was represented in court by attorney Lee Koogler of Hillsboro and entered not guilty pleas on all charges.

Washington Court House Municipal Court Judge Victor D. Pontious read the charges brought against the councilman as his family looked on. He was released on his own recognizance on all counts, stipulating that Shoemaker is on house arrest and he must seek counseling immediately.

A hearing has not been set yet for the charges but according to the court, a hearing should be sometime in the next thirty days.

Koogler indicated that his client had already talked to him about going to counseling prior to coming into the court room.

When asked for a statement while walking to court, Shoemaker offered, “No comment,” at first. He then said, when asked what the people of Highland County might be wondering, ”I will say this is a personal matter.”

He stated that, “Public officials have the right to have personal matters…”

The Fayette County Sheriff is actively engaged in a state-wide manhunt for an escaped prison inmate.

Sheriff Vernon P. Stanforth told Fayette Advocate that his deputies have been provided with a photograph of Spencer Johnson, an escapee who fled from a state prison work detail early Monday afternoon in Madison County.

Johnson, 28, is originally from Washington Court House and was serving a prison sentence stemming from an April conviction of burglary where he used a box cutter to cut his way through a screen and gain entry into a home.

He was on special privileges and was on a “work-duty” program when he fled the area around 2 p.m.

Johnson is 6 foot tall, 200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a tan shirt and tan pants.

“My deputies have been given a photo of Johnson and we’re keeping a keen eye out for him in the event he returns home to Fayette County,” Stanforth said.

Several K-9 units, armed deputies, and an Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter are being used to search the area of I-70 at the 81 mile-marker where Johnson was last seen.

Mark Branham

Paint Creek Fire/EMS, the Highland County Sheriff, Greenfield Police, and the Ohio State Patrol responded to a vehicle crash on Childs St in Greenfield Monday morning.

Witnesses on scene report that they had been watching a tan colored 1999 Ford Explorer drive around the neighborhood for about an hour prior to the crash at a high rate of speed.

At just before 10am they say that the Ford Explorer was traveling west on Blaine St. The vehicle crossed Foraker St., striking and demolishing a split rail fence. It continued across back yards, striking two pine trees. After glancing off the second tree it ran completely through a small outbuilding used as a child’s playhouse, slammed into the side of a house at 1021 Childs St., and then slammed into a parked 1997 Lincoln Continental that was parked at the residence. The Lincoln was pushed approximately 30 feet down the driveway into the middle of Childs St. where both vehicles came to rest.

Joe King, who lives on Foraker St, was visibly shaken when talking about what had just happened.

“I saw him about a half an hour before [the crash] flying around the corner. He was flying! He took out my fence and just missed my car by a few inches!”

Zach Pryor was across the street at his towing business and heard the crash. He says that he could hear the engine racing as he ran towards the crash. As he arrived at the scene he states that he busted out a back window and pulled the driver from the Explorer.
“He was limp. I thought sure he was dead. I just laid him in the ground. I thought for sure he was dead,” Pryor stated.

Heather Russel, a resident at the Childs St. address, said, “I was sitting at my kitchen table when I heard him hit the house. The whole house shook!”

Heavy damage was sustained by both vehicles. There was also damage to the residence at 1021 Childs St and to the child’s playhouse in the back.

An unidentified bystander on scene made the comment that if school had not been in session, that the children could have very well been playing in the playhouse at the time of the accident.

The driver of the vehicle was identified on scene by witnesses as Josh Patterson. He was taken by ambulance to the Greenfield Area Medical Center for evaluation. EMS personnel on scene described his injuries as minor.

The Highland County Sheriff’s office is conducting the investigation and according to deputies at the crash, it appears that drugs were involved. More information will be released as the investigation continues.

Another person has died as a result of a fatal Friday night crash that had already claimed the life of a passenger.

Edward Winkler, 84, Howard, Ohio, has died at Miami Valley Hospital after sustaining serious injuries from a crash that killed his wife.

Fyette County Sheriff Vernon P. Stanforth said Winkler, and his wife, Ruth Winkler, 86, were traveling on old 35 at U.S. 35, near Tanger Outlet Mall, when the car crossed four lanes of the highway shortly before 8 p.m.

The car continued over an embankment hill, jumping a fence, and crashing in a bean field.

The car was on fire when deputies arrived, who pulled two occupants from the burning car.

“My deputy arrived on scene and pulled the male and female from the flames,” said Stanforth.

Ruth Winkler was placed on the ground and was unresponsive. Attempts to revive her were unsuccessful.

“Resuscitation efforts were initiated by Corporal Mike Payton and Deputy Brian Miller,” he said.

“C.P.R. and A.E.D. were deployed unsuccessfully on the passenger, who was pronounced dead at the scene by the Fayette County Coroner’s office.”

Edward Winkler was transported by medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in serious condition and died Monday morning.

Highland County Press

Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward is offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspect(s) involved in the shooting at a Highland County Sheriff’s Deputy on Monday, Aug. 20 near the Pike County/Highland County line.

The suspect vehicle is a dark colored, possibly gray late 1990s or early 2000s Dodge Stratus with a tail light assembly missing on the driver’s side rear of the vehicle. The vehicle may have shotgun round damage on rear of vehicle. Vehicle may have had a temporary paper license plate in the rear deck of vehicle.

The first suspect (driver) is described as a white male in his late 20s. He has a 6’2” tall slender build, wearing glasses short beard/goatee. He was wearing a ball cap, jeans and a long-sleeved dark shirt with sleeves rolled up.

For the description of the second suspect and more information on this story, click here to be redirected to the Highland County Press.

One person was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in downtown. ADVOCATE PHOTO/DEREK MYERS

Police are investigating a hit and run in downtown Washington Court House.

At around 5:20 p.m., authorities responded to the intersection of North Street and Court Street when two males were reportedly walking on the sidewalk and one of them was struck by a passing motorist.

The vehicle fled the scene but dispatchers confirm to Fayette Advocate that a car has been located and the driver is being questioned.

The victim was transported to Fayette County Memorial Hospital and his condition is unknown.

The name of the victim and driver was not immediately released by police.

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Mark Branham

MARK BRANHAM

Fayette County emergency crews were busy Saturday night and into the wee hours of Sunday morning as two serious accidents occurred in the southern part of the county within just a few miles of each other.

At 11:51 pm the Fayette County 911 center received a call of a roll-over crash on State Route 753 south just before Flakes Ford Rd. Crews from Fayette County EMS, Wayne Township Fire, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Rescue, and deputies from the Fayette County Sheriff’s office responded.

According to officials on scene, a white, 1989 Honda Civic, registered in Ross county, was traveling south on State Route 753 and failed to negotiate a right hand curve just before Flakes Ford Rd. The vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway into a deep ditch. It continued, entering and exiting the corner of a cornfield and ending up several yards out into an adjoining soybean field on it’s top.

There were two occupants in the vehicle at the time of the crash. The passenger was ejected from the crash into the soybean field and it was thought that the driver was entrapped in the vehicle. However, according to rescuers, she was able to exit the vehicle under her own power.

Care Flight of Miami Valley in Dayton was originally called to the scene but was diverted to Fayette County Memorial Hospital when it was determined by on scene personnel that there was not a safe landing area near the crash site. Both patients were transported to FCMH by ambulance from the scene.

The Civic was heavily damaged in the crash.

With the investigation still ongoing and crews on scene waiting on the towing service for the vehicle, a second call came in to the Fayette County 911 center.

At forty minutes after midnight the alarm was sounded once again for a serious accident involving a motorcycle in the 6000 block of State Route 41 south of Washington Court House.

MARK BRANHAM

Crews responding immediately from the scene on 753 were Wayne Township Fire, , Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies, and the Sheriff’s rescue unit. Fayette County EMS responded from the hospital.

On scene at the second accident, authorities said that a motorcycle was traveling south on State Route 41 at a high rate of speed when the rider failed to negotiate a curve near 6816 State Route 41. It was reported that the motorcycle struck a guardrail and began sliding and flipping over, crossing the center line, and coming to rest more than 100 feet down the roadway into a ditch on the east side of the road.

Rescue personnel say the lone rider was thrown off the bike as it careened across the road and was found several yards away from the motorcycle in the ditch line.

The impact was so severe that the rider’s shoes and socks were found laying on the roadway not far from where the crash began.

According to rescuers, the man thrown from the motorcycle suffered serious injuries.

Care Flight was again called to the scene. However, once again, according to fire personnel on scene, a safe landing zone could not be established due to darkness and the fields being full of mature crops. Fayette County EMS transported the patient on to Greenfield where the medical helicopter landed safely on the helipad at the fire station.

It was determined at the scene that the rider, Kevin Jones, of Xenia, was not wearing a helmet.

Both accidents are now under investigation by the Fayette County Sheriff’s office. An official report has not been released and no names have been released. Officials on the scene of both accidents stated that they suspect alcohol and speed to be a factor in both accidents.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s office encourages everyone to buckle up, wear proper safety gear, and to drive responsibly.

An aerial shot of the mega-site. Courtesy of Ohio Dept. of Development.

An Ohio-based medical helicopter company will be opening a base in Fayette County.

MedFlight, a not-for-profit air and ground critical care transportation company based in Columbus, has leased land from the county at the “mega-site” along Interstate 71 and 435.

“MedFlight will be bringing a helicopter and ALS (advanced life support) truck with likely 28 jobs,” said Fayette County Commissioner Tony Anderson. “Those positions will be positions at a property at the mega-site that the county just purchased with the remaining jobs-ready grant funds. They will be using it for headquarters and receiving and sending flights in and out.”

The Fayette County Mega-Site, located in Jefferson and Jasper Townships, was selected as a first funding round awardee from the Ohio Department of Development in 2006 during a “jobs-ready” initiative to create jobs. The grant was in the amount of $4,352,468.

The site is located at Interstate 71 and U.S. Route 35, approximately 43 minutes southwest of Columbus. The Mega-Site is within 60 miles of several metropolitan areas. The site also possesses a significant rail service advantage with its access to both Norfolk-Southern and CSX Transportation rail lines via the Indiana and Ohio Central Railway.

Prior to the Job Ready Site grant, challenges at the site were its lack of available infrastructure and utilities. The Job Ready Site grant allowed Fayette County to make significant improvements to the Mega-Site and its 1,500-acre Job Ready Site. The site is controlled, zoned, and under purchase options until 2019. Improvements were made to extend sanitary sewer, water, natural gas, and electric lines to and across site. Rail spur construction into the Job Ready Site is feasible through the adjacent Central Ohio Logistics Center. The improvements opened more than 1,500 acres of flat farmland to large manufacturing development and ensure end-users that Fayette County can accommodate a rapid start-up timeline.

MedFlight completes nearly 7,000 critical care transports by helicopter and Mobile Intensive Care unit each year, according to a representative, and will be leasing the land for 20 years at a rate of $1.

MedFlight helicopter. Courtesy of MedFlight

“A very minimal amount of money that would allow them to be there for 20 years. It is going to be a tremendous safety asset for the traveling public on 71 and a tremendous asset to Jasper and Jefferson Townships,” Anderson said. “We’re just happy that they’re coming. They have worked with Fayette County Memorial Hospital and we greatly appreciate the position the hospital was in when encouraging MedFlight in getting this accomplished. I greatly applaud them for having those conversations.”

MedFlight’s regional network includes helicopter bases in eight different counties (Franklin, Union, Jackson, Coshocton, Crawford, Morgan, Tuscarawas, and Scioto counties), MICU bases in 2 counties (Franklin, and Summit county).

In the first 15 years, the company successfully based six full-time medical helicopter aircraft at six ancillary locations in Ohio . These aircraft and their crews successfully completed over 4,000 patient transports throughout Ohio and neighboring states in 2005 alone.

Beginning in 1997, the company added Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICU) at different locations in Ohio, which are utilized for inter-hospital transport.

The Fayette County base is expected to be operational by the end of this year and will be known as “MedFlight 9.”

The following work is planned in the Fayette County area on the specified dates and times. All work is weather dependent; it may be postponed or cancelled without prior notice:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

Interstate 71- (NEW) - I-71 north will be reduced to two lanes between SR 72 and SR 435 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for pavement work.

ONGOING WORK

Washington-Waterloo Road– Washington-Waterloo Road will close between US 62 and Stuckey Road at 7 a.m. for 19 days.

For traffic east on US 62, you will be detoured to Old Springfield Road to US 22.

Washington-Waterloo Road will be for local traffic only at the intersection of US 62.

Local traffic on Stuckey Road will be detoured to the open portion of Washington-Waterloo Road to Bogus Road to US 22.

Kicking off the month-long efforts of Hunger Action Month, on Sept. 5, Mid-Ohio Foodbank is partnering with local businesses, landmarks, news stations and elected officials to “Go Orange” to raise awareness of hunger in our community.

An initiative sparked by Feeding America in 2008, Hunger Action Month is an opportunity for individuals, charities, organizations, companies and government leaders to engage in hunger relief efforts in Mid-Ohio Foodbank’s 20-county footprint.

To signify support for Hunger Action Month, LeVeque Tower, AEP, Columbus City Hall fountains, and Mid-Ohio Foodbank, among other buildings will be lit orange as well as news reporters, anchors, State Senate and House members will wear orange to help Mid-Ohio Foodbank stand up against hunger.

“Wearing a color to support an important cause may seem small to many,” said Mid-Ohio Foodbank President & CEO Matt Habash. “But going orange for Hunger Action Month empowers community members to take action to end the struggle of hunger to help our communities thrive.”

Mid-Ohio Foodbank has circulated a “30 Ways in 30 Days” calendar that features activities such as donating one’s Facebook status to hunger and writing one’s elected officials. More information can be found at www.midohiofoodbank.org/HAM or by calling 614-274-7770.

Tanger Outlet Center in Jeffersonville, Ohio. (Photo/Tanger Outlet Center)

Pink is a bold color so significant that women everywhere know what it stands for immediately- it stands for hope! This fall, Tanger is offering its shoppers a way to join the fight against breast cancer with its annual PinkSTYLE campaign.

From September 12 through October 25, 2013, the 20th annual Tanger PinkSTYLE Campaign will take place at 41 Tanger Outlet Centers in 26 states and Canada. As part of Tanger’s fundraising efforts, shoppers will be able to purchase $5.00 savings packs of five 25% off a single item Pink Cards. You can also visit tangeroutlets.com where you can purchase $10.00 Pink Style E-Savings pass for unlimited use of 25% savings on a single item at participating stores. Save everyday, anyday, now through October 25. Pink Card proceeds will benefit Fayette County Memorial Hospital Partners in Pink and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.

“Tanger is proud to join with our retail partners and our customers in a team effort to put an end to this terrible disease of breast cancer,” said Steven B. Tanger, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. “Our goal is to help raise funds for critical breast cancer research that will bring forth prevention and ultimately a cure.”

Since 1994, Tanger Outlet Centers nationally has contributed more than $12 million to this important cause through the PinkSTYLE Campaign, 5K races, Pink Partini Events and other breast cancer fundraising events. Across the United States and now in Canada, Tanger will also raise money this year through a variety of other onsite and community activities including but not limited to sponsorships of walks and runs for a cure, early detection demonstration and prevention kiosks, fashion events and more.

In 2013, the American Cancer Society estimates that 232,340 women will hear the words ‘You have breast cancer.’ More than 625 women are diagnosed a day. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. The chance of dying from breast cancer is 1 in 36. At Tanger, we want to see a cure in our LIFETIME. Join us and THINK PINK! You can make a difference when you shop and save during Tanger Outlets PinkSTYLE campaign!

The Washington Country Club is under new ownership and the Bryant family is trying to get the message out that they’re more than a golf course — a public one, at that.

The Club at Quail Run, formerly known as The Washington Country Club, conveniently located along Highland Avenue in Washington Court House, is a beautiful but challenging 9-hole golf course that’s opened to the public.

For many years the green was a private country club where members only could putt their balls, but a local agriculture farming family purchased the course and on-site clubhouse in 2012 with the goal in mind to make a memorable place for locals to hold events, public golf, eat a nice meal, and of course, have a great time.

“The Bryant family wants to make this facility one that everyone can enjoy, not just members,” said Brady Bryant. “We want to have a place where the public can hold events, enjoy golf, have a bite to eat, and make memorable moments to cherish for a lifetime.”

Bryant said that it has been challenging to carry out their goal because of the stigma of the course being members-only for decades.

“Everyone is invited here. There is no membership required, although we have annual golfing subscriptions that one may choose to sign up for.”

The golf course has a deceiving layout that makes you believe that it is an easy course having little to no hills, but the narrow fairway presents a challenge.

“We offer electric golf carts and a full service bar with snacks,” he said. “The price varies from season to season but our 2013 rate is $15 for nine holes and and $25 for eighteen.”

Both include a cart.

Perhaps the least known detail about The Club at Quail Run is that they have a public restaurant, too.

The restaurant, Albert’s, strives to bring our community a place where families can dine in a top-notch five star atmosphere without the five star price.

“Our menu spans from a turkey club sandwich to a 14 ounce, prime cut marbled ribeye, and even blackened salmon,” Bryant said.

What one would pay at McDonalds’ for a value meal, one can purchase and eat on linen with quality service.

Throughout the week, Albert’s features a soup of the day.

Their hours are Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and Thursday and Friday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for dinner.

“During the other times of the day, we offer a full service bar with snacks and alcohol, with appetizers, for those who want a drink during happy hour and a small snack.”

With the interior decorating being done in collaboration and consultation by world renowned fashion designer, talk show host, and local business owner, Bernadette Atkins, The Club at Quail Run is a relaxing place to eat and drink with family and friends, and host your next event.

“We want everyone to know that we are opened to the public and we’re more than just a golf course.”

Check out their website at www.theclubatquailrun.com , and be sure to “like” their Facebook page to be entered in to win a round of golf with cart and dinner for two!

Mark Branham

Greenfield police are on the scene of a meth lab after an anonymous tip of a foul odor led them to 358 Mirabeau St. Apt B.

Police confirm at least a “one-pop” meth lab was discovered at the residence on the corner of 4th and Mirabeau Streets.

Police have one adult male and one juvenile in custody.

Due to the danger in neutralizing these meth labs, police have called for the Paint Creek Fire Department to respond.

More details will be released as they become available.