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November 16,  2023    CHS Member Awards

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PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 10, 2021 AS

 LAWRENCE E. SHAD DAY IN COLERAIN TOWNSHIP

Be It Proclaimed by the Township Trustees Colerain Township, that:

WHEREAS, Lawrence E. Shad, better known as Larry, served in the U.S. Airforce from  1951 to 1955, during the Korean War; and

WHEREAS, Larry was a Civil Engineer and worked as a Surveyor for 40 years, performing numerous surveys in Colerain Township subdivisions; and

WHEREAS, Larry has been very active in the Colerain Township community, serving as a Volunteer Fireman of the Dunlap Fire Department for 27 years, the Colerain Township Land Use Committee for 4 years, and the Hamilton County Rural Zoning Committee for 5 years; and 

WHEREAS, Larry joined the Coleraine Historical Society in 1994, serving as president and holding numerous other offices. In 2019, Larry was instrumental in moving, restoring, and preserving the Toll House in Heritage Park AND where a Flood Pole monument was erected; and

WHEREAS, We congratulate Larry today on his 89^th birthday. We thank and commend him for 70 years of service to Colerain Township. Larry is truly a beacon in our community, and we are proud to honor Larry and devote this day to him.

Be it Proclaimed that the Colerain Township Board of Trustees does hereby recognize August 10, 2021 as Lawrence E. Shad Day in Colerain Township.     

Adopted the10th day August 2021

Trustee Raj Rajogopal               Trustee Dan Unger           Trustee Matt Wahlert

Fiscal Officer Jeff Baker

 JOE FLICKINGER  publishes second book

CHS Member JOE FLICKINGER is a teacher at Northwest High School in Colerain Township.  He currently teaches AP European History and World History to grades 9-12.

Published in 2010, his first book focused on Green Township. "A Bicentennial History of

Green Township; Uncovering a Jewel in the Crown of the Queen City".

For Joe’s second book published in 2018, he worked extensively with CHS President Mary Burdett to find many of the pictures featured in his book. The new book is

 "A History of Colerain Township: From Frontier Wilderness to Suburban Sprawl".

Both books are available from Heritage Books, Amazon, or CHS Museum.

On July 6, 2018 Joe was on live at WMKV-FM (89.3) for their program called the "Book Show", hosted by Mike Martini and Kevin Grace.  They discussed local histories, the problems and issues these books have, and the work that the local historical societies do that makes these books possible. 

Here is a link to the digital recording they did of the show (FYI, it is 46 minutes long): 

https://ice7.securenetsystems.net/media/WMKVFM/ondemand/Book%20Show%20for%20July%206th%202018.m4a?ts=20180710183702