CINCINNATI (FOX19) – In the throes of the Great Depression, workers with the Works Progress Administration, an agency that put unemployed people to work, created a set of maps intended to show every burial spot for veterans in Hamilton County, from the Revolutionary War through what was then called the World War.

Less than 20 years later, the records were transferred to microfiche, and in the 1970’s, the Hamilton County Recorder’s Office made what could have been a costly decision.  They decided to get rid of the books, not knowing that the printed text would last better than the microfiche, which has been deteriorating, frustrating historians and genealogists for decades.

Wednesday, the original books were unveiled, having survived a series of moves that might have led to their disappearance, if a few people hadn’t sought to preserve them.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - Northminster Presbyterian Church would like to announce that author and speaker Andy Matheson (International Director for Oasis Global) will be preaching at all four worship services at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati on Sunday, May 6. 

Matheson is a gifted speaker who will be presenting a message entitled:  “Seeing people through the lens of Genesis 1”.  The worship service times are:  8 & 10:15 a.m. (traditional services); 9 & 11:30 a.m. (“Crosspoint”, contemporary services).    He will also be speaking that night to high school and college students at Northminster at 7:52 PM on the issue of human trafficking.  For directions or more info, contact Rich Jones at Northminster Presbyterian Church at rjones@nmpchurch.org or call the church office at 513-931-0243.

GLENDALE, OH (FOX19) – The Village Council is now working on balancing the Glendale operating budget for 2013 and beyond.

Administrator Loretta Rokey says 2012 Village revenues are down about $220,000 from 2011.  She says the major causes are property devaluations and loss of state and miscellaneous revenues.  The shortfall may not sound huge compared to some other cities and townships, but Glendale only has about 2100 works out to about $102 per person.  Because of property reassessments, in 2012 the Glendale component of the average property tax bill to residents decreased by about $160/yr.