Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 9:05PM EDT until March 22 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Southern Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 930 PM EDT.
* At 905 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of Fort Recovery to near Union City to 6 miles southwest of Winchester, moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include... Greenville, Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, St. Henry, Newport, Union City, Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery, Ansonia, Webster, Wabash, Wayne Lakes, Russia, Gettysburg, Osgood, and Chickasaw.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 9:09PM EDT until March 22 at 9:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Champaign County in west central Ohio... Logan County in west central Ohio... Western Union County in central Ohio... Hardin County in west central Ohio... Central Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Miami County in west central Ohio...
* Until 945 PM EDT.
* At 909 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Alger to near Piqua, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Sidney, Piqua, Bellefontaine, Urbana, Wapakoneta, Kenton, Fort Shawnee, St. Paris, Cridersville, West Liberty, Mechanicsburg, Anna, North Lewisburg, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, Botkins, Lakeview, and Alger.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 79 and 118.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 9:07PM EDT until March 22 at 9:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

At 906 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ada to near Sidney, moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
Locations impacted include... Sidney, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Fort Shawnee, New Bremen, Minster, Newport, Cridersville, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells Point, Botkins, Lakeview, New Knoxville, Waynesfield, Chippewa Park, Hardin, Moulton, and Quincy.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 90 and 118.

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Elections staff faces scrutiny

By William Kincaid

The accountability of Mercer County Board of Elections Director Lynn Wylds and Deputy Director Denise Fullenkamp was questioned Monday afternoon.

Board of elections member Toni Slusser requested the payroll cards and a year's worth of absence of leave forms for Wylds and Fullenkamp prior to the board going into an executive session at the end of the regular meeting.

Slusser said there should not have been any compensation hours filed by Wylds or Fullenkamp as they are both salaried employees.

Board members also questioned the absence of leave policy in the office. Apparently Wylds and Fullenkamp had been responsible for approving leave times for office employees, including themselves.

When asked about the exact nature of the executive session, Slusser cited all of the possibilities under personnel - the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, compensation of a public employee or official or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee.

No action was taken after the hour and a half executive session, but board members will reconvene at 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to Slusser. Most of that meeting also will be held in executive session, she said.

Slusser, who just last month was appointed to the board of elections, formerly was director and deputy director of the Mercer elections office (1997-2004) and after that worked for the Secretary of State's office for three years.

Late in July after holding two special meetings that included six hours of executive sessions, board members decided to add a time clock for the elections office staff and to pay the entire staff on an hourly basis. Both Wylds and Fullenkamp were salaried employees prior to getting the time clock.

"These were just routine matters," temporary board Chairman Owen Hall had said after the July meeting. "No, there are no problems - just routine. Other offices in the courthouse have time clocks and we thought it would be a good thing to have."

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