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Vintage aircraft expected for this weekend’s Barnstorming Carnival 

In Local News on July 9, 2025 at 3:08 pm

Event features Family activities, biplane rides, Car Cruise-in, and food trucks at Springfield Beckley Airport 

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The eleventh annual Barnstorming Carnival will be held at Springfield Beckley Airport on July 12th and 13th . As always, admission is free. 

This unique community event celebrates the planes and pilots that went all over the U.S. in the 1920s and 30s, selling rides and thrilling communities with daredevil stunts. Modern day barnstormers are as unique as their counterparts from 100 years ago, carrying on this tradition and bringing it to the community. 

Jamestown barnstormer and organizer Dewey Davenport has coordinated a fleet of unique aircraft for the two-day event from all parts of the country. More than 40 aircraft – including vintage biplanes, homebuilts and military trainers – are expected to be on display. 

One of the featured aircraft this year is a 1930 D-25 New Standard open cockpit biplane . This type of aircraft in its day — and still by many — is considered the King of the barnstormers. The front cockpit is big enough to fit a family of four! It will be one of the unique biplanes at the event. Fifteen minute biplane rides will be offered at the event for an addition cost. 

Kestrel Warbirds Rides from Dayton, Ohio will be at the event with their WWII AT-6 Texan. They will also offer unique flight experiences for an additional cost 

The Barnstorming Carnival is also excited to announce that food trucks will be onsite both days of the show. A Car Cruise in on Sunday July 13th starts at 11 and goes until 4pm. All types of cars are welcomed. Other activities for families include paper rocket building workshops, paper plate foam gliders, model airplanes demonstrations, RC flight simulators, balloon-tying clown, Face painter, Buck the Magic Cowboy, and many other activities. 

The event starts Saturday morning with a pancake breakfast hosted by the Hustead EMS department ( public is welcomed) and biplane rides at 8:00 am. For more information about the Barnstorming Carnival and biplane rides visit our website at ⁦www.barnstormingcarnival.com⁩ or call Dewey Davenport 937-877-0837 Brittany Jones 937-323-5804, Airport Manager Seth Timmerman 937-459-2193 

MEDIA NOTICE: All media interested in coordinating biplane rides for stories can contact Dewey Davenport at (937)-877-0837.

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Mills Park Hotel in Yellow Springs, Ohio, sold to employee and spouse for $4.5 million

In Local News on April 27, 2022 at 10:48 pm

Yellow Springs, OH – April 27, 2022 – The stylish Mills Park Hotel, located at 321 Xenia Avenue, in downtown Yellow Springs, Ohio, has been sold to an employee and his spouse. Ryan Aubin, the marketing manager for the hotel since 2019, and his husband, Alex Price, have purchased the property and business for approximately $4.5 million. The Dayton couple was one of several parties who made offers when the owners first announced their intent to sell nearly a year ago.


Mills Park Hotel was the project of developer Jim Hammond and his family, who have owned and operated the property from the start. Construction was completed in 2016 and forever changed the look of the small, eclectic, Greene County village. The 28-room, 31,000 square-foot southern-style hotel, with its sprawling front porch and grand foyer, rises three stories and houses a restaurant, gift shop, banquet hall, fitness room, and conference space.

The hotel’s design was modeled after the 19th Century home of William Mills (1814-1879), an early settler who first came to Yellow Springs in 1827. While the original home no longer exists, every attempt was made to incorporate its charm and style into the hotel. Some of the furnishings were even built from trees that grew on the property.

According to Aubin, the community and hotel staff have been very encouraging. “Obviously, there are questions, but everyone has been assured all along that Alex and I do not intend to change anything,” he said. “We just want to build on the great product that the Hammond family started.”

Mills Park Hotel Marketing Director, Ryan Aubin (seated), and his husband Alex Price, are the new owners of the property located in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The couple plans to continue the great service that made the hotel a success since it opened in 2016.

Mills Park Hotel is ranked in the top 2-percent of properties on Hotels.com and Expedia. It is a favorite of destination travelers who want to experience the relaxed, diverse charisma of the village, yet be only footsteps from great outdoor adventures, museums, performing arts, and the Dayton area’s many historic attractions.

Aubin and Price intend to continue to offer a unique experience for guests and keep the hotel a shining star in the community. “We’ve got an amazing staff that cares about how wonderfully our guests are treated,” Aubin said. “We do everything we can to make them feel like they are staying in a presidential suite but with the personal touches of a bed-and-breakfast.”

For reservations or booking information, visit millsparkhotel.com. Media inquiries should be directed to their publicist, Gery Deer at GLD Enterprises Communications, Ltd., (937) 902-4857 or gdeer@gldenterprises.net. Video story available at https://youtu.be/8JI27CBo2Fw.

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Vent maintenance key to dryer fire prevention

In Children and Family, Education, Health, Home Improvement, Local News, Science, Technology, Uncategorized on April 15, 2015 at 5:07 pm

dryer_vent_3_ductzDayton, OH – According to the United States Fire Administration nearly 3,000 clothes dryer fires are reported each year, causing an estimated 5 deaths, 100 injuries and more than $35 million in property damage. Statistics show that the most common cause of those fires (some 34-percent) was failure to keep the traps and dryer vents clean and free of lint.

Many people proceed from the incorrect impression that the dryer’s removable lint trap will protect prevent major lint build up. Dryer lint can blow right past the trap and end up packed around the machine’s internal components and clog the entire length of a vent pipe.

Click to watch the TV interview with Larry Phillips on WDTN-TV2

Click to watch the TV interview with Larry Phillips on WDTN-TV2

Larry Phillips is the owner of DUCTZ of Southeast Miami Valley, a professional duct and vent cleaning service. “The most important reason to have the dryer vent cleaned is safety,” Phillips says. “There are some things you can do to help reduce your risk of a dryer vent fire.”

dryer_vent_2_ductzFirst, Phillips suggests paying close attention to the dryer’s operation. “If you notice that your clothes are taking longer to dry, especially if it’s more than 50 minutes, you should probably have your dryer vent cleaned, or even replaced,” Phillips says.

“Your dryer vent should be made of flexible aluminum and never a PVC pipe or plastic material. Plastic vent pipe materials may add to the fire hazard. Your dryer vent should also vent to the outdoors – never indoors, especially natural gas units. Gases vented during the dryer’s operation can be harmful to people and pets.”

Critters can be cause problems for dryer vents as well. “Outside dryer vents should be free of debris and any louvered cover must be able to open easily. Also, be sure to check the outside vent often, as small animals and birds often see the vent as an ideal place to make a home.”

dryer_vent_1_ductzFinally, Phillips advises to never use duct tape on a dryer vent, but metal foil tape. Most building codes restrict the length of dryer vent pipes to no more than 25 feet. Longer pipes with sharp turns or raised and lowered sections can be of particular concern because lint gets trapped in the elbows and is difficult to detect and remove.

For those who rent a home, Phillips offers this advice. “Ask your landlord what their dryer vent cleaning schedule is. Most landlords are required to have the dryer vent cleaned each year by their local government.”

For more information on dryer vent safety, contact Larry Phillips at DUCTZ of Southeast Miami Valley, (937) 399-8500. Online at http://www.ductz.com/contact-us/location-map/ohio/ductz-of-se-miami-valley/.

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