Thumbs up
to the eight Butler County police agencies that participated in “National Drug Take Back Day” last Saturday and collected hundreds of pounds of expired or unused prescription or over-the-counter drugs from county residents — in an effort to curb the number of unintentional drug overdoses and to keep unused drugs from falling into the wrong hands. Middletown police collected 135 pounds of unwanted drugs — no questions asked — from participants. Thumbs up to the people who responsibly cleaned out their medicine cabinets and to the organizer of the event, the Butler County Coalition for Healthy, Safe and Drug-Free Communities.
Thumbs up and congratulations to Middletown's Atrium Medical Center for being ranked seventh among all 34 hospitals in Greater Cincinnati by U.S. News & World Report recently. Atrium excels in the areas of gynecology, neurology and neurosurgery, and pulmonology, according to the magazine. This report confirms what we already knew about our excellent hospital.
Thumbs up and good luck to Dennis Newell, who revealed this week that he will be leaving Middletown High School where he's been principal for the past 20 years. Newell told his staff that he'll be taking the principal's job at another high school but, as of this writing, hasn't revealed where that will be. We're counting on Superintendent Greg Rasmussen to find the right replacement for Newell at MHS. It's a challenging job and it will take a special educator to take his place.