All systems go for July 4 parade
By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com
The 2021 Fairborn Festival Committee, front row (left to right) Ellen Farthing, Ellen Brunson, Connie Newman, Co-chair Linda Hall, Co-chair Jamie Brauer, and Amanda Majors. Back row (left to right) Fred Pumroy, Mike Foy, Bill Titley, Tony Babiarz, April Van Dyne, Kara Willis, and Paul Newman Sr.
FAIRBORN The Fairborn Fourth of July parade and block party is back on for this year. The Fairborn Festival Committee has begun its preliminary planning to bring the weekend events back in style for 2021.
The annual Fairborn block party will take place from 2-10 p.m. Saturday, July 3 on Main Street. A variety of vendors will be offering food and specialty items, with registration for those slots opening later this year. Opening ceremonies are tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m., hosted by the American Legion Dignam-Whitmore Post 526, and the Fairborn Civic Band will follow up with some patriotic tunes. The com
Law School In Memoriam 2020
As we reflect on this year, we want to remember those we lost from the law school family in 2020. If you know of any other law alumni who passed away this year but are not on the list, please email Jordan Burgess at jburgess1@udayton.edu.
Robert Dodson 86
Robert Jeff Dodson, 59, of Evansville, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital.
Jeff was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania on December 10, 1960 to Robert Allen and Jeane (Stevens) Dodson. He graduated from North High School in 1979. Jeff earned a bachelor s degree from Indiana University in 1983 and went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the University of Dayton in 1986. While at IU, Jeff was the president of his fraternity, Indiana Beta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. In 1986, following his graduation from the University of Dayton, Jeff married Candice Garnett, the love of his life. Jeff was a well respected attorney and owned his own firm, Dodson Law and Titl