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SenatorFredStrahorn5thDistrict
August,2010
AboutYourSenatorFredStrahornwasappointedtotheOhio
Senateon
March
31,
2009
to
represent
the5thSenateDistrict.Hewasap
pointedtocompletetheunexpiredterm
ofStateSenatorTomRoberts,whoac
ceptedanappointmentfromOhioGov
ernorTedStricklandtoserveontheOhio
CivilRightsCommission.
Hepreviouslywasservingasthevice
presidentofgovernmentalaffairsforthe
OhioUnitedWay.Hesignedontothe
OhioUnitedWayatthebeginningof
2009,afterservingeightyearsinthe
OhioHouseofRepresentativesasa
memberfromtheDayton,Ohioarea.
StateSenatorFredStrahorn(D40thHouseDistrict)endedhistimeintheHouseastheMinorityWhipinthe127th
GeneralAssembly.HeservedfourtermsintheOhioHouseofRepresentatives.Herepresentedthecommunitiesof
Trotwood,HarrisonTownship,partsofHuberHeights,RiversideandDayton.
Mr.StrahorngraduatedfromtheOhioStateUniversityin1989withaBachelorofArtsdegreeinAviationManage
ment.
Aftergraduation,hemovedtoDayton,Ohiowhereheworkedinafamilybusiness,managingresidentialrentalprop
erties.In1994,heobtainedhislicensetosellrealestateandworkedasarealtorwithCentury21TransAmandthen
ColdwellBankerHeritage.
HeservedaspresidentoftheCongressionalAdvisoryCounciltoCongressmanTonyHallfortwoyears,andisafor
mermemberoftheSouthwestDaytonBusinessAssociationandtheDaytonAreaBoardofRealtors.
In1997,FredStrahornbecameinvolvedinpublicserviceprofessionally.HewasemployedasaLegislativeAideto
StateRepresentativeTomRobertsfrom19971999andStateSenatorMarkMalloryfrom19992000,afterwhichhe
waselectedinNovember2000torepresentthe39thHouseDistrict(whichwaslaterredistrictedintothe40thDistrict).
Hehasastronginterestingainingexperienceininternationalaffairs.In1999,hewaspartofaRotaryInternational
GroupStudyExchangetoSweden,livingwithfamiliesandinteractingwithhisprofessionalcounterpartsinSweden
aswellastheprofessionalcounterpartsofothermembersoftheexchange.In2005,heparticipatedwiththeAmeri
canCouncilofYoungPoliticalLeadersinapoliticalexchangetoIndia,wherehewasabletomeetwithindividuals
fromvariouselementsofthepoliticalspectruminIndia,fromelectedofficialstocivilservantstopartyleadership.
HisinterestsareEducation,HealthcareandInternationalAffairs.
FredStrahornsgreatestjoyinlifeishisdaughter,MorganAllisonStrahorn.
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ANotefromSenatorStrahornIhopemyfirstenewsletterfindsyousafeandwell,
enjoyingthesummer. Iwillperiodicallysendtheseout
tokeepyouuptodateonmyactivitiesaroundthedis
trictandprovideyouwithimportantinformationand
newsfrom
our
States
capital.
Ifyouknowotherswhowouldliketoreceivemye
newsletters,pleasesendarequestto:
[email protected]
Pleasedonthesitatetocontactmyofficewithany
questionsorconcernsyoumayhave.
Sincerely,
FredStrahorn
StateSenator,5thDistrict
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TheWestMiltonLowDam
Recently,familiesfromtheVillageofWestMiltonhaveexpressedconcernsregardingtheproposedremovalofthe
WestMiltonLowDam.
TheWestMiltonLowDamisownedbytheVillageofWestMilton.
TheVillageofWestMiltonwantsthedamtobe
removed,whilemanyofthefamiliessurroundingthedamdonotsupporttheproposedremoval.
Thefirstmeeting
regardingthisissuewasheldonJune9,2010.
SenatorStrahornwasinattendancefortheJunemeetingandthesecondmeeting,heldonJuly14.
AttheJuly14
meeting,SenatorStrahornjoinedlocalstakeholders,StateRepresentativeRichardAdams,SuperintendentDr.Ginny
Rammel,membersoftheOhioDepartmentofNaturalResources,andCityManagerTonyHowardtoaddressthe
communitysquestions
and
concerns
regarding
the
dam.
SenatorStrahorniscommittedtofindingasolutiontotheWestMiltonLowDamissueandhasencouragesthose
withquestionsorconcernstocalloremailDamienHardy,hislegislativeaideattheOhioStatehouse
Damienmaybereachedat6144666247
Email:[email protected]
ImportantGrantFundingProjectsApproved
ForMiami
&
Montgomery
Counties
SenatorStrahornispleasedtoannouncethefollowingprojectsinMiamiandMontgomeryCountieswererecently
approvedforgrantfunding:
TheOhioControllingBoardapprovedthereleaseof$199,903.00fromlineitemC19501,CleanOhioAssistance,
totheCityofPiquaforaPhaseIIEnvironmentalAssessmentonthePiquaMemorialHospitalpropertyinPiqua,
MiamiCounty.
MoreonCleanOhiohere: http://clean.ohio.gov/
TheOhio
Controlling
Board
approved
the
release
of
aThomas
Edison
Program
grant
in
the
amount
of
$325,000.00toDaytonMiamiValleyEntrepreneursCenter,Inc.,inDayton,MontgomeryCounty,tosupportthe
EdisonIncubatorServices.
MoreontheEntrepreneursCenterhere: http://www.tecdayton.com/
TheOhioControllingBoardapprovedthereleaseofaThomasEdisonProgramgrantintheamountof
$1,000,000.00toEdisonMaterialsTechnologyCenter,Inc.,inDayton,MontgomeryCounty,tosupporttheEdi
sonTechnologyandIndustryCenterservices.
MoreontheEdisonMaterialsTechnologyCenterhere:
http://www.emtec.org/
TheOhioControllingBoardapprovedthereleaseofaThirdFrontierResearchandDevelopmentFundgrantin
theamountof$500,000.00totheUniversityofDaytoninDayton,MontgomeryCounty,tosupporttheWrightProjectsProgram,HybridFabricsforMultifunctionalCompositesproject.
MoreonOhioThirdFrontierhere:
http://thirdfrontier.com/Default.htm
TheOhioControllingBoardprovideslegislativeoversightovercertaincapitalandoperatingexpendituresbystate
agenciesandhasapprovalauthorityovervariousotherstatefiscalactivities.
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