Mount Pleasant Retirement Village welcomed Mayor Robert Routson, Vice Mayor Anna Hale, City Manager William Brock, Director of Middletown Arts Center, Pat Belisle, Chamber President, Bill Trick and others to the grand opening of the Village's first Art Studio.  A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony took place on January 27 as Executive Director for Mount Pleasant, Stan Kappers welcomed everyone.

Spring Soccer 2010 It's SPRING SOCCER REGISTRATION TIME! Yes, the snow is just starting to
fall, but April will be here before we know it; and, with the large number
of kids who play it takes several months to get things organized and ready
to go.

Registration Information:

• On-line @ www.monroesoccer.net
• In Person

Saturday, January 16 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm @ The Field Sports Arena
Saturday, January 30 - 10:00 am - 2:00 pm @ Monroe Community Room
Lowest Prices around:

• $50 for Instructional Division; $60 for Passers and above; $10 discount

for each additional child in family

For more information check out the website or email:
info@monroesoccer.net.

Click the attachment below for a printable pdf.

submitted by Susan Wise

The Monroe Historical Society held its annual dinner and program on December 13, 2009 at the Mt Pleasant Activity Building. A wonderful dinner was catered by Grecian Delight and Mr. Jim Price presented a very informative program on the history of the 1910 Museum building located at the corner of Main & Elm St. 

Susan Bake of West Chester was announced as the winner of the quilt raffle. She is the daughter of Clarence & Tillie Adams of Monroe. A general meeting was also held that included the election of officers to the Board of Directors. The following members were elected:

President, Norman Hayes

Vice President/Programs, Jane Majors

The 6th grade cheerleaders received a 2nd place in the "Battle in Rocky Top" Cheerleading Competiton in Knoxville, Tennessee. This was the first competition for the squad and was held in conjuction with a football tournament in Knoxville. The football team also attended the girls' competiton and cheered them on. The team is coached by Tracy Yalich with assistant coach Melissa Hammond.

The cheerleaders are (in alphabetical order): Delaney Barker, Kalle Blevins, Kerry Butler, Samantha Callihan, Emily Chasteen, Claudia Fussnecker, Cameron Hammond, Jennifer Horvat, Lauren Johnson, Hannah Lawson, Hanna Long, Sadie Long, Abbey Martin, Paige Ross, Alexa Sibcy, Tarin Yalich.

Front Row: Ashlynn Yarletts, Leah Fugate, Shelby York, Lauryn Dessauer. Second Row: Makenzi Moore, Sophie Sloneker, Katie Sloneker, Jillian Jones, Haley Brabant, Averi Glick. Back Row: Assistant Coach Gary Sloneker, Head Coach Suzanne Sloneker.

Monroe's 3rd girls played in the Thanksgiving Day Basketball Tournament at the Kingdom on November 28th and 29th, coming out on top in the tournament. Congratulations to these fine athletes!

Game Results:

1st Game - Monroe 24, Miamisburg 12

2nd Game - Monroe 23, Lebanon Maroon 21

3rd Game - Springboro White 13, Monroe 12

Championship Game - Monroe 20, Springboro White 13

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The Performing Arts Academy and the Academy of Dance Arts has teamed up to bring The Nutcracker to Monroe. Although Nutcracker is generally told through dance, the addition of spoken word makes this story much more accessible to young children. The cast did a beautiful job.

Showtime is 7 p.m. and tickets are $12.00. Hopefully this will become a new Monroe tradition!

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Fans planning to attend the Monroe/Valleyview games on Saturday, January 30, can also satisfy their appetites while there.

From 2-7 p.m., the Monroe Area Community Foundation will be sponsoring a lasagna dinner in the high school cafeteria.   Adults can purchase either meat or vegetable lasagna for $7.  This includes a salad, breadstick,  dessert,  and drink.  Pizza will be available for children for $4, which also includes potato chips, dessert, and drink. 

In addition, two basketballs will be raffled during half time of the boys varsity game.   One will be signed by them, while the other includes signatures of all girls varsity players.

"Let Heaven and Nature Swing" was a wonderful show of carols and holiday songs in a jazz style at Monroe High School on December 4 and 5. Several local churches came together for a wonderful night under the direction of Larry Daniel. Standing room only on Friday night, packed house on Saturday. The show could be summed up in one word.... WOW.

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