Dayton Daily News from Dayton, Ohio • 94

J6w 6-H DAYTON OJULV MEWS StfL. Now 26. 94 Weddings Msf Reed Leslie Jean Balog became the bnde of Lewis Bret Reed Saturday in South Park Umted Methodist Church before the Rev Walter Coster. The bride is the laughter of Barbara Batog of Kettering and the late Louts Baiog The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis Reed of Fairborn -r Robertson WeddUg vows were spoken Nov 3 St. Stephen Catholic Caurcr hi Oatf Hxkory, Ten by Kiaberty Kay Webber and Michael George Robertson with the Rev Michael Johnston officiating Parents of Use couple are Mr and Mrs Dot Webber of Mount Juliet. Tena and Mr aad Mrs. Don Robertson of AuburndaJe. Fla.

Lnb Johnson Tonya Adel! Lewis and Thomas Eugene Johnson repealed weeding vows Satirday in Peoples Community CME Church with the Rev Reed conducting the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Lewis of England Avenue The Bridegroom is the son ot Doris Johnson and James Odea, both of Columbus. He is the stepson of Ralph Johnson.

Thorpr Drtro Verona United Methodist Church was the scene Saturday for the wedding of Boot Denis Thorpe and Gary Lee Detro with the Rev Gordon Jones performing the ceremony The bride is the daughter of Vivian Thorpe of uber Heights and Roy Thorpe of Port Charlotte. Fla She is the stepdaughter of Virginia Thorpe. The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs. Dwain Detro of Verona Mrv. Johnson Mr.

Daaford Mrv McCoy Johnson Scott Tie Rev. William Patterson conducted the marriage ceremony Nov 3 in Christ United Methodist Church for Cheryl Lynn Johnson and James Herbert Scott. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs George Aimer of West Carrollton. The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs.

Robert F. Scott of Woodbridge Lane. Frniian Danfoni C- Melanie Hope Fee nun became the bride of Douglas Gteason Danford Saturday at the Dayton Country CIus before the Rev Robert Clarke. Mr. and Mrs.

William Feeman o( Kettering and Mr. and Mrs Gleason Datiford of Beavercreek, are the parents of the couple. Sullivan Nielson The Rev. Joseph Hopkins performed the marriage ceremony Saturday for Susan Lynetie Sullivan and Mark Kenneth Nielson in Wallace Memorial Chapel, Westminster College. New Wilmington, Pa Parents of the couple are Mr and Mrs Cnarles H.

Sullivan Jr. of Pittsburgh, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Nielson of Kettering Schueler Bair Ann Michelle Schueler became the bnde of Richard Curtis Bair Saturday in St.

Paul Episcopal Church before the Rev. Robert Fenwick. The bride is the daughter of Joan A Schueler of Oakwood and Michael Schueler of Cincinnati. The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs. Raymond Bair of Smith Marker First Baptist Church of West Ctr-rollton was the scene Oct.

20 for the wedding of Kristi Diane Smith and William Jay Merker with the Rev. Mark Scroggins officiating The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Roy Smith of West Carrollton. The bridegroom is the son of Shirley Merker of Pensacola Boulevard and William Merker of Revere Drive Flanan Daniel drown Church of Christ in Fort Worth. Texas, was the setting for the wedding of Pamela Sue Flanan- and John Daniels.

The Rev. David Rogers conducted the ceremony Mr. and Mrs Jimmy C. Fla nary of Olen-tangy Drive are the parents of the bride. The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Daniels of Baldwin HsCn Jill Louise Baldwin and Michael McCoy were wed Saturday in St.

Paul United Methodist Church in Defiance Dr. George Hoicombe and the Rev. James Say officiated The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Baldwin of Route 6, Defiance. Mr. and Mrs James McCoy of Dayton ar parents of the bridegroom.

Palter" Alvarez Belmont Church of Christ was the setting Saturday for the wedding of Caron Melissa Patterson and Jose Anionic Alvarez with the Rev. Doug Oakes officiating Parents of the couple are Mr and Mrs. John E. Patterson of Copperas Cove. Texas, and Mr.

and Mrs Jose Alvarez of Chicago Kado Danie Ls The marriage of Susan Beatrice Rado and John Lawrence Daniels took lace Nov. 17 in Riverdale Lutheran Church before the Rev Carl Fischer. Farents of the couple are Mr and Mrs. Louis Rado of Morrow Drive and Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Daniels of Engle-wood Braun Perez Lea Ann Braun and Javier Robert Perez were wed Oct. 27 in the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Braun of Troy, with the Rev.

Thur-man Bailey performing the ceremony The bridegroom is the son of Evelyn Perez of Bridgeport, and Javier Perez of Miami, Fla. lee Toward Susan Lee and David M. Coward exchanged wedding vows Friday in St. Mark Lutheran Church with the Rev Alan Guth officiating Parents of the couple are Mr and Mrs. Robert Lee of Dayton and Mr and Mrs Joseph Coward of Spler.dora.

Texas. Turner Marsh Mamage vows were exchanged Saturday by Danae Ellen Turner and George David Marsh in St. Peter Catholic Church with the Rev. Raymond Meyer performing the ceremony The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert L. Turner of Huber Heights. The bridegroom is the son of Kay Marsh also of Huber Heights, and the late David Marsh. Kindred Rvan The Rev. A.

Dale Tnucott officiated Saturday for the wedding of Lori Sue Kindred and Anthony Edward Ryan in Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. The bride is the daughter of Sue E. Kindred of Loretta Drive and Robert L. Kindred of Trotwood Mr. and Mrs.

John Ryan, also of Trotwood, are the parents of the bridegroom Pohl Floyd The wedding of Michele Airaee Pohl and Brian Scott Floyd took place Oct 13 in St. Michael Episcopal Church. Colorado Springs. Colo. The Rev James Mills performed the ceremon Parents of the couple are Mr.

and Mrs Frederick Pohl of Centerville and Mr and Mrs Raymond H. Floyd of Colorado Springs Hamilton Barrett Marriage vows were repeated Oct. 6 in St. Chrysostom Church by Lynne S. Hamilton and Shaw Barrett HI with the Rev George Hull officiating The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant S.

Hamilton of Wilmette, III. The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs. Henry Barrett II of Chelton-ham Drive. Hurt Dun mm Wedding vows were repeated Nov. by Donna Lynn Hurt and Bryan Douglas Dunkmcn in United Methodist Church.

Union Chapei, Germamown. with the Rev. Clarence Dinnen officiating. The bride is the daughtir of Mr. and Mrs Osa W.

Hurt of Franklin. The bridegroom is the son of Doris J. Mun-sey of Neva Drive and James B. Dunk-man of Florence, Ky. He is 'he stepson, of Marilyn Dunkman and Arlen Munsey.

Taylor Paxson St. John United Church of Christ was the scene Saturday for the marriage of Julia Ann Tay'or and Kevin Boyd Paxson with the Rev. Barry' Kern conducting the ceremony. Dr. and Mrs Vaughn K.

Taylor of Jones Street are the parents of the bride The bridegroom is the son of Avanelle B. Foster of Pinehill Court and the late Frank Paxson He is the stepson of James E. Foster Marsh -Blalock Deborah Lynn Marsh and Thomas Harvey Blalock Ji exchanged wedding vows Saturday in David's United Church of Christ before the Rev. Raymond Meyer. The bride is the daughter of Shirley A.

Marsh of Cosier Drive and William Marsh of Westland. Mich. The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs. Thomas H. Blalock of Mad River Road.

Sammor.s Swindler Grace United Methodist Church was the scene Saturday for the marriage of Susan Leanne Sammons and Scott Alan Swindler with the Rev Robert Woods conducting the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sammons of Woodbury Drive and Mr. and Mrs John T.

Swindler of Wilmington are the parents of the couple. UFO sightings leave witnesses with a 'peaceful ess' quiet, but not anymore. "I'm educated," she said "I have a family, I'm a responsible person, I pay my taxes, 1 work I don't sit home watching soap operas all day. and fabricating things. And I don't fee! afraid of this thing at all.

It just feels reassuring, for some reason. Maybe they're going to save us, who knows? The world is a mess, and maybe they've got some it. I followed it, and then it jusi went and it was gone That fast." She saw it again last March, hovering over a lake near her mother's home She managed to snap four shots with her Minolta, but the prints came out black. She shrugs it off: "I just tell if like it Is If that's what people inte -prel, that I'm a crackpot, then that their problem And, as crazy as it sounds, I would've loved to go aboatd that thing. Get the 25-cenl tour, and get back down again.

You just can't take away what I saw Because I know what I saw. And I know I'll see it again. I just know I will." What she doesn't know is that other witnesses have given strikingly similar accounts to that of Phil Imbrogno concerning ihe events of that winter night. hen hundreds of solid citizens hegin to sound like meditation lurMj something odd is obviously afoot By DICK POLMAN Mwi Sarvtu BREWSTER. N.Y.

Mere nouns define how she felt on that cold winter night when the heavens parted land the implausible appeared. Monique O'Driscoll pu'fed a and rummaged in vain through her vocabulary. "Excitement, "exultation" she spurned tliem all. for they conveyed too little. She is a stranger to imprecision A county bureaucrat for nearly 15 years, she prefers to deal with data that yield truth through rigorous checks and balances.

She finally shrugged and said, "I can understand how people might not believe mc when I talk about seeing (hat UFO It's just like me telling you what the feeling is like having a baby when you've never had one. Because you don't know what the experience is all bout. I know it's not fair to compare having a babv with seeing UFO, but I'm talking about the feeling inside, the whole total exuberant feeling." Irene Lunn, mother of twe and wife of a policeman, doesn't know O'Driscoll, but she echoes her thoughts. "I can't explain it," she said, "but it's a very peaceful, hopeful kind of feeling you get when this thing is around." And Dennis Sant. deputy clerk of rustic Putnam County and a church-going Republican, said, "It's the type of wonderful movement you feel deep within your own being." When hundreds of solid citizens begin to sound like meditation gurus, something odd is obviously afoot.

This, after all, is a place where the Methodist church chimes play The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Yet, in recent weeks, people here have put their credibility on the line A similar UFO from 1973 Phil Imbrogno knows how strange this all sounds. "I can't hardly believe it myself," he said. "But this field of science is at the point right now where it's ready to be accepted in the scientific community. It where astronomy was in the 17th century Vou've still goi the kooks and wackos.

But then there are the responsible citizens who can't be denied." Dennis Sai.t has talked it over with his children. "After the sighting," he said. "I asked them how they felt about what they saw. The thing is, my wife had passed away four months earlier. And children know that Mommy's in heaven; they've had this good feeling that we're all going to see each other some day.

Anyway, each one of them said that, deep inside, they had the same feeling that they had when believing Mommy was home and safe and well in heaven. It was a good feeling. A marvelous feeling." While Monique O'Driscoll pursues her quest for the perfect painting, Irene Dunn is pondering the purchase of modeling clay. "1 can't stop thinking about that thing," she sighed. "I want to get it right.

I want it to come out just right." hrogno. a field investigator for the Illinois-based Center for UFO Studies. "It's changed the consciousness of many of the people there. People with 9-to-5 routines have been taken out of their everyday existence These are people vho, 10 years ago, wouldn't have dared to come forward Initially. Dennis Sant had remained mum.

The Putnam County Republicans were embroiled in a hot campaign last year, and voters might not have been charmed by a party spokesman who sounded like Jules Verne. Besides, he was a political appointee with four r.iouths to feed. But once lawyers and judges and police officers began to go public not to mention pilots and airport meteorologists he figured it was safe to recount the nocturnal events of March 17, 1983 "I was bringing my children home from their youth group at our local church." he recalled. "My property abuts Interstate 84 in Brewster. I noticed above my back yard a large, almost L-shaped object.

It looked like a tractor-trailer parked in the sky. It hovered there for about five minutes From tip to tip it was at least 50 yards, and it didn't make a sound "This area is the holding pattern for three New York airports, and it's in the path of five small local airports, so wc in this community are very aware of what flies over our heads. But this object looked nothing like planes. It looked like nothing I've ever seen." It floated slowly over 1-84, he said, where gaping truck drivers began pulling off the highway; then it moved back to an open field across the road from Sant's home. "I wanted to be underneath it," he said.

"As I got out to the road, all the lights on the object suddenly intensified, illuminating the road as if it was a night football game in a stadium. As it hovered, I could make out dark. smoKy-colored. metallic beams underneath huge, huge beams. I guess I always anticipated being scared by a UFO, but I wasn't.

It was a very warm, very emotional type thing. You almost felt like you were in communication with it. And many nights after that. I'd go out with a cigarette and look at the sky." Before the incident. Sant was a skeptic But now, he says, "you walk up and down these streets and very few people scoff.

They know some- Irene Lunn is not happy with her sketches, made at 2 in the morning a month ago. She says they don't do justice to what she saw floating above her house in the town of Mahopac on the night of Aug. 20, 1983. "It was totally silent." she said, sipping coffee in her spacious kitchen as her 2-year-old child snoozed upstairs. "And it was triangular-shaped, with a huge spotlight in front.

It was wider than my house. Underneath, it was like a metallic dull gray. Definitely solid. There were no wings. And there was not even a tiny hum, nothing.

You could hear the crickets in the yard I would lake a lie-detector test, that's how positive I am." At one time, she would have kept body politic; she works with the Putnam County Board of Supervisors and the county finance department. But she spends much of her spare time trying to paint on canvas what she saw in the sky while driving with her daughter in the town of Kent. She uses fluorescent paint, she said, "in order to capture the brilliance and color. I'm going to do it over and over again until I get it right." On that night in February 1983. she said, "we were coming to a stop sign in a woodsy area 1 looked up, and there were these bright lights, almost like strobe lights.

This thing was moving very slowly; it was almost the size of a football field. We followed it to a reservoir. It was right over me It was boomerang-shaped, and the lights were going in sequence, like on a computer, back and forth It was just floating in the air. this big. humongous thing.

My daughter was trying to get people on the CB radio, but all we could get was static. "And not one sound from this thing. Something that size, if it had an airplane engine, it would shake your windows out. 1 could see the underbelly part. It's solid.

It had metal-type work, like crossbeams. And tubular things hanging down here and there. I was so close. I could've thrown a ball and hit thing unusual is happening. I'd like to know what it is.

We have a wonderful community here Putnam County, northern Westchester County. It's a well-educated community, a money community. The people who've seen it are not wackos. We're professionals. And we have a right to know what's going on." The Federal Aviation Administration insisted that fun-loving pilots were flying small planes in formation, but this answer didn't satisfy the people, numbering 1,000 and nailing from neighboring counties, who packed a Brewster auditorium last August for a symposium on the sightings.

"It's not the pilots," said Irene Lunn, "because I've seen them. The pilots are the pilots. The object is the object." Publicly, the government has no official interest in investigating UFOs, not since its Project Blue Book was shut down 15 years ago. In fact, the policy of debunking citizen witnesses took root as early as 1952, when a CIA panel issued a confidential report on UFOs: "The continued emphasis on the reporting of these phenomena does, in these parlous times, result in a threat to the orderly functioning of the protective organs of the body politic." Monique O'Driscoll is part of the risking derision and caring not a whit. no or it cc Said Bob Pozzuoli of Brewster, vice president of an electronics firm.

"Peo-! pie can ridicule, but I know 1 saw something that 1 can't explain. If it's I not of this world, then I'd jusi like to know where they come from." I For 18 months, astronomer Philip Imbrogno has spent long hours in the steep hills and scenic valleys of Put- I nam County. 40 miles north of New York City, quizzing credible people who recount the incredible. "Never before have this many peo-pie been willing to step forward and talk about these objects," said Im- mem N. 7 6 Mem fat ShJ7u '3 Mondays pale without Cosell to comment warn i 22 A unique gift gallery for him for her.

now inside Stegman unusual and fun items from all over the world at prices you can afford $10.95 to $100 all gift wrapped personalty for you! really is," counters Mike of Beavercreek. Not even the local video experts are united on the impact of Howard Cosell or, western civilization "I'm not sure if his absence has had much of an effect," says Omar Williams, we'l-known dean and sports director of Channel 2. which carries the games locally. "I think it's the game itself that matters. If the teams are bad.

1 don't think Howard can help it. If the teams are good, he can't hinder it. I don't think people would not turn into a football game because Howard Cosell isn't there in a long As the first season without Howard Cosell approaches its climax, the subject of his retirement will continue to stimulate earnest conversations and impassioned analyses wherever thoughtful citizens gather. No one, however, is likely to phrase it as succinctly as Mike of Beavercreek. who leans back in his seat at McGuffey's House of Draft, pushes his cowboy hat a little higher on his forehead and observes: "I didn't like the guy much, but I guess he served a purpose.

People gotta hjve something to bitch about." Channel 7's Mick Hubert is not so sure. "I think his presence is being generally missed Hubert says. 'Tin not a Howard Cosell fan at all, but they're lacking something now. I don't know if there's not enough friction, or not enough drama or what it is But what I'm hearing is that Monday Night Football is not the same without "I don't think the chemistry's there anymore," agrees Channel 22's Tom Michaels. "I think the whole thing kind of misses him He was one of the neatest things to happen to sports fans Continued from Page 1-H "He knows the game," says Ann, "no matter how much of an idiot he might have appeared at the time.

He might not have had a real gut feeling for the game, but he knew those statistics." In Mad River the citizens at McGuffey's House of Hraft are equally divided. "Personally. I liked him," says Jill from Huber Heights. "He always gave you the nitty gritty stuff. You know, the dirt on "He thinks he's a lot better than he 792S PARAGON RD 43S-79O0 I Tu-i Aeo Fn 10S30S.