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Terry Jacobs. Photo provided.

Four new board members, Terry S. Jacobs, Chris Wunnenberg, James L. Jaeger and Melinda Zemper have joined the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester.

“We’re happy to have such dedicated new talent on the board and look forward to continuing to make great progress in developing the museum,” said Ken Rieser, museum board president.

Jacobs is chairman and CEO of The JFP Group, LLC, a real estate development company, and chairman emeritus and founder of Jamos Capital, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in alternative investment strategies. He is founder and former CEO of radio station holding companies Jacor Communications and Regent Communications, and is chairman of the board for Adelante Media Group, LLC, a privately held radio and TV company specializing in Spanish language programming.

Chris Wunnenberg. Photo provided.

Wunnenberg is development director of Schumacher Dugan Construction, LLC, where he has worked for the last 36 years. Wunnenberg is a 24-year West Chester resident and is vice-chairman and central committee member of the Butler County Republican Party.

Jaeger is a mechanical engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Cincinnati Microwave, manufacturer of the Escort Radar Warning Receiver. He has worked for Motorola Corp. and R. L. Drake Co., where he was system designer on the TR-7 HF Amateur Radio transceiver. He has been an amateur radio operator since 1964.

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Jim Jaeger. Photo provided.

Zemper is president of Oak Tree Communications, a West Chester publicity and media relations company. A former educator at Miami University, Zemper has lived in West Chester for 24 years.

Other museum board members include Rieser, Mark Hecquet, Patti Alderson, Clyde Haehnle, Jeffrey P. Monroe, Gary West, Clifford Perry, Greg M. Stevens, Mike Martini, Susan Redman-Rengstorf, Bob White and Dave Snyder.

The board is implementing a docent program and is seeking volunteers to learn about the museums and help lead tours. Those wishing to join the VOA Museum docent family can contact Dave Snyder at DavidSnyde@aol.com.

Melinda Zemper. Photo provided.

The National VOA Museum of Broadcasting consists of exhibits featuring the Voice of America at the VOA-Bethany station; Media Heritage’s Greater Cincinnati Museum of Broadcast History; the Gray History of Wireless Museum; and the West Chester Amateur Radio Assn.

For more information about VOA museums, go to www.voamuseum.org.

The museum is located at 8070 Tylersville Road in West Chester.

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Prior to the West Township Board of Trustees meeting tonight, March 22, Mark Hecquet of the Executive Board of Directors for the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting made a presentation on the current progress in the development of the museum.

Hecquet reasoned that the board was dealing with limited resources and didn’t have the time, due to the board being exclusively volunteers, or the ability to raise the funds necessary to complete the museum.

To deal with the board’s issues, Hecquet requested that the West Chester Township Board of Trustees to approve the hiring of a project manger/fundraiser/curator. Hecquet and the museum’s board was seeking $100,000 per year for three years to fulfill the request.

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“Like so many communities we are stuck between a rock and a hard place,” Trustee Catherine Stoker said. “At this time I absolutely cannot commit to adding another person to our payroll.”

Stoker estimated that the township is expecting to lose $5 million annually in lost revenue due to upcoming state and property tax cuts.

“No doubt we will be losing $3 to $5 million in revenue sources, but we need to invest in this facility now,” Trustee George Lang said. “This place is either going to be successful or not successful.

“I would hate to think about the tax burden in five to 10 years if this not successful.” (more…)

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The West Chester ▪ Liberty Chamber Alliance will honor ten women during its Women of Excellence Dinner and Gala Friday, Nov. 19 at 6:00 p.m. at the Cincinnati Marriott North in Union Centre. The event will honor women, who have enhanced business, education, culture and philanthropy in the community and in the surrounding region.

The honored women include Umama Alam (Principal for the International Academy of Cincinnati), Deborah Brenneman (law partner at Thompson Hine LLP), Brenda Frazier (Vice President-Commercial Lender for First Financial Bank in West Chester), Sarah Healey (senior at Badin High School), Susan Hendel (real estate agent), Chris Xell Lyons (board member of the Butler County Alcohol Drug Addiction Services), Darlene Mack (founder and CEO of HR Partners, International), Candice DeClark Peace (shareholder with Clark Schaefer Hackett), Dorothy Roth (heads Friends of the West Chester Library) and Catherine Stoker (West Chester Township Trustee).

WCPO’s Deb Silverman will serve as the emcee and Patti Alderson, CEO and board chair of the Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty, will be the keynote speaker.

A portion of the evening’s proceeds will fund woman’s scholarships for post secondary education.

For tickets or more information, visit www.TheChamberAlliance.com or call 513-777-3600.

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The West Chester ▪ Liberty Chamber Alliance will honor ten women during its Women of Excellence Dinner and Gala Nov. 19 at the Cincinnati Marriott North in Union Centre. The event will honor women, who have enhanced business, education, culture and philanthropy in the community and in the surrounding region.

The honored women include Umama Alam (Principal for the International Academy of Cincinnati), Deborah Brenneman (law partner at Thompson Hine LLP), Brenda Frazier (Vice President-Commercial Lender for First Financial Bank in West Chester), Sarah Healey (senior at Badin High School), Susan Hendel (real estate agent), Chris Xell Lyons (board member of the Butler County Alcohol Drug Addiction Services), Darlene Mack (founder and CEO of HR Partners, International), Candice DeClark Peace (shareholder with Clark Schaefer Hackett), Dorothy Roth (heads Friends of the West Chester Library) and Catherine Stoker (West Chester Township Trustee).

WCPO’s Deb Silverman will serve as the emcee and Patti Alderson, CEO and board chair of the Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty, will be the keynote speaker.

A portion of the evening’s proceeds will fund women’s scholarships for post secondary education.

For tickets or more information, visit www.TheChamberAlliance.com or call 513-777-3600.

Posted in: Events, Recreational events |

Tags: Tags: Brenda Frazier, Candy DeClark Peace, Catherine Stoker, Chamber, Chris Xell Lyon, Darlene Mack, Deb Silverman, Deborah Brenneman, Dorothy Roth, Patti Alderson, Sarah Healey, Susan Hendel, Umama Alam, West Chester Liberty Chamber Alliance, Women of Excellence