Early site work is shown of the planned Fairborn Middle School, which will be built next to the new Fairborn High School.

I stood next to my 13-year-old as I watched her Novocaine start doing its work. “Watching you on that chair is in a sense worse than being there myself,” I told her. “Shall I hold your hand?” ...

Gery Deer is a Greene County resident and columnist. He can be reached at www.gldcommunications.com.