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Jane Kist and MarvinCarter both like gettingUnion Township’s quarterlynewsletter mailed to theirrespective homes, eventhough it is posted on thetownship’s website.

Carter supports a moveby some township trusteesto discontinue the homemailings to save money.

“I like that little paper,but if you can save the mon-ey, I can find out the infor-mation from somethingelse,” Carter said.

Kist said many peopleread the newsletter andsome of them do not usecomputers.

“I think canceling wouldbe so wrong, as they are apart of our community,” Kistsaid.

Kist and Carter’s opinionsmirror a split regarding theissue on the Union TownshipBoard of Trustees in Cler-mont County.

Board Chairman JohnMcGraw and board ViceChairman Lloyd Acres wantto stop mailing the newslet-ter, but make exceptions forresidents who want to getthe newsletter sent to theirhomes.

Trustee Matt Beamerwants to continue mailingthe newsletter, but allow res-idents to opt out of the pro-gram.

When Union Townshiptrustees were consideringthe approval of a list of pur-chase orders at their Jan. 8meeting, McGraw made amotion to exclude some$46,500-worth of costs forprinting and mailing news-letter this year.

The newsletter is onlineatwww.union-township.oh.us.

“Times have changed andthere’s no reason why wecan’t change with them andtake advantage of savingsome money,” McGraw said.

Acres joined McGraw invoting to remove the cost ofthe newsletter from the listof purchase orders, whileBeamer objected.

When the trustees wereconsidering the approval ofa list of purchase orders attheir Jan. 22 meeting, Beam-

er made a mo-tion “in the in-terest of trans-parency andopen govern-ment” to add toa list of pur-chase orders$46,500 for thenewsletter.

“I believe that continuingto mail these out is the onlyway to get the news out to thepeople, so everyone’s in-formed,” Beamer said.

“The average downloadsfrom the report we receivedrecently was not sufficientto me: between 81 and 265downloads an issue.

“I don’t think people aregoing to take the time to dothat,” Beamer said.

“Maybe at some point andtime in the future ... they willwant to go that route then optout of it and as some do thatand more do that in the fu-ture, we will realize that sav-ings over time.”

Beamer’s motion died forlack of a second.

Union Township Admin-istrator Ken Geis recentlyannounced that the townshipended 2014 with more than$10 million in the generalfund, despite the fact that ithas lost more than $2.5 mil-lion in state funds.

“(McGraw and Acres)need to focus on other waysto cut costs,” Kist said.

“Union Township is nothurting.”

McGraw has said thattrustees are interested inhearing what residents haveto say about no longer mail-ing the newsletter to homes.

He also trustees may bewilling to continue sponsor-ing community concerts ifbusinesses agree to paysome of the costs.

Jan. 8, McGraw andAcres voted not to approve apurchase order of some$19,500 for upcoming con-certs.

Beamer again objected,but Acres said the concertswere not attracting enoughpeople to justify the cost.

Kist also opposes disman-tling the concert program.

“Many cannot afford en-tertainment and this is a plusfor them,” Kist said.

“I agree with Mr. Beamer,we built an amphitheater solet’s use it.”

Want to know more about whatis happening in Union Township?Follow me on Twitter @jeanne-houck..

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Posting newsonline could save $46,500By Jeanne [email protected]

The Clermont County Cham-ber of Commerce is seekingvolunteers to help imple-

ment a community driven, 10-yearplan to guide future growth, targetresources and build on everythingthat’s great about the county.

At a luncheon Jan. 16 at HolidayInn & Suites in Eastgate, Matt VanSant, the Chamber’s president/CEO, urged community leaders tobecome part of the initiative fromthe Clermont County ChamberFoundation and the LEAD Cler-mont Alumni Association by join-ing one of seven work teams focus-ing on economic opportunity,transportation, parks nature andrecreation, community, lifelonglearning, health and wellness andhousing.

Teams will start addressing theplan’s 23 goals this winter.

During the next 12 months to 14months, deadlines will be set to acton the plan’s recommendationswhich are based on four core val-ues: balancing growth and devel-opment with a rural, small townfeel, making Clermont County agreat place for every phase of life,being productive citizens and com-munity members and preservingand promoting the county’s histor-ic and natural assets.

Details on tasks and timelinesfor putting the 23 goals into actioncan be found on the “Clermont forthe Future” website, www.cler-montagenda.org.

Roy Williams, president andCEO of the Greater Oklahoma CityChamber of Commerce, told Cler-mont County leaders that his com-munity transformed itself from a

depressed area in the early 1990s toa city that now has the third fastestper capita growth rate in the U.S.by investing in projects to improveresidents’ quality of life – every-thing from new infrastructure andrecreational amenities to the reno-vation of aging schools and addi-tion of new technology.

During the past 16 years, Okla-homa City has seen $3.1 billion inpublic investment and $5 billion inprivate investment, Williams said.The community also has another 10years of public stimulus either on-going or planned.

If there’s a lesson to be learnedfrom Oklahoma City’s progress,it’s to focus on issues that improveClermont County’s quality of lifeand to “think big,” Van Sant said.

The “Clermont Agenda for theFuture” is the first update in about25 years of a plan focusing on eco-nomic development and quality oflife issues in Clermont County. Inearly 1991, a similar document, theClermont 2001 report, was re-leased.

Cyndy Wright, an employee ofPark National Bank in Eastgate,saw some of the projects that Wil-liams discussed when she visitedOklahoma City in 2006. She predic-ted Clermont County will realizesimilar progress with its actionplan.

“I think we’re on the verge ofmaking some real history again,”Wright said of the Clermont Agen-da for the Future. “History wasmade in 2001, and now we’re readyto revitalize and take it to the nextlevel.”

Want to know what’s happening inClermont County? Follow me on Twitter@CindyLSchroeder.

Clermont seeksvolunteers to enactits 10-year Agendafor the FutureBy Cindy [email protected]

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING

BATAVIA TOWNSHIPAdministrator Rex Parsons,

cq the other co-chair of thetransportation team, said he’slooking forward to enactingthe Agenda for the Future, asthe plan holds “an incredibleamount of value” for his town-ship, as well as the county.

“We’ve got some sites thatare available for growth anddevelopment now in a con-trolled manner, which is exact-ly how the community shouldproceed,” Parsons said. Headded those involved in help-ing create the Agenda for theFuture plan to get the wordout about the plan throughpresentations to variousgroups.

CLERMONT COLLEGE“What they’ve done is pro-

vide a vision,” said JeffreyBauer cq of the University ofCincinnati’s Clermont College.“My hope is that it developsinto a plan. I think the planreally hasn’t been fleshed outyet.”

Bauer, a professor of man-agement and marketing andchair of the Business, Law andTechnology Department at UCClermont College, said hewould have liked to haveheard more discussion of theAgenda for the Future at itsJan. 16 release.

However, Bauer, who signedup for a group studying amarketing and branding strat-egy for Clermont County, saidhe’s pleased that the plan’ssupporters are promoting acommunity driven plan, asopposed to “a top downapproach.”

PIERCE TOWNSHIP"Pierce Township embraces

Agenda For The Future as aroadmap for our future,”Administrator and formerSupervisor of Clermont CountyPlanning Department TimHershner said. “Volunteersthroughout Clermont need totake an active roll serving onone of the seven workingteams to implement this planand drive growth.”

UNION TOWNSHIP“I am impressed that so

many community leaders areparticipating on this project,”said John McGraw, chairmanof the Union Township Boardof Trustees.

“We need more cooperationand communication from alltownships and cities in Cler-mont County.

“This initiative will helpidentify areas where we canhelp each other and how as agroup we can attract the bestpossible firms and develop-ments for Clermont County,”McGraw said.

“This collaborative will helpus build upon our strengthsand identify weaknesses.Clermont County has a lot ofamenities to offer new resi-dents and we need to promotethat.”

- Reporters Jeanne Houck, CindySchroeder, Forrest Sellers and SheilaVilvens contributed

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Roy Williams, president & chief executive officer of the Greater Oklahoma CityChamber of Commerce, addressed Clermont County business, political andeducational leaders Friday, as that southwestern Ohio county embarks on its10-yeqr "Agenda for the Future."

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UNION TWP. — The WestClermont Local SchoolDistrict has an open houseto discuss the new WestClermont High School.Both Amelia and GlenEste high schools will beconsolidated.

Additionally, the cur-rent Amelia High Schooland Middle School will berenovated into a new mid-dle school for grades six

through eight.The open house in

which SuperintendentKeith Kline, TreasurerAlana Cropper and mem-bers of the school boardwill participate will befrom 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Monday, Feb. 9, at theUnion Township CivicCenter, 4350 AicholtzRoad. It will precede theregular school boardmeeting, which will startat 7 p.m.

The plan to build a newhigh school was an-nounced during the Jan. 5school board meeting.

Kline said an agree-ment with Union Town-ship will provide tax in-crement financing for

construction of the newhigh school, which will belocated at Clough Pike andBach-Buxton Road.

TIF is an economic de-velopment mechanismavailable to local govern-ments in Ohio to financepublic infrastructure im-provements and, in cer-tain circumstances, resi-dential rehabilitation.

As part of the agree-ment with Union Town-ship, the township willpay a minimum of $60 mil-lion to $65 million throughTIF monies. Any addition-al balance not paid for via

TIF monies will comefrom the district’s perma-nent improvement fund.

Kline said no taxpayermoney would be requiredto pay for construction ofthe new high school.

School officials will beavailable to answer ques-tions during the openhouse and will also clarifyhow the TIF funding willbe used.

“It is important to notethe district has known foryears that the highschools are in need of up-grades,” district spokes-woman Debbie Alberico

said.Alberico said audits

prepared by the state hadindicated this need, butthat funding was notavailable.

“This particular agree-ment (with the township)allows the district to com-ply with the audit,” shesaid.

A recent study con-ducted by the Ohio Facil-ities Construction Com-mission indicated a ma-jority of the buildings inthe district were in needof either renovation or re-construction.

Throughout Januaryand February, Kline willmeet with elementaryschool PTOs and the Per-forming Arts Boosters.For information on specif-ic meeting times and loca-tions, visit the school web-site atwww.westcler.k12.oh.us/.

The new high schooland middle school are ex-pected to open by the2017-2018 school year.

West Clermont to have open house on facility plansBy Forrest [email protected]

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West Clermont Local School District officials discuss a plan to build a new high school using TIFfunding provided by Union Township during a January meeting. School officials will participatein an open house to further discuss the plan Feb. 9.

With its populationnow exceeding 200,000,Clermont County is on itsway to being designatedan Urban County in the2015 Community Devel-opment Block Grant Pro-gram, significantly in-creasing the value ofgrants the county is eligi-ble for.

To prepare for this, thecounty must submit afive-year consolidatedplan to the U.S. Depart-ment of Housing and Ur-ban Development, and isseeking input from resi-dents as it develops theplan, said Andrew Kuch-ta, director of the Depart-ment of Community andEconomic Development.

Residents and local of-ficials are asked to con-tribute information onthe availability of afford-able housing; resourcesfor substance abusers,the chronically homelessand homeless youth; sen-ior services and centers;services for the disabled;youth and child care ser-vices; fire stations; healthfacilities; parks and recfacilities; sidewalks; andpublic transportation ser-vices, among others.

To gather input thecounty has scheduledopen houses for:

» 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Feb. 4, Union TownshipCivic Center, 4350 Ai-choltz Road;

» 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.Feb. 5, Clermont CountyPublic Library, 4450 GlenEste-Withamsville Road.

Those who cannot at-tend are invited to take anonline survey (www.cler-montcountyohio.biz).

CDBG funds, adminis-tered through HUD, areone of the oldest blockgrant programs in theUnited States, and areprimarily focused on af-fordable housing, infra-structure and other com-munity needs. Previous-ly, CDBG funds in Cler-mont County, which infiscal year 2014 were$432,000, were funneledthrough the state. As anUrban County, Clermont

County will now get thefunds directly fromHUD.

In 2014, CDBG fundswere approved for sever-al projects includingClermont County HealthDistrict Septic Rehabili-tation Program, $150,000;the Village of Williams-burg South Fifth StreetSidewalk Improvementproject, $64,000, andClermont CommunityServices for repairs tothe parking lot at theJames Sauls HomelessShelter, $55,000.

For more information,contact grant coordina-tor Annette Decatur, [email protected], 513-732-7125.

Open houses scheduled Feb. 4-5 toget input on Clermont’s CDBG plan

tions for 2015-2016.LOOK to Clermont is a

4-H youth developmentprogram, operated byOhio State University Ex-tension Clermont Countyand UC Clermont College,for high school juniors andseniors. Participants de-velop personal and teamleadership skills, whileearning post-secondaryenrollment option (PSEO)credit.

Each month partici-pants meet for a themeday focusing on topicssuch as government, histo-ry and safety, all with em-phasis on Clermont Coun-ty. Additionally, each par-ticipant practices leader-ship skills through groupprojects.

In order to participatein LOOK to Clermont, theparticipant must be a highschool junior or senior go-ing into the 2015-16 schoolyear who resides in Cler-mont County and has a sin-cere willingness to servethe community; partici-pated in school or commu-

nity activities; minimumof 3.0 GPA (juniors) or 3.5GPA (seniors); parentalpermission and support; aPSEO eligible class load;access to his/her owntransportation.

If interested, pleasecontact your high schoolguidance counselor. Infor-mation packets have beensent to each high schooland vocational school inthe county. If you are a pri-vate school or home schoolstudent, please contactClermont Extension at513-732-7070. Applicationsare due by Feb. 27. Moreinformation can be foundat clermont.osu.edu.

Clermont Chamberannual meeting

The Clermont Cham-ber Annual Meeting andSmall Business Develop-ment Center ExcellenceAwards Luncheon is 11:30a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb.6, at Holiday Inn & SuitesCincinnati East. RetiredChairman/CEO of the

CorrectionRich Riebel has served

on the Pierce TownshipBoard of Trustees since2012. This date was incor-rectly identified in theJan. 28 “Briefly” sectionof the Community Journal.

LOOK to Clermontacceptingapplications

LOOK to ClermontYouth Development Pro-gram is accepting applica-

Procter & Gamble JohnPepper will be the keynotespeaker.

Pepper will be speak-ing about the importanceof early childhood educa-tion and how we can worktogether as a nation to givechildren the best chance ata good education possible.He will present a solutionto the problem, advocatewhy we should act deci-sively and encourage busi-nesses to join ReadyNa-tion, a business member-ship that supports execu-tives to speak topolicymakers and themedia about improvingthe economy through ef-fective investments in thechildren and youth of to-day.

To register, visit atwww.clermontchamber-.com or call 513-576-5000.

Individual memberregistration $55, individ-ual non-member registra-tion $75, table sponsor,$700. Registration re-quired.

BRIEFLY

THANKS TO KRISTA ROSE

The 2014-2015 class visited President Grant's birthplace in Point Pleasant as part of LOOK toClermont's county tour in October 2014.

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COMMUNITYJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Batavia Middle School» A team of local students

from Batavia Middle Schoolwon the prestigious, regionalFuture City competition in Co-lumbus.

By winning the regionalcompetition, Batavia’s teamwill advance to the nationalcompetition in Washington,D.C., beginning Feb. 14.

Future City (futurecity.org/)is a national engineering com-petition for grades six to eight.For several months prior to theregional competition, the stu-dents work with an educatorand a volunteer mentor to de-sign and build a virtual citymade of recycled materials. Inaddition to the actual modelcity, the team must also re-search and write an essay, de-sign a computer simulation,prepare a narrative and presenttheir work before a panel ofjudges. The demands of thecompetition are impressive andfor the second year in a row, ateam from Batavia MiddleSchool won the regional compe-tition.

Batavia’s winning team is ledby educator Mary Bradburnand is comprised of eighth-grade Gifted Language Artsstudents. Batavia students aremost fortunate to have LauraMichalske, a chemical engineerwith Procter & Gamble, as theirteam mentor. Together thiscombined effort has produced ahuge victory for a local school.

The school is working onfundraiser opportunities tohelp ensure that all participat-ing students can attend the na-tional competition next month.Fifty percent of the studentpopulation at Batavia MiddleSchool is on free and reducedlunch, so in order to ensure thatall team members get to Wash-ington, D.C., these fundraiserswill have to be quite successfulin a very short period of time.

For more information, con-tact Mary Bradburn at BataviaMiddle School 513-732-2343 orLynda Higgins at 513-324-4009.

The students of CEC Southare pleased to announce thatthey have received nationalrecognition for their involve-ment in the Piggy Bank Projectsponsored by www.world-changers.org.

CEC South houses four edu-cation programs for studentswith disabilities including so-cial communication class-rooms, the REAL program, analternative classroom and theGenesis School.

The students worked to de-sign and build a paper machepig that will be used to raisemoney for St. Jude Children’sHospital in Memphis. St. Jude’shas played a pivotal role inworking to treat and cure child-hood cancer.

The challenge to build thisextra-large piggy bank, camefrom The World Changer’s or-ganization which was foundedin the summer of 2014 throughShowpig.com. The group of stu-dents known as the World

Changers built a paper machepig that has traveled around theUnited States raising moneyand awareness for St. Jude.World Changers then chal-lenged other organizations tobuild their own pig and use thisas a tool to raise money for thecause. The groups that create apig will then enter to win a$5000 prize from the WorldChanger’s organization.

CEC South’s Who-Dey Hogreceived third place for theirefforts in the nationwide com-petition. They were also theonly team from Ohio to receivean award.

CEC South students workeddiligently to complete their pigthat is 5 feet tall, 5 feet long and4 feet wide. The students thenpainted the pig with a Cincin-nati Bengals’ theme which theychose to name “The Who-DeyHog.” The Who-Dey Hog trav-eled to various businesses,churches and civic organiza-tions to raise awareness and

monetary donations that weregiven to St. Jude Children’s hos-pital.

The students raised$1,262.50 with their one week offundraising efforts. This mon-ey has been donated to St. JudeChildren’s Hospital. St. Jude’shas played a pivotal role inworking to treat and cure child-hood cancer.

For information on how tohost the Who-Dey Hog at yourplace of business and join in thecontinued effort to raise fundsfor St. Jude Children’s Hospital,contact CEC South at 513-724-8555.

UC Clermont» UC Clermont College will

be able to transform the Com-munity Garden with the sup-port of a $9,000 Duke Energygrant that the college received.

The UC Clermont Communi-ty Garden has donated approxi-mately 6,350 pounds of fresh

vegetables over a four-year pe-riod to the local communityfood banks and agencies includ-ing: James Sauls Shelter, YW-CA, Anderson Senior SupportCommission, ThomastonWoods, YMCA, Felicity FoodPantry, Goshen Township andOSU Extension.

The grant will help trans-form the existing CommunityGarden into a Field Service Sta-tion. This will serve two impor-tant functions: first, to dramat-ically increase the yield forneedy members in our regionand second to better utilize thespace as a true functional out-door classroom.

“Duke Energy is committedto supporting the communitiesthat we serve. In this case, as weare helping to create learningopportunities as well as a moresustainable community.Through the educational com-ponent, we know the knowledgelearned can help cultivate inter-est in building our future work-force – this is a win-win for us,”said Warren Walker, districtmanager, Community and Gov-ernment Relations at Duke En-ergy.

“This will increase our stu-dents’ agricultural and biology

knowledge base as we hold en-tire classes on site. It would alsoallow for more community vol-unteers and k-12 students toparticipate in experientiallearning at the garden,” asso-ciate biology professor KristaClark said.

The Duke Energy Grant willalso fund access to city water.Several droughts over the lasttwo years severely limited theyield for those seasons. We arealso installing a greenhousethat has limited solar electric.Running electrical lines willonce again increase the FieldService Station’s ability to beused as a functioning class-room.

West Clermont Schools» West Clermont School Dis-

trict teachers spent Jan. 16 hon-ing their skills to better servestudents and parents.

The Hamilton County Edu-cational Service Center staffpresented, “Visible Learningand Teaching,” to teachers andadministrators.

According to John Hattie,professor of education and di-rector of the Visible LearningLabs, University of Auckland,New Zealand, visible learningand teaching occurs whenteachers see learning throughthe eyes of students, and helpsthem become better learners.

Throughout this school year,West Clermont teachers are fo-cusing on three components ofvisible learning and teaching:

Feedback: Teacher’s seekfeedback about their effective-ness. Students seek feedbackabout their learning.

Teacher clarity: Teachershelp students understand therelationships between topicsand make lessons relevant tostudent’s life experiences.

Student ownership of learn-ing: Teachers require studentsto do things that demand think-ing, and that make connectionsto many topics.

After lunch, teachers en-gaged in grade specific subjectarea reviews, and high schoolcourse work in English, Lan-guage arts, algebra 1, geometryand math.

Renita Heideman, HamiltonCounty Educational ServiceCenter media specialist, facili-tated technology training forhigh school science, social stud-ies, PE/health, art, music, dra-ma, and grades eight to 12 Span-ish.

Throughout the entire day,teachers discussed ways bywhich they might integrate thethree components listed above,into their classroom curricu-lum.

» Glen Este High School stu-dents earned top scores on thethe American Legion Ameri-canism test.

Each student pictured re-ceived $100 awards for havingthe highest test score in theirgrade level locally, and in Cler-mont County. Dylan Huston re-ceived $150 for having the high-est score in the American Le-gion District as well as locallyand in Clermont County.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

PROVIDED

Glen Este High School students who took the American Legion Americanism test, from left: front, Megan Ginn,Sarah Robison and Maggie Vine; middle, Dylan Hutson, John Martino, Adler Elliott-Rosenberger; back, Glen EstePrincipal Bob Walker, America Legion Post 72 Commander Ron Hartman, America Legion Americanism TestChairperson Ron Gleason and Glen Este social studies teacher James Beshalske.

PROVIDED

Withamsville-Tobasco second-grade teachers Tina Reno and Gail Borcherswork on Visible Learning and Literacy Framework as presented by LisaCampbell of the Hamilton County Educational Service Center.

THANKS TO TARA KEITH

Michelle Cox, assistant director ofClermont Regions, and her son,Donovan, smile with the Bengal Pig.

AwardsUniversity of Findlay - Jasmine Gibson was

awarded the Emerson and Laura PeltonScholarship.

Dean’s Lists» Campbellsville University - Hugo Enrique

Larrazabal.» Hanover College - Erin Hancock, Tricia

Walsh, Lindsay Beasley, Anna Cornacchione,Christina Davidson, Mathew Grau.

» Miami University - Lindsey N. Berning,Tara L Bramble, Cheyanne L. Chausmer, DylanT. Gerding, Brandon J. Line, Samantha N.Maupin, Stone B. Oliver, Danielle K. Schaefer,Madeline N. Scott, Rachel E. Tracy, Cameron

D. Vaske, Alexander E. White.» Morehead State University - Kaylee

Mentzel, Randall Roof, Sarah Holman, Maris-sa Walls, Anna Kennedy, Lindsey Smith, FaithWilliams.

» University of the Cumberlands - MichaelCarr, Wesley Hale, Jacob Ratliff.

» University of Dayton - Jeffrey Archer,Travis Britton, Michele Cabell, Julie Cowan,Rachel Ecker, Kyra Hayes, Theresa Isemann,Jared Martin, Corrie Sheshull, Andrew Sor-rels, Hannah Taylor.

» University of Kentucky - Anna MariePieper, Bailey Anne Schultz, Batavia, Eliza-beth Ann Slone.

» Wilmington College - Ethan W. Rudd,Heather L. Jones.

» Wittenberg University - Victor Glasgo,Jeffrey Hurley, Kristina Fultz, Jessica Naza-reth.

Graduates» University of the Cumberlands - Michael

Carr, Tracey Dick.» Wilmington College - Heather Yvonne

Hess.

President’s Lists» Miami University - Sarah Becker, Kaitlyn

M. Click, Christian M. Coppoletti, Katelyn N.Meece, William D. West, Connor J. Wilkinson.

» University of the Cumberlands - MichaelCarr.

COLLEGE CORNER

MOUNT NOTREDAME HIGH SCHOOL

The following CommunityJournal-area students haveearned honors for the firstquarter of 2014-2015.

FreshmenFirst honors - Miranda

Kopcha and Sydney Thacker.

SophomoresFirst honors - Abigail

WitterSecond honors - Julia

Desrosiers, Taylor Fox, Janae

Gerwe and Kaitlin Gray.

JuniorsFirst honors - Megan

GriffinSecond honors - Faith

Benner, Lauren Bishop andHolly Reinert.

SeniorsFirst honors - Isabella

HerronSecond honors - Cassidy

Carstens, Megan Desrosiersand Natalie Eckels.

MOUNT NOTRE DAMEHONOR ROLLS

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THURSDAY, FEB. 5Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,6300 Price Road, Miami Townshiparea photographic artist JacksonSawyer displays selections of hisphotography. 677-7600. Love-land.

Exercise ClassesStrength & Balance, 9-9:45 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center,4350 Aicholtz Road, Variety ofexercises designed to increasemuscular strength, range ofmovement and activity for dailyliving skills. Call for pricing.Through Feb. 26. 947-7333.Union Township.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 6:15-7:15 p.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,930 Lila Ave., Spinning Studio.Keiser M3 indoor bike withmagnetic resistance. Ages 18 andup. $10. Registration recom-mended. 831-0006; www.mia-miathleticclub.org. Milford.

Strength & Balance, 1-1:45 p.m.,Crossings of Amelia, 58 AmeliaOlive Branch Road, Move tomusic through variety of exer-cises designed to increase muscu-lar strength, range of movementand activities for daily living. Forseniors. Call for pricing. Present-ed by SilverSneakers Flex. 478-6783. Amelia.

Aqua Zumba with KC, 1-1:45p.m., Comfort Inn, 4421 AicholtzRoad, Pool Room. All levelswelcome. Bring water shoes andtowel. Ages 18 and up. $5. Pre-sented by Zumba with KC. 240-5180. Eastgate.

SilverSneakers Senior Stretch,2:30-3:15 p.m., SEM Laurels, 203Mound Ave., Free. Presented bySilverSneakers Flex. 478-6783.Milford.

Milford Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30a.m., Milford Jazzercise, 1147Main St., Each 60 minute work-out blends dance and muscletoning movements choreo-graphed to today’s hottest music.Ages 18 and up. $38 per month.Presented by Jazzercise Milford.227-3343; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.

Health / WellnessOpen House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions AndersonOffice, 7689 Beechmont Ave.,Free hearing test and evaluation.For Ages 50 and up. Reservationsrequired. Presented by HearingSolutions by Ellis-Scott & Asso-ciates. 777-9100. AndersonTownship.

Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion, 1:30 p.m.,Milford-Miami Township BranchLibrary, 1099 Ohio 131, Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 248-0700;www.clermontlibrary.org. Mil-ford.

Literary - LibrariesVolunteers of the Milford-Miami Twp. Library Meeting,10:30 a.m., Milford-Miami Town-ship Branch Library, 1099 Ohio131, Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 248-0700;www.clermontlibrary.org. Mil-ford.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11 a.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road,Share cup of coffee or tea whilecounting birds. Free. 831-1711.Union Township.

School Program VolunteerOrientation, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road,Orientation session to observeschool group in action and learnbasics of school program. Dressto hike and pack lunch. Ages 21and up. Free. Registration re-quired. 831-1711; www.cincynatu-re.org. Union Township.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, 1596Ohio 131, Fish sandwiches, chick-en fingers or shrimp dinners.Dinners include french fries andhomemade coleslaw. Carry-outavailable. $6-$6.50. Presented byLadies Auxiliary Dennis JohnsonVFW Post 6562. Through Jan. 8.575-2102. Milford.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Senior Stretch,

9 a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, 4350 Aicholtz Road,Complete series of seated andstanding yoga poses. Restorativebreathing exercises and finalrelaxation promote stress reduc-tion and mental clarity. Call forpricing. Presented by SilverSneak-ers Flex. 947-7333. Union Town-ship.

Milford Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30a.m., Milford Jazzercise, $38 permonth. 227-3343; www.jazzerci-se.com. Milford.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11 a.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at RoweWoods, Free. 831-1711. UnionTownship.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resurrec-tion, 1950 Nagel Road, Learnage-old technique of waxingUkrainian eggs. Bring six un-cooked eggs. $15. Registrationrequired. Through March 28.713-3541; www.lcresurrectio-n.org. Anderson Township.

Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Clubs & OrganizationsDECA Mattress Sale Fundrais-er, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., MilfordHigh School, 1 Eagles Way,Cafeteria. Brand new, namebrand mattress sets 30-50 percentoff retail. All sizes, price ranges,delivery and free layaway avail-able. Benefits Milford DECA.Free. 576-2249. Miami Township.

Exercise ClassesSpinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 8:45-9:45 a.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,$10. Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org. Milford.


Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m., Amer-ican Legion Post 72, 497 Old Ohio74, Free. Presented by CBBProduction. 528-9909. MountCarmel.

NatureMaple on Tap, 3-7 p.m., Cincin-nati Nature Center at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road,Taste Mt. Carmel’s Maple Doppel-bock seasonal beer along withadditional Mt. Carmel favorites.Self-guided hike to discoverprocess of making maple syrup.Sample syrup and learn howMaple Doppelbock beer wasmade. Ages 21 and up. $30.Reservations required. 831-1711;www.cincynature.org. UnionTownship.

PetsPuppy Social, noon to 1 p.m., AllCreatures Animal Hospital, 1894Ohio Pike, Puppies socialize withother pups under supervision ofprofessional trainers at indoorfacility. Free. Through March 7.797-7397; www.all-crea-tures.com. Amelia.

SUNDAY, FEB. 8Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Exercise ClassesMilford Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30a.m., Milford Jazzercise, $38 permonth. 227-3343; www.jazzerci-se.com. Milford.

On Stage - TheaterCat on a Hot Tin Roof, 2 p.m.,Anderson High School, $10.Reservations required. 232-2772;www.andersontheatre.com.Anderson Township.

MONDAY, FEB. 9Exercise ClassesStrength & Balance, 9-9:45 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center, Callfor pricing. 947-7333. UnionTownship.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 6:15-7:15p.m., Miami Athletic Club &Wellness Center, $10. Registrationrecommended. 831-0006;www.miamiathleticclub.org.Milford.

Strength & Balance, 2-2:45 p.m.,Crossings of Amelia, Call forpricing. 478-6783. Amelia.

Milford Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30

a.m., Milford Jazzercise, $38 permonth. 227-3343; www.jazzerci-se.com. Milford.

Literary - Book ClubsBookends, 1 p.m., New RichmondBranch Library, 103 River ValleyBlvd., Free. 553-0570. NewRichmond.

Book Discussion, 1 p.m., BethelBranch Library, 611 W. Plane St.,Copies of book available forcheckout. 734-2619. Bethel.

Book Discussion Group, 1 p.m.,Bethel Branch Library, 611 W.Plane St., Free. Presented byClermont County Public Library.734-2619; www.clermontlibra-ry.org. Bethel.

Bookends Book Discussion, 1p.m., New Richmond BranchLibrary, 103 River Valley Blvd.,Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 553-0570;www.clermontlibrary.org. NewRichmond.

Literary - LibrariesRiver City Writer’s Group,6-7:45 p.m., New RichmondBranch Library, 103 River ValleyBlvd., Participants freely sharetheir writing endeavors, generateideas, hone their craft andnetwork with fellow writers inarea. Free. 553-0570. New Rich-mond.

Preschool Storytime, 10-11 a.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Enjoybooks, songs, activities, crafts andmore, while building early litera-cy skills. For preschoolers andtheir caregivers. Ages 3-6. Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

Learn about Maple Syrup, 6-7p.m., Amelia Branch Library, 58Maple St., Learn where it comesfrom, how it’s made and enjoysamples. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 752-5580.Amelia.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Exercise Classesaqua ZUMBA, 1-1:45 p.m., Com-fort Inn, 4421 Aicholtz Road, $5.Presented by Zumba with KC.Through Dec. 27. 240-5180.Eastgate.


Tai Chi Workshop, 11 a.m. tonoon, Yum’s Cincinnati HwaRang Do, 3603 Church St., In-troduction to ancient art ofrelaxation, meditation andenergy building. $15 per class or$69 for six weeks. 760-5986;www.cincyhrd.com. Newtown.

Literary - Book ClubsSecond Tuesday Book Club, 2p.m., Williamsburg BranchLibrary, 594 Main St., Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 724-1070. Wil-liamsburg.

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Storytime, 2-3 p.m.,Bethel Branch Library, 611 W.Plane St., Free. Presented byClermont County Public Library.734-2619. Bethel.

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 7 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 72, 497 Old Ohio 74,$1-$15. 528-9909; www.stuart-glugibuhl.com. Mount Carmel.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Business ClassesT.A.L.K. Toastmasters of Mil-ford, 7-8:30 p.m., St. AndrewParish Center, 560 Main St.,Discover how membership inToastmasters will improve yourspeaking skills, increase yourthinking power and build yourself-confidence. Meets first andthird Wednesdays of everymonth. Free. Presented by Mil-ford T.A.L.K. Toastmasters.Through April 1. 378-7654;2289.toastmastersclubs.org.Milford.

Dining EventsWAVE Free Community Dinner,6 p.m., Milford First UnitedMethodist Church, 541 Main St.,Part of Wednesdays Are VeryExtraordinary event. Free; dona-tions accepted. 831-5500;www.milfordfirstumc.org. Mil-ford.



Literary - Book ClubsSecond Wednesday BookDiscussion Group, 2 p.m., DorisWood Branch Library, 180 S.Third St., Free. Presented by

Clermont County Public Library.732-2128; www.clermontlibra-ry.org. Batavia.

Check It Out Book Discussion,1:30 p.m., Goshen Branch Library,6678 Ohio 132, Free. Presentedby Clermont County PublicLibrary. 722-1221; www.clermon-tlibrary.org. Goshen.

Literary - LibrariesToddler Playdate, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Meet new friends and socializethrough unstructured play. Toysprovided. For ages 18 months-4years. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

Teen Movie Club, 3:30 p.m.,Bethel Branch Library, 611 W.Plane St., Free. Presented byClermont County Public Library.734-2619. Bethel.

Literary - Story TimesBaby Story Time, 10 a.m., UnionTownship Branch Library, 4450Glen Este-Withamsville Road,Ages 18 months and under. Free.Registration required. 528-1744.Union Township.

Toddlertime, 10:30 a.m., BethelBranch Library, 611 W. Plane St.,Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 734-2619.Bethel.

Toddlertime, 10:30 a.m., Milford-Miami Township Branch Library,1099 Ohio 131, Stories, songs andactivities to promote early litera-cy. For ages 18 months-3 years.Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 248-0700.Milford.

Preschool Storytime, 11:30 a.m.,Milford-Miami Township BranchLibrary, 1099 Ohio 131, Stories,songs and activities to promoteearly literacy. Ages 3-6. Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 248-0700. Milford.

Storytime, 10:30 a.m., NewRichmond Branch Library, 103River Valley Blvd., Attendees ages0-6 invited with parent or care-giver for stories, songs and more.Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 553-0570.New Richmond.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Exercise ClassesStrength & Balance, 9-9:45 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center, Callfor pricing. 947-7333. UnionTownship.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 6:15-7:15 p.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,$10. Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org. Milford.


Aqua Zumba with KC, 1-1:45p.m., Comfort Inn, $5. 240-5180.Eastgate.

SilverSneakers Senior Stretch,2:30-3:15 p.m., SEM Laurels, Free.478-6783. Milford.


Literary - LibrariesTeen Writing Club, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, For teenwriters interested in meetingother teen writers or looking forfeedback from others. Ages12-17. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11 a.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at RoweWoods, Free. 831-1711. UnionTownship.

FRIDAY, FEB. 13Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, $6-$6.50. 575-2102. Milford.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Senior Stretch,9 a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 947-7333.Union Township.


NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11 a.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at Rowe

Woods, Free. 831-1711. UnionTownship.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.



Holiday - Valentine’s DaySweetheart Ball, 6:15-9:30 p.m.,Faith Christian FellowshipChurch, 6800 School St., Spaghet-ti dinner, snacks, dancing anddoor prizes. Babysitting available(to age 9). Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration recommended.Presented by tek’non YouthMinistries. 474-2303. Newtown.

Valentine’s Rockin with A-440Band, 5-11 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 72, 497 Old Ohio 74,Dinner by Chef Jason Robb 5-9p.m. $5. 528-9909. Mount Car-mel.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m., Amer-ican Legion Post 72, Free. 528-9909. Mount Carmel.

Music - R&BBasic Truth, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,Traci’s Sports Lounge and Grill,784 Loveland-Miamiville Road,Free. 697-8111. Loveland.

NatureMaple Syrup Open House, 11a.m., Pattison Park, 2228 U.S. 50,Visit sugar shack and discoverhow maple syrup is made. Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPark District. 876-9013; www.cler-montparks.org. Owensville.

Bird Walk, 8-10 a.m., CincinnatiNature Center at Rowe Woods,4949 Tealtown Road, Enjoywinter, dress for weather andbring binoculars for two-hourstroll checking out winter birds.Ages 18 and up. Free, non-members pay daily admission.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

Ohio Young Birder’s Club, 9a.m. to noon, Cincinnati NatureCenter at Rowe Woods, 4949Tealtown Road, Youth-focusedbirding group. Hosted by CNCvolunteer Brian Herriott. Ages12-18. Join for $10. 831-1711;www.cincynature.org. UnionTownship.

SUNDAY, FEB. 15Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Exercise ClassesMilford Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30a.m., Milford Jazzercise, $38 permonth. 227-3343; www.jazzerci-se.com. Milford.

Music - Concert SeriesConcerts at Krippendorf, 2 p.m.Featuring Adagio Trio: harp,flute, cello., Cincinnati NatureCenter at Rowe Woods, 4949Tealtown Road, $12, $10 mem-bers. Reservations required.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

NatureMaple Syrup Making andGuided Sap Collecting Hikes,noon to 4 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at Rowe Woods, 4949Tealtown Road, Experienceprocess of producing liquid goldfrom maple sap. Family friendly.Free, nonmembers pay dailyadmission. 831-1711; www.cincy-nature.org. Union Township.

MONDAY, FEB. 16Exercise ClassesStrength & Balance, 9-9:45 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center, Callfor pricing. 947-7333. UnionTownship.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 6:15-7:15p.m., Miami Athletic Club &Wellness Center, $10. Registrationrecommended. 831-0006;www.miamiathleticclub.org.Milford.



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FEBRUARY 4, 2015 • COMMUNITY JOURNAL • A5NEWS

Whenever the grandkidsspend the night, I let them“color” their bath water with abit of food coloring.

Emerson, 2-1/2, usuallychooses blue, yellow andgreen. Her sister, Eva, 6, likes

pink and red. Iguess that’s whyI was low on redfood coloringwhen I got outthe ingredientsfor the red vel-vet cake recipeI’m sharing forValentine’s Day.To be on the safeside, I bought 2boxes, one forme in the kitch-

en, and one for the kids in thebath.

Don’t forget those in yourcircle of family and friendswho could use a bit of cheeringup this Valentine’s Day. Buy abox of kids’ Valentines.They’re less expensive thansingle cards and bring joy toValentines of all ages.

Red velvet cake fromscratch

When I see a recipe likethis, I wonder how it was everdeveloped. Red velvet cake is a“happy” cake - the vivid colormakes me smile. The cocoagives a hint of chocolate. Yes,you do need a whole bottle ofred food coloring. There arerecipes I’ve seen that use beetsas a natural coloring agent.This recipe has to have foodcoloring. But heck, it’s onlyonce a year…

2-1/2 cups all purpose flour1/2 cup unsweetened co-

coa powder1 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt2 sticks butter, softened (1

cup)2 cups sugar4 large eggs, room temper-

ature1 cup regular sour cream1/2 cup milk - 2% or regular1 oz bottle red food col-

oring2-1/2 teaspoons vanillaPreheat oven to 350.Grease and flour two 9-inch

round cake pans. This meansgreasing the pan and thensprinkling it lightly with flour,then tapping excess out. Or usebaking spray with flour.

Whisk together, sift or pushthrough a sieve the flour, cocoapowder, baking soda and salt.Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar onmedium speed 5 minutes oruntil light and fluffy. Beat in

eggs, one at a time so that theyincorporate well. Mix in sourcream, milk, food color andvanilla.

Gradually beat in flour mix-ture on low until blended.Don’t overbeat. Pour into pans.

Bake 35-40 minutes or untiltoothpick inserted in centercomes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 minutes. Re-move from pans; cool on wirerack before frosting.

Tip from Rita’s kitchen Put eggs in liquid measur-

ing cup with spout. They willbe easy to pour out one at atime.

Buttercream frosting

I like a thick frosting so Iusually double the recipe.

The left over buttercreamcan be frozen for a couple ofmonths.

1 stick butter (1/2 cup),softened

4-1/2 confectioners sugar,sifted or pushed through asieve if necessary to removelumps

2 teaspoons vanilla4-6 tablespoons milk or bit

more if neededBeat butter until creamy

and then beat in sugar, vanillaand enough milk to desiredconsistency. Makes 3 cups.

Cream cheese frosting

Beat together until fluffy:8 oz cream cheese, soft-

ened4-6 tablespoons butter,

softened4 cups confectioners sugar

or bit more if necessary1 tablespoon vanilla

Anne’s red velvetcupcakes and red velvetcake from a mix

Check out these on my siteAbouteating.com.

Lemon blueberry syrupFor Hank, who asked me to

share this recipe when I men-tioned it during a workshop.Hank picks blueberries inseason and then freezes them.This would be nice over waf-fles or pancakes. Note therange in sugar. Dependingupon the sweetness of the ber-ries, you may need more, orless. For restricted diets, use asugar and butter substitute.

1/2 stick butter (4 table-spoons)

1/2 to 1 cup sugar2 generous cups blueber-

ries, fresh or frozen2-3 tablespoons fresh lem-

on juice1 tablespoon cornstarchPlace butter, sugar and

berries in pan. Cook over medi-um heat for 5 minutes, or untilberries pop. Combine lemonjuice and cornstarch and stirinto sauce.

Cook until thickened, about3-5 minutes. Makes about 3cups. Store in refrigerator.Warm before serving.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Red velvet cake makes Valentine’s Day sweeter

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Scratch-made red velvet cake is the perfect accompaniment to Valentine’s Day.

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A publication of

Jan. 28 questionWhat do you think about Presi-

dent Obama's proposal to pay fortwo years of community college,effectively expanding school toK-14 by taxing 529 college sav-ings plans?

“Community colleges are avaluable part of our education-al system, and provide an im-portant option for many stu-dents and families. However,$60 billion is not free, and end-ing benefits to middle class 529college savings plans to pay forit is counterproductive and anadded tax on millions of fam-ilies. President Obama is doinga disservice to our studentswhose generation is already onthe receiving end of a growing$18 trillion debt.”

U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup

“I am very much against it.The main reason is the taxing ofthe 529 college savings plans.When we started saving for col-lege for our children we weretold that the benefit of using the529 was that it would not betaxed, so that was a very largeselling point in us making thedecision to use it as an invest-ment vehicle to help pay for col-lege.

“To now change that aspect,has the bait and switch feel to it.Although many will say that529s are something that areused by the wealthy, we are avery middle class family with

both parents working full time,and are no means wealthy. Sothe taxing of the 529 is very dis-advantageous to us.

“I am all for expansion ofeducation for all, but in thiscase it seems that the middleclass will take the hardest hit.Also, since the working poorand the middle class do nothave the money necessary to in-fluence the political system, itis easy for the government toset policies that make them car-ry the load while those withmoney to sway the politicallandscape will continuallymake sure that no policy ispassed that is in any way disad-vantageous to them financially,either in the short or longterm.”

C.S.

“Let me see tax the hardworking Americans who aresacrificing to put money awayfor their children, so we couldpay for two more years of edu-cation for everybody. I guessObama was told those 5 millionillegal children( he let in) won’tbe ready in five or six years forthe job market. Why two? Whynot four years? That’s next.When was the last time an appli-cant was told, ‘you know if youjust had two more years of ameaningless education youwould be qualified?’ When Oba-ma said ‘he wanted to spreadthe wealth around,’ you proba-bly thought to other Americans.Now we know he meant the allthe Third World countries.

“You can work extra hours,you got the dough right? Some-one thinks so. “

J.H.D.

“Obama says this new tax isrequired for $2,500 write-offsfor low-income families payingtuition. Forty-nine percent ofthe population currently doesnot pay any federal income ta.This means the new tax reve-nue cannot be used for write-offs because there is nothing towrite-off. This new tax willprobably fund Obama’s newCommon-Core-for-Collegeplan. Obama and the Progres-sives will not stop until theycontrol every aspect of yourchildren’s education.”

D.M.

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Pierce Township fiscalofficer will not run again

This letter is to announcethat I have decided not to runfor re-election in November2015 and to announce this is my

last term in of-fice. It has beenmy honor toserve PierceTownship since1987, first as atrustee for over12 years and thenas your fiscal of-ficer. In servingthe community, I

have never taken the responsi-bility lightly and I have done mybest to watch over the well be-ing and financial welfare ofPierce Township.

It is now time for PierceTownship to benefit from the fi-nancial experience of an exist-ing resident that is committedto serving his/her community.Pierce Township will need a res-

ident that wants to contributetheir expertise to guidingPierce Township forward. Likemost communities, PierceTownship is facing financialchallenges. In 2015, our budgetis projected to be over $17 mil-lion and the costs for providingpolice protection, fire/para-medic emergency services,road maintenance/snow remov-al, zoning, waste collection,cemetery, parks/recreation andother services to our residentscontinue to escalate. PierceTownship residents will havetough decisions in the futureand together as a community,we’ll need to decide if PierceTownship should maintain thequality of services we have allreceived or if cutbacks shouldbe made.

I am proud to say that PierceTownship residents electedthree dedicated and hard-work-ing Trustees (Richard Riebel,Bonnie Batchler and RobertPautke). All three individuals

are dedicated and working to-gether to keeping Pierce Town-ship a model community.

In closing, I want to thankPierce Township residents forthe trust and faith which youhave awarded me by re-electingme to serve Pierce Townshipthroughout the years. I alsowant to thank Claudia Carrollfor the years of dedicated, hardwork in our fiscal office. TheState Auditor’s Office just con-cluded their most recent auditfor 2012-2013 and again therewere “no findings,” this auditconfirms that Pierce Town-ship’s financial managementpractices are sound. During2014, Pierce Township was la-beled a “Peer” township for ourfiscal management and the au-dits by the Ohio State Auditor’soffice have been a source ofpride for me. I will retire verygrateful for having the opportu-nity to serve my community.

Karen Register Pierce Township Fiscal Officer

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Register

AARP is well-known, butnot-so-familiar is the AARPFoundation and its Tax-Aideprogram.

Tax-Aide volunteers pro-vide a valuable service to thepublic, working behind-the-scenes in a surprisingly help-ful and hopeful way each taxseason. Trained volunteersserve hundreds of familiesannually, helping them filetheir Federal and Ohio taxeswithout a fee being charged.The program assists low andmid-income families that are awide variety of ages. All peo-ple are welcome to take ad-

vantage of thisservice.

This ser-vice has beenin place inSouthwestOhio for morethan 30 years.Informationabout the pro-gram has beentold by one

satisfied person to anotherover the years. Nine sites inCincinnati’s East Side commu-nities provide this tax assis-tance given by 70 volunteers.Understandably, as word gets

around, the need for moresites continues to grow, asdoes the need for more volun-teers for the program to ex-pand.

Each year from the begin-ning of February throughmid-April, hundreds of fam-ilies are assisted on the Eastside of Cincinnati alone. Thisarea, Ohio District 19, servescommunities from Interstate71 East into Western ClermontCounty, from the Ohio Rivernorth into Loveland and Mil-ford.

Volunteers are trained andcertified each year to stay

current with changes in thetax law and thus be able toserve the tax payers whomthey assist.

The program is completelyrun by volunteers; in fact noteven tips are accepted forservices rendered. Thosereceiving the service do nothave to be a member of AARPnor do they need to be a “sen-ior citizen.” Typically taxpreparation takes about anhour. All returns are doublechecked for Quality Review;all are filed electronically.

There is a pressing needfor more volunteers to be

trained for this service. Per-haps as you read this you areinterested in volunteering as aTax Prep Aide.

Training/certification willtake place in January, andvolunteers will be ready toserve the beginning of Febru-ary.

For information about vol-unteering or to locate a sitenear you, contactwww.aarp.org/volunteer orcall 1-888-687-2277.

Connie Booth is a resident of An-derson Township and volunteerswith the AARP Tax Aide program.

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Connie BoothCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

There’s no denying it: OldMan Winter is a grumpy, oldsoul. So, you may want toreview and dispel a few ofthe myths that circulateabout winter weather’s ef-fect on your health. Here arefive of the most common:

Myth No. 1: You can getsick from cold weather

No. You get sick becauseof infectious pathogens,sickness is your body’s re-sponse to these invaders.Cold weather doesn’t putthem in your body.

So why does cold and fluseason occur in winter? Thesimple answer? You’re in-side more, enclosed in atighter space, hiding fromthe cold. The windows aren’topen, so air circulates less inyour home. Germs floatingaround in the air, or living onyour home’s surfaces, havemore opportunities to getinto your body. Coveringcoughs and sneezes, washingyour hands frequently, andkeeping your home clean arethe best ways to avoid catch-ing a cold or flu.

Myth No. 2: Allergiesaren’t as bad in thewinter

It depends on what you’reallergic to. If you’re allergicto pollen or ragweed, thenyes, your symptoms areprobably non-existent in thewinter. But if you’re allergicto mold, mildew, or dust—all of which are indoor al-lergens— your allergies areprobably worse in the win-ter. Running an HEPA filterin your home and changingout the filter every couplemonths, wearing a dustmask while dusting andvacuuming, and frequentlycleaning your bathroom andkitchen surfaces with ableach solution can help toalleviate indoor allergysymptoms.

Myth No. 3: Vitamin Ccan prevent colds

It’s important to getenough vitamin C (the FDArecommends 75 mg daily)

just for your body to operatenormally, but increasingvitamin C intake over thedaily recommended level isnot an effective safeguardagainst a cold-causing virus.The best preventative meth-ods, again, are coveringyour coughs and sneezes,washing your hands fre-quently, and getting yourproper rest and nutrition.

Myth No. 4: Chickensoup can cure a cold

Not exactly. There is noknown cure for the commoncold. There is, however,evidence that eating chickensoup can help to alleviatesymptoms. Chicken soup isfull of healthy proteins. Itprovides necessary electro-lytes, like sodium and potas-sium, which can easily belost in sweat during theheight of a fever. If colorfulvegetables like carrots,celery, or leafy greens areadded, it provides antioxi-dant nutrients that the bodyneeds to repair cellular dam-age caused by the virus.

Myth No. 5: A glass ofspirits can keep youwarm

In olden days, it wasthought that drinking etha-nol made a person’s bloodwarmer. Many people whohave had a sip of alcohol cantell you that one begins tofeel an inner flush ofwarmth as one drinks.

But that warm, flushedfeeling on your skin isn’tbecause of your body heat-ing up— it’s because drink-ing alcohol dilates capil-laries and causes blood torush toward the extremities,away from the major or-gans. Taking a nip of holidaycheer can certainly makeyou feel warm and fuzzy, butit’s not a treatment or curefor a chill.

Don’t believe the myths.Be smart and stay well.

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COMMUNITYJOURNALEditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573

UNION TWP. — The dominancein girls bowling started byKathy Demarko at Glen EsteHigh School hasn’t missed abeat (or a pin) since she retiredlast spring.

Since new coach KevinBriggs took over, the girls havecontinued their “Purple Reign”with a commanding, unbeatenEastern Cincinnati Conferencelead at presstime. Four LadyTrojans are in the league’s top 10with freshman Danielle Cooper,sophomore Courtney Chaffin,sophomore Drew Coulter andsenior Emily Doppes.

While Glen Este had orches-trated cheering last year,Briggs added a little swaggerthis season with a loud and im-posing team circle call and re-sponse prior to the first roll.

“What time is it? GE! Whattime is it? Game time! Who arewe? GE! Win on three! One, two,three win!”

Briggs is the ringleader inthe middle of the circle, doingeverything but the introductorydance of former Baltimore Ra-ven Ray Lewis.

“I started it last year with theboys and we just made it a wholeteam thing,” Briggs said. “Mostsports have their own cheers.I’ve been a big football guy andthe best cheers come out loudand get your adrenaline going.”

Briggs gets the occasional in-quisitive look from casual ob-servers as the motivation be-gins, but swears by the positiveeffect it’s had on his team.

The numbers don’t lie. De-spite losing top bowlers LeslieCampbell and Haley Vogelge-sang to graduation, Glen Estehas rolled through the ECC likea Sherman tank. Taking overthose two spots are DanielleCooper and Courtney Chaffin.The pair average in the high180s and have battled Lovelandjunior Taylar Hayden for the topaverage.

“We had a lot of shoes to fill,”Briggs said. “Everyone said wehad graduated everybody. Wehad to replace four of our topfive girls. It’s a rebuilding stage,but we put a lot of time in thesummer and they’ve been com-ing on like fire.”

Briggs has also been in-volved with the Saturday pro-gram former coaches Demarkoand Tony Kellerman have con-ducted at Cherry Grove Lanesaimed at youth bowlers. Many

of the names unknown to thehigh school scene have beenknown to those wearing Trojanteam shirts.

“The next two or three yearsshould be very strong,” Briggspredicted.

Glen Este’s boys team alsotook a hit in graduation with theloss of top roller Blake Huber.Stepping up has been juniorBrady Dunigan, who is slightlybehind Anderson’s Joey Stevensand Mitchell Hehn averagingaround a 203.

“He’s more than just a topbowler,” Briggs said. “He’smore of a voice. He’s one of mycaptains and he kind of keepseveryone in line. They go to himbefore they come to me.”

Like the girls, Glen Este’sguys boast four in the ECC top 10with Dunigan and juniors Tan-ner Davis, Cole Hunley andEvan Dennis.

The Trojans are currentlywith Walnut Hills trying tosneak up on first-place Ander-son. Both squads are at StonesLanes against Withrow Feb. 4,then home with Turpin Feb. 9.

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Glen Este freshman Danielle Cooper shows her form for making pinsdisappear at Cherry Grove Lanes Jan. 13.

Glen Este girlsbowling teamstays on topBy Scott [email protected]


Glen Este junior Brady Dunigangives an intense look after rolling atCherry Grove Lanes Jan. 13.


Glen Este sophomore CourtneyChaffin exits with a little bodyEnglish after a shot Jan. 13 againstLoveland.

BATAVIA — Following a 55-53 loss to Bethel-Tate in whichhis desperation heave at thebuzzer fell short, Bataviaguard Jacob McElfreshemerged from the visitinglocker room with his hood overhis head.

That reaction isn’t unusualafter a tough loss, but, accord-ing to head coach Mike Hat-field, that’s the kind of playerhe is. The sophomore has as-sumed a leadership role andhas performed well, leadingthe team in scoring with 15points per game.

McElfresh, who has almostdoubled his offensive outputfrom last season, understoodthat he was going to have toshoulder much of the scoringburden, but also be a leader outon the floor as one of the fewreturning players from lastseason.

“Coach told me before theseason that I needed to have abig role,” he said. “I took thatand made sure these guys arewhere they want to be, arecomfortable and are happywith what they are doing.”

McElfresh certainly hasemerged as one of the team’sgo-to players, but he’s far frombeing a finished product.

“He will work and do any-

thing to get better and strong-er,” Hatfield said. “He obvious-ly is a great shooter, but it’s alsohard to stop him from gettingto the basket. He has to putmuscle on so that when he doesget pushed, he can still finish.”

Hatfield said McElfresh hasstarted to lift more, and McElf-resh himself said it’s some-thing he needs to take serious-ly during his AAU season, thesummer and during the fall.However, that’s not the only ad-justment he’ll have to make inhis game.

Seniors graduating, the lackof potent scoring options, asidefrom Shawn Adams, and hisemergence as a scorer havemade him the primary targetand key component to shuttingdown the Bulldogs.

Being the focal point of ateam’s defensive game plancan take some getting used to,but he seems to have embracedit.

“Last year, I think I playedscared and timid at times,” hesaid. “This year, I’ve preparedfor the other team to havesomebody on me all the time,the whole way up the court.”

That being the case, successin the Bulldogs’ inside gamebecomes that much more im-portant. Hatfield wants histeam to be balanced, but alsomake opponents respect the in-side game. Once they do, it fur-ther opens things up for McElf-resh.

It’s hard to predict what thenext two years will hold forhim and his career, but he hashigh aspirations. Like his sis-ter Samantha he also wants toreach the 1,000-point club, butknows he needs to put in thenecessary work if he’s to reachthat milestone and go even fur-ther beyond that.

“It’s an honor to be a part ofthe 1,000-point club,” he said. “Iwant to be remembered as oneof the best to play here.”

McElfresh wants to beone of Batavia’s bestBy Nick [email protected]

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Batavia sophomore guard JacobMcElfresh puts up a shot againstBethel-Tate Jan. 27.

WILLIAMSBURG — No one isgoing to confuse the Williams-burg Wildcats girls basketballwith the undefeated KentuckyWildcats men’s team.

But, there are some similar-ities.

Aside from the mascot andcolor of the jerseys, Williams-burg, like Kentucky, relies on amix of youth to achieve suc-cess. These Wildcats startfreshmen and sophomores andcurrently tout a 10-5 overallrecord and a 4-4 record in theSouthern Buckeye Athletic andAcademic Conference.

Those totals blow last year’sfinish, 0-19, 0-10 SBAAC, out ofthe water.

“We’ve got two returningfrom last year that played andare helping lead them out on thefloor,” Williamsburg headcoach Haley Bogan said. “Thefreshmen that we rotate in areresponding well and adjust-ing.”

Freshman Peyton Fisher

once led the team in scoring,but after struggling from thefield against Blanchester Jan.29, fellow freshman EmilyBrown now holds a slight edge.

Following close behind aretwo more freshmen, Carly Wa-gers and Kasey Connor. Wagersaverages just under 10 pointsper game and Connor is close toeight points per game.

Connor scored the second-most points behind sophomoreguard Hope Schaljo in the winagainst Blanchester last week.

“I know I’ve enjoyed thisseason because the returningplayers are so helpful. If any-thing is confusing in practice,they have your back ,” Connorsaid. “I also like how they pushyou. You have to play at theirlevel and it’s nice. It’s nice to bepushed because that’s how weimprove.”

Playing and rotating thatmany freshmen can be a mixedbag. Obviously, they aren’t go-ing to have the pace of the var-sity game down quite yet andthere are still nuances to thesystem that haven’t become

second nature.The players who have a year

or more under their belt haveembraced that leadership roleto help guide them through ini-tial difficulties.

“I like to be a leader,” Schal-jo said. “Recently, I went to aleadership program and it’s funto lead, but it can be difficult.Sometimes you just have tostep up and lead your team.”

The National division of theSBAAC has a logjam at the top.Felicity-Franklin, Bethel-Tateand Georgetown had 6-2 rec-ords as of Saturday. With gamesagainst Felicity and Bethel re-maining, Williamsburg has anoutside chance at pushing intothat echelon.

With the potential these girlsare displaying, barring anymisfortune, the Wildcats couldbe strong for a few years.

“It’s fun to see freshmenstep up and help out,” Schaljosaid. “I think we are going to gofar with this Williamsburg pro-gram. By my senior year, weshould be doing some greatthings.”

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Williamsburg sophomore guard Hope Schaljo pushes the ball upcourt on a fast break during the Wildcats’victory against Blanchester Jan. 29.

Freshmen help lead the way for WilliamsburgBy Nick [email protected]

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Boys basketball

» Amelia downedClermont Northeastern74-34 on Jan. 23.

The Barons beat Wil-liamsburg Jan. 27, 61-48.Senior Garrett Weaverled with 14 points.

On Jan. 30, Ameliabeat Norwood 52-40.

» Miami Valley Chris-tian Academy defeatedGamble Montessori 83-42 on Jan. 23.

MVCA beat DePaulChristo Rey 72-43 on Jan.27 as junior Jamie Car-son had 17 points.

The Lions stayed un-beaten Jan. 30 with a 72-40 win over School forthe Creating and Per-forming Arts. Junior Ja-mie Carson led MVCAwith 21 points.

» Bethel-Tate got byBatavia on Jan. 27, 55-53.Jacob McElfresh led theBulldogs with 11 points.

Girls basketball» Glen Este defeated

Loveland 52-41 on Jan.26. Freshman JasmineHale led the Lady Tro-jans with 16 points.

» New Richmond beatAmelia 47-38 on Jan. 26.Junior Maren Hance ledthe Lady Lions with 15points.

» Miami Valley Chris-tian Academy beat Gam-ble Montessori 52-41 onJan. 23. Sophomore Mi-chelle and senior DevinLee led with 15 pointseach.

MVCA downed Im-maculate Conception43-7 on Jan. 26. Michelle

Lee led the Lady Lionswith 12 points.

On Jan. 27, MVCAbeat DePaul Christo Rey53-23 as freshman Daw-syn Vilardo had 15 points.

MVCA beat SCPA Jan.30, 51-25. MaliyahBrooks led the Lady Li-ons with 13 points.

» Western Brown de-feated Batavia 54-47 Jan.29. Samantha McElfreshled the Bulldogs with 17points.

Girls bowling» Glen Este beat An-

derson Jan. 26. Fresh-man Danielle Cooper hadthe high series of 410.

The Lady Trojans de-feated Anderson againon Jan. 27 with sopho-more Courtney Chaffinrolling a 425 series.

On Jan. 28, Glen Estebeat Seton as sophomoreBecca Rainwater had a365 series.

Football» The West Clermont

School Board approvedDavid Brausch as thenew Amelia High Schoolfootball coach Jan. 27.

AD honored» Doug Foote, New

Richmond High Schoolathletic director/dean ofstudents, has receivedthe Ohio InterscholasticAthletic AdministratorsAssociation’s Citationaward in recognition ofexceptional time, effort,and energy devoted tothe OIAAA. Foote alsohas been nominated asthe next secretary forthe Southwest Ohio Ath-letic Administrators As-sociation and currentlyserves as a board mem-ber of the Ohio High

School Athletic Associa-tion’s Southwest District.

“Doug’s dedicationand hard work has gone along way in providingNew Richmond HighSchool with a strongvoice at the district, re-gional, and state levels inathletic/academic com-petitions,” New Rich-mond High School Prin-cipal Mark Bailey said.

Wanted: softballumpires

» The Adams CountyUmpires Associationwill be offering an in-structional class for newfastpitch softball um-pires beginning Feb. 8 at1p.m. at Trinity ChristianFellowship Church, 3730Cobb Road, Williams-burg.. Additional classdates will be on Sundaysthrough March 15 alsobeginning at 1p.m. Class-es will be about fourhours in length. On fieldmechanics will be taughtat a couple of Saturdaysessions. Students willmeet all the require-ments (25 hours class-room and on field in-struction) to become a li-censed OHSAA (OhioHigh School Athletic As-sociation) junior highand high school fastpitchsoftball umpire afterpassing the test. Theclass costs $145 which in-cludes books, materialsand OHSAA registration.Prospective studentsshould contact Tim En-gel 513-235-2470 to obtainadditional information.Enrollment in class mustbe done online using acredit card for paymentat: http://officials.myoh-saa.org/Logon.

SHORT HOPS

NEWTOWN — MiamiValley Christian Academyrelies heavily on its sister-hood, especially when itcomes to its girls basket-ball team.

Hovering around thetop of the Ohio Valley Ath-letic League, the Lionshave been led the last twoseasons by sisters Devinand Michelle Lee. Devin isa senior who made firstteam and was the OVALMost Valuable Player lastseason. Sophomore Mi-chelle was second teamall-league a year ago.

The Lees are helpingcoach Julie Vilardo towhat could be a landmarkseason. After early lossesto Reading and CincinnatiChristian, the Lions rangup a slew of victories.Among those was a first-time win over CincinnatiCollege Prep AcademyJan. 13.

Typically, one or theother Lee leads MVCA inscoring. They’re helped inrebounding this season bya tall transfer, HannahLain, who came fromCoshocton.

Devin Lee has been amainstay on varsity, evenbefore her little sister

joined the fray. She has as-pirations to take her gamebeyond high school.

“She’d like to play atCedarville,” Vilardo said.“I’m not sure where she’sat with that, but that’swhere she’d like to play.”

Michelle Lee is the left-hander of the family. Sheis able to score on oppo-nents from the inside andoutside.

“She has a great quick-ness and speed,” Vilardosaid. “This year she’s real-ly stepped up her defense.We’ve been able to put herin key games where teamshad one particularly goodperson and she’s been ableto play good defense onthem.”

As it turns out, the “sis-ter act” is not limited to

the Lees at MVCA. Vilardohas two freshman daugh-ters on the team, Dawsynand Laura. Dawsyn playsunderneath and Laura is aguard coming off thebench.

Also at guard for the Li-ons is Maliyah Brooks, thesister of senior MaliqueWard on the boys team.Waiting in the wings onthe middle school team isanother Brooks.

“In practice we try notto have them go againsteach other, because youget the little sister thinggoing,” Vilardo said. “Ma-liyah Brooks has a sisterthat’s a year younger too(Miyah on the middleschool team). Our rule issisters don’t go againsteach other; it gets a littledirty.”

In recent seasons,MVCA has participated inthe Ohio Christian SchoolAthletic tournament.However, as an OHSAAschool now, the Lions havethe chance to advance inthe state tournament.

“We’re definitely look-ing forward to it,” Vilardosaid. “We stepped up ourscheduling this year withSeven Hills, New Miamiand Reading.”

Of that group, MVCAbeat New Miami and Sev-en Hills and lost to Read-ing by 10.

The Lions have a re-match with CCPA Feb. 6and host Lockland Feb. 9.

Lee sisters light it up for MVCA girls basketballBy Scott [email protected]

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MVCA senior Devin Leeguards the post for the Lions.

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MVCA sophomore MichelleLee contemplates her nextmove.

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A list of programs forFebruary and March,sponsored by the Cler-mont County GenealogicalSociety. They are free andopen to the public unlessotherwise noted.

Additional informationcan be found at: www.root-sweb.ancestry.com/~oh-clecgs/ or 513-723-3423.The programs are at theDoris Wood Library, 180 S.Third St. in Batavia, on thefirst Saturday of themonth at 1 p.m. or unlessnoted otherwise.

» Saturday, Feb. 7, 1p.m.; “Finding Genealogi-cal Treasures in CensusRecords.” We have allused census records toplace our ancestors in aparticular place at a par-ticular time. What otherinformation can these rec-ords provide that you maybe overlooking?

» Saturday, March 7, 1p.m.; “Finding More Gene-alogical Treasures in Birthand Death Records.” Whatadditional information canwe find in these records?How can we find birth anddeath information if thereis no official birth anddeath certificate?

GenealogicalSociety looks atcensus records

Celebrate LibraryLovers Month in Febru-ary at the ClermontCounty Public Library.

Enjoy a full month ofactivities for all ages, in-cluding coloring sheetsfor kids, plus an onlinecontest for adults. Ev-eryone is invited to visita branch to tell librarystaff members why youlove your library.

For adults, show yourlove on the library’sFacebook page. Visit thelibrary and pick up an “ILove My Library” stick-er and/or window cling.Pose with it and post itphoto on the library’sFacebook page. If youcan’t visit the library inFebruary, take a photo athome to show your loveand post it to the Face-book page, face-book.com/clermont-countypubliclibrary.Three winners will bechosen at the end of themonth to win a $25 Ama-zon gift card.

Visit the library andpick up a free gift whilesupplies last. Look forthe entry box and forms.

Enter as many times asyou would like. One win-ner will be drawn at theend of the month to win a$50 Amazon gift card.

Don’t forget about allthe online downloadablebooks, movies, music,magazines and more.Just visit clermontlibra-ry.org for more informa-tion.

All you need to accessthese materials is an up-to-date library card.

February is Library Lovers Month

Howdy folks,The week has been a

busy one. Last Fridayevening the Kinners tookme to the Cincinnati BoatShow. The girls, Graceand Claire, worked abooth where the kidscould shoot BB guns. Theshooting range was a bigtent. They would standbehind a wall and shootat targets, then pull themback and see how theydid. When the kids wouldhit close to the bulls eyethey would grab thetarget and run to showmom and dad. This was agood event for the kids.There was no danger asthere was an older per-son there.

The boat show surehad some beautiful pon-toon boats. They weremore elaborate thanwhen I worked for Larryat the show. I was hopingto see Chip Hart, his dadstarted the show manyyears ago and now Chip,his wife and children

have takenit over.The Hartorganiza-tion putson a fineshow.

LastMonday,Tonypicked meup and we

went to the CincinnatiNature Center for theirorientation for volun-teers to work the maplesyrup and how to takebuckets of sugar wateroff the trees. I will bevolunteering to work thesugar shack where thesap is boiled down. Thefolks that put on thetraining did a good job.There were a good bunchof folks that are volun-teering to help. The Na-ture Center is a greatplace for folks to walkthe trails and see thedifferent kinds of birds,get some quality birdfeeders or information

on how to set up feedingstations.

The Sugarbush will bein operation, the weatherneeds to be below freez-ing at night then abovefreezing during the dayfor the sap to run. Theyhave spigots to put in thetree to hold the buckets,with a lid over the bucketso no debris can get inthe sap.

I have boiled maplesap down before. Thiswas a good lesson on howto take the lid off thebucket and how to have abucket with hot water init. You may wonder whythe hot water, this is tohelp melt the sap that isfrozen in the bucket. Youset the bucket of sapdown and in a minute,the sap is ready to pourout. The folks that workthere sure know how thisoperation is done and arevery excited to share itwith other folks. Theyuse wood that has fallento heat the evaporator to

boil the sap.They have school

children there to enjoythe Nature Center, espe-cially during the maplesugar boiling. They showthe school children howthey get the sap and howthey use a little four-wheel cart to carry thebarrel of sap to the sugarhouse.

I had the pleasure ofgoing to the Northeast-ern Lion’s Club meetinglast Monday evening fortheir chili cook-off and tohear Rick Crawfordspeak. He is so energeticabout the history of Cler-mont County. The chiliwas wonderful and therewas a good crowd. It wasgreat to see all the folksand to have the opportu-nity to share stories withthem. The NortheasternLion’s Club does a won-derful service to thecommunity with themoney from the Pump-kin Run (car show).

I need to tell you

about Chester the cat. Heis something else, what ablessing he is. I would belost without him. He hasa routine for each day.About 9:30 he likes to layon my lap or curl up inRuth Ann’s chair andsleep until about 3 p.m.Then he likes a littlesnack and goes outsidefor an hour or so.

I would be having ahard time if it wasn’t formy two daughters Debbyand Pauline. They are sohelpful during this timeof getting bills paid. Ilove them so much andall my family.

Start your week bygoing to the house ofworship of your choiceand praising the goodLord.

God bless all . . . Morelater

George Rooks is a retiredpark ranger. Rooks served for28 years with the last five asmanager of East Fork StatePark.

Learn how syrup is made at Cincinnati Nature Center

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Cincinnati NatureCenter honored two out-standing communityenvironmental advo-cates and educators atits Wood Thrush Con-servation Awards din-ner in the historic Krip-pendorf Lodge at theNature Center in Mil-ford.

Chief naturalist Wil-liam J. Creasey, a 40-year employee of theNature Center, alongwith professor-emeri-tus W. Hardy Eshbaughof Miami University, arenowned botanist andof whom Creasey wasonce a student, re-ceived the Wood ThrushAward for their lifelongdedication to land andwildlife conservationand education.

Both men haveworked in educationalarenas their entire ca-reers. As a result oftheir curiosity and pas-sion for the naturalworld, Creasey and

Eshbaugh have trav-elled the globe, and asleaders and educators,have inspired hundredsupon hundreds of bud-ding conservationists.

The Wood ThrushConservation AwardsDinner is sponsored byLegg Mason Invest-ment Counsel. Since itsinception in 2012, near-ly a quarter million dol-lars has been raised forthe Helen C. Black Con-servation Fund, namedin honor of longtimeCincinnati environmen-tal activist and firstWood Thrush Award re-cipient. All proceedsfrom the event and fundare used to preserveand protect the NatureCenter’s land throughland acquisition andconservation ease-ments.

“We celebrate theunique power of theteacher-student rela-tionship by recognizingtwo individuals who are

each both a teacher anda student at all timesand have devoted theirprofessions and lives toteaching and learningconservation,” Cincin-nati Nature Center Ex-ecutive Director BillHopple said.

“The greatest influ-ence on a person’sthoughts and values iswhat one learns fromother people whom theyknow and trust. Hardyand Bill epitomize theteacher-student bond.”

Wood Thrush Awardhonorees are selectedbased on their contribu-tions and work for landconservation and stew-ardship through advo-cacy and raising aware-ness, mentorship of oth-ers, personal financialcontributions, institu-tional leadership, vol-unteer efforts, passion-ate support and/or aconnection to Cincin-nati Nature Center’smission.

Cincinnati Nature Center honorsoutstanding conservation educators


Sunday Worship: 10:30 amPastor George Hart1005 Lila Avenue

Milford, OH 45150513-478-7973

Diverse Congregationwww.cincyccc.org

CHRISTIAN - CHURCH OF CHRIST

CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH

Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 amClasses For All Ages, Sunday 9:15 amPrayer Service Wednesday, 6:45 pm

CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY

Saint Mary Church,Bethel3398 Ohio SR 125

Phone 734-4041

Rev. Michael Leshney, PastorSaturday Mass – 5:00 PM

Sunday Mass – 10:30 AMwww.stmaryparishfamily.org

ROMAN CATHOLIC

LINDALE BAPTIST CHURCH3052 ST. RT. 132 AMELIA, OH 45102

797-4189Sunday School..............................9:30amSunday Morning Worship............10:30amSunday Evening Worship...............6:30pmWednesday Prayer Service ...........7:00pm

www.lindalebaptist.com

Sunday School 10am; Morning Worship 11am;Sunday Evening Service 6pm;

Wednesday Eve. Prayer Service & Bible Study, 7:00pmReaching the Heart of Clermont County

BATAVIA BAPTIST TEMPLE770 South Riverside, Batavia OH 45103

Raymond D. Jones, Pastor732-2739

BAPTIST

MONUMENTS BAPTIST CHURCH2831 State Route 222

Mark Pence, Pastor 513-313-2401SS 9:30AM, Sun Worship 10:45AM

Wed. Prayer Service 7:00PMChildcare Provided for All Serviceswww.monumentsbaptist.org

Growing in Faith EarlyLearning Center

NOW ENROLLING513-427-4271

www.monumentsbaptist.org/growinginfaith

CLOUGH PIKE BAPTIST CHURCH1025 CLOUGH PIKESunday School 9:30am

Morning Worship 10:45amAWANA Ministry

Wednesday 6:45 - 8:15pmBible Study 7:00 - 8:00pm

Youth grades 6-12 7:00 - 8:00pmNursery provided for all services

www.cloughpike.com 752-3521

SOUTHERN BAPTIST

RIVER OF LIFEAssembly of God

1793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 45153Pastor: Ralph Ollendick

Sun. Contemporary ServiceSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00am

Wed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmCome ExperienceThe Presence of the Lord In Our Services

Services:Sunday Worship 10:30 AM - Children’s Church

Wednesday Worship 7:00 PM - Rangers and Girl’s MinistryFriday 24 hour prayer 6:00 PM

509 Roney LaneCincinnati Ohio 45244

T: 513.528.3200E: [email protected]

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

OWENSVILLEUnited Methodist

ChurchSunday School 8:45am

Sunday Morning Worship 9:30"Room For The Whole Family"2580 US 50 - Batavia 45103

Stonelick Township - 1/2 milewest of CNE Schools

(513) 732-2208 myoumc.org

GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH6710 Goshen Rd, Goshen

(across from Goshen High School)513-722-2541

Sunday School - 9:30amWorship Service - 10:30am

GUM Youth - 5:30pm-7:30pmevery Sunday: 6-12th gradesJr. GUMY - 5:30pm-7:30pm

2nd Sunday @ month: 3-5th grades

Email: [email protected] us on Facebook

2010 Wolfangel Rd., Anderson Twp.513-231-4301

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Ministry & Nursery

PASTOR MARIE SMITHwww.cloughchurch.org

Blended Worship 8:00 & 10:45 amContemporary Worship 9:30 amSunday School 9:30 & 10:45 am

Nursery Care for Age 3 & underFull Program for Children, Youth,

Music, Small Groups & moreHandicapped Accessible

Tim Reeves -Sr. PastorSteve Fultz - Assoc. Pastor;J. D. Young - Youth Director

Allyse Sonnega - Children’s Director

BETHEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

402 W. Plane St.Bethel, Ohio513-734-7201

www.bumcinfo.org

7515 Forest Road Cincinnati, OH 45255513-231-4172 • www.andersonhillsumc.org

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

UNITED METHODIST

GOSHEN CHURCH OF GODReal People...In a Real Church...

Worshipping a Real God!1675 Hillstation Road, Goshen, Ohio 45122722-1699 www.goshenchurchofgod.org

Pastor Tim McGloneService Schedule

Sunday School 10:00amSunday Worship 10:45am

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00pmWednesday Youth Service 7:00pm

Saturday Service 7:00pmContemporary and Traditional live Worship Music and Multimedia

CHURCH OF GOD

GLEN ESTE CHURCHOF CHRIST

937 Old State Route 74 (Behind Meijer)513-753-8223 www.gecc.net

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 10:30amBible Study: 9:30am & 6:00pm

Youth Groups: 6:00pm

CHURCH OF CHRIST

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

199 Gay StreetWilliamsburg, Ohio 45176

Phone: 513-724-7985

Sunday School: 9:30A.M.Worship:10:30A.M.(Supervised Nursery)

PRESBYTERIAN

LOVELANDPRESBYTERIAN

CHURCHA Loving, Praying, Caring Church

Join us for Sunday Services

Sunday School .........9:15 - 10:00amWorship Service .....10:30 - 11:30amFellowship ........................... 11:30am

360 Robin Av (oN Oak St) Loveland OH

683-2525www.LPCUSA.org • [email protected]

PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

Sunday Morning 10:00AMContemporary Worship

Practical MessageClasses for Children & Teens

Nursery Care

Sunday Night Live 6:00PMExciting classes for all ages!

We have many other groupsthat meet on a regular basis

4050 Tollgate Rd,Williamsburg, OH

513-724-3341www.cmcchurch.com

Mark Otten, Pastor

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Trinity United Methodist“Encircling People with God’s Love”

Traditional Worship 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary Worship.........9:30amSunday School......................9:30am

Nursery Available5767 Pleasant Hill Rd (next to Milford Jr. High)

513-831-0262www.trinitymilford.org

UNITED METHODIST

Emmanuel UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday worship services are 9a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Child care isavailable during both services.Pastor Joe Royer can be reachedat 732-1400.

The church is at the corner ofAmelia Olive Branch Road andOld State Route 32, Batavia;www.emmanuel-umc.com.

Glen Este Churchof ChristSunday worship is 8:30 a.m. and10:30 a.m. Bible study is 9:30a.m. Youth groups at 6 p.m.

The church is at 937 Old State

Route 74, Eastgate; 753-8223.

Locust CornerUnited MethodistSunday worship services are at 10a.m. and Bible study is at 9 a.m.and also Thursday evenings at 7p.m. The church is at 917 LocustCorner Road, Pierce Township;752-8459.

New Covenant LifeChurchWorship is 10:30 a.m. Sundays,followed by a noon meal and asecond service at 1 p.m.

The church is at 10059 PleasantRenner Road, Goshen; 937-218-4309;newcovenantlifechurch.info;[email protected].

Trinity UnitedMethodist ChurchWeekly Sunday services aretraditional at 8:15 a.m. and 11a.m. and contemporary worship(and children’s Sunday school)at 9:30 a.m.

The church is at 5767 Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill Road, Milford;831-0262;www.trinitymilford.org

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4 p.m.Wednesday for consideration inthe following edition. E-mailannouncements to [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

RELIGION

Robert Proud, Cler-mont County Commis-sioner, administered theOath of Office at the Jan.22 meeting of the Cler-mont County Board of De-velopmental Disabilities.

The board uses its Jan-uary meeting to reorga-nize by accepting nomina-tions for officers and todetermine the date, time,and location of futuremeetings. Board mem-bers submitted officercandidate ballots prior tothe meeting. Prior to theswearing-in ceremony,the following memberswere elected as officers:

Rex Parsons, president;Kim Pellington, vicepresident, and RobertGrant, secretary.

Serving the board aremembers Laurie Benin-tendi, Gregory Carson,Emily Chesnut and HarrySnyder.

After the swearing-inceremony, Parsons madecommittee appointments.Benintendi, Parsons andSnyder will serve on theEthics Committee; Grant,Snyder and Parsons on theFinance Committee; Be-nintendi, Chesnut andCarson on Early Child-hood; Pellington, Parsons

and Chesnut on Adult Ser-vices, and Pellington, Be-nintendi and Grant onResidential.

Chesnut will serve asthe CCDD AdvocacyChair for the Ohio Associ-ation of County Boards.

It was approved that2015 board meetings willbe held on the fourthThursday of each monthat 5:30 p.m. at the ThomasA. Wildey Center in Ow-ensville. Exceptions tothis will be announced asthey arise. For more infor-mation, contact [email protected] orcall 513-732-4921.

PROVIDED

Members of the CCDD Board who were sworn in at the Jan. 22 meeting, from left: Rex Parsons(president), Harry Snyder, Laurie Benintendi, Gregory Carson, Kim Pellington (vice president),Emily Chesnut, Robert Grant (secretary). Robert Proud, Clermont County commissioner, right,administers the oath.

CCDD board reorganizes for 2015

A list of local fish fries:» Goshen United MethodistChurch, 6710 Goshen Road,hosts fish fries 4:30 p.m. to 7p.m. every Friday, Feb. 15-March22.

Menu includes fish fry, chicken orshrimp dinners and all the fixins.Suggested donations: $11 all youcan eat, $9 adults and $6 forchildren 12 and under. There will

be à la carte pricing available atthe door. Desserts and drinks willbe available as well. All profitsgo towards the United Method-ist Men projects for the church.

» The Men of St. Peter CatholicChurch in New Richmond spon-sor a Fish Fry Friday, Feb. 20,through Good Friday, April 3,from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Choiceof deep fried cod, French fries or

macaroni and cheese, and coleslaw; baked cod with toss saladand baked potato. Also grilledcheese. Eat in or carry out.Homemade dessert and drinkincluded with price of meal. Thechurch is at 1192 Bethel-NewRichmond Road in New Rich-mond.

Proceeds to benefit parish pro-jects.

FISH FRIES

ABOUT OBITUARIESBasic obituary information and a color photograph of

your loved one is published without charge. Call 248-8600for a submission form. To publish a larger memorial trib-ute, call 242-4000 for pricing details.

Violet FosterViolet Foster, 93, of Pierce

Township died Jan. 24.Survived by daughter, Barbara

Forshey DickeyPreceded in death by son,

Wayne Forshey; parents JacobSlankard and Sarah Scott; fourinfant brothers; siblings Beatrice(George) McCrackin, Delmar(Margaret), Russell (Lola) andHerman (Ruby) Slankard, Marvin(Lorraine) and Ira Slankard;grandchildren Jerri (Rhonda)Piquard and Julie (Craig) Ball;seven great-grandchildren; andseven great-great-grandchil-dren.

Services were Jan. 29 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,Mount Washington.

John Edward JohnsJohn Edward Johns, 82, died

Dec. 24.Survived by wife, Jean Browne

Johns; sister, Virginia (Raymond)Hall; nephews Michael (Elaine)and Gregory Hall; and niece,Jennifer (Steven) Taylor.

Preceded in death by parentsFloyd J. and Sarah E. Johns.

Services were Dec. 31 at St.Peters Catholic Church, NewRichmond. Memorials to: theAlzheimer’s Association, 644Linn St., Cincinnati, OH 45203; orNew Richmond Food Pantry, c/oSt. Peter Church, 1192 Bethel-New Richmond Road, NewRichmond, OH 45157.

Stanley LeroyIlhardt

Stanley Leroy Ilhardt, 86, ofBatavia died Jan. 26.

Survived by children Danny L.(Karen) Ilhardt, Sandy Daye,Karen Grisgby, Tommy Ilhardtand Donald Ilhardt; grand-children Tanya Brown, TeresaNash, Josh Daye, Sonya Cox andWayne Grisgby; great-grand-children Clay and Quinn Brown,Katie and Jacob Nash, Lilly andEvelyn Daye and ShawntaeCaskey; one great-great-grand-

child; and siblings Juanita Zum-walde and Judy Hunt.

Preceded in death by sister,Geraldine Hall.

Services were Jan. 30 at EvansFuneral Home, Milford.

Jo Ann LightJo Ann Light, 75, formerly of

Batavia died Jan. 22.Survived by children Terry,

Scott (Pam) and Gail Light; threegrandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and sisters NancyRobinson, Judy Manis and PamJones.

Preceded in death by parentsJoseph and Nina Taylor House;husband, Oscar Heffner; anddaughter, Tracy Peak.

Services were Jan. 26 at EvansFuneral Home, Milford. Memori-als to: the American HeartAssociation.

Margaret L. SpencerMargaret L. Spencer, 83, of

Union Township died Jan. 24.Survived by sons Rick L. (Tam-

my) and Steve J. (Susan) Spencer;brothers Homer and KennyWaits; and grandchildren Ashley(Nick), Megan, Paige (Tyler) andShawn.

Preceded in death by hus-band, William M. Spencer; andparents Luther Waits and EdnaWarman.

Services were Jan. 27 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,Mount Washington.

William ThomasTaylor Jr.

William Thomas Taylor Jr., 67,of Amelia died Jan. 23. He was aUS Marine veteran of Vietnam.

Survived by wife of 45 years,Linda (nee Youravich) Taylor;daughter, Tina (Brian) Mulvany;sons William Taylor III and WadeTaylor; grandchildren DanielleFiscus, Marissa Fiscus, SeanMulvany, Jacob Taylor, WilliamTaylor IV and Scarlet Taylor;great-grandchild, Joseph Te-kulve; and twins on the way;

and siblings Bobby (Debby), Jim(Linda), Dwane (Pam) Taylor andRick Carter; and many familymembers and friends.

Preceded in death by parentsWilliam T. Taylor Sr. and GenevaCarter; and brother, BusterTaylor.

Services were Jan. 31 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.Memorials to: the VietnamVeterans Memorial Fund Foun-ders of the Wall or Salt AirChurch of Christ.

Ella Marie VinsonElla Marie (nee Dean) Vinson,

93, of Batavia died Jan. 9.Survived by daughter, Patricia

Denny; grandchildren Jack(Margaret) and Jonathan Denny;and many great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by hus-band, Paul Vinson; daughter,Linda Smith; and grandchildrenMichael and Marcie Denny.

Services were Jan 14 at EvansFuneral Home, Milford.

Keelan Lee WatsonKeelan Lee Watson, infant

son of Emily Watson of Ameliadied Jan. 22.

In addition to his mother, he issurvived by grandfather, DaveWatson; uncles and aunt Danand Laramie Watson and RyanWatson; great-uncles and auntsBob and Cindy Watson andSteve and Devona Watson; andcousins Angelika Watson andAddison Lynn Watson.

Preceded in death by grand-mother, Vickie Watson; great-grandparents Don and JeanKinnett and Lee and VioletWatson.

Services were Jan. 26 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.Memorials to: the Keelan LeeWatson Fund at Chase Bank.

M. Charlene WilgerM. Charlene Wilger, 84, of

Amelia died Jan. 14.Survived by daughters Kathy

(Steve) Duecker and Jodie (Bob)Ayscue; grandchildren Greg,Amy, Brad, Doug, Holly andHeidi; and seven great-grand-children.

Preceded in death by hus-band, Thomas Wilger.

Services were Jan. 23 at St.Thomas More Church, Cincin-nati.

DEATHS

Thanks to an outpour-ing of support from indi-viduals and organizationsto the Community ToyChest, more than 350 Cler-mont County childrenwoke up Christmas morn-ing with their wish listsfilled and presents underthe tree.

The children, under thecare of Clermont’s Chil-dren’s Protective Services

and most of them in fostercare, put together theirlists several months ago.The lists included funitems – toys for children,electronics for older kids–as well as clothing. SannaGast, coordinator for theToy Chest, handled all thelogistical details, includ-ing providing ID numbersfor each child as the listswere distributed to spon-

sors.Starting the first week

in December, hundreds ofwrapped presents weredropped off at CPS’s of-fices, overflowing the cu-bicles and halls beforethey were shipped outwith caseworkers to theappropriate foster carefamily.

“Our sponsors are tre-mendous,” Gast said.

“Without them, we wouldnot have been able to dothis. Our children are sep-arated from their birthparents, in very difficultsituations, and the spon-sors of the CommunityToy Chest allow them tofeel like a regular child fora couple of days.”

Major sponsors thisyear included SonRiseChurch of Cincinnati,

which sponsored 100 chil-dren, and General Elec-tric Aviation, which spon-sored 61. Tipton Interestsdisplayed a giving tree inits Wards Corner Busi-ness Center, where manytenants selected childrento sponsor. Several Cler-mont County depart-ments, offices and agen-cies also sponsored chil-dren.

This year, individualwish lists were also postedto the county’s Facebookpage (facebook.com/Cler-montCounty) and Twitteraccount (@Clermont-County).

Clermont County Com-missioners David Uible,Bob Proud and Ed Hum-phrey expressed theirgratitude to sponsors fortheir generous support.

Community Toy Chest sponsors help 350 children for holidays

THANKS TO KATHLEEN WILLIAMS

Clermont Domestic Relations Court staff buys gifts for several children each year.

THANKS TO KATHLEEN WILLIAMS

Bobbi Grooms with Children's Protective Services has onlyroom for gifts from General Electric and herself on theelevator.

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Animal Rescue Fund Bingo

INSTANT BOOTH OPEN MON-SAT 11-5PM

Upcoming events atClermont County PublicLibrary branches. Allevents are free. Call thespecific branch to regis-ter.

Amelia Branch Li-brary, 58 Maple St., 752-5580

» Basic computer in-struction, Thursday, Feb.19, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Theclass will cover how tosearch the Internet,email, popular websitesand software. Bring yourquestions for answers atthe end of class.

» You are invited to thefirst Wednesday book dis-cussion group meeting at2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4.This month the group willdiscuss “Divergent” byVeronica Roth. Copies areavailable at the library.

» LEGO Plus starts Sat-urday, Feb. 7, at 10:30 a.m.,for ages 3-11. Participatein our themed challengeor build freestyle. Thismonth our extra activitywill include a marble runusing LEGO bricks.

» LEGO Duplo Plus isSaturday, Feb. 7, at 10:30a.m. Bring the little onesto play with the LEGO Du-plo blocks to join the olderkids in the LEGO Plus pro-gram.

» Learn about MapleSyrup! Monday, Feb. 9,fom 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. It’sprobably the most populartopping for pancakes.Learn where it comesfrom, how it’s made andenjoy samples. For allages.

» Silly Love Stories.Saturday, Feb. 14, 10:30a.m. Make a craft to takehome and enjoy a snack.

» Preschool Storytime.Attendees ages 3-5 yearsare invited with parent orcaregiver for stories,songs, crafts and games.Dates are Wednesdays,Feb. 18-April 29, 11 a.m.and Thursdays, Feb. 19-April 30, 11 a.m.

» Toddlertime at theAmelia Branch Library.Attendees ages 18months-3 years are invit-ed with parent or caregiv-er for stories, songs,crafts and games. Datesare Wednesdays, Feb. 18-April 29, 10 a.m. andThursdays, Feb. 19-April30, 10 a.m.

» Bedtime Stories:Move to the Music! Tues-day, Feb. 24, at 6:30 p.m.,

for ages 0-8. Wear paja-mas for family storytime.

» Consumer Aware-ness: Senior fraud work-shop will be Wednesday,Feb. 25, from 2 p.m. to 4p.m. A representativefrom the attorney gener-al’s office will talk aboutscams against seniors andthe new Senior AdvocateFraud Education (SAFE)kits, designed to teach old-er adults how to protectthemselves.

Batavia (Doris Wood)Branch Library, 180 S.Third St., 732-2128

» Join a new book dis-cussion group focusing onAppalachian studies at 1p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4.Clermont County has a di-verse population andmany are Appalachian.Richly diverse literatureis available to explore.This month’s discussiontitle will be “SavingGrace” by Lee Smith.

» Second WednesdayBook Discussion Groupmeeting at 2 p.m. Feb. 11atthe Batavia Branch Li-brary. This month we willbe discussing “The Har-binger: The Ancient Mys-tery That Holds the Secretof America’s Future” byJonathan Cahn. No regis-tration is required.

» Books and Blocks forages 2-6 will be Thurs-days, Feb. 19-March 26 at10:30 a.m. Enjoy storytimeand then use toy buildingmaterials to recreatecharacters and objectsfrom the stories. Youngerchildren will have Duploblocks to play with andolder kids will create withLEGO.

New RichmondBranch Library, 103 RiverValley Blvd., 553-0570

» River City Writers’Group meets Mondays,Feb. 9, from 6 p.m. to 7:45p.m. at the New RichmondBranch Library. Shareyour writing endeavors,generate ideas, and honeyour craft while network-ing with fellow writers.For more information orto register, adults can callthe library at 553-0570.

» TAG: Teen AdvisoryGroup meets Monday,Feb. 17, from 6:30 p.m. to7:45 p.m.

» StoryTime. Attend-ees ages 0-6 years are in-vited with parent or care-giver for stories, songsand more. Dates and times

will be Wednesdaysthrough April 29 at 10:30a.m.

» Babytime at the NewRichmond Branch Li-brary. Attendees ages 0-18months are invited withparent or caregiver forstories, songs, and more.Dates and times will beThursdays through April30 at 11:30 a.m.

» You are invited to theNew Richmond BranchLibrary at 1 p.m. Monday,Feb. 9, for the Bookendsbook discussion groupmeeting. This month,“The Giver” by Lois Low-ry.

» Intro to Yoga foradults will be Tuesday,Feb. 10, from 6:15 p.m. to7:30 p.m. Bring an exer-cise mat to class.

» LEGO Club will meetSaturday, Feb. 14, at 10a.m., for ages 5-11.

» “New Richmond’sBlack History: The Fam-ilies and Contributions”presentation will be Tues-day, Feb. 17, from 6:30p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Join long-time resident and Council-woman Mary Allen for anhistorical overview ofblack residents, their de-scendants and contribu-tions to New Richmond.Questions and discussionwill follow.

» Spinebenders bookdiscussion at 7 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 24. This month’sbook will be “Book of Un-known American” byCristina Henriquez.Copies are available at thelibrary for checkout.

Union TownshipBranch Library, 4450Glen Este-WithamsvilleRoad, 528-1744

» Preschool story timestarts at 11:30 a.m.Wednesdays throughApril 29 or at 11:30 a.m.Thursdays through April30. Attendees ages 3-6 areinvited with parent or ca-regiver for stories, songs,crafts and games.

» Toddlertime story-time starts at 10:30 a.m.Wednesdays throughApril 29 or at 10:30 a.m.Thursdays through April30. Attendees ages 18months -3 years are invit-ed with parent or caregiv-er for stories, songs,crafts and games.

» BabyTime starts at 10a.m. Wednesdays throughApril 29. An interactivestorytime with infant and

caregiver. Join us for sto-ries, music, rhymes andtickles to begin buildingearly literacy skills. Forages 0-18 months. No reg-istration required.

» Totally Teen Thurs-day meets n Thursday,Feb. 19, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30p.m. Ages 11-17 are invitedto hang out.

» LEGO for EarlyLearners will be Satur-days, Jan. 31 and Feb. 28,at 10 a.m. Ages 1-4 can joinus for the Duplo Read andBuild storybook series.

» LEGO Club: Ages 5-Up will be on Saturday,Feb. 28 at 10 a.m.

» Sensory Circus Sat-urday, Feb. 7, at 9:30 a.m.Children 0-4 can developtheir motor skills as theyexplore a variety of sta-tions where they can seeand touch sand, water,play-dough and so muchmore.

» Thursday MorningCrafty Crochet meets at10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12.Attendees ages 12-adultbring your 4-ply yarn andsize “H” crochet hook.

» Discovery Club:“Heart Smart” will be onFriday or Saturday, Feb.13 or 14, 10 a.m. Ages 6-12are invited to learn aboutthe heart.

» Practice your Eng-lish during the ESL Con-

versation Hour at 6 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 17.

Williamsburg BranchLibrary, 594 Main St.,724-1070

» Learn to Crochet onMondays, February from6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Work onyour own project or learna new stitch. Whether anexpert or novice ages 9-adult, everyone is wel-come! Bring your ownhook and yarn. Childrenunder the age of 12 mustbe accompanied by anadult.

» The library’s Cre-ative Writing Groupmeets weekly on Thurs-days in January and Feb-ruary from 10:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. to share stories.

» Drop-in Storytime at10:30 a.m. Wednesdays,Feb. 4 and Feb. 11 at theWilliamsburg Branch Li-brary. Attendees ages 18

months to 6 years withtheir caregivers are invit-ed for stories, songs andcrafts to promote early lit-eracy.

» Second TuesdayBook Club at 2 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 10. Discuss “Andthe Mountains Echoed” byKhaled Hosseini. Formore information or to re-serve your copy of thebook, call the library at724-1070.

» Teen Gaming forages 11-18 will be from 3p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday,Feb. 17. Play video gameson the Wii or Xbox.

» It’s a Stuffed AnimalSleepover! 6 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 24. Kids ages 2-6can wear pajamas, bringtheir stuffed animals andenjoy bedtime stories andsongs. The stuffed ani-mals will stay overnight inthe library.

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Imagine this: you’redriving along when sud-denly you hear a bang.You pull over and find oneof your tires has gone flat.You open the trunk of thecar to get out the sparetire and find there is nospare!

That’s happening tomore and more drivers assome manufacturers havedecided to drop the spareto decrease weight andincrease fuel economy. Ithas made drivers likeNancy Stahl, of Bridge-town, quite upset.

Stahl writes, “I wasstranded with no sparetire in my car 20 milesfrom home late at night. Iwas put in a position that Ihad to have my car towed.I had to get into a towtruck with a perfectstranger to get my cartaken to a place that couldreplace my tire.”

Stahl says she had noidea the new car she justbought didn’t come with aspare tire. She writes, “Ibelieve that this situationis not only unsafe, butalso dangerous. I did notknow the tow truck driverand I felt uncomfortablenot knowing what couldhave happened. I was putin a position that I had nocontrol (over) and I wasvery upset. “

Rather than includinga spare tire, the manu-facturer has a can ofsealant in the trunk, butStahl says that did nogood because she had apiece of steel in her tireso she couldn’t drivehome. She adds, “I wouldrather pay for the extra

gas that itcosts tohave aspare tirein my carthen be putin danger.”

Stahlsays, “Thedealerinformedme that I

could purchase a kit formy car for $480 if I want-ed a spare tire. I was, andam still, very angry aboutthe situation that I wasput in that night. I paidenough for the car and Ifeel it is unfair to have topay that much for some-thing that has alwaysbeen part of a vehicle.”

Manufacturers used toput a small “donut” tire inthe trunk and you coulduse it to drive about 50miles or so until you gotto a safe location. Eventhat is being replaced bysome manufacturers infavor of the tire repairkit. Some tire dealers saythat repair kit may allowyou to get to your destina-tion, but many times thattire has to be replacedbecause the sealant wasused.

Stahl says she’s veryunhappy with the decisionto discontinue using sparetires. She writes, “When Imention this fact to otherpeople, they can’t believeit and they run to checktheir car to make surethey have a spare tire.”

Howard Ain appears as theTroubleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].

No spare tire insome new cars

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSCommunity Press publishes incident records provided

by local police departments. All reports published arepublic records.

To contact your local police department, call: » Amelia, 753-4747» Batavia village, 732-5692» New Richmond, 553-3121» Pierce Township, 752-3830 » Union Township, 752-1230» Williamsburg, 724-2261» Clermont County Sheriff's Office, 732-7500.

AMELIAIncidents/investigationsAssaultAt 100 block of Hunters Court,Dec. 13.

Criminal trespassTrespassing on property ofKroger at 200 block of W. MainSt., Nov. 17.

TheftJewelry taken; $275 at block 40of E. Main St., Dec. 8.

BATAVIAIncidents/investigationsAggravated menacingMale was threatened at BataviaMiddle School at Bauer Road,Dec. 13.

Inducing panicSubject threatened to blow upBatavia High at Bulldog Place,Dec. 15.

PIERCE TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsBurglaryA ring and change taken; $155at 1500 block of Ohio 749, Dec.17.

Criminal damageMailbox post damaged at 500block of Old Ohio 52, Dec. 20.

Disorderly conductFemale acted disorderly at block80 of Stillmeadow, Dec. 18.

Domestic violenceAt 3300 block of Ohio 132, Dec.17.

FraudFemale stated ID used with noauthorization at 1600 block ofW. Concord, Dec. 18.

TheftMerchandise taken from Wal-mart; $115 at 1800 block ofOhio Pike, Dec. 16.

Baseball cards taken at Wal-mart; $38 at 1800 block of OhioPike, Dec. 16.

Two bikes taken; $300 at 1700block of Ohio Pike, Dec. 17.

Wallet and GPS unit taken fromvehicle; $810 at 400 block ofLenkenann Drive, Dec. 19.

Merchandise taken from Wal-mart; $276 at 1800 block ofOhio Pike, Dec. 19.

Violation of protection orderFemale reported offense at in

Pierce Township, Dec. 17.

UNION TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAssaultAt 800 block of Massachusetts,Dec. 21.

Breaking and enteringReported at State Farm at 800block of Ohio Pike, Dec. 21.

Criminal damageReported at Five Guys Burgers &Fries at Eastgate Blvd., Dec. 20.

Disorderly conductReported at Waffle House at400 block of Ohio Pike, Dec. 21.

Reported at Taco Bell at 1100block of Ohio Pike, Dec. 21.

Domestic violenceAt 4700 block of Beechwood,Dec. 20.

MenacingAt 1100 block of Abbott Road,Dec. 18.

RapeAt 4200 block of Babson ParkPlace, Dec. 20.

TheftReported at Kohl’s at EastgateBlvd., Dec. 19.

Reported at Penn Station atEastgate Blvd., Dec. 18.

Reported at Kohl’ at EastgateBlvd., Dec. 18.

Reported at Lowe’s at 600 blockof Mount Moriah, Dec. 18.

Reported at Amelia High atClough Pike, Dec. 18.

Reported at Exxon at 4200 blockof Mount Carmel Tobasco, Dec.18.

Reported at Speedway at 500block of Ohio Pike, Dec. 18.

At 600 block of Ellen Drive, Dec.18.

At 4300 block of Minute Man,Dec. 19.

Reported at Walmart at East-gate Blvd., Dec. 19.

Reported at Beechwood Apart-ments at 3900 block of Piccadil-ly, Dec. 19.

Reported at J&B Tavern at 4000block of Mount Carmel To-basco, Dec. 20.

At 4100 block of Bach Buxton,Dec. 21.

Reported at Walmart at East-gate Blvd., Dec. 21.

Reported at Kroger at EastgateBlvd., Dec. 21.

Reported at Walmart at East-

gate Blvd., Dec. 21.VandalismAt block 10 of CourthouseGreen, Dec. 19.

CLERMONT COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE

Incidents/investigationsAggravated menacingAt 4100 block of Afton-ElklickRoad, Williamsburg, Dec. 23.

Aggravated robberyAt 5100 block of Benton Road,Batavia, Dec. 23.

Aggravated trespassAt 3400 block of Virginia Drive,Amelia, Dec. 24.

AssaultAt 3400 block of Virginia Drive,Amelia, Dec. 24.

At 70 block of Sierra Court,Batavia, Dec. 23.

Breaking and enteringAt 1000 block of WassermanWay, Batavia, Dec. 23.

At 5100 block of MontereyMaple Grove Road, Batavia,Dec. 24.

Complicity - aid/abet anotherAt 2000 block of Ponderosa PineCourt, Amelia, Dec. 22.

Criminaldamaging/endangeringAt 200 block of Amelia OliveBranch Road, Amelia, Dec. 22.

At 2100 block of Harvey Road,New Richmond, Dec. 24.

At 2600 block of Old Ohio 32,Batavia, Dec. 24.

Criminal mischiefAt 2100 block of Ohio Pike,Amelia, Dec. 22.

At 2700 block of Ohio 132, New

Richmond, Dec. 23.Criminal trespassAt 4000 block of Afton ElklickRoad, Batavia, Dec. 23.

Domestic violenceAt 1300 block of Mountain Ash,Amelia, Dec. 24.

Drug paraphernaliaAt 1700 block of Ohio 125,Amelia, Dec. 25.

At 2000 block of Ohio Pike,Amelia, Dec. 22.

At 2200 block of Berry Road,Amelia, Dec. 25.

FalsificationAt 2300 block of Laurel Nich-olsville Road, New Richmond,Dec. 8.

Fugitive from justiceAt 4700 block of East FilagerRoad, Batavia, Dec. 22.

At Ohio 222 at Caldwell Road,Felicity, Dec. 25.

Gross sexual impositionAt 4700 block of SilverwoodDrive, Batavia, Dec. 23.

Identity fraudAt 1900 block of Balzhiser Lane,Batavia, Dec. 22.

Misuse of credit cardAt 5300 block of Belfast Ow-ensville Road, Batavia, Dec. 23.

Notice of change of addressAt Main Street Bridge, Batavia,Dec. 24.

Possession of drugs -marijuanaAt 1700 block of Ohio 125,Amelia, Dec. 25.

At 2000 block of Ohio Pike,Amelia, Dec. 22.

At 2200 block of Berry Road,Amelia, Dec. 25.

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