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Glen Este High School Prin-cipal Bob Walker, who will bethe new principal of West Cler-mont High School when it opensin 2017, said a goal from the be-ginning was to have the studentschoose the color and mascot forthe new school.

“What I liked most (was) allof the other choices were devel-oped identities,” Walker said re-ferring to the Raiders and Ti-tans, which along with theWolves were the top threechoices for school mascot. “Thiswas unique.”

The Wolves was chosen with64 percent of the vote and waschosen from an initial pool ofabout 280 suggestions.

Superintendent Keith Klinewas also glad the studentsplayed such an integral role in

the selection of a mascot for theWest Clermont high school andmiddle school.

“This (mascot) will be theiridentity for decades to come andsomething they can wear proud-ly,” Kline said.

Glen Este High School ninth-grader Max Kearney wasamong the students serving onthe Branding Committee whichchose the wolf as a mascot andnavy blue, white and silver/grayand black as the school colors.

“It was fierce,” Kearney saidabout the wolf image. “(It)showed dominance and how theschool came together like a wolfpack.”

The mascot and school colorswere announced during the May26 West Clermont Board of Edu-cation meeting.

Hungry like the Wolves

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Glen Este High School ninth-graders Will Keszei, left, and Max Kearney unveil the mascot and school colors for thenew West Clermont high school and middle school during the May 26 West Clermont Board of Education meeting.A wolf was chosen as mascot, while navy blue, white, silver/gray and black were chosen as the school colors.

Workers are slapping ce-ment plaster onto exterior wallsof a department store underconstruction on Eastgate SouthDrive in Union Township.

They’re using backhoes tomove dirt at the site of a plannedshopping center on EastgateNorth Drive, and they’re fram-ing buildings in a new skillednursing and rehabilitationneighborhood on Bach BuxtonRoad.

Union Township officialscouldn’t be happier about allthat dust-raising, gear-screech-ing work, which they say ishelping the community weatherstate funding cuts.

The latest fiscal blow: Thetownship stands to lose $480,000a year if Ohio approves a clausein the state’s proposed biennialbudget that would resurrect aprogram to phase out by 2018payments it had been givingmunicipalities to offset the lossof the repealed tangible per-sonal-property tax.

Union Township has been us-ing most of that money to payfor its police and fire depart-ments, township AdministratorKen Geis said.

“Had it not been for the pre-vious board’s and this board’sactions in replacing revenuethat we’ve lost from the state,

we would be looking at very dra-conian cuts to the safety-ser-vices department,” Geis said.

Geis recently gave the UnionTownship Board of Trustees up-dates on these economic-devel-opment projects:

» The first Gordmans de-partment store in southwest

Ohio is expected to open in Sep-tember on Eastgate South Drivein the former Eastgate Station,which developer PEBB Enter-prises of Boca Raton, Fla., is re-naming “32 East.”Gordman’s isNebraska-based apparel andhome decor retailer.

A Michaels store will be an-

other anchor for the $20 millionproject that will also have roomfor another half dozen business-es at the site, which is across thestreet from Jungle Jim’s Inter-national Market.

» A McDonald’s restaurantand a multi-tenant building arescheduled to open this year and

Hobby Lobby early in 2016 atthe former site of Golf Galaxyand the Garden Ridge store atEastgate North Drive and stateRoute 32.

A few more spaces are avail-able for other businesses in the

Developments help UnionTownship weather fiscal stormJeanne Houckjhouck@communitypress.com

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A backhoe and men at work near where a Michael’s store is to be built on Eastgate South Drive.

Like the sign says, Gordmansdepartment store is set to open onEastgate South Drive in September.

A $10 million skilled nursing andrehabilitation neighborhood ofhomes is being built on BachBuxton Road.

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tendent.“The biggest thing that

stood out was his experi-ence as an instructionaland educational leader atHamilton City Schools,”said Michael Enriquez,vice president of the Ba-tavia school board.

Millard was directorof secondary programsand assistant superinten-

BATAVIA — The Bata-via Local School Districthas chosen a HamiltonCity Schools administra-tor to serve as its next su-perintendent.

The school board an-nounced Keith Millardwill be the new superin-

dent for in-structionfor theHamiltonCitySchool Dis-trict.

Millardhad also

been a social studiesteacher, instructionalspecialist and assistant

principal in the district.Enriquez also cited

Millard’s “engagementwith the general commu-nity and his involvementin the business communi-ty” as potential assets.

“We will have an op-portunity for him to bringthat experience and lead-ership to Batavia as westrive to move to the next

level,” Enriquez said.Among 27 applicants

for the position, Millardand Anderson HighSchool Principal MichaelBroadwater were amongthe finalists.

Broadwater was re-cently named as the newassistant superintendentfor the Forest Hills LocalSchool District.

Enriquez said a con-tract for Millard is ex-pected to be approved atthe June 15 school boardmeeting. Millard willthen begin his official du-ties Aug. 1.

Barbara Bradley isserving as the interim su-perintendent for the Ba-tavia Local School Dis-trict.

Batavia Local Schools selects new superintendentForrest Sellersfsellers@communitypress.com

Millard

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Vietnam Veteransmonthly meeting

Vietnam Veteran’s ofAmerica, Clermont Coun-ty Chapter 649, meets at7:30 p.m. Thursday, June11, at the Union TownshipCivic Center, 4350 Ai-choltz Road – Eastgate.

Guest speaker will beBoy Scout Troop 742 fromBatavia. All veterans, allwars are welcome.

For more informationgo to www.vva649.org.

Eastside DemocraticClub summer picnic

The Eastside Demo-cratic Club, formerly An-derson Newtown Demo-cratic Club, is celebratingits new name with a sum-mer picnic, featuringguest speaker State Rep.Denise Driehaus, Thurs-day, June 18. Socializingbegins at 6 p.m.; food willbe served at 6:45 p.m.

The club is expanding,and is welcoming mem-bers from all of southeast-ern Hamilton County.Please bring a potluckdish to share; drinks andchicken provided: $5. Raf-fle tickets will be sold fora beautiful hand canedchair; $5 each or three for$10. The event is at St.Timothy church, 8101Beechmont Ave., near Na-gel Road, rain (indoors) orshine (outdoors). Visiteastsidedems2015.bpt.meor call 232-4154.

Nominees soughtfor Orpha GatchCitizenship Award

Women who volunteerand make their communi-ty better are sought asnominees for the annualOrpha Gatch CitizenshipAward.

Presented by the Cler-mont County League ofWomen Voters, the awardhonors women for out-standing volunteer ser-vice.

Nominations are dueJune 15. Visit lwvcler-mont.com for a nomina-tion form.

The winner will be an-nounced at the SuffragistDinner set for 5:30 p.m.Aug. 25 at Holiday Inn,4501 Eastgate Blvd.

Nominees must live inClermont County. Theyshould symbolize theleadership, energy, opti-mism and trust of theearly suffragists. Womencurrently running forpublic office are not eligi-ble for the Orpha GatchCitizenship Award. All

nominees will be show-cased and honored at theSuffragist Dinner.

The 19th Amendmentto the U.S. Constitutionwas ratified 95 years ago,Aug. 18, 1920. It guaran-tees all women who areUnited States citizens theright to vote.

Gatch was a suffragistwho worked for passageof the 19th Amendment.She was the first womanto serve on the MilfordBoard of Education afterbeing elected in 1924. Sheserved for eight years, in-cluding holding the officeof vice president. Shefounded the ClermontCounty League of WomenVoters. Gatch was activeat the Milford MethodistChurch where she taughtSunday school and sang inthe choir.

It was Gatch’s dedica-tion to the community thatinspired this annualaward. To attend, visit theLeague’s website atlwvclermont.com for res-ervation information.

Weekly informationsessions and toursat UC Clermont

UC Clermont College isholding information ses-sions and tours at 6 p.m.every Tuesday; at 1 p.m.Wednesdays, and at 10a.m. Fridays.

These weekly sessionsoffer prospective stu-dents and their familiesan opportunity to checkout UC Clermont Collegein person. The $50 appli-cation fee will be waivedfor anyone who applies atthe session.

No reservation is re-quired to attend. The fallsemester applicationdeadline is July 20.

Learn more about UCClermont College and ourconnection to Universityof Cincinnati, the degreesand programs that are of-fered at this location andUC East, how to navigatethe admission processand financial aid, studentlife opportunities, cam-pus activities and more.The sessions are general-ly small, so attendees willhave personal attention.

Information sessionsbegin in the Student Ser-vices Building, Room 100.The campus directionsand map can be found onwww.ucclermont.edu.

Fall semester beginsAug. 24. For more infor-mation, call 732-5319 orvisit www.ucclermont.e-du.

New Richmondsummer concertschedule

The village of New

CommunityAll-Stars

Community Press is in-viting you to hop on theAll-Star Game bandwag-on. What memories do youhave of previous All-StarGames in Cincinnati (orother cities)? What hasbaseball meant to you;what does it mean to younow? Share photos if havethem. Email rmaloney@

Richmond is sponsoring aseries of summer con-certs.

All concerts are at thebandstand at 116 SusannaWay.

The following concertswill be at 7:30 p.m. June19: Sycamore CommunityBand; June 26, AndersonCommunity Band; June29, Greenhills AmericanLegion; July 9, Ohio Mili-tary Band; and July 25,Williamsburg Communi-ty Band.

On July 2, the God andCountry concert will be at7 p.m. On Aug. 1, Big Mon-day Night Band also willbe at 7 p.m. A 9/11Memori-al Concert will be at 5 p.m.Sept. 11.

Information: 513-553-4146 or visit www.new-richmond.org.

Kiwanis hostbowling party

The Milford Kiwanisare hosting their ninth an-nual bowling party Satur-day, June 13, at CherryGrove Bowling Lanes,4005 Hopper Hill Road.

The cost for threegames bowling is $15 foradults and $12 for stu-dents (family pricing isavailable). This includesthree 8-pin no tap games,shoes and soft drinks.

For any questions or ifyou would like to donate,call Libby at 513-831-3172.

Quilt programThe Williamsburg Har-

mony Hill Associationwill present a quilt pro-gram from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.Saturday, June 13, at theCarriage House, 299 S.Third St.

Guest speaker will beDiana Kuhnell. She is anauthority on quilts andhas many old referencebooks to trace down theorigin and theme given toeach quilt. Harmony Hillmembers will have quiltson display and individualsattending may each bringone quilt for appraisal byKuhnell.

For additional infor-mation, call 513-724-7790.

Amelia High School50-year reunion

Amelia High School’sClass of 1965 will host a re-union the weekend ofJune 26 and June 27.

Events on Friday in-clude a tour of the highschool from 1 p.m. to 3p.m. and a dinner at ElkRun Golf Club from 5:30p.m. to 9 p.m.

A picnic is scheduledfor 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday at Woodland MoundPark.

For additional infor-mation, call 662-3398.

BRIEFLY

$15 million project thatdeveloper Casto of Syca-more Township is callingthe “Eastgate Market-place.”

The old businesseshave already been torndown.

“They’re actively en-gaged in the process ofleasing those up,” Geissaid.

“In talking to the folksat Casto, they’re very ex-cited about the project

and they anticipate hav-ing that site fully leasedwithin the next 12months.”

» Otterbein SeniorLifestyle Choices of Leba-non is building a $10 mil-lion skilled nursing andrehabilitation neighbor-hood with homes thathave multiple privatequarters and a large com-

munal living, dining andkitchen area at 4150 BachBuxton Road.

“They have a couple ofthe facilities that are com-pletely framed-up now,and they believe that theywill be open this year forbusiness,” Geis said.

John McGraw, chair-man of the Union Town-ship Board of Trustees,

said he is happy that thetownship’s work to woodevelopers means offi-cials do not have to go hatin hand to residents.

That’s not the case inmany communities thatare considering tax lev-ies, he said.

“Some have alreadydone it … and there’ll bemore on the November

ballot,” McGraw said.“So even though there

are tax savings on thestate level, (some) com-munities now have to askthe voters for money.”

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in UnionTownship? Follow me onTwitter @jeannehouck.

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

COMMUNITYJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, rmaloney@communitypress.com, 248-7134

Batavia ElementarySchool

» Batavia Elementary host-ed field day recently.

“Who Dey,” the Bengals mas-cot, visited Jeanne Rasfeld’sclass to have a glass of milk toget the day started off beforeparticipated in some eventswith kids during field day.

The Batavia Elementaryphysical education classes havepartnered with the Bengals andNFL Play 60/American DairyCouncil to encourage kids to eathealthy and exercise at least 60minutes a day.

Dale Mackris and RandyJones put on field day at the endof every school year. Mackris isretiring at the end of May andall the students at Batavia wantto thank him for all his effortsover the years.

Mount Notre Dame HighSchool

» Mount Notre Dame tookthe top prize at the “Caring ForOur Watersheds” competitionfor the second year in a row.

Junior Aleeyah Nurredin ofAmberley Village won the$1,000 first place prize for herproposal, “Color Me Rain Bar-rel Initiative.”

MND placed four teams inthe top 10 of the environmentaleducational competition whichencourages creativity and re-wards students for solutionsthey identify. Final presenta-tions were at the Cincinnati Zooand Botanical Gardens. Thisyear, 129 proposals for improv-ing the local watershed were en-tered.

Teams were evaluated oncontent and innovation of writ-ten proposals as well as livepresentations made to a panel ofjudges. Other MND teams thatplaced in the top 10 includeMadison Romano of DeerfieldTownship and Kelsey Donahueof Loveland for their proposal,“Watershed App;” Caroline Cus-ick of Amberley Village, JessBurris of Reading and JennyKristof of White Oak for theirproposal, “Saving the Water-shed: One Sink at a Time,” andSophie Privitera of Mason,Maddie Gentile of Pierce Town-ship, Kate Stuhlfire of Lovelandand Sonya Sasmal of West Ches-ter Township for their proposal,“A Garden For Good.”

All teams were mentored byMichelle Shafer, MND ScienceDepartment chair and STEMcoordinator, who has champi-oned MND’s efforts in this com-petition over the past few years.

“Our students’ placement inthis competition is a true testa-ment to the education they re-ceive at Mount Notre Dame,”Shafer said. “Across the curri-culum, teachers are challeng-ing our students to be innova-tive thinkers, strong writersand problem solvers. Theirpresentation skills in both thewritten and oral form shinedthroughout this competition. Ilook forward to seeing all the in-novative ideas these studentswill bring for the betterment ofour world in the future.”

New Richmond HighSchool

» Six New Richmond HighSchool juniors who exemplifycharacter, integrity, leadershipand scholarship were recentlyselected to attend the 2015American Legion’s BuckeyeBoys and Buckeye Girls Stateconventions the week of June14.

Nick Kirby, Chase Heflin,Evan Grippa and Carter Lightwill be attending Buckeye BoysState at Bowling Green StateUniversity.

Lindsey Williams and EllaLindsley will attend BuckeyeGirls State at the University ofMt. Union in Alliance, Ohio.

“The six students selected toattend Buckeye Boys State andBuckeye Girls State from NewRichmond High School exem-plify the definitions of ‘Charac-ter,’ ‘Integrity’, ‘Leadership,’and ‘Scholarship,’ “ New Rich-mond High School PrincipalMark Bailey said. “I am exceed-ingly proud of these studentsand know they will representour school and community well.I would like to thank RalphShepherd from American Le-gion John Farina Post 550 formaking this opportunity possi-ble for our students.”

American Legion BuckeyeBoys State is an eight-dayhands-on experience in the op-eration of the democratic formof government, the organiza-tion of political parties, and therelationship of one to the otherin shaping Ohio government.

Through a practical, objec-tive, nonpartisan approach, par-ticipants in the American Le-gion Buckeye Boys State pro-gram are exposed to fundamen-tal democratic principles inlocal, county and state electionsand governmental functionswhich prepare them for leader-ship roles as patriotic Americancitizens.

Distinguished alumni ofBuckeye Boys State include as-tronaut Neil Armstrong, thefirst man on the moon, and fel-low astronauts Terence Hen-ricks, Carl Walz, Michael Gern-hardt and Gregory Johnson.Other alumni include ThomasMoyer, Chief Justice of the OhioSupreme Court, and U.S. Reps.

Michael Oxley and Paul Gil-more.

Buckeye Girls State is aweek-long program designed toeducate Ohio's young women inthe duties, privileges, rightsand responsibilities of good citi-zenship. By getting involved inthe process, Delegates canlearn more about City, Countyand State Government in oneweek than they will learn in anentire semester of high school

Buckeye Girls State alumni

include former Texas GovernorAnn Richards, Former MissUSA Terri Utley, newscasterJane Pauley, country music per-former Janie Fricke, televisionpersonality Leeza Gibbons,Brigadier General Sharla Cookand U.S. Congresswoman Jen-nifer Dunn.

St. Bernadette School» Matt Fink and Victoria Fas-

tenau of Realeyes, with the OhioOptometric Association visited

students at St. BernadetteSchool.

They discussed eye health,vision, and the importance ofcaring for your eyes. They ex-plained how your eyelashes andeyebrows protect your eyes andthe importance of how wearinghats and glasses/sunglassesprotective them.

Experiments of how the pu-pil contracts and how blurry vi-sion affects how a person catch-es a ball were also completed.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

PROVIDED

Jeanne Rasfelds class at Batavia Elementary School shared a glass of milk with “Who Dey” to start the day of events.

THANKS TO ENOS PENNINGTON

New Richmond High School juniors Nick Kirby, Chase Heflin, Evan Grippaand Carter Light will attend Buckeye Boys State June 14-21 at BowlingGreen State University.

THANKS TO ENOS PENNINGTON

New Richmond High School juniors Lindsey Williams and Ella Lindsley willattend Buckeye Girls State June 14-20 at the University of Mt. Union.

St. Bernadette kindergartners Reddyn Cleaver, Ryan Eldridge, Adam Hoyt, Addison Wright and Elijah Johnsonwatch as Matt Fink of Realeyes demonstrates how the pupil retracts when you shine a light on it.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 11Exercise ClassesStrength and Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, 4350 Aicholtz Road,Variety of exercises designed toincrease muscular strength,range of movement and activityfor daily living skills. Call forpricing. 947-7333. Union Town-ship.

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 and Balance, 1-1:45p.m., Crossings of Amelia, 58Amelia Olive Branch Road, Moveto music through variety ofexercises designed to increasemuscular strength, range ofmovement and activities fordaily living. For seniors. Call forpricing. Presented by SilverS-neakers Stretch. 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.Presented by Zumba with KC.240-5180. Eastgate.

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

Literary - CraftsThursday Morning CraftyCrochet, 10 a.m., Union Town-ship Branch Library, 4450 GlenEste-Withamsville Road, In-structor Pat Esswein teachesbeginning crochet stitches. Bring4-ply yarn and size “Hâ€crochet hook. Ages 12-99. Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 528-1744;www.clermontlibrary.org. UnionTownship.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Writing Club, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Forteen writers interested in meet-ing other teen writers or lookingfor feedback from others. Ages12-17. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

The Magic of Tom Bemmes, 1-2p.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy a lively performance fromexperienced local magician.Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnati-library.org. Loveland.

Music - AcousticOpen House, 8-10 p.m., GreenKayak Market and Eatery, 204Front St., Old Lodge Stage.Hosted by Jim Comodeca. Familyfriendly. Free. 843-6040. NewRichmond.

RecreationCornhole Thursday, 7 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Lounge. Non-competitive and open to public.$5. 528-9909; www.mtcarmelal-post72.org. Mount Carmel.

FRIDAY, JUNE 12Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, 1596Ohio 131, Fish sandwiches,chicken fingers or six-pieceshrimp dinners. Dinners includefrench fries and homemadecoleslaw. Carry-out available.Open year round except holi-days. $6-$6.50. Presented byLadies Auxiliary Dennis JohnsonVFW Post 6562. 575-2102. Mil-ford.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Senior Stretch,9-9:45 a.m., Union TownshipCivic Center, 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 SilverS-neakers Stretch. 947-7333. UnionTownship.

FestivalsMediterranean Food Fest, 5-11p.m., St. James OrthodoxChurch, 6577 Branch Hill Mi-amiville Road, HomemadeMiddle Eastern cuisine andentertainment including music,belly dancing and rides. $2.583-9600; www.stjameslovelan-d.org. Loveland.

SATURDAY, JUNE 13Dining EventsPorch Party Grill Out withChef Fristoe, 1-5 p.m., Mt.Carmel Brewing Company, 4362Mt. Carmel-Tobasco Road,Lakeside Patio. Chef BuddyFristoe will be grilling andsmoking pulled pork sliders andtacos, and serving homemadechips and salsa every Saturdayafternoon. Special beer tappingsand pricing. $8, $3. 240-2739.Mount Carmel.

Exercise ClassesTOPS: Take Off Pounds Sen-sibly, 9:30-10:30 a.m., AmeliaUnited Methodist Church, 19 E.Main St., Lower Level, Genera-tions Room. Talk about healthierchoices for living a healthier life.Ages 18 and up. Free. Presentedby TOPS: Take Off Pounds Sen-sibly. 800-932-8677; www.top-s.org. Amelia.

Strength and Balance, 9a.m.-9:45 a.m., Union TownshipCivic Center, Call for pricing.513-947-7333. Union Township.

Spinning 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.

FestivalsMediterranean Food Fest,noon to midnight, St. JamesOrthodox Church, $2. 583-9600;www.stjamesloveland.org.Loveland.

Home & GardenFarm Tour, 2-5 p.m., Pine LaneFarm, 1897 Hunters Ridge,Four-generation farm raisesdairy goats and cattle, andproduces goat milk soaps andlotions. Free. 260-4352; www.pi-nelanesoaps.com. .

Literary - LibrariesBlock Party, 11 a.m., LovelandBranch Library, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Construct andcreate with library’s LEGOs. Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

Music - AcousticMike Mullee and Friends, 8-11p.m., Green Kayak Market andEatery, 204 Front St., Free.843-6040; www.greenkayak-market.com. New Richmond.

RecreationTour de Cure, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Riverside Park, 425 Victor StierDrive, Cycling event with routesdesigned for everyone fromoccasional rider to the experi-enced cyclist. 100, 50, 25 and 5mile routes. Benefits AmericanDiabetes Association. $200.Registration required. Presentedby American Diabetes Associa-tion. 759-9330, ext. 6661;www.diabetes.org/cincinnati-tourdecure. Milford.

Runs / WalksAmerican Cancer SocietyRelay For Life of ClermontCounty, 3 p.m. to 6 a.m., UnionTownship Veterans MemorialPark, Glen-Este WithamsvilleRoad, Celebrate with survivorsand caregivers by walking lapsand enjoy games, food andentertainment at this familyevent. Silent Auction and Lumi-naria ceremony. Benefits Amer-ican Cancer Society. Free. Regis-tration recommended. Present-ed by Relay for Life of ClermontCounty. 888-227-6446, ext. 4208;www.relayforlife.org. UnionTownship.

SUNDAY, JUNE 14Clubs & OrganizationsFree Car Wash, 1-4 p.m., CalvinPresbyterian Church, 1177 W.Ohio Pike, Parking Lot. Weatherpermitting. Food provided forthose waiting for their cars to bewashed. Donations received goto mission fund. Free. 752-2525;www.calvin-pc.org. Amelia.

Exercise ClassesSunday Morning Yoga, 9-10:15a.m., East Cincy Yoga, 150 WestMain St., Upstairs. Level one classwith lots of stretching, somestrengthening and plenty ofrelaxation. Ages 18 and up. $12.331-9525; www.facebook.com/eastcincinnatiyoga. Batavia.

FestivalsMediterranean Food Fest, 1-10p.m., St. James OrthodoxChurch, $2. 583-9600; www.stja-mesloveland.org. Loveland.

MONDAY, JUNE 15Exercise Classes

Strength and Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 947-7333. Union Township.

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

Strength and Balance, 2-2:45p.m., Crossings of Amelia, Callfor pricing. 478-6783. Amelia.

Literary - Book ClubsBookends, 1 p.m., New Rich-mond Branch Library, 103 RiverValley Blvd., 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, gener-ate ideas, hone their craft andnetwork with fellow writers inarea. Free. 553-0570. NewRichmond.

Preschool Storytime, 10-11 a.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Enjoybooks, songs, activities, craftsand more, while building earlyliteracy skills. For preschoolersand their caregivers. Ages 3-6.Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnati-library.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.

TUESDAY, JUNE 16Exercise Classesaqua ZUMBA, 1-1:45 p.m.,Comfort Inn, 4421 Aicholtz Road,$5. Presented by Zumba with KC.240-5180. Eastgate.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 3-7p.m., Loveland Lanes, 897 Love-land-Madeira Road, Parking lot.Featuring 32 vendors from areaoffering vegetables, fruits, meat,eggs, bread, pizza, pastries,cookies, syrup, lavender prod-ucts, soaps, lotions, gourmetfrozen pops, gelato, herbs,alpaca products, hummus,honey, coffee, olive oil andcheese. Free. Presented byLoveland Farmers’ Market.683-1251; www.lovelandfm.com.Loveland.

Literary - LibrariesESL Conversation Hour, 6-7p.m., Union Township BranchLibrary, 4450 Glen Este-Withams-ville Road, Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 528-1744.

Union Township.Loveland Book Club, 10 a.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

English Language Classes,6:30-7:30 p.m., Milford-MiamiTownship Branch Library, 1099Ohio 131, Improve English lan-guage skills with Alanna Hochb-erg and a friendly, informalgroup of people. Ages 18 andup. Free. Registration required.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 248-0700;www.clermontlibrary.org.Milford.

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 6:30 a.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, $1-$15. 528-9909;www.stuartglugibuhl.com.Mount Carmel.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17Dining EventsWings And Trivia Night, 6-9p.m., Mt. Carmel Brewing Com-pany, 4362 Mt. Carmel-TobascoRoad, Tap Room. Last Call Trivia.Renegade Street Eats uses Mt.Carmel Beer as a base to createGourmet Wing sauces and glazesto be paired with the beer. Ages21 and up. $5-$9. 240-2739;www.mtcarmelbrewingcompa-ny.com. Mount Carmel.

Exercise ClassesSpinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 9:30-10:30 a.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,$10. Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org. Milford.

Literary - LibrariesMovers and Shakers, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Singing, dancing and music. Forages 1-4. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Mini Brain Camp: From Pageto Stage, 1-3 p.m., LovelandBranch Library, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Literature basedprogram with a maker compo-nent. Children will create theirown play, design characters, andthen perform. Ages 6-12. Free.Registration required. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Music - AcousticSummer Concerts at TheGreen Kayak, 7-9 p.m., GreenKayak Market and Eatery, 204Front St., The Old Lodge. Localmusician and lead guitarist/vocalist for the Cheap ThrillBand, Micheall Reed will beperforming 12 mid-week acous-tic performances this summer,mixture of classic acoustic musicfrom 60s, 70s. Free. 843-6040.New Richmond.

THURSDAY, JUNE 18Dining Events

Dine to Donate, 4-10 p.m., TexasRoadhouse, 375 Rivers EdgeDrive, Mention “Clermont to theRescue” at time of ordering.Benefits Clermont to the Rescue.Free admission. Presented byClermont to the Rescue HumaneSociety. 404-8890; www.face-book.com/groups/1003124339716416/.Milford.

Exercise ClassesStrength and Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 947-7333. Union Township.

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.

Strength and Balance, 1-1:45p.m., Crossings of Amelia, Callfor pricing. 478-6783. Amelia.

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 - Book ClubsMystery Book Club, 12:30 p.m.,Milford-Miami Township BranchLibrary, 1099 Ohio 131, Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPublic Library. 248-0700;www.clermontlibrary.org.Milford.

Music - AcousticOpen House, 8-10 p.m., GreenKayak Market and Eatery, Free.843-6040. New Richmond.

RecreationCornhole Thursday, 7 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, $5.528-9909; www.mtcarmelal-post72.org. Mount Carmel.

FRIDAY, JUNE 19BenefitsClassic Cars for a Cause, 6:30-11p.m., Jeff Wyler AutomotiveGroup Event Center, 401 MilfordParkway, See automotive exec-utive’s 37 classic vehicles. Buffetfood stations by MontgomeryInn, beer and wine, live andsilent auction, music by The ParFive Band featuring FatheadDavis. Benefits YWCA of GreaterCincinnati-Eastern Area. $100.Reservations required. 361-2126;ywcacincinnati.org. Milford.

Dining EventsTGI Friday Night Grill-Outs,6-11 p.m., American Legion Post450, 450 Victor Stier Drive, Food,music and more. Burger, brats,metts, hot dogs and side dishes.Cash bar. Split the pot. Pricevaries. 831-9876;www.post450.com. Milford.

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

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Senior Stretch,9-9:45 a.m., Union Township

Civic Center, Call for pricing.947-7333. Union Township.

Music - ClassicalSycamore Community Band,7:30 p.m., New Richmond River-front, Front Street and SusannaWay, Gazebo. Led by PeteMetzger. Commemorating the150th anniversary of end to CivilWar, tribute to Stephen Fosterand George Gershwin, medley ofFrank Sinatra hits, more. Bringchairs or blanket. Free. Present-ed by Sycamore CommunityBand. 553-3661; www.sycamore-band.org. New Richmond.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20Art & Craft ClassesFiber Arts, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy company of other crafterswhile working on your ownsmall project. Open to any kindof needle (or hook) crafters.Ages 18 and up. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Dining EventsPorch Party Grill Out withChef Fristoe, 1-5 p.m., Mt.Carmel Brewing Company, $8,$3. 240-2739. Mount Carmel.

Exercise ClassesTOPS: Take Off Pounds Sen-sibly, 9:30-10:30 a.m., AmeliaUnited Methodist Church, Free.800-932-8677; www.tops.org.Amelia.

Strength and Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 947-7333. Union Township.

Spinning 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.

FestivalsSymmes Day in the Park, 2-10p.m., Home of the Brave Park,11605 Lebanon Road, Cruise-in,kids’ activities, live music, food,fireworks at dark plus more. TheRusty Griswolds perform from7-10:00 p.m. A blanket or chairsare recommended. BenefitsHonor Flight Tri-State. Free.Presented by Symmes Township.683-6644; www.symmestown-ship.org. Loveland.

United Way Day of ActionBatavia, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., UCEast, 1981 James Sauls Drive,Free, fun, family-friendly activ-ities focused on educationalachievement. Face painting,animal balloons, fish pond, cornhole toss, petting zoo, adopt apet, and DreamWeaver StoryTelling Troupe. Free. Presentedby United Way of Greater Cin-cinnati - Eastern Area. 536-3000;www.uwgc.org/about-us/day-of-action. Batavia Township.

NatureMonarch Fiesta, 6-10 p.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center at LongBranch Farm and Trails, 6926Gaynor Road, Celebrate returnof Monarch butterflies on theirjourney back from Mexico. Musicfrom Buffalo Wabs and the PriceHill Hustle, hike along theMonarch migration trail, picnicwith friends and family, foodtrucks, beer from RhinegeistBrewery. Family friendly. $10 peradult. Reservations required.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Goshen Township.

RecreationRide for the Runts, 10 a.m. tomidnight, American Legion Post450, 450 Victor Stier Drive,Registration begins 10 a.m.Motorcycle ride leaves at noonand returns around 4 p.m. forparty with food, raffle prizes,split-the-pot. Music provided byJason Richie, the Knuckleheadsand Ben Peterson Band. Pro-ceeds to provide clothing, toysand food to children and veter-ans’ families. $10, $5 passengers.Registration required. Presentedby Victor Stier American LegionAuxiliary. 831-8613. Milford.

Runs / WalksMilford Relay for Life, noon- toa.m., Milford High School, 1Eagles Way, high school track/football field. Come out andsupport Milford cancer survivorsand caregivers. Food trucks,games, prizes, raffles, activitiesfor all ages and fun themedevents. Benefits AmericanCancer Society. Free. Presentedby American Cancer SocietyRelay for Life Milford. 888-227-6446, ext. 4208; relayforlife.org/MilfordOH. Miami Township.

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American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Clermont County will be 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. Saturday,June 13, at Union Township Veterans Memorial Park, Glen-Este Withamsville Road, UnionTownship. Celebrate with survivors and caregivers by walking laps and enjoy games, food andentertainment at this family event. A silent Auction and Luminaria ceremony are planned. Therelay benefits the American Cancer Society. It is free to participate Registration isrecommended. Call 888-227-6446, ext. 4208; visit www.relayforlife.org.

JUNE 10, 2015 • COMMUNITY JOURNAL • 5ANEWS

When we were growing up (back in thedark ages as my kids say) we didn’t celebrateFather’s day with the hoopla like we do today,

but Mom did fix a special din-ner for our Dad.

He enjoyed his day by plant-ing zinnias and marigolds inthe tiny patch of earth on theleft side of the front steps ofour home.

Each year I plant zinniasand marigolds in the Biblesection of my herb garden nearthe Mary statute to honor myDad.

Now my husband, Frank, ismaking it easy for me on Dad’s day. He re-quested this moist almond pound cake alongwith one more thing: “Peace and quiet.”

The pound cake is a given, the peace and

quiet is debatable. And for all of our Dads inour community newspaper family, I hope youhave the best Father’s Day ever, filled withfamily, friends, and food.

Can you help?Recipe, menu needed from tearooms of

CincinnatiCynthia Beischel is working on a cook-

book about the tearooms of Cincinnati.If you have any recipes from McAlpin’s

tearoom, a menu from Pogue’s CamargoRoom, or a taffy recipe, would you contactCynthia at: bygonetearooms@gmail.com.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator, Jun-gle Jim’s Eastgate culinary professional and author.Find her blog online at Abouteating.com. Email her atcolumns@communitypress.com with “Rita’s kitchen”in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Savor Dad’s day with special recipesFrangipane/almond pound cake

A good keeper, covered, at room temperature. It sounds fancy - frangi-pane just means there’s almond in the cake.

1 cup butter, softened1 cup sugar3 eggs1 can, 12-1/2 oz., Solo almond filling (not almond paste)2 -1⁄4 cups all purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder1⁄2 teaspoon salt1⁄4 cup milk

GlazeWhisk together:

1-1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract or 2 teaspoons vanilla3-4 tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup Bundtpan. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beat-ing well after each. Mix in almond filling until blended. Whisk flour, bakingpowder, and salt together. Add to almond mixture alternately with milk,beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix until blended. Pour into pan.Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely onrack. Drizzle glaze on top.

Tip from Rita’s kitchen:It’s important to grease and flour the pan to prevent sticking. After you

grease the pan, toss in enough flour to coat bottom and sides. Shake excessout. Or use a baking spray containing flour.

Versatile spicy chimichurri sauce

A reader wanted a spicy chimichurri to serve on top of steaks for Father’sday. Rick Bayless and I did a class together and he made this chimichurri. Heused it as a marinade and sauce for shrimp. It was so good and versatile, too.Nice on chicken, fish and, you bet - steak! I’ve adapted it only slightly.

1/2 head garlic, cloves separated3 Jalapeno or Serano chilies1 bunch cilantro, tough lower stems removed1 bunch parsley, tough lower stems removed1/2 cup extra virgin olive oilSalt to taste3 tablespoons water or bit more if needed

Set a dry skillet over medium heat. Lay unpeeled garlic cloves and chiliesin pan. Roast, turning frequently, for about 10 minutes for chilies and 15 min-utes for garlic, or until soft and blotchy brown in spots. Let cool and slip skinsoff the garlic. Wearing gloves, pull stems off chilies and roughly chop (no needto remove seeds). Place in a food processor along with cilantro, parsley, oliveoil, and salt. Process until nearly smooth (it will be pasty). Stir in water. Tasteand adjust seasonings.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Frangipane a.k.a. almond pound cake, is served at Rita Heikenfeld’s home on Fathers Day.

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Pat Donaldson,resident since 2009

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In the May 27 edition ofthe Community Journal, aguest columnist pointed outmy strong commitment tobeing pro-life and a staunchsupporter of Second Amend-ment rights. Both are humanrights issues.

Every human being has afundamental right to life.Every human being has afundamental right to self-defense. The Founding Fa-thers of our nation referredto these, and others, as God-given and inalienable rights.

He also seemed concernedthat I was only focused onthose human rights issues.Primarily, I’m focused onslowing the growth of spend-ing and reducing the rate oftaxation. For example, I sub-mitted a budget amendmentto eliminate the commercialactivities tax. No other taxincreases or spending cutswere included. It was formu-lated by simply slowing thegrowth rate in state spend-ing.

When John Kasich was amember of Congress, hecreated the Kasich Budget.That story inspired me. Ithought that I might somedaycreate the Becker Budget.That someday is now. Gov.Kasich has asked for alterna-tives. I’m providing one.

I’m crafting legislation toslow the spending growth ofboth state and federal dol-lars. In summary, the majorprovisions of the BeckerBudget include:

» Slow (state only) spend-ing growth by $1.3 billion.

» Phase out (eliminate)income tax over five years.

» Slow all funds growth by$6.2 billion.

» Eliminate ObamacareMedicaid expansion.

» Defund Planned Par-enthood.

» Eliminate the Ohio mar-riage penalty.

» Expand indigent tortreform.

» Prohibit double dipping(grandfather in current dou-ble dippers).

In contrast, the budget billpassed by the Ohio House(HB 64) includes Obamacare

Medicaidexpansion andcontinuedfunding forPlanned Par-enthood. Itincreasesstate spend-ing by 9.6percent in2016 com-pared to my

5.5 percent. The Housepassed bill tacks on an addi-tional 3.9 percent in 2017compared to my 1.9 percent. Ivoted no.

The governor and generalassembly want to continuespending state dollars attriple the inflation rate. Whenfactoring in federal dollars,spending is nearly quintuplethe inflation rate. The peopleof Clermont County did notsend me to Columbus tospend their money fasterthan they can earn it.

The author also comment-ed that the Ohio legislatureshould raise taxes to help thepoor get out of poverty.There are many needs in thecommunity. Additional fund-ing can sometimes help, butnot always. Regardless, I’mtroubled by the concept ofbeing generous with otherpeople’s money. I’d muchrather see the religious, civ-ic, and business communitywork together to identify andsolve community problems.They can do it much moreefficiently and effectivelythan government.

All too often, governmentis better at creating problemsrather than solving them. Thebigger the government, thebigger the problems created.

To learn more, please visitmy website at www.beck-ergop.com. If you’d like tosubscribe to my monthlynewsletter, The Becker Re-port, email me at john@beck-ergop.com.

John Becker is the 65th Districtstate representative. He has anMBA with an emphasis in taxationfrom Xavier University and is theformer finance officer responsiblefor budgeting and forecasting atProvident Bank

Reining inbudget is atop priority

John BeckerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

We’ve been exposed to iton television shows andthrough other media chan-nels. We watch and can’t be-lieve that anyone can live inthe conditions where homesare filled to capacity; frontporches, garages, basements,closets, all stacked and filledto the top, often leaving onlynarrow pathways windingthrough stacks of “stuff.”

The person who hoardsgoes far beyond those per-sons we once described as“pack rats.”

What some of the aware-ness on television has done isalert us to a better under-standing of the complexity ofthe issue and its link to men-tal illness. A recent studyfound that, although the firstsigns of hoarding behaviorare most common in adoles-cence, the severity increaseswith each decade of life andis more prevalent amongolder adults. As our agingpopulation rapidly increases,so will the number of olderadults for whom hoarding is away of life.

Experts in this area agreethat hoarding becomes a “dis-order” when there is an in-ordinate level of acquisitionof and failure to discard alarge number of possessions;the living space is so clut-tered that is no longer usablefor its intended purpose, andwhen there is a functionalstatus consequence, such as aperson being unable to walkthrough a room, bathe, cookor sleep under normal cir-

cumstances.Along with

hoarding,other activ-ities oftenco-exist suchas compulsivebuying, anaccumulationof “free”things (eventhose things

collected from others’ trash);and a motivating factor, suchas the “thrill” of purchasingitems and thought that theymight miss an opportunityfor something they may needin the future.

Some evidence suggeststhat some persons with ahoarding disorder simplyhave difficulty making deci-sions, planning and followingthrough with plans. For theseindividuals, behavioral thera-py can be beneficial. Anothergroup is believed to sufferfrom Diogenes Syndrome, adisorder often characterizedby extreme self-neglect, do-mestic squalor, social with-drawal, apathy and compul-sive hoarding of garbage, aswell as being associated withobsessive compulsive dis-order (OCD), schizophrenia,dementia and mood disor-ders.

All of us have the right toself-determine the way welive, but what happens whenthe hoarding becomes sosevere that it puts that per-son and anyone living aroundthem, at risk for their safety.Further consequences in-

clude the potential for a per-son’s eviction, health con-cerns and fire risks.

Social dysfunction can alsoinclude the hoarder neverallowing anyone to enterhis/her home and adult chil-dren who do not know how tohandle the situation, feelingthe family member is on adownward spiral and out ofcontrol. Family membersmay feel ashamed, over-whelmed and even disgusted.Many times, they believe theproblem will be solved with adumpster and a dump truck.But this doesn’t address theunderlying psychologicalproblem, and the clean-up isjust a temporary means to aresumption of the behavior.

Clermont Senior Serviceswill host Hoarding Disordersfrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thurs-day, June 11, in the ElderlyWorkshop at the Union Town-ship Lifelong Learning Cen-ter, located at the UnionTownship Civic Center. Cari-lyn L. White, a licensed regis-tered nurse will discuss Diog-enes Syndrome, self-neglectand hoarding disorders, theassociated health risks, men-tal issues and the conse-quences that can occur witheach disorder. To assure aseat, please call the center at947-7333.

Cindy Gramke is the executivedirector/CEO of Clermont SeniorServices. Ideas and comments canbe directed to Cindy atcgramke@clermontseniors.com orcontact the agency at 724-1255.

Senior Services to host HoardingDisorders workshop

Cindy GramkeCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

June 3 questionThe Ohio legislature is consid-

ering moving the state’s 2016 pri-mary back a week so that the statehas “more influence” in presiden-tial nominations. Is this a goodidea? Why or why not?

“Move the 2016 primary backone week to enable ‘more influ-ence?’ In two words: who cares?National elections are won orlost in the press, on TV and onthe Internet. It simply does notmatter which state has the firstprimary or the largest primaryor the most contested primary.The only things that matter arewhich candidate has the mostmoney in his or her coffers andhow video friendly are their faceand their ability to read a speech

off of the teleprompter. Naildown the money and read aspeech like a well oiled actor andeven a minimally effective com-munity organizer can becomepresident of the United States.

Scary and sad, but true.”M.J.F.

“I’m not enough of a ‘market-er’ to really understand thismove. Since all of the parties areprimarily more worried about‘press impact,’ a sad note, to me,I’ll leave the wisdom of the moveto the ‘political experts’ who relyon the latest polls rather thanworrying about whether the vot-ers understand issues. It seemsa little arrogant, but perceptive,that most eligible voters won’tlook at issues or problems, onlythe press release.”

D.B.

“I would love it if all state pri-maries were done at the sameexact time. This would also help

cut down on the political com-mercials or at least their timeframe duration. Thank goodnessfor DVRs and cable stations. For

extra credit only allow absenteemail in ballots to cut expenses.Go Figure!”

T.D.T

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COMMUNITYJOURNALEditor: Melanie Laughman, mlaughman@communitypress.com, 513-248-7573

Baseball» Batavia’s Conner Gadbu-

ry, Collin Sammons and TyWolfe were named first teamall-Southern Buckeye Athleticand Academic Conference inthe American division.

Teammates Brandon Freyand Zach Newcomb werenamed to the second team.

» Williamsburg’s RogerHelton, Austin Horn, AndrewSmith, Zack Ward and AustinWhisman were named to theSBAAC National divisionbaseball first team. Ward wasalso National division playerof the year.

Bailey Bach and AustenPark were named to the sec-ond team.

» McNicholas’ Sam Brown-ing, Ryan Byrne and Will Vo-gelgesang were named to theGreater Catholic League CoedCentral division baseball first-team. Browning was alsonamed athlete of the year. Vo-gelgesang received honorablemention on the Division II all-Ohio team from the Ohio HighSchool Baseball Coaches Asso-ciation.

Liam Brooks, Logan Jacobsand William Kling were namedto the second team.

Softball» Batavia’s Haley Kilgore

was named to the SBAACAmerican division first team.

Teammate Scarlett Donaldsonwas named to the second team.

» Williamsburg’s KennedyClark, Peyton Fisher, ShelbySchaeffer, Kacey Smith andCarly Wagers were all namedto the SBAAC National divi-sion first team.

Teammates Rylee Clarkand Megan Ogden were namedto the second team.

» McNick placed several ofits players among its confer-ence’s best. Christiane Haz-zard, Gabbie Latreille and Ka-tie St. Charles were named tothe first team in the GreaterCatholic League Coed Centraldivision.

Teammates Hannah Brune,Jaclyn Geygan and ShannonWalsh were selected to the sec-ond team.

SHORT HOPS

Nick Robbe and Scott SpringerCommunity Press staff

GLENESTE’S

SNYDERGIVES STATE

MEET A WHIRL

UNION TWP. — For the firsttime since distance runner Mi-chelle Thomas graced JesseOwens Memorial Stadium,Glen Este High School had astate meet participant thisspring.

On June 6, junior Austin Sny-der threw the discus for the Tro-jans in the Division I meet. Sny-der and junior teammate JacobHamilton were both first-teamEastern Cincinnati Conference,but only Snyder advanced fromthe regional meet in Dayton.

Though he had thrown 159’11” at the district meet for aschool record (which wouldhave won the regional), Sny-der’s best at Welcome Stadiumwas 151’ 5” for third place.

On an overcast day in Colum-bus, Snyder did not meet his dis-trict throw, but did ring up a re-spectable 158’ 7” for ninth placeout of the state’s top 16 Division

I throwers.The 6-foot-3, 280-pound

thrower was also second teamECC in the shot put, but his topskill is discus. He moonlights asGlen Este’s nose guard in foot-ball and is seeking a college op-portunity that will allow him tobang heads and send theweighted Frisbee into orbit.

“I have good grades and all,”Snyder said. “I really want to goto college for sports. The num-ber of track scholarships areminimal compared to football.I’m talking to a couple ofschools for both.”

Glen Este throwing coachZack Taylor credits Snyder’sfield event success to his off-season work.

“I think he considers himselfa track athlete first,” Taylorsaid. “He throws all year long.Most kids that do track (andfield) start the day the seasonstarts and quit the day it ends.He’ll throw all summer andwinter long.”

Taylor remembers Snydercoming to varsity having beento the junior high state meet.Initially, he was losing to sen-

SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Glen Este’s Austin Snyder gets some torque into his discus throw.

Thrower places 9thin district, 2nd teamECC in shot putScott Springersspringer@communitypress.com

See SNYDER, Page 2B

COLUMBUS — Entering theDivision I state champion-ship game against Upper Ar-lington, St. Xavier had out-scored its opponents by acombined 68-11.

After the win againstMoeller in the regional final,senior attacker Jack Perezsaid the Bombers like to startfast and preach that thegame is decided in the firstfive minutes.

Fortunately for the Bomb-ers, that wasn’t the case asUpper Arlington scored thefirst three goals of the game.However, St. X fought itsway back to supplant the de-fending state champion 7-6.

Perez scored the game-winning goal and goalkeeperAlex Deters recorded the fi-

nal save to clinch the victory.“I’m just so proud of the

boys,” St. Xavier coach NateSprong said. “They’veworked so hard for this, itwasn’t pretty, but they over-came it with sheer grit in thesecond half.”

St. X didn’t find the backof the cage until Jack Greenscored the first of his fourgoals with 1:23 left in the firstquarter.

With two seconds left inthe first frame, George Thur-ner cut the Bombers’ deficitto 3-2.

In the second quarter, theGolden Bears reclaimed thelead with three goals. Greenscored his second of thegame.

At the half, Upper Arling-ton led 6-3.

From there, it was allBombers as they scored four

unanswered goals in the sec-ond half, including two moreby Green. His final goal ofthe game tied it.

“They were locking off on(William) Holcomb and (Da-vid) Leising,” said Green, thegame’s most valuable playeron offense. “I could take theshot all day or draw slidesand pass it. It was goodstuff.”

Matthew Donnelly alsoput one in the back of the netand Perez scored the eventu-al game-winning goal.

“On man-up rushes, we al-ways try to find a 3-on-2 and Isaw it on the left wing,” Perezsaid. “I saw my man had hishead turned away from theball, so I went back-door,threw a fake and luckily itwent in.

St. Xavier takes state titleNick Robbe nrobbe@communitypress.com

JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

Saint Xavier players celebrate after coming back from a 6-3 halftime deficit to defeat Upper Arlington 7-6for the Division I state championship.

See XAVIER, Page 2B

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Amelia basketball campAmelia basketball coach

Craig Mazzaro will hold sum-mer basketball camp for boysat the Amelia High Schoolcampus. For the past 19 yearsmore than 3,000 kids haveattended these camps forfundamentals, games, drillsand fun.

The camp runs 9:30 a.m. tonoon, Tuesday, June 23, toFriday, June 26, for boys enter-ing second through eighthgrade. Cost is $50.

Contact Craig Mazzaro at

315-4372, 947-7463 or mazza-ro_c@westcler.org.

Sand Soccer TournamentThe Beechmont Soccer Club

will host the third annualedition of its popular SandSoccer Tournament, which hasbeen expanded this year toinclude two separate dates foryouth teams and has alsoadded an adult co-ed division.Boys and girls tournaments willbe June 20-21 and again July11-12, while the adult event willbe Saturday evening, June 20.

Youth teams may register foreither or both sessions, withregistration deadlines beingJune 6 and June 27.

All games will be played 3v3,with a maximum roster of six.Teams may be registered byvisiting the club website atwww.beechmontsoccerclub-.com. Fees are $150 (four gamesguaranteed) for youth teams,and $75 for the two gameadult session.

The games will once again beheld at Hahana Beach, 7605Wooster Pike, Mariemont.

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reer. In particular, he en-

joyed the tournamentatmosphere – “a lot ofmoving around, clap-ping, noise,” he said.

He also enjoyed see-ing Unioto’s Trevor De-tillion and Zane Trace’sWalt Petzel push eachother to do their best.

“This is somethingthat is needed at everymeet because it gets yougoing,” he said. “My sen-ior year has alreadybeen incredible and go-ing out with a bang likethis is very emotional.”

COLUMBUS — McNi-cholas’ boys track andfield team featured onlytwo seniors, Will All-geier and Jordan Mus-selman, on its 25-manroster.

With the amount ofunderclassmen on theroster, it only madesense for the coachingstaff to lean heavily onthe seniors they had.

“He was huge for theguys on this young, butimproving roster,”McNick coach Kyle Jep-son said of Allgeier’sleadership. “He set astandard for what can beachieved.”

Allgeier, who accord-ing to Jepson, scored inevery meet this season,finished 14th in the shotput in the Division IIstate championshipmeet June 5 at Jesse Ow-ens Memorial Stadium.His last throw of 48 feet,11 1⁄4 inches was his bestof the day.

“I threw the secondfarthest throw (of mycareer), so I was prettycontent with the day,”Allgeier said via email.“I was a little worried af-ter my first throw but Ikept improving.”

Allgeier did finishahead of Fenwick’s SeanSherman, who wasahead of him in the re-

gional. He qualified for the

state meet by finishingthird in that regionalwith a throw of 50’5.5 1⁄2,”a new school record.

He admitted therewere times this seasonwhere he could havepushed a little harder,something all athletesstruggle with, and couldhave had better tech-nique at the state meet.

By and large, howev-er, he said there wasn’tmuch he would changeabout his experiences atthe state meet or his ca-

McNicholas seniorthrower Will Allgeierhas set a standard Nick Robbe nrobbe@communitypress.com

FILE PHOTO

McNicholas senior Will Allgeier finished 14th in the shot putin the Division II state championship meet June 5 at JesseOwens Memorial Stadium. His last throw of 48’ 111⁄4” was hisbest of the day.

“I had gotten stoned bythe goalie earlier. I need-ed that one.”

That goal came withabout four minutes left toplay. It was up to the de-fense to make it stand.

Upper Arlingtonplayed with more urgen-cy and the game got a lit-tle chippy. Eventually, theGolden Bears wound upwith the final possession.

They maintained thatsame deliberate approachthat netted them six goalsbut the final shot woundup in Deters’ webbing.

“In the second half, we

played 24 minutes of shut-out lacrosse,” said Deters,the game’s defensivemost valuable player. “Ifelt the weight of the ballin my stick, saw therewasn’t much time left andI high-tailed it out ofthere.

“It still hasn’t set inquite yet. Hopefully, itdoes soon.”

JIM OWENS/FOR THE PRESS

Saint Xavier head coach Nate Sprong gets the traditional water dunk after Saint Xavierdefeated Upper Arlington 7-6.

XavierContinued from Page 1B

iors with the heavier dis-cus. By season’s end, Sny-der had passed them.

Snyder and all of hisGlen Este teammates whomade the junior high statemeet in 2011, will all haveone more run at Colum-bus next season as sen-iors. Joining Snyder andHamilton from that groupwill be Josh Stotler andAshley Mues for coachRay Prueitt and throwingcoach Taylor.

In between, he’s look-ing forward to the upcom-ing Trojan gridiron cam-paign under head coachNick Ayers.

“We probably have themost seniors we’ve everhad,” Snyder said. “I’mreal excited. I think we’reall wanting the samething.”

On the horizon is an-other throwing Snyder.Austin’s sister, Kayla, justcompleted her freshmanyear and competes inthrows and volleyball.She has two years on theclock with Glen Este, be-fore finishing her prep ca-reer at the new West Cler-mont High School when itopens.

SnyderContinued from Page 1B

SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Glen Este’s Austin Snyder retrieves his “toys” from the fieldadjacent to the throwing circle. Snyder made the Division Istate track and field meet in the discus.

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Howdy folks. Therewill be a flag retirementprogram at 1 p.m. Sun-day, June 14, at UnionTownship Veterans Me-morial Park at the cor-ner by the helicopter.The veterans have aspecial ceremony forthis program honoringthe American flag.

The American Can-cer Society Relay forLife of Clermont Countywill be from 3 p.m. to 6a.m. June 13 and June 14at the Veterans Memori-al Park. At the openingceremony during therelay event, participantsand survivors celebratewhat they have over-come. In the closingceremony, they remem-ber loved ones that havebeen lost to the disease.That is the disease thattook Ruth Ann from me.Someday I will be therewith her and my dad andmother and her dad andmother.

I had a treat last Mon-day. The Kinners invitedme to come to theirhouse for lunch. Thenthey took me to see theanimals their young kidsare taking care of. Someof the animals will be incompetition at the fair.That is good for theyoung folks to learn totake care of animals andhow to show them.These Kinner kids alsoknow how to raise agarden and to take careof honey bees. Their dadand mother are to bethanked for helping thechildren do this.

About Chester, atnight after he comes inhe likes to lay by mewith my hand out so hecan lay on it. When I sitin my chair he wants tolay on my lap. The otherday the phone rang so Igot up to answer it. Helaid in my chair so whenI was done talking onthe phone I sat in RuthAnn’s chair. Here hecomes to lay on my lap. Iwould say he is spoiled,would you? But he is!When his dry food getslow in his bowl hedoesn’t like it so he letsme know his food needsto be filled.

The cucumbers I putin the hanging basketsare sure growing alongwith the rest of the gar-den. Also the weeds! It

will be acoupleweeksbefore Ican hoethe gar-den.

May 28was RuthAnn’sbirthday.It was a

sad day. We never knowwhen the Lord will callus home, do we.

There was a programon television about theloss of honey bees. Theyare still trying to deter-mine what causes it.White winter honeybeecolony losses were downand summer bees rose,bringing the total annuallosses to 42.1 percent.This is second highestannual lost recorded todate. We need thosehoneybees to pollinatethe fruits and vegeta-bles. It is estimated thathoneybees add between$15 billion and $18 bil-lion to the value of agri-culture each year

Was talking to Mikeat the Boars Head atAfton and he said thecrappie tournament lastSunday was good. Thefisherman can weigh inseven crappie. The firstplace was five pounds,eight ounces; second-place 5-4, third-place5-2. The big crappie was1 1/4 pounds. There were10 boats in the tourna-ment. The fishermenwere saying the price ofgasoline was hurtingminnows, last year cost$1.19 per dozen. Thisyear minnows are $2.19per dozen.

I called Cedar Lakebelow Goshen on stateRoute 28. They are hav-ing some big catfishcaught, 40 pound, 50pound, 63 pounds. Onefellar caught an albinoblue cat that weighed 34pounds. On Fathers Daythey have a drawing andgive away a rod and reelso get over there andcatch some big fish.

Sherry’s Lake is hav-ing good catches also.Several in the 48 poundclass. These are shov-

elhead catfish so stop atall these lakes and catchsome big fish. Goodluck!

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.

American Cancer Society Relayfor Life will be June 13-14

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The 22 probation offi-cers were frequentlydoubling and tripling upin their office space onthe first floor of thecourthouse, according toAdult Probation directorJulie Frey. Before that,they often worked out ofsatellite offices that of-fered little security.

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Jeremy C. AdkinsJeremy C. Adkins, 40, of Union

Township died May 20.Survived by father, Jeffrey Lynn

Adkins; wife, Rachel Adkins;grandmother, Barbara Saunders;children Cain and Vicki BrianaAdkins; siblings Jeffery and CareyAdkins; and nephews Cody andOwen Adkins.

Preceded in death by mother,Vickie (nee Heinrich) Adkins.

Services were May 28 at TuftsSchildmeyer Family FuneralHome, Goshen.

John H. BrownJohn H. Brown, 74, of Union

Township died May 28.Survived by wife, JoAnn M.

Weitzel Brown; children David(Tammy Cooper) Brown, MichaelBrown and Roger (Tanya Mullen)Brown; grandchildren CarlyBrown, Caleb Brown and JosephCooper; and siblings Jerry, Jamesand Richard Brown.

Preceded in death by parentsLaurel and Helen Bell Brown; andsibling, Orbin Brown.

Services were June 2 at EvansFuneral Home, Milford.

Harvey CriscillisHarvey Criscillis, 90, of Union

Township died May 27.Survived by wife, Alma J.

Criscillis; children Carol (Richard)Stephenson, Jim (Deborah)Criscillis and Linda (Rick) Hayes;grandchildren Sherry McCarthy,Anthony Stephenson (Leah),Maryann Stephenson, WilliamStephenson, Kristy Schaufert(James), Sara Hayes and ZacharyHayes (Cheyenne); great-grand-children Matthew and BrandonRichardson, Lauren and CaraMcCarthy and Adam and BradyStephenson; and many familymembers and friends.

Preceded in death by son,Albert Don Criscillis.

Services were June 2 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.Memorials to: the Full GospelHouse of Refuge.

Dan L. DarnellDan L. Darnell 65, of Amelia

died May 28.Survived by wife, Carol Darnell;

children Norman (Tanya) Darnelland Becky (Mike) Williams;grandchildren Lacey, Norman Jr.and Nolan Darnell, Leann andMark Williams; mother, WandaDarnell; and siblings Jack, Sandra,Deb, Kay, Scott, Nick, Kim andMelissa.

Preceded in death by father,John Darnell; and brother, WayneDarnell.

Services were June 3 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.

Judith Elaine DavisJudith Elaine Davis, 75, of

Milford died May 26.Survived by children Jim Jeff

(Susan) Elaine, Brian and TimDavis; 13 grandchildren; 12great-grandchildren; and manynieces, nephews and friends.

Preceded in death by parentsEarl and Christine (nee Morgan)Kelly.

Services were May 30 at TuftsSchildmeyer Family FuneralHome, Goshen.

Marilyn RossErickson

Marilyn Ross Ericksen, 83, ofScottsdale, Arizona died May 23.

Survived by husband of 61years, Mark Arthur Ericksen Sr.;

children Markand SusanSericksen,Michael andAna Ericksen,Matt andGinna Er-icksen; grand-children Brent,Ross, Julia,Nick, Melissa,Peter, Alex

and Emily Ericksen, KatherineEricksen Baca and Kelsey EricksenPohlmann; and siblings DoloresGergen and Earl Paulson Jr.

Celebration of life will beplanned at a later time for familyand friends.

Anthony E.Finamore

Anthony E. Finamore, 86, ofUnion Township died June 1.

Survived by children TonaFinamore Link, Tony (Sheila)Finamore and Brent Finamore;step-son, Bradley Green; grand-children Craig, Jamie, Amy,Haley, Samantha, Brian, B.J. andBrady; and great-grandchildrenBlake, Nathan, Alanis, Dawson,Ally, Megan, Sarah, Alexandraand Adam.

Services were June 5 at St.Thomas More Church, Withams-ville.

Evelyn I. FowlerEvelyn I. (nee Johns) Fowler, of

Ross, died May 29.Survived by children Charles K.

(Linda) Riley,Danny P. Rileyand Janet L.(Richard)Campbell;grandchildrenKim (Brian)Hillard, Karen(Tony) Key,Candise(Jordon

Simpson) Riley, Buck (Miranda)Campbell and Casey Baker; sixgreat-grandchildren; many niecesand nephews; companion, Rich-ard Imhoff; and many friends.

Services were June 6 at Craver-Riggs Funeral Home and Crema-tory, Milford. Memorials to: theaccount in Evelyn’s name ongofundme.com or to Craver-Riggs Funeral Home and Crema-tory, 529 Main St., Milford, OH45150.

Marion P. HaasMarion P. Haas, 82, of Monroe

Township died June 3.Survived by wife of 54 years,

Mary L. (nee Bruce) Haas; daugh-ter, Debbie Deters; son-in-law,Carl Deters; granddaughter,Megan Deters; and many familymembers and friends.

Services were June 6 at NewRichmond Christian Church.Memorials to: the AmericanCancer Society.

Paul HallPaul Hall, 81, of Union Town-

ship died May 25.Survived by wife, Sarah Hall;

children Michale, Kay and Mi-chell; eight grandchildren; ninegreat-grandchildren; and onegreat-great-grandchild.

Services were May 29 at Read-ing Cemetery Reading.

Charles M.Hanselman

Charles M. Hanselman, 98, ofUnion Township died May 31. Hewas a US Army veteran of WorldWar II.

Survived by children CarolMcGary and Linda (Brit Probst)Hanselman; and grandchild, SeanMcGary.

Preceded in death by grand-son, Jeffrey Chacksfield; andparents Earl Hanselman and CoraLawrence.

Services were June 3 at St. RoseChurch, Cincinnati.

Joseph R. MurrayJoseph R. Murray 84, of Pierce

Township died May 27.He was a US Air Force veteran

of Korea.Survived by daughter, Cheryl L.

(Steven) Evans; siblings JeanneDraggoo, Donna Haithcoat andMary Connelly; grandchildrenJim, Yelonda David Evans, Sarahand Laura Murray; and ninegreat-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by son,Joseph D. (Patty) Murray; parentsJoseph Murray and Mary Dutton;and brother, Patrick Murray.

Services were June 2 at St.Thomas More Church, Cincinnati.

Anthony JosephRoma

Anthony Joseph Roma, 90, ofUnion Township died May 29.

Survived by wife, Jackie Roma;children Mike (Debbie) Roma,Linda (Tom) Fucito, Cheryl Klugand Angie (Keith) Stevlingson; 17grandchildren; 16 great-grand-children; and sister, PatriciaRoma.

Preceded in death by son,Dennis (Joanie) Roma; andbrother, Bernard Roma.

Services were June 2 at St.Veronica Catholic Church, Cincin-nati. Memorials to: St. VeronicaParish, 4473 Mt. Carmel TobascoRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45244.

Lois C. SmithLois C. Smith, 86, of Batavia

died May 27.Survived by husband, Dale

(Debbie) Smith and Mike Ray;grandchildren Dee Dee Haupt-mann, Lisa (Mark) Hildebrandt,Heather (Robert) Barnes, Tiffany(Scott) French, Stephen Smith,Teresa 9Alex0 Crowthers andMatt Smith; many great-grand-children; and siblings StanleyKuntz Jr. and Beryl Hillard; andsoulmate, Joe Ray.

Preceded in death by childrenRobert Pindell and MargieSchauer.

Services were June 1 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.

Margarot A. SmithMargarot A. Smith, 89, of

Williamsburg died June 1.Survived by sons A. Stephen

(Teresa) and Jeffrey C. (Emma)Long; siblings Marilyn Henderson,Dorothy Lovett and Clifford Wolf;grandson, Jeffrey Stephen (Sara);and great-grandchild, Dexter.

Preceded in death by husband,Cecil H. Smith; parents Clifford W.Wolf and Margaret Niederander;and brother, Jack Wolf.

Services were June 4 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,Mount Washington.

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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

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

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Clough Pike Baptist ChurchThe women’s ministry makes lapquilts and hats for Children’sHospital patients.

The church is also working onstarting a preschool this fall.Registrations are being taken asspace is limited. E-mailpreschool@cloughpike.com.

The church is at 1025 CloughPike; 752-3521; www.clough-pike.com.

Clough UnitedMethodist ChurchClough United Methodist Churchand the Highway Disciples arejoining together to invite alltypes of wheeled vehicles -wheelchairs, strollers, walkers,tricycles, bicycles, scooters,

skateboards, quads, and newthis year - convertibles andclassic cars - to join motorcyclesfor the annual blessing to beheld at the church from 11:15a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 28.

The blessing will begin withprayers for safety followed bymotorcyclists taking a ridethrough the community. Regis-tration begins at 11:15 a.m. andkickstands go up at 11:45 a.m.Gold Star cheese coneys will beavailable for $1 throughout theafternoon and a special coneyeating contest for those 16 andolder will be held. Participantsin the coney eating contest willregister the day of the blessing.

There will be a contest for Best inShow for classic cars - a newfeature at the blessing this year.Live music will be provided by

the band Model Behaviorthroughout the afternoon.Youth Group members will sellbaked goods and children willdecorate their bikes, trikes,scooters or wheel chairs and trymaking their way through anobstacle course.

Unlimited $1 dollar coupons forcheese coneys can be bought atthe blessing and redeemed anytime at the Mount WashingtonGold Star Chili and at the RiversEdge Milford Gold Star Chili.Proceeds from this event will beused for the church’s Help BuildHope project which involvesframing a Habitat for Humanityhouse in the church parking lotJuly 31 and Aug. 1.

Riders and non-riders of all agesare invited to the blessing andto Sunday worship at 10:15 a.m.

Dress for the day, includingworship, is casual.

“Fun Run,” five days of VacationBible School filled with games,crafts, songs, drama and stories,will be offered 6 p.m. to 8:30p.m. June 22-26 for children3-years-old through studentsentering sixth-grade.

Proceeds from a special race onFriday will be donated to Build-ing Blocks for Kids, an organiza-tion that helps local familieswho have children with healthchallenges.

A donation of $10 per child issuggested to help cover materi-als for the program, but no childwill be turned away if this is notpossible. Register atwww.cloughchurch.org, or call

the church office. Leave child’sname, grade level or age,address, phone number andT-shirt size.

EastgateCommunity ChurchWeekly Sunday celebrations areoffered at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.Child care is available for bothservices.

Vacation Bible School for pre-Kthrough sixth-grade is 6 p.m. to9 p.m. June 15-19 at 3235 OmniDrive. Fun, food and prizes areplanned.

The church is at ReceptionsEastgate, 4450 S Eastgate Drive;843-7778; eastgatecommun-itychurch.com.

Emmanuel UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday worship services are 9a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

The church is at Amelia OliveBranch Road and Old StateRoute 32, Batavia; www.em-manuel-umc.com.

First Church of GodSummersideThe Hardins will be singing at thechurch at 10:45 a.m. Sunday,June 14. Dinner will follow. Allare welcome.

The church is at 4704 Sum-merside Road, Cincinnati.

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THANKS TO LISA MAUCH

Amelia resident Ethan Moore meets RED Card from the PublicLibrary while volunteering at a recycle station during theFlying Pig Family Fun Festival May 2 at Yeatman's Cove inSawyer Point.

Glen Este Churchof ChristSunday worship is 8:30 a.m. and10:30 a.m. Sunday school is 9:30a.m. Evening service and youthgroups at 6 p.m.

The church is at 937 Old StateRoute 74, Eastgate; 753-8223.

Locust CornerUnited Methodist

Sunday 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.

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. E-mail announcements to

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