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AMELIA— Lora Piepenbrinkis a quiet person.

So much so that when shewas recently diagnosed withbreast cancer she didn’t cry.

“I don’t think I’ve criedsince I was 12,” Piepenbrink,now 47, said.

“I’m not a crier.”If she did, no one would

blame her.Piepenbrink is undergoing

chemotherapy, but only to con-trol the pain.

That’s because after her di-agnosis doctors “basically saidgo home and get your affairs inorder.”

“They can’t cure me, it’s toofar gone,” she said.

Thecancerhas spread to ev-ery organ in her body exceptthe kidneys. Doctors told hershe has three months live — atbest.

“To be honest with you,when they first told me Ithought, well, life will go on,”Piepenbrink said.

“Nobody will miss me.”Piepenbrink,who lives in In-

dependence, Ky., describesherself as a timid person with-out many friends. She goes towork, comes home and takescare of her two younger chil-dren— that’s it.

“I wouldn’t of thought thatmany of people would havecared,” Piepenbrink said.

She was wrong.Just ask Sean French, of

French Brothers Landscapingin Amelia, Ohio.

French, a cancer survivorhimself, built a rockwall inPie-penbrink’s backyard to giveher natural fencing for a hottub earlier this year.

“She had to get the hot tubbecause her back was hurting.It was therapeutic,” Frenchsaid.

“That pain ended up beingthe cancer.”

Toward the end of the land-scaping process Piepenbrinkfell in love with a tree thatblooms Barbie-pink coloredflowers.

“It was beautiful,” she said.“I’ve always had a thing for

pink. As a young girl every-thing I wore was pink. In sixthgrade my mom finally saidenoughwith the pink, there areother colors.”

She desperately wanted thetree, but budget constraints

kept her from getting it.French assured her she

could get it later. Landscapingis all about adding pieces asyou go, he said.

About six months later Pie-penbrink was diagnosed withcancer.

At her house, she toldFrench she would live longenough to see him plant thattree. She was joking.

Now, it’s no joke.French visited Piepen-

brink’s husband, Jim, at theJudson Care Center, a nursingfacility he works at in Cincin-nati, to ask about the tree.

Bills don’t stop for cancer,they increase. And going fromtwo incomes to one made thetree,whichcost$300,an impos-sibility once again.

So French went to Jim’s co-workers and scraped togetherenough money for the tree.

But there was one problem.

The tree won’t bloom untilspring, and there’s a very realpossibility Piepenbrink willnever see the pink flowers shefell in love with.

French thought about paint-ing it before sending his momout to get pink lights to deco-rate the tree with.

His mom went to a partysupply storeonBeechmontAv-enueandaworker toldher theydidn’t have any.

Whensheexplainedwhysheneeded pink lights the workerstarted crying, called thestore’s other locations and got1,000 lights shipped to them.

Piepenbrink slept upstairswhile French and his brotherplanted the tree on what shecalled the coldest day of theyear.

“I just got out of the hospitalfor 15 days and my family issaying you need to come down-stairs, you need to come down-stairs,” Piepenbrink said.

Weak from chemo, shedidn’twant to. It tooksomecon-vincing, but her husband anddaughter eventually helpedher down the stairs.

Looking out from the kitch-en into her backyard, thewom-an who didn’t cry at her ownmother’s funeral dropped toher knees and wept.

“They were happy tears be-cause she felt the love,” Jimsaid, who hadn’t seen his wifecry about the diagnosis before.

When she finally let it all

LoraPiepenbrink,who wasrecentlydiagnosed withcancer, standsin front of aspecial treewith her familyand the peoplewho made itpossible.Pictured, fromleft, are JimPiepenbrink,LoraPiepenbrink,RosemaryFrench andSean French. Infront is JakePiepenbrink.KEITH

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Pink tree gives cancer patient hopeBy Keith [email protected]

Scott French, part of French Brothers Landscaping, plants a specialtree for Lora Piepenbrink. Piepenbrink was recently diagnosed withcancer. THANKS TO SEAN FRENCH

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UNIONTWP.—TwoWest Cler-mont Local School District

Board of Educa-tion members-elect are ques-tioning contractextensions thatwere approvedby currentschool boardmembers.

TheWestCler-mont LocalSchool DistrictBoard of Educa-tion on Dec. 9 ap-proved extend-ing teacher andsupport staffcontracts an ad-ditional twoyears.

The exten-sions were approved aboutthree months after one-yearcontracts with the West Cler-mont Education Associationand the support staff union –Helping Ohio’s Public Employ-ees – were approved.

As part of the contracts, acomplete base and step freezeon teacherandsupport staff sal-aries will remain.

Step raises are pay increasesthatemployeesgetautomatical-ly as they gain years of experi-ence.

The previous contracts werein effect for the 2013-2014school year. The newly ap-proved contracts were extend-ed through the 2015-2016 schoolyear.

Additionally, the contract foradministrators was extendedthrough 2015-2016 as well. Anew five-year contract was alsoapproved for Treasurer AlanaCropper.

School boardPresidentDougYoung said the new teacher’scontracts were approved basedon a language change. “Theircontract day was extended ahalf hour,” he said.

Outgoing board members,however, said the contract deci-sion was based on uncertaintyregarding the new school boardmembers.

“Wehadheardsomeof the in-coming board members weregoing tocut salaries significant-ly,” said board member Denise

School boardOKs newcontracts onits way outBy Forrest [email protected]

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UNION TWP. — ChrisFinney–anotedconserva-tive and anti-tax advocatewho has previously op-posed other tax incentivedeals – received a tax-in-

centive rebate Thursdaytoopena lawfirmoffice inUnion Township.

It happened at a UnionTownship Community Im-provement Corporation(CIC) Board of Trusteesmeeting, where CIC trust-ees Tim Donnellon andBob McGee, who are alsoUnion Township trustees,did not look kindly on theprospect of a rebate forFinney, an activist withCOAST (Citizens Opposedto Additional Spendingand Taxes).

Donnellon and McGeeboth lost re-election bidsin November to candi-

dates who questioned cer-tain types of business in-centivespreviouslygrant-ed by Union Townshiptrustees. Their terms endDec. 31.

Minutes of themeetingof the CIC, which is theeconomic-developmentarm of the Union Town-ship Board of Trustees,show Donnellon andMcGee “expressed con-cern” about Finney’s pro-posed tax-incentive re-bate while CIC memberRonald Campbell, who isUnion Township’s fiscalofficer, “expressed con-cern” about preventingeconomic development inUnion Township.

Donnellon made whatturned out to be a failedmotion to table the issue.Hewasjoined inayesvoteby McGee, but CIC mem-bers Campbell and MattBeamer, who is also aUnion Township trusteewhose term runs throughDecember 2015, voted no.

CIC Executive Direc-torCoryWright,who is as-sistant Union Townshipadministrator, abstained.

Beamer then made amotion to approve the tax-incentive rebate for Fin-ney. It passed with yesvotes by Beamer andCampbell.

Donnellon,McGee, andWright abstained.

“We are open for busi-ness,”BeamersaidFridaymorning.

“We do not select win-ners or losers. We selectgood business partners.

“Some groups may notlike it, but apparently Mr.Finney agrees with theeconomic policies ofUnionTownship,”Beamersaid.

Donnellon and McGeewere not immediatelyavailable for comment.

Initially, Finney said hehad not actively soughtthe incentives andwas un-decidedabout takingthemwhen The Enquirer askedhim about it. But two dayslater, he apologized forthose comments, and saidthat while he understoodthe incentives to be “in thenormal course of busi-ness,” he said he hadasked for them and wouldaccept them if they wereapproved.

Finney and COAST hadpreviously condemnedother tax incentive dealsin the region,most recent-ly denouncing the$853,650 deal given towomen’s product compa-ny Pure Romance by thecity of Cincinnati.

Finney is opening hislaw firm in a building lo-cated in the Ivy PointeJoint Economic Develop-ment District created byUnion Township and Mil-ford, which allows for thecollection of a 1-percentearnings tax for infra-structure improvements.

The tax-incentive re-batefromtheUnionTown-ship CIC means that Fin-ney will get back 10 per-cent of the taxes paid dur-ing the 42 months of alease he will begin payingJan. 1.

Finneywill get a15per-cent rebate if taxes paidexceed $5 million.

Union Township haspreviously granted ten-ants rebates on those tax-es.

Meanwhile, newlyelected trustees LloydAcres and John McGrawwill join Beamer on theUnion Township Board ofTrustees in January.

Reporter James Pilchercontributed to this article.

For more about your commu-nity, visit www.Cincin-nati.com/ UnionTownship.

COAST’s Finney granted tax breakBy Jeanne [email protected]

Finney Donnellon

out, it was clear how dif-ficult dealing with thedisease has been for her.

Chemotherapy, al-though it helps with thepain, messes Piepen-brink up.

She gets what shecalls “chemo brain.” Itrecently caused her toforget her address andher youngest child’s ageone day after his birth-day.

The Appalachian red-bud tree is a reminderthat not everything inher life is as ugly as thedisease.

“When I’m feelingsick from chemo, I golookatmytree.Whenmyhair is falling out, I golook at my tree. When Iworry aboutmykids andhow they will do withoutme, I go look atmy tree,”Piepenbrink said.

“It bringsme somuchcomfort and happinessthat I can’t even expressto you.”

After the tree wasplanted and Piepenbrink

completed her secondround of chemo, doctorstold her the tumor ap-peared to be gettingsmaller.

Then she got a letterfrom her doctor, reiter-ating that treatmentwould not cure her andshe was not going to getbetter.

“That caught me offguard,” Piepenbrinksaid.

“I don’t know what tothink.”

Jim felt helpless, un-able to fix the situation.

While a treewith pinklights won’t cure Piepen-brink’s cancer, it’s a re-minder that people docare.

“You know peoplelove you. You know peo-ple care about you, butsometimes you have tosee it,” she said.

And when she’s gone,the treewill be a remind-er of her life. Not thatshe’s done fighting.

“Google says peoplehave made it five years.I’mpretty darn sureGodis gonna give me longenough to see that treebloom.”

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Smith,whowasdefeatedin the recent election.

“Personally, I felt (theteachers) did not need tohave their salariesslashed. That was one ofmy motivations for ex-tending their contract.”

JoAnn Beamer,whose term is expiringthis year, said her fearwas the new board wasgoing “to find ways tocut expenses ... and ofcourse, personnel is thelargest expense.”

New board memberJimLewis said, “I (have)saidwehad to look at thesalaries, but I’ve neversaid we are going to cutsalaries or benefits.”

New board memberMark Merchant said heconsiders the currentboard’s decision to grantthe extensions more “anact of retribution” than“a sound financial deci-sion.”

“By making those de-cisions for the new

board it saddles theboard with new con-tracts which haven’tbeen looked at,” he said.

“It just seems asthough thingswere donein haste vs. true intellec-tual thought being givento the process.”

New board memberSteve Waldmann said hesupports the currentboard’s decision, addingthat a step freeze is un-derstandable in the cur-rent economic climate.

Parent Sandi New-man, whose children at-tend Merwin Elemen-tary School, said sheagreed with the board’sdecision to extend thecontracts.

“With thevote tonightto extend their contractthe new board memberswill notbeable todoany-thing,” she said.

JoanLewis, presidentof the West ClermontEducation Association,was reticent to specu-late on the rationale be-hind the decision.

“It was the best thingwe could do at the pre-sent time,” she said.

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Clermont County’scommissioners are look-ing at a different way toreduce health care costsfor county employees.

The commissionersare considering a clinicfor county employees togo to forvarious services,such as urgent care,health coaching, annualphysicals and testing,health assessments andgetting generic drugs.

Judi Meyer, seniorvice president and ac-count manager for HO-RAN Associates, said hercompany asked fivehealth care companies toprovide informationabout creating either anon-site, nearby or sharedclinic for the county. Sheadded that thereare someshared clinics in Cler-mont County where thoseservices are offered al-ready.

Meyer said she creat-ed several assumptions

that the companies couldbase their operation num-bers on, including 60 per-cent employee use, 25percent of employeespousal use, a 40-hourclinic staffed by a physi-cian, medical assistantand wellness coach, in-cluding start-upcosts andmaking the clinic standa-lone with wellness infor-mation available for pa-tients.

“The objective is to re-duce thecost of thehealthplan,” Commissioner EdHumphries said. “Thismakes sense for those onthe health plan.”

Of Activate Health-Care, Concentra, CareH-ere and Novia CareClin-ics, the company with thelowest cost total was No-via CareClinics, whosefirst-year net cost wasabout $95,500. The high-est was Concentra, with anet cost of about$767,500, Meyer said.

However, sheadded, inthe breakdown of costsfor each company,charges for certainitems, such as start-upcosts, were included indifferent areas. For ex-ample, Novia CareClinicslisted no start-up costs,

but could have includedthem under operations.

Meyer also said thatthecompaniesdifferwiththeir experience in thesize of companies theyserve.

Mercy Health, whichwas part of the five com-panies asked, didn’t pro-vide any information.Meyersaid, however, thatMercyhas aworkingplanof an onsite clinic, but it’snot limited to Mercy em-ployees and is open to thepublic as well.

She added that if thecommissioners wanted toworkonaclinicwithMer-cy, it could be possible by“getting the right peopleat the table.”

Commissioner DavidUible said he was reluc-tant to do anything elseuntil they can speak withMercy Health, the coun-ty’s health care provider.

Humphries said thecommissioners will con-tinue discussions regard-ing an employee clinicduring future meetings.

Want to know what’s going onwith the Clermont Countycommissioners? Follow LeahFightmaster on Twitter:@LCFightmaster.

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Pierce Township hasset aside a day in the sum-mer to honor a fallen sol-dier.

Officials named July 9as Gregory Missman Dayin the township to recog-nize theultimate sacrificethe U.S. Army specialistmade while serving in Af-ghanistan.

Missman re-enlistedon Veterans Day in 2008and deployed to Afghani-stan the following June.Whilebringingsupplies toforward operating basesin Afghanistan, his vehi-cle was hit with three

rocket-propelled gre-nades on July 8, 2009, and

he diedfromhis in-juries thefollowingday.

“Wethank you,as a board,and we sogreatly ap-preciate

thesacrificeyouhavegiv-en, not onlywith your son,but in your own lives,”Township Trustee RichRiebel said to Gregory’sfather, Jim, after readinga resolution designatingthe day of recognition.

Jim Missman also re-

ceived an Ohio MilitaryMedal of Honor for hisson’s service from stateSen. Joe Uecker (R-14thDist). Uecker said when aservicemember’sparentsare no longer together, asin this case, each parentreceives a medal, but thesecond one got lost in thepaperwork.

“We are grateful forthose who made that sac-rifice and present medalsto those fallen in the lineof duty in service to ournation,” Uecker said dur-ing the medal presenta-tion.

Since his son’s death,Jim Missman has helpedset up the Spc. GregoryMissman Memorial Fundto provide emotional, fi-nancial or educational as-sistance to children ofveterans. Missman, whowas 36when hewas killedin action, left behindmany familymembers in-

cluding his son, Jack, whowas 4 years old at thetime.

Jim Missman said theMemorial Fund helpskeep his son’s memoryalive. “This is very nice,”he said, holding backtears, of the medal andresolution presentation.“I think getting this prob-ably helps bring closurefor me with the recogni-tion my son has been giv-en.”

Missman enlistedshortly after he graduat-ed from Amelia HighSchool in 1992 and servedformore than three yearsin the early 1990s beforereturning to civilian life.

Hisname,alongwith13other Clermont Countymen killed in the PersianGulf, Afghanistan andIraq conflicts, is en-graved on a new FallenHeroes memorial in EastFork State Park.

Pierce Twp. names day for soldier killed in action

From left: Fiscal Officer Karen Register, Trustee ChrisKnoop, Jim and Linda Missman, Trustee Bonnie Batchler,Trustee Richard Riebel and Ohio Sen. Joe Uecker. PROVIDED

By Lisa [email protected]

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BATAVIA — Council-woman Kathy Turner hasbeen re-appointed to theBatavia Union CemeteryBoard.

Turnerwaschosenbyaunanimous vote fromboth the Batavia VillageCouncil and the BataviaTownship Trustees.

The cemetery board ismade up of representa-tivesfromboth thevillageand the township. Mem-bers includeTurner,Bata-via Township TrusteeRandy Perry and Mem-ber-At-Large DonnaAmann.

“We’ve gotten a lotdone the last year,” saidTurner,whohas served onthe cemetery board formore than a decade.

“She’s done a great job(on the cemetery board),”said Perry, who hasserved two years on thecemetery board. “If yougo through the cemeteryit’s as good as it’s everlooked.”

Turner said she ispleased with what hasbeen accomplished at thecemetery, located at 4240Cemetery Lane. In thecoming year, she saidplans are to beginwork onthe vault and the wall infront of it.

Batavia Village Council member Kathy Turner has beenre-appointed to the Batavia Union Cemetery Board. FORREST

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Turner re-appointedto cemetery boardBy Forrest [email protected]

American Modern In-surance Group MunichRe America, located inAmelia, was the top pace-setter and achieved a spotin the Top 25 for the over-all UnitedWay of GreaterCincinnati campaign.

AMIG was also the topoverall Pacesetter, rais-ing $530,132, which is a$78,647 increase over lastyear and a 17 percent in-crease.

United Way of GreaterCincinnati - Eastern Area(covering Brown andClermont counties) hasraised $1,645,942, a 2 per-cent increase over thegoal of $1,616,485 andnearly$17,000newdollarsfor Education, Incomeand Health – the buildingblocks for a good qualityof life for all.

Pacesetters are newcompanies/gifts, compa-nies with a corporate gift

of fivepercent ormore in-crease or employee cam-paigns completed and re-ported before the kickoff.

Eastern Area compa-nies in the overall cam-paign's Tremendous 25 –the highest per capita giv-ing companies with atleast 25 employees, 55percent employee partici-pation and not largeenough to be in the Top 25– included AIM MROHoldings Inc., and ParkNational Bank SouthwestOhio & Northern Ken-tucky, both with 100 per-cent participation.

Both companies alsorounded up their cam-paigns to help reach theEastern Area's goal. Parksolicited board membersandmatchedall employeeand board gifts, raising$80,000, a 17 percent in-crease and $11,750 newdollars.

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FIRE SAFETY

Pierce Township Fire Department visited St. Bernadette students to discuss fire safety. They stressed thatstudents shouldn’t hide from firefighters and allowed the children to watch one firefighter suit up.Kindergarteners, front row: Jake Barnard, left, Cheyenne Tooley, Sophia Brockman, Olivia Dorschg, JoeCeleste, Caroline Freede, Joey Mulvey, Anthony Preece and Phoenix Adams. Middle row: firefighterAustin Brown, left, Principal Lizanne Ingram, Sister Judy Crooker, Cloe Clark, Lt. Bill Sefton and firefighterEvan Dunkelman. top row: Madison Dunaway, Carter Kent, Zoe Hughes, Nicholas Barnard, AbbieFeeback, Ethan Feldkamp and Abby Fogelman. THANKS TO ANGIE TUCKER

Miami Valley ChristianAcademy

The following students have earnedhonors for the first quarter of 2013-2014.

A Honor RollFirst grade - Leah Hatfield, Eli Hilsh-

er, Evan Lafferty, Ashley Lang, Savan-nah Parker, Rosie Rail, Benjamin Reuss,Abby Scott, Brooke Sirotak, SamanthaStearns, Michael Wellington andStevenWilliams.

Second grade - Leah Angelo, AshleyBauer, Andrew Patterson, BradenRuotolo and Scottie Schap.

Third grade - Lily Bauer, WilliamDuhaime, Kristen Perry, TimothyStearns andWilliam Schultz.

Fourth grade - Lily Angelo, NathanBack, Jackson Burke, Kaylee Grosjean,Sophia McCalla, Noelle Park, AustinPeters, L.J. Pugh, Erik Ruotolo, SarahSchott, Katie Scott, Alana Sharp,Maggie Sirotak, Avery Stewart andJakob Surgeon.

Fifth grade - Hailey Bauer, NateCampbell, Michael Colglazier, Benja-min Reichard and Kaelyn Weddle.

Sixth grade - Sarah Barnes, AleceaGrosjean, Max Hunkler, Aaron McCoy,Elizabeth Nowinski, Nora Ruotolo,Abby Scheffer, Caroline Schoenig,William Stewart and Sidney Switzer.

A/B Honor RollFirst grade - Casey Back, Heidy

Belcher, Belle Broadus, Cooper Burke,Sophia Edmonds, Reagan Eye, ElliottHeffernan, Ethan Hola, Noah Johnson-Reese, Cameron Pico, Gavin Piersonand John Rail.

Second grade - Kian Butler, OliviaCartmell, Carter Eastman, Evan Givens,Noah Kroger, Grayson Luckenbach,Benjamin Nowinski and LaMarqueWard.

Third grade - Tessa Akers, JoslynColglazier, Wilson Dick, Emma Guin,Lily Hardware, Andrew Hawkins,Rachel Reichard, Garrett Sparks andDrew Varney.

Fourth grade - Melody Arnett,Zachary Dutro, Paige Kelly, KierstenKroger, James Nowinski, BenjaminPlageman and Caleb Theisens.

Fifth grade - Benjamin Addison,Isabella Akers, Evelyn Angelo, KelseyCaner, Caroline Cassidy, Jackson Guin,Savonni Ward and JonathanWilliams.

Sixth grade - Emily Abshire, HannahBarnes, Rachel Barnes, Miyah Brooks,Chase Courtney, Dayne DeArmond,Casey Dutro, Nathan Heitsman, Mor-gan Pico, Rachel Sprague, Griffin Ulsh,Connor Waselenko and Sarah Wedig.

A Honor RollSeventh grade - Jacob Bumgartner,

Graeme Dickerson, Anna Reichard,

Daniel Wellington andWaite Wiede-man.

Eighth grade - Natalie Bauman,Maxx Bowman, Emily Bush, TeaganCarson, Trey Kline, Payton McElfresh,James Orr, Alexis Schacht, CammyWaselenko, Whit Wiedeman, MeganWilliams and Kaitlyn Wilson.

A/B Honor RollSeventh grade - Isabelle Anna, Cole

Dodson, Amanda Herbert, Ellie Hilsher,Samantha Kizer, Ashley Neumeister,Cooper Scanlon and Kate Tharp.

Eighth grade - Ali Abshire, MasonBernhardt, Lindsey Bumgartner, EmilyDavidson, Annie Gregware, JustinHicks, Seth Moreland, Jill Patrick, EvanPaige, Kent Perry, Dawsyn Vilardo andLaura Vilardo.

Cum Laude 3.0 - 3.49 GPAFreshmen - Morgan Alexander,

Cassie Hatfield, Nick Hoyle, Joe Hun-kler, Noah Mays, Keeler Pansing, AllyPetty, Mackenzie Reed, Elena Stensonand Donald Tharp.

Sophomores - Jamie Carson, HaleyColeman, Griffin Dickerson, JamesHeaton, Ben Huxtable, ChristinaJevicky, Erica Lyttle and Tyler Morrison.

Juniors - Wyatt Arthur, Adam Bud-zynski, Nathan Clark, Cassidy Conlin,Greta Coyle, Dori Mitchell, DavidPurtell and Christian Schacht.

Seniors - Layne Cherry, AshleyConway, Aidan Henretty, AndrewMachan, Alexander Neumeister, CodyPrice, Jenna VanderMeer and KallieYount.

Magna Cum Laude 3.5-3.99GPA

Freshmen - Nathan Arington, RachelHerbert, Sam Hunkler, Kyler Jackson,Max Maue, Sydney McGuire, TrinityShaya, Emily Veile and Melanie Woje-woda.

Sophomores - Carter Hilsher, AnnaKilian, Rachel Makoski, Sarah More-land and Thad Painter.

Juniors - Molly Babb, Katie Park,Grace Simunek and Daniel Wedig.

Seniors - Carley Hilsher, Annie Leflerand Jessica McNulty.

Summa Cum Laude 4.0 + GPAFreshmen - Lilia Arlen, Brad Gros-

jean, Julia Hessler, Laurel Lammrish,Nathaniel Scheffer, Olivia Sherwoodand Taylor Stagnaro.

Sophomores - Tyler Ficker, AdamMcCoy, Lukas Moreland, Madison Pico,Isaiah Postenrieder, Bransen Vilardo,Nicole Wellington and MatthewWilson.

Seniors - Zoe Bowman, Gavin Car-son, Alex Hoyle, Shelley Raidy, AnnaSelf and Mason Vilardo.

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Sixth- through eighth-grad-ers and from Linden GroveSchool recently took part in thesecondannualJuniorHighHal-loween Party.

LindenGroveSchool isapri-vate, state-accredited, not-for-profit school that offers an al-ternative learning program forstudents primarily diagnosedwith an autism spectrumdisor-der andwho struggle in amoretraditional school setting.

“OurHalloween event givesstudents the chance to practicetheir social skills, play games,dance, and just have fun withtheir friends,“ said Linda Hart,principal of administration forLinden Grove.

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St. Savior School in Deer Park,LindenGrove attracts studentsfromall over thecity. “Wemeetstudents where they are – aca-demically and socially – andwork to further their skills sothattheycanreachtheirfullpo-tential.”

Costumed students enjoyedeating donuts without usingtheirhands, applebobbing, cos-tumeparade,Halloween treats,dancingandmore.Parent orga-nizer Dawn Craft, of Batavia,says she takes the time to orga-nize the party “so that my sonand the kids at Linden Groveknow the excitement of havingsomething really fun to lookforward to.” The event is thehighlight of the fall.

School party helps studentshave fun with social skills

Linden Grove students Owen (Loveland), Zachary Ehrenberg(Wyoming), Rebecca Tan (Madiera), Hunter (Kenwood), Eliyah(Cincinnati) and Maddie Dishon (Finneytown) try to eat doughnuts.

GLEN ESTEMIDDLESCHOOLThe following students haveearned honors for the firstquarter of 2013-2014.

First Honors - 3.5-4.00Sixth grade - HaLeighAbrams, Tucker Allen,Ariana Angel, Audrey Bard,Elizabeth Barnwell, Made-lyn Bastin, Jackson Beatty,Conner Bertram, IsabellaBirkofer, Adabelle Boggess,Abbie Borchers, MariahBosworth, Shelby Bryant,Delaney Burns, Alysia Busch,Mackenna Butcher, EstelaCastillo, Rosa Cianciolo,Emily Clark, Shayne Cle-phane, Keili Coffey, Eliza-beth Cowles, Peyton Cran-dall, Brendan Davis, KayciDavis, Hope Devine, LilithDisney, Jasmine Donaldson,Matthew Duncan, JoshuaDunn, Lily Elfar, TristenFadley, Taylor Farris, DavidFields, Aaron Flores, JustinFoister, Dakota Frank, LillianGabriel, Jared Geiger, JadaGilb, Elijah Goad, SamanthaGould, Kylee Grau, AlexisGreene, Alexis Griner,Payton Grooms, SamanthaGunn, Jasmine Hale, Ed-mund Hale, Jack Hall, ElaineHall, Griffan Hall, RileyHampton, Steven Hatton,Faith Hecktor, Haley Heller,Jacob Hess, Dylan Heuberg-er, Ryan Hoskins, AutumnHoward, Alexander Howe,Tori Huffer, Joseph Hum-meldorf, Katelyn Jennings,Susan Joseph, Hunter Judd,Melissa Kearney, OliviaKegg, Kyle Kennedy, JordanKing, Sydney Knake, AustinKresser, Haley Kyer, RachelLamb, Jared Lammert,Emma Leary, MadelineLevitt, Alexandra Leytze,Amanda Lovejoy, SabrinaMacFarland, Alexis Malott,Makayla Manion, LilliannaManker, Faith May, SarahMay, Hunter Melton, JacobMiles, Stacey Miller, ChaceMiller, Arian Mineer, ShayMineer, Nadya Montgo-mery, Michael Moore,Reigen Mora, AdriannaMoretti, Oivia Morgan,Kayla Mullins, AllysonMusgrave, Rhonda Nassar,Mia Niehaus, Kaila Nutter,Lauren Panek, DaniellePanek, Samantha Paquette,Makenna Patridge, Kay-leigh Pawlowicz, JacobPerry, Panha Pol, JakeRansbottom, Corey Reilly,Ashley Rinckel, ElizabethRitzman, Brooklyn San-dusky, Leyla Sattorova,Madison Shepard, MadelineSinger, Reilly Slusher, Cere-na Snow, Ethan Spanja,Sophia Staker, Logan Steele,Caleb Strunk, Abbie Sulli-van, Zackary Swain, JamisonSwartz, Kira Tackett, BradyTagge, Arsene Takam,Stephen Taylor, GabrielleTodd, Gabrielle Townes,Leah Tracey, William Turner,Austin Vanover, DustinVianello, Kaya Vogt, AbigailVose, Kody Warren, DylanWelling, LoganWestendorf,

Victoria Wiesenhahn,Kyrstin Wilhelm, LaurenWillenborg, Chloe Williams,Jeffrey Williams, KierraWilson, Alex Wilzbach, JakeWithrow, Angelina Woodsand Samantha Zeigler.Seventh grade - John Ai-choltz, Ryan Albers, LoganAyers, Leo Baker, AlannaBarrett, Alex Bassiouny,Kaylee Bell, Noah Bisig,Portia Blackert, PaytonBlackman, Dominick Borger,Cole Brinkman, IsaiahBrinson, Megan Brock,Madison Brown, AbigailBuelsing, McKenzie Bush,Mikayla Butler, NancyCampuzano, Allison Caudill,Kirsten Click, ZacharyCollins, Meaghan Craddock,Darla Crossley, EmmaCzerwinski, Kayla Davis,Sarvesh Deshmukh, NicholasDiana, William Dunning,Elaine Ellis, Madison Emery,Kathleen Farrell, NathanielFisher, Kyle Fultz, Ian Gallo-way, Andres Garcia, SophieGeier, Mitchell Gibson,Emily Glassburn, MadisonGoins, Alexandrea Gooch,Fallon Griffin, Jared Griffin,Kailey Gullett, AnthonyHaag, Carleigh Hall, EmilyHalpin, Zachary Hankins,Taylor Hannum, JessicaHeger, Jacob Holton, CoreyHutson, Collin Jacobs, MaxJasper, Michelle Johnson,Bryce Johnson, Israel Jover-Bell, Samantha Kapsal,McKennzie Kearns, WilliamKegg, Kody Kitchen, TrentLarbes, Hunter Large,Austin Lee, Linnea LeVan,Matthew Lewis, BenjaminLindsley, Alexander Lunn,Katelyn Lyons, AdamMaca-luso, Gabrielle MacFarland,Robert Maines, DerrikMalott, Miranda Martin,Nolan McCune, JordanMcGraw, Mark McKinley,Taylor Melton, Holly Ment-zel, Trenton Meyer, EmilyMiller, Nicholas Miller,Hannah Mills, Carley Mills,Owen Montgomery, Cam-den Morgan, Peyton Mul-lins, Taylor Neal, JocelynNehls, Jesse Nolan, SophiePadgitt, Jeterah Palmer,Kira Palmisano, Jay Patel,Haley Pauley, Griffin Reese,Rebecca Reynolds, BryceRittenhouse, AlexanderRobinson, Samantha Rolsen,Zachary Rooney, TaylorRoss, Joseph Rudd, AshleyRupert, Brandon Rusk, CodySchwiermann, Jensyn Scott,Alexa Servizzi, AshleyShannon, Jenna Simon,Alexis Smith, Riley Spatz,Alisa Spurgeon, BradenSteele, Nicholas Tackett,Colby Taylor, Jackson Tit-kemeyer, Jack Towell, RyanTrainor, Noah Troknya,Braden Viney, TimothyWanamaker, JacksonWat-son, Taylor Watson, SamuelWeaver, AaronWestendorf,AndrewWhite, PaytonWilcox-Staffend, DevinWilliams, AdamWood andMasonWorkman.Eighth grade - ElizabethAicholtz, Ashley Armen-trout, Molly Bastin, Skylar

Boeh, Hallie Boso, CoralynBrown, Jacob Bullard,Joshua Bunton, MarlenaBurdick, Zachary Caudill,Brianna Cerbantec, MichaelChamberlain, Alec Chit-wood, Autumn Clark, AlexisConner, Robert Conner,Danielle Cooper, KatherineCornelius, Haley Cullen,Hayden Cunningham,Anthony Curtin, Ira Dam-ron, Riley Day, KatelynDelaney, Hailey Dick,Heather Doughty, RaeAnneDowns, Alexander Dulaney,David Elliott, Olivia Fahey,Olivia Fee, Joseph Floccari,Ruth Flores, MatthewFlores, Victoria Frye, MeganFuller, Christina Gapinsky,Vincent Gerrish, VeronicaGrecni, Wyatt Guethlein,Jasmine Hale, BriannaHamilton, Liza Haney,Ashley Hanna, ShelbyHatcher, Alexander Hogue,Kathleen Hornstra, TrevinHughes, Hannah Johnson,Gunnar Johnson, AllyssaKandell, William Keszei,Brooke Koehnke, DanielKoontz, Lauren Kresser, KiraKrimmer, Kyle Kuenzli, EvaLawson, Makala Lear,Jonathon Leicht, NicoleLine, Kadin Locher, KylaLong, Emma Losey, ElyseMartin, Lucinda McBride,AndrewMcGraw, MakenzeMeeker, Hunter Mills,Karizma Montgomery, IanMorrison, Lauren Mullins,Patrick Murrell, NancyNassar, Abong Nyam, DallasPadgitt, T’sariea Perkins,Kelsey Randall, Tara Red-mond, Karson Reese, Nicho-las Reichardt, Chloe Rey-nolds, Robert Rinckel, AveryRingland, Emily Robison,Sierra Rollins, Daniel Roush,Jack Schmidt, MrigankSharma, Andrew Shouse,Nolan Simmons, BradleySmith, Anna Smith, KaylaSnyder, Rhiannon Staker,Paige Strasel, KayleighStrauss, Austin Teague,Haley Uhl, Cassie Vogel,Hannah Vose, Mikal Voyt,Emily Ward, Heather Ward-well, CyannaWestfall,Kassandra Whittington,MeganWillenborg, Mat-thewWillison and BenjaminWolfer.

Second Honors 3. - 3.5Sixth grade - CarringtonAdams, Michele Allen,Ashley Anderson, HannahBarger, Samuel Bennett,Nathan Blakley, NathanBowling, Robert Bowman,Dale Bradford, GradyBrennecke, Kyli Burgin,Bryan Buttery, ZacharyDeBolt, Emily Edwards,Hunter Evans, SamanthaFarrell, Jarryd Forthuber,Alyssa France, Jaxson Frys-inger, Brayden Gardner,Isabella Gates, MatthewGibson, Gabriel Gilmore,Desarae Harley, CameronHeger, Frank Herzner, IsaiahHerzner, Brandon Hill,Jessica Horney, HaydenHuber, Nicholas Hunt, AveryKelley, Omid Keshtvarz,Jada Kight, Keily Kingery,

Andrew Kinney, ColleenLaBrecque, Zachary Lacy,Troy Lawson, Jacob Lawson,Ivan Luman, Kyle Manwar-ing, Marco Marin, TrentonMiller, Cassidy Mills, CarleeNeff, Megan Owen, Jaa-reshiah Palmer, AustinPayer, Trevor Powers, EmmaPreece, Hailey Randall, AlliRorick, Tyler Rue, JillianRutherford, Isaiah Schlosser,Rayanna Shadoan, JoseSolorzano, Hope Strasel,James Svintsitsky, MichaelSwingley, Elijah Wahl, EricWhite and Anthony Zilly.Seventh grade - AbigailAbrams, Amya Angel, MaciBaca, Cameron Badea,Daniel Barnes, DanielleBartlett, Max Beckman,Benjamin Berger, AmandaBoshears, Angela Bowling,Derek Cooley, Elijah Davis,Elijah Dunigan, MeganDunn, Madison Eifert,Mackenzie Ellis, LaurenEvans, Juanita Gaines,Chayce Gambrell, SpencerGerding, Paige Glazier,Jacob Haas, Elisabeth Hall,Brandon Hamilton, ChaseHenderson, Blake Hir-schauer, Cameron Hogan,Austin Holden, Faith How-ard, Selina Jeffers, ClaireJeschke, Noah Kellerman,Kody Kirkpatrick, SavannahMatlock, AdamMaynard,Katelynn McNeal, DylanMeece, Brisco Methard,Mason Montoney, LeahMusselman, Cameron Null,Caleb Olsen, Allison Price,Augustus Schmalz, MyaSharon, Sydney Smith,Morgan Steinker, Montgo-mery Sutter, Teresa Taylor,Lenoir Vega, Troy Walters,Andariel Wheeler, LayneWilder, EthanWilliams,Patrick Wilson and TrevorZitt.Eighth grade - Brody Baker,Matthew Beach, Derek Bell,Jared Black, Megan Borch-ers, Cameron Brandenburg,Katie Broshear, ArikaBrown, Meredith Brown,Katelynn Clawson, AlexClick, Austin Cox, KurtisCox, Gabriel Crawford,Ambur Dick, Jarrett Frazier,Abby Geoppinger, WilliamGreen, Brandon Heintz,Zachary Hogue, ShawnHughes, Amber Hughes,Jasandeep Jhaj, KayleeJohns, Andrew Johnson,Cierra Jones, Zachary Keat-ing, Jasmine Keshtvarz,Shelby Lance, Jacob Lloyd,Jordan Lowe, Keirah Mat-lock, Erica McCubbin, KeliMcMillan, Robert Miller,Sarah Morton, RobertMosier, Liam Newberry,Grant Niederkorn, JustinPatrick, Rebecca Philpot,Alexander Puckett, BraydenRandolph, Zakary Raper,Jennifer Robbins, TaylorRobinson, Arturo Rodri-guez, Ariah Saylor, HannahSmith, Noah Sturgeon,Joseph Svintsitsky, CamrynTagge, Victoria White,AndrewWilliams, SarahWilliams, Abigail Witt-meyer, Abigail Wood,Brenden York and MadisonYour.

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The Community Journal Clermont asked readers to send in pic-tures of their senior class athletes as part of the Fall Senior Mo-ments project. All photos will be part of an online photo gallery oncincinnati.com.

Fall senior moments

Enjoying the 2013 Glen Este High School football Senior Night are, from left, Tyler Flanigan, No. 4, TimmyShepler and Jordan Harris, No. 26.

The College of Mount St. Joseph’s mens soccer team honored fiveplayers who played all four years with the program on Senior Day.From left are: No. 27, Cody Dunkin of Georgetown; No. 18, ShayneBateman of Oak Hills; No. 3, Bryson Lewis of Blanchester; head coachRudy Argueta; assistant coach Jon Williams; No. 5 Jake Nelson ofBatavia; No. 2, Shane Hall of Louisville.

Glen Este High School football seniors, from left, include Tyler Sargent (No. 66), KodyBobb (No. 82), Devon Shannon (No. 3), Tyler Burdick (No. 7), Kyle Keszei (No. 10), TylerFlanigan (No. 4), Blake Neu, (No. 57), Jake Simon (No. 50), Jordan Harris (No. 26), ZachWatts (No. 42), and Robbie Cann (No. 34).

Glen Este High School’s girls soccer team seniors were, from left, Jessie Goedde, MadisonVelten, Marisa Lavatori, Morgan Terry and Hannah Dufresne.

CLERMONT COUNTY — Thelanes are oiled and matches areunderway for Greater Cincin-nati high school bowling teams.The following is a rundown ofteams in theCommunityJournalClermont coverage area.

AmeliaAmelia golf coach Creed Cor-

nettmoves to a bigger ball in thewinter with the Barons bowlers.

Cornetthas twoseniorboys inRyanMorris andBenTully; a ju-nior in Brady Fox; sophomore inAustin Levy and an eye-openingfreshman in Nic Huber.

“Nic is expected to be in thetop 20 of city bowlers,” Cornettsaid.

Huber tops the team with a196 average (at presstime).Mor-ris is next at close to 180.

Amelia’s boys are at St. Xavi-er Dec. 19.

The Lady Barons have threejuniors in Krislyn Burkhardt,and Brittany and MadisonKoehnke. Freshmen KristinaHodges and Paige McCluskey

round out the squad.Brittany Koehnke tops the

scoring at 161, Hodges is next at150, Burkhardt is 142 and Madi-son Koehnke 140. At presstime,the Amelia girls were having awinning season.

Glen EsteVeteran bowling coachKathy

Demarko has arguably the bestboyandgirl bowler in the area inseniors Blake Huber and LeslieCampbell.

“I’ve had them since theywere six,” Demarko said. “Theyjust didn’t know it ‘til recently.”

At that early age, Demarkocould see greatness in the futureflingers who grew up in bowlingfamilies.

“I’vebeenbowling fifty-someyears,” she said. “I saw boththose kids rolling bowling ballswhen they were six-years-old.Some people are born with it.”

AtpresstimeHuberwasaver-aging 230 and Campbell 218.Campbell has already commit-ted to Wright State with Hubergetting looks from the Raiders,Morehead State, Pikeville, Be-rea and Urbana among others.

Campbell has been the topweapon of the Glen Este girls

team her whole career. Evenwhen injured, she’s found a wayto stay on top.

“She switched from right-handed to left-handed back toright-handed,” Demarko said.“She bowls a 160 average two-handed, 160 left-handed and 212right-handed. It’s a gift.”

Senior Haley Vogelgesangwould be No. 1 on most teams,but her185 is second on theLadyTrojans. Also from a bowlingfamily, Vogelgesang has attract-ed interest fromMoreheadStateandWright State.

Senior Gabby Ruehlman isanother top roller in Demarko’s“stable of stars”who has period-

ically led the team in matches.Lefthander Courtney Chaffin isonly a freshman, but may be thenext collegiate prospect.

“She’snewto theprogrambutherDad’soneof thebestbowlersin the city,” Demarko said.“She’ll be No. 1 by the time she’sa senior for sure. You can counton it. She’s already looking at theall-star team.”

With wins over Loveland andAnderson already, the girls areeasily favored to take anotherEastern Cincinnati Conferencetitle, just as the boys are.

Now wearing glasses afterhaving eye surgery over thesummer, Huber can still clearly

see the head pin as typicallymeets it’s untimely demiseagainst the heavy cylinder.

Adding to Huber’s powernumbers are sophomore BradyDunigan at 203, senior RyanStroup at 195, junior Kyle Smithat193, and sophomoreColeHun-ley and junior Jacob Maryo at192.

“Brady (Dunigan) loves thissport,” Demarko said. “By hissenior year, he’ll be the best inthe city.”

Tony Kellerman assists De-marko and oversees the boys.Both veterans work a Saturday

Glen Este bowlersfavored; that’s howthey roll this year

Glen Este coach Kathy Demarko watches top senior Leslie Campbell(center) roll while senior Gabby Ruehlman (right) prepares herapproach on the next lane. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS

By Scott Springer andMark [email protected]@communitypress.com

See BOWLERS, Page A9

Sophomore Brady Dunigan isready to let fly at Cherry GroveLanes for Glen Este. SCOTT

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morning clinic at CherryGrove Lanes wherethey’ve been able to de-velop talent not only forGlen Este, but for severalarea schools who havehad bowlers put in thetime.

Glen Este closes outthe year for the girls withSeton at Western BowlDec. 19. Both squads areback after the first of theyear with Walnut Hills atCherry Grove.

McNicholasThe Rockets finished

second in the GreaterCatholic League tourna-ment competing againstall divisions last season.They took second in theGCL Central race, too.However, four four-yearbowlers graduated fromthat team, leaving headcoach Bryan Combs onlytwo bowlers with varsityexperience on his 10-manroster.

Senior captain Camer-on Roesel rolled a 400 se-

ries in his first match ofthe season and is the es-tablished leader. Sopho-more two-hand bowlerMatthew Massie returnsfor his second season.

“From there the otherthree spots are prettywide open,” Combs said.“We’ll have a lot of guyswho get a chance to con-tribute.”

The GCL will not havean all-divisions tourna-ment this year, but thenew GCL Co-Ed meansthe Rockets will face allthe smaller schools in theregular season. Combsanticipates the Rocketsshouldbe in the tophalf ofthe eight-team league,challenging favorites likeRoger Bacon and DaytonCarroll.

“We’ve got a lot of per-sonal bests that have al-ready been beaten,”Combs said. “I think we’llkeep improving.”

McNick is not fieldinga girls team for the sec-ond consecutive season.

“We’d certainly like toagain,” Combs said. “Wejust have to find enoughgirls with an interest.”

Glen Este senior Blake Huber watches his shot, whilesenior Leslie Campbell watches on the right. Campbelland Huber are arguably the area's top high schoolbowlers according to coach Kathy Demarko. SCOTT

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BowlersContinued from Page A8

Boys basketball» AmeliadefeatedNor-

wood 59-35 on Dec. 11.SeniorTommyHacker ledthe Barons with 17 points.

»McNicholas openedthe season with a pair ofwins, beatingMadeira 67-47 at home Dec. 7 andnotching a 49-47 overtimewin on the road at Ketter-ing Alter Dec. 10.

»Miami Valley Chris-tian Academy beat Gam-ble Montessori 74-46 onDec. 9. Senior Gavin Car-son led the Lions with 17points.

»New Richmond im-proved to 2-0 Dec. 10 witha 79-56 win against Be-thel-Tate. JoshHeiden ledfour scorers in double fig-ures with 20 points.

»Williamsburg ran itsrecord to 3-0 following a74-43 home win againstNew Miami Dec. 7 and a66-59 home win againstClermont NortheasternDec. 10.

Girls basketball» Batavia beat Gamble

Montessori 67-13 at homeDec. 11 before falling 36-30on theroadatCNE.TheBulldogs leveled theirrecord at 3-3.

»Glen Este beatNorthwest 58-24 onDec. 9as Kelly Simon had 17points.

»McNicholas posted a72-57 home win againstConner (NKy.)Dec. 9. TheRockets also beat Middle-town Fenwick 65-45 athome Dec. 11, explodingfor 33 points in the secondquarter to erase a 17-10

deficit after one period.The Rockets improved to4-2.

»MVCA beat GambleMontessori 50-37 on Dec.9. Devin Lee led the scor-ing with 24 points.

»New Richmond wenton the road and beat Nor-wood 44-30 Dec. 12. JosieBuckinghamhad13pointsto lead the Lions, who im-proved to 5-1.

Swimming» The New Richmond

girls defeated GreenfieldMcClain 58-36 Dec. 12,while the boys won 60-34.

Annual Amelia HighSchool Hall of FameNominations

» If you would like tonominate anyone for theAmelia High School Ath-letic Hall of Fame, pleasesend their stats and bio toAmelia High School: HallofFameCommittee,Ame-lia High School, 1351Clough Pike, Batavia, OH45103.

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By Scott Springer andMark [email protected]@communitypress.com


The holidays are a time offamily, friends, traditions andgratitude.

When a loved one has aterminal illness, the seasoncan also mean added stress,fatigue, and financial burdens.Most families would not wantto spend the holiday season inand out of an emergencyroom, yet nearly one in fiveMedicare beneficiaries isreadmitted to the hospitalwithin 30 days of release.

According to theNew Eng-land Journal of Medicine, thistranslates to $17.4 billion inMedicare spending on pa-tients whose return tripscould have been avoided.

Avoidable hospital re-ad-missions amongMedicarebeneficiaries has become atop priority for both policy-

makers and the Cen-ters for Medicare andMedicaid Services ashospitals feel addedpressure to help pa-tients remain at home.

The CMS has takenon several initiatives toreduce re-admissionsfrom penalizing hospi-tals with high re-ad-mission rates to imple-menting shared sav-ings programs in aneffort to increase care coor-dination among providers.

There are some return tripsto the hospital that are un-avoidable due to complica-tions, new and unrelated prob-lems, or anticipated steps ofcertain treatment plans.

Some patients are also re-admitted because they live in

a region where hospi-tals are used morefrequently as a placeof care for illnesses.

Regardless ofwhere patients reside,education and supportare key factors inpreventing re-admis-sions. Too often, arushed dischargedprocess and a lack ofnecessary follow upcare leaves dis-

charged patients unable tofollow instructions about anew diagnoses or newmedica-tion.

The Agency for HealthcareResearch and Quality report-ed that while patients with oneor more chronic conditionsrepresent just 5 percent of thepatient population, they ac-

count for more than 50 per-cent of the health care costs.

Increasingly, hospitals areforming collaborative part-nerships with palliative careand hospice providers to com-bat avoidable re-admissions.For terminally ill patients,hospice is one resource avail-able to help patients remainhome for the holidays.

Hospice and palliative careproviders work closely withpatients and families to identi-fy care preferences, managesymptoms, and address clin-ical, emotional and spiritualneeds through a team ap-proach. This type of care al-lows patients to pick up thephone in a time of crisis andreceive medications at home.

During the holidays, fam-ilies can spend more time

creating memories and shar-ing traditions instead of mak-ing emergency room trips.

Integrating palliative careservices early, and makingtimely and appropriate hos-pice referrals can not onlyimprove patient experiences,but address some of the mostimportant issues faced byhospitals today: quality im-provement, increasing coor-dination, preventing complica-tions, reducing costs – andultimately, return trips to thehospital in a patient’s finalstages of life when the com-forts of home and quality timewith family are most impor-tant.

Cindee Tresslar is the executivedirector of Crossroads Hospice inCincinnati.

Home for holidays a goal for terminally ill

CindeeTresslarCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Winter isn’t just a time tobundle up and head indoors.Clermont CAN (Coalition forActivity and Nutrition) be-lieves that just because theflurries start to fall doesn’tmean you shouldn’t continue todo activities outside.

One of the best ways toincrease physical activity is tosimply walk. The longer andfarther you go the better foryou, but you can start out withjust 10 minutes.

Recommendations foradults are 150 minutes of mod-erate activity a week. Thatseems like a lot all at once butit is only 30 minutes a day.

Some days you may walklonger to make up for skippinga day and that is fine; find

what works for you.There are a couple

of tips to rememberwhen walking outsidein winter. First, startout slow; allow yourmuscles to warm upgradually.

Watch out for icyroadways and trails,you can try wearingstudded outdoor walk-ing shoes for extragrip or try using traction de-vices that slip over your shoes.You may not think about it inthe winter, but you need tohydrate just as much, takesome water along with you,you will lose water through thedry winter air and sweating.

Watch the roadways; motor-

ist may not be expectingwalkers in the wintermonths. Always wearreflective clothing andbe sure to walk where itis safe.

Clermont County hasa wonderful system ofcounty, township andvillage parks that youcan use at no cost. Wearmultiple layers that youcan move in. You can

always take a layer off, butyou will be miserable if youdon’t have enough on. Considermaking your outside layerwind resistant to help cutdown on the cold. Layersshould be of a material thatkeeps moisture away from youskin.

Avoid wearing cotton, onceyou start sweating, you mayget cold if you cannot get themoisture away from yourbody. Be sure to wear glovesand a hat, most of your heatescapes through your head.Again, you can always take itoff if you need to cool downbut you are better off to keepit on.

Socks should be made ofwool for warmth but not toobulky to prevent blisters. Keepin mind you will be movingwhich should keep you warm.

Don’t forget your sunglass-es, if there is snow on theground the glare can reduceyour visibility. If it gets ex-tremely cold out, move in-doors, many malls allow walk-

ing and have designated hours.Clermont CAN encourages

everyone to “Be Active, EatSmart” and you can do it as afamily. Clermont CAN and theClermont County Health Dis-trict encourage families tostart incorporating physicalactivity into their normal rou-tine and walking is one of thebest ways to do it. More in-formation on Clermont CANand places for no cost or lowcost physical activity can befound at www.clermonthealth-district.org.

Julianne Nesbit, Health Commis-sioner-Clermont County GeneralHealth District

Walking in winter good for weight loss

JulianneNesbitCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last week’s questionDo you think Ohio legislators should

approve a bill to allow back-to-schoolshoppers tobuycertain itemsfreeof stateand local sales taxes? Why or why not?

“This is essentially a sales tax re-duction. Ifwe really do not need to col-lect somuchmoney from the sales taxwhy not just reduce the tax?

“This is political smokeandmirrorsdesigned to make the people sponsor-ing the bill look good at very little cost.It is a sham that will create a lot ofgame playing and fraud on the dayswhen there is no tax, politics at itsworst.”

F.S.D.

“No - why single out this particulargroup for tax-free status? And howwould you even determine what is aschool-related expense?

“What I would support: seasonaltax-free shopping weeks, such as NewYorkCityoffers - eithera totalmorato-rium on all sales tax for that period orno tax on a specific item such as cloth-ing, cars, furniture, etc.Thiscouldbeahuge boost to the economy.”

J.S.B.

“Now that is not a bad idea. Teach-ers already have sales tax exempt sta-tus for supplies, why not students andfamilies for their learningmaterials?”

O.H.R.

“Since1965, theDepartmentofEdu-cation has proven that the federal gov-ernment needs to get out of the state’sway with regard to the education ofchildren. Ohio legislators are also

guilty, and need to stand down.“Legislators need to fix the roads

and balance the budget and quit wast-ing time on abortion and pandering toparents.”

K.P.

“Talk about complexity! How doweID someone who fits this descriptiononline or in the store?

“Then, consider the administrationof this at the store level; another thingfor theminimum hourly wage clerk tohandle.

“Then, what interest group wouldbe next in line for special considera-tion?

“We should be looking for ways tosimplify our tax systems and this pro-posal fails miserably. We have a widerange of prices available to shoppers,some of which will meet their budgetlimitations. A big ding to this idea.”

T.J.

“I would always think it is a goodidea to get something tax free. I amalso sure that there will be a bit ofscamming going on ... oh well.”

D.D.

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Ohio Rep. John Becker - 65thHouse District

Phone: 614-466-8134Email: [email protected]: Ohio State Rep. John

Becker, 77 S. High St., 12th Floor,Columbus, Ohio 43215.

District: The 65th House Districtincludes Goshen, Miami, Stonelick,Union andWayne townships, thecities of Milford and Loveland insideClermont County and the villages ofOwensville and Newtonsville.

Ohio Rep. Doug Green - 66thHouse District

Phone: 614-644-6034Email: [email protected]: State Rep. Doug Green,

77 S. High St., 12th Floor, Columbus,Ohio 43215.

District: The 66th House Districtincludes the villages of Amelia, Ba-tavia, Bethel, Chilo, Felicity, Mos-cow, Neville, New Richmond, Wil-liamsburg; the townships of Batavia,Franklin, Jackson, Monroe, Ohio,Pierce, Tate, Washington andWil-liamsburg as well as all of BrownCounty.

Ohio Senator Joe Uecker - 14thDistrict

Phone: 614-466-8082Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/

uecker/contactAddress: 1Capitol Square, 1st

Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215District: The 14th Senate District

includes all of Clermont, Brown,Adams, Scioto and part of Lawrencecounties.

U.S. Rep. BradWenstrup - 2ndCongressional District

Phone: 513-474-7777 or 202-225-3164

Email: http://wenstrup.house.gov/contact/

Address: 7954 Beechmont Ave.,Suite 170, Cincinnati, OH 45255, 9a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday throughFriday

or Washington, D.C., office: 1223Longworth House Office Building,Washington, DC 20515

District: The 2nd CongressionalDistrict includes covers all of Pike,Adams, Brown, Highland and Cler-mont counties, as well as significantportions of Scioto, Ross and Hamil-ton counties

Website:wenstrup.house.gov

U.S. Sen. Sherrod BrownWashington, D.C., office: 713 Hart

Senate Office Building, Washington,D.C. 20510

Phone:Washington, D.C. – 202-224-2315; Ohio – Toll Free, 1-888-896-OHIO (6446); Cincinnati, 513-684-1021; Cleveland, 216-522-7272; Co-lumbus, 614-469-2083; Lorain, 440-242-4100

Website: brown.senate.gov

U.S. Sen. Rob PortmanWashington, D.C., office: 338

Russell Senate Office Building,Washington, D.C. 20510

Phone: 202-224-3353Cincinnati office: 312 Walnut St.

Suite 3075, Cincinnati, OH 45202Phone: 513-684-3265Website: portman.senate.gov

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Celebrate and share in thejoy of the holiday season withfamily and friends at Cincin-nati Nature Center’s WinterSolstice Celebration fromnoon to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec.21, at theRoweWoods locationto discover the history andsignificance of the winter sol-stice.

Visitors will have the op-portunity to attend an enter-taining presentation to learnmore about the winter sol-stice which marks the sun’sfurthest point from the earth,making it the shortest day andlongest night of the year.

“Thewinter solstice is seenworldwide as a timeof rebirthand celebration. Here at Cin-cinnati Nature Center wewant to celebrate with thecommunity and provideunique activities where fam-ily and friends can enjoy theholidays together,” says Kris-tiMasterson,DirectorofMar-keting and Membership atCNC.

Come and participate in ahorse-drawn wagon ridethrough RoweWoods and joina drumming circle to feel theenergy and excitement of thesolstice.

Participants can enjoyCelticmusic anddancingwith

Dark Moll and feel thewarmthandcheer at theKrip-pendorf Lodge with home-made cookies and cocoa.

Visitors are invited tomake their way to the NaturePlayScape to meet costumedcritters, toast marshmallows

andparticipate ina scavengerhunt.

Everyone is welcome tomake all natural birdfeedersand try homemade roastedchestnuts.

Registration is not re-quired. Cincinnati Nature

Center member adults andchildren are $6 each with afamilymaximumprice of $30.Nonmember adults and chil-dren are $14 each with a fam-ily maximum price of $50. Allabove activities are includedwith admission.

For more informationabout CNC’s winter solsticecelebration, visitwww.CincyNature.org or call831-1711.

Cincinnati Nature Center’sRoweWoods is located at 4949Tealtown Road, Milford.

Celebrate winter solstice at RoweWoods

Horse-drawn wagon rides through RoweWoods are part of the celebration of winter solstice from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road, Milford.

HeartpartyThe Cincinnati Heart Ball

officially kicked off at apre-party at the Indian

Hill home of 2014 chair, JBBuse. More than 100 guests en-joyed cocktails, light bites anda message from speakers Dr.Donald Harrison (Open YourHeart Chair) and Pam and RobSibcy.

The Heart Ball, presentedby TriHealth Heart Institute,will be Feb. 22 at the Duke En-ergy Convention Center.

The annual black tie galawill honor Rhonda and LarrySheakley with the Heart of theCity Award for their philan-

thropic contributions to theGreater Cincinnati communi-ty. The Sheakleys’ passion forthe arts inspired theHeartBalltheme, “The Art of SavingHearts.”

In addition to live and silentauctions, cocktail receptionand dinner, the Heart Ball willfeature a Young ProfessionalAfter Party with dancing toJohnny Clueless.

For tickets and more infor-mation about the Heart Ball,contact Sia Ruppert, HeartBall director at 842-8863,[email protected] or visitcincinnatiheartball.heart.org.

Rhonda and Larry Sheakley attend the Heart BallKick-Off Party. The Sheakleys will be honored withthe Heart of the City Award at the annual black-tieHeart Ball, set for Feb. 11. THANKS TO LORI FOVEL

Laura and Dr. Don Harrison attend the Heart BallKick-Off Party. THANKS TO LORI FOVEL

Heart Ball Chairman J.B. Buse and Leigh Juddattend the Heart Ball Kick-Off Party. THANKS TO LORI

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Rob and Pam Sibcy attend the Heart Ball Kick-OffParty. THANKS TO LORI FOVEL

Highlighting civic duties topreserve the past and honor ourmilitary veterans, The Cincin-natiWoman’s Club hosted a pro-gram featuring Paul Redlichand Jean Springer.

Membersandguestsenjoyedthe historical knowledge andperspectives presented bythese two speakers.

Redlich, president of the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Bata-via, described the historical avi-ation collection on museum dis-play, which includes fully-re-stored, air worthy aircraft.

Formed in 2003, the museumpreserves the aircraft of WorldWar II, educates visitors onAmerica’s role in WW II, andhonors veteranswho fought and

those who made the ultimatesacrifice.

Springer, who at age 22 be-came a Woman’s Air Force Ser-vicePilot (WASP)duringWWII,shared personal recollectionsabout her various flight experi-ences.

Although the WASP’s werenot considered part of the U.S.Army and were not allowed tofly incombat, theyprovidedser-vices essential tomilitary victo-ries. In recognition of her con-tributions, Springer was award-ed a Congressional GoldMedal.

Since 1894, The CincinnatiWoman’s Club has focused oneducating its members andworking to make Cincinnati abetter place.

Club learns aboutWASPs, museum

Cincinnati Woman's Club members and Civic Department Co-Chairs Jan Bartel and Milly Huffman (bothWyoming residents) flank the guest speakers Paul Redlich (Batavia resident) President of the Tri-StateWarbird Museum; and Jean Springer (Hyde Park resident) during the program the Cincinnati Woman's Clubhosted in honor of all veterans. PROVIDED

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Drink TastingsPairedWine Tasting, 6-9 p.m.,Winedog Fine Wines & Fine Art,451A Ohio Pike, Six wines servedwith gourmet appetizers thatpair well with each. Music andartwork on display in gallery.$19.75. Reservations required.888-288-0668; www.winedog-.com. Union Township.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers, 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.947-7344. Union Township.SilverSneakers Flex, 12:30-1:15p.m., Summerside Woods, 5484Summerside Road, Move tomusic through variety of exer-cises designed to increase mus-cular strength, range of move-ment and activities for dailyliving. Call for pricing. Presentedby SilverSneakers Flex. 478-6783.Summerside.SilverSneakers, 1:30-2:15 p.m.,O’Bannon Terrace, 6716 Ohio132, Move to music throughvariety of exercises designed toincrease muscular strength,range of movement and activ-ities for daily living. Call forpricing. Presented by SilverS-neakers Flex. 478-6783. Goshen.Zumba Fitness with Sue, 6-7p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,Burn calories, sculpt your bodyand have a blast. $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.

Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 8a.m.-5 p.m., Mercy HealthClermont Hospital, 3000 Hospi-tal Drive, Several screeningpackages available to test risk ofheart attack, stroke, aneurysmand other major diseases. Ap-pointment required. 866-819-0127; www.mercyhealthfair-.com. Batavia.

Holiday - TreesDirr Nurseries, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Dirr Nurseries, 6066 GoshenRoad, Thousands of cut-your-own Canaan and balsam firs,Scotch and white pines; up to 12feet. Tree cleaning, baling andsaws available. Wreaths andballed-and-burlapped treesavailable. Farm animals, nativitydisplay and hot chocolate.Family tailgate parties welcome.$45 any size. 625-2000;www.dirrnurseries.com. Goshen.Davidson Farm, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Davidson Farm, 1348 LyonsRoad, You pick Christmas tree,staff cuts. Colorado blue spruceand Douglas fir. Sizes range 5-10feet. $35-$45. 753-4572. Cler-mont County.

Literary - Book ClubsMystery Book Club, 12:30-2p.m., Milford-Miami TownshipBranch Library, 1099 Ohio 131,Adults. Bring bag lunch. Present-ed by Clermont County PublicLibrary. 248-0700.Milford.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11a.m., Cincinnati Nature Centerat RoweWoods, 4949 TealtownRoad, Share cup of coffee or teawhile counting birds. Free.831-1711. Union Township.

FRIDAY, DEC. 20Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, 1596Ohio 131, Fish sandwiches,chicken fingers or six-pieceshrimp dinner. Includes coleslawand French fries. Carryoutavailable. $6-$6.50. Presented byLadies Auxiliary Dennis JohnsonVFW Post 6562. Through Dec.26. 575-2102.Milford.

Exercise ClassesChair/Mat Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m.,Yoga with Sharon Studio 1, 267Mount Holly Road, Gentle yogabegins in chair and ends on mat.Focus on strength, flexibility,pain management and relax-ation. $6 drop-in or $50 for 10classes. Presented by SharonStrickland. 237-4574. Amelia.

Holiday - TreesDirr Nurseries, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Dirr Nurseries, $45 any size.625-2000; www.dirrnurse-ries.com. Goshen.Davidson Farm, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Davidson Farm, $35-$45. 753-4572. Clermont County.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11a.m., Cincinnati Nature Centerat RoweWoods, Free. 831-1711.Union Township.

SATURDAY, DEC. 21Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

Clubs & OrganizationsTOPS: Take Off Pounds Sen-sibly, 9:30-11 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 PoundsSensibly. Through Dec. 28.417-6772; www.tops.org. Ame-lia.

Drink TastingsSnow on the Vine HolidaySampling, Noon-4 p.m., Har-mony Hill Vineyards and EstateWinery, 2534 Swings CornerPoint Isabel Road, Prior releases,new releases of seasonal dessertwines and more. 50 cents persample. 734-3548; www.hhwi-nes.com. Bethel.

Exercise ClassesMat Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, 267Mount Holly Road, Focus oncore strength, flexibility, breath-ing and relaxation. $6 drop-in or10 classes for $50. Presented byYoga with Sharon. 237-4574.Amelia.

Holiday - ChristmasNativity Experience, 6-9 p.m.,Comboni Mission Center, Free,canned good donations accept-ed. 474-4997; www.combonimis-sionaries.org. Anderson Town-ship.

Holiday - TreesDirr Nurseries, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,

Dirr Nurseries, $45 any size.625-2000; www.dirrnurse-ries.com. Goshen.Davidson Farm, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,Davidson Farm, $35-$45. 753-4572. Clermont County.

NatureWinter Solstice Celebration,Noon-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, 4949Tealtown Road, Presentation tolearn more about winter sol-stice, horse-drawn wagon ride,Celtic music, drumming circle,homemade cookies, cocoa andmore. $14, $6 members. 831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.Drumming on the LongestNight, 7-9 p.m., CincinnatiNature Center at RoweWoods,4949 Tealtown Road, Celebratewinter solstice with drums andother percussion instruments.Meet in Rowe Visitor Centerauditorium. $12, $10 advance bynoon Dec. 20. 831-1711. UnionTownship.

On Stage - ComedyComedy on the Ohio River, 8p.m., Green Kayak Market andEatery, 204 Front St., Lineup ofexperienced comedians. Free.843-6040; www.facebook.com/greenkayakmarket. New Rich-mond.

PetsPet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-permint Pig, 8255 BeechmontAve., Cats and dogs available foradoption. Through Dec. 28.474-0005; www.peppermint-pig.org. Anderson Township.Clermont Pets Alive Pet Adop-tions, 1-5 p.m., PetSmart, 245River’s Edge, Cats and dogsavailable for adoption. Present-ed by Clermont Pets Alive.279-2276; www.clermontpet-salive.org.Milford.

SUNDAY, DEC. 22Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 7-8 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo of Cincinnati,4240 Mt Carmel Tabasco Road,Non-contact workout including

cardio and strength training inenergizing environment, usingkicks, jabs, hooks and uppercutsto improve overall agility andpower. $5. Through March 2.652-0286. Union Township.


PetsClermont Pets Alive Pet Adop-tions, 1-5 p.m., PetSmart, 279-2276; www.clermontpetsalive-.org.Milford.

MONDAY, DEC. 23Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

Exercise ClassesZumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, 135N. Union St., Zumba fitness andZumba Gold classes. $5. Present-ed by Kimberley “KC” Coniglio.Through Dec. 31. 240-5180;www.zumbawithkc.com. Bethel.Chair/Mat Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m.,Yoga with Sharon Studio 1, $6drop-in or $50 for 10 classes.237-4574. Amelia.Beginner Yoga Classes, 6-8p.m., Mount Carmel ChristianChurch, 4183 Mount CarmelTobasco Road, Choose fromBeginners Power Yoga Class at 6p.m. or Candlelight Relaxationand restorative slow flow classat 7 p.m. $7 or $12 for bothclasses. 675-0954.Mount Car-mel.


TUESDAY, DEC. 24Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati Nature

Center at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

THURSDAY, DEC. 26NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11a.m., Cincinnati Nature Centerat RoweWoods, Free. 831-1711.Union Township.

FRIDAY, DEC. 27Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

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

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Yoga 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 Flex. 478-6783. UnionTownship.Chair/Mat Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m.,Yoga with Sharon Studio 1, $6drop-in or $50 for 10 classes.237-4574. Amelia.

Music - AcousticMichael Paulik and Jeff Boeh,8 p.m., Green Kayak Market andEatery, 204 Front St., Free.843-6040; www.greenkayak-market.com. New Richmond.

NatureProject Feeder Watch, 9-11a.m., Cincinnati Nature Centerat RoweWoods, Free. 831-1711.Union Township.

SATURDAY, DEC. 28Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

Clubs & OrganizationsTOPS: Take Off Pounds Sen-sibly, 9:30-11 a.m., AmeliaUnited Methodist Church, Free.417-6772; www.tops.org. Ame-lia.

Exercise ClassesMat Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, $6 drop-inor 10 classes for $50. 237-4574.

Amelia.

PetsPet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-permint Pig, 474-0005;www.peppermintpig.org.Anderson Township.Clermont Pets Alive Pet Adop-tions, 1-5 p.m., Petco - Milford,279-2276; www.clermontpet-salive.org.Milford.

SUNDAY, DEC. 29Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 7-8 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo of Cincinnati,$5. 652-0286. Union Township.

PetsClermont Pets Alive Pet Adop-tions, 1-5 p.m., PetSmart, 279-2276; www.clermontpetsalive-.org.Milford.

MONDAY, DEC. 30Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

AuctionsCharity Quarter Auction, 7-9p.m., Butterbee’s NeighborhoodGrill, 4022 Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road, Different charitypicked each month. Free admis-sion. Presented by Reps forCharity. Through July 28. 252-5343. Union Township.

Exercise ClassesZumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.6:30-7:30 p.m., Bethel Communi-ty Center, $5. 240-5180;www.zumbawithkc.com. Bethel.Chair/Mat Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m.,Yoga with Sharon Studio 1, $6drop-in or $50 for 10 classes.237-4574. Amelia.Beginner Yoga Classes, 6-8p.m., Mount Carmel ChristianChurch, $7 or $12 for bothclasses. 675-0954.Mount Car-mel.

TUESDAY, DEC. 31Art ExhibitsCharley Harper Art Show, 10a.m.-5 p.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, Free formembers, included with dailyadmission for non-members.831-1711; www.cincynature.org.Union Township.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The Cincinnati Nature Center at RoweWoods, 4949 Tealtown Road in Union Township, is hosting a Winter Solstice Celebration from noon-5 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 21. Learn more about winter solstice, then enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, Celtic music, drumming circle, homemade cookies, cocoa andmore. Cost is $14, $6 members. For more information, call 831-1711 or visit www.cincynature.org.

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I wrestled with myselfabout sharing, onceagain, my latest clone ofWilliams-Sonoma pepper-mint bark. After all, myrecipe last year was ex-cellent, and the differ-ence this year is that Iused premium bar choco-lates only and tweakedthe recipe a tiny bit. Well,I’ve been getting lots ofrequests for this specialbark already, so I’m tak-ing creative license andsharing what I now callmy latest and greatest.And, I might add, myvery last recipe for thistreat!

However you cele-brate, I hope each of youhas the best holiday sea-son. Remember, the bestthings in life aren’t“things.”

Rita’s ultimate cloneof Williams-Sonomapeppermint bark2013

Use the best qualitychocolates and candy (noimitation peppermint inextract or candy) to makeit as close to Williams-Sonoma as possible. Asmentioned, I used thehighest quality bar choco-lates, which I chopped.Whether you use bars ormorsels, read labels. Thesemi-sweet chocolateshould be real chocolate,not chocolate-flavored.

The first two ingredi-ents in white chocolateshould be sugar and co-coa butter. No palm, palmkernel or coconut oil ifyou want it to be likeWilliams-Sonoma. Theseoils may be a culprit forlayers sometimes notbonding, resulting in

separation.That doesn’t mean you

can’t makewonderfulbark withwhateverchocolatefits yourbudget. Ialso havemore barkrecipes onmy blog, asingle-layer one

for kids and a three-layerone.

Prep pan:Line a cookie sheet

with one piece of foil,about 10 inches by 12inches. Or do the same ina 9-inch by 13-inch pan.

First layer:

2 cups (12 oz.) semi-sweetchocolate, divided into 11⁄4and 3⁄4 cupmeasures

1 teaspoon peppermintextract

Use a double boiler ifyou have one, or put 11⁄4cups chocolate in heat-proof bowl. Set oversaucepan that has 1 inchof steaming water, mak-ing sure bowl does nottouch water. (This is amakeshift double boiler).Heat should be turned tolow so no steam/waterescapes into chocolate,which can turn it grainy.Stir until chocolate isalmost melted but stillhas a few lumps, thenremove bowl and stir inremaining chocolate untilsmooth. Stir in extractand pour onto foil,spreading evenly. Let setat room temperature orin refrigerator until hard.

Second layer:

23⁄4 cups white chocolate,

divided into 21⁄4 and 1⁄2 cupmeasures

1⁄2 teaspoon peppermintextract

1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup crushedpeppermint candy, sievedto remove tiny particles

Put 21⁄4 cups whitechocolate in clean bowland repeat process formelting, stirring in re-maining chocolate afterremoving bowl. Stir inextract. Let cool a bit.Pour over chocolate layerand spread.

Finishing with candy:Sprinkle candy and

gently press into choco-late. Let set at room tem-perature or in refriger-ator until hard. Peel bark

off foil and break or cutinto pieces. If it’s been inthe refrigerator, let it sitout a bit so it’s easy tobreak or cut. Store inrefrigerator.

Note: If you melt choc-olates in microwave,check frequently as theycan turn grainy and burneasily.

Classic macaronisalad

For Celia, a DelhiTownship reader, whowants to make this along-side her holiday ham. “Ihad the recipe for yearsand misplaced it. Some-times we added shrimp toit,” too, she said. Go totaste on ingredients.

Salad:Mix together:

8 oz Mueller’s Small ElbowMacaroni, cooked andcooled

1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup onion, diced2 ribs celery, diced1 small bell pepper, diced

Dressing:Combine and pour

over cooled pasta. Youmay not need all of it, soadd half, taste, and addmore if you like.

2 tablespoons preparedmustard

2 teaspoons sugar1⁄4 cup cider vinegar or moreto taste

11⁄2 cups mayonnaise

Chill before serving.

To add shrimp: Add 1⁄2pound cooked smallshrimp to salad.

Can you help?Chick-fil-A’s apple

cider dressing for AmyM. who loves the dressingand hopes someone canclone it or share some-thing similar. “Marzettiused to carry a similarone, but discontinued it”,she said.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

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TheClermontChamberof Commerce recently an-nounced recipients of theprestigious PacesetterAwards.

Mary Jane West hasbeen named the Edward J.Parish Pacesetter, ParkNational Bank is the Cor-porate Pacesetter, andJean Schmidt has beennamed theMartha DorseyPacesetter.

West is vice presidentof Public Funds and CRAofficer at National Bankand Trust Co. West hasworked for National Bankand Trust for 21 years.

West is on the Board of

Directors for ClermontChamber. She serves onthe Board of Trustees forClermont Senior Services,member of and serves astreasurer for ClermontCounty Affordable Hous-ing Coalition, and is amember of and serves astreasurer for Batavia Ro-tary.

She is an active mem-ber of the NewtonsvilleUnited Methodist Churchwhere she and her hus-band Jim have workedwith the youth and chil-dren for 44 years.

Schmidt is a lifelongresident of ClermontCounty, raised on a farmwith her two brothers andher twin sister.

Schmidt graduatedfrom McNicholas HighSchool and later graduat-ed from the University ofCincinnatiwithadegree inpolitical science.

Schmidt began her ca-reer more than 35 years

ago as a bank managerthen went onto become aMiami Township trustee(1990-2001), Ohio Staterepresentative (2001-2004) and then became aUnited States congress-woman in 2005.

She is a lifelong com-munity volunteer, includ-ing serving more than 20years as a member of theBoard of Trustees of theClermont County Library.

Schmidt has alsoserved on the board andcommittees for Clermont20/20, the Clermont Coun-tyEconomicDevelopmentCommittee and the Cler-

mont Mercy Hospital De-velopment Committee.

She is also agraduateofLEADClermont and Lead-ership Ohio.

The Edward J. ParishPacesetterawardhasbeenpresented annually since1974 to an individual whohas contributed to the eco-nomic vitality of ClermontCounty, who has a genuineconcern for the welfare ofthe county and its resi-dents, and who has exhib-ited outstanding qualitiesof character, citizenshipand leadership.

The Corporate Paceset-ter award has been pre-

sented annually since1997to a Clermont County or-ganization thathasdemon-strated outstanding quali-ties of corporate citizen-ship and leadership, aswell as a genuine concernfor the welfare of Cler-mont County and its resi-dents.

Since 2001, The MarthaDorsey Pacesetter Awardhas been presented to apast public official whoseleadership has improvedthe economic vitality ofClermont County andwhose accomplishmentshavebrought favorable at-tention to the community.

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A lot of us have lifeinsurance policies, butmay not be aware of allthe provisions in thepolicy. One area womansaid not knowing about aprovision in her hus-band’s policy has costher a lot of money.

Kathy Thompson ofBridgetown said she’supset with the life insur-ance company and her-

self for notrealizing akey mon-ey-savingprovisionwas in thepolicy.Thompsonsaid of herhusband,“He be-came dis-

abled about two and a

half years ago and whothinks of looking at yourinsurance policy. Recent-ly, the insurance compa-ny called and they want-ed to sell us more insur-ance.”

The life insurancepolicy is a small one, just$9,000, and is one of sev-eral her husband bought.What she didn’t remem-ber, until the agent re-

minded her, was thepolicy contains a disabil-ity waiver. she said theagent told her, “You havea disclaimer on yourpolicy where if he’s dis-abled we’ll pay his pre-miums. I said, ‘Really?’”

Thompson said theproblem was, even afterexamining that policy,the waiver wasn’t veryclear. “There’s differentcolumns and they’ve gotsuicide exclusions.They’ve got all thesetitles over here butthere’s nothing aboutdisability. You have toreally, really look for it,”she said.

The Thompsons paymore than $14 each yearfor the disability waiver.But, I noticed even onthe policy itself it justsaid disability waiver. Asa result, Thompson has

paid the yearly premiumfor more than two yearssince her husband be-came disabled. The in-surance agent told her,unfortunately, she canonly get back the premi-um for one of thoseyears.

Thompson then calledthe insurance companyitself and spoke with amanager who told hercompany policy is toreimburse for only oneyear. “She said, ‘Thereare people that have hada policy with us for 30years and have beendisabled and they havethat waiver and theydon’t know about it. Westill only give them backone year.’” Thompsonsaid she thinks that’s aterrible policy and wantsto alert others.

The disability waiver

is not automatic in mostlife insurance policies,it’s a separate provisionyou can buy. So, you maywant to check to see ifyou have that waiver inyour policy.

Thompson said shelearned a valuable lessonto get a copy of that pro-vision in writing. Notonly will it help you re-member you have thatprotection, but it willalso explain exactlywhat’s required beforethe insurance companyconsiders someone to bedisabled so the disabilitywaiver will apply.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbi-weekly in the CommunityPress newspapers. He ap-pears regularly as the Trou-bleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].

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ter has it in for us thiswinter, the snow cameearly. The schools mayuse all their snow daysthis school year.

We had the last craftshow last Saturday atMowrystown. The crowdwas light even after theChristmas parade. Therewere a few craftersthere, several didn’tmake it. The White OakValley Grange sold lunchand did some business.The weather can surechange things in a hurry.

TheMowrystown FireDepartment had theirfire trucks in the paradewith Santa Claus riding inone of the trucks. WhenSanta came in the kidsreally enjoyed him. I sawsome older kids settingon Santa’s lap I imaginethey were asking forsome very expensive

items. Thefire depart-ment hadhot choco-late andcookies forthe folks toenjoy.

We weretold thatMowrys-town had

chartered a Lions Club inAugust with 23 or 25charter members. Thatwas great since Ruth Annand I both belong to theBethel Lions Club. TheirLions Club will do somegreat things in their area.Ruth Ann and I wouldlike to attend a meetingthere in the spring whenthe weather gets warmagain.

Since Mowrystownwas our last craft showwe have bird feeders,bird houses, bowls, wood-en boxes, and other items

for Christmas presents sogive us a call at 734-6980.

Mark your calendarfor the Bethel Lions Clubpancake breakfast from7:30 until 10:30 a.m., Dec.21 at the Bethel Tate HighSchool. All the pancakesyou can eat, sausage andtater tots, so you allcome. The money fromthe breakfast will helpthe club purchase eyeexams and glasses andother community servicework, if you have extraused glasses give them toa Lions member. Theywill be taken to PomroyOhio to be catalogued andthen taken to the thirdworld countries to begiven to folks that needthem. Then they can seethe flowers and grand-children, that they havenever be able to see clear-ly.

The Bethel UnitedMethodist church held

their contata ‘LeadMeBack to Bethlehem’ lastweekend, it was wonder-ful with a good crowd,even with the bad weath-er. The choir was a com-munity choir with severalchurches involved. Thechoir and drama weregreat. There was a lot ofpractice by everyone andthe director Rhonda did agreat job, thanks Rhonda.

Now is the time tokeep the bird feedersfilled. We filled ours lastFriday and again Monday.It is important to keepthem filled. The birds aredoing a lot of feeding,that is a sign of some badweather.

The Batavia UnitedMethodist Church heldtheir Christmas Bazaarand lunch last Friday,Ruth Ann and I wentdown to eat. They had agood crowd and theirchicken sandwiches were

good as always. They alsohad barbecue sand-wiches. They had myfavorite soup; bean soupand vegetable soup, alongwith salads, pie and cake,with coffee, tea, or water.

The Grant’s Farm andGreenhouses have fruitbaskets, wreaths, Christ-mas trees, poinsettias,candy and toys at boththeir stores and at theMilford Garden Center.They have their wonder-ful train display set up.Santa andMrs. Claus willbe down at the MilfordStore from 5 till 7 p.m.,Dec. 21.

On Dec. 24 there willbe Christmas Eve Ser-vices at differentchurches. At the BethelUnited Methodist Churchthere will be the tradi-tional service at 6 p.m.and the contemporaryone at 11 p.m. They bothwill have candlelight and

communion service soattend which ever serviceyou choose. It doesn’tmatter what church yougo to but try to attend theservices, we need to befaithful to the Good Lord.

This is the time of theyear to keep check onyour neighbor with thecold snowy weather.

Ruth Ann and I wisheach of you aMerryChristmas and a HappyNew Year. If you make aNew Year’s resolution becareful, so you can keepit.

Start your week, bygoing to the House ofWorship of your choiceand praise the Good Lord.God Bless All. More Lat-er.

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

Early winter weather hurts community events

GeorgeRooksOLE FISHERMAN

GRAND CHAMPSCheerleading InternationalAcademy, known as CIA, inMount Carmel performed atGLCC Get Loud Tour. CIA's Elitelevel 5 team walked away withFirst place and Grand Champsat the Ohio River Challenge.Bottom row Jenea Nkulu, left,and Grace Tilley. Second Row:Destiny Fussnecker, left,Morgan Scheweigher, AbbyMueller, Ashley Amicon andHailey Lau. Third row: CalebRose, left, Lucas Grant, SydneyThompson, Emily Evans, SydneyGallager, Maddie Mater, JessicaBuzza, Coach Josh Neff, KatieWinner, Trinity Stowel, SelenaHurley, Kylie Baker andZebedee Bolling. PROVIDED

Vogler promoted atDental Care Plus

The Dental Care PlusGroupannounced the pro-motion of Kelli Vogler, ofBatavia, to facilitiesman-ager in the InformationSystems department. Inthis new role, Vogler willmanage both the Cincin-nati and regional DentalCare Plus Group offices.

Vogler has been withDental Care Plus Groupsince 2001 when she washired as a customer ser-vice representative.

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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 (except summer)

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 Peter Church1192 Bethel-New Richmond Rd

New Richmond, Ohio 45157Phone 553-3267

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

Sunday Masses – 8:30 & 11:00www.stpeternewrichmond.org

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

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF FELICITY212 Prather Rd. Felicity, OH

Pastor: Chad Blevins 876-2565Sunday School 9:45amSunday Worship 10:45amSunday Eve. Childrens Mission 6:00pmSunday Eve. Adult Discipleship 6:00pmSunday Eve. Worship 7:00pmWed. Eve. Adult Bible Study 7:00pm

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 451531793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 45153Pastor: Ralph Ollendick

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

Wed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmWed.- 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

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

Bill Bowdle -Sr. PastorSteve Fultz - Assoc. Pastor;J. D. Young - Youth Director

Janet Bowdle - 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

Children’s programs and nursery & toddlercare available at 9:30 and 11:00 services.

Plenty of Parking behind church.

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

&1st Saturday of the Month

6 pm

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CChhuurrcchh19 E. Main St., Amelia OH 45102

‘To become and make disciples of Christ”

YYoouu AArree IInnvviitteedd!!Sunday School ~ 9:30 amClasses for every age group

Worship Service10:45 a.m.

A Blend of contemporaryand traditional styles, with arelevant message for today!

Nursery / Children’s Churchduring 10:45 Worship Service

www.ameliaumc.org

513.753.6770

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UNITED METHODIST

All Saints Lutheran Church445 Craig Road

Mt. Carmel, Ohio 45244513-528-0412

Services Saturday at 5 p.m.Sunday at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Pastor James Dinkel513-528-9142

LUTHERAN

5910 Price Road,Milford831-3770

www.faithchurch.net

Services 9:15 am & 10:45 amNursery provided at all servicesTake I-275 to exit 57 toward Milford, Right on

McClelland, Right on Price, church soon on Right

EVANGELICAL FREE

THE CHURCH OF THEGOOD SAMARITAN25 Amelia Olive Branch Rd.

Sunday 10:30am ... Holy Eucharist10:30am...Sunday School

(Lil’ Samaritans)

Handicap Accessible513-753-4115

www.GoodSamaritanEpiscopal.org

EPISCOPAL

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

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH199 Gay Street

Williamsburg, Ohio 45176Phone: 513-724-7985

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

PRESCHOOL: Tues, Weds, Thurs

PRESBYTERIAN

LOVELANDPRESBYTERIAN

CHURCHA Loving, Praying, Caring ChurchJoin us for Sunday Services

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

360 Robin Av (off Oak St) Loveland OH

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

PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

Sunday Morning Service Times are:8:45am, 10:15am & 11:45am

Sunday Night Service Time at 6pm

Youth Service at 6pm (in Youth Center)

Watch LIVE online

Sunday's at 10:15am, 11:45am & 6pm

www.LCchurch.tv

Life Change TV ProgramEvery Sunday

Cincinnati Fox19 @ 11am

Troy P. Ervin, Pastor4359 E. Bauman Lane | Batavia, OH 45103

513-735-2555www.LCchurch.tv

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.comMark Otten, Pastor

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

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

Christmas Eve Services:5 PM - Family

8 PM - Contemporary11 PM - Traditional

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

513-831-0262www.trinitymilford.org

681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

Ark of Learning

Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 11 a.m.Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Locust Corner CommunityUnited Methodist Church917 Locust Corner Rd.

(at Wagner)513-752-8459

Traditional Worship : Sunday,10 amBible Study : Sunday, 9 am

Thursday, 7 pmPastor: Allen R. Mitchell

Join us in worshipping ourrisen Lord and sharing Christ’s

love with our community.

GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH6710 Goshen Rd, Goshen

Across from Goshen High School513-722-2541

www.goshenmethodist.orgSunday School 9:30am

Worship 10:30amBlended Worship

Traditional and ContemporaryYouth Fellowship 6:00pm

Nursery Available

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

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH

www.cloughchurch.org

UNITED METHODIST

William BolteWilliam H. Bolte Jr., 60, Bata-

via, died Dec. 6. He ownedBolte’s Grocery in Belfast, Ohio.

Survived by wife Shelly JohnsBolte; daughter Audrey Bolte;siblings Mary Carol Stanforth,Jeffrey (Sherry), Michael (Wan-da) Bolte; mother-in-law JoyceLedbetter; several nieces, neph-ews and cousins. Preceded indeath by parents William Sr.,Virginia Fischer Bolte.

Services were Dec. 13 at St.Mary Catholic Church, Hillsboro.Arrangements by Turner & SonFuneral Home. Memorials to:Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding,1342 U.S. Hwy. 50, Milford, OH451540 or the American CancerSociety, 2808 Reading Road,Cincinnati, OH 45206.

Richard MarkusRichard Alan Markus, 55,

Amelia, died Dec. 7.Survived by wife Linda Mar-

kus; children Rick (Tiffany),Joshua (Brittany) Markus, Jere-my (Kendra) Lewallen, Mistie(George) Foster, Dannielle Blake;mother Ola Markus; sister SandySmith; nine grandchildren.Preceded in death by son RonnieAlsept, father Herman Markus.

Services were Dec. 12 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home. Memorialsmay be directed to the family.

Michael MelishMichael Melish, 48, Union

Township, died Dec. 6.Survived by son Alex; step-

daughter Courtney Burns;

parents Nancy Rains, JosephMelish; siblings Jamie, John(Lisa); nieces and nephewsMegan, Natalie, Ryan, Jackson,Molly; many aunts, uncles andcousins.

Services were Dec. 13 at theChurch of Latter-Day Saints.Arrangements by E.C. NurreFuneral Home. Memorials to:City Gospel Mission 1419 Elm St.,Cincinnati, OH 45202.

MarkMersmanMark F. Mersman, 61, Pierce

Township, died Dec. 8.Survived by wife Ginny McCor-

mick Mersman; children Michael(Julie), Katie Mersman; grandsonJaden Mersman; siblings Jeff,Chris (Karen) Mersman, Margi(Tim) Hughey; brothers andsisters-in-law Chris (Trish), Kevin(Pat), Brian (Linda), Lynn McCor-mick; mother-in-law NaomiMcCormick; many nieces andnephews. Preceded in death byparents Margaret, Ed Mersman,brother Dave Mersman, father-in-law Bill McCormick.

Services were Dec. 12 at St.Bernadette. Arrangements byE.C. Nurre Funeral Home. Me-morials to the Mark MersmanFund at any US Bank.

Michael ShawMichael A. Shaw, 34, Union

Township, died Dec. 9.Survived by parents Curtis,

Karin Shaw; siblings Mandy,Jessie Shaw; grandmothersTheresa Bechtol, Ester Shaw;nephewMills Rosselott; manycousins, aunts and uncles. Pre-ceded in death by grandfathersJames Bechtol, Rahe Shaw

Services were Dec. 13 at St.Thomas More. Arrangements byE.C. Nurre Funeral Home. Me-morials to: Cincinnati Children’sHospital Medical Center, 3333Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH45229.

Delores ThackerDelores Pelcha Thacker, 71,

died Dec. 5.Survived by children Becky

(Brian) Haggerty, Bill (RachelWankum) Richmond Jr., Linda(Joe Jeffers) Turner; nine sib-lings; five grandchildren; sevengreat-grandchildren; manynieces and nephews. Preceded indeath by husband Jim, parentsCharles, Mary Pelcha, sistersSharon, Judy.

Services were Dec. 14 at T.P.White & Sons Funeral Home.

DEATHS

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.

First Baptist ChurchSunday worship services are10:30 a.m. The pastor is BrotherChet Sweet.The church is at 213 WesternAve., New Richmond; 553-4730.

Glen Este Church ofChristThe candlelight Christmas Eveservice is 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec.24.The church is at 937 Old stateRoute 74, Eastgate; 753-8223.

Locust CornerCommunity ChurchThe church will conduct a Christ-mas Eve candlelight service ofmusic and readings at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 24.The church is located at 917Locust Corner Road, PierceTownship; 752-8459.

LovelandPresbyterian ChurchLoveland Presbyterian Churchwill present it’s ChristmasPageant at 10:30 a.m., Sunday,Dec. 22. It will be a YouthService with the sermon being

the pageant titled “A Night InBethlehem.”Worship times are: SundaySchool 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.;Worship 10:30 a.m. to 11:30a.m.; Fellowship 11:30 a.m.The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525; www.love-landpresbyterianchurch.org.

Milford First UnitedMethodist ChurchWAVE Free Community Dinnersare 6 p.m. Wednesdays throughMay 14. The meals are free;donations are accepted. Call831-5500, or visit the church

website for more informationThe church is at 541Main St.,Milford; 831-5500;www.milfordfirstumc.org.

Trinity UnitedMethodist ChurchWeekly Sunday services are:Traditional at 8:15 and 11 a.m.with contemporary worship(and children’s Sunday school)at 9:30 a.m.Trinity at 5767 Wolfpen-PleasantHill Road, Milford; 831-0262;www.trinity milford.org.

RELIGION NOTES

ABOUT RELIGIONReligion news is published at no charge on a space-

available basis. Items must be to our office no later than 4p.m. Wednesday, for possible consideration in the follow-ing edition.» E-mail announcements to [email protected],with “Religion” in the subject line.» Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.»Mail to: Community Press, Attention: Andrea Reeves,Religion news, 394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170, Love-land, Ohio 45140.


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Clermont County real estatetransfer information is provid-ed as a public service by theoffice of Clermont CountyAuditor Linda L. Fraley.

AMELIA VILLAGELori Lane, Lori Lane PropertiesLLC to Lori Lane ApartmentProperties LLC, 2.81 acre,$905,000.34 South Kline Ave., Jo EllynIvers to Michael & ElizabethAppleman, 0.375 acre, $61,000.8 Meadowlane Drive, Robert &Karyn Enzweiler to AlyciaAbrams, 0.4 acre, $151,000.585 North St., Bank of New YorkMellon to ZNK Properties LLC,0.25 acre, $27,000.

BATAVIA TOWNSHIP1363 Meadowlark Lane, Greg-ory & Melissa Chandler toJoseph NeCamp & TiffanyImbus, 0.261 acre, $168,500.2202 Union Chapel Road, MaryCurlis to Stephen & MicheleSergent, 1.3 acre, $40,000.1760 Clough Pike, Paul & SarahKent to Heather & WilliamGramann Sr., 1.4 acre,$229,900.

4228 Peace Haven Lane, Duane& Theresa Bradley to Gary &Susan Givler, 5.52 acre,$329,900.

MONROE TOWNSHIP1567 U.S. 52, Gregory Walker, Sr.to Kortney Hildebrand, 0.16acre, $3,100.

NEW RICHMONDVILLAGE205 Main St., Beverly Slone toMichael Dobbins, $30,000.

OHIO TOWNSHIP1697 Ohio 749, Daniel & JeannieParker to Dale & Terry LynnCampbell, $52,000.1195 Riebel Ridge, HermanDaniels & Lura Muncy to Rob-ert & Tonya Brownlee, 3 acre,$192,900.1719 Lindale Mount Holly Road,

Richard Reinert to SheilaVerkamp, 0.58 acre, $71,000.2550 Ohio 132, Grover & RuthManning to Charles AustinRaisor & Charles A. Raisor, 2.7acre, $55,000.

PIERCE TOWNSHIP1712 Ludlow Circle, A2 PropertySolutions LLC to Norman &Raquel Brown, 0.49 acre,$15,000.Mots Road, Robin Dismuke toMartin & Ellen Edwards, 0.94acre, $8,500.

UNION TOWNSHIP1246 Old Ohio 74, OH Old OhioLLC to Kosuru Properties LLC,0.632 acre, $400,000.827 Dorgene Lane, Susan San-tos to Eric & Kelly Jo Dalen,

REAL ESTATE

ABOUT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSClermont County real estate transfer information is

provided as a public service by the office of ClermontCounty Auditor Linda L. Fraley. Some listings may notinclude complete information.

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Having served almost50years as curator for theGrant Birthplace, LorettaFuhrman was honored bythe Monroe TownshipHistoric Society.

A carry-in communitydinner with a special pro-gramwas the highlight ofthe evening. Those whopresented Loretta withcertificates of commen-dation included AnnieWilkerson, field rep. forU.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup,State Rep. Doug Green,Ron Hill of the CountyHistorical Society, andMonroe Township trust-ees Joyce Richardson,Darlene Jowers and Lar-ry Miller. Special music

was by noted soloist, JohnHale of New Richmond.He was also honored byMonroe Township Histor-icSocietyas“Volunteerofthe Year.”

“We so appreciate

John’s willingness to usehisGod-given talent, sing-ing at various eventsthroughout the county,”said Libbie Bennett, chairof the MTHS Board.

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1.257 acre, $355,000.1195 Lamplighter Way, James-town C.A.R.E.S. LLC to MelissaParnes, et al., $71,500.4394 Helena Drive, ElliottCumbow, et al. to Michael &Bonnie Jones, 0.32 acre,$175,000.4681 Cardinal Drive, Michael &Sandra Thompson to JustinHeard, $147,500.4394 Helena Drive, AlexanderMorris to Bartholomew Hen-dershot & Ruth Bryant, 0.32acre, $149,000.829 Deer Valley Drive, JudyNeesley to Uktam Nishonov,

0.45 acre, $199,323.4209 N. Gensen Loop, Bradley &Krista Fellx to Eric & ShannonDoll, 0.1515 acre, $162,000.1290 McGuffy Lane, DiannaKennedy to Jeff & Susan Nor-mand, 0.258 acre, $167,500.3 Tidewater Trace, U.S. Bank NAto Donald & Carolyn Clayton,0, $40,299.4546 English Creek Drive, ScottUsitalo to Rodney & BethPrescott, 0.46 acre, $247,500.544 CommonWealth Drive,Mary Sallee & John Looff,co-trustees to Jerome Harti-gan, 0.566 acre, $198,420.696 Lake View Drive, NVR Inc.to Christina & Kyle Hoxie,

$272,020.1195 Parkside Drive, Mark &Cheryl Westendorf to LynnHall, 0.491 acre, $195,000.3876 Hopper Hill Road, FederalHome Loan Mortgage Corp. toJohn Smith, 0.54 acre, $51,250.4363 Glen Este Road, JacquelineRossman to Timothy JohnRossmann, 0.58 acre, $70,000.4262 LeBeau Drive, Mary AnnWertz, trustee to AllisonGruendi, $125,000.

WILLIAMSBURGVILLAGE142 Santa Barbara Drive, Ange-lo Santoro, trustee to James &Jennifer Floyd, 1.37, $24,000.

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AMELIAIncidents/investigationsCriminal mischiefFence damaged at Shank Park at70 Robinway, Nov. 16.General infoSubject was refused entry intoresidence at 3288 HuntsmanTrace, Nov. 16.

BATAVIARecords not available

NEW RICHMONDIncidents/investigationsAssaultFemale was assaulted at 100Columbia St., Nov. 19.MenacingMale was threatened at FrontStreet Café at 120 Front St.,Nov. 13.TheftCopper pipe, etc. taken from ACunit at The Landing Bar andGrill at 401 Front St., Nov. 13.Radiator taken from AC unit atChurch of the Nazarene at 200Hamilton St., Nov. 14.

PIERCE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsDanny W. Dickerson, 32, 102 W.Main No. 7, disorderly conductwhile intoxicated, theft, Nov.

25.Phyllis N. Riley, 35, 14 ClevelandAve., theft, Nov. 25.Junell R. Bronson, 28, homeless,disorderly conduct, theft, Nov.27.Aaron Helpinstine, 30, 104Redwood, unauthorized use ofvehicle, theft, Nov. 28.Robert Stankorb, 22, 300 Woo-dlawn, warrant, Nov. 28.

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringEntry into building at 711 TenMile Road, Nov. 29.FraudFemale stated credit card usedwith no authorization at 3424Gimli Road, Nov. 21.TheftTV, DVDs, etc. taken; $995 at1751 E. Ohio Pike No. 105, Nov.22.A four wheeler taken; $1,500 at593 Palestine, Nov. 24.Merchandise taken fromWal-mart; $5 at Ohio 125, Nov. 25.Ceramic pot taken; $50 at 1251Elm Ridge, Nov. 26.Wallet taken off counter atWalmart at Ohio 125, Nov. 29.Merchandise taken fromWal-mart; $3 at Ohio 125, Nov. 27.1995 Dodge not returned toowner, tools, etc. taken at 1388A Locust Lake, Nov. 27.Cell phone taken at 1391Ohio

Pike, Nov. 27.

UNION TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsCora B. Holsapple, 22, 4490Timber Glen, warrant, Nov. 25.Damond R. Eberle, 21, 3973Piccadilly, warrant, Nov. 26.Jessica M. Wade, 28, 4353 Arm-strong Blvd., criminal tools,theft, Nov. 26.Juvenile, 14, assault, Nov. 26.Robert A. Martin, 39, 3970Piccadilly, warrant, Nov. 26.Domminick K. Horsley, 32, 494Piccadilly No. D, telecommuni-cations harassment, Nov. 26.Gary L. Jones, 33, 201 CabinCreek, warrant, drug instru-ments, driving under suspen-sion, Nov. 26.Kevin A. Crank, 27, 2260 SiestaDrive, drug instruments, drivingunder suspension, Nov. 26.Kimberly F. Zeigenbein, 50, noaddress given, failure to com-ply, driving under influence,Nov. 27.Gregory M. Louis, 25, 724 Mc-Cormick Road, driving underinfluence, drug abuse, drugpossession, paraphernalia, Nov.27.Nikki A. Wesley, 39, 42 Stillmea-dow Drive, driving underinfluence, Nov. 27.Tod E. Lowery, 49, 4550 Treeview

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Court, falsification, Nov. 27.Nicholas A. Sluder, 21, 635Chateau Drive, disorderlyconduct, Nov. 27.Kevin M. Bailey, 29, 3700 Char-ter Oak, disorderly conduct,Nov. 27.Dalton L. Wilson, 18, 4205 For-sythia Drive, fictitious regis-tration, Nov. 27.Joseph B. Held, 57, 4591 Sum-merside, warrant, Nov. 28.Katlyn A. Merz, 20, 4180 Edin-burgh, underage consumption,Nov. 28.Heather M. Bryant, 29, 3977Piccadilly, warrant, Nov. 28.Mellissa M. Neel, 22, 643 Char-wood, warrant, Nov. 28.Dustin L. Embleton, 27, 12County Seat, driving underinfluence, Nov. 29.Gretchen M. Ping, 39, 3987Brandychase, disorderly con-duct while intoxicated, Nov. 29.Erica J. Johnson, 35, 4604 North-

ridge, theft, Nov. 29.Jason E. Vance, 35, 4604 North-ridge, theft, Nov. 29.Mellissa A. Moyer, 35, 522 Hali-fax, warrant, Nov. 29.Corey M. Wagle, 20, 1495 TriCounty Hwy., no drivers license,drug abuse, drug possession,Nov. 29.Joyce E. Pelfrey, 42, 1794 SunnyAcres, warrant, Nov. 29.Aaron J. Comberger, 22, 856Spring St., warrant, Nov. 29.Charles N. Littleton, 23, 1453 12Mile Road, driving undersuspension, Nov. 29.David A. Walker, 26, 17 JohnnyAppleseed, driving undersuspension, Nov. 29.Wesley A. Cline, 35, 3998 Bran-dychase, driving under suspen-sion, Nov. 30.Donna R. Lowery, 57, 3885 OldSavannah No. 9, feloniousassault, Nov. 30.John G. Boggess, 48, 4317 Mount

Carmel Tobasco, driving underinfluence, open container, Nov.30.Beth A. Barr, 31, 19 Amelia ParkDrive, complicity, Nov. 30.James R. Mowery Jr., 26, 19Amelia Park Drive, burglary,Nov. 30.Thomas J. Riordan Jr., 25, 4546Linden Ave., driving undersuspension, Dec. 1.David J. Schmidt Jr., 33, 4468Spruce Creek No. 7, warrant,driving under suspension, Dec.1.Robert J. Davis, 35, 3987 Bran-dychase, warrant, Dec. 1.Gretchen M. Ping, 39, 3987Brandychase, obstructingjustice, Dec. 1.Rebecca R. Guenther, 36, 712 E.Carr St., obstructing officialbusiness, Dec. 2.Nickkia R. Brown, 26, 15279 LakeDill Dear Road, tampering withevidence, drug instruments,

Dec. 2.Timothy Burress, 25, 15279 LakeDill Dear Road, warrant, Dec. 2.Juvenile, 10, theft, Dec. 2.Tracy A. Fields, 48, 1712 PetriDrive, warrant, theft, Dec. 3.Lawrence Daniels Jr., 36, 3129Spring Grove Ave., warrant,Dec. 3.Michelle R. Allen, 42, 74 Wolfer,carrying concealed weapons,improper handling firearm invehicle, Dec. 4.Francisco J. Briceno, 23, 1051Bruce Ave., drug abuse, drugpossession, Dec. 4.Jack Childress, 34, 9649 Mi-amiview Road, drug instru-ments, warrant, driving undersuspension, Dec. 4.Paris R. Johnson, 23, 2660 KnightAve., tampering with evidence,drug paraphernalia, Dec. 4.Christina D. Berry, 26, 4621 EddyDrive, warrant, Dec. 4.Joni S. Drew, 31, 443 YarabeeTrace, warrant, Dec. 4.Michael E. Schmidt, 31, 4468Spruce Creek No. 7, warrant,Dec. 4.Christopher D. Redkey, 24, noaddress given, drug instru-ments, falsification, warrant,Dec. 5.Jerry Lee, 47, homeless, criminaltrespass, Dec. 5.Penny Oberschlake, 54, 439Yarabee No. F, permitting drugabuse, drug paraphernalia,drug abuse, drug possession,Dec. 5.Christina Mc Coy, 34, 439 Yara-bee No. F, permitting drugabuse, tampering with evi-dence, Dec. 5.Tyler J. Bauer, 23, 989 Four MileRoad, drug abuse, drug pos-session, Dec. 5.David K. Stillings, 40, 1070 BethelNew Richmond No. 12, warrant,obstructing official business,Dec. 5.Nadia S. David, 28, 4105 Wood-mont Drive, dog ordinance,Dec. 5.

Incidents/investigationsAggravated robberyReported at Rohling Oaks Apart-ments at 3811 Rohling Oaks,Nov. 30.AssaultReported at Gleneste High at

Gleneste Withamsville Road,Nov. 25.Reported at Southwind Apart-ments at 3885 Old Savannah,Nov. 30.At 4035 Brandychase Way, Dec.2.Auto theftReported at Jeff Wyler Auto atOhio 32, Nov. 26.Reported at Mount CarmelManor Apartments at 526 OldOhio 74, Nov. 29.BurglaryAt 4601 Crosswood, Nov. 26.At 614 NeptuneWay, Nov. 26.At 4602 Shepherd Road, Nov. 25.At 4604 Northridge, Nov. 28.At 3992 Pharo Drive, Nov. 29.Criminal damageAt 3989 Brandychase Way, Dec.3.Disorderly conductReported at Motel Beechmontat Nine Mile Tobasco Road, Dec.2.Reported at Royal Villa Apart-ments at 3891 Bennett, Dec. 3.Domestic violenceAt Brandychase Way, Nov. 29.At Stockholm Lane, Dec. 2.TheftReported at JC Penney at East-gate Blvd., Nov. 25.Reported at Lowe’s at MountMoriah Drive, Nov. 25.Reported at Legacy Auto Salesat Ohio Pike, Nov. 25.Reported at JC Penney at East-gate Blvd., Nov. 27.Reported at Sunoco at Mount

Carmel Tobasco, Nov. 28.Reported at JC Penney at East-gate Blvd., Nov. 28.Reported at Toys R Us at East-gate Blvd., Nov. 28.Reported at Walmart at East-gate Blvd., Nov. 28.Reported at Kohl’s at EastgateBlvd., Nov. 29.Reported at Frank and Jamie’sBar at Old Ohio 74, Nov. 29.Reported at Home Depot atOhio Pike, Nov. 29.Reported at Beechwood SouthApartments at 494 Piccadilly,Nov. 26.Reported at Kroger at Old Ohio74, Nov. 29.Reported at Jungle Jim’s atEastgate Blvd., Nov. 29.At 1166 Meadow Knoll, Nov. 30.Reported at Speedway at OhioPike, Dec. 1.Reported at Jungle Jim’s atEastgate Blvd., Dec. 1.Reported at Meijer at EastgateBlvd., Dec. 1.Reported at TJ Maxx at OhioPike, Dec. 2.Reported at Timber Glen Apart-ments at 4486 Timber GlenDrive, Dec. 2.Reported at Walmart at East-gate Blvd., Dec. 3.Reported at Toys R Us at East-gate Blvd., Dec. 4.Reported at JC Penney at East-gate Blvd., Dec. 4.

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» Amelia, Chief David Friend, 753-4747» Batavia village, Chief Mike Gardner, 732-5692» New Richmond, Chief Randy Harvey, 553-3121» Pierce Township, Officer in charge Lt. Jeff Bachman,752-3830» Union Township, Chief Terry Zinser, 752-1230»Williamsburg, Chief Mike Gregory, 724-2261» Clermont County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff A.J. “Tim” Ro-denberg, 732-7500.

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