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A popular Hyde Parkrestaurant is opening asecond location in Ander-son Township.

Arthur’s Café, which isnear Hyde Park Square,plans to open next year inthe former Red Chop-sticks and Perkins build-ing at 8221 BeechmontAve..

“We really feel likeAn-derson is missing good lo-cal, independently ownedrestaurants,” said B.J.Hughes, one of three own-ers.

“Our customers andpeople we know who liveout here have expressedand interest in us coming(to Anderson).”

Hughes and his part-ners, Joe Santorelli andSusan Selzer, have ownedArthur’s for 16 years.Theypaidoff the loanear-lier this year and plannedto spend this year scout-ing locations for a secondrestaurant, but the dealcame through quickerthan they anticipated.

“We looked at severalparts of town, but we al-ways had sort of an affin-ity for the Andersonarea,” Hughes said, add-ing both he and Santorelliwent to McNicholas HighSchool.

Selzer and Santorellilive in Anderson Town-ship, and Hughes lives inUnion Township.

“The greatest motiva-tor, fromapersonal stand-

point, is when you want toget together with friendsor family there’s not a lotto choose from that hasquality foodwithafullbarand a non-corporate,cheesy atmosphere,”Hughes said.

The menu at the newAnderson Township res-taurant will be almostidentical to the one at theHyde Park location, 3516Edwards Road.

“We’re known for ourburgers, and a staple isburger madness specialon Sundays, Mondays andTuesdays where you canget our half-pound burgerand fries with any top-pings,” Hughes said.

Like the Hyde Parklocation, the AndersonTownship restaurant willhave a bar area with ta-bles and a quieter diningroom around the perime-ter.

“One of our goals is tobringasmuchof theHyde

Parkambianceouthere toAnderson, and we’re su-per excited and so ener-gized to do this,” Hughessaid.

“We hope we canmakethe area proud. We’re al-ready involved in thecommunity, and we hope

the restaurant is a vehiclefor us to be even more in-volved.”

TownshipTrusteeRussJackson said he’s excitedabout Arthur’s coming toAnderson.

“It’s quite a positivething for the community,”

Jackson said.“It’s not a fast-food res-

taurant, and that’s the bigthing people keep say-ing.”

Arthur’s in AndersonTownship is expected toopen in April.

Owners Joe Santorelli, Susan Selzer and B.J. Hughes stand in front of the mural of “regulars” at Arthur’s in Hyde Park. They’re opening a second location in Anderson Township nextyear. LISA WAKELAND/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Arthur’s opening new restaurant in AndersonHyde Park favorite opensat Red Chopsticks siteBy Lisa [email protected]

Arthur’s Café, which is near Hyde Park Square, is opening a second location in the formerRed Chopsticks and Perkins building on Beechmont Avenue in Anderson Township. LISAWAKELAND/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Mariemont council had tomake a lastminute change to its2013 appropriations because thevillage overspent in several

areas.Council unanimously ap-

proved a $390,000 change at itslast meeting of 2013. VillageClerk/Treasurer Tony Borgerd-ing said some of the money is acushion to make sure Marie-mont had enough to cover ex-penses through Dec. 31, butmore than half of it was becausethe village was over budget.

“Overall, we’re about$200,000 over our budget, and a

lot of it is because of the newpeoplewe (hired) and the healthinsurance was more than ex-pected,” he said.

“On health care, I underesti-mated it and that’s why it’s up,plus we added an additional po-lice officer.”

Last February, Mayor DanPolicastro announced he hired anew full-time police officer tobring thedepartment back to10.At the time, he said the village

was “in good shape financially,”so there was no need to run thedecision through council’s Fi-nance Committee.

Council, in early 2010, decid-ed not to fill a vacancy in the po-lice department after one offi-cer retired to help keep project-ed budget deficits in check. Ma-riemont’s code of ordinances,Policastro said in February,states the police department isto have 10 officers, and it gives

the mayor the ability to fill theposition.

Borgerding also said Marie-mont police are doing a lotmorework to catch drivers under theinfluence of drugs or alcohol,whichcanaddup to a lot of over-time, but it also brings inmoney.

He also said the ParamedicFund, separate fromthegeneralfund, was about $40,000 under

New police officer, insurance put Mariemont over budgetCouncil approves$390K change tocover expensesBy Lisa [email protected]

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Inside amore than cen-tury-old industrial build-ing,DanielGuigui andAn-drew Payne regularly su-pervise a process they be-lieve is one of biggestinnovations indownfeath-er processing in decades.

Guigui, founderofOak-ley-based Down Decor,and Payne are workingwith a European companydeveloped to treat downusing a process that al-lows it to retain insulationpropertieswhilewet.Offi-cials say the innovationgives the company an op-portunity to compete withother down suppliers on ameasurebeyondpriceand

cement its reputation inthe industry.

The company’s Down-Tek product processedhere is where down feath-ers are placed in a “bath”with a nanopolymer ma-terial, creating an ultra-thin barrier that preventsthe down from absorbingmoisture.Guigui said theinvestment is paying offwith increased interestfromproductmanufactur-ers such as L.L.Bean, BigAgnes and Eddie Bauer.

“If you’re buying a bagor down coat and youknow there’s potential forbad weather, you couldn’tbring it because it couldget wet,” Guigui said.

Bulk down sales repre-sent about 70 percent ofDown Decor’s business,and now most customerswant DownTek. The com-pany sells about 400,000poundsofdowntocustom-ers each year.

Down is the soft andfluffy undercoat of duckand geese. It typicallyworks well as a materialfor humans to keep warm– until it gets wet. Guigui

said people have beenworking in the industryfor decades to make wa-ter-repellent down.

The company learnedabout the technologythrough an email pitchfrom a Belgian companyin 2010. Guigui said thefirm was able to conducttests andverify theclaimsusing the proprietary ma-terials and process. Hesaid Down Decor has anexclusive agreement withthe firm to buy the itemsto treat down.

“We were the ones thatwere able to react quick-ly,”Guigui said. “It tookusa year to take it from thelab and put it in produc-tion.Beingfirst tomarket,that was all we needed.”

Product takes offafter outdoor geartrade show

Before the down istreated, feathers – import-ed primarily from China –arewashed and then driedprior to going through thenanopolymer application.The industrial washingprocess helps remove thefats and oils from the ma-terial.

The company had towork hard to scale up theprocess from a lab settingto one where thousands ofpounds of material couldbe treated in a year.

Guigui said the Down-Tek product was first in-troduced at a trade showfor outdoor gear retailersin 2012

“It basically took offfrom there,” Guigui said.“It exceeded our expecta-tions tenfold.”

Guigui founded DownDecor as part of Oakley-based Ohio Feather Co. tofocus on making finishedproducts. Guigui said he’s

part of a fifth-generationfamily business that start-ed in Europe. In 1952, Pin-kus “Pinky” Werthaiserand his brothers formedthe Midwest Feather Co.in Cincinnati.

In addition to its head-quarters, thecompanyhasa showroom in New YorkCity and warehouse andprocessing joint venturesin Taiwan and China, itsbulk down processingplant in Lower Price Hilland headquarters in Oak-ley.

Payne, principal atDown Decor, said thefirm’s goals now are to in-crease the number of ap-plications for DownTekand continue to identifyinnovations within the op-eration.

Guigui said DownTekhelps the firm be morecompetitive becausedown is a commodity thatcould be supplied fromanywhere. He said theleast expensive duckdown costs the firm about

$25 a pound, but higher-quality feathers and downclusters cost between $55a pound to $90 a pound.

Down supplies are de-pendent on the food indus-try, and the growth ofmeat consumption in Asiais making it tougher fordomestic industry play-ers, Guigui said.

“When you have 1.3 bil-lionpeople starting to con-sume a product, it drivesthe price way up,” Guiguisaid.

About12peoplework inthe 70,000-square-footspace that contains largeindustrial washers anddryers, a maze of over-head pipes leading fromroom to room, and hun-dreds of bagswith treatedanduntreated down feath-ers. Guigui restricted TheEnquirer from seeing cer-tain parts of the facilitywhere the downwasbeingtreated.

Investing inmarketing gainsindustry recognition

The technology helpedthe firm gain a value-add-ed product in addition tothe down and down alter-native bedding productsand bulk down and feath-ers it already supplies.But even with the innova-tion, Down Decor had toinvest significantly inmarketing and brandingto get product makers torecognize the product in-novation available.

Brent Vanni works inproduct development forL.L. Bean and said thecompany was one of thefirst to introduce a prod-uct featuring DownTek.The first product it intro-duced with the materialwas the Ultralight 850Down Jacket, and Back-pack Magazine named itan Editor’s Choice awardwinner last year.

Oakley firm sees sales fly from a ‘down’ marketGannett News Service

Andrew Payne, left, principal of Down Decor, demonstrates the effect of water on regulardown material, while Daniel Guigui, founder, holds a jar treated with the company'sbreakthrough technology, DownTek, which makes the down water-resistant whileretaining its ability to insulate. AMANDA ROSSMANN/STAFF

budget in salaries, but sal-aries in the fire depart-ment, part of the generalfund, were about $33,000over budget.

Councilman DennisWolter asked if the villagecould expect any big hitsfor next year’s budget, butBorgerding said it’s un-likely.

Health insurance costsare the biggest variable,but he does not anticipatehiringanynewvillageem-

ployees. Firefighters arealso conducting some ve-hicle maintenance andother projects in-house,which Borgerding saidhelps keep costs down.

Evenwith anunexpect-ed windfall from the es-tate tax in 2013, Marie-mont officials at the bud-get hearing last summerpredicted a $125,000 defi-cit for 2014.

Ohio eliminated the es-tate tax beginning in 2013,but the village receivedaround $300,000 from aresident who died in late2012, when the estate taxwas still in place.

BudgetContinued from Page A1

An expert on relationsbetween Pakistan and theUnitedStateswill speakata community forum in thevillage Sunday, Jan. 5.

Pakistani-AmericanIn-ayat Malik, president ofthe board of the IslamicCenter of Greater Cincin-nati, will discuss “Paki-stan, introduction to a keyreluctant ally,” as part ofthe Indian Hill Church’sAdult Forum Series.

As with other forumson upcoming Sundays, theadult forum led by Malikwill run about an hour be-

ginning at9:15 a.m. atthe churchat 6000DrakeRoad.

“(This)is an infor-mal andfree gath-

ering open to the public,”said church member Ger-ri Strauss.

“We encourage anyonewho is interested in livelydiscussion with an oppor-tunity to learn somethingnew to attend.”

The Islamic Center ofGreater Cincinnati, fromwhich Malik works to im-

prove interfaith relationsinGreaterCincinnati, is at8092 Plantation Drive inWest Chester.

Malik also is presidentof the IslamicEducationalCouncil and has wonawards from organiza-tions that include the Cin-cinnati Human RelationsCommission and the Unit-edWay of Greater Cincin-nati.

Other upcoming IndianHill Church adult forumswill be held:

• Jan. 12 - Mohsen Re-zayat, chief solutions ar-chitect with Siemens, willdiscuss “Sustainable solu-tions for problems in theMiddle East, in general,and Iran, in particular.”

• Jan. 19 - DonaldMcGraw, former directorof the Afghanistan policyteamwith theOfficeof theSecretary of Defense, willdiscuss “Why they fightus: theTaliban insurgencyand the future of Afghani-stan.”

• Feb. 2 - James Bu-

chanan, director of theBrueggeman Center atXavier University, willdiscuss “Global economictrends forecasting.”

• Feb. 9 – Jack Painter,founder of the Indian HillTea Party, known now asLiberty Alliance Cincin-nati, will discuss “Thegovernment’s role in theeconomy.”

• Feb. 16 - GregorySmith, chairman of Infor-mation Systems and asso-ciate professor of Man-agement Information Sys-tems at the Williams Col-lege of Business at XavierUniversity, will discuss“Statistics in regards tothe American Dream.”

For more about your commu-nity, visitCincinnati.com/IndianHill.

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EASTERNHILLSJOURNALEditor: Eric Spangler, [email protected], 576-8251

SummitCountryDaySchoolUpper School and LowerSchool studentsworked to-

gether recently to learn collabo-ration, sharing and characterawareness through a CharacterEducation Program developedat The Summit, in which teach-ers at each grade level focus onone character trait that is im-plicit in their curriculum inhopes of opening students'minds to new experiences, di-versity, acceptance and curiosi-ty. The event included reading,games and discussions allowingstudents to share the traits theystudy with each other.

Bunch of characters

Toddler Josie Lyons, Indian Hill, left, and sophomore Haley Bosse, HydePark, get animated while reading the book "Funny Face" togetherduring character building activities at The Summit Country Day School.The activities were held in correlation with The Summit's CharacterEducation program in which students focus on a grade specificcharacter trait throughout the year. Montessori students are taught"kindness" while 10th-graders focus on "humility."

Summit Country Day School senior Michael Barwick, left, Forest Park,helps second grader Joaquin Beatty, Avondale, make a bracelet duringcharacter education activities. The Character Education program at TheSummit incorporates a grade specific trait into the curriculumthroughout the year, with seniors emphasizing "gratitude" andsecond-graders focusing on "respect."

Styrling Rohr, Mount Adams, ajunior at The Summit Country DaySchool, participates in a sortingactivity with Summit Country DayMontessori student Elsa Hobbins,Mt. Washington, during a day ofcharacter building activities atThe Summit. The character traitthat juniors focus on throughouttheir curriculum is "compassion"and Montessori studentsemphasize "kindness."

Summit Country Day School Montessori toddler Paityn Hensley, left,Newport, Ky, participates in making "kindness" necklaces with UpperSchool senior Meredith Schertzinger, Loveland. Students from theUpper School visited with Lower School and Montessori students andparticipated in various character building activities with each other aspart of The Summit's Character Education program.

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

ATLANTA — Everybodywants to direct.

Perhaps appropriate thenthat the Eastern Hills Journalcaught up with former SevenHills basketball standout JakeDavis justbeforehe tookhisas-tronomy final at Emory Uni-versity.

With a major in film andmi-nor in media studies he neededa lab science to fill out his corerequirements before gradua-tion. But Davis hopes to be

looking at – if not creating - adifferent kindof star in thenot-too-distant future.

“Right now I’m applying tofilm schools,” Davis said. TheUniversityofSouthernCalifor-nia, New York University, Uni-versity of California at Los An-geles, American Film Instituteand Chapman University areon his list. “I do want to direct,but anything creative is whereIwant tobe,whether it’s direct-ing or writing.”

He’s written himself an im-pressive basketball career todate at Emory, an NCAA Divi-sion III school competing in theUniversity Athletic Associa-tion against the likes of NYU,Chicago University, CarnegieMellon and Case Western.

DaviswasUAArookie of theyear as a freshman and earned

first team all-UAA honors fol-lowing his sophomore and ju-nior seasons.

Emory head coach JasonZimmerman said Davis hasbeen instrumental in helpingthe Eagles put together threestraight winning seasons foronly the second time in schoolhistory.

With a 6-3 record headinginto Christmas break – “Wewere probably two shots frombeing 8-1,” Davis said - Emoryis on its way to four in a row.

“Winning the league cham-pionship last year is probablymymost memorablemoment,”Davis said. “Coming in know-ing Emory hadn’t always beenthat strong and helping theteam get to the top of the

Seven Hills grad Davislighting up court at Emory

Seven Hills graduate Jake Davis (22) is the leading scorer so far thisseason for the Emory University basketball team. He’s scored 25 ormore points in five of his last six games. PHOTO COURTESY OF EMORY

UNIVERSITYSee DAVIS, Page A5

Senior basketballstandout applyingto film schools

ByMark D. [email protected]

The Eastern Hills Journal asked college ath-letes’ family and friends to submit informationso our readers can get caught up on their activ-ities. Their offerings:

Aubrey Bledsoe» The 2010 graduate of St.

Ursula justclosed out hersoccer career atWakeForestUni-versity, whereshewasnamed tothe Capital OneAll-AmericaTeam for the sec-ond consecutiveseason. Bledsoe

will go down as one of the mostdecoratedwomen’s soccerplay-ers in Demon Deacon history.

The goalkeeper ends her ca-reer at Wake Forest as theschool’s all-time leader in shut-outs (33), goals against average(0.91), starts (94) and minutesplayed. According to the WakeForest website, her 8,697:09minutes played in net rank asthe second-highest total for agoalkeeper in NCAA Division Ihistory.

Bledsoe is a two-timeNation-al Soccer Coaches Associationof America All-American andhas earned All-Atlantic CostalConference honors three times.As a senior shewas a finalist forthewomen’s 2013 Senior CLASSAward. To be eligible for theaward, a student-athlete mustbe classified as an NCAA Divi-sion I senior and have notableachievements in four areas ofexcellence – community, class-room, character and competi-tion.In the classroom Bledsoeboasts the highest grade pointaverage on the team (3.92) andfollows a pre-med curriculumwith amajor in health and exer-cisescienceandminors inbiolo-gyandchemistry.She isa three-time selection to the All-ACCAcademic Team and has madethe Dean’s List in every semes-ter at Wake Forest.

Aubrey is the daughter ofPaul and Char Bledsoe.

Colin Cotton» Hyde Park resident and

2011 Summit Country DaySchool graduate Colin Cotton,was the top runner for the suc-cessful Williams College men’sDivision III cross country teamduring the 2013 season. TheEphs posted a fifth-place finishat the NCAA Championships inNovember in Hanover, Ind.,where Cotton earned All-Amer-ican honors.

Other highlights of Cotton’sseason included a first-placefinishatThePurpleValleyClas-sic; first DIII finisher and 20thoverall at the Paul Short Invita-tional at Lehigh University;runner-up and All-Regionalhonors at theNewEnglandDIIIRegional Championships; andrunner-up and All-NESCAChonors at the NESCAC champi-onships.

Cotton’s best time for the 8Krace this season was a 24:24 atthe DIII Regional Cross Coun-try Championships in Gorham,Maine, where both he and thewinner, Michael Leduc, seniorfrom Connecticut College, beatthe course record. Colin is thesonofRobinCottonandCynthiaFitton.

Emily Gruesser

» EmilyGruesser,aSt.Ursu-laAcademygraduate,pickedupthe fourth All-Conference hon-

or of her career in 2013, becom-ing only the second person inMiami field hockey history toearn All-Mid-American Confer-ence honors in each of her fouryears.

It was the culmination of anincredible career that saw theRedHawks win three titles, in-cluding two tournament cham-pionships, and earn the pro-gram’s first berth in the NCAAfield hockey tournament inschoolhistory.GruesserandtheRedHawks finished in thetop-30 of the national RPI forthe first time in school historyin 2013, knocking off No. 20American and Big Ten champi-on Michigan State along theway.

InGruesser’s four years, shewas a part of aMiami team thatproducedtheMACPlayerof theYear and theMACFreshman ofthe Year in 2012, four All-WestRegionhonorees,all againstoneof the toughest schedules in thenation. In 2013, the Miamischedule was ranked as high asNo. 5 nationally, as the Red-Hawks faced sixBigTen teams,two ACC teams, and four teamsthatplayed in theNCAAtourna-ment. In addition, Miami had atleast three representativeseach year on the National Aca-demic Squad.

Her parents are Pam andDennis Gruesser.

Hailey Hemmer» St.UrsulaAcademygradu-

ate Hailey Hemmer recentlycompleted her senior year ofsoccer, playing in the Big Eastfor Saint John’s University inQueens, N.Y. with tremendoussuccess.

Hailey,acenterdefender,an-chored abackline that logged10shutouts and kept opponents to0.95goalspermatch.Thehistor-ic season started with a 8-0 run.It continuedwith the teammak-ing it to theBig East semifinals.Hailey earned a spot on the AllBig East tournament team. The

St. John’s Red Storm continuedits successbybeatingNo. 9Uni-versity of Central Florida inOr-lando3-1in the first roundof theNCAA tournament.

Hailey finished strong in herteam’s historic second round oftournamentplayagainstArkan-sas although they lost 0-1. TopDrawer Soccer listed Hailey asone of the top 20 players mid-season in the Big East Confer-ence. She also made the BigEast First Team on CollegeSports Madness. Hailey hasconsistently been Big East All-Academic and will graduate inMaywithadegree inchemistry.Previously Hailey lived in Wal-nutHills and attended Saint Ur-sula, where she played varsitybasketball for two years. Sheplayed soccer for Ohio EliteSoccer Academy.

Katie Hulsman» The 2012 St. Ursula gradu-

ateandDelhi res-ident is a pitcherfor the Transyl-vania Universitysoftball team. Asa freshmen shetied for the teamlead in wins (6)and completegames (9), whileleading the team

with 117.2 innings pitched.Hulsman is a computer sci-

ence major and is the daughterof Dennis and Jill Hulsman.

Donai Long» Donai O. Long is a fresh-

man majoring inSoftware/Com-puter Engineer-ing at Rose-Hul-man Institute ofTechnology. Sheplays forwardfor the team,which won theClabber Girl Tro-

phy Dec. 4 for the second con-secutive year. Donai graduatedin May 2013 from Saint UrsulaAcademy and is a resident ofDelhi Township. Her parentsare Dr. andMrs. D. Scott Long.

Jake Rawlings» Jake Rawlings is a gradu-

ate of SummitCountryDaynow

playing soccer at DePaul Uni-versity.His parents areGretch-en and Alex Rawlings of Love-land.

He was a senior captain onSummit’s 2012 state champion-ship basketball team and a sen-ior captain and center defenderon the 2013 Silver Knights statechampion soccer team.

As a freshman at DePaul forcoach Craig Blazer he played in13 matches with two starts. Hemade his collegiate debutagainst Wisconsin, made hisfirst college start against SIU-Edwardsville and scored hisfirst career goal in a 2-2 doubleovertime tie with No. 7 St.John’s.

Griffin Rolander

» Griffin Rolander, a 2013Mariemont High School gradu-ate, sails for the Tufts Uni-

Catching up with College Athletes

Bledsoe

Williams College junior and Summit Country Day School graduate,Colin Cotton, right, and senior tri-captain, Chris Lee, led the Ephs men’sDivision III cross country team to a win at the NESCACChampionships.THANKS TO CYNTHIA FITTON

Emily Gruesserpicked up thefourth All-Conference honor ofher career in 2013, becoming onlythe second person in MiamiRedhawks field hockey history toearn All-MAC honors in all fouryears.THANKS TO PAM GRUESSER

St. Ursula Academy graduateHailey Hemmer recentlycompleted her senior year ofsoccer, playing in the Big East forSaint John’s University in Queens,N.Y. with tremendous success.THANKS TO CAROL HEMMER

Jake Rawlings is a graduate ofSummit Country Day now playingsoccer at DePaul.THANKS TO ALEX

RAWLINGS

Hulsman

Long

Griffin Rolander, right, with crewmember Natalie Danziger, wonthe New England FreshmanChampionship Nickerson Trophyin November.THANKS TO THE

ROLANDER FAMILY

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Mariemont Junior High Lady Warriors add pink socks and ribbons to the traditional blue and white uniform to promote breast cancer awarenessduring the league tournament, Oct. 19. The girls won the tournament against Walnut Hills in a 5-0 victory. In front, from left, are Savannah Connor,Laney Newman, Abby Ewart, Jaxie Brokamp, Kasey Jones, Marin Valentine, Courtney Robinson, Stephanie Frey, Kyleigh Spang, Cora Dupre, AvaMorgan and Hannah Coates. In back are Kelsey Brown, Danielle Bryan, Holly Byers, Peyton McGowan, Kennedy McNeil, Kyra George, Sari Gall,Claire Lynch, Lily Toman and Abby Dodson. THANKS TO JOSEPHINE MCKENRICK

Girls basketball»Mariemont lost 47-43

Dec. 21 against Wyomingto finish the first half ofthe season 7-3. RebekahJustice scored 14 off thebench to lead the War-riors.

» Seven Hills hasn’thad a game since aDec.11loss to Walnut Hills: TheStingers resume play athome Jan. 4 against Nor-wood.

» Summit CountryDaybeat Purcell Marian 61-36Dec. 19. Gabbi Gehner ledthewaywith23points and11 rebounds as the Silverknights improved to 4-3.

» St. Ursula Academylost 63-54 at Mercy Dec.21. Riley Jerow scored 17.

Boys basketball» Clark beat Badin 51-

44 on Dec. 21.»Mariemont beat

DeerPark58-45Dec. 20 toimprove its record to 2-4.Joey Kromer scored 22 tolead the Warriors.

» Purcell Marian gotby McNicholas 50-49 onDec. 20. SophomoreRash-aad Ali-Shakir led theCavaliers with 22 points.SummitCountryDaybeatthe Cavs 58-40 Dec. 21 toup its record to 4-3.

» Seven Hills beat Cin-cinnati Christian 65-51Dec. 13, its last game be-fore the holidays. TheStingers host SummitCountry Day Jan. 3.

»Walnut Hills beat El-der 59-58 on Dec. 21. Ju-nior MaCio Teague had 19points for the Eagles.

»Moeller defeatedWestern Hills 86-49 onDec. 20. Junior Nate Fow-ler led the Crusaderswith18 points.On Dec. 21, theCrusaders beat MountHealthy 66-36 as seniorGrantBenzingerhit for25points.

Wrestling» Moeller won the

Glenn Sample HolidayClassic Dec. 21-22. Cham-pions for the Crusaderswere junior Connor Bor-ton at 126 pounds andsophomore Jacoby Wardat 132. Sophomore JosephHensley was runner-up at285. Making the semifi-nals was freshman DrewHobbs at 138.

Boys bowling» According to a re-

lease, the Walnut Eaglesare proud of their varsityand junior varsity boysbowling team. They cameinto the season expectingtodowellwith tworeturn-ers and three junior varsi-ty players. Under thetraining of coach ButchTaylor and Eric Olsonthey have done extremelywell. Both teams have acurrent record 7-0 andhave included wins over:Clark Montessori, DeerPark, Norwood, Milford(2), and Turpin (2). Up-and-coming challengesfor the team are: GlenEste,LovelandandAnder-son. The varsity team islead by captain KarlSchottelkote averaging196.8. He is supported byAustin Brown 196.2,Christopher Franz 169,Noah Drout 168.1, BenBlacklidge 168 and Chris-topher Smithermann II146. The junior varsity isled by captain Connor Fi-asco, averaging 164.4. Heis supported by DevonWilliams156.1, SebiMiller141.3, Adam Schmidt120.4, Simon Roth 108.6andMax Radin 104.9.

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league, that meant a lotto me.”

The 6-foot-5 forwardis one of only five 1,000-point scorers in SevenHills history. He ledEmory in scoring at 18.2pointspergamelast sea-son and was scoring at a23-pointclip through thefirst nine games of hissenior year.

“He can score in amillion ways,” Zimmer-

man said. “He uses hisbasketball IQ. He canstep out and hit a three.He can hit a one-dribblejumper. He can put hisback to the basket andpost somebody up. Thebest thing about Jake ishe can use all thoseweapons and knows theright time to use them.

“Five of his last sixgames have been 25points plus. His visionand his work ethic arewhat separate him. Ifyou don’t have that,you’re not going to suc-ceed.”

Davis said he plans toenjoywhatwill likely behis last few months on acompetitive court, espe-cially since youngerbrother Max Davistransferred to Emoryand joined him on thecourt.

“After high school, Ididn’t think that wouldhappen again,” Jakesaid. “That’s pretty spe-cial forme to get to playwith my brother again.

“The hours spentplaying basketball andbeing around basketballare long,but I love it,”he

said. “I don’t dread go-ing to the gymat all. I goin an hour early and I’mthereanhourafterprac-tice. It’s my passion andI want to get the mostout of it while I can.”

Zimmermansaid thatattitude sums up Davisperfectly.

“The next phase ofhis lifeprobably isn’tgo-ing to be basketball, butthat drive, that vision,that pursuit of excel-lence he brings to thecourt is going to con-tinue,” he said.

DavisContinued from Page A4

versity varsity sailingteam. Tufts competes inthe New England Inter-Collegiate Sailing Asso-ciation and was rankedseventh in the nation asof the Nov. 13 collegesailing rankings. Grif-fin, with crew NatalieDanziger, won the NewEngland FreshmanChampionship Nicker-son Trophy in Novem-ber.

Rolander is the son ofDana and JohnRolanderof Terrace Park.

Natalie Smith» University of Cin-

cinnati goalkeeper Nat-alie Smith was named tothe2013all-Ohio teambythe Ohio Collegiate Soc-cer Association. Theredshirt freshman fromSt.UrsulaAcademywholives in Forest Park isthe first UC player to re-ceive the accolade since2010.

Smith recorded 15starts for the Bearcatsand posted a record of 7-

7-1 with two shutouts.She garnered 76 saveson the season and posteda1.50goals-againstaver-age. She finished secondin theAmericanAthleticConference with 53saves and a save per-centage of 5.89, whichearned her a spot on theAAC all-rookie team.

Smith was AAC goal-keeper of theweek Sept.23 after posting twoshutouts and accumulat-ing10 saves inwins overCornell and Providence.

“Natalie has a bravementality and was con-stantly improving in herfirst season,” said Bear-cats headcoachStaffordsaid. “She kept us in afew games this seasonby making some bigsaves and helped solidi-fy a very young and in-experienced back four.”

The Bearcats fin-ished 8-11-1overall (4-4-1AAC). This seasonmarked only the fourthtime in the last 10 sea-sons UC won eight ormore, and only the sec-ond time in10 years theyhad four ormore confer-ence wins.

CollegeContinued from Page A4

Cincinnati goalkeeper Natalie Smith of St. Ursula wasnamed to the 2013 All-Ohio Team by the OhioCollegiate Soccer Association. THANKS TO ASHLEY

KEMPER/UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

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St. Vincent de Paul volun-teers visit the homes of neigh-bors in need and experiencethe heart-wrenching effects ofpoverty first hand. When afamily slips into distress, thepain is almost tangible.

A mother who lives in aWestside neighborhood, worndown by worry because herutility bill is late and her chil-dren are sleeping on the coldfloor. An adult man on thebrink of tears because his chil-dren have nothing to eat fordinner in their small cityapartment. An elderly couple,living in an Eastside suburb,forced to decide between los-ing their home and foregoingtheir life-saving prescriptionmedications.

Our communities have ex-perienced a lot of changes thisyear: food stamp cuts, healthcare changes, and an economythat seems to be turning

around for some, but has leftmany families behind. We see

the directeffects ofthese changesfirst hand eachday, the mostdevastatingbeing the im-pact on chil-dren.

Every day,our volunteersvisit the homesof parents whowork multiple

part-time jobs so they can keepfood on the table, or who havesold the last of their posses-sions so that they can keep thelights on.

When our volunteers deliv-er gifts to the homes of neigh-bors in need, they are blessedto witness what one act ofkindness can mean to a strug-gling family. A child giggling

with joy as they bounce ontheir new bed, a mother withtears streaming down her faceas her children’s Christmasgifts are carried into her home,a family gathered together onChristmas morning with hopefor a brighter new year.

You can inspire hope andmake love grow in the heartsof a family in need by:

» Supporting “Food Fromthe Heart” the next time youvisit a local Kroger by Jan. 4.Ask your child to pick out theirfavorite non-perishable foodand place it in the barrel at thedoor.

»Making a donation in hon-or of a loved one.

» Visit www.SVDPcincinna-ti.org or call 513-421-HOPE tomake a donation or lean more.

Liz Carter is executive director,Society of St. Vincent de Paul –Cincinnati.

Making holiday miraclesthe whole year round

LizCarterCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last week’s questionShould the U.S. adopt an advi-

sory panel’s recommendations toend the government’s systematiccollection of logs of all Ameri-cans’ cellular phone calls and re-quire those to be kept in privatehands “for queries and datamining”onlybycourtorder?Whyor why not?

“We are definitely in an 1984epic realty show. Unfortunate-ly, it is not a 'show' but the cen-tral government intrusion intoour lives.

“The recent U.S. DistrictCourtopinionwasonthemoney.Eroding our private lives is un-acceptable.Thisstartedwhen9/11caughtmostofusbysurprise.Many documents have shownthat the present wholesale spy-ing on citizens would not haveprevented that tragedy.

“Secret courts whiteout pub-lic information isadangerto theConstitution. One should read

that document to understandthe many ways that govern-ment agencies are twisting it.”

W.B.

“Yes, theUS should probablyadopt the recommendation, butthe president has said therewillbe a decision made about muchof this in January. In thepost-911 world many parts ofour freedom of speech havebeen curtailed.

“The real question is how

much freedomarewewilling tosacrifice in order to feel saferfrom terrorism occurring onour soil?And if youhave aprob-lem with that sacrifice of free-dom, don't use a cell phone.”

TRog

“I believe Time Magazine'schoice of Pope Francis is an ex-cellent one! What strikes meabout the pope is his simplicityand his urging all of us to feedthe poor throughout the worldand to strive for world peace.Another noticable trait is his al-ways smiling faceandneverbe-ing afraid to spread the Gospelof Jesus Christ.

“What a great example he isof a disciple of our Lord. If weall followed his lead, therewould be far less problems inthe world and in our own coun-try!”

J.S.

CHATROOM

NEXT QUESTIONShould Ohio allow online voterregistration, which would allowfor an immediate cross check oflicense records and help preventillegal voting? Why or why not?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via e-mail. Send youranswers [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line.

If summoned for jury duty,you are assigned either to aregular jury or a grand jury.

On regular (also called “pet-it”) jury duty you could beselected for a criminal or civilcase. In a grand jury, however,a group of citizens hears onlycriminal cases and decides ifsomeone will have to face trialfor a felony offense. A felonyis a crime that is punishable byat least one year in prison.

In Hamilton County, thegrand jury meets in the prose-cutor’s office, not at the court-house. The grand jury listensto testimony and examinesevidence presented only bythe prosecution before decid-ing whether to return an in-dictment. An indictment ismerely a formal charge; it stillmust be proven beyond a rea-sonable doubt at trial before adefendant can be convicted.

When the prosecutor pre-sents a case, only the testify-ing witness and the grandjurors are in the room. Afterthe last witness testifies, theprosecutor and witness exitthe room so the jurors candeliberate and vote. Defen-

dants may request to testify,but rarely do so.

Nine grandjurors vote oneach case andeach charge.Before votingto indict, thegrand jurorsmust findprobablecause that: 1, acrime wascommitted,and 2, that theaccused com-

mitted the crime. At leastseven of the nine grand jurorsmust agree that there is suffi-cient evidence to return anindictment.

A common phrase suggeststhat a prosecutor can convincea grand jury to indict a “hamsandwich” because of theprocess’s one-sided nature. Myprior experience as a prose-cutor makes me disagree.Although a few prosecutorsmay abuse the system, mostprosecutors have no interest inpurposely indicting cases thatwould be hard to try.

Moreover, I have observed

that grand jurors, like regularjurors, are independent, seri-ous about their duties, and noteasily persuaded to indict anobviously weak case.

A unique and importantaspect of grand jury service isthe oath of secrecy. The oathof secrecy covers the entiregrand jury proceeding and ispermanent. A regular jurormay discuss a case publiclyafter a verdict is announced inopen court, but a grand jurormust keep the proceedingssecret forever unless orderedotherwise by a judge.

Both grand jury and reg-ular jury service last for twoweeks in Hamilton County. Ifselected for grand jury, youwill hear approximately 50cases each week. In compari-son, most regular jurors sit ononly one or two cases at most.Perhaps its unique processmakes most people who haveserved on both regular andgrand juries prefer grand juryservice.

Judge Brad Greenberg is a judge inHamilton County Municipal Court.He lives in Loveland.

Hamilton Co.’s grand jury process

BradGreenbergCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Balanced budgets andfiscal responsibility are the

hallmarks ofgood govern-ment. Beinggood stew-ards of tax-payer fundsrequiresrestraint inspending sothat futuregenerationsare not bur-dened byexcessive

spending today. Families aresimilarly required to makedifficult budget choices ev-ery day.

The federal government,however, is not currentlyrequired to have a balancedbudget. Indeed, we have be-come too familiar and accus-tomed to the notion that thefederal government willspend more than it takes inyear after year. However,momentum is growing behindthe ides of amending theUnited States Constitution torequire the federal govern-ment to balance its budget.Many Americans are becom-ing increasingly worriedabout what a massive nation-al debt means for our coun-try’s future, and are callingon national leaders to governwith fiscal responsibility.

Efforts are underway inmany states around the coun-try to call for a constitutionalconvention for the specificpurpose of proposing anamendment to the US Consti-tution that would require abalanced federal budget.Despite repeated suggestionsfor such an amendment overthe past several years, nei-ther chamber of Congresshas sought to achieve the two

thirds of votes needed topropose such an amendment.

Fortunately, Article V ofthe Constitution provides amechanism whereby thelegislatures of two thirds ofthe states can apply to forcethe calling of a convention forthe purpose of proposing anamendment.

In the Ohio, I am a proudco-sponsor of Senate JointResolution 5, through whichthe Ohio General Assemblyofficially applies to Congressfor the calling of a conventionto propose an amendment tothe U.S. Constitution requir-ing a balanced budget exceptin cases of a national emer-gency. Senate Joint Resolu-tion 5 recently passed bothchambers of the Ohio legisla-ture. At least 19 states havealready passed such a mea-sure, and Ohio’s effort will beadded to this national drive.

States have a strong role toplay in holding the federalgovernment accountable, andthe expanding national debtrisks putting our future gen-erations in a financial crisis.To continue ignoring thisproblem represents a majorproblem. It is my hope thataction taken at the state levelwill spur the federal govern-ment to work with us onachieving the calling of aconvention, or at least actingand spending within itsmeans.

Thank you for allowing meto represent you. Please con-tact me directly if I can be ofassistance.

Rep. Peter J. Stautberg, 27th OhioHouse District, 77 South High St.,11th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215,614-644-6886 [email protected]

Seeking a balancedbudget amendment

Peter J.StautbergCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Cincinnati City CouncilMeets at 2 p.m. every Wednesday inroom 300 at Cincinnati City Hall, 801Plum St. Web site: www.ci.cincinna-ti.oh.us.

Cincinnati PublicSchoolsMeets at 7 p.m. the second and fourthMondays of the month, 2651 BurnetAve. Phone: 363-0000. Web site:www.cps-k12.org.

Columbia TownshipMeets at 6 p.m., the second Tuesdayof the month, 5686 Kenwood Road.Phone: 561-6046. Web site: www.co-lumbiatwp.org.

Columbia-TusculumCommunity CouncilMeets at 7 p.m. the third Monday ofthe month at Columbia BaptistChurch, 3718 Eastern Ave. Web site:www.columbiatusculum.org.

FairfaxMeets at 7:30 p.m. the third Mondayof each month at Village Hall 5903Hawthorne Ave. Phone: 527-6505.Web site: fairfaxohio.org

Hyde ParkNeighborhood CouncilMeets at 7 p.m., the second Tuesdayof the month at Knox PresbyterianChurch, 3400 Michigan Ave.Web site:www.hydeparkcincinnati.org.

MadisonvilleCommunity CouncilMeets at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of

every month at the RecreationCenter, 5320 Stewart Road. 561-9343.Web site: www.historicmadisonville-.com.

MariemontMeets at 7 p.m. the second and fourthMonday of the month, 6907 WoosterPike. Phone: 271-3246. Web site:www.mariemont.org.

Mariemont City SchoolDistrictMeets at 7 p.m., the third Tuesday ofthe month at Mariemont ElementarySchool, 6750 Wooster Pike. Phone:272-7500. Web site: www.marie-montschools.org.

Mt. LookoutCommunity CouncilMeets at 7:30 p.m. the third Mondayof every other month beginning inFebruary at Christ the King ParishCenter, 3223 Linwood Road. Phone:723-5599. Web site: www.mtlookou-t.org

Oakley CommunityCouncilMeets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday ofeach month at Oakley Communityand Senior Center, 3882 PaxtonRoad. Phone (trustee president):351-7842. Web site: www.oakley-now.com.

Terrace ParkMeets at 7:30 p.m. the second Tuesdayof the month at 428 Elm Ave. Phone:831-2137. Web site: www.terrace-park.com.

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LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

EASTERNHILLSJOURNAL

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014

St. Vincent de Paul’s recent11th annual RetroFittingsevent was attended by a

record-breaking 800 guests.The event wasmoved toMu-

sic Hall this year because of re-peat sell-out crowds. The newCreative Director, Joe Rigotti,used thenewvenue,MusicHall,as inspiration for this year’stheme, “A Night at the Opera.”

The event showcased thefashion designs ofmore than 55students from theUniversity ofCincinnati's College of Design,Architecture, Art and Planning.

Each student was given a $10voucher toshopatoneofSt.Vin-cent de Paul’s seven ThriftStores to redesignandcreate anensemble inspired by one ofeight famous operas.

Each design was modeled ina New York style fashion showby UC students and other spe-cial guests including event em-ceeArtrellHawkins, CincinnatiBengalAdamJones and ownersof Cincy Style Edit, MarshaAshley and BrockMaitland.

The event also featured aboutique filledwith vintage and

trendy items donated to St. Vin-cent de Paul’s thrift stores,cocktails and h'ors d'oeuvres,raffle prizes, and a live auctionwith items such as a one-of-a-kind jewelry piece designed byKrombholz jewelers.

Proceeds from the eventwillbenefit St. Vincent de Paul's ef-forts to bring hope to the frontline of poverty, with more than900 parish volunteers visitingthe homes of neighbors in needto provide innovative, practicalemergency assistance through-out Greater Cincinnati.

Retro Fittings draws record crowd

RetroFittings committee members MaryCasella and Peggy Mossbarger attendthe event. THANKS TO ELYSA HAMLIN

Creative Director Joe Rigotti of Over the Rhine and St. Vincent de PaulDirector of Development Karen Williams of Springdale chat atRetroFittings. THANKS TO ELYSA HAMLIN

The RetroFittings Committee for this year's event are, in back,from left, Kathleen Stenger of Newport, Carmen Sanders ofSpringdale, Hengameh Nassef of Indian Hill, Meg Tarvin ofAnderson, Peggy Mossbarger of Hyde Park and Jeanne Howe ofHyde Park; in second row, Lori Stenger of Cleves, Dianne Brownof Hyde Park, Tina Hawking of Mt. Lookout, Jayne Watkins ofFairfield, Tammy Snyder of Franklin Township; and in front,Taren Kinebrew of Avondale, the committee chairwoman.THANKS TO ELYSA HAMLIN

Cincy Style Edit's Brock Maitland and MarshaAshley of Hyde Park hang out at RetroFittings.THANKS TO ELYSA HAMLIN

David Hammerstrom of Fort Thomas, Advisory Board Member andRetroFittings Committee Member Tamie Sullivan of Loveland andCharitable Pharmacy Board Member Bob Saelinger of Mariemont enjoythe evening at RetroFittings. THANKS TO ELYSA HAMLIN

St. Vincent de Paul District Council PresidentAndrew Curran and Liz Curran of Anderson getready for the festivities at RetroFittings THANKS TO

ELYSA HAMLIN

RetroFittings emcee ArtrellHawkins models during thefashion show. THANKS TO ELYSA

HAMLIN

Aaron Kinebrew of Avondale, Committee Member Meg Tarvin and PaulTarvin of Anderson mingle at RetroFittings. THANKS TO ELYSA HAMLIN

Jen Dalton and Artrell Hawkins emcee at RetroFittings. THANKS TO ELYSA HAMLIN

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THURSDAY, JAN. 2Art ExhibitsJohn A. Ruthven, John Stobartand Robert Off, 9 a.m.-5:30p.m., Eisele Gallery of Fine Art,5729 DragonWay, Exhibitionand sale of original paintingsand prints by wildlife artistRuthven, maritime artist Stobartand miniature room box artistOff. Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.Multiplicity/Hang It Up,Noon-8 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, 4426 Brazee St., galleryOne One. Multiplicity is groupshow based on idea of creatingart in multiples or as part ofseries. Hang It Up specificallyfeatures and sells ornaments inseparate room. Free. ThroughJan. 3. 321-0206; www.bra-zeestreetstudios.com. Oakley.repARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, 2005 1/2 Madi-son Road, Classical/modern/contemporary visual conversa-tion. Works by Jeff Chapman-Crane, Diane and Frank McEl-wain, Michael Scott and more.Free. Through Feb. 1. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Tyler Shields: Shot in Cincin-nati, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., MillerGallery, 2715 Erie Ave., Worlddebut of 15 never-before-seenimages artist shot locally 2012-2013. Free. 871-4420; www.mil-lergallery.com. Hyde Park.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, 5729 DragonWay,New works by living artists,paintings that make perfectholiday gifts. Included are worksby Beverly Erschell, Val Gottes-man, Chris Griffin-Woods, RayHassard, MaryBeth Karaus, KeithKlein, Kate lackman, Jeff Mor-row, Cindy Nixon and SallySchrohenloher. Free. ThroughFeb. 1. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers 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. ThroughJan. 9. 478-6783. Summerside.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.

FRIDAY, JAN. 3Art ExhibitsJohn A. Ruthven, John Stobartand Robert Off, 9 a.m.-5:30p.m., Eisele Gallery of Fine Art,Free. 791-7717, ext. 109; www.ei-selefineart.com. Fairfax.Multiplicity/Hang It Up, 9a.m.-5 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, Free. 321-0206;www.brazeestreetstudios.com.Oakley.repARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness with Sue,9:30-10:30 a.m., Clough UnitedMethodist Church, $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.

SATURDAY, JAN. 4Art ExhibitsJohn A. Ruthven, John Stobartand Robert Off, 10 a.m.-3 a.m.,Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Free.791-7717, ext. 109; www.eiselefi-neart.com. Fairfax.repARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 10a.m.-3 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness with Sue, 9-10a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.

Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D.,4460 Red Bank Expressway,What is type 2 Diabetes, pre-diabetes? Small group dis-

cussions of Type 2 diabetes ledby Jan Kellogg, certified diabe-tes educator. $30 all four ses-sions; or $10 per session. 791-0626.Madisonville.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,9:30-10:45 a.m., Hyde ParkCommunity United MethodistChurch, 1345 Grace Ave., Bookdiscussion group. Room 206.Donations accepted. 583-1248.Hyde Park.

SUNDAY, JAN. 5Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, PleasantStreet, Open air concert. Caril-lonneur plays bells using key-board in upper tower. Tours oftower available; playground,restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. Presented by Villageof Mariemont. 271-8519;www.mariemont.org.Marie-mont.

NatureWinter Walk, 3 p.m., WoodlandMound, 8250 Old Kellogg Road,Seasongood Nature Center.Walk along the trail to enjoy thesights and sounds of winter.Free, vehicle permit required.521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Anderson Township.

Support GroupsCodependents AnonymousMeeting, 7-8 p.m., Hyde ParkBethlehem United MethodistChurch, 3799 Hyde Park Ave,Twelve-step fellowship open toeveryone who desires healthyand loving relationships. Free.290-9105. Hyde Park.

MONDAY, JAN. 6Art ExhibitsWarm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness with Sue,6:30-7:30 p.m., Clough UnitedMethodist Church, $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.

TUESDAY, JAN. 7Art ExhibitsWarm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Youth SportsPre-School Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, 6915 Beechmont Ave.,Playground atmosphere indoors.Unstructured playtime forparents and pre-schoolers. Ages4 and under. $2. Presented byAnderson Township Park Dis-trict. Through March 27. 388-4515. Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Business ClassesImproving Presentation Skills,8:30-11:30 a.m., Interact ForHealth, 3805 Edwards Road;Suite 500, Fifth floor. PeggyKennedy, owner of KentonCorp., helps non-profit repre-sentatives pitch and presenttheir new projects, concepts,ideas and outcomes. $35, $25members. Registration required.Presented by ReSource–Cincin-nati. 554-4944; resourcewe-b.org. Norwood.


Parenting ClassesProven Parenting: SevenWeek Group Series, 6-8:30p.m., The Children’s Home ofCincinnati, 5050 Madison Road,Emery Building, Room101.Weekly through Feb. 19. Learnproven, research-based skillsthat address communication,discipline, decision-making,relationships and self-control.$500 per family; child care perclass is $10 per child. Regis-

tration required. 272-2800;www.thechildrenshomecin-ti.org.Madisonville.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7:30-8:30 p.m., Hyde Park Beth-lehem United Methodist Church,3799 Hyde Park Ave, Twelve-step fellowship open to every-one who desires healthy andloving relationships. Free. 235-3062. Hyde Park.Caregiver Support Group,2-3:30 p.m., Deupree House,3939 Erie Ave., Private diningroom. To support caregivers ofelderly or disabled parents(relatives). Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. 929-4483.Hyde Park.

THURSDAY, JAN. 9Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Flex, 12:30-1:15p.m., Summerside Woods, Callfor pricing. 478-6783. Sum-merside.Zumba Fitness with Sue, 6-7p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.

Youth SportsPre-School Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, $2. 388-4515. AndersonTownship.

FRIDAY, JAN. 10Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Art OpeningsUrban Art Show, 6-9 p.m.,Redtree Art Gallery and CoffeeShop, 3210 Madison Road, Livemusic and wine while viewinglocal artwork portraying varieddepictions of urban environ-ment. Exhibit continues throughFeb. 2. Free. 321-8733; www.red-treegallery.net. Oakley.


Health / WellnessGeneral Joint Screening,9:30-11:30 a.m., Cincinnati SportsClub, 3950 Red Bank Road, Briefhistory and exam designed totroubleshoot and modify activ-ities and exercise programscovered. Ages 18 and up. Free.Reservations required. Present-ed by Christ Hospital PhysicalTherapy. 527-4000. Fairfax.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, 4101Walton Creek Road, This capti-vating tale of romance in turn ofthe century Sweden follows theamorous adventures of Desiree,a touring actress. When her pastand present lovers, and theirwives, show up for a weekend inthe country, surprising liaisons,passions, and a taste of love’sendless possibilities are allbrought to light. The liltingscore features the hauntingclassic, “Send in the Clowns.”$18. Presented by MariemontPlayers Inc. 684-1236; www.ma-riemontplayers.com. ColumbiaTownship.

SATURDAY, JAN. 11Art & Craft ClassesLook See Do: Down on theFarm, 10-11 a.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Artworkshop for children. SeeChagall’s painting, listen to anEric Carle story and make yourown feathered friend to takehome. Ages -1-1. $5. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts That

Last for Generations, 10a.m.-3 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.


Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D.,Healthy Eating. $30 all foursessions; or $10 per session.791-0626.Madisonville.

Music - ConcertsAja, 8 p.m., 20th Century Thea-ter, 3021Madison Road, SteelyDan tribute band. $18, $15advance. 731-8000;www.the20thcenturythea-ter.com. Oakley.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,9:30-10:45 a.m., Hyde ParkCommunity United MethodistChurch, Donations accepted.583-1248. Hyde Park.

SUNDAY, JAN. 12Art EventsArt Exhibit: Remember Me,2-4 p.m., Hyde Park HealthCenter Terrace, 3983 RosslynDrive, Terrace Auditorium.Photographs, video and writingfrom shared experiences be-tween Mariemont High Schoolstudents and residents of theFountains Assisted Living atHyde Park Health Center. Appe-tizers and light refreshments.Free. Presented by Hyde ParkHealth Center. 272-5573;www.hydeparkhealthcenter-.com. Hyde Park.

Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, Free. 271-8519; www.mariemont.org.Mariemont.


Support GroupsCodependents AnonymousMeeting, 7-8 p.m., Hyde ParkBethlehem United MethodistChurch, Free. 290-9105. HydePark.

MONDAY, JAN. 13Art ExhibitsWarm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.


TUESDAY, JAN. 14Art ExhibitsWarm Embrace, Gifts That

Last for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,7-8:30 p.m., Mount WashingtonPresbyterian Church, 6474Beechmont Ave., Lower levelmedia room. To support care-givers of elderly or disabledparents (relatives). Ages 18 andup. Free. Registration required.Through Nov. 11. 929-4483;www.ccswoh.org.Mount Wash-ington.

Youth SportsPre-School Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, $2. 388-4515. AndersonTownship.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.


Health / WellnessPre-Diabetes Class, 4-6 p.m.,Mercy HealthPlex Anderson,7495 State Road, Information onmaking healthy food choices,exercise and blood sugar controland monitoring blood sugarlevels. $20. 956-3729; www.e-mercy.com. Anderson Township.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7:30-8:30 p.m., Hyde Park Beth-lehem United Methodist Church,Free. 235-3062. Hyde Park.Caregiver Support Group,3-4:30 p.m., Marjorie P. LeeRetirement Community, 3550Shaw Ave., Lee Library. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483. HydePark.

THURSDAY, JAN. 16Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness with Sue, 6-7p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900;www.zumbasue.net. AndersonTownship.

On Stage - TheaterA Little Night Music, 7:30 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $18.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,4-5:30 p.m., Immaculate Heartof Mary Church, 7820 Beech-mont Ave., Guadelupe Room. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Reserva-tions required. Through Nov. 20.929-4483; www.ccswoh.org/caregivers. Anderson Township.

Youth SportsPre-school Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, $2. 388-4515. AndersonTownship.

FRIDAY, JAN. 17Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.



SATURDAY, JAN. 18Art & Craft ClassesLook See Do: Cultural Cele-brations, 10-11 a.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Artworkshop for children. Look atartifacts, learn about culturalcelebrations around the world,then make your own pendantnecklace based on native Amer-ican traditions. Ages 1-4. $5.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org.Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsrepARTee, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., PhyllisWeston Gallery, Free. 321-5200;phyllisweston.com. O’Bryonville.Warm Embrace, Gifts ThatLast for Generations, 10a.m.-3 p.m., Eisele Gallery ofFine Art, Free. 791-7717, ext. 109;www.eiselefineart.com. Fairfax.


THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Walk along a trail to enjoy the sights and sounds of winter at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, atWoodland Mound, 8250 Old Kellogg Road. Meet at the Seasongood Nature Center. Thewalk is free, but a vehicle permit is required to enter the park. For more information, call521-7275 or visit www.greatparks.org.FILE PHOTO

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At the start of eachnew year with you, Ilike to talk about foodtrends. Locally sourcedcontinues to be a bigfactor, along with home-made biscuits instead ofbuns and bread forsandwiches. Anothertrend is healthier kidsmeals: yogurt, apple-sauce and baked friesfor fried.

Gluten-free (no sur-prise) items will beabundant in restaurantsand at the grocery.

Chefs will use nuts ascoating for poultry andfish instead of flour.

Veggies galore, espe-cially cauliflower, willbe cooked simply orwith flavorful herbs andspices as mains andsides.

Heirloom beans andpeanuts are “in” and areeasily grown. Peanutshide under the groundand kids love to harvestthese.

Rice is big this year.You’ll see a dizzyingvariety, from instant tobrown to the new dar-ling of the food world:Carolina Gold. This isthe grandfather of long-grain rice here and,depending upon the wayit’s cooked, can be madeinto fluffy rice orcreamy risotto.

Tea is here to stay.Get out mom’s tea setand enjoy a relaxingand healthy cup of tea.Tea contains polyphe-nols, antioxidants thatare good for our heart,teeth, eyes and generalgood health.

As far as wild ed-ibles, I’m right on top ofit. I’ve made pine needletea (high in vitamins Aand C) for years andnow it’s hit the big time.It has a minty, pineyflavor. Look for groundpine needle tea at healthfood stores.

Ditto for sumac lem-onade. We have sumactrees (not the poisonsumac!) growing alongour old country roadand in late August theybear a beautiful, cone-shaped red fruit perfectfor tart, healthy lemon-ade. A caution here:Always make a positiveidentification whenpicking wild edibles.There are many non-edible look-a-likes outthere.

Rita’s vegetarian redbeans and rice

My twist on Hoppin’John, the traditionalNew Year’s dish. Riceand beans togethermake a protein-filleddish. Add sautéedshrimp or chicken for anon-vegetarian meal.Use your favoritebeans.

1 very generous cupchopped onion

2-3 teaspoons garlic, minced2 teaspoons cumin or totaste

2 bay leaves1 teaspoon chili powderblend or to taste

2 cups rice2 cans red beans, drained4 cups vegetable or chickenbroth, or bit more ifneeded

Salt and pepper to taste

To stirin aftercooking:Favoritegreens (Ifusing kale,add whenyou putrice in asit takeslonger tocook).

Garnish: Thinlysliced green onions,chopped tomatoes

Film pan with oliveoil. Add onion, garlic,cumin, bay and chilipowder. Sauté untilonion looks almostclear. Add rice, beansand broth. Bring to boil.Cover and lower to asimmer and cook untilrice is tender. Removebay leaves.

Health aspectsBeans: Lower choles-

terol, stabilize bloodsugar and reduce risk ofcancer and heart dis-ease.

Onions and garlic:Great for your heart.

Tomatoes: Containsantioxidants and is goodfor the prostate.

Brown rice vs. white:Nutritionally superior,your body absorbs nu-trients from brown ricemore slowly.

Bay: Helps bloodsugar levels.

Easy Southern“light” biscuits

Try a Southern flourlike White Lily, whichhas a lower gluten/pro-tein content than North-ern flours and producesa lighter textured bis-cuit.

2 cups self-rising flour1⁄4 cup shortening2⁄3 to 3⁄4 cup buttermilkMelted butter

Preheat oven to 475degrees. Spray bakingsheet. Spoon flour intomeasuring cup and lev-el off. Cut in shorteninguntil mixture resemblescoarse crumbs. With afork, blend in enoughmilk until dough leavessides of bowl. Knead acouple times on lightlyfloured surface and roll1⁄2 inch thick, cuttingwith biscuit cutter orglass. Place on bakingsheet, one inch apart.Bake 8-10 minutes oruntil golden. Brush withmelted butter.

On the blogHomemade self-

rising flour, more Hop-pin’ John recipes andquick cheddar bay bis-cuits.

Rita’s current herbbook

“Culinary Herbs thatHeal Body and Soul” isavailable at SacredHeart Radio (www.sa-credheartradio.com or513-731-7748).

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s culinary professionaland author. Find her blogonline at Cincinnati.Com/blogs. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Rita predictsfood trendsfor 2014

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN Rita’s red beans and rice is her take on the traditional New Year’s Hoppin’ John.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

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3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AMPastor John Robinson,

Interim

EVANGELICAL COVENANT

Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

4th Sunday, 11:00-11:30amECKWorship Service

11:00 am - NoonSecond Sunday of Each MonthAnderson Center Station

7832 Five Mile RoadCincinnati, OH 452301-800-LOVE GODwww.Eckankar.org

Local(513) 674-7001www.eck-ohio.org

ECKANKAR

CHURCH OF GODOF PROPHECY

Sunday School 10:00 amSunday Worship 11:00 am

Wed Night Bible Study 7:00 pmPastor Ed Wilson

8105 Beech Avenue - Deer Park(Just off Galbraith

across from Amity School)513-793-7422

CHURCH OF GOD

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First Church of Christ, Scientist3035 Erie Ave 871-0245Sunday Service and Sunday

School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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

Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

513-321-5856 Bill Rillo, PastorSunday Worship Services: 11:00am & 6:00pm

Sunday School: 9:45amWednesday Bible Study: 7:00pmwww.hydeparkbaptistchurch.org

BAPTIST

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

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

www.cloughchurch.org

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Changed from the Inside Out:

A New Heart"Traditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior Pastor

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

UNITED METHODIST

Sunday Services 8 &10:30 amSunday School 10:30 am

Programs for children, youth and adults6000 Drake Road

561-6805

Indian HillEpiscopal-Presbyterian Church

Equipping Service:4:30 p.m. Sat. & 8:50 a.m. Sun.

Exploring Service:10:00 a.m. & 11:10 a.m. Sun.Birth thru high school programs

3950 Newtown RoadCincinnati, OH 45244

513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service10:00am Educational Hour

11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.

683-1556www.golovelive.com

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

Phone: 271-8442Web: www.fcfc.us

Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Senior PastorPastor Justin Wilson, Youth Minister

Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am

All ages Sunday School 9:30 amWed. Fellowship Meal 6:00 pm

Wed. Worship/Bible Study 6:45 pmAll are Welcome!

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

www.stpaulcumc.org

Sundays9:15am &10:45am

Building HomesRelationships& Families

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Thieves have figuredout a new way to stealyour money and itdoesn’t involve sendingyou bad checks.

Once again they preyon people who can leastafford to lose money:those seeking a loan.

Krystal, I’ll just useher first name, wroteabout her mother’s needfor a loan while out ofwork following surgery.She turned to the In-ternet and found lots ofwebsites offering loans.After applying at one ofthem, she received a callsaying she was approvedfor the $2,000 she wasrequesting.

But first, she wastold, she had to proveshe could cover her firstloan payment. She toldthe lender she wouldn’t

send himmoneybeforegetting thefunds.

“Heanswered,‘No, ofcourse not.We justneed toverify

you’ll be able to makethe payment,’” Krystalwrote.

Krystal says she wasinstructed to go a localdrug store, get a VanillaCard and load it with$150 so they could verifythe funds.

“He then had mymother give him theinformation off the cardso he could verify thefunds. He told her ev-erything was great and

that he needed to placeher on hold so he couldgo ahead and finalize thetransaction. He cameback on the line and saidthat, due to her credit,would she be able toverify a second month’spayment for another$150 on the VanillaCard? She told him,‘No,’” Krystal wrote.

At this point Krystalsays she and her motherwere suspicious, beganresearching the cardand discovered the so-called lender was buyingtime so he could pull thefunds off the VanillaReload Card. By thetime they began tryingto download the fundsfrom the card them-selves, the “lender” hadalready taken all themoney.

They called the localpolice who had themcontact the Vanilla Net-work to see if they couldlearn where the moneyfrom the card was re-leased. She was told ithad been placed into theaccount of a pre-paiddebit card so the moneycould now be taken andused anywhere without atrace.

“All said and donethis scam has me out ofpocket over $170,” Krys-tal wrote.

She’s not alone, I re-ceived a letter from aHarrison area man whoalso applied for an on-line loan and was sent tothe store to buy a GreenDot Money Pack. Heloaded $375 on the cardand didn’t realize it wasa scam until they gotanother $282 from him.

The Federal TradeCommission says legiti-mate lenders never“guarantee” or sayyou’re likely to get aloan or a credit cardeven before you apply –especially if you havebad credit, no credit or abankruptcy.

Bottom line, bewareof these newmethodsused to steal your mon-ey. Remember, onlinelending offers are oftenjust scams and a quickway to lose your money.

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].

Beware lending scams

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Church of theRedeemerThe Music in the Chapel Con-cert Series returns at 3 p.m.Sundays in the chapel. OnFeb. 2, a German BaroqueChamber Music program willbe given. The church wel-comes back University ofCincinnati College-Conserva-tory of Music faculty memberRodney Stucky, baroqueguitar and archlute, andCincinnati Symphony Orches-tra member James Lambert,viola da gamba. They will bejoined by James’ wife, Barba-ra Lambert, baroque flute,and son Colin Lambert, cello.The ensemble will performworks of Bach, Telemann,Schenck and Hertel as part ofthe Cincinnati Early MusicFestival program.On March 2, Mary SouthworthShaffer, soprano, and herhusband, Jeff Shaffer, willbring an hour of favoritepieces for soprano and trum-pet. Mary and Jeff are mem-bers of Redeemer.Music director Loretta Granerhas added three additionalprograms to Redeemer’sconcert season starting with aperformance at 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 15, by theMillikin University Chorus ofDecatur, IL. This concert issponsored by parishioner andformer president of thecollege, Doug Zemke, and hiswife, Ellen Boling Zemke.The first public musical of-fering in The Opus 25 Organ

Concert Series presents Re-deemer’s organist, Ted Gibbo-ney and soprano Audrey Lunain a performance of Coupe-rin’s “Tenebrae” at 3 p.m.Feb. 16. This program featuresthe Canadian Juget-Sinclairorgan.To wrap up the season, Mes-siaen’s “Quartet for the Endof Time” and Stravinsky’s“L’Histoire du Soldat”will bepresented by Jennifer Rod-way, clarinet; Marion Peraza,violin; Ellen Stephens, cello;and Song Hun Nam, piano, at3 p.m. March 16.All programs are free andopen to the public.The church is at 2944 Erie Ave.,Hyde Park.

Sonrise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group.Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery programbased on the Beatitudesaddressing many of life’shurts, hang-ups and habits.Organizers say about one-third of the people attendingCelebrate Recovery or “CR”deal with chemical depen-dencies. CR is in more than19,000 churches worldwidewith more than half a millionpeople completing the pro-gram.The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000;www.sonrise-church.com.

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charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police department:

» Cincinnati, Capt. Jeff Butler, District 2 commander, 979-4440» Columbia Township, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,Sgt. Peter Enderle, 683-3444» Fairfax, Steve M. Kelly, chief, 271-7250»Mariemont, Rick Hines, chief, 271-4089» Terrace Park, Jerry Hayhow, chief, 831-2137 or 825-2280.

CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Arrests/citationsJordan Daddario, born 1991,possession of an open flask,Dec. 16.Anthony Wayne Lewis, born1967, possession of drugs, Dec.17.David Thomas, born 1990,passing bad checks, Dec. 18.Corey Crews, born 1988, aggra-vated armed robbery, Dec. 19.Ron Combs, born 1969, resistingarrest, robbery, Dec. 20.Yuriy Ganiyev, born 1979, theftunder $300, Dec. 20.Geron Blunt, born 1969, unau-thorized use of a motor vehicle,Dec. 21.ShawnMcCane, born 1983, drugabuse, possession of drug abuseinstruments, possession of drugparaphernalia, Dec. 22.

Incidents/investigationsAggravated robbery4949 Ridge Ave., Dec. 19.Assault1339 Herschel Ave., Dec. 17.Burglary3160 Linwood Ave., Dec. 16.2923 Annwood St., Dec. 18.Criminaldamaging/endangering2630 Victory Pkwy., Dec. 16.721Delta Ave., Dec. 16.721Delta Ave., Dec. 16.

4304 Duck Creek Road, Dec. 17.2935 Woodburn Ave., Dec. 20.2903 Linwood Ave., Dec. 20.Inducing panic3760 Paxton Ave, Dec. 20.Menacing2818 Cypress Way, Dec. 20.Taking the identity ofanother4211Allendorf Drive, Dec. 19.Theft3415 Wallace Ave., Dec. 16.6506 Desmond St., Dec. 16.721Delta Ave., Dec. 16.723 Delta Ave., Dec. 16.6334 Montgomery Road, Dec.16.3811 Eastern Ave., Dec. 17.4928 Strathmore Drive, Dec. 17.4928 Strathmore Drive, Dec. 17.5001 Kingsley Drive, Dec. 17.3760 Paxton Ave., Dec. 17.3904 Taylor Ave., Dec. 17.3115 Gloss Ave., Dec. 17.3819 Eastern Ave., Dec. 18.3350 Erie Ave., Dec. 18.4619 Glenshade Ave., Dec. 18.2101Grandin Road, Dec. 19.5320 Stewart Ave., Dec. 19.5515 Madison Road, Dec. 19.5515 Madison Road, Dec. 19.3161Madison Road, Dec. 19.4070 Paxton Ave., Dec. 19.1341 Paxton Ave., Dec. 20.4324 Duck Creek Road, Dec. 20.5001 Kingsley Drive, Dec. 20.3424 Aultwoods Lane, Dec. 20.4825 Marburg Ave., Dec. 22.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsTerrance Kershaw, 42, 601Rockdale Ave., theft, Dec. 13.Timothy Bishop, 48, 3031 Elsm-ere Ave., theft, Dec. 11.Tracy McFarland, 42, 5555Beechmont, theft, Dec. 10.Patrick Holloway, 49, 758 Ridge-way, theft, Dec. 10.William Humphrey, 36, 10415Gratis Jacksonburg Road, theft,Dec. 13.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultVictim struck at 8278 WoosterPike, Nov. 27.Identity theftReported at 5632 View Pointe,Dec. 3.Passing bad checksReported at 3250 Highland Ave.,Nov. 2.TheftPrescription valued at $970removed at 8210 Wooster Pike,Dec. 4.Jewelry valued at $15,000 re-moved at 7522 MuchmoreClose, Dec. 8.

FAIRFAXArrests/citationsMary Proffitt, 27, 5309 ReserveCircle, failure to reinstate, Dec.

3.Marc A. Fritz, 38, 2713 ErleneDrive, driving under suspension,Dec. 4.Jamie Blair, 29, 4815 WhetselAve., theft, Dec. 5.Amy Hamilton, 28, 4700 Beech-wood, criminal tools, theft,criminal damage, Dec. 6.Christopher Morgan, 35, 1804Sutton Ave., theft, Dec. 7.Adrienne Wooten, 30, 849 OakSt., theft, Dec. 7.Mamie Osborne, 31, 1951 Berk-ley, theft, Dec. 7.James Tatman, 41, 6209 Bramble,driving under suspension, Dec.7.Gerald D. Witt Jr., 20, 4432Sullivan, theft, Dec. 8.Tiearra Jackson, 29, 2584 RingPlace, driving under suspension,Dec. 9.Stefanie Kruse, 33, 6932 Palmet-to St., no drivers license, druginstruments, Dec. 12.Eric M. Shakland, 31, 118 HollinDrive, theft, Dec. 12.George Bond, 36, 4105 Whetsel,theft, Dec. 12.Princella Lewis, 48, 5610 WintonRoad, theft, Dec. 12.Ronkita D. Price, no age given,149 Mitchell Ave., attempt,criminal damage, Dec. 12.Alexis M. Cook, 23, 2534 Not-tingham Road, theft, Dec. 12.Natasha Passmore, 40, 1424

Russell St., driving under sus-pension, Dec. 12.

Incidents/investigationsTheftMerchandise taken fromWal-mart; $63 at 4000 Red Bank,Dec. 8.Merchandise taken fromWal-mart; $20 at 4000 Red Bank,Dec. 11.Merchandise taken fromWal-mart; $198 at 4000 Red Bank,Dec. 12.Tee shirt, etc. taken fromWal-mart; $38 at 4000 Red Bank,Dec. 12.Clothing taken fromWalmart;$314 at 4000 Red Bank, Dec. 12.

MARIEMONTArrests/citationsAndrew Riggs, 25, 5817 EleanorSt., drug abuse, Dec. 8.Brandon Jansen, 21, 4125 ForkRidge, drug abuse, Dec. 8.Joseph V. Hoffman Jr., 47, 6739Fieldhouse, driving underinfluence, Dec. 7.

Incidents/investigationsTheftPersonal papers taken fromvehicle at 3814 West St., Dec. 2.Money taken; $7,000 at 3848Homewood, Dec. 3.

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ABOUT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSInformation is provided as a public service by the office

of Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes. Neighborhooddesignations are approximate.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP2891 Losantiridge Ave.: Althoff,Gregory R. to Vale, Zoraida &Matthew E.; $223,000.6925 Vinewood Ave.: Forest HillsProperties LLC to Vilardo Broth-ers LLC; $29,500.5430 Windridge Court: An-derson, Willie A. to Heglin,John Dennis; $125,000.

COLUMBIA TUSCULUM3518 Eastern Ave.: GRP RiversideLLC to RS Pro Sales LLC;$260,000.3018 Golden Ave.: Cooper, NancyS. Tr. & Charles J. Miller Tr. toSchoepf, Julie A. Tr.; $835,000.3512 Riverside Drive: GRP River-

side LLC to RS Pro Sales LLC;$260,000.533 Tusculum Ave.: Aaron,Jeremy to Wells Fargo Bank NA;$84,000.

HYDE PARK4151Allendale Drive: Bergman,Alexis D. to Tay, Cynthia;$164,900.3715 Aylesboro Ave.: Canavan,Jennifer to Dorton, Jana M.;$198,000.1351Delta Ave.: Messer, Carol A.to Fagerquist, Patrick W. & Lori;$540,000.2943 Erie Ave.: Kennedy-Tilow,Sally to Collins, Ronald Gene &Athena Mae Kaviris; $825,000.2860 Erie Ave.: Kissel, Theodore

A. III to Hunsucker, Emily M.;$225,000.Golden Ave.: Cooper, Nancy S. Tr.& Charles J. Miller Tr. toSchoepf, Julie A. Tr.; $835,000.2599 Observatory Ave.: Bronzie,Design & Build LLC to Gaither,Thomas Carter & Stephanie P.;$801,000.2920 Portsmouth Ave.: Macar-thur, Daniel to Basil, Jay & Beth;$225,500.1234 Rookwood Drive: 1234Rookwood LLC to Lyons, Leon-ard; $620,000.3304 Westside Ave.: Zingarelli,Nicholas A. to Rathnayake,Monika; $362,000.

MADISONVILLE

5017 Anderson Place: Gordon,Marjorie to Gordon, Richard F.Jr.; $27,500.6628 Merwin Ave.: Young,Robyn & Jason to Harley, Rob;$41,000.

MARIEMONT6511Mariemont Ave.: Carrelli,Gary E. & Amy D. to Barber, Eric& Heather; $550,000.6923 Mount Vernon Ave.: Guas-taferro, Anthony & Sally Claireto Myer, Charles M. Iv & Amy S.;$680,000.6959 Nolen Circle: Harrigan, H.Leanne to Andrews, Courtenay& David King; $260,000.3901West St.: NAP Emery ParkLLC to Sullivan, Patricia M.;

$441,005.

MOUNT LOOKOUT2994 Alpine Terrace: Adams,Matthew Tr. to Gerbus Proper-ties Inc.; $210,000.1135 Cryer Ave.: Keithley, Nick &Richard A. Pinson to Kuyken-doll, Jennifer A. & James;$445,000.3142 Lookout Circle: Mayer, C.Lane to Wessendorf, Andrew P.;

$353,000.3202 Lookout Circle: Steinert,Nicholas & Charlotte Imwalle toBledsoe, Ryan A. & Erin D.;$326,000.1077 Richwood Ave.: BlackDiamond Construction Co. toLemoine, Randall & Antje;$876,326.

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