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Students, faculty andstaff at Finneytown schoolshave found a unique way ofgiving back.

People have been donat-ing pillowcases which arethen transformed into shirtsand shorts for needy chil-dren in Haiti.

Junior high and highschool math teacher LanaGerber asked for donationsfor a mission trip herchurch, Maineville UnitedMethodist Church, will betaking in March to deliverthe clothes. Also going onthe mission trip is the Ow-ensville United MethodistChurch. The two churcheshave been collecting andsewing and will distribute1,500 pillowcase dresses and1,500 pillowcase shorts.

“This school has alwaysbeen huge about communityservice,” she said. “Ithought it would be a goodidea to support the people inHaiti.”

She said the schools’response has been outstand-ing. After sending emails,presenting the idea to class-es and hanging a sampledress in the main highschool office, the donationscame flooding in.

“I kept finding pillow-cases shoved in my mailboxin the office,” she said andlaughed.

After hearing about themission, educational assis-tant Margie Hajer thoughtsewing the dresses would bea perfect task for her moth-er-in-law Jo Ann Hajer.

“Anything you can do tohelp a child is good,” Jo AnnHajer said.

Unique clothing sentto children in Haiti

Finneytownhelping churcheson mission trip

Finneytown teacher Lana Gerber holding a complete pillowcasedress. MONICA BOYLSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Two complete pillowcase dresses. THANKS TO SHAWNMAUS.

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Forest Park resident LeahHassert, 37, came to a focusgroup on a newWintonWoodsCity School District hoping torelay what is important toher.

“I want someonewho has avested interest in the districtand would treat the job as iftheir ownkidswereattendingWintonWoods,” said Hassert,who has two children attend-ing district schools. “It’s alsoimportant that he or sheknows when to be firm andbusinesslike but also knowswhen to be nurturing.”

Hassert said she wants thenext superintendent to be anactive listener and have goodrelationship with parents andstaff.

“We moved here specifi-cally for the diversity andstrong academic program-ming,” she said.

The Jan. 16 focus group

was hosted bythe OhioSchool BoardsAssociation,which is coor-dinating thehiring of a newsuperinten-dent. Formersuperinten-

dent Camille Nasbe retiredDec. 31; Jim Smith, formerBethel-Tate Schools superin-tendent is serving as interimsuperintendent.

More than 20 communitymembers, including parents,grandparents, former teach-ers – and one self-proclaimedempty-nester – attended themeeting to give their hopesand concerns for the futureleader.

Some of the hopes includ-ed that the new superinten-dent to raise academicachievement, increase par-ent involvement and instill

Eileen Mannira, left, shares what she would like to see the nextsuperintendent accomplish, while, from left, Paula Kuhn, Jim andDorothy Keith and Cozetta Brown listen. MONICA BOYLSON/THE

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Focus groupsdiscuss newschools headResidents speak up about superintendentsearch in Winton Woods districtByMonica [email protected]

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LaSota

SpringfieldTownship ishost-ingastateof the townshipmeet-ing at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27,at theGroveBanquetHall to re-view the last fiveyears and lookat the fiscal future of the town-ship.

“We’re going to look back atwhat’s taken place, such as

changes in thelegislature andhow those deci-sions and issueshave challengedus and then showwhat we’vedone,” Adminis-trator Mike Hin-nenkamp said.

The administrator will dis-cuss how the elimination of es-tate taxandcuts in the localgov-ernment fund have affected thefinances of the township. Hesaid they have been fiscally re-sponsible and made significantcuts in preparation for de-

creased funding.“We’ve cut our budgets way

back,” Trustee President JoeHonerlaw said. “Our budget is35 percent below what it wasyears ago.”

Pinching pennies allowedthem some carryovermoney orsavings which will help themride out the next couple ofyears. However, with changesin government funding and al-ready high taxes in the town-ship, therewill need to be a planto generate more revenue.

“Themoral of thestory is ourproperty taxes are high,” hesaid. “I don’t think we have the

option to keep raising them.”The board has been discuss-

ing a series of options since Au-gust.

» Keep all programs thesame. Find a way to fund them.

» Make the service levelsmatch the revenue. Live withinyour means.

» Contract police, fire andemergencyserviceswithanoth-er district.

» Form a joint police, fireand emergency service districtwith a neighboring community.Share services and responsibil-

Springfield Twp. to host state of the township meetingAdministrator willlook at the past anddiscuss fiscal futureByMonica [email protected]

Hinnenkamp

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She said the time ittakes to make one dressis about an hour.

“I try to make eachone different. Two girlsdon’t want to dressalike,” she said. “It’sher dress and I want itto be personal.”

Already, Hajer hasmade 40 dresses. Hercontribution will beadded to nearly 840dresses and 500 shortsthat members of theOwensville UnitedMethodist Church havecollected and sewn.

“We’re excited be-cause we’re so close toour goal,” said Lin La-drigan, member of Ow-ensville church andfounder of AngelsDress Shop, an organi-

zation that sews pillow-case dresses andshorts.

“It’s amazing to seehow everybody’s cometogether,” she added.“It’s a joy to think wemight change a few peo-ple’s lives.”

Donations will be ac-cepted through Feb. 27,Ladrigan said, so theycan weigh and pack theclothes for the planetrip to Haiti. Accepteddonations include: pil-lowcases, completedresses or shorts, elas-tic, thread, string, biastape, trim or money tohelp pay to ship the do-nations or purchase ad-ditional supplies. Dona-tions can be sent to Fin-neytown High School,8916 Fontainebleau Ter-race, Cincinnati, Ohio45231, or to AngelsDress Shop at 2580 U. S.50, Batavia, Ohio 45103.

ClothingContinued from Page A1

ities.» Internal consolida-

tion of service depart-ments into one depart-

ment. Employees wouldbe tasked with becominga “jack of all trades.”

Additionally, they areconsidering creating ajoint economic develop-ment district or a JEDDin which they work withone ormoremunicipalityto levy taxes. Becausethe townships cannotlevy taxes, officials needto collaborate with a cityor village to levy anyfunds.

Springfield Townshipwould use the partnercity’s tax code to levy apayroll tax on peopleworking within the dis-trict, Hinnenkamp said.

He call a JEDD goodfor a township because itcan raise money that oth-erwise could not beraised. A municipalitybenefits from the con-tract because it share inthe profits of the levy, headded.

“It’s decision time,” hesaid. “In 2013 we have todecide what direction weare going on some ofthese big things.”

Hinnenkamp will ex-plain all the options, thetrustees will make an ad-dress and following themeeting they will beavailable for questionsand comments. He said

they also discuss fi-nances during budgetmeetings in Februaryand March and there willbe public hearings andopportunities for publiccomments.

“We’re trying to bringeverybody up to date,” hesaid. “It’s very importantthatwecommunicateandget the information out.This is an opportunity forresidents to hear andlearn the issues and seethe options.”

For more information,visit http://www.springfieldtwp.org/stateofthetownship.cfm or call 522-1410.

TownshipContinued from Page A1

discipline.Kathy LaSota, direc-

tor of School Board Ser-vices for the schoolboards association, hasalready met with WintonWoods teachers and ad-ministrators to gather in-put about what qualitiesand characteristics thenew superintendentshould possess as well aswhat challenges that per-son will face.

“People were like-minded across the

board,” she said. “Theystressed communication,transparency, a collabo-rative leadership styleand the biggie is that thenext superintendent un-

derstands the culturehere and has had successin a similar kind of demo-graphic.”

LaSota is compiling alist of all the commentsand common themesfrom all the participantsand will present it to theWinton Woods SchoolBoard.

Applications for thesuperintendent positionwill be accepted through

Wednesday, Feb. 6. Theschool boards associa-tion will then screen theapplications and presenta report to the board, in-cluding the list of focusgroup comments, byThursday, Feb. 14.

First-round of candi-date interviews beginTuesday, Feb.19, and sec-ond-round interviewsWednesday, Feb. 27. Theschool board expects tomake a final decision byMonday, March 25.

Formore information,visit www.ohioschoolboards.org or email La-Sota at klasota@ohios-chool boards.org.

FocusContinued from Page A1

Forest Park resident GeorgeWharton, left, shared hiscomments, while AlfieJones, Forest Park, listened.MONICA BOYLSON/THE

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Twenty-four students inMcAuley High School’s Cre-ative Cooking and Contempo-rary Living classes recentlyvisited historic Findlay Mar-ket.

The objectives of the fieldtripwere to learnabout andseethe advantages of buying local,learn about Over-the-Rhine’sneighborhood history and ex-perience unusual or exoticfoods not found at most groce-ry stores.

The students were greetedbyCherylEagleson,marketingdirector for the Corporationfor Findlay Market. Eaglesontalked to the students about thedefinition of a public market,the architecture of the sur-rounding buildings and the his-

tory of Findlay Market.The rest of the learning ac-

tivities included a scavengerhunt, shopping and windowshopping at the various ven-dors, and purchasing food forlunch at the market.

Classes shop atFindlay Market

In front of one of Findlay Market's entrances are, from left, KatieRichter, Katie Sterwerf, Amie Overberg and Savannah Frank.PROVIDED.

Katie Calder, left, and Julia Faheysample gelato from Dojo Gelato.PROVIDED.

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

HILLTOPPRESSEditor: Marc Emral, [email protected], 853-6264

Winton Woods City Schoolsrecently signed a partnershipagreement between the Acad-emy of Global Studies @ Win-ton Woods High School andJianping High School inShanghai, China, to pursue co-operation in training Jianpingteachers, sharing curriculumand creating an exchange pro-gram for international stu-dents between the two schools.

TimCleary, president of theWintonWoodsBoard of Educa-tion, signed the agreementwith Zhenfeng Yang, principalof Jianping High School,which is the fifth highest-rat-ed high school in Shanghai.

“Mr. Yang is interested increating an AGS branch cam-pus in Shanghai on a new sitethat was donated to Jianpingby the Shanghai government,”said Camille Nasbe, WintonWoods superintendent. “Thiswould help establish teacher/

student exchanges that wouldgenerate revenue for bothschools.” Currently, WintonWoods has two tuition-payinginternational students who at-tend AGS, with several morestudents to arrive in January.

During Yang’s visit to AGS,he saw the school’s mentoringprogram in action, visited stu-dents in the classrooms andheard a presentation by sopho-more Ryan Capal.

“I am very impressed withthe Winton Woods studentstaking the initiative to greetme and chat with me,” saidYang. “This is an area whereChinese students can learnfrom their counterparts in theU.S.”

Nasbe said Yang was in-trigued by a presentation shegave, alongwithWintonWoodsHigh School principal Dr. Ter-ri Holden, at an internationalconference they were invited

to byMichelleHu, president ofDehan Education, a Mason-based global firm.

“He wants to ensure hisgraduates are prepared towork in the global workforce,”said Nasbe. “He is interestedin having teacher and studentexchanges with the highschool in order to help his stu-dents become more creativeand collaborative criticalthinkers. He hopes to be ableto adopt much of the AGS cur-riculum and pedagogy with aneye to ‘revolutionizing’ educa-tion in China with the newschool.”

Students at the Academy ofGlobal Studies have a longerday, perform community ser-vice, participate in a mentor-ing program, travel or host aforeign student, and take fouryears of Global Seminar andChinese or Spanish, in additionto the core curriculum.

Schools sign partnership agreement

Tim Cleary, left, president of the Winton Woods board of education,and Zhenfeng Yang, principal of Jianping High School in Shanghai,show the plaques they received acknowledging the cooperationagreement between the two schools, which is contingent uponapproval by the Winton Woods board of education and the ShanghaiBureau of Education. PROVIDED.

The Ambassadors at Win-ton Woods High School havebeen busy throughout the dis-trict helping out at eventsfrom cookouts to book fairs.

They’ve greeted and di-rected guests at the highschool during communitymeetings andassistedparents

during the school’s openhouse.

“Our students have alreadybeen involved in a number ofactivities this school year,”said Ambassadors sponsorCraig Filipkowski, assistantprincipal at Winton WoodsHigh School. “They helped at

our back-to-school cookout inAugust, have worked bookfairs at a few of our lowergrade buildings and are pro-viding tutoring at both the in-termediate and elementaryschools.”

Filipkowski said some ofthe Ambassadors are also in-

volved in the district’s LatinoLiteracy Program for fam-ilies of students in kindergar-ten through fourth grade stu-dents. The program is de-signed to help Latino familiesdevelop a purposeful, struc-tured reading time with theirchildren at home.

Pictured from front left are Ambassadors Stacia Hackmann, Jasmine Jones, Alex Strupe, Elise Mills, Marie Koala, Aleithea Sims and Ruhi Gulati;second row, Briana Wiley, Sarah Drees, Ashley Smith, Terrell Cooper, Kim Steele, Breanna Springer, Taylor Baird, DuJour Wills and DonishaRamsey; third row, Tanner Varney, Shanice Wiechman, Luis DeJesus, Sabrina Mercer, April Otto, Blake Howard, Darnell Dees, Jalen Walker,Taylor Kinley and Malik Hill. Not pictured are Cidney Carter, Emily Capal, Brianna Chenault, Tiasia Cockrell and Katie Schmittou. PROVIDED.

Ambassadors help in the district

Dean’s listBrittany Zins was named to

the fall dean’s list at Union Col-lege.

She also recently earned thedistinction of being named tothe fall 2012 list of presidentiallaureates at Union College.

To make the list, a studentmust achieve a 3.75 grade-pointaverage for two successive se-mesters,withat least15hoursofgraded work and withoutgradesofCorbelowineitherse-mester.

Zins was one of only 19 stu-dents at Union to earn this dis-tinction for the fall 2012 semes-ter.

■Joseph Stanford, a first-

year student in RIT’s NationalTechnical Institute for theDeaf,was named to the dean’s list forthe fall quarter.

■Elisa Riddell was named to

the Columbia State dean’s Listfor the fall semester.

■The following students were

named to the fall dean’s list atTennessee State University:

Michael Austin, SaffiyahDunn, Jasmine Hudson, Won-dra Hudson and Donnie John-son.

■Jeremy Stepp was named to

the fall semester dean’s list atHeidelbergUniversity.

■Joy Chen and Kevin Kay

werenamed to the fall semesterdean’s list at the University ofEvansville.

ScholarshipsAlexus Carpenter, a phar-

macy student at the Universityof Toledo, has received a Path-ways to Success in Science,Technology, Engineering andMathematics Scholarship,made possible by a grant fromtheGE Foundation.

The scholarship program isdesigned to increase the num-ber of first-generation, low-in-come studentswho pursue a de-gree in STEM fields.

MiscellaneousNorth College Hill High

School graduate Ryana Wrightreceived a great holiday gift:Free tuition at theUniversity ofCincinnati Blue Ash College forthe spring semester.

The free tuition covers all in-structional costs for the semes-ter and is valued at just under$2,000.

Wright, who is working to-wardadegreeindentalhygiene,won a raffle held by the college.

COLLEGECORNER

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

NORTHCOLLEGEHILL— In the sport ofwrestling, coaches can teach their pupilsall the rightmoves, but it’s up to that indi-vidual to applywhat they learned inprac-tice during actual matches.

If it can be done, success will mostlikely follow, as two North College Hillmat men are currently finding out.

Juniors Tim Sutton and Boyd Howardare two of the squad’s team memberswhoareexpanding theirwrestling reper-toire.

Sutton, who wrestles at 120 pounds, is21-1with16 pins on the season, accordingto MiamiValleyConference.com.

He’s a returning district qualifierwhohas his eyes trained on the state tourna-ment later this winter.

“When we see things at tournamentsthat need work, Tim’s willing to go backinto the room and implement thosethings,” said coach Tim Sies said. “He’snot afraid to put those moves from prac-tice in at match time.”

Howard, who competes in the 160-pound class, is 25-4 with 13 pins.

“He’s a lot like Tim; you can see himimplementing the things he was workingon in practice and not afraid to try in amatch,” Sies said.

Howard’s tournament wins this sea-son include a home victory at the Ever-ette Howard Memorial Invitational, anevent named afterHoward’s older broth-er who died in 2011.

Sies said the junior had extra incen-tive and lots of family attending the tour-nament.Howardwent out to be voted themeet’s most outstanding wrestler at theevent.

NCH, which is also seeking its sixth-straight MVC championship, has alsobeen boosted by senior Mikiel Kendall,Damien Bridges and heavyweight MikeHarris.

Kendall is a senior who competes at126 pounds. He’s compiled a 25-3 recordand has taken the runner-up spot at sometournaments this winter.

Sies said Kendall is working on hismat skills, andwrestling fromthebottomand top position, because he’d like towrestle next season at John Carroll Uni-versity in northeast Ohio.

Bridges is havingwhat Sies describedas a “breakout year.” Bridges is workingon beingmore consistent, but so far, Sieslikes how his pupil is pacing himself dur-ing matches.

“He’s doneagood jobat slowingdown,and it’s paying off,” Sies said.

Harris returned in 2012 after not com-peting his sophomore year and has usedthe current season to shake off the rust.

He took fourth at the Madeira Invita-tional inearlyJanuary, andrecentlygaveNorthwest High School state qualifier,AmeerDaniels, a toughmatchbefore los-ing 5-2.

As theTrojansmovecloser to thepost-season, Sies and company and will alsolook for more contributions from MekhiJones, Sean Davis-Thompson and TimMullins.

Eachmember of the trio is competingoutside their normal weight class, butSies hopes to have them in the right spotsby the end of the season.

Besides winning another league title,Sies added that the Trojans would like toadvance five to eight wrestlers to thearea’s district tournament this February.

“That’s a big team goal,” he said. “Wehad fourmake it last year andwewant toat least break four. That would be a greataccomplishment.”

North College Hill’s Boyd Harris has wrestled to a 25-4 record at 160 pounds this season. THANKS TO NCHWRESTLING

NCHmatmen gearup for another titlePractice makes Trojansperfect, ready to rollBy Nick [email protected]

NCH wrestler Tim Sutton, left, is a part of aTrojans team seeking its sixth-straightleague championship. THANKS TO NCH

WRESTLING

MT. HEALTHY — If you askmost basketball coaches whatthey want from their pointguard, they will tell you to runthe offense, play defense andbe a leader.

Mount Healthy senior Er-icka Fitzpatrick does exactlythat.

The Lady Owl leads theSouthwest Ohio Conferencewith 5.3 assists per game, her13.8 points per game ranksthird in the SWOC and sheleads the second-highest scor-ing offense in the conference.

On defense, her 4.4 stealsper contest ranks first and shehas helped the Lady Owls to10-6 record.

“I think,No.1, it’s herathlet-ic ability,” coachJimPughsaidof Fitzpatrick’s success thisseason. “She has excellentquickness and sees the floor onboth the offensive and defen-sive end very well.”

Getting to this point wasn’tall fun and games. As a sopho-more at Colerain, Fitzpatrickwas averaging just five pointsa game.

The transformation camewhenshe transferred toMountHealthy her junior year andwent on to average 11 points,four assists and three stealslast season.

“Staying in the gym andworking hard,” Fitzpatricksaidofher turnaround last sea-son. “Getting to know myteammatesandcreatingchem-istry so they know how to playwithmeandIknowhowtoplaywith them (was key).”

Being a senior entails morethan just producing on thecourt, and Fitzpatrick is morethanwilling to accept those re-sponsibilities.

“Yeah, it’s very different,”she said of her senior year.“More of the younger playerslook up to me now. I have tolearn to keep my composuremore now. I have to be a leaderto them and teach them thingsthat they don’t know how to doyet.”

The Lady Owls have fivegirls averaging more than 7.5points per game and haveshown serious potential thisseason, especially in a 41-35loss to16-0 Talawanda - rankedNo.1inTheEnquirerDivisionsII-IV area coaches’ poll.

“I thinkwe cango very far,”

Mt. Healthy’s Ericka Fitzpatrickdraws the foul against Colerainin a 61-60 victory Nov. 27. Thesenior is averaging 13.8 pointsper game this season, whichranks her third in the SWOC. JEFFSWINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Fitzpatricksteals theshow forLady OwlsBy Tom [email protected]

See OWLS, Page A5

Boys basketball» Aiken led by three at the

half, but couldn’t pull of the up-set overMoeller as they lost 55-49 to theCrusadersJan.12. Sen-ior Austin Grimes was the onlyFalcon in double digits with 23points.

Trailing by 15 points at thehalf, Aiken outscored Taft 66-48 in the second half on thewayto a 88-85 victory Jan. 18.Grimes led all scorers with 28points.

»Winton Woods kept it roll-ing as they knocked off Turpin71-55, Jan. 12 behind 21 points

from Trent Donald.WintonWoodsdefeatedDay-

ton Ponitz 69-48, Jan. 15 behind23 points from Donald and 15fromKwan Cheatham.

»Gamble MontessorislippedpassedSCPA46-45, Jan.14 behind 16 points from Chris-topher Martin.

TheGators lost toRiverviewEast 71-58, Jan. 18 despite 16points from senior Isaac Phil-lips.

» Finneytown moved into asecond-place tie in the CHL af-ter a 58-49 victory over IndianHill Jan.18.BallyButler led theWildcats with 19 points.

» St.Xaviermoved to10-2 onthe season after a 60-41 victoryover Elder Jan. 18. Both Ben

Carroll and Joe Barrett scored16 points to lead the Bombers.

» RogerBacondefeatedPur-cell Marian, 97-50, Jan. 11. FredJackson scored 19.

The Spartans continued to

solidify itself as an area power-house with a 62-59 win over El-der Jan. 15. The squad over-came a 13-point deficit to comefrom behind and earn the win.Junior forward Austin Frentosledall scorerswith17points offthe bench.

The team closed out theweek with a 64-49 victory overBadin. Jackson scored 28points.

» La Salle beat Elder, 53-47,

HIGHLIGHTS

By Tom [email protected]

See HIGHLIGHTS, Page A5

La Salle’s Tim Bell, right, defendsa shot fromMoeller’s GrantBenzinger (15) during theCrusaders’ 54-47 victory Jan. 18.JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Jan. 11. Jeffrey Larkinscored 17 points. JeremyLarkin and Connor Speedeach scored 10.

Girls basketball» Finneytown lost to

Indian Hill 64-17, Jan. 12.Shyla Cummings led theLady Wildcats with eightpoints.

The Lady Wildcatstrailed 34-15 at the half ontheirway to a 54-37 loss toCincinnati Country DayJan. 14. Cummings ledwith 16 points.

» Talawanda got thebest of Mount Healthy

Jan. 12, 41-35. Ericka Fitz-patrick led with 10 points.MountHealthygot its10thwin following a 50-39 vic-tory over Little MiamiJan.16. SophomoreCarrieCollins led with 19 points.

»Winton Woods beatKings 43-19, Jan. 12. TyraJames led with 13 points,while Imani Partlow add-ed 11. Partlow scored 33points in the 82-32 victoryover Hughes Jan. 14.

» Aiken knocked offSchroder 48-40, Jan. 16.

»McAuley continuedits winning ways with a60-42 win over HarrisonJan. 14. Senior guardMegEgbers scored 11 points,while Taylor Pifher added10.

Wrestling

» St.Xavierplaced11that the CharlieMoore Invi-tational Jan.14 atReadingHigh School.

» Finneytown scored21 points to finish 15th atthe Charlie Moore Invita-tional Jan. 14 at Reading.

Boys bowling»Mount Healthy took

down Reading 2,526-2,349, Jan. 17 behind a 435series from NathanSmith.

» Sophomore ChrisWilhelm rolled a 220 highseries as Roger Bacon de-feated Badin, 2,533-2,339Jan. 14.

» La Salle completedits season sweep of Elderwith a 2,864-2,574, Jan. 17.Will Mullen rolled a 470high series, while Eric

Blessing (454) and MattNichols (415)alsoaddedtothe Lancers’ total.

Girls bowling»Mount Healthy lost

to Reading 1,783-1,649,Jan. 17. Junior Sara Fryeled the Lady Owls with a271 series.

»McAuley defeatedSt. Ursula, 2,344-1,550,Jan. 17. Alexis Bakerrolled a 455 high series.

Boys swimming» Roger Bacon defeat-

edColerain, 54-32, Jan.16.Individual winners in-cluded Kevin Anneken(100, 200 free), Joey Anel-lo (200 IM), Kyle Suffolet-ta (50 free) Drew Suffole-ta (100 fly, 100 breast).

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Fitzpatrick said. “Ihave a lot of faith in myteam. If we can play theway we can, how weplayed against Tala-wanda and a lot of otherteams, we can make itto state. I have a lot offaith in that.”

Regardless of whathappens this season,Fitzpatrick knows onething for sure when itcomes to her future.

“I plan to play in col-lege,” she said. “I haveMiami-Middletownlooking at me, but I’mnot really sure where

I’m going yet, but I doplan on going to collegefor basketball.”

OwlsContinued from Page A4

Mt. Healthy guard ErickaFitzpatrick (3) brings theball up the court. Thesenior leads her team andthe SWOC in assists (5.3per game) and steals (4.4)for the 10-6 Lady Owls.TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE

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Coaches clinicLa Salle High School will

have its fourth-annual YouthBaseball Coaches Clinic withtwo former professionalbaseball players: La Sallegraduate and new varsitypitching coach Sam McCon-nell and Marlon Styles Sr.

Athletic directors, base-ball coordinators and coach-es are invited to attend theclinic from 1 to 4:15 p.m.,Sunday, Feb. 10, at theschool’s gym at 3091 NorthBend Road, Green Township.Cost is $10 per coach.

McConnell and Styles willshare their approaches tothe game at the coachesclinic.

McConnell is among thenewest additions to the LaSalle Athletic Hall of Fame.He was named All-GCL inbaseball in 1993. He wasAll-GCL and All-City as heled La Salle to the GCLChampionship in 1994. Healso pitched a no-hitter thatyear. McConnell earned abaseball scholarship to Ball

State University, and pitchedfor three Major LeagueBaseball organizations,including the AtlantaBraves, over a 10-year career.

An Aiken High Schoolproduct, Styles was a Cincin-nati Reds fifth-round draftchoice and played for itsaffiliates. He is active in theReds’ Reviving Baseball inInner Cities program thatprovides inner-city youth anopportunity to learn andenjoy the game of baseball.

Fourth-year head varsitycoach Joe Voegele and otherLancer coaches will be onhand to assist at the Feb. 10clinic. They include varsitycoach Art Bellamy, juniorvarsity coaches Joe Schmetz-er, Chris Dooros and DavidMiddendorf, and freshmencoaches Keith Ruter and JoeAndrews.

To register or for informa-tion, call Voegele at 741-4353. In the event of ques-tionable weather on Feb. 10,participants may call 588-6607.

SIDELINES

St. Xavierstayed hot afterbeating GCL rivalElder 61-40 athome Jan. 18. Thewin was the Bomb-ers’ third in theirlast four games.

St. Xavier's 6-foot-11-inch big man, Tyler Hadden,throws down a two-handed dunk in the third quarter ofthe Bombers victory. Hadden finished with six points.TOM SKEEN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

BOMBERSDROP

PANTHERS

Ben Carroll of St. Xavierlays it up for an easy two

in the fourth quarter.Carroll led the team, alongwith Joe Barrett, with 16

points. TOM SKEEN/THE

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Hilltop Press EditorMarc [email protected], 853-6264Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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HILLTOPPRESSEditor: Marc Emral, [email protected], 853-6264

In the last Congress, I hadthe honor of serving as chair-man of the House ForeignAffairs Subcommittee on theMiddle East and South Asia.The so-called Arab Springbegan the month I took overas chairman (just a coinci-dence I assure you!).

It was an incredible expe-rience during a tumultuousperiod in this always volatileregion of the world. I had theopportunity to visit with ourbrave troops in Iraq, meetwith Israeli and Palestinianleaders in Jerusalem and theWest Bank, and witness first-hand the results of revolu-tions in Egypt, Yemen andLibya. In retrospect, perhapsmy saddest experience wasspending the better part oftwo days in Tripoli, Libya,with our courageous ambas-sador, Chris Stevens, who

would be mur-dered by ter-rorists in Ben-ghazi, Libya,one monthlater.

In Washing-ton, my com-mittee heldnumeroussubstantivehearings on

regional developments in theMiddle East, and heard testi-mony from key State Depart-ment officials, scholars, andthink tank professionals.

Last week, the ForeignAffairs Committee met forthe first time in this newCongress, and I was formallyappointed chairman of anoth-er panel – the Subcommitteeon Asia and the Pacific. It’san assignment that I believewill prove to be equally in-

teresting and challenging.It’s interesting to note that

President Obama announcedawhile back, with consider-able fanfare, his administra-tion’s intention to pivot U.S.attention and resources fromthe Middle East to East Asiaand the Pacific. His reason-ing is that as U.S. commit-ments in Iraq and Afghani-stan wind down, thwartingthe expansionist tendenciesof our real strategic worldrival, China, must be steppedup.

My committee will havejurisdiction over U.S. policyin an area that spans almosthalf the Earth’s surface, andcontains more than half theworld’s population. It stretch-es as far north as Mongolia,and south to New Zealand,from Pakistan in the west tothe Pacific island nations in

the east. The Asia-Pacificregion includes countriessuch as India, the world’slargest democracy; Indone-sia, the world’s largest Mus-lim nation; and China, theworld’s most populous coun-try. And the Asian-Pacificeconomy accounts for morethan 50 percent of worldtrade.

Some of the critical issuesI expect to deal with are thefollowing.

Challenging political tran-sitions in China, Japan, andSouth Korea. North Koreacontinues to belligerentlypush forward on its nuclearprogram. China continues toact aggressively toward itsneighbors, and against Amer-ican influence.

India dominates SouthAsia and this democracyshould be a natural ally of the

United States. However, con-siderable work remains toimprove this relationship.

And then there’s Pakistan.Even though we have provid-ed nearly $25 billion in aidover the last 10 years, Paki-stan remains an unreliableally in suppressing Islamicextremism. This relationshipmust improve as Pakistanwill be critical in the Afghanreconciliation process.

An ancient Chinese prov-erb says “May you live ininteresting times.” That islikely to be the case in theAsia-Pacific region into theforeseeable future.

Republican Steve Chabot representsthe 1st District. He can be reachedat 441 Vine St., Room 3003, Cincin-nati, OH., 45202, phone 513-684-2723;or by email at chabot.house.gov/contact-me/.

New committee will look over East Asia

Steve ChabotCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

While it may be cozy to sit by thefire on a cold winter’s night, consid-er the effects on air quality beforelighting a fire. Wood-burning pro-duces smoke containing fine parti-cles called particulate matter (PM)that can affect the lungs and heart.Long-term PM exposure can causea variety of health issues such as:

» Aggravated asthma»Decreased lung function» Irregular heartbeat»Development of chronic bron-

chitis» Increased

respiratorysymptoms, in-cluding irritationof the airways,coughing anddifficulty breath-ing.

If you dochoose to use afireplace, alwaysuse dry, well-

seasoned wood to reduce theamount of PM released.

If you are burning outdoors,check with your local fire depart-ment to determine your communi-ty’s regulations. Where you livemay determine whether you canburn. Certain items can never beburned including:

»Garbage»Materials containing rubber,

grease and asphalt»Materials made from petro-

leum (such as tires, cars and autoparts, plastics, or plastic-coatedwire).

Open burning pollutes the air webreathe. Even small fires can emitharmful chemicals.

The Southwest Ohio Air QualityAgency works with governmentagencies, businesses, communitiesand citizens to achieve and maintainhealthy air quality for Butler, Cler-mont, Hamilton andWarren coun-ties in Southwest Ohio. The Agencyis a division of the Hamilton CountyDepartment of Environmental Ser-vices which also encompasses theHamilton County Recycling andSolid Waste District. For more in-formation, visit the Southwest OhioAir Quality Agency online atwww.SouthwestOhioAir.org or in-teract with us on Facebook andTwitter.

Megan Hummel is public relations coor-dinator of the Southwest Ohio Air QualityAgency.

Wood firescan beharmful

Megan HummelCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

READING BUDDIES

Pairing up for Buddy Reading Days at Winton Woods Primary North are, from left, second-grader Maria Valencia-Guerrero,kindergartners Audrey Mills and DuJuan Walker, and second-grader Dylan Price. The purpose of the day was to have older studentsinteract with students from lower grade levels in order to form relationships and learn about other people within the school. PROVIDED.

In 2013, why not try a res-olution that will better theenvironment and the econo-my? Recycling conservesenergy, saves natural re-sources, reduces pollutionand creates jobs.

If you donot alreadyrecycle, youcan start to-day. Thefirst step isto get a binor find a re-cyclingdrop-off lo-cation. Formore infor-mation onyour com-

munity’s recycling pro-gram, call the RecyclingHotline at 513-946-7766 orwww.HamiltonCountyRecycles.org.

If you already recycle,

use the New Year to im-prove upon your good habit.While you probably alreadyrecycle pop cans, plasticbottles, newspaper andmilkjugs, some items are oftenforgotten. Remember youcan also recycle:

» Shampoo bottles» Salad dressing bottles» Contact solution bottles» Ketchup and mustard

bottles» Liquid laundry deter-

gent jugs» Jelly, tomato sauce,

pickle, and salsa jars» Empty aerosol cans (re-

move tips)» Magazines» Junk mail» Paper towel and toilet

paper cores» Tissue boxesItems such as Styrofoam,

aluminum foil, pie pans,takeout food trays, plastic

bags and yogurt cups cur-rently cannot currently berecycled in curbside recy-cling programs. Many ofthese items can still be re-cycled at a variety of out-lets.

» Plastic bags can be re-cycled at area stores such asKroger, Meijer, Lowe’s,Wal-Mart, Rempke Biggs orother locations

» No. 5 plastic tubs (in-cluding yogurt containers)can be recycled at WholeFoods Market

» CFL bulbs can be recy-cled at Lowe’s, Home Depotand Park + Vine

Please refer to our web-site, www.HamiltonCounty-Recy cles.org, or call theRecycling Hotline at 946-7766 for a complete list.

You can also resolve torecycle more by participat-ing in our free electronic

waste and yard trimmingdrop-off programs begin-ning in the spring. Be on thelookout for more informa-tion visit our website or callthe Recycling Hotline at946-7766.

The Hamilton County Re-cycling and SolidWaste Dis-trict is a division of theHamilton County Depart-ment of Environmental Ser-vices which also encom-passes the Southwest OhioAir Quality Agency. Formore information, visit theHamilton County Recyclingand Solid Waste District on-line at www.HamiltonCountyRecycles.org, call946-7766, or interact with uson Facebook and Twitter.

Holly Christmann is the programmanager for the Hamilton CountyRecycling and Solid Waste Dis-trict.

Resolve to recycle more this year

HollyChristmannCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

HILLTOPPRESS

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013

TheDramaClubofOurLadyofGraceCatholic School had aseries of three short plays last fall – “All’s Faire,” “Too ManyDetectives” and “The Valiant Villian.”

Theclub isunder thedirectionofOurLadyofGrace teacherNancyRobers.OurLadyofGraceCatholicSchool is theregion-al school that serves the parishes ofAssumption, Little Flower,St. Margaret Mary and St. Ann.

Caroline Ricke, frm left, Stacy Lovins and Olivia Coombs entertained audiences at the OLG Drama Club production of “All’s Faire.” THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ

Our Lady of Grace Drama Club presented the play “All’s Faire.” Students,from left, Josh Boggess and Kaleigh Nieman were featured in the play.THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ

Jakob Jones, Our Lady of GraceDrama Club student, is on thestage as OLG performs the play“The Valiant Villian.” THANKS TO

LYNN SCHULTZ

Our Lady of Grace Drama Club presented the play “Too ManyDetectives.” In the production were student actors Madison Snodgrass,left, and Grace Mattingly. THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ

Our Lady of Grace actors Jake Dewald, left, and Elaine Feldman are on stage during the school’s play “TheValiant Villian.” THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ

PLAYING INTHE FALL

Our Lady of Grace students, from left, Stephanie Ahrensen, Lillie Braunand Jenna Strassburger star in the play “Too Many Detectives.” THANKS

TO LYNN SCHULTZ

Our Lady of Grace’s “All’s Faire” student actors, from left, Hannah Clark-Havron, Laura Dressman, HannahPlylar, Morgan Mitchell and Marissa Youngblood entertain from the stage. THANKS TO LYNN SCHULTZ

B2 • HILLTOP PRESS • JANUARY 23, 2013

THURSDAY, JAN. 24Dance ClassesWaltz Classes, 7 p.m., Parky’sFarm Hayloft Barn, 10073 DalyRoad, Beginner-level dance classopen to all capable ages. Wearsmooth-soled shoes. Withinstructors Betty and Estil Ow-ens. Free. Presented by South-western Ohio/Northern Ken-tucky Square Dancers Feder-ation. 671-7219; www.sonksdf-.com. Springfield Township.Square Dance Lessons, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Forest Park ActivityCenter, 651W. Sharon Road,Low-impact activity to improveyour mind, body and spirit. Ages9 and up. $5. Presented byHappy Time Squares. 232-1303.Forest Park.

Special EventsBass Pro Shops Great Amer-ican Boat Show, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.,Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World,Cincinnati Mills, Boating andfishing seminars, and familyactivities. Kids casting activitySaturday-Sunday both week-ends from1-3 p.m. AscendKayak and Bass Pro Shops giftcard drawings. Boat showspecials with boat purchase.Free. 826-5200; www.basspro-.com. Forest Park.

FRIDAY, JAN. 25Farmers MarketLettuce Eat Well Winter Farm-ers Market, 3-7 p.m., CheviotUnited Methodist Church, 3820Westwood Northern Blvd.,Locally produced food items.Free. Presented by Lettuce EatWell. Through April 26. 661-1792; www.lewfm.org. Cheviot.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger Finney-town, 8421Winton Road, Fif-teen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byMercy Health Partners. 686-3310; www.e-mercy.com. Fin-neytown.

Special EventsBass Pro Shops Great Amer-ican Boat Show, 9 a.m.-10p.m., Bass Pro Shops OutdoorWorld, Free. 826-5200;www.basspro.com. Forest Park.

SATURDAY, JAN. 26EducationFinancial Preparedness Day,10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Pleasant RunPresbyterian Church, 11565Pippin Road, Fellowship Hall.Learn how to start a real bud-get, retire with more money,and get out of debt and save.With speaker, question-and-answer session, worksheets andrefreshments. Free. Registrationrequired. 868-8596; www.plea-santrunpc.org. Colerain Town-ship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Kids Dance FitnessClass, 10:30-11:15 a.m., GreatCommission Bible Church, 10200Hamilton Ave., Family LifeCenter. Healthy program featur-ing explosion of music, danceand energy. Ages 4-12. $4.851-4946; DebsFitnessParty.com.Mount Healthy.

Music - BenefitsSt. Bernard Band Bash, 7p.m.-midnight, St. BernardSchool and Parish Center, 7115Springdale Road, Parish Center.Adult-only fund-raising event.Music by Ryan Broshear. Includesbuffet dinner. Silent auction,raffles/baskets, beer and winecash bar. Ages 21 and up. $15.Presented by St. Bernard Athlet-ics and Parents Club. 353-3958;www.stbernardathletics.org.Colerain Township.

Music - ConcertsBlue Highway, 7:30-10 p.m., St.Xavier High School, 600 W.North Bend Road, PerformanceCenter. One of the leaders inbluegrass music. $30. Presentedby Greater Cincinnati Perform-ing Arts Society. 484-0157;www.gcparts.org. Finneytown.

On Stage - TheaterMurder Mystery Dinner, 6:30p.m., Mill Race Banquet Center,1515 W. Sharon Road, “CruiseShip Killer.” Dinner at 7 p.m.Audience participation. Adults.$34.50 plus tax; vehicle permitrequired. Registration requiredonline. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;

www.greatparks.org. Spring-field Township.

Special EventsBass Pro Shops Great Amer-ican Boat Show, 9 a.m.-10p.m., Bass Pro Shops OutdoorWorld, Tips, tricks and morefrom Gene Ellison, BassmasterOpens and PAA Pro Trail Com-petitor, at noon. Movement offish 1 p.m. and local fishing tips3 p.m. Kids fun fishing class5-6:30 p.m.; registration re-quired by calling 826-5200. Free.826-5200; www.basspro.com.Forest Park.

SUNDAY, JAN. 27AuditionsAmerican Girl Fashion ShowModel Auditions, 1-3 p.m.,Joseph Toyota of Cincinnati,9101 Colerain Ave., More than350 local girls ages 4-13 neededto present historical and con-temporary fashions to celebratebeing an American Girl as partof American Girl Fashion ShowApril 26-28 at Music Hall. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Aubrey Rose HollenkampChildren’s Trust Foundation.265-5801; www.aubreyrose.org/americangirlshow. ColerainTownship.

CivicState of the Township Com-munity Address, 2:30 p.m.,The Grove Banquet Hall, 9158Winton Road, Informationalcommunity meeting hosted bySpringfield Township Trustees.Reflects township’s progressover past year and addressesfuture as it relates to financeand planning. Free. Presentedby Springfield Township. 522-1410; www.springfieldtwp.org.Finneytown.

Clubs & OrganizationsOpen House, 2-4 p.m., MountHealthy Community Room,Joseph Street and Hill Avenue,Learn about tree care, celebratethe city’s green canopy andlearn what the commission isplanning. Refreshments and adoor prize. Presented by MountHealthy Urban Tree Commission.mounthealthytrees.org.MountHealthy.

Dining EventsAll-You-Can-Eat Breakfast, 8a.m.-noon, Fraternal Order ofEagles - Mount Healthy Aerie2193, 1620 Kinney Ave., Made-to-order omelets, eggs any style,goetta and more. $8. 931-2989.Mount Healthy.

LecturesBeauty in the Grove: TheHistory, Art, Architecture andLandscape of Spring GroveCemetery and Arboretum,2-5 p.m., German HeritageMuseum, 4790 West Fork Road,Presented by Phil Nuxhall,historian and docent trainer,Spring Grove Heritage Founda-tion. Free. Presented by Ger-man-American Citizens Leagueof Greater Cincinnati. 574-1741;www.gacl.org. Green Township.

NatureRavine to Freedom, 1-3 p.m.,LaBoiteaux Woods, 5400 LaniusLane, Walk wooded ravine usedby escaping slaves and hearstories about abolitionists that

followed Hamilton Avenueroute through Northside, Col-lege Hill, North College Hill andMount Healthy. Dress for weath-er. Ages 18 and up. $5. Regis-tration required. Presented byCincinnati Parks Explore Nature.542-2909; www.cincinnatipark-s.com. College Hill.Winter Visitors, 3 p.m., WintonWoods, 10245 Winton Road,Winton Centre. Meet and greetsome critters that can and somethat cannot survive winteryelements. Free, vehicle permitrequired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Parks Foundation.521-7275, ext. 240; www.great-parks.org. Springfield Township.

SchoolsOpen House, 1-3 p.m., St. JamesSchool, 6111 Cheviot Road,Families invited to tour school,meet teachers and get informa-tion about school. Free. 741-5333; www.stjameswo.org.White Oak.

ShoppingCoin Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,American Legion Post HughWatson Post 530 Greenhills,11100 Winton Road, Free admis-sion. Presented by Jim Huffman.937-376-2807. Greenhills.

Special EventsBass Pro Shops Great Amer-ican Boat Show, 10 a.m.-7p.m., Bass Pro Shops OutdoorWorld, Tips, tricks and morefrom Gene Ellison, BassmasterOpens and PAA Pro Trail Com-petitor, at noon. Free. 826-5200;www.basspro.com. Forest Park.

MONDAY, JAN. 28Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 7:45-8:45p.m., Cincinnati Dance andMovement Center, 880 ComptonRoad, Incorporates variety ofdance styles, including jazz, hiphop, latin, jive and more dancedto popular music. $10. Regis-tration required. Presented byCardio Dance Party. Through

Feb. 10. 617-9498; www.cardio-danceparty.com. SpringfieldTownship.

TUESDAY, JAN. 29BenefitsGarage Sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,BridgetownMiddle School, 3900Race Road, Gym. Over 50booths. Benefits Eighth-gradetrip to Washington, D.C. 574-3511. Green Township.

Dance ClassesNew Beginner WesternSquare Dancing Class, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Parky’s Farm HayloftBarn, 10073 Daly Road, Noexperience necessary. Free,vehicle permit required. Present-ed by Hamilton County ParkDistrict. 860-4746; www.great-parks.org. Springfield Township.

Senior CitizensLife Story Workshop, 1:30-3:30p.m., Springfield TownshipSenior and Community Center,9158 Winton Road, Discovernew techniques to rememberand tell stories of your lifejourney thus far. Bring pens andsense of adventure. Appropriatefor adults of any writing leveland both new and returningstudents. $57.50, $50 residents.Registration required. Presentedby Extraordinary Lives. 522-1154.Springfield Township.

THURSDAY, JAN. 31Dance ClassesWaltz Classes, 7 p.m., Parky’sFarm Hayloft Barn, Free. 671-7219; www.sonksdf.com. Spring-field Township.Square Dance Lessons, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Forest Park ActivityCenter, $5. 232-1303. ForestPark.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger North-gate, 9690 Colerain Ave., Fif-teen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-

nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byJewish Hospital. 686-3300;www.e-mercy.com. ColerainTownship.

FRIDAY, FEB. 1Farmers MarketLettuce Eat Well Winter Farm-ers Market, 3-7 p.m., CheviotUnited Methodist Church, Free.661-1792; www.lewfm.org.Cheviot.

SATURDAY, FEB. 2Exercise ClassesZumba Kids Dance FitnessClass, 10:30-11:15 a.m., GreatCommission Bible Church, $4.851-4946; DebsFitnessParty.com.Mount Healthy.

Mom’s ClubsMOPS Annual Swap, 2-4 p.m.,LifeSpring Christian Church,1373 W. Galbraith Road, Bringgently used clothes, toys, shoes,household items, books, kitchenitems, small appliances, CDs,DVDs and craft items. Free.Presented by Mothers of Pre-schoolers - LifeSpring. 522-7707.North College Hill.

On Stage - TheaterMurder Mystery Dinner, 6:30p.m., Mill Race Banquet Center,“A Reunion to Remember.”Dinner at 7 p.m. $34.50 plus tax;vehicle permit required. Regis-tration required online. 521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Springfield Township.

RecreationMonte Carlo Night, 8 p.m.-midnight, St. John NeumannChurch, 12191Mill Road, DanielHall. Blackjack, poker, pull tabs,Big 6, split-the-pot and more.Includes beverages, food, snacksand ticket for $100 cash draw-ing. Benefits Northwest HighSchool and Pleasant Run MiddleSchool. $10. Presented by North-west Boosters Association.742-6372. Springfield Township.

SUNDAY, FEB. 3Dining EventsSons of the American LegionBreakfast, 8:30-11:30 a.m.,American Legion Post 513, 7947Hamilton Ave., Made-to-ordereggs, omelets, bacon, goetta,ham, pancakes, biscuits andgravy, fried potatoes, fruit andmuffins. $8, free for children 6and younger. 729-0061.MountHealthy.

Music - ClassicalChallenging PerformancesSeries, 2 p.m., Northern HillsUnitarian-Universalist Fellow-ship, 460 Fleming Road, Recep-tion follows concert. $10, freefor children and music studentswith ID. Presented by Challeng-ing Performances. 931-6651;http://cpconcerts.syntha-site.com/. Springfield Township.

MONDAY, FEB. 4Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 7:45-8:45p.m., Cincinnati Dance andMovement Center, $10. Regis-tration required. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Springfield Township.

TUESDAY, FEB. 5Dance ClassesNew Beginner WesternSquare Dancing Class, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Parky’s Farm HayloftBarn, Free, vehicle permit re-quired. 860-4746; www.great-parks.org. Springfield Township.

Senior CitizensLife Story Workshop, 1:30-3:30p.m., Springfield TownshipSenior and Community Center,$57.50, $50 residents. Regis-tration required. 522-1154.Springfield Township.

Support GroupsGrief 101: New to Loss, 6:30-8p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Learn what toexpect and gain some insightand perspective on how tomanage the emotional rollercoaster a death creates. Findsupport and caring from thosewho have been on a similarjourney. Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. 931-5777.Finneytown.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6Clubs & OrganizationsMothers of PreschoolersMonthly Meeting, 9-11:30

a.m., LifeSpring ChristianChurch, 1373 W. Galbraith Road,Mothers with children newbornto kindergarten. Relationship-building with other moms,breakfast, speakers on variety oftopics, crafts, games, groupdiscussion and more. Free childcare provided. Membership:$23.95 per year. Presented byMothers of Preschoolers - Li-feSpring. 271-5775; www.mop-s.org. North College Hill.

EducationBoating Skills & SeamanshipCourse, 7-9 p.m., DiamondOaks Career DevelopmentCampus, 6375 Harrison Ave.,Continues through May 8. U.S.Coast Guard Auxiliary 13-weekclass for boat operators. $40.Registration required. Presentedby U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.742-4699; www.cgaux.org.Dent.

THURSDAY, FEB. 7Dance ClassesWaltz Classes, 7 p.m., Parky’sFarm Hayloft Barn, Free. 671-7219; www.sonksdf.com. Spring-field Township.Square Dance Lessons, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Forest Park ActivityCenter, $5. 232-1303. ForestPark.

Health / WellnessPathways Connect, 7-8 p.m.,Apex Chiropractic andWellnessCenter, 8624 Winton Road, SuiteB, Meet like-minded parents andcommunity member. Topicsinclude wellness and nutrition,child development, birth andpregnancy, and more. FirstThursday of each month. Free.Registration required. 931-4300;www.apexchirocenter.com.Finneytown.

FRIDAY, FEB. 8BenefitsCupcakes and Cocktails 3: AnEvent for Women Only,7-10:30 p.m., Clovernook Coun-try Club, 2035 W. GalbraithRoad, Shopping with selectboutiques and vendors, springfashion show, Lipstick & LashesLounge, photo booth, horsd’oeuvres, specialty cocktailsand more. Benefits Eve Center.$40. Reservations required.Presented by Eve Center. 985-9959; evecentercc3.event-brite.com. College Hill.

Farmers MarketLettuce Eat Well Winter Farm-ers Market, 3-7 p.m., CheviotUnited Methodist Church, Free.661-1792; www.lewfm.org.Cheviot.

On Stage - TheaterThe Traveling Jekyll and HydeShow, 7 p.m., The Grove Ban-quet Hall, 9158 Winton Road,Presented by Playhouse in thePark. Comedy deconstructsthemes of Stevenson’s classichorror novel using verbal wit,slapstick and clowning. Free.Presented by Playhouse in thePark. 522-1410; www.spring-fieldtwp.org/playhouse.cfm.Finneytown.

SATURDAY, FEB. 9EducationPortable Production VideoWorkshop, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Waycross Community Media,2086 Waycross Road, Everythingyou need to know to produceyour own program. Highlightsinclude DV camcorder etiquetteand usage, optimal audio insmall spaces, portable three-point lighting and shot composi-tion. $50, $25 residents. Regis-tration required. Through Nov.9. 825-2429; www.waycross.tv/Workshop_Registration.html.Forest Park.

Exercise ClassesZumba Kids Dance FitnessClass, 10:30-11:15 a.m., GreatCommission Bible Church, $4.851-4946; DebsFitnessParty.com.Mount Healthy.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayValentine’s Day Dinner Dance,6:30-11:30 p.m., DonauschwabenHaus, 4290 Dry Ridge Road,Homemade pork schnitzeldinner includes mashed pota-toes, green beans, red cabbage,bread and dessert. Open winebar, delivered to table. Music byRheingold Band. $17. Presentedby Donauschwaben Society.385-2098; www.cincydonau-.com. Colerain Township.

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Nate Natzley of Westwood and Bonnie Emmer of Blue Ash star in The DramaWorkshop’stwo-person show, “Jerry Finnegan’s Sister,” at the Glenmore Playhouse, 3716 GlenmoreAve. Remaining show times are 8 p.m. Jan. 25 and Jan. 26, and 2 p.m. Jan. 27. Tickets are$15, $12 for children 12 and younger. For more information, call 598-8303 or visitwww.thedramaworkshop.com. THANKS TO ELAINE VOLKER.

Two-time Grammy nominated Bluegrass group BlueHighway will perform Saturday, Jan. 26, at to the St.Xavier Performance Center as part of the GreaterCincinnati Performing Arts Society concert series. Ticketsare $30. For more information, call 484-0157 or visitwww.gcparts.org. PROVIDED.

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For the past severaldays, I’ve been testingrecipes for classicstews, including chickenfricassee and beef bour-guignon. I’m in thetweaking stage for abeef stew that has anolive butter swirl in it.When it gets to the “ohmy gosh this is perfect”stage, I’ll be one happy

cook.Mean-while,your re-questshave beenfor any-thing butlong-cook-ing, gour-met food. Iagree it’sgood to

have meals that arequick, appealing and notbudget-busting. Here’ssome to try.

Quick sloppy JoesFor the momwho

wanted to make a barbe-cue-type sandwich forher preschooler butdidn’t want somethingreal spicy. This freezeswell. This is good onslider buns topped withslaw for Super Bowlparties as well. Or put ina fondue pot and servewith Frito scoops ortortilla chips.

1pound lean ground beef1⁄4 cup diced onion or moreto taste

1 diced bell pepper(optional)

12 oz. bottle chili sauceBrown sugar to taste: Startwith 3 tablespoons andgo from there

Sauté beef, onion andbell pepper until beef iscooked. Add remainingingredients. Bring to agentle boil, lower to asimmer for a fewmin-utes.

Ellen’s orzo-roniEllen Mueller is my

Greek cooking buddy atJungle Jim’s. We teachLebanese/Greek menustogether and joke that

our moms and aunts areup in heaven arguingabout whose food isbetter. Here’s a com-forting pasta dish thatEllen says her girls,Maggie and Alex, ask foron a regular basis. “Bet-ter than the boxedstuff,” she told me. Orzois rice-shaped pastasometimes called rose-marina.1⁄4 cup butter1 small onion, finely diced1garlic clove, minced4 oz. sliced creminimushrooms

1 cup orzo4 oz. spaghetti broken intothirds

4 cups low sodium chickenbroth

3 tablespoons choppedparsley

Salt and pepper to taste

Melt butter in skillet.Add onion and sautéuntil translucent. Addgarlic and cook anotherminute. Add mushroomsand cook until soft andjuices have released.Add orzo and spaghettiand coat well with but-ter. Add broth, stir, bringto boil. Cover and reduce

to simmer. Simmer 15minutes or until most ofliquid is absorbed. Addparsley and season. El-len says it will be a littlesaucy, which is what youwant.

Blender bananabread

This is the most moistand delicious bananabread I’ve made in along time. I have a“tastes like Bob Evans”banana bread recipe onmy blog (Cincin-nati.Com/blogs) thatuses half as much butteras oil, along with butter-milk, and that’s a good

one, too. The one thing Iwill tell you, though, isfor any banana bread totaste good, the bananashave to be really ripe,like black-speckled ripe,for the bread to have agood, sweet banana fla-vor. If you don’t have ablender, you can do thisby hand.

3 very ripe bananas whirledin blender to make 1 cuppuree

1 cup vegetable oil2 large eggs2 teaspoons vanilla11⁄2 cups flour1 cup sugar1 teaspoon baking soda

1⁄2 teaspoon salt1 cup walnuts, chopped inblender (optional)

Little bit of sugar forsprinkling on top(optional)

Brush a loaf pan withsoft butter or spray withcooking spray. Preheatoven to 350 degrees. Topuree in blender add oil,eggs and vanilla. Whirluntil blended. Whiskflour, sugar, soda, saltand nuts together inbowl. Pour banana mix-ture over dry ingredi-ents and mix just untilblended. Don’t over mix.Pour into pan, sprinklewith extra sugar, andbake 45 minutes or sountil center springs backwhen lightly pressed.Cool on rack a fewmin-utes before removingfrom pan.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Refrigerate or freezeripe bananas! The skinwill turn black, but in-side will be creamy yel-low. Mix nuts with flourmixture so they staysuspended in your bakedgoods and don’t sink tothe bottom.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator andauthor. Find her blog onlineat Cincinnati.Com/blogs.Email her at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Comfort foods offers quick,easy meals for winter weather

Rita’s blender banana bread uses banana puree. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

DeVere Burt has beenappointed to theHamiltonCounty Board of ParkCommissioners.

Burt, who lives inMount Washington, for-merlyservedaspresidentand CEO of the CincinnatiMuseumofNaturalHisto-ry until 1996, before ful-filling his lifelong desireto paint nature. BurtfoundedMasterworks forNature in 2000 with a vi-sion of bringing some ofthe area’s finest wildlife,western, and landscapeartists together with non-profit conservation or-ganizations in order toraise awareness andfunds.

He has also served asregional vice presidentfor the Nature Conser-vancy, directing its inter-ests across a nine statearea. He was also a fieldbiologist for the UnitedStates Antarctic Re-searchProgram, studyingthe breeding biology ofthe Adelie penguins. Hehas personally participat-ed in three expeditions tofind rare birds: the Negrofruit dove on the Philip-pine island of Negros; theonly population of the pa-nay stripped tree babblerin the Philippines and theivory billed woodpeckeralong the ChoctowatcheeRiver in Florida.

Burt’s term began Jan.1. He joins John Reis, Jo-seph Seta, GingerWarnerand Buddy LaRosa on theboard of park commis-sioners.

As established by statelaw, the board of parkcommissioners is ap-pointed by the HamiltonCounty Judge of ProbateCourt, currently JamesCissell. Burt is the 20thcommissioner to serve inthe park district’s 82-yearhistory. The board of parkcommissioners is com-posed of five membersthat serve terms withoutcompensation. They es-tablish policy and ap-prove budgets and expen-ditures for all park dis-trict land acquisitions, de-velopment projects,services, facilities andequipment.

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“We’re trying to pro-vide programs and en-tertainment for ourresidents,” he said.

New events thisyear include a Valen-tine’s Day celebrationand dinner, a Clean Upthe Parks Day, celebri-ty car wash and basket-ball event CelebrityHoops. The new pro-grams are added to oth-er annual city eventsincluding the Labor

Day car show, commu-nity picnic and Easteregg hunt.

“We’re trying tobuild a reputation forNorth College Hill as aplace to come and havefun,” he said.

The recreation de-partment is usign theCity Center, formerlyClovernook Elemen-tary, as a hub for theNorth College Hillcommunity. While notall the events are at theCity Center, MayorDan Brooks said hewants residents toknow what’s availableto them.

“There are a lot ofpeople that don’t knowthat there are thingsgoing on at the CityCenter,” he said.“We’re anticipating alot of activity by June 1and I’m excited aboutthe new programs.”

The building ishome to local chaptersof the American Le-gion and the Disabled

American Veterans.The Center Stage Play-ers, a theater group,rehearse in the gymand have a perfor-mance schedule. Agroup of renaissancereenactors practicebattle sequences in thegym. There are karateclasses in session andparenting classes willbe starting soon. Thereis also a small libraryopen to the public andclassrooms and thegym are available torent for meetings, par-ties and other events.

“We’re trying to puta good face on NorthCollege Hill and letpeople know that we’rehere, we’re workingand we’re trying toprovide good pro-grams for the resi-dents,” he said.

The following are

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tines Day Celebration» March 30, Easter

Egg Hunt» April 20, Clean Up

the Parks Day» May 25, Memorial

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» Dec. 7, BreakfastWith Santa

Classrooms and thegym at the City Centercan be rented in four-hour increments. Costfor classrooms is $25per four hours and thegym costs $75 per fourhours. The City Centeris at 1500 W. GalbraithRoad. For additionalinformation aboutfees, classes or pro-grams, visitwww.northcollegehill-.com or call Jones at522-2297.

NCH City Centerbustling with activities

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Programs on tapThroughout yearByMonica [email protected]

Libraries hosts Blackhistory programs

Come explore and cel-ebrate the contributionsAfrican Americans havemade the country’s histo-ry and culture during oneof the Public Library ofCincinnati and HamiltonCounty’s February pro-gramsatselectbranches.

» Books Alive! ForKids, Monday, Feb. 11, at6:30 p.m. at Forest ParkBranch, 655 WaycrossRoad, 513-369-4478.

Celebrate Black His-tory Month with a take-home craft and live per-formance from BooksAlive! For Kids. The eve-ning features a readingof the book “What AWon-derful World: The Life ofLouis Armstrong” writ-ten by George DavidWeiss and Bob Thiele,and illustrated by AshleyBryan. This CaldecottMedal Winner is a won-derful depiction of theworld-famous song byLouis Armstrong, as por-trayed by Wesley Barn-field.

» For Teens Only!Thursday, Feb. 21, at 4p.m. at North CentralBranch, 11109 HamiltonAvenue, 513-369-6068

Teens are invited totake part in a Black His-toryMonthtriviaactivitywith prizes and snacks.

Gospel Festauditions Feb. 1

Forest Park Parks &Recreation Commissionis planning auditions forthe 21st annual GospelFest, a community eventto showcase local gospeltalent.

To audition downloadandcomplete theapplica-

tion form available on-line at www.forestpar-k.org under the News &Notices tab and submit it,along with an audio or vi-sual recording to: TheCity of Forest Park, At-tention: RecreationCoor-dinator TaffyA. Jackson-Fambro, 1201 West Kem-per Road, Forest Park,Ohio, 45240, by Friday,Feb. 1.

Gospel Fest will beginat 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb.23, at the DayspringChurch Auditorium, 1060SmileyAve. For informa-tion, call Jackson-Fam-bro at 513-595-5252.

Mt. Healthy seekingalumni nominations

The Mount HealthyAlumni Association is ac-cepting nominations forAlumnus of the Year.

Qualifications includebeing a graduate ofMount Healthy HighSchool and serving as apositive role model. Thecommitteewill lookat ca-reer accomplishment,volunteer accomplish-ment or community in-volvement.

Information regard-ing the qualifications,and the nomination form,can be obtained atwww.mthalumni.org un-der the “Alumnus of theYear” heading, fromRose Kahsar at [email protected], or SteveHarness at [email protected].

Nominations must bereceived by Thursday,Feb. 14, and should besent to: Rose Kahsar,Mount Healthy CitySchool District, 8101Hamilton Ave., MountHealthy, Ohio 45231.

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Faith Lutheran LCMC8265 Winton Rd., Finneytown

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Burns and Waverly AvenuesCincinnati OH 45215

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Visitors Welcome!

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4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241

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ServicesSunday School - 10:00 amSunday Morning - 11:00 amSunday Evening - 6:00 pmWednesday - 7:00 pm EveningPrayer and Bible Study

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Sharonville United Methodist8:15 & 11amTraditional Service & Kingdom Kids

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Mt HealthyUnited Methodist ChurchCorner of Compton and Perry Streets

513-931-5827Sunday School 8:45 - 9:45am

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Conversation 11:30 - 12:30Nursery Available Handicap Access"Come as a guest. Leave as a friend".

Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church

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United Methodist Church10507 “Old” Colerain Ave

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UNITED METHODIST

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Rev. Richard Davenport, PastorWorship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m,

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Rev Pat McKinneySunday School - All Ages - 9:15am

Sunday Worship - 10:30amNursery Provided

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Northwest CommunityChurch

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Salem White Oak Presbyterian

Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243Growing Faith, Sharing Hope, Showing Love

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It’s not about Religion; it’s aboutrelationships!

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www.cincinnatitaiwanese.org4 . Seventh Day Adventist SaturdayWorship at 10:00 AM.Language: Spanish

Loving - Caring - and SharingGod’s Word

Notes: Nursery School isprovided at each Worship time

English as a Second Language (ESL) istaught on Saturday 10-12 AM.

Various Bible Studies are available.

PRESBYTERIAN

Bob GibsonJames R. “Bob” “Pap” Gibson,

86, died Jan. 11. He was a customfinisher for Baldwin Piano.

He was a Marine Corps veter-an of World War II.

Survived by children Robin(Deborah), Patricia Gibson;grandchildren John Greeley,Robin Jr., Charles, Brandy, Dan-ielle Gibson; great-grandchil-dren Chelsey, Reily, Rebeka,David, Dalton Gibson, John

Senna, Rebec-ca, Robert,Danica Patrick,Maud Greeley,Michael Hoff-man; great-great-grand-son JacobHarrison.

Preceded in death by wifeThelma Gibson, son J.R. “Bobby”Gibson, parents Virgil, LouiseGibson, brother Virgil Gibson.

Arrangements by RalphMeyer & Deters Funeral Home.

Margaret StrackMargaret Strack, 89, died Jan.

11.She was a member of the

Mount Healthy Order of EaglesLadies Auxiliary.

Survived by children Sandra(Keller) Myers, Robert (Nancy)Strack; grandchildren Monica(Chris) Myers, Shannon (Linda)Strack, Lisa (Eric) Catron; sisterEleanor Leitz. Preceded in deathby husband Howard Strack,grandson Mark Myers.

Services were Jan. 15 at Neid-hard-Snow Funeral Home.Memorials to the AmericanHeart Association.

DEATHS

Gibson

CINCINNATI DISTRICT5Arrests/citationsDekemiam Hawkins, born 1991,possession of drugs, 5514Colerain Ave., Jan. 3.Tametrius Hughes, born 1996,criminal damaging or en-dangering, 4924 HawaiianTerrace, Jan. 3.Tosha Heidecker, born 1972,possession of drugs, 5400Colerain Ave., Jan. 3.Desmond Houston, born 1993,misdemeanor drug possession,881Oakfield Ave., Jan. 8.Barbara S. Williams, born 1992,obstructing official business,5852 Renee Court, Jan. 8.Warren Sneed, born 1974,assault, menacing, 5571 Col-erain Ave., Jan. 8.Dwight Love, born 1973, pos-session of an open flask, 1322W. North Bend Road, Jan. 9.Isaiah Jenkins, born 1984,possession of drugs, 5841Hamilton Ave., Jan. 9.Victor Onyegbulen, born 1994,domestic violence, 5734 Win-trop Ave., Jan. 9.Jerry D. Due, born 1971, misde-meanor drug possession,possession of a dangerousdrug, tampering with evi-dence, 4900 Colerain Ave., Jan.10.Demetrius Brady, born 1989,trafficking, 5530 HamiltonAve., Jan. 11.Timothy P. Grier, born 1986,assault, criminal damaging orendangering, domestic vio-lence, 5531Hamilton Ave., Jan.

11.Chez Carroll, born 1989, crimi-nal trespassing, obstructingofficial business, 5377 BahamaTerrace, Jan. 11.Antuan Moore, born 1978,criminal trespassing, misde-meanor drug possession, 1500Groesbeck Road, Jan. 13.Jonathan Jones, born 1992,criminal damaging or en-dangering, 5365 BahamaTerrace, Jan. 13.

Incidents/reportsAggravated assault5376 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 6.Aggravated burglary1519 Elkton Place, Jan. 4.1519 Elkton Place, Jan. 4.6281 Cary Ave., Jan. 9.Aggravated robbery2687 Hillvista Lane, Jan. 5.5322 Eastknoll Court, Jan. 6.Assault5569 Colerain Ave., Jan. 5.2954 Highforest Lane, Jan. 6.5728 Kenneth Ave., Jan. 6.1400 W. North Bend Road, Jan.9.5379 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 9.Burglary5324 Colerain Ave., Jan. 10.5615 Folchi Drive, Jan. 10.6535 Loiswood Drive, Jan. 10.1011 Venetian Terrace, Jan. 2.5377 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 3.1970 Connecticut Ave., Jan. 6.5469 Kirby Ave., Jan. 6.951W. North Bend Road, Jan. 6.1432 Ambrose Ave., Jan. 8.5890 Shadymist Lane, Jan. 9.Criminaldamaging/endangering1172 Atwood Ave., Jan. 3.

5742 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 4.1504 W. North Bend Road, Jan.5.2687 Hillvista Lane, Jan. 5.4924 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 6.5226 Horizonvue Drive, Jan. 7.5900 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 7.6018 Belmont Ave., Jan. 7.Criminal mischief5742 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 4.Domestic violenceReported onWintrop Avenue,Jan. 9.Reported on Leffingwell Ave-nue, Jan. 9.Felonious assault2687 Hillvista Lane, Jan. 5.1191 Cedar Ave., Jan. 7.6281 Cary Ave., Jan. 9.Improperly dischargingfirearm at/into

habitation/school1140 Groesbeck Road, Jan. 7.Menacing1634 Birchwood Ave., Jan. 2.5730 Colerain Ave., Jan. 7.Robbery5169 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 9.Sexual impositionReported on Lantana Avenue,Jan. 8.Taking the identity ofanother511 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 4.Theft1458 Larrywood Lane, Jan. 10.5394 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 10.2512 W. North Bend Road, Jan.4.2568 W. North Bend Road, Jan.4.5135 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 4.

1642 Elkton Place, Jan. 5.1979 W. North Bend Road, Jan.5.5325 Eastknoll Court, Jan. 5.5135 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 6.6025 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 7.1630 Larmon Court, Jan. 8.5370 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 8.

FOREST PARKArrests/citationsAnthony Jordan, 47, 11685Hamlet, domestic violence at481Dewdrop, Jan. 5.Lenita Brown, 36, 1651 Conti-nental Drive, assault at 11029Ashburn, Jan. 4.Joshua Piper, 21, 1234 Waycross,obstructing official business atHanover andW Kemper, Jan.4.

Incidents/reportsAggravated robberyVictim reported at 11518 Far-mington, Jan. 4.ArsonHouse and yard debris set onfire at 1032 Holderness, Jan. 6.AssaultVictim struck at 530 NorthlandBlvd., Jan. 5.Victim struck at 530 NorthlandBlvd., Jan. 5.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults

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

» Springfield Township: Chief David Heimpold, 729-1300»Mount Healthy: Chief Marc Waldeck, 728-3183» Cincinnati District 5, Captain David Bailey, 569-8500» North College Hill: Chief Gary Foust, 521-7171» Greenhills: Chief Thomas Doyle, 825-2101» Forest Park: Chief Phil Cannon, 595-5220.

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MOUNT HEALTHYArrests/citationsMarcus Ector, 39, 310 Oak St.,drug abuse at 7857 HamiltonAve., Jan. 6.William Headley, 22, 7943Clovernook Ave., theft,

unauthorized use of motorvehicle at 7974 ClovernookAve., Nov. 4.Anthony Johnson, 22, 5016Anderson Place, open con-tainer at 8070 Hamilton Ave.,Jan. 4.

Incidents/reportsBurglaryResidence entered and gamesystems valued at $400 re-moved at 7366 Elizabeth,Jan. 8.TheftMerchandise valued at $.50removed at 7900 HamiltonAve., Jan. 8.

NORTH COLLEGE HILLArrests/citationsAmy Neal, 33, 8176 Shady-brook Drive, possession ofdrug paraphernalia, drugpossession at 6813 HamiltonAve., Jan. 4.Darnell Brown, 49, 7870 DalyRoad, criminal damaging at8291 Four Worlds, Jan. 1.

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she said.The new hospital will

serve as the center ofMercy Health’s networkof health care servicesthroughout the area.

“It really is Mercy’scommitment to bringingcomprehensive servicesto the West Side,” Ste-phens said.

Being able to get careclose tohome,where theirfamilies can be involved,does help improve out-comes for patients, hesaid.

As a full-service hospi-tal, he said Mercy Healthwill be able to offer ser-vices it does not have ca-pabilities for now at itsneighborhood hospitals inWestwood and Mount Ai-ry.

With an opening set forthis fall, daily progress isbeing made at the newMercyHealth –WestHos-pital in Green Township.

“Construction is mov-ing on schedule,” saidMercyHealth’sWestMar-ket Leader and PresidentMike Stephens. “We arestill on track for an Octo-ber opening.”

Mercy Health is build-ing a 650,000-square-feet,full-servicehospital off ofNorthBendRoad,near In-terstate 74.

The 250-bed hospital,which recently won a na-

tional award for architec-ture and design, will fea-ture the latest advance-ments in patient care andcomfort, state-of-the-arttechnologies, private pa-tient rooms and expandedmedical services forWestSiders.

Stephens said con-struction will be finishedin September, and then itwill take six weeks forcrews to bring in hospitalequipment and suppliesand test thebuilding’sme-chanical and technologysystems.

Mercy Health plans totransfer patients from itshospitals inWestwoodandMount Airy, and haveMercyHealth –WestHos-pital open and ready fornew patients in the thirdweek of October, he said.

Nanette Bentley,spokeswoman for MercyHealth, said several keysteps in the hospital’s con-struction have recentlybeen completed.

The progress includesthe installation of blueglass panels which formcrosses on both the eastand west sides of thebuilding, installation ofglazed tile panels for thewestern face of the build-ing and the planting of allthe plants for the build-ing’s green roof so theycan take root in time forthe spring growing sea-son, Bentley said.

Landscapers have alsoplanted trees along thehospital’s entrance drive,MercyBoulevard, and theentryway’s limestonewalls have been installed,

Mercy Health’s new hospital on scheduleBy Kurt [email protected] ROADS GET AN UPGRADE

Much of the road work being done in the MonfortHeights area in advance of the opening of the newMercyHealth – West Hospital is scheduled to wrap up this summer.Green Township’s project to widen North Bend Road in

front of the new hospital is scheduled to be finished thefirst of July, said Joe Lambing, Green Township’s director ofpublic services.North Bend is being widened from Boomer Road to

Kleeman Road, allowing for the addition of travel and turnlanes.The other major road construction project along North

Bend Road is being handled by the Ohio Department ofTransportation, he said.ODOT is working on the North Bend/West Fork Intersec-

tion Improvement project, which entails the addition ofright-turn lanes at all four corners of the North Bend andWest Fork intersection. The work is expected to be finishedsometime this summer.Beginning this spring, ODOT will also upgrade the ramps

at North Bend Road and Interstate 74. As part of the im-provements, the capacity on the overpass will increase fromthree lanes to four lanes.

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