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Residents in the WintonWoods City School District willnot see a bond issue on the bal-lots this year.

An 8-mill bond issue was ex-pected to be placed on the May7 ballot to raise about $68 mil-lion for construction of twocampuses to replace six outdat-ed Winton Woods buildings.The project was supposed to

cost about $98million of whichthe Ohio Facili-tiesConstructionCommissionagreed to pro-vide about $30million contin-gent on passing abond issue as

part of a FacilitiesMaster Plan.The school district contact-

ed theOhio Facilities Construc-tion Commission on Tuesday,

Jan. 29, to tell them therewouldnot be a bond issue on the ballotthis year.

After conducting nearly adozen community focusgroups, the school board foundthat residents weren’t ready tofund the buildings project.

“They all said the samething: ‘We want to focus on aca-demics right now,’” boardPresident TimCleary said. “It’snot that they didn’t believe inbuildings and trying to capture

those dollars from the state,they just wanted us to focus onacademics.”

Because there won’t be abond issue in 2013, WintonWoods will become what theOhio Facilities ConstructionCommission calls a lapsed dis-trict, the district’s ExecutiveDirector of Accountability andBusiness Affairs Steve Dennysaid.

He explained that the facil-ities commission ranks school

districts according to their en-rollment and property valua-tion which then determineshowmuchmoney theywouldbeeligible for in state co-funding.As a lapsed district, they won’tlose their place in line butwould have to reapply for theprogram, he said.

“Our local share of the pro-ject would be recalculatedbased on projected student en-

WintonWoods schools decides to not seek bond issueByMonica [email protected]

Denny

See ISSUE, Page A2

Arlette Merritt, 71, said thatshe was glad she attendedSpringfield Township’s State ofthe Township meeting Sunday,Jan. 27.

“When this was all put intomotion a couple of years ago, itwas really painful that thingswere going to be cut,” theSpringfield Township residentsaid. “But I’m pleased to seethat we do have resources. Wehave a reserve to help bolsteragainst the ongoing expenses.”

The reserve Merritt refersto is a $4.3 million surplus thetownship was able to accumu-late as a result of implementingcost-saving measures.

In 2012, changes in Spring-field Township included:

» the addition of a rental feefor recreation associations thatuse athletic fields in the parks;

» staffing reductions at po-lice and fire departments;

» elimination of four full-time and five part-time posi-tions in administration and ser-vice departments;

» salary freezes;» renegotiation of police and

fire contracts; and» the creation of a nonprofit

arts and enrichment council torun recreation programs.

“Since 2009, we’ve reducedour general fund budget by 35percent,” townshipAdministra-tor Mike Hinnenkamp said.

Even with significant reduc-tions and a surplus, the town-ship still needs to take mea-sures to find additional sourcesof revenue, he said. With theelimination of the estate taxandcuts to the local governmentfund, the general fund will con-tinue to shrink, the administra-tor said.

“In 2015, our carry-overamountslipsall thewaydowntojust under a million dollarswhich is what the board has al-ways forecasted as a minimumamount of carry-over that wecan ever have,” he said. “As-suming we were going to takeno steps, which we wouldn’t do

Springfield Twp.discusses itsfinancial future

ByMonica [email protected]

Shows residentsplans to combatdecreased revenue

Springfield Township Administrator Mike Hinnenkamp discusses whatcuts the township has faced in the past five years. MONICA BOYLSON/THE

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Jeanne Hunt, pastoral associate for Ca-techesis and Evangelization at Our Lady ofVisitation Church, told the students at St.Vivian School that each one of them is writ-ing a book with God.

“You and God are writing this amazingbook,” she said. “You’re in a chapter in yourlife. When you’re in Catholic school, Godwrites the book.”

A 1960 graduate of the St. Vivian, Huntwas honoredwith theDistinguishedGradu-ate award for St. Vivian School.

FollowingaspecialMassduringCatholicSchools Week she accepted her award andencouraged the students to always do theirbest and follow God’s will.

“My objective is to encourage those chil-dren,” she said. “Catholic education helpsform the whole kid – mind, body and soul.”

Principal Stephen Zinser said the schoolhas been honoring distinguished graduatesfor more than a decade. He thought it wasappropriate to recognize Hunt during

Catholic Schools Week as it is a celebrationof Catholic education. The theme for weekwas raising standards and Zinser saidHuntis an example of what it means to be Catho-lic.

“We want to show the students that youcan be successful with a Catholic educa-tion,” he said. “She lives our faith and is ex-pressive with sharing it.”

Huntsaidshewassurprised tobeconsid-ered and was humbled by the award.

“Iwas delighted,” she said. “Itwas fun tocomeback.ThepewsarethesameaswhenIwas a kid here. The bathroom tile in the la-dies room is the same. A shelf that had astatue above the cafeteria door is there. It’sall the same.”

Shesaidshewashappytoreachout to thestudents.

“It’s a witness to these kids to see thatyou have adults who are living and are pas-sionate about being Catholic and being aman orwoman of faith,” she said. “Childrendon’t learn how to be spiritual from readingit in a textbook. They learn it from otherpeople.”

St. Vivian's School honored Jeanne Hunt with a distinguished graduate award. With Hunt areRev. Paul Gebhardt, pastor of St. Vivian Church, left, and Principal Stephen Zinser. MONICA

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“Children don’t learn how to be spiritual from reading it in atextbook. They learn it from other people.”

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because a township can’tdeficit spend like the fed-eral government, we’d befacing a deficit in 2016.”

To combat decreasedfunds, the SpringfieldTownship Board of Trust-ees has been looking atseveral options to bringmoney into the townshipwithout increasing prop-erty taxes.

»Keep all programsthe same. Find a way tofund them.

»Make the service lev-els match the revenue.Live within your means.

» Contract police, fireand emergency serviceswith another district.

» Form a joint police,fire and emergency ser-vice district with a neigh-boring community. Shareservices and responsibil-ities.

» Internal consolida-tion of service depart-ments into one depart-ment. Employees wouldbetaskedwithbecominga“jack of all trades.”

Additionally, the town-ship is considering creat-ing a joint economic de-velopment district or aJEDD in which it canwork with one or moremunicipalities to levy apayroll tax, since town-shipscannot enactpayrolltaxes.

Springfield Townshipwould use the partnercity’s tax code to levy apayroll tax on people

working within the dis-trict, Hinnenkamp said. AJEDD helps the townshipraise money that other-wise could not be raisedand the municipality thatthey partner with wouldshare in the profits of thelevy, he said.

“Essentially a JEDD isa payroll tax on peopleworking in the township,”board President Joe Ho-nerlaw said. “But a JEDDin and of itself will notsolveall ourproblems.Wehave to look at everythingwe do and ask, ‘Is it some-thingweshouldstill bedo-ing?’ ‘What’s the cost fordoing that?’ and ‘Is thereanotherway todo it betterand cheaper?’”

A Springfield Town-ship resident for morethan 40 years, Don Bley,71, suggested that thetrustees look at chargingfor emergency services.

“One of the things wehaven’t done for a longtime is for the ambulanceservice to charge forcalls, especially to non-residents of SpringfieldTownship,” he said. “Isthat going to bring in mil-lions of dollars? No. Butit’s a way to save money.”

Another resident RhysReynolds, 58, said shewasencouraged that the ad-ministration and trusteesare looking at the long-term picture but agreedthat she would like forthem to look at evenmore

ways to save.“I thought if I heard

them say they were goingto increase the propertytaxes I was going to pullup a truck to my house,but I was encouraged bythe fact that they didn’tlook at raising propertytaxes,” she said. “I prefer

to try to cut services asmuch as possible, but Iwaspleasedwith the ideasthey presented.”

Residents can learnmore about the budget,plansfor thetownshipandvoice their opinions at thenext two SpringfieldTownship budget hear-

ingsandregularmeetingsat 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.12, and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,March12. Formore infor-mation, including a Po-werPoint presentation ofthe state of the townshipmeeting, visit http://www.springfieldtwp.org/stateofthetownship.

FutureContinued from Page A1

More than 100 residents attended the Springfield Township State of the Townshipmeeting Jan. 27. MONICA BOYLSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

rollment, state fundingformulas and current dis-trict property values,”Denny said. “Right nowit’s unclear whether thiswould be of benefit to thelocal community andschool district or to ourdetriment.Timewill tell.”

Denny said that Win-ton Woods will have topass abond issue for their

share of the FacilitiesMaster Plan before theprocess can restart. Thedistrict would then workwith the Ohio FacilitiesConstruction Commis-sion to select a new build-ing-delivery and con-struction model. WintonWoods would then selectanarchitectural designorengineering firm.

Lapsed districts areable to “cut in line” oncethey have passed their lo-cal shares, he said, butthere could be delays in

the funding cycles de-pending on in which elec-tion a particular bond is-sue passes.

“For example, if abond issue passed in May2014, we probablywouldn’t get funds untilJanuary 2016,” Dennysaid. “It creates delays.”

Cleary said that theboard will revisit thebond issue next year.

“We’ll reintroduce dis-cussions,” he said. “Thevoters will have to makethat decision.”

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Doors open at 6:30p.m., dinner begins at 7p.m.andtheshowstartsat8 p.m. Upcoming MurderMystery Dinners are(note: shows contain adulthumor andmay not be un-suitable for children un-der 18 years of age):

» Feb. 9 – Death Sucks.Beware! There is a vam-pire among us! Who willbe his next victim?

» Feb. 16 – Mardi GrasMayhem. Has TommyTissuepaper’s temper fi-nallydrivenhis floatmak-ers to commit aCajunkill-ing?

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Dinner includes salad,chef-carved prime rib,chicken breast and vege-

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The cost is $34.50 perperson, plus tax. Ticketsmust be purchased in ad-vance. Tickets may bepurchased online atGreatParks.org. No re-funds will be acceptedwithin 10 days of theticket’s event.

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The Salute to SeniorService program, spon-sored by Home InsteadInc., the franchisor oftheHomeInsteadSeniorCare network, honorsthe contributions ofadults 65 and older whogive at least 15 hours amonth of volunteer ser-vice to their favoritecauses.

Nominations for out-standing senior volun-teers will be acceptedthrough and March 31.State winners then willbe selected by popularvote at SalutetoSenior-Service.com. Online vot-ing will take place fromApril 15 to April 30.From those state win-ners, a panel of senior

care experts will pickthe national Salute toSenior Service honoree.

Home Instead Inc.will donate $500 to eachof the state winners’ fa-vorite nonprofit organi-zations and their storieswill be posted on the Sa-lute to Senior ServiceWall of Fame. In addi-tion,$5,000willbedonat-ed to the national win-ner’s nonprofit charityof choice.

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North College Hill res-identRonMosby is askingthe the school district toconsider adopting a par-ent evaluation system bywhich a parent’s level ofparticipation would begraded.

“The reason I devel-oped this particular proc-ess was because one ofthe largest concerns Ihave is that we have stu-dents that have not beenperforming academicallyand it’s not the fault of theteacher,” he said. “Somestudents are not gettingthe necessary supportfrom home.”

The 50-year-old for-mer state representativecandidate presented theproposition at a JanuaryNorth College Hill CitySchool District board

meeting. He said thatwhen running for staterepresentative last yearone of his platform issueswas education.

“I determined that re-gardless of the outcomeof the election, I did notwant my words to bemerely a stump speech,”he said. “I decided that Iwould continue to be anadvocate for better edu-cation beginning at thegrassroots level.”

Mosby said he had fourchildren graduate fromNorth College Hillschools.

“I know this is a greatschool district but theseare opportunities to makeit even that much better,”he said.

The parent evaluation

system, Mosby said,would gauge parent par-ticipation on five levels:fully participating, par-ticipating, moderatelyparticipating, minimallyparticipating and not par-ticipating.

He added that themeans of participationwould be agreed upon bythe teacher and parent –whether it ranges from aphone call to the teacheronce a week or signing anassignment sheet — andthe teacher and/or ad-ministration would trackthat participation.

In a letter to the board,Mosby writes: “The eval-uationwould not be amat-ter of public record butwould be part of the stu-dent’s academic record,to travel with the studentwherever the student at-tends school.”

North College Hillschools SuperintendentGary Gellert said that pa-rental involvement isvery important.

“We want to teach, en-courage and inspire our

parents to be involved intheir child’s education,”he said.

The school district hasa parent involvement pol-icy which the schoolboard adopted in May2000 that identified fourregulations:

» Encourage stronghome-school partner-ships,

» Provide for consis-tent and effective com-munication between par-ents or foster caregiversand school officials,

» Offer parents or fos-ter caregivers ways to as-sist and encourage theirchildren or foster chil-dren to do their best and

» Offer ways parentsor foster caregivers cansupport classroom learn-ing activities.

Gellert said he hasbeen gathering feedbackabout the proposal andsaid therewill be adiscus-sion about it at the nextschool board meeting at 7p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, atthe administration build-ing, 1731 Goodman Ave.

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Dr. Stephen Heis isMercy Hospital – MountAiry’s physician of theyear.

Hospital staff andphysicians submit nomi-nations for the award.Then the Medical Exec-utive Committee votesto determine thewinner.The committee selectswinners based on physi-cian competency, com-munity service, humani-tarian service, educa-tion, research and lead-ership.

“This honor is fittingfor Dr. Heis because hetakes the time to active-ly listen to his patients’concerns and then ad-dresses their individualneeds. He strives to em-power his patients so

they reachthe high-est level ofindepend-ence pos-sible. ”said Mi-chael Ste-phens,market

leader and president,Mercy Health – WestMarket.

Heis joined the medi-cal staff at MercyHealth – Mount AiryHospital in 1983. He spe-cializes in physicalmedicine and rehabilita-tion and currentlyserves as themedical di-rectorofRehabServicesatMercyHealth–MountAiry Hospital.

Heis is physician of year

Heis

West Side families willhave pediatric care closeto home this spring whenCincinnati Children’sHos-pital Medical Centeropens its new outpatientfacility in Green Town-ship.

Cincinnati Children’s isbuilding an 80,000-square-feet pediatric outpatientcenter on Harrison Ave-nue near Filview Circle,next to The Christ Hospi-tal’s outpatient center.

Danielle Jones, aspokeswoman for chil-dren’s hospital, said con-struction is moving alongon schedule, and the newbuildingwill beopen topa-tients beginning Monday,April 29.

“The new outpatientcenter will combine fam-ily-focused,child-friendly,forward-thinking designwith the pediatric exper-tise of a nationally rankedchildren’s hospital,” shesaid.

TheGreenTownship lo-cationwill improveaccessto the hospital’s servicesfor more than 90,000 chil-dren under the age of 18wholiveinwesternHamil-ton County and southeast-ern Indiana, she said.

Barb Matthews, an ad-ministrator for CincinnatiChildren’s, said the outpa-tient center will savemany families a trip to thehospital’s main campus onBurnet Avenue.

“A large portion of ourfamilies are served at ourbase hospital,” she said.“This facility provides aconvenient option for ourfamilies.”

Matthews said theGreen Township center’sfour floors, each offering20,000 square feet ofspace, are designed withpatients and families inmind.

In addition to eveningand weekend urgent careservices, she said the ser-vices available each dayinclude radiology and im-aging, physical therapy,occupational therapy,speech/language patholo-gy, behavioral medicineand clinical psychology,partial-daypsychiatryser-vices and laboratory andtesting services.

Some of the pediatricspecialty clinics offeredinclude adolescent medi-cine, allergy, audiology,

cardiology, dermatology,gastroenterology, neurol-ogy, ophthalmology, ortho-paedics, pulmonary andurology, she said.

The energy efficientbuilding incorporates agreat deal of natural light,and she said the artworkthat will be displayed in-side the center was creat-

ed by students from WestSide schools and colleges.

“We really wanted toengage the community,”Matthews said. “The art-work created by area stu-dents reflects what theylike about their communi-ty and celebrates the his-tory and culture of theWest Side.”

She said Children’s isplanning festivities for aribbon-cutting ceremonyand community openhouse, which are sched-uled for April 20 and 21.

To learnmoreabout theGreen Township outpa-tientcenter,visitwww.cin-cinnatichildrens.org/green-township.

Construction of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s pediatric outpatient facilityon Harrison Avenue in Green Township is on schedule to be completed this spring. Thebuilding will be open to patients beginning Monday, April 29. KURT BACKSCHEIDER/THE

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Greenhills 75thstarts with dance

Greenhills will kickoff its 75th anniversarycelebration with a dinnerdance this month.

The anniversary cele-bration starts with the in-augural “I Love Green-hills” Dinner Dance onSaturday, Feb. 16, at Mol-loy’s on the Green. Thedance will also includedinner, live music, doorprizes and a cash bar.

Tickets are availableat $30 each and tables ofsix, eight and10canbere-served for groups. Youcan buy tickets at the vil-lage administrative of-

fice, 11000 Winton Road,with cash, check or cred-it, and at the GreenhillsPost Office, 22 EndicottSt. Unit A, in the Green-hills Shopping Center,with cash or check.

Church sponsoringfish fries

A Lenten series of fishfries is being sponsoredby thePleasantRunPres-byterian Church Women-’s’Association and thechurch’sBoyScout troop.

The fish fries are from5 to 7:30 pm. on Fridays,Feb. 15 and 22 and March1, 8 and 15, at the church,11565 Pippin Road.

These fish friesarebe-ing held on February15&22 and March 1, 8, 15.

The menu will includea choice of fish or chick-en nuggets and choice oftwo sides: macaroni andcheese, green beans, coleslaw, and applesauce.The meal also includesbread, dessert and eithercoffee, lemonade or icetea.

The price is $8.50 peradult and $4.50 per child.Carry out prices are $8peradult and$4perchild.The profits will be usedfor mission projects andcamping fees.

For information, call513-825-4544 or visit thewebsite at pleasantrunp-c.org.

Choir fest Feb. 10Several United

Church of Christ congre-gations fromCluster Twoof the Southern OhioNorthern Kentucky As-sociation will presentChoir Fest at 3 p.m. Sun-day, Feb. 10, at St. John’sWestminster UnionChurch, 1085 Neeb Road.

Choirs from acrossSONKA each will sharethe gospel in song. Thechoirs will join theirvoices together to sing aselection ofmusic includ-ing “A Call to FestivePraise,” “All ThingsBright and Beautiful,”and “When in our MusicGod is Glorified.”

The event is a fund-raiser for the MissionPriority Board, an or-ganization supportingthe efforts of a number ofarea non-profits includ-ing the MetropolitanArea Religious Coalitionof Cincinnati, the Councilfor Christian Commu-nion, the Interfaith Hos-pitality Network, the In-terfaith Business Build-ers, and Churches Activein Northside.

A free-will offeringwill be taken. All are in-vited to a reception fol-lowing the perfor-mances. For more infor-mation, call 513-347-4613.

LaBoiteauxWoodshosting hike

LaBoiteaux Woods ishosting Ravine to Free-dom,ahikealong thepathused in the undergroundrailroad, from 1 to 3 p.m.Sunday, Feb. 10, at thepark, 5400 Lanius Lane.

Guests will walk a ra-vine used by escapingslaves and hear the sto-ries of the abolitionistsand places along theHamilton Avenue routefrom Northside, CollegeHill, North College Hilland Mount Healthy. Thetrail is about 1.5 miles ofrough hill terrain.

The ravine programhas been recognized bythe National Under-ground Railroad Free-dom Center as the “onlydocumented, undevel-oped local slave escaperoute.” Tickets are $5 perperson. Call LaBoiteauxWoodsforreservationsat542-2909.

Cancer supportgroupmeets

Corpus Christi CancerSupport Ministry, a non-demoninational ministry,will meet from 1 to 2:30p.m. on Wednesday, Feb.13, in the Corpus ChristiChurch library, 2014Springdale Road.

Patients, survivors,and caregivers are wel-come. For information,contact Eileen Armbrus-ter, facilitator [email protected].

Germania Society‘sweeps out’ Lent

The2013GermaniaSo-ciety Karneval Seasoncomes to an end at theKehraus “Sweep out”Tanz on Saturday, Feb.16,at the Germania Society,3529 W. Kemper Road.The dance begins at 7:11p.m.

The Karneval seasonis celebrated all aroundthe world during theweeks before Lent, andthe Germania Societycelebrates the festivitiesRheinische (western partof Germany) style, whichis known for its paradesand costume balls.

The “Sweep Out”Dance is the last event ofthe Karneval seasonwhere all of the MardiGras fun is swept away inorder to prepare for thesolemn season of Lent.Entertainment will be

provided by Prost, alongwith performances bythe Germania Prinzen-garde. The KarnevalClown, Hoppeditz, willmake an appearance be-fore falling into a deepsleep until the next Kar-neval Season. Food andbeverages will be avail-able for purchase, aswellas chances for raffles.Cost for the dance is $10per person. Reservationsare suggested and can bemade by calling Maria at513-508-7794 or Heidi at513-417-7171.

For more informationabout the Germania Kar-neval Kehraus Tanz andthe Germania Society,contact the Germania So-ciety at 513-742-0060 orvisit www.germaniaso-ciety.com.

Volunteers neededForest Park is looking

for volunteers to fill va-cancies existing on anumber of boards andcommissions.

There are openings onthe Beautification/Con-servation Commission;the Charter RevisionCommittee, the Econom-ic Development Commis-sion and the Tax Board ofReview.

Residents interestedin giving their time andtalent by serving on oneof these commissionsmay contact Sally Huff-man at 513-595-5208.

Sessions on griefcounseling

The Sharonville Con-ventionCenterwill be thelocation of two, free griefcounseling seminars forcommunity membersand professionals 7-9p.m. Tuesday, March 5,and 9 a.m.-noon Wednes-day, March 6, sponsoredby Newcomer FuneralHome.

Newcomer FuneralHomesareat7830Hamil-ton Ave., Mount Healthy,

and 3300ParkcrestLane,Westwood.

AlanWolfelt, apsycholo-gist andgrief coun-selor of in-ternational

reputation, will be thepresenter of these pro-grams. Tuesday’s pro-gram is “UnderstandingYour Grief: Touchstonesfor Hope and Healing.”Wednesday’s program is“The Art of ‘Companion-ing’ the Mourner”. Bothprograms have been ap-

proved for continuingeducation requirementsby the Ohio State BoardofEmbalmers andFuner-al Directors and the OhioCounselor, Social WorkandMarriage and FamilyTherapist Board, whichalso approves credit forthe Ohio Board of Nurs-ing. Space is limited, sopeople are encouraged toregister before March 1by calling the funeralhome at 513-661-7283.

“Dr. Wolfelt does anexceptional job of navi-gating individualsthrough the grievingprocess,” said BrendaByrd, Newcomer Funer-al Home.

Wolfelt is founder anddirector of the Center forLoss and Life Transitionlocated in Fort Collins,Colo. He is knownthroughout the U.S. andCanada for his education-al contributions in theareas of both childhoodand adult grief and hasbeen a guest on “TheOprah Winfrey Show,”“The Larry King LiveShow” and the “NBC To-day Show.”

Free tax helpavailable

The United Way ofGreater Cincinnati'sMake Work Pay cam-paign helps local individ-uals and families makingunder $50,000 claim theearned income tax creditand file taxes for free. In2012, local tri-state resi-dents receivedmore than$20.2 million in refundsat the program’s 33 freetax preparation sites.

This year, there is anew tax preparation siteopen to the public in Col-erainTownshipat theTheHouston Learning Cen-ter, 3310 Compton Road.

Assistance will beavailable from 9 a.m. to 1p.m.onSundays inFebru-ary.Dates areFeb. 9, Feb.16, and Feb. 23.

The service is also of-fered at NorthminsterPresbyterian Church,703 Compton Road;Wednesdays throughApril 10, from noon to4:30 p.m.

Program coordinatorssay theywant toget infor-mation about the poten-tial refund and the freehelp filing taxes to resi-dents of the community.Some may qualify to re-ceive up to $5,891cashback to help pay off debt,buy a home or save forthe future.

Go towww.makework-pay.com or call 2-1-1 formore information.

BRIEFLY

Wolfelt

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

One of the activities at Our Lady of GraceSchool during Catholic Schools Week was playingthe gameMinute to Win It.

The game, based on the TV show of the samename, was played by every grade and was a lot offun for the entired school.

Celebrating Catholic schools

Our Lady of Grace kindergartener Mackenzie Haenning wriggles hereyebrows to move a cookie from her forehead to her mouth during aseries of “Minute to Win It” style challenges as part of her school’sCatholic School Week celebration. JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Our Lady of Grace Elementary School teacher Debby Nagelconcentrates as she tries to stack lip balm tubes with tongs duringher “Minute to Win It” style challenge. JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Students at Our Lady of Grace Elementary School cheered on fellow students during “Minute to Win It” stylechallenges as part of their Catholic School Week celebration. The contest pitted teachers against students,but everyone came out a winner, since the activity was a lot of fun. JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Teachers DeborahFischesser andAnnette Braun getready for the nextgame at Our Ladyof GraceElementary School.Youngsterscheered on theirclassmates during“Minute to Win It”style challenges aspart of theirCatholic SchoolWeek celebration.JENNIE KEY/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Olivia Lester, a kindergartener at Our Lady of Grace ElementarySchool, defies gravity as she keeps her purple balloon airbornein a contest against kindergarten teacher Emily Schalf. JENNIEKEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Kindergartener Mackenzie Haenning, teacher Beth Collins, Sara Garvey and Claire Childers enjoyedcompeting in “Minute to Win It.” JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Dylan Clyde, a first-grade student at Our Lady of Grace ElementarySchool, windmilled his arms to wind up rolls of crepe paper during a“Minute to Win It” style challenge. JENNIE KEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Our Lady of Grace ElementarySchool teacher Beth Collins placesher cookie on her forehead as sheprepares to face off against oneof her students in a “Minute toWin It“ style challenge. JENNIEKEY/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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

MOUNT HEALTHY — WhenMount Healthy junior wres-tler David Kuhlmann talksabout a banana split, youmay want to run instead ofsalivate.

His signature move hashelped him to a SouthwestOhio Conference best 27-7record with 22 pins at 138pounds.

“(The banana split) is theone that I always go for,”Kuhlmann said. “It’s whenyou lock in the leg andyougoover the body, you hook theother leg and you fall backand their legs are split apart.It doesn’t sound good, but itputs them in a claustropho-bic position.”

What may be most im-pressive about Kuhlmann’sgame is the way he ap-proaches themat.He ismen-tally prepared for just aboutanything his opponent has tooffer.

“I have four options goingout onto the mat and that’sbefore I even step on themat,” he said. “Then if I getthe takedown, mentally Ipossibly know more movesthan the guy that I am wres-tling and I can work severaldifferent moves.”

His 27 victories includechampionships at the Madi-son Mohawk Invitationaland the Norwood Adam CoxMemorial Tournament.

Even his coach OlajuwonButler has been impressedwith his junior this season.

“He’s a very unique wres-tler,” Butler said. “He’s verysmart and you can tell by thethings he does out there onthemat that he’s pretty well-rounded at every position.”

Butler preaches to his en-tire team to never give up ina match no matter what ob-stacles are in front of youand Kuhlmann has shownwhy that is true.

“I’ve seen this kid six(points) down, eight down,down two and he’s going tokeep coming at you,” Butlersaid. “He’s going to keepgrinding it out, he’s going tostay in your face, he’s goingto attack and that is one ofthe main things we tell ourkids. He’s definitely been anoutstanding wrestler to thispoint.”

After winning 19 matchesas a sophomore and placingsecond at 138 pounds in theFort Ancient Valley Confer-enceWest Divisionmeet, hisconstant work ethic has lift-edKuhlmann to the next lev-el.

“Brushingup onverypre-cise technique and getting alittle big stronger and get-ting a little more stamina,”said Kuhlmann about be-coming a better wrestler.“Knowing the moves bettergets you better in themeets.”

Despite losing in the firstround of the SWOC champi-onships,when it comes to thefuture, the junior is taking itmatch by match and knowsif he puts the work in, it willpay off.

“… I take every meet andmatch as pay day,” Kuhl-mann said. “You work for itand you get paid for it.”

Kuhlmannworks to‘split’opponents

By Tom [email protected]

Owl leads SWOCwrestling wins

Boys basketball»Gamble Montessori beat

Cincinnati College Prep 64-43,Jan. 28 behind 19 points fromKenneyMil.

Chris Martin scored a game-high 28 points as the Gatorsblew out Depaul Cristo Rey 85-45, Feb. 1.

» St. Xavier got 15 pointsfrom both Ben Carroll and RodMills ina66-54victoryoverPur-cell Marian Jan. 29.

The Bombers got 18 pointsfrom Mills in a 62-45 victoryover Alter Feb. 1.

»WintonWoods had its nine-game win streak snapped Jan.29 in a 48-40 loss toWilmington.Trent Donald scored 16 points.

» LaSalleknockedoffSt.Xa-vier for its 10th win of the sea-son with its 49-41 victory Jan.25. Connor Speed led the waywith 12 points. Jeff Larkin andEric Southers each scored 10.

On Jan. 27, Larkin’s hot handwas good for 22 points as LaSalle beat Northmont 57-36.

» Bally Butler and BradleyNelms each scored11points for

Finneytown as the Wildcats de-feated Reading 50-43, Feb. 1.

» Aiken lost to Hughes 70-69in double overtime Feb. 1. Aus-tin Grimes scored a game-high24 points for the Falcons.

Girls basketball» Tess Enderle scored 15

points in Finneytown’s 63-25loss to Reading Jan. 26.

Finneytown lost to Madeira76-29, Jan. 30. Shyla Cummings

scored 15 points.» Aiken lost to Withrow 55-

26, Jan. 31.AlectraBorgemenkescored six points.

»North College Hill seniorKalin Williams topped 1,000 ca-reerpointsduring theLadyTro-jans’ victory over New MiamiJan. 23.

According to MiamiValley-Conference.com, Williams en-tered the contest with 998points, and achieved the mile-

stonebyconnectingfromdown-town on a 3-pointer.

Williams is third in the MVCwith 16.1 points per game (as ofJan. 28). She scored 18 as NorthCollege Hill beat Seven Hills,48-33, Jan. 26.

Boys swimming» St. Xavier won the GCL

South Championships Jan. 30.James DelGado (200-yard free-style, 100-yard breaststroke)and Jack Hendricks (50-yardfreestyle, 100-yard backstroke)each won two events for theBombers.

» La Salle senior Jimmy Mc-Mahon, who won the GCL Scar-let Division Diving title Jan. 28.

» Roger Bacon won the GCLCentral Championship meetJan.26.KevinAnneken(50free,100 fly), Kyle Suffoletta (100free), Joey Anello (100 back)and Noah Enderle (100 breast)earned individual league titles.

Coach Alex Ebner wasnamed the Central Division’sCoach of the Year.

Wrestling»Winton Woods placed 12th

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Moeller’s Josh Davenport, right, guards Roger Bacon Austin Frentsosduring the Spartans’ 61-34 loss Jan. 29. With the loss, Roger Bacon fellto 15-3. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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FOREST PARK — Without aconference and facing a brutal-ly tough schedule iswhereWin-ton Woods girls basketballcoach Calvin Johnson foundhimself before the season.

Two months later he findshis teamat13-4,No. 6 inTheEn-quirer Division I area coaches’poll and victories over some ofthe top teams in the state ofOhio.

“I feel like this season hasbeen a great challenge for usbecause we are not in a leagueand had to play some verytough teams,” Johnson said.“We’ve (played) very fewteams you would call an easyassignment and we’ve fared al-right for ourselves.”

Thirteen wins is impressiveconsidering the Lady Warriorshave faced five teams rankedin the Division I, II or III Ohiostate poll and a Riverdale teamfrom Tennessee that is rankedNo.1inClassAAAintheirhomestate andNo. 5 in the latestUSAToday Super-25 Poll. Johnson’steam is 2-4 in those six contests.

“We’re going to find out,”Johnson said as to whether theschedule will help prepare hisgirls for the postseason. “It’shard to say right now. … Weshould be battle-tested andhopefully we can go deep be-cause we already played someof the best teams in and out ofthe state of Ohio.”

Junior Imani Partlow hasbeen a big part of theWarriors’success. Through16 games thisseason she is averaging 18.6points and 10.8 rebounds pergame. She ranks inside the top14 in the city in both categories.

“The thing that helps (Ima-ni) is her dedication in the off-season,” Johnson said. “Sheran, lost weight and woke upwithmeat seven in themorningto run the stadium steps. Herteammates have realized whata force she is in the post andthey aremaking sure to run theoffense though her.”

With colleges around the

Lady Warriors battlethrough tough scheduleBy Tom [email protected]

Imani Partlow of Winton Woods muscles her way to the net for two of her 22 points in the Lady Warriors’55-47 victory over Glen Este Jan. 31. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESSSee GIRLS, Page A7

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No purchase Necessary. Must be a resident of ohio, Kentucky or Indiana who is18 years or older to enter. Deadline to enter is February 8, 2013 at 9:00aM.

For a complete list of rules visit cincinnati.com/giveaways.

Visit Cincinnati.com/giveaways for yourchance to win tickets to see The Nutcracker!

Winners will be chosen at a randomdrawing on February 8, 2013 at 9:00AM.

The annual Fall SportsAwards ceremony wasconducted recently atWinton Woods HighSchool to honor those ath-letes participating in boysand girls soccer, crosscountry, volleyball, golfand girls tennis.

Special awards givenout that evening include:

Girls tennisMost Valuable Player – MarieKoala.Most Improved Players – Shan-ice Wiechman and HannahVan Dyke.Charlie Fredrick Sportsman-ship Award – Elisa Taylor.Warrior Award – TyshaMorris.SecondYearAward – Elisa Tay-lor.

Cross countryMost Valuable Player – HayleyPerkins.Most Improved Player – Jor-dan Randolph.Warrior Award – Mark Hig-gins.

Charlie Fredrick Sportsman-ship Award – Ryan Capal.Second Year Awards – JordanRandolph, Jackson Kramer,Hayley Perkins and AutumnAdams.Third Year Award – Mark Hig-gins.

VolleyballMost Valuable Player – ChiaraRizzardi.Most Improved Player – E’yon-ni Tompkins.Warrior Award – Kamiylah Bo-mar.Charlie Fredrick Sportsman-ship Award – Kamiylah Bo-mar.Second Year Award – AmberlyBoyd.Third Year Award – Myah Re-vis, manager.

GolfMost Valuable Golfer – MattBerte.Most Improved Golfer – AlexKuhn.WarriorAward–ZeAjiahMoo-ney.

Charlie Fredrick Sportsman-ship Award – Alex Kuhn.Second Year Awards – AlexKuhn and Matt Berte.Third Year Awards – ZeAjiahMooney and KameronReeves.Fourth Year Award – TaylorKinley.

Boys soccerMost Valuable Player – CurtisPonder.Most Improved Player – A.J.Brandy.Warrior Award – Chris Smoth-erman.Charlie Fredrick Sportsman-ship Award – Daniel Augus-tine.Best Offense – Prince Adu.Best Defense – Nana Gyan.Newcomer of the Year –Kayode Daboiku.Second Year Awards – BlakeHoward, Curtis Ponder andChris Smotherman.Third Year Award - Daniel Au-gustine.

Girls soccer

Most Valuable Player – EmilyCapal.Most Improved Player – Alli-son Holtman.Warrior Award – Irene Hutch-inson.Charlie Fredrick Sportsman-ship Award – KimberleeSteele.Offensive Player of the Year–Alyssa Johnson.Midfielder Player of the Year–Sabrina Mercer.Defensive Player of the Year –Khadijah Palmer.Freshman Player of the Year –Delaney Lindeman.Second Year Awards – EmilyCapal, Alex Strupe, IreneHutchinson, Yanci Cruz, Kay-la Upthegrove, Autumn Ad-ams and Khadijah Palmer.Third Year Awards – April Ot-to, Alyssa Johnson, Rea Syl-vester and Allison Holtman.Fourth Year Awards – SabrinaMercer, Kimberlee Steele andTaylor Baird.

WintonWoods fall athletes laudedOutstanding golfers honored at Winton Woods High School’s fall sports awards ceremony are, from left, ZeAjiahMooney, Alex Kuhn, coach Chris Gibfried and Taylor Kinley. THANKS TO TERESA CLEARY

country watching thejunior, Johnson knowsthe sky is the limit aslong as Partlow keepsworking.

“It’s incredible,” hesaid about her potential.“She is doing more andmore things.…She’s notgetting double-doublesagainst just any team;she is getting it done

against everybody.”The Lady Warriors

have just two girls scor-ing indoubledigits (Par-tlow and Tyra James)and Johnson is lookingfor theemergenceofan-other scorer as the post-season approaches.

“We always need an-other scorer,” he said.“We always want some-body else to be on boardand I think thatwill hap-pen.… I thinkwewill bea team to be reckonedwith for a while.”

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Senior Dominique Harper of Winton Woods penetratesthe Glen Este defense. Winton Woods won 55-47 atGlen Este High School. BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY

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out of 18 schools at theMilford Invitational Jan.26. Tyler Nelson (195pounds) and Austin Bar-rett (120)wererunners-upin their individual weightclasses.

» St. Xavier defeatedOak Hills 70-6, Jan. 26.The Bombers won nine ofthe 10 matches that werewrestled.

St. Xavier defeated El-der and Princeton in theRegion 8A Division ITeamTournamentJan.30.The Bombers face Moell-

er Feb. 6 in the regional fi-nal.

Boys bowling» St. Xavier defeated

GCL rival Moeller 2,713-2,421, Jan. 29 behind a 514high-series from JoeyFrancis.

The Bombers rolled a2,712 to defeat Roger Ba-con (2,412) and Fenwick(2,212) Jan. 31. AnthonyHughes rolled a 439 high-series for the Bombers.

» Roger Bacon beatPurcell Marian 2,534-2,035, Jan. 29. SophomoreChrisWilhelmrolleda435

high series.

Rivalry renewed» The Colerain and St.

Xavier football programsfinalized another home-and-home agreement onFriday that schedules thehigh anticipated rivalrygame for Week 2 in 2013and 2014.

This year’s game willbe at Colerain on Sept, 6,while the 2013 game willbe at St. Xavier.

St. X leads 18-9 in theall-time series againstColerain.

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On Feb. 1, St. XavierHigh School head coachSteve Specht was namedthe Don Shula NFL HighSchool Coach of the Year.

The awardwas createdin 2010. Specht will re-ceive $10,000 and St. X’sfootball program will re-ceive $15,000.

When asked what itwill be like to receive anaward from Shula, Spechtsaid: “I hope I don’t trip;he’s a legend. I’m excitedand honored.”

Specht, who hascoached the Bombers fornine seasons and won Di-vision I state titles in 2005and 2007, was nominatedfor the award by rookieSeattle Seahawks defen-sive end Greg Scruggs.One of Specht’s formerplayers, Luke Kuechly,won the defensive rookieof the year.

Specht was a guest ofthe NFL at Super BowlXLVII and got tickets fortheSundaygamebetweenthe Ravens and 49ers at

the Superdome. Spechtalso received recognitionduring the NFL Honorstelecast Feb. 2 on CBS.

Specht named NFL HighSchool Coach of the YearGannett News Service

Saint Xavier High School head coach Steve Spechtaddresses his team. Specht was named the NFL HighSchool Coach of the Year Feb. 1. GARY LANDERS/THE COMMUNITY

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As a resident of MountHealthy and a parent of twostudents who graduated in2006 and 2007 and one who willgraduate in 2017, I stumble tofind the words that adequatelyarticulate my disbelief andlevel of shock towards thosewho refuse to support ourschools.

Residents I’ve spoken towho do not support the passingof the levy have little or in-accurate information all to-gether. I’m confused as to howthis is possible with all themethods the school districtuses to get the message andfacts out there. But then again,I cannot understand why thecity hasn’t publicly endorsed

the passing ofthe levy either.The schooldistrict em-ployees areone of thelargest taxpay-ers the cityhas, so onewould thinkthat the citywould be the

school district’s biggest sup-porter and endorse the levy.

Oh, I’m sure the city wouldsay there’s some legal reasonwhy they can’t support it, but Iclearly remember the last timethey did and that was the lasttime the school district passeda levy. That was in 2003.

Mount Healthy residentshave no clue how bad thingswill get within the city if thelevy doesn’t pass in November.We all know what happens toteenagers who have “nothing”to do, they’ll “find” somethingto do. The city will encountermore problems, become a visu-ally ugly, property value willgo down even more and they’llloose more residents! Is thecity prepared to deal with thatfinancial decline?

The school district has donea great job with little andthey’ve been a good stewardwith what they have. The pursestrings are breaking. Our chil-dren are in need of a suppor-tive city!

Residents need to have allthe information before makinga decision. Call the school dis-trict, talk to administrationstaff, show up at the monthlypublic forummeetings, andtalk to a supportive parent tofind out why they vote yes. Ourkids are not receiving the sameeducation that was available inthe past. The academic courseshave been narrowed to almostthe basics with little to no elec-tives. That doesn’t make ourkids competitive for schol-arships and/or college at all.They’re being robbed of aneducation that you and I oncereceived, that residents helpedpay for.

The city has tons of reasons

to be proud of their students!There are incredibly intelli-gent and gifted students whoattendMount Healthy PublicSchools. There are wonderful-ly compassionate kids whovolunteer in the community aswell. The high school has atalented band, athletes andclubs that support the city in apositive way. The city ofMount Healthy has studentsthat are in need of its supportand its residents who will“pass it on” by passing thelevy. The city of MountHealthy needs to say yes totheir students!

Beth Adams is a resident of MountHealthy.

City should endorse school levy

Beth AdamsCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

DIVERSITY CLUB

McAuley High School’s 30th club, and the newest extra-curricular club is called Women of Diversity. Theclub was started by six students and is moderated by Laurel Chambers and Ted Ward. The purpose of thisclub, which meets on Fridays after school, is to promote awareness of different cultures, differenttraditions, and different ethnicities. Some planned activities of this new endeavor include: aninternational Christmas dinner, book discussions, guest speakers, dancing, making jewelry and othercrafts, planning a Black History month activity, and attending diversity events outside McAuley. Four ofthe six students who are leaders in the club are, from left, Brittany Stephens, Brielle Stephens, Alycia Coxand Tiffany Turley. THANKS TO KATHY DIETRICH

Cincinnati lost a piece ofits heart last month.

Avtar Gill died quietly inthe motel room he has calledhome for many years. About50 people attended a beautifulmemorial today at Findlay

Market in hishonor, andimages takenof himthrough theyears aresurfacing allover the in-ternet includ-ing a newFacebookpage withhundreds of

likes already.In the final years of his

life, he gave smiles to count-less faces. His impact touchedthousands. Avtar, in case youhaven’t heard, is the “Cincin-nati Hat Man.” If you haveattended any large publicgatherings downtown, youhave more than likely seenhim. Dressed in casual slacksand mostly colorful t-shirts,he was always adorned withhis signature ball cap at-tached to a piece of posterboard decorated in brightcolors with positive messages.Among them – “Mother’s Day:Be proud to be a mother.”“Rejoice. World Choir Gamescomes to town. Wow!”

I remember seeing him atevents. I remember upliftingbillboards. He was hard tomiss. I never said hello. Inever asked him his name orwhy he made it his life mis-sion to hand out joy. I nevertold him he brightened myday. I never said thank you.Sadly, only now in the wake ofhis absence, am I learningabout the man whose mes-sages of hope and inspirationtouched our hearts in mean-ingful ways.

How many of you can saythe same? Why is it that sooften we wait until a person isgone to memorialize theirgifts? Please don’t get mewrong. I think it is wonderfulto see and read the outpouringof emotions of people whowere touched by Avtar. I haveno doubt that Avtar is smiling

looking down upon this cityright now. I only wish that hecould have seen this outpour-ing of admiration while hewas still with us.

In our busy lives, it is soeasy for us to go about ourroutines without taking thetime to let others know oftheir value. Or we put offsaying things thinking we cansay them later. It isn’t be-cause we don’t care or thatothers don’t matter. For what-ever reason, we just don’t saywhat is in our heart.

Life can be short. None ofus know what is in store forour tomorrow. Caring andbeing there for each other iswhat makes our time here sospecial. We need to practicevoicing our appreciation.

There is a lesson to belearned from the passing ofAvtar Gill ... aka the “Cincin-nati Hat Man.”

In his honor and memory,let’s rejoice in life and in eachother. Today, tomorrow, nextweek and all year, make apoint to let others know theyare important. Let’s celebrateand cherish gifts in the hereand now.

Lisa Desatnik is a public relationsconsultant and Dillonvale resident.

Lessons learnedfrom Cincinnati’s‘Hat Man’

Lisa DesatnikCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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Recently, I read that sincethe Dec. 14 shooting in New-town, Conn., there have beenmore than 900 gun-relateddeaths in the United States.According toWikipedia, therewere 30,000 gun deaths and300,000 gun-related assaults inthe U.S. during 2010.

The CEO of the NRA point-ed out last month, “The onlything that stops a bad guy witha gun is a good guy with agun.” His previous best oneliner was his reference tofederal agents of the Bureauof Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-arms as “jackbooted govern-ment thugs.” As a result of thatstatement, former PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush resignedfrom the NRA in protest.

Going over all the sugges-tions and comments about gundeaths and it appears the coun-try is not debating how tomosteffectively reduce gun vio-lence but rather about who hasthe right to own what type ofgun. We seem to be takingguns out of the equation.

For instance, there is broadpublic support for preventingpeople with mental illnesses

from owningguns. Whilepeople withmental illnessare respon-sible for closeto 20 percentof rampage orserial killings,they onlyaccount for 4percent ofviolent crimes

overall. Dr. Michael Stone, aNewYork forensic psychia-trist, recently pointed out thatmost mass murders are com-mitted “by working-class menwho’ve been jilted, fired, orotherwise humiliated.”

Gun deaths are an epidemicand wemust pass some legisla-tion aimed at reducing gunviolence because we can’tafford to do nothing. Butwhat’s on the table isn’t goingto end gun violence, though itmay temporarily placate someof our fears.

What we have to face is theidea that links guns with free-dom. Amythology the NRAhas carefully crafted and en-trenched into our culture. We

have been led to believe folk-lore around guns where theyhavemeant freedom for ev-eryone from the foundingfathers to today’s activists in avariety of groups.

If we’re really serious aboutending gun violence, we haveto ask what role do guns playin our culture and then whatrole should they play. It’s a bigquestion. But so long as wekeep claiming it’s the goodguys vs. bad guys, we willremain a nation in mourningand a people continually ask-ing, “How do we put an end togun violence?”

Maybe it’s time we startasking ourselves if we canimagine a society where wedon’t need guns at all. Thenconsider that it was just a fewyears ago when it seemedimpossible to ban smokingfrom the work place, restau-rants and airplanes. Smokinghas remained legal just bannedfrom public places that canharm other folks.

Paul Ashworth lives in Delhi Town-ship.

Imagine a society wherewe don’t need guns

PaulAshworthCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

HILLTOPPRESS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013

More than senior citizens enjoyed a holiday brunch at Finneytown High School presented by theschool’s National Honor Society. The students served the seniors in the holiday spirit.

SENIOR SERVICE

Finneytown senior citizens enjoy while the FinneytownWomen’s Chorus performs in the background. THANKS TO SHAWNMAUS

Enjoying the brunch are, from left, Pat Ruff, Monroe Ruff, Beverly Holman, and Yvonne Coursey. THANKS TOSHAWNMAUS

More than 75 senior citizens enjoyed a holiday brunch at FinneytownHigh School. THANKS TO SHAWNMAUS

Thomas Steel, left, serves bunch to a group of senior citizens for theannual Senior Citizens Holiday Brunch presented by the National HonorSociety. THANKS TO SHAWNMAUS

Marianne McLain and George McLain enjoy brunch at Finneytown HighSchool. THANKS TO SHAWNMAUS

Barb Osborn and Jan McDermottenjoy brunch presented by theFinneytown National HonorSociety. THANKS TO SHAWNMAUS

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THURSDAY, FEB. 7Dance 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.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 7-8p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, 4300 SpringdaleRoad, Greg Insco, instructor. $5.741-8802; www.coleraintwp.org.Colerain Township.Hatha Yoga, 9:15 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Daytimeclass ages 50 and up on Thurs-days. Evening class ages 18 andup on Mondays. Bring mat andengage in stretching, breathingand relaxing techniques. $5.741-8802; www.coleraintwp.org.Colerain Township.

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.CrazyBusy: A Pause BeforeYou Snap, 7-8:30 p.m., FamilyLife Center, 703 Compton Road,Learn coping strategies fordealing with busyness and“culturally induced ADD.”Registration required. 931-5777.Finneytown.Are You at Risk for CongestiveHeart Failure?, 6-7 p.m., MercyHospital Mount Airy, 2446Kipling Ave., Rooms ABCD. Dr.Lynne Wagoner, cardiologistwith Mercy Health: The HeartInstitute, discusses congestiveheart failure and what you cando to prevent this chroniccondition from altering yourlifestyle. Reservations required.Presented by Mercy HealthPartners. 956-3729; www.e-mercy.com.Mount Airy.

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, 3820Westwood Northern Blvd.,Locally produced food items.Free. Presented by Lettuce EatWell. 661-1792; www.lewfm.org.Cheviot.

Music - RockFireflight and Disciple, 7:30p.m., The Underground, 1140Smiley Ave., With Bellarive andAbove Only. $30 VIP; $20, $16advance. 825-8200; www.theug-.com. Forest Park.

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.

Support GroupsGrandFamilies: GrandparentsRaising Grandchildren, 1-2:30p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Support fromcaring leaders for challenges of

parenting second time around.Free. Registration required.Through June 14. 931-5777.Finneytown.

SATURDAY, FEB. 9Art EventsIlluminated Soul, Noon, Clo-vernook Center for the Blindand Visually Impaired, 7000Hamilton Ave., Recent artworkby Wanda Owens. Part of Macy’sArts Sampler. Sampler scheduleis subject to change. Free.Presented by ArtsWave. 522-3860; www.theartswave.org.North College Hill.

BenefitsSuper Bowl of Chili, 5-8 p.m.,Northminster PresbyterianChurch, 703 Compton Road,Drinks and snacks available forpurchase. Vote for the People’sChoice Award winner. BenefitsFinneytown Young Life. $5, freechildren under 5, includesunlimited sampling. Presentedby Young Life West CentralCincinnati. 407-4731;www.younglife.org. Finney-town.

Dance ClassesDance Demonstrations andClasses, 1:30 p.m., College HillTown Hall, 1805 Larch Ave., Partof Macy’s Arts Sampler. Samplerschedule is subject to change.Free. Presented by ArtsWave.591-1227; www.theartswave-.org. College Hill.

EducationPortable 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. 825-2429;www.waycross.tv/Work-shop_Registration.html. ForestPark.

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; www.debsfitnesspar-ty.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.

Music - ClassicalLinton Peanut Butter and JamSession, 10-10:30 a.m. and 11:30a.m.-noon, Clovernook Centerfor the Blind and Visually Im-paired, 7000 Hamilton Ave.,Theme: American Heartstrings.Melodious sounds of the harp,violin, flute, voice and pianowith American folk music andmore. Featuring members of theMuddy River Consort, Cincin-nati’s own musical family. Inter-active and educational children’schamber music series for pre-schoolers and their families.Includes free Graeter’s cookies.Ages 2-6. Part of Macy’s ArtsSampler. Sampler schedule issubject to change. Free. Present-ed by ArtsWave. 381-6868;www.lintonmusic.org. NorthCollege Hill.

Music - RockUnreliable and Selfish, 7:30p.m., The Underground, 1140Smiley Ave., With Save theDrama, As We Crash, 4-WayHigh 5 and Heroes of Time.Doors open 7 p.m. $8. 825-8200;www.theug.com. Forest Park.

On Stage - TheaterMurder Mystery Dinner, 6:30p.m., Mill Race Banquet Center,1515 W. Sharon Road, “DeathSucks (Mew).” 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.

SUNDAY, FEB. 10NatureRavine to Freedom, 1-3 p.m.,LaBoiteaux Woods, 5400 LaniusLane, Walk wooded ravine usedby escaping slaves and hearstories about abolitionists thatfollowed Hamilton Avenueroute through Northside, Col-lege Hill, North College Hill andMount Healthy. Dress for weath-er. Ages 18 and up. $5. Regis-tration required by Feb. 7.Presented by Cincinnati ParksExplore Nature. 542-2909;www.cincinnatiparks.com.College Hill.

MONDAY, FEB. 11Exercise ClassesHatha Yoga, 6:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$5. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.FitBodz, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Instruct-ed by Gary Terry, West Pointgraduate, Army master fitnesstrainer and certified personaltrainer. Focusing on helpingindividuals improve theirstrength, stamina, flexibility andweight loss. Bring mat, 3- or5-pound dumbbells and water.$8. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.Cardio 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. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Springfield Township.

Health / WellnessHow to Increase andMaintainYour Energy, Vitality andYouth, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Renais-sance West, 5156 North BendCrossing, Learn to take bettercare of health and about bene-fits of maintenance care. Topics:how exercise and nutrition playa role in contributing to living along, healthy life; simple solu-tions to health that can be fitinto one’s life. For seniors. Free.Presented by Foundation forWellness Professionals. 941-0378.Monfort Heights.

Holiday - Black HistoryMonthBooks Alive! For Kids, 6:30p.m., Forest Park Branch Library,655 Waycross Road, Reading ofthe book “What AWonderfulWorld: The Life of Louis Arm-strong,” performance fromBooks Alive! For Kids. Take-home craft after making it. Free.Presented by Public Library ofCincinnati & Hamilton County.369-4478; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Forest Park.

SeminarsJob Search Seminar, 1:30-3p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Denny Krause,Great American InsuranceCompany, presents “A Net-working Case Study: Good, Badand Everything In Between.”Weekly speakers advise jobseekers on how to conduct aneffective job search. Familyfriendly. Free. Registrationrequired. 931-5777. Finneytown.

TUESDAY, FEB. 12Dance 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.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 7-8p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, $5. 741-8802;www.coleraintwp.org. ColerainTownship.

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.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13Art & Craft ClassesJewelry Design, 9-11:30 a.m.,Colerain Township CommunityCenter, 4300 Springdale Road,Bring jewelry beads and createwith assistance from LindaSchneider. For ages 50 and up.Free. 741-8802; www.cole-raintwp.org. Colerain Township.

Exercise ClassesFitBodz, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$8. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.

Health / WellnessPre-Diabetes Class, 10 a.m.-noon, Mercy Hospital MountAiry, 2446 Kipling Ave., In-formation on making healthyfood choices, exercise and bloodsugar control and monitoringblood sugar levels. $20. Present-ed by Mercy Health Partners.956-3729; www.e-mercy.com.Mount Airy.

THURSDAY, FEB. 14Clubs & OrganizationsMonthly Business Meeting, 11a.m.-noon, Mount HealthyChristian Village, 8097 HamiltonAve., Free. Presented by MountHealthy Business Association,Inc. 923-1985; www.mthealthy-ba.org.Mount Healthy.

Dance 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 Activity

Center, $5. 232-1303. ForestPark.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 7-8p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, $5. 741-8802;www.coleraintwp.org. ColerainTownship.Hatha Yoga, 9:15 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$5. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.

FRIDAY, FEB. 15Dining EventsFish Fry, 5-7 p.m., VFW Post7340 Charles R. Gailey, 8326Brownsway Lane, Cod, catfish,shrimp, chicken, platters comewith choice of two sides. Carry-out available. $7.50 platter,$4.50 sandwich. Presented byVFW Post 7340 Ladies Auxiliary.521-7340; http://gailey-post.webs.com. Colerain Town-ship.

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

Music - RockCalcaska, 7:30 p.m., The Un-derground, 1140 Smiley Ave.,Doors open 7 p.m. $8. 825-8200;www.theug.com. Forest Park.

SATURDAY, FEB. 16BenefitsMardi Gras Party, 8 p.m.-midnight, American Legion PostHughWatson Post 530 Green-hills, 11100 Winton Road, In-cludes beer, soft drinks, hotappetizers, chips and pretzels,cash bar, split-the-pot, silent andchance auctions, mystery bagsand more. Benefits: spay/neuterand vaccination voucher pro-gram for people assisting strayand feral cats. Ages 21 and up.$185 reserved table of eight;$25. Presented by Save Cats andObliterate OverPopulation Inc.771-2967; www.scoopcat.org.Greenhills.

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

On Stage - TheaterMurder Mystery Dinner, 6:30p.m., Mill Race Banquet Center,“Mardi Gras Mayhem.” Dinnerat 7 p.m. $34.50 plus tax; vehiclepermit required. Registrationrequired online. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. Spring-field Township.

SUNDAY, FEB. 17Community DanceFunfest Sweetheart Dance, 1-5p.m., Lakeridge Hall, 7210 Pippin

Road, With DJ Larry Robers.Admission includes soft drinks,beer, snacks, door prizes andphoto. $10. 521-1112. ColerainTownship.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayA Sinatra Valentine, 4-8 p.m.,Willie’s Sports Cafe, 6380 Glen-way Ave., Music of Frank Sinatraby Matt Snow. Drink specials.Free. 922-3377; www.willieswes-ternhills.com. Green Township.

LecturesNorthern Kentucky Germansin the 23rd Kentucky In-fantry, 2-5 p.m., German Heri-tage Museum, 4790 West ForkRoad, Presented by JeanineKreinbrink, adjunct lecturer,Northern Kentucky Universityand board member of the JamesRamage Civil War Museum.Free. Presented by German-American Citizens League ofGreater Cincinnati. 574-1741;www.gacl.org. Green Township.

MONDAY, FEB. 18Exercise ClassesHatha Yoga, 6:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$5. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.FitBodz, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$8. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.Cardio Dance Party, 7:45-8:45p.m., Cincinnati Dance andMovement Center, $10. Regis-tration required. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Springfield Township.

Support GroupsCrohn’s & Colitis Support,7-8:30 p.m., Family Life Center,703 Compton Road, Patientswith Crohn’s, Colitis and Inflam-matory Bowel Disease, and theirfamilies, invited to providemutual support and learn fromspeakers how to cope with thesediseases. Family friendly. Regis-tration required. 931-5777;www.northminsterchurch.net/care-and-support/family-life-center-support-groups/. Finney-town.

TUESDAY, FEB. 19Dance 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.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 7-8p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, $5. 741-8802;www.coleraintwp.org. ColerainTownship.

SeminarsJob Search Seminar, 1:30-3p.m., Family Life Center, DanaGlasgo, Cincinnati career coach,presents: Maximizing LinkedInin Your Search. Free. Regis-tration required. 931-5777.Finneytown.

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.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20Art & Craft ClassesJewelry Design, 9-11:30 a.m.,Colerain Township CommunityCenter, Free. 741-8802; www.col-eraintwp.org. Colerain Town-ship.

EducationShoulder Pain: What Are YourOptions for Relief?, 6:30-7:30p.m., Beacon Orthopaedics &Sports Medicine-West, 6480Harrison Ave., Learn aboutsurgical options. Presentationfollowed by question-and-answer session. Free. Reserva-tions required. 354-7635;www.beaconortho.com. GreenTownship.

Exercise ClassesFitBodz, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$8. 741-8802; www.coleraintw-p.org. Colerain Township.

Support GroupsCopingwith Depression,7-8:30 p.m., Family Life Center,703 Compton Road, Discusscoping strategies. Free. Regis-tration required. 931-5777;www.northminsterchurch.net.Finneytown.

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Suzanne Blunk, Phillip Ray Guevara, Margaret Ivey and Heather Petersen star in “TheTraveling Jekyll and Hyde Show,” a Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's Off the Hillproduction, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at The Grove, 9158 Winton Road. The show tells storyof tiny touring theater group trying to tell story of infamous scientist who learns to splithis good side from his evil one. The show is aimed at children ages 6-12. Admission is free.For more information, call 522-1410 or visit www.springfieldtwp.org/playhouse.cfm.THANKS TO TONY ARRASMITH & ASSOCIATES.

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Cincinnati MayorMark Mallory is onceagain calling on localyoung professionals toget involved and be apart if the transforma-tion of Cincinnati. Themayor is now accept-ing applications to jointhe Mayor’s YoungProfessionals KitchenCabinet (YPKC). Ap-ply on-line atwww.mayormallory.com, and applica-tions will be acceptedthrough Friday, Feb.15.

“Cincinnati’s youngprofessionals bringenergy and passion toeverything that theyget involved in. Mykitchen cabinet hasplayed a crucial role indriving force in thetransformation thatwe are experiencing inour community,” Mal-lory said. “Young pro-fessionals are the keyto future growth in ourregion and they wantto help shape the com-munity that they aregoing to be a part of.”

The mayor createdhis Young Profession-als Kitchen Cabinet in2006. After sevenyears, several hun-dred young profes-sionals have servedthe Cincinnati commu-nity on kitchen cab-inet. The YPKC hasbeen copied as amodelby several mayorsaround the country.

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The timeless themes inRobert Louis Stevenson'sclassic horror novel areexplored in the CincinnatiPlayhouse in the Park’sOff the Hill production of“The Travelling JekyllAndHyde Show,” by play-wright Russell Davis. Itwill be performed at 7p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in theGrove Banquet Hall atSpringfield Township, onWinton Road.

The show is recom-mendedforage11andold-er. Contact the theatersfor ticket prices.

“The Travelling JekyllAnd Hyde Show” tells thestory of a tiny touringtheater attempting to tellthe story of the infamousscientist who learns tosplit his good side fromhis evil one. Unfortunate-ly, the three actresses aresabotaged at every turn

by a domineering direc-tor. As the women in thecompany slowly take con-trol of the story, they alsolearn to take control oftheir lives.

Phillip Ray Guevara(Nigel Entwickle), Su-zanne Sefinatu AyokaBlunk (Chantal Baboot)and Heather Petersen(Lady Peggy Dill) fromthe Playhouse’s Bruce E.Coyle Intern Companywill appear in the produc-tion. Margaret Ivey, fromlast year’s Bruce E. CoyleIntern Company, will playPenny Twinkling.

Playhouse educationdirector Mark Lutwakwill direct. Other mem-bers of the productionteam include KentonBrett (set designer), Da-ryl Harris (costume de-signer), Anna Goller(props designer) and Syd-

ney Kuhlman (stage man-ager).

“The Travelling JekyllAndHyde Show”will alsotour schools (grades sixthrough 12) from Jan. 22throughFeb. 22. Formoreinformation about thePlayhouse's educationand outreach programs,contact the Education De-partment at 513-345-2242or visit www.cincyplay-.com.

‘Jekyll, Hyde’ coming to Springfield Twp.

Suzanne Blunk, Phillip Ray Guevara, Margaret Ivey andHeather Petersen in the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’sOff the Hill production of Russell Davis’s “The TravellingJekyll and Hyde Show.” THANKS TO PHOTO BY TONY ARRASMITH &

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If there were a prizefor necessity being themother of invention, Iwould win it.

Take today, for in-stance. I wanted to make

LottieHilgefort’sCrockpotmacaroniandcheese. Itcalls fortwo eggs.Well, my“girls”(chickens)must be onstrike

because I only retrievedone egg from the nestthis morning. I needed 8oz. macaroni (2 cups) andhad 1 cup left in the pan-try. Then I couldn’t findmy Crockpot. I remem-bered I left it at my sis-ter’s house.

But I really wantedthat macaroni andcheese, so I improvised. Imade it on top of thestove, with two kinds ofpasta and with only oneegg. The result? A pot ofcreamy, cheesy, tummy-pleasing goodness. An-other culinary discovery!

Two-waymacaroniand cheese

If you want a Crockpotversion that starts withuncooked macaroni,check out my blog atCincinnati.Com/blogs.

8 oz. dry elbowmacaroni orother short pasta, cooked(2 cups)

12 oz. evaporatedmilk1 egg (Lottie uses 2)4 cups extra sharp or sharpcheddar cheese, shredded

Salt and pepper

Stovetop: Keep maca-roni warm. In large panover low heat, whisktogether milk and egg.Stir in cheese and cookjust until cheese melts.Add macaroni and stir toblend. Season to taste.

Crockpot: Mix every-thing in Crockpot except

1 cup cheddar. Sprinklethat on top. Cook on low3-4 hours (check after 3)and don’t stir or removelid during cooking.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Evaporatedmilk: Ahouse brand, like Kroger,works well and is lessexpensive than nationalbrands.

Shredded or barcheese? I like to shredmy own since it doesn’thave the anti-cakingagents that shreddedcheese has and I thinkthe flavor is superior.But that’s up to you andhowmuch time you have,as pre-shredded workswell, too.

Herb- andspice-rubbed fishfilets with lemonbutter sauce

Can you believe Lentis almost here? You’ll befinding some good priceson seafood during Lent.

1pound tilapia or othermild white fish, cut into3-4 pieces

3⁄4 teaspoon each sweetpaprika and pepper

1⁄2 teaspoon each driedthyme and salt

1⁄4 teaspoon dry mustardCayenne to taste: start witha dash

Olive oil4 tablespoons butterLemon juice to taste

Combine herbs andspices together. Brushfish with a bit of the oliveoil on both sides and rubspice mixture all over.Film a nonstick skilletwith oil and when it’s hot,add fish and sear untilcooked through, a fewminutes per side. Mean-while, melt butter andstir in lemon juice totaste, or melt butter insmall skillet and cookuntil butter is a prettyamber color, about 3minutes over medium

heat, but watch so itdoesn’t burn. Stir in lem-on juice to taste. (Bycooking butter in skillet,you’ll have “brownedbutter,” a nuttier flavorthan simply melted but-ter and lemon juice).Spoon butter mixtureover fish. I like to servewith a side of couscousthat’s been cooked invegetable broth and sea-soned with garlic andgreen onions.

Tips from Rita’skitchen

Keeping avocadosfrom turning brown:Spray cut halves withcooking spray, wrap welland refrigerate.

Tips from readers’kitchens

My chicken cornchowder recipewas ahuge hit with readers. KitWhiteman gave her own

signature twists to it(find her version on myblog) and I understand itwas served at a ladiesluncheon, as well. “Wecalled it Rita’s soup,” thereader said.

Readers want toknow

Can kitchen shearsbe put in dishwasher? Iput them in the dish-washer only when cut-ting up poultry since theshears’ blades will even-tually be damaged in thedishwasher. So even ifthe manufacturer saysthey’re dishwasher safe,

avoid it if possible. Myfave: The ones withbreak-apart blades.

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French vanilla poundcake. For Sue, who wouldlike to make this at home.

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

At times recipes need tweaking

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Rita’s creamy macaroni and cheese started as a slow cooker recipe. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

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EVANGELICALCOMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday School Hour (for all ages)9:15 - 10:15am

Worship Service - 10:30 to 11:45am(Childcare provided for infants/ toddlers)

Pastor: Rich LanningChurch: 2191 Struble RdOffice: 2192 Springdale Rd

542-9025Visitors Welcome www.eccfellowship.org

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

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

9:30am Adult & Children’s Sunday School7:00pmWednesday, Small Groups for all agesInfant care available for all services3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

Mt HealthyUnited Methodist ChurchCorner of Compton and Perry Streets

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

Traditional Worship 10:00 - 11:00amContemporary Gathering: Bible &

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

Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church

3682 West Fork Rd , west of North BendTraditional Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Contemporary Worhip 9:45amNursery Available * Sunday School513-481-8699 * www. mhumc.org

Spiritual Checkpoint ...Bearing the Love of Christ...for you!

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Deeper Living: Deep Love"

Traditional Worship 8:20am & 11:00amContemporary Worship 9:40am

Sunday School (All ages) 9:40 & 11amAsh Wednesday( 2/13/13) 7:30pm

Nursery Care ProvidedDr. Cathy Johns, Senior PastorRev. Doug Johns, Senior Pastor

United Methodist Church10507 “Old” Colerain Ave

(513) 385-7883Rev. Mark Reuter

Christ, the Prince of Peace

Sunday School 9:15amWorship 10:30am - Nursery Available

www.cpopumc.org“Small enough to know you, Big enough to care”

UNITED METHODIST

Trinity Lutheran Church, LCMS5921 Springdale Rd

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

Bible Study 9:15 a.m. SundaysClassic Service and Hymnbook

www.trinitylutherancincinnati.com385-7024

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St. Paul United Church of Christ5312 Old Blue Rock Rd., off Springdale

Phone: 385-9077Rev. Michelle Torigian

Sunday Worship: 10:30amSunday School: 9:15am

Nursery Available/Handicap Accesswww.stpaulucccolerain.org

www.facebook.com/StPaulUCC

FLEMING ROADUnited Church of Christ691 Fleming Rd 522-2780

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

Sunday Worship - 10:30amNursery Provided

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Northwest CommunityChurch

8735 Cheviot Rd, by Colerain HSRev. Kevin Murphy, Pastor

513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AMHandicap Accessible/Nursery Available

Salem White Oak Presbyterian

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

Sunday Worship ScheduleTraditional Services: 8:00 & 10:15am

Contemporary Services: 9:00 & 11:30amStudent Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available

Jeff Hosmer, Rich Jones &Nancy Ross- Zimmerman - Pastors

At CHURCH BY THEWOODS

www.churchbythewoods.org3755 Cornell Rd.,

Sharonville , Ohio 45241You have a choice of Ministry:

1 . Traditional Sunday Worship at10:00 AM. Language: EnglishMulti-cultural, multi-generational, andmulti-ethnic.2 . Contemporary Sunday Worshipwith Freedom Church at 10:30 AM.Language: English

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

www.freedomchurchcincinnati.com3. Taiwanese Traditional SundayWorship st 2:00 PM. Language:Taiwanese, UC Campus Fellowship onSaturdays,

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

McFall - Fields

Linda and Randy Fields ofMason, Ohio are pleasedto announce the engage-ment of their daughterMegan Fields, to ScottMcFall, son of BarryMcFall of Mason, Ohioand Joann Alsept of Wil-liamsburg, Ohio. Ms.Fields, a 2010 graduate ofthe University of Cincin-nati with a Bachelors ofMarketing, is an Adjust-ments Coordinator forLuxottica Retail. Mr.McFall graduated fromThomas Moore College in2011 with a Bachelors ofBusiness and is a PropertyManager for Philips Edi-son. The couple resides inCharleston, South Caroli-na. A September wed-ding is planned in Coving-ton KY.

Summerfair Cincin-nati will host its annualexhibit featuring the art-work of students from lo-cal collegesanduniversi-ties. Fourteen local artstudents have been se-lected to display theirartwork in SummerfairCincinnati’s 2013 Emerg-ing Artist Exhibition,opening Jan. 25.

Those selected to ex-hibit in the EmergingArtists Exhibition werenominated by their pro-fessors and selected intothe exhibit. They repre-sent the next generationof local artists to emergein the broader arts com-munity.

“Every year we’re as-tonished by the remark-able work of these artstudents,” said SharonStrubbe, executive di-rector of SummerfairCincinnati. “This exhibitis an opportunity forthese students to show-case their tremendouswork to the community.

Their talent says somuch to the future ofCincinnati’s already richpull of talented artists.”

The exhibition willshowcase a diverse col-lection of pieces. “Art en-thusiasts can expect tosee everything frompho-tography and sculpturesto fabric design, print-making and multi-media,” said Strubbe.

The exhibition willopen to the public on Fri-day, Jan. 25, at theCliftonCulturalArtsCenterdur-ing the opening recep-tion from6-8 p.m.The re-ception is free to attendandopen to thepublic.Asit has done in the past,Summerfair Cincinnatiwill present one $1,000Purchase Award to oneof the 14 participatingstudents. The artworkselected will becomepart of the permanentcollection in the Sum-merfair Cincinnati gal-lery.

Participating schools

and students:»University of Cin-

cinnati, DAAPDan VanceDan DickerscheidLindsey Sahlin»Xavier UniversityKatherine ColbornAlex BeardElizabeth Leal»Mount St. JosephErin BarrettCherie GarcesRobin Hoerth»Northern Kentucky

UniversityDidem MertKelly Shierer»Miami UniversityAna KeeferKristen UhlNeil SimakThe exhibit will be on

display through Feb. 14,Mondays from 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Thursdays fromnoon to 7 p.m. and Satur-days from9 a.m. to1p.m.at the Clifton CulturalArts Center. Formore in-formation, go towww.summerfair.org orcalling 513-531-0050.

Emerging artists on display

Rumpke wants tochange its deodorant, butit needs a permit to makethe switch.

Amanda Pratt, spokes-woman for the RumpkeSanitaryLandfill, says thenew odor suppressionspray requires that thecompany apply for a newpermit because the spraywill increase the amountof emissions into the air atthe Colerain Townshiplandfill.

Pratt says the landfilloperators want to in-crease the use of odorneutralizeranddecided touse an improved mixturethat their research indi-cates is more effective.Prattsaidtherearediffer-ent odor mixtures de-signed to combat differ-ent odor types. Rumpkewants to use a neutralizerbrand called Nova.

“Thenewneutralizer issafe, compliant with EPAguidelines and we expectitwill bemoreeffective incontrolling odors comingout of the landfill,” Prattsaid. “Like the old odorneutralizer, this is plant-basedandcontainsall nat-urally occurring sub-stances. It has no harmfuleffects on the environ-ment or human health.”

The Ohio Environmen-tal Protection Agency is-sued a draft permit to in-

stall Jan. 24to start theprocess toletRumpketo changethe odorneutralizerit is using.

It’s notpermission

to make the change, but itdoes open an opportunityforpublic comment.Com-ments or a request for apublic hearing will be ac-cepted through Feb. 25.

The permit documentssay the allowable organiccompound emission limitper hour will not change.There are no hazardousair pollutant emissions re-sulting from the change.

The OEPA said in thepermit documentationthat Rumpke is a high-profile facility, and thepermit shouldbe issued indraft form first, due toprobable public concern.A decision on issuing a fi-nal permit-to-install willbe made after commentsare received and a publichearing if one is conduct-ed.

Colerain Township res-ident Rich McVay, thenew president of Proper-ty Owners Want EqualRights, known as POW-ER, a citizens advocacygroup, says a public hear-ing could clear the air. Heis considering making arequest to the OEPA for apublic hearing.

“I think we need to un-derstand what they aretrying to accomplish andwhy they think this willwork,” he said. “I thinkweneed to hear the data.”

Rumpke will be re-quired tomaintainmonth-ly recordsofwhatdeodor-izers they use, when theyused them and how muchthey are spraying into theair. The permit also saysRumpke will submit an-nual reports that specifythe total organic com-pound emissions from theodor suppression systemsfor the previous calendaryear.

Rumpke is a municipalsolid waste facility thataccepts construction/demolition debris, indus-trial and residual wastes.The facility is more than500 acres, with more than330 acres permitted forwaste disposal, accordingto the OEPA. Rumpke ispermitted to receive up to10,000 tons of waste perday.

Pratt said the requestis part of Rumpke’s ongo-ing attempts to addressodor complaints and con-tain the smell of the land-fill to its boundaries.

“Everyone knows thattrash smells,” she said.“We are trying to find asolution to the odor prob-lem that will work. Not aday goes by that we arenot working on the prob-lem.”

Rumpke wants toincrease odor controlBy Jennie [email protected]

Pratt

Springfield Township is of-fering the follwoing classes at itsSenior & Community Arts Cen-ter, 9158 Winton Road. For moreinformation, call 513-522-1154.

For the kids» After School Art Club; 4-5

p.m. Wednesdays, for gradestwo-six.

Feb 6-27 – Stylized LetteringNames (Graffiti)

Students will investigatevarious forms of lettering. Theywill design and draw their own

large-scale name, learn aboutcolor and value, and color theirdesigns with Sharpie and col-ored pencil. $40 cash/check$41.60 credit card. Call 522-1410to register

March 6-27 – Picasso-styleSculptures

Students will create a sculp-ture with a wood block, a wirecoat hanger, and panty hose.Then they will gesso and paintover the sculpture to create aPicasso-like head. Details likehair will be added with yarn,markers and other materials.$40 cash/check $41.60 credit cardvia paypal. Call 522-1410 toregister

For adults» Taste of Zumba, 6:30-7:30

p.m. WednesdaysAre you ready to party your-

self into shape? That’s exactlywhat the Zumba program is allabout. Now, you can sample alittle different style of Zumba tokeep your workout fresh andinteresting each and everysession. The class will rotate witha day of of traditional Zumba, aday of Zumba Toning, and a dayof Zumba Sentao. Each sessionconsists of six, one-hour classes,which means two classes of eachstyle. $30 residents, $36 non-residents, 3 percent credit cardfee

Sessions are Feb. 20-March 27;April 3-May 8; May 15-June 19.Register by calling 522-1154 orsend an email to [email protected].

» Art andWine Wednesdays,6:30 - 8:30 p.m. first Wednesdayof every month, $45 cash/check$46.80 credit card.

February class project: Wheth-er you are an experienced artistor someone picking up a brushfor the very first time, you willenjoy Art andWine Wednes-days. Sip our white and redwines and let your creative sideflourish. Our professional artistwill guide the class with easy tofollow directions for the fea-tured painting. At the end ofthe class, you will have a beauti-ful painting to hang on yourwall. View the monthly classprojects online at www.spring-fieldtwp.org/adultpro grams.Program fees include all suppliesto make a 20-inch canvas paint-ing and 1 glass of wine. Addi-tional glasses of wine are $3.

(Five min./15 max. students)Register online.

For senior adults(Ages 55-plus)

Annual memberships are $20for Springfield Township resi-dents and $25 for non-residents.

Lifetime Membership: This is aone-time payment; for individ-uals ages 55 through 74, theresident rate is $150 and thenon-resident rate is $200. Forindividuals 75 and better, theLifetime Membership is $100 forresidents and $150 for non-residents. New and renewingmembers have the option toselect the annual membership orthe one-time payment for theLifetime Membership.

You must be a member of theSenior and Community ArtsCenter for the following classes.Call 522-1154 for details.

Cards:Euchre – Tuesdays at 1 p.m.Hand, Knee And Foot –

Wednesdays at 10 a.m.Five Hundred – Thursdays at

12:30 p.m.Chicago Bridge – Tuesdays at

12:30 p.m.Social Bridge – second, fourth

and fifth Wednesdays at 10 a.m.Marathon Bridge – First

Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.Duplicate Bridge – Third

Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.Men’s Poker – Tuesdays at

noonLadies’ Poker – Thursdays at

noonDominoes – Thursday at 1:00

p.m.

ExerciseExercise program: Thursdays

at 11 a.m.; $2Chair Strength Yoga: Fridays

at 11 a.m.; $3Zumba Gold: Tuesdays at 11

a.m.; $4Line Dancing - Thursdays at

9:30 a.m.Chair Volleyball - Thursdays at

12:30 p.m.

Arts & EnrichmentBook Club: Friday, Feb. 22 at

11 a.m.Stained Glass: Wednesdays at

10 a.m.Art Classes: Tuesdays at 12:30

p.m.Woodcarvers: Wednesdays at

10 a.m.

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The SpringfieldTownship ZoningCommission will holda public hearing at5:30 p.m. on Tues-day, February 19,2013 in the TownshipAdministration Build-ing, 9150 WintonRoad, Cincinnati,Ohio 45231. Thepurpose of this hear-ing is to considercase ZC-2013-001 -8270 Winton Rd.The applicant isseeking approval un-der the SpringfieldTownship ZoningResolution and theWinton Road Corri-dor Overlay District inorder to demolish theexisting building andconstruct a new res-taurant in its place.The property is zon-ed "B-2" GeneralBusiness District.L O C A T I O N :8270Winton Road ParcelNo. 590-221-095,096,098,0241 Range 1,Town 3, Section 20The application isavailable for viewingat the Township Ad-ministration Building,9150 Winton Road,from 8:00 a.m. until5:00 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday. Inter-ested citizens arewelcome to attendthe public hearing.Submitted by: Chris-topher Gilbert, Devel-opment Services Di-rector 522-14101001747120

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Ezra EmersonEzra E. Emerson, 69, Spring-

field Township, died Jan. 29.Survived by sons Darrin

(Sandy), Richard (Judy) Emer-son; grandchildren Angela,Brandon, Bryan, Sarah, Kyla,Samantha, Jacob; mother EthelLamb.

Services were Jan. 31 atNeidhard-Snow Funeral Home.

Esther GuillaumeEsther Winhusen Guillaume,

93, Forest Park, died Jan. 25.Survived by daughters

Teresa (Jim) Hulsmann, Patricia(Dan) Shatzer. Mary (Randy)Kent; grandchildren Renee(Jason) McCoy, David (Emily),Michelle Hulsmann, SarahKent; great-grandchildrenMason, Grant McCoy, Char-lotte Hulsmann. Preceded indeath by husband JamesGuillaume.

Services were Jan. 31 at St.Vivian. Arrangements byMihovk-Rosenacker FuneralHome. Memorials to theAlzheimer’s Association.

Lois SmithLois Hoffman Smith, 83,

Springfield Township, died Jan.

26.Survived by grandchildren

Sarah, Justin Haverkamp;great-grandchildren Hannah,Devon, Kemper; brotherCharles (Ethel) Hoffman; manynieces and nephews. Precededin death by husbandWilliamSmith, daughter Linda Ha-verkamp, parents Chester,Charlotte Hoffman, brotherDavid (late Colleen) Hoffman.

Services were Feb. 2 at theChurch of the Assumption.Arrangements by FrederickFuneral Home. Memorials to:Scratching Post, 6948 PlainfieldRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45236.

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CINCINNATI DISTRICT 5Arrests/citationsBrandon R. Alexander, born1983, city or local ordinanceviolation, 6281 Cary Ave., Jan.18.Aaron Holleran, born 1989, drugabuse, possession of drug abuseinstruments, 5500 ColerainAve., Jan. 21.Josiah Shafer, born 1994, drugabuse, misdemeanor drugpossession, possession of drugabuse instruments, 5500 Col-erain Ave., Jan. 21.Charles Smith, born 1993, pos-session of drugs, 5502 ColerainAve., Jan. 22.Michelle Mason, born 1985,possession of drug parapherna-lia, 1250 Cedar Ave., Jan. 23.Wallace Evans, born 1983, do-mestic violence, 4996 HawaiianTerrace, Jan. 23.William Lamar Chamber, born1964, having a weapon underdisability, 5755 Argus Road,Jan. 23.Keith Stowers, born 1987, as-sault, criminal damaging orendangering, domestic vio-lence, trafficking, 5500 ColerainAve., Jan. 24.Shamika Arrington, born 1987,child endangering or neglect,misdemeanor drug possession,permitting drug abuse, pos-session of drug paraphernalia,5367 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 24.James Brown, born 1989, receiv-ing a stolen motor vehicle, 1180Cedar Ave., Jan. 26.Robert Owens, born 1973, drugabuse, trafficking, 5028 Col-erain Ave., Jan. 26.

Incidents/reportsAggravatedmenacing1963 W. North Bend Road, Jan.17.Assault1197 W. Galbraith Road, Jan. 19.5856 Shadymist Lane, Jan. 20.5591 Colerain Ave., Jan. 22.Breaking and entering1133 Atwood Ave., Jan. 17.5560 Kirby Ave., Jan. 22.Burglary4996 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 21.5473 Kirby Ave., Jan. 22.2954 Highforest Lane, Jan. 24.4928 Hawaiian Terrace, Jan. 24.Criminal

damaging/endangering5188 Colerain Ave., Jan. 20.Domestic violenceReported onWest North BendRoad, Jan. 17.Reported on Hawaiian Terrace,Jan. 17.Reported on Hawaiian Terrace,Jan. 21.Taking the identity ofanother5322 Eastknoll Court, Jan. 17.Theft5823 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 21.6127 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 22.1341W. North Bend Road, Jan.23.6030 Lantana Ave., Jan. 23.2741W. North Bend Road, Jan.23.Unauthorized use of amotorvehicle5378 Bahama Terrace, Jan. 21.

FOREST PARKArrests/citationsJuvenile male, 16, burglary at928 Harrogate, Jan. 13.Juvenile male, 17, curfew vio-lation at 637 Northland Blvd.,Jan. 17.Juvenile male, 16, curfew vio-lation at 637 Northland Blvd.,Jan. 13.Juvenile female, 15, curfewviolation at 637 NorthlandBlvd., Jan. 13.Juvenile male, 15, curfew vio-lation at 637 Northland Blvd.,Jan. 13.Juvenile male, 14, curfew vio-lation at 637 Northland Blvd.,Jan. 13.Laurence Grundy, 43, 1537Pleasant, criminal trespassing at11029 Quarlatode, Jan. 12.

Incidents/reportsBurglaryResidence entered and TV,laptop, computers, gameconsoles of unknown value at11655 Hanover Road, Jan. 13.Criminal damagingVictim reported at 11410 FiestaCourt, Jan. 12.Theft of motor vehicleVictim reported at 11880 WintonRoad, Jan. 12.

MOUNT HEALTHYArrests/citationsDeandre Hatcher, 22, 2939Cleinview Ave., drug abuse at8000 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 20.Juvenile male, 14, domesticviolence at 1824 Lakenoll, Jan.14.Leandre Cobb, 39, 7240 Bernard,drug abuse at Seward Ave., Jan.13.Julian Richards, 28, 3585 EpleyLane, drug abuse at 1355Adams, Jan. 11.

Incidents/reportsImproper discharge offirearmVictim reported at 7945 Clo-vernook Ave., Jan. 14.TheftTools valued at $4,000 removedat 7336 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 20.Candy bar valued at $2 removedat 7900 Hamilton Ave., Jan. 18.Phone and wallet of unknownvalue removed at 8101Hamil-ton Ave., Jan. 17.

NORTH COLLEGE HILLArrests/citationsJuvenile male, 16, burglary at

1807 DeArmand Ave., Jan. 17.Juvenile male, 16, burglary at1807 DeArmand Ave., Jan. 17.Ronnie Dexter, 25, 6941Mulber-ry St., robbery at 6941Mulber-ry, Jan. 17.

Incidents/reportsBurglaryResidence entered andWii, DS,Xbox, tablet of unknown valueremoved at 1917 Emerson Ave.,Jan. 12.Residence entered at 8308Carrol Ave., Jan. 10.Residence entered at 1828DeArmand Ave., Jan. 14.Residence entered at 1814DeArmand Ave., Jan. 15.Residence entered and camera,TV, lenses, flash and equipmentvalued at $3,400 removed at1622 W. Belmar Place, Jan. 17.Criminal damagingVehicle window damaged at6840 Simpson Ave., Jan. 15.Domestic violenceVictim struck at Baywood, Jan.14.RobberyResidence entered at 7300Hamilton Ave., Jan. 8.TheftOil and air freshener valued at$60 removed at 6750 HamiltonAve., Jan. 13.$550 removed at 1646 W. Gal-braith, Jan. 13.Keys of unknown value removedat 2 Columbine Court, Jan. 18.

SPRINGFIELDTOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJohnathon Cox, 27, 2192 BethelHygeine, drug abuse at 7420Clovernook, Jan. 12.Calvin Elch, 23, 6354 SpringfieldRoad, drug abuse at 7420Clovernook, Jan. 12.James Gillespie, 32, 8670 Mon-santo, drug paraphernalia at8670 Monsanto Drive, Jan. 13.Juvenile male, 16, drug para-phernalia at 8670 MonsantoDrive, Jan. 13.Juvenile female, 15, disorderlyconduct at 8101Hamilton Ave.,Jan. 14.Christopher Angilecchia, 30,10799 Kristiridge Drive, drugparaphernalia at 9968 MilesRoad, Jan. 14.Susan Taylor, 40, 2881 RoyalGlen, drug abuse at Angelo andDesoto, Jan. 15.Stephanie Garity, 31, 2352Washington Ave., theft at 10811Hamilton Ave., Jan. 16.Angela Brown, 47, 8590 ColerainAve., theft at 8455 WintonRoad, Jan. 19.Kimm Hamilton, 29, 2815 Burk-hart, operating vehicle intoxi-cated at RR Highway andGalbraith, Jan. 20.

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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.

College Hill1309 Cedar Ave.: Working InNeighborhoods to Brookins,Sherrica D.; $97,500.6024 Connecticut Court: FannieMae to Huntington NationalBank; $101,600.5798 Saranac Ave.: Johnson,Robert W. to U.S. Bank NA;$67,867.6249 Aspen Ave.: U.S. Bank NATr. to Ross, Holly; $32,250.5300 Hamilton Ave.: Schlot-man, James T. Tr. to Franken-stein, William Tr.; $60,000.5815 Argus Road: Williams,Jack Sr. to Smith, Ashely;$28,000.6300 Hamilton Ave.: Old MillEnterprises to Camacho,Gonzalo E.; $135,000.6657 Orleans Court: Martin,Louis B. to Heard, Mary L.;$60,000.6605 Kirkland Drive: Hofmann,Sandra L. Tr. to Shabazz,Rahman A.; $93,500.6540 Loiswood Drive: Push,Carolyn A. and Roy C. toHodapp, Andrew and Eliza-beth; $162,900.

Forest Park2216 Reliance Drive: Driller, Jimto Mixon, Dave L.; $90,000.11890 Winston Circle: Young,Cleo C. to Weaver, Wayne F.;$189,419.11431 Southland Road: Neal,Jerry Daniel to Muddy RiverHomes LLC; $30,000.989 Kemper Meadow Drive:PNC Bank NA to Living Solu-tions LLC; $77,000.1121 Imprint Lane: Ahmad,Shaheed and Veronica S. toLinder, Shannon M.; $76,115.1878 Lincrest Drive: SuddenChange LLC to Welch, Shawn-tae T. and Jeffrey M.; $53,000.

Greenhills43 Gambier Circle: Miller,Peggy to Schwierjohann,Justin; $84,900.

Mount Airy2446 Elderberry Court: Marti-

nez, Lisette to Federal Nation-al Mortgage Association;$80,000.5535 Kirby Ave.: Holland,Robert Joseph and KatherineA. to Woodford-Sandford,Rochell; $97,900.2488 Kipling Ave.: Heath,Darren J. and Raina M. toJames, Delshana M.; $79,500.2346 North Bend Road: Hood,Yasna S. @3 to Vera, Ignacioand Antonia Rios Almaguer;$79,900.2557 North Bend Road: Mon-ey-Line Mortgage LLC to LbeyResearch Advisory Group Inc.;$57,810.5896 Thornhill Ave.: FederalHome Loan Mortgage Corpo-ration to CP Buyers LLC;$56,000.

Mount Healthy7833 Seward Ave.: Williams,Nathaniel to Parkhamovich,Anton; $38,100.7354 Elizabeth St.: Powell,Christina E. and Andrae toFederal National MortgageAssociation; $82,234.7725 Werner Ave.: BurnetCapital LLC to HagedornInvestments LLC; $31,000.7326 Park Ave.: Fannie Maeaka Federal National Mort-gage Association to Spangler,Clydene; $21,000.

North College Hill6843 Greismer Ave.: Schwab,Mark Joseph to Donaldson,

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ed as a public service bythe office of HamiltonCounty Auditor DustyRhodes. Neighborhooddesignations are ap-proximate.

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Jack and Michelle; $2,000.1609 Flora Ave.: Sams, Christo-pher to Lee, Janet L. and CarlaJ.; $87,000.6418 Savannah Ave.: BreenFisher LLC to Hanson RandallG.; $31,500.7102 Salmar Court: Miller, EdwinM. and Jennifer M. to FederalNational Mortgage Association;$54,000.6490 Simpson Ave.: Stephen,Helen M. to J.P. Morgan ChaseBank NA; $32,000.1835 Emerson Ave.: Steinhauser,Samuel Lee to Federal NationalMortgage Association; $26,000.1833 Emerson Ave.: Steinhauser,Samuel Lee to Steinhauser,Samuel Lee; $26,000.1833 Emerson Ave.: Steinhauser,Samuel Lee to Federal NationalMortgage Association; $26,000.6718 Devonwood Drive: FederalHome Loan Mortgage toThiam, Amadou; $95,000.6702 Simpson Ave.: Selene RmofII Reo Acquisition LLC to Neigh-borhood Housing Group LLC;$19,000.8345 Carrol Ave.: HSBC BankUSA NA Tr. to Sandhu, Har-jinder; $44,199.6933 Gloria Drive: FederalNational Mortgage Associationto Miller, Elissa K. Tr.; $39,000.1825 Cordova Ave.: Taylor, Torito U.S. Bank NA Tr.; $30,000.1278 Norman Ave.: Lefevre,Gerald W. to Lefevre, GeraldW.; $51,500.1809 Dallas Ave.: Bryant, DerrickL. to Dorsey, Christopher Tr.;$5,000.6845 Tarawa Drive: Fannie Maeto Net Properties LLC; $37,500.

SpringfieldTownship8036 Congresswood Lane:Dixon, Nakia S. and Jermaine toFederal National MortgageAssociation; $38,000.940 Timber Trail: Federal HomeLoan Mortgage Corporation toAHY Capital Group LLC;$83,000.1051 Bluejay Drive: Thornhill,William E. to U.S. Bank NA Tr.;$68,000.

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Home Loan Mortgage Corpora-tion; $50,000.2338 Adams Road: Girten, DawnR. and Robert H. III to Durbin,Tanya M.; $85,000.814 North Hill Lane: New StartEnterprise II LLC to New Centu-ry Properties II LLC; $26,960.10459 Mill Road: King, Scott A.to Stewart, Linda B.; $108,000.1331 Section Road: Sigma AlphaEpsilon Foundation to Johnson,David; $26,500.2336 Adams Road: Girten, DawnR. and Robert H. III to Durbin,Tanya M.; $85,000.177 Caldwell Drive: Hidden HillsApartments LLC to GatedProperties IV LLC; $1,375,000.12191 Regency Run Court: AlmaReal Estate Investors LLC toRagland, Patricia; $61,000.2301Aquarius Drive: FederalNational Mortgage Associationto Wykoff, Charles and KristaFreyler; $16,000.1020 Sherman Terrace: Wilke,Donald E. and Tricia L. to Foun-dation for the Challenged;$142,000.8967 Farmedge Lane: Winters,Karen Kay to Cordell, Tyra J.;$83,500.2301Aquarius Drive: Frazier,Natasha to Federal NationalMortgage Association; $30,000.758 North Bend Road: Jackson,Patricia to Lemar, Barton D.;$166,000.820 Compton Road: FederalNational Mortgage Associationto Linz, Steven V. and JenniferL.; $28,500.Section Road: Jim Beam BrandsCo. to E. Paul Corp.; $1,545,000.9910 Trapp Lane: Federal HomeLoan Mortgage Corporation toLandrum, Constance and KevinHawkins; $106,675.8036 Congresswood Lane:Federal National MortgageAssociation to VBOH AnnexLLC; $32,000.8799 Morningstar Lane: Ridley,George N. to Penklor PropertiesLLC; $18,500.947 Belsage Court: HSBC Mort-gage Services Inc. to Turner,Christopher; $33,000.688 Bridle Path: Vondenbenken,Valerie to Wells Fargo Bank NATr.; $81,250.

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What painter wouldn’tenjoy a total getaway to acomfortable retreat cen-ter nestled in the woods,spending three fun dayslearning painting tech-niques, sharing ideas, eat-ing deliciously preparedmeals andenjoying funac-tivities with friends oldand new.

Every April, this paint-ing retreat becomes reali-ty thanks to the efforts ofthe Greater CincinnatiDecorative Artists(GCDA) who carefullyplan every detail in orderto provide the best paint-ing and learning opportu-nities for decorative paint-ers. The retreat is sched-

uled for Friday-Sunday,April 19-21, and this year’stheme is “Painting is a Pic-nic.”

Held at he HigherGround Conference Cen-ter in West Harrison, Ind.,the painting retreat offersclasses in all painting anddrawing mediums, for allexperience and skill levels

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Clovernook Center fortheBlindandVisually Im-paired in North CollegeHill was recently award-ed a $114,070 grant fromthe Harold C. SchottFoundation.

The funds will help in-crease the capacity ofClovernook Center’sBraille Print House byimproving the processesand efficiencies in threekey areas.

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welcomes the arrival of anewbook casemaker thatwill reduce the depen-dence on outsourcing andenable Clovernook Cen-ter to manufacturebraille book cases inhouse.

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grant will enable morethan 4,900 books a year tobe shipped worldwide topeople who are visuallyimpaired. In addition,Clovernook Center hopesto increase its brailleproduct line over the nextseveral years to includetext books, game boards,game pieces and othereducational materials.

Clovernook Center’sBraille Print House hasbeen in operation since1914 and is recognized asat least the second largestproducer of braille inNorth America. Current-ly, theprinthouseproduc-es braille books, maga-zines, restaurant menus,schedules, bibles, gamepieces, business cardsand other materials forpublic and private enti-ties across the UnitedStates.

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