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The Mount Healthy Board ofEducation has narrowed thefield to six candidates as thedistrict continues its search fora new superintendent.

Current Superintendent LoriHandler is retiring at the end ofthe school year, and the board isworking with Steve Horton, aformer board member who leftto work with the Ohio School

Board Associa-tion, on thesearch to findthe district’snext superinten-dent.

Board Presi-dent Steve Har-ness says the fullboard will begin

interviews with the seven can-didates still in the running be-ginning March 2.

They are: J. Larry Ballew,

superintendent, HillcrestAcademy; Reva Cosby, princi-pal, Huber Heights CitySchools; Jack Fisher, director,Finneytown Local Schools;Joyce Hackett, director, Co-lumbus City Schools; TraceyMiller, director, Dublin CitySchools; Anthony Orr, superin-tendent, Northwestern LocalSchools, and William Sprankles,director, Princeton CitySchools.

The search officially

launched in January, and thedeadline to apply was Feb. 13.Harness said there were 31 ap-plicants, and that field was nar-rowed to seven at an executivesession before the Feb. 23 boardof education meeting.

Interviews were set to startMarch 2, with second round in-terviews set for the week ofMarch 9. The board hopes to beready to hire someone in Aprilto begin work with the districtJuly 1.

Mt. Healthy narrows the fieldin search for new superintendent By Jennie [email protected]

Lori Handler

As snow and school closingspiled up in recent weeks, therewas something missing fromthe usual chatter about sledhills, snowmen and hot choco-late:

Calamity days. Thanks to achange by the Ohio Depart-ment of Education thatlaunched this school year, noone was talking about how stu-dents would be going to schooluntil July to make up the timethat was being missed.

Starting this school year,Ohio districts on an hour-based schedule will no longerhave to worry about calamitydays.

Instead, schools may sched-ule “excess” hours above 1,001hours, which is the minimumthreshold set by the state forhigh schools. Hours missedabove the minimum do nothave to be made up. However,if a school closes enough that itwill fall below the minimumnumber of hours, the schoolmust extend its scheduledyear.

Northwest Local SchoolDistrict isn’t too concerned.

Schools free fromcalamitydayscountdownBy Jennie [email protected]

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Schools are counting hours, notdays, as they ensure they meetstate standards for time in theclassroom. Blizzard bags, whichare assignments to help studentsmake up instructional time lostdue to winter, can be part ofschool districts’ plans to meetthose requirements.

See SCHOOLS, Page A2

X men rule the pool

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St. Xavier sophomore Grant House crosses his arms like an “X” in celebration of winning the 100 yard freestyle. The Aquabombers had a lot to celebrateat the state swimming championships. See our full coverage on B1.

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Business groupmeets

Mount Healthy Busi-ness Association meets 11a.m. to noon Monday,March 9, at MountHealthy Christian Vil-lage. 8097 Hamilton Ave.

Finneytown boardto discuss finances

The Finneytown LocalSchool District Board ofEducation is hosting thesecond in a series of com-munity meetings: “TheFuture of Finneytown:Exploring the Vision”Some issues facing thedistrict concerning fi-nances and facilities arethe topic of this meetingon at 7 p.m. Tuesday,March 10, in the WilliamR. Swartzel PerformingArts Center, 8916 Fon-tainebleau Terrace (the 7-12 Grade Campus).

Members of the com-munity are asked to sub-

mit questions or consider-ations by Thursday,March 5, [email protected] questions will be pe-rused and the presenta-tion will be directed bythose questions.

The community willreceive information andgive input on facility plan-ning at this communitymeeting from the districttreasurer and director ofbusiness administration.

McAuley Madness McAuley High School

is hosting a fun-filled eve-ning for all sixth- and sev-enth-grade girls from 6p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday,March 20.

McAuley Madness willfeature great food, suchas LaRosa’s pizza and abuild-your-own sundaebar, along with games, ac-tivities, music, and fun.Girls attending can weartheir favorite basketballteam’s shirt or jersey. Allthe fun will take place atMcAuley.

Registration is avail-able at www.mcauleyhs.net/

mcauleymadness.For more information,

please contact MariaSchweikert at 681-1800Extension 2272 or [email protected].

Goodwill hosts recycling drive

This year will mark thecelebration of the OhioValley Goodwill’s secondannual Earth Day Elec-tronic Recycling Dona-tion Drive, 11a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, April 26, at all 29Goodwill Donation Cen-ters.

Last year, Goodwill col-lected more than 20,000pounds of computers,keyboards and other elec-tronic equipment duringthis one-day event andthis year, the goal is 60,000pounds from the GreaterCincinnati community.

Find out more aboutthis exciting recyclingevent at www.cincinnati-goodwill.org.

Garage sale set The Mount Healthy

Alumni Association isnow accepting vendor ap-plications for the associa-tion’s annual garage sale.

The Sale will be from 9a.m. to noon Saturday,April 11, in the Junior/Sen-ior High School Cafeteriaat 8101 Hamilton Ave.Cost to participate is $15for a 6-foot table, $20 for a12-foot table or $10 for thespace if you bring yourown table.

Refreshments will beavailable for purchase.Applications for vendortables can be downloadedat www.mthalumni.org,or obtained by contactingRose Kahsar at; [email protected] phone: 513-729-0784 or Steve Harness [email protected];phone: 513-851-1446.

YMCA, Interact forHealth present FreeFunday Sundays

The YMCA of GreaterCincinnati is partnering

with Interact for Healthto provide a series of freehealth and wellness op-portunities for all in thecommunity this winter.Funday Sundays will beheld from noon until 6p.m. at 12 YMCA locationsin February and March,then again in Novemberand December.

“We invite everyone inthe community to comeout and join us for freeFundays Sundays at theY,” said YMCA of GreaterCincinnati President andCEO Sandy Walker. “Youwill have an opportunityto swim in one of our in-door heated pools, playbasketball, take a newgroup exercise class, orenjoy one of our state-of-the-art fitness centers.There will be lots of fam-ily-friendly activities forall to enjoy.” Free childwatch will be available atall participating YMCA ofGreater Cincinnati loca-tions. Parents can workout or connect with othersat the Y, knowing theirchild is in a safe, nurtur-ing environment.

“Interact for Health iscommitted to improvingthe health of people in ourcommunity. We know it’sharder for people to getmoving in the winter andare extremely excited topartner with the Y to in-crease access to healthyactivities,” said Interactfor Health President andCEO Jim Schwab.

All guests will be re-quired to complete guestregistration waiver pa-perwork, and all guests,16 years and older, mustprovide a photo ID.

For more informationabout Funday Sundays,visit the website MyY.orgor call 513-362-YMCA.

Girls Night Out Apex Chiropractic and

Wellness Center in combi-nation with the Centenni-al Barn are hosting a GirlsNight Out, 6:30 p.m. to 9p.m. Tuesday, March 24,at the Centennial Barn,110 Compton Road (class-es start at 7 p.m).

The evening will in-clude opportunities to tryseveral classes such asLaughter Yoga, Zumba,Nia, Yoga, Hula Hooping,Meditation,Aromatherapy, Qigong,Tai Chi and SoulCollage .Enjoy a chair massage bylocal trusted profession-als. There will be winetasting for a small addi-tional fee. Snacks anddrinks plus door prizesare included in the $15 feeat the door or pre-registerby March 17 and save $3by calling Barb at 513-931-4300 or going to www.a-pexchirocenter.com.

Bring friends for agreat opportunity to trysome new healthful activ-ities.

Winton WoodsDistrict offers MVPCard

Residents of the Win-ton Woods School Districtwho are age 55 and overare invited to pick up anMVP (Mature Valued Pa-tron) card at the district’sCentral Office. The cardis good for free admissionto most athletic events(excluding tournaments),concerts, plays and musi-cals – subject to availabil-ity.

Gina Burnett, commu-nications and HR special-ist for the district, saidshe enjoys talking to thepeople who come in forthe card and has seen anincrease in the number of

cards she’s given out thisyear.

“Many of those whostop by are interested ingetting a card becausethey have a grandchildwho goes to school here,and the card allows themto more easily participateand be active in theirgrandchild’s life, which isa great thing,” Burnettsaid.

If you’re a WintonWoods resident age 55 andolder, your free MVP cardis available at the dis-trict’s Central Office, at1215 W. Kemper Road inForest Park. For more in-formation, contact Bur-nett at 619-2300.

Junior newspapercarriers needed

Hey kids! Become aCommunity Press carrierand earn your own spend-ing money and still havetime for other fun activ-ities since delivery is justonce a week on Wednes-day.

Call 853-6277.Find out more about

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BRIEFLY

Because student sched-ules have more than theminimum, it’s unlikelythere will be a need formake up days.

Jenny Blust, directorof curriculum servicesfor the Northwest dis-trict, says staff membersare tracking afternoonhalf-day kindergartenstudents, who are re-quired to have 455 hoursin the classroom, but mostothers are well above theminimum. Blust says highschoolers in the districtcould miss about 25 daysand elementary schoolstudents could miss 27school days before itwould be necessary to adddays to meet minimum re-quirements. “

Another way to makeup the hours missed belowthe minimum required isto use blizzard bags. Ac-cording to the Ohio De-partment of Education,beginning in the 2014-2015school year, schools willsubmit plans explaininghow they will make up themissed hours, instead ofdays, up to the equivalentof three scheduled days.There are no other

changes to blizzard bags.Blizzard bags may only

be used when it is neces-sary to close the schoolbecause of: a disease epi-demic; hazardous weath-er conditions; law en-forcement emergencies;school buses or otherequipment necessary tothe school’s operation areinoperable; damage to aschool building; or someother temporary circum-stances due to utility fail-ure rendering the schoolbuilding unfit for schooluse.

Mount Healthy CitySchool SuperintendentLori Handler for now, thedistrict is in good shape. Ifthe area suffers anotherwinter blast like the re-cent one that closedschools for a week be-cause of snow and cold,Mount Healthy studentswill be breaking out theblizzard bags.

In the Finneytown Lo-cal School District,spokesman Shawn Maussays students have a lot ofbreathing room built intothe calendar, and it’s high-ly unlikely that makeupdays or blizzard bags areon the horizon.

“We had a comfortablecushion,” he said. “We arenot expecting to have toadd days to the calendar.”

SchoolsContinued from Page A1

U.S. Rep. Brad Wen-strup is inviting all highschool students in Ohio’s2nd Congressional Dis-trict to enter the 2015 Con-gressional Art Competi-tion. The winner will havehis/her artwork displayedin the U.S. Capitol for thenext year and will receivetwo plane tickets to Wash-

ington, D.C., for an awardsceremony.

Students may submittheir original, two-dimen-sional artwork to Wen-strup’s district offices inCincinnati or Peebles forjudging. A panel of threejudges will determinefirst, second, and thirdplace winners among the

submissions, alongside a“viewer’s choice” deter-mined by online voting.The runners-up will havetheir artwork displayedprominently in one of Rep.Wenstrup’s offices.

To be considered in thecompetition, studentsmust hand-deliver or mailtheir entries along with

typed student releaseforms to Wenstrup’s Cin-cinnati or Peebles districtoffices no later than 5 p.m.Friday, April 24.

For a complete list ofthe rules and guidelines,please visit Wenstrup’swebsite at wen-strup.house.gov/art or callhis office at 513-474-7777.

Wenstrup invites entrees for art competition

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HILLTOPPRESSEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

McAuley High School

» McAuley High Schooljuniors Alex Reynolds andKate Witzgall were selected tobe part of the Ohio Music Edu-cation Association District 14Honor Band.

Reynolds plays the Frenchhorn, and Witzgall plays thetrombone. They performed inthe Honor Band Concert onJan. 11 at Anderson HighSchool. Reynolds attendedgrade school at John Paul IIand Witzgall attended OurLady of Grace.

McAuley sophomores AbbyAlbrinck and Mia Raleigh wereselected for Xavier Univer-sity’s Honor Band. Albrinckplays the clarinet and Raleighplays the flute. Their concertwas Jan. 17 at Xavier Univer-sity’s Gallagher Theater. Al-brinck attended grade schoolat St. Ignatius and Raleighattended St. Michael.

Roger Bacon High School» Assisi Scholars Keir Ad-

ams (Finneytown) and KonnorBarnes (St. Bernard) havebeen selected into the TAP MDprogram. Both juniors, Adamsand Barnes were two of 41students to be chosen by Cin-cinnati MD jobs for this excit-ing, hands-on learning experi-ence.

This yearlong programcaters to high achieving stu-dents with the aptitude to pur-sue a career in medicine. Ad-ams and Barnes will join otherlike-minded students visitingorganizations such as TheChrist Hospital, CincinnatiChildren’s Center for Sim-ulation and Research, Tri-Health, UC Health and theUniversity of Cincinnati Col-lege of Medicine where theywill have the opportunity towatch live surgeries and prac-tice their own surgical skills ontest dummies.

In order for students to beselected, they must exhibit

strong academic skills andhave a minimum ACT score of29 or SAT score of 1300. Stu-

dents must also exhibit highmotivation to succeed, depen-dable behavior and a positive

attitude. In addition to beingexcellent students, Adams andBarnes are also highly in-volved in the school. Adamsplays soccer, underwater hock-ey and volleyball and is also amember of Student Senate andNational Honor Society.Barnes runs cross-country,plays volleyball and is a mem-ber of the concert band.

Steve Schad, principal ofRoger Bacon High School,said, “It is a big deal for anyschool to have just one studentselected for the TAP MD pro-gram; for Roger Bacon to havetwo students is a great ac-complishment. I am veryproud of these young men.”

The Assisi Scholars pro-gram is the most selective andrigorous academic program atRoger Bacon High School,combining honors and Ad-vanced Placement courseswith interactive enrichmentprograms in various profes-sional fields. Scholars will also

formulate and present an in-dependent capstone project inan academic or professionalarea of interest during theirsenior year. The highlight ofthe Program is a week-longtrip to Assisi and Rome, Italy –Adams and Barnes will bemaking this trip in October2015.

For more information on thevisit www.rogerbacon.org orwww.cincinnatimdjobs.com/tap-md.

Winton WoodsHigh School

» Winton Woods HighSchool’s choir and band pro-grams had a very successfulweekend at the Ohio MusicEducation Association’s Soloand Ensemble Contest.

“Students must performpieces from a list created bythe state and that fall intoclasses according to difficul-ty,” Band Director Dani Ash-brook said. “Our students allput in a lot of hard work, and itshowed.”

Students may compete inClass A, the most difficultmusic, then Class B, followedby Class C. Ratings range from1 (outstanding), 2 (excellent), 3(acceptable), 4 (poor) and 5(very poor). The results forWinton Woods High Schoolstudents were:

Vocal solosClass A: Alex Kuhn, 1. Class B: Joey Mayer, 1. Class C: Micaiah Dawson, 1. Band solosClass A: Parker Sarra, 1;

Brianna Richard, 1; DayshanaBradley, 2.

Band ensemblesClass A: Bassoon Trio (Park-

er, Dayshana Bradley andBrianna Richard), 1; Sax Trio(Joshua Kerobo, Kendra Jack-son and Zach Mavridoglou), 2.

Class B: Clarinet Quartet(Leila Adams, Britney Rucker,Jordan Braswell and AziaThompson), 2.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

PROVIDED

These McAuley students made the Ohio Music Education Association District 14 Honor Band, from left: AlexReynolds, Abby Albrinck, Mia Raleigh and Kate Witzgall.

THANKS TO BRANDON COWANS

Roger Bacon juniors Keir Adams and Konnor Barnes were recently selectedinto the TAP MD program by Cincinnati MD jobs.

AwardsUniversity of Findlay - Jordan

Lackey was awarded the Van Sweri-gan Memorial Fund scholarship.

Dean’s Lists» Belmont University - Tyler Had-

den, Jonathan Rainous, Evan Stifel.» Bob Jones University - Joshua

Harm.» Clemson University - David T.

Evans.» Miami University - Samantha

Anderson, Brittany N. Armstrong,Linda Asomani, Kaitlyn M. Ballachino,Kenneth S. Bragg, Renee V. Chandler,Michael L. Creutzinger, Kayla A.Fields, Katherine G. Gates, Amanda A.Hoeffer, Bailey E. Jacobs, Rachel A.Keller, Joshua A. Kerobo, Galina V.Krivonos, Jonathon A. Leist, Alexan-der R. Merk, Ernest A. Ofori, ElizabethA. Osterling, Elaine B. Parsons ofMount Healthy, Allison Z. Peguero,Amber R. Powell, Derek S. Sanders,Kara G. Sauer, Samuel J. Schmitt,Bonnie E. Walter.

» Morehead State University - LorriTurner.

» Ohio Wesleyan University - Megh-an Finke.

» Shawnee State University - Mad-eline Girts.

» University of Akron - DariusMartin.

» University of the Cumberlands -Sarah Rainous.

» University of Dallas - Lucie Buis-son.

» University of Dayton - John Frank,Erin Frey, Beverly Johnson, BrigidKovach, James Mclean, Nyla Morgan,Danielle Reynolds, Morgan Schuler,Imani Thompson.

» University of Evansville - JoyGrace Chen.

» University of Findlay - EricSchrand.

» Wilmington College - Catreece B.Tatum.

» Wittenberg University - ChristinaGruenwald.

Graduates» Miami University - Kay Bingham,

Carrie Crisp, Matt Curnutte, DonialCurry, Allison Frey, Candi Garry, ArielJohnson, Wiltrud Lopez, ValerieRobinson, Kelsie Rogers, Justin Ruble,Emily Stanfield, Rachelle Wolf, Mi-chael Aduama-Larbi, Robert DavidBrumberg, Courtney Lynn DeHaas,Tangelica Simone Glover, CourtneyNicole Goffinet, Cara Suzanne Janney,Christine Rahtz, Alicia Marie Ritchie,Brooke A. Shirley, Tyler Blake Stans-bury.

» Union Institute and University -Bonita Johnson, Robin Moore.

» University of Dayton - AndreaSession.

» Wilmington College - YvonneBradley.

On campus» Ashland University - Frederick

Platt is a member of the HonorsProgram.

» University of Dayton - BrandonLee-Hyde participated in the inaugu-ral White Box Theatre Festival Nov.4-6. The festival featured 12 shortplays written by current students andalumni and directed by students,faculty and one alumnus. Lee-Hydeparticipated in the festival in thefollowing roles: actor, “UntitledThree-”Act” Play;” actor, “Unno-ticed.”

» Wittenberg University - MeccaAbdul-Aziz completed a serviceproject with elementary school stu-dents during the university's annualMartin Luther King Jr. Day of ServiceJan. 31.

President’s Lists» Miami university - Jared E. Beiers-

dorfer, Mary K. Findley, Susan K.Findley, Andrew T. Polter, Gabriel M.Strotman, Ryan N. Walton.

» University of Akron - DaryanMartin.

» University of the Cumberlands -Sarah Rainous.

COLLEGE CORNERLearning in their sleep(wear)

THANKS TO STEVEN ZINSER

St. Vivian School celebrated "Pajama Day" during Catholic Schools Week. Principal Steven Zinser, students KhushiBalani and Cameron Welte share a smile in the cafeteria.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 5Clubs & OrganizationsPoker, noon to 3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Free. Presented byGreen Township Seniors. 385-3780. Green Township.

Dance ClassesDance Clogging, 6:30 p.m.,Sayler Park Community Center,6720 Home City Ave., Learn howto clog dance. Dancers of alllevels welcome. No partnerrequired. $5. Presented by TheCan’t Stop Cloggers. 324-7454;cantstopcloggers.weebly.com.Sayler Park.

Exercise ClassesYoga for the Back (Therapy),6-6:45 p.m., EarthConnection,370 Neeb Road, $10 drop-in, $45five-class pass, $80 10-class pass,$140 20-class pass. Presented byYoga by Marietta. 675-2725.Delhi Township.

Pure Potential Chikung/taichi,9:30-11 a.m., Grace EpiscopalChurch, 5501 Hamilton Ave., $50.Presented by Harmonic PulseWellness. 405-1514; www.har-monicpulsewellness.com. CollegeHill.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class,4:45-5:45 p.m., Keeping FitStudio, 7778 Colerain Ave., $5.720-4142. Colerain Township.

Health / WellnessWomen’s Heart to Heart Sup-port Group Meetings, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Christ Hospital, 5885Harrison Ave., Learn about heartdisease and how to make heart-healthy lifestyle changes. Free.585-2366; www.thechristhospi-tal.com. Green Township.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 7-9 p.m., VinokletWinery and Restaurant, 11069Colerain Ave., Large collection ofkaraoke music from every era.Free. 385-9309; www.vinoklet-wines.com. Colerain Township.

Laugh Out Lounge Open MicComedy, 8-10 p.m., The PublicHouse, 3807 North Bend Road,Free. 481-6300; www.publichou-secheviot.com. Cheviot.

Mean Jean Rockin’ Thursdays,9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Club Trio, 5744Springdale Road, Free. 385-1005.Colerain Township.

On Stage - TheaterA Nice Family Gathering, 8p.m., Arts Center at Dunham,1945 Dunham Way, Ghostly lovestory about a man who loved hiswife so much, he almost told herbefore he died. Now he’s a ghoston a mission, and his son is theunlikely messenger on Thanks-giving Day. Ages 18 and up. $14.Presented by Sunset Players Inc..588-4988; www.sunsetplay-ers.org. West Price Hill.

Stanton’s Garage, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, 1500 W.Galbraith Road, Comedy set inramshackle garage. $15, $12seniors, children and military.Presented by CenterStage PlayersInc.. Through March 7. 588-4910;www.centerstageplayersinc.com.North College Hill.

Senior CitizensOpen Bridge, noon to 3:30 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Free. ThroughDec. 17. 385-3780. Green Town-ship.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6Dining EventsFish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., PleasantRun Presbyterian Church, 11565Pippin Road, Fish or chickennuggets and choice of two sides:macaroni and cheese, greenbeans, coleslaw and applesauce.Meal also includes bread, dessertand either coffee, lemonade oriced tea. Dinner: $8.50, $4.50 perchild; carryout: $8, $4 per child.825-4544; www.pleasantrunp-c.org. Colerain Township.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., St. MatthiasCatholic Church, 1050 W. KemperRoad, Lonsway Hall. Dinners anda la carte items. $7 per dinner.851-1930. Forest Park.

Fish Fry Days, 4:30-7 p.m., St.Aloysius Gonzaga School, 4390Bridgetown Road, School Cafete-ria. Fried and baked fish, shrimp,pizza, mozzarella sticks, home-made macaroni and cheese,green beans, coleslaw andhomemade desserts. Carryoutand drive through available. Fishor shrimp dinner costs $8 and ala carte items $1.50-$4.50. Pre-sented by St. Aloysius GonzagaChurch. 574-4840; www.sain-tals.org. Green Township.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., VFW Post 7340Charles R. Gailey, 8326 Brown-

sway Lane, Cod, catfish, shrimp,chicken, platters come withchoice of two sides. Carryoutavailable. $8 platter, $5 sand-wich. Presented by VFW Post7340 Ladies Auxiliary. 521-7340;http://gaileypost.webs.com.Colerain Township.

Fresh Fish Fry, 4:30-7 p.m.,Western Hills Cheviot Lodge 140,4353 West Fork Road, Dine inlower level or carryout entranceat rear of building. Dine in orcarry out. Sides: fries, mac andcheese, onion rings, green beansand slaw. Dinner with three sidesfor $10. Free coffee and tea.Presented by Western HillsCheviot Lodge No. 140. 919-1065.Monfort Heights.

Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Our Ladyof the Visitation School, 3180South Road, Baked, fried fish,shrimp and crab cakes. Dinnersinclude two sides. Mac andcheese, fries, coleslaw and more.Children’s fish fingers dinner,Trotta’s pizza and weekly special.$2 and up. Presented by St.Joseph of the Three RiversCouncil Knights of Columbus.347-2229; www.stjosephkof-c.org. Green Township.

Germania Society Fish Fry,4:30-7:30 p.m., Germania Societyof Cincinnati, 3529 W. KemperRoad, Sides include baked maca-roni and cheese, french fries,sweet creamy coleslaw, collardgreens and corn bread. Assorteddesserts and beverages availablefor purchase. Tea, coffee andlemonade available at no cost.Carry out and credit card pur-chases also available. $12 dinnerwith two sides, $7 fish sandwichonly. 742-0060; www.germania-society.com. Colerain Township.

Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., St.William Church, 4108 W. EighthSt., Menu includes hand breadedcod, tavern breaded fish, tilapia,salmon, shrimp, crab cakes,grilled cheese, cheese pizza,french fries, hush puppies,macaroni and cheese, tossedsalad and homemade soup ofthe week. Desserts and bever-ages available. Drive thru 4-7p.m. Dine in 4:30-7:30 p.m. $1and up. 921-0247; www.stwil-liamfishfry.com. West Price Hill.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., St. AntoninusParish, 1500 Linneman Road,Dine in, carry out or drive-thrucurb-side pick-up. Fish sand-wiches, jumbo shrimp, grilledsalmon, pizza, grilled cheese,homemade soups and home-made desserts, plus other sidedishes. Price varies. Presented bySt. Antoninus Boy Scout Troop614. 922-5400. Green Township.

Boy Scout Troop 271 Fish Fry,4:30-7:30 p.m., St. Teresa of AvilaChurch, 1175 Overlook Ave., Dinein or carry out. Free. Presentedby St. Teresa Boy Scout Troop271. 921-9200. West Price Hill.

Dine-in Fish Fry, 5:30-7 p.m.,Our Lady of the Rosary Church,17 Farragut Road, Menu includessalmon, baked cod, fried cod,shrimp, pizza, salted rye breadand more. A la carte itemsavailable. Credit cards accepted.$8. 825-8626; www.wintonwyo-mingpr.org. Greenhills.

Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Amer-ican Legion Post 513, 7947 Hamil-ton Ave., Cod, catfish, fantailshrimp, popcorn shrimp, crabcakes and chicken strips. Dinnerinclude fries or mac cheese oronion straws and coleslaw,cupcakes. $6-$8. 729-0061.Mount Healthy.

Fish FryDays, 5-8 p.m., St. Do-minic Church, 4551 Delhi Road,O’Connor Hall. Traditional friedcod, special menu items eachweek. Presented by St. DominicAthletic Association. 251-1276;www.athletics.stdominicdel-hi.org. Delhi Township.

Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m., St. LawrenceElementary, 1020 Carson Ave.,Heritage Hall. Breaded jumboshrimp, baked salmon, codbreaded or beer battered,spaghetti with tomato sauce,grilled cheese sandwich or garlicgrilled cheese sandwich andpizza bread. Benefits St. Law-rence. Presented by PTO of St.Lawrence Elementary. 921-4230.East Price Hill.

Exercise ClassesVinyasa Flow Yoga, 6-7 p.m.,EarthConnection, 370 NeebRoad, $10 drop-in, $45 five-classpass, $80 10-class pass, $14020-class pass. Presented by Yogaby Marietta. 675-2725; www.yo-gabymarietta.com. Delhi Town-ship.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class,9:30-10:30 a.m., Keeping FitStudio, 7778 Colerain Ave., $5.720-4142. Colerain Township.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class, 5-6p.m., Keeping Fit Studio, 7778Colerain Ave., $5. 720-4142.

Colerain Township.

Health / WellnessEngage Your Inner HealerChikung, 6:30-8 p.m., GraceEpiscopal Church, 5501 HamiltonAve., $50. Presented by Harmon-ic Pulse Wellness. 405-1514;www.harmonicpulsewellness-.com. College Hill.

Music - Classic RockSuperBad, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., ClubTrio, 5744 Springdale Road, Free.385-1005; www.clubtriolounge-.com. Colerain Township.

Music - ReligiousCome Watch With Me: ThePerfect Storm, 7-8:30 p.m., OurLady of Lourdes, 2832 RosebudDrive, Evening of prayer, med-itation and music with MikeDavis. Walk the Way of the Crossfocusing on life, death andresurrection of Jesus Christ. Free.922-0715, ext. 3330. Westwood.

On Stage - TheaterA Nice Family Gathering, 8p.m., Arts Center at Dunham,$14. 588-4988; www.sunsetplay-ers.org. West Price Hill.

Stanton’s Garage, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, $15, $12seniors, children and military.588-4910; www.centerstage-playersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

Rumors, 8 p.m., GlenmorePlayhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave.,Farce takes place in upscalehome of New York City’s deputymayor, Charley Brock. Charleyand his wife, Myra, have invitedfriends to a party there to cele-brate their 10th anniversary, butbefore the party begins, Charleyhas suffered a gunshot wound tothe earlobe which may or maynot have been self-inflicted. Ages18 and up. $16, $15 advance.Presented by The Drama Work-shop. Through March 15. 598-8303; www.thedramaworksho-p.org. Cheviot.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7Craft ShowsSpring Craft/Vendor Show, 10a.m. to 2 p.m., Oak Hills HighSchool, 3200 Ebenezer Road,Commons. Handmade craftsalongside vendor favorites likeTupperware, Pampered Chef,Thirty One and more. $2. Pre-sented by Oak Hills Band Associa-tion. 405-4436; www.oakhills-bandassociation.org. GreenTownship.

EducationConcealed Carry Class, 8-9 p.m.,Tactical Intelligence Group, 6111Morgan Road, Led by certifiedinstructors, class meets State ofOhio Concealed Handgun Permitpre-application educationalrequirements in convenientsingle-day format. Ages 21 andup. $150. Registration required.579-1405; tacticalintelligence-group.com. Cleves.

Exercise ClassesDance Jamz, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Sayler Park Community Center,6720 Home City Ave., Dancefitness class incorporates highintensity interval training. Ages18 and up. $5 per class or $40 for10 classes. Presented by DanceJamz. 706-1324. Sayler Park.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class,9:30-10:30 a.m., Keeping FitStudio, $5. 513-720-4142. Col-erain Township.

Health / WellnessPersonal Defense Course, 9a.m. to 1 p.m., Tactical Intelli-

gence Group, 6111 Morgan Road,Designed to equip you withsimple ways to avoid, de-escalateor escape from wide variety ofthreatening situations. For ages13 and up. $75. Registrationrequired. 579-1405. Cleves.

Music - Classic RockEmpty Garden, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,Club Trio, 5744 Springdale Road,Free. 385-1005; clubtriolounge-.com. Colerain Township.

NatureCASKids Youth AstronomyProgram, 7-8:30 p.m., CincinnatiAstronomical Society Observa-tory, 5274 Zion Road, CAS Presi-dent Terry Endres will lead tourof past, current and future spaceexploration missions. Free.Presented by Cincinnati Astrono-mical Society. 941-1981; www.ci-nastro.org. Cleves.

On Stage - TheaterA Nice Family Gathering, 8p.m., Arts Center at Dunham,$14. 588-4988; www.sunsetplay-ers.org. West Price Hill.

Stanton’s Garage, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, $15, $12seniors, children and military.588-4910; www.centerstage-playersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

Rumors, 8 p.m., GlenmorePlayhouse, $16, $15 advance.598-8303; www.thedramawork-shop.org. Cheviot.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8BenefitsMeatballs and Music Fundrais-er, 3-7 p.m., La Salle High School,3091 North Bend Road, Concertat 3 p.m. Dinner 4-7 p.m. Jean-nine Groh Trio and other musicaccompany dinner. Spaghetti,meatballs, garlic bread, salad,drinks, dessert. Takeout avail-able. Benefits La Salle Band andGuard. $6. 404-3057; www.pride-oflasalle.com. Green Township.

Dining EventsBest Sunday Brunch on theWest Side, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Aston Oaks Golf Club, 1 AstonOaks Drive, Omelet and wafflestations, goetta, sausage, bis-cuits, bacon, fruit and more.Lunch portion begins at 11 a.m.Large parties welcome. $11.95,$8.95 seniors and ages 7-14, freeages 6 and under. 467-0070, ext.3. North Bend.

EducationFinancial Peace University, 4-6p.m., Cheviot United MethodistChurch, 3820 Westwood North-ern Blvd., Take control of yourfinances. Everyone can benefitfrom lessons that cover debt,building wealth and makingsmart decisions with your money.$100 lifetime membership re-quired. 662-2048; www.chevio-tumc.com. Cheviot.

Exercise ClassesFree Workout Every Sunday,2:15-3:30 p.m., Greater EmanuelApostolic Temple, 1150 W. Gal-braith Road, Lower level. Chairexercise and Leslie Sansone’slow-impact, indoor, aerobic

workout. Free. 324-6173. Spring-field Township.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class,9:30-10:30 a.m., Keeping FitStudio, $5. 720-4142. ColerainTownship.

Music - AcousticLeo Coffeehouse, 5:30 p.m.,Mount Healthy United Method-ist Church, 7612 Perry St., Weeklyvenue of live acoustic folk,Americana, bluegrass, and rootsmusic. Scheduled performancesbegin at 7 p.m. Informal songcircle jam starts at 5:30 p.m.Open mic every first and thirdSunday. Free to members. Dona-tions welcome from non-mem-bers. Presented by Queen CityBalladeers. 399-7227;www.qcballadeers.org. MountHealthy.

Music - ClassicalDance and Romance, 3 p.m.,Seton High School, 3901 GlenwayAve., Auditorium. Performanceby 60-piece orchestra featuringSchumann’s Cello Concerto withguest soloist Genevieve Gui-mond. Free; donations welcome.Presented by Cincinnati Met-ropolitan Orchestra. 941-8956;www.gocmo.org. West Price Hill.

On Stage - TheaterRumors, 2 p.m., GlenmorePlayhouse, $16, $15 advance.598-8303; www.thedramawork-shop.org. Cheviot.

MONDAY, MARCH 9Business ClassesSuccess Team: Group Coachingfor Job Seekers, 7-9 p.m.,Family Life Center, 703 ComptonRoad, Free. Registration re-quired. Through Sept. 14. 931-5777; tinyurl.com/familylifectr.Finneytown.

EducationJob Search Seminar, 1:30-3 p.m.,Family Life Center, 703 ComptonRoad, Seminar series providesspeakers who teach how toconduct successful contemporaryjob search. Reservations re-quired. 931-5777; tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finneytown.

Exercise ClassesZumba, 6:15-7:10 p.m., KeepingFit Studio, 7778 Colerain Ave.,High-energy dance fitness classfor all ages and all levels offitness. Ages 18 and up. $5.923-4226. Colerain Township.

Dance Jamz, 6:45-7:45 p.m.,Sayler Park Community Center,6720 Home City Ave., Dancefitness class incorporates highintensity interval training. Ages18 and up. $5; $40 10-class pass.Presented by Dance Jamz. 460-6696. Sayler Park.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga, 6-7 p.m.,EarthConnection, $10 drop-in,$45 five-class pass, $80 10-classpass, $140 20-class pass. 675-2725; www.yogabymarietta.com.Delhi Township.

Zumba Gold Fitness Party,10-11 a.m., Westwood Town HallRecreation Center, 3017 HarrisonAve., $5. Presented by ZumbaFitness with Robin. 288-7844.Westwood.


Cardio Plus Aerobics Class, 5-6p.m., Keeping Fit Studio, $5.720-4142. Colerain Township.

Health / WellnessLunch & Learn: AlternativeApproaches to Arthritis, noonto 1 p.m., Gamble-NippertYMCA, 3159 Montana Ave., GoldRoom. Educates attendees aboutwhat arthritis is, who is suscep-tible to arthritis, what causes it,how to relieve it, and steps tohelp prevent joint disease. Ages21 and up. Free. Reservationsrequired. Presented by Founda-tion for Wellness Professionals.941-0378. Westwood.

RecreationBingo, 1-3 p.m., Green TownshipSenior Center, 3620 Epley Road,All money collected distributedas prize money. For seniors. 25cents per card. 385-3780. GreenTownship.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10EducationStrengths Based Career Man-agement, 1:30-3 p.m., FamilyLife Center, 703 Compton Road,Learn how to identify goodcareer fit and work towardstrength path. Reservationsrequired. 931-5777; tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finneytown.

Exercise ClassesLevel 2 Beginners VinyasaFlow Yoga, 6-7 p.m., Earth-Connection, 370 Neeb Road,Drop-in $10, five-class pass $45,10-class pass $80. Presented byYoga by Marietta. 675-2725;www.yogabymarietta.com. DelhiTownship.

Zumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FlemingRoad United Church of Christ,691 Fleming Road, $6. Presentedby Deb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springfield Township.

Cardio Plus Aerobics Class,4:45-5:45 p.m., Keeping FitStudio, $5. 720-4142. ColerainTownship.

Health / WellnessHolistic Health and WellnessGroup, 7-9 p.m., Family LifeCenter, 703 Compton Road,Learn from various traditions tomanage your physical, mental,and spiritual fitness. Reservationsrequired. 931-5777; tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finneytown.

Rising Woman Workshop, 6-8p.m., Harmonious Energies, 2852Boudinot Ave., $175. Reserva-tions required. 290-3363. WestSide.

Senior CitizensExercise to Music, 10-11 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, $1. 385-3780.Green Township.

Euchre, noon to 3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Open game. Forseniors.385-3780. Green Town-ship.

Support GroupsCoping with Depression, 7-9p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Group foranyone experiencing depressionwho would like to learn copingtools and strategies, gain newperspectives on your life situa-tion and appropriate self care forweathering the storm. Not atherapy group or substitute fortherapy. Led by David P. Perlaki,Professional Christian Counselor.Free. Registration required.931-5777; www.northmin-sterchurch.net. Finneytown.

WEDNESDAY,MARCH 11Exercise ClassesDance Jamz, 8:15-9:15 p.m., TheGymnastics Center, 3660 WerkRoad, High-energy cardio danceclass. $5 or 10 classes for $40.Presented by Dance Jamz. 706-1324; www.thegymnasticscenter-.com. Green Township.

Zumba, 6:15-7:10 p.m., KeepingFit Studio, $5. 923-4226. ColerainTownship.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga, 6-7 p.m.,EarthConnection, $10 drop-in,$45 five-class pass, $80 10-classpass, $140 20-class pass. 675-2725; www.yogabymarietta.com.Delhi Township.


Cardio Plus Aerobics Class, 5-6p.m., Keeping Fit Studio, $5.720-4142. Colerain Township.

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La Salle High School’s Meatballs and Music Fundraiser to benefit the school’s band and guard is3-7 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at La Salle High School, 3091 North Bend Road, Green Township.Concert at 3 p.m. Dinner is 4-7 p.m. Jeannine Groh Trio and other music accompany dinner. Onthe menu are spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread, salad, drinks, dessert. Takeout is available. Costis $6. Call 404-3057; visit www.prideoflasalle.com.

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I had to laugh when BillThomas of BBQ Review res-taurant in Madisonvilleagreed to share the recipe forhis iconic mac & cheese.

I heard Bill was closing hisrestaurant (but keeping therailroad dining car adjacent tothe property) so I gave him acall. Already I had severalrequests from readers whowere addicted to his mac &cheese and who asked me toget the recipe.

To give you a bit of history,Bill and I started out our culi-nary adventures about thesame time way back when.

Fast forwardsome 30-plusyears lateryears later andnow Bill wants“to take it easy.”

When I toldhim about myreaders whocan’t exist hap-pily without hismac & cheese,Bill said “I’ll

share, no problem, but itstarts with 18 pounds macaro-ni, 20 pounds of cheese, andmakes 120 pounds and no, Iwon’t even try to break it

down!” OK then...well I fid-dled with it and came up witha good recipe hopefully closeto Bill’s. I even followed histechnique for cooking themacaroni and the cheesesauce.

I served this to my family,and I never saw a bowl of mac& cheese eaten so fast. I hopeyou like it as much as we do.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

BBQ Review dishes out addictingmacaroni and cheese recipe

Clone of BBQ Review’s famous mac & cheese

If you want it “cheesier” add more cheese. This is more like the oldfashioned type, with a mild flavor. This recipe doubles or triples easily.

1//2 pound elbow macaroni - 2 cups dry1 stick butter - 4 oz.1/4 cup onion, diced fine 1/4 cup flourSalt and pepper to taste4 oz. regular, not low fat, Velveeta cheese, cubed4-6 oz. shredded cheddar, divided (I used a heaping cup, probably

more like 6 oz.)2 cups milk, warmed

Boil macaroni in salted water, drain, and set aside while makingsauce.

Over medium heat, melt butter and stir in onion. Cook until onion istranslucent but not brown. Add flour, salt and pepper and whisk just untilflour is light brown. Stir in milk and whisk until thicker and bubbly.

Remove from heat and stir in Velveeta and a little more than half thecheddar. Stir in macaroni. The mac & cheese will be very creamy and thick-ens as it sits. Sprinkle with rest of cheddar.

Versatile cheese sauce: Sauce alone is a good all-purpose cheesesauce.

Rita’s salt free Italian seasoning

Savory is herb of the year and one that’s underused. It has an aro-matic peppery flavor, good in bean dishes (Germans call it the beanherb) since it helps you digest beans. When you’re ready to dry herbs thissummer, use this recipe and you’ll have a marvelous homemade blend.

Mix together:

3 tablespoons dried basil2 tablespoons dried oregano1 tablespoon dried marjoram1 teaspoon dried thyme1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed1 teaspoon dried savory1/2 teaspoon dried sage2 tablespoons dried parsley - optional

Why this blend is good for you:Basil is good for cardiovascular healthOregano and marjoram help keep joints healthy, and fight colds

and fluThyme is especially good for upper respiratory healthRosemary helps keep memories sharpSavory is a good salt substitute and helps dispel gasBoost your wisdom with sageParsley is good for kidney and liver health

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

A clone BBQ Review’s macaroni and cheese recipe should keep satisfied customers addicted to the dish.

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Life changes constantly …by the second or even less.

I know this is nothing new,but most of us don’t look at itthis way. We roll out of bedusually with a “Do I have toget up” attitude. We shouldlearn to look at each day withan attitude of anticipation.

One aspect that helps isallowing daily moments tospend on something yourpassionate about…I meanyou really enjoy doing. Weneed to look forward to eachday in some small way, be-sides… just waiting for theweekend. Enjoying simplethings daily is what the focusof life passion is clearlyabout. I must pass on a storythat was shared with me thatspeaks so obviously to thispassion.

A father had two identicaltwin sons, but their physicalappearance was the onlything, they seem to have incommon. One son was al-ways looking on the brightside and had an over-the-topoptimistic approach to life.If it was raining, that onlymeant that the sun would beout soon, maybe even a goodchance to see a rainbow.

The other son’s outlookwas totally cynical and hewould counter his twinbrother by thinking if its’sunny outside, that onlymeant it was going to rain!Then reasoning next…heprobably wouldn’t be able tofind his umbrella or waterboots…proceeding to getdrench in the rain. So he

might as welljust sit, beingdepressedlooking outthe window atthe blue sky,thinkingabout thepossibilitythat it couldrain “cats anddogs” at anymoment.

The father decided thatfor their 14th birthday, hewould give them each, giftsthat would help to mellowboth of these two extremelydifferent personalities. So,on the day of their birthdays,he had them go out with amutual friend to lunch.

While they were gone, heproceeded putting a gift foreach of them near the frontdoor of their rooms, so theywould see them right awaywhen they returned home. Inthe room of his son who al-ways seemed depressed, heput a new…extremelyfancy…very expensive bicy-cle with all sorts of cool gad-gets and elite wheels foroff-road biking.

In his other son’s roomwhere the sun alwaysseemed to be shining, hedumped a large load of freshbarnyard manure in the mid-dle of this son’s bedroom.

After the boys camehome, he sent them both totheir rooms to check outtheir birthday gifts. Waitingpatiently for about 15 to 20minutes, he decided to go

upstairs and see how theyliked their birthday gifts.

First, he went to his morepessimistic son’s room andfound the boy sitting in thecorner crying. He sighed andasked his son, “Why are youcrying when you just got thehottest, coolest, bicycle inthe whole world?”

The son turned to his fa-ther with tears in his eyesand said, “But dad, I justknow what is going to hap-pen! I’m going to ride thisbike down the street, hit atree, break my leg…the am-bulance probably won’t getthere in time and they willneed to amputate my leg.”

The father couldn’t takeany more of this and leftgoing to his other son’s room.There he couldn’t believewhat he was seeing. Hisother son was playing, in thebig pile of smelly, barnyardmanure while having thetime of his life, looking sohappy! The dad couldn’tunderstand how this soncould be so wildly excitedabout a pile of manure. Heasked his son, “What’s goingon? How can you be so exhil-arated about a pile of ma-nure?”

“Well Dad, with this muchmanure, there’s got to be apony here somewhere!”

Wes Adamson is a resident ofWyoming. His work has been ac-cepted for publication by twoliterary magazines: “River andSouth Review” and “DriftwoodPress.”

Finding the pony…

Wes Adamson COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

On Iranian nuclear negoti-ations, we hear: “No optionsare off the table.”

Threats of increased sanc-tions or bombing are on thetable. Israel pushes for abombing campaign, likelyigniting another war, withstrategic benefits for Israeland a trillion dollar cost forthe U.S.

Benny Morris, an Israelihistorian, argued should theU.S. not bomb Iran, Israeliconventional weapons wouldbe inadequate; consequently,Israel would nuke severalsites. Sheldon Andelson, thefinancier of the Likud andRepublican parties, suggest-ed the U.S. drop a nuclearbomb on an Iranian desert.The typical option of: eachside reducing its nucleararsenal is not on the table. Anegotiated reduction of Israe-li nukes has no cost to the US.

To put Israeli nukes on thetable requires overriding theambiguous nuclear policy,which ignores the existenceof Israeli A-bombs. Now isthe time to set a clear policybased upon America’s bestinterests and treaty obliga-tions.

Israeli history and currentevents show it to be an ex-tremist state. It has had: in-creasing religious fanaticism,ethnic cleansing, de jure

discrimi-nation andlarge scaleexecutions ofnon-violentmen. Manywar crimeswere commit-ted in Israel’sattacks onGaza civiliansduring 2008-

2009 and again in 2014. Israelis a democracy of sorts; un-like any western democracy;although, similar to Iran’s.The special relationship withIsrael is not an alliance. Isra-el has been an espionageproblem. Israel’s armedforces knowingly attackedthe USS Liberty, killing 34Americans.

Israel has had its share ofreformed terrorist as nation-al leaders. The massive eth-nic cleansing approved byBen Gurion far exceeds simi-lar crimes against humanity,by the likes of the Serb, Milo-sevic. Begin and Shamir,were the respective leadersof two terrorist groups; theIrgun and the Stern gang.Sharon was responsible formassacres at Sabra and Sha-tila in Lebanon and the vil-lage of Qibya. The presidentof Israel, Reuven Rivlin, aLikudnik, recently calledIsrael a sick society due to

the increasing extremism.Given Israel’s record, theambiguous policy is a badone.

In theory Iran is sanc-tioned for violations of theNuclear Non-ProliferationTreaty. Even though Israel isnot an NNPT party, there isan NNPT obligation, to re-move the Israeli nukes. CIA/FBI evidence is clear thatIsrael pilfered, up to, 590pounds, of bomb grade urani-um, from the Apollo Penn-sylvania NUMEC facility, inthe 1960s. Additionally, itobtained triggers from theUS. Funding for the bombprogram originated with UScharities. The US by doingnothing promoted Israelinuclear arms. For NNPTcompliance Israel’s bombprogram must end.

A win-win option could beon the table. Iran agrees toabolish its program, in ex-change of removal of Israelnukes. If Israel refuses tocooperate, then it merits thetreatment dealt Iran. With-drawal of Israel aid plusgradual sanctions will meetthe NNPT obligations. Thetable needs an option that willdeprive both sides of nuclearweapons, at no cost to the US.

John Rebel is a resident of Colum-bia Township.

Trade nukes at thetable, not in the air

John RebelCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

It is estimated that morethan 25 percent of US seniorshave diabetes, and another 50percent show pre-diabeticsymptoms.

The disease was the seventhleading cause of death amongAmericans in 2010. There’shope for seniors with diabetes.Simple, preventative steps thatseniors can take at home canstave off its long-term damag-ing effects, or even eradicatepre-diabetic symptoms entire-ly. Here are three ways thatseniors living with diabetescan improve their quality oflife:

1. Check your finger stickblood sugar every day.

Checking your finger stickblood sugar isn’t pleasant. Ifyou think about the long-termpain from which you can saveyourself and loved ones – life-threatening diabetic ketoaci-dotic crises, ICU admissions,chronic infections, limb ampu-tations and early demise – asecond or two of pain everyday when you check yourblood glucose level is a smallprice to pay.

2. Eat right and be active.Pre-diabetic symptoms can

be reduced, or even resolvedentirely, just by losing a mod-erate amount of weight andexercising regularly. And fulldiabetics can sometimes comeoff daily insulin injections justby eating better and exercis-ing.

Instead of eating processedfoods and restaurant take-out,try cooking more fresh fruitand veggie-based dishes athome. Avoid adding sugar orsalt just for the sake of taste.

Exercise moderately everyday. Take walks, swim, or gofor bike rides. When the weath-er gets cold, try light to moder-ate weight training, sign up fora water aerobics class or ball-room dancing. The idea is toget moving.

3. Keep a daily diet andblood glucose log; visit yourdoctor for regular checks.

If you are a diabetic whoeither does not have an estab-lished primary care doctor orwho doesn’t go for regularcheckups, you’re risking yourhealth.

Without careful manage-ment of your diabetes regimenby a physician, you run a seri-ous risk of heart disease,strokes, chronic wound in-fections, neurological damageand other debilitating condi-tions.

A 2010 study by the Health-care Cost and Utilization Pro-ject found that preventablehospital admissions related todiabetes increased 12 percentbetween 2005 and 2010. In 2010alone, preventable diabetesadmissions cost hospitals (andUS taxpayers when Medicareand Medicaid payments areconsidered) over $6.3 billion.

To help your doctor bettermanage your diabetes re-gimen, keep a diligent recordof your food intake, morningand after-meal FSBS readings,insulin and medication dosesand exercise. By doing so, youcan give your doctor the in-formation he or she needs tokeep you safe.

If you haven’t been seriousabout managing your diabetes,now’s the time to start.

Living well with diabetes ispossible, but it takes effort.Schedule an appointment withyour primary care doctor todevelop a comprehensive careplan. If you have no primarycare doctor, find one now. Startadhering to a low-sugar diet,check your glucose regularly,keep a diabetes managementlog and exercise regularly.

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“Upstate New York in theAdirondacks or northern Michi-gan are my ideal places to es-cape the majority of wimps inCincinnati who think winter issomething from which you needto escape. Embrace winter, goski (downhill or cross country),snowmobile or just take a nicewinter hike in the woods. Thereare no crowds. If I choose toseek a warm weather vacationthen the Caribbean Islands aremy next choice. The westernside of Jamaica and Antiqua aremy favorites.”

M.J.F.

“Well all the ideal places thatI know of to escape I can't get tobecause I have to work and win-ter is a busy season for us. So in-stead I've decided to just em-brace winter. If I try and realizethat it can only go on for so long,and get so bad, then when thespring and summer arrives Ifind I am way more grateful.However, when it is August, andabout 90 degrees with 95 per-cent humidity I try and remem-ber back to how great it felt tobe shoveling my driveway inminus 0 degree weather. It is allrelative.”

C.S.

“Go to Montana where theyhave a lot more snow, moun-tains and incredible skiing.They also all know how to drivein the snow.”

D.B.

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CANTON — St. Xavier and St.Ursula are bringing trophiesback to the Queen City, cappingan impressive weekend from lo-cal teams at the Division I stateswim meet Feb. 27-28 at the C.T.Branin Natatorium.

The Bombers amassed 335total points and the Bulldogs tal-lied 270.5 points. It was theBombers’ seventh consecutivestate championship and 36th all-time. St. Ursula returns with therunner-up trophy, finishing sec-

ond to Upper Arlington. Moeller finished as the run-

ner-up on the boys’ side with 134points.

“There is nothing old aboutcoming to the end of a year-longprocess to celebrate. It nevergets old,” St. Xavier head coachJim Brower said. “I think wejust focus on the one at hand …36 (championships) are for thealumni. This one’s for us.”

Sophomore Grant House de-fended his state titles in the 100and 200 freestyle races, whilethe 200 freestyle relay team ofJoe Berno, Matt Slabe, GrantCarr and House took second behind Brecksville-Broadview

Heights.St. X also brought the meet to

a close with a win in the 400freestyle relay (Slabe, Carr,House and Mitchell Frey) in atime of 3:03.03. The Bombersalso won the 200 medley relay(James Wray, Luke Sobolewski,Frey and Berno) with a 1:32.03.St. Xavier’s Drew Fitzgeraldtook 19th place at the state divemeet.

St. Ursula’s key finishers in-cluded: Josie Grote who tookthird in the 100 breaststroke andsecond in the 200 individualmedley; senior Katie Kerr, a

St. X leads locals at state swimmingBy Nick Robbe and Adam [email protected]@communitypress.com

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St. Xavier’s 400 freestyle relay team of Matt Slabe, Mitchell Frey, GrantHouse and Grant Carr celebrate after winning the race. s

SPRINGFIELD TWP. — Setting goals isimportant. That’s what Grant House willtell you, especially if you’re a swimmer. Aswimmer’s goal is a time, but it’s also achallenge. In the case of the St. Xaviersophomore, House’s goal is to win andbreak records.

On Feb. 28, at the Super Bowl of swim-ming in the state, House defended both ofhis individual state championships in the100- and 200-yard freestyles, but he cameshort of record-setting times. He swam44.79, in the 100, and 1:35.28 in the 200. Thestate records House has in reach are from1991-92; they belong to Joe Hudepohl, an-other Bomber. Hudepohl went 43.43 (inthe 100) and 1:34.96.

“It feels nice, but I would have likedbetter times,” House told Enquirer Mediareporter Nick Robbe following his titledefenses. “I was able to help X score andwin the meet; that’s all that really mat-ters.”

St. Xavier coach Jim Brower calledGrant the team’s “anchor” in everythingthey do.

“He’s just natural in the water,” saidBrower, who just wrapped up his 24thseason with the Bombers. “He’s got a

good physical make-up; he’s tall, bighands, big feet. There’s an intangible thatsets one person apart from the next; hehas it — the ability to move through thewater with complete control of yourbody.”

In the water, Grant’s found there’s no-where to hide, which he likes about swim-ming.

“It’s definitive. It keeps you honest,”Grant said. “It’s a sport that tells you thetruth.”

Swimming was in the cards for Grant.More accurately, the entire deck wasstacked with swimming, which was re-flected in Grant’s swimming lineage. Hisolder brother, Kyle, and older sister, Ash-ley, both swam. His parents, Sue and Ray,were swimmers who also coached Grant.Sue grew up one of nine siblings, eight ofthem swam. Ray’s two brothers were

swimmers. “I was in the water at 3 months and

started swimming competitively at 6years old,” Grant, who’s now 6-foot-5,said.

Upon arriving at school, Brower knewhe had a thoroughbred, but he had no ideahow fast the freshman would swimstraight out of the gate.

“We were aware of Grant’s pedigreeand resume (coming in),” Brower said. “Ithink he even surprised himself last yearas a freshman with how well he did.”

In his two seasons, Grant’s also been amember of the 400 freestyle relays teamswhich have won a pair of state champion-ships in two years. House is on pace to po-tentially win eight individual state titlesduring his career.

Grant on what it’s like to win a race atstate: “It takes a second to kick in. Whenyou touch the wall you lift your head andwater is coming down over your face, youcan’t see right away. It’s a surreal mo-ment; once everything clears and you cansee, it’s amazing to realize all the hardwork paid off.”

Grant came to St. Xavier by way of agiant swimming family, so it’s fitting thathe found another huge family in the Aqua-Bombers, who just won their seventhstraight state title and 36th all-time.

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St. Xavier High School sophomore Grant House in the third heat of the 200 breaststroke on Jan. 17 at Miami University in the Southwest Ohio Classic.

ST. XAVIER’S HOUSE RIGHTAT HOME IN STATE WATERS

By Adam [email protected]

State swimming results

Division I localsMcAuley senior Amanda Deller swam

23rd in the 100 freestyle with a time of53.45.

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Girls basketball

» Winton Woods took LakotaEast down to the wire in a Divi-sion I sectional game Feb. 24 butthe Warriors lost 38-37. KayleeAllen led Winton Woods with 15points.

» North College Hill ad-vanced past Carlisle 46-35 in theDivision III sectional tourna-ment Feb. 24.

On Feb. 26, North CollegeHill beat Middletown Madison44-39 in overtime to advance inthe sectional tournament. Soph-omore Victoria Morris led theTrojans with 15 points.

» McAuley beat St. Ursula72-37 on Feb. 25 in a Division Isectional at Lakota East. SeniorEmily Vogelpohl had 22 pointsto lead the Mohawks.

» Finneytown lost to unbeat-en Summit Country Day 80-18Feb. 24 in a Division III section-al game.

» Mount Healthy lost to Indi-an Hill 47-35 in a Division I sec-tional Feb. 25.

Boys basketball» Roger Bacon trounced East

Clinton 83-44 in a Division IIIsectional Feb. 27. WilliamGreene had 18 points and CraigMcGee added 20.

» La Salle took care of West-ern Hills 73-56 in a Division Isectional Feb. 28. West High’sMalik Seldon had 20 points. LaSalle’s Tre Crigler had 18 points.

» Aiken smashed New Miami81-38 in the opening round of theDivision IV sectional tourna-ment Feb. 28.

Girls bowling» McAuley won the Division

I sectional tournament Feb. 25at Colerain Lanes to advance tothe district tournament. TheMohawks were led by juniorMadison Baker who totaled a607 across three games.

» Winton Woods senior Au-tumn Adams advanced individ-ually to the Division I districttournament after rolling a 493series in three games at the Col-erain Lanes sectional Feb. 25.

Boys bowling» St. Xavier failed to advance

as a team to the district tourna-ment, but the Bombers quali-fied seniors Nathan Shrum andRobert Faisant individuallyfrom the Crossgate sectionalFeb. 26. Shrum rolled a three-game total of 616 and Faisant tal-lied a 604.

» La Salle advanced to the Di-vision I district tournamentfrom the Crossgate Lanes sec-tional Feb. 26. Junior Danny

SHORT HOPS

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Reichwein led the Lancers witha three-game series of 704which ranked third at the sec-tional. Senior Matt Knebel add-ed a 656 series.

Hockey» St. Xavier beat Talawanda

5-3 in the OHSAA ColumbusDistrict tournament quarterfi-nals Feb. 25 at Miami Univer-sity’s Goggin Ice Center. TheBombers broke a 3-3 tie in thethird period with a rebound goalfrom junior forward Nick Car-michael. Senior Justin LeFevreadded the Bombers’ fifth goalon an empty net. LeFevre hadfour goals in the win.

On Feb. 28, St. Xavier’s staterun came to an end with a 6-0loss to Dublin Jerome.

Wrestling» St. Xavier took sixth place

at the Division I sectional tour-nament at Hamilton Feb. 28.Cole Jones was the Bombers’lone sectional champion at 220pounds. St. Xavier also ad-vanced three more wrestlers tothe district tournament withfourth-place finishers: SamKrider (113), Nick Falke (120)and Joey Barreau (152).

» Winton Woods’ Jerron Cagewas the Warriors’ only sectionalchampion (285) at the Division Isectional tournament at Hamil-ton Feb. 27-28. The Warriors hadtwo other district qualifierswith Cage; Andrew Kerobo(220) in third place and Cornell

Beachem (132) was fourth. » Roger Bacon advanced one

wrestler, Kevin Dinh (195),through to the district tourna-ment. Dinh placed second at theDivision III sectional tourna-ment at Blanchester Feb. 28.

» North College Hill willsend three wrestlers to the Divi-sion III district tournament.Willie Byrd (106) and MekhiJones (132) finished third at theBlanchester sectional Feb. 28.Dakota Whaley (120) placedfourth.

» Mount Healthy came inninth at the Division I sectionaltournament at Hamilton. TheOwls had two wrestlers qualifyfor the district tournament: Ke-eryon Deal (285) placed secondand Danny Johnson (182) wasfourth.

» La Salle had three sectional

champions at the Division Itournament at Lebanon Feb. 28;Jared Thiemann (113), CoreyShie (132) and Andrew Sams(145). The Lancers also quali-fied Eric Beck (138) in thirdplace and Blake Wilson (160) infourth.

» Moeller won the GreaterCatholic League tournamentFeb. 22 with 254.5 team points.Elder finished second with240.5, St. Xavier was third with157 and La Salle was fourth with117.5.

Gymnastics» Roger Bacon came in sev-

enth place at the city champion-ships Feb. 22 at Cincinnati Coun-try Day.

On Feb. 28, the Spartanscame in 11th place at the districtchampionships.

Short Hops

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Emily Anderson of Roger Baconheads into a somersault on Feb. 22.

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three-time state qualifier,placed third in the 500 freestyleand ninth in the 200 freestyle.The Bulldogs’ 200 medley relay(Grote, Alexandra Wall, Maris-sa Delgado, Anna Delgado) tooksecond and the 400 freestyle re-lay (Hannah Foster, MollieZilch, Ashley Voelkerding,Grote) also took second place.The Bulldogs finished fourth inthe 200 freestyle relay (Voel-kerding, M. Delgado, A. Delga-do, Foster). Foster tied for thirdin the 100 freestyle.

StateContinued from Page B1

Mohawks throttle St. Ursula

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McAuley coach Dan Wallace talks to the Mohawks during a Division I sectional against St. Ursula Feb. 25 at Lakota East. McAuley beat SUA 72-37.Senior Emily Vogelpohl finished with a game-high 22 points, six steals, six rebounds and five assists.

Talawanda’s Curran Persin-ger had just scored an unas-sisted shorthanded goal with2:58 left in regulation to com-plete the Braves’ comebackfrom a 3-1 third-period deficitto a 3-3 tie with St. Xavier.

The Bombers were skatingto the bench to regroup whenjunior forward Nick Carmi-chael caught the eye of seniorforward Justin LeFevre.

“The guys were like, ‘Oh,man, this isn’t happening.We’ve worked too hard,’ ” Car-michael said. “Justin looked atme and said, ‘We’ve still gotthis. Let’s go get one.’”

Twenty-seven seconds lat-er, St. Xavier had a power play– just its second of the game.Twenty seconds after that,Carmichael came up with therebound of a LeFevre shot andfired it in for the go-ahead goalin a 5-3 Bombers win Wednes-day at Miami University thatsent them to the ColumbusDistrict tournament quarterfi-nals.

“Justin made a great movein the corner and put the puckon the net,” said Carmichael,who also logged two assists. “Itcame off on my stick and I bur-ied it. That’s the best feelingI’ve ever had in my life.”

LeFevre added an empty-net clincher – his fourth goal ofthe game to go with his assist –to help seventh-seeded St. Xa-vier earn a match with top-seeded Dublin Jerome Satur-day at the Ohio Health IceHaus in Columbus. They lostthat game 6-0, ending their

year 18-11-5.The Bombers got past their

first tournament game for thefirst time in at least four years,coach Adam Tramonte said.

“That was a barnburner,”he said. “I was very nervouswhen it was 3-3. They had mo-mentum. We were the hometeam (on the scoreboard), butwe were on the road.”

Persinger scored two goalsand Josh Clayton added a third

for 14th-seeded Talawanda (12-15-4), which had beaten St. Xa-vier in one game and tied theBombers in another this sea-son.

Senior forward Matt Doylealso had two assists for St. Xa-vier, which has lost to DublinJerome three times since thesummer by a combined scoreof 6-0, Tramonte said.

LeFevre scored his firstgoal with 6:56 left in the first

15-minute period and his sec-ond just 14 seconds into thesecond period. Persingerscored his first goal on abreakaway with 12:59 left inthe second period, but Le-Fevre answered with a short-handed goal with 9:47 left inthe second.

Clayton cut the deficit toone with a goal 23 seconds intothe third period.

St. X raises game when neededBy Mark SchmetzerEnquirer contributor

THANKS TO ST. XAVIER HOCKEY

The St. Xavier hockey team, huddling before a recent game, beat Talawanda 5-3.

It would be easy to simplywrite off the Gamble Montesso-ri girls basketball program. TheGators have only had a programfor four years and last year theteam went 3-19.

They began with 11 girls onthe team. They finished withjust seven; one senior, one soph-omore and five freshman. Inspite of all that, the Gators went12-9 this year — the most wins ina season and they went 9-3 in theOhio Valley Athletic League andfinished second.

Mark Rave, the head coachfor two seasons, said the differ-ence this year was his teambought into the uptempo style.

“The way I wanted to playlast year was uptempo. Weweren’t able because we didn’thave the players,” Rave said.“This year, the freshman camein and embraced the uptempostyle.”

It may seem counter intu-itive to get out run againstteams when you only have sev-en players, but the Gators don’tmind. They’re propelled byyouth.

Rave pointed to freshmantwins Sylvia and Vivian Parker— a couple of spark plugs withlong-running motors.

Sylvia averages 9.3 pointsand 17.4 rebounds per game.Against Middletown Christian,Sylvia finished with 14 pointsand 23 rebounds. Vivian aver-aged 8.4 points and 9.1reboundsa game this year.

Bianca Lane, the team’s lonesenior, was the Gators’ second-leading scorer at 10.5 points pergame, behind Aig’ne Clifford’s14.0 average.

Rave said with a young ros-ter, he implemented a two-threezone defense to “simplify”things, but said his team playedso well in the zone they stuckwith it all season.

“I’m extremely excited forthe future because of what thisteam was able to accomplishwith basically a team of fresh-man,” Rave said.

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good men.”The Junker brothers,

who attend St. James Par-ish in White Oak and livein Green Township,learned early to help oth-ers.

“We have two youngerbrothers (twins who arefreshmen) who have spe-cial needs, and we reallythought we’d be a reallygood fit for it,” John said.

The brothers stayed incontact with the teensthey helped.

“When Michael Over-berg (the teen whom Jakecounseled) had a problemover the summer … hisfamily contacted MDA,and MDA contacted meand wanted to see if Icould talk to him about it,”Jake said.

He did. But it didn’tstop there. The two teensfrom the camp were invit-ed to a La Salle footballgame.

“It was mom’s idea,”John said. “She talkedwith (coach) Nate Moore,and we talked to him andhe thought it was a greatidea.”

It was Coach Moorewho had the idea to makethem captains for the foot-ball game against St. Xavi-er, a 24-21 La Salle victory.

The game was playedin rain, and the two teens

Summers for highschool football players arestereotypically the same.Maybe work a part-timejob. Work out. Hang outwith friends.

For two La Salle HighSchool players – brothersJohn and Jake Junker –last summer was anythingbut a stereotype.

The two were counsel-ors at Camp CampbellGard, a YMCA overnightcamp for children with de-velopmental disabilities.They each volunteeredmore than 150 hours at thesummer camp in Hamil-ton.

The two worked one-on-one with teens withmuscular dystrophy, help-ing them enjoy activities,

including sports.“We did normal things

with them, with a modifi-cation here and there,”said Jake, a junior tightend. “We played a baseballgame with them but wouldhelp them when theyneeded it. For example,sometimes they couldn’thold the bat, so you’d havea counselor hold the batwith them and swing.”

His brother said theteens at the camp had arange of disabilities, somemore severe than others.

“What we usually did …is help them get dressed,take showers and eat, ifneeded,” said John, a sen-ior who plays defensiveend.

According to the Mus-cular Dystrophy Associa-tion, volunteers work one-on-one with campers, pro-viding the care, close su-pervision and attentionthat children with neuro-muscular diseases re-quire. The camp offers avariety of adaptive activ-ities, such as horsebackriding, zip lining, rockclimbing, soccer, swim-

ming, arts and crafts, anda camp dance.

For the brothers, it waslike a school immersiontrip.

“We were thinkingabout going on a serviceimmersion trip throughschool, but we just havenot had the chance to do it.

So this was our first bigweek out away from fam-ily,” Jake said.

Their mother, Sharie,said it changed her sons.

“They came backchanged from the sum-mer; that was such a bless-ing,” she said.

“La Salle is raising boys… to have an understand-ing to serve and to serveothers. This is the essenceof La Salle. They fosterthat in every way. If thekids learn that early, theyhave a shot at becoming

left at halftime, but theJunker brothers had anopportunity to spend timewith their new friends.

“We saw them for about10 minutes pregame,”Jake said. “They were tak-ing cover from the rain. Ihung out with them forabout 5 or 10 minutes. Mi-chael was really happy,smiled, and gave me a hugright away.”

“Jacoby (Gilliam) wasjust like, woo,” John said.“I was in my full pads andhe said, ‘I didn’t knowyou’re so big.’”

And the support didn’tstop at the game.

“(Moore and the team)then took the next step andhad all the boys sign a hel-met for the two in wheel-chairs for the night,” Sha-rie Junker said.

Next summer, youprobably will see the twoback at Camp CampbellGard. Both said they aredefinitely signing up to becounselors again.

“Our school offers ser-vice immersion trips, buthonestly I would like tojust go to this every yearinstead because this isfantastic,” Jake said.

John added, “I think itshould be a service im-mersion trip; you couldget a lot of people in-volved.”

La Salle football-playing brothers spend summer serving others

THANKS TO MARC EMRAL

John Junker, left in back, and his brother Jake were counselorsfor Jacoby Gilliam, left in front, and Michael Overberg atCamp Campbell Gard this summer for the Muscular DystrophyAssociation. The four are behind La Salle's state Division IIfootball championship trophy.

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821.8430Steve Cummins, Senior PastorSunday School..............................9:00 amCoffee & Fellowship...................10:00 amPraise & Worship........................10:30 amwww.wyomingbc.homestead.com

Visitors Welcome!

SHARON BAPTISTCHURCH

4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241

(513) [email protected]

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

BAPTIST

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH8580 Cheviot Rd., ColerainTwp

741-7017 www.ourfbc.comGary Jackson, Senior Pastor

Sunday School (all ages) 9:30amSunday Morning Service 10:30amSunday Evening Service 6:30pmWedn. Service/Awana 7:00pmRUI Addiction Recovery (Fri.) 7:00pm

Active Youth, College, Senior GroupsExciting Music Dept, Deaf Ministry, Nursery

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST

VINEYARD CHURCHNORTHWEST

Colerain TownshipThree Weekend Services

Saturday - 5:30 pmSunday - 9:30 & 11:15 am

9165 Round Top Road1/4 mile south of Northgate Mall513-385-4888 µ www.vcnw.org

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANCHURCH

“Life on Purpose in Community”2651 Adams Rd. (near Pippin)

Worship Assembly-Sunday 10:45amPhone 825-9553

www.highviewchristianchurch.com

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Sharonville United MethodistTraditional worship services at 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary worship service at 9:30amFaith development opportunities for all ages!3751 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 - 11:00amNursery 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!

UNITED METHODIST

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 Christ

691 Fleming Rd 522-2780Rev Pat McKinney

Sunday School - All Ages - 9:15amSunday Worship - 10:30am

Nursery Provided

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Northwest CommunityChurch

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

513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AM

Handicap Accessible/Nursery Available

Salem White Oak Presbyterian

Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243

Growing Faith, Sharing Hope, Showing LoveSunday Worship Schedule

Traditional Services - 8:00 & 10:30amContemporary Services - 9:00am

Student Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available

Jeff Hosmer & Nancy Ross- Zimmerman - Pastors

PRESBYTERIAN

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 Rd

Office: 2192 Springdale Rd542-9025

Visitors Welcome www.eccfellowship.org

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.

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN

MARCH 4, 2015 • HILLTOP PRESS • B5LIFE

Spring EmpowerUclasses. For more infor-mation, contact [email protected] or regis-ter at empoweru.ohio.org:

» America’s ChristianHeritage: Thursday,March 5, 7 p.m.-8 p.m.,Gloria Dei LutheranChurch, 2718 Dixie High-way, Crestview Hills, Ky.

This lesson uses Amer-ica’s founding documentsand quotes from theFounding Fathers toprove that America start-ed as a Christian nation.

» Right to Work: Tues-day, March 10, CovingtonPublic Library, 501 ScottBlvd., Covington.

Jim Waters will speakon the Bluegrass Insti-tute’s efforts in leading acoalition of policy, legaland grassroots groups tohelp counties pass theirown right-to-work laws.

» Gov. Kasich’s Pro-posed Budget – TheGood, the Bad and theUgly: Thursday, March12, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.,Sycamore Township Trus-tee Room, 8540 KenwoodRoad.

The proposed budgetfor the next two yearsfunds the functions ofOhio’s government. Itcontains controversialchanges in how the stateraises revenue and altersthe distribution formulas

for Ohio’s schools. Thefirst half of the evening,two area school boardswill address the redistri-bution of funds to schooldistricts. The second halfaddresses several tax andpolicy proposals.

State Reps. Lou Terhar,John Becker and Jona-than Dever and PrincetonSchool Board MemberSteve Moore will offerwide-ranging opinions onthe budget.

» We are all Criminalsand Don’t Know It!:Mon-day, March 16, 7 p.m.-8:30p.m., The Farm, 239 An-derson Ferry Road, DelhiTownship. Doors open at6:15 p.m. for chicken din-ner.

State Sen. Bill Seitz willaddress media reports ofcitizens being penalizedwith fines and in somecases incarcerated for be-haviors that were seem-ingly harmless, but dis-covered they were break-ing an obscure law.

» Open Records OpenMeetings: Thursday,March 19, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.,Francis R. Healy Commu-nity Center, ChamberlinPark, 7640 PlainfieldRoad, Deer Park.

Attorney Curt Hart-man teaches you how toget the information fromgovernments you need.

» Kate Chase – Ameri-

ca’s Queen – A QueenCity Native: Tuesday,March 24, 7 p.m.-8:30p.m., Cincinnati MuseumCenter, Reakirt Auditori-um , 1301 Western Ave.

Kate Chase, born in1840, commanded the at-tention of Americans andthe eyes of powerful menduring and after the CivilWar. The lecture will beconducted by lawyer andauthor John Oller.

» Human Trafficking:What Becomes of theVictims?: Thursday,March 26, 6:30 p.m. - 8p.m., The LakeviewRoom, Ronald ReaganLodge, 7850 VOA ParkDrive, West ChesterTownship.

Each year thousands ofpeople become victims ofhuman trafficking, ab-ducted into activities thatdestroy their future.Judge Paul Herbert, ofthe Columbus MunicipalCourt will explain how hisprogram attempts to helpvictims.

» Great Ideas For YourSpring Garden: Tuesday,March 31, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.,Benken’s Florist, 6000Plainfield Road, Silver-ton.

Mike Benken of HJBenken Florist will dis-cuss greenhouse plantsand gardening.

There is a $5 fee.

EmpowerU sets spring class schedule

A rundown of St.Patrick’s Day events atarea libraries:

» Shamrock doorhanger

Saturday, March 14, 2p.m.

Forest Park Branch, 655Waycross Road, 369-4478

Adults are invited tomake a shamrock doorhanger, and may theluck of the Irish bewith you. Registrationis required.

» St. Patrick’s Day CraftTuesday, March 17, 4:30p.m.

Forest Park Branch, 655

Waycross Road, 369-4478

Children can make afun St. Patrick’s Daycraft. Registration isrequired.

» Family Craft Night:Rainbows & Shamrocks

Tuesday, March 17, 6:30p.m.

Mount Healthy Branch,7608 Hamilton Ave.,369-4469

Celebrate St. Patrick’sDay by building arainbow. Afterwards,find some luck bysprout-ing a shamrock.For ages 6-12 with anadult. No registration.

LIBRARY ST. PATRICK’S DAY EVENTS

A rundown of eventsfor children at arealibraries:

Laptop lab for kidsThursday, March 5, 3:30p.m.

Mount Healthy BranchEach Thursday, thelibrary sets up eightlaptops in our pro-gramming space forchildren ages 12 andunder to enjoy for 15minutes at a time.Because of its removedlocation, the LaptopLab allows kids tomove around, look atthings together andtalk to one anotherwithout disturbingother patrons. A staffmember will be pre-sent at all times toensure content is

within library stan-dards of behavior.Laptop signups are ona first come, firstserved basis. Regis-tration not required.

Characterparty: Dr. SeussSaturday, March 7, 2p.m.

North Central BranchListen to stories aboutthis month’s featuredcharacter, dance andsing to music, make acraft, and have asnack. Geared for ages3-7 but everyone iswelcome. Registrationnot required.

Tall TailsWednesday, March 11,10:30 a.m.

Forest Park BranchAges 3 - 6, children,families

Join the CincinnatiMuseum Center asthey present Tall Tails.Wiggle, waggle, hopand prop as you learnabout animal adapta-tions. Try on larger-than-life costumedtails and morph intodifferent animals. Heara Native American taleabout two uniquelocal animals. Regis-tration required.

Laptop lab for kidsThursday, March 12,3:30 p.m.

Mount Healthy Branch

Cool CrittersSaturday, March 14,

3:30 p.m.Greenhills BranchEnjoy snakes and otherreptiles from CoolCritters. Registrationnot required.

Laptop labfor kidsThursday, March 19,3:30 p.m.

Mount Healthy Branch

Peep Science!Monday, March 23, 4p.m.

Forest Park BranchWhat happens to amarshmallow Peep ina microwave? Howabout when you put itin water? Come in forsome “sweet” experi-ments...and maybe asnack, too! Regis-tration not required.

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Judith BayerJudith A. “Judy” Bayer, 76,

died Jan. 25.Survived by children Michael

(Becky) Bayer Sr., Teresa Bayer,William (Patricia) Bayer andCatherine (late Glenn) Sullivan;grandchildren Thomas, Anthony,Michael Jr., Eric, Alexis, Brandy,Jeremy, William and Julia; sib-lings Rosie, Sandra and William.

Preceded in death by husbandWilliam Bayer.

Graveside services were atSpring Grove Cemetery.

Mary Ann CainMary Ann Cain died Jan. 23.Survived by husband Jerry A.

Cain; son Brian Cain; sister Carol(late Walter) Graves; brotherJames (Agnes); numerous niecesand nephews.

Visitation at Vitt, Stermer andAnderson Funeral Home. FuneralMass at St. Dominic Church.

Memorials may be made toHospice of Cincinnati.

Rita DinsmoreRita M. (nee Schmidt) Dins-

more died Jan. 23.

Survived by children PaulaDinsmore, Kathy Streicher andPatty (John) Bosse; grandchildrenLiz (Chris), Katie (Mike), Sarah(Matt), Ashley, John Paul, great-grandchildren Helena, Elle,Declan, Zachary, Alexander,Sydney, Lucy.

Preceded in death by husbandPaul J. Dinsmore; brother CliffSchmidt.

Visitation at the Vitt, Stermerand Anderson Funeral Home.Funeral Mass at St. DominicChurch.

Memorials may be made tothe American Heart Association.

Margaret GoldMargaret “Marge” (nee Mills)

Cecilia Gold, 93, died Jan. 28.Survived by children Margie

(John) Owens, Ken (Sharon)Gold, Lynda Gold Myers andTimothy J. (Mary Pat) Gold;grandchildren John, Jenni, Amy,Christopher, Kevin, Michelle andPaul; 17 great-grandchildren; twogreat-great-grand-children; sisterEileen Bacovin; brothers Howard,Bill and Neal Mills.

Preceded in death by husband

Frank Gold; brothers Jack andBob Mills; one grandchild andone great-grandchild.

Mass was at St. DominicChurch in Delhi.

Memorials may be made tothe hospice of your choice.

Jason HenryJason Jonathon Henry, 41, died

Jan. 24.Survived by wife Barbara Ann

(nee Lintzenich) Henry; daughterElizabeth “Ella” Henry; sisterGina (Bob) Chiocca; parentsVernon E. Henry and Hettie Jean(nee Hock) Henry.

Services were Jan 29 at St.Monica-St. George Church.

Memorials may be made atKey Bank for Elizabeth Henry.

Terrence JoyceTerence “Terry” Joyce, 69, died

Jan. 31. He was a Vietnam Armyveteran.

Survived by brother Tom (MaryEllen) Joyce; nieces and nephewsMaureen (Todd) Niemeier, Ellen(Chad) Riley, Tommy, Mike andKathleen Joyce; great-nieces andnephews Maggie and KatieNiemeier, James, Neil, andCharles Riley.

A Memorial Mass was Feb. 6 atOur Lady of Victory Church.

Memorials may be made toElder High School, 3900 VincentRoad, Cincinnati, Ohio 45205.

Jean KenningJean Louise (nee Reiner)

Kenning, 84, died Jan. 21.Survived by children Bonita

(Ed) Ziegler, Debra Kenning;grandchildren Charity (Angelo)Salzano, Angie (Phil) Lawson,Kevin Bischof and Kimberly(Brent Johnson) Bischof; great-grandchildren Neveah, Philip III,Nico, Nica and Sophia; brotherRobert (Mary) Reiner.

Preceded in death by husbandRobert Kenning; daughterCynthia.

Services were Jan 24 at St.Martin of Tours, burial at St.Joseph (New) Cemetery.

Memorials may be made toThe American Diabetes Associa-tion.

Agnes KnabAgnes E. Knab (nee Hoppe),

91, died Feb. 1.

Survived by children JayneKnab Rabe, Joseph E. (Barbara)Knab; daughter-in-law RosanneFear; eight grandchildren; eightgreat-grandchildren; brotherMarian C. (Henry) Schmitt.

Preceded in death by husbandJohn D. Knab; son John G. Knab.

Visitation was at Meyer Funer-al Home, followed by Mass ofChristian Burial at St. James theGreater.

Memorials may be made toAlzheimer’s Association, 644 LinnSt., Suite 1026, Cincinnati, Ohio45203.

Delores MengesDelores F. Menges, 85, died

Jan. 28.Survived by nieces and neph-

ew Darlene Kaeff Sr., DelouiseMenges O.S.F., Art Menges andDr. Pamela Menges; great-niecesand nephews.

Visitation and Mass of Chris-tian Burial were Feb. 3 at St.Ignatius Loyola Church,.

Memorials may be made tothe Carmelite Sisters, 1960 Madi-son Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206.

Marion MeyersMarion G. “Bud” Meyers.Survived by children John

(Shirley) Meyers, Melody (lateJack) Daniels, Daniel (Melenie)Meyers and Carol (Bruce) Donar-ski; nine grandchildren, ninegreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.; siblings SugJones and Sharon Landers.

Preceded in death by wifeVirginia “Ginny” (nee Carr)Meyers.

Visitation and funeral serviceswere at Neidhard- Young FuneralHome. Burial at Arlington Me-morial Gardens.

Memorials may be made tothe Wounded Warriors Project,P.O. Box 758817, Topeka, Kansas66675.

Norman A. MuehlenhardNorman A. Muehlenhard, 96,

died Jan. 13. He was a WWIIveteran.

Survived by daughter Barbara(Thomas) Krall; grandchildrenErin and Chris Krall; siblingsFlorence Goetz; many lovingnieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by wifeEileen (nee Nuhring); parents

William and Ida (nee Zoellner)Muehlenhard; siblings Herbert,

Robert,WilliamMuehlenhardand EstherHuss.

Funeralservices andvisitationwere Feb. 6 atNeidhard-Young FuneralHome.

Memorials may be made to St.Paul United Church of Christ,5312 Old Blue Rock Road, Cincin-nati, Ohio 45247.

Patsy SchneiderPatsy R. (nee Martin) Schneid-

er, 83, died Jan. 31.Survived by children Paul

(Helena) Schneider, Phil Schneid-er, Perry (Sheryl) Schneider,Patrick (Sherry) Schneider andPamela (Ron) Clemons; grand-children Eric, Kevin, Melissa, Jeni,Bryan, Rebecca, Travis, Sarah,Brandon, Kelly, Alex, Bradley,Cory, Ethan, Ryan, Tanner, Spen-cer, Natalie and Cooper; 21great-grandchildren and onegreat-great-grandchild.

Preceded in death by husbandRobert Paul Schneider Sr.; siblingsJames (Debbie) Martin, Robert(Francis) Martin and MarieAnderson.

Visitation and services were atthe Neidhard-Young FuneralHome. Burial in Spring GroveCemetery.

John ScudderJohn C. “Jackie” Scudder died

Jan. 23.Survived by children Brandy,

John and Shawn; siblings Jim,George, Tom, Ron, Sandy, Billy,and Danny; many nieces andnephews.

Preceded in death by brotherBuddy.

No services.

Theresa TimmermanTheresa A. “Teri” (nee Dwert-

man) Timmerman died Jan. 27.Survived by husband Michael

Timmerman; children JeannaTimmerman, Mike (Chrissy)Timmerman, Jamie (Mark) Mer-curio and Matt (Stacey) Timmer-man; grandchildren Cody, Lulu,

Will, Mitchell, Maggie, Emily,Mason, Ava, Cameron andEvelyn; siblings David Dwertman,Susan Niles, Mark (Gail) Dwert-man and Bernie (Pam) Dwert-man; many nieces and nephews.

Visitation was Feb. 3 at theVitt, Stermer and AndersonFuneral Home. Funeral Massfollowed at St. Dominic Church.

Memorials may be made tothe St. Dominic Education Fund.

Helen VogeleHelen (nee Carroll) Vogele, 92,

died Jan. 31.Survived by children John

Vogele, Carol Wuest, and Jerry(Beth) Vogele; grandchildrenDoug (Julie) Wuest, Pat Wuest,Meagan Vogele and Matt (Amy)Vogele; great-grandchildrenNathan, Brayden Wuest and JaxVogele; many nieces, nephews,great-nieces, great-nephews;friend Darlene Koenig.

Preceded in death by husbandJack Vogele; siblings Jim (Eliza-beth) Carroll, John (Peggy)Carroll and Mary (Herman) Frisz;in-laws Ruth and Jim Carr; friendElsie Hochstrasser.

Visitation was at Meyer andGeiser Funeral Home, followedby Mass of Christian Burial at St.Lawrence Church.

Memorials may be made to St.Lawrence Church, 3680 Warsaw,Cincinnati, Ohio 45205 or ElderHigh School, Vogele ScholarshipFund, 3900 Vincent Ave., Cincin-nati, Ohio 45205.

Raymond YoungRaymond August Young, 87,

died Jan. 26. He was a veteran ofthe Korea War.

Survived by nieces and neph-ews FayWright, Laurie(Mark) McGib-ney, Timothy(Anna) Horst-mann.

Preceded indeath byKatherineYoung (Horst-mann).

Serviceswere Jan 30 at Gump-Holt Funer-al Home.

Memorials may be made toShriner’s Hospital for Children.

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