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FIELD TRIP B1Students go Krogering

After getting a less-than-goodreport card, the Winton WoodsCity School District did what anyparentwould dowith their child –come up with a plan.

District officials, at a schoolboard meeting Nov. 26, intro-duced a six-month academic im-provement plan that was devel-oped after the district received astate report card rating of “Aca-demic Watch.”

“The action plan was a resultof our rating and our communitymeetings,” saidTerri Socol, exec-utive director of teaching andlearning. “The community hastold us loud and clear that weneed to be evaluating and investi-

gating our pro-grams.”

In a presenta-tion to the board,Socol identifiedfive areas of fo-cus with an em-phasis on review-ing the math cur-riculum in grades

kindergarten through eighthgrade.

The focus areas include:» additional support for stu-

dents with disabilities,» increased instructional

time,» repurposing personnel to

support kindergarten througheighth -grade education, and

» studentdisciplineand teach-er support and effectiveness.

Each focus had an explanationand other programs and re-sources that shouldbe investigat-ed.

“We’ve already been imple-menting many of these plans but

the board requested that we de-velop a very specific and time-framed plan,” she said.

New strategies that wereidentified this year or as a resultof the report card ratingwere theadditional support for studentswith disabilities and a reevalua-tion of the contract with theHan-ban Society, which provides Chi-nese teachers for the district. So-col said they are looking at the

District improvement plan setWinton Woodswants to better useresources, timeByMonica Boylsonmboylson@communitypress.com

Cleary

See IMPROVE, Page A2

Ramona Krapp retired fromteaching and have volunteeredat the pantry for two years.

“It makes you feel good tohelp out,” Herb said. “And Ilike meeting people and gettingto know them.”

The basement of MountHealthy Christian Churchdoubles as a grocery store fourdays a week with free food forneedy families.

The Alliance, a nonprofitorganization that is a collabora-tion of local churches, runs thefood pantry to serve people in45231 zip code area.

“We help about 400 familiesa month,” Alliance executivedirector Kathryn Roosa said.“We see evenmore peoplearound the holidays.”

With photo identificationand a current piece of maildenoting the appropriate zipcode, people can visit the pan-try once amonth to receive athree-day supply of food.

“Our statistics show that wehave very few repeats everymonth,” Roosa said. “We findthat the pantry is used on anas-needed basis.”

Despite the statistics, thepantry is always in need ofdonations. Roosa said the Alli-ance purchases 60 to 70 percentof the items for the pantry.

“The difficult part is theuncertainty,” pantry operationssupervisor Kathy Lorenz said.“We’re never really sure whatwe’re going to have because werely so much on donations.There are a lot of prayers.”

Eachmonth 80 to 100 peoplevolunteer at the pantry.

“The pantry is completelyrun by volunteers,” Roosa said.

Volunteers Judy Herb and

Krapp said she liked havingthe extra free time to volun-teer.

“I just love doing it,” shesaid. “I like being able to giveback.”

With Christmas around the

corner, Lorenz said that thepantry is in need of more dona-tions.

“We can’t keep canned fruiton the shelf,” she said.

Other items the pantryneeds are personal hygieneproducts, baby items, nonper-ishable foods andmoney.

“We can stretch a dollarpretty far,” Roosa said, addingthat they collaborate with theFreestore Foodbank and canpurchase food at a much cheap-er rate. “We can feed the aver-age family for three days forabout $10.52.”

Mt. Healthy Alliance feedshundreds each month

Judy Herb, front, and Ramona Krapp arrange bread on the shelf at the Mount Healthy Alliance foodpantry. MONICA BOYLSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Food pantry in needof donationsByMonica Boylsonmboylson@communitypress.com

HOW TO HELPTo donate, volunteer or for more information, call the pantry at

551-8036 or visit www.mthealthyalliance.org.The pantry is at 7717 Harrison Ave., Mount Healthy. Pantry hours

are from 9 a.m. to noon Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays and from5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays.

Greenhills PoliceChiefThom-as Doyle is moving on.

But he’s not going far – justdown the road to the HamiltonCounty Park Ranger station.

Doyle, who took over theGreenhills PoliceDepartment in2005, will be thehead ranger forthe park district.He says it’s a big-ger operationthan the 11-mem-ber departmenthe leaves behindand offers a lot of

challenges for a lawenforcementofficer who likes to teach andlead officers to move up theranks.

Doyle says he will miss thepeople most as he leaves the vil-lage department.

“I could name somethingabouteveryofficeron thedepart-ment that I will miss,” he said.“This is a great group of offi-cers.”

The police department be-came nationally accreditedthrough the Commission of Ac-creditation for LawEnforcementInc. on his watch and he’s proudof that achievement.

“It gives a department a roadmap,” he said. “That prevents de-

Greenhillspolice chiefbecoming arangerThomas Doylemoving to parkdistrictBy Jennie Keyjkey@communitypress.com

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feasibility of removing theChinese teachers in thegrade school levels andadding more instructionaltime formath, reading andscience, areas where thedistrict’s test scores havebeen weak.

Socol said the districtwill use teachers in the

most effective way it can.She gave the example thatin special programs withlimited enrollment, addi-tional teachers assigned tothat program would beused to provide support inthe other school buildings.

“We’re trying to getmore support and re-sources in our buildings,”she said. “Our biggest fo-cus is for the students to beas successful as they can.”

The strategy is defined

such that Socol will collab-orate with administratorsand “will identify person-nel resources that can beflexibly sharedwith the el-ementary school, interme-diate school and/or themiddle school.”

She also said that therewill be more emphasis oncollaborative lesson plan-ning, instructional plan-ningandsupport for teach-ers and increased empha-sis on rigor in instruction.

School board PresidentTim Cleary said the dis-trict is committed toachieving an “Excellent”academic rating.

“We’re hitting the resetbutton with a pretty highexpectation of the resultwe want,” he said.

He said the district hadlost focus on academics.

The six-month academ-ic improvement plan isavailable online atwww.wintonwoods.org.

ImproveContinued from Page A1

partments from operatingunder the ‘rule of the day’and builds consistency. It’sthe same rules, across theboard, for everyone.”

Doyle says his last daywill be Jan. 2; he starts hisnew position Jan. 3. Hestarted working in village

Jan. 3, 2005.Thechiefhas32yearsof

law enforcement under hisbelt and no interest in re-tirement.

“I love what I do,” hesaid. “AndIhavetheeduca-

tion and experience to of-fer people who want tomove up. I can teach themsome things.”

He will be part of theteam that selects the newchief.

“It’s important thatwho-ever comesaftermerealiz-es this is not a place to kickback and relax,” he said.“There is a lot going onhere.

Village AdministratorEvonne Kovach said thesearch will be start imme-diately. She has an updatedjob description in hand andis preparing for a nationalsearch. Applications willbe accepted through Jan. 4.

She will receive re-sumes, then forward se-lected applications on tothe Traffic and SafetyCommittee, chaired by Vil-lage Councilman Bud Wol-terman. The committeewill make a recommenda-tion that Kovach will taketo council for approval.

ChiefContinued from Page A1

MORE INFORMATIONThe Greenhills Police Department, nationally accredited

by CALEA, serves a village of 3,600 people. The departmenthas 11 full-time and part-time officers.

The Springfield Town-ship Board of Trustees in-terviewed six people fortwo at-large positions forthe nonprofit SpringfieldTownship Arts and En-richmentCouncil during a

special meeting Monday,Nov. 19.

The board inter-viewed: Marcha Hunley,Tina Marie Prentosito,Randy Scheib,Maria Ball-inger, Shawn Maus andMarlo Thigpen.

They will narrow theselection to three people

and then have an addition-al interview with eachcandidate. The board isexpected to make a deci-sion at the end of thismonth and announce it atthe next trustee meetingTuesday, Dec. 11.

“I am really happywiththe candidates we have to

select from. They are pas-sionate about bringingpeople together throughthe arts, yet each have adifferent approach,” trus-tee Gwen McFarlin said.

The mission of theSpringfield TownshipArts and EnrichmentCouncil is to create an en-

gaged and vibrant com-munity with quality-of-life enhancementsthrough the arts, commu-nity events, parks andrecreation.

The council will con-sist of fivemembers serv-ing two-year terms. Be-cause the nonprofit is

serving a township, thepresident, vice president/secretary and treasurerpositionsmust be filled bytownship employees.

For more informationabout theArts andEnrich-ment Council, visitwww.springfieldtwp.org.

Springfield Twp. narrows arts council choice to threeByMonica Boylsonmboylson@communitypress.com

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Pine and fir trees werebundled in the center of theChristmas tree lot. With afew snips off the plasticnetting, a scotch pinesprang to life and BoyScout R. J. Boehl, 16,grabbed the trunk andshook off the excess nee-dles.

“Put it over here next tothese ones,” assistantScoutmaster Dan Mealesaid, pointing to a row offresh cut pines.

“And turn that onearound so its good sideshows,” he said andpointedtoawhitepine in thebunch.

Mount Healthy BoyScout Troop 27 is workingwith the Mount HealthyKnightsofColumbus tosellChristmas trees this sea-son. After decades sellingtrees at Tom’s Drive Thruin North College Hill, thegroups decided to move toHamilton Avenue for in-creased visibility.

“We just want people toknow we’re still sellingtrees,” Meale said.

The new location is be-hind Perkins restaurant,7108HamiltonAve., next toKroger.

The two groups aresplitting the proceeds withthe Scouts savingmoney tohelp fund its yearly sum-mer camping trip.

“It really takes the pres-sure off the family,” troopcommittee chairman BobBoehl, 53, said.

Beyond helping fundtroop events, R. J. Boehlsaid he enjoys the opportu-nity to work with other

Scouts.“There’s teamworkwith

the Scouts. Everybodydoes things together,” he

said.He added that he most

enjoys helping the custom-ers.

“It’s fun to be able tohelp people get Christmastrees so they can have abetter Christmas,” he said.

The groups will be sell-ing Christmas trees untilthey’re gone. People canchoose between scotchpines, white pines and bal-sa firs in a variety of sizes.All trees are $28 and bene-fit the organizations.

Hours are from 6 to 9p.m. Mondays through Fri-days, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.Saturdays and from10 a.m.to 7 p.m. Sundays.

Oh Christmas tree R. J. Boehl, left,makes a freshcut on a treewhile his dadBob Boehlsteadies thetree. MONICA

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Scouts and Knights of Columbus sell Christmas trees

ByMonica Boylsonmboylson@communitypress.com

Members from Boy ScoutTroop 27, from left,assistant Scoutmaster DanMeale, Scout R. J. Boehl andtroop committee chair BobBoehl set up trees to sell.MONICA BOYLSON/THE

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It’s time to flip theswitch and light upGreenhills.

The annual Communi-ty Tree Lighting Ceremo-ny will be Friday, Dec. 7,on the Greenhills Com-mons at Winton and Far-ragut roads.

Greenhills Council-man Glenn Drees saysMayor Fred Murrell willlight up the Commonsarea to kick off the eventat 6 p.m.

“This is a great wayfor people of all ages toget into the Christmasspirit,” Drees said. “Thisevent really shows whatGreenhills is all about.”

Santa Claus will ridein on a fire truck and takehis place in the gazebo,where he will visit withyoungsters.

There will be carriagerides around the com-mons, ice sculpting, holi-day music from the Win-

ton Woods High SchoolChorus and a a glass-blowing demonstrationwith the opportunity tobuy glass ornaments.

The traditional bon-fire and hot chocolate isalso available.

“It’s all free but wewill accept donations,”Drees said.

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the lighting ceremony,Santa’s Mailbox has beeninstalled next to theGreenhills Post Office.Youngstersmay drop in aletter with their addresson it and receive a reply.

“We have a volunteeror two with big heartsthat answers every let-ter,” said Greenhills Vil-lage Manager EvonneKovach. “It really issweet.”

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each year.“We try to add new

things each year,” hesaid. “Last year, we add-ed the ice sculptures,whichwere very popular.This year, we are addingthe glass-blowing and theornaments, which I thinkpeople are going to en-joy.”

The event is set for 6to 8 p.m. in theGreenhillsCommons.

Greenhills lights up the seasonBy Jennie Keyjkey@communitypress.com

The gazebo in the Village Commons is lit up at everyLight Up Greenhills ceremony. This is a holiday displayfrom a past year.

This Santa’s Mailboxstands next to theGreenhills Post Office.Youngsters leave letters toSanta in the box and agroup of volunteersanswers the mail. TheSanta service is inconjunction with theholiday celebration, LightUp Greenhills. JENNIE KEY/THE

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Matt McGlasson andAlex Merk will always re-member Nov. 3, 2012.

Not only did they be-come Eagle Scouts butNorth College Hill mayorDan Brooks proclaimedthat day in their honor.

“I didn’t see it coming,”McGlasson said. “I’velived in North CollegeHillall my life so it was cool tohaveadaynamedaftermein my hometown.”

Both he and Merk aremembers of St. Ann’sTroop 660. The 18 yearolds said they both helpedeach other with their pro-jects.

McGlasson built andpainted 10 wooden gar-bage cans that wereplaced in the North Col-

legeHill business district.He and volunteers put 281hours into the project.

Merk built a path fromthe sidewalk to a buildingat St. Ann’s Church whichincluded landscaping andlighting. The work took225 hours.

“It’s a great honor to berecognized for the workthatwasput in,” saidMerkof Colerain Township. “Iwouldn’t have been able tocompletemyprojectwith-out help fromvolunteers.”

Brooks said it is impor-tant to recognize Scoutsfor all their hard work.

“It’s quite an accom-plishment to become anEagle Scout,” he said.“Any young man who be-comes an Eagle Scout hasperseverance, characterand dedication and thatshould be recognized.”

Day proclaimedin Scouts honorByMonica Boylsonmboylson@communitypress.com

Matt McGlasson, left, and Alex Merk recently earned theirEagle Scout rank. THANKS TO BEV MCGLASSON.

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

HILLTOPPRESSEditor: Marc Emral, memral@communitypress.com, 578-1053

There is an Ohio educationalpolicy that allowshighschool stu-dents who play two seasons of astate-sanctioned sport for theirschool to use that athletic experi-ence in lieu of taking traditionalphysical education classes.

Not every high school takesadvantage of this rule, butMcAu-leyHigh School does, and as a re-sult, many athletes can fit moreclasses into their schedules.

Megan Dollenmeyer is one

senior who hasused her playingtime on McAu-ley’s lacrosseteam to count asher physical edu-cation require-ment.

“I am gettingenough exercise

playing lacrosse in thespringandindoor lacrosse in the fall. Iwouldrather fill up my schedule with

more academically challengingcourses,” Dollenmeyer said.

Dollenmeyer also is taking on-line courses to allow even moreroom in her school day schedule.She took psychology over thesummer and is currently takingonline sociology, thereby freeingher up to take advanced place-ment English, AP Latin, AP phys-ics, honors calculus, relation-ships and government. She plansto take theAPgovernment test as

well as the others this spring.She has already takenAP biol-

ogy, APUnited States history andAPEuropean history in her soph-omore and junior years.

“I am glad I had the chance topersonalize by schedule. I feelreally prepared for college andthis experience has made memore independent and will helpmy transition to college,” shesaid.

Dollenmeyer is the daughter

of JimandKathyDollenmeyer ofWhite Oak. She is a member ofthe National Honor Society, His-tory Honor Society, Women InMedicine, Latin Honor Society,Latin Club,HistoryClub andAm-bassadors Club. She is also look-ing forward to hosting a Danishexchange student later this fall.

She hopes to attend AmericanUniversity in Washington, D.C.,next year and eventually have acareer as an orthopedic surgeon.

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WINTONWOODS HIGHSCHOOLThe following students earned honorsfor the first quarter of the 2012-2013school year.

Freshmen4.0 honor roll: Simon Asem, ParkerSarra, Hannah Van Dyke and CindyVivar-Perez.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Tiana Bane,Tremaine Barnett, Makayla Boyd,Kendra Breedwell, Etsubdink Daniel,Jorden Denny, Elvis Diaz, Shawn Emer-son, Alysha George, Akshansh Gupta,Jade Hudson, Rashad Jones, JadeKittles, Delaney Lindeman, WhitneyMcKenzie, Bryan Nieto, OhenebahNkrumah, Zaire Parrotte, MorganSamuel, Leah Smith, Tyra Smith, Ka-niah Stanford, Tagashia Wakefield,JaveonWalton and Jessica Weems.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Joseph Allen,Menyada Anderson, Kourtney Barnes,Shelby Bhoolai, Jayson Booker, SarahBosworth, Ja-Car-Rie Brown, ErrollCampbell, Tyshon Capell, DeashiaCausey, Kayode Daboiku, Jesus Galan,Raddy Garcia, Jacob Goins, Jayla Jen-kins, Cheyenne Jones, David Keeling,Nia Lee, Jalen Lumpkin, Darrell Mann,Ciera Meinzer, Quentin Miller, EmmaNightingale, Richard Parker, GavynRipley, Dayanna Rockemore, LanishaRodgers, Cassandra Scott-Devlin,Wilbel Serrano, Taylor Smith, Christo-pher Stumpf, Sesheta Tafari, JessicaVaughan, Jasmyn Vines, TimothyWooton and Meklit Zenabu.

Sophomores4.0 honor roll: Autumn Adams, Ken-dra Jackson, Ashley McCartney andHayley Perkins.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Noel Albers,Jared Beiersdorfer, Matt Berte, Amber-ly Boyd, Chhenglay Chea, Sarai Dean,Alexander Kuhn, Auna’y Miller, IreneOnianwa, Khadijah Palmer, Alexis Ross,Alexander Simon, Matthew Smith,Chantelle Thompson, Jada Wakefield,Darnell Williams, Donaysia Woodardsand Amariah Yisrael.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Usamah Ali,Gillermo Benitez Ramirez, JasmineCampbell, Ryan Capal, Tyjaye Capell,Ciara Cheatham, Kiana Collins, KeriaCunningham, Brian Davis, Jazmine S.Edwards, Carol Farris, Juan FernandezNieto, Jala Gay-Shabazz, Aaliyah Gill,Nadia Goforth, Yiyara Greenlea, Lau-ren Harvey, Noah Hill, Maria Holt,Joshua Kerobo, Justin Kerobo, KassidyKozinski, Jackson Kramer, KamariLarkin, Jazmin Lawson, Nami Lee, ChazLumpkin, Christian Lumpkin,Joseph Marting, Johana Moreno Galle-go, Kyler Murrell, Brittany Nieman-Spain, Ashley Nightingale, ColetteOuattara, Kiara Ramsey, Jordan Ran-dolph, Delion Riley, Alana Sears-Lambert, Aniesia Sears-Stephens,Stephanie Shelton, E’Yonni Tompkins,Lynard Turner, Jelani Vaughn, SequoiaWashington and Lewis Wolke.

Juniors4.0 honor roll: Miguel Garcia, ErnestOfori and Lewis Parker.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Brittany Berry,

Ian Buettner, Courtney Carr, Carla Cora,Brittney Crumpton, Rebecca Day,Cameron Hopkins, Ramone AltesJones, Samantha Landis, Jordan Leary,Sanjay Nelson, Jacob Rengers, MyahRevis, Martin Stallworth, Dasia Sues-berry, Tre’von Teague, Ratima Thipth-ep, Anthony Thompson, Derrick Weil,Phillip Wolke, Nehshelle Wright andTecora Yisrael.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Maame Afrako-ma, Terrell Allen, Eric Behrendt, KieraBrock, Daniel Cage, Brandon Daniels,Cameron Day-Suggs, Jazmin Edwards,Kayla Fields, Jerrell Foster, Miles Goff,Antonia Hinkston, Iyanla Irby, IssaIssou, Tyra James, Gabrielle Johnson,Martin Jones, Jenny Joseph-Zamis,Olga Lopes, Jada Lowe, Emily Mannira,Mari Martinez Lugo, Brianna Meinzer,Mecca Muhammad, Tabitha Myrick,Karen Onianwa, Devon Parker, GeorlysaParker, Ayana Phelps, Vanitra Primus,Adrian Rankin, David Richardson,Javarra Richardson, Quilyn Roberts,Daniel Robinson, Jawana Russell,Cierra Scott, Jyna Shipmon, JoshuaShorter, Kirby Simpson, Aaron Smith,Ronald Surber, Rea Sylvester, LorriTurner, Kayla Upthegrove, D’ZraeWakefield, Mekai White, MarcheaWiley and Jevonteé Wright.

Seniors4.0 honor roll: Errienna McKenzie andChelsea Terry3.50-3.99 honor roll: Taylor Baird,Bridgette Devlin, Sarah Drees, StaciaHackmann, Blake Howard, JasmineJones, Ontario Kinsey, Marie Koala,Sabrina Mercer, Elise Mills, Ryan Mur-ray, Tosha Oliver, Martha Pande, AlonaPasichnyk, Donisha Ramsey, BrentRichburg, Chiara Rizzardi, KatieSchmittou, Blake Warren and ShaniceWiechman.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Maurice Allen,Cidney Carter, Tiasia Cockrell, Christo-pher Frisby, Kayla Greer, JourdanJohnson, Taylor Kinley, Terri Metz,Bre’Antinae Morrison, Julissa Negron,April Otto, Lascottsha Rice, AleitheaSims, Breanna Springer, AlexandriaStrupe, Rashad Sylvester, SemharTsegay, Stephen Tucker, Jalen Walker.

Vocational4.0 honor roll: Deshawnna Brown,Deja Darks, Sahara Horne, Irene Hutch-inson, Danielle James, Armelle Kudatsi,Aliyah Lamb, Logan Thompson andKiara White.3.50-3.99 honor roll: Latesha Allen,Mara Backs, Kes Baladad-Binns, MonaiBrown, Betsy Caceres, Cierra Croff,Chelsea Gantt, Neisha Hamm, ShontezHutchinson, Cristian Mendoza, HannahMoore, Olivia Nightingale, AnthonyPhilpot, Liliana Ramirez, KatharineRocklin, Blair Tidwell and CourtneyVaughn.3.00-3.49 honor roll: Tatyana Baker,Annaleeza Baron, Cassandra Blaker,Yanci Cruz, Travis Davis, Jamila Daw-son, Myangela Harlan, Deja Harris,Jasiah Hubbard, Jaz’Mine Longmire,Demi Lucios, Viviana Mendoza, ColtonMullett, Jerika Pugh, Tamara Rich-ardson, Tia Richardson, KeiannaSpringer and Tyaijah Thompson.

HONOR ROLL

Seventeen McAuley HighSchool students aremembers ofthe Pride of La Salle marchingband andmany have taken lead-ership roles.

Kelsey Voit is field com-mander, and Danielle Reynoldsand Liz Schultz are in-line fieldcommanders. Robyn Wilkinsonand Christine Ruhe have takenon leadership positions in theguard and winds, respectively.

In addition to the instrumen-tal soloists fromMcAuley, there

are several of the guardwho arealso featured: Sydney Pleasantsand Robyn Wilkinson in a dancesolo and Lindsey Gump on rifle.

Other members of the Prideof La Salle marching band areAnna Cadle, Sarah Erb, AshleyLehmann, Sylvia Mattingly,Sophie Meyer, Molly Murphy,Emily Popp, Alex Reynolds,Christine Ruhe, Hailey Scullyand Kate Witzgall.

The band earned honors attwo competitions this fall: the

seventh annual Falcon ForceBand Competition at BishopFenwick High School and theBands of America regionalchampionship in Louisville.

At the Falcon Force contest,the Pride of La Salle MarchingBand received best guard, bestvisual, best general effect andbest music awards, placed firstamong AA bands and fifth over-all among 18 bands. In Louis-ville, the band placed secondplace in its class.

Members of the La Salle band fromMcAuley are, from front left, Sophie Meyer, Sylvia Mattingly, SydneyPleasants, Robyn Wilkinson, Lindsey Gump, Molly Murphy and Sarah Erb; second row, Danielle Reynolds,Liz Schultz, Emily Popp, Ashley Lehmann, Kelsey Voit, Hailey Scully, Anna Cadle, Christine Ruhe, AlexReynolds and Kate Witzgall. PROVIDED.

McAuley studentsshine in La Salle band

In addition to two advancedplacement classes, an online psy-chology class, participation inboth varsity ensemble and sym-phonic band, a job as a team lead-er at Chick-fil-A and volunteerroleasasmall group leaderatherchurch, Winton Woods HighSchool senior EliseMills has add-ed another hour and a half ofwork to her day in her newrole aslieutenant governor forOhioKeyClub Divisions 5 and 6.

“I’m in charge of 16 clubs

which range in lo-cation from Tala-wanda to Harri-son high schools,”said Mills. “I’mthe liaison be-tween local KeyClubs and Ohio. Itry to attend theirmeetings; I email

themandaskwhat’sworkingwellin their clubs. Iwant themto real-ize they’re not the only club outthere.” In addition, Mills attends

periodicboardmeetings, conven-tions and rallies in Columbus.

Mills said she enjoys workingwith themembers of the local Ki-wanis Club of Greenhills/ForestPark and attends their meetingsbi-weekly. “People don’t realizehow big a part Kiwanis plays inKey Club,” said Mills. “Keystands for Kiwanis EducatedYouth. Kiwanis members are notonly opening their wallets to usthrough scholarships and sup-port, they’re opening their

hearts.”TheWintonWoodsKeyClub is

currently partnering with areacommunity groups in a bookdrive that aims to put a book inthe hands of every student in thedistrict, with the goal of collect-ing 3,500 books.

In April, Mills is partneringwith Milford High School KeyClubmember Lauren Sester, whois the lieutenant governor of Di-visions 7 and 8, to hold a field daythat will raise money for The

EliminateProject, a jointventurebetween Kiwanis InternationalandUNICEF that raisesmoney toeliminate maternal and neonataltetanus across theworld.Thedis-ease kills nearly 60,000 babiesanda significant numberofwom-en each year.

Mills’s mother Nancy saidshe’s proud of her oldest childwho is “workinghard to do a goodjob. She’s also the first WintonWoods student to ever hold thisposition.”

Elise Mills is Key Club lieutenant governor

Mills

Mount Healthy resident LoriKinne isTeacherof theYearatSt.Dominic School in Delhi Town-ship.

Kinne was selected by herpeers for this honor, which wasannouncedat theSeptemberPTOmeeting.

Shehastaughtavarietyofsub-jectsandgradesoverher11yearsat St. Dominic, including lan-guage arts, math, science, socialstudies and enrichment to stu-dents in grades five through

eighth. She alsoserved as theschool librarianfor a year. Kinneis currentlyteaching readingand religion toseventh andeighth graders.

Kinne is in-volved in school and student ac-tivities.

For eight years she led a GirlScout troop, was a Marian Medal

consultant, and was the spiritualdirector for the team of highschool students running the re-treat. She is also involved in theRelayforLifeandispartofateamthathasraisedcloseto$30,000fortheAmericanCancerSociety.Sheis a Eucharistic minister andtaught PSR in her home parish,Assumption in Mount Healthy,was inchargeofdonations for theBoy Scout Pancake Breakfast,and helped to coordinate the GirlScout spaghetti dinner.

Kinne selected as teacher of year

Kinne

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Finneytown returns DevinCohill at132pounds andKyleMa-son at 152 pounds. Cohill was 15-9with nine pins last season, whileMason recorded seven of his ninewins via pin.

Ladarius Crump is new to theteam and will wrestle at 195 forcoach Kellen Campbell.

“(I like) his athletic ability,”Campbell said. “He is pickingthings up really, really fast; prob-ably faster than anybody recent-ly.Heiswillingtolearnandhehasquickness and speed.”

Idris Reed, who wrestled inmiddle school, has decided to re-turn to the sport andwill competeat 182 pounds.

“We are looking pretty good,”Campbell said. “We finally gotour numbers up.We have13 guysthis year. A lot of them are foot-

ball players but they are pickingit up. I don’t think we’ll have toobad of a year.”

The Wildcats get their seasonstartedDec. 8 at theGregRogersInvitational at Deer Park HighSchool.

In Monfort Heights, the LaSalle Lancerswill begin lifewith-

outMax Byrd, who set the schoolrecord by earning his 160th winlast winter.

Head coachAvery Zerkle saidthe Lancers will have a largefreshman class, and that varsitynewcomer Sam Kreider could bea factor this postseason if he’sable to make weight at 106pounds.

Senior AnthonyMilano shouldsetastrongexamplefor theLanc-ers’ youthful squad.

Milano entered the year with93 career victories and placedeighth at last year’s state meetwhile competing at 113 pounds.

La Salle started its season atthe Elder duals Dec. 1. The squadtakes to the mat again at the Mil-ford Super-Tri against Milford,St. Xavier and Sycamore Dec. 8.

The Mount Healthy Owls re-turnsixfromlastyear’s teamthatfinished fifth in the Fort AncientValley Conference.

Joe Dixon and Olajuwon But-ler coach the Owls, which will beled by David Kuhlmann, who fin-ished second in the FAVC at 138pounds.

Jashuan Pickett was 8-16 last

season, but finished fourth at theconferencemeet at 145-pounds.

Eric Finnel also placed fourthat the conference meet and was19-15 with 12 pins at 220 pounds.

Ke’Eryon Deal (285), DannyJohnson (170) and Brian Pringlewill also play key roles for theOwls.

“We have (a) young energeticteam this year and after a year ofbeing under the new regimen,theyknowwhat to expect,”Dixonsaid. “They also have taken a lotof lumps last year and havegrown to become more like fam-ily.”

The Owls start their seasonDec. 1 at the Lebanon Duals.

North College Hillwill look tocontinue its dominance in theMi-amiValleyConferenceas theTro-jans seek the program’s sixth-consecutive league title.

Head coach Tim Sies’ rosterwill feature amixofveterans andnewcomers.

The experienced mat men areshowing the new guys the ropesby offering advice on technique,weightmanagement and by dem-onstrating the type of dedication

it takes to compete, according toSies.

“The new guys are doing agreat jobofworkinghardandtry-ing to get in shape physically, aswell as mentally,” Sies said byemail.

Returning district qualifiersset to return include junior TimSutton (120 pounds) and seniorMikielKendall (126),whoplans towrestle for John Carroll Univer-sity in college.

BoydHoward could alsomakean impact at 160, while ConnarWilson starts the season at 170pounds and will eventually workdown to 152, according to Sies.

Freshman Mekhi Jones couldalso be a force at132pounds afterpostinga33-3recordasaneighth-grader.

TheRogerBaconSpartansre-turn to compete in the GreaterCatholicLeagueundernewcoachChrisHarrison,whowasanassis-tant to longtimecoachJoeSchier-loh the past two seasons.

According to the school’sweb-site, senior Jared Dornbusch

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St. Xavier's Joe Heyob, top,executes a move on MountVernon's Lucas Staten during thefirst round of the Division I statemeet at 152 pounds last season.The junior finished sixth at 152 atwill look to lead the Bombers totheir first GCL title since2001-2002. NICK DUDUKOVICH/THE

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In the season opener forMount Healthy and Colerain ittook two overtime periods to de-cide a winner, as the Lady Owlsedged the Lady Cardinals 61-60,Nov. 27 at Colerain High School.

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Boys basketball» Roger Bacon beat Finney-

town 70-41, Nov. 30. Junior Aus-tin Frentsos led Bacon with 18points, whileDerrick Hudson ledthe Wildcats with 14.

» CincinnatiCountryDaybeatGamble Montessori 54-36, Nov.30.KenneyMil and Isaac Phillipsled the Gators with seven points.

Girls basketball»Mount Healthy started its

season with a bang after beatingColerain 61-60 indouble overtimeNov. 27. The Lady Owls playedjust five players, with four ofthem scoring in double digits ledby senior Carlie Sanders with 16points.

Mount Healthy jumped out toa 34-9 halftime lead and went ontobeatAiken59-15,Nov. 29. Sand-ers led the Owls with 14 points.

» Finneytown dropped to 0-2following a 28-19 loss to RogerBacon Nov. 28. Junior ShylaCummings led theLadyWildcatswith 11points. Senior center Lau-ren Krebs and sophomore BeccaDeBurger each scored sevenpoints for Bacon.

»WintonWoodsbeatBadin70-44,Nov. 28. Junior ImaniPartlowled the Lady Warriors with 19points.

Winton Woods led by 29 at thehalf and went on to beat WesternHills 82-32, Nov. 29. Partlow ledwith 21 points.

Boys bowling»Goshen defeated Mt.

Healthy 2,231-2,030, Nov. 26. Sen-ior AustenMcCoy rolled a 312 tolead the Owls.

The Owls earned their firstwin of the young season by beat-ingWyoming 2,304-1,800, Nov.28.Sophomore Ben Naber rolled ahigh-series of 442.

» St. Xavier (2,703) easily de-feated PurcellMarian (2,281) andAlter (2,059) Nov. 27. Senior Ed-ward Runkel led the Bomberswith a high series of 438.

St.Xavier (2,833)defeatedBa-din (2,305) and Chaminade-Juli-enne (1,923) Nov. 29. Ben Wein-berger, Edward Runkel, Antho-ny Hughes and Jonny McQuittyall rolled over 400 for the Bomb-ers.

» Roger Bacon (2,561) defeat-ed Moeller and (2,364) and Car-roll (2,226).SophomoreChrisWil-helm led theSpartansbyrollinga444 series.

» La Salle (2,788) defeatedMcNick (2,042) and CJ (1,906)Nov. 27. Junior Will Mullenrolled a 441 high series.

Girls bowling»GoshenhandledMt.Healthy

1,656-1,479 Nov. 26. Junior SaraFrye led the LadyOwlswith a 280series.

The Lady Owls beat Wyoming1,738-1,312, Nov. 28 to pickup itsfirst win of the season. Fryeknocked down 334 pins to earnthe high-series.

»McAuley beat Ursuline,2,397-2,027 Nov. 27. MadisonBaker rolled a 209 in her firstgame, and a 196 in her second.

Boys swimming» St. Xavier defeated Syca-

more 192-94, Nov. 29. The Bomb-ers claimed every event exceptfor the 100-yard butterfly andone-meter diving.

» La Salle beat Taylor 78-38Nov. 27. Jake Brabender (200free, 500 free), Brauning (100fly), Drew Meister (50 free, 100free) and Ben Yauch (100 breast)were victorious.

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(106) and sophomore Bob-by Griffin (220) will re-turn after taking first-team all-league honorslast season.

The Spartans hostedthe Roger Bacon dualsDec. 1 and will take to themat for the second timethis season at the Lock-land/Taylor Tri-match

Dec. 8.Tim McDonald is back

forhis fourth seasonatSt.Xavier andwill be lookingfor the Bombers’ firstGreater Catholic Leaguetitle since 2001-2002.

Junior Joe Heyob isback after finishing sixthin the state at152poundsaseason ago. Heyob went42-7 last season and has acareer record of 80-19.The junior should eclipsethe 100-career win markthis season.

Joining Heyob are dis-trict qualifiers Ryan Gor-don and sophomore ColeJones. Gordon was 33-15last season, while Joneswent 28-13.

The Bombers bringback 10 wrestlers fromlast year, which includejuniors Dakota Stephensand Matt Kuhlmann. Ste-phens was 12-8 with fourpins at 126 pounds lastseason, while Kuhlmannwas 21-10 at 195 pounds.

“(We have) competi-

tion at most weight class-es,” McDonald said.“They have worked ex-tremely hard in the off-season. They put the teamfirst.”

Winton Woods will beled by first-year coachDave Merkel. The War-riors will wrestle as an in-dependent this season af-ter the collapse of theFAVC.

No other informationwas available beforepress time.

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» McAuley beat Taylor77-85 Nov. 27. Crawford(200 free), Dangel (50free), Meister (100 fly),Hennard (100 free)Baxter(500 free), and Lucas (100breast) earned individualwins.

AP All-Ohio footballteams

Division I» St. Xavier - Robbie

Ries, third team.» La Salle - Derek Kief,

special mention.Division II» Mount Healthy - Ty-

ree Elliott, first team.» Winton Woods - Craig

McCorkle, special men-tion; Daniel Cage, specialmention; Mike Edwards,special mention; RobbieLewis, special mention.

Division IV» North College Hill -

Ramir Hollis, second-team; Tevin Brown, spe-cial mention.

Boys soccer» St.Xavier’s JoshMei-

rose was named to theOSSCADivision I all-statesecond team and all-dis-trict team. Austin Harrellwas named to the DivisionI all-district team.

» Zach Palmer of Fin-neytownwas named to theDivision II all-districtteam.

» Ian Eckart of RogerBacon was named to theDivision III all-districtteam.

» La Salle’s C.J. Seigwas named to the DivisionI all-district team.

Girls soccer» Finneytown’s Rafea-

la Vasilakis was named to

to the Division II all-dis-trict team.

» McAuley striker/midfielder Elyssa Ander-son was named to the Di-vision I all-district team.

Home for theHolidays

Are you a parent of acollege athlete? It’s timeto brag.

Thanks to such an over-whelming response to theholiday feature last year,the Hilltop Press againwill present “Home forthe holidays: Catching upwith college athletes.”

Parents of athletes whoplayed in the collegeranks during the 2012 cal-endar year can submit byemail a few paragraphsand, if interested, a phototo share where they are,what they’re playing andhow theydid.Be sure to in-clude the athlete’s name,parents’ names and thecommunity newspaperthey get at home. The sub-mitted informationwill becompiled by newspaperand run the issue of Dec.26-27 – just in time for peo-ple home from the holi-days to catch up on theirhigh school classmates,neighbors and friends.

Basic guidelines: Youcan send links to collegewebsites as backgroundbut not as the submission.Write the information asyou’d want to see it inprint. Sendphotos as a .jpgattachment to the email,not embedded in a Worddocument.

Send the email to press-preps@gmail.com byMonday, Dec. 17. Ques-tions can be directed tomlaughman@ community-press.com or 248-7573.

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On Nov. 14, 12 MoellerCrusaders signed letters ofintent to continue as col-lege student-athletes. Fivesigned for baseball, two forbasketball and five for la-crosse. The following is alocal athlete who took partin that ceremony:

Andrew Cobb has com-mitted to LakeErieCollegewhere hewill play baseballfor coach Brian McGee.

Cobb is a pitcher for theCrusaders and will con-tinue his pitching careerfor McGee. Cobb playedfora three-timeGCLcham-pion. Andrew has partici-pated inMach1, Christmason Campus, and Relay forLifeandcarriesa3.32GPA.Andrew is the son of Jimand Kathy Cobb of Finney-town.

Andrew Cobb has signed to play baseball at Lake ErieCollege. Behind Andrew are Jim and Kathy Cobb ofFinneytown. THANKS TOMOELLER ATHLETICS

Crusaders signletters of intent

KARATE KID

Nate Pabst of Springdale wins the bronze medal inContinuous Fighting and seventh place in PointFighting in the World Karate and Kickboxing CouncilWorld Karate Championships in Montreal, Canada.The 9 year old competes in a 12-and-under divisionand is a member of the U.S. National Karate Team.Pabst trains in Forest Park at Priceless Martial Arts. Heis beginning his fourth year of karate. PROVIDED

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With the failure of our re-cent operating levy, the MountHealthy City Schools are facingsevere reductions for the 2013-2014 school year. Elimination of

extracurric-ular activities(i.e. athleticand music),additionalreduction ofstaffing, andfurther reduc-tion of busingare all underconsideration.We have notmade a deci-

sion when to place anotheroperating levy on the ballot,however we have little choicebut to do so, or become bank-rupt and under state control.

Funding of public schools bythe state of Ohio has been ruledunconstitutional four times bythe Ohio Supreme Court. Todate, the state Legislature haschosen to ignore the court, andnot corrected this issue. Until

the Legislature does, districtsrely primarily on local taxmoney for operating expenses.

As with businesses, ouroperating expenses have in-creased over time due to in-flation. Businesses pass theincreases on to consumers.School districts cannot, anddepend on growing tax reve-nues. In Ohio school districts,increasing tax revenues canonly be accomplished by re-questing residents to approvenew operating levies.

Our expenses have in-creased since our last oper-ating levy in 2003. Throughreductions and cutbacks, wehave managed to stretch ourlast operating levy to nineyears. Those reductions andcutbacks – in staffing, out-sourcing and consolidation ofbuildings – have amounted toover a $4 million savings since2003.

Our new buildings wereconstructed with 71 percentstate funds, and 29 percent

local funds. These facilitiesallowed us to consolidate staff-

ing, and are more energy effi-cient to operate. The new build-ings have contributed approxi-mately $1.5 million of savingssince opened. The money fromthe bond issue could only beused for construction of thosebuildings. It could not, by fed-eral and state law, be used foroperating expenses. Many citi-zens confuse the bond issuemonies with operating monies.

Previous reductions havehad a negative impact on ourstudents’ educational opportu-nities. We have increased par-ticipation fees for extracurric-ular activities (athletics, music,etc.), eliminated busing at thehigh school level, and reducedstaffing.

Recently, the Mount HealthySchool District earned an “Ef-fective” rating by the OhioDepartment of Education. Wewere also one of few in Ohiochosen to receive the “MostImproved Award” by the Bat-telle Institute for Kids, primar-ily because of our hardworking

and dedicated staff.Our staff is among the low-

est paid in Hamilton County –by approximately $6,000 each.Yet, they are required by localand federal governments toprovide the same educationalopportunities as wealthier dis-tricts. Further reductions instaffing, due to additional bud-get cuts, would risk both our“Effective” rating, as well asthe loss of highly qualifiedteachers to other districts.

Districts do not enjoy askingresidents for additional taxes.If you ask school personnel andboard members across thestate, all would say asking resi-dents for operating levies is themost difficult, unpleasant partof their role. Until our statecorrects the unconstitutionalway it funds schools, districtshave little choice but to placean operating levy on the ballot.

Steve Harness is the president ofthe Mount Healthy City SchoolDistrict.

No choice but to ask for tax levy

Steve HarnessCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

ABOUT LETTERSAND COLUMNSWewelcome your comments

on editorials, columns, stories orother topics important to you inThe Hilltop Press. Include yourname, address and phone num-ber(s) so we may verify yourletter. Letters of 200 or fewerwords and columns of 500 orfewer words have the bestchance of being published. Allsubmissions may be edited forlength, accuracy and clarity.Deadline: Noon FridayE-mail:memral@communitypress.comFax: 853-6220U.S. mail: See box belowLetters, columns and articles

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The numbers released thisfall were almost unimagina-ble: one in five children inour region is growing up inpoverty. That is 167,000 chil-dren in poverty – enough tofill Paul Brown stadium twoand half times.

That disturbing statistic isnot a bit surprising to St.Vincent de Paul volunteers.Last year, we visited thehomes of neighbors in needmore than 9,000 times inHamilton County alone. We

visit tinyapartments ininner cityneighbor-hoods, hum-ble homes inworking classcommunities,trailer parksin rural areas,and, increas-ingly, homesin neighbor-hoods that

might surprise you.Inside those homes we see

human suffering at its mostheart wrenching. When afamily slips into poverty, thepain is almost palpable. Ourvolunteers see adult men intears, ashamed because theycannot feed their families.We see mothers worn downby worry over bills they can-not pay, middle-aged coupleswho can’t afford their in-sulin, and elderly people whokeep the thermostat set at 62degrees to lower their utilitybill.

Increasingly, though, theinvisible and silent victims ofthese uncertain economictimes are children. Insidehomes all across our commu-nity, St. Vincent de Paul vol-unteers see children whonever know if there will befood for dinner on any givenday. We see children whosleep on linoleum floors withonly a thin blanket to keepthem warm. We find childrenwho move from school toschool as their families seekstable housing – and thereare few things as hard asbeing the new kid at school

who also wears the same twooutfits day after day.

And yet, these very samechildren show remarkablecourage and grace. There isthe boy who goes to schoolhungry so that his littlebrothers and sister can eat.Or the big brother who gavehis bed to his little brother.Or the little girl who askedfor diapers for her babybrother instead of a Christ-mas gift. Our volunteers areblessed each day to witnesspowerful lessons of loveamong the children that we,as a community, should beprotecting and caring for.

They are lessons thatmean all the more during theChristmas season. For a child– any child – Christmas istruly a season of hope. Thereis something profoundlymoving about providing aspecial gift to a child whostill believes in Christmasmiracles or food for a familythat is struggling. Those arekind acts that live and growin the heart of a child. It is agift each of us can give.

You can make this Christ-mas special for a family inneed by:

» Supporting “Food Fromthe Heart” the next time youvisit your local Kroger. Askyour child to pick out theirfavorite non-perishable foodand place it in the barrel atthe door. Our neighborhoodvolunteers will gather thefood and take it to a localfamily in need.

» Making a donation inhonor of a loved one to pro-vide Christmas gifts to achild in need. A donation ofjust $50 will allow us to pur-chase new gifts to make achild’s Christmas brighterthis year.

» Visit our website,www.SVDPcincinnati.org, orcall 513-421-HOPE to find outmore about ways you cangive the gift of hope thisChristmas season.

Liz Carter is the executive directorof the Society of St. Vincent dePaul – Cincinnati.

You can help makeChristmas special

Liz CarterCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST

Information from the publicis an important way to keeptrack of potential air qualityissues in our community. To

handle odors,smoke, dust orother air qual-ity concerns,the SouthwestOhio Air Qual-ity Agency hasan air com-plaint program.This programfocuses onoutreach activ-ities and oper-ating the air

quality hotline to provideprompt service to air qualityconcerns of residents in Butler,Clermont, Hamilton and Warrencounties.

If you notice an unusualodor, smoke, dust or other airquality concerns, please call the24-hour hotline at 513-946-7777or fill out the online form atSouthwestOhioAir.org/complaints.

When making a complaint,you will be asked for generalinformation relating to thesituation, your name (you mayremain anonymous if you wish),address and phone number. Aninvestigator from the agencywill make arrangements tomeet with you at your home toverify the air quality problem.We will contact you in a fewdays to give you the results ofyour complaint.

The agency responds to airquality complaints 24 hours aday, seven days a week, 52

weeks per year (excluding ma-jor holidays). This is one impor-tant tool to help achieve andmaintain healthy air quality.

The Southwest Ohio AirQuality Agency is a division ofthe Hamilton County Depart-ment of Environmental Ser-vices which also encompassesthe Hamilton County Recyclingand Solid Waste District. Formore information, visit theSouthwest Ohio Air QualityAgency online athttp://bit.ly/vWT5s6 or interactwith us on Facebook and Twit-ter.

Megan Hummel is the public rela-tions coordinator for the SouthwestOhio Air Quality Agency is a divisionof the Hamilton County Departmentof Environmental Services

Air quality agency handles complaints

MeganHummelCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Looking to lower yourmonthly payments? Are youlooking to consolidate debt? Intoday’s recovering economy,these questions are top of mindfor many borrowers. Millionsof Americans are “underwater”or faced with the challenge ofowing more on their mortgagesthan their homes may be worthand are struggling to make

monthly pay-ments. Withextended gov-ernment pro-grams andcurrently lowmortgagerates, refinanc-ing may be asimple andbeneficialoption to helpyou and your

family save money and stay inyour home.

In the simplest terms, refi-nancing your homemortgageallows you to apply for a newterm and interest rate to helpyou pay off an existing loan.

By taking advantage of alower interest rate, you may beable to reduce your monthlypayments and lower your over-all mortgage costs. This can beespecially helpful for underwa-ter borrowers struggling tomake current loan payments

due to a change in a financialsituation or when faced withother significant expenses.Money saved through refinanc-ing also may increase yourindividual cash flow and helpyou pay off or consolidate otherdebt, including credit cards.

Refinancing also may allowyou to shorten the length ofyour mortgage term. If youhave additional funds available,you may be able to adjust yourloan to a shorter term with alower interest rate, which canultimately help you pay offyour mortgage loan faster.

Many homeowners may beeligible for the government’senhanced Home AffordableRefinance Program (HARP),which was designed in 2009 tohelp underwater borrowersrefinance. During the fourthquarter of 2011, the FederalHousing Finance Agency an-nounced significant modifica-tions to this program, calledHARP 2.0, which has been ex-tended until December 2013.This program continues tochange, and some borrowerswho were not qualified underthe former programmay qual-ify under HARP 2.0.

The HARP 2.0 program canbenefit borrowers, who arecurrent on their mortgage pay-ments and have not had a late

payment in the past six monthsand no more than one late pay-ment in the past 12 months.This program is designed forborrowers whose existing loanhas been sold to Fannie Maeand Freddie Mac on or beforeMay 31, 2009. HARP 2.0 alsobenefits borrowers who are notcurrently paying private mort-gage insurance (PMI) or areinsured through national mort-gage insurance providers in-volved in the HARP programincluding Radian, GenworthandMGIC.

To help you understand ifrefinancing is right for you,you should contact your cur-rent mortgage lender or anoth-er financial institution to re-view your available options.

As a financial institutionfocused on helping borrowersachieve home ownership andstay in their homes, Fifth Thirdcan provide additional informa-tion about refinancing by call-ing (877) 841-7513. If you arenot sure if your loan was sold toFannie Mae or Freddie Mac,you can see if your mortgagequalifies for the HARP 2.0program by visitingwww.53harp.com.

Bob Lewis is senior vice presidentand head of Fifth ThirdMortgageCompany.

Is it time to refinance your mortgage?

Bob LewisCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

HILLTOPPRESS

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012

Students in McAuley HighSchool’s ContemporaryLiving class recently took a

field trip to the Kroger store onHarrison Avenue in Dent.

As part of a foods unit in theclass, taught by Kathy Dietrich,the students were learningabout nutrition and budgetingfor food purchases.

At the store, under the su-pervision of store managerJerry Dietrich (no relation totheir teacher), they were shownhow to use the Scan-Bag-Godevices available at the store,then “bought” nutritious foods:fruits, vegetables, proteins,dairy products and grains byscanning each item as they load-

ed it into their carts. The hand-held device kept a running totalfor the students, who had a $50limit on their spending. Theykept their receipts (not the food)and brought them back toschool.

The second part of the as-signment was to plan 21meals,seven each of breakfasts,lunches and dinners, with justthe food they scanned. Eachmeal had to follow good nutri-tion guidelines.

“In this project, I learnedthat I can make healthy mealson a budget. This will help me incollege and in the rest of my lifeto be healthy,” said senior BethDavish.

Students in Kathy Dietrich's Contemorary Living class at McAuley recently took a field trip to Kroger. PROVIDED.

MCAULEY STUDENTSGO KROGERING

Sophomores Julia Fahey and Kaitlyn Calder scan broccoli. PROVIDED.

Seniors Amie Overberg and Katelyn Richter check out the dairy prices. PROVIDED.Senior Savannah Frank displays the Scan-Bag-Go device. PROVIDED.

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THURSDAY, DEC. 6BenefitsFill the Truck Initiative, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Clippard Industries,7390 Colerain Ave., Mission tofill semi-trucks with personalcare items, blankets, sheets,coats, boots, gloves, baby for-mula, canned food, dishes, andmany other clothing. Only newitems accepted with the excep-tion of slightly worn coats.Benefits SONMinistries. Free.Presented by Fill the Truck.250-4116; www.fillthetruck.org.Colerain Township.

Community DanceRoyal Rounds, 2-4 p.m., Green-hills Community Church Presby-terian, 21 Cromwell Road, PhaseIII-V round dance club for expe-rienced dancers. Ballroomfigures: waltz, two-step, chacha, rumba, tango and bolero.$6. Presented by SouthwesternOhio/Northern Kentucky SquareDancers Federation. 929-2427.Greenhills.

Dance ClassesSquare 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, 7:15p.m., Colerain Township Com-munity Center, 4300 SpringdaleRoad, Greg Insco, instructor. $5.741-8802; www.coleraintwp.org.Colerain Township.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger ForestPark, 1212 W. Kemper Road,Fifteen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byMercy Health Partners. 686-3310. Forest Park.Pathways Connect GatheringGroup, 7-8 p.m., Apex Chi-ropractic andWellness Center,8624 Winton Road, Suite B, Forparents to meet like-mindedcommunity members and buildsocial and health connections.Topics include science of well-ness, nutrition, child devel-opment, birth and pregnancy,and more. Free. Registrationrequired. 931-4300; www.a-pexchirocenter.com. Finney-town.

Senior CitizensExercise toMusic, 10-11 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, $1. 385-3780.Green Township.Open Bridge, 12:15-3:15 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Free. 385-3780.Green Township.

FRIDAY, DEC. 7BenefitsFill the Truck Initiative, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Clippard Industries,Free. 250-4116; www.fillthe-truck.org. Colerain Township.

Community DanceCincy A2, 8-10:30 p.m., TrinityLutheran Church, 1553 KinneyAve., Advanced level squaredance club for experienceddancers. Family friendly. $5.Presented by SouthwesternOhio/Northern Kentucky SquareDancers Federation. 929-2427.Mount Healthy.

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 - ChoralHolidayMusic, 7 p.m., Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, 3455Poole Road, Cincinnati DulcimerSociety followed by members ofthe Colerain High School orches-tra. Free, vehicle permit re-quired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. ColerainTownship.

On Stage - TheaterThe Butterfingers Angel, Mary& Joseph, Herod the Nut, &The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carolsin a Pear Tree, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, 1500 W.Galbraith Road, Dealing with

the story of Mary and Josephand the birth of Jesus from afresh and richly creative point ofview, the author combines aseries of deftly constructed shortscenes, traditional Christmasmusic, and often antic character-izations into a wholly originaltheater piece. $15; $12 students,seniors and active military.Presented by CenterStagePlayers of Ohio. 588-4910. NorthCollege Hill.

SeminarsNew Cosmic Time Seminar, 9a.m.-5 p.m., Garden Park UnityChurch, 3581W. Galbraith Road,Concludes Dec. 8. With CosmicMysteries School and speakers.Music and workshops on med-itation, health and wellness,secrets of the Maya, energy andhealing for 2013 and more. Ages18 and up. $100. Presented byCosmic Mysteries School. 859-749-7146; www.cosmicmyste-ries.com. Colerain Township.

Senior CitizensPinochle, Noon-4 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, 385-3780. GreenTownship.Arthritis Exercise, Noon-12:45p.m., Green Township SeniorCenter, 3620 Epley Road, Work-out to videos geared to helplessen arthritis symptoms. Forseniors. Free. 385-3780. GreenTownship.Taking Off Pounds Sensibly,10-11 a.m., Green TownshipSenior Center, 3620 Epley Road,Weight loss support and ac-countability. For seniors. $28annual fee. 385-3780. GreenTownship.

SATURDAY, DEC. 8Community DanceSkirts and Shirts SquareDance Club, 7:30-10 p.m., JohnWesley United MethodistChurch, 1927 W. Kemper Road,Western Style Square DanceClub for experienced square andround dancers. Plus level squaresand up to phase III round danc-ing. $5. Presented by Southwest-ern Ohio/Northern KentuckySquare Dancers Federation.929-2427; www.sonksdf.com.Springfield Township.

Craft ShowsChristmas Craft Show, 10a.m.-2 p.m., Mount HealthyChristian Home, 8097 HamiltonAve., Features more than 20crafters and vendor booths.Food and homemade dessertsavailable for purchase. Doorprizes and giveaways. Music bychoir groups and musicians. Freeadmission. 931-5000. NewBurlington.

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 - ChristmasPet Santa and Pony Photos,Noon-4 p.m., Christ, the Princeof Peace United MethodistChurch, 10507 Colerain Ave.,Bring your own camera to takea photo of your pet on Santa’slap and/or your children on apony. Free, donations accepted.385-7883. Colerain Township.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke with Uncle Don, 9:30p.m., Poor Michael’s, 11938Hamilton Ave., Free. 825-9958.Springfield Township.

Music - AcousticChuck Brisbin & COLD Tuna, 10p.m.-2 a.m., J Taps Bar and Grill,6441Glenway Ave., Free. Pre-sented by J Taps Sports Bar andGrill. 574-9777; www.thetu-naproject.com. Green Township.

NatureWinter Bird Count, 8 a.m.-5:30p.m., WintonWoods, 10245Winton Road, Registrationrequired online by Dec. 6. Helptally birds at all parks. Includesdoor prizes. Grand tally at 4:15p.m. Free, vehicle permit re-quired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. Spring-field Township.

On Stage - TheaterThe Butterfingers Angel, Mary& Joseph, Herod the Nut, &The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carolsin a Pear Tree, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, $15; $12

students, seniors and activemilitary. 588-4910. North CollegeHill.

SUNDAY, DEC. 9EducationSurvival Bracelet Workshop, 3p.m., WintonWoods, 10245Winton Road, Adventure Out-post. Create a bracelet usingsurvival-strength paracord soyou’ll be ready to create ashelter, snare or drip-line in asurvival situation. Additionalmaterials and optional accesso-ries, such as a fire-starting tool,available for purchase. $10,vehicle permit required. Present-ed by Hamilton County ParkDistrict. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org. Springfield Township.

Music - ConcertsCincinnati Civic OrchestraHoliday Concert, 3 p.m.,Springfield Township Senior andCommunity Center, 9158 WintonRoad, Free. Theme: “FavoriteCarols of Our Presidents.” Carolsinclude “Adeste Fideles,” “Wethree Kings,” “The Little Drum-mer Boy,” “Festive Sounds ofHanukah” and “A ChristmasFestival.” Presented by Cincin-nati Civic Orchestra. 861-9978;www.wguc.org/cco. SpringfieldTownship.

On Stage - TheaterThe Butterfingers Angel, Mary& Joseph, Herod the Nut, &The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carolsin a Pear Tree, 2 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, $15; $12students, seniors and activemilitary. 588-4910. North CollegeHill.

RecreationKnot This!, 1 p.m., WintonWoods, 10245 Winton Road,Adventure Outpost. Registrationrequired online by Dec. 6. Learnuseful knots. Practice ropeprovided. $6, vehicle permitrequired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. Spring-field Township.

MONDAY, DEC. 10AuditionsQuartet, 7-9:30 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, 1500 W.Galbraith Road, Please bring ahead shot and resume. Audi-tions will consist of cold read-ings from the script. Be pre-pared to a cappella “shower”sing, but no song preparation isrequired or needed. Free. Pre-sented by CenterStage Players ofOhio. 588-4910; www.centersta-geplayersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

BenefitsFill the Truck Initiative, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Clippard Industries,Free. 250-4116; www.fillthe-truck.org. Colerain Township.

Business MeetingsMount Healthy BusinessAssociationMonthly Meet-ing, 11 a.m.-noon, First FinancialBank, 7522 Hamilton Ave., Free.Presented by Mount HealthyBusiness Association, Inc. 923-1985; www.mthealthyba.org.Mount Healthy.

Dance ClassesMovingwithMommy/Danc-ing with Daddy, 6:30-7 p.m.,Cincinnati Dance and MovementCenter, 880 Compton Road, The

class focuses on basic movementand dance skills to developcoordination, balance, musical-ity, timing, and flexibility. Anadult must participate with thechild. Ages 2-4. $36 a month orpro-rated at time of registrationif needed. Registration required.521-8462. Springfield Township.

Exercise ClassesFitBodz, 6:30 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.Zumba, 5:30-6:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Wear comfortableworkout attire and gym shoes.Bring water. $5. Presented byDeb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Green Township.Strengthening, Flexibility andCore Class, 1:30-2:30 p.m.,Guenthner Physical Therapy,5557 Cheviot Road, Enter at rearof building. Enhance flexibilityand strengthen all major musclegroups and core using bands,balls and weights. $7. 923-1700;www.guenthnerpt.com.Mon-fort Heights.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.

Music - BluesBlues Jam, 8:30 p.m., PoorMichael’s, 11938 Hamilton Ave.,With Tristate blues artists. Free.825-9958. Springfield Township.

Senior CitizensChair Volleyball, 10 a.m.-noon,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, 385-3780.Green Township.Indoor Cornhole, 10 a.m.-noon,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, 385-3780.Green Township.Pinochle, Noon-4 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 385-3780. Green Township.

TUESDAY, DEC. 11Art & Craft ClassesLive HolidayWreath Lun-cheon, 10 a.m. and noon,Farbach-Werner Nature Pre-serve, 3455 Poole Road, Regis-tration required online by Dec.6. Make an evergreen wreath.Groups will eat together atnoon. Guests should bringpruners if they own them. $30.Presented by Hamilton CountyPark District. 521-7275;

www.greatparks.org. ColerainTownship.

AuditionsQuartet, 7-9:30 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, Free.588-4910; www.centersta-geplayersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

BenefitsFill the Truck Initiative, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Clippard Industries,Free. 250-4116; www.fillthe-truck.org. Colerain Township.

Business MeetingsMonthly Meeting, 6:30 p.m.,Fraternal Order of Eagles -Mount Healthy Aerie 2193, 1620Kinney Ave., Free. Presented byMount Healthy Business Associa-tion, Inc. 923-1985;www.mthealthyba.org.MountHealthy.

Community DanceContinentals Round DanceClub, 2:30-4 p.m., Trinity Luther-an Church, 1553 Kinney Ave.,Phase III-V level round danceclub. $6. Presented by South-western Ohio/Northern Ken-tucky Square Dancers Feder-ation. 929-2427.Mount Healthy.

Dance ClassesTap Class, 7-7:30 p.m., CincinnatiDance and Movement Center,880 Compton Road, Tap Class Ifor ages 5-9. $36 a month; orwill be pro-rated at the time ofregistration if needed. Regis-tration required. 521-8462.Springfield Township.Ballet 1, 6:30-7 p.m., CincinnatiDance and Movement Center,880 Compton Road, $36 amonth or pro-rated at time ofregistration if needed. Regis-tration required. 521-8462.Springfield Township.

Health / WellnessPre-Diabetes Class, 1-3 p.m.,Mercy Hospital Mount Airy,2446 Kipling Ave., Informationon making healthy food choices,exercise and blood sugar controland monitoring blood sugarlevels. $20. 956-3729; www.e-mercy.com.Mount Airy.

Senior CitizensQuilting, 9:30-11:30 a.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Make blankets todonate to Project Linus andChildren’s Hospital. For seniors.385-3780. Green Township.Exercise toMusic, 10-11 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,$1. 385-3780. Green Township.Ceramics, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, 385-3780.Green Township.Stability Ball, 9:30-10 a.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Bring yourown stability ball and work onstrengthening your core. Forseniors. 385-3780. Green Town-ship.Euchre, 12:30-3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Open game. For

seniors. 385-3780. Green Town-ship.Pattern Dancing, 1-2:30 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Learn linedancing and have fun whileexercising. For seniors. Free.385-3780. Green Township.Billiards, 1:30-3:30 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Free. 385-3780.Green Township.

Support GroupsGrandFamilies: GrandparentsRaising Children, 7-8:30 p.m.,Family Life Center, 703 ComptonRoad, Support from caringleaders for challenges of par-enting second time around.Discover resources and in-formation to help you navigateschool, legal and social service.Free. Registration required.931-5777; tinyurl.com/fam-ilylifecenter. Finneytown.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12BenefitsFill the Truck Initiative, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Clippard Industries,Free. 250-4116; www.fillthe-truck.org. Colerain Township.

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

Senior CitizensPinochle, Noon-4 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 385-3780. Green Township.Vintage Artist, 9 a.m.-12:30p.m., Green Township SeniorCenter, 3620 Epley Road, Placefor artists to paint together.Beginners welcome. Bring ownsupplies. For seniors. Free.385-3780. Green Township.Knitting and Crocheting,10-11:30 a.m., Green TownshipSenior Center, 3620 Epley Road,Knit or crochet blankets forProject Linus. Yarn provided. Forseniors. Free. 385-3780. GreenTownship.Wood Carving, 1-3 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Carve with Green-wood Chippers. Many differenttechniques used: relief carvings,scroll saw, figurines. Bring owntools. For seniors. Free. 385-3780. Green Township.Zumba Gold, 1-2 p.m., GreenTownship Senior Center, 3620Epley Road, Modified Zumba forseniors with standing and chairparticipation. For seniors. $3,$25 for 10 classes. Presented byDeb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Green Township.

THURSDAY, DEC. 13BenefitsFill the Truck Initiative, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Clippard Industries,Free. 250-4116; www.fillthe-truck.org. Colerain Township.

Community DanceRoyal Rounds, 2-4 p.m., Green-hills Community Church Presby-terian, $6. 929-2427. Greenhills.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger North-gate, 9690 Colerain Ave., Fif-teen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byJewish Hospital. 686-3300;www.e-mercy.com. ColerainTownship.

Music - ConcertsHandbell Concert, 6:30 p.m.,Twin Towers, 5343 HamiltonAve., Gulden Community Center.Handbell soloist Kristine Stoutof Joybell Theater. Kristinecombines form of ballet, soloand ensemble weaving tech-niques and use of digital key-board to create musical experi-ence. Free. Presented by JoybellTheater. 853-4100; www.lec.org.College Hill.

On Stage - TheaterThe Butterfingers Angel, Mary& Joseph, Herod the Nut, &The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carolsin a Pear Tree, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, $15; $12students, seniors and activemilitary. 588-4910. North CollegeHill.

FRIDAY, DEC. 14BenefitsFill the Truck Initiative, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Clippard Industries,Free. 250-4116; www.fillthe-truck.org. Colerain Township.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Cincinnati Civic Orchestra will present a Holiday Concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9. atSpringfield Township Senior and Community Center, 9158 Winton Road. Admission is free.The teme is “Favorite Carols of Our Presidents.” Carols include “Adeste Fideles,” “We threeKings,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” “Festive Sounds of Hanukah” and “A ChristmasFestival.” It is presented by Cincinnati Civic Orchestra. For information call 861-9978 or goto www.wguc.org/cco. FILE PHOTO

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When we were kids,we hung ours (and theyweren’t the fancy ones Ihave today but our reg-ular socks) on our bed-posts. A pomegranatewas included if it fitmom’s budget, and I car-ry on that tradition today.Yesterday, the little oneshung their stockings up

and 4-year-old grand-daughterEva, whohas a 4-month-oldsister,Emerson,said “I’llshare minewith Em.”Now that’swhat the

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Easy peanut brittleThis is not as sweet as

the kind of brittle thatyou buy. I’ve used bothlight and dark corn syrupand the dark is what myfamily prefers, but usewhatever you have onhand. This recipe doesnot contain baking soda,which gives some peanutbrittle the customaryhoneycomb texture. Nowdepending upon the kindof pan you use (I used astainless steel), it maytake a little longer orshorter time to make thecandy than the recipecalls for. Check out myblog – abouteating.com –for step-by-step photos.1⁄2 stick unsalted butter

1⁄2 cup sugar2 tablespoons corn syrup1 teaspoon vanilla1 to 11⁄2 cups nuts: yourfavorite (We like saltedmixed nuts)

Spray cookie sheet.Over medium heat, stirbutter, sugar, corn syrupand vanilla until melted,smooth and bubbly. Cov-er and cook one minute.Stir in nuts, raise heat tomedium high and cook,stirring constantly, untilnuts are fragrant, lightlybrowned and the mixtureis very golden, about fiveminutes. What happens isthe mixture will reachthe hard crack stage (300degrees). If you put a bitin a glass of cold water, itwill make a hard ball.Immediately pour ontocookie sheet, spreadingthinly as possible. Asprayed offset spatula orbutter knife helps here.Cool until hard, about 15minutes, then break intopieces. Keep covered atroom temperature.

Perfect roast beefGood for that holiday

sirloin tip or similar

roast, not chuck, whichneeds to be roasted dif-ferently. An unconven-tional way of roasting.Cranking up the oven to475 develops moist, fla-vorful meat. Yes, youmay have some splatterin the oven, but thatshould clean up OK.

3-4 pounds beef roast (seeabove)

Preheat oven to 250degrees. Season with saltand pepper and brown onall sides in oil in oven-proof pan (or scrape upbrown bits and place allin roasting pan). Roastuntil temperaturereaches 110 degrees,45-60 minutes or so.Leave in oven and in-crease heat to 475 de-grees. Cook until temper-ature reaches 120 de-grees for rare, 125 formedium rare or 130 formedium. This will takeup to 30 minutes or so.Check after 20 minutes.Remove from oven, tentwith foil and let rest 15minutes. Serve with panjuices.

Tips from Rita’s kitch-en

Put several slivers ofgarlic in meat.

Add a little dry redwine or beef broth duringlast 20 minutes.

Healthy sweetpotato fries

A good time of year tomake this since sweetpotatoes are good buys inseason. I’ll add a pinch ofcayenne if making foradults. Let kids help tosstogether and talk abouteating “from the Gardenof Eden,” the brighter thecolor of the veggie, thebetter it is for you!

4 sweet potatoesCanola or olive oilSalt to tasteCayenne pepper, optional(A little goes a longway)

Preheat oven to 425degrees. Spray cookiesheet. Peel potatoes, cutinto wedges. Put in bowland toss with a couple orthree tablespoons oil.Place single layer onsheet, sprinkle with sea-soning, and bake 20 min-utes. Turn potatoes overand bake until golden andtender, about 20 minutes.If potatoes are cut thin,they may take less time;if thicker, a bit more.

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The Pride of La SalleBandadvanced to the semi-finals and placed fourth inClass A at the Bands ofAmerica Grand NationalChampionships in Indian-apolis.

The La Salle band,whose showwas titled “Re-flections of a Hero,” wasone 88 bands that partici-pated in the three-day com-petition. After a perfor-mance on Friday, the bandwas one of 34 semifinalists.After thesemi-finalperfor-mance, the band placedfourth in the country intheir class.

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The Pride of La Salle band recently placed fourth in Class Aat the Bands of America Grand National Championships inIndianapolis. PROVIDED

You have a house fireand your home needsmajor repairs. Althoughyou’re fully insured, youcan still run into problemsthat can bring you close tobankruptcy. That’s whatan area man fears mayhappen to him.

Daniel VanDean hasowned a house in Hidden

Valley Lakefor twoyears. InFebruary,there was afire in thelower level.

“Thesmoke gotup into thewalls, intothe in-sulation,

and basically the wholehouse had to be guttedcompletely,” he said.

VanDean hired a con-tractor to do most of therepairs. “He was giventwo checks. One of them,for $15,000 to get started,and then another for$25,000 to continue thework,” he said.

But, although the jobwas to have been complet-ed in August, it was notcomplete months later.

VanDean says helearned a lot of the work-ers weren’t getting paidand liens were being filedagainst his home. “So, outof that $40,000 the con-

tractor kept the $40,000.“I’m paying for the rest

of the work out of my ownpocket. This is going toleave me quite a bit ofmoney short finishing myhouse,” VanDean said.

VanDean’s insuranceagent looked at the workand wrote a letter sayingthe work was substandard.He found a used vanityhad been installed in abathroom. That vanity hassince been replaced, butVanDean says it took morethan a week to correctconstruction problems.

It turns out most of theconflict with the contrac-tor is over work VanDeansays he never authorized.He says the problem is, “Itwasn’t in writing. It was‘word of mouth’ and that’swhere the legal systemsays I should have had itin writing.”

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Howard Ain answers consum-er complaints weekdays onWKRC-TV Local 12. Write tohim at 12 WKRC-TV, 1906Highland Ave., Cincinnati45219.

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FLEMING ROADUnited Church of Christ691 Fleming Rd 522-2780

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

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Northwest CommunityChurch

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Salem White Oak Presbyterian

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

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

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

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Carol KiefelCarol Allahbelle Kiefel, 90,

died Nov. 16 in California. Shewas a secretary.

She was a member of MountHealthy United MethodistCenter.

Survived by nephews andnieces Brad (Ruby), Patricia (Bob)Thomsen, Barbara (Cliff) Young;seven great-nieces and nephews;three great-great-nieces andnephews. Preceded in death byparents Marcella Stnaley Sr.

Kiefel, brother Stan Kiefel, nieceand nephewMichael (Maryjo),Shelley (Tom) Ratliff.

Services will be held in May at

Mount Healthy United Method-ist Church. Arrangements byCamino del Sol Memorial Center& Funeral Home, Oxnard, Calif.

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your loved one is published without charge by The Com-munity Press. Please call us at 853-6262 for a submissionform. To publish a larger memorial tribute, call 242-4000 orpricing details.

Assault5426 Bahama Terrace, Nov. 16.5941Hamilton Ave., Nov. 16.Burglary6343 Savannah Ave., Nov. 19.Criminaldamaging/endangering2701Hillvista Lane, Nov. 23.5742 Hamilton Ave., Nov. 16.Domestic violenceReported on Highforest Lane,Nov. 16.Interference with custody5816 Shadymist Lane, Nov. 19.Menacing by stalking2958 Highforest Lane, Nov. 16.Menacing5322 Eastknoll Court, Nov. 19.Theft1532 W. North Bend Road, Nov.19.2446 Kipling Ave., Nov. 19.2508 Rack Court, Nov. 19.5295 Eastknoll Court, Nov. 16.

FOREST PARKArrests/citationsJuvenile female, 16, criminaldamaging at 1231W KemperRoad, Nov. 7.Juvenile female, 16, disorderlyconduct at 1231W KemperRoad, Nov. 2.Juvenile male, 11, theft, Nov. 2.Colin Lewis, 30, 24 Evergreen,possession of drugs at 763 WSharon, Nov. 1.Juvenile male, 17, theft at North-land Blvd, Nov. 1.Demarco Moore, 18, 7088 Golf-way, receiving stolen propertyat 1231W Kemper Road, Nov. 6.Juvenile male, 16, disorderly

ta Lane, Nov. 23.Jahmare Arnold, born 1989,possession of drug abuseinstruments, 5621 Kirby Ave.,Nov. 20.

Incidents/reports

CINCINNATI DISTRICT 5Arrests/citationsColby Mitchell, born 1992, theft

under $300, 5823 HamiltonAve., Nov. 23.YuradonWatkins, born 1994,burglary, 7879 Bankwood Lane,Nov. 19.Allen Lewis Mounce, born 1985,domestic violence, 2709 Hillvis-

conduct at 1231W KemperRoad, Nov. 6.Tyrone Boykon, 55, 918 Gretna,assault at 918 Gretna, Nov. 5.

Incidents/reportsBurglaryResidence entered at 11407Fremantle, Nov. 3.Criminal damagingLockbox damaged at 11332Southland, Nov. 7.Window damaged at 1231WKemper, Nov. 7.Reported at 902 Goodhue, Nov.5.Discharging firearm nearprohibited premisesReported at 788 Farnham Court,Nov. 3.Felonious assaultVictim struck at 11051QuailridgeCourt, Nov. 7.Victim reported, Nov. 5.ForgeryVictim reported at 1212 W.Kemper, Nov. 5.

TheftLicense plate removed at 12105Omniplex, Nov. 5.Reported at 2296 Quail Court,Nov. 3.

MOUNT HEALTHYArrests/citationsDylan Durbin, 21, 6939 Pin OakDrive, drug abuse at HamiltonAvenue, Nov. 20.Brian Hollingsworth, 28, 8000Hamilton Ave., burglary at 7368Maple Ave., Nov. 17.Donte Grimson, 32, 4827 Pros-perity Place, drug abuse, opencontainer at 7813 HamiltonAve., Nov. 16.Juvenile male, 14, disorderlyconduct at 7700 Joseph St., Nov.16.

Incidents/reports

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults

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

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

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AssaultVictim struck at 7838 Clover-nook, Nov. 15.

NORTH COLLEGE HILLArrests/citationsJames Jeter, 49, 8969 Desoto

Drive, theft, criminal tools,vandalism at 1833 Bising, Nov.14.Juvenile male, 15, domesticviolence, resisting arrest at 2038Dallas, Nov. 13.JeremyWitter, 19, 1488 W.Galbraith Road, drug abuse at6600 Hamilton Ave., Nov. 12.Juvenile male, 17, aggravatedrobbery at 6950 Kleindale Ave.,Nov. 8.

Incidents/reports

AssaultVictim struck at 1624 W. Gal-braith Road, Nov. 9.BurglaryResidence entered and stoveand AC unit removed at 1934Cordova, Nov. 7.Vacant residency entered at6839 Bake Ave., Nov. 12.Residence entered at 6933Pinoak Drive, Nov. 14.Criminal damagingPhone damaged at 1840 Center-ridge, Nov. 6.

Wall damaged at 1624 W. Gal-braith Road, Nov. 7.Criminal damaging, theftVehicle damaged and trash canof unknown value removed at1919 Sterling, Nov. 10.Criminal mischiefReported at 1823 DearmandAve., Nov. 12.Disorderly conductFight in progress at 1620 W.Galbraith Road, Nov. 8.Domestic assaultVictim reported at 1490 W.

Galbraith, Oct. 24.Victim struck, Oct. 25.Reported at Ashmore, Oct. 30.Victim reported at Noble Court,Nov. 3.Victim reported at Sterling, Nov.9.Domestic disputeReported at Dallas Avenue, Nov.13.Victim reported at Clovernoll,Nov. 15.FightReported at Parrish Avenue, Oct.27.Identity fraudVictim reported at GalbraithRoad, Oct. 26.Identity theftVictim reported at 1267 W.Galbraith Road, Oct. 26.MenacingVictim threatened at LarannLane, Oct. 26.Passing bad checksVictim reported at W. GalbraithRoad, Oct. 24.RapeReported at Mar Bev Drive, Oct.31.RobberyVictim threatened and televisionof unknown value removed at1628 Bising Ave., Nov. 12.Shots firedReported at 6718 Savannah Ave.,Nov. 8.TheftAttempt made to enter vehicleat 2025 W. Galbraith Road, Oct.21.Gas pumped and not paid for at2813 Hamilton Ave., Oct. 23.Basketball hoop removed at7114 Slamar Court, Oct. 28.Equipment of unknown valueremoved at 1940 Cordova Ave..,Oct. 30.Merchandise valued at 200removed at 7132 Hamilton

Ave., Oct. 30.Checks of unknown value re-moved at 6899 Hamilton Ave.,Oct. 25.Merchandise of unknown valueremoved at 6918 HamiltonAve., Nov. 6.Deception used in theft ofunknown currency from elderlyat 1396 W. Galbraith Road, Nov.6.Merchandise of unknown valueremoved at 6918 HamiltonAve., Nov. 8.Reported at 7030 Hamilton Ave.,Nov. 9.Cell phone of unknown valueremoved at 7132 HamiltonAve., Nov. 15.$750 removed by fraud at 1915Emerson, Nov. 13.

SPRINGFIELDTOWNSHIPArrests/citationsMallony Sherwood, 23, 1021Blueway, drug possession atMockingbird Lane, Oct. 24.Dorien Daniels, 28, 8828 DesotoDrive, unauthorized use ofmotor vehicle at 8828 DesotoDrive, Oct. 25.Kimberly Holman, 44, 761 Brook-lyn Ave., falsification, criminaltools at 10948 Hamilton Ave.,Oct. 24.Ashley Gall, 25, 6169 GreenfieldWay, falsification, criminal toolsat 10948 Hamilton Ave., Oct. 24.Brian Lane, 24, 227 Farragut,drug possession at Winton andCompton Road, Nov. 7.Jayce Lang, 26, 9830 Arvin Ave.,criminal damaging at 9830Arvin Ave., Nov. 7.Brandi Cruz, 20, 400 W. NinthAve., theft, criminal simulationat 4777 Kemper, Nov. 6.

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NOTICE OF HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a public hear-ing will be held by the Springfield Town-ship Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday,December 18, 2012 at 5:30 p.m., in theSpringfield Township Administration Build-ing, 9150 Winton Road, for the purpose ofhearing an appeal filed by Sheila Abud, asprovided by the Springfield Township Zon-ing Resolution. The Appellant is seeking avariance to reduce the required buildingsetback of a proposed outdoor seatingarea for Lu Lu’s Tap Room.

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Want to tell Santa whatyou are wishing for? Yourchance is coming.

The city of Forest ParkParksandRecreationCom-missionsponsors its annualBreakfast with Santa pro-gram from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.Saturday, Dec. 15, at theFrisch’s at Chase PlazaDrive and Winton Road inForest Park.

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The annual Senior Citi-zen Brunch and HolidayConcert for residents ofFinneytown Local SchoolDistrict will start at 9:30a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, in themultipurpose room at theFinneytown SecondaryCampus.

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