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Indian Hill officials are hoping pri-vate fundraising will bring in the mon-ey required to make improvements toGrand Valley Nature Preserve.

During the Nov. 19 Indian Hill Vil-lage Council meeting, CouncilwomanLindsayMcLean said the Grand ValleyAdvisory Committee has started pri-vate fundraising for projects in the vil-lage. IndianHill has held off on severalimprovements in recent years due tobudgetary concerns.

The village is planning to build a pe-destrian bridge that will open severalmore miles of walking trails in thepark.

The project is expected to cost ap-proximately $87,000. The bridge is inthe budget for 2013 and is part of theGrand Valley master plan createdshortly after the property was bought.

McLean said letters have alreadybeen sent out to village residents ask-ing for voluntary donations. She saidthevillagehasalreadybegunreceivingdonations, and a letter will be sent tothe remainder of those eligible to usethe preserve.

“We’re just urging people to helpout,” McLean said.

While there are several projectsthat could be assisted with the fund-raiser,McLeansaid thevillage is focus-ing on a second bridge in the park. Shesaid any money collected during thecurrent fundraising drive would beused to build another bridge. Any left-over funds could be used to pay for oth-er projects at Grand Valley.

The nature preserve continues to bea popular destination for village resi-dents and customers of Indian Hill’swater system. The daily average atten-dance in October was 42 cars.

MayorMarkTullis noted thatGrandValley’s attendance numbers onlytrack vehicles entering the preserveand not the total number of visitorseach month.

“It could be a much bigger numberthan that,” he said.

Grand Valleyfundraisingefforts beginBy Rob [email protected]

Indian Hill has started privatefundraising for Grand Valley NaturePreserve, a 350-acre park of natural landand wildlife. The village is hoping tofund the construction of a newpedestrian bridge using the fundraisingcampaign. FILE PHOTO

The Indian Hill Historical Society isonce again hosting its “gift to the village”with the Village Christmas Party.

The annual party is once again at theLittle Red Schoolhouse, 8100 Given Road.

The event is 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 2 and will once again feature jug-glers, clowns, craft activities, a caricatureartist, amagician,holiday treatsandavisitfrom Santa Claus on a horse-drawn car-riage.

“We’re going to have the same goodthings we had last year and we expect agood turnout as well,” said KingstonFletcher, chairman for this year’s VillageChristmas Party.

Jim Barber, historical society member,said the Christmas party is “kind of a giftfor the village” in which everyone is wel-come.

Barber said the party is a great oppor-tunity to celebrate the holiday seasonwithneighborsand friends.Hesaidhis favoritepart of the whole affair is seeing the lookon children’s faces as they anticipate thearrivalofSantaClausandthearrivalof theChristmas season.

“I think it’s just a great time to get to-gether and relax and take a breather fromthe hectic pace of the holiday,” Barbersaid.

Village ChristmasParty returns Dec. 2

By Rob [email protected]

Morgan Rink samples some of the sweets on hand at a recent annual Village ChristmasParty. The party returns Dec. 2 to the Little Red Schoolhouse. FILE PHOTO

The IndianHill Board of Educationwasrecently given an overview of the three“Rs.”

However in this case it wasn’t reading,writing and arithmetic. It was “rigor, rele-vance and relationships.”

Indian Hill Middle School PrincipalJosh Kauffman and Assistant PrincipalBridgetteRidleyprovidedanupdateon theschool during the November meeting.

Throughout theyear,principalsandoth-er faculty from the various schools in thedistrict give a yearly update.

Kauffman said a focus of the middleschool is to supply a “personalized” educa-tion for every student.

Using an analogy about a mechanic,Kauffman said it is important for the staffto provide students with the necessarytools as they proceed on to high school.

He said the rigor and relevance frame-work includes theprocessofstudentsgath-ering knowledge and information, usingthis knowledge in problem solving and de-veloping solutions and then applying whatthey have learned in real-world situations.

Ridley said this instructional approachhas shown success in a variety of areassuch as the number of students who takeadvantage of advanced and acceleratedcourses, high scores in both the NationalLatinExamandtheNationalSpanishExam

andtherecognition theschoolhasreceivedfor itsphysicaleducationandwellnesscur-riculum.

“(It’s important) to do what we can to

Middle school takes personalized approachBy Forrest [email protected]

Indian Hill Middle School Assistant Principal Bridgette Ridley, left, and Principal JoshKauffman are shown prior to the start of the new school year. They recently presented anoverview of the middle school to the Board of Education. FILE PHOTO

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She said the school willcontinue to focus on im-provement in contentareas such as reading,mathematics and science.

Kauffman and Ridleyconcluded their discus-sion by emphasizing theimportance of relation-

ships.Character education is

essential, Kauffman said.“Students need to re-

spect (other) students),”he said.

He said this relation-ship building is valuableas students then proceedto the high school level oftheir education.

Board President Eliza-beth Johnston said shewas pleased by what sheheard.

“(The) enthusiasm iscontagious,” she said.

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From pottery and paint-ings to scarves and jewel-ry, the Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center will befilled with handmade artDec. 1-2.

More than 20 local art-ists are participating in theannual Showcase of Arts,which is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 1 and noonto 4 p.m. Sunday Dec. 2 atthe Barn, 6980 CambridgeAve. in Mariemont.

“I really like the peopleat the Barn and their mis-sion to create great work,to teach and get it out thereto the public,” said silver-smithKarenTrimble-Shell,who will be selling herwork at the Showcase.

“I really hope (attend-ees) get to experience awide variety of handcraft-ed arts in lots of differentmediums.”

Trimble-Shell began tomake silver jewelry andart after picking it up inhigh school. She’s been at itfor about 35 years and saidshe uses semi-preciousstones, river rocks, glassand a variety of materialsto make one-of-a-kindjewelry.

It’s her first year at the

Showcase of Arts, and saidshe hopes shoppers canmeet theartists anddiscov-er unique and unusual art.

This is the fourth Show-case of Arts for fiber artistCarol Rentschler, who willbe selling “wearable art”like scarves, shrugs andshawls.

Rentschler said shelearned how to knit withher grandmawhen shewasaround 10 years old butdidn’t pick it up again untilshewas inher30swhensheneeded a hobby to pass

time during badweather innorthern Michigan.

When she ran out ofitems to make for herself,Rentschler started makingpieces for friends and hasbeen creating fiber artever since.

“It’s a great communityevent for the eastern sideof town ... and it’s a greatway to see what kind ofimagination people have

and what kind of neatthings people create,” shesaid of the Showcase ofArts.

Admission is free, andthe EAT mobile food truckwill sell food and bever-ages during the event.

More details and a fulllist of artists is availableonline, www.artatthebar-n.org.

Showcase of Arts set for Dec. 1-2By Lisa [email protected]

More than 20 local artists will fill the Woman’s Art Club Cultural Center in Mariemontduring the Holiday Showcase of Arts Dec. 1-2. FILE PHOTO

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Holly Dewees was onher way to a morning ten-nismatchwhen shemade aquick stop at the UnitedDairy Farmers in TerracePark.

But when she got backin her car Dewees noticedher iPhone was missing.

“I normally lock (mycar), but I was in a hurryand just ran in to get a bot-tle of water,” she said.“When I came out I knewexactly what happened be-cause (myphone) hadbeensitting there.”

Dewees asked the clerkworking that day to callher phone, but it was al-ready turned off.

“That was the last I sawof it,” she said. “It wasweird because I had mytennis racket and camerain there and they didn’ttake those. They were ob-viously just looking for theiPhone.”

Dewees’ case was oneof three reported to theTerrace Park Police in afive-week span from Aug.

3 to Sept. 6.The iPhone thefts all

happened in the parkinglot at theUDFat thecornerof Wooster Pike and ElmAvenue, but occuredat dif-ferent times throughoutthe day.

Terrace Park PoliceChief Gerald Hayhow saidin each incident only thephones were taken, and itwas a crime of opportuni-ty.

“It only takes a secondto lock your doors, and itonly takes a second forpeople to reach in and getsomething that belongs toyou,” he said.

“UDF(employees)havebeen great to work withand they want to help, butwe’re still on U.S. 50 whichisvery transient.Wegetallkinds of folks in there andthen they move on.”

U.S. 50 crosses the en-tire country from OceanCity, Md., to Sacramento,Calif. Locally, the sectionknown as Wooster Pikeconnects Milford to Cin-cinnati.

There were a couple ofleads on two incidents, po-

lice reports show, butHay-how said they don’t haveany suspects.

Dewees said she didn’tlose anything too impor-tant that was stored on herphone except a couple hun-dred photos of her chil-dren.

“That was a bummer,but other than that ... I justhope people will be care-ful.”

Three iPhone thefts at Terrace Park UDFBy Lisa [email protected]

DETAILSHere are a few more details about the thefts from the

Terrace Park police reports.» The first incident happened around 3 p.m. on Aug. 3.

That resident gave a description of who she thought tookthe phone, and police located the couple. The woman letthe officer search her purse but didn’t have a phone onher.» The second theft happened around 8:45 p.m. on Aug.

22. Police asked for surveillance footage to see if theycould identify a suspect, but an employee forgot to changethe tape that day. Attempts to call the phone wentstraight to voicemail.» The third incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Sept. 6.

That resident said there was man sitting in his car next toher driver’s side door. The vehicle was still there when sheleft, but other businesses did not have cameras pointedtoward the UDF parking lot.

MADEIRA — When HaliAbnerwas9, shebegangiv-ing her grandmother a mu-sic box every Christmas.

When her grandmotherdied in 2011, the elderly la-dy left the music boxes toAbner.

“She left me mystery,music, glitter and sparkleand the legacy we createdtogether – once upon atime,” Abner said.

This Christmas, Abnerwill continue the traditionby giving her daughtersthe first of themusic boxessheplans to parcel out eachyear.

Abner is director ofmarketing for Gilson’s En-graving and can be expect-ed to talk up the variety ofexquisitely crafted, indi-vidualized gifts – includingmusic boxes – on sale at thestore on Miami Avenue inMadeira.

This year, in light of thepart music boxes will con-tinue to play in her family’sChristmas, Abner’s salespitch has a sentimentaltinge.

“There is no greater giftthan a memory,” said Abn-er, who lives in Madeira.

“But I do believe thatmemories can be placed ina beautiful box andwrapped with a bow – to beunwrapped over and overagain by those they holddear.”

Gilson’s Engraving isadvertising sales andsporting holiday decora-tions – evidence that thebusiness, like other busi-nesses, believes there’snothing like agoodmixtureofmerchandising andmer-

riment to draw in custom-ers during the all-impor-tant holiday season.

Cities and chambers ofcommerce routinely spon-sor festive events this timeof year designed to ensurethe jingling of Christmasbells is accompaniedby theringing of cash registers.

The Madeira Chamberof Commerce is no excep-tion; the organization issponsoring Shop In Madei-ra with Light Up Madeirafrom 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 1, in the city’sdowntown.

There will be carriagerides from10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,when the holiday tree willbe lit at the MillenniumFountain Plaza on MiamiAvenue and Dawson Road.

“Madeira offers a varie-ty of small, intimate shopsthat cannot be found in anyother location,” said Ste-phenShaw,presidentof theMadeira Chamber of Com-

merce.“I would encourage Ma-

deira residents and ourneighbors to come to Ma-deira on Dec. 1 to shop Ma-deira and have some fun,great food and a free car-riage ride.

“Explore the fine shopsof Madeira and discoveryour newest ‘favorite’place to shop,” Shaw said.

Christmas bells, cash registers ringingBy Jeanne [email protected]

Hali Abner with some of the music boxes Gilson's Engraving has for sale this holidayseason - gifts that hold a special place in her heart. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

MADEIRA HOLIDAY EVENTS» Holidays at the Miller House will be from 1 p.m. to 2:30

p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at the Miller House at 7226 MiamiAve., where the Madeira Historical Society has its head-quarters and operates a museum.» St. Nicholas Sleigh Rides will be offered from 5 p.m. to

9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, citywide. Look for signs postedin your neighborhood for times the rides will be available.» Youngsters will have until Sunday, Dec. 9, to drop off

letters to Santa at Santa’s mailbox in the Madeira city hallparking lot off Miami Avenue. Santa answers all letters, soinclude your name and address.» The Madeira Woman’s Club will judge holiday deco-

rations the week of Monday, Dec. 10. Keep your lights onin the evening during this week. Winners will be an-nounced at the Jan. 28 Madeira City Council meeting.» Get your picture taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at Madeira city hall offMiami Avenue. Cost is $5.

The Millenium Fountain Plaza has been outfitted in itsChristmas finery. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

Saint Gertrude School recent-ly conducted itsgraduationactiv-ities and is announces the follow-ing award winners:

Service awards» Altar server – Given in

grateful recognition of thoseyoungpeoplewho have faithfullyserved at the altar while at St.Gertrude: David Arway, AndyBeitman,EmmaBenson, JoeCor-dier, Anne Dadosky, Drew Fitz-gerald, Elinor Floyd, AnthonyFrohlich, Nathalie Plum, BradySuddendorf and Peter Ward

» Christian Living awards –Theseawardsaregiventoeighth-grade students who have exem-plified the Gospel values andChrist-like qualities that arehoped to be the distinguishingcharacteristics of all St. Ger-trudegraduates.Themembersofthe eighth grade class, with theapproval of the principal andteachers, are asked to choose theboy and girl in their class whomthey see as living these qualitiesin daily ways: Rachel Stines andShane Poch

» Student Council awards –President, Sabrina Jemail; VicePresident, Katie Koesterman;Secretary,EmmaBenson;PR,Pe-terWard;Homeroomreps, ReillyCarroll and Rachael Stines

Academic awardsAwards for the highest

achievement in the religious andacademic studies are being pre-sented to the following:

» Religion – Sebrina Jemail;» Foreign language – Joe Cor-

dier and Sabrina Jemail;» Social studies – Joe Cordier;» Science – Emma Benson;» English – Composition, Sa-

brina Jemail; Grammar, MariaRacadio; Spelling,NathaliePlum;

»Mathematics – Algebra, Ma-ria Racadio and Andrew Fitzger-ald;

» Reading – Mary Clare Van-Hulle;

» Art – Hannah Redden andAndrew Fitzgerald;

»Music – Natalie Plum andAndrew Fitzgerald

» Physical education – AlisonUpham and Jay Wilson

St. Martin DePorresAward

For always lending a helpinghand when needed: LucDeYoung, Natalie Plum, RachelStines and Jay Wilson,

Liturgical Music AwardsThe following student is rec-

ognized for their participation inthe music ministry of St. Ger-trude Parish: Margaret Shannon

St. Catherine of SienaAward

This award is givenbySt.Ger-trude School to girls who havedisplayed outstanding academicperseverance: Ashley Bennett,EmmaBenson, Elinor Floyd, Ma-ry Juergens, Katie Koesterman,Natalie Plum, Abby Roehr, Mag-gie Shannon, Rachel Stines, LilySchmit and MacKenzie Volz.

St. Joseph theWorkerThis award is givenbySt.Ger-

trude School to boys who haveshown an exceptional work ethic:David Arway, Andy Beitman,Matthew Kaes, David Poch,Shane Poch and Jay Wilson

EducationalAchievement Award

This award is givenbySt.Ger-trude School to students whohave demonstrated outstandingeducational growth, improve-ment, commitment, or intellectu-al development in their academicsubjects: Anne Dadosky, SammyDecaprio, Luc DeYoung, ErinFangman, Joanie Findley, Mary

Juergens, Joseph Platt and JayWilson

Presidential Awards forEducational Excellence

These students have main-tained A/B grades throughouttheir seventh- and eighth-gradeyears, and have achieved highscores on the Terra Nova tests.Gold – Sabrina Jemail, Maria Ra-cadio, and Rachel Stines. Silver –David Arway, Jackie Carney,Anne Dadosky, Andrew Fitzger-ald, Elinor Floyd, Matthew Kaes,Katie Koesterman, Natalie Plum,David Poch, Shane Poch, HannahRedden, Abby Roehr, LilySchmitt, Carrie Spurr, BradySuddendorf, Mary Clare Van-Hulle, MacKenzie Volz, PeterWard and Jay Wilson

Sons of the AmericanRevolution GoodCitizenship Award

The Cincinnati Chapter of theSons of the American Revolutionawards Good Citizenship Certifi-cates to eighth grade studentswho demonstrate qualities ofgood citizenship in areas of de-pendability, cooperation, leader-ship, patriotismand clean speechand habits. The following stu-dents have been chosen by theirpeers to receive this award – Sa-brina Jemail and Shane Poch

MarkMezinskis ScienceAward

This awardwas initiated in thel993-94 school year by Dr. andMrs. Juris Mezinskis, in memoryof their sonMark,who graduatedfromSt.GertrudeSchool in l990 –Sabrina Jemail.

The St. Gertrude Awardand St. Dominic Award

The St. Gertrude ParentTeacher Organization annuallygives two scholarship awards toan eighth-grade boy and aneighth-grade girl. The award isopen to all eighth-grade students.Those applying are asked to sub-mit an essay and questionnaire,both of which offer personal in-sights as to how their CatholicEducation at St. Gertrude has in-fluenced and given direction totheir lives. The recipients of eachaward will receive a $1,000.00scholarship to the Catholic HighSchool of their choice, aswell as amedal of St. Gertrude or St. Do-minic. The St. Gertrude Award –Emma Benson. The St. DominicAward – David Arway

Boosters ScholarshipThis award is sponsored by

the St. Gertrude Boosters Club,and is presented to well-roundedstudent athletes who have beengood representatives of St. Ger-trude, and have worked to thebest of their ability both in aca-demic achievement and in playon St. Gertrude athletic teams. Inaddition, each recipient will begiven a $1,000 scholarship to theCatholicHighSchool of his or herchoice – Rachel Stines and DavidPoch.

Jayne O’Neill ScholarshipJayne O'Neill was a loving

mother of three girls. She had apassion for life, for family, andforSt.Gertrude. Jaynewas takenfrom us early, but she is not for-gotten and is remembered andhonored through this scholarship– Katie Koesterman.

John B. EddingfieldScholarship

This scholarship is awarded toa St. Gertrude graduate who ex-emplifies those qualities whichindicate success as a Man ofMoeller – David Poch.

St. Gertrude8th-grade awards

Indian Hill High School an-nounces that 17 students fromthe class of 2013 have been rec-ognized by the 2013 NationalMerit Scholarship program assemifinalists or commendedstudents.

Eight seniors were namedNationalMerit semifinalists andnine seniors were named com-mended students. These 17 stu-dents represent10 percent of In-dian Hill High School's seniorclass.

The eight semifinalists areCasey Brewer, Catherine Fei,

Aaron Hall, LauraMartz, BrynnMcKenna,LaurinSchwab,HughStrike and Alexandra Tracy.

The nine commended stu-dents are Sydney Ballish, ZejunBao, Jennifer Blazic, BenjaminBurdette, Will Jaroszewicz, JoyKim, Ajay Lingireddy, ReaganWilkins and Adina Zucker.

Each year, more than 1.5 mil-lion juniors from 21,000 highschools enter theNationalMeritProgram by taking the Prelimi-nary SAT/National Merit Quali-fying Test in October. The fol-lowing September, approxi-

mately 16,000 Semifinalists areannounced by officials of Na-tional Merit Scholarship Corpo-ration.

National Merit Semifinalistsrepresent less than 1 percent ofU.S. high school seniors who en-ter the National Merit Programeach year and commended stu-dents represent2percentofU.S.high school seniors who enterthe program. Semifinalists havean opportunity to continue in thecompetition for 8,400 MeritScholarship awards,worthmorethan $36 million.

Indian Hill High School National Merit Scholar semifinalist and commended students include, from left:Seated, Reagan Wilkins, Sydney Ballish, Jennifer Blazic,and Laurin Schwab; middle row, Joy Kim, LauraMartz, Brynn McKenna, Catherine Fei, Adina Zucker and Principal Antonio Shelton; back row, assistantPrincipal Jennifer Ulland, Casey Brewer, Aaron Hall, Hugh Strike, Will Jaroszewicz and Benjamin Burdette.THANKS TOMARTHA STEPHEN

17 Indian Hillseniors recognized

The Cincinnati HorticulturalSociety planned a fun-filled andeducational day for the studentswhere they learned how agricul-ture provides almost everythingwe eat, use and even wear.

There were discussions oneverything from growing plantsto sheering sheep for wool. Thestudents even topped off the daybymaking their own homemadeapple pies.

All Saints fourth-graders Connor Bohrer, Joseph Sidenstick, Dougie Zang, Amanda Paxson and Erin Platzfinishing their apple pies with teacher Mary Miller. THANKS TO KARAMANGAN

All Saintsstudents enjoyAgriculturalEducation Day

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Crusaders earn trip to CantonDAYTON — When the current

crop of Crusaders were toddlers,then-coach Steve Klonne ledMoeller’s football team to thestate championship game. Fif-teenyears later, thoseyoungstersearneda trip toCantonasMoellerheld off Pickerington North 26-21Nov. 24.

Senior Kaleb Nypaver’s hit onthe Panthers’ Godwin Igwebuikeon fourth down jarred the balllooseand itwasrecoveredbyEth-anFrericks, aMoeller senior cap-tain, for the win.

“I’ve never seen anythinggreater in my life!” senior run-ning back Joe Eramo said.

From there, starting seniorquarterback Spencer Iacovonetook the final knee to send theCrusaders to their first statechampionship game under coachJohn Rodenberg. This will beMoeller’s first state final since1997. The Crusaders will be seek-ing their eighth state title andfirst since 1985.

With theblueandgoldcaravanmaking itswayup Interstate 75 to

Dayton’s Welcome Stadium, theMoeller faithful were treated to aback-and-forth game.

The Crusaders went up earlyon a Matt Reiniger field goal, butPickerington North’s Mason Ols-zewski answered with a quarter-back keeper to put the Panthersup 7-3 after a quarter.

In the second quarter, JoeEra-mo scored his first touchdown onan 11-yard run and Moeller led10-7 at the half.

Reiniger hit another field goalfor a 14-13 Moeller lead in thethird, but Godwin Igwebuike an-swered with a 76-yard gallop asPickeringtonNorthwentup14-13.

With the Panthers keying onKeith Watkins, Eramo went 34yards for another score tomake it20-14 Moeller.

Early in the fourth, it was Ols-zewski to Jason Childers to givePickerington North their finallead of 21-20. The Crusaders thenwent on a long drive culminatingin a Keith Watkins seven-yardrun. The two-point conversionfailed andMoeller led 26-21.

Thanks to the late “stick” byNypaver on Igwebuike, the ad-vantage held and Crusader fans

were on Priceline by late Satur-day night for Canton lodging.

“It’s been 27 years since wewonthestate title;wecouldnotbemore happy,” Eramo said.

The unsung 5-foot-9, 185-pound senior had 17 carries for167 yards to go along with the 119yards gained by Keith Watkins.

“You just have towait for yourtime and step up when it’s your

time,” Eramo said.It was a great one-two punch

for Moeller, who struggled somethrowing theball.Eramocurrent-ly has no college offers, but isopen to the possibility.

In the meantime, Keith Wat-kins is headed to Northwestern,as is Pickerington North runnerIgwebuike. The 190-pounder ledall runners with 181 yards.

“He’s a great player,” Watkinssaid of his future teammate. “Itold him, ‘I’m calling the (North-western) coach tomorrow andtelling him he’s going to be myroommate.’ Next year, we’ll prob-ably do some damage.”

Pickerington North’s seasonends at 12-2, while Moeller nowgoes to11-3andhasadatewithTo-ledoWhitmer Saturday. Dec. 1, atCanton’s Fawcett Stadium for theDivision I championship.

“I’mproudof thekids,”Roden-berg said. “This 2012 class had alot of pressure on them at the be-ginning of the year. Everyonekind of lost faith in us and nowwe’re going to the finals. Theyde-serve it.”

In addition to having thechance towinMoeller’s first statetitle since Springsteen’s “Born inthe U.S.A” was popular, Roden-berg gets to coach a squad that in-cludes his senior linebacker son,Jimmy.

“It is nice,” Rodenberg said.“Right now, I’m real happy. Let’sjust get one more.”

Added Watkins, “I’ve beendreaming of this since I was a lit-tle kid! We’re finally here!”

By Scott [email protected]

Moeller’s Joe Eramo (23) ran for a touchdown against Pickerington DBMason Olszewski (14) in the second quarter. The Crusaders won 26-21to advance to the Division I state title game Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE

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Area boys basketball teamsare set to begin their hoops sea-sons in the Indian Hill Journalcoverage area.

Indian HillThe Indian Hill Braves are

shooting for their sixth-straightwinning season and their fourth-straight under coach Tim Burch.

Last year’s squad had somekey seniors in Austin Trout, Ted-dy Kremchek and Steve Bell andfinished 16-6 (12-2 for secondplace in the Cincinnati HillsLeague).

Burch returns just one starterin Jon Griggs, who suffered anearly football injury but re-habbedenough tobeable tobeginthe season. As a junior, the 5-foot-10 Griggs averaged 8.4points per game and led theleague in assists at 5.4.

Griggs is already in theschool’s top 10 in that categoryand Burch feels he’ll move up totop three.

Outside of Griggs, ClaytonHosmer offers up the most expe-rience at 3.4 points per game.Nick Pai, Jordan Conn and ZackSchneider should also factor inthe equation. Underneath, theBraves boast 6-foot-7 LucasGould and 6-foot-8 Karl Koster.

“We should have great guardplay in Griggs and Schneiderwith good size coming off thebench in Gould and Koster,”Burch said. “We also play andwork hard.”

Indian Hill begins the seasonon the road at Goshen Dec. 1.

CCDCincinnati Country Day head

coach Howard Brownstein re-turns for his 28th season at thehelm of the Indians as his squadlooks to compete in the MiamiValley Conference Gray Divi-sion.

Brownstein and company willlook for scoring to come from re-turning guards Caleb Tregre andJ.R. Menifee.

Menifee is a junior andTregreis a sophomore, but both guardsbring experience to the position.

Sophomore Wyatt Fletcherand junior Matt Walton shouldalso be key contributors.

Quickness will be a strong at-tribute for the Indians, but a lackof size could hurt the squad.

The Indians will lose 6-foot-4all-league post player Wes Minkduring winter break. The juniorismoving toMichigan, accordingto Brownstein.

CCDopens the season at homeagainst Gamble Montessori Nov.30.

MoellerAfter finishing second to La

Salle in the Greater CatholicLeague-South and falling to Mid-dletown lastMarch14 in the post-season, Moeller returns an expe-rienced squad determined tomove further.

Carl Kremer has coached 22years atMoeller and returns sen-ior starters Josh Davenport andKeith Watkins. The 6-foot-4 Da-venport just signed with Win-throp and averaged 14.7 pointspergame,7.1reboundsand2.3as-sists. He was named first-teamGCL-South for his efforts.

Watkins will attend North-western for football, but is athree-year varsity basketballplayer. He averaged 4.6 points,2.2 assists and 2.3 rebounds play-ing on a squad with four first- orsecond-team all-league players.

“We are a very athletic andbasketball-talented team,”

Kremer said. “Our challengewillbe to develop the chemistry nec-essary to be great.”

OtherCrusaders likely tohavean impact are 6-foot-6 senior for-ward Patrick Wrencher (signedwith Saint Francis), 5-foot-9 ju-nior guard Tre’ Hawkins, 6-foot-8sophomore center Nate Fowlerand 6-foot-3 junior guard GrantBenzinger.

Fowler and Hawkins are con-sidered top prospects.

The Crusaders begin the sea-son Dec. 4 at Purcell Marian.

CHCAIn the second year under head

coach Andy Keimer, CHCA canhit the ground running, ratherthan spend time installing newschemes.

TheEagleswill compete in theMiami Valley Conference GrayDivision and will return fourstarters to thehardwood thiswin-ter.

At forward, senior AdamChappelle averaged 7.7 pointsand 3.6 rebounds per game lastyear,while fellowseniorCodyDi-Fabio averaged 8.7 points.

Senior Jordan Smith startedevery game last season, whileWill Drosos scored 6.8 points anddished out 2.0 assists as a fresh-man.

JuniorMattOverstreet shouldalso be a key contributor.

CHCA opens the season athome against NewMiami Dec. 4.

Boys teams lace up for the hardwoodBy Scott Springerand Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com

Moeller’s Josh Davenport (24) dunks the ball against Middletown lastseason in a game at Moeller. Davenport has signed to play atWinthrop. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Jon Griggs of Indian Hill drives on a fast break for the Braves againstMadeira last season. Griggs is coach Tim Burch’s lone returning starter.BRANDON SEVERN/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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compiled by newspaperand run the issue of Dec.26-27 – just in time for peo-ple home from the holidaysto catch up on their highschool classmates, neigh-bors and friends.

You can send links tocollege websites as back-ground but not as the sub-mission. Write the infor-mation as you’dwant to seeit in print. Send photos as a.jpg attachment to theemail, not embedded in aWord document. Send theemail to [email protected] by Mon-day, Dec. 17.

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Do you, a loved one, or some-one you know need hip surgery?

Howwill you decide where tohave this surgery, and whichsurgeon to choose? Did you knowthere is more than one style ofsurgery being offered?

I received a new hip implantWednesday, Nov. 14, and washome on Thursday afternoon, the15th! It was a total left hip, usingthe newest surgical procedurecalled the “anterior approach.”The new “anterior approach” ismuch less invasive, allowing fora shorter healing time, and fasterrehab.

Go to this link for details:tinyurl.com/a5umtk9

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minutes. As Iwas beingwheeled towardsurgery, I askedfor the nurse inthe black uni-form, who car-ried the largeheavymallet, asI did not wish toplay medicalstudent, observ-

ing my own femoral head beingwhacked off to the delight of thecrowd in the coliseum.

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In my opinion, this is a hugestep forward in orthopaedicsurgery. This procedure wasbrought here from California. Itcame from Europe, where theyhave been using it for years. Our

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Further, this procedure ishugely efficient. It takes lessthan one hour, there is no cuttingof muscles or other connectivetissue, and the incision is quitesmall. All of this contributes tolower medical costs, and lessinfection. It greatly shortens thetime to get back to normal.

I had very little blood loss.This is normally a bloody sur-

gery, as “bones bleed profusely,“so says Dr. Joseph Iannotti, chiefof orthopaedics at the ClevelandClinic.

It was the fortune of goodtiming that allowedme to learnof this new surgery. I was speak-ing with a doctor whose husbandhad just had the procedure; and,she could not have been morepleased with his results.

Not everyone who offers hipreplacement, offers the “anteriorapproach,”as this surgery re-quires a special, rather expen-sive surgical table, and training.

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A paradigm shift in one common surgery?

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Nomatter what your politi-cal party beliefs may be, it ishard to deny that America isfacing some difficult days.

We have an astronomicaldebt, our economy is still on ashaky footing, and it seemslike the Middle East despisesus more than ever. Jobs arescarce, and times are tough fora lot of people.

As I walk around the Uni-versity of Cincinnati campus

and listen tothe conversa-tions peopleare having,few seem tocare. Sports,parties andclasses dom-inate the dia-logue of theaverage col-lege student.This is notsurprising, but

it is disheartening. With all ofthese problems that exist,especially the difficulty offinding a job that is fitting of adegree, why do young peoplenot seem to care?

This is a chronic apathy thathas existed in our country forfar too long, and it puts ourfuture in jeopardy. This coreconcept is what inspired me totake up my pen and write myfirst book.

I am a 2011 graduate ofMadeira High School, and Ican’t say enough about theexcellence of that school sys-tem. Without the teachers andthe staff I would not be theperson I am today.

During my years in highschool, I became very dis-turbed by how little my friendsand classmates cared aboutwhat was happening in theworld around them. I did mybest to talk to people about theissues, but most of the timethey had no clue as to what Iwas talking about, or they said,“there’s nothing I can do aboutit.” And this was at a schoolwith high academic standards,so if we lacked the awareness,it wasn’t hard to imagine howfar behind students at otherschools found themselves.

Talking was becoming wea-risome, so I began to write. Ibegan by choosing differenttopics and spilled my personalbeliefs out on paper. It was away for me to put my thoughtsin order so I could continue todo my best to informmyfriends. I couldn’t vote, but Istill felt like I had a duty. At a

certain point I realized that mywriting had turned into some-thing much bigger than I hadanticipated. One day it just hitme: I had to share what I hadbeen working on with others.

The next fewmonths con-sisted of in-depth research,writing late into the night, andmoments when I felt like giv-ing up. I pushed on and wasfinally able to produce a fin-ished piece titled, “The Millen-nial Generation: RestoringAmerica.” This book was pub-lished in March, and is avail-able for sale on Amazon.comand Lulu.com.

To put it simply, we canmake a difference as individ-uals. The young people of thiscountry are the backbone ofour future prosperity. We needto work hard to get informed,because the problems we facetoday are going to have to besolved by us tomorrow.

Right now, at this moment,we are not prepared to take onthat responsibility. Despitethis, I have hope. If we can justget people to start talkingabout the things that matter,we can restore this country.Reach out to your friends andspeak your mind. Ask ques-tions and work to find theanswers for yourself.

We do this, and I am confi-dent in what our future holdsas Americans.

Cody Rizzuto is a Madeira resi-dent.

Madeira alumauthor, optimist

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Nov. 21 questionDo you think cutting entitle-

ments, such as raising the Medi-care eligibility age in line withthat of Social Security, is the bestsolution to control the nationaldebt? Why or why not?

“Best solution to control thenational debt is to replace thisnon-president and stop spend-ing!”

J.G.

“The only way to control thenational debt is to to stop spend-ingmoneywedon’t have. I have acertain amount of money I canspend every month, if I spendmore than I take in I’m in debt.Pretty simple, too bad so manypeople voted for free stuff in-stead of freedom. You Obamavoters, I hope you’re happy withwhat you’ve done to this oncegreat country. The America Igrew up with is not the Americaour kids will know.”

J.S.K.

“Cutting entitlements ... rais-ing taxes on those with $250,000+income ... I think I would rathersee the high-income folks paymore in taxes that to changeMedicare. There are so manyfragile people in this country thattotally rely on government pro-grams to survive. If raising taxeson the wealthy gives us the fund-ing we need so desparately, I saydo it.”

E.E.C.

“Social Security if not an enti-tlement! We’ve paid into it fordecades. Entitlements are un-funded charities for those whoare in need, or unfortunately,those who know how to play thesystem.

“I thinkeveryonewho iswork-ing should pay, not have the con-tributions stop after a certainamount of salary. I think unem-ployment compensation shouldbe for those who really need it,not thosewho say they’ve appliedfor a job but haven’t. I think thegovernment should stop spend-ingmoney they don’t have. Thereshouldbea line itemveto inplace.

“I think the government em-ployees should have the samepayments, health care, Social Se-curity as all of the rest of us. Onlyin a dictatorship is the populusmade to do things fromwhich theruling government is excluded.

“Whereareyousmart lawyerswho should be challenging thesethings? There would be plenty ofmoney for everything if thewaste wasn’t so huge.”

J.K.

“The one entitlement I wouldlike to see cut is the Bush tax cutfor the wealthy. That was a very

poor idea, especially while twowars were being waged, and notpaid for. The only thing worsethan a tax-and-spend president isa tax-cut-and-spend presidentand Bush really put us in a verydeephole. I amhopeful thesecutswill be allowed to expire, espe-cially since our tax rates are athistoric lows.

“I believe raising the age foraccess toSocialSecurity isneces-sary. When it was originally im-plemented our life expectancywas not as great. We’re livinglonger and the current age forbenefits is too low and puts toomuch strain on the system basedon longer lifeexpectancy. Iwouldnot touchMedicare eligibility un-til Obamacare has been enactedand tweaked as needed. It wouldbewrong to threaten anymedicalcare for older Americans, espe-cially when those are the yearswhen care can be most needed.

“I think there have to be largecuts to defense. There is current-ly no country on earth that is athreat to us, unless we have soldthem weapons or military tech-nology first.Twoexampleswouldbe our sale of weapons to themu-jahideen in Afghanistan whentheywere opposing theRussians.Many of these arms were andhavecontinued tobeusedagainstour troops. This also happened inIraq where, weapons we sold tothemwhen theywere at warwithIran, were then used against us.

“Just as in private industrywhere newer technologies andprocesses have lead to cost cut-ting efficiencies the same can beapplied to the military. The mili-tary has become just another ex-ample of allowing an aspect ofgovernment togrowtoo largeandinefficient, creating too largeof adrain on the budget.”

I.P.

“This isperhaps themostcom-plex question ever to be posed inthe Ch@troom feature. Anyonewhopretends to have a simple so-lution is either bluffing, or else, atotal radical who is ready to im-pose radical changes on our sys-tem the impact of which no onecan predict.

“I do know this: we are in trou-ble, whether we call this a ‘fiscalcliff’ or something else. Our na-

tional debt was over 100 percentof our gross domestic productlast year, and that just doesn’tmake sense. (Compare that to2000,whenthedebtwas57perentof the GDP).

“Our national debt in 2000was$5.6 trillion, and in only 12 years,it is has tripled to $16.2 trillion.The impact of the Bush tax cuts,despite the outcries of someamong us, was relatively small.The economic changes weremuch more significant.

“A comparison of total federalspending in the last 50 years issomewhat helpful: In1960, ‘socialspending’ accounted for 23 per-cent of the total; in 2010, that cate-gory was 61 percent, nearly tri-ple. Somepeople like toblame thewars in Iraq and Afghanistan forour economic problems, but thetruth is, in 1960, ‘national de-fense’ claimed 56 percent of ourspending, compared to 22 per-cent in 2010.

“I don’t have an easy answer,but I don’t think the folks in ourfederal government have an easyanswer either. As a Medicare re-cipient already, raising the eligi-bility age won’t affect me, but itwill severely impact those folkswho are on the brink of becomingMedicare eligible, and are count-ing on that coverage to be therefor them.

“Thebestway I could sum thisup is that I think the members ofCongress who are most commit-ted to fiscal responsibilty are ourbest hope. Those who want to taxand spend without sufficient re-gard to theeffect onoureconomyare a danger to us. God help us toavoiddivingover the fiscal cliff.”

Bill B.

“Seeing that Iam63yearsold Idon’t think cutting Medicare inanyway is a good idea. Ifwewantto savemoneyweneed to start bygetting out of these useless wars.Next we need to quit giving ille-gal aliens welfare and Medicaid.

“There are 76 million babyboomers in America, let some ofus die off before letting anyoneinto this country. The biggestthing we need to do is stop thementality that America is here touse and abuse. We have toomanypeople on the dole. Get out andget a job and quit thinking thatAmerica has to support you.When there are more have notsthan haves, no wonder Americavoted in Obama. Geeeesch.”

D.D.

“Since I am nearing the ageforSocial SecurityandMedicare,I don't want the age to change forme or others who have worked alifetime. I prefer taxing the richand reducing our military ex-penses.”

E.E.C.

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MILFORD—The Historic MilfordShop Hop recently drew shoppers toMilford’s downtown historic dis-trict.

During the three-day event, 18stores offered special sales to shop-pers. Those who visited each of the18 participating stores were enteredto win one of three baskets contain-ing items donated from shop own-ers.

Karla Redden, owner of Lot 34,and publicity manager Mary Wardorganized the event as a way ofintroducing people to the stores ofdowntownMilford.

Shop Hop drawscrowds to

Historic Milford

Janet Allen, left, and Jenny Ely of AndersonTownship look at a picture in Row House Galleryduring the Historic Milford Shop Hop Oct. 13.ROXANNA BLEVINS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Louisa Nacke, left, and Adam Nacke of ColumbiaTownship look at items for sale in Primitives andMore Oct. 13 during the Historic Milford Shop Hop.Primitives and More, which opened in June, wasone of 18 stores that participated in the three-daysale event in Milford's downtown historic district.ROXANNA BLEVINS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Lisa Bien, left, of Anderson Township and Sarah Elam of Fairfax enjoy some coffee outside during the Historic Milford Shop Hop Oct. 13. ROXANNA BLEVINS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Becky Fleischer of Anderson Township looks at artfor sale at Lot 34 during the Historic Milford ShopHop Oct. 13. ROXANNA BLEVINS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Mike Jackson and Kim Kincaid browse at ThatShop in Milford during the Historic Milford ShopHop. The Shop Hop, which was organized by Lot34 owner Karla Redden, involved 18 businesses ina three-day event in Milford's downtown historicdistrict. ROXANNA BLEVINS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

By Roxanna [email protected]

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THURSDAY, NOV. 29Art ExhibitsArt for Artists Fiber Art Show,9 a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn Gallery. Show-casing rich, tactile fiber artsincluding silk paper, embroidery,dyeing, felting, art quilts andwearables. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesSweet Treats for Gifting withKaren Harmon, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, Make some sweettreats perfect for creating a tinor basket as a gift. $40. Reserva-tions required. 489-6400; cooks-waresonline.com. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, 4865 Duck CreekRoad, Classes incorporate varietyof dance styles, including jazz,hip-hop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. $10.617-9498; www.cardiodancepar-ty.com.Madisonville.

Holiday - ChristmasMerry Christmas CharlieBrown: Open House, 6-9 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 8400Blome Road, Music, appetizersand cash bar. Exhibit features 50Peanuts daily and Sunday comicstrips and more than 50 vintagePeanuts-themed seasonal nov-elties. Free. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, 891-8277. Sycamore Township.

Religious - CommunityA Short Course in Quakerism,7-8:30 p.m., Cincinnati FriendsMeeting, 8075 Keller Road, PaulBuckley, Quaker author present-ing. Ages 16 and up. $5 persession or $45 for all 10 sessions.207-5353; www.cincinnatifriend-s.org.Madeira.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Donations accepted. 673-0174.Blue Ash.Family Education and SupportGroup for Addiction andCodependency, 7-8:30 p.m., St.Barnabas Episcopal Church,10345 Montgomery Road, Forpeople who suffer from addic-tion, their families and friends,to come together in a suppor-tive, confidential support envi-ronment. Free. 432-4182;www.lifecoachnow4you.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, NOV. 30Art EventsLoveland Arts Council WinterShow, 6-9 p.m., Loveland ArtStudios on Main, 529 Main Ave.,Showcasing area artists, chil-dren’s arts show and silentauction for artist-decoratedChristmas trees benefitingCancerFree Kids. Free. Presentedby Loveland Arts Council. 683-7283; www.lovelandartscounci-l.org. Loveland.

Dance ClassesNovember Guest Party, 8-10p.m., Arthur Murray DanceStudio, 9729 Kenwood Road,Complimentary evening ofwine, hors-d’oeuvres, groupclass and dance demonstrations.Free. 791-9100; arthurmurray-cincinnati.com. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings and consultationabout your wellness needs. Free.784-0084. Silverton.Mobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Red Bank FamilyMedicine, 4760 Red Bank Road,Fifteen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available for

qualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. 686-3300.Madi-sonville.American Red Cross LifeguardTraining Review, 5-9 p.m.,TriHealth Fitness and HealthPavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Concludes 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 1.To re-certify current ARC life-guards. $200. 985-0900.Mont-gomery.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, One FinancialWay, Thousands of lights andchild-sized houses decoratedwith holiday scenes. Free photowith Santa, cookies and hotcocoa. Bring food item (no glassjars) for Freestore Foodbank.Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionational.Montgomery.

Religious - CommunityDefining the Apostolic, 7 p.m.,Embassy Suites Blue Ash, 4554Lake Forest Drive, Includeslunch. Apostle Nona Parker,Antioch Christian AssemblyChurch International in Joliet,Ill., summit speaker. Drs. Michaeland Cecilia Jackson, “I AM”Fellowship Ministries Inc. ofCincinnati, will be the hosts. $25.Registration required. 301-6842.Blue Ash.

Senior CitizensAARP Driving Course, 9 a.m.-1p.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, Driversafety program continues torevise and update their curricu-lum. It will address issues regard-ing age-related changes invision, hearing and reactiontime. Graduates of course mayqualify for a discount on auto-mobile insurance premiums. $14,$12 members. Registrationrequired. 984-1234; www.syca-moreseniorcenter.org. Blue Ash.

SATURDAY, DEC. 1BenefitsHoliday Party Fundraiser, 5-9p.m., Oasis Golf Club and Con-ference Center, 902 Loveland-Miamiville Road, WCPO’s Bren-dan Keefe is keynote speaker.Includes buffet dinner, silentauction, hand-made items forsale and live entertainmentfrom Emerson and Haggerman.Benefits The League for AnimalWelfare. $25, $12 children 12and younger. Reservationsrequired by Nov. 28. 735-2299;www.lfaw.org. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,Noon-1:30 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, 7400 Montgomery Road,Peachy Seiden discusses nutri-tion and health while preparingtwo delicious, simple and easymeals. Ages 18 and up. $30.Registration required. 315-3943;www.peachyshealthsmart.com.Silverton.

Craft ShowsShowcase of Arts, 10 a.m.-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Ornaments, jewelry,soaps, ceramics, paper creations,paintings, stained glass andmore. Treats, holiday music andshopping. Food truck on site.Benefits The WACC Foundation.Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org.Mariemont.Blue AshWomen’s Club Holi-day Craft Show, 10 a.m.-3p.m., Blue Ash Recreation Cen-ter, 4433 Cooper Road, Hand-made crafts from local vendorsalong with silent auction, raffleand bake sale. More than 55tables. Benefits Blue Ash Wom-en’s Club. Free admission. 891-4043. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, 8400 BlomeRoad, Features 50 Peanuts dailyand Sunday comic strips andmore than 50 vintage Peanuts-themed seasonal novelties. Free.891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Holiday - ChristmasThe Living Nativity, 4:30-7:30p.m., Loveland United Method-ist Church, 10975 S. LebanonRoad, Outdoor guided walkingtour through stations featuringdramatic presentation, throughdrama and song, of the story of

Jesus’ birth. Tour followed bylive animal visits, hot cocoa andcookies inside. Free. 683-1738;www.lovelandumc.org. Love-land.Victorian Holiday Village,5-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.

Music - BenefitsIntimate Evening with KristaDetor and Arbutus Cunning-ham, 6-10 p.m., WomenWritingfor a Change, 6906 PlainfieldRoad, Detor is compared toCarol King as she writes songswith stories inside then uses herpiano to bring them to life.Cunningham is Ethel Mermanand Maya Angelou with a laughthat can fill a concert hall.Benefits Women’s Way andWWfac. $15. 923-1414; www.wo-menswayohio.org. Silverton.

Music - ClassicalCincinnati Community Or-chestra, 7:30 p.m., Church ofthe Saviour United MethodistChurch, 8005 Pfeiffer Road,Performing works by Borodin,Bernstein, Elgar, Rossini andTschaikovsky. Dr. Gerald R.Doan, conductor. Free parking.Free. 791-7815; www.cincinnat-icommunityorchestra.org.Montgomery.

PetsCat Adoptions, 1-3 p.m., OhioAlleycat Resource, 5619 OrlandoPlace, Volunteers answer ques-tions about the cats. Presentedby Ohio Alleycat Resource &Spay/Neuter Clinic. 871-7297;www.ohioalleycat.org.Madi-sonville.

Religious - CommunityDefining the Apostolic, 8:30a.m., Embassy Suites Blue Ash,$25. Registration required.301-6842. Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, DEC. 2Craft ShowsShowcase of Arts, Noon-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

EducationThe Holocaust, Witness Histo-ry and Understanding Suf-fering, 10 a.m., Isaac M. WiseTemple, 8329 Ridge Road, ImamMohamedMagid exploresimportance of Holocaust educa-tion amongMuslim communi-ties and shares his personalreflections of visiting Auschwitz.Free. 487-3055; www.holocaus-tandhumanity.org. AmberleyVillage.

Exercise ClassesYoga Class, 2-3:30 p.m., Tri-Health Fitness and Health Pavil-ion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road, Move,meditate and deepen your innerholiday sparkle. With BeckyMorrissey. Bring yoga mat.Family friendly. Free. Reserva-tions required. 985-0900.Mont-gomery.

ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, Free. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Holiday - ChristmasThe Living Nativity, 4:30-7:30p.m., Loveland United Method-ist Church, Free. 683-1738;www.lovelandumc.org. Love-land.

Music - ChoralHome For Christmas, 3-5 p.m.,St. Paul Community UnitedMethodist Church, 8221MiamiRoad, Concert of wide variety ofsongs and music styles cele-brating Christmas and Readers’Theater play with songs. Free;donations accepted. 732-0352;www.jubilantsingers.com.Madeira.

PetsCat Adoptions, Noon-2 p.m.,Ohio Alleycat Resource, 871-7297; www.ohioalleycat.org.Madisonville.

MONDAY, DEC. 3Karaoke and OpenMicAcoustic OpenMic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 9443Loveland-Madeira Road, Hostedby Bob Cushing. 791-2753.Symmes Township.

TUESDAY, DEC. 4Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn Gallery. Coloredpencil art. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 4-6p.m., Prince of Peace LutheranChurch, 101 S. Lebanon Road,Presented by Loveland Farmers’Market. Through April 16.683-0491; www.lovelandfm-.com. Loveland.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Deborahdiscusses, with weekly demon-strations and one-on-one in-struction, how to achieve spon-taneity, character and life inyour figure painting. $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesKid’s Healthy Cooking Classes,4-6 p.m., Peachy’s Health Smart,

7400 Montgomery Road, PeachySeiden, registered dietitian andnutrition science instructor,teaches children to be morehealth conscious by encouragingthem to make healthy foodchoices and teaching them howto prepare and cook nutrient-dense meals. Ages 11-14. $40.Registration required. 315-3943;www.peachyshealthsmart.com.Silverton.

THURSDAY, DEC. 6Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,891-8277. Sycamore Township.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174. Blue Ash.Family Education and SupportGroup for Addiction andCodependency, 7-8:30 p.m., St.Barnabas Episcopal Church, Free.432-4182; www.lifecoach-now4you.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, DEC. 7Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Art OpeningsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 6-9p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn Gallery. Colored pencilart. Exhibit continues throughDec. 21. Ages 18 and up. Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org.Mariemont.

Clubs & OrganizationsFriday Night Salon, 6:30-9 p.m.,WomenWriting for a Change,6906 Plainfield Road, Second

floor. Gathering of people toamuse one another and refinetaste and increase knowledge ofparticipants through conversa-tion. $5. 923-1414; www.wo-menswayohio.org. Silverton.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, Free.784-0084. Silverton.Pre-Diabetes Class, 9-11 a.m.,Jewish Hospital Weight Man-agement Center, 6350 E. Gal-braith Road, Information onmaking healthy food choices,exercise and blood sugar controland monitoring blood sugarlevels. $20. 686-6820; www.e-mercy.com. Kenwood.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.

Senior CitizensPartnership in Motion: ARenaissance in Aging, 8:30a.m.-4 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeif-fer Road, Explores partnershipas approach to creating vitality,satisfaction and workability inaging. Empowers participants todevelop an action plan aroundquality of life, purpose, balance,decision-making and death anddying choices. Ages 21 and up.$15/$65 for CEUs. Registrationrequired. 772-9222; www.vista-lynk.com.Montgomery.

SATURDAY, DEC. 8Art & Craft ClassesParent and Child Class: Snow-globes and Ornaments, 10a.m.-noon, Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn Tack Room. Eachperson will create snow globeand ornament; all materialsprovided. $25 per family. Regis-tration required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,Noon-1:30 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, $30. Registration re-quired. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

Craft ShowsMARIELDERS Senior CenterCraft Show, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,Mariemont Elementary School,6750 Wooster Pike, Free admis-sion. 271-5588; [email protected].

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.


PetsCat Adoptions, 1-3 p.m., OhioAlleycat Resource, 871-7297;www.ohioalleycat.org.Madi-sonville.

SUNDAY, DEC. 9Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 1-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Exercise ClassesYoga Class, 2-3:30 p.m., Tri-Health Fitness and Health Pavil-ion, Free. Reservations required.985-0900.Montgomery.


PetsCat Adoptions, Noon-2 p.m.,Ohio Alleycat Resource, 871-7297; www.ohioalleycat.org.Madisonville.

MONDAY, DEC. 10Karaoke and OpenMicAcoustic OpenMic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 791-2753.Symmes Township.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Judah Maccabee will be on hand to host the Olive Press Workshop, as Chanukah shoppingturns into a family adventure at the Blue Ash Kroger and Harper's Point Kroger. This is afree of charge event that is fun and educational for the entire family from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Blue Ash Kroger, and 3:30 p.m.to 4:30 p.m. at the Harper's PointKroger. For more information about the Olive Press Workshop or to book a presentation:(513) 793-5200, or [email protected]. THANKS TO RABBI BEREL COHEN

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Each year, St. Vincentde Paul assists more than100,000 families in needwith basic needs such asfood, medicine, clothingandhelpwith rent andutil-ities. The mission of TheSociety also calls ourmembers, volunteers, do-nors and the community atlarge to give hope and pro-vide for the emotional andspiritual needs of strug-gling families in everyneighborhood.

For the young childrenin these families, the emo-tional and spiritual toll ofwatching their friends,classmates and neighborscelebrate the Christmasseason which their familysimply can’t afford to docan be devastating. Thesame can be said for par-entswhohave to explain totheir children why therewon’t be any gifts underthe tree this year.

Sponsors are given aChristmas wish list fromtheir adopted family. Thelists include toys for thechildren, basic householditems and toiletries for

adults and clothing sizesfor all members of thefamily. A sample wish listmight include:

» a dollhouse for a 3-year-old girl;

» an educational toy forher five-year-old brotherto help him learn to read;

» new pots and pans sotheir mother can provideher family a meal andclean, comfortable sheetsfor each of their beds.

Sponsors are asked toshop for andwrap thegiftsand either deliver themdi-rectly to the family or toSt. Vincent de Paul. Thosewishing to participate butcannot shop are encour-aged to provide gift cardsto be given to the head ofthe household for them topurchase the items fortheir family.

Participating familiesare selected from themany families served bySt. Vincent de Paul-Cin-cinnati volunteers fromneighborhoods through-out Greater Cincinnati in2012.

Those who wish to helpbut who are unable tosponsor an entire familyare encouraged to make acontribution in anyamount.

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Adopt a familyfor the holidays

Though we won’t turnon the lights for our out-door trees until the first ofDecember, we did get thetrees decorated with thelights since the weather

has been somild.

Theweather issupposed tochange dueto somefront mov-ing in, sothis cran-berry porkroast willbe the per-

fect warming supper.And as I’ve mentioned

before, take advantage ofsales for items like choco-late chips, nuts, etc. Thechips last just about forev-er at room temperature.Even if they “bloom” orturn a bit gray on thesurface, that’s just thecocoa butter surfacing, sowhen you use them incooking, they will returnto their original sheen.

Cranberry porkroast

Reader Caroline Quin-ter sent this recipe in. Shesaid: “A dear friend madethis for my family while Iwas on bed rest during ourfirst pregnancy. It is veryeasy, tastes amazing andlooks as though you slavedover it. The whole loin iskey to the tenderness ofthis dish.” Since mydaughter-in-law Courtneyis looking for easy slowcooker recipes, I testedthis out and it was so good.The only thing I did extrawas to thicken the sauce tomake a gravy. The cran-berry gives the gravy asweet/tart taste. Here’smy adaptation.

21⁄2- to 3-pound pork loinroast (I used 21⁄2 pounds)

1⁄2 teaspoon salt or more totaste

1⁄2 teaspoon pepper115-16 oz. can cranberry

sauce (I used wholecranberry sauce)

1⁄4 cup honey3 tablespoons orange juiceor bit more to taste

1⁄8 teaspoon each: groundcloves and nutmeg

Place roast in sprayedslow cooker. Rub salt andpepper over roast. Whisktogether remaining ingre-dients and pour over roast.Cover and cook on low 4-5hours. Measure liquid. Foreach cup, make a slurry of1 tablespoon flour and acouple tablespoons coldwater. Pour liquid insaucepan, add slurry, boila fewminutes until thick.Make sure your slurry issmooth before adding tohot liquid. If gravy hap-pens to lump, just pour itthrough a sieve.

OrangemarmaladeNow this makes a nice

gift from the kitchen. It’snot hard, and when youconsider the price of or-ange marmalade, it’sworth making.

4 very large seedlessoranges

2 large lemons8 cups sugar

Cut oranges and lemonsin half crosswise. Cut intovery thin half-moon slices.

Discard seeds, and putfruit and juices into a pot.Add 8 cups water andbring mixture to a boil.Remove from heat, stir insugar until it dissolves.Cover and allow to standovernight at room temper-ature. The next day, bringmixture back to a boil.Reduce heat to low andsimmer, uncovered, fortwo hours. This will startreducing the liquid. Turnheat up to medium andboil gently, stirring often,for another 30 minutes.Skim off foam. The mar-malade will be a pretty

golden orange. To makesure it will jell, put a bit ona plate and refrigerateuntil cool and slightlyfirm. It should not berunny or hard. If it isrunny, cook a little longer.If it’s hard, add more wa-ter. Pour into clean, hotjars. Seal and store inrefrigerator up to a year.Makes 3-4 pints.

Three-waybittersweetchocolate sauce

You can use eithervanilla, peppermint oralmond extract and yourchoice of nuts. If I make itwith peppermint, I leaveout the nuts. To give as agift, tie an ice cream scoopon the jar with a ribbon.1⁄4 cup water1⁄4 cup sugar1⁄2 cup whipping cream8 oz. bittersweet chocolate,chopped

Flavoring: 1 teaspoonvanilla or peppermintextract, or 1⁄4 teaspoonalmond extract

Nuts (optional): 1⁄2 cuptoasted chopped almonds,hazelnuts, walnuts, etc.

Stir sugar and watertogether over low heatuntil sugar dissolves. Add

cream and bring to a boil.Take off heat, add choco-late and whisk untilsmooth. Stir in extract andnuts. Cool and refrigerateup to three weeks. Warmsauce to serve, or use as aspread on scones, etc.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

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Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

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Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

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Armstrong ChapelUnitedMethodistChurch

Join a weekly intercessoryprayer time from 7 p.m. to 9p.m. each Friday evening. Eachsession begins with a time ofworship followed by interces-sion. Pray America is meeting inthe contemporary worship spaceof Armstrong Chapel. For moreinformation contact Sue Heffelf-inger 513-527-4639.

Armstrong Chapel UnitedMethodist Church is againoffering its Divorce Care pro-gram to the community andmaking three additional supportgroups available too.

The following divorce-relatedprograms are offered at thechurch, 5125 Drake Road inIndian Hill.

Divorce Care for Kids, Tues-days from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. inRoom 209. This 13-week sessionis for children ages 5-12 years.

Divorce Care for Teens, Tues-days from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the“L” youth facility. This 13-weeksession is for students grades6-12.

Divorce Care, for individualswho are separated or divorced,

is Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.in the Armstrong Room. It’s a13-week session and there is nocharge.

Grief Share, from 5:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m. in the ArmstrongRoom. This 13-week programwill help participants under-stand the grieving process andoffers them resources for re-building their lives.

For more information, call thechurch office at 561-4220.

The church is at 5125 DrakeRoad; 561-4220.

Ascension LutheranChurch

Ascension’s community fooddrive for NEEDS emergencyservice gathered 300 food itemsfor the NEEDS food pantry. Thecongregation donated 115health kits and 20 pounds ofsoap for Lutheran World Relief.

The women’s weekly Biblestudy participants are reading“Unfailing Love, Growing Closerto Jesus Christ.” Guests arewelcome. The women meet onThursday mornings at 9:30except the second Thursday ofthe month when they join thewomen’s Wheel of Friendshipmonthly gathering.

Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288.

Blue AshPresbyterian Church

To welcome in the holidayseason, “It’s a Family AffairAdvent Workshop”will be noonto 2 p.m. Dec. 2. The workshopincludes lunch, decorating theoutdoor Christmas tree, creatingholiday cards and decorating thechurch for Advent and Christ-mas. Cost is $2/person. PleaseRSVP at [email protected] or callthe church office at 791-1153.

The Annual Middlers HolidayParty and Progressive Dinner willbe 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Thetradition of this event is thateveryone brings a food to sharefor one of the stops.To partici-pate in the gift exchange, pleasebring a gag gift or a gift. Con-tact the church office (791-1153)for more information.

The Hugs/Mitten Tree will beDec. 9. Please bring donations ofmittens, scarves and socks. Thesewill be used to decorate the treeand then taken to those lessfortunate.

God Squad, the youth group,is meeting regularly now andplanning new events. Youth ingrades seven to 12 are invited toattend.

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodist

Cookies and Santa is 10 a.m.to noon Dec. 1. No registration isnecessary.

Advent Vespers is 5 p.m. Dec.9. This is a service of music inpreparation for the Adventsea-son. The event is free.

A drive-through Nativity is5:30 p.m.to 9 p.m. Dec. 16. Enjoyten live scenes and live animals.The event is free, and is thechurch’s Christmas gift to thecommunity. Call the church formore information.

Weekday Children’s Activities– Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thurs-days (9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.).Afternoon session is available onTuesday. Register on-line atwww.cos-umc.org.

The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45242;791-3142.

Good ShepherdCatholic Church

The church has Roman Catho-lic Mass with contemporarymusic Sundays at 4 p.m. TheMass draws worshipers of allages. Come early to get ac-quainted with the new songswhich begin at 3:45 p.m. Stayafter Mass on the first Sunday ofeach month for food, fun, andfellowship.

The church is at 8815 E. Kem-per Road, Montgomery; 503-4262.

Milford First UnitedMethodist Church

The special worship series forOctober and November is “Liv-ing the Lord’s Prayer.” Servicetimes are 9:25 a.m. and 11 a.m.Join the church as it exploresJesus’ dynamic vision for Chris-tian lives.

For more information contactSeneca Taylor, [email protected].

The church is at 541Main St.,Milford; 831-5500.

Northern HillsSynagogue

Northern Hills Synagogue’s

Sisterhood Gift Shop will have aspecial Hanukkah Fair throughSunday, Dec. 2, featuring forsale a fine selection of Judaicaand other gifts.Items includemenorahs, decorations, dreidels,games, candy, serving pieces,cookbooks and much more, withcomplimentary gift wrapping.Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Monday through Thursday; 10a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday andSunday; and by appointment bycalling 931-6038.

The synagogue is at 5714Fields Ertel Road; 931-6038.

St. Paul CommunityUnitedMethodistChurch

St. Paul CUMC services are8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. for tradi-tional worship and 9:30 a.m. forcontemporary worship withPraise Band. Sunday School at9:30 for all ages. Children’sMission hour at 11 a.m. Nurserycare provided for all services.Pastor Jonathan Kollmann willbe preaching at all services.

The church at 8221MiamiRoad, Madeira; 891-8181.

SycamorePresbyterian Church

Join in worship at 8:45 a.m.,9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. SundaySchool for age 3 to grade 12meets at 10:45 a.m. Childcare isavailable in the nursery duringthe 9:45 a.m. and 10:45 servicesfor infants through age 2.Weekly adult study opportuni-ties are also offered. Details onthese and other programs canbe found on the website calen-dar or by calling the churchoffice.

The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254.

Village Church ofMariemont

The church has a new servicetime for the rest of summer andfall and a new location. Sundayworship service is now at 10 a.m.on the corner of Maple and Oakstreets at 3920 Oak St.

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Says Fabulous Framesowner Ken Carl, “Fournever before publishedprints from the newly re-leased 'Animal Kingdom'collection will be availablefor purchase. The printsare being released in con-junction with a lavish newcoffee table book by ToddOldham titled ‘CharleyHarper’s Animal King-dom.’ Everyone purchas-ing the new 'Animal King-dom' print collection at ourholiday open house willalso receive complimen-tarycopyofOldham’scom-panion coffee table book,which retails for $100. Ad-ditionally, anyonepurchas-ingaprint thatdaywill alsoreceive a newly-releasedHarper lithograph. 'Ham-merhead,' a $35 value, withour compliments.”

Brett Harper, studio di-rector and son of the lateCharley Harper, said,“This is a big moment forus and the Harper collec-tor. Over 45 years ago a setof four prints came outwhen my father joined the

national publisher FrameHouse Gallery. That port-folio, packaged in the olivegreen which was very invogue then, cost a pittanceof the several thousanddollars it commands today– if you can even locate anintact set.”

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mal Kingdom” portfoliohave been carefully cho-sen from the hundreds inthe new book by the sametitle. Two of them, “Purr-fectly Perched,” whichportrays ahouse cat poisedto catch a bird, and “Eve-ningGrosbeaks,” a tandemof the attractive yellow

and black birds on a fencepost, are verticals with acomplementary color pal-ette.

The other two prints,“ThinkPink,” a pæan to fla-mingos, and “Strollin’ andPatrollin,’” a magical sum-mery beach scene of sand-erlings, are horizontalssuitable to be displayed to-gether. Two are from pri-vate collections. All fourprints are 18-by-21 inchesandprintedonbrightwhitearchival fine art paper.They are presented insidea custom-designed folderfeaturing awraparound el-ement from the covers ofthe Golden Press out-of-print textbook, “The Ani-mal Kingdom,” itself from1968. The folder is a luxuri-ous duplex, white on theoutside and deep blue onthe interior.

In addition to the prints,each folder contains sepa-rate text cards describingthe individual images, anartist biography and a cer-tificate of authenticityfrom the studio.

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priced at $595. If sold sin-gly, the prints are $150each, and the numbers arenot first-come, first-served. The companion273-page Animal Kingdombook is the second majorcoffee tablebookproduced

by Todd Oldham aboutHarper. It retails for $100,but will be given as a com-plimentary gift to thosepurchasing the print col-lection Dec. 1 only.

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Summerfair Cincinnati,the Tri-State’s premier finearts and crafts fair and of-ficial kickoff to summer,was named as one the bestfineartanddesignshows inthe country by “SunshineArtist™” magazine. Sum-merfair 2011 ranked 23 outof 200 national shows.

“This is such an honorfor Summerfair to be rec-ognized on a national lev-el,” said Sharon Strubbe,executive director of Sum-merfair Cincinnati. “Somuch work goes into thefair every year by ourmembers and hundreds ofdedicated volunteers. Ourartists and their outstand-ing work make Summer-fair such an honored tradi-tion and experience in theTristate. We truly can’tthank all of those involvedenough for the tremendousoutpouring of support thisyear.”

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In addition patrons canenjoy local and regional en-tertainers, a youth artsarea and a variety of gour-met food vendors. Sum-merfair and Cincy Chicwill present the LittleBlack Dress Event theopening Friday of the fairfor the third straight year.The event features littleblack dresses from localboutiques paired withjewelry and accessoriesfrom 2013 Summerfair art-ists.

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Marilyn Clark, an ad-junct in Xavier Univer-sity’s English department,has written a book offeringa fresh perspective onCharles Dickens’ beloved“A Christmas Carol.”

Her book, Mrs. Cratch-it’s Christmas(outskirtspress.com), asks:“Isn’t it time you heardMrs. Cratchit’s side of thestory?”

Clark’s story, like Dick-ens’ tale, features a charac-ter who is disabled (TinyTim), so she will give halfthe profits from the book’ssale to the Amy RoloffCharitable Foundation,whose mission is to “advo-cate, inspire and add valueto the lives of youth whoface personal life chal-lenges.”

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Amy Roloff is a nation-ally recognized spokesper-son for the physically dis-advantagedand isknowntothe millions of viewers ofTLC’s “Little People, BigWorld”, which chronicleshow Matt and Amy Roloffhave triumphed over theirdisability to succeed as en-trepreneurs and as parentsof four children.

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Five local students andfour adult leaders werehonored by the CharacterCouncil and 275 guests atthe “Heroes of Character”Annual Celebration Nov. 7at theManorHouse inMa-son.

Adult honorees includ-ed Jane Knudson, formersuperintendent of IndianHill Schools; MatthewLong of Green RecyclingWorks; Dan Hurley ofLeadership Cincinnati,and George Vincent ofDinsmore & Shohl.

Kids of Character hon-orees are Ty Battle of St.Vivian School in Finney-town, Julia Feldmann ofUnion Elementary inWestChester Township,Brookln ADavis of Rees EPrice Academy in PriceHill, Dillon Held of St. Ve-ronica School in MountCarmel and Samuel Wen-ger of Loveland Interme-diate.

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Daugherty closed histalk by saying “It’s impor-tant to seek out the graceand wonder and goodnessin all things. Occasionally,athletes provide exactlythat. A sense of wonder, ahappiness for having beenthere. You just have toknow where to look. Andnot become so jaded thatyou refuse to seek out thedetails.”

WCPO-TV chief meteo-rologist Steve Raleighserved as emcee for thecelebration for the thirdyear in a row.

E. Thomas Arington,founder and chairman ofPrasco, was honorarychair.

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The Jewish Federationof Cincinnati recognizedthree area young adults fortheir service to the Jewishcommunity.

Edward R. Kuresman ofMontgomeryandBenjaminSchneiderandTamarSmithof Amberley Village re-ceived their awards at theJewish Federation’s annualdinner honoring its majordonors.

Kuresman began his in-volvement with the JewishFederation of Cincinnatithrough its YoungAdultDi-vision by participating inthe first class of the annualleadership developmentprogram LEAD. He hassincechaired theYADcam-paign, overseeing the fund-raising solicitations of theyoung adults in the Federa-tion’s donor base, and isnow president of the YADboard.

He also volunteers forthe Planning & Allocationscommittee – helping deter-mine how the funds raisedby the Federation’s Com-munityCampaignwillbeal-located to programs in thecommunity – and sits on theFinance & AdministrativeBoard committee.

Kuresman received theKate S.MackAward,whichwas established in 1966 inhonor of Mack’s 80th birth-day. The purpose of theawardis tofurthertheworkof the Jewish Federation ofCincinnati by helpingyoung community leaders,present and prospective, tostudy charitable activitiesin Israel. The Mack Awardprovides the recipient witha trip to Israel on a missionsponsored by the JewishFederation.

Schneider applies hispassion for the Jewish com-munity both in Cincinnatiand nationally. He is imme-diate past president ofRockwern Academy and apastPresidentofBigBroth-ers and Big Sisters of Cin-cinnati. Schneider is a

founding member of Con-gregation Sha’arei Torah.He has supported the Jew-ishFederation as amemberof the Financial Oversightcommittee and a campaignsolicitor.He isalsoenteringhis fourth year on the Jew-ish Federation of NorthAmerica’s National YoungLeadership Cabinet; heplanned their annual re-treat and co-chaired a tripto Israel with his wife, Ron-na.

Schneider received theAllen A. Cowett Award,named for a long-time ded-icated Jewish Federationprofessional who was a pio-neer in developing and ad-ministering the allocationsprocess for distributingfunds to worthy agency re-cipients.TheCowettAwardprovides the recipient witheither a trip to JFNA’s Gen-eral Assembly or participa-tion in a JFNAYoung Lead-

ership conference.Smith demonstrates her

drive and enthusiasm byactively engaging in manyof our vital community ini-tiatives, including theMayerson JCC board, theCincinnati CommunityMikveh and CongregationSha’arei Torah. She is also agraduate of the LEAD pro-gram and now volunteerson the Jewish Federation’sPlanning & Allocationscommittee as a CouncilChair.

Smith received the Cla-ra Greller Award. Greller

was the respectedWomen’sDivision Director for theJewish Federation of Cin-cinnati formanyyears. TheGreller Award, which rec-ognizes a woman under 40years old, provides the re-cipient with either a trip toJFNA’s General Assemblyor participation in a JFNAYoung Leadership confer-ence.

The Young LeadershipAwards were last given in2010, to Jewish Federationvolunteers Debbie Brant,ChaseKohnandDaniel Lip-son.

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UC Blue Ash College’s2013 season of theRhythm ‘N’ Blue Ash con-cert series:

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» Feb. 16, An Eveningof Romance with theFreddy Cole Quartet: A2011 Grammy nominee,Cole has been a recordingartist since 1952, and con-tinues to captivate audi-ences around the worldwith his smoky jazz voice,warm presence, and sub-tle phrasing.

»March 9, Americanapianist JacquelineSchwab in concert: Folkand classical improvisa-

tional pianist JacquelineSchwab is best known forherwork on a dozen ofKenBurns’ documentaries, in-cluding his Grammyaward-winning“CivilWar”and the Emmy award-win-ning “Baseball” and “MarkTwain,” among others. Shehasperformedat theWhiteHouse, the Smithsonian,and on the “Late ShowwithDavid Letterman.”

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Miller House curator Dona Brock, right, and assistant curator Suzy Floyd, left, adjustthe wedding gown worn by Hosbrook family women at the turn of the century. TheMiller House Museum is a 1922 Sears and Roebuck House at 7226 Miami Ave. Themuseum will be open from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on the first Saturday and third Sundayof November and the first Saturday in December or by appointment. There is nocharge but donations are always welcome. THANKS TO DOUG OPPENHEIMER

INDIAN HILLArrests/citationsRachael L. Philpot, 22, 7712Stonehill Drive, failure to file,Nov. 2.Christina M. Gustely, 43, 602Ridge Lake Trail, failure to file,Nov. 2.Juvenile, 16, speed, Nov. 3.Craig W. Rohlfs, 32, 4121 St.Johns Terrace, driving under

influence, speed, Nov. 4.Nick Stein, 23, 7985 Annesdale,driving under influence, failureto control, Nov. 4.Brendan Sheridan, 35, 111 Ter-race Place, speed, Nov. 6.Judith Corrado-Listermann, 40,116 Bradford Drive, speed, Nov.7.Jonathan A. Bascom, 21, 7245Berwood Drive, speed, Nov. 7.Ronald K. Rabe, 46, 1000 Val-

leyview Drive, speed, Nov. 8.

Incidents/investigationsTheftTheft from vehicle reported at8105 Graves Road, Nov. 4.Male reported this offense at9025 Given Road, Nov. 6.Male reported this offense at9660 Cunningham, Nov. 5.

POLICE REPORTS

INDIAN HILLBuckingham Road: Post & RailLLC to Buckingham Property;$6,000,000.Buckingham Road: Post & RailLLC to Buckingham Property;$6,000,000.Given Road: Finch Louise G. toWallace Dean R.; $600,000.

6230 Hawk Ridge Lane: FinchLouise G. to Wallace Dean R.;$600,000.7440 Indian Hill Road: SusshineJohn to Tafuri Diane; $160,000.7700 Buckingham Road: Post &Rail LLC to Buckingham Proper-ty; $6,000,000.8205 Clippinger Drive: Pescovitz

Eric F. & Michael P. Galbraith toWeber Arthur D. Jr. Tr;$799,900.8205 Clippinger Drive: PescovitzEric F. & Michael P. Galbraith toWeber Arthur D. Jr. Tr;$799,900.

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