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L OVELAND L OVELAND HERALD 75¢ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving Loveland, Miami Township, Symmes Township Vol. 96 No. 34 © 2015 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED News .......................... 248-8600 Retail advertising .............. 768-8404 Classified advertising ......... 242-4000 Delivery ........................ 576-8240 See page A2 for additional information Contact us MOCK TURTLE SOUP A5 Rita shares soup recipes VISIT US ONLINE Find local news at Cincinnati.com CE-0000610596 AT WARDS CORNER 513-583-8900 520 Wards Corner Rd Loveland, OH 45140 www.allaboutkidslc.com/wardscorner We oer pre-school & pre-kindergarten classes geared for kindergarten success!! Call Now! Tour Now!!! Is your child truly ready for kindergarten? First there were tears, a hug from Destinee, and then Ash- leigh Massey and her daughters Destinee and Sarinitee simply held each other and smiled. On Monday, Dec. 22, just three days before Christmas, the women of the Massey fam- ily received the gift of relief in the form of a check for $25,000. The check came from an anony- mous donor with a note simply stating: “No publicity please. This gift is just between you, Ashleigh, and us. Merry Christ- mas!” Unsigned. Tears streamed down Ash- leigh’s cheeks the instant she saw the check. Emotions choked back her ability to speak. Destinee cried out, “What’s the matter mommy,” as she ran over and hugged her. Susie Bradford, Ashleigh’s mom, called out from across the room, “What’s going on, what is it Ashleigh?” Destinee handed the note and the check over to grandma. She asked Destinee to read it. “Twenty-five THOUSAND DOLLARS,” exclaimed the 9- year-old child aloud for all to hear and to understand what just happened. Then more hugs and lots of smiles. After their story first ap- peared online at Cincinnati.com and then in printed editions of The Cincinnati Enquirer and Loveland Herald, the communi- ty opened its hearts and an- swered the call. Donations on their “GoFundMe” page quick- ly grew from $565 to $8,340. They closed the page at $9,090 when the large donation brought the sum to nearly $35,000 – more than double their original goal. Many dona- tions were anonymous. Each one breathed a little more life into Ashleigh and her family. It brought instant relief. “You could see in her face, the stress just went away,” Bradford said of her daughter’s reaction – not to mention her own, and especially Destinee and Sarinitee. The money immediately went to pay off past-due tuition bills and her final term of nurs- ing school to meet RN require- ments so she can support her family. The nursing school di- rector wanted a plan showing how she would pay it off by Jan. 2. “I sent an email to the direc- tor and said I have the money to pay off my balance and then some,” Massey said. “To have the money a week before to pay off my balance to zero, it’s just. . .” “It’s a Christmas miracle,” 9- year-old Destinee said as she watched her mother spill tears, stand speechless, and then sim- ply smile and breathe as they all hugged. A gift of relief from many and from one anonymous donor. A financial burden lifted. Stress removed. Donations came in $10 - $1,000 amounts. Several gave $500 or $100, and every amount in between. Most were anony- mous, some listed their name along with well-wishes and their donation amount, but most all were virtual strangers. “This is amazing that people would do this,” Bradford said. “I mean, they didn’t even know us. It reminds us of how good people really are and how nice they can be.” Destinee had friends chase her down in the hallway at school to give her money to help. Her teacher and her teacher’s mom donated. It brought tears in her emotional response. “It made me feel happy,” she said, “because a whole bunch of people that me and my granny, and my mom don’t even know gave to help us.” This outpouring of goodness from the community and one very special anonymous donor has changed their lives again. ‘Christmas Miracle’ brings relief for Loveland family By Chuck Gibson [email protected] CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS Destinee, Ashleigh and Sarinitee Massey are all smiles after receiving their "Christmas Miracle" anonymous donation to pay for Ashleigh's nursing school. See MIRACLE, Page A2 CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS Ashleigh Massey was overcome with emotion upon receiving the anonymous $25,000 donation to pay her nursing school tuition. As the revenue stream for many communities in Greater Cincinnati continue to shrink, ways to cut costs remain under the microscope. Services such as community access television are being scrutinized like never before with some communities eliminating or reducing the ser- vice. One of the oldest and largest providers of community access television in the Cincinnati area is the Intercommunity Cable Regulatory Commission (ICRC). With these looming fi- nancial challenges and signifi- cant changes in the way people communicate via social media, we asked ICRC Executive Di- rector Brad Stapleton a few questions about the history and future of community access television, specifically ICRC. He provided these responses via email. Background on ICRC – when and how did you begin? “The ICRC was started in the early 1980s by a forward think- ing Sharonville council mem- ber named Aaron Mackey. This was when cable television was first coming to the area and the idea was that by negotiating as a large group, rather than small individual suburban communi- ties, they could attract a larger, more state-of-the-art cable sys- tem. The result of that was the state-of-the-art, 60-channel, two wire, interactive Qube cable system from Warner Amex. Af- ter the system was built, some of the communities decided to pool their resources to fund and program the community access channels. The ICRC first began producing programs in 1986. “The ICRC is a prime exam- ple of shared resources. Not ev- ery one of the communities we serve needs a television studio, production truck or playback system but now they all have Director: ICRC remains ‘relevant’ in changing world By Sheila Vilvens [email protected] SHEILA VILVENS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS Brad Stapleton, executive director of ICRC, in the group’s studios in Sharonville. See ICRC, Page A2

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LOVELANDLOVELANDHERALD 75¢

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Your Community Press newspaperserving Loveland, Miami Township,Symmes Township

Vol. 96 No. 34© 2015 The Community Press

ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNews ..........................248-8600Retail advertising ..............768-8404Classified advertising .........242-4000Delivery ........................576-8240

See page A2 for additional information

Contact usMOCK TURTLE SOUPA5Rita shares soup recipes

VISIT USONLINEFind local news atCincinnati.com

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AT WARDS CORNER513-583-8900

520 Wards Corner RdLoveland, OH 45140

www.allaboutkidslc.com/wardscorner

We o: er pre-school & pre-kindergarten classes geared for kindergarten success!!

Call Now! Tour Now!!!

Is your child truly ready for kindergarten?

First there were tears, a hugfrom Destinee, and then Ash-leigh Massey and her daughtersDestinee and Sarinitee simplyheld each other and smiled.

On Monday, Dec. 22, justthree days before Christmas,the women of the Massey fam-ily received the gift of relief inthe form of a check for $25,000.The check came from an anony-mous donor with a note simplystating: “No publicity please.This gift is just between you,Ashleigh, and us. Merry Christ-mas!” Unsigned.

Tears streamed down Ash-leigh’s cheeks the instant shesaw the check. Emotionschoked back her ability tospeak. Destinee cried out,“What’s the matter mommy,” asshe ran over and hugged her.Susie Bradford, Ashleigh’smom, called out from across theroom, “What’s going on, what isit Ashleigh?” Destinee handedthe note and the check over tograndma. She asked Destinee toread it.

“Twenty-five THOUSANDDOLLARS,” exclaimed the 9-year-old child aloud for all tohear and to understand whatjust happened. Then more hugsand lots of smiles.

After their story first ap-peared online at Cincinnati.comand then in printed editions ofThe Cincinnati Enquirer andLoveland Herald, the communi-ty opened its hearts and an-

swered the call. Donations ontheir “GoFundMe” page quick-ly grew from $565 to $8,340.They closed the page at $9,090

when the large donationbrought the sum to nearly$35,000 – more than doubletheir original goal. Many dona-

tions were anonymous. Eachone breathed a little more lifeinto Ashleigh and her family. Itbrought instant relief.

“You could see in her face,the stress just went away,”Bradford said of her daughter’sreaction – not to mention herown, and especially Destineeand Sarinitee.

The money immediatelywent to pay off past-due tuitionbills and her final term of nurs-ing school to meet RN require-ments so she can support herfamily. The nursing school di-rector wanted a plan showinghow she would pay it off by Jan.2.

“I sent an email to the direc-tor and said I have the money topay off my balance and then

some,” Massey said. “To havethe money a week before to payoff my balance to zero, it’s just. ..”

“It’s a Christmas miracle,” 9-year-old Destinee said as shewatched her mother spill tears,stand speechless, and then sim-ply smile and breathe as they allhugged. A gift of relief frommany and from one anonymousdonor. A financial burden lifted.Stress removed.

Donations came in $10 -$1,000 amounts. Several gave$500 or $100, and every amountin between. Most were anony-mous, some listed their namealong with well-wishes andtheir donation amount, but mostall were virtual strangers.

“This is amazing that peoplewould do this,” Bradford said.“I mean, they didn’t even knowus. It reminds us of how goodpeople really are and how nicethey can be.”

Destinee had friends chaseher down in the hallway atschool to give her money tohelp. Her teacher and herteacher’s mom donated. Itbrought tears in her emotionalresponse.

“It made me feel happy,” shesaid, “because a whole bunch ofpeople that me and my granny,and my mom don’t even knowgave to help us.”

This outpouring of goodnessfrom the community and onevery special anonymous donorhas changed their lives again.

‘Christmas Miracle’ brings relief for Loveland family

By Chuck Gibson [email protected]

CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Destinee, Ashleigh and Sarinitee Massey are all smiles after receiving their"Christmas Miracle" anonymous donation to pay for Ashleigh's nursingschool.

See MIRACLE, Page A2

CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Ashleigh Massey was overcomewith emotion upon receiving theanonymous $25,000 donation topay her nursing school tuition.

As the revenue stream formany communities in GreaterCincinnati continue to shrink,ways to cut costs remain underthe microscope. Services suchas community access televisionare being scrutinized like neverbefore with some communitieseliminating or reducing the ser-vice.

One of the oldest and largestproviders of community accesstelevision in the Cincinnati areais the Intercommunity CableRegulatory Commission(ICRC). With these looming fi-nancial challenges and signifi-

cant changes in the way peoplecommunicate via social media,we asked ICRC Executive Di-rector Brad Stapleton a fewquestions about the history andfuture of community accesstelevision, specifically ICRC.He provided these responsesvia email.

Background on ICRC –when and how did you begin?

“The ICRC was started in theearly 1980s by a forward think-ing Sharonville council mem-ber named Aaron Mackey. Thiswas when cable television wasfirst coming to the area and theidea was that by negotiating as alarge group, rather than smallindividual suburban communi-

ties, they could attract a larger,more state-of-the-art cable sys-tem. The result of that was thestate-of-the-art, 60-channel, twowire, interactive Qube cablesystem from Warner Amex. Af-ter the system was built, someof the communities decided topool their resources to fund andprogram the community accesschannels. The ICRC first beganproducing programs in 1986.

“The ICRC is a prime exam-ple of shared resources. Not ev-ery one of the communities weserve needs a television studio,production truck or playbacksystem but now they all have

Director: ICRC remains ‘relevant’ in changing worldBy Sheila [email protected]

SHEILA VILVENS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Brad Stapleton, executive director of ICRC, in the group’s studios inSharonville.See ICRC, Page A2

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access to the services thatthose things provide.”

How are you funded?“Each cable subscrib-

er that lives in an ICRCcommunity pays a 5 per-cent franchise fee. That is5 percent of their cabletelevision service only,that percentage does notinclude Internet serviceor telephone. On a quar-terly basis that 5 percentis then given back to thecommunity and the ICRC- 2 percent of that 5 per-cent. (2 percent of the ca-ble television bill or 40percent of what the com-munity receives).”

How many communi-ties do you serve today?Did you serve more com-munities today or few-er?

“Today we are at 23communities. Which iswhere we were back inthe late 1980s. We havegained some and lostsome since then. We havelost four communities inthe past four years. All re-lated to budget cuts due tofunding changes at thestate level, reduction ofthe local governmentfund, and elimination ofthe estate tax. Each one ofthose communitiesstressed that they werehappy with the service,but simply could not af-ford it.”

What services do youprovide to the commu-nities you serve?

“City council meetings- recorded and playedback on the cable systemthree different times aweek. Meetings are madeavailable online with in-dexed agenda links allow-ing viewers to click andgo directly to any one ofthe agenda items.

“Community events –Local sporting events,high school matches,baseball, football, basket-ball, soccer volleyball, la-crosse, men’s and wom-en’s. Peewee Footballtournaments, semi-profootball and soccer, Cin-cinnati Rollergirls. Festi-vals, concerts, parades.Candidate forums, etc…

“We also playback agreat deal of program-ming that is produced bythe schools.

“Studio - We produce abi-weekly public affairsshow where local leadersand elected officials comeinto our studio and dis-cuss issues and eventsthat are important to theirconstituents. Some of thelocal chambers of com-merce produce monthlyprograms where they in-troduce new members ofthe local business com-munity and the productsand services they pro-vide.”

How does communityaccess television fit intoday’s communicationrich society with You-Tube, Facebook, Twitter?

“Community accesstelevision must adapt andstay relevant to its com-munity. When we startedthere were five accesschannels on a 60-channelcable box. People werethrilled to see their citycouncil meeting on televi-sion a week or so after itoccurred. Now if theycan’t see that same meet-ing on their phone thenext day they want toknow why. And they canbecause that is part of theservice the ICRC pro-vides.

“In the fall when ourtwo trucks go out to coverhigh school football bothof those games are playedback that same night atmidnight. We are doingmore and more with ‘livetelevision’ over the Inter-net. For the sports wherepermissible, which ispretty much everythingbut football and tourna-ments, we make themavailable live over the In-ternet so anyone any-where with an Internetconnection can see themas they happen. Samething with concerts andparades and other com-munity events, we post alink on our Facebook pageand people can watch liveon their computer.

“This year we are fo-cusing on our studio ser-vices. In the past, a localmayor or township trus-tee could come into ourstudio on a Monday nightand spend a half hour

speaking with the host ofour public affairs showand then a week later thefolks at home could tunein and hear what they hadto say. What we are work-ing toward now is for thatsame person to come intoour studio on a Mondayevening, choose how theywant to present their in-formation from a varietyof formats and when theywalk out the door theyhave a thumb drive intheir hand that will allowthem to upload that videoto their Facebook page orTwitter account and sendit out immediately to allwho subscribe.”

Are you digital? Whatabout high definition?

“Yes we are digital.However we are not HD(high definition).

“It is not required (tobe high definition), but isdesired and at some pointin the near future we willmake that transition. It isnot up to us, it will requirean agreement with the ca-ble company. On our endwe have already begunthe transition by startingto upgrade our productionand playback equipmentso that in terms of workflow, everything is HDcompliant.”

What impact will thishave on service?

“The only impact it willhave on service will besignificant increase inpicture quality.”

What is the future ofICRC?

“The future of theICRC looks strong. Wehave a history of being onthe leading edge of tech-nology. We were the firstlocal organization to putvideo on the Internet,starting in 1999 when weposted over 200 local can-didates for office on theweb, long before any ofthe broadcasters were do-ing it. We were the firstorganization in the coun-try to provide indexedcouncil meetings on theweb. Because we have thesupport of more than justone community, we canprovide a higher level ofservice and because ofthat higher level of ser-vice I believe we will con-tinue to thrive.”

ICRCContinued from Page A1

Again, because their liveschanged when Destineehad surgery to remove arare form of cancer tumorfrom her brain four yearsago. Destinee is feelinggood. Her doctors call hera miracle. Inspired by thenursing care, Ashleighpursued nursing educa-tion.

“The donations we re-

ceived have surpassedwhat I needed to completemy RN program,” Masseysaid. “Any donations re-maining after paying mycurrent balance at schoolwill be used to pay forcompletion of the BSNprogram. It’s one stepcloser to my ultimate goalof nurse practitioner.”

Ashleigh said therewas a time when she wasafraid she couldn’t do it.After doing it for her owndaughter she realized shecan. Nothing scares her

now. “I think this is a calling

for her,” said her mom. Their lives have

changed – for the betterthis time.

“I am overwhelmedand more than gratefulfor the outpouring of loveand support,” said Mas-sey. “I want to thank ev-eryone that has donated,helped us in some otherway, and helped to shareour story.”

Final note: Ashleighbegan her final semester

of classes at Hondros Col-lege of Nursing Jan. 5.She’ll complete her RN re-quirements and have herpinning ceremony inMarch. Then she’ll takeher NCLEX (like lawyersbar exam) from there tofully certified workingRN is two weeks to amonth. She’ll continue towork at the long-termcare center in Mason,where she is employedwhile studying for thenext step on the way tonurse practitioner.

MiracleContinued from Page A1

Great Oaksopen houses

Area parents and highschool freshmen andsophomores will have thechance to get a first-handlook at more than 30 ca-reer programs availablefor high school juniorsand seniors at the fourGreat Oaks Career Cam-puses during upcomingopen houses.

Each of the campuseswill have instructors andstudents on hand to talkwith visitors and demon-strate the work beingdone in the career labs.Programs available in-clude dental assisting,sports rehabilitation andtherapy, construction,cosmetology, masonry,

Road, Milford, Thursday,Feb. 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

» Scarlet Oaks CareerCampus, 3254 E. KemperRoad, Sharonville, Thurs-day, Feb. 5.

Career programs areopen to any high school ju-nior living in one of 36school districts in south-west Ohio.

For more information,contact:

» Diamond Oaks: Lau-ra Domet, 513.612.7006 [email protected]. .

» Laurel Oaks: MaryBooks, 800.752.5480 [email protected].

» Live Oaks: SarahTaylor, 513.612.4914 [email protected].

» Scarlet Oaks: JulieBeis, 513.612.5794 [email protected].

aviation maintenance,heating/ventilating andair conditioning, practicalnursing, surgical technol-ogy, commercial/residen-tial electricity, robotics,animal science, equine(horse) studies, and more.The high school programslead to certification in thechosen career field.About half of Great Oaksgraduates also go directlyto college.

Open houses will be:» Diamond Oaks Ca-

reer Campus, 6375 Harri-son Ave., Thursday, Jan.22, 5-7 p.m.

» Laurel Oaks CareerCampus, 300 Oak Drive,Wilmington, Thursday,Jan. 22, 5-7 p.m.

» Live Oaks CareerCampus, 5956 Buckwheat

BRIEFLY

How local communities use ICRC,or other public access:

» Loveland used ICRC until 2011,City Manager Dave Kennedy said.The city switched to using SIRE,which handles the city’s online agen-da management and streams its citycouncil meetings through its web-site.

The city pays $12,000 a year forSIRE.

» Miami Township (ClermontCounty): Uses an internal depart-ment for its own community televi-sion with a budget of $68,700. Thefunding is from the general fund.Uses it to record and show govern-mental meetings.

» Symmes Township contractswith ICRC. From fourth quarter 2013through third quarter of 2014, thetownship paid $88,759.64 for ICRC.

Level ofprogramming variesby community

WHO’S WATCHING?These communities have contracts with ICRC:

Amberley VillageArlington Heights Columbia Township Crosby Township Elmwood Place Evendale Fairfax Glendale Harrison Harrison Township Indian Hill Lincoln Heights Mariemont Mason City Mason Schools

Milford Milford - Schools Mount Healthy Mount HealthySchools North College Hill Princeton Schools Reading Sharonville Springdale St. Bernard Symmes Township Terrace Park Woodlawn

YOUR TURNDo you watch public access programming?How often? On what platform? How valu-able is the service?Email your comments to [email protected].

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JANUARY 21, 2015 • LOVELAND HERALD • A3

SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

LOVELAND INTERMEDIATESCHOOL

The following students have earnedhonors for the first trimester of 2014-2015:

High honorsFifth-grade - Jackson Abram, OliviaAbram, Isa Abrinica, Dylan Adams,Busy Aiken, Macklin Allen, Emme Amy,Rozalyn Apgar, Luca Aquilino, EmilyArnold, Ethan Astifan, SamanthaBadzik, Zachary Baker, Avery Banasik,Lindsey Barry, Collin Bass, NathanBayliff, Darby Beal, Katie Beasley, KyleBecker, Presley Beller, Colin Berry,Sydney Bodenstein, Baylee Bronner,Erin Bullock, Sofia Camacho, GavynCaney, Leah Carrigan, Jeremy Case,Logan Castonguay, Katie Cecil, ColeyChristian, Deven Clark, Zach Colbert,Hanna Cosgrove, Phillip Craig, AveryDale, Cameron Delaney, CarolynDenges, Nicole Dierling, Bella Dillhoff,Ryan Dillinger, Jack Dowling, HaydenDucker, Nathalie Ehrler, Chloe Etter,Cole Ewert, Logan Farnsworth, KristinaFeighery, Mollie Fogel, Gavin Fol-zenlogen, Kendall Forrest, AltonFrench, Chella Fuchs, Matthew Geist,Jessie Gibbins, Laurel Gibbins, BenGilson, Ella Girard, Leiah Goedde,Daniel Goff, Sofi Gonzalez, CaseyGraff, Jada Greek, Lily Green, DrewGreiser, Luke Griffin, Nina Griffiths, NiaGruffydd, Shoira Gulombekova, Maris-sa Hacker, Emma Harden, AJ Harlow,Logan Hartman, Addison Hearn, EvanHeckman, Savannah Heemer, BlakeHensley, Jonathan Hills, Daniel Hines,Trevor Hoffman, Brett Hogan, JoshHolbrook, Nolan Holley, Isabella Huff,Abigail Hutchinson, Carter Jerome,Jack Jewell, McKenna Jones, TessJones, Samuel Joseph, Spencer Kaese-meyer, Hailey Kimball, Macy Kloster-man, Allison Korniak, Carley Kunysz,Steve LaCroix, Jayden Lai, Brice Laud-ick, Charlie Limmer, Meakah Little,Mikayla Loomis, Elizabeth Losekamp,Evan Lucas, Ethan Lund, Jackson Lux,Sarah Madix, Collin Mangan, EmmaMansfield, Kyra Manske, HannahMarasco, Alyssa Martin, Jolie Martin,Isaac Martini, Joseph Mathews, SabrinaMaurer, Jack McCaleb, Aidan McCrack-

en, Luke McKnight, Morgan Messer,Adeline Monks, Alex Muir, Zach Mulli-gan, Sophia Munoz, David Nash,Kaitlyn Naylor, Sam Neiger, MitchellNelson, Audrey Neltner, Nicole Niven,Jackson Noe, Grace Nunn, Sarah Ow-ens, Semi Ozarslan, Eden Paddock,Kailee Parrott, Riley Partin, Jake Pat-terson, Abby Pawlikowski, NicolePedicini, Vaughn Pence, Audrey Plan-ner, Tommy Pruett, Lauryn Raisch, EvanRasmussen, Jenna Reis, Sean Reynolds,Abby Richardson, Vaness Rivera, Lind-say Round, Savannah Rudy, JacksonRush, Emily Ryan, Tom Ryan, JakeSauer, Nathan Schirmer, Aaron Schuet-ter, Claire Shimala, Jonah Skarda,Brittian Smart, Amanda Smith, MykaSnider, Maddie Snyder, Hailey Sovik,Caroline Staley, Daniel Stedronsky,David Stephenson, Reed Stewart,Rowan Strayer, Emily Strong, TreyStutz, Deven Sud, Caden Swartz, EmmaThomson, Paige Tissot, Caroline Top,Nadia Trombley, Conner Vanoli, TristanVrh, Tyler Vrh, Andrew Waple, KyleWatson, Donny Weintz, Connor Wes-sel, Will Westermeyer, Quin Whalen,Nicholas Williams, Taylor Wiseman,Rachel Yeager, Sara Zdrojewski, Aman-da Zuch and Haley Zuch.

Sixth-grade - Aurora Alarcon, JacobAldrich, David Ballman, Ayden Banasik,Taylor Barnett, Zachary Bebout, ColinBeran, Colin Blackburn, Maizie Blackm-er, Will Blaker, Payton Brakvill, KaceyBranscum, Nicole Brink, Tess Broer-mann, Forrest Bushstone, Aiden Call-ahan, Ellie Carr, Mia Carver, AlexChristow Moreno, Kees Ciric, MollyClemons, Matthew Copfer, Mia Corne-lius, Sam Cox, Pete Craft, JacksonCrane, Zachary Danner, Skyler Dau-meyer, Zach DeWitt, Justin Dierling,Ryan Duell, Erik Dullaert, Ellie Egan,Kali Egan, Morgan Eversole, LukeFaessler, Rachel Fermon, MadisonFerreira, Erin Flanagan, Caroline Flo-rea, Allie Fogel, Gwen Franke, DeclanFuchs, Patricia Garny, Anna Geiger,Julia George, Ryan Griswold, IsabelHamm, Eden Harden, Natalie Harper,Helge Harris, Ali Hartman, PatrickHatcher, Natalie Heath, Lauren Hentz,Caleb Herbon, Ryan Hetzel, MairaHodar, Karina Hollenkamp, Lilly Huber,

SaraJane Hunt, Megan Jenkins, MayaJepson, Aidan Johnson, Maya Johnson,Joey Kapszukiewicz, Amy Keyser, JacobKim, Adam Koscielicki, Aaron Krabach-er, Tyler Lake, Alex Laman, HannahLaman, Ethan Libby, Sarah Lolli, AzizMahmud, Weston Manske, AvereeMartin, Avery Mastin, Nate Matuszak,Emma McCann, Sarah McKenzie, FaithMeece, Ellie Mennen, Morgan Meyer,Alex Miller, Mason Moore, SkylarMosconi, Maggie Nance, Monty Noel,Gabe Ogdan, Catrin Palmer, GwenPalmer, Luc Parrish, Reilly Patton, AlexPaumier, Brock Perkins, Adam Perry,Elaina Perry, Julia Quigley, CaitlinReardon, Emily Reardon, JoannaReese, Elise Reynolds, Ansley Richards,Spencer Rodriguez, Lilly Rohling, OliviaRohling, Anna Rosian, Will Ross, KyleSams, Grace Schamel, Maddie Schamel,Sarah Scheper, Sophie Scuterud, JakeSealschott, Ethan Segrist, JosephShapiro, Brayden Shepard, JaedonShepardson, Jonathan Sichak, AbbieSmith, Ethan Smith, Leah Smith, ShrayaSmolenski, Anna Soupene, CalvinSpencer, Joseph Stepaniak, SophiaStokes, Allie Stonerook, Rylee Strayer,Ajay Stutz, Kathryn Taylor, Mark Te-reck, Stone Thole, Meghan Tibbs,Tayler Towles, Jane VanBuskirk, AlexVanderhorst, Hanna Wenger, D’AngeloWilliams, Brittany Wolf, MatthewWright, Loryn Zenni and Jacob Zicka.

HonorsFifth-grade - Paula Alarcon, ParkerAshby, Bijin Basu, Reed Batchelor,Adrianna Bell, Evan Bell, Bergman,Audrey Black, Elle Brinkman, LoganBullock, Henry Burns, Iva Calderon,Preston Campbell, Kate Carpenter,Abbi Carr, Jake Case, Tony CervantesAlvarez, Daniel Colegate, Gabe Colla-zo, Landen Colletta, AJ Cook, BenCooney, Grayson Cooper, Sierra Crist,Laura Crowley, Nathan Dahlquist,Claire Davis, Sydney Dennis, JackDippold, Megan Dodds, Eva Dudeck,Cole Duncan, Ashley Dunlap, ColbyEarl, Ella Eisenhart, Kylie Eldridge, NickEversole, Evan Fischer, Nicholas Frazier,Parker Freeland, Dorsey Garbutt,Jordan Gates, Skyler Goodwin, TaylorGoorhouse, Braden Gould, Baleska

Guerra-Cardona, Dalia Guerra-Cardo-na, Mary Haberer, Joshua Habermaas,Trinity Haight-Tiernan, Dallas Hargett,Lorna Haynes, John Hill, Sean Hol-lenkamp, Lilly Holston, SavannahHooks, Dominic Horn, Olivia Hughes,Delaney Imholt, Keisean Irvin, BaileyJackson, Joseph Jankowski, LoganJanus, Joette Johnson, Ben Jones,Grace Jones, Izzy Jordan, Mya Jordan,Yanni Kahrs, Sydney Keil, Nevaeh Kern,Gabe Kieffer, Caden Knabe, JamesonKnecht, Sammy Koth, Mayleigh Koutz,Peyton Kubin, Sean Kuhn, JonathanLauders, Gabriel Le Gouellec, JakeLeMaster, Andrea Loza Hernandez,Niklas Lundy, Aden Lytle, Aiden Man-cuso, Hunter Martin, Jasmine Mathis,Dylan Mayak, Zach Mays, Jesse McCoy,Robbie McCoy, Mason Messer, LilyannaMetzger, Rylan Mills, Phillip Mis-yukovets, Alexis Mittler, Sean Molitor,Anna Monfreda, Rachael Morgan,Quinn Morris, Grace Morton, Jon Muir,Elisabeth O’Neill, Katherine O’Neill,William Ossenschmidt, Julia Parker,Will Parker, Nathaniel Pillai, GabbiePiper, Brooke Pitula, Isabella Pivor,Kaitlin Ponchot, Lauren Poteet, TreyPowell, Jordan Powell, Kyle Powell,Blake Preston-McDaniel, Gabe Ray-burn, Donavan Reifenberger, BrookeRichardson, Aleah Rieger, Caleb Rob-erts, Pierce Roettele, Isaac Rooks, AlexSackett, Arlee Schott, Emma Scott,Chloe Smeller, Danny Smith, AdahSmolenski, Mark Spears, Nicole Stocks,Mitchell Talbott, Luke Taylor, AngelaThomas, Quinn Thomas, HarmonyTimpe, Elana Vincenty, Sara ViseHol-man, Livvy Walters, MK Walther, SkyWest, Morgan Wheeler, Ben Wiegele,Shelby Willmoth, Ethan Wilson, AlexWinfield, Weston Wolff, Casey Wolter,Lydia Wright, Timmy Young and KaylaZesaguli.

Sixth-grade - Olivia Alessi, Laurel Allen,Colin Anderson, Merei Ashyrova, AveryBairnsfather, Lindsey Barnett, Ray-mond Barrish, Josh Biegger, AnnaBober, Spencer Boothe, Mitchell Bow,Maggie Bowers, Kaitlyn Breese, MiyaBrines, Atalie Brown, Alexis Burroughs,Allison Campbell, Jacob Carle, FattimaCarmona, Jake Chiarenzelli, GriffinClark, Calvin Cloud, James Compton,

Trevor Conley, Kylie Courtney, BrandonCraig, Matt Cronin, Frances Denman,Thomas Dennedy, Kyle Drapeau,Danny Dunlop, Babs Dwyer, Tamara ElKhatib, Breanna Eldridge, Jack Ellis,Andrew Fancher, Dilan Feighery,Jessica Ferrell, John Filgis, Owen Fisch-er, Max Flanders, Trevor Fleming,Kimmie Frazier, Ashley Gilker, DrewGleason, Aaron Goffstein, Sami Gray,Zak Griffiths, Gabby Griggs, Isa Gunn,Karson Haley, Anna Hammond, EmilyHanna, Jerrah Harcourt, Mia Harper,Samantha Harris, Reece Hatfield,Ayden Herdtner, Lauren Hetteberg,Braden Hogberg, Blake Hornsby, JesseJenkins, Billy Jones, Elyse Kadish, EricKeldsen, Preston Kells, Aimee Kenny,Joseph Koehne, Tucker Koester, DavisKramer, Aidan Kruse, Zoe Lake, Johan-na Larkin, Sean Lester, Katie Linde-mann, Michael Livengood-Williams,James Lodge, Matthew Lodge, AustinLodor, Victoria Logan, Luke Loquist,Adam Luneack, Reece Matre, BradenMatsudo, Tara McCarthy, CaseyMcCluskey, Christopher McMahan,Abbie Miller, Gavin Miller, TaylorMiller-Bross, Tyler Miller-Bross, MaddyMiner, Blake Moore, Rachel Moore,Ethan Morath, Joey Morganroth, PaulMorris, Andrew Morrison, MasonMueller, Sara Mueller, Caleb Nelson,Clayton Nichols, Cole Nichols, AidanNoble, Alex Nortman, Izzy Orth, CobiPalmer, Allison Partin, Brooke Partin,Tyler Petee, Scott Phelan, Drew Piziali,Sophie Plomaritis, Ty Preston, LilyPrichard, Alice Puthoff, Max Ramirez,Cole Ray, Kai Reinhold, Ashlee Rey-nolds, Kelsie Richey, Grace Riehle,Makenzy Robinson, Vivianne Rob-inson, Cody Rose, James Rose, ConnorRuble, Shelby Sansom, William Sapp,Collin Saylor, Caden Schwartz, RyanSewell, Scott Sheakley, Toria Sims,Richard Smart, Declan Smith, TitusSpires, Josey Storm, Mason Stout,Alayza Surber, Sasha Sushansky, AvaSwearingen, Lance Thomas, Christo-pher Timmins, Kendall Visco, WesleyVue, Aleah Walters, Brayden Watts, EliWeiler, Dennie Wells, Bianca Wilburn,Carly Wilhoite, Momo Wilson, MarissaWinter, Logan Wolter and Kayla Yeo-

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HONOR ROLLS

Loveland PrimarySchool

The lights were dim,the cookies in abundanceand the parents sittinganxious with devices torecord the students whowere positioned up frontto make an easy pathwayto the center stage wherea single microphonespoke volumes – thisclassroom was hosting anevent.

The performance in-side Loveland PrimarySchool second-gradeteacher Megan Little’sclassroom was a show toremember. Bright eyes,small hands and bigsmiles rolled across thevideo screen – as each stu-dent shared the “Best Partof Me.”

“This event was theculmination of a lesson onwriting personal narra-tives, but the growth wentbeyond the written word,”Little said. “It encouragedour students to focus onwhat they feel makesthem special, and helps tobuild a foundation estab-lishing a positive self-im-age.”

The “Best Part of Me”performance is an annualevent for all second-gradestudents who have classwith Little and PatsySchlesselman. Please en-joy the video photo gal-lery captured during Lit-tle’s class.

» Granny’s GardenSchool recently started“Granny’s Garden SchoolBoosters,” a group that al-lows parents, teachersand community membersto come together to sup-port the mission of Gran-

ny’s Garden School byraising funds, increasingawareness and recruitingvolunteers to ensure theorganization’s viabilityfor future generations.

HyperDrive, a Love-land-based digital mar-keting agency, steppedforward to be one of thefirst local companies tohelp plant “S.E.E.D.S. forthe Future” with a gener-ous contribution and chal-lenge to other area busi-nesses.

“HyperDrive believesthe GGS program enrich-es our community and itschildren and deserves thesupport of successfularea businesses that be-lieve the same thing,”says Dan Heimbrock,Chief Executive Officer.“We pledge $2500 and askthat other individuals andbusinesses make theirown pledge of financialsupport. This program de-serves our attention andevery donation helps tosustain the impact GGShas on our kids in Love-land.”

Loveland area busi-nesses and Granny’s Gar-den School supporters Ta-no’s Bistro and Cateringand Jarvis Global Invest-ments have also helped tokicked off the campaignby making their ownpledges.

Anyone can join Hy-perDrive, Tano’s and Jar-vis to support Granny’sGarden School.

“I am proud to supportGranny’s Garden School’sprogram in Loveland be-cause it gives childrenwhat they cannot learnfrom a textbook,” saysMegan Graff, President

of the newly foundedbooster program. “The ac-tual taste of fresh vegeta-bles, the sight of a tinyseed growing into a plantand the pride in maintain-ing a class garden makesthis learning opportunityunlike any other.”

There are four levels ofsupport: $15 – Daisy Level(receives a GGS decal);$30 – Iris Level (includesGGS decal and 10 percentoff plants at Granny’s an-nual plant sale in May);$50 – Dahlia Level (in-cludes decal, 10% off atGranny’s plant sale andGGS photo note cards);and $100 – Rose Level (in-cludes decal, 10% off atGranny’s plant sale, GGSphoto note cards and amembership in Granny’sBouquet Club)

Granny’s GardenSchool is a nonprofit or-ganization and receives nofunding from the schooldistrict. Granny’s GardenSchool in Loveland pro-vides more than 100 vege-table gardens, many flow-er gardens and a three-quarter mile nature trail,all of which serve 1,400students each school year.

To register for Gran-ny’s Garden School’s newbooster program, visit thewebsite at www.grannysgardenschoolboosters.orgor contact ChairpersonMegan [email protected] questions. For videosof Granny’s GardenSchool in action, check outthe school’s You Tubechannel at www.youtube.com/user/GrannysGardenSchool.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

THANKS TO HEATHER HIGDON

A crowd of parents gathered in the classroom turned café to record their young Tigerspresenting during the "Best Part of Me" performance at Loveland Primary School.

THANKS TO WENDY RAYMOND HACKER

Loveland Elementary students participate in Granny's Garden School by planting vegetables intheir class gardens.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 22Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 6300 Price Road, MiamiTownship area photographicartist Jackson Sawyer displaysselections of his photography.677-7600. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesThe Palace at the Cincinnati-an Hotel with Joe West,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares,11344 Montgomery Road, $50.Reservations required. 489-6400. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475. Blue Ash.

Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 6:30-8 p.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, 7770 E. Kem-per Road, Project consultantsand designers discuss trends inkitchen and bath design. Lightfare provided. Ages 18 and up.Free. 489-7700; neals.com.Sharonville.

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $8-$14.Reservations required. 984-9288; www.gobananascomedy-.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 7:30p.m., Walton Creek Theater,4101 Walton Creek Road, InTennessee Williams’ shatteringclassic, an aging Southern Bellelongs for her youth and dreamsof a better life for her children.Her restless son Tom -- a would-be poet and the story’s narrator-- gets swept up in his mother’sfunny and heartbreakingschemes to find his painfully shysister, Laura, a husband. TheGlass Menagerie is consideredto be one of the most beautifuldramas in American theatre.$20. Presented by MariemontPlayers Inc.. Through Jan. 25.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Drink TastingsTony’s Wine Festival, 6:30-9:30p.m., Tony’s Steaks and Sea-food, 12110 Montgomery Road,Wines by Cutting Edge Selec-tions paired with ExecutiveChef Mike Nelsen’s small plates.Ages 21 and up. $75. Reserva-tions required. 677-1993;www.tonysofcincinnati.com.

Symmes Township.

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 8 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $20.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Woods’ Point: InteractiveDinner Show, 7-10:30 p.m.,Schoolhouse Restaurant, 8031Glendale-Milford Road, Up-stairs. Escape to the wilds ofColorado as a guest of ThePeaceful Valley Ski Lodge. Threebest friends whose familiesdumped them at the HappyHollow Nursing Home will bejoining you. Even though theirfamilies think they are too oldto have fun, they are just get-ting started in life. For ages 7and up. $35. Reservationsrequired. Presented by P.L.O.T.T.Performers. Through Jan. 24.201-7568; www.plottperformer-s.com. Camp Dennison.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

BenefitsLoveland Athletic BoostersTiger Ball, 6 p.m. to midnight,Oasis Golf Club and ConferenceCenter, 902 Loveland-MiamivilleRoad, To raise money for stu-dent athletes grades 7-12.Dinner, music, dancing, rafflesand live and silent auction.Ages 18 and up. $100 couple,$50 single. Reservations re-quired. Presented by LovelandAthletic Boosters. 505-3217;www.lovelandathleticboost-ers.com. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesKid’s Chopped Competition,noon to 2:30 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $15. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

EducationSelf Defense Class, 2-3:30 p.m.,Yoga Fit Boutique, 10776 Mont-gomery Road, Students learn toscale their defense in line withthe situation at hand and gainconfidence in their ability toprotect themselves. Ages 18 and

up. Free. Presented by MasterJerome Cook. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, 10776 Montgomery Road,With Master Jerome Cook. Ages16-99. $20. Registration re-quired. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

Health / WellnessSimple Health-Smart CookingClass, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Weekly through Feb. 28., Cin-cinnati Nutrition CounselingCenter, 7400 MontgomeryRoad, Informal and interactiveclass series to discover howhealthy and tasty meals can beprepared quickly and simply.$139. Registration required.Presented by Communiversity atUC. 556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu. Silverton.

Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 10-11:30 a.m.,Neal’s Design Remodel, Free.489-7700; neals.com. Shar-onville.

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 3 p.m., 8p.m., Walton Creek Theater,$20. 684-1236; www.marie-montplayers.com. ColumbiaTownship.

Woods’ Point: InteractiveDinner Show, 7-10:30 p.m.,Schoolhouse Restaurant, $35.Reservations required. 201-7568;www.plottperformers.com.Camp Dennison.

SUNDAY, JAN. 25Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyTony Woods, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, $8-$14.Reservations required. 984-9288; www.gobananascomedy-.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 2 p.m.,

Walton Creek Theater, $20.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

SchoolsOpen House, 2-4 p.m., Chil-dren’s Meeting House Mon-tessori School, 927 O’Bannon-ville Road, Prospective parentstour eight-acre campus and visitclassrooms. Teachers availableto answer questions, discusshands-on classroom materialsand talk about Montessorimethod. Free. 683-4757;www.cmhschool.com. Loveland.

MONDAY, JAN. 26EducationSocial and Business DiningEtiquette, 6:45-8:45 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, Learn tonavigate the table, the silentservice code and the five mostcommon dining mistakes. $39,plus $32 for dinner. Registrationrequired. Presented by Commu-niversity at UC. 556-6932.Montgomery.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy books, songs, activities,crafts and more, while buildingearly literacy skills. For pre-schoolers and their caregivers.Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

Monday Night Crafts, 6-7 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Yarn-wrapped vase. Ages 18 and up.Free. 369-4476. Loveland.

TUESDAY, JAN. 27Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6

p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesNuvo at Greenup with MarkBodenstein, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $50. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club Cultur-al Center, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity towork from costumed model ateach class. Class focuses onstudy of values, color temper-ature, composition, paintingand drawing techniques. $210per session, plus $30 modelingfee per session. Registrationrequired. 259-9302; www.deb-orahridgley.com. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 8a.m. to noon, Braxton F. CannMemorial Medical Center, 5818Madison Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able to those who qualify.Registration required. Present-ed by UC Health Mobile Diag-nostics. Through Dec. 16. 585-8266. Madisonville.

Literary - LibrariesToddler Playdate, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Meet new friends and socializethrough unstructured play. Toysprovided. For ages 18 months-4years. Free. 369-4476. Loveland.

THURSDAY, JAN. 29Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, JAN. 30Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m.,Kids First Sports Center, 7900 E.Kemper Road, Pizza, indoorswimming and night-timesnack. $30, $20 each additionalchild. Reservations required.Through Feb. 27. 489-7575.Sycamore Township.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesKids’ Favorite Dishes - AllThings Cheese with HollyBader, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $10. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, $20. Registration re-quired. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

Literary - LibrariesBrush Bot Challenge, 2 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Teensmake robot using basic elec-tronics. Ages 12-17. Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

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A couple of years agoI was walking throughour patch of woods whenI came across a largebucket nestled in the

hillside. Itwas filledwith silt soI decidedto emptyit.

No kid-ding, thatbucketwas wayheavierthan itshould

have been. The reason?A snapping turtle tum-bled out from the bot-tom. It was early springso it was still hibernat-ing. My first thoughtwas turtle soup. Ipushed it back into thebucket and had it hauledup the hill. Long storyshort, no soup was madefrom that irritable crea-ture. We let it go and itheaded down the hilltoward the river.

That brings me to thesingle subject of today’scolumn: mock turtlesoup. This will satisfythe many requests. Likegoetta, mock turtle soupis a cherished heirloomrecipe here. The formerCricket restaurantserved a version, and St.Rita’s school serves it attheir festival every year.Ron’s Roost on the westside has it on their me-nu, also.

The original real tur-tle soup was made fromgreen sea turtles.They’re an endangeredspecies and most live inthe Atlantic, Pacific and

Indian oceans. Mockturtle soup originated inEngland in the mid1800s. It later becamepopular in Germany. Idon’t have room for allthe recipes so check outmy website Aboutea-ting.com for more goodones.

Some original mockturtle soups were madefrom calf’s brains. OK,so I’m glad that groundbeef is the meat ofchoice now. If you don’twant to make it, Worth-more’s canned mockturtle soup is a good bet.I spoke with Phil Haock,whose granddad startedthe business in the ’20s.Phil said they sell hun-dreds of cases a weekfrom their Cincinnatifacility. Some goes toformer Tristaters whocan’t go without theirWorthmore. If you wantto make your own, hereare two reader favorites.

Granddad Robert J.Niehoff's MockTurtle Soup

Originally publishedin the Enquirer yearsago. The notes indicatethe soup “is one of thebest”.

20 gingersnaps, pref-erably Nabisco

2 cups water2 pounds ground beef1 medium onion, diced14 oz. bottle ketchup1/2 cup Lea & Perrin's

Worcestershire sauce2 tablespoons cider

vinegar2 teaspoons salt1/8 teaspoon pepper1 lemon, seeded,

sliced thin4 cups water, more or

less3 hard cooked eggs,

crumbledSherrySoak gingersnaps in 2

cups water and setaside. Brown beef inlarge heavy pot. Drainfat. Mash beef with pota-to masher while cookingfor a fine texture. Stir inonions. Add ketchup,Worcestershire sauce,vinegar, salt, pepper andlemon. Add 4 cups water,more or less. Simmer 1hour. Add soaked ginger-snaps, raising heat andstirring constantly 5 to10 minutes. Stir in crum-bled eggs. Serve hotwith dash of sherry.Makes 6 servings.

John T's mock turtlesoup

A good recipe from agood cook.

1-1/2 pounds groundbeef

3 quarts HOT water20 to 30 ginger snaps1 large onion1 medium carrot1 lemon1/4 cup Worcester-

shire sauce14 oz. catsup1 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon pepper4 hard-boiled eggs

(finely chopped)2 tablespoons sherry

(or vinegar)Small bag of pickling

spicePlace meat and gin-

ger snaps in hot waterand allow to stand 10 to15 minutes. Grind orgrate onion and carrotand add to mixture. Slicelemon paper thin andadd to mixture. Addcatsup, Worcestershiresauce, salt and pepper.Bring to a boil. Reduceheat. Suspend bag ofpickling spice into mix-ture. Cook over low heatfor 2 to 3 hours. Stirfrequently. Removepickling spice. Add fine-ly chopped eggs about1/2 hour before finish.Add wine (or vinegar).When cool, place in re-frigerator until readyfor use. Will keep a weekor more. Can be frozen.

Whoops: Laszlo’sIron Skillet phone #:

I published the wrongnumber. They’re now at513-561-6776.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

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Garry Shouse stirs mock turtle soup at St. Rita Fest in Evendalein 2010.

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VIEWPOINTSVIEWPOINTSEDITORIALS | LETTERS | COLUMNS | CH@TROOM CommunityPress.com

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

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Loveland Herald EditorRichard [email protected], 248-7134Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

394 Wards Corner RoadLoveland, Ohio 45140phone: 248-8600email: [email protected] site: www.communitypress.com

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Cincinnati is one of the bestplaces in the country to own apet. With tremendous outdoor

spaces, amaz-ing health carefacilities, andaffordablemaintenancecosts, thereare dozens ofreasons whynow might bethe best timeto consideradding a pet toyour family.

Pet owner-ship has tri-

pled in the past 40 years, withmore than 160 million pets inthe United States, but thereare still significant numbers ofanimals that need homes, espe-cially those available in ourlocal shelters and rescues.

Despite such significantgrowth in pet ownership, esti-mates show that only 30 per-

cent of all pets are adoptedfrom animal shelters, leaving ahuge population unadopted –nearly 3 million shelter ani-mals are euthanized annuallyin the United States.

The problem is not overpop-ulation; instead it is a call-for-action to educate the commu-nity that we can make a differ-ence. Research from The Hu-mane Society of the UnitedStates has found that morethan 17 million homes are plan-ning to add a pet to their fam-ily in 2015, but haven’t decidedwhere to go to find their newfurry family member. Thatmeans if just one in every fivepotential pet owners chooses toadopt an animal, they can helpsave the lives of millions ofanimals, that otherwise couldbe euthanized.

Many animals end up inshelters and rescues throughno fault of their own. They arevictims of circumstances be-

yond their control, such as anillness or death in the family,divorce, growing family, fam-ily relocation, or impropertraining and preparation fromowners. These pets arehealthy, loving animals. Likeany other pet, they might needtraining to fit into a family andhome, as well as patience fromtheir new family to help themadjust to their new surround-ings, but adopting an animalpresents benefits that helpfacilitate this transition.

Animals from rescue or-ganizations living in fosterhomes have already had expe-rience in a home setting andmany shelters have volunteersand staff members that helppeople and pets with trainingand obedience even beforethey are adopted. As an addedbonus, adoption can help re-duce many additional costsassociated with new pet owner-ship. Not only are shelter ani-

mal adoption fees lower thanbuying from a pet store orbreeder, but many of theadoptable animals in sheltersand rescues have already beenspayed or neutered and arevaccinated. There are so manywonderful reasons to adopt orrescue a pet. Cincinnati ishelping to make it easier forindividuals and families whowant to add a pet to their fam-ily, by once again bringingtogether the area’s best shel-ters and rescues to showcasetheir animals in one conve-nient location during Cincin-nati’s official Pet AdoptionWeekend.

The region’s largest animaladoption event, My Furry Val-entine, a nonprofit organiza-tion focused on bringing to-gether adoptable animals andpotential pet owners, is hostingits annual Mega AdoptionEvent at the Sharonville Con-vention Center from 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Feb. 14 and Feb. 15.With dozens of rescues and

shelters, satellite adoptionevents around the city, andnumerous vendors and ad-vocacy groups participating,My Furry Valentine is hopingto find homes for 550 animalsduring the weekend event. Theevent is fun, family-friendlyand free to attend. This year’sMy Furry Valentine is hostedby phoDOGrapher and pre-sented by Top Dog sponsorsIAMS and Tri-County Mallwith additional financial assis-tance from The Joanie Ber-nard Foundation.

Carolyn Evans is founder of MyFurry Valentine, a nonprofit createdin 2012 to raise awareness for theanimal rescue community through aweekend-long animal adoptionevent. The annual gathering hasfound homes for more than 1,300 petssince inception. Visitwww.myfurryvalentine.com.

Adopt your next furry family member now

CarolynEvansCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Jan. 14 questionSome people have criticized recent

school closings due to cold weather. Whatdo you think about the practice of cancel-ing classes when the mercury dips?

“I feel the policies that allow for can-celing school simply because it is coldout are ridiculous. Sadly, we have be-come a litigation-fearing, over-cod-dling society of soft people. Here’s asuggestion, when it’s cold out, wear acoat. And maybe some gloves. ... Thevast majority of kids I see waiting forthe bus are properly attired, so a lowtemperature should be of no conse-quence. The media has become one ofthe chief enablers of the unnecessaryschool closings. One would hope forthem be a little less dramatic hour afterhour every time when two inches of‘white death from the sky’ is forecast.Grow some backbone people.”

M.J.F.

“I am a volunteer for a large publicvenue. We have had our days of shut-down, due to weather that, prior to theadvent of litigation, heavy traffic, andwhat I call ‘common sense’ might havebeen ‘working’ days. I truly believe thatthe teachers view weather days as a de-lay in getting work done, increased pos-sibility of extended years and a night-mare of reorganization. The adminis-trative staff that makes these decisionsprobably view it as why we have paidsick days in almost every profession; toallow some flexibility in applying safepractices for all employees.

“Only people that I truly imaginecheer (other than the students), when aweather day is called, are those chargedwith the responsibility of transportingstudents. I’m betting that most of themare already up and getting to their buseson mornings, before the weather day iscalled. ... Low temperatures have not af-fected any of the schools that I know, un-less there were associated heating orwater problems. Street conditions andforecast deteriorating weather be-comes as much of a ‘let’s take a guess’for the decision makers, as we some-times see or blame the proclamations ofweather forecasters. Yes, Virginia,there is climate change and it does.”

D.B.

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THIS WEEK’S QUESTIONThe city of Cincinnati released a reportearlier this month which detailed adecrease in crime within the city. Do youfeel safer, or safer, in the city than youhave in the past? Why or why not?

Every week we ask readers a question they canreply to via email. Send your answers toloveland@community press.com with Ch@troomin the subject line.

It’s happened again. Masked gun-men storming a building in Paris, andkilling people who dared to do some-thing they considered “blasphemous.”

Last year peoplewith the same idealsstormed a school, kill-ing children and teach-ers, in Peshawar. Butwhat are these “ide-als”? And why do car-toons and schoolchil-dren threaten them?

I cannot answerthat question, becauseto do so would dignifythem with a definition.It is obvious that their

beliefs are weak and poorly founded ifa cartoon, some school children andthe threat of an education threatensthem. However, I will answer the ques-tion of who supports these ideals. Theyare zealots. They are people who havebeen educated so narrowly that theybelieve only one interpretation of theteachings of one book. They are peoplewho are so closed in their thinking andtheir outlook that they believe thatonly they are right, and anyone who

holds another belief is wrong.These people exist in all countries,

in all religions and in all ethnicities.However, it is the violence, vehemenceand uncompromising nature of thesemurderers that rightly shocks us.

We should be outraged as well. Wefought a world war against equallyuncompromising enemies of freedom,and, at the cost of millions of lives andmuch treasure, we, the Allies, won. Wefought against the unwanted expansionof fascism, against people who saidthat their race was superior, that theirway was the only way and that theirneeds were more important than ours.We won. Now, we have to do it all overagain.

I make no apologiesIf people espouse the ideals of re-

pression, of intolerance and hatred,and are willing to kill us – and by “us”I include any person, of any faith,nation or ethnicity, who espouses val-ues such as freedom of thought andspeech, education, the equality of thesexes - then we must fight them.

How do you fight an enemy that isso benighted and insecure, that tomurder children in school, or cartoon-

ists who anger you, is seen as a heroicact? Education. Democracy. Hope. Fortoo long, we have relied on militarymight to ensure our place in the world.It’s not enough. This is an enemy thatis born out of ignorance and thrivesunder aggression. The only way for-ward is to spend some of our wealth oncampaigns of education, withdraw oursupport of regimes that ultimatelyfoster the birth of these benightedgangsters and most importantly offerhope through economic success tothose countries that seek our help.

We cannot carpet bomb our wayinto the hearts and minds of terroristsor their potential recruits. The solu-tion, unpalatable as it is in a societythat is accustomed to swift solutions,is going to take time. We are a greatnation and we can beat this very realthreat. We must never surrender evena tiny part of our freedom to theseignorant thugs hiding under a veil ofreligion – any religion. As those deadcartoonists knew, sometimes it takes apen, not a gun, to fight a war. Je suisCharlie.

Bruce Healey is a resident of Indian Hill.

We must fight back - but not with brute force

BruceHealey COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

This is a warning about somethingthat happens all too frequently and thatcan sometimes cause major headaches.It has to do with checks you receivefrom your insurance company for

damage you incurred.In August, 2013, Shar-

on Ward was told sheneeded a new roof forher Withamsville house.She called her insuranceagent and received acheck for the new roof.She then signed the backof the check over to aroofing company for hernew roof.

Ward says, “The salesrepresentative told me it would bedone in a couple of weeks – and thatwas in August of 2013.” Ward stilldoesn’t have a new roof even thoughthe company received the entire insur-ance check plus another check fromWard to cover her deductible. All thatadded up to about $6,000.

“He used to, when I text or call him,he would call back and give me manycreative stories. But then it got to thepoint this year where he wouldn’t even

respond at all,” Ward says.The roofer’s contract doesn’t give a

company address or phone number,and fails to have a start or completiondate – all of which are necessary onany contract you receive. Also, get acopy of the contractor’s workers com-pensation and liability insurance pol-icies.

That roofer claimed to be a memberof the Better Business Bureau – but acheck would have revealed the compa-ny had been thrown out of the BBBearlier that year.

After signing the contract but get-ting nothing done, Ward’s roof beganleaking and she experienced damageinside her house. The roofer came outand did a patch job – failing to replacethe roof as he had agreed.

Ward says, “I’m kind of scaredabout what’s going to happen. If I’mgoing to lose thousands of dollars and Ican’t make another insurance claim.”

Now she says she’s learned the hardway never to pay a contractor for allthe work in advance. Yet, that’s exactlywhat you’re doing when you turn overyour insurance check to a contractor.

Ward says, “The only reason I did it

is because I knew the sales rep verywell and he worked for the company.That’s apparently how they’ve alwaysdone it. If it was a stranger I wouldnever have done that – so live andlearn.”

Ward filed a complaint with policeand now the case, accusing the con-tractor of theft, is going to court. Thecontractor also faces a similar chargein Hamilton County where he is ac-cused of doing the same thing to aMariemont man.

Remember, to protect yourself don’tpay more than 10 percent upfront,except for special order items, andonly pay additional sums as the work iscompleted. Check with the local build-ing department to see if permits arerequired and, if so, add that to the con-tract. Make sure to get the job inspect-ed before final fees are paid, and get areceipt showing all workers and sup-pliers have been paid in full.

Howard Ain’s column appears biweekly in theCommunity Press & Recorder. He appearsregularly as the Troubleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].

Handing over your insurance check as a payment to contractor is risky

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

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Loveland basketball trys to inch up in ECCLOVELAND — There’s nary a

Murphy to be found on the Love-land High School boys basket-ball roster, but the season seem-ingly has been governed byMurphy’s Law.

For those not affected by theadage, it’s typically stated as,“anything that can go wrong,will go wrong.”

Naturally, it’s not a perma-nent affliction, and coach TimPartin has seen his Tigers showglimpses of hope. The Tigershad a win at Glen Este Jan. 6,followed by a near miss againstone of the better teams in theEastern Cincinnati Conference.

“We played Kings and had areally good chance of beatingthem,” Partin said. “We werejust 3-for-19 from 3-point range.If we knock down a couple morethrees, we end up winning thatgame. We’re getting better, wejust had a really bad stretch in

our Turpin game.”In that Turpin loss, Dec. 16,

point guard Luke Waddellsprained an ankle and couldn’tpractice for two weeks. Seniorcenter Michael Ralph alsosprained an ankle and missed aweek. As a result, both startersmissed road games against Mil-ford and Mason.

“Missing Luke really, reallyhurt us because he controls theball and the action for us,” Par-tin said.

The slippery sophomore alsocontrols significant action forLoveland’s football and baseballteams and is the closest thing toBo Jackson the school’s had insome time. Any injury to himmakes Tigers fans wince.

In addition to Waddell’s wor-ries, senior Jack Garry took anelbow to the eye on the secondday of practice and missedthree weeks of work. As a re-sult, the team’s second-leading

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Junior Michael Peters left, and senior Jack Garry celebrate a Garry 3-pointer Jan. 6 at Glen Easte. Loveland won62-59. See TIGERS, Page B2

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Boys basketball

» Loveland nipped Anderson47-46 on a three-pointer bysophomore Brady Funke in thefinal seconds. Junior Drew Plittled the Tigers with 17 points.

» Moeller defeated Coving-ton Catholic 61-52 on Jan. 13.Senior Grant Pitman led theCrusaders with 18 points.

» Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy won three in a rowlast week entering Friday’smatchup with Summit CountryDay. The Eagles defeated Lock-land 67-44 Jan. 9, Seven Hills 70-64 Jan. 10 and thumped New Mi-ami 77-23 Jan. 13.

Girls basketball» Mount Notre Dame beat St.

Ursula 66-39 on Jan. 13. SeniorNaomi Davenport went over the1,000-point mark in her careerwith 21 against the Bulldogs.

MND downed Princeton 74-42 on Jan. 15. as Davenport hit

SHORT HOPS

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Moeller guard Grant Pitman willplay basketball for Air Force. Grantis with his parents, Donna and GregPitman, at his signing in November.

By Scott Springer and Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com

When Austin Caldwell wasdeciding where to continue hisswimming career, he brieflyconsidered Kenyon College be-fore deciding the University ofPittsburgh was a better fit.

As a freshman, he realizedKenyon and itsNCAA DivisionIII powerhouseswim programwasn’t so bad af-ter all. He trans-ferred andlearned that, infact, he and theLords – that’sright, Lords is

the men’s teams’ nickname –were made for each other.

“I kind of wanted to be chal-lenged in different ways and bein an environment that had a lotof meaning to it,” the 2011Love-land graduate said. “Kenyonswimming has a lot of purposeand experience, just with thehistory of winning. Every yearis a good opportunity to con-tinue the trend of champion-ship swimming. You can’t findthat in a lot of places. You’reguaranteed a good opportunityto have a fun, competitiveatmosphere.”

Caldwell and his classmate,Wyoming product Celia Ober-holzer, have done their parts tomaintain the standard of excel-lence at Kenyon.

Oberholzer, a three-time En-quirer Division II Swimmer ofthe Year and two-time state100-yard backstroke championwith the Cowboys, has won thelast two NCAA Division III 100backstroke championships inrecord-setting fashion. Shealso has helped the ladies’ 400medley relay team set theNCAA record.

Oberholzer, a psychologymajor who also minors in sta-tistics, finds it hard to believe

her college career is ending.“(Thursday), I was doing

homework in the library, and Iwas like, ‘Oh, homework isn’tvery much fun,’ but then I hadthe sudden realization that thisis my last semester,” said Ober-holzer, who’s not sure howmuch swimming will be a partof her future. “I think it willcontinue to be jarring as I con-tinue to have my ‘lasts.’”

Caldwell has won the lasttwo 200 freestyle nationalchampionships and, as a sopho-more, helped Kenyon’s 200 and400 free relay teams win na-tional titles, helping the menwin the last two team champi-onships, giving the program 33.

The women have won 23,though none during Oberhol-zer’s stay so far, but Kenyoncoach Jessen Book readily ad-mits he’s going to miss bothswimmers.

“That’s an understatement,”he said. “They are two incred-ible people and a lot of fun towork with.”

Caldwell believes much ofthe program’s success stemsfrom the understated approachtaken by the Kenyon coachingstaff.

“I think our swim team pro-motes a very thoughtful proc-ess that helps us against otherschools that are similar inspeed,” the history-economicsmajor said. “We have moretime constraints than otherschools, so we have to find newways to improve. A lot of othercoaches have the approachwhere you’re not really pro-voked to think for yourself. It’smore you’re told what to do.Here, you have more of a con-versation with the coach abouthow to improve.

“It’s weird as a senior to bethinking about things in a moreefficient and better way. I’vebeen doing this a long time, andI’m still learning new things.”

That is music to Book’s ears.“I totally agree with that,”

said the coach, who has juniorChristian and freshman FritzJosephson from Moeller HighSchool and Lebanon on theteam. “That’s something I real-ly enjoy hearing. We think itbrings out the best. I’ve cer-tainly enjoyed working both ofthem and engaging them inconversation.”

Book’s approach is one rea-son Oberholzer picked Kenyon

over Yale, Davidson and Deni-son, she said. She also was at-tracted to the overall atmos-phere at the non-scholarshipprogram.

“At Division III schools, youcan genuinely see ‘student-ath-letes,’” she said. “You have thefreedom to pursue other inter-ests.”

Caldwell also likes what heconsiders to be the more-tradi-tional college atmosphere cre-ated by the absence of athleticscholarships.

“It promotes an environ-ment where everyone on theteam is swimming becausethey want to swim and not be-cause of some monetary incen-tives,” he points out. “That’sone of the reasons I came here.I wanted to swim in a truly am-ateur situation.”

Oberholzer, who plans totake what she called a “gap”year off before starting gradu-ate school, has no regrets abouther decision, she said.

“Definitely not,” she said. “Ithink about it every day. Some-times, I try to imagine what itwould have been like if I hadgone to a different school. Ithasn’t been easy every mo-ment, but I wouldn’t have it anyother way.”

Except, perhaps, for notwinning a team national cham-pionship. That’s not openlytalked about, she said, but it’sstill motivational.

“I think we’re a very driventeam,” she said. “This seasonhas been particularly good.I’ve been impressed with ourability. We don’t talk muchabout the conference or nation-als in the sense of team results.Our focus has mostly been sup-porting each other as team-mates, and the coaches and theteam have done a good job ofhaving faith that, when youhave that kind of teamwork andcamaraderie, good things willfollow.”

Former Loveland swimmer makes splash at KenyonBy Mark SchmetzerEnquirer contributor

THANKS TO A.J. MAST/KENYON COLLEGE

Kenyon College’s Austin Caldwell of Loveland swims during the NCAADivision III Swimming and Diving Championships last March.Caldwell

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for 30 points. On Jan. 17 at theClassic in the Country tourna-ment, Davenport had 15 pointsas MND beat Wadsworth 45-40.

» Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy defeated New Miami40-20 Jan. 14.

» Ursuline dropped a toughone to No. 1 Kettering Alter 45-44 Jan. 10. Maddie Stuhlreyerled the Lions with 13 points.

MND’s Davenportnominated

» Naomi Davenport, daugh-ter of Darren and Sheila Daven-port of Cincinnati, has beennominated for the 2015 McDon-ald’s All American Games.There are approximately 800nominations nationwide, withNaomi being the only femalestudent nominated from theCincinnati area. On Jan. 28,ESPNU will air a selection showduring which two All Americanteams (24 boys and 24 girls) willbe selected. The game itself willbe played on April 1in Chicago.Naomi is committed to the Uni-versity of Michigan to play bas-ketball next year for the Wol-verines.

Boys swimmingand diving

» At the Coaches Classic Jan.17-18, Moeller’s team of NoahWorobetz, Cooper Hodge, JakePeloquin and Kevin George won

the 400 medley relay, werefourth in the 200 medley relaywere seventh in the 400 free re-lay. Peloquin, Hodge, Georgeand Will McDonough were fifthin the 200 free relay. Individual-ly, junior Cooper Hodge wasthird in the 100 backstroke, withsenior Noah Worobetz seventh.In the 100 butterfly, senior Kev-in George was eighth. In the 400IM, Hodge finished second. Inthe 100 butterfly, junior Pelo-

quin was fifth and seniorGeorge eighth. The Crusadersfinished third overall.

Girls swimming and diving

» At the Coaches Classic Jan.17-18, Ursuline Academy seniorSydney Lofquist took the topspot in the 400-yard IndividualMedley in a time of four min-utes, 28.51 seconds.

College commitments

» Lovelandresidents GrantPitman and Bry-an Soth recentlymade athleticcommitments atMoeller HighSchool.

Pitman is ashooting guard

for the Crusaders and will con-tinue at that position for the U.S.Air Force Academy. Pitman is amember of the Admission Teamfor Moeller High School andcarries a 3.8 GPA and maintainson honor roll. Grant is the son ofGreg and Donna Pitman ofLoveland.

Soth was a member of the2014 district, regional and OhioState Final Four baseball team.Soth received perfect gamepre-season and All-Americanhonorable mention. Soth car-ried a 3.2 GPA and maintains ac-ademic honors. Soth plays in-field and outfield for the Cru-saders and will continue hisbaseball at Kent State Univer-sity under head coach Duncan.Bryan is the son of Dave andShawna Soth of Loveland.

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Ryan Drapeau of Loveland releaseshis leg hold and looks to complete aquality dive for the Tigers at theCoaches Classic meet Jan. 17-18.

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Sarah Harter of Loveland finishes her curl and looks to hit the waterflawlessly for the Tigers at the Coaches Classic meet Jan. 17-18.

Soth

scorer has had to wear KurtRambis-style (you may want toGoogle that) athletic glasses onthe court.

“This has been the strangestyear ever,” Partin said. “To thispoint, I’ve only had three prac-tices with my whole team therehealthy. It’s just been one thingafter another. It’s tough to getcontinuity.”

Garry had been over 50 per-cent from the 3-point line forLoveland, but recently slumpedin losses to Kings and Syca-

more. Still, a shooter must shootand the green light remains onfor Garry as the Tigers work toclaw back into the ECC mix.

Leading Loveland in pointsand rebounds has been juniorDrew Plitt who has battledthrough his football bumps andbruises to make Partin’s prac-tices along with fellow footballteammate Drew Steinbrunner.

A new face to the Tigers var-sity is 6-foot-3 Jordan Romes, aclassic example of persistence.

“As a freshman and sopho-more he got cut,” Partin said.“Between his sophomore andjunior year, he grew like seveninches. Last year he was on theJV team and had a good season.

He’s got some tools.”After changing their offense

over the holidays, the Lovelandcoach is hoping to give “Partin’sPit” something to cheer about. Afew league wins would changeperspective, as would a few lessvisits to the training room.

Upcoming games are atWithrow Friday, then home forrematches with Turpin Tuesdayand Milford Jan. 30.

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Senior Evan Dever (2) sets up theout of bounds play for LovelandJan. 6 at Glen Este. Lined up for theTigers are Luke Waddell (11), DrewPlitt (22) and Michael Peters (10).

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LOVELANDArrests/citationsJuvenile, 14, disorderly conduct,Dec. 10.

Aaron James Baker, 25, 3992Crestview Drive, arrest-otheragency/county warrant, Dec. 10.

Robert D. Boles, 27, 9961 RichRoad, arrest- other agency/county warrant, Dec. 10.

Juvenile, 16, burglary, Dec. 11.Juvenile, 14, burglary, Dec. 11.Juvenile, 16, burglary, Dec. 11.Juvenile, 15, burglary, Dec. 11.Jean Doran, 28, 805 Shakertown,speed, drug paraphernalia-use/possess, drug abuse- possess/use, Dec. 13.

Allyson Rae Wiley, 26, 661 ParkAve., C3, drug paraphernalia,Dec. 16.

Wiley, Allyson Rae, 27, 661 ParkAve., C3, re-cite other depart-ment, Dec. 16.

Bryan Allan, 36, 12084 Don St.,arrest-other agency/countywarrant, Dec. 16.

Incidents/investigationsAssault400 block of Loveland MadeiraRoad, Dec. 14.

Criminaldamaging/endangering600 block of Park Ave., Dec. 10.Disorderly conduct11800 block of Rich Road, Dec.

10.Drug abuse-possess/use100 block of E. Loveland Ave.,Dec. 12.

Drugparaphernalia-use/possess100 block of E. Loveland Ave.,Dec. 12.

MIAMI TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsKyle Donaldson, 38, 35 OrchardCircle, theft, Dec. 19.

Britt A. Rohrbacher, 42, 2915Pensacola Drive, theft, Dec. 20.

Juvenile, 16, unruly, Dec. 20.Juvenile, 14, theft, Dec. 23.Aimee L. Steele, 23, 6649 RoseLane, marijuana possession,Dec. 21.

Austin P. Williamson, 19, 1887Pebble Ridge, No. 2, drugparaphernalia, Dec. 21.

Timothy M. McWhorter, 23, 620N. Central, theft, Dec. 26.

Hunters Court, Dec. 22.Diamond ring taken; $7,280 at1000 block of S. Muscovy, Dec.22.

2010 taken Jeep at 5900 block ofMcPicken, Dec. 23.

Male stated ID used with noauthorization at 1200 block ofNeale Lane, Dec. 23.

Delivery package taken; $76 at900 block of Creek Knoll Drive,Dec. 23.

Jewelry taken from Meijer; $18at Ohio 28, Dec. 23.

Deblin Drive, Dec. 22.Concrete tools not returned toMr. Rental; $1,109 at Ohio 28,Dec. 22.

Tile saw not returned to Mr.Rental; $6,120 at Ohio 28, Dec.22.

Pressure washer, etc. not re-turned to Mr. Rental; $5,240 atOhio 28, Dec. 22.

Glass suction cups not returnedto Mr. Rental; $105 at Ohio 28,Dec. 22.

Male stated ID used with noauthorization at 5800 block of

block of Fawn Ave., Dec. 19.Food not paid for at Frisch’s; $16at 1200 block of Ohio 28, Dec.19.

Back-up batteries taken fromSprint Cellphone site; $5,000 atPrice Road, Dec. 20.

Food not paid for at Cazadores;$37 at Ohio 28, Dec. 20.

Gloves taken from Meijer; $15 atOhio 28, Dec. 21.

Cellphone taken at O’Charley’sat Ohio 28, Dec. 22.

Medication, dog and jewelrytaken; $600 at 1100 block of

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringScrap metal taken from vacantbuilding; $10,000 at 900 blockof Ohio 28, Dec. 22.

MissingMale juvenile reported missingat 500 block of Loveland Mi-amiville Road, Dec. 22.

Misuse of credit cardMale stated card used with noauthorization at 6900 block ofShiloh Road, Dec. 19.

TheftGift card taken; $25 at 1200

POLICE REPORTS

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er, 87, died Jan. 12.Survived by children Gregory

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Victor Bosse; and sisters-in-lawCarol and Lois Bosse

Preceded in death by hus-band, Norbert J. Hoeper; daugh-ter, Susan Hoeper; siblingsAnthony, Angela, Milton, Cletusand Harry Bosse; and sisters-in-aw Julia and Miriam Bosse.

Services were Jan. 15 at Mi-hovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home,Cincinnati. Memorials to: theAlzheimer’s Association.

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LovelandPresbyterian ChurchWorship times are: Sundayschool 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.;worship 10:30-11:30 a.m.; fel-lowship 11:30 a.m.

The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525; [email protected];lovelandpresbyterianchurch.org.

Loveland UnitedMethodist ChurchAt 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, thechurch offers a contemporaryservice with a coffee cafe style.“All Together Now” program-ming for children ages birth tosixth grade is also offered.Communion is offered weekly.

Traditional worship is 9 a.m.Sundays, with music featuringthe chancel choir, bell choirs

Financial Peace University will beoffered from 6-7:30 p.m. Sun-days beginning Feb. 8 throughApril 12 in Room 223.

Student Ministries welcomesstudents to participate in itsactivities. Check the StudentMinistries Kiosk for a calendarof events.

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

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4 p.m.Wednesday for consideration inthe following edition. E-mailannouncements to [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

the Day: 1st and 2nd Thessalo-nians will be studied. Meets9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Wednes-days, in Room 120.

Lamplighters new study is IICorinthians. It meets 7-8:30Tuesdays in the Media Center.

Men’s Bible Group meets 6:45-7:30 a.m. Wednesdays in Room120.

“Finding God in Your Life,” ledby Rev. Linda McClanahan, is afour-week small group forthose who feel they havedoubts, are in grief or arefloundering. It is 5:30-6:30 p.m.Wednesdays, and 10:30-11:30a.m. Thursdays in the MediaCenter.

Men’s Saturday Bible Studyresumes March 14. “TwelveOrdinary Men,” a book aboutthe disciples, will be studied.Meets in Room 120, 8:30-10a.m.

a.m. Child care is available inthe nursery during both servicesfor infants through age 2.Sunday school for pre-schoolthrough 12th-grade is at 10:45a.m. Additional child care isavailable for parents in AdultEducation classes: Preschooland older meet in Room 113during the 9:15 service.

Adult Sunday Bible study meets10:45 a.m.

MOPS group (Mothers of Pre-schoolers). Free childcare pro-vided. Meets the secondWednesday of each month.9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room229.

“Not a Fan: Becoming a Com-pletely Committed Follower ofJesus” by Kyle Idleman, meetsin Room 120 ; 10:45 a.m. in theManse.

New Beth Moore Women’sStudy is underway. Children of

4309;newcovenantlifechurch.info;[email protected].

Prince of PeaceLutheran ChurchZumba continues at 6:30 p.m.Monday and Thursday eveningsin the Parish Life Center.

Wednesday morning Bible studyis at 10 a.m. in the Atrium. Amonthly women’s Bible study isheld the first Tuesday of eachmonth.

The church is at 101 S. LebanonRoad, Loveland; 683-4244;www.popluther.org.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday morning worship ser-vices are at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45

and other musical ensembles.Child care is available forchildren birth to 5 years old.Communion is offered the firstSunday of each month.

Contemporary service is 10:30a.m. Sundays, with musicprovided by the Praise Band.Full Sunday School program-ming is offered for childrenbirth to 18-years-old. AdultSunday School is also available.Communion is offered the firstSunday of each month.

The church is at 10975 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland; 683-1738;www.lovelandumc.org.

New Covenant LifeChurchWorship is 10:30 a.m. Sundays,followed by a noon meal and asecond service at 1 p.m.

The church is at 10059 PleasantRenner Road, Goshen; 937-218-

RELIGION

How did the NortheastHamilton County Repub-lican Club’s PancakeBreakfast become thepremier political fund-raising event in South-west Ohio and one of thetop political events in theUnited States?

In its 16th consecutiveyear, the event grew fromhumble beginnings andnow consistently attractsan audience of more than

500, in-cluding the“moversand shak-ers” in thelocal, re-gional, andeven na-tional po-

litical and business com-munity. This year’s eventwill feature U.S. Sen. RobPortman and will be at-tended by U.S. Rep. Steve

Chabot, U.S. Rep. BradWestrup and a host of oth-er local political figuresand judges.

The Northeast Hamil-ton County RepublicanClub was founded in No-vember 1999 and is com-mitted to the growth andcontinued success of theHamilton County Repub-lican Party by focusing onthe development of fu-ture generations of Re-

publican voters, volun-teers, leaders, and elect-ed officials. According tothe club’s president, Za-chary T. Haines, “one ofthe reasons for the suc-cess of the pancakebreakfast is the friendlyand productive atmos-phere. Not only is it af-fordable for the averagefamily, but it was createdwith the idea of connect-ing civic-minded leaders

across Southwest Ohioand raising money to sup-port our local candidates.Attendees have the op-portunity to enjoy a greatbreakfast buffet and hearfrom national, politicalfigures who are shapingour country’s future. It’salso a lot of fun. I remem-ber last year, Auditor ofState David Yost playedthe keyboard and led ev-eryone in the singing ofGod Bless America.”

Talk show host BillCunningham was theclub’s first speaker, fol-lowed by former OhioSecretary of State KenBlackwell. Past keynote

speakers also includeU.S. Sen. Rob Portman,U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, Min-nesota Gov. Tim Pawlen-ty, U.S. Rep. JeanSchmidt, U.S. Rep. BobMcEwen, Jo Ann David-son, co-chair of the Re-publican National Com-mittee, and others.

This year’s pancakebreakfast will be 9 a.m. to11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31,at the Sharonville Con-vention Center, 11355Chester Road. Doors openat 8:30 a.m. Tickets are$25/person (ages 10 & un-der are free) and can bepurchased at www.nehcrc.com.

Sixteen years of pancakes and GOP politics

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Hamilton County Audi-tor Dusty Rhodes says therecent passage of HouseBill 85 increases theamount of homestead ex-emption for military vet-erans who are rated 100percent disabled from aservice-connected dis-ability from $25,000 to$50,000. It also exemptsthese disabled veteransand their spouses from in-come/means testing.

“To receive the in-creased exemption underthe bill, a homeownermust be a veteran of theUnited States armedforces, reserves, or Na-tional Guard who was hon-orably discharged with aservice-connected totaland permanent disabilitycertified by the UnitedStates Department of Vet-erans Affairs or other fed-eral agency,” Rhodes said.

Applications may befiled from until June 1.

Any disabled veteranreceiving the standardHomestead credit needsto complete a new applica-tion to receive the en-hanced exemption.

For more information,contact the Auditor’sHomestead Departmentat 513-946-4099.

Homestead exemption rises for disabled vets

Hoffman joinsDunnhumbyusa

Dunnhumbyusa re-cently hired Allison Hoff-man of Loveland.

Hoffman, director, cli-ent leadership, will be re-sponsible for workingwith retailers and brandsto put the customer at thecenter of the decision-making process. Prior tojoining Dunnhumbyusa,Hoffman was presidentand owner of Connec-tion2Consumers and

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Dental Care Plusadds Sullivan

The Dental Care PlusGroup has announced theaddition of Loveland resi-dent Cassandra Sullivan

to the Finance Depart-ment as exchange prod-uct manager.

Sullivan will be respon-sible for the distributionand administration ofDCPG’s exchange certi-fied products: DentaTrustand DentaSpan. Sullivanwill also develop a brokeragent network to commu-nicate the availability anddistribute these productsin select market areas.

Sullivan previouslyworked as a project coor-dinator for Medpace.

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