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Heavenly wordsRenowned academic neuro-
surgeon and author Dr. Eben Al-exander spoke to local audi-ences at the Montgomery As-sembly of God and the Syca-more Junior High School March11-12.
Alife changing, transcenden-tal near-death experience dur-ing a week long deep coma froman inexplicable brain infectionis the subject of his two books,“Proof of Heaven” and “Map ofHeaven.”
He has spent the last fiveyears reconciling his rich spiri-tual experience with contempo-rary physics and cosmology. In
addition to appearing on the cov-er of Newsweek, Alexander hasbeen featured on television in-terviews with such notables asOprah, Diane Sawyer and LarryKing. His talks here, which in-cluded book signings, were partof the 2014-2015 Town Hall Lec-ture Series presented by theMontgomery Woman’s Club.
The speaker at the season fi-nale will be Clint Van Zandt, for-mer FBI profiler and author,with lectures scheduled forApril 8-9. Those interested maycontact www.montgomerywo-mansclub.org or call the voicemail at 513-684-1632.
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Following his lecture, Dr. Eben Alexander participated in a book signing atthe Sycamore Junior High School March 11. Above, Pinky Kopf of Hyde Parkcollected a handshake and autograph from the author.
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Dr. Eben Alexander, renownedneurosurgeon and author, spoke atthe Town Hall Lecture Series March11-12.
Symmes Township Boardof Trustees is working to de-velop a job description for itsnext administrator.
During aspecial meet-ing March 13,the boardunanimouslydismissed itsadministratorBrian Elliff,who hadserved thetownship since
January 2011.In a released statement,
Elliff said that he was“pleased with his tenure atthe township and glad to beleaving on good terms withthe board there.”
Board President Phil Becksaid that the rationale for thedismissal is that the townshipis moving in a different direc-
tion.“It was mutual respect
with the agreement,” he said.Per his contract, Elliff re-
ceived 30 days’ notice andwas placed on administrativeleave, for which he will bepaid. Beyond that he will re-ceive three months’ sever-ance, Beck said. Total amountof pay for the fourth monthsis $35,666.67.
Elliff, who is an lawyer,said that he is looking for-ward to re-establishing his le-gal practice in the planningand zoning field and consult-ing with local governments.He added that he would enjoyreturning to the public sectorlife when the right opportuni-ty presents itself.
As trustee president, Beckwill serve as the interim ad-ministrator. The trustees willlikely hold several meetingsin order to develop an appro-
Symmes Twp.trustees dismissadministratorSheila [email protected]
Elliff
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Though fall is a long wayoff, Montgomery resi-dents are debating
what the city should do oncethe leaves start falling.
More than 25 residents ad-dressed Montgomery citycouncil on March 18 about apossible change to the city’sleaf collection program.
A group of residents calledLeaf-Vacuum Service forMontgomery is campaigningfor the city to get a curbsideleaf-vacuuming system. Cur-rently, the city uses a baggingsystem. Residents wishingfor leaves to be taken awaymust put them in leaf bagsand the city collects them dur-ing an eight-week period.
Fourteen residents spokein favor of the city getting aleaf-vacuuming system andeight were for the city keep-ing the leaf bagging system.The rest said they were indif-ferent, pointing out the prosand cons of both sides.
Patrick Weese, one of theresidents from Leaf-VacuumService for Montgomery, saideight weeks of leaf pickup us-ing the bagging system costs$72,000 annually. Weiss said aleaf vacuum would cost about$159,400, but the city wouldneed to buy only one.
Leaf collection opinionspiling up in Montgomery
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Blue Ash is planningfor the future and lookingto increase developmentnear Summit Park, whilekeeping most neighbor-hoods as is.
City Manager DavidWaltz presented the up-dated land use, or compre-hensive, plan for Blue Ashfor the next 10 years.
“I am excited about theland use plan. Blue Ashhas always had a historyof being really a great,
growing community thatis always striving to im-prove itself. It is not reallytoo hard to grow and be-came relative, but it isstaying up there,” Waltzsaid, adding the city mustevolve to survive.
McBride Dale ClarionAssociates is creating theplan for the city. The com-pany looked at Blue Ash’schanging demographics,trends in office park de-signs and how to improvequality of life for resi-dents. The company hadfocus groups with hun-dreds of residents andcame up with four themesof the plan, Waltz said,who was presenting on be-half of Greg Dale, a found-ing principal of the com-pany. Dale presented theinitial results in August.
According to the plan,residents want to seemore mixed use develop-ments, transition areasbetween residential andcommercial districts, im-proved connectivity and ahigh quality of design anddevelopment.
“Blue Ash has alwayshad mixed use. We have al-ways aspired to one-thirdresidential, one-thirdcommercial and one-thirdbusiness and industrial.But, there is a call for in-tegrating them more with-in the developments thansimply segregating themall,” Waltz said. He addedputting residential or re-tail developments in most-ly commercial or industri-al areas of the city, such asthe area around SummitPark, would keep theareas “alive after five.”
The plan divided thecity into six areas and out-lined plans for each. Waltzsaid the most change withhappen in the SummitPark District.
“Based on the fact thatSummit Park is anchoringit, it is providing a center
piece that people are gath-ering around. It is mostlysurrounded by cooperateoffices and it is mostlydark around 5:15 p.m.”Waltz said.
The plan doesn’t envi-sion single-family devel-opments around the park,but adding supplementalcommercial develop-ments that would be usedby residents and employ-ees is possible.
Blue Ash Village, theresidential areas in down-town, and Blue Ash Vil-lage Center, the morecommercial areas nearTowne Square, aregrouped together in theplan.
“The vision is to con-tinue it begin at the samelevel of residential. Thekey part of these neigh-borhoods is they are verywalkable,” Waltz said.
Councilman JamesSumner, who lives in theBlue Ash Village district,said the area is wherethere is a need for transi-tions between commer-cial and non-commercialproperties so a car repairshop doesn’t open nextdoor to a residence with-out a buffer in place.
“Blue Ash Villageshould also be included inthe protect and preserveaspect,” Sumner said.
Blue Ash Village wasthe only mostly residen-tial area that was not in-cluded in the Neighbor-hood District. The districtis made up of mostly sin-gle-family residentialneighbors throughout thecity that were given thehighest ranking in thestudy. Residents werehappy with their neigh-borhoods, found them sta-ble and said they had ac-cess to good facilities andhad good connectivity toother areas with side-walks and bike paths.
The goal for the Neigh-borhood District is for thecity to preserve and pro-tect the neighborhoods.
Waltz said not muchchange will happen inBlue Ash North, which ismostly industrial andtechnological office parksnorth of Cooper Road, andBlue Ash South, which isalready heavily commer-cial near Plainfield Roadand Cross County High-way. If new developmentswere to be added them be-ing mixed use would beencouraged.
The mixed use aspectraised an issue for mem-bers of council.
“It was a little over-whelming to see mixeduse everywhere. Maybethere are some areas
where it is appropriateand some where it’s not,”Vice Mayor Tom Adamecsaid.
Sumner pointed outcouncil recently rejectedtwo development plansfor apartment complexesand asked the other mem-bers of council if theywould want to allow apart-ments in the future, know-ing it is a “sensitive issuefor the community.”
“This plan is going out10 plus years, lots of thingsare going to change overthat time. I’m in the mind-set of a case-by-case ba-sis,” Mayor Lee Czerwon-ka said.
Councilman Rick By-ran said his concern withone of the rejected devel-opments was that councilwas told it would be mixedused, but ended up beingheavily residential withonly 5,000 square feet ofcommercial space.
Waltz said the plan isjust about broad conceptsat the moment and detailslike what percentage of amixed use building wouldhave to be commercial orretail will be decided later.
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Members of the BlueAsh City Councilprepare to cut theribbon to open theSummit Parkplayground inAugust. In the city’s10-year land use plan,the most changes areexpected in the areasurrounding the parkto make it more of amixed-useresidential, businessand commercialdistrict.
“Cost is not an obstacle.If it did cost more, Mont-gomery has the resourcesto make it happen. Over 10
years we can save overhalf a million dollars,”Weese said.
Resident Bob Saul saidoperating the leafvacuum still costs money,he estimated $80,000. Headded communities, suchas Blue Ash, that onlyhave one truck use it forleaf collection and snowremoval. So, if the twooverlap, leaf collectionhas to stop until the snowis gone and then pick backup again.
“I do not want the re-serves the city has builtup to be spent on some-thing so frivolous,” Saulsaid.
Council did not addressthe leaf collection issue atthe meeting. Mayor ToddSteinbrink said the citywill have to research theissue before it makes a de-cision. In the March bulle-tin, an article about leafcollection said there aremultiple costs associatedwith such a program, in-cluding labor costs, insur-ance coverage and leavesobstructing storm waterdrains.
Several residents saidafter moving to Montgo-mery from places like Ma-deira, Blue Ash and Wyo-ming, they assumed leafvacuuming was a givenfor the area.
As the citizen group
pointed out, 17 nearbycommunities have a leafvacuum system, whilethree others have a bag-ging system.
Chris Dauenhauer,who was in support of theleaf vacuum, said leaveswould be taken to a com-posting facility andturned into mulch.
“Our reputation as a re-cycling city would be un-changed. The leaves getturned into mulch. We stillget our grants. Leafvacuuming is the bestchoice from an environ-mental standpoint,” shesaid.
Most of the peoplespeaking against the leafvacuum, and a few for it,said they already composttheir leaves themselveswith mulch mowers.
“Mulching to us ismuch easier. I don’t wantmy tax dollars spent onthis equipment or thisman power,” Toni Lehm-kuhl said.
Terri Torres said shemulches and compoststhe leaves in her yard, butis in favor of the leafvacuum because she asoak trees. A handful ofpeople mentioned theproblem with oak treesbecause oak leaves are tooacidic for compost.
“Just because I mulchnow doesn’t mean I have
to stop if the vacuumcomes,” Cheryl McElroypointed out.
A common statementagainst the leaf vacuum-ing system was that theleaves would have to bepiled up at the curb forcollection.
“If people are puttingout their leaves and itcould be a week until theyare picked up. We haveleaves all over just blow-ing around town,” Bever-ly Stall said.
Michiko Kissinger wasone of the last to speakand said it was clearreaching a decision willnot be an easy task.
“There are concernsabout both of them. Thereare some unknowns aboutthe vacuuming. There arenumbers flying around.I’ve read the city’s site,I’ve the site of the peoplewho are working towardgetting the leaf vacuumand the numbers justdon’t match up. It is a newthing and I guess withanything new it could goeither way. It might be‘wow, this is great’ or‘wow, the leaves are ev-erywhere.’”
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Township staff was no-tified March 16 of thechange of direction.
“I told them that this isnot something that willhappen overnight. Wewant to take our time anddo it right,” Beck said.
Until then, the townshipstaff will be working as ateam which is nothingnew for them, he added.
“We have a fantasticteam. I’m not going to bemicromanaging,” Becksaid.
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Troubadors needmore voices
Do you like to sing?The Troubadours enter-tain at nursing homesand retirement centers.
They have openingsfor a few more voices –both male and femaleNo experience is need-ed. If interested, con-tacted Leah Cohen at779-4800 [email protected].
Sycamore Twp.Republican Clubannounces speakers
The Sycamore Town-ship Republican Clubwill feature TV and WLWradio host Bill Cunning-ham, the “Great Ameri-can,” as guest speaker atits regular meeting 7p.m. Wednesday, March25, at Robert L. SchulerSports Complex Commu-nity Room, 11580 Deer-field Road, SycamoreTownship.
The Club will featureOhio Supreme Court Jus-tice Sharon Kennedy asguest speaker at its reg-ular meeting 7 p.m.Wednesday, April 22, atthe Robert L. Schuler
Advocacy trainingfor ArthritisFoundation
The Arthritis Founda-tion is hosting an Advo-cacy Training Day, 8 a.m.to 1p.m. Saturday, March28, at Sharonville Con-vention Center.
The program is free,but registration is re-quired.
Learn techniques foradvocating for yourselfand others.
Track 1 is for adults;track 2 is for childreneighth-grade to 12th-grade.
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UC Blue Ash eventwith LaRosas April 1
The UC Blue Ash Col-lege EntrepreneurSpeaker Series with Bud-dy LaRosa and sons thatwas scheduled for March4 had to be canceled dueto inclement weather.
The event has been re-scheduled for April 1from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. inMuntz Auditorium on theUC Blue Ash campus. Itis free and open to thepublic.
To register for thisfree presentation, or tolearn more about the UCBlue Ash College Entre-preneur Speaker Series,go to www.uc-blueash.edu/ess.
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Sycamore CommunitySchools will undergomore than $1 million inrenovations this summer.
The track replacementis estimated to cost$378,000, Director ofBusiness OperationsChad Lewis said. The rub-ber surfacing on the trackand the asphalt under-neath will need to be re-placed. The track has notbeen resurfaced in 15years, which is the life-time for the track.
The summer renova-tions is estimated at $1.03million.
“The reason we com-bined a lot of these pro-jects is they require verysimilar materials; alumi-num paneling, windows,doors and things of thatnature. So it is better tobid them all at once andtry to get a price break onthe overall amount that isneeded,” Lewis said.
The summer projectsinclude adding a spiritshop in the commons atthe high school and securedoors and security up-grades at the high school,Sycamore Junior HighSchool and Edwin H.Greene IntermediateSchool.
With the secure doors,
visitors will have to gothrough a system of buzz-ers to get into the build-ings.
“It’s a very significantlevel of checks so we canmake sure we are vettingevery person that comesinto our buildings,” hesaid.
Lewis said renovationswill also be done in themedia center and specialneeds classrooms at thehigh school.
“We are going to trans-form (the media center)into what is going to becalled the learning com-mons. It is going to bemore interactive. It is go-ing to be more mobile toreally address the curri-culum needs for our stu-dents and current learn-ing versus how libraries
and media cents were setup previously,” Lewissaid.
Lewis said the specialneeds programs have out-grown their program-ming space at the highschool.
“We are moving oneprogram to the Aldine
House next to Greene. Weare going to renovate asecond classroom at thehigh school for studentswith multiple disabili-ties,” he said.
The second classroomwill be specialized to helpthe students work on lifeskills, such as cooking in a
kitchenette, or on differ-ent classroom skills.
Lewis said many of theprojects were spreadover a couple of years, butthe district combinedthem to drive down costs.
“We are really trying totake a good look at thehigh school property andbuilding in general. Wefeel that Sycamore is apremiere high school andwe want to make sure ourspace reflects that,” hesaid.
Lewis said the goal is tohave all renovations fin-ished by the start of the2015-2016 school year.
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The Sycamore Community Schools will be undergoing morethan $1 million of renovations this summer, many of whichwill be at Sycamore High School.
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Indian Hill High SchoolHigh school mock trial teams
from Summit, Oak Hills (twoteams), Indian Hill, Walnut Hillsand Portsmouth have advancedfrom the regional mock trialcompetition to the state mocktrial competition this month inColumbus.
One team will advance fromthe state competition to a nation-al high school mock trial compe-tition May 14-16 in Raleigh,North Carolina.
On Feb. 20, Clermont Countyhosted one of the eight regionalhigh school mock trial competi-tions.
Each of the teams in the re-gional competition had previ-ously won two trials in the dis-trict mock trial competition onJan. 30.
Mount Notre Dame High School
» Mount Notre Dame stu-dents truly experienced themeaning behind the adage “apicture is worth a thousandwords” through weekly interac-tions with residents at HydePark Health Center.
The New Voices Program,funded through the MayersonFoundation, is a five-week expe-rience in which MND photogra-phy students, under the direc-tion of faculty members DeniseScharf and Beth Wurzelbacher,met with residents at the HydePark Health Center to listen tostories about their childhoods,careers and families.
Students who participated inthis voluntary enrichment expe-rience included Sydney Arm-strong (Deer Park), HannahBrandell (West Chester Town-ship), Lauren Curry(Sharon-ville), Elaina Gruber (Loveland),Maria Meece (Morrow), Caro-line Molony (Norwood), AnnaQualters (Montgomery), JillianSchmidt (Forest Park) and AliWiethe (Liberty Township).
Throughout their time withthe residents, students capturedphotos of important documents,keepsakes and other memora-bilia that residents shared whilerecording the stories behind theitems. Students also took por-trait photographs of the resi-dents.
Students will compile the im-ages and transcribe the record-ings to create scrapbooks thatdocument the residents’ cher-ished memories. The scrap-books will be on display at MNDand then ultimately given to theresidents.
Ursuline Academy» Six Ursuline seniors have
been recognized as NationalMerit Scholarship Finalists andone senior has been recognizedas a National AchievementScholarship Finalist.
The six National Merit Final-ists are seniors Erica Behrens ofAnderson Township, AllisonBrady of Union Township, EmilyHellmann of Madeira, ClairHopper of Anderson Township,Madilyn Kimmel of Goshen, andEmily Lowe of West ChesterTownship, and the NationalAchievement Scholarship Final-ist is Kari Fletcher of Fairfield.
“We are very proud of theseseven young women and thework they have done to earn this
achievement,” Ursuline Presi-dent Sharon Redmond said.“This is an honor for these stu-dents and for Ursuline.”
» On the evening of March 7,Ursuline Performing Arts wel-comed guests to their biannualStarry Starry Night – an eveningcelebrating the performing arts.The evening included the inau-gural induction of an Ursulinealumna Sharon Wheatley ‘85,into the new Ursuline Perform-ing Arts Hall of Fame.
Wheatley is a Broadway ac-tress and writer. She has a na-tionally published memoir “‘Tilthe Fat Girl Sings” (AdamsMedia). Wheatley has writtenfor actress Kristin Chenoweth,produced, directed and co-wrote“Avenue Zoo,” and enjoyed 22years in New York City as a pro-fessional actress. Her Broad-way credits include “Avenue Q,”the final company of “Cats” as itfinished its record-breaking runat The Winter Garden Theater,“Les Miserables” and “The
Phantom of the Opera.” In addition to her Broadway
career, Wheatley is a featuredsoloist around the country withsymphony orchestras, includingThe New Jersey Symphony, De-troit, Seattle, Portland, Naples,Milwaukee and Oklahoma City.She attended the renowned Mu-sical Theater program at Uni-versity of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.
Wheatley performedthroughout the evening and alsoexpressed her gratitude for therecognition and the performingarts education she received atUrsuline.
In her speech, Wheatleythanked and credited two pastUrsuline faculty members, for-mer music faculty member Ju-dy Brown and former Englishfaculty member Kathy Wade.Wheatley also spoke to the Ursu-line students directly, encourag-
ing them to maintain their ties toUrsuline and to Ursuline alums.
“Be brave; Be kind to eachother,” Wheatley said. “You’ll beamazed by the connections thathappen in the future simply be-cause you wore the same Ursu-line skirt that another success-ful woman wore.”
Wheatley lives in San Diegowith her husband, music direc-tor, Rob Meffe, and their twodaughters.
» Ursuline hosted nine stu-dents and one faculty member,Masahiro Sasaki, from St. Ursu-la Academy in Hachinoe, Japan.The delegation was in CincinnatiMarch 7-March 21.
This is the third time studentsfrom St. Ursula Academy Ha-chinoe have visited Ursuline,the most recent visit being in2008. During their time here,students are shadowing Ursu-line students and will spend an
hour and a half each day takingEnglish lessons.
The students visited the Cin-cinnati Art Museum and went ona tour of downtown Cincinnativisiting Great American BallPark, Carew Tower, St. Peter-in-Chains Cathedral and City Hall.The group also had the opportu-nity to meet Mayor John Cran-ley and Cincinnati Councilwom-an Amy Murray, who is fluent inJapanese.
The students from Hachinoeare staying with Ursuline stu-dents and their families duringtheir visit. The main purpose ofthis visit is to improve their Eng-lish skills and develop a betterunderstanding of American cul-ture. After leaving Cincinnatithe group will visit Washington,D.C., to see many of the monu-ments that they have learnedabout in their studies of Ameri-can culture and history.
» On Friday, March 13,through the World Affairs Coun-cil, five members of the US De-partment of State’s Interna-tional Visitor Leadership Pro-gram visited Ursuline Academyin Blue Ash to observe one of Ur-suline’s interdisciplinary class-es, American Studies, whichcombines US History and Eng-lish III.
The Greater CincinnatiWorld Affairs Council is the lo-cal partner of Global Ties U.S.which hosts emerging leadersfrom around the world on amonthly basis through the U.S.Department of State Interna-tional Visitor Leadership Pro-gram (IVLP), the premier ex-change program sponsored bythe U.S. Department of State Bu-reau of Educational and CulturalAffairs.
The objectives of the visit, asoutlined by the Department ofState, include enhancing the par-ticipants’ understanding ofAmerican culture and history,showcasing the variation anddistribution of the US Englishlanguage, interacting with lan-guage teachers and students inclassroom settings and ex-change views with teachers onpedagogical methodology, andfinally, connecting with educa-tional policy makers at the na-tional, state, and local levels.Delegation members who visit-ed Ursuline included YasminaDjafri Karras of Algeria, Augus-tin Palenfo of Burkina Faso, AnaLara Rodriguez of Mexico andDaniel Castillo Arauja of Vene-zuela.
The delegation met with Ur-suline history faculty membeTammy Bowman, and UrsulineEnglish faculty member Cather-ine Schellhous, who togetherteach American studies. Theydiscussed the pedagogical meth-ods used in teaching an interdis-ciplinary class, and the tech-niques used in the class. Theythen observed the AmericanStudies class and had the oppor-tunity to ask questions of the stu-dents.
Several students commentedon the natural pairing of historyand literature, saying that un-derstanding the historical con-text of a piece of literature pro-vides a better understanding ofthe piece, and that reading his-torical literature helps demon-strate the impact events of theday had on society.
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Students from Hachinoe, Japan, and their teacher meet Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley during their visit toCincinnati City Hall.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Tack Room. Bring currentproject for assessment and help;still life setups available. Ages18 and up. $25. 404-3161. Marie-mont.
Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Landscapes of local favoritebeauty spots. Benefits Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center. Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.
Cooking ClassesSpringtime and Maple Syrupwith Dan Berger, 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, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475. Blue Ash.
Be Smart, Eat Well and MoveMore at Your Library, 3:45p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Learnabout exercise, good nutritionand feeding your brain withgood books while completing26 miles of Flying Pig marathonon your Hog Log. Free. Present-ed by Public Library of Cincin-nati & Hamilton County. 369-4450. Deer Park.
Yoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Appro-priate for seasoned beginners.Plenty of challenge that buildsstrength and stamina. Atten-tion to alignment detail ispriority. Experience helpful butnot necessary. Ages 35-65. $120per 9 weeks unlimited. Registerat first class or drop-in. 706-9802; www.karenjohnsyoga-.com. Mariemont.
Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion Group forFriends Past and Present: TheBicentennial History ofCincinnati Friends Meeting(1815-2015), 7 p.m., CincinnatiFriends Meeting, 8075 KellerRoad, Book provides in-depthlook at Cincinnati MonthlyMeeting of Religious Society ofFriends and how it has changedover past two centuries. Ages 18and up. Free. 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org.Indian Hill.
Literary - LibrariesTeen Writing Club, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Forteen writers interested inmeeting other teen writers orlooking for feedback fromothers. Ages 12-17. Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.
Music - BluesSonny Moorman, 8 p.m. tomidnight, HD Beans and BottlesCafe, 6721 Montgomery Road,793-6036. Silverton.
On Stage - StudentTheater
Children of Eden, 7:30 p.m.,Madeira High School, 7465Loannes Drive, Medert Audi-torium. Story of relationshipsbetween parents and children,using musical numbers, creativechoreography, and a cast ofvaried ages. $10. Reservationsrecommended. Presented byMadeira Theatre Arts. 891-8222;madeiracityschools.org. Madei-ra.
On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage CompanyTheatre, 111 S. Second St., $18.Reservations required. Present-ed by Loveland Stage Company.Through March 28. 443-4572;www.lovelandstagecompa-ny.org. Loveland.
FRIDAY, MARCH 27Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.
Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, All-you-can-eat. Atlantic cod, dipped inbatter and deep fried to goldenbrown with homemade tartarsauce provided. Dinners comewith sides of homemade maca-roni and cheese and coleslaw,complemented with breads andbeverages. Desserts. Also of-fered: two-piece grilled chickenbreast, shrimp basket dinner ortwo-piece cheese pizza dinner.$10, $5 ages 6-10, free ages 5and under. Carry-out fish sand-wich: $5. Through April 3.891-8527, ext. 1. Blue Ash.
Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., MontgomeryPresbyterian Church, 9994 ZigZag Road, Choice of deep friedcod with hush puppies, coleslawand french fries or baked tilapiawith rice and vegetables. De-serts and soft drinks includedwith all meals. Extra pieces offish available for additionalpurchase. Dine-in or carryout.$9 adults. 891-8670; mpchurch-.net. Montgomery.
Fish Fry, 5-8 p.m., St. ColumbanSchool, 896 Oakland Road, Dinein or drive-through carry out.Grilled salmon, fried fish, fishtacos, jumbo coconut shrimp,buffalo shrimp wraps, coleslaw,macaroni and cheese, apple-sauce, baked potato, frenchfries, sweet potato fries, pizza,salad, desserts. Price varies.683-7903; www.stcolumba-n.org. Loveland.
Fish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., St. Marga-ret of York School, 9495 Colum-bia Road, Cod, salmon, shrimp,mac and cheese, cheese pizza;includes sides, drink and des-sert. Beer available for addition-al charge. Carryout availablestarting at 5 p.m.$5-$9 perdinner. Ages 65 and up get $1off meal 5-6 p.m. Presented bySt. Margaret of York. 697-3168;www.smoy.org. Loveland.
FilmsFinal Friday Flix Film Series,7-10 p.m. Features “Big Night”and Italian-themed evening.,Terwilliger’s Lodge, 10520Deerfield Road, $5. Reservationsrequired. Presented by Montgo-mery Arts Commission. 891-2424; www.montgomeryo-hio.org. Montgomery.
NatureParent Outdoor Class, 8:30-10a.m., Children’s Meeting HouseMontessori School, 927 O’Ban-nonville Road, Program forparents to experience outdoors.School’s naturalist guides par-ents as they explore gardens,trails and other natural fea-tures. Young children welcometo join. Free. 683-4757. Love-land.
On Stage - StudentTheater
Our Miss Brooks, 7:30 p.m.,Ursuline Academy, 5535 PfeifferRoad, $10. Presented by Ursu-line Academy Stage Company.791-5791; www.ursulineacade-my.org. Blue Ash.
Children of Eden, 7:30 p.m.,Madeira High School, $10.Reservations recommended.891-8222; madeiracityschool-s.org. Madeira.
On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage CompanyTheatre, $18. Reservationsrequired. 443-4572; www.love-landstagecompany.org. Love-land.
ShoppingAllure Bridals Trunk Show, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., Bridal by Kot-sovos, 9501 Montgomery Road,Try on dresses no one else hasseen yet. Receive 10-percentdiscount on all dresses present-ed in show. Free admission.Reservations recommended.Through March 29. 791-3877;www.bridalbykotsovos.com.Montgomery.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28Art ExhibitsArtistically Speaking: Brushand Palette Painters Exhibit,1-4 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.
Clubs & OrganizationsS.W.A.N. Day 2015, 1-6 p.m.,Women Writing for a Change,6906 Plainfield Road, SupportWomen Artists Now cele-bration. Suggested donation$15-$20 (sliding scale). Openmic readings, visual artists,
musical performances. Free,donations accepted. 272-1171;www.womenwriting.org.Silverton.
Cooking ClassesCheese Making from LuckyPenny Farms with AbbeTurner, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $45. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.
Health / WellnessDiabetes Conversation Maps,10 a.m. to noon, Duck CreekYMCA, 5040 Kingsley Drive,Small group discussions of Type2 diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator.Free. Presented by Jan Kellogg.791-0626. Duck Creek.
Home & GardenLet’s Make a Garden, 10 a.m.to noon, Turner Farm, 7400Given Road, Class designed forthose who are new to garden-ing. $15. Registration recom-mended. 561-7400; tunerfar-m.org. Indian Hill.
Music - ClassicalMusic at Ascension, 7:30 p.m.Ukranian-born pianist ElenaUlyanova., Ascension LutheranChurch, 7333 Pfeiffer Road,Sanctuary. Free, donationsaccepted. 793-3288. Montgo-mery.
On Stage - Children’sTheater
Gizmo Guys, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., UCBlue Ash College Muntz Thea-ter, 9555 Plainfield Road, AllanJacobs and Barrett Felker’scombination of dazzling tech-nique and infectious humor.Rapid-fire act exhilarates andinspires laughter in audiencemembers of all ages. $7. Pre-sented by ARTrageous Sat-urdays. 745-5705; uc-blueash.edu/performingarts.Blue Ash.
On Stage - StudentTheater
Our Miss Brooks, 7:30 p.m.,Ursuline Academy, $10. 791-5791; www.ursulineacade-my.org. Blue Ash.
Children of Eden, 2 p.m., 7:30p.m., Madeira High School, $10.Reservations recommended.891-8222; madeiracityschool-s.org. Madeira.
On Stage - TheaterFiddler on the Roof, 7:30 p.m.,Loveland Stage CompanyTheatre, $18. Reservationsrequired. 443-4572; www.love-landstagecompany.org. Love-land.
ShoppingAllure Bridals Trunk Show, 10a.m. to 6 p.m., Bridal by Kot-sovos, Free admission. Reserva-tions recommended. 791-3877;www.bridalbykotsovos.com.Montgomery.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29Exercise Classes
The Art, Science and Sweat ofLooking and Feeling Great,1-2 p.m., 2-3:15 p.m., Power-Ryde, 471 Wards Corner Road,30 minutes of full body cardioon unique full-motion spinningcycles followed by 30-minutepresentation from DebrahEnglert Salon exploring art andscience of looking your bestwhile sampling recommendedhealthy lifestyle products. Ages15-75. Benefits Leukemia &Lymphoma Society. $30. Regis-tration required. Presented byPowerRyde and Debrah EnglertSalon. 583-7433; www.powerry-de.com. Loveland.
Holiday - EasterBunny Palooza, 3-5 p.m., KidsFirst Sports Center, 7900 E.Kemper Road, Get picturetaken with Easter Bunny, gymstations, inflatable slide andegg hunt. $10. 489-7575. Syca-more Township.
On Stage - StudentTheater
Our Miss Brooks, 2 p.m., Ursu-line Academy, $10. 791-5791;www.ursulineacademy.org.Blue Ash.
ShoppingAllure Bridals Trunk Show,noon to 5 p.m., Bridal by Kot-sovos, Free admission. Reserva-tions recommended. 791-3877;www.bridalbykotsovos.com.Montgomery.
MONDAY, MARCH 30Cooking ClassesSouthern Easter Dinner fromFresh Table with Louis Snow-den and Meredith Trombly,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares,11344 Montgomery Road, $45.Reservations required. 489-6400. Symmes Township.
Exercise ClassesYoga: Align Level 1, 8:15-9:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Taughtby Karen Johns. Appropriate forBeginners with some yogaexperience. Emphasis on properalignment, self-care, safestretching, sense of humor andall yoga has to offer. Ages35-60. $120 for 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at the first class.706-9802; www.karenjohnsyo-ga.com. Mariemont.
Yoga for New Beginners, 10-11a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Sessiontruly for those brand new toyoga. Ages 35-65. $120 for 9weeks. Register at the first class.706-9802; www.karenjohnsyo-ga.com. Mariemont.
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.
TUESDAY, MARCH 31Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,$25. 404-3161. Mariemont.
Cooking ClassesSpring Break- CaribbeanCruise with Cynthia Oyenu-ga, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares,11344 Montgomery Road, $45.Reservations required. 489-6400. Symmes Township.
Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.
Gentle A.M. Yoga, 7:15-8:15a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Gentlemorning class occurs mostly onfloor, moves spine in all of itsdirections, opens hips andshoulders. Poses alternatebetween stabilizing, stretchingand strengthening. Good foreveryone from newbie toadvanced practitioner. $120 for9 weeks unlimited. Register atthe first class or drop-in. 706-9802; www.karenjohnsyoga-.com. Mariemont.
Yoga: Align Level 2, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Forwell-seasoned beginner orintermediate student. Ages35-60. $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30-3p.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. $140per monthly session, plus mod-eling fee. Registration required.259-9302; www.deborah-ridgley.com. Mariemont.
Cooking ClassesBallpark Favorites fromAround the League withIlene Ross, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $45. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.
Dining EventsMurder Mystery Dinner,6:30-9:30 p.m., Parkers Blue AshTavern, 4200 Cooper Road,Actors from the Alibi Players
Group set to act out a murdermystery throughout dinner.Customers encouraged tointeract to help solve mystery.Theme is “Being an April FoolCan Be Murder.” Complimen-tary champagne, fruit andcheese upon arrival. $75. Reser-vations required. 891-8300. BlueAsh.
Drink TastingsBurger and Beer Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. to midnight, FiftyWest Brewing Company, 7668Wooster Pike, Burger and pintfor $10. 834-8789; fiftywest-brew.com. Columbia Township.
Support GroupsAl-Anon Meeting, noon to 1p.m., Good Shepherd LutheranChurch Kenwood, 7701 Ken-wood Road, Room 101. Fellow-ship of relatives and friends ofalcoholics who share theirexperience, strength and hopein order to solve commonproblems. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Kenwood Al-AnonFamily Group. 947-3700. Ken-wood.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2Cooking ClassesFresh and Flavorful PastaDishes with Marilyn Harris,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares,11344 Montgomery Road, $55.Reservations required. 489-6400. Symmes Township.
Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.
Yoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 per 9 weeks unlim-ited. Register at first class ordrop-in. 706-9802; www.karen-johnsyoga.com. Mariemont.
Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion Group forFriends Past and Present: TheBicentennial History ofCincinnati Friends Meeting(1815-2015), 7 p.m., CincinnatiFriends Meeting, Free. 791-0788; www.cincinnatifriend-s.org. Indian Hill.
Music - ClassicalCincinnati Debut of PianistYevgeny Sudbin, 11 a.m. to12:30 p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485Ridge Road, Matinee Musicale.Sudbin is recipient of severalinternational awards. $50season ticket. $15, $3 students.Presented by Matinee Musicale.469-9819; www.matinee-mu-sicale-cincinnati.org. AmberleyVillage.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3Art OpeningsGaps and Overlaps: Collab-orative Works by UC BlueAsh Faculty, 5-7 p.m., UC BlueAsh College, 9555 PlainfieldRoad, Collection of creativeworks produced by faculty fromArt, English, Foreign Language,Mathematics, and Music.Through May 1. Free. 745-5600;www.ucblueash.edu. Blue Ash.
Dining EventsFish Fry, 4-7 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $10,$5 ages 6-10, free ages 5 andunder. Carry-out fish sandwich:$5. 891-8527, ext. 1. Blue Ash.
Fish Fry, 5:30-7:30 p.m., St. Johnthe Evangelist Church, 7121Plainfield Road, Baked or friedfish, shrimp, salmon, pizza,grilled cheese, french fries, mac‘n’ cheese, desserts, beverages.Dinner: $8 or a la carte. 791-3238. Deer Park.
RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m.Easter, Kids First Sports Center,7900 E. Kemper Road, Pizza,indoor swimming and night-time snack. $30, $20 eachadditional child. Reservationsrequired. 489-7575; www.kids-firstsports.com. SycamoreTownship.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4BenefitsCincinnati Comedians Basket-ball Invitational, 4 p.m., SevenHills School, 5400 Red BankRoad, Game between twoteams made up of comediansfrom Tri-state. Benefits Fre-estore Foodbank. $5 or 3canned goods. Presented byCincinnati Comedians Basket-ball Invitational. No phone;www.cincycbi.com. Madi-sonville.
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Madeira Theatre Arts presents “Children of Eden,” a joyous and inspirational musical aboutparents, children and faith. Based on the book of Genesis, the age-old conflict of parents andchildren follows Adam, Eve, Noah and the “Father” who created them, as they deal with theheadstrong, destructive actions of their respective children. The show ultimately delivers abittersweet but inspiring message: “the hardest part of love ... is letting go.” Performances are7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27; and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March28. Tickets are $10. Reservations are recommended. Call 891-8222. Pictured are Sarah Andrewsand Ted Graeter as Adam and Eve in “Children of Eden.”
MARCH 25, 2015 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • A7NEWS
I know I “jumped the gun” when Icleared out the end of the garden nearthe elderberries and mulch pile tocreate a space for my cold frame.
Well, it wasn’t entirely my fault.The weather was sunny and over 60degrees and I was just itching to startplanting.
We lugged the railroad ties over tomake a rectangle, filled it with loamysoil and mulch and sowed rows ofearly veggies and greens: radishes,lettuces, beets and carrots.
I put a clear plastic shield over it to keepin warmth and I could just see in my mind’seye a few weeks down the road, pickinggreens and pulling radishes.
Of course, Mother Nature had thelast laugh when the temperaturedipped below freezing the next fewnights. But I’m undeterred.
I’m still thinking about a bountifulspring harvest, but not in a fewweeks.
Meanwhile, we have Passover andEaster to think about, so here’s twogood recipes for both.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educa-tor, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinary profession-
al and author. Find her blog online at Abouteating.com. Email her at [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.
Brisket, ham for Passover, EasterMy best Passover brisket
The ingredients here are commonly used for preparing brisket. Thetechnique is what’s important. Brisket needs long, slow cooking to becometender when you roast it in the oven or on top of the stove. Brisket some-times comes in large quantities. I had the butcher at Jungle Jims cut a largeone in half for me as the eight-pound roast in the meat department was justtoo big. So don’t be shy about asking if the roast you see is too big. Wonder-ful for Passover or if you want a tummy-filling, good tasting, easy roast
1 brisket, trimmed of fat - mine was 3 pounds1 bottle, 12 oz. chili sauce1 pouch dry onion soup mix1 can regular Coke, 12 oz.
Preheat oven to 350. Place brisket in oven proof pot with lid. Mixsauce, soup and coke together and pour over brisket. Roast, covered, for 1hour, then turn temperature down to 250 and roast, covered, for 4-5 hours.Four hours will give a tender roast which slices easily. Five hours will giveyou a meltingly tender, fall apart roast and to me, this is the best one so ifyou can spare 5 hours, do it.
You can skim fat off top and slice meat and serve with gravy rightaway or cool to room temperature in the pan and put the whole thing inthe frig several hours or overnight. The fat will congeal to the top and youcan lift it off. Reheat roast with the gravy. You can slice it against the grainso it won’t be stringy before reheating or reheat it unsliced and slice itafterwards.
Tip from Rita’s kitchenFor a 5- to 8-pound roast, double the gravy ingredients.
Homemade spiced honey glaze for spiral ham
Sean T., a Cleves reader, shares this recipe. He found it in a food maga-zine and tested it out ahead of time for Easter. “I like the spiral ham butwanted to make a simple, not too spicy, homemade glaze for it and I likethis one”, he told me. This is enough for an 8- to 10-pound ham.
Boil at a gentle boil together for about 5 minutes:
3 cups honey1 tablespoon cinnamon1 tablespoon whole cloves3 tablespoons butter
Preheat oven to 325. Place ham on baking sheet and brush half thehoney mixture over and in between slices. Do this often with rest of mixtureuntil ham is crisp around the edges and reaches an internal temperature of120. This takes about an hour or so, Sean said.
Tip from Rita’s kitchen: A citrus touchHow about stirring in a cup or so of orange marmalade to the honey
mixture? Sounds good to me, so let me know if you do this and how youlike it.
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
When preparing a good brisket, the technique is what’s important. Brisket needs long, slow cooking to becometender.
Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
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It’s time to realisticallyevaluate leaf vacuum systemsfor the city of Montgomery.
First, lets look at the costsand logistics involved in add-ing leaf vacuuming equipmentand the amount of work re-quired to rake, bag, or mulchleaves in a typical one-half orthree-quarter acre yard com-monly found in our fair city.
Trees are notorious forspreading their deleafing peri-od over a two or three monthsperiod. October, November,and December are normal andno matter who or how theleaves are collected, that is the“leaf harvesting” period dic-tated by Mother Nature.
A study into true life cyclecosts will shed light on wheth-
er leafvacuuming is awise invest-ment for ourcity. The pur-chase andupkeep of leafvacuumingequipment willcost in thehundreds ofthousands ofdollars. Buy-
ing small, less expensive ma-chines to use over miles ofstreets will escalate labor andmaintenance costs. For ninemonths, the equipment sitsunused, storage and trainingcosts add up, and the citizensof Montgomery will pay addi-tional for trash and leaf pick-
up. Meanwhile, these thoughts
float lightly from my comput-er and waft gently to theground.
I use a mulching mower toshred and return leaves backto nature. My neighbor doestoo. Many leaves, I suspect,are from his yard. I receivethe value of his nutrients, soit’s fair. For hard to reachleaves, a small leaf blower andrake help make small pilesthat I mulch with my mightymulching mower. My neighbordoes the same and we areknown as the Mighty MulchingMen of Windzag Lane.
For neighbors who aspire toreach our level of expertise,we offer a short video cap-
tured by my wife in the fall of2014. Or we offer a PowerPointslide show illustrating theadvantage over bagging orvacuuming. The PPSS re-ceived Mother Nature’s ap-proval, ask by name: It camefrom the Earth, Thus It Re-turned!
Most of my trees are in thebackyard. When I not looking,the wind deleaves them tonudity, bare skin exposed untilthe coming spring. My heartpines for the trees, but not formy aching back or the leaves,for Montgomery may decide tovacuum, if they please, givingme major logistics and backproblems raking and blowingthem to the front curb.
Because leaves fall errati-
cally over time, I must pur-chase a tent, pitch it strate-gically, and live in it for thethree month deleafing period.During this time, my wife,children and grandchildrenwill not see me but they willhear my moans and groansamid the whir and whine of myleaf blower and non-mulchingmower.
For those averse to mulch-ing leaves back to nature,there is one solution fromwhich I will not waver, savethe money to be spent on thetent, buy bags and relent fromspending taxpayer money onthis wild bent.
Gerry Hounchell is a resident ofMontgomery.
Leaf-vacuum service in Montgomerymust not become our downfall
GerryHounchellCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
March 18 questionWhat are your predictions for
March Madness – the NCAA Tour-nament? In how many bracketpools will you participate?
“My prediction is that Ken-tucky is going to win it all.Bench depth is so important inthe tournament since you neverknow when you’ll have one ofthe starters get into foul trou-ble.
“With Kentucky that doesn’tmatter since their bench play-ers are probably just a slightpercentage dropoff in abilityfrom the starters. No otherteam in the tournament hassuch talent and depth that cancome off the bench and not havethe team miss a beat.
“I’ll probably enter twobrackets, one a friend of mine isrunning and another from work.It won’t really matter since byThursday late PM, I will alreadyhave lines drawn through myselections, on my way to anoth-er disappointing failure atbracket perfection.”
C.S.
“Zero.”D.H.
“I’m just sad that the BlueJackets won’t be facing offagainst Ottawa this year. Neverheard the Stanley Cup calledMarch Madness. Where did thatterm originate?”
D.B.
“My prediction for MarchMadness is Michigan State forthe whole enchilada. However,since they failed to make thebracket, I may possibly need toreconsider. UK is the presump-
tive star and I can support them.I am only in one pool at work andthat is aimed at giving most ofthe proceeds to charity. The onething March Madness always
stirs up for me is the questionthat if NCAA basketball can doan all-inclusive tournamentleading to a true and real nation-al champion, why can’t they do
the same thing for NCAA foot-ball?”
M.J.F.
“I’m a big Xavier Universityfan, but am realistic to knowthat their chances are not verygood in winning a national title,however my No. 2 team, theUniversity of Wisconsin Bad-gers, have a legitimate chanceof cutting down the nets afterthe final game.
“Everyone is picking theUniversity of Kentucky Wild-cats and for good reason, how-ever, UW gave them a run fortheir money in last year’s semi-finals and I think with an extrayear behind them and the waythe style they play, they couldknock off the mighty Wildcats.
“In summary, maybe myheart is giving way to commonlogic, but I’m going to stick tomy prediction and hopefully BoRyan will finally get that elu-sive first NCAA Division I bas-ketball title!
“Go X!!!!!! and on Wiscon-sin!!!!!!”
R.R.
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An open letter to theIndian Hill Board ofEducation
I attended the Tuesday,March 10, board meeting andbelieve the only thing accom-plished was waking a sleepinggiant. You’re hurting your-selves and the district as it per-tains to the illegal inside mill-age tax.
What I heard in the IndianHill School District vision state-ment were the words Integrity,accountability and leadership.The board had an opportunity todemonstrate these importantvalues, and instead compro-mised them further.
I not only watched your reac-tions to the speakers who cameto the podium, but also took noteof your interactions as teammembers and a board.
What I saw was indifference,lack of integrity and account-ability and ultimately lack ofleadership.
My only regret was that thestudents who attended didn’tstay long enough to see this inaction. They missed a great op-portunity to learn what not to doand how not to conduct their fu-
ture commitments and obliga-tions.
There are two fundamentalissues to acknowledge:
» The board created this di-lemma. No one else did.
» You’ve also decided as indi-viduals and/or a group thatthere’s an interest in it for you,whether it’s ego, legacy, accom-modating family members inthe system, etc.
The Ohio Supreme Courtagrees there isn’t any financialneed for the Indian Hill SchoolDistrict whatsoever. A unani-mous ruling was reached anddirected, stating reversal andremand.
The solution, as we all know,is a simple vote away.
Whether you agree or not,your fiduciary responsibilitiesas board members, accordingto law, are to provide completeand full resolution.
Remember, this is not yourschool district, it is owned bytaxpayers, and it is an honor toserve as a board on their behalf.
Let’s make a decision for un-conditional resolution, immedi-ately.
Tom Butt Indian Hill
Bag the rake – mulchyour leaves
The current discussion onlawn leaves is leaving out thebest solution for fall leaves onyour lawn. Mulch them withyour mower.
Most mowers now come withmulching blades, but if youdon’t have one, they are about$25, and easy to replace.
Any responsible lawn expertwill tell you that mulchedleaves from your mower arebeneficial to your soil, andlawn. They provide a light feed-ing, and add essential plant nu-trients back into your soil.
You can reference The OhioState University ‘BuckeyeTurf” website, Michigan State‘Leaf Mulch Forum’ - by TA Nik-dai , or just search “lawn leafmulch” to get more informa-tion.
Mulching leaves is: » Better for you. It’s easy-
just mow your lawn as usual,with a mulching blade. Theleaves are chopped into finepieces that either disappear im-mediately or within a fewhours. If there are a lot ofleaves, you can run over that
spot again to mulch them intofiner pieces.
» Better for your lawn. Themulched leaves decomposequickly giving your lawn a lightfeeding, and returning vital soilplant nutrients to improve yoursoil -and lawn. Over time, thishealthy soil provides a betterlooking lawn and suppressesweeds. The leaves your treeshave given you are valuable –don’t throw them away!
» Better for the environment- Mulching your leaves withyour lawnmower returns theleaves to your soil, where theybelong. They don’t add to theburden of our landfills.
Really, those leaves are anatural cycle, and a gift to yourlawn. Don’t haul them away.Mulching your leaves is easy,beneficial to your lawn, and itsaves the time, money and envi-ronmental cost of taking themaway.
Try it – you’ll gladly put yourrake up, and let the mower dothe work.
Our half-acre lot has 23trees, including maple, oak andpear.
Jim Brooker Montgomery
Blue Ash City Councilplanning our future
Last week (March 12) BlueAsh City Council showed usthey can think as futurists.
City Manager David Waltzpresented Blue Ash’s recentlycompleted Land Use Plan,showing how various areas ofour community may be devel-oped, enhanced and improvedin the coming years.
The ensuing discussion byour city council was truly im-pressive. They demonstrated astrong understanding of the in-tricacies of city planning aswell as a deep concern aboutmaintaining the character ofour city. Further, they showedgreat care about our individualneighborhoods, our culture andthe integration of work life,home life, and leisure life inBlue Ash.
I feel fortunate to live in anarea where our elected officialsare not only focused on our pre-sent needs, but also thinkingabout the long term welfare ofthis great community.
Robert V. Miller Blue Ash
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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFEEditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573
Four years after tak-ing over at his alma ma-ter, Kings High School,the 2014 Southwest OhioDistrict Athletic Directorof the Year will be switch-ing colors this summer.
Phil Poggi, a 1994Kings grad and MiamiUniversity alum, hasbeen named Sycamore’snew athletic directorpending school board ap-proval. He’ll take over of-ficially this summer forJim Stoll, who is retiring.
Poggi had been theKnights AD sinceJune 2011 and prior tothat was the AD at AikenHigh School. He startedas an assistant AD in 1998with the Kings LocalSchool District.
For the 38-year-oldPoggi, the decision wasboth difficult and easy.
“I’m a Kings alum, sothat made it a little bitmore difficult,” he said.“But, Sycamore is anamazing opportunity.Sycamore Schools standfor excellence and I feelprivileged to be a part ofthat.”
He also switches fromthe fairly new EasternCincinnati Conference tothe historically competi-tive Greater Miami Con-ference.
“It’s arguably one ofthe toughest conferencesin all of Ohio,” Poggi said.“A lot of great programs.A lot of great colleagues.I’m really looking for-ward to it.”
At Kings, Poggi pre-sided over 29 sports. Bymoving one school dis-trict south, he now headsup 42 offerings. A long-time advocate of non-spe-cialization, he hopes topersuade the finest ofAviators to play multiplesports.
“The benefits to meoutweigh the specializa-tion,” Poggi said. “We’regoing to work togetherwith all of our programs.We need to share our ath-letes. Our best athletesneed to be participatingin all of our programs.”
A veteran of upgrad-ing facilities, Poggi alsorecognizes that some ofSycamore’s expansiveathletic resources willneed improving. Once onthe job, he’ll be construct-ing long-term plans to ad-dress those future needs.
Poggi begins in Augustin the district where hestarted his education.
“A little known fact is Iwent to Mapledale Ele-mentary in the Sycamoredistrict until third gradewhen our family movedto Kings,” Poggi said.
In the meantime, he as-sumes Kings will want tohire his replacement fair-ly soon and he anticipateshelping them make thattransition. Likewise, he’lleventually be spendingtime learning the Syca-more ins and outs withJim Stoll.
PogginewSycamoreathleticdirectorScott [email protected]
The Cincinnati Hills Chris-tian Academy Eagles had thebest result at the end of the sea-son of any area team. Last year,they finished as the Division IIIrunner-up to Coldwater at Hun-tington Park in Columbus.
CHCA’s roster was litteredwith college signees, all-MiamiValley Conference performersand even a Major League Base-ball draftee. Pitcher CameronVarga signed with the TampaBay Rays. This year, the Eaglesare hoping to make a return tripto the state capital.
Helping guide the Eagles tothat goal will be Cameron andChase Murray. Both batted bet-ter than .450, accrued more than40 hits and received recognitionfrom the MVC. Cameron wasnamed to the second team andChase received an honorablemention nod.
On the mound, the Eagles re-turn seasoned pitcher GrahamLally, who could be counted on tolead the staff with the departureof starters such as Blake Swan-ger and Varga.
Lally posted a 4-1 record lastseason.
Enquirer Division III headcoach of the year Jeff Keithcould not be reached for furthercomment.
CHCA opens the seasonMarch 28 against the CincinnatiTrailblazers.
Sycamore Aviators coachChris Shrimpton hopes to buildon last year’s 16-10 season. Syca-more finished tied for third inthe Greater Miami Conferencewith Lakota East behind Masonand Lakota West.
Sycamore returns GMC sec-ond team outfielder Ethan Beckwho hit .400 and had three homeruns last season. On the moundhe was 3-0 and had a 0.37 earnedrun average. Also back is seniorSam Fredette who hit .349 andled the team in base hits with 30and senior Matt Green who bat-
ted .341. Miami University foot-ball commit Ryan Wahler will behandling third base and could bethe team’s closer.
Behind the plate is sopho-more Josh Glynn who startedseveral games last season as afreshman.
“We’ll be able to hit a little bitand our defense will be good,”Shrimpton said. “The question I
have is with pitching. We lost 14seniors last year and nine ofthem were pitchers. Basically,everyone is unproven for themost part.”
Sycamore starts the season atSummit Country Day March 28before returning home March 30to host Lakota West in a GMCgame.
“I don’t know if we can com-
pete with Mason, Lakota Eastand West with all of those num-bers,” Shrimpton said. “I believewe’ll be able to hold on.”
Though they were second inthe Greater Catholic League-South to Elder last season at 6-3,Moeller High School’s baseballteam made another state run asthey got to the Division I semifi-nals at Huntington Park in Co-lumbus and finished with a 24-5record.
Coach Tim Held returns sixsenior starters in infielder JoshHollander, catcher Bailey Mon-toya, outfielder/first basemanBryan Soth, pitcher/designatedhitter Joe Vranesic, infielderKyle Dockus and outfielder Jor-dan Ramey.
Junior outfielder Kyle Butzand junior pitcher Nick Bennettwere also key contributors andsenior pitcher/infielder GrantMacciocchi is back after dealingwith injuries his junior season.
Butz is the top returning hit-ter at .436, while Soth returns at.364. Dockus and Vranesic wereat .315 and .310, respectively withVranesic leading in the powerdepartment with a pair of homeruns.
Lefty Bennett is the top re-turning pitcher with four winsand 39 strikeouts, while Vranes-ic had 40 strikeouts.
“Our offense looks to be verysolid with the number of playerswe are returning,” Held said.“Our starting pitching should besolid as well. Our experience willbe key as a lot of current seniorsplayed significant innings lastyear as juniors.”
FIRST SWING AT 2015 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
CHCA to defend Miami ValleyConference baseball crownNick Robbe and Scott SpringerCommunity Press staff
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Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy’s Chase Murray was 3-for-3 with a walkand two runs batted in during the Eagles’ 4-2 loss to Coldwater in theDivision III state championship game.
FILE PHOTO
Moeller’s Bryan Soth scores against St. Xavier catcher Jordan McDonough in a GCL-South match-up at Prasco Parklast year.
FILE PHOTO
Sycamore High School pitcher EthanBeck had a productive season on themound and at the plate last year.
PLAYERS TO WATCHEthan Beck, Sycamore sen-
ior: hit .400 with three homeruns and was a top pitcher.
Sam Fredette, Sycamoresenior: reliable hitter and field-er who should also see someinnings on the mound.
Nick Bennett, Moeller ju-nior: Lefthander has committedto pitch at Louisville. Pitchedsignificant innings as a sopho-more.
Josh Hollander, Bryan Soth,Joe Vranesic, Moeller seniors:All three Crusaders have commit-ed to Kent State. All were majorcontributors on Moeller’s statesemifinal team a year ago. Vra-nesic is an effective hitter andpitcher.
Cameron Murray, CHCA: TheAlderson Broaddus commit hit.500 last season and collected 46hits.
Chase Murray, CHCA: TheEagles’ three-hole hitter hitbetter than .450 and clockedbetter than 40 hits.
See CHCA, Page B2
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Competing in the de-manding Greater MiamiConference, SycamoreHigh School’s girls soft-ball team finished in themiddle of the pack with an8-10 mark and were 12-15overall.
The Lady Aves areback with just five seniorsand a number of youngerplayers who had to makeearly contributions a yearago.
Among those back forSycamore is sophomoreLiz Izworski who madeGMC second team as afreshman. The outfielder/pitcher hit .284 and had apair of home runs and ateam-leading 30 runs bat-ted in. On the mound, shewon five games andshared time with seniorLydia Sloan who was 6-6.
“Izworski will be look-ing to break the single-season home run recordas a sophomore,” CoachSarah Melvin said. “I’ll behappy if she kills the RBIrecord with any kind of ahit.”
Senior infielder EllenMartinson also is back asthe team’s top returninghitter at .338. Seniors Jor-dyn Schuster and AlexBatsch and sophomoreHannah Young also addconsiderable game expe-rience to the Lady Aveslineup. A freshman towatch is infielder JessicaFehr.
Sycamore starts theseason March 30 at Lakota
East. The home opener isApril 1 against Oak Hills.
Ursuline Academy lostplenty of seniors from lastyear’s Girls GreaterCatholic League champi-onship team. However,head coach Missy Keith isconfident a new crop willlead the team to its thirdconference crown in arow.
The Lions, who fin-ished 16-7 overall and 9-1inside the conference lastyear, lost first-team all-GGCL performers in Kait-lin Barbiere, MackenzieRobinson and DanielleStiene, who was also theconference’s player of theyear. However, the cup-board is far from bare.
Ursuline returns OliviaAmiott-Seel, another first-team all-conference per-former, and second-teammembers Anna Hecht andMailey Lorio. The coachsaid her team is youngerin the pitching circle andwill count on sophomoreKristyn Aiello this year.
The Lions will also lookfor contributions fromsenior Emma Darlington.
“This group hasstepped up as leaders, do-ing everything fromworking hard in theweight room to the prac-tice field,” Keith said. “Ifthey buy in, continue towork hard and preparelike they should, it shouldbe a good season.”
The Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy Ea-gles return at least two oftheir top batters from lastyear’s 6-9 season includ-ing Cassidy Yeomans, who
led the con-ferencewith a .692batting av-erage, andAlex Led-ford, whosigned toplay soft-ball at As-
bury University back inFebruary. Ledford hit .467last season.
CHCA head coach LeahCrouch could not bereached for further com-ment.
The Eagles open thisseason March 28 vs. ClarkMontessori.
Though they’ve devel-oped a reputation in vol-leyball and basketball,Mount Notre Dame HighSchool would like to earnsome notoriety in thespring.
Coach Michelle Mee-
nach’s Cougars were fifthin the Girls GreaterCatholic League last sea-son at 3-7, but were 13-11overall. From that squad,seven starters return insenior catcher/outfielder/infielder Maddie Taney,senior infielder Kate Jen-nings, senior outfielder
MeredithShaffer, ju-nior in-fielder/catcherLexi Rip-perger, ju-nior pitch-er SydneyZeuch,sophomore
infielder Macy Taney andsophomore outfielderShelby Nelson.
In addition, freshmenJoelie Zielinski, a utilityplayer, and Emma Benz, apitcher/first baseman,
should make key contri-butions.
“‘Joe’ (Zielinski) will bea huge addition to theteam this season,” Mee-nach said. “Whether she isin the infield or the out-field, she is a nautral. Herbat will also come inhandy at the top of thelineup.”
Ripperger and MaddieTaney were GGCL firstteam last season. Ripperg-er hit .448 and had 23steals, while Nelson tiedfor the league-lead in hit-ting as a freshman at .500(29-58).
“We have an amazingcore of players and an ad-ditional seven freshmenthat will be a huge addi-tion to our team,” Mee-nach said. “We’re very ex-cited to continue the im-provement of our pro-gram. With five seniorsthis season, it will be inter-esting to see where theytake their team their finalseason. These girls havethe will to win and theywent over and above thisoff-season to preparethemselves.”
MND starts the seasonwith a pair of gamesMarch 28 against Finney-town and Turpin.
Indian Hill coach PatSpurlock’s Lady Braveswere in the middle of thepack in the CincinnatiHills League at 7-7 andwere 11-14 overall. Theydid finish strong, winningsix of their last seven, in-cluding tournament victo-ries over Northwest andNew Richmond.
Returning from the
CHL first team is juniorCassidy Zang, an infield-er/pitcher. Senior short-stop Mikayla Germainwas second team a yearago and senior BeatrizHernandez made honor-able mention.
Zang is the top return-ing hitter at .441 with ateam-leading 31 runs bat-ted in. She did pitch in ninegames and was 2-1 with 36strikeouts in 24.2 innings.
Indian Hill startsMarch 30 against Withrowon their new turfed fieldin its new location on theDrake Road campus. Thefollowing day they hostNorwood.
FIRST SWING AT 2015 HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Sycamore softball returns improved young talentScott Springer and Nick RobbeCommunity Press staff
PLAYERS TOWATCH
Liz Izworski, Syca-more sophomore: Shehad two homers anddrove in 30 runs as afreshman.
Ellen Martinson,Sycamore senior: Veter-an player who led teamin hitting at .338
Lexi Ripperger,Mount Notre Damejunior: She hit .448 andadds tremendous speed.
Olivia Amiott-Seel,Ursuline: First-teamGGCL selection last sea-son.
Cassidy Yeomans,CHCA: led the MVC witha .692 batting average.
Alex Ledford, CHCA:The Asbury Universitycommit hit .467 last sea-son.
FILE PHOTO
St. Ursula Academy’s Maddie Hancock tried to steal secondbase and got tagged out by Ursuline Academy Mailey Loriolast April. Ursuline Academy won 2-1.
Ripperger
Yeomans
EVANSTON — MoellerHigh School senior NateFowler played his lastprep basketball game atXavier University’s Cin-tas Center.
Unfortunately, it waslast season when he was ajunior.
Thanks to a preseasoninjury, the Butler commitwas only been allowed towatch from the benchthis season as he healed.The only other currentCrusader who saw thefloor in last year’s sea-son-ending loss was re-serve guard Kevin Ker-ley.
Minus their 6-foot-9big man, the Crusadersmanaged a district title inDayton with new playersto earn the return trip toXavier March 18 againstSpringfield.
That’s where the Wild-cats were waiting with a6-foot-9 behemoth oftheir own.
Springfield junior Da-rius Harper blocked twoMoeller shot attempts inthe game’s final secondsand senior Anthony Free-man made a pair of keythree-pointers down thestretch as the Wildcatsdefeated the Crusaders51-47 to advance to theDivision I regional final.
The smaller Crusad-ers held Harper to sevenpoints and six rebounds,but he made his presenceknown by changing andblocking shots.
In addition to Free-man going 4-5 from the
arc for 12 points, sopho-more Danny Davis was3-7 for 14 points.
“Gutsy performanceby our kids against agreat team,” Springfieldcoach Isiah Carson said.“That’s a good programthat we beat twice thisyear.”
The Wildcats also beatMoeller on Jan. 3, 74-72 inovertime.
In the second matchwith Springfield, thescore was tied seventimes, including 19-19 atthe half and 34-all afterthree quarters.
The lead changed 10times. Even though theWildcats jumped aheadby seven in the fourthquarter, the Crusaderswere able to cut it to abucket on a Grant Pitmandrive with 1:37 left.
Springfield then ap-peared to be slowing itdown before senior Free-man launched a treyfrom the corner that hitthe bottom of the net tothe dismay of the Moellerfaithful.
Pitman again gotMoeller within two on athree-ball with :29 left.
Moeller then got the ballback with 17 ticks re-maining. Springfield’sHarper then blockedTrey McBride and RileyVoss on consecutive pos-sessions to eventuallyseal the win.
“I’m extremely proudof this team,” Moellercoach Carl Kremer said.“Some people wrote usoff when we were 5-5. Wehad to ask a lot of a lot ofour guys. We got to the fi-nal 16 in the state and wereally thought we werecapable of winning thisgame.”
Moeller was led bysophomore Voss with 12points and 11 rebounds.Senior Pitman had 11points and juniorMcBride had sevenpoints and 10 rebounds.Moeller outreboundedSpringfield 37-29.
“It really was a proudyear for Moeller basket-ball,” Kremer said. “Thiswas the most brand newteam we ever had. Wethought Nate (Fowler)was going to be the cen-terpiece. We had someguys that grew up fast.Riley Voss delivered andNate Georgeton deliv-ered and a lot of guys de-livered. We’re deeply dis-appointed but incrediblyproud. I hope these kidsrealize what was accom-plished this season.”
Reconstructed Moellermakes regional hoops runScott [email protected]
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Moeller’s Nate Georgeton drives to the basket againstSpringfield’s Henry Alexander during their regional semifinalMarch 18.
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Moeller’s roster is fer-tile with college talent.Hollander, Soth and Vra-nesic are Kent State sig-nees; Macciocchi is goingto Missouri; Montoya toDayton; Dockus to WrightState; Ramey to Cincin-nati and pitcher ZachHoffman is heading to Mi-ami University. Two ju-nior pitchers have al-ready committed withNick Bennett going toLouisville and CameronJunker to Notre Dame.
The Crusaders startthe season March 28 witha doubleheader at SchulerPark against Troy andStrongsville.
New Indian Hill headcoach Scott Lloyd has hada busy cellphone early inthe season. Thanks to In-dian Hill High School’snew artificial turf infield,the Braves have been ableto rake at the plate and noton muddy base paths.
Lloyd has high schoolexperience at ClermontNortheastern, Hillsboroand Fayetteville. During
the summer he has beenhead coach of the Cincin-nati Flash Premier teamand currently coaches theCincinnati HurricanesU16 Premier team.
Returning starters forthe Braves are seniorcatcher Michael Folz,sophomore third basemanWinston Caine, sopho-more second basemanChandler Harris, seniorleft fielder Brooks Ren-fro, sophomore pitcherGreg Nevins and sopho-more infielder Max Swee-ney. Also expected to con-tribute is senior JoshBerger and freshmen A.J.King and Seth Brafford.
Harris is the team’s topreturning hitter at .302.Folz and Renfro have themost mound experience.
“We have a great bal-ance of leadership and tal-ented youth,” Lloyd said.“We have three seniors re-turning with varsity expe-rience that help mentorand lead the underclass-men. We have a very soliddefense with good speeddefensively and offen-sively.”
Indian Hill opensagainst McNicholas onMarch 28.
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Indian Hill’s Chandler Harris tries to lay the tag on Wyoming’sParker Chalmers in a game last season.
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Palm Sunday will be observedSunday, March 29, at bothservices. A Passover Seder willbe offered at 6 p.m. The“whys” and “hows” of theSeder, the traditions and adelicious meal will be offered.All ages are invited. For moreinformation on the PassoverSeder or to reserve a spot,please call the church office at793-3288.
Music at Ascension begins itsspring season at 7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 28. RenownedRachmaninoff specialist andprizewinner of the 2nd Rach-maninoff Piano Competition inMoscow, Ukrainian-born ElenaUlyanova makes her secondappearance with Music atAscension. Concerts are freeand open to the community. Afree-will offering is accepted.
Healing Christ (healing touch)Ministry is offered on thefourth Tuesday of the month at7 p.m. More information isavailable at 793-3288.
The church is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288;wwwascensionlutheranchurch-.com.
Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchWednesdays in Lent will consistof dinner followed by theprogram “Holy Ground.”Congregational members willgive brief talks of a place theyhave visited where they feltGod’s presence.
The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; the church hasa Facebook page.
Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodist ChurchChildren’s Weekday Program-ming is Tuesday and Thursdaymornings and Thursday after-noon with lunch available for
either day. There is a nominalcharge and you must bringyour child’s lunch. Register onthe website (www.cos-umc.org)under “Registration Forms.”
Montgomery Nursery School isaccepting registrations for2015-2016 school year. Call984-1796 for details.
The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Blue Ash; 791-3142;www.cos-umc.org.
Hartzell UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday School: 9 a.m., SundayWorship Service: 10:30 a.m.,Camp Kids & Child Care: 11 a.m.;youth, outreach, fellowship,music ministries, Bible studies.
Seekers (The Way, the Truth andthe Life) small group meets 6:30p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sundays. Formore information, contactDave and Melissa at 891-8527extension 1.
The church is at 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Blue Ash; 891-8527; www.hartzellumc.org.
Northstar A Communityof GraceQuest children’s ministry isavailable at both celebrations.Junior high ministry (gradesfive to eight) is available only atthe 11 a.m. celebration.
Worship times are: Sundaymorning at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.,with one addition serviceadded at 7:30 a.m., on EasterSunday, April 5.
The church is at 11020 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland; www.go-lovelive.com.
St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchRegular service times are 8 a.m.with spoken Eucharist and 10a.m. with Sunday School andchildcare.
SMART Recovery Group meetsMondays at 6 p.m. in the li-brary. Visit website atwww.smartcincy.com
An Intercessory Healing PrayerService is at 7 p.m., the thirdMonday of each month.
Tai Chi is offered on Mondaysfrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. andWednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6p.m.. Come and watch a class.
The Order of St. Luke, Hands ofHope chapter, meets at 7:15p.m., the second Wednesday ofeach month in the library.
A Men’s Breakfast group meetson Wednesday mornings at8:30 a.m. at Steak N Shake inMontgomery.
Ladies Fellowship/ReligiousStudy Group meets Tuesdaymornings at 10 a.m. at thechurch.
The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401;www.st-barnabas.org.
SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday worship services at 9:15a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Childcare isavailable at both services forinfants through age 2; Sundayschool is at 10:45 a.m. forpre-school through 12th-grade.
Additional childcare is available
for parents in adult educationclasses: preschool and older,meet in room 113 during the9:15 a.m. service.
Holy Week: Palm Sunday serviceswill be offered at 9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m.; Maundy Thursdayservice at 7 p.m.; Good FridayFamily Ministries' InteractiveWorship Experience withdinner at 5:30 p.m.. (Call churchoffice to register.) Easter Sun-day services at 9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m.
Women’s Monday Group meets10:30 a.m. to noon in room 120.The group is reading “What’s soAmazing About Grace” byPhiliip Yancey.
Lenten Study: Examine the 12Disciples in their on-the-jobtraining to become Disciples ofJesus: 9:15, Room 120; 10:45 in
the Manse; Wed. night at 7p.m., Media Center.
Beth Moore Women’s Study:Children of the Day: 1st and2nd Thessalonians is beingstudied. Meets Wednesdays,Room 120, 9:30 a.m. to 11:15a.m.
Lamplighters, a self-led smallgroup, is studying II Corinthi-ans. Join the group from 7 p.m.to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, in theMedia Center.
Men’s Bible Group meets onWednesday mornings from 6:45a.m. to 7:30 a.m. in Room 120,studying I Corinthians.
The fourth Sunday of eachmonth, the church family willconnect together at the 10:45service. No Sunday Schoolexcept for Preschool - Kin-dergarten.
Mother of a pre-schooler? Jointhe MOPS group (Mothers ofPreschoolers). Free childcare isprovided. The group meets9:30-11:30 a.m., the secondWednesday of each month,Room 229.
Men’s Saturday Bible Study isdiscussing “Twelve OrdinaryMen,” a book about the dis-ciples, will be studied. Meets inRoom 120, 8:30-10 a.m.
The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;sycamorechurch.org.
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Pat Donaldson,resident since 2009
Anytime you are atfault in a driving acci-dent you can expect allinsurance companies toknow. That’s what Jerry,from Rising Sun, Indi-ana, says he’s learned.
He writes,” How canmy insurance companyraise my rates on anaccident that was paidby my wife’s insurancein her car? My rates willnot be reduced for threeyears. (My insurancecompany) had nothingin the game whatsoever,and are profiting for noreason.”
Jerry goes on towrite, “They go by aCLUE report that says Iwas the driver in a paid-accident claim. But still,it had nothing to do with(my insurance compa-ny).”
That CLUE report iscritical to your insur-ance company learningabout the accident. Any-time you file a liabilityclaim with an insurance
companyit is re-ported tothe Com-prehen-sive LossUnder-writingExchange.
Usu-ally, yourCLUE
score is assessed whenyour insurance policycomes up for renewal.Any monetary claimyou file with an insur-ance company is report-ed to CLUE. All yourclaims are groupedtogether so an insurercan assess your insur-ance behavior patterns.So, several auto insur-ance claims can, forinstance, lead to higherpremiums for yourhomeowners insurance.
To avoid increasedinsurance rates its bestto file as few claims aspossible. Don’t file aclaim for small amounts
if they are only slightlymore than your deduct-ible. Save any insuranceclaims you may file formajor, costly accidents.That will keep yourCLUE score as low aspossible which will saveyou money on premi-ums for every type ofinsurance policy youbuy.
Any insurance claimyou file will remain inthe CLUE database forseven years from thedate you filed them.Some insurance compa-nies keep track of yourcalls if you ask whetheryou are covered for aloss – and such calls canlater be used againstyou – but such informa-tion is not reported toCLUE.
Statistics show if youfiled an insurance claimin the past, you’re morelikely to do so in thefuture. The amount ofthe claim, officials say,is less important than
the number of times youfile.
Your insurance pre-miums are also deter-mined by other factorsincluding your age,gender, marital status,occupation, educationlevel, and credit score.That credit score tellscompanies how muchdebt you carry andwhether or not you payyour bills on time.
The Insurance In-formation Institute saysstudies show how peo-ple manage their moneyis a good indicator ofwhether they will file aninsurance claim.
Remember, the big-ger the risk you are tothe insurance company,the higher the premiumyou’ll be charged—oryou may even be deniedcoverage.
Howard Ain appears as theTroubleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].
CLUE score determines insurance rates
Howard AinHEY HOWARD!
St. Vincent de PaulNorthern Kentucky andCincinnati are collaborat-ing on the second annualSt. Vincent de Paul 5KRun/Walk, which will takeplace March 28 at SawyerPoint.
All proceeds supportSt. Vincent de Paul pro-grams to help poverty byproviding emergency as-sistance throughout
Greater Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky.
The 5K Run/Walk willstart and end at the Cincin-natus statue at SawyerPoint. Runners and walk-ers will travel across thePurple People Bridge intoKentucky and throughCincinnati streets beforereturning to Sawyer Point.
THANKS TO ROBERT V. MERZ
Participants from last year's St. Vincent de Paul 5K Run/Walk.
St. Vincent de Paul 5KRun/Walk set for March 28
See 5K, Page B5
The UC Blue Ash Col-lege Art Gallery will fea-ture a new exhibit thatbrings together the tal-ents and creativity of fac-ulty from across severaldifferent disciplines.
“Gaps and Overlaps:Collaborative Works” byUC Blue Ash faculty is acollection of creativeworks produced by facul-ty from art, English, for-eign language, mathemat-ics and music. The exhibitwill run from March 27 –May 1 at the UC Blue Ash
Art Gallery, Plainfieldand Cooper roads. Thepublic is invited to theopening reception April 3from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Reg-ular gallery hours duringthe exhibition are 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Monday throughSaturday.
Working in smallgroups, faculty membersbrought to their projectvarious gaps in knowl-edge about disciplines nottheir own, as well as theshared purpose of creat-ing something new. The
process of creation var-ied: some projects re-quired careful planningwhile others emphasizedspontaneous composi-tions; some generatednew texts and imageswhile others applied pre-viously created ones; andsome projects appliedcutting-edge technologywhile others used scissorsand glue.
The result is an arrayof works using a broadrange of forms or combi-nations of forms: sculp-
ture, installation, writtenand musical composi-tions, audio, video, perfor-mance, photography andother works on paper.These works invite theviewer, as their construc-tion invited the artists, toexperience the synergyof artistic collaborationacross creative disci-plines.
This exhibition is theproduct of the UC BlueAsh Creative Arts Facul-
UC Blue Ash Art Gallery presents ‘Gaps and Overlaps’
See GAPS, Page B5
PROVIDED
“Frictionless Object" is 3D art created by UC Blue Ashprofessors Ted Ferdinand and David Hartz.
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A list of local fish fries:» Hartzell United Methodist
Church annual Fish Fry Fridaysare at the church, 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Blue Ash, throughApril 3. All-you-can-eat. Cost is$10 Adults, $5 ages 6-11, andfree ages 5 and under. Carry-outfish sandwich is $5.
For more Information, call891-8527, Extension 1.
Fried fish, baked fish andchicken tender meals are $9 foradults, $5 for children.
All macaroni and cheesedinners are $5.
Proceeds from Fish Fry salessupport Habitat for HumanityCincinnati, the Wounded War-rior Project and Operation GiveBack.
FISH FRIES
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To have your fish fryincluded in this listing,email the information [email protected].
A list of spring 2015Empower U classes. Formore information, con-tact [email protected] or register atwww.empoweru.o-hio.org:
» Human Trafficking:What Becomes of the Vic-tims?: Thursday, March26, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., TheLakeview Room, RonaldReagan Lodge, 7850 VOAPark Drive, West ChesterTownship.
Each year thousandsof people become victimsof human trafficking, ab-ducted into activities thatdestroy their future. Vic-tims are forced into sex
slavery, prostitution ille-gal drug sales or workingas unpaid laborers. Whenoffenses bring them intothe court system, societyhas an opportunity to helpthe victims escape a de-structive life. Judge PaulHerbert, of the ColumbusMunicipal Court will ex-plain how his program at-tempts to help victimschange their circum-stances and prospects forthe future. Judge PaulHerbert will also bring aformer victim to presenther compelling story, de-tail her struggles and as-cent to a better life.
» Great Ideas For Your
Spring Garden: Tuesday,March 31, 7 p.m.-8:30p.m., Benken’s Florist,6000 Plainfield Road, Sil-verton.
Mike Benken, thirdgeneration owner of HJBenken Florist is ac-knowledged as one ofOhio’s most successfulgrowers. He takes greatjoy from helping othersexperience his love andsuccess with greenhouseplants and gardening.
There is a $5 fee asso-ciated with this class.
EmpowerU sets spring class schedule
Twelve intrepid BlueAsh/Montgomery Rotari-ans participated in a Little
Miami Clean Sweep tospruce up the Little MiamiRiver Corridor.
The clean sweep wasorganized by the Little Mi-ami Conservancy Dis-
trict, which provided ca-noes, equipment and logis-tical support. The Rotari-ans provided thepersonnel who canoedfour miles of the Little Mi-ami river from Bass Is-land in Newtown to Arm-leder Park, picking up de-bris, garbage and evensome old automobile tires.
When complete, the
three-hour volunteer pro-ject netted more thaneight bags of garbage andfour tires. Participatingwere Dave and LeslieHershberger, Tom Rotz,Dottie Janson, Betty Rob-ertson, Jane Garfield,John Chase and his grand-daughter Claire, SandyHall, Carl Thiem and Lar-ry and Jane Bennett.
John Albachten, Ro-tary president, cited “themany things with whichour Rotary Club is in-volved. We have a groupthat is committed to ourcommunity and we arehappy to contribute to abetter quality of life forthose who experience thisfantastic natural re-source.”
Rotary Club does clean sweep of river corridor
THANKS TO WAYNE DAVIS
Blue Ash Montgomery Rotary Club members Jane Bennett, Larry Bennett, Tom Rotz, JaneGarfield, Dottie Janson and Dave Hershberger ... and one large tire.
ty Learning Community, agroup devoted to collabo-rative arts generation andits potential relationshipto teaching. CAFLC mem-bers include Jamie Al-bert, Jody Ballah, MattBennett, Ted Ferdinand,David Freeman, DavidHartz, Rita Kumar, Rob-ert Murdock, Kevin Ober-lin, Rhonda Pettit, MikeRoos, H. Michael Sand-ers, Claudia Skutar andSue Sipple. Each memberhas an established recordof scholarly and/or cre-ative publications, pres-entations, performances,
productions, or exhibitsin their respective areas.
A full-color catalogueof the exhibition is beingpublished in conjunctionwith the exhibition andwill be available throughthe UC Blue Ash Art Gal-lery and the departmentoffice of ElectronicMedia Communications(Muntz 217). The UC Of-fice of the Provost and theUC Blue Ash Faculty De-velopment Funds Com-mittee provided supportfor this publication. Addi-tional information aboutthe exhibition and thepublished catalogue isavailable on the UC BlueAsh Art Gallery websiteat www.ucblueash.edu/artgallery.
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Awards will be given in avariety of categories. Or-ganizers expect more than750 participants.
The 5K begins with reg-istration at 7:30 a.m., and
the run/walk starts at 9a.m. Light refreshmentsand music will be offeredafter the race. Registra-tion is open atwww.SVDPcincinnati.org/5K, and is $20 for adults($30 at event). $10 for a T-shirt. For additional infor-mation, visit www.SVDPcincinnati. org/5K.
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Dorothy MaeSennettCovington
Dorothy Mae SennettCovington, 92, of SycamoreTownship died March 14.
Survived by children Lynnand Lane Covington;grandchildren LaurenElizabeth and Ian AndrewsElfers; and sister, RuthSennett Naids.
Preceded in death byhusband, Hayden CooperCovington; and siblingsJack and Neal Sennett.
Services were March 21at Kingdom Hall of Jeho-vah’s Witnesses, Kenwood.Memorials to: Jehovah’sWitnesses, 8505 KenwoodRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45236.
DEATHS
BLUE ASH9315 Hunters Creek Drive: Sun,Yingying to Blankenship, A.Michelle; $108,000.
Kenwood Road: Drees Co. Theto Williams, Malcolm R. Jr. &Thomas Andrew Burrow;$685,000.
MONTGOMERY7545 Baywind Drive: EdgarConstruction Tr. to Ly, Van K.& Brendan Schnieber;$380,000.
10390 Radabaugh Drive:Monahan, Mary Kathleen toClassic Living Homes LLC;$215,000.
10300 Southwind Drive: Pet-tett, L. William to GunningReal Estate LLC; $196,000.
SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP4601 Orchard Lane: Adler, Her-bert Paul Tr. & Rose Marie Tr. toCarr, Terence M. & Shannon M.Clark; $150,500.
9014 Rolling Lane: Casto, Andyto Dimon, Charles D. Jr. &Megan L.; $142,000.
12092 Third Ave.: Eggleston,Christopher J. & Elizabeth V. toPrice, Eddie T.; $74,000.
8416 Wicklow Ave.: Feldman,Anya to Hull, Alice P.; $119,500.
SYMMES TOWNSHIP11980 Harbortown Drive: Wang,Maw & Wei W. to Stewart,Jeffrey M. & Julie M.; $317,000.
11190 Terwilligers Hill Court:Myatt, Graham J. & Michele J.to Brookfield Relocation Inc.;
$497,250.
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ABOUT POLICE REPORTSCommunity Press publishes incident records provided by
local police departments. All reports published are publicrecords.
To contact your local police department: » Blue Ash, 745-8573 » Montgomery, 985-1600 » Sycamore Township, 774-6351 or 683-3444» Symmes Township, 774-6351 or 683-3444
MONTGOMERYIncidents/investigationsAssaultReported in the 5300 block ofCooper Road Feb. 25.
Bad checksReported in the 10100 block of
Montgomery Road Dec. 19.Burglary/breaking andenteringReported in the 7900 block ofElbrecht Drive Feb. 28.
DisturbanceReported in 10500 block ofMontgomery Road Feb. 2.
FraudReported in 11500 block ofBrattle Lane Feb. 25.
HarassmentReported in 7400 block ofCornell Road Feb. 23.
Reported in the 9500 block ofMontgomery Road Feb. 26.
Identity theftReported in the 10400 block ofStone Court Feb. 19.
Missing personReported in 10700 block ofMontgomery Road Feb. 24.
Passing bad checksReported in the 10600 block ofThistlewood Court Feb. 4.
Sex offensesReported in the 7400 block ofCornell Road Feb. 24.
Reported in the 10300 block ofKerianne Drive Feb. 24.
Theft
A man said someone took 55iron rail spondles, value $558,from the 7900 block of WildOrchard, March 6.
Reported in the 10900 block ofMontgomery Road March 6.
Someone wrote a check for$2,687.12 on a closed account,March 3 in the 9800 block ofMontgomery Road.
A man said someone took acatalytic converter, value$1,000, and a bus ChampionC5500, value $2,000, from the9800 block of MontgomeryRoad Feb. 27.
Reported in 7100 block of Pfeif-fer Road Feb. 25.
Reported in the 10600 block ofMongomery Road Feb. 20.
Reported in the 10500 block ofMontgomery Road Feb. 17.
TrespassingReported in the 9200 block ofVillage Green Drive Feb. 25.
SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAssaultReported at 8400 block ofDonna Lane, Feb. 1.
Breaking and enteringReported at 7200 block of E.Galbraith Road, Feb. 8.
Reported on 4300 block ofWilliams Road, Feb. 1.
BurglaryReported at 12000 block of ThirdAve., Feb. 4.
Criminal mischiefReported at 4600 block ofSycamore Road, Feb. 9.
Identity fraudReported on 7000 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 3.
Passing bad checksReported on 7800 block of E.Kemper Road, Jan. 27.
Public indecencyReported on 12000 block ofReed Hartman Highway, Feb. 6.
RapeReported on 12000 block ofReed Hartman Highway, Jan.27.
TheftSpeakers and amps valued at$5,000 removed from boats at6900 block of E. Kemper, Feb. 7.
License removed from 3900block of Larchview Drive, Feb.3.
Items valued at $200 removedfrom 7800 block of Montgo-mery Road, Feb. 2.
Merchandise valued at $278removed from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 4.
GPS valued at $200 removedfrom 10000 block of ThamesDrive, Feb. 1.
Sunglasses valued at $7,000removed from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Jan. 27.
Merchandise valued at $400removed from 7500 block ofKenwood Road, Jan. 26.
Reported at 8000 block ofHosbrook Road, Jan. 30.
POLICE REPORTS
ABOUT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSInformation is provided as a public service by the office
of Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes. Neighborhooddesignations are approximate.
Cincinnati Chapter ofHadassah will host its an-nual Hadassah EducationDay Sunday, March 29, at2 p.m. in the TellerLounge at Hebrew UnionCollege, 3101 Clifton Ave.
This year’s topic is“Jewish Women at Work:Achieving Success inMale-Dominated Indus-tries.” Inspired by SherylSandberg’s New YorkTimes bestseller “LeanIn: Women, Work and theWill to Lead,” EducationDay will focus on the top-ics of achieving successin male-dominated indus-tries, work-life balanceand facing ethical dilem-mas. This is a great oppor-tunity to meet otherfemale professionals, net-work, and exchange busi-ness cards.
The keynote speaker,Cheryl Bogenschutz, isdirector of strategic en-gagements for Itelli-gence Inc., an SAP con-sulting company. Bogen-schutz has been in ITleadership positions in
the Cincinnati area formore than 30 years. HerIT career has spanned avariety of industries in-cluding paper, automo-tive and retail. She serveson the IT advisory boardsfor the University of Cin-cinnati, Xavier Univer-sity and Miami Univer-sity.
Bobbi Handwerger isHadassah Education DayChair, and committeemembers are SandraBerg, Sharon Casper, Ja-mie Dalin, Bea Goodman,Tracy Levine, GildaSchwartz, Karen Silver-man and Bonnie JuranUllner.
This event is open tothe community. Light re-freshments will beserved. There is a chargeof $18 per person payableat the door. Reservationsare requested. For moreinformation, call 513-821-6157, email [email protected], orvisit the Hadassah web-site at cincinnati.hadassa-h.org.
Hadassah EducationDay coming March 29
A rundown of local Easteregg hunts:
» Symmes Township will hostan Easter egg hunt at 11:30 a.m.Saturday, March 28, at Home of
the Brave Park, 11605 LebanonRoad. The hunt is for children10-and-under. Call 683-6644 formore information.
EASTER EGG HUNTS
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The Zonta Club of Cin-cinnati held its fourth an-nual Wine & Dine Schol-arship Fundraiser at theKenwood Country Club.
A generous crowd hada great time bidding onfabulous live and silentauction items, and buyingchances for special raffleitems. The fundraisergenerated $30,000, withproceeds to benefit theZonta Club of Cincin-nati’s Ann Rasche Schol-arships for women overage 25 enrolled in theirfirst-time degree pro-gram at Cincinnati StateTechnical and Communi-ty College and other club-approved projects.
WLWT Channel 5News anchor and honor-ary Zonta Club of Cincin-nati member Sheree Pao-lello was the emcee. Cin-
cinnati State PresidentDr. O’dell Owens hosted achampagne toast to kickoff the event and auc-tioned off four big-ticketitems for the live auction.
The 2014 Ann RascheScholarship recipients –Michelle Cybulski (Sayl-er Park), Debra Maue(Blue Ash), Alicia Naber-haus (Anderson Town-ship) and Barbara Otten(West Price Hill) – spokeeloquently about howtheir scholarships im-pacted their educationaland future career plans.
Zonta Club of Cincin-nati President ConnieKingsbury said, “We hada fabulous turnout andthe crowd was extremelygenerous! The gracious-ness and hospitality ofthe Kenwood CountryClub was extraordinary.
We are very fortunate tohave such exceptionalcommunity sponsors andfirst-rate donors whocontributed great silentand live auction items.All of these great sup-porters helped us reachour goal to provide moreAnn Rasche Scholar-ships.”
The Zonta Club of Cin-cinnati, part of Zonta In-ternational, is a serviceorganization dedicated toadvancing the status ofwomen worldwide by im-proving the legal, politi-cal, economic, education-al, health, and profession-al status of women at theglobal and local levelsthrough service projects,advocacy, education, andprogram funding.
For more informationabout the Zonta Club of
Cincinnati, contact mem-bership chair Dawn
Trammel (513-829-5121),e-mail info@zonta-cin-
ti.org, or visit www.zon-ta-cinti.org.
Zonta Club Wine & Dine raises $3,000
PROVIDED
Cincinnati State President Dr. O'dell Owens, Ann Rasche Scholarship Recipients Debra Maue,Michelle Cybulsky, Alicia Naberhaus and Barb Otten; Zonta Club of Cincinnati President ConnieKingsbury, and Emcee WLW Channel 5 News anchor and Zonta Club of Cincinnati honorarymember Sheree Paolello.
The Jewish Communi-ty Relations Council willpresent the inauguralDick Weiland CommunityRelations Award at theJCRC’s annual meeting inJune at the MayersonJCC, 8585 Ridge Road.
The award is named inhonor of long-time Cin-cinnati activist Dick Wei-land, and will be given tocommunity leaders whoexemplify Weiland’s abil-ity to promote inclusionwhile collaborating withleaders from diversecommunities to addressissues facing the GreaterCincinnati area.
Nominees will be solic-
ited from throughout thecommunity, with an advi-sory board selecting thewinner. The award will in-clude a generous sum tobe donated to a cause ofthe winner’s choosing.
Weiland is raisingfunds to endow the awardfor years to come.
“Weiland’s namesakewas in perfect alignmentfor this award,” said Sa-rah Weiss, director of theJewish Community Rela-tions Council. “He playeda pivotal role in the CivilRights Movement here inCincinnati, and continuesto make an impact on thelocal, national and global
community after morethan 50 years. Further, wehope the award will in-spire others to emulateDick’s remarkable abilityto build broad coalitionsto solve community chal-lenges.”
Weiland Hall at He-brew Union College-Jew-ish Institute of Religion,Weiland Building at Tal-bert House, The WeilandRosedale Education Cen-ter at Kollel and the DickWeiland Ballfield onQueen City Ave are just afew of the 14 establish-ments currently named inWeiland’s honor.
Additionally, his con-
tributions have also beenrecognized in the CedarVillage Room, Marcia &Dick Weiland Theater atCamp Livingston, theWeiland-Zeff House atHalom, a Gate in Mt. Sco-pus, Israel, a scholarshipfund at Cincinnati State,Weiland Hall at Hospiceof Cincinnati, and theShuttlesworth-Weilandroom on ShuttlesworthWay.
“I’m honored that thisaward will be used to giverecognition to other activ-ists in our communitywho are making our worlda better, more just placeto live,” said Weiland.
Weiland works closelywith about 40 non-profits,with the Talbert House atthe top of the list.
During his many dec-ades of advocacy, he hasbeen recognized for se-curing Holocaust repara-tions for survivorsthroughout the world, andhas been credited forkeeping the HebrewUnion College from leav-ing the Greater Cincin-nati area, an achievementhe refers to as “one of themost important thingsI’ve ever done.”
Additionally, hemarched with nonviolentprotesters for voting
rights for African Ameri-cans (led by The Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.from Selma to Montgo-mery, Alabama, in 1965)and founded the HalomHouse in 1982 to provideservices for adults withdevelopmental disabili-ties.
More recently, Wei-land gifted half a milliondollars to Cincinnati Statefor a fund allocated forcommunity-based schol-arships in memory ofRev. Fred Shuttlesworth,a prominent activist whoadvocated on behalf ofcivil rights in the 1950sand 1960s.
Award named for Dick Weiland to be given for first time
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The beautiful parks of Blue Ash are the focusof this photographic/seasonal “calendar.”
THANKS TO
TERRENCE HUGE
January/February:A father and
daughter enjoy thesnow covered hills
of the Blue AshGolf Course.
THANKS TO TERRENCE HUGE
November/December: A Veterans' Day salute at the BlueAsh Memorial on Towne Square.
THANKS TO TERRENCE HUGE
July/August: Hazelwood's Oakwood Park is the site of asummer tradition - a vintage car "Cruise In."
THANKS TO TERRENCE HUGE
May/June: Right down the middle at the first tee of theBlue Ash Golf Course.
THANKS TO TERRENCE HUGE
September/October: Late afternoon sunlight filters throughthe changing leaves at the Nature Park.
THANKS TO TERRENCE HUGE
March/April: Spring daffodils and a crystal blue sky foretellwarm days at White Oak Park.
A YEAR IN THE PARKSA YEAR IN THE PARKS