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COLLECTION TIME
HYDE PARK — What maylook like a chimney at Ed-wards Road and Erie Avenueis not what it appears. It’s ac-tually a cell tower that hasbeen disguised with what theHyde Park NeighborhoodCouncil calls “a stealth cover-ing.”
This stealth covering hashelped maintain the aesthet-ics of the area, according tocouncil. However, this maysoon change, and talk about
expansion ofthe tower hasraised a fewconcerns.
“It’s consid-erably larger,”said boardmember GaryWollenweber,who is alsochairman of
council’s zoning committee.“We are working with (celltower representatives) to tryand improve the visual com-patibility.”
Board Member Carl Uebe-lacker, who is also on the zon-ing committee, said council isstill seeking specific detailson the proposed tower, whichwould be operated by Sprint.
“We want it to look like apart of the building and notstand out and be environmen-tally insensitive,” he said. “Weare in negotiations to getsomething acceptable to allparties.”
What is known about theproposed tower is that itwould be larger to accommo-date a bigger antennae and in-ternal ladder.
Adrienne Norton, a spokes-woman for Sprint, said 2.5gigahertz would be added tothe tower to provide custom-ers with faster data speeds.
The specific dimensionsfor the new tower were notprovided by press time.
Although council membersapprove of the current brick
Larger cell towerin business districtraises concernsForrest [email protected]
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A brick-enclosed cell tower is at the corner of Edwards Road and ErieAvenue. The Hyde Park Neighborhood Council has concerns aboutpossible expansion of the tower.
COUNCIL SEEKINGMEMBERS
The Hyde Park Neighbor-hood Council is still seeking tofill two positions on its board.
Applicants can fill out anapplication on the councilwebsite athttp://bit.ly/1K0Vo3Y.
Referrals are not necessary.
Wollenweber
See TOWER, Page 2APaul Morgan said it is easy to
tell on any given Saturday howmuch the Little Miami StatePark Bike Trail is a part ofdowntown Loveland. Peoplestream into Nisbet Park fromboth ends, using the trail thatstretches 50 miles.
“The popularity of this parkis really soaring these days,”said Morgan, a member of theFriends of the Little MiamiState Park.
In 2014, more than 700,000people used the trail and morethan 100,000 accessed itthrough the Loveland trailhead. Morgan said with the highusage, age of the trail and prox-imity to the Little Miami River,repairs are needed.
“Some areas have been cor-roded away and are about to fallinto the river. There are manyspots with cracks from treeroots and places where thepavement has buckled. It isabout the safety and basic func-tion of the trail,” Morgan said.
In Gov. John Kasich’s 2014budget bill, $88.5 million was al-lotted to Ohio State Parks forcapital improvements. Matt Ei-selstein, of the Ohio Depart-ment of Natural Resources,said $3 million has been ap-proved for improvements to theLittle Miami State Park, com-monly called the Loveland BikeTrail.
“We did an online survey.People could go online and tellus about what project theywanted done at their favoritestate park and this was one ofthe most requested projects,”Eiselstein said.
Phase one of improvements
will include shoring up areas ofslippage, fortifying shorelinesand replacing storm water cul-verts.
“The consultant is out thereright now to help us find areaswhere we need to make it safefor folks to go by. After that is
done, we will prioritize andspend the dollars where theyneed to be spent. Ideally, duringconstruction season next yearphase one will be completed,”Eiselstein said.
MARIKA LEE/ THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director James Zehringer announced the state of Ohio allocating $88.5million for state park improvements in June 2014. About $3 million worth of improvement are planned for theLittle Miami State Park.
Improvementscoming for the LittleMiami State ParkMarika [email protected]
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About $3 million worth of improvements are planned for the Little MiamiState Park Bike Trail. The trail is commonly called the Loveland Bike Trailbecause the most popular trail head is in Nisbet Park in DowntownLoveland.
GROUNDBREAKING FOR TRAIL EXTENSIONGreat Parks of Hamilton County, Anderson Township, Anderson Town-
ship Parks and other like-minded organizations are reaching an impor-tant milestone with a 3.2-mile extension of the Little Miami ScenicTrail.
The public is invited to the free ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July8, at the Little Miami Golf Center.
The extension is monumental in connecting the Little Miami ScenicTrail to downtown and beyond. The continuation will extend the morethan 75-mile Little Miami Scenic Trail from Little Miami Golf Center inNewtown to state Route 32 and Beechmont Avenue. Construction be-gins in June and is expected to be completed in December.
The Little Miami Golf Center is at 3811 Newtown Road.For additional information, visit greatparks.org or call 513-521-7275.
answer session on the top-ic of IDC was held. Follow-ing the meeting, residentswere invited to fill out apaper ballot on the topic.
“This is part of the in-formation gathering proc-ess,” MLCC TreasurerMatt Johnson said. Thecouncil is not ready totake action on an IDC.
“We need to do our duediligence to get a sense ofwhat our constituentswant. This is a process,”he said.
The increased pace ofdevelopment and newconstruction in the areaprompted the MLCC to re-search an IDC.
During the June 15meeting, James Weaverof the City of CincinnatiDepartment of Planningand Buildings explainedIDC districts and an-swered questions.
The purpose of an IDCoverlay district is to tem-porarily regulate the es-tablishment of uses, con-struction of new buildingsand demolition or alter-ation of existing struc-tures, Weaver said. Appli-cations subject to review
Mount Lookout Com-munity Council membersare discussing the possi-bility of having an InterimDevelopment ControlOverlay District put inplace.
As part of this discus-sion, the council continuesto seek community input.A community survey wasrecently conducted andduring the June 15 MLCCmeeting a question and
under an IDC can includeall or some of the follow-ing:
» building permits fornew construction, demoli-tion of existing struc-tures, exterior or interioralterations or additions toexisting structures andchanges in use;
» building permits forsigns;
» building permits forsite improvements;
» permits for the con-struction or reconstruc-tion of streets or side-walks;
» subdivision improve-ment plans;
» excavation and fillpermits;
» certificate of compli-ance.
Any item identified inthe IDC overlay districtgets flagged and has to goto planning commission,Weaver said.
In a recent communi-cation to residents sentout via email by theMLCC, the “President’sMessage” said that the“MLCC met with repre-sentatives from the cityand discussed a proposed
Interim DevelopmentControl Overlay Districtfor one year, covering allof Mount Lookout affect-ing demolition and newconstruction permits.”
The message ex-plained that the IDC couldrequire these permits tobe reviewed by the cityplanning commission andallow for public comment.
With the IDC in place,the MLCC members andinterested residents couldthen consider zoning reg-ulations that might bene-fit the neighborhood incontrolling developmentand new construction.Any zone change sugges-tions could then be provid-ed to the Cincinnati De-partment of Planning andBuildings which is work-ing a new Land Develop-ment Code. The LDC is inits third draft with the citycontinuing to receivecommunity input on thedocument.
The president’s mes-sage also stated that theMLCC members want to“better understand theimpact of potential lotsplitting and multi-home
development in our com-munity.”
If the MLCC chooses tohave an IDC put in place,it can be established forthree months without pri-or notice or public hear-ing, Weaver said. Follow-ing public hearings, anIDC can be extended foran additional nine-monthperiod. With proper notifi-cation and hearings, theIDC can be extendedtwice more for six monthseach, he said. Each time,city planning commissionand council approval isneeded. To continue withthe IDC the communityneeds to show that is con-ducting a study, he said.The IDC can’t be extendedbeyond two years.
To receive communica-tions from the MLCC, res-idents can subscribe tothe newsletter atwww.mtlookout.org/about. Council mem-bers recommend that res-idents with fuse email ac-counts use another emailaccount when registeringbecause fuse tends toblock the MLCC newslet-ters.
MLCC seeking communityinput on IDC overlay districtSheila [email protected]
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The Mount Lookout Community Council is researching possible use of an Interim DevelopmentControl Overlay District and is seeking community comment from neighborhood residents.
design that enclosesthe tower, Vickie Cock-erill, owner of Cocke-rill, said she’s skepticalof any tower at that lo-cation.
Cockerill’s store islocated across thestreet from the tower.
“I don’t think thecurrent (tower) isgreat, but it’s not obtru-sive,” she said.
Anything biggerwill be out of scale withthe building, Cockerillsaid.
Uebelacker said theboard will make a rec-ommendation oncethey have seen morespecific plans for thenew tower.
TowerContinued from Page 1A
Later phases will in-clude repaving, replacingguardrails and fences andrenovating and rebuild-ing bridges.
Though the Little Mi-ami State Park stretches50 miles, it has earned thenickname the LovelandBike Trail because manypeople think of it as thetrail they get on in Down-town Loveland.
“The bike trail is such
an anchor to the down-town that feeds so manyof the businesses. Thepopularity of the bike trailis pivotal to Loveland Sta-tion and to all the develop-ments,” Loveland CityManager Dave Kennedysaid.
He added he recentlycited the trail in a grantapplication to improve aplayground in NisbetPark, which the city re-ceived.
“It plays such an activerole. It fits the lifestyle ofa lot of our residents,” hesaid.
Eiselstein said the trailhas been likened to Route66 for cyclists.
“(Cyclists) can see allthese little villages asthey go along. It is aunique part of the statepark system that we real-ly want to preserve. Thefolks that utilize it love itand we want to invitemore people to use it. Thisis a project that helps usdo that,” he said.
Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in Love-land? Follow Marika Lee onTwitter: @ReporterMarika
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A cyclist rides past a cracked area of the Little Miami State Park Bike Trail near Loveland. Friendsof the Little Miami State Park member Paul Morgan said cracked pavement caused by treeroots is a common problem on the trail.
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Gallery hosts Meanwellworks
Mary Ran Gallery, 3668 ErieAve. in Hyde Park, will host anexhibition and sale of abstractexpressionist works by Jack
Meanwell.The opening reception is 5
p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 26.The exhibition continuesthrough July 11.
Gallery hours are 11a.m. to 5p.m. Monday-Friday, and 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
For information, call 513-871-5604 or visit www.mary-rangallery.net
Saturday in the parkCincinnati Observatory will
host “Saturndays,” 9 p.m. to 11p.m. Saturday, June 27.
The most breathtaking ob-ject in the universe, Saturn,takes center stage at the Cin-cinnati Observatory for Sat-urnday.
There will be Saturn-view-ing through the historic tele-
scopes (weather permitting),running talks and tours of thebuildings. If clear, portabletelescopes will show visitorsthe Moon, Venus and Jupiter aswell.
No reservations needed.Cost is $7 per person.
For more informationplease call 513-321-5186 or visitwww.cincinnatiobservato-ry.org.
EASTERN HILLSJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134
Mariemont High School» Morgan Rowe, a High
School of Business student atMariemont High School, hasearned a Financial Literacy In-
dustry Certifica-tion through anew partnershipwith Working inSupport of Edu-cation, an organi-zation dedicatedto providing edu-cational supportservices nation-wide, building fi-nancial literacy,
fostering business and social en-trepreneurship, and preparingstudents for college and theglobal workplace.
Morgan qualified for the cer-tification by scoring high on theFinancial Literacy exam at the2015 DECA International Ca-reer Development Conference.
“Morgan is such a dynamicstudent and excelled in theWealth Management course andDECA this year,” said DebbieBaas, business instructor at Ma-riemont High School. “I am soproud of her and glad she is be-ing recognized for her outstand-ing accomplishment.”
» The Kiwanis Club of Marie-mont recognized MariemontHigh School students for theiroutstanding community ser-vice, as the culmination of itsoutstanding community servicecelebration for the school year.
Mariemont High School ju-nior Hadley George receivedthe Kiwanis’ Outstanding Com-munity Service Award for thework she has done for diabetesawareness. Hadley foundedType One Teens, a social groupfor teens with type 1 diabetes.
Last year she organized a ga-la held at the Cincinnati Zoocalled “Believe in Blue.” Hergoal was to have 80 attendees,and more than 200 people at-tended the gala. “Believe inBlue” will now be an annualevent, along with many other so-cial events and outings.
“I couldn’t have done andcouldn’t continue to do any ofthis work I am doing without thesupport of the schools and thesupport of the community andcommunity organizations likeKiwanis,” George said.
Kiwanis also awarded gradu-ating Mariemont High Schoolseniors with college scholar-ships. Kiwanis has awardedover $200,000 in scholarships todistrict seniors.
Three Mariemont HighSchool seniors received scholar-ships: Samantha Telgkamp, whowill attend Ohio University tostudy child & family studies; Ca-leb Keyes, who will attend Otter-bein University to study Eng-lish, and Ashley Moulton.
“These students are exam-
ples of the kind of people wewant in our community,” saidDr. Jim Renner, principal at Ma-riemont High School. “Kiwanisis making an outstanding invest-ment in our future by investingin these students. I know theywill go out and do great things.”
This year’s Hugh O’BrienLeadership conference attend-ees, Amanda Lewis and JackMathis, were also recognized atthe meeting.
Each year, the high schoolcounselors select a sophomoregirl and a boy to attend this spe-
cial leadership training andbring their learning back to theschool, and Kiwanis makes it fi-nancially possible.
“I am looking forward toteam-building and brainstorm-ing with other students fromaround the country and amgrateful to Kiwanis for this op-portunity,” Amanda said. “Whenwe return, I know we both hopeto be even better leaders for ourclass as well as our school.”
Mariemont Junior High» Made possible through the
efforts of the Mariemont ArtsAssociation, FUNKe Fired Artsin Hyde Park visited MariemontJunior High School for an on-site field trip.
Students tried their hand atthrowing vases, pots or bowls onthe wheel.
St. Ursula Academy» For more than 100 years,
prior to graduation day, seniorsat Saint Ursula Academy havesipped tea with friends and rela-tives as they prepare to leavebehind the school which has
helped them grow into strong,courageous, confident youngwomen ready to venture ontocollege campuses across the na-tion.
The Senior Tea at Saint Ursu-la Academy began in 1911 and isas much of a tradition as the longwhite dresses worn on gradua-tion day. Seniors don their besthats and dresses as they assem-ble to greet their guests, manyof whom were once Saint UrsulaAcademy students. Guests trav-el down the receiving line greet-ing each student and sharingwell-wishes for a successful fu-ture.
After guests have greetedeach student, tea is served onthe fine china teacups and sau-cers that have been used bythousands of young ladiesthrough the years. Many piecesof this fine china have beenpassed down from the Sisterswho founded Saint Ursula Acad-emy. The event reminds thegraduates of the importance oftradition, and the importance ofthe women who have supported,and will continue to supportthem.
The tea was a special eventthis year for the family of Soph-ia Settle. Attending the tea withSophia were her mother andthree aunts, all of whom gradu-ated from Saint Ursula Acad-emy, her grandmother, hercousin, and her younger sister.This group of women have en-joyed the Senior Tea traditionfor many years and look for-ward to attending many more inthe future.
SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK
THANKS TO MISHA BELL
At the St. Ursula Academy Senior Tea are Lucie Perry Hawgood, class of 1990 graduate; Julie Perry Daoud, class of 1988 grad, Krista Perry Settle, 1982 grad;seniors Nicola Settle and Sophia Settle; juniors Rene Perry and Emma Krug, and Anne Perry Krug, class of 1980
THANKS TO JOSEPHINE MCKENRICK
Mariemont High School juniorHadley George receives the KiwanisOutstanding Community ServiceAward for the work she has donefor diabetes awareness.
THANKS TO JOSEPHINE MCKENRICK
Mariemont High School students Samantha Telgkamp, Caleb Keyes, Hadley George, Amanda Lewis and JackMathis are presented with awards and scholarships from Kiwanis.
THANKS TO JOSEPHINE MCKENRICK
Megan Betts works at the pottery wheel brought to Mariemont Junior Highby FUNKe Fired Arts.
THANKS TO JOSEPHINE MCKENRICK
Steven Murdock enjoys a visit from FUNKe Fired Arts at Mariemont JuniorHigh
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THURSDAY, JUNE 25Art & Craft ClassesFundamentals of Drawing andPainting for Adults with MaryLou Holt, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Learn line drawingtechniques, basic eye/handcoordination and how to identifypositive and negative shapes.Light, shadow, tonal values andperspective taught using simpleshapes. Ages 18 and up. $220.226-3833; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.
Sharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, 4426 Brazee St., Learnbasic glass cutting, wet grinder,foil wrap and solder. Ages 12-80.$30 and up. Presented by Sharp
Health / WellnessGeneral Joint Screening,9:30-11:30 a.m., Cincinnati SportsClub, 3950 Red Bank Road, Briefhistory and exam designed totroubleshoot and modify activ-ities and exercise programscovered. Ages 18 and up. Free.Reservations required. Presentedby Christ Hospital Physical Thera-py. 527-4000. Fairfax.
Literary - Story TimesMiss Meghan’s Music, 9:45-10:15 a.m., 10:30-11 a.m., BlueManatee Children’s Bookstore,3054 Madison Road, $10. Regis-tration required. 731-2665;www.bluemanateebooks.com.Oakley.
Music - Concert Series5ive Stories, 7-9 p.m., BeechAcres Park, 6910 Salem Road,Bring your own seating. Childrenunder 16 must be accompaniedby an adult. Park district conces-sions available for purchase.Free. Presented by AndersonTownship Park District. 388-4513;www.andersonparks.com.Anderson Township.
Music - DJTrivia and Turntables, 7-8:30p.m., Fifty West Brewing Compa-ny, 7668 Wooster Pike, Play triviawith DJ spinning vinyl betweenquestions. Music continues until10 p.m. Optional BBQ withrotating menu each week. Ages21 and up. Free admission. Nophone; fiftywestbrew.com.Columbia Township.
NatureAstronomy Night, 8:30-10 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Shorttalk, astro Q&A, tour and star-gazing. $5 suggested donation.Reservations required. 321-5186;www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.Mount Lookout.
RecreationCornhole Thursday, 7 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Lounge. Non-competitive and open to public.$5. 528-9909; www.mtcarmelal-post72.org. Mount Carmel.
Lawn Bowling, 7-8:30 p.m.,Little Miami Golf Center, 3811Newtown Road, 2 free games;equipment and instructionprovided. Wear flat shoes; comeby yourself or bring friends.
More social than golf; less stren-uous than tennis. Ages 18 andup. $5 per game. Presented byCincinnati Lawn Bowling Club.871-8642; www.lawnbow-ling.org. Anderson Township.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26Art & Craft ClassesSilk to Silk transfer Scarf Class,6:30-9:30 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., Lindner Classroom. Use 3old 100 percent silk ties andtransfer designs to 100 percentsilk scarf. Students supply tiesand may purchase blank scarffrom instructor for $5. Each scarfis unique and very colorful. Ages10-99. $20. Reservations re-quired. 703-5645; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.
Art OpeningsJack Meanwell Exhibition andSale, 5-8 p.m., Mary Ran Gallery,3668 Erie Ave., Abstract expres-sionist raised in Canada. His workis in several museums and majorprivate collections. Through July11. Free. 871-5604; www.mary-rangallery.com. Hyde Park.
Drink TastingsFriday Night Tasting: BBQBests, 6-8 p.m., The Wine Mer-chant, 3972 Edwards Road, Tasteeight white, rose and red winesperfect for summer. Ages 21 andup. $20. 731-1515; www.wine-merchantcincinnati.com. Oakley.
Wine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, 7737 Five Mile Road,Taste four different wines. Ages21 and up. $1 per two-ouncetaste. 232-6611. Anderson Town-ship.
Friday Night Wine Tasting, 6-8p.m. Summer picnic wines.,Remke Market Oakley, 3872Paxton Ave., $5. Pay for tastingticket at customer service. 619-5454. Oakley.
EducationBrain Camp at the MariemontBranch Library, 1-3 p.m., Marie-mont Branch Library, 3810Pocahontas Ave., Literature-based theme and maker compo-nent targeted for grades 1–4.Children will create their ownplay, design characters and thenperform. Ages 1-4. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byPublic Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County. 369-4467;cincinnatilibrary.org/summer-learn/braincamps. Mariemont.
FestivalsSt. Veronica Church Festival, 6p.m.-midnight, St. VeronicaParish, 4473 Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road, Beer garden andtiki hut serving margaritas andwine. 513-528-1622; www.stve-ronica.org. Mount Carmel.
Literary - Story TimesManaTots, 10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.,Blue Manatee Children’s Book-store, 3054 Madison Road,Stories and songs for children upto age 4. Free. Through July 31.513-731-2665; www.bluemana-teebooks.com. Oakley.
Music - AcousticUnwind with Ben Alexander, 5p.m.-8 p.m., Keystone Bar & GrillHyde Park, 3384 Erie Ave., Livemusic by Ben Alexander of“Waiting on Ben.” Food, cock-tails, craft beer and wine avail-able for purchase. Free admis-sion. 513-321-2150; www.the-keystonebar.com. Hyde Park.
Music - ConcertsTedeschi Trucks Band, 6:30 p.m.With Sharon Jones & the DapKings and Doyle Bramhall., PNCPavilion at Riverbend, 6295Kellogg Ave., Grammy-win-ning,11-piece blues-rock group.$48-$78 plus fees. Presented byRiverbend Music Center. 800-745-3000; www.riverbend.org.Anderson Township.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27Art & Craft ClassesSummer Drawing Workshopwith Charlie Berger, 9 a.m.-2p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Work from photos,tackle detailed still life subjectsor complete more finisheddrawings. Includes personalevaluation and critique, plusinformal demos of tools andmaterials. $30 per workshop.Registration required. Presentedby Woman’s Art Club Founda-tion. 513-272-3700; www.artat-thebarn.org. Mariemont.
Learning to Weave With RigidHeddle Loom, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Learn to weave with portableRigid Heddle loom in this 2-dayweekend workshop. Studentssupply two contrasting skeins ofyarn and weave beautiful scarf.Looms available to rent for $10.Ages 14-99. $60. Registrationrequired. 513-703-5645. Marie-mont.
Dining EventsPorch Party Grill Out with ChefFristoe, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Mt.Carmel Brewing Company, 4362Mt. Carmel-Tobasco Road,Lakeside Patio. Chef BuddyFristoe will be grilling and smok-ing pulled pork sliders and tacos,and serving homemade chipsand salsa every Saturday after-noon. Special beer tappings andpricing. $8, $3. Through Aug. 29.513-240-2739. Mount Carmel.
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To find more calendar events, go to Cincinnati.com/calendar.
PROVIDED
Shop fresh fruits and locally-grown vegetables, plants,homemade products bakery goods, organic meats, food trucks,fair trade coffee and more at the Anderson Outdoor FarmersMarket, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Anderson CenterStation, 7832 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township. he market isopen rain or shine. Special features include entertainment andseasonal events for children. Call 688-8400; visitwww.andersonfarmersmarket.org.
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What is it aboutvintage recipesthat intriguesme so? I guessit’s about the
history, a time when recipesharing was done by passingwritten or typed recipes byhand, sometimes when folks
gathered togeth-er for a morningcoffee break atsomeone’s home.
I was giftedwith such a won-derful lot ofrecipes fromDonna Wright, aClermont Coun-ty reader whowanted me tohave her Mom’s
and Grandma’s recipes. In-cluded with vintage cookbookswas a wooden box with thehandwritten and typed recipes,often with notes on the recipesby the cook. When I lookedthrough the box, I was sur-prised at the number of cakes,both for breakfast, brunch anddessert. We like a simple cin-namon coffee cake, one thatcan be made with the littleones and mixed by hand.
The recipe I’m sharing to-day from that wooden box isjust such a recipe. It’s calledquick coffee cake but I gave itan additional name. This coffeecake is really easy to make andnot too sweet or gooey. Perfectwith an morning cup of tea!
Quick coffee cake akaNot a fancy coffee cake
How much is a heapingtablespoon? The butter shouldmound up on the spoon. Iadapted the recipe only slight-ly. I made this by hand with awhisk.
1 heaping tablespoon butter1/2 cup sugar
1 egg1/2 cup milk1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla1-1/2 cups all purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon saltPreheat oven to 325. Melt butter. Beat egg and
sugar together. Beat in butter.Add milk and vanilla and beathard. Add dry ingredients,which you have mixed togeth-er. (I just whisked them togeth-er). Blend but don’t over beat.Pour into greased and flouredpan. (I used spray).
Then mix together:3 tablespoons sugar1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamonThe recipe said to sprinkle
this on top which I did. Nexttime I’ll swirl it into the batterso that if I would choose toglaze it, the glaze won’t pull thetopping up.
Bake 30 minutes or so justuntil toothpick inserted incenter comes out clean. Don’tover bake or cake will be dry.
Glaze (opt)I just made a confectioners
sugar glaze with a cup of con-fectioners sugar and enoughwater to make a glaze. Startwith 3 tablespoons water.
Refrigerator or freezerpickles
No, I didn’t make a mistakein the title. These pickles do goin the freezer and yes, they areamazingly crisp after thawing.My sister, Sonia, loves hergarden and each year makesthese awesome pickles. ForJudy N., who wanted the recipeand also wanted to know if shecould add some fresh dill sinceher dill will be ready when herpickling cucumbers are. Theanswer is yes. I think it wouldgive the pickles another ele-ment of flavor and, after all,
dill is one of the ingredients inpickling spice.
4 cups thinly sliced cucum-bers, unpeeled
1 medium onion, sliced thin2 tablespoons saltUp to 1-1/2 cups sugar - I use
less but just go to taste1/2 cup vinegar1-1/2 teaspoons pickling
spice1 red bell pepper, diced (opt)1 clove garlic, smashed (opt)Arrange cucumbers and
onions in large bowl. Sprinklewith salt and mix. Pour enoughwater over to just cover them.Stir again. Soak at room tem-perature for 2 hours. Drain,but don’t rinse. Meanwhile,mix sugar, vinegar and pick-ling spice in small saucepan.Bring to a simmer and cookuntil sugar dissolves. Let coolwhile pickles are soaking.After pickles have beendrained, add bell pepper, thenpour pickling brine over them.
Mix. Put into containers. Letmarinate overnight in refriger-ator before eating. Keeps atleast three weeks in frig, or upto six months in freezer.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
This coffee cake isn’t fancy
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
A reader gifted her mom and grandma’s old recipes to Rita Heikenfeld, and included this wooden box containinghandwritten and typed recipes, with notes by the cook.
mer vacation story (somethingthat you personally experi-enced)?
“One of my favorite sum-mer vacations was spentworking to help poor peopleback in the hollers of Appala-chia working very hard andsweating my behind off with agroup of youth and adultsfrom our church. It was dusty,dirty, hot, sticky, buggy, spi-dery, yucky and hard workbut it was one of the more re-warding times of my life see-ing a bunch of kids (includinga couple of girly girls) nevercomplain doing it, and moreimportantly seeing the sheergratitude from the home own-ers for what we had done forthem. It was life lifting.”
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“Many years ago my em-ployer needed me to assist aclient in Florida. As I could flyor drive, I drove and took myfamily. Needless to say thisprovided a ‘free’ vacation forus. As luck would have it I wasnot that busy working mostdays and could also enjoy thestay. Vacations are great, butfree vacations are even bet-ter. Go Figure!”
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On May 27, I attended theheroin forum sponsored by theHamilton County Sheriff’sOffice.
As I pulled into the An-derson Center’s parking lot, Inoticed the place was packed. Ihad to park on the upper level,and at first thought I may havehad the date wrong becausethere was nothing on the signthat usually publicizes sched-uled events at the center, but Idid see two Hamilton CountySheriff’s vehicles and theWCPO van.
I was encouraged at thelarge turnout, but was con-fused when I saw familiesfrom the parking lot, bouquetsof flowers in hand. When Ijoined the crowd of peoplewalking down the hill, I asked
if anyone knewif there was aheroin forumscheduledtonight. Theresponse to myquestion wasmet with silentwide-eyed fearand whatseemed to be abigger rush to
create distance from me, eventhough I was dressed nicely,and still had my work ID badgeon.
As I approached the center,I realized that there was abigger event going on evi-denced by a crowd of adorablekindergarten graduates yellingand waving from a balcony,
I soon found the forum, and
a smaller crowd in the audi-torium and took a seat.I attend-ed the forum as an educatorworking in the criminal justicesystem, with 36 years of expe-rience serving youth with amultitude of issues, includingpsychiatric and addiction diag-noses.
In the last 13 years, I’vewitnessed the heroin epidemicincrease to significant propor-tions. Just like mental illness,and cancer, no one is immuneto being affected by this drugand the effects of its presence.
Everyone in that room al-ready knew about heroin. Theywanted answers, and theyneeded to be heard. Then Ithought about all those in-nocent 5- and 6-year-old chil-dren in this same building,
celebrating their graduationswith their adoring familiestaking pictures with tearyeyes, thinking about how fasttime flies.
That’s when I realized theirony that those families werethe snapshot of who reallyneeded to be at this forum, andhear about the heroin that isthreatening their children’sfuture.
We must overcome the fearof talking about addiction, andspecifically now, about heroin.It is in our backyard. It is inour homes. It is not going awayuntil we have conversationsabout the facts, about becom-ing educated, about gettinginvolved in our community,and about having influences inour legislatures.
I know our community isgetting ready for AndersonDays. There will be lots ofbooths representing AndersonTownship, handing out food,coupons, free gifts advertisingfor their businesses and or-ganizations, encouraging peo-ple to get involved, to talk,listen, sign up for email blasts,register to vote, etc. I can onlyhope that there will be a boothhanding out information, andtalking honestly about ourheroin epidemic; because sad-ly, it is part of our community,too.
Tammy Gory is a mother, wife, re-cently retired educator, 13-yearcancer survivor, and resident ofAnderson Township for30 years.
Hamilton County heroin forum addressesthe need for conversations about epidemic
Tammy GoryCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Summer has arrived in Cin-cinnati and to many AndersonTownship residents, that meansone thing: the Anderson Town-ship Library Association’s (AT-LA ) annual used book sale atNagel Middle School.
This is the used book salethat people wait all year for,bringing bargain hunters andbook lovers to Anderson Town-ship from all over the countyand beyond. This summermarks the 35th year for thesale, which had its humblebeginnings in the former
BeechmontMall.
The wonder-ful thing aboutthese usedbook sales, inaddition togetting anopportunity tobuy some in-credible booksfor a smallamount of
money, is that the funds raisedgo back to our local librariesfor extra programming andcomputer equipment. If youlike learning how to do newthings like jewelry making andpracticing yoga, or if you like tobring your children to musicand movement programs, oryour teens are fans of a craftprogram, then the AndersonBranch or Mount WashingtonBranch Library is the place foryou.
If you want to try using aniPad before buying your own,you can do that too. All of thesethings and more are availableto you for free at the Library,thanks in large part to the gen-
erosity of the Anderson Town-ship Library Association.
The ATLA group will behosting its annual June UsedBook Sale at Nagel MiddleSchool from Friday, June 26,through Sunday, June 28. Thegroup’s used book sale hasbecome a community eventthat people flock to year afteryear. This all-volunteer grouphas raised well over $1 millionin support of the Library overthe course of 35 years.
Proceeds from the annualbook sales are given to theAnderson and Mount Washing-ton branch libraries, part of thePublic Library of Cincinnatiand Hamilton County system,to help pay for things like pup-pet shows, craft programs, ayoga instructor, teen eventsand the ever popular Miss LizMusic and Movement program.After all, the Library’s missionis “Connecting People with theWorld of Ideas and Informa-tion.”
Featured this year will belots of fiction books, collect-ibles, art books, cookbooks andbooks covering historical top-
ics, as well as books for teensand of course lots of offeringsfor children.
Besides books, there will beother items for sale such asCDs, DVDs and PlayAways,gently used EReaders as wellas games and puzzles. Therewill be a new category this yearof unique items which includethings like wedding albums,journals, ornaments, specialtybooks, new games, calligraphyitems and picture albums.There is also a copy of the firstWhite House Cookbook, and anAudubon folio which has somemagnificent prints inside.
Sale hours are 10 a.m. - 8p.m. Friday, June 26; 10 a.m. - 5p.m. Saturday, June 27; andnoon -3 p.m. Sunday, June 28.Credit cards are Not acceptedbut cash or checks will be glad-ly received. Nagel MiddleSchool is at 1500 Nagel Road.Contact the Anderson TownshipBranch Library with questionsat 369-6030.
Katie Greifenkamp is the branchmanager at the Anderson TownshipBranch Library, 7450 State Road.
Anderson annual used book sale a community favorite
KatieGreifenkampCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
The Anderson Township Library Association's 35th Annual Summer Used Book Sale is June 26-June 28.
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mer was announced as one ofthe six male finalists for LaRo-sa's High School MVP of theYear Award.
The otherfive athletes onthat list include:CincinnatiCountry Day’sAsher Hirsch,LaSalle’s Jere-my Larkin,Campbell Coun-ty’s Austin My-ers and St. Xavi-er’s Michael Vi-
tucci and Justin Hilliard.The male and female win-
ners of the award will be an-nounced at the annual BuddyLaRosa's Sports Hall of FameBanquet June 28. The programstarts at 2 p.m.
Baseball» Summit Country Day’s Er-
ic Terry was named first-teamall-Ohio in Division III by theOhio High School BaseballCoaches Association.
Softball» Seven Hills’ Lucy Callard
was one of three Stingersnamed to the Miami Valley Con-ference’s Gray division softballfirst team. She was joined byteammates Claire McDonaldand Mary Grace Ramsey.
Catherine Bain was named tothe second team and MaggieKersting received honorablemention.
Coach Tom Betts was alsonamed Gray division coach ofthe year.
» St. Ursula’s KatherineJones, Taryn Osborne and Mer-edith Weidner were named tothe all-Girls Greater CatholicLeague’s softball first team.
Teammate Maddie Hancockwas named to the second team.
SHORT HOPS
Nick Robbe and Scott SpringerCommunity Press staff
Grimmer
KENWOOD — Shortly afterthe celebratory dogpile on themound and their Division I tro-phy presentation, the MoellerHigh School baseball team gath-ered in Huntington Park’s leftfield for a team photo.
The last player to get in theshot came with two guests withthe blessing of his teammates.
Senior catcher Bailey Mon-toya walked his mother, Christy,and father, Lucky, on to the fieldand into the photo. The champi-onship squad then flashed aunique sign, with their righthands forming an “L” and their
left holding up three fingers.It stood for Levi. Levi Montoya, brother of
Bailey and son of Christy andLucky, died in an ATV accidentin 2014 when Moeller was in thestate semifinals. A year and aday from that tragic evening,the Crusaders and the Mon-toyas walked triumphantly onthe grass and celebrated lifeand perseverance.
The younger Montoya wasjust 15 years old and a memberof Germantown Valley View’sfootball team. Bailey was Moell-er’s starting junior catcherwhen he got the tragic call the
Moeller catcher Bailey Montoya fields a ball against Mason in the regionalchampionship game at the University of Cincinnati.
See MOELLER, Page 2B
WALNUT HILLS — JacksonNeff wasn’t exactly a quicksale to the Ohio State trackand field team.
A better than average 1,600meter runner for coach BillValenzano at Walnut HillsHigh School, he was unable to“fly like an Eagle” at his firstshot around the Jesse OwensMemorial Stadium oval in2010 with the Buckeye brasswatching.
“I got fourth at the indoorstate meet my senior year,”Neff said. “I made the outdoorstate meet my senior year, butwas last on Ohio State’strack.”
Undaunted, he elected towalk on at Ohio State and con-vinced the coaches to givehim a chance. Over time, thedecision paid off as Neff even-tually became a Big Tenchampion in the 3,000 metersteeplechase and recentlyparticipated in the NCAA Na-tional Championships in Eu-gene, Oregon.
“Coming out of high schoolI didn’t train year round,”Neff said. “I played soccer inthe fall and I did stuff like ski-ing. I ran about 40 miles aweek in high school. To run in
college you have to run 75-80miles. I red-shirted my entirefirst year. Sophomore year Iwasn’t good, then with acoaching change I startedsteeple my junior year. Myfourth year was my breakoutyear.”
Neff had never run thesteeplechase in high schooland didn’t even participate inthe track program until his ju-nior year. The recently gradu-ated Buckeye put in five yearsof hard work at his trade, butwasn’t steered toward theunique, long-distance hur-dling event until late in his ca-reer.
“I got a new coach my ju-nior year,” Neff said. “He rec-ognized I was athletic enoughand had the right tools to begood at steeple. Eventually,that became my event.”
Many recognize the racefor its inclusion of a randomwater pit each lap. It also in-volves several 36” hurdles,though they are far from thehurdles used in the sprintraces.
“Hurdle is probably thewrong term,” Neff said.“They do not go move. If yourun into that, you’re going togo down.”
The marketing and com-munications major eventual-
ly became the Big Ten cham-pion in 2014 and was third thispast season. He had the third-fastest qualifying time at theEastern Regionals in Jackson-ville last month to send him tothe national meet for the firsttime ever.
On June 11 in Eugene, Neffdid not go down, but finished16th on the grand stage.
“I didn’t have a great race,it was the slowest of the sea-son,” Neff said. “But, ninethrough 16 are second teamAll-Americans. So, I got sec-ond team All-American eventhough it wasn’t a great race.”
The previous year, Neffhad been in Oregon to watchthe nationals. He had brieflymoved to the state for a digitaland social media internshipwith Nike, which has sinceturned into full-time work.
“I lived in Portland lastsummer,” Neff said. “I kind ofworked my connections and Iaccepted a job with Nike inChicago working on their run-ning brand team. I’ll be abrand ambassador with highschools in the area.”
Though never receivingany scholarship money, Neffsaw many parts of the countrythrough track and succeededin achieving the ultimate goalof a college education: a job.
THANKS TO RICK NEFF
Jackson Neff had the third-fastest regional qualifying time in the nation at the NCAA Eastern Regionals inJacksonville.
WALNUT HILLS — Thebaseball season for theEagles of Walnut HillsHigh School endedclose to a month ago, buttop slugger Cole Mur-phy has kept busy withsummer league obliga-tions and all-star invitesas he prepares to enterthe University of Cin-cinnati.
The 6-foot-6 firstbaseman committed tothe hometown Bearcatsbefore this spring’s fourhomer and 31 RBI per-formance. Murphy ledthe Eastern CincinnatiConference in both cat-egories and was in thetop 10 in the league inaverage at .418.
On the mound, hetied for the ECC lead instrikeouts with Glen Es-te’s Evan Moores. Hefinished 4-1 with a 1.45ERA and two shutouts.
At UC, Murphy isslated to be a two-wayplayer for coach TyNeal.
“They’ve been talk-ing a little bit aboutsticking me in the out-field on one of the cor-ners and then pitching,”Murphy said.
The lanky lacer ofline drives will join ayoung Bearcat squadthat Neal is trying tobuild for the future.Murphy learned asmuch from catching afew online broadcastsduring the high schoolseason.
“They were sayingthey were the youngestteam in the NCAA rightnow with 21 freshmen,”Murphy said.
Murphy plans to be abusiness managementmajor at UC and wouldlike to follow in the foot-steps of his father, localbusinessman ShenanMurphy. As added in-centive, the elder Mur-phy is on the UCATS
(Bearcat boosters) ath-letic board.
“It’s cool playingclose to home,” Murphysaid. “I think UC willturn it around a little bit.They started looking atme in the middle of ju-nior year, maybe.”
His high school teamhad a bit of a resurgencethis past season whenthey nearly doubledtheir 2014 win total with15 victories this season.The Eagles finishedfourth in the ECC andwon their opening tour-nament game withAmelia, 4-3, before los-ing at La Salle 7-3 onMay 14.
Murphy was namedfirst-team ECC for thesecond straight year.He was second team asa sophomore.
He also has a young-er brother, Jackson,who is a sophomore atClark Montessori. Theyounger Murphy hit.383 with the Cougars asa catcher.
“I wish we had him atWalnut catching me,”Murphy said.
Among Murphy’ssacrifices to make it as abaseball player, wasgiving up football hissenior year. He used tospend his falls as a tightend for George Kontsisand the gridiron Eagles.
“I miss it a lot,” Mur-phy said. “I love thegame, but baseball’swhere my future’s atand baseball’s No. 1.”
Among his other ac-colades, Murphy wasnamed a 2015 PerfectGame Honorable Men-tion All-American andCentral Region Honor-able Mention. His sum-mer team is the Cincin-nati Baseball Clubwhere he is coached byformer Madeira coachJack Kuzniczci. DanFinley guided Murphyduring his four-year let-terman span at WalnutHills.
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Walnut Hills pitcher Cole Murphy propels the ball forwardagainst La Salle May 14.
WESTERN HILLS — Thissummer, the CincinnatiSteam are celebrating 10years of amateur summercollege baseball at MaxMcLeary Field on Fergu-son Avenue.
To celebrate, theSteam will do as they’vealways done: lace ‘em upand play.
This season, they’ll dothat under first-timemanager Pat Hyde, a for-mer catcher at NorthernKentucky Universityoriginally from Chicago.Hyde was a Steam assis-tant prior to earning thehead gig.
Hyde’s a common com-modity for the Steam,who employ many aspir-ing for careers in base-ball.
“I want to put them inthe best position for themto be successful. I wantthese guys to come in forthe summer and by thetime they leave I wantthem to go back to theirschool better than whenthey left,” Hyde said. “Iwant them to grow andmature as people and alsoas baseball players.”
The Steam compete inthe Great Lakes SummerCollegiate League, one ofthe premier summerbaseball leagues in thecountry (arguably secondonly to Cape Cod), a wood-en bat league comprised
of players with remainingcollege eligibility. Rough-ly 17 locals play on theSteam this year, as well asguys from Michigan, In-diana, Illinois, Kentuckyand South Carolina.
After 11 games, theSteam are off to a 4-6-1start. At the plate, theSteam have been led byJake Richmond (Univer-sity of Cincinnati), who’shitting .444, and TreyGanns (Northern Ken-tucky), who’s hitting .351with eight RBI. Max Fo-ley (Evansville) has beenhot with a .341 average, 14hits and eight RBI.
On the mound, HunterDunn (Eastern Kentucky)has a 4.23 ERA and a
team-high 17 innings with23 strikeouts. Nick Beard(Northern Kentucky) hasa 3.60 ERA and ninestrikeouts in 10 innings.
“We have a very talent-ed team. We’re veryyoung,” said Hyde. “Get-ting guys into the rightspot in the right situation.You learn how to picktheir brain … you want tosee what their thoughtprocess is and their base-ball instinct.”
According to BradyLaber, Steam director ofbaseball operations, theSteam has had 32 playersdrafted by Major Leagueteams. Most notably,Adam Eaton with the Chi-cago White Sox and Pitts-
“What I like doing isseeing guys come in dayone whether it’s summerball or college, just seeingthem develop into betterplayers and people,”Hyde said. “They maystruggle one day, but thebest thing about baseballis you’re gonna get to playthe next day. It’s nice see-ing guys grow from mis-takes and get better.”
Coming up at MaxMcLeary Field, the Steamhost Grand Lake Friday,June 26, on ALS night andon Thursday, July 2, theHamilton Joe’s come totown on fireworks night.
Cincinnati Steam first baseman Max Foley, a Moellergraduate, hustles down the line after a sacrifice bunt againstthe Southern Ohio Copperheads on June 18 at Max McLearyField.
night before the Crusad-ers’ 2014 semifinal gamewith Massillon Jackson.Despite Levi’s passing,Bailey made the decisionto return to Columbus forthe game.
“I went to the hospitalright after that and Ididn’t go to bed until about4 a.m.,” Montoya recalled.“I talked it over with myMom and Dad and theysaid I was probably betteroff playing baseball.That’s the one thing I havegrown up with and loved,other than my family andGod.”
Added Moeller headcoach Tim Held, “Hedidn’t want to let his teamdown. He felt that obliga-tion to come back as ourstarting catcher. I wasn’texpecting to see him thenext morning. His grand-pa called and said he wason his way back.”
Held had already madearrangements to adjusthis lineup, but allowedMontoya to catch with adesignated hitter in hisspot on offense. He toldhim if his thoughts were
taking him elsewhere, tolet him know and theywould substitute.
“It was a very emotion-al day,” Montoya recalled.“When Massillon Jacksongot that third out, I kind oflost it.”
Over the summermonths, the family orga-nized Live Like Levi, acharitable trust to re-member their lost lovedone and help others. Mon-toya’s family adopted theSisu philosophy that start-ed with Levi’s German-town football team. It’s aterm of bravery and beingable to overcome adversi-ty over incredible odds.
“We take donations andgive scholarships away,”Montoya said.
The Montoyas live inFarmersville and havebeen regulars at the Mont-gomery County Fairshowing hogs raised ontheir farm. Part of Bai-ley’s healing processcame last August when heshowed one of his broth-er’s hogs. Bailey himselfhas had Herefords andCrossbred Barrows ondisplay since he was 9years old.
“Levi was big into 4-Hand so am I,” Montoyasaid. “I took one of his
hogs and showed it at thecounty fair. It won re-serve grand championand was in memory of Le-vi. All of the money (about$2,000) was donated to theLive Like Levi founda-tion.”
The 4-H organizationstands for head, heart,hands and health. Thebackground has helpedMontoya in leadership,public speaking and hardwork – all great attributesof a top-notch catcher.
When pre-spring prac-tice rolled around again atMoeller, Montoya was de-termined to get to Colum-bus and return with thetop trophy. The team wasalso inspired and playedto “Live like Levi.”
As the season pro-gressed, it became appar-ent the Crusaders couldhave the stars alignedagain. They overcame in-juries to a pair of 2014starters in Joe Vranesicand Bryan Soth. Severaltimes, Montoya felt hisbrother’s presence.
“I hit a double in the re-gional final game (againstMason) to move us to thestate semifinal game,”Montoya said. “Coach An-dy Nagel said he wasstanding at first and the
clouds kind of partedwhen I hit that double. Itmade me tear up. We justopened the floodgates (inColumbus). I think forsure he was definitelywatching us.”
Before Christy andLucky Montoya joined theMoeller baseball familyfor the victorious picture,Lucky, a former footballplayer in New Mexico,lifted Tim Held in the airin jubilation.
Held was thrilled forthe moment and thrilledfor the Montoyas.
“The whole year thatfamily’s been throughwith the grieving process,to be able to capture thechampionship when wededicated the whole sea-son to Levi is a great feel-ing,” Held said.
Though his 4-H daysare coming to an end, Bai-ley Montoya will continuehis baseball career at theUniversity of Dayton.Gone will be the hour-pluscommutes to and fromMoeller.
“Dayton is 30 minutescloser,” Montoya said. “Alot of the recruits in theDayton program are real-ly good players and thecoaches are really goodguys.”
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The Moeller baseball team, along with Christy and Lucky Montoya (far right) make the “Levi” sign with their hands in honor ofLevi Montoya. The brother of Crusaders’ catcher Bailey Montoya died in an ATV accident a year ago. The family has since startedthe “Live like Levi” foundation.
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Before she passed,Lauren Hill selected 4-year-old Luke Knapke tobe her successor as theambassador and face ofthe 14th annual Hyde ParkBlast.
Luke was diagnosedwith an inoperable brain
tumor, pilomyxoid astro-cytoma (PMA), in July2013, nearly six months af-ter his second birthday.
The event is scheduledfor June 27 and will runfrom 7 a.m. to midnight. Itwill include a 4-mile run/walk, kids' fun runs andcycling races, and an Elite5K Run. There will also bea pro race, which brings in
cyclists from across thenation.
A block party with livemusic from local acts willbegin at 4 p.m.; 3 Day Rulewill perform from 4 to 7p.m. and 4th Day Echo willplay from 8 p.m. to mid-night.
Food options will in-clude Dewey's, Qdoba,Piada and Taste of Bel-
gium. Domestic drinksand craft beers will beavailable.
Proceeds will benefittwo cancer-fighting chari-ties: The Cure Starts Nowand the Shemenski Foun-dation.
A year after Luke wasdiagnosed with PMA, hiscare team at Children'sHospital discovered an-
other tumor, according toa press release. His doc-tors ran tests to discoverthat the second tumor,shaped slightly differentthan the original, but lo-cated near the same areaof his brain, was related toa rare genetic disease,neurofibromatosis, thatcauses tumor growth.
Luke is currently in re-
mission for the first tu-mor, but it's likely that oth-er tumors will continue togrow in his brain, accord-ing to the press release.
Check out Luke's team(Super Luke's Heroes) atwww.hpblast.org.
For more informationabout the event or how toget involved, visitwww.hydeparkblast.org.
Lauren Hill had chosen ambassador for 5K Stephen Roy [email protected]
THANKS TO SARAH COTHERMAN-LANSING
Lauren Hill hanging out with 4-year-old Luke Knapke. Sheselected Luke to be this year’s ambassador and face of the14th annual Hyde Park Blast.
Dick Weiland of HydePark set a goal to raise$500,000 for a fund thatwill be allocated for a widerange of non-profit causesrelating to his passion forpromoting inclusion andcommunity collaborationto address issues facingthe Greater Cincinnatiarea.
A percentage of thisfund will also be allocatedto support the efforts ofaward recipients of TheJewish Community Rela-tions Council’s inauguralDick Weiland CommunityRelations Award.
These individuals were
recognized for their workto create a better commu-nity at the JCRC’s annualmeeting June 8 at theMayerson JCC.
“Mr. Weiland hasworked tirelessly to raisethis money in a very shortamount of time,” said Sa-rah Weiss, director of theJewish Community Rela-tions Council. “He hasbeen passionate about hu-man rights, justice and tol-erance in our communityfor more than 50 years -he’s a true inspiration toour community.”
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(From left) Dick Weiland, Sarah Weiss, executive director ofthe JCRC, and Shep Englander, the CEO of the JewishFederation of Cincinnati.
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COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsTheftReported on 8200 block ofWooster Pike, May 1.
Tires and rims valued at $1,920removed from 3300 block ofHighland Ave., May 6.
FAIRFAXIncidents/investigationsFraudFraudulent return made atWalmart; $54 at 4000 block ofRed Bank Road, June 3.
TheftMerchandise taken from Wal-mart; $270 at 4000 block of RedBank Road, June 2.
TV taken from Walmart; $198 at4000 block of Red Bank Road,June 3.
Two cellphones taken fromWalmart; $130 at 4000 block ofRed Bank Road, June 4.
Speakers taken from Walmart;$60 at 4000 block of Red BankRoad, June 4.
Money taken from savings
account with no authorization;$15,000 at 5900 block of Haw-thorne Ave., June 5.
MARIEMONTIncidents/investigationsDrug abuseMarijuana located in vehicle attraffic stop at 6900 block ofWooster, May 29.
Drug instrumentsFemale possessed hypodermicneedle at 6900 block of Woos-ter, June 9.
OVIMale was cited at 6900 block ofWooster, May 29.
TERRACE PARKIncidents/investigationsAnimal complaintInjured deer reported at 1000block of Elm, May 30.
Check welfareHome owner found lying offloor of residence at 100 blockof Fieldstone, May 28.
InformationMiami Valley Christian Academywas in a lock down, male andfemale suspects were on prop-erty at, May 26.
POLICE REPORTS
Weiland is no strangerto fundraising. He worksclosely with about 40 non-profits, with the TalbertHouse at the top of the list.
During his many dec-ades of advocacy, he hasbeen recognized for secur-ing Holocaust reparationsfor survivors throughoutthe world, and has beencredited for keeping theHebrew Union Collegefrom leaving the GreaterCincinnati area, anachievement he refers toas “one of the most impor-tant things I’ve ever
done.” Additionally, he
marched with nonviolentprotesters for votingrights for African Ameri-cans (led by the Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.from Selma to Montgome-ry, Alabama, in 1965) andfounded the Halom Housein 1982 to provide servicesfor adults with develop-mental disabilities.
More recently, Weilandgifted half a million dol-lars to Cincinnati State fora fund allocated for com-munity-based scholar-ships in memory of Rev.Fred Shuttlesworth, aprominent activist who ad-vocated on behalf of civilrights in the ’50s and ’60s.
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CCDS donates to Josh Cares
THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ
Cincinnati Country Day School second-graders Famke van Dijk,left, and Michaela Atkinson, both of Madeira, present Joy Blangof Terrace Park, executive director of Josh Cares, with a checkfor $3,848.35. The money, raised during Lower School ServiceLearning Day, will pay for a child life specialist for one month.
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HYDE PARK BRANCHContact:
Elizabeth Chapman2691 Madison RoadCincinnati, OH 45208
513-842-9000
Experiencethe Light andSound of God
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6474 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati, Ohio 45230
513-231-2650www.mwpc.church
MT WASHINGTONPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday Worship9:30 a.m.
Morning Glory Service11:00 a.m. Traditional Service
SundaySchool9:30 a.m.
Infant through12th grade
Childcare11:00 a.m.
Infant throughKindergarten
MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org
Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service
10:00am Educational Hour11:00 am - Traditional Service
PRESBYTERIAN
Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.
683-1556www.golovelive.com
Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243
Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648
Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org
Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Anderson HillsUnited MethodistChurchTraditional worship is 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary.Contemporary services are 9:30a.m. and 11 a.m. Family andstudent ministry programs areat 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172; andersonhillsumc.org.
Christ ChurchCathedral The church will conduct audi-tions for cathedral choristers forthe 2015-16 church programyear Monday, July 27, throughFriday, July 31. Choristers whoshare the cathedral's commit-ment to excellence, are willingand able to support its liturgicalworship and serve as a signifi-cant presence in the Cincinnatiarts community are encouraged
to audition. The cathedralchoir's primary responsibility isto sing at weekly Sunday ser-vices, monthly services of even-song and other major liturgicalobservances in the church year.
Positions are open for bothprofessional and volunteerchoristers. The cathedral is alsobuilding a roster of substitutechoristers to serve as needed.
Audition requirements can befound at christchurchcincinnati.org. For more in-formation and to schedule anaudition, contact StephanCasurella, the cathedral's direc-tor of music, at 842-2065 [email protected].
The church is at 318 E. Fourth St.,Cincinnati; 621-1817;www.christchurchcincinnati.org.
Mt. WashingtonPresbyterian Church Sunday School and blendedworship are 9:30 a.m., and at 11a.m. is traditional worship.
On July 1, the church will wel-come new interim minister
Mary Gene Boteler. Her firstSunday leading worship will beJuly 5 and all are welcome.
The church’s focus is on areahunger needs and providesfood and volunteer time togroups including the SEMPantry, the Batavia YWCAPantry, Tender Mercies, theDrop Inn Center and similarorganizations throughout theyear.
The church is at 6474 BeechmontAve., Mount Washington;231-2650;www.mwpc-church.org.
Mt. WashingtonUnited MethodistChurchAl-anon is 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays.Choir/Praise band is 6:30-8:30p.m. Thursdays.
School Age Youth Group meets6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28.
Draw the Circle, a prayer groupand book study with the pastor,is 11 a.m. Tuesdays.
Sunday worship is 10 a.m. Nurs-ery and children’s classes areavailable. The sermon for June14 is “Heroes of the Faith:Joshua, Servant of the Lord.”Holy Communion will be ob-served.
The church is at 6365 CorblyRoad, Mount Washington.
SonRise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group. Cele-brate Recovery is a Christ-centered program based on theBeatitudes addressing many oflife’s hurts, hang-ups and habits.
The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000.
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ABOUT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSInformation is provided as a public service by the office
of Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes. Neighborhooddesignations are approximate.
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Ensuring encores for the next generation
Every performance shared strives to improve a life and our community—we can relate. That’s why we’re proud to sponsor the world premiere of Cincinnati Opera’s production of Morning Star, June 30-July 19. This moving production about the Jewish immigrant experience in New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1900s resonates across time and cultures.
