Indian Hill High School French teacher Barb Mustard, right, offers a few tips on how to properly flip acrepe to junior Sara Al-Zubi, of Kenwood. Mustard invited her French Club students to a crepe cookingdemonstration by Danny Huggins, who is a chef at La Petite France. The gathering was in recognitionof a French event called Chandeleur, which is similar to the American Groundhog Day and means"celebration of light." For more photos please see page A5. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
A Cincinnati Country DaySchool student isbringinghomethe gold.
Sophomore J.C. Vogt is therecipient of eight gold medalsas part of the ScholasticArt andWriting Awards, a nationalcompetition which recognizesstudents with exceptional artis-tic and literary talent.
Vogt, who lives in Milford,received the awards based onphotographs he had submitted.
This is thehighest numberofgold medals a Cincinnati Coun-try Day student has received inthis competition.
The submitted photos weretaken over the course of a year.“Whenever I can I try to have a
camera with me,” said Vogt,who has had an interest in pho-tography since he was 8-years-old.
Vogt’s submissions rangedfrom a picture of his sister to areflection of stars in a lake.
“There was a pretty bigrange,” said Vogt.
His favorite entry was a clo-seupof amatch immediatelyaf-ter it was ignited.
Hesaidagoodshotgenerallyis a mixture of “light, composi-tion and overall feeling.”
He said getting a good pic-ture doesn’t depend on havinganexpensivecameraor thebestequipment.
“It’s more of an eye (for sur-roundings)andbeingable to seethe beauty aroundyou,” he said.“I feel the camera is a way tocapture that.”
Vogt said he plans to pursuephotography as a profession.
Competition ignited with match photo
Cincinnati Country Day School sophomore J.C. Vogt is the recipient of eight gold medals for photography inthe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Behind him is an image of a lit match, which was one of the winningentries. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
The Indian Hill Board ofEducation has approved fieldand auditorium improvementsfor the upcoming school year.
During a Feb. 11meeting, theschool board approved a capitalplan for 2014-15.
A community engagementsessionwill be 7-9 p.m.Tuesday,Feb. 25, at the Indian Hill HighSchool multipurpose room,6865 Drake Road. This sessionwill include a discussion on spe-cifics of the upcoming projects.
This plan effectively bal-ances academics, the arts andathletics, said SuperintendentMarkMiles.
Theprojects include installa-tion of synthetic turf at the up-per level baseball and softballfields at the high school and theinstallation of bleachers. Aspart of the proposed plan, thefieldswouldberelocatedbutre-main on the upper level.
Improvements to the highschool auditorium are also apart of theplan.The theaterwillbe expanded 5,000 square feet.This will provide additionalspace for expanded storage, ascene shop and dressing rooms.
Other items include replac-ing furniture at the primary, el-ementary and high schools andreplacing fitness center equip-ment at the middle school.
The capital plan includesbuying one additional schoolbus and making roof repairs atseveral of the buildings.
A number of other items arealso part of the capital plan for
2014-2015.The total estimated cost is
around $4 million. A portion ofthe costs for the capital im-provements will be covered bythe district’s permanent im-provement fund.
During the meeting, Milesalso recommended that re-placement of some of the treesnext to the high school plaza en-tryway be included in the plan.
A project that was previous-ly been approved by the boardfor this school year may be de-layed.
Erik Lutz, with the district’sOperations Committee, saidbidding on a new central plantwill be delayed until March.
Thecentralplant ispartofanenergy-saving initiative andwill include a boiler and chillerto be installed at the high schooland middle school campus.
Bidding will be delayed untilafter a meeting with the IndianHill Village Planning Commis-sion.
Lutz said the district plans toaddress potential noise con-cerns related to the installationof the central plant during anupcoming Indian Hill VillagePlanning Commission meeting.
He said neighbors will be in-formed of the meeting viaemail.
Indian Hill schooldistrict OKs $4Mimprovementplan for ’14-’15By Forrest [email protected]
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It’s like a game of ten-nis within the legal sys-tem — a controversial
mine proposal volleyedback and forth betweenthe courts and a townshipzoning board.
And now the 1st Dis-trict Court of Appeals hasagain served the MartinMarietta case back toJudge Robert Ruehlman,who, more than two yearsago, overturned themine’s original approval.
It’s been a long, hardfight for both sides. In2008, Martin MariettaMaterials asked the An-dersonTownshipBoardofZoning Appeals for ap-proval to build and oper-ate an underground lime-stone mine in the north-eastern part of the com-munity.
The mine proposal in-cluded blasting 400 to 800
feet underground andstoring explosives on the480-acre site near RoundBottom and Broadwellroads. Martin Mariettafaced fierce oppositionfrom township residentswho lived near the mineproperty, as well as lead-ers in neighboring com-munities.
But in June 2010, thetownship zoning board, ina 3-2 decision, voted in fa-vor of Martin Marietta’srequests and attachednearly two dozen condi-tions to themine’s approv-al.
Township residentsand business owners,joined by Terrace Park,Newtown and Indian Hill,appealed the board’s deci-sion to the Hamilton
County Common PleasCourt and have beenlocked in a litany of legalbattles with Martin Mari-etta ever since.
Long legal fightAfter bouncing from a
magistrate to a differentjudge, the appeal eventu-ally landed before Ruehl-man, who, in December2011, overturned themine’sapproval.Hewrotein his ruling that the zon-ing board’s decision was“replete with examples ofillegal acts as well as in-valid, void and ineffectiveconditions.”
Martin Marietta thenappealed that decision tothe 1st District Court ofAppeals, which, in late2012 kicked the case backto Anderson Township.The judges determinedthe zoning board “exceed-ed its authority in condi-tioning its decision on theGood Neighbor Fee,” andwanted the townshipboard to decide whethertheminewould still be ap-proved without it.
That fee requiredMar-tin Marietta to keep a $1million bond and pay thetownship 5 cents per tonofmaterial sold and deliv-ered from the site.
This past July theBoard of Zoning Appealsremoved the good neigh-bor fee as a condition andre-approved theminepro-posal.
Anderson Twp. mine caseback to Judge RuehlmanBy Lisa [email protected]
This map shows where Martin Marietta’s mine would belocated. It’s near Broadwell and Round Bottom roads innortheastern Anderson Township.PROVIDED
Though some Montgo-mery residents believespeeding has gotten out ofhand in the city, PoliceChief Don Simpson saidthe city is no differentthan any other communi-ty.
“Speeding is some-thingthatallcommunitiesand all police depart-ments try to deal with.The issue of traffic safetyis something that every-one takes seriously.Speeding is somethingthat happens frequentlyand I believe it is commonamongst all societies,”Simpson said.
Michael Carroll, aMitchell Farm Lane resi-dent, said speeding hasbeen an issue on his streetfor a while and does notfeel that thepolicedepart-ment has done enough tocombat the issue.
“(Drivers) get off atRonald Reagan (High-way) and they are barrel-ing through like they arestill on 71,” Carroll said.
Simpson said he wasaware that some resi-dents are worried aboutspeeding and appreciatesthat they are concernedabout safety in theirneighborhoods.
“Most of our speedingconcerns are on our cut-through streets, some-thing off of a main dragwhere people are using itmore often than a cul-de-sac street,” Simpson said,adding Mitchell Farm
LaneandZigZagRoadareprime examples.
When concerns wereraised about speeding onMitchell Farm Lane lastyear, the police depart-ment placed speed boardson the street to collect da-ta.
Though Carroll hassaid he has witnesseddrivers going upwards of50 miles per hour downhis street, the police de-partment’s signs did notrecord anyone going thatfast. Simpson said morethan half of the driverswere going at or less than10 miles over the 25 mileper hour speed limit. Therest were going under it.
Carroll said there usedto be speed bumps onMitchell Farm Lane, butthey were removed a fewyears ago. He added put-ting the speed bumpsbackmightreducehisandhis neighbors’ concerns.
Simpson said speedbumps and other speeddeterrents sometimeshelp reduce speeding, butalso cause other prob-lems.
“They may help withone issue, but they mightcreate another. You mayget some young driverswho decide to try to rampthem. I have seen somesituations in the pastwhen they have put upspeed humps in othercommunities and peopleend up driving throughpeople’s yards to getaround them,” Simpsonsaid.
Carroll said the police
department seems to de-vote toomuch attention tothe highways.
“A little speeding onthe highway is not as badas on city streets,”Carrollsaid.
Simpson said the de-partment cannot ignoretraffic issues on the high-ways because of the highspeeds and risk of moresevere injuries.
“We do have a respon-sibility to be out (on thehighways), but we alsoknow our residents ex-
pect us to be in town in theresidential areas. We tryto balance our enforce-ment,” Simpson said.
Though MontgomeryRoad was the most com-monplace foraccidents in2013, the next four mostcommonwereallhighwayexit ramps, according toMontgomery Police De-partment data.
Simpson said the num-ber of accidents fromyear to year is steady, buttheamountof traffic trav-eling through Montgome-
ry has increased.“It is certainly a chal-
lenge for us. The roadwaysizestays thesamebut thenumber of vehicles on theroadway seems to be in-creasing. Thankfully thetechnology increases,such as airbags, havehelped decrease injuryand death,” Simpson said.
Montgomery MayorTodd Steinbrink said hetrusts in thepolicedepart-ment to protect the citywith regards to trafficsafety and all other types
of law enforcement.“City council takes
great pride in the qualityofworkdonebyourpolicedepartment, and we havefull confidence in their re-sponsiveness to citizenconcerns, their enforce-ment of the lawandsecur-ing the safety of our com-munity,” Steinbrink saidin an email.
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Montgomery Police Department isdealing with speeding concernsByMarika [email protected]
Mitchell Farm Lane residents are concerned about drivers going over the 25 per hour speed limit in their neighborhood.Montgomery Police Chief Don Simpson said the city has the same speeding issues as all communities naturally do.MARIKA LEE/ THE COMMUNITY PRESS
FEBRUARY 20, 2014 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • A5
Indian Hill High SchoolFrench Club studentsgained an appreciation for
crepes.They received a cooking
demonstration from DannyHuggins, a chef at La PetiteFrance in Evendale.
The students had a chanceto prepare their own crepesand then sample them.
The event was arranged byFrench teacher Barb Mustardin recognition of the Frenchevent Chandeleur, whichmeans “celebration of light”and is similar to the AmericanGroundhog Day.
Photos by Forrest Sellers/TheCommunity Press
Indian Hill High School sophomore Maren McKenna, left, of Indian Hill, successfully flips a crepe.
Indian Hill High School sophomore SamWegryn, of Indian Hill, samples a crepespread with Nutella.
Cooking crepes
Indian Hill High School freshman Frank Cassidy, right, of Kenwood, finishes cooking his crepe.
Indian Hill High School junior Emily Zurek, ofIndian Hill, enjoys the crepe she has justcooked.
Indian Hill High School French Club studentsprepare crepes as part of a celebration ofChandeleur, which is a French equivalent ofGroundhog Day and refers to the "celebration oflight."
Indian Hill High School sophomore Maddie Entine, left, of Indian Hill, flips her crepe high inthe air while classmate Meredith Breda, who is also a sophomore, prepares to do the same.Both are residents of Indian Hill.
Indian Hill High School freshmanPablo Guzman, of Indian Hill,adds some strawberry syrup tohis crepe.
Danny Huggins, left, who is a chef at La PetiteFrance and a resident of Evendale, providessome cooking tips to Indian Hill High Schoolsophomore Katherine Anning, of Kenwood.Huggins visited the school to demonstrate thepreparation of crepes.
Indian Hill High School seniorDrue Fowler, left, of Indian Hill,lifts his crepe from the pan.
Cincinnati Country Day sen-ior wrestler Omar Mustafa of-ten hears hecklers calling himMufasa, the name of Simba’s fa-ther in “The Lion King.”
“I love it,” Mustafa said. “Ilove it. I can’t hide it. One ofmyfavoritemovies.Nothingwrongwith being the king.”
Mustafa can’t hide his loveforwrestling, either.He tookupthe sport as a freshman just toget a required physical educa-tion credit, but found an irre-sistible attraction.
“I ran cross country as afreshman just for the credit,too,” he said. “So I went out forwrestling and it was brutal. Iwas tired out of mymind. I toldmyself at the end of that firstday I wasn’t going back. But Idid. And I kept going back and Ihonestly didn’t knowwhy I keptcoming back.
“I was getting beat. Bad. Iwas just terrible. But later thatseasonIfinallywonamatchandI knewwhy I kept coming back.The reason I was wrestling wasbecause for the first time in awhile I could see the results ofthe hard work. I could see my-self growing and gaining confi-dence.”
Which Mustafa, a Milfordresident, clearly does not lackthese days. He’s an A studenttaking AP statistics, physics,calculus and a course on geno-cide, among other classes. Hewants to be a cardiovascularsurgeon and is trying to makeuphismind aboutwhich collegeto attend next year from amongthe dozen that have acceptedhim.
“One word I think of to de-scribe Omar is loyalty,” saidCCD head coach Dan Wood.“He’s our only fourth-year guyon the team. We haven’t hadsomebody so dedicated to theprogram for so long in a longtime. He works with the young-erguys.Heworkswith ourmid-dle school team. It’s made ahuge difference.”
Mustafa said he’s just repay-ing the sport that took him from
a130-poundfreshmanwith littleself esteem into the 182-poundconfident young man he’s be-come.
“I’m convinced that withoutwrestling, I wouldn’t have thegood grades I do,” he said.“When you get home and have alot of work and feel tired, youjust buckle down and do it. I’vedoneharder things (on themat).Wrestling teaches you to perse-vere.”
Wood said he has become aleader. “He’s great at anticipat-ing needs and filling them. He’s
likeawrestler coach, especiallywith such a young team. He’sbeen through it a few times andknows what we teach and howwe teach. If we’re teaching atechniqueandhe’s pairedwith ayoungerguy-whichhehasbeenall season this year - he’s talkingthem through it while they’redoing it on him.”
Mustafa hopes to win amatch in the sectional tourna-ment for the first time. Woodssaid it’s a reasonable goal andone he could reach with theright draw.
Wrestler learns‘nothing wrongwith being king’ByMark D. [email protected]
Cincinnati Country Day senior wrestler Omar Mustafa grapples on themat at 182 pounds and with weighty issues in the classroom. MARK D.
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Boys basketball» CincinnatiHillsChristian
Academy beat CincinnatiCountry Day 48-39 Feb. 7 ledby Evan Glaser’s 10 points.TheEagles beatDeer Park 68-35 at home Feb. 10 as Glaserled four players in double fig-ures with 15 points. CCDbounced back with a 69-35home win over MiddletownChristian Feb.11before losing64-58 to St. Bernard Feb. 15.CHCA lost 47-42 at CincinnatiChristian Feb. 15.
» Indian Hill beat Reading43-39 on Feb. 7. On Feb. 10, In-dianHill beat Goshen 48-34 assenior Lucas Gould had 14points. On Feb. 11, the Bravesflopped Finneytown 69-46 assophomoreNickHeidelhad23points.
»Moeller held off La Salle40-33 on Feb. 7 as senior Tre’Hawkins had 14 points. Moell-er beat Roger Bacon 59-48 onFeb. 11 as senior Grant Benz-ingerhad19points.OnFeb.15,Benzinger had 28 as Moellerdowned St. Xavier, 63-33.
Girls basketball»Mount Notre Dame beat
St. Ursula 61-26 Feb. 11 as ju-nior Naomi Davenport had 13points.
» Cincinnati Country Dayclosed the regular seasonwitha pair of road wins, beatingRoger Bacon 52-31 Feb. 8 asMissy Dieckman-Meyerscored 15 points. The Indiansbeat Aiken 53-25 Feb. 10 be-hind 16 points from SydneyMenifee and 14 from Dieck-man-Meyer.
» CincinnatiHillsChristianAcademy closed the regularseason with a 41-32 win atFranklin Feb. 10; MarissaKoob led the scoring with 17points as the Eagles ended theseason 14-7 (10-3, Miami Val-ley Conference).
»UrsulineAcademyclosedthe regular seasonwitha65-41home win over Seton Feb. 8 tofinish with a 10-9 record (5-5GGCL). Sarah Reilly led allscorers with 18 points.
Tournament girlsbasketball
»Mount Notre Damedowned Amelia 89-29 in theDivision I sectional at Harri-son Feb. 13 led byDavenport’s23 points.
» Cincinnati Country Dayfell 40-28 against MiddletownChristian in the opening roundof the Division IV sectional atMonroe Feb. 13.
» CHCA beat Carlisle 37-14in the first round of the Divi-sion III sectional at Wilming-ton Feb. 15. The Eagles ad-vanced to face Madison Feb.18, with the winner going tothe sectional finals Feb. 24against either Georgetown orRipley.
»Ursuline beat WalnutHills 67-58 Feb. 15 in the firstround of the Division I sec-tional at Kings. The Lions ad-vanced to face Fairfield Feb.19. hewinner advances to playeitherMcAuley orWithrow ofthe sectional title Feb. 22.
Tournament boysswimming
» Cincinnati Country Dayplaced fifth in the Division IIsectional meet Feb. 8. Severalswimmers advanced to thedistrict meet Feb. 14 at MiamiUniversity, including Alexan-der Maier (50 freestyle, 100free), Malcolm Doepke (200free, 500 free), as well as thethe 200 and 400 free relayteams. The Indians finished
14th in the district team stand-ings as Doepke advanced tostate in the 500 free.
» CHCA finished eighth inthe Division II sectional meetFeb. 8.TheEaglesadvanced todistrict as an alternate in the400 freestyle relay.
» Indian Hill was second atthe Division II sectional meetat Mason Feb. 7. Junior SamVester won the 50 freestyleand senior Will Dowling tookthe 100 backstroke. At the dis-trict meet at Miami Univer-sityFeb.13,Vesterwonthe100freestyle to advance to thestate meet in Canton. Vesteralso qualified in the 50 free;senior Noah Brackenburymade it in the 200 IM and 100breaststroke; seniorWillDow-ling in the 100 back; juniorJack Dowling in the 500 freeand theBraves 200medley re-lay made it.
» At the Division I districtmeetatMiamiUniversityFeb.14, sophomore Cooper Hodgewon the200 IMand100breast-stroke to qualify for the statemeet. Noah Worobetz quali-fied by finishing second in the100 back and senior GregNymberg was second in the100 butterfly.Moeller was dis-trict champion in the 200med-ley relay (sophomore Jake Pe-loquin, Nymberg, Hodge,N.Worobetz). The Crusaderswere second in the 200 free re-lay (senior Kyle Smith, seniorTory Worobetz, Peloquin,Nymberg) and the 400 free re-lay (junior Kevin George,Nymber, Hodge, N. Woro-betz). Other state qualifierswere George and N. Worobetzin the 200 free; Peloquin andT.Worobetz in the 100 fly;George and senior Fritz Jo-sephson in the500 freeandPe-loquin in the 100 back.
Tournament girlsswimming and diving
» Cincinnati Country Dayfinished fourth in theDivisionIIsectionalmeetFeb.8.Sever-al swimmers advanced to theFeb. 15 district meet at MiamiUniversity, including CeliaMacRae (50 freestyle), AllieWooden (sectional champion100 and 200 free) andHolly Ja-cobs (100 free, 100 back-stroke). The Indians 200 and400 free relay and 200medleyrelay teams also advanced.CCD finished ninth in the dis-trict meet as Wooden ad-vanced to state meet in twoevents (district championchampion 100 free, districtrunner-up 200 free). The Indi-ans 200 and 400 free relayteams also advanced.
» CincinnatiHillsChristianAcademy finished 13th in theDivision II sectional meet;senior Kendall Hart won thesectional title in the100butter-fly and advanced to the dis-trict meet in the 100 back-stroke. TheCHCA200 free re-lay and 200 medley relayteams also qualified for dis-tricts. CHCA finished 22nd inthe Division II district meetFeb.15.Hartadvanced tostatecompetition in the 100 butter-fly and the 100 backstroke.
»Mount Notre Dame soph-omore Graci Doll was secondin the 50 freestyle at the Divi-sion I sectionalmeet at St. Xa-vier Feb. 8.
» Indian Hill sophomoreDevin Landstra was second inthe 50 freestyle and 100 back-stroke at the Division II sec-tional meet at Mason Feb. 8.The Lady Braves were alsosecond in the 400 freestyle re-lay.
At the Division II districtmeet Feb. 15, sophomore De-
INDIAN HILL — For the first fall in some time,Tony Arcuri won’t be making a weekday after-noon commute from Indian Hill to Middletown.
A teacher at Indian Hill High School since2000, Arcuri was recently approved as theBraves’ new head football coach.
“Finally,we’reable tomarry the twotogether,”Arcuri said.
Arcuri had been an assistant at IndianHill un-der a previous regime, but since has coached atTurpin, Madeira and most recently, Bishop Fen-wick. Leaving Fenwick,meant leaving the oppor-tunity to watch his sophomore son.
“He’s been around football a long time and herecognizes these opportunities don’t come alongvery often,” Arcuri said.
Theupside forArcuri and the IndianHill play-ers is that he’ll be the first coach in some time toactually be in the high school building.
“We are very excited about Tony returning tothe Indian Hill football family,” Indian Hill Ath-letic Director Jeff Zidron said. “Tony possesseseverythingweare looking for –he’s agreat teach-er, a strong leader, a respected footballmind, andhe’s recognized as a role model and mentor
throughout our community.”Now, Arcuri can leave class and check on his
Braves in theweight room. The downside is, only22 of 58 on the roster were lifting the other day.
Tony Arcuri is Indian Hill’s new football coach. THANKSTO JEFF ZIDRON/INDIAN HILL ATHLETICS
See COACH, Page A7
FEBRUARY 20, 2014 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • A7SPORTS & RECREATION
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vin Landstra won the 100backstroke and was sec-ond in the 50 freestyle toqualify for the statemeetin both events. Also qual-ifying were senior SarahVester in the 200 free; ju-niorGrace Stimson in the200 IM and 100 breast-stroke; sophomore Eliza-bethDrerup in the50freeand100back; seniorDela-ney Smith in the 50 freeand 100 fly; sophomoreBridgetPavlick in the500free and the Lady Bravesqualified all three relays.At the Division II districtdiving meet Feb. 10, sen-ior Cassie Wegryn wasfourth and juniors KaraKorengel and KatherineArnold were sixth andseventh, respectively.Wegryn and Korengelqualified for the statemeet
»Ursuline finishedsecond behind Mason inthe Division I sectionalmeetFeb.8andagainbya380-304 score in the Divi-sion I district meet Feb.15. Several Lions movedon to state competition,including Temarie Tom-ley (50 freestyle, 100free), AlisabethMarstell-er (100 free, district title200 free), Julia Moran(100 free, 200 free),RollieGrinder (100 butterfly),Sydney Lofquist (500free, district title 200 in-dividual medley), Chris-tine Van Kirk (500 free),Allie Wade (500 free) andEmily Slabe (100 back-stroke, 100 butterfly). Allthree Lions relays ad-vanced, including a dis-trict titleandmeetrecordin the 400 free relay and
championship in the 200medley relay.
Tournamentwrestling
» CCD finished 16th inthe sectional tournamentat Blanchester. EricChristine (126 ), Kit Mor-gan (132) and Will Brady(170) each took sixthplace individually.
» CHCA took 10th inthe Division III sectionaltournament team stand-ings Feb. 14 and 15. ZachAlvarado (126) won a sec-tional title to advance tothe district meet Feb. 21and 22 in Hobart Arena.Kealii Cummings (152)was sectional runner-upto advance to district.
» At the Division IIsectional tournament atWestern Brown, Indian
»Moeller won the Di-vision I sectional at Leba-non Feb. 15. Championswere Conner Ziegler(120), Connor Borton(126) and Dakota Size-more (182). Runners-upwereJaelenSummerours(113), Jacoby Ward (132),Stuart Morton (145),Quinton Rosser (170),Gerald Thornberry (195),Chalmer Frueauf (220)and Jack Meyer (285).Drew Hobbs (138) andAustin Bohenek (160)were third and CooperGraves (106) were fourthand Johnathan Tallarigo(152) was sixth.
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Indian Hill sent three divers from the girls team to thedistrict meet. From left are Cassie Wegryn, Kara Korengeland Katherine Arnold. Indian Hill’s divers are coached byLori Rapp. At districts, Wegryn was fourth, Korengel sixthand Arnold seventh.THANKS TO JEFF ZIDRON/INDIAN HILL ATHLETICS
It’s a commondilemmaof the Cincinnati HillsLeague. Due to numbers,many are involved in bas-ketball or wrestling thistime of year.
It’s part of what Arcurienjoys about the leaguehe’s very familiar with. In2008 at Madeira, he wasthe CHL Coach of theYear. Most memberschools rely on sharedathletes who typicallyknow one another.
“Theproximityofmostof the teams is so close,”
he said. “The east sideschools are literally righton top of one another.There’s a lot of geographi-cal, natural rivalries.”
From a style stand-point, Bishop Fenwick isknown for their Wing-Toffense, some of whichformer Fenwick coachFred Cranford took toLovelandtowinaDivisionII title. Arcuri won’t run astandard version, but itwill be incorporated in towhat his squad will do atTomahawk Stadium.
“Not in the traditionalsense,” Arcuri said. “It’smore of a two-back look. Ilove the Wing-T conceptand misdirection. I’m ba-sically a guy that wants tomarry the Wing-T andspread together.”
While not promising astate title, he thinksthere’s a workable mixroaming the hallways offof Drake Road.
“It’s a young group ofkids,” Arcuri said. “Tosomepeople thatwouldn’tbe a positive. There’s a lotof young talent, particu-larly in our sophomores-to-be and our incomingfreshmanclass.That’s notto saywedon’t have talentwith the upperclassmen.We’ve got some goodsize.”
Thehope is toblend thebeef and brawn of the vet-erans with some youthfulspeed and exuberance.“The passion and desirefor football success hereis pretty high,” Arcurisaid.
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CINCINNATI—–Thean-nual Archbishop MoellerHighSchoolSportsStag isThursday, Feb. 20, atMoeller’s Brisben Center(gymnasium). This yearMoeller celebrates itssuccess in basketball andfeatures Clark Kellogg asits guest speaker. Kelloggis a TV color analyst andreceives national notori-ety forhisworkoncollegebasketball telecasts.
In July 2010 he wasnamed vice president ofplayer relations for theIndiana Pacers. He hasdone television commen-tating for Cleveland StateUniversity, the Big EastTelevision Network, andESPN. In December 2008he became the lead ana-lyst for the CBS coverage
of collegebasketball afterservingasagameandstu-dio analyst for over a dec-ade. He was the lead stu-dio analyst from 1997-2008 and has been withCBS since 1993.
As an athlete, Kelloggwas a former first-rounddraft pick of the Pacers(1982, eighth selectionoverall) and played fiveseasonswith the team.Hewas also a unanimous se-lection to the 1983 NBAAll-Rookie Team. Chronicknee problems forcedhim to retire after careeraverages of 18.9 pointsand 9.6 rebounds pergame.
In his free time, Kel-logg volunteers his timeto various organizations,including the Fellowship
ofChristianAthletes, Ath-letes in Action, UnitedWay, and American RedCross.
Moeller’s Sports Stag isan evening filled withgood food, beverages, anda full eveningof social andentertainment.Theschoolwill also announce theClassof2014HallofFame.The pre-stag evening fes-tivities begin at 5:30 p.m.,and the programbegins at8 p.m. Tickets are $85,which includes pre-stagfestivities, dinner andcocktails. The deadlinefor advanced sales isThursday, Feb. 17. (Limit-ed seating is available.)Tickets are available on-line at www.Moeller.org/Support or by calling 791-1680, ext. 1310.
As the 2014 election approach-es, President Obama is trying toshift the discussion from theAffordable Care Act to inequalityof income.
The problem is that much ofthe debate is focused on thewrong things.
Inequality is inevitable in afree enterprise system becausepeople have different talents,ambitions and work ethics. Whatshould we do about that?
If I choose to work 40 hours aweek and you choose to work 20,and I make $50,000 a year andyou make $25,000, is it unfair Imake more money? Is it unfairyou have more leisure time?
Should the government equal-ize our income by giving yousome of mymoney? Should itequalize our leisure by making
you do some of my householdchores?
When welook at inequal-ity in a broadersense, what’smore important,inequality ofincome or thestandard ofliving of thepoor?
Doublingeveryone’sincome wouldincrease the
standard of living of the poor butalso increase inequality of in-come. Would you oppose that?
The point is that our primarygoal should be to increase thestandard of living of the poor.And there is a strong correlation
between a higher standard ofliving for the poor and moreeconomic freedom, meaninglower taxes, protection of proper-ty rights, less regulation andwealth redistribution, and fewertrade barriers. For the results ofa 30-year study by the FraserInstitute, see:http://tiny.cc/eetk9w.
That doesn’t mean weshouldn’t oppose the causes ofinequality we can do somethingabout, such as government favorsto politically-connected busi-nesses and groups. But in thatcase, we are opposing favoritism,not inequality.
It also doesn’t mean we shouldignore the consequences of in-equality we can do somethingabout. For example, if the richhave unequal political influence,
instead of restricting their politi-cal speech through campaignfinance laws, why not reducegovernment meddling in ourlives so there are less govern-ment policy decisions to influ-ence?
In any event, in most cases,we’re really concerned aboutinequality of opportunity, notinequality of income. And provid-ing kids with a good education iscritical to giving them equality ofopportunity and a fair chance inlife.
Ironically, those who claimthat inequality of income is ourbiggest problem often are thesame people who oppose educa-tion reform and instead just wantto increase education spending.
We’ve tried that, and it hasn’tworked. Over the 50-year period
ending in 2007, per-pupil spend-ing adjusted for inflation morethan quadrupled to $12,463 peryear with little to show for it.
Maybe it’s time to try some-thing new, such as vouchersparents can use to pay for privateschooling for children stuck infailing public schools.
This won’t reduce per-pupilspending in public schools be-cause you can educate a studentwith a voucher for less than itcosts to educate the same studentin a public school.
Here’s the point. Instead ofcomplaining about inequality ofincome, why don’t we reduceinequality of opportunity wherewe can?
Jack Painter is an Indian Hill resi-dent and a corporate attorney inCincinnati.
Let’s reduce the inequality of opportunity where we can
JackPainterCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Last week’s questionColorado and Washington
have legalized retail sale of mari-juana. Is this a good idea? ShouldOhio follow suit? Why or whynot?
“It would probably be a goodidea to legalize marijuana in thelong run. All Cheech and Chongjokes aside, it is already illegally amajor cash crop in Kentucky.
However, policies would haveto be in place to keep it out ofhands of minors, away from theunhealthy addicts, and easier toobtain for chemotherapy pa-tients.”
TRog
“I havenot smokedanything inover 44 years but I don’t see whywe should continue to spend hugeamounts of law enforcement andincarceration funds on the rela-tively harmless practice of smok-ing pot. I don’t care who smokeswhat as long as they don’t pollutethe air around me.
“Our police have a lot moreproductive things todo toenhanceoursafety thancatchingpotgrow-ers and smokers.”
F.S.D.
“Yes. But it won't happen hereanytime soon. Enforcing the lawsagainstuseandpossessionofmar-ijuana costs the taxpayers mil-lions of dollars every year, and Ibelieve that possession of smallamounts ofmarijuana is harmlessto the general public.
“Having that on one's recordwill seriously impede one's fu-ture, whether it is applying for fi-nancial aid to go to college, tryingto obtain certain kinds of fi-nances, and prohibiting specifictypes of employment.
“According to Harvard drugeconomist Jeffrey Miron: ‘$8.7billion in savings to our govern-ment would result from legaliza-tionofmarijuana.’This is just sav-ings from trying to enforce theprohibition. It doesn't include thepotential income from taxes, em-ployment opportunities for retailestablishments, and by-productsthat could be used throughout ourindustrial businesses. Frankly,weneed the money.
“Aside from that, a recent arti-cle (October, 2013) by theHuffing-ton Post states that 58 percent ofthe American people are in favorof allowing the plant to be legal.No one has ever died from amari-juana overdose. About 40 percentof Americans admit to havingtried it, including more than onepresident of the United States.
“We have been mislead by the‘addictive properties’ of the drug.Marijuana leads to dependence inaround9-10percentofadultusers.Cocaine hooks about 20 percent of
its users, and heroin gets 25 per-cent of its users addicted.
“The worst culprit is tobacco,with 30 percent of its users be-coming addicted.
“The medical uses of marijua-na are already well-known andperhaps that is a solid first stepthat could be realized in Ohio.”
D.P.
“It always amazes me thatmany of those who support mari-juana being legalized are againstcigarettes being smoked! Thataside, this issue really comesdown to analysis.
“Somewould say thatmarijua-na is considered a gateway drug:one that is a first step into aworldof harder, more impactful drugs,like cocaine, crack, and heroin, asif those participating will con-tinue non-stop down a path seek-ing the next high.
“Make no mistake, there arethose tendencies in some. Otherswould say that it is nothing morethan drug war propaganda.
“One of the greatest thingsabout this country is the ability tohavedifferent lawsandbehaviorsin different states as part of thisgreat American experiment.Withtwo states already testing thisground,andseveralmoredoingsoby ignoring pot in general, statis-tical analysis will determine ifthose insocietywill: taketo theop-tion to smoke in similar numbersto those currently participating il-legally, or in wild abandon dra-matically increase the number of‘ne'r do well potheads.’
“Additionally,wewill see if thedrug truly acts as a gateway andthese two states see steady in-creases in usage of other illicitdrugs.Thebeautyof this forOhio-ans is the ability to sit back andwatch the results.
“Thosedesiringamorepartici-patory role can always book aflight! Just remember to packsnacks...”
C.T.
“What a can of worms! Mari-juana in any form, for any pur-pose,medicalorrecreational, is il-legal according to federal law.However, themancurrently in theWhite House, our nation’s chiefexecutive officer, has taken it en-tirely upon himself to determinejust what laws he will or will notexecute.
“This is in spite of this oathwhich he has willingly and volun-tarily taken twice: ‘I do solemnlyswear (or affirm) that I will faith-fully execute the office of presi-dent of the United States, and willto the best ofmy ability, preserve,protect and defend the Constitu-tion of the United States.’
“That oath is the rock-bottomfoundational Constitutional re-quirement EVERY president hassworn to do, from George Wash-ington toBarackObama.Faithful-ly executing the office of presi-dent includes enforcing all laws!
“We now have a president whodeliberately violates his twice-sworn oath of officewhich in turnemboldens a bunch of knuckle-heads inseveral states to ‘legalize’an illegal substance with certainrestrictions of their own, whichthey claim they will enforce! Ifthese people have taken it uponthemselves to knowingly violatefederal law, are we really sup-posed to expect them to be honor-able upstanding law-abiding citi-zens?
“WeAmericans of every stripeand in every state are now sup-posed to support and respect law-breakers in multiple states whoare counting on the president oftheUnitedStates to continue tovi-olate his oath. Further, they ex-pect us to believe that they willfaithfully enforce the restrictionsthey have placed upon the grow-ing, distribution and sale of mari-juana within their states.
“Let me see if I’ve got thisstraight; you recklessly violatefederal law but we are to believethat you will faithfully enforceyour illegal law. Talk about mind-boggling.
“What happens when a newpresident takesoffice?Howwill itlook when governors and legisla-tors are thrown into federal pris-on along with hundreds of mari-juana growers and distributors?
“Here’s a thought to tossaround in your mind: ‘I am a resi-dent of Colorado and I ammakingaclaimonmyObama-Care formymarijuana addiction because itwas a pre-existing condition. I ex-pect my doctor to write prescrip-tions for marijuana to assist mewith controllingmy addiction andI expect Medic-Aid to pay all ofthose costs.’ Duh…
“I’ll close this diatribe with asomewhat rhetorical question:Whatadditional lawswillour lead-ers choose to ignore or break (be-
sides those already at this stagesuch as immigration)?”
R.V.“Sure, tax it and use money to
educate public on dangers of thestrong drugs especially herein.
“Medicalusehasproventobearelief for debilitating pain. This isespecially needed for elderlywhohave exhausted pills. Also mari-juana is cheaper than Rx pills insome cases.”
Walter
“Yes, I think itwouldbe agreatidea forOhio to legalize the recre-ational use of marijuana. Onceother states start to realize thebenefitsof legalization,whichwillfar outweigh the detriments, theywill follow suit.
“Over the years the myths andpropaganda about marijuanahave largely been proven false.It's no more of a gateway drugthan alcohol (alcohol was the firstdrug I tried) and it is far less haz-ardoustoyourhealth thanalcohol.
“ Making it legal will not makeit more accessible to kids andmorekidswill not start using it. InTheNetherlands, where pot is de-criminalized and tolerated, theteenage pot use rate is among thelowest in the western world.
“Saying that everyone is goingto be stoned if marijuana is legal-ized is ridiculous.
“If heroin were legalizedwould you rush out and try it? Iknow I wouldn't.
“People that want to smokemarijuana will, those that don't,won't. Itwillbenodifferent than itis now except the smokers won'tbe hiding in their basements.”
J.S.K.
“Theopiumdensof the19thcen-turydidnot turnout tobeasharm-less as everyone thought, nor didthe ‘harmless’ LSD experimenta-tion of the 1960s.
“Ohio should not follow suit inmarijuana legalization because itisagainst theentirepremiseofan-ti-drug, smart choices campaignslike Just Say No. It teaches ‘JustSay No…Except…’
“If marijuana is to be used formedical purposes, it should be bydoctor’s prescription only.”
L.B.
“Yes, I thinkweshould allow it,after all if someone wants tosmoke they will and while it is le-gal we can regulate and tax theproduct.”
P.R.
“Marijuana isabygovernmentdefinition a drug. By my moralstandards, I don't think we shouldlegalize it.
“Therewill alwaysbean illegalside to it, just like there is withmoonshine which is now legal toproduce under government stan-
dards. I believe that everyone hasachoice todo ‘right’ or ‘wrong.’ Itsup to them to decide. Same goesfor our politicians and leaders.Think of all the benefits and con-sequences before you act.”
R.F.
“If we want more highway ac-cidents like those caused by driv-ing with illegal alcohol levels byall means do it!”
T.J.
“Hasn't this been the questionfor going on seven decades atleast? Yes, Ohio should legalizemarijuana. Let people use it formedical purposes and recreation.
“Let's benefit from the taxeson it. Let's stop punishing peoplefor growing it. Let's stop payingfor people to be in jail for growingit, selling it and using it.
“Let's grow up and move on tomore important issues in thiscountry likepovertyandviolence.Peoplewilluse itwhether it's legalor not.”
E.E.C.
“Medical marijuana yes, rec-reational marijuana, not yet.
“I have personally known twoclose relatives/friends who havebenefited from sitting back andtaking a hit on their pipes. In bothcases no meds, including synthet-ic pot, had any effect on their nau-sea from chemotherapy. Marijua-na was a godsend.
“However, when it comes torecreational use, I am torn. I per-sonally never could enjoy thestuff since I always seemed tohave an allergic reaction to thesmoke (browniesno, but theynev-er seemed to work).
“I am also not sure what the le-gal prospects will be for use sincetrace amounts will remain in thesystem for days after use, unlikealcohol.
“I say, drink a good beer ( ex-cludes all Bud, Miller, and Coors)and say ‘who cares.’”
J.Z.
“We should not bring anotherevil into our society. I thinka lot ofpeople think that ifwe legalize potthat the drugs coming from southof the border will dry up, but thiswill not happen.
“Mexico is where the cocaineand heroin comes from and it willkeep coming over.
“Legalizing pot is a very badidea in my estimation.”
Dave D.
“Why not ? Seems like the onlywaytorecover taxmoneyfromto-day's Obama government depen-dent slacker class.”
D.J.H.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014
Fans of the popular PBSshow “Downton Abbey”had the chance to rub el-
bows with creator Julian Fel-lowes’ niece, authorJessicaFel-lowes, at a recent luncheon inthe Garfield Suites BuckeyeRoom, thanks to the LibraryFoundation of Cincinnati andHamilton County. The eventraised almost $2,000. JessicaFellowes, who wrote the books“The Chronicles of DowntonAbbey” and “The World ofDownton Abbey,” signed copiesand answered questions overlunchwith a small group beforeher talk at theMain Library thesame day. The Library Founda-tion’s mission is to raise and al-locate funds to expand and en-hance the programs and ser-vices offered by the Public Li-brary of Cincinnati andHamilton County.
Author Jessica Fellowes answers questions about the PBS show “Downton Abbey,”which was created byher uncle Julian Fellowes, during a Library Foundation luncheon Jan. 25. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Milford residents Judy Sheakley, left, and Claudia McDaniel meetauthor Jessica Fellowes at a recent event conducted by The LibraryFoundation of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Author Jessica Fellowes, left, talks with Milford resident and LittleMiami Publishing Co. owner Barbara Gargiulo. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Indian Hill resident Sue Mills has her “Downton Abbey“ book signed byauthor Jessica Fellowes. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
At a luncheon benefiting the Library Foundation of Cincinnati andHamilton County are Library Foundation Executive Director MissyDeters, left, with Jessica Fellowes and the Eva Jane Romaine CoombeDirector of the Library Kim Fender. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Author Jessica Fellowes, left, meets Library Board Member Barb Trauthand the Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director of the Library Kim FenderTHANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Downtonencounter
Loveland resident Kim Peet, left, and Milfordresident Barbara Gargiulo, right, meet authorJessica Fellowes at a recent event benefiting TheLibrary Foundation of Cincinnati and HamiltonCounty. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Anderson resident Cynthia Welch talks with author Jessica Fellowesduring an event benefiting The Library Foundation. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Jessica Fellowes signs one of her books for Library Foundation BoardMember Tom Huenefeld. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Mt. Lookout residents Cathy and Tom Huenefeldmeet Jessica Fellowes at a recent luncheonbenefiting The Library Foundation of Cincinnati andHamilton County. Huenefeld is a Library Foundationboard member. THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
Library Board Member and HydePark resident Barb Trauth meetsJessica Fellowes at a benefit forThe Library Foundation ofCincinnati and Hamilton County.THANKS TO LISA MAUCH
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THURSDAY, FEB. 20Business SeminarsYou’re More Than a Face onFacebook, 10-11:30 a.m., Dima-lanta Design Group, 4555 LakeForest Drive, No. 650, Learn dosand don’ts of Facebook for yourbusiness and how it can helpyou grow with Ernie Dimalanta,founder of Out-&-Out Market-ing, andWendy Hacker, socialmedia consultant of DimalantaDesign Group. $10. Reservationsrequired. 588-2802; www.dima-lantadesigngroup.com/work-shops. Blue Ash.
Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475. Blue Ash.Zumba Fitness Classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 101 S. LebanonRoad, Parish Life Center. Freewill donation at door. For ages12 and up. 683-4244. Loveland.
FilmsMayerson JCC Jewish andIsraeli Film Festival, 7:30-9:30p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485 RidgeRoad, Held at various theatersand the JCC, schedule to beavailable online. Features thebest of Israel’s thriving filmindustry from contemporarydramas to documentaries, aswell as international films byestablished as well as emergingfilmmakers. Through Feb. 27.Festival pass: $75, $65 members.Registration required. 761-7500;www.jointhej.org. AmberleyVillage.
Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 6:30-8 p.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, 7770 E. Kem-per Road, Project consultantsand designers discuss trends inkitchen and bath design. Lightfare provided. Ages 18 and up.Free. 489-7700; neals.com.Sharonville.Gardening Series, 6:30-8 p.m.,Turner Farm, 7400 Given Road,$15, plus supplies. Reservationsrequired. 561-7400; turnerfar-m.org. Indian Hill.
Support GroupsMotherless Daughters Sup-port Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Mont-gomery Community Church,11251Montgomery Road, Foradult women who have lost ormiss nurturing care of theirmother. Free. 489-0892.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Youth room. Big book/discussion meeting. Brown baglunch optional. Open to every-one who desires healthy lovingrelationships. Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, FEB. 21Art ExhibitsAbstraction 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Works from localartists who practice paintingwith Fran Watson. Abstractioninvolves great imagination,involvement and learning to seemore than the actual subject.Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org.Mariemont.
Health / WellnessPre-Diabetes Class, 9-11 a.m.,Weight Management Solutions,
8001 Kenwood Road, Informa-tion on making healthy foodchoices, exercise and bloodsugar control and monitoringblood sugar levels. $20. 956-3729; www.e-mercy.com. Syca-more Township.
SATURDAY, FEB. 22Art ExhibitsAbstraction 1, 1-4 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org.Mariemont.
Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes, 11:30a.m.-1 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, 7400 Montgomery Road,Peachy Seiden discusses nutri-tion and health while preparingtwo delicious, simple and easymeals. Ages 18 and up. $30.Registration required. ThroughJan. 3. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.
Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 10-11:30 a.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, Free. 489-7700;neals.com. Sharonville.
Music - ClassicalCSO String Quartet, 2 p.m.,Madeira Branch Library, 7200Miami Ave., World-class soundof members of the CincinnatiSymphony Orchestra. Free.369-6028; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org.Madeira.
Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m.-midnight,Tony’s Steaks and Seafood, 12110Montgomery Road, Free. 677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.
SUNDAY, FEB. 23Art OpeningsAbstraction 1, 1-4 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,6980 Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Works from local artists whopractice painting with FranWatson. Abstraction involvesgreat imagination, involvementand learning to see more thanthe actual subject. Exhibitcontinues through Feb. 26. Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org.Mariemont.
Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, PleasantStreet, Open air concert. Caril-lonneur plays bells using key-board in upper tower. Tours oftower available; playground,restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. 271-8519; www.marie-mont.org.Mariemont.
MONDAY, FEB. 24Cooking ClassesBrown Dog Cafe on aWinterNight with ShawnMcCoy,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Chef ShawnMcCoy brings some of his fam-ily’s cold weather favorites tosoothe and revive our spirits onthis late winter evening. $50.Reservations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.
Garden ClubsGreater Cincinnati Rose Asso-ciationMeeting, 6:30-8:30p.m. Theme: ARS Arrangementsand Technique., CincinnatiSports Club, 3950 Red BankRoad, Meet other rose garden-ers and learn about growingroses in the Cincinnati area.Free. 442-4301. Fairfax.
Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,10-11:30 a.m., Marielders Inc.,6923 Madisonville Road, Library.For those responsible for care of
elderly or disabled loved one.Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483;www.ccswoh.org/caregivers.Mariemont.Companions on a JourneyUnderstanding Your GriefAdult Support Group, 7-8:30p.m., Moeller High School, 9001Montgomery Road, Free. Pre-sented by Companions on aJourney Grief Support. 870-9108;www.companionsonajour-ney.org. Kenwood.
TUESDAY, FEB. 25Art ExhibitsAbstraction 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.
Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.Zumba Fitness Classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 683-4244. Love-land.
Literary - Story TimesPreschool Story Time, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Books,songs, activities and more, whilebuilding early literacy skills. Forpreschoolers and their care-givers. Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4450.Deer Park.Book Break, 3-3:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Children’slibrarian reads aloud from somefavorite books. Make craft totake home. Ages 3-6. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.
Support GroupsComprehensive Grief SupportGroup, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cross-roads Hospice, 4360 Glendale-Milford Road, Helps peoplemove beyond pain of any lossand achieve healing. Free.Registration required. 786-4717;www.crossroadshospice.com.Blue Ash.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8 p.m., MilfordHeights Church of Christ, 1646Ohio 28, Basic handwork tech-niques and fresh ideas in knit-ting, crochet and other handi-crafts along with short devo-tional time. Free. 575-1874.Milford.
Art ExhibitsAbstraction 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.
Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,6:30-8 p.m., Barrington ofOakley, 4855 Babson Place, Forthose responsible for the care ofan elderly or disabled loved one.Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483;www.ccswoh.org/caregivers.Oakley.Comprehensive Grief SupportGroup, 1-3 p.m., Cancer SupportCommunity, 4918 Cooper Road,Helps people move beyond painof any loss and achieve healing.Free. Registration required.786-3743; www.crossroad-shospice.com. Blue Ash.
THURSDAY, FEB. 27Cooking ClassesFor the Love of Oatmeal withLisa Cooper-Holmes, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Take thisgreat grain, and combine it in allkinds of delicious delectabletreats. $45. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.
Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.Zumba Fitness Classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 683-4244. Love-land.
Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, FEB. 28Literary - LibrariesGaming, 6-7:30 p.m., Deer Park
Branch Library, 3970 E. GalbraithRoad, Gaming with friends.Ages 11-19. Free. 369-4450. DeerPark.
Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D.,4460 Red Bank Expressway,What is type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes? Small group dis-cussions of Type 2 diabetes ledby Jan Kellogg, certified diabe-tes educator. $30 all four ses-sions; or $10 per session. 791-0626.Madisonville.Toddler Tantrum SurvivalGuide, 10 a.m.-noon, BethesdaNorth Hospital, 10500 Montgo-mery Road, Learn ways to avoidconflict without crushing yourchild’s spirit, ways to help yourchild more effectively communi-cate their wants and needswithout resorting to tantrums,and strategies for boundarysetting. $30 per person orcouple. Registration required.475-4500; www.trihealth.com.Montgomery.
Music - FolkOhio Sacred Harp SingingConvention, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,Little Red Schoolhouse-IndianHill, 8100 Given Road, Tradition-al religious folk music from theSacred Harp. Presented by OhioSacred Harp. 861-1137. IndianHill.
Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m.-midnight,Tony’s Steaks and Seafood, Free.677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.
Music - FolkOhio Sacred Harp SingingConvention, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,Little Red Schoolhouse-IndianHill, 861-1137. Indian Hill.
On Stage - Children’sTheaterMadcap Puppets Fantastic
Fairy Tales, 2-3 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Taleunfolds with giant puppets,audience participation andsurprise twist. $5. Registrationrequired. 272-3700; www.artat-thebarn.org.Mariemont.
MONDAY, MARCH 3Cooking ClassesAlfio’s Buon Cibo: ItalianArgentine with Alfio Gul-isano, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, The award-winning dishfrom “The Taste of Blue Ash”this year was created by AlfioGulisano from Alfio’s, one of thenewest restaurants in Hyde ParkSquare. $45. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.
TUESDAY, MARCH 4Into the Vietnamese Kitchenwith Sang Nguyen, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, TraditionalVietnamese cooking is greatlyadmired for its fresh ingredi-ents, minimal use of oil andreliance on herbs and vegeta-bles. $45. Reservations required.489-6400. Symmes Township.
Literary - Story TimesPreschool Story Time, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.Book Break, 3-3:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.
Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,7-8:30 p.m., St. Andrew Church,552 Main St., Undercroft. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483.Milford.Comprehensive Grief SupportGroup, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cross-roads Hospice, Free. Registrationrequired. 786-4717; www.cross-roadshospice.com. Blue Ash.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5Art & Craft ClassesArt for Homeschoolers at theBarn, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Weeklythrough April 9. $145. Regis-tration required. 562-8748;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Join the Lego Club in designing and building creations with provided Legos from 3:30-4:30 p.m Thursday, Feb. 20, at theDeer Park Branch Library, 3970 E. Galbraith Road, Deer Park. This free activity is for ages 5 to 12. Call 369-4450 for moreinformation. Pictured, Tonia Korte of Miami Heights works with her daughter Emily Korte on a Lego build at the MiamiBranch Library in Cleves where a similar Lego Club meets. TONY JONES/THE ENQUIRER
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My friend, CharleneCastle, known as the
dumplin’queenaroundhere, is aSoutherngirl whomakes herdumplingswith soft,self-risingflour andhot water.She doesn’t
use measuring cups; sheuses special bowls likeher mom. Real heirloomcooking. “Roll them out,put them in the chickenand broth. They’ll thick-en it,” she said.
I make dumplings, too,but mine are the kind youscoop up and plop on topof soup or stew. Fun tomake. GranddaughterEva, almost 6, is prettygood at making thesedumplings. It won’t belong before I get herlittle sis, Emerson, up onthe stool to help, as well.
No-peek herbeddumplings
First, have your soup,stew or even cannedbroth boiling. I like to putthese on top of chickensoup. The secret to fluffydumplings? Don’t peek!
1 cup all-purpose flour,spooned lightly into cupand leveled off
11⁄2 teaspoons bakingpowder
1⁄4 teaspoon each salt andpepper or to taste
Palmful fresh mincedparsley (optional)
1⁄2 cupmilk or bit more, ifneeded
3 tablespoons butter
Whisk flour, bakingpowder and salt together.Add parsley. Make a wellin center. Heat milk withbutter until butter melts.Pour into well and mix.Dough will look sort ofshaggy. Add a bit moremilk, if necessary. Don’tover mix. Sometimesthere’s a bit of dry mix-ture in the bottom of thebowl. Just leave it. Turnheat down on soup tosimmer. Use an icecream scoop sprayedwith cooking spray todrop dumplings carefullyon top of liquid, leavingspace in between forexpansion. Put lid on. Nopeeking! Simmer any-where from 8 to 10 min-utes, or until largest
dumpling is done: cut inhalf to test. Dumplingwill be cooked throughand not soggy in middle.Dumplings expand todouble or even triple.Depending upon size,you’ll get eight or more.
Quick beefstroganoff
I only know her by herfirst name, Sherry. Wealmost collided at thestore. Sherry was buyingingredients for this reci-pe and when I told her itsounded so good, shegave me her copy! “Ihave another at home,”she said. I followed herrecipe pretty close, witha few adaptations. Worthsharing!
1pound flank steakOlive oil1 cup chopped onion1⁄2 to 3⁄4 teaspoonmincedgarlic (optional)
Salt and pepper to tasteHot paprika or a littlecayenne, to taste
6-8 oz. fresh exoticmushrooms or regularmushrooms, sliced
11⁄2 cups beef broth1 tablespoon plus 2teaspoons flour
1⁄3 cup sour cream plus morefor garnish
Several green onions, slicedNice pat of butter, about atablespoon or so
Cooked noodles
Slice beef across grain1⁄4-inch wide strips, thencut strips in half. Filmbottom of pan with oiland heat to medium high.Add beef and cook untilbrowned, about 5 min-utes. Remove and addonion, garlic, seasoningsand mushrooms to panand cook until mush-rooms are tender, addinga bit more oil if neces-sary. Reduce heat tomedium. Mix 1⁄4 cup beefbroth with flour to makea paste. Add to pan alongwith beef, stirring well.Stir in 1-1⁄4 cups broth,cover and cook untilsauce thickens. Adjustseasonings. Stir in sourcream, green onions andbutter. Serve over noo-dles and pass sourcream.
Can you help?Thriftway’s tortellini
salad. Western Hillsreader MarkWigger-shaus would like to havethis recipe or somethingsimilar. “It had an earthy
taste and was very good,”Mark said.
Like Frisch’s or Jock’sbatter for deep-fried fish.Reader Tom Ohmerwould love to have asimilar recipe.
Blue Ash Chili’s coles-law.
Reader Mike R. said:“Everywhere I go, I nev-er find two coleslawsalike. Everyone has hisor her own taste andingredients. In my per-sonal opinion, Blue AshChili in has the best co-leslaw, creamy andsweet. Does anyone havea recipe for this versionof slaw?”
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim's Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and authorEmail herat [email protected].
Comfort food canhelp you getthrough winter
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Don’t peek in the pot if you want these dumplings to be fluffy.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
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Motor vehiclerepairs continueto top the list of
consumer complaintsreceived by the OhioAttorney General. Inmost cases, that office isvery limited in its abilityto help solve the consum-er problems.
That’s why Ohio StateSen. Joe Uecker (R-Mi-ami Township) has in-troduced legislation thatwould require mechanicrepair facilities to belicensed. Right now thereare more than 4,000 suchrepair shops operatingwithout any oversight.Only body repair shopsare currently licensed inOhio.
“This bill will not onlylevel the playing field, it
will alsoprotectconsumersby ensur-ing busi-nesseshave prop-er liabilityinsuranceshouldsomethinghappen to
their vehicle while at therepair shop,” Ueckersaid.
The state licensingagency would also helpresolve complaints filedby vehicle owners, suchas Kimberly Thorpe ofLiberty Township. Shewas told she needed anew engine for her 2004Chrysler Sebring. So, shetook it to a repair shop
where, she said, it sat formore than a year.
Thorpe eventuallytook the vehicle to a deal-ership and was told someparts were missing. Inaddition, she was told anew engine would cost$5,500 to $6,000 – yet shehad already spent morethan two-thirds thatamount with that firstrepair shop.
Thorpe says she gavethat first shop owner onemore chance to fix thevehicle, but she never gother engine. Instead shehas parts in the back seatand the trunk of her vehi-cle, but no engine underthe hood.
Angel Hale-Frater, ofBlue Ash, is also upsetwith the dealership to
which she took her over-heating SUV. She paid$1,500 for the repair but,after getting it back, shediscovered the SUVwasstill overheating. Shereturned the vehicle tothe dealership and saidthe manager told her,“Wemake mistakes allthe time.” Then she wastold new repairs neededwould cost nearly doublewhat she had alreadypaid.
“If they had presentedme with, ‘Your car needsupwards of $2,000 plus ofwork,’ I would have said,‘No.’ I bought it sevenyears ago, it had 35,000miles on it, its now got130,000 miles,” Hale-Frater said.
Fortunately, after
filing a complaint withme, the dealershipagreed to deduct the costof that first repair fromHale-Frater’s second bill.However, she still endedup paying more than$2,000 for the repairs.
Uecker said he hopesthe repair shop licensinglegislation will be passedby the end of this year. Isuggested, and the legis-lature will consider, re-quiring shop owners topost a small bond. Thatwould assure vehicleowners get compensatedshould there be a prob-lem collecting from arepair shop
“The board could ver-ify and monitor compli-ance with state laws,giving consumers the
ability to identify thoseservice centers that areregistered. Every Ohioandeserves to feel confi-dent that repairs on theirvehicles are performedsafely and professional-ly,” Uecker said.
No such licensing iscurrently required inKentucky. If you’d like toexpress your feelingsabout the bill write toSen.Joe Uecker at [email protected].
Howard Ain’s column appearsbi-weekly in the CommunityPress newspapers. He ap-pears regularly as the Trou-bleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].
Legislation would license auto shops
HowardAinHEY HOWARD!
Good ShepherdLutheran Church
Did you make a NewYear’s Resolution to growspiritually in 2014? GoodShepherd LutheranChurch can help. GSLC isa large church that offersa variety of styles of wor-ship and service times.Saturdays, 5 p.m. –Wovenworship (mix of tradition-al and contemporary).Sundays,8a.m.and11a.m.–traditional worship. Sun-days, 9:30 a.m. – contem-porary worship. Sundays9 a.m. – 30” Family Wor-ship for wee ones; Sun-days, 5:45 p.m. - 'NOSH'dinner & worship offsiteat UC Campus MinistryEdge House. GSLC offerspreschool and studentSunday School at 9:30
a.m., Sept-May; 'WorshipWithout Worry' SundaySchool is also offered at11a.m. for families of chil-dren with special needsand kids of all ages.
Faith-building classes,fellowship & outreach op-portunities, and smallgroups are offered eachweekend and throughouttheweek for adults to con-nect. Join us! There issomething for everyonehere.
The church is at 7701KenwoodRoad,Kenwood;891-1700; goodshepherd-.com.
Indian Hill ChurchThe church adult fo-
rum schedule is as fol-lows:
Feb. 23, TBD – lookingfor a speaker on how
younger generation ap-proaches work different-ly than our generation.
The church is at 6000Drake Road, Indian Hill;561-6805; indian-hill.dio-sohio.org.
LovelandPresbyterian Church
Worship times are:Sunday School 9:15 a.m. to10a.m.;Worship10:30a.m.to 11:30 a.m.; Fellowship11:30 a.m.
SundaySchool is for allages. Youth Group forgrades seven to 12 meetsmonthly and conductsfundraisers for their ac-tivities.
The church is at 360Robin, Loveland; 683-2525; www.lovelandpres-byterianchurch.org.
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513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park
Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr
www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631
Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AM
PastorCathy Kaminski
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First Church of Christ, Scientist3035 Erie Ave 871-0245Sunday Service and Sunday
School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting
7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH
Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255
(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)
Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 amClasses For All Ages, Sunday 9:15 amPrayer Service Wednesday, 6:45 pm
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY
Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave
513-321-5856 Bill Rillo, PastorSunday Worship Services: 11:00am & 6:00pm
Children’s programs and nursery & toddlercare available at 9:30 and 11:00 services.
Plenty of Parking behind church.
TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am
CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am
&1st Saturday of the Month
6 pm
UNITED METHODIST
Sunday Services 8 &10:30 amSunday School 10:30 am
Programs for children, youth and adults6000 Drake Road
561-6805
Indian HillEpiscopal-Presbyterian Church
INTERDENOMINATIONAL
MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org
Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service10:00am Educational Hour
11:00 am - Traditional Service
PRESBYTERIAN
Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.
683-1556www.golovelive.com
FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH
~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244
Phone: 271-8442Web: www.fcfc.us
Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Senior PastorPastor Justin Wilson, Youth Minister
Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am
All ages Sunday School 9:30 amWed. Fellowship Meal 6:00 pm
Wed. Worship/Bible Study 6:45 pmAll are Welcome!
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
www.stpaulcumc.org
Sundays9:15am &10:45am
Building HomesRelationships& Families
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Leveraging digitaltechnology to provide amultimedia reading ex-perience for middleschool social studiesstudents Indian Hill resi-dent Dr. Janet Dieman isamong the first authorsto take advantage ofemerging interactivesoftware to create animmersive, interactive,virtual “book” for 8-to-12-year-old readers.
Titled “Logan Goes toChina,” Dieman’s book iswritten in the voice ofher grandson, whom sherecently took to China, acountry he was eager tovisit.
The “book,” which canbe downloaded onlinethrough the Apple Book-store website for $3.99,engages youngsters with243 photos, five videos, aslide show, multiple tap-for-more-informationbuttons, plus dictionarylook up capability, multi-color text high-lighting,internet connection,email access, and studycard creation options.
Because of the book’sopen-ended interactivity,Dieman anticipates thatno two readers will fol-low identical pathsthrough its 64 pages.
When the central char-acter, Logan, visits theemperor’s palace in Bei-jing’s Forbidden City, heis dressed in imperialrobes and hat, and sits ona replica of the imperialthrone.
He receives a scroll ofChinese characters writ-ten for him by a nephew
of the last emperor.He learns why the
colors red and gold are sosignificant, and why thenumber 9 is important.
He discovers why it’sincredibly rude to step onthe threshold of a door.
Logan visits a tradi-tional hutong neighbor-hood and learns how tohaggle with aggressiveshopkeepers.
Later, he climbs seem-ingly endless worn anduneven stairs to a loftylookout tower on theGreat Wall of China.From the top, he foldsand launches a paperairplane to honor thespirits of the millions ofpeasant laborers whodied during the wall’sconstruction and wereburied inside its bul-warks.
Elsewhere, after mar-veling at the awesomeTerracotta Warriors (andmeeting the farmer whodiscovered them), Loganfabricates his own armyof origami soldiers andarranges them as guardsinside the door of hishotel bedroom.
After breakfast thenext morning, Logan isseriously put off when heobserves the hotel’s staffrinsing rice in the nearbyriver, just downstreamfrom housewives wash-ing clothes.
Apropos food, he ex-presses strong opinionsabout Chinese dump-lings.
In a slideshow, heclassifies Chinese bath-rooms on a scale ranging
from luxury to yech(!).The highlight of Lo-
gan’s trip is one-to-onetime with a Kung Fumaster that includeshands-on instruction ofhow to use an intimidat-ing array of swords,spears and daggers.
“Logan Goes to China”is the first of a series ofeight travel books forchildren that Dieman iscreating with recentlyintroduced iBooks Au-thor software designedby Apple Corp to read onan iPad tablet or an Ap-ple computer running theMavericks OS 10.9 oper-ating system.
Dieman’s degree is ininstructional technology.She has taught at theelementary school levelas well as graduatecourses at BowlingGreen State Universitywhere she received state-wide recognition for thetechnology-based Clin-ical Laboratory she cre-ated at the College ofEducation.
Diemanmoved toCincinnati in 1982 tobecome President ofInteractive LearningSystems.
In 1999, under herdirection, ILS donated a$20,000 computer labfacility to the Indian HillMiddle School.
Now retired, Diemanis an enthusiastic trav-eler. Under the name“Let’s Travel!” she pre-sents slideshow pro-grams to schools, clubs,and retirement homes.
Indian Hill author Dr. Janet Dieman's new virtual book "Logan Goes to China" is written inthe voice of her grandson, Logan, whom she recently took to China. THANKS TO FRED SANBORN
Indian Hill author createsinteractive kids book on travel
HEALTH/WELLNESSAmerican Diabetes As-
sociation – Seeks volun-teers in its area officedowntown for clericalsupport, filling requestsfor educational materialsfromphonerequests, dataentry, special events sup-port and coordinating thehealth fair. Call 759-9330.
American Heart Associ-ation – Volunteers neededto assist with the Ameri-can Heart Association’scause campaigns, Powerto End Stroke, GoRedForWomen, Start!, and theAl-liance for a HealthierGeneration. Assignmentsinclude clerical work,event specific duties andcommunity outreach.Contact the AmericanHeart Association at 281-4048 or [email protected].
Bayley Place – is looking
for volunteer drivers tohelp provide transporta-tion to area seniors. Vol-unteerswill receive train-ing and scheduling can beanafternooneachweekorjust a few hours eachmonth. It is very flexible.Call 559-2200, or visitwww.ITNGreaterCincin-nati.org.
Bethesda North Hospi-tal – has openings foradult volunteers in sever-al areas of the hospital.Call 865-1164 for informa-tion and to receive a vol-unteer application.
Cancer Free Kids – islooking for kids who needservice hours to do an“Athletes For Alex” usedsports equipment drive intheir neighborhood or atyour sporting event, andfight childhood cancer.VisitCancerfreekids.organd click on Athletes for
Alex for more informa-tion.
Captain Kidney Educa-tional Program – Needsvolunteers one or moremornings or afternoons amonth during the schoolyear to educate childrenin first- through sixth-grades about kidney func-tion and disease. Trainingprovided. Call 961-8105.
Crossroads Hospice –Crossroads Hospiceseeks compassionate vol-unteers to join its team of“Ultimate Givers,” whostrive to provide extraloveandcomfort to termi-nally ill patients and theirfamilies throughout theCincinnati region.
For more informationor to sign up as an “Ulti-mate Giver,” please call793-5070 or complete anapplication online athttp://bit.ly/Uw5bSX.
Thirty years after earning her associate degree, Adrienne wantedmore from her career.Through the new Applied Administration program at UC Blue Ash College, she was able totransfer all of her credits toward a bachelor’s degree from UC. The flexible class schedule andconvenient location made it possible for her to earn her bachelor’s while continuing to work.
Now Adrienne’s earning potential is unlimited asshe prepares for the next phase in her career.Learnmore at ucblueash.edu/applied.
Turn your associate degree into a bachelor’s–just like Adrienne Larson did.Thirty years after earning her associate degree, Adrienne wantedmore from her career.Through the new Applied Administration program at UC Blue Ash College, she was able totransfer all of her credits toward a bachelor’s degree from UC. The flexible class schedule andconvenient location made it possible for her to earn her bachelor’s while continuing to work.
Now Adrienne’s earning potential is unlimited asshe prepares for the next phase in her career.Learnmore at ucblueash.edu/applied.
ADegree of DifferenceStudies show you can earn up to30%more money* with a bachelor’sdegree versus an associate.
*U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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INDIAN HILLArrests/citationsJennifer L. Motley, 38, 734 RiverBend Court, speed, Jan. 15.MatthewM. Zimmerman, 18,10418 Hopewell Hills, speed,Jan. 15.Danielle K. Smalley, 33, 11854Maple Trail, speed, Jan. 30.Sandra C. Frazier, 35, 133 Hunt-ers Court, speed, Jan. 31.Vince V. Allen, 37, 1549 Orchard
Valley Drive, driving underinfluence, speed, Feb. 1.Khaldoun B. Tueimeh, 44, 925Marbea Drive, speed, Feb. 1.Jerry A. Ford, 29, 2911 South St.,driving under suspension, Feb.2.
Incidents/investigationsDisturbancecall for assistance with dis-orderly student at Indian HillPrimary at Drake Road, Jan. 29.
Domestic disputeat Given Road, Jan. 14.Drug casemarijuana and paraphernalia in
vehicle during traffic stop at7700 block of Indian Hill Road,Jan. 14.
POLICE REPORTS
ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults
charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police department:
» Indian Hill Rangers, Chief Chuck Schlie, 561-7000
The Blue Ash/Mont-gomery Symphony Or-chestra presents its ownversion of the popularshow “From the Top,”featuring several win-ners of the Orchestra’s2013 Jack & Lucille Won-nell Young Artist Con-certo Competition. Su-zanne Bona, host of“Sunday Baroque,”heard onWGUC, willco-host with BAMSOMusic Director MichaelChertock.
The concert is at 7p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, atSt. Barnabas EpiscopalChurch, 10345 Montgo-mery Road. All concertsare free to the public.
There is no lack ofmusical talent in Cincin-nati, and these youngsoloists, two of whomare first-place winnersof the Orchestra’s 2013Young Artist Competi-tion, plus cellist Benja-min Fryxell, a first-place winner of the 2012competition, are reflec-tive of this abundance.
Isabella Geis, 16, asophomore at WalnutHills High School, is amember of the chamberorchestra and an activecross-country runner.Geis began studying theviolin when she was5-years-old. By the ageof 12, Geis made herdebut as a soloist withthe Cincinnati Sympho-ny Orchestra. Last yearshe was a finalist in theOverture Awards at theAronoff Center. She willbe playing the firstmovement of Jean Sibe-
lius’s Concerto for violinand Orchestra in d mi-nor.
Christina Nam, 11, is asixth-grader at FreedomElementary in WestChester Township. She isthe youngest member ofthe Starling ChamberOrchestra at Universityof Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Musicwhere she studies withKurt Sassmannshaus.
At age 9, Nam ap-peared as a soloist withthe Great Wall SoloistsOrchestra on NPR’s“From the Top” at theGreat Wall InternationalMusic Academy in Beij-ing. The following year,Nammade her debut asa soloist with the Cincin-nati Symphony Orches-tra in one of their Lolli-pop Concerts. Her othersolo appearances in-clude at the ChicagoCultural Arts Center andthe National Center forthe Performing Arts inBeijing. She will be per-forming the first move-ment of Felix Mendels-sohn’s “Concerto forViolin and Orchestra inEMinor Opus 64.”
Cellist BenjaminFryxell, now studying aJulliard in New YorkCity, is returning toCincinnati to perform inthe world premiere inFrank Proto’s Diverti-mento for Cello andOrchestra. He last ap-peared with the BlueAsh-Montgomery Sym-phony Orchestra in Feb-ruary 2013.
Blue Ash/MontgomeryOrchestra riffs on‘From The Top’
