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Chuy’s expansion in theGreater Cincinnati area willcontinue when the Tex-Mexstyle restaurant opens Aug. 20at 7980 Hosbrook Road in Ma-deira, in the former Chi-nnati’sPizza location.
The location isChuy’s first inOhio and second in the region –joining the Florence, Ky., res-taurant that opened in Novem-ber. The Austin, Texas-basedrestaurant is known for its au-thentic, fresh Tex-Mex andeclectic décor, featuring hand-painted wooden fish, a hubcaproom and Elvis Presley Shrine.
“Chuy’s combines a fun, laidback atmosphere with home-made and affordable menu op-tions, creating a unique diningexperience for the communi-ty,” said Ron Carson, local own-er/operator of Chuy’s Cincin-nati. “Ournew locationnear theKenwood Towne Center is agreat lunch stop for shoppersand employees, while remain-ing the ideal dinner setting forfamilies.”
Inaddition to its famousfoodand atmosphere, a cornerstoneof Chuy’s philosophy is to giveback to the local communitiesin which it resides.
Exclusive updates and give-aways can be found atwww.facebook.com/ChuysCincinnati. For more in-formation visitwww.chuys.com.
Chuy’sTex-MexRestaurantis coming
Duke Energy, through itsvendor,TheSouthernCrossCo.,will conductmandatory interiorgas meter and line inspectionsin area homes and small busi-nesses.
Inspections will take placebetween 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. andwill run through early October.
The inspections maintaincompliance with federal pipe-line regulationsandhelpensureDuke Energy is able to delivernatural gas to its customers in asafe and reliable manner.
The Southern Cross Co. willattempt to call customers ap-proximately one month beforeinspectors are scheduled to bein an area.
If no one is home when in-spectors arrive a door hangerwill be left instructing custom-ers to call 866-609-9864 toschedule an appointment.
Southern Cross Co. employ-ees will carry photo ID cards atall times; wear yellow safetyvests with their logo; and havesignage on their vehicles identi-fying the company.
Customers may also contactDuke Energy at 800-544-6900 toverify a contractor’s identity.
Got gas?Expect aninspector
Insurance salesman EppaRixey IVhad never had a polit-ical aspiration inhis lifebeforehe answered a particularphone call in 2001.
Butwhen thecaller toldhimcivic leaders had identifiedhim as a potential Indian HillVillageCouncil candidate,Rix-ey decided to give it a try.
Now 59, Rixey served as acouncilman from 2001 to 2003,vice mayor from 2003 to 2007and mayor from 2007 to 2009.
Current Mayor Mark Tullisrecently tapped Rixey to chaira nominating committee toseek out and interview VillageCouncil candidates to recom-mend the community elect inNovember.
All seven, at-large non-par-tisan council seats are up forelection for two-year termsthat begin Dec. 1.
Rixey said Tullis and Coun-cilwomanLindsayMcLean arenot seeking re-election andthat his committee will belooking for two candidates tosucceed them.
Thecommitteewill not seek
out themost pop-ular, political —or even the mosteducated – peo-ple for candi-dates, Rixeysaid.
He said thenominating com-mittee will de-termine what issues the vil-lage will be facing in the nexttwo years and look for candi-dates with knowledge and ex-perience in those areas.
It plans to interview candi-dates early in June andmake arecommendation to the com-munity.
“Indian Hill is very uniquein that a nominating commit-tee is formed to review pros-pective candidates for counciland prepare a recommenda-tion to the community,” Tullissaid.
“This process of nominat-ing qualified candidates hasbeen a tradition in the villagesince the community was in-corporated back in 1941.
“The mayor selects a chairfor the committee, and thenthe chair selects four otherresidents to serve on that com-
mittee,” Tullissaid.
“It is solelyup to the com-mittee to seekout prospectivecandidates, in-terview themand then maketheir recom-
mendation.“After selecting the chair of
this committee, the mayor hasno other input in the selectionprocess,” Tullis said.
Tullissaid thatanyone inter-ested in serving on VillageCouncil may contact the com-mittee at 561-6500 - or bypass italtogether.
“It is not a requirement toparticipate in the nominatingcommittee process to run forVillage Council, as individualsare certainly welcome to runoutside this process if they sochoose,” Tullis said.
But, “I feel very stronglythat this system of choosingprospective council candi-dates hasworked verywell forthe village.
“By using this committee,Indian Hill has been able toreach out to talented individ-
uals that may fit a specific sloton council that needs to befilled – such as an attorney, ac-countant, business person,etc.,” Tullis said.
“The end result of this proc-ess is that we have councilmembers that have no agendaother than serving the commu-nity and doing what they thinkis best for the community.”
Rixey said the nominatingcommittee will ask candidatesthey back to commit to three,two-year terms on VillageCouncil so, ideally, if they areelected, they can get a handleon the responsibilities first ascouncil members and thenmove up to the vicemayor andmayor posts.
“We don’t want this to be apopularity contest,” Rixeysaid.
“Wework very hard to keepthis non-political.
“We want people dedicatedto the village,”Rixey said, add-ing that council members arenot paid for their service.
“This is a labor of love.”
For more about your community,visitwww.Cincinnati.com/IndianHill.
IndianHillHigh School sen-iors have found an alternativeto the traditional senior pro-ject.
About 60 seniors are help-ing out at Habitat for Human-ity.
Habitat has a pretty exten-sive impact on the community,said senior Austin Hughes,who along with seniors HughStrike, Will Jaroszewicz andClaudiaCampos, suggested theidea of volunteering at Habitatfor Humanity. “We decided itwould be beneficial for themand us to partner together.”
Senior projects typicallyrange from groups of studentsinvestigating an interest orhobby to studying a new ca-reer. The students then writeabout their experience andmake a presentation to a panelof judges.
Indian Hill High School seniors Katie Aichholz, left, and Sara Lance clean out an equipment trailer at theHabitat for Humanity site in Bond Hill. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
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The volunteerism as-pect of assisting Habitatfor Humanity appealed toboth Strike andHughes, aresident of Indian Hill.
“(You) definitely havea sense of accomplish-mentandfeelingofgivingback to the community,”said Strike, who is a resi-
dent of Symmes Town-ship.
The students startedbyhelpingReStore, an ex-tension ofHabitat forHu-manity. ReStore recyclesbuilding materials fromprevious constructionsites.
The Indian Hill stu-dents unloaded trucksand organized items.
“This is just an awe-some experience,” saidseniorAliNewton,of Indi-an Hill. “I’m very glad Ican help out a family inneed.”
After a day workingwith ReStore, the stu-dentswill assist at aHabi-tat site in Hamilton.
Hughes estimatedamong all the studentsmore than 2,000 hours ofvolunteerworkwill be ac-complished.
Strike said the Habitatinitiative was a good wayto end his senior year.
“Doing something likethis together is a bondingexperience,” he said.
HabitatContinued from Page A1
Indian Hill High School senior Nicole Gibson carries abucket of tools at the Habitat for Humanity site in BondHill. She and other seniors assisted Habitat for Humanityas part of a senior project. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Indian Hill High School senior Kelly Conwell, left, givessenior Rachael Ballish a hand at the Habitat for Humanitysite in Bond Hill. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
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MADEIRA — The daysof shipping and manufac-turingat the formerKutolplant on Camargo Road inMadeira are longpast, butthe future of the for-saleproperty remains uncer-tain.
The Madeira Econom-ic Development Commit-tee met May 22 and dis-cussed the future of the4.947-acre site, which isfor sale byCassidyTurleyreal estate firm for $2.5million. The site is zonedasacommercial property,but city officials are ex-ploring options to allow
residential development.“The 2007 survey
didn’t really address Ca-margo Road,” said MikeSteur, council memberand committee chair.“And no developers haveasked to come in on Ca-margo.”
The city would like tosee the property used,City Manager Tom Moell-er said, because it is anon-performing asset.
“The city is taking alook intoapublicplanningprocess to generate somediscussion about redevel-opment,”Moeller said. “Itwas under considerationfor rezoning to allowmul-tifamily rental property
and we also talked to de-velopers about potentialfor commercial retailsite.”
Developers, Moellersaid, weren’t interested inthe site for retail purpos-es.
The committee dis-
cussed whether to con-tract a consulting compa-ny to research what resi-dentswouldwant to see ina future development atthe site. Leland Consult-ing Group, an Oregon-based contractor special-izing in downtown-type
developments, sent itsproposal to Steur alongwith its estimated pricetag of $50,000 to $100,000for the “discover and en-vision” stages of the pro-ject.
Talk of hiring the con-sultant gave Ken Born,
council and committeemember, pause becauseof the financial cost. Thatsentiment was echoed byMelisa Adrien, counciland committee member.
“We need to know howto get from here to therein fiscally responsibleway,” she said.
The committee report-ed its finding at the May28 Madeira City Councilmeeting, but no decisionwas made as to how thecity will proceed.
Want to knowmore aboutMadeira government andcommunity? Follow JasonHoffman on Twitter:@jhoffman_cp.
The site of the now defunct Kutol manufacturing and shipping plant on Camargo Road isfor sale by Cassidy Turley real estate firm and Madeira city officials are looking for ideasto develop the site. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
St. Vincent Ferrer stu-dentsgot a littlehelp fromsome animal friends intheir science lessons.
The Cincinnati Zoobrought several differentanimals to the Kenwoodschool, 7754 MontgomeryRoad, May 16 as part oftheFrisch’sOutreachpro-gram. The school’s par-ent-teacher organizationsponsors the lessons eachyear, which brings in zoopersonnel togivestudentsa more practical lesson.St. Vincent Ferrer teach-ers chose the academiclessons which coincidedwhat studentswere learn-ing about in their scienceclasses, Principal Doug
Alpiger said.Students in grades one,
three, fiveandsevenweretreated to a 40-minute les-son from zoo employeesfeaturing live animals.Third-graders learned
about physical and behav-ioral adaptations in theirsession, and the themewasapplied to the twoani-mals the zoo brought. Inaddition to learning whatadaptations those animalstook on, students werealso able to pet Augustinethe alligator and Sophiathe Brazilian short-tailedopossum.
Alpiger said the PTOwants to bring in the zoo’soutreach program annu-ally for odd-numberedgrades, so studentswill beable to attend it every oth-er year. He added that notonly do the zoo’s pre-setlessons complement theschool’s curriculum, theyalso comply with thestate’s academic stan-dards.
Zoo animals star in outreachlessons at St. Vincent FerrerBy Leah [email protected]
Third-grader Sarah Carterpets Augustine thealligator's tail during a zoolesson at St. Vincent FerrerMay 16. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE
Six Ursuline Academy stu-dents traveled to France on thesecond leg of a pilot AcademicExchange Program with St. Jo-sèph Lycèe in Reims.
Seniors Jessie Ewen of Love-land and Brooke Kurkjian ofMasonandjuniorsJulie IversofSymmes Township, Katie Pol-son of Mason, Zenab Saeed ofIndian Hill, and CatherineStrietmann of Mount Lookout,were accompanied by Ursulineworld languages teacher LyndaHoffman-Jeep and guidanceteacher Katy Zwolinski.
While in Paris the group tookin the magnificent sights andiconic treasures that most visi-tors to the city embrace. Theyhadadocent-led tourof theLou-vre, which focused on severalhighlightsof thecollection.Oth-er attractions they visited werethe Eiffel Tower, the Champs d’Elysees, the Arch de Triomphe,and the Cathedral of NotreDame.
“The French Exchange Tripwas an experience that trulychangedmy life. It wasmy firsttime traveling beyond NorthAmerica, so forme, it was a tripofmanyfirsts.Weall collective-ly agreed that if we were of-fered the chance to go on theFrench exchange trip again, wewould immediately say yes. Ilearned that traveling abroadgives you a learning experiencethat you can never receivethroughaclassroomor ina text-book. It is something totallyunique that you cannot under-stand until you visit the coun-try,” Strietmann said.
The students spent timewiththeir French host families,whose daughters are part of thepilot academic exchange pro-gram and visited UrsulineAcademy this past spring.While in Reims they attendedclasses at St. Josèph Lycèe, andsomeof themeven stayed in theschool dorms.
The Lycèe attracts two-
thirds of its students fromParisand the surrounding country-side, and is a boarding school aswell as a day school, Hoffman-Jeep said. The group also visit-ed the great Reims cathedraland accompanying museum;theyatecrepesandfreshchoco-late croissants in local restau-rants; and enjoyed discoveringthe city on foot. They also visit-ed a regional cookie factory andchampagne producer, provid-ing them with the history ofboth of these industries.
Hoffman-Jeep said they hadan unexpected experiencewhenontheir lastdaytheywereinvited by the French studentsto a few rounds of bowling,American style, at a state-of-the-art bowling alley on the out-skirts of the city.
Saeed said she enjoyed at-tendingclassesat theLycèe,andobserved both similarities anddifferences between St. Jo-seph’s and Ursuline. She alsoenjoyed walking from place toplace instead of driving.
“It allowedme to take time toadmire Reims on my way toschool every morning,” Saeedsaid, adding that shewas struckby how differently the Frenchvalue time. “I went home withCamille (her host sister) everyday for lunch. It was really nicefor the family to get togetherand talk because many Ameri-can families only spend week-day time together at dinner.”
Polson said that she enjoyedgoing to classes at theLycee, es-pecially physics and math be-cause she takes those classes atUrsuline, and she was able tounderstandandfollowwhatwasgoing on.
“My ability to speak conver-sationally improved greatly.Also my ability to think inFrench (hear, process, respond)definitely improved.”
Ursuline will host anothergroup of female students fromSt. Josèph’s next spring.
Ursuline studentstravel to France inacademic exchange
Ursuline students at the Eiffel Tower, from left: Zaneb Saeed (IndianHill), Katie Polson (Mason), Julie Ivers (Symmes Township), BrookeKurkjian (Mason), Jessie Ewen (Loveland), and Catherine Strietmann(Mount Lookout). THANKS TOMARIANNE LANG
Hill graduated this springfrom Davidson College. Hewas a mathematics major witha minor in Chinese and gradu-ated magna cum laude with abachelor’s degree.
» Spencer Wright of IndianHill graduated this springfrom Centre College with abachelor’s in economics. He
Study abroadBeginning in late July, Boyd
E. Smith Elementary staffmemberLisaHolt-Taylor of In-dian Hill will study conserva-tion and marine ecology in theCentral American country ofBelize.
The graduate courses from
Miami University's ProjectDragonfly are based on EarthExpeditions, which has en-gaged more than 1,400 peoplesince 2004 in firsthand educa-tional and scientific researchat critical conservation fieldsites in Africa, Australia, Asiaand the Americas. More infor-mation is located at
www.EarthExpeditions.org.
Graduates»Walter Stevens of Indian
Hill recently graduatedmagnacum laude from theUniversityof Vermont with a bachelor’sdegree in environmental sci-ences.
»Mark Nesbitt of Indian
was amember of Centre’s foot-ball team.
Dean’s listAnna Frazier of Indian Hill
was recently named to thespring dean’s list at MarquetteUniversity, while pursuing abachelor’s decree in biomedi-cal sciences.
COLLEGE CORNER
The Ohio Center for Law-Related Education concludedits 30th annual High SchoolMock Trial Competition re-cently when Indian Hill HighSchool defeated Orange HighSchool towin the state champi-onship.
The competition began atthe Franklin County Court-house with 26 teams fromacross the state. Indian HillandOrangeeachwonfourcon-secutive trials to advance tothe championship, which tookplace at the Ohio Statehouseand was broadcast live by the
Ohio Channel.TheOhioMockTrial season
beganonFeb.1with365 teams.Of these teams, 104 advancedto twelve regional competi-tions on Feb. 22. Mock Trial isOhio's largest high school aca-demic competition and thesecond largest High SchoolMock Trial program in the na-tion.
Each year, Mock Trial usesan original case written by acommittee of volunteer attor-neys. This year's case ana-lyzed an individual's rights un-der the Fifth Amendment re-
garding improper confes-sions.
Ohio Center for Law-Relat-ed Education partners withteachers to engage students inactively learning about gov-ernment, citizenship, and thelaw. Ohio Center for Law-Re-lated Education is sponsoredby the Supreme Court of Ohio,the Ohio State Bar Associa-tion, theAmerican Civil Liber-ties Union of Ohio Foundation,and the Ohio Attorney Gener-al's Office. Mock Trial is madepossible by a grant from theOhio State Bar Foundation.
The Indian Hill High School mock trial team wins the state championship. From left are Indian Hillstudents Aaron Hall, Reagan Wilkins, Catherine Fei, Jordan Conn, Gloria Park, Laurin Schwab, legaladvisor Shawn Evans, Julia Horst, and legal advisers Michelle Rothzeid and DanWenstrup. In back isStephen Reger, teacher adviser for the Indian Hill team. THANKS TO KATE STRICKLAND
Indian Hill’s mocktrial team wins state
Ursuline Academy's sevenNational Merit semifinalistshave all advanced to finaliststanding, and one NationalAchievement Scholarshipsemifinalisthasadvancedtofi-nalist standing.
The seven senior NationalMerit Finalists are: CatherineBrinker of Anderson Town-ship, Megan Darlington ofMa-son, Erin Donnelly of Maine-ville, Sarah Jaun of Loveland,Emily Lotterer of West Ches-ter Township, EliseMcConnellof Loveland and Anosha MinaiofWestChesterTownship. TheNational Achievement Schol-arship Finalist is senior Can-dace Borders of Mason.
Each Merit finalist has re-ceived a Certificate of Merit.The selection of approximate-ly 8,300Merit Scholarshipwin-ners from the group of morethan 15,000 Finalists is in pro-gress; and in March, scholar-ship offers to winners will bemailed to their homes and con-fidential noticeswill bemailedto their high school principals.
The National Achievement
Finalist has received a Certif-icate of Achievement. The se-lection of some 800 Achieve-ment Scholarship winnersfrom the Finalist group is nowin progress. In late FebruaryAchievement Scholarship willbegin mailing scholarship of-fers to winners at their homeaddresses and confidential no-tices will be mailed to theirprincipals.
In addition to the finalists,Ursuline had 13 2013 NMSCcommended students: Grace
Castelli of Finneytown, Shiva-niDesai ofWestChesterTown-ship, Alexandra M. George ofMason, Patrice D. Graziani,Kelly L. Kaes of Montgomery,Kelly J. Kopchak of SycamoreTownship, Holly G. Nurre ofMason, Sydney V. Ruehlmannof Indian Hill, Alexandra R.Schirmer of Maineville, Anas-tacia E. Taylor of AmberleyVillage, Kathryn L. Berus ofMilford, Kaitlin M. Burnam,and Kristen N. Behrens of An-derson Township.
Ursuline Academy announcesNational Merit Finalists
Ursuline Academy 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program finalists,from left: seniors Emily Lotterer, Anosha Minai, Catherine Brinker,Sarah Jaun, Candace Borders, Erin Donnelly, Megan Darlington andElise McConnell. THANKS TOMARIANNE LANG
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INDIANHILL— If theOhioDi-vision II state tennis tourna-ment added style points for aca-demics and the arts, the IndianHill senior tandem of Will Ja-roszewicz and Raghav Joshimay have been invincible.
In addition to finishing assectional champs and districtrunners-up, the pair are head-ing to the IvyLeague. Jaroszew-icz will attend Harvard, withJoshi going to Penn.
Cerebral edge: Indian Hill.“They were by far the best
team at sectional and I thoughtthey had their chances to be thebest team at the district,”Scheve said. “They played ahandful of matches this yearwhere they just looked unstop-pable.”
In Columbus, the Joshi/Ja-roszewicz duo beat pairs fromHunting Valley and Cambridgeto reach the semifinals againstJacobWareti and Abram Schot-tenstein of Gahanna ColumbusAcademy.
In the June 1 semi, Joshi/Ja-roszewicz fell short againstWa-reti/Schottenstein, who went onto beat CHCA’s Ben Wittkugeland Colin Kenney for the Divi-sion II title.
Jaroszewicz wraps up a dis-tinguished Braves career thatincluded being captain of thetennis and soccer team, one ofthe leads in the school play andstudent body president. Hisskills on the tennis court trans-latewell shouldhefollowthepo-litical path of many of Har-vard’s finest.
“He’s an imposing figure atthe net,” Scheve said. “Hemoves, anticipates and poachesvery well. He’s a great finisherand oozing with talent. A terrif-ic kid that’s very humble.”
A year ago, Jaroszewicz waspaired with Alex Fixler andmade it to the state quarterfi-nals. This season, Scheve se-lected Joshi from singles as hispartner.
“Joshi has played second sin-gles every single year,” Schevesaid. “Last year I put him withour No. 1 singles player, AlokeDesai. They ended up not mak-ing it to state.”
With Jaroszewicz, Joshifound success. Like his team-mate, his skill set goes beyondholding a racquet.
“He’s a concert violinist,”Scheve said. “He’s another kidwith a lot of interests outside oftennis. He’s really into his mu-sic. I can’t imagine two betterstudents paired up.”
A bright surprise for IndianHill this season was the arrivalfrom Charlotte of freshmanAlexWarstler. PlayingNo.1sin-gles for the Braves, Warstlermade it to state in his first year.The youngster lost his openingmatch, but still had quite an in-augural varsity season.
“He’s the real deal,” Schevesaid. “I’mnot surehe’s reallyhithis growth spurt yet.”
Going into postseason play,Warstler was unbeaten in theCincinnatiHillsLeagueand11-4overall. Thankfully for Scheve,the “bloodlines” don’t lie.
Only a select few freshmanplay No. 1 singles in high schooland even fewer make it to thestate tournament. Slated to re-turn along with Warstler for2014 are Rohit Musti, who willhave three years remaining;Graydon Cowan, who will havetwo; and next year’s seniors Gi-bron Chaudhry, Trevor Cohen,Ian Mandybur and NickWest.
roszewicz moved to the Divi-sion II state tennis tournamentafter finishing as district run-ners-up at the ATPTennis Cen-ter in Mason. Freshman AlexWarstler also qualified in sin-gles. The duo of Joshi/Jaros-zewicz made it to the statesemifinals against JacobWare-ti and Abram SchottensteinJune 1 before losing 6-2, 6-2.They then fell to the team fromGates Mills Hawken 6-4, 3-6,6-1.
» The Cincinnati Country
Day School doubles team ofsenior Michael Barton andsophomore Chase Tholke qual-ified for the Division II statedoubles tournament May 31 inColumbus. They lost a 6-4, 6-3opening-round match againstseniors Cody and Connor Eng-strom of Cambridge HighSchool.
» The CHCA doubles teamof seniors Ben Wittkugel andColin Kenney took secondplace in the Division II statedoubles tournament. They tookmatches from Orange High
II state tennis singles champi-onshipJune1,knockingoffa fa-miliar foe to do so.
Hirsch beat junior team-mate Patrick Wildman for thetitle. Hirsch finished third inthe state as a freshman, whilethis represents Wildman’s sec-ond straight runner-up finish.
Wildman gave Hirsch hisclosest match of the tourney at6-4, 6-4. Hirsch breezedthrough the first day of statecompetition May 31, postingvictories of 6-3, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0in the opening two rounds.
He beat another local oppo-nent – senior John Larkin ofSeven Hills – 6-1, 6-1 to set upthe match against Wildman.
Wildman had a rockier pathto the finals, needing three setsto win his second round andsemifinal contests.
One of the best tennis preptennis players in the area,Hirsch said hip hop in generaland Nas in particular help gethim ready for matches.
“Up until this year I hadn’treallydoneanythingspecialbe-fore I played,” he said. “It wassocial time. I learned every-body can hit big shots, but theones who separate themselvesfrom the pack have a greatmental game.
“So now instead of just goof-ingaroundwithmyfriends, Igooff bymyself, I listen to music.I get myself calm and focused.That hour before a match canreally make a difference.”
Indians head coach MattDetkas knows the value of solidstrokes, but pushes the innergame.
“He’sagreatplayer,”Detkassaid. “He has a big forehand.He’s added a serve to go withthat. He’s got a lot of experi-ence, too, playing in nationaltournaments. He’s really tal-ented, really easy going.
“But any coach in any sportwill tellyouyouhavetopreparethe sameway for the state tour-nament as you do for the firstmatch of the season,” he said.“What I’ve been impressedwith is how he’s embraced thatidea this year.
Hirsch entered the DivisionII state tournamentMay 31andJune1as the top seed. TheKen-wood resident finished third inthe state singles tournament asa freshman.
“I’m really excited to be go-ing back,” Hirsch said beforestate. “I’ve really got to keepmy head in the match. If youmake amistake against the lev-el of competition we play at
state, they’ll make you pay forit, so it’s important to stay fo-cused every point.
“I feel (the pressure of ex-pectation that goeswithbeingatop seed) a little bit, but I’m notreally worried about the out-come.As longas Iplaymybest,I’ll be satisfied.”
Hirsch’s best competitioncame fromWildman.
“He’s kind of a crafty, fig-ure-it-out kind of guy,” Detkassaid of Wildman. “He’s heady.He thinks his way around thecourt.”
He said he’s watchedHirschand Wildman play each other acouple of times, from youthtournaments to sectionals anddistricts.
“I enjoy it,”hesaid. “I appre-ciate it. I really don’t coachthemwhen theyplayoneanoth-er. I’m thewaterboy.These twokids, they handle that rivalryphenomenally.”
Asher Hirschreturns the ballduring thechampionshipmatch. JEFFSWINGER/THECOMMUNITYPRESS
CCD sophomore wins DII state singles title
HIRSCH:
JUST CALL HIMCHAMP
XENIA — Pain manifests it-self in different ways, many ofthem evident in and around theCincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy baseball dugout.
Following an extra-inning1-0 loss to Hamilton Badin inthe Division III regional semi-finals, various Eagles cried,pounded the ground, hugged orsat staring in stony silence astheRamscelebratedacross thefield.
“It was just excruciating,”said Larry Redwine, CHCAhead coach, shakinghis head indisbeliefnearlyhalf anhouraf-
ter the final out. “Excruciat-ing.”
Especially considering howEagles junior pitcher CameronVarga handcuffed the Ramsmost of the game.
Varga pitched all eight in-nings, recording 16 strikeoutsalong the way, including strik-ing out the side in the first, sec-ond and seventh innings.
The fateful eighth, though,began the pain. Physically forjunior first baseman Ricky Sil-vestri, who took a helmet in thechest fromBadin’sColeHeflin.
Heflin ran out the pop flySilvestri waited to catch on thebaseline and was called out forthe contact, but Silvestri was
on the ground for several min-utes before resuming action.Varga struck out the next bat-ter for the second out.
But T.J. Nichting hit a drib-bler to the right of first, just be-yond the grasp of a diving Sil-vestri for an infield hit. NickBrowning followed with a gap-shot to left center that scoredNichting.
“That’s a play he normallymakes,”Redwine said of the in-field hit. “Maybe that’s badcoaching. I should have gottenhim out of there.”
Still, CHCAhad a shot in thebottom half of the inning.
Bobby Paola reached on anerror and Jacob Banks had an
infield hit to put runners onfirst and third with one out.Paolo crossed the plate onNickWeaver’s grounder to short,but not before the umpire sig-naled a disputed double playending the game.
“Itwasveryclear to see (thethrow fromshort to first pulledtheBadin first baseman off thebag),” Redwine said. “You hateto lose like that, butwehad oth-er chances and didn’t capital-ize.
“I told them ‘I’m broken-hearted like you are.’ I justwish we could have done it forCameron. The kid only gave upthree runs all year. He was in-credible.
Most athletes celebrate thevictories. Some celebrate theeffort that led to victory.
SevenHills High School sen-ior John Larkin is one of the lat-ter. His favorite memories ofhis final high school seasondon’t center on center court.
“Honestly, some of our teamexercises, some of our prac-tices,” he said. “As a senior I’vebeen getting a little nostalgiclately. Certainly when it comesdown to matches, I think beat-ing (Cincinnati Country Day’s)Patrick Wildman is one I’ll re-member. But really, it’s beenabout spending time with theteam.”
Larkin - an Indian Hill resi-dent - Wildman and CCD’s Ash-er Hirsch were the top threeplayers in sectional and districttournament play. All three ad-vanced to the Division II statetournament May 30 and June 1in Columbus. Larkin finishedthird toHirsch andWildman re-spectively.
“I think the three of themarethe best three players in thestate,” said veteran Stingershead coach Tim Drew. “Cincin-nati does seem to have the play-ers thisyearand it’s beenagoodrivalry.”
Larkin returns to Columbusfor the second time, having lostin theopening roundof the statetournament as a junior.
“I’m excited for this,” hesaid. “I’m more experienced.I’ve been getting in so muchpractice, so I think I’m ready.I’m going to be nervous, but I
know it’s still a game.Nomatterwhat, it’s going to be a good ex-perience.
“I try to use my serve as aweapon and usemy forehand totry to set up points. I move myfeet and I can grind if I have to.Mybaseline game is pretty con-sistent.”
Drewagreed, and then some.“He’s hitting the ball clean,”
Drew said. “His balance, hisfootwork, is some of the bestI’ve seen inahighschool player.
“In the last 24 years, thecoaches association has given amost improvedplayeraward. Inall those years, I’ve never seenseen anybodyget it twoyears ina row. That’s the kind of efforthe puts in, that he could be averygoodplayer and still be themost improved.”
Much of the improvementthis season came between theears, as compared to betweenthe lines.
“He loves a challenge,” hesaid. “In school, his schedule islittered with AP courses. He’ssmart. When I coach John onswitch overs, it’s usually notabout strokes, it’s about whatthe other guy is doing and howto adjust and counter that. Helikes the chess match aspect ofit.
“The intangibles - which forhim are very tangible on ourteam - are what separate him.His leadership has been invalu-able for us. Youwould think los-ing a player like him to gradua-tion would be a blow to ourteam, but he told the guys at ourbanquet, ‘Tradition never grad-uates.’Hehas themready to fol-low his lead.”
Seven Hills seniorcelebrates effortthat led to stateByMark D. [email protected]
SPRINGFIELD TWP. —A slowstart came at the worst possi-ble time for the St. Xavier la-crosse team.
In the Division I regionalsemifinals May 29, the Bomb-ers fell behind to GreaterCatholic League rival Moeller2-0 less than a minute into thegame.TheCrusaderspoured iton and took a 7-0 lead into thehalf before securing an 11-7win, closing the book on theBombers’ 2013 season.
“We started a little slow ondefense, but we finishedstrong,” coach Nate Sprongsaid. “You know, it was a longseason and I’m proud of theway we finished.”
Sprong’s squad cut the Cru-sader lead to four at 8-4, but al-lowed three unanswered goalsto close out the third period toseal the deal.
The result could’ve beenmuchworse if it wasn’t for theplay of senior goalie BennyRussert. The four-year startermadesomecrucial saves in thesecond period to keep theBombers within striking dis-tance.
“… He’s been a leader forus,” Sprong said. “He finishedhis career playing a toughgame.”
Thelossbringstoaclosethecareer of Ian King. Maybe themost talented player to comethroughtheSt.Xavier lacrosseprogram, King will continuehis lacrossecareernextseasonat the University of Michigan.
“Ian’s been a leader and hashelped elevate the whole pro-gram at St. X,” the coach said.“… We’re proud of him. He’sgoing to do just as well in col-lege as he did for St. X.”
King is a two-time UnderArmor All-American and wasselected to play in the UnderArmor All-America LacrosseClassic, July 6 at Towson Uni-versity in Maryland. He wasnamed to the boys’ South team
and the game will be televisedlive on ESPNU.
“It’s a real prestigious hon-or,” Sprong told Gannett NewsService. “He’s been the focusofotherteams.Withthataddedpressure he’s continued toscore at the pace that he haspreviously. He has 104 pointson the season (before theMoeller game) so far. He’s thereal deal.”
TheBombers finish the sea-son14-5 and ranked fifth in theOhio Division I and II PowerRankings, according to laxpo-wer.com. Sprong is hoping hisnew offseason conditioningprogram will continue to blos-som a program.
St. Xavier senior Ian King tries to get around Moeller’s ConnorNelson during their Division I regional semifinal matchup May 29 atLockland Stadium. King scored a goal and notched an assist to givehim 106 points on the season, but the Bombers lost 11-7 to theCrusaders. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS
School and Columbus Acad-emy on the first day of compe-tition May 31 and beat GatesMills Hawken 6-4, 6-1 in thestate semifinals June 1. TheEagles duo fell 6-1, 6-4 againstJacob Wareta and AbramSchottenstein of ColumbusAcademy in the championshipmatch.
Boys lacrosse» Indian Hill downed Tur-
pin13-7 in OHSLA tournamentactionMay29.BenFrazierhadfour goals for the Braves. Thewinput IndianHill againstMa-riemont June 1. In the June 1contest, the Braves lost 12-8 asthe Warriors advanced to thesemifinals. Coach SpencerDunning’s squad finished 9-9.
»Moeller defeated HilliardDarby in second round statetournament action May 24,18-5. The Crusaders then de-feated St. Xavier 11-7 on May29 to move to a game with Ma-son June 1. Juniors Sam Hub-bardandCollinRiceandseniorNolan Frey each had threegoals for Moeller. Against Ma-son June1,Moeller lost13-11 tofinish 13-7.
Avtar Gill died quietly inthe motel room he calledhome for many years.
About 50 people attended abeautiful memorial at FindlayMarket in his honor, and im-ages taken of him through theyears are surfacing all overthe internet including a newFacebook page with hundredsof likes already.
In the final years of hislife, he gave smiles to count-less faces.
His impact touched thou-sands.
Avtar, in case you haven’theard, is the “Cincinnati HatMan.” If you have attendedany large public gatherings
downtown,you have morethan likelyseen him.
Dressed incasual slacksand mostlycolorful T-shirts, he wasalwaysadorned withhis signatureball cap at-
tached to a piece of posterboard decorated in brightcolors with positive mes-sages. Among them – “Moth-er’s Day: Be proud to be amother.” “Rejoice. WorldChoir Games comes to town.Wow!”
I remember seeing him at
events. I remember upliftingbillboards. He was hard tomiss.
I never said hello. I neverasked him his name or why hemade it his life mission tohand out joy. I never told himhe brightened my day. I neversaid thank you.
Sadly, only now in the wakeof his absence, am I learningabout the man whose mes-sages of hope and inspirationtouched our hearts in mean-ingful ways.
How many of you can saythe same? Why is it that sooften we wait until a person isgone to memorialize theirgifts?
Please don’t get me wrong.I think it is wonderful to see
and read the outpouring ofemotions of people who weretouched by Avtar. I have nodoubt that Avtar is smilinglooking down upon this cityright now.
I only wish that he couldhave seen this outpouring ofadmiration while he was stillwith us.
In our busy lives, it is soeasy for us to go about ourroutines without taking thetime to let others know oftheir value. Or we put offsaying things thinking we cansay them later.
It isn’t because we don’tcare or that others don’t mat-ter. For whatever reason, wejust don’t say what is in ourheart.
Life can be short. None ofus know what is in store forour tomorrow. Caring andbeing there for each other iswhat makes our time here sospecial. We need to practicevoicing our appreciation.
There is a lesson to belearned from the passing ofAvtar Gill ... aka the “Cincin-nati Hat Man.”
In his honor and memory,let’s rejoice in life and in eachother. Today, tomorrow, nextweek and all year, make apoint to let others know theyare important.
Let’s celebrate and cherishgifts in the here and now.
Lisa Desatnik is a public relationsconsultant and Dillonvale resident.
Celebrate, cherish life’s gifts
LisaDesatnikCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
From birth until age 5, achild’s brain developsmorethan at any other period inlife.
The beginning years of achild’s life are critical forbuilding the foundation forsuccess later in school.
In this country, just threein10 4-year-olds are enrolledin high-quality programs thatprepare young childrenwiththe skills necessary for kin-
dergarten.The Or-
ganization ofEconomicCooperationandDevel-opment esti-mated theU.S. ranks28th out of 38countries forthe share offour-year-oldsenrolled in
early childhood education.In his Feb. 12 State of the
Union address, PresidentObama proposed a new feder-al-state partnership to pro-vide all low andmoderateincome 4-year-old childrenwith high-quality preschool.In addition, the proposal ex-pands access to preschool formiddle class families andincentivizes full-day kinder-garten. (Only six in10 chil-dren in the country have ac-cess to full-day kindergarten.)
Under the proposal, theU.S. Department of Educationwould allocate funds to statesbased on their share of 4-year-olds from low andmoderateincome families. States wouldbe required tomeet qualitybenchmarks linked to betteroutcomes for children, in-cluding:
» a plan to implement com-prehensive data and assess-ment systems.
Funds under the programmay also be used to expandfull-day kindergarten oncestates have provided pre-school education for their lowandmoderate income chil-dren.
The president’s proposalwould also help expand theavailability of EarlyHeadStart, which provides earlylearning opportunities before
children begin preschool, aswell as voluntary home vis-iting programs. Home visitingprograms enable nurses, so-cial workers, and other pro-fessionals to connect familiesto services and educationalsupport that improves achild’s health, developmentand ability to learn.
The president’s initiativewould not start from scratch.TheDistrict of Columbia and39 states have state-fundedpre-kindergarten programs.In our hometown, UnitedWayof Greater Cincinnati’s “Suc-cess by Six” program is push-ing to get Hamilton County’slow-income children ready toenter school.
Getting our youngest off toa great start is the best in-vestment we couldmake.
Having all children enter-ing kindergarten with theiracademic, social, and emo-tional skills intact would be agame changer in education.
As President Obama said,“Let’s do what works andmake sure none of our chil-dren start the race of lifealready behind.”
Richard O. Schwabwas associatehead of school, andmiddle schoolhead, Cincinnati Country DaySchool. He is founder of GlendaleOrganizing For America Communi-ty Team.
Universal preschoolproviding a difference
RichardSchwabCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
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Last week’s question“Do you think Congress
should approve the bill thatwould allow the nation’s 11 mil-lion unauthorized immigrants toapply for U.S. citizenship, whilealso providing significant newinvestments in border security?Why or why not?
“NO!!! And, that is a bogusnumber, the actual number isabout three times that large.US citizens first! Illegal alienslater, much later!”
J.G.
“Before I even consider thequestion, I have to wonder ...how on earth did 11million ille-gals get into this country?ELEVEN MILLION?
“If thegovernmenthasdonesuch a poor job of securing ourborders one has to wonder howthey will implement ANY lawsto correct this.
“My true opinion is that weshould deport every one ofthem and allow them to applyfor admission to this countrylike they should have done inthe first place. But since thatwill never happen, I guess thenext best thing is to allow themto apply and then weed out thecriminals and send those peo-ple back to where they camefrom, no excuses.
“What’s sad is that immi-grants are the backbone of thiscountry. Every one of us wereimmigrants, whether this gen-erationorsomewhere longago.However, my ancestors ap-plied andwaited their turn, andso should everyone else.
“This open door policy hasput this country in grave dan-ger.”
J.K.
“Absolutely not! To rewardcriminals by waiving punish-ment and granting them am-nesty is totally wrong.
“It’s especially unfair to themany people who have fol-lowed the rules and have ap-plied for and are waiting forcitizenship. The citizenshipprocess should strengthen theU.S. by allowing qualified anddesirable immigrants citizen-ship and not reward illegalaliens who broke the law bysneaking into and hiding in thecountry.
“The first step of any immi-gration policy should be to se-cure the borders.”
P.C.
“Nope. Illegal (not thepoliti-
cally correct word “unautho-rized”) means just that ... ille-gal.
“Those who break the lawshould be punished like anyoneelse. They should be forced togo back home, but could be of-fered the opportunity to comeback in a legal manner later.
“Border security should bea priority. Not only do many ofthese folks become a drain onlegal taxpayers in the form offree medical, welfare and So-cial Security payments, butmany of them will enter theU.S. just to have their babieshere so that they can collectfunds fromhighly taxedAmer-icans.
“I know for a fact that mydisabled veteran son getsabout one-third of what thesepeople can receive just for giv-ing birth within our borders.Even legal visitors can get thismoney simply for having theirbabies while they are here.
“Giveaways to non-citizensneed to stop. We can no longerafford to pay out this kind ofmoney when our injured sol-diers are suffering and legalcitizens are struggling to putfood on their tables.”
C.H.
“This nation is populated al-most exclusively by immi-grants. In the short run, weshould address the problem ef-fectively, and theproposed leg-islation sounds likea step in theright direction.
“But in the long run, theUnited States must learn moreabout assisting the economiesof nationswhich are the sourceof disproportionate numbersof immigrants, and we mustwork harder to overcome theforces within our borders andbeyond which oppose popula-tion education and control.
“Otherwise this is a rear-guard action with no hope ofsuccess.”
N.F.
“No, I don’t think Congressshould allow 11 million ILLE-
GAL ALIENS to apply for citi-zenship.
“My wife is an immigrantand this “amnesty” is a slap inthe face to her and anyone elsethat’s gone through the legalimmigration process.”
J.S.K.
“If the Republicans fall forthis they will never occupy theWhite House again.
“Obama’s vision of the U.S.becoming a western Europeansocialist statewill becomea re-ality. TheDemocrats look uponour friends from south of theborder as 11 million Democratvotes with absolutely no con-cern for the impact on medicaland social services here in theU.S.
“Furthermore, the borderwill never be secured. TheDemocrats do not want a se-cure border; they would behappy with an open border.
“The Republicans do nothave the will to do the hardwork required to properly se-cure the border.
“I have no problem with apathway to LEGAL RESIDEN-CY, but citizenship for peoplewho obviously don’t respectour laws should not be avail-able. After 20 years of legalresidency, paying taxes andfollowing our laws, they couldthen apply for citizenship.”
D.J.H.
“We should alwayswelcomeimmigrants; it’s one of the un-written principles we werefoundedupon that people comehere from other lands.
“All of us come from some-where else unlesswe’reNativeAmerican. Borders only needto be watched more closely be-cause of Mexican drug cartelsinfiltrating.
“A lot of the rest of the blus-ter about border security isparanoia, especially in Arizo-na.”
TRog
“I don’t like the idea of ourgovernment considering citi-zenship applications filed byapplicants who are alreadyhere, illegally – especially 11million of them!
“And I believe the presidentand Congress will utterly fail,as they have somany times be-fore, to secure our southernborder.
R.V.
CH@TROOM
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INDIANHILLJOURNAL
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013
More than 450 peopleattended the Light-house Beacon of
Light Awards Gala, whichraised more than $300,000 tobenefit Lighthouse YouthServices. This year’s honor-ees included Herbert R.Brown, Brynne F. Coletti andTerence L. Horan. Fran and
Larry Unger served as the2013 Beacon chairs. Light-house Youth Services start-edmore than43yearsagoasa single group home forgirls. Today, Lighthouseservesmore than 6,000 chil-dren, youth and families inneed annually.
Photos by Helen Adams
Beacons ofLIGHT
Fran Unger, of Glendale; Terence L. Horan, of Montgomery; and Tim Timmel, of Covington, Ky., werehonored during the Lighthouse Beacon of Light Awards Gala
Honorees at the Beacon Gala are, left to right, Herbert R. Brown, a resident ofNorth College Hill, and Brynne F. Coletti, a resident of Indian Hill; LighthousePresident and CEO Bob Mecum, a resident of Cherry Grove; and honoree Terence L.Horan, a resident of Montgomery.
Hyde Park residents attending the event include, left to right, SteveKondash, Kate Bennett, Mimi and Bruce Petrie.
Phil and Nancy Shepardson, of Anderson Township; Nancy Cassady, of SymmesTownship; Alison De Villiers; and Mike Cheetham, of East End.
Iva Brown, of North College Hill; and Carole Kennedy Reilly, ofMontgomery.
Tabatha Anderson, Elaine Rosenberg, Marvin Butts, and Marvin Rosenberg, all ofdowntown Cincinnati.
Sarah and George Hale, of North Avondale; Albert “Buzz” and Marian Brown, of EastWalnut Hills; Janie and Tom Schaefer, of Blue Ash.
Eileen Chalfie, of Wyoming; Tim Timmel, of Covington, Ky.; Kevin McDonnell, of IndianHill; and Karen Abel, of Wyoming.
B2 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • JUNE 6, 2013
THURSDAY, JUNE 6Art ExhibitsGreater Cincinnati WatercolorSociety Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn Gallery. Work by localartists working in all types ofwater media, including transpar-ent watercolor, gouache, tubeacrylics, fluid acrylics, watersoluble inks, casein and eggtempera. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.Material Matters, 10 a.m.-7p.m., Gallery Veronique, 11324Montgomery Road, Juried showfeaturing a broad range ofstyles from realistic imagery toabstractions, as well as 2-D and3-D pieces. Free. Through June20. 530-5379; galleryveronique-.com. Symmes Township.
Cooking ClassesGirls’ Night In with Ilene Ross,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Learn howto make your parties a successfrom start to finish. Ilene showshow to prepare, cook and servemouthwatering menu, perfectfor any gathering. $40. Reserva-tions required. 489-6400;www.cookswaresonline.com.Symmes Township.
Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 6-7 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Music from varietyof genres. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.
Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, 4865 Duck CreekRoad, Classes incorporate varietyof dance styles, including jazz,hip-hop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. $10.617-9498; www.cardiodancepar-ty.com.Madisonville.Pilates Playground, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, Worksentire body through series ofmovements performed withcontrol and intention. $15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Unique hands-off bodywork approach thathelps prevent pain, heal injuryand erase negative effects ofaging and active living. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Contemporaryblend of flowing yoga move-ments and core-centric Pilatessequences. $10-$15. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.
FestivalsSt. Gertrude Parish Festival,6-8 p.m., St. Gertrude Parish,7630 Shawnee Run Road, En-trance at 6551Miami Ave. Foodavailable: all festival favorites,plus fish, egg rolls and grilledchicken. Goetta beer, wine,Mike’s Lemonade and margari-tas with wristbands available forpurchase. Benefits St. GertrudeParish. Free. 494-1391;www.stgertrude.org/festival.Madeira.
Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 6:30-8 p.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel Gallery, 7770 E.Kemper Road, Project consult-ants and designers discuss trendsin kitchen and bath design.Light fare provided. Ages 18 andup. Free. Through Nov. 7. 489-7700; neals.com. Sharonville.
On Stage - TheaterShrek theMusical, 7:30-10 p.m.,Blue Ash Amphitheatre, 4433Cooper Road, Based on Oscar-winning DreamWorks film thatstarted it all. Outdoor amphithe-ater, bring seating. $8. ThroughJune 15. 871-7427; esptheate-r.org. Blue Ash.
Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literature
discussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. Through June27. 800-0164.Montgomery.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, JUNE 7Art ExhibitsGreater Cincinnati WatercolorSociety Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.Material Matters, 10 a.m.-6p.m., Gallery Veronique, Free.530-5379; galleryveronique.com.Symmes Township.
Dining EventsFriday Night Grillouts, 5-8p.m., Lake Isabella, 10174 Love-land-Madeira Road, Ben Alexan-der. Items available a la carte.Through Aug. 30. 521-7275, ext.285; www.greatparks.org.Symmes Township.
Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Strength move-ments to build lean muscle,cardio bursts to keep your heartracing, personal training direc-tion and supervision to lead youto fitness goals. Registrationrequired. 290-8217. Blue Ash.
FestivalsSt. John the Evangelist Festi-val, 6 p.m.-midnight, St. Johnthe Evangelist Church, 7121Plainfield Road, Variety of food,games, bid-n-buy, basket raffle,gambling and rides. Free. 791-3238; www.stjohndp.org. DeerPark.St. Gertrude Parish Festival,6-11:30 p.m., St. Gertrude Parish,Free. 494-1391; www.stger-trude.org/festival.Madeira.
Literary - LibrariesAnime Club, 6-8 p.m., Deer ParkBranch Library, 3970 E. GalbraithRoad, Watch anime, drawmanga, play Yu-Gi-Oh andinteract around these favoritepastimes. Ages 13-18. Free.Through March 7. 369-4450.Deer Park.
On Stage - ComedyEddie Gossling, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$15.Reservations required. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.
FestivalsSt. John the Evangelist Festi-val, 6 p.m.-midnight, St. Johnthe Evangelist Church, Free.791-3238; www.stjohndp.org.Deer Park.St. Gertrude Parish Festival,5-11:30 p.m., St. Gertrude Parish,5K Run andWalk 8:30 a.m. Free.494-1391; www.stgertrude.org/festival.Madeira.
Health / WellnessWeekend Day of Quiet, 10a.m., Grailville Retreat and
Program Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, House of Joy. Pro-vides time and space to immerseyourself in quiet reflection andprayer to refocus on personalgoals and to reconnect withwhat brings you joy in your life.$110, includes meals and singleoccupancy. Reservations re-quired. 683-2340; bit.ly/SqlAgy.Loveland.
Music - BluesDiamond Jim Dews Band, 9p.m.-1 a.m., HD Beans andBottles Cafe, 6721MontgomeryRoad, Free. 793-6036;www.hdbeans.com. Silverton.
On Stage - ComedyEddie Gossling, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$15.Reservations required. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.
RecreationCincinnati Soap Box Derby, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Red Dog PetResort and Spa, 5081MadisonRoad, Youth gravity-racingevent. Ages 7-17 build cars andrace downhill powered only bygravity at speeds reaching up to30 miles-per-hour. Free forspectators. 885-1373; www.cin-cysbd.com.Madisonville.
Religious - CommunityIce Cream Social, 3-7 p.m.,Bethel Murdoch PresbyterianChurch, 9602 Murdock GoshenRoad, Serving food and home-made ice cream. $7 meal or a lacarte. Music by Little MiamiSelect Women’s Chorale 4:30-5:30 p.m. 583-9676;www.thebmpc.org. Loveland.
ShoppingTackle Trade Days, 8 a.m.-6p.m., Lake Isabella, 10174 Love-land-Madeira Road, Sell or tradenew and used fishing equip-ment. Free, vehicle permitrequired. 791-1663; www.great-parks.org. Symmes Township.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9Art ExhibitsGreater Cincinnati WatercolorSociety Show, 1-4 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org.Mariemont.
AuditionsBarefoot in the Park, 4 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, 4101Walton Creek Road, Thoseauditioning should bring anupdated theatre resume. Headshots are helpful, but not re-quired. The auditions will consistof cold readings from the script.Free. Through June 10. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.Columbia Township.
FestivalsSt. John the Evangelist Festi-val, 4-10 p.m., St. John theEvangelist Church, Free. Chickendinner available for purchase4-7 p.m. 791-3238;www.stjohndp.org. Deer Park.St. Gertrude Parish Festival,3-10 p.m., St. Gertrude Parish,Free. Arm band ride special 3-6
Music - BenefitsHabitat for Humanity Concert,2 p.m., St. Barnabas EpiscopalChurch, 10345 MontgomeryRoad, Eclectic program of classi-cal, jazz and popular music.With Michael Chertock, pianist,and other performers TBA.Benefits Habitat for Humanity.Free, donations collected. 984-8401.Montgomery.
AuditionsBarefoot in the Park, 7 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, Free.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.
Business SeminarsTraining on How to GenerateRevenue from Your Website,3-5 p.m., Embassy Suites BlueAsh, 4554 Lake Forest Drive,Learn ways to save money usingwebsite tools. $49. Registrationrequired. 403-0301; cincytrai-ningapril2013.eventbrite.com.Blue Ash.
Clubs & OrganizationsCincinnati Toastmasters ClubNo. 472Meeting, 7-8:30 p.m.,St. Paul Community UnitedMethodist Church, 8221MiamiRoad, Public speaking andleadership skills meeting. Familyfriendly. Free. 351-5005; cincin-nati.toastmastersclubs.org.Madeira.
Cooking ClassesTweens in the Kitchen: Campwith Holly Bader, 11 a.m.-1p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Four-daycamp. Each day, students workin teams to create variety ofrecipes including main dish, oneor more complementary sidedishes and dessert. Ages 9-12.$150. Reservations required.489-6400; www.cookswaresonli-ne.com. Symmes Township.PizzaBomba: AMobile Mon-day class with Bill Stone,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Featuresone food that Cincinnati’s beenmissing: New York-style pizza.With Devil Knots, MeatballSliders, more pizza and Beerami-su. $40. Reservations required.489-6400; www.cookswaresonli-ne.com. Symmes Township.
Exercise Classes
Small Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 5-6p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, Registration required. 290-8217. Blue Ash.
Summer Camps -AcademicAcademic Enrichment Camp, 8a.m.-4 p.m., Trinity MissionaryBaptist Church, 6320 ChandlerSt., Campers extend their aca-demic learning. Ages 6-12. $50per week; pay as you go. Regis-tration required. 794-9886;oratoredu.com.Madisonville.
Summer Camps -MiscellaneousSt. Vincent Ferrer SummerCamps, 8:30-11:30 a.m. HighSchool Placement Test Prep,grades 7-8. Art, grades 1-8.French, grades 5-8. Sports andgames, grades 2-6., St. VincentFerrer School, 7754 Montgo-mery Road, $100. Registrationrequired by June 1. 791-6320.Sycamore Township.
Summer Camps - SportsBritish Soccer Camp, 9 a.m.-4p.m., Cincinnati Country DaySchool, 6905 Given Road, Day issplit into morning and after-noon sessions. Monday-Friday.Innovative daily regimen offoot-skills, moves, juggling,tactical practices and dailytournament play. Challengeralso weaves lessons on respect,responsibility, integrity, leader-ship and sportsmanship. Ages4-11. $155 half-day. Full daycamp available. 407-6739. IndianHill.
Art ExhibitsGreater Cincinnati WatercolorSociety Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.Material Matters, 10 a.m.-6p.m., Gallery Veronique, Free.530-5379; galleryveronique.com.Symmes Township.
Cooking ClassesThat’s Italian: Dinner andWine Pairing with Liz andDavid Cook, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, David and Liz highlightflavors of Italy along withspecially chosen wines to fit theoccasion. Ages 21 and up. $60.Reservations required. 489-6400;www.cookswaresonline.com.Symmes Township.
functional strength trainingmovements with Pilates se-quences. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Hatha Yoga, 5-6 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Gentle introductoryjourney into the world of yoga.$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Small Group Personal Train-ing, 4-5 p.m., Fitness Physiquesby Nico G, Registration required.290-8217. Blue Ash.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8:30 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 ExhibitsGreater Cincinnati WatercolorSociety Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.Material Matters, 10 a.m.-6p.m., Gallery Veronique, Free.530-5379; galleryveronique.com.Symmes Township.
Exercise ClassesZumba, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Phy-siques by Nico G, 9681 KenwoodRoad, $15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Zumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Latin-based cardioworkout. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Small Group Personal Train-ing, 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 5-6p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, Registration required. 290-8217. Blue Ash.
Literary - LibrariesTeen Board Gaming, 2:30-4p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Teensand tweens play board games oftheir choice. Games played mostoften are Apples to Apples,Scrabble, Forbidden Island,Zombie Fluxx, Uno and Skip-Bo.Ages 11-18. Free. 369-4450. DeerPark.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.
On Stage - ComedyFunniest Person in CincinnatiContest, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,8410 Market Place, Aspiringcomedians perform. Amateurand semi-pro categories. Ages 18and up. $5. Reservations re-quired. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.
THURSDAY, JUNE 13Art ExhibitsGreater Cincinnati WatercolorSociety Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.Material Matters, 10 a.m.-7p.m., Gallery Veronique, Free.530-5379; galleryveronique.com.Symmes Township.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
The St. Gertrude Parish Festival is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 6; 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.Friday, June 7; 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, and 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday, June 9,at 7630 Shawnee Run Road, Madeira. All the festival food favorites will be available, plusfish, egg rolls and grilled chicken and goetta. Beer, wine, Mike's Lemonade and margaritaswill be available for purchase. The festival benefits St. Gertrude Parish and is free. Call494-1391, or visit www.stgertrude.org/festival. THANKS TO IRENE DEVINE
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Thanks to all of youwho stopped to chatwhile I was cooking upfun food with my friendand Price Hill Krogerexecutive chef DebGoulding at the Taste of
Cincinnati.This was anew venuefor Taste.We were inthe P&Gpavilionsurround-ed by up-scale res-taurantsofferingamazing
food. Our demo featurednatural foods, includingDeb’s gazpacho withbasil crème fraiche andmy tabouleh. The stu-dents from our variousculinary schools helpedprepped our food for 150servings, and they did awonderful job, choppingand mincing ingredientsto perfection.
My family’stabouleh
This is the time ofyear I pick wild grapeleaves for scooping uptabouleh. You also canuse leaf lettuce. This is a“go to taste” recipe, won-derful as a main or sidedish, or stuffed into pitafor a sandwich. I keeptweaking the recipe andhere’s my latest. Tabou-leh uses bulghur crackedwheat (great for lower-ing cholesterol and agood source of fiber).Every family has theirown version. (Check outmy blog for the taboulehvideo).
1 cup bulghur crackedwheat, No. 2 grind
5medium tomatoes,chopped fine, skin left on
1bunch green onions, slicedthin, white and greenparts
1 bunch parsley, choppedfine
1 small bunch radishes,chopped fine (optional)
1 large English cucumber,chopped fine, skin left on
1bell pepper, chopped fineCumin to taste, start with 1teaspoon
Handful choppedmint andbasil (optional)
Salt and pepperOlive, corn or safflower oilto taste (start with 4tablespoons)
Lemon juice to taste
Place wheat in bowland rinse under coolwater three times. (Whythree times? Because mymom said so!). Leaveabout a 1⁄4 inch of water
after the third rinse ontop of the wheat to softenit. Let sit for 15-20 min-utes, until water is ab-sorbed and wheat is ten-der. Squeeze to drain anyremaining liquid out.Meanwhile, mix vegeta-bles: Add all vegetablesin large bowl, mixinggently. Add cumin, mint,basil and salt and pepper.Add wheat, and mix well.Add oil, a little at a time,and mix. Taste for sea-sonings. Add lemon juiceto taste.
Tip from Rita’sKitchen
Be sure and buycracked wheat that alsosays “bulghur” on thelabel so that it reconsti-tutes in cool water easily.Jungle Jim’s sells severalgrinds. I like the No. 2grind.
Deb Goulding’sgazpacho with basilcrème fraiche
Deb’s recipe is on myblog at Cincinnati.Com/blogs.
3 tablespoons butter,softened plus extra forfrying
1 teaspoonminced garlic orto taste (optional)
Palmful chopped parsley(optional)
Salt and pepper1 large egg, lightly beatenOil, about 1 tablespoon
Cover potatoes withcold water and cook untiltender. Drain and cooljust until they can behandled and peeled.While still warm, mashand stir in butter, garlic,parsley, salt and pepper.Then add egg, combiningwell. Form 1⁄2 cupfuls intofour four-inch cakes. (Ifyou want to chill for 30
minutes or so before orafter forming patties,that is OK.). Add 3 table-spoons butter and oil toskillet over medium-lowheat. After butter quitsfoaming, add cakes andcook about 5 minutes oneach side, or until golden,
adding more butter ifnecessary.
South-of-the-bordercinnamon sugarsprinkle
For the reader whohad pine nut sugar cook-
ies in Santa Fe, toppedwith a sugar, cinnamonand cocoa mixture. “Ican’t forget the hauntingflavor of the topping andwant to make some cook-ies,” she said.
Mix together
1 cup granulated sugar1 generous tablespoon ofcinnamon
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
Can you help?Carlos’ Restaurant’s
chicken. Francine L.wants to make her hus-band a special birthdaydinner, like the chickendish from Carlos’ restau-rant in Florence, nowclosed. He loved it somuch that when they satdown, the waitress wouldautomatically ask if hewanted Carlos chicken.“His heart is broken nowthat it’s closed.”
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Rita shares Taste of Cincinnati recipes
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Rita’s family tabouleh recipe is chock full of fresh vegetables. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.
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We’ve seen it foryears, companies calland offer to come toyour home and cleanyour carpets for agreat price.
But what you re-ceive is not what youthought you were get-ting. So, before yousign up, there are sev-eral questions you needto ask.
Maureen Cleary ofSpringfield Townshipreceived a call to cleanher carpets from afirm she had used inthe past, but which isnow under new owner-ship. She agreed tohave them clean, butthey didn’t show up forthe appointment. Theydidn’t show up untilseveral days later.
“They just calledwhen they were in thedriveway and said,‘We’re here to clean thecarpets.’ I said. ‘It’sSunday.’ But I hadenough time to havethem clean the carpet.I thought I’d rather getit clean than have toreschedule,” Clearysaid.
It cost her $93 forthe cleaning, which shepaid by check. But, thenext morning Clearyfound problems. “Thespots where the carpetis not dry, there arelarge brown spots invarious places allaround the carpet,” shesaid.
Cleary called thecompany; a techniciancame out and tried,unsuccessfully, toclean the spots byhand. Cleary said hethen told her, “Don’tworry, it’s not a prob-lem. We can get thisout. I’ll be back onWednesday with themachine and I’ll have ittaken care of. Don’tworry about it; it’sgoing to come out.”
Unfortunately, Cle-ary said no one cameback to get out thestains. She called thecompany again andasked them to sendover the same peoplewho had successfullycleaned the carpets inthe past. But, she says,she got no response tothat request either.
were no stains, period... They’re not takingcare of this. They’renot answering thephone. They’re notcommunicating.They’re taking no re-sponsibility whatso-ever,” Cleary said.
So I contacted thecarpet cleaning compa-ny and, eventually, atechnician came backand re-cleaned thecarpets. But Clearysaid while they lookbetter, some spots re-main and she wants hermoney back. I told thecompany and its nowagreed to refund hermoney and replacepadding so the spotsdisappear.
To protect yourselfwhen hiring a companyto do work around yourhome, first get a copyof the firm’s liabilityinsurance policy. Dothat before you hirethem because trying toget it later, afterthere’s a problem, canbe difficult. Remem-ber, you need to havethat policy so you canfile a claim if the com-pany damages yourproperty.
In addition, whenhiring a carpet clean-ing company ask if it isproviding its own highvoltage electricity, orjust plugging into yourhouse current. Itshould provide its ownpower in order to dryyour carpets properlyso such spot don’t ap-pear.
Finally, don’t pay thecompany with a check.Instead, pay with acredit card so you candispute the charge ifthere’s a problem.
Howard Ain answers con-sumer complaints weekdayson WKRC-TV Local 12. Writeto him at 12 WKRC-TV, 1906Highland Ave., Cincinnati45219.
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Anderson HillsUnitedMethodistChurch
The church is launching a newSaturday night worship serviceon the first Saturday of eachmonth at 6 p.m.
The church has two contem-porary services on Sundays at9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., and twotraditional services at 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m.
The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172;www.andersonhillsumc.org.
Ascension LutheranChurch
The congregation’s firstAnnual Father’s Day Gift Drivefor First Lutheran Church indowntown Cincinnati is inprogress. Paper bags brightlydecorated by the Sunday Schoolstudents will be filled withneeded men’s items. Filled bagswill be delivered to First Luther-an in time for Fathers’ Day. Formore information call thechurch office.
“Splash in God’s Word!” VBS
is scheduled for July 8-12. Activ-ities include games (with water),science, cooking, crafts andvideos. Hours are 9:30 a.m. tonoon. Children in the communi-ty are invited. Call 793-3288 tomake reservations.
Healing Touch Ministry isoffered on the fourth Tuesday ofeach month at 7 p.m. Please callthe church office at 793-3288 formore information.
Summer worship is at 10 a.m.Ascension is at 7333 Pfeiffer
Road, Montgomery; 793-3288.
Bethel BaptistTemple
High Power Soccer Campstarts 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Wednesday, June 5, and runsthrough July 10, at the HolmesElementary field. The camp isfree. Kids go through soccerskills, drills and games and willenjoy Bible lessons, stories andskits. An optional T-shirt is $5.
Kids ages 3-12 are invited tohear Bible stories, compete ingames and participate in a Biblequiz competition at a summerBible camp being offered from 2p.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Sunday
in June, at Bechtold Park shelterNo. 4. Younger children ages 3-6will be led in fun crafts andactivities and playtime followingstorytime. Older children will bedivided into teams to competein games, Bible quizzes andverse memorization. The camp isfree. Call the church with ques-tions, and visit “Bethel BaptistAWANA” on Facebook for moreinformation and any weathercancellations.
Chick-fil-A is sponsoring thenext Uprising, a student ministryfor high school and college-agestudents at Bethel. Uprising isoffered on the first Friday ofeach month from 7 p.m. to 9p.m. The Next Uprising is June 7.
All are invited to this non-denominational time of wor-ship, fun, group games andconnecting with other students.Included is a free StarbucksCoffee bar, food from Chick-fil-A, giveaways, a live band,games, a photo booth andmore. Look for the Uprising sign.Find Uprising on Facebook at“The Uprising – Student Out-reach of Cincinnati” and onTwitter @CincyUprising.
The adult, teen and children’sSunday School classes cometogether for an hour of skitsfrom the drama team, children’ssongs, games, penny wars andmore during Round Up Sunday,offered during Sunday Schoolhour on the first Sunday of eachmonth. Visitors and their fam-ilies are welcome.
Sunday School is 10 a.m.;Sunday worship is 11 a.m.
The church offers AWANAchildren’s Bible clubs during theschool year at 7 p.m. Wednes-days for children ages 2 throughsixth grade. Contact the churchfor information, or visit theAWANA page on Facebook:search for “Bethel Baptist AWA-NA.”
A small group Bible study isoffered Wednesday evenings atthe church at 7:30 p.m.
The church is at 8501 Plain-field Road, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.
Blue AshPresbyterian Church
Please contribute cereal toNortheast Emergency Dis-tribution Services (NEEDS) forthe month of June. The dona-tion box is outside the churchoffice.
The BAPC bowling groupmeets at Crossgate Lanes at 9:45a.m. every Thursday.
The church is collecting fansand window air conditioners forSt. Vincent DePaul. Cash dona-tions can be made also. Pleasecontact the church office fordetails.
Jacob’s Ladder is the themefor Sunday School (pre-Kthrough 12th-grade); theseclasses are taught after thechildren’s sermon in the worshipservice.
Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m.
The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153.
CommunityLighthouse Churchof God
Sunday Services are at 10 a.m.and 6 p.m.; Wednesday serviceat 7 p.m.
The church is at 4305 Syca-more Road, Sycamore Township.
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The Jewish Federationof Cincinnati recentlyconducted its117thannualmeeting –Cincinnati 2020LIVE – at the MayersonJCC.
Attendees payed trib-ute to agencies’ and con-gregations’ achievementsin the past year and hon-ored community’s volun-teers and professionalswho are making Cincin-nati 2020 a reality.
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Annual meeting at-tendees learned about theconcrete progress thathas been made so far andgot a preview of futureprojects.
The annual meetingalso celebrated the localJewish organizations andcongregations with thepremiere of a video high-lighting theachievementsof thepastyear, andshow-cased the programs thathave reached the entirecommunity.
“We are proud of whatour organizations andcongregations have ac-complished in the lastyear—and of the goodthey do every day,” saidFederation CEO ShepEnglander. “We want to
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The Robert V. Gold-stein Volunteer of theYear Award was given toBeth Guttman of IndianHill, past president of theJewish Federation andcurrent Federation andJewish Foundation boardmember.
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Danielle V. Minson, ofHyde Park, the Federa-
of experience.New or re-elected
board members for the2013–2014 year – Dr. Da-vid Bernstein, NinaCroog, Mike Dattner, Su-zette Fisher, Cindy Gutt-man, Ronnen Isakov, To-vah Kirschner, MichelleRothzeid, Scott Samuel-son andMark Sass – wereofficially nominated andvoted into office.
Volunteers, professionals lauded by federation
Two students at TheSeven Hills School werehonored for their volun-teer service with both thejunior and senior awardsin the 48th annual SimonLazarusHumanRelationsAwards, sponsored by theAmerican Jewish Com-mittee, Cincinnati.
Brian Collette, of Indi-an Hill, was named seniorclass winner and JessicaSeibold, of Madeira, wasnamed junior class win-ner in the May 1 ceremo-ny at Rockdale Temple atwhich53outstandinghighschool volunteers werehonored.
“For 48years,AJCCin-cinnati has honored re-markable student volun-teers from public, privateand parochial schools,who organize their class-mates to selflessly serveothers, feed the hungry,help the homeless andbrighten the days of thosein need. AJC believesthese students are shiningexamples of the best ofour region,” said ToddSchild, Simon Lazarus
Awards chairman.Collette’s enthusiasm
for social action, determi-nation to improve thelives of others locally andglobally, and his savvycreativity in developingefforts to match needsseem limitless. Just tworesults of Collette’s work,which were noted at theLazarus Awards ceremo-ny, were “helping createnearly 450 jobs world-wide and befriending thehomeless locally to helpthem get jobs.”
Collette and a smallgroupof teens arehelpingsmall businesses in ThirdWorld countries throughCharitable InnovationsInc., the student-run mi-crofinancing corporationthey founded.
The idea behind Chari-table Innovations is todouble the effect of dol-lars donated to estab-lished charities by put-ting those funds into mi-croloans in developingcountries through KivaMicrofunds(Kiva.org).The original charity gets
all of its money in time,and the borrowers in de-veloping countries havethe funds to start busi-nesses, create jobs, andrepay the loans.
Collette’s contribu-tions to his community in-
clude founding two othersocial enterprises: one toraise funds for programsto prevent teen suicideanddepression andanoth-er to help match hard-to-place people with jobs.
In addition to his out-
reach efforts with Cincin-nati’s homeless, Colletteis working on an English-to-Spanish translationof apamphlet for a local rapecrisis center.
When junior winnerJessica Seibold was asophomore, she thoughtof a way to make a differ-ence in the academic livesof thestudentswhoattendSeven Hills’ neighboringpublic elementary schoolin Madisonville.
Assistant Head ofSchool Susan Marrs re-called, “All it took for Jes-sica to set up her student-initiated, student-run tu-toring program was amountain of commitment,organization, persever-ance, faith, and lots ofphone calls andmeetings.By last spring she hadnailed everythingdownatthe K-8 school and hadalso won her classmates’support.
“Every Wednesdaynow, Jessica and 35 otherstudents fromSevenHillsspend their lunchtime atthat school, tutoring fifth-
and eighth-graders inmath and reading.They’re greeted withhugs when they walk inthe door, and they walkout 45 minutes later to goback to their own classes,knowing that they’vemade a difference.”
Seibold said, “If wechange young kids’ mindsabout school, we can notonly raise graduationrates, we can show themthat education is the gate-way to opportunity.”
For all of Seibold’s ser-vice efforts, which in-clude volunteering at asoup kitchen and a home-less shelter, she receivedthe Youth LeadershipAward from the UnitedWay of Greater Cincin-nati in a ceremony honor-ing community leaders onApril 30.
Annually, the UnitedWay of Greater Cincin-nati honors one highschool student in the re-gion who demonstratesleadership traits and acommitment to givingback to the community.
Two earn awards for volunteer efforts
American Jewish Committee Lazarus Awards ChairmanTodd Schild, left, and American Jewish Committee VicePresident Sandy Kaltman, right, congratulate SimonLazarus Human Relations Award winners Brian Colletteand Jessica Seibold, both students at Seven Hills School.THANKS TO KATHY DEUBELL
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INDIAN HILLArrests/citationsFrederick B. Gilliam, 37, 7899 YMCARoad, speed, May 12.Lorinn S. Williams, 48, 9005 ShawneeRun Road, sell/serve alcohol/minor-purchase, May 11.
Incidents/investigationsTheftPossible ID theft reported at 4940Burley Hills Drive, May 12.
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INDIAN HILL6670 Wyman Lane: Sharif Zulfikar A.& Bridgette C. to MccawMichael E.;$1,050,000.8420 Indian Hill Road: CumminsJames R. & Deborah B. to CumminsDeborah B.; $90,000.
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lishes the names of all adultscharged with offenses. Theinformation is a matter ofpublic record and does notimply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police
department:» Indian Hill Rangers, ChiefChuck Schlie, 561-7000
Andrew Weber, the IndianHill resident accused of sell-ing mushrooms to a Marie-mont High student just be-fore the teen was struck by acar and killed, admitted hisguilt Thursday.
Weber, 21, pleaded guiltyto aggravated trafficking indrugs and two counts of traf-ficking in marijuana,charges that carry a maxi-mum prison sentence of 51⁄2years.
Collin Barton, 16, was at aMarch 18, 2012, party whereauthorities say he got mush-rooms from Weber. A coro-ner’s report notedBarton hadpsilocin, the hallucinogenfound in certain mushroomvarieties, and marijuana inhis system.
That likely impaired Col-lin, Hamilton County Prose-cutor Joe Deters said, wholeft the party and was walk-ing in the 8600 block ofWoos-ter Pike in Columbia Town-ship when he was struck by acar at about 5 a.m. Collin like-ly was walking in the street,prosecutors said. His body
was found twodays later overan embank-ment near theroad.
Weber wasaccused of sell-ing Collin hallu-cinogenicmushrooms for
$80 that night.Healsowasac-cused of selling mushroomstwice more to others whowere working with police.
Weber’s case has taken solong partly because he spenttime in a drug rehabilitationcenter after his arrest.
Initially, Deters said thedriver of the car that struckCollin – AdamHorvath, 24, ofMilford – wouldn’t becharged in Collin’s death. Butin October, Horvath was ar-rested and charged, accusedof falling asleep behind thewheel of a 2002 Honda CiviconWooster Pike. Horvath lat-erwas convicted of vehicularmanslaughter and sentencedto 90 days of house arrest.
Weber, who lives in a $1million IndianHill house,willbe sentenced July15 byHam-ilton County Common PleasCourt Judge Melba Marsh.
HEALTH/WELLNESSAmerican Diabetes Association – Seeksvolunteers in its area office downtownfor clerical support, filling requests foreducational materials from phonerequests, data entry, special eventssupport and coordinating the healthfair. Call 759-9330.American Heart Association – Volun-teers needed to assist with the Amer-ican Heart Association’s cause cam-paigns, Power to End Stroke, Go RedFor Women, Start!, and the Alliancefor a Healthier Generation. Assign-ments include clerical work, eventspecific duties and community out-reach. Contact the American HeartAssociation at 281-4048 or [email protected] North Hospital – has openingsfor adult volunteers in several areas ofthe hospital. Call 865-1164 for in-formation and to receive a volunteerapplication.Cancer Free Kids – is looking for kidswho need service hours to do an“Athletes For Alex” used sports equip-ment drive in their neighborhood or atyour sporting event, and fight child-hood cancer. Visit Cancerfreekids.organd click on Athletes for Alex for moreinformation.Captain Kidney Educational Program –Needs volunteers one or more morn-ings or afternoons a month during theschool year to educate children in first-through sixth-grades about kidneyfunction and disease. Training provid-ed. Call 961-8105.Crossroads Hospice – Crossroads Hos-pice seeks compassionate volunteers tojoin its team of “Ultimate Givers,”whostrive to provide extra love and com-fort to terminally ill patients and theirfamilies throughout the Cincinnati
region.“Ultimate Givers” visit with patients intheir homes, assisted living facilitiesand nursing facilities, and help withclerical duties at the Crossroads office.They provide emotional support andcompanionship to patients and familymembers, assist with errands, or pro-vide respite for those caring for termi-nally ill loved ones.Crossroads Hospice is also seekingvolunteers to support its signatureprograms inspired by Jim Stovall’snovel, “The Ultimate Gift.” The “Giftof a Day” program asks patients whattheir perfect day is and staff andvolunteers work to make it a reality.For more information or to sign up asan “Ultimate Giver,” please call 793-5070 or complete an application onlineat http://bit.ly/Uw5bSX.Before becoming a Crossroads Hospice“Ultimate Giver,” participants mustcomplete an application, TB skin test,and training session lead by membersof the Crossroads team. Volunteersmust wait a minimum of one year afterthe death of an immediate familymember or loved one before applying.Destiny Hospice – is seeking caring andcompassionate people to make adifference in the life of a person livingwith terminal illness. No special skills orexperience needed; simply a willing-ness to help provide comfort andsupport. Orientation is scheduled to fitthe volunteer’s schedule. Opportunitiesare available throughout the Cincin-nati, Middletown and Butler Countyarea. Contact Angie at 554-6300, oramclaughlin@destiny-hospice. com.Heartland Hospice – is seeking volun-teers to assist with our patients andtheir families. Call Jacqueline at 831-5800.
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The Society of St. Vin-cent de Paul is asking forhelp in bringing relief tothe residents of Moore,Okla., following the dev-astation of the recent tor-nado.
St. Vincent de Paul isasking for financial dona-tions to directly supportthose local volunteers liv-ing in the affected area intheir efforts.
St. Vincent de Paul isalso collecting personalcare items and toiletries,cleaning supplies, firstaid supplies, blankets andbaby care products. Thegroup is partnering with
Matthew 25 Ministries todeliver these items to theaffected area.
Here’s how to help:»Make a financial do-
nation online atwww.SVDPcincinnati.orgor by calling 421-4673.
»Donate personal careitems, cleaning supplies,first aid supplies, blan-kets and baby care prod-ucts at any St. Vincent dePaul Thrift Store locationor at the group’sWest EndOutreach Center.
» Spread the word tofriends and family whoare looking for ways tohelp volunteers working
on the ground in the af-fected area.
“Our prayers go out tothe victims of the storm,”said Liz Carter, executivedirector, St. Vincent dePaul-Cincinnati.
“We are always grate-ful for the giving spirit ofour own community. Weencourage everyone tosupport the relief effortsthrough prayers andthrough giving.”
For more informationonSt.VincentdePaul-Cin-cinnati’s relief effortscontact Eric Young, com-munity relations man-ager, at 614-1943.
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MONTGOMERY — Afamily owned business inMontgomery is aboutmore than delivering apremium product to itsconsumers.
Mt.KofinasOliveOil isalso preserving the fam-ily heritage and hoping tobring culture to GreaterCincinnati.
“My great grandfatherplanted the olive trees inCrete 80 years ago,” saidNick Semertzides, salesand operations managerat Mt. Kofinas.
Semertzides and hiswife Elini Androulaki runthe store just off Montgo-mery Road where theytake pressed olive oilfrom a village coopera-tive in Crete, Greece, andinfuse it herbs and otherflavors through a multi-ple-month process. Thefamily business opened in2010 and has grown into aretail operation reaching11 farmers markets andseveral specialty grocersaround Cincinnati.
Thedecision toopenupforretail andexpandtheirbusiness was motivatedby the poor economy inGreece.
“Before, it wasmore ofa hobby,” Semertzidessaid. “The problem wasthe way the economy wasin Greece, the sale price(of olive oil) went waydown and there wasn’tenough money to waterthe trees.”
Businesshasbeenverygood for the small shop –Semertzides says the
store sold all the olive oilmade last year and hasgrown45percent over thelast year.
The reason for the suc-cess, Semertzides said, issimple.Mt.Kofinasofferspure olive oil infusedwithreal herbs and flavorsyoucan’t find on the shelf in alarge grocer. When buy-ing at Mt. Kofinas, eachbottle is filled to order de-pending on customers’preference and sealed atthe time of purchase.
“People come here andwe bottle the olive oil infront of them,” Androula-ki said. “It’s important be-cause they have to knowthat we don’t buy oil fromlarge manufacturers.”
Over time, the familyhopes to bring the cultureof olive growing, pressingand thehealth benefits as-sociated with using pre-mium olive oil to cookwith, Androulaki said.
“There is a whole cul-ture behind it,” Androula-ki said. “We want to sharethatculture,not justbringolive oil here.”
Thesuccessof theshopmeans the family’s olivetradition is not only se-cure, but thriving. Ifthings go according toplan, Mt. Kofinas willserve more of GreaterCincinnati in the near fu-ture. Androulaki saidplans are in place for asecond location to opensoon.
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Fustis are used to hold olive oil while it is infused with herbs for four to sixweeks at Mt. Kofinas Traditional Cretan Cold Pressed and Infused Olive Oil inMontgomery. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Mt. Kofinas uses traditional processto create Mediterranean flavor
A picture of Greek countryside with Mt. Kofinas hangs in the namesake's olive-oil store in Montgomery. JASON HOFFMAN/THE
COMMUNITY PRESS
Fustis are used to hold olive oil while itis infused with herbs for four to sixweeks at Mt. Kofinas TraditionalCretan Cold Pressed and Infused OliveOil in Montgomery. JASON HOFFMAN/THE
COMMUNITY PRESS
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MADEIRA—The future of thecity-owned railroad depot indowntown Madeira will be de-cided over the summer aftercity council opened the site upfor new business proposals.
Madeira’s Economic Devel-opment Committee met May 22to listen toaproposal fromChooChoo’s restaurant owner MikeWessel for his vision to replacethe eatery with an ice creamshop, but the committee did notrecommend council accept hisproposal.
“If I hadmyway I’d bework-ing on my new idea for the de-pot,” Wessel said. “Right now Idon’t think that would be verysmart for me because someonemight come up with a betteridea.”
The city will instead send re-quest-for-proposal packages tointerested businesses whowould want to lease the depotand potentially repurpose it.City Manager Tom MoellerWednesday notified Wessel hewould receive a 30-day notifica-tion his lease is being terminat-ed.
Wessel has been a tenant for13 years, but following a May 8fire in the restaurant’s kitchen,the city decided to look at otheroptionsfor thesite thatwouldn’tincludethesametypeofkitchensetup. The grease fire was de-termined to be the fault of thekitchen staff andWessel’s oper-ation had previously failed in-spection for several issues in-cluding excessive grease build-up in his friers.
Wessel said he is going to fin-ish the necessary repairs to thefire-damaged kitchen and will
submit his formal proposal foran ice cream shop to the city.
“It’s their building, notmine,and they have to do what theywant to do,” Wessel said. “Ithought this coming Tuesday Iwould get word about my pro-posal, but I don’t think anythingwas accomplished.”
The hardest part for the res-tauranteur is tellinghisemploy-eeshedoesn’t knowwhat the fu-ture holds. In the interim, Wes-sel advised his employees tolookelsewhere for jobs inhopeshe can open the ice-cream shopthis summer.
“It’s rough for the peoplewho work for me,” Wessel saidofhis12employees. “Somehavebeen here since the doorsopened and others have four,five or six years working forme.”
Council heard from anotherbusiness owner who’s con-cerned with the direction cityofficials are going with the his-toric district. Creativities ArtStudio owner Christine Parkerspoke to council to reiterate herdesire for a clear vision for thedistrict housing her businessand voice concern the city isn’ttaking residents’ input into con-sideration.
“I’m concerned both as theowner of Creativities and as aresident,” Parker said. “Councilneeds to formulate a cohesiveplan for this entire area beforemoving forward on any part ofit. Given that there is nowhereto put these houses, we don’teven know if Paxton’s will becoming toMadeira.”
The potential Paxton’s Grillisstillbeingnegotiatedbetweenreal-estate developer TomPow-ers and Madeira officials. Pow-ers and the city have until June21 to reach an agreement orPowers will lose the exclusivenegotiating rights council gavehim at its March 25meeting.
“Council should figure out agood plan for the houses, thentake care of Paxton’s, and thendecide what the best use of thetraindepotwillbe,”Parkersaid.“All of this should be done withinputfromourcitizensandlocalbusinesses, and then bid out sowe get the best possible out-come for our city.”
The plan to put a Paxton’sGrill in at the site of the Hos-brook andMuchmore houses onMiamiAvenue involvesmovingboth houses and developing theland on which they reside. Thatplan has drawn the ire of sever-al people in the community andled to heated debates aboutMa-deira officials’ transparency atpast council meetings.
Council set a June 12 dead-line for proposals to be submit-ted.
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Choo Choo’s Restaurant in Madeira faces an uncertain future after a May 8 fire. The city, which owns thebuilding, is soliciting bids for other uses for the property. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Choo Choo’s ownergiven 30-day notice
Mike Wessel, owner of Choo Choo's restaurant, pitches his idea for anice-cream shop to the Madeira Economic Development CommitteeWednsday, May 22. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
