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FOODFreeze those gardentomatoes for winterusing Rita’s recipe forroasted tomatoes.Full story, A7
CONTESTEDRACESBoth city council andthe school board willhave contested races.Full story, A2
BACK TO BASICSCCD School is encouraging childrento get outdoors. Full story, A3.
Indian Hill schools willlaunch an Indian Hill Perform-ing Arts Academy this fall.
“Fine arts helps to create amorewell-rounded individual,”said Lisa Harris, a speech com-munications teacher and thea-ter director at Indian Hill HighSchool.
Harris developed the pro-grambased on her recent expe-rience with the BroadwayTeachers Workshop which sheattended this summer.
“Broadwayhasbecomeveryfamily-friendly with their pro-ductions,” said Harris, who is aresident of Kenwood. “Thereare now more young perform-ers in the productions.”
Shesaida focusof thisyear’sBroadwayworkshopwaswork-ingwithyoungperformers. Shesaid this inspiredher to suggestan after school program focus-ing on the performing arts.
The academy will feature avariety of classes for grades 3through 12. Classes will be of-fered inacting,musical theater,dance and other areas.
She said participants will re-ceive training from profession-als in the performing arts field.
Harris said proceeds raisedfrom the tuition will go towardfine arts programs in theschools.
Tuition costs for the acad-emywill vary depending on thespecific class.
The academy will start inSeptember and continuethrough the school year. Harrissaid plans are to continue theprogram beyond the 2013-2014school year.
For information or to regis-ter, visit the websitewww.ihpto.com and click on“IH Performing Arts.”
Indian Hill High School theaterdirector Lisa Harris stands on thestage at the high school. Harrishas organized the Indian HillPerforming Arts Academy, whichwill include a variety ofperforming arts classes for grades3 through 12. The academy willstart this fall. FORREST SELLERS/THE
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By Purple Martin stan-dards, the Grand Valley Pre-serve is a glorious spring-sum-mer home.
“The traditional (saying) ‘lo-cation, location, location’ is keybecause this site is absolutelyideal for three reasons,” saidRick Jones, of IndianHill, a re-tireewhovolunteersat thePur-ple Martin colony at the pre-serve in Camp Dennison.
“It’sgotanopenflyway inalldirections, it’sgotafoodsupply—which is hatched insects likedragonflies, moths, bees – andit’s got housing, which is man-made and provided,” Jonessaid.
Jones saidmany of the birdswho come to the Grand ValleyPreserve spend about fivemonths therebeginning inmid-to late-March, then take a lei-surely month to fly to Brazil,where they spend another fivemonths before returning toCamp Dennison.
Word of beak apparently isdrawingmorebirds to theame-nities offered at the 390-acrepreserve off state Route 126,which is owned by Indian Hill.
Bird lovers counted some
seven pairs of Purple Martinsat the preserve in 2007 afterhanging a rudimentary bird-house on a pole atop a little hillin front of a Ranger station.
Jones said as many as 80feathery couples came to thepreserve this year and that heexpects evenmore of the song-birds and birdhouses in the fu-ture.
Increaseswon’t put adent inIndian Hill’s pocketbook.
PurpleMartins eat flying in-sects, so no one has to buy bird-seed.
“They’re basically on theirown,” said Rick Babcock, man-ager of the Grand Valley Pre-serve.
See Jones and Babcock talkit up at the Grand Valley Pre-serve’s Purple Martin colony.
PurpleMartins nest in holesand cavities as opposed tobuilding nests in trees.
“The first (housing) installa-tion (at the Grand Valley Pre-serve) was a single plastic
gourd on a shepherd’s hookabout five feet off the ground,”Jones said.
“We attracted the first yearapairof treeswallows,which isthe samefamily asPurpleMar-tins except smaller, and theyget here earlier and leave soon-er.
“The next year we estab-lished housing - almost exclu-sively donated - to start a Pur-pleMartincolonyonthemoundelevated site, which was veryhelpful in attracting PurpleMartinswhowerehereanywayin this time of the year beforemigrating to Brazil,” Jonessaid.
Housing choices at the pre-serve range fromno-frills plas-tic gourds to multilevel alumi-num condominiums with killerviews of the north lake at thepreserve.
To the Purple Martins, theproximityofpeople ismore im-portant than the charmingscenery, Jones said.
fied as preventing predators.”That’s because the preda-
tors shy away from peoplewalking trails, fishing andboating.
Also, “We have predatorguards on the housing to deterboth climbing predators likeraccoons and possums andsnakes and flying predatorslike hawks and owls,” Jonessaid.
Jones said Purple Martinsusuallyare in theirhomes fromnightfall to sunrise.
“With one exception,” Jonessaid.
“After they first returnfrom Brazil, the males willstart, believe it ornot, at four inthe morning singing what’scalled the ‘Dawn Song’ in an at-tempt to attract migratingfemales.”
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Rick Babcock, (left) manager of the Grand Valley Preserve in CampDennison, and Rick Jones, who volunteers at the Purple Martin colonythere, say many of the birds who breed at the preserve split their timebetween Camp Dennison and Brazil.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
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Both the Indian HillCity Council and the Indi-an Hill Exempted VillageSchool District will havecontested races on the
ballot Nov. 5.Here’s a look at who’s
running for local officesand what issues will be onthe ballot in November.
LOCAL RACESIndian Hill City Council
(Seven to be elected toa two-year term)
» Molly R. Barber» Melissa Skidmore
Cowan» Daniel J. Feigelson» Mark D. Kuenning» Keith Rabenold» Laura S. Raines» Abbot Thayer»David F. Turner
Board of Education,Indian Hill ExemptedVillage Schools
(Three to be elected toa four-year term)
» Karl J. Grafe» Eddie Hooker» Elizabeth Johnston» KimMartin Lewis» Beth Rabenold
Council, school boardhave contested races
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Cincinnati CountryDay School is encourag-ing children to get out-doors with a new pro-gram.
The new program ispart of a wellness initia-tive to enhance a stu-dent’s educational expe-rience through outdooractivities.
People benefit frombeing outdoors, said Jen-nifer Aquino, head of thelower school. This pro-gram is way to make theoutdoor experiencesmeaningful while tyingthem into the school cur-riculum, she said.
Kaki Scheer, coordina-tor of outdoor programsfor the school, is workingwith other teachers tohelp facilitate the pro-gram.
Scheer, who is a resi-dent of Hyde Park, saidthe program will involveunstructured outsideplay, developing an aca-demic curriculum incor-porating outdoor ele-ments and creating anoutdoor “play scape”which is different than atraditional playground.
“The idea is to entice
children toplay usingnatural el-ementsand theirown prob-lem-solv-ing skills,”saidScheer.
Aquino said the princi-ple behind the new pro-gram is simply getting“back to the basics.”
“Thesearen’t newcon-cepts,” said Aquino.“(However), in today’sworld children aren’t ex-posed to these concepts.
“They don’t go out andplay like we did.”
Aquino and Scheer arehopeful the concepts be-hind the new programwill extend beyond theclassroom and that par-ents will embrace theidea as well.
Kaki Scheer, coordinator of outdoor programs at Cincinnati Country Day School, is facilitating a new program at theschool which will encourage children to get outdoors. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Seven Hills School studentHannah Silverman,whowill bea senior in the 2013-2014 schoolyear, has made a difference inthe school lives of Cincinnatichildren served by the non-profit Inner City Youth Oppor-tunities.
Through her Personal Chal-lenge project at Seven Hills,Silverman created Educate 4Education to raise awarenessof the educational needs of in-ner-city children and to raisefunds and collect school sup-plies for Inner City Youth Op-portunities.
Silverman gave presenta-tions and organized fundrais-ers in all of Seven Hills’ divi-sions, including a book drive,school supplies drive, pennywar, and basket raffle. As a re-sult, Silvermanwasable to pre-sent a check for more than$4,437 to Inner City Youth Op-portunities founders Phil andJeanne Bell at the organiza-tion’s fundraiser on June 14.
Aresident of IndianHill, Sil-verman has been a volunteertutor and tennis assistant forInner City Youth Opportuni-ties. She said that her experi-ence with Inner City Youth Op-portunities opened her eyes tothe educational needs of inner-city children and helped her
appreciate her own education-al opportunities.
Silverman said, “My Chal-lenge Project pushed me be-yondmy comfort zone becauseI took on a lot of responsibility
by myself. I definitely learnedhow to work really hard to getwhat I want accomplished.”
ThePersonalChallengepro-ject is a culminating experi-ence for every Seven Hills Up-
per School student in whicheach student designs an origi-nal project that helps them fur-ther explore their passions orstretch beyond their comfortzone.
Hannah Silverman presents a check for more than $3,600 to Inner City Youth Opportunities founders Philand Jeanne Bell at the organization's recent fundraiser. THANKS TO KATHY DEUBELL
Silverman raisingfunds for supplies
President's listClemson University spring semester -Abigail Leigh Francisco, majoring incivil engineering; Marilyn NicoleMitchell, majoring in language andinternational health.
Dean's listBowling Green State University springsemester - Grace Brodberger andBrandon Ward.Clemson University for the springsemester - Kaitlyn Sara Morgan,majoring in electrical engineering;Colleen Louise Zinnecker, majoring inmathematics teaching.Wake Forest University spring semester- Andrew McElhinney and Nina Rich-ard.Ohio Wesleyan University springsemester - Zachary Fajack
GraduatesMaria Gabriela Campos Velasquezgraduated magna cum laude with abachelor of arts in psychology. Cam-pos Velasquez is a member of theGryphon & Pleiades, Fiat Lux and PsiChi honor societies.Abigail Leigh Francisco graduatedmagna cum laude from ClemsonUniversity, with a bachelor of sciencein civil engineering.Mary Taliaferro, graduated cum laudefrom Trinity College in Hartford,Connecticut, with a bachelor of arts ineconomics. Taliaferro also majored inFrench with honors.William Woeste, received a master ofscience in accounting, taxation fromSouthern Methodist University.
COLLEGE CORNER
President’s listMiami University second semester -Katie Shinkle
Dean’s listClark University spring semester -Maria Gabriela Campos VelasquezMiami University second semester -Connor Robinson Billing, CuylerAugust Brewer, Paulina Fisher, AndreaLynn Lewis, Michael Glenn Markes-bery, Bailey Victoria Parkhouse,Jessica Anne Quible, Corbin Hunter,Michael James Sewell, Madeline MaeSlattery and Margaret Kathryn Strieb-ich.Tufts University spring semester -Elizabeth Keys, class of 2014.
University of Dayton spring semester -Anna Fister, Nicholas Fister, MichaelKeller, Jared Knueven, Madison Kra-mer, Brian Markgraf, Margaret Pro-kop and Michael Wright.Washington University in St. Louis -Helen Hancock Head.
GraduatesMiami University spring commence-ment - Connor Robinson Billing re-ceived a bachelor of arts in businessdegree; Margaret Rose DiGennaroreceived a associate in arts degree;Bryan David Hofmann received aMaster Environmental Science degree;Ian Jacob Horwitz received a bachelorof fine arts degree; Meredith GraceJackson received a bachelor of sciencein Education degree; Mason Alexan-der Maxwell received a bachelor ofarts degree; Charles Maxwell Medertreceived a bachelor of science degreeUniversity Honors w/distinction;summa cum laude; Meghan ElizabethMiller received a bachelor of artsdegree; Ryan Patrick Murphy a bache-lor of science in business degree;Andrew Patrick O’Connor received abachelor of science in Kinesiology &Health degree; Bailey Victoria Park-house received a bachelor of sciencein business degree; Margaret AnneRowe received a bachelor of artsdegree; Margaret Anne Rowe re-ceived a bachelor of science in Kinesi-ology & Health degree; Adam JacobStagge received a master of accoun-tancy degree; Margaret KathrynStriebich received a bachelor of sci-ence in business degree UniversityHonors w/distinction; Emma Kather-ine Whitaker received a bachelor ofarts degree; Alyssa J. Whittemorereceived a bachelor of science inbusiness degree; John Clifford Wil-liams received a master environ-mental science degree.
MiscellaneousTrinity College - Mary Taliaferro class of2013, won The Ronald H. FergusonPrize in French. Taliaferro was alsoawarded The Womens' Empower-ment Activist Award.Taliaferro also received Faculty Honorsfor the 2013 spring semester. To earnFaculty Honors, a student mustachieve a semester grade point aver-age of at least a 3.667 with no individ-ual letter grade below B-minus.
Rachel Corwin of Blue Ashand Charles McGivern Jr. ofLovelandare the2013recipientsof the Lee S. Pattison Distin-guished Teacher Award at Cin-cinnati Country Day School.
Corwin is a Middle SchoolFrench teacher, and McGivern
is an Upper School Englishteacherandassistantdirectorofcollege counseling.
The award is named for leg-endary Upper School teacherLee S. Pattison, who taught his-tory at Country Day from 1946-1988. The award is given to one
or two outstanding facultymembers each year.
First granted in1989, the LeeS.PattisonDistinguishedTeach-er Award seeks to celebrateteachers who best embody allthat Lee Pattison gave, day inand day out: loyalty, creativity,
humor, flexibility and integrity.Teachers nominate their
peers by reflecting in writinghow their nominees demon-strate each of the qualifyingcharacteristics. A committee ofadministrators and alumni re-views the nominations and de-
termines the winners.This year's winners were an-
nounced at the faculty/staff lun-cheon June 7.Winners receive a$10,000 stipend spread overthree years, and an additional$1,000 to spend for thebenefit ofthe school.
CCD names its ‘distinguished’ teachers
MONTGOMERY — Themonths ofAugust and Septem-ber will be important for busi-ness owners Anna and JoeBacker.
The Backers own and oper-ate the Cincinnati School ofMusic in downtown Montgo-mery – it will be open one yearin September – andare expect-ing the birth of their first childthe samemonth. Theymet at amusic festival where Joe wasperforming and since thenhave turned their passion formusic and teaching into a suc-cessful business.
“I enjoy seeing the smilesfromstudentswhen they over-come a challenge and areproudofwhat theycando,”Joesaid. “When students come inhere, we treat them like fam-ily.”
After opening, the couplequickly found their first studiowasn’t big enough to meet thedemand for themusical educa-tion they offer.
“Wewere in a smaller spaceon Cooper Road and weregrowing quickly – when thisspace opened upwe jumped atthe opportunity,” Anna said.“We closed up on June 28,spent the next two days mov-ing and opened July 1.”
The Backers are both grad-
uates of the University of Cin-cinnati and Joe spent timetouring professionally, play-ing concerts and offering pi-ano lessons as far as Venezue-la. The connections they madeat the UC College-Conservato-ry ofMusic helped them find atalented crop of teachers andgrow their client base.
“It really helps with con-nections ... there is a commonbond and we understandwhere [students] are in theirlives,” Anna said. “It helpsbring talent here.”
The school has a diversecrop of students ages 4 to 70,Anna said, and the goal is tohelp them build confidence
and be proud of themselves.“We want to help them
achieve their goals,” Annasaid. “Everyone is on a differ-ent journey.”
To celebrate the first yearof their business, the Backersare hosting a ribbon-cuttingceremony at noon Aug. 19 fol-lowed by a reception wherethey will raffle off a chance towin a month of free lessons.For more information, visitwww.cincinnatischoolofmusic.com.
Want to knowmore about the sto-ries that matter in Montgomery?Follow Jason Hoffman on Twitter:@jhoffman_cp.
Montgomery couplegrowing business, familyCincinnati School ofMusic moves intobigger studio beforefirst anniversaryBy Jason [email protected]
Anna and Joe Backer opened the Cincinnati School of Music inMontgomery in September 2012 and have already moved to a largerstudio to meet their growing student base. The Backers also areexpecting their first child in September. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY
THURSDAY, AUG. 22Business SeminarsBlogging: Stay Relevant andEngaged, 10-11:30 a.m., Dima-lanta Design Group, 4555 LakeForest Drive, No. 650, Learnbenefits to blogging for yourbusiness with Ernie Dimalanta,founder of Out-&-Out Market-ing, andWendy Hacker, socialmedia consultant of DimalantaDesign Group. $10. Reservationsrequired. 588-2802. Blue Ash.
Cooking ClassesIt’s in the Bag: August withIlene Ross, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, Features freshest in-season ingredients. With Pipkin’sMarket to choose best season-ally available ingredients foryour kitchen. Ilene presents fullmenu and each student receivesbag from Pipkin’s worth $20.$50. Reservations required.489-6400. 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.
EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, 11450Grooms Road, Conference RoomNo. 2. Practice skills by speaking,organizing and conductingmeetings and motivating others.Ages 18 and up. Free. Reserva-tions required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.
Exercise ClassesPilates 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.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. 917-7475.Blue Ash.
Health / WellnessWellness Night for Women,6-8 p.m., TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, 6200 PfeifferRoad, Healthy dinner, winesamples and healthy dessert.Choose from spa services orexercise sampler. Ages 21 andup. $25. Reservations required.985-0900.Montgomery.
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.
Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 6405 Branch HillGuinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.
On Stage - ComedySaleem, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,8410 Market Place, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.
Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. Through Sept.26. 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 loving
FRIDAY, AUG. 23Dining EventsFriday Night Grillouts, 5-8p.m., Lake Isabella, 10174 Love-land-Madeira Road, Brad Mar-tin. Items available a la carte.521-7275, ext. 285; www.great-parks.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.
FestivalsTaste of Blue Ash, 6-11 p.m.,Blue Ash Towne Square, Cooperand Hunt roads, Music by thePointer Sisters at 9 p.m. Varioustypes of cuisine frommore than20 local restaurants, entertain-ment, rides and family fun area.Free. 745-8500; blueashevent-s.com. Blue Ash.
Music - AcousticWaiting on Ben, 7 p.m., CornerPub, 7833 Cooper Road, CDRelease Party Weekend. Drinksonly ages 21 and up. 791-3999.Montgomery.
On Stage - ComedySaleem, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.
SATURDAY, AUG. 24Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.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.Through Sept. 7. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.
FestivalsTaste of Blue Ash, Noon-11p.m., Blue Ash Towne Square,Music by Kenny Loggins 9 p.m.Free. 745-8500; blueashevent-s.com. Blue Ash.
Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 10-11:30 a.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, Free. 489-7700;neals.com. Sharonville.
Music - BluesDiamond Jim Dews Band, 8p.m.-midnight, HD Beans andBottles Cafe, 6721MontgomeryRoad, Free. 793-6036;www.hdbeans.com. Silverton.
On Stage - ComedySaleem, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.
ShoppingFall Yard Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,Loveland Presbyterian Church,360 Robin Ave., Furniture, smallappliances, collectibles, jewelry,books, kitchen items, electron-ics, VCR and audio tapes, CDs,toys and more. No clothing sold.Concessions available. Freeadmission. 497-0644; www.lpcu-sa.org. Loveland.
Youth SportsNFL Punt Pass and Kick Com-petition, 1-3 p.m., Moeller HighSchool, 9001Montgomery Road,Winners go on to compete insectionals and ultimately atBengals game and more. Ages6-15. Free. 575-5437; www.tack-lechildhoodcancer.org. Ken-wood.
SUNDAY, AUG. 25FestivalsTaste of Blue Ash, Noon-9 p.m.,Blue Ash Towne Square, Free.Music by Rodney Atkins 7:30p.m. 745-8500; blueashevent-
s.com. Blue Ash.
FilmsAmelie, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Marie-mont Theatre, 6906 WoosterPike, Prior to show, friends fromAlliance Francaise de Cincinnatilead through song and teachFrench words/phrases. Rated R.The Quarter Bistro acceptingreservations for French-themeddinner before show. Includingcreme brulee for dessert. Ages18 and up. $9.75, $7 children,students and ages 60 and up.272-0222; www.mariemont-theatre.com.Mariemont.
Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 7-8 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.
On Stage - ComedySaleem, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.
Youth SportsNFL Punt Pass and Kick Com-petition, 1-3 p.m., Moeller HighSchool, Free. 575-5437;www.tacklechildhoodcance-r.org. Kenwood.
MONDAY, AUG. 26EducationMetaphysics Class Begins,7:30-10:30 p.m., Starfire, 5030Oaklawn Drive, Weekly, pro-gressive class teaching concen-tration, meditation, visual-ization, dream interpretationand other skills for using themind to bring out one’s fullpotential. $20 suggested dona-tion. 821-7353; www.som.org.Madisonville.
Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 5-6p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, Registration required. 290-8217. Blue Ash.
Health / Wellness10Mistakes to Avoid in Plan-ning Your Final Life Event, 1-2p.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, Withrepresentatives from SpringGrove Family and GwenMooneyFuneral Homes. Registrationrequired. 984-1234; www.syca-moreseniorcenter.org. Blue Ash.
TUESDAY, AUG. 27EducationMicrosoft Word Basics, 6 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Learn andpractice using basic functions ofMicrosoft Word 2007. Free.Registration required. 369-4450.Deer Park.CoreWriting Circles, 10a.m.-12:30 p.m., WomenWritingfor a Change, 6906 PlainfieldRoad, $249. Weekly throughOct. 15. Led by experiencedfacilitators, writing circles offerindividuals a safe place todevelop voice, enhance writingand share stories. Classes allowfor personal writing time,small-group sharing, feedbackand opportunities to read aloudfor an audience. Ages 21 and up.Reservations required. 272-1171;www.womenwriting.org. Silver-ton.
Exercise ClassesCore Adrenaline, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, Blendfunctional 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.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.
Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 3-7p.m., Loveland Station, W.Loveland Avenue, E. Broadwayand Second streets, Parking lot.Featuring 32 vendors from areaoffering vegetables, fruits,meat, eggs, bread, pizza, past-ries, cookies, syrup, lavender
Health / WellnessWoundedWarriors, 11:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sycamore SeniorCenter, 4455 Carver WoodsDrive, The Veterans Liaison,VITAS team of experiencedhospice professionals addresspotential effects of militaryservice on veterans’ end-of-lifeneeds. Registration required.984-1234; www.sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.
Music - ChoralJubilant Singers Meet ‘N’Greet, 7-9 p.m., Seasons Retire-ment Community, 7300 Dear-wester Drive, Lower Level RecRoom. Community chorusseeking newmembers forupcoming Christmas program.Ages 18 and up. Free. 732-0352;www.jubilantsingers.com.Kenwood.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28Art & 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.
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.
Music - BluesOpen Jamwith Nick Giese andFriends, 8-11:30 p.m., HD Beansand Bottles Cafe, 6721Montgo-mery Road, Bring instrument.Amps, drums and PA provided.Free. 793-6036. Silverton.
On Stage - ComedyPro-AmNight, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,Aspiring comics, amateurs andprofessionals take the stage.Ages 18 and up. $5. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.
THURSDAY, AUG. 29Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 6-7 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.
EducationCoreWriting Circles, 10a.m.-12:30 p.m., WomenWritingfor a Change, $249. Weeklythrough Oct. 17. Reservationsrequired. 272-1171; www.wo-menwriting.org. Silverton.Toastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, Free.Reservations required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.
Exercise ClassesPilates Playground, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, $15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,
$10-$15. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.
Health / WellnessWellness Myths andMisun-derstandings, 7-8 p.m., FITMontgomery, 9030 Montgo-mery Road, Suite 18, Topic:Water, Your Body and Disease.Coordinated discussion group toexplore health and wellnessdiscoveries found in latestpeer-reviewed medical journals.Ages 18 and up. $5. 823-2025;wellnessmyths2013.event-brite.com. Sycamore Township.
On Stage - ComedyJarrod Harris, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.
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, AUG. 30Dining EventsFriday Night Grillouts, 5-8p.m., Lake Isabella, Kevin Fox.521-7275, ext. 285; www.great-parks.org. Symmes Township.
Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, Regis-tration required. 290-8217. BlueAsh.
Music - BenefitsBlues-Boogie-Roots ConcertwithWild Carrot, 6:30-10 p.m.,WomenWriting for a Change,6906 Plainfield Road, PamTemple and Spencer Funk makeup this Cincinnati-based, award-winning folk group. Benefitsscholarship classes. $15 slidingscale. 923-1414; www.womenw-riting.org. Silverton.
Taste of Blue Ash returns to Blue Ash Towne Square,Cooper and Hunt roads, from 6-11 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23;noon to 11 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24; and noon to 9 p.m,Sunday, Aug. 25. Hear music by the Pointer Sisters at 9p.m., Friday; Kenny Loggins at 9 p.m., Saturday; andRodney Atkins 7:30 p.m., Sunday. Sample dishes from morethan 20 local restaurants, enjoy rides, entertainment and afamily fun area. Call 745-8500 or visit blueashevents.com.MICHAEL P. MCKEOWN/THE ENQUIRER
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As I’ve mentioned before, Iknow when a recipe hits achord with readers by theamount of response it gener-ates long after it’s published.
This is partic-ularly true ofseasonal recipes,like roastedtomatoes.
This recipe isslightly differ-ent from one Ishared last year.Tomatoes are inseason right nowand the home-grown/best are
abundant at farmers’ markets.As for me, my tomatoes are
the best I’ve ever grown andsince most of them are theindeterminate type, they keepbearing all season long. I’m noteven begrudging the ground-hogs eating their share, there’sthat many! When I do findveggies and fruit that havebeen bitten into byMotherNature’s clan, I just cut themup and feed them to my girls(my chickens). They make aquick meal of them,
Tomatoes are full of lyco-pene, which is good for ourhearts, men’s prostates and ourimmune system. Plus the yel-low and orange tomatoes havejust as much nutrition as theirred counterparts.
Roasted regular-sizetomatoes with herbs (ornot)
Preheat oven to 400-425degrees. Cut tomatoes in half.Lay either cut side up or down(I laid mine cut side down butnext time will lay them cut sideup since I think that will keepmore of the tomato flavor in).Drizzle with olive oil and sprin-kle on any herbs you like –basil, thyme, rosemary allwork well. But be sure and
chop them up fine. I also like toadd salt and pepper. Roast untilskins start to look spotty if youare roasting skin side up. Oth-erwise, roast until tomatoeslook wrinkled and are soft.
Let cool and, if you like,remove skins. The first time Imade them I didn’t remove theskins, but when I used them incooked dishes they were a littletough. My suggestion is toremove them or put them inthe blender or food processorand the skins will processsmall enough. You will wind upwith more of a puree if you putthem through the blender orfood processor, but the bonus isyou get the nutritious benefitsof the skin. Freeze in desiredquantities.
Roasted cherry tomatoeswith herbs and garlic
This is nice since everythingis mixed in a boil and then justpoured onto a sprayed pan toroast. Delicious as a side dishand, if you want to freeze them,you can either leave the skinson (they may be a bit tough) orpuree them as directed above.Now you can also roast theseplain, with just a sprinkling ofsalt and pepper and oil.
Preheat oven to 400-425degrees. For every pint ofcherry or grape tomatoes, adda teaspoon of minced garlic, adrizzle of olive oil to coat nice-ly, and salt and pepper. Justmix this up in a bowl. If youhave any herbs, again likebasil, thyme or rosemary, chopup fine and add to taste. Pour
onto sprayed baking pan androast until skins look spottyand a bit puffy, about 20 min-utes.
Baked potato nachoswith secret ingredient
For Bart L., who likes thisspicy appetizer at restaurantsbut wants to make them athome. By boiling potatoes first,they bake up really nice in theoven. And the secret ingredientthat makes these so different?Ranch dressing!
16 oz. sour creamGreen onions or chives, sliced thin
Cook potatoes with skin on:cover with cold water and adash of salt. Bring to boil, re-duce heat, cover and cook justuntil tender, about 15 minutes.Drain and cool so that you cancut them into thick slices. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Put slices in single layer onsprayed baking sheets. Sprin-kle each with the dressing mix,jalapeños, and the cheeses.Bake uncovered for 8-10 min-utes or until cheese melts.Dollop with sour cream andonions or chives.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator and author. Find herblog online at Cincinnati.Com/blogs.Email her at [email protected] with “Rita’s kitchen” inthe subject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.
Preserve summer taste by roasting tomatoes
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Freeze those garden tomatoes for winter using Rita’s recipe for roasted tomatoes.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
Social Security more important nowHalf of Americans have less
than $10,000 in savings, andonly14 percent are very confi-dent theywill have enoughmoney for a comfortable re-tirement according to a studyby the Employee Benefit Re-search Institute.
Our nation’s retirementsystem has been described as a“three-legged stool” of pen-sions, savings and Social Secu-rity.
As employer provided pen-sions have disappeared andsaving has becomemore diffi-cult for families, Social Securi-ty has never beenmore impor-tant.
Social Security is one of thegreatest anti-poverty pro-grams in our country’s history.Thismost efficient, most effec-tive retirement program is
under attackby people whowant us tobelieve thatthe only way tosave the pro-gram is toslash benefits.
U.S. Sen.TomHarkinhas a differenttake.
TheStrengthening Social SecurityAct of 2013 (S.B 567) intro-duced by Senator Harkin (D-IA) would:
» Strengthen benefits byreforming the Social Securitybenefit formula – To improvebenefits for current and futureSocial Security beneficiaries,the Act changes themethod bywhich the Social Security Ad-
ministration calculates SocialSecurity benefits.
This changewould boostbenefits for all Social Securitybeneficiaries by approximately$70 permonth, but is targetedto help those in the low andmiddle of the income distribu-tion, for whom Social Securityhas become an ever greatershare of their retirement in-come.
» Ensure that cost of livingadjustments adequately reflectthe living expenses of retirees –The Act changes the way theSocial Security Administrationcalculates the Cost of LivingAdjustments (COLA). To en-sure that benefits better re-flect cost increases facingseniors, future COLAswouldbe based on the ConsumerPrice Index for the Elderly
(CPI-E.)Making this change toSocial Security would result inhigher COLAs, ensuring thatseniors are able to better keepupwith the rising costs of es-sential items, like health care.
» Improve the long-termfinancial condition of the TrustFund – Social Security is not incrisis, but does face a long-term deficit. To help extend thelife of the trust fund the Actphases out the current taxablecap of $113,700 so that payrolltaxes apply fairly to everydollar of wages.
Combined, these changeswould increase benefits forcurrent and future beneficia-ries whilemaking Social Secu-rity stronger for future genera-tions by extending the life ofthe Trust Fund through 2049.
Harkin commented on his
Strengthening Social SecurityAct of 2013, “Wemust ensurethat, after a lifetime of hardwork, Americans are able toretire with dignity and finan-cial independence. This legisla-tion helps to achieve that goal.”
At a timewhen all the otherpillars of our retirement secu-rity are coming up short, wehave Senator Harkin to thankfor providing the leadership topreserve Social Security forthe long- term.
If we followHarkin’s lead,Social Security works well intothe future.
Richard O. Schwabwas associatehead of school, andmiddle schoolhead, Cincinnati Country DaySchool. He is founder of GlendaleOrganizing For America CommunityTeam.
Richard O.SchwabCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Last week’s questionShould U.S. lawmakers and
their staffs continue to receive afederal contribution toward thehealth insurance that they mustpurchasethroughsoon-to-openex-changes created by President Ba-rack Obama’s signature healthcarelaw to prevent the largely unin-tended loss of healthcare benefitsfor535membersof theSenateandHouse of Representatives andthousandsofCapitolHill staff.Whyorwhy not?
“Yes. Everyone scheduled toreceive a contribution from em-ployers should still receive thatcontribution,nomatterforwhomthey work.
“If theconservativesandOba-ma-haters would just give it achance they’d see all the goodthat the Affordable Care Act canaccomplish instead of trying torepeal it 40 more times in Con-gress.
“It’s meant to help the poorand uninsured just like the NewDeal back 70-odd years ago dur-ing the Great Depression.”
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“Although it would be nice ifmaking lawmakers pay for theirownhealthcarewouldbringtheirattention to the plight of mostAmericans, the cost of their per-sonal insurance is chumpchangecompared to the campaign con-tributions they get from the spe-cial interests in themedical field.
“Since Citizen’s United it’s afree-for-all for rich individualsand corporations. The only thingholding some of the worst ofthem back is the sheer impracti-cality of most of their ideas.
“What would work better is ifmore citizen voters would paymore attention to how some ofthese creeps in Columbus andWashington vote, and give themunlimited vacation time at thenext election.
“Unfortunately with themedia breaking into venues,which allow people to get thenews theywant as opposed to thenews that is actually true, we’regoing to have anuphill battle get-tinganysortofconsensusonpub-lic health in our nation.
“Fortunately, the AffordableCare Act is already cutting costsfor many of us, and even if itdoesn’t solve the bigger prob-lems it will set the stage for con-tinued dialogue.”
N.F.
“Kind of amoot question. TheCongresswilldowhatever isbest
for them and not what is best forthe American people. Period.”
J.Z.
“The Democrats yes, the Re-publicans no! Seriously, whetheritshealthcareorretirement,gov-ernment should not be allowed tovote its own members and staffbetter benefits than those avail-able to the rest of the population.
“A single term in congressshouldn’t entitle you to anythingmore than Cobra benefits whileyou look for new employment. Ifex members of government hadto survive on Medicare or Medi-caid and Social Security thosewould be good programs, andyes, we allmight have to contrib-ute a bit more to ensure theirlong-term future.”
D.R.
“If these people are alreadyreceivingacontributionfromthegovernment (their employer) itshould continue. If this meansthey will not have to get Obama-care like therestofus–shameonthem!
“We should all be in this boattogether. That way if andwhen itstarts to sink they’ll have an in-centive to fix or replace it.”
R.V.
“Of course not! But this rodeoclown has set a new standard ofpicking winners and losers forpolitical reasons, paybacks forcontributors and favors to hisbase.
“Large corporations, unionsand the IRS and now lawmakersare getting special exemptionsfrom this disasterous law. Mosthard working Americans are notsurprised by a good screwingfrom the federal government,but unfairness to this degree cre-ates tremendous anger and ani-mosity.
“When is the last time yousaid: ‘Wow, this will be great’when you heard of a new law orgovernment program??”
D.J.H.
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Mr. Kasich got off to arocky start as governor of ourstate. He antagonized themedia at his inauguration.
He passed legislation al-lowing guns in bars - alcoholand guns don’t mix - and hewas soundly beaten by a mixof Democrats and blue collarRepublicans on the when hetried to limit collective bar-gaining rights in the publicsector.
His popularity in the fall of2011was about as low as asnake’s belly.
Recently, however, he hasshown that he not only canchange, but that he has afundamental understandingof the reasons why the Re-publican Party is unpopularwith many.
He has even found a for-mula for reaching out toDemocrats and independents,which will undoubtedly notonly help him win re-electionbut boost support for theGOP.
If he can do both of thosethings, he stands a chance tobe in the running for theWhite House in 2016, whetherthe far right likes it or not.
How has Mr. Kasich pulledthis off? There are three ba-sic reasons.
First, he has shown genu-
ine compas-sion for thepoor, the sickand the down-trodden. Hisefforts toincreaseMedicaidcoverage(which wouldbe paid for, tothe tune of 90percent by
2020, by the federal govern-ment anyway) to thousands ofOhioans including 26,000veterans and thousands morewith mental illnesses, is bothsensible and commendable.He has met with stiff resis-tance from conservatives, buthas stuck to his principles.
Secondly, he has cut taxesand produced a surplus in thestate. He has been relentlessabout cutting expenses andgiving businesses incentivesto grow in Ohio.
He understands that youhave to grow your tax base,not grow your taxes. That is alesson that Washington needsto learn, and I hopeMr. Kas-ich can take it there one day.
Finally, he has seen thehypocrisy. I understand hehas deep Christian values thatstress compassion for thoseless fortunate, a respect for
life (he has commuted fourdeath sentences, as well asRight to Life issues) and for-giveness. He has supportedefforts to reform convictsand education alike.
In short, he has read the 10Commandments. I am not aformally religious man, but Ilike the fact he has appliedcommonly understood, com-passionate, Judeo-Christianprinciples to his work. Hehasn’t twisted the Bible tosuit his agenda.
To his conservative criticsI have one thing to say: Thetrain is leaving the station.Start running, you might stillget on board.
The relentless drumbeat of“no”, the litany of narrowminded opinions on anythingfrommarriage to workersrights to immigration, havecost you two Presidentialelections and will cost you thenext one as well - unless youembrace newer and fairervalues.
It’s time to recognize thatAmericans want a fiscallycompetent, compassionate,fair, and above all, function-ing government.
Mr. Kasich gets that.
Bruce Healey is a resident of Indi-an Hill
Hey GOP! Kasich gets it!
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LOCALIndian Hill Village CouncilVillage of Indian Hill: 6525 DrakeRoad. Phone: 561-6500. Web site:www.ihill.org.Mayor Mark Tullis; Vice Mayor KeithRabenold; council members MollyBarber, Daniel J. Feigelson, MarkKuenning, Lindsay McLean, andLaura Raines.City Manager Dina Minneci; AssistantCity Manager David M. Couch; Chiefof Police Chuck Schlie; City SolicitorDonald L. Crain; Clerk-ComptrollerPaul C. Riordan; Fire Chief StevenAshbrock; Public Works/Water WorksSuperintendent Jason Adkins; TaxCommissioner Constance Eberhart.
Indian Hill Exempted VillageSchoolsIndian Hill Exempted Village SchoolsBoard of Education: 6855 DrakeRoad. Phone: 272-4500. Web site:www.ih.k12.oh.us.Indian Hill school board meets at 7:30p.m. the second Tuesday of themonth at Indian Hill High School,
6845 Drake Road.Board President Karl Grafe; boardmembers Elizabeth Johnston, KimMartin Lewis, Erik Lutz and TimSharp.Superintendent Mark Miles; AssistantSuperintendent Mark Ault; Treasurerand Business Manager Julia J. Toth,272-4513; Director of Pupil ServicesTracy Quattrone; TransportationSupervisor Barbara Leonard; FacilitiesDirector Ken Stegman and Directorof Communications Martha Stephen.
phone 684-1021, fax 684-1029.E-mail: [email protected] site: www.brown.senate.govU.S. Sen. Rob PortmanPhone: 202-224-3353 Fax: 202-224-9558Cincinnati office: 36 E. Seventh St.Room 2615, Cincinnati, OH 45202Phone: 513-684-3265
STATEState Rep. Connie PillichIn Columbus: House of Representa-tives, 77 S. High St., 11th Floor, Co-lumbus, Ohio, 43266-0603; phone614-466-8120; fax 614-644-9494.E-mail: [email protected] Rep. RonMaagIn Columbus: House of Representa-tives, 77 S. High St., 10th Floor, Co-lumbus, Ohio, 43215-6111; phone614-644-6023; fax 614-719-3589.E-mail: [email protected] Sen. Shannon JonesIn Columbus: 1 Capitol Square, State-house, Columbus, Ohio 43215; 614-466-9737; via e-mail: [email protected] or by mail: State Sen.Shannon Jones, 1 Capitol Square,Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
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KENWOOD — The soundyou’ve heard off of Montgome-ry Road just past Ronald Rea-gan Highway is a familiar onethis time of year.
It’sMoellerHighSchool foot-ball team reloading for anotherrun.
A little more than ninemonths since winning the OhioDivision I trophy in Canton, theCrusaders are back with theirtypically demanding scheduleand high expectations.
“We’re excited about the sea-son,” coach John Rodenbergsaid. “I thought we worked outpretty hard this winter. This is anew team. We had a lot of guysgraduate last year and they hadtheir own character. This is anewteamwithanewcharacter.”
Stepping in for thegraduatedSpencer Iacovone at quarter-back is Gus Ragland. Raglandplayed on Moeller’s state foot-ball and baseball championshipteams with Iacovone and waspart of the offense a year ago.
“It was important for Gus tostart atwide receiver to get thatgame experience last year,” Ro-denberg said. “We think it willbe a smooth transition becausethey’re similar-type styles.”
When Ragland hands off,he’ll have a committee of DeanMeyer, Jack Gruber, John Hey-wood and Sterling Noes lookingto chew up yards behind theCrusader line coached by for-mer UC Bearcat Doug Rosfeld.
The line features StevenLangenkamp going to Ohio Uni-versity, and Rodenberg expectsJaredJacon-Duffytoalsogetof-fered.
Liningupwideare speedy ju-nior Chase Pankey and lankysenior Isaiah Gentry. Both arestrong members of Moeller’strack team in the spring.
“We might have two of thefastest receivers we’ve had in along time,” Rodenberg said. “Itshould open up our verticalgame a little bit this year.”
Gentry has been offered byAkron and Kent and could be abig game away from attractingmore attention. As always, theCrusadershave somenice tight-end targets, including one whocould be a factor for the nextthree years in sophomore JakeHaussman, who’s already at 6-foot-4 and 215 pounds.
“We’re loaded with about
three to four tight ends thathave great potential,” Roden-berg said. “We’re excited aboutwhat we can do in formation.”
Defensively, 6-foot-6 safetySam Hubbard will turn moreheads, especially after signingwith Ohio State.
Coordinating again is veter-anJimLippincott,who teamsupwith offensive assistant SteveKlonne to formMoeller’s “Gold-en Boys” under Rodenberg.
“We’ve got a lot of experi-ence,” Rodenberg said. “It’seasy to work with these guys.They all do their job well andwhen they do that, it’s easy tocontrol it.”
Once again, Moeller’s sched-ule is not for the weak at heart.
“We did pick up a Canadianteam that’ll be a little bit differ-ent,”Rodenbergsaid. “The Indi-anapolisPike teamisgoing tobea very athletic team. I tell youthe team that worries me themost is theLouisvilleSt.Xteam.I thought they were young lastyear and tough. That’s a heck ofa test before we go into leagueplay.”
Defending state championMoeller football reloadsBy Scott [email protected]
Moeller offensive line coach Doug Rosfeld instructs senior StevenLangenkamp in practice. Langenkamp is committed to Ohio University.SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS
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Moeller senior quarterback GusRagland takes over for SpencerIacovone running the Crusaders’offense. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY
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2013MOELLERSCHEDULEAug. 30 – Indianapolis Pike
(Ind.), 8:30 p.m. at NippertStadiumSept. 7 – at Covington Catho-
lic (Ky.), 2 p.m.Sept. 14 – TORONTO ST. MI-
CHAEL COLLEGE (ONT.), 1 p.m.at Roettger StadiumSept. 20 – LOUISVILLE ST.
XAVIER (KY.), at Roettger Stadi-umSept. 27 – St. Xavier, at Nip-
pert StadiumOct. 5 – LA SALLE, 2 p.m. at
Roettger StadiumOct. 11 – at ElderOct. 18 – INDIANAPOLIS CA-
THEDRAL (IND.), at RoettgerStadiumOct. 26 – at Lakewood St.
Edward, 2 p.m.Nov. 1 – at Louisville Trinity
(Ky.)All games at 7:30 p.m. unless
noted.
INDIANHILL—Ifallgoeswellfor Indian Hill in their opener,theirquarterbackwill beOKforthe second half at New Rich-mond Aug. 30.
Last year, senior starter JonGriggsranfor144yardsandtwoscores in the first half againsttheLionsandhadtheBravesoutto a 14-0 lead. Then, he tore hisACL.
“It kind of threw us in a a bitof a tailspin,” coachMikeTheis-en said.
Fortunately, Matt Thompsonhad moved back to the area andwas able to take over for the fi-nal six games of Indian Hill’sseason. TheBraveswere able topull out two wins in what wasotherwise a difficult year.
With the lanky lad back for afull year, Theisen hopes tospread the field someandutilizethe receiving strengths of 6-foot-5 Shay Bahner, 6-foot-6freshman Reid Aicholtz andsenior Mac Carrier.
“We’re going back to a pistol,but we’re going to run the ballwith him a lot,” Theisen said.“He’s anoutstanding runner.Weexpect to be a 65-35 run team.”
WhenThompson doesn’t run,Carrier or Ben Brendamourcouldcarrythegoods.They’lldosowith an offensive line that av-erages 260 pounds and features290-pound Sam Smith. Smith,Thompson and Carrier are allgetting collegiate looks.
“We’re pretty beefy up
front,” Theisen said.The Braves were tough to
gauge last season as the earlyquarterback injury scrappedtheir season’s plans to be a run-ning team. It wasn’t until late inthe season that some consisten-cy reappeared under Thomp-son.
With sixvarsitygamesunderhis quarterback’s belt, Theisen
hopes to get back into the Cin-cinnati Hills League discussion.
“I think people overlook us alittle bit, which is finewithme,”
Theisen said. “I think Wyo-ming’s going to be consideredthe favorite. I always tell peopleI think Taylor’s a team that’s upand coming; you’ve got towatchthem.”
After opening at New Rich-mond, the Braves return hometo Tomahawk Stadium Sept. 6.It’ll be their first game on thenew, shiny turf installed overthe summer.
“Eleven years with the oldturf, so it’s about time wechanged that,” Theisen said.“It’s a great new look for us. Thekids are really excited.”
Indian Hill receivers Mac Carrier, left, and Shay Bahner discuss routesduring a water break at practice July 31. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS
2013 INDIAN HILLSCHEDULEAug. 30 – at New Richmond,
7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 – MIDDLETOWNMAD-
ISON, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 14 – at CHCA, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 20 – MARIEMONTSept. 27 – at Deer ParkOct. 4 – at MadeiraOct. 11 – READINGOct. 18 – FINNEYTOWNOct. 25 – at WyomingNov. 1 – at TaylorAll games at 7 p.m. unless
noted.
For early season video ofIndian Hill go to
http://bit.ly/1eF3iNL
Indian Hill senior quarterbackMatt Thompson awaits the call inpractice. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY
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Indian Hill head football coachMike Theisen looks out at drills onthe practice field July 31. SCOTT
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HYDE PARK — Summit Coun-try Day made school history in2012, winning the football pro-gram’s first-ever playoff gameafter a perfect 10-0 regular sea-son.
TheSilverKnightswon aMi-ami Valley Conference champi-onship in a league that also sentCincinnatiHillsChristianAcad-emy and North College Hill tothe playoffs.
Cincinnati Enquirer coach ofthe year Mike Brown returns agood number of starters fromthat team and looks for moresuccess in 2013.
“(We have a) strong seniorclass with great leadership andhard workers,” Brown said.“(This is the) third year in a rowwith the samecoaching staff, sofamiliarity by the players withourphilosophy is really startingto show.”
Summit returns seven start-ers on offense, including 6-foot-2 senior quarterback Anto-nio Woods, the reigning MVCplayer of the year. Woods isweighing NCAA Division Ischolarship offers in both foot-ball and basketball. Woodsthrew for more than 900 yardsas a junior while running formore than 800 more.
Indiana University recruitMichael Barwick Jr. - at 6-foot-3, 300 pounds - anchors theoffensive linechargedwithpro-tecting Woods. Senior DanielBruns, a 6-foot-5, 190-poundtight end,wasoneof the top fivereceivers in the MVC last sea-son, and should be a prime tar-get again this season.
Summit returns six starters
on defense, including Woods inthesecondary,Brunsasadefen-sive endandBarwickas an inte-rior lineman.
Junior C.J. Suggs (34.8 yardsperkick return as a sophomore)and senior Gage Goodwin (21)bring some sizzle to specialteams. Junior Cole Bush aver-aged 31 yards as a punter last
season.Brown said new starters will
have to grow up fast.“Replacing the six seniors
(who graduated) - three ofwhom were two-way startersandall six startedat least ononeside of the ball and gave signifi-cantminutes on both sides - willbe key for us,” he said.
2013 SUMMITCOUNTRY DAYSCHEDULEAug. 30 – at Benjamin Logan,7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 – CINCINNATI COLLEGEPREPSept. 13 – DEER PARKSept. 21 – ST. BERNARD, 2 p.m.Sept. 27 – at CHCA, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 – CLARK MONTESSORIOct. 11 – NORTH COLLEGE HILLOct. 18 – at Cincinnati CountryDayNov. 1 – LOCKLANDAll games at 7 p.m. unless not-ed.
Summit Country Day School senior Daniel Bruns, left, blocks during thefirst day of football practice, Aug. 5. AMANDA DAVIDSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Summit Country Day School seniors Michael Barwick and AntonioWoods take part in the school’s first day of practice, Monday, Aug. 5.AMANDA DAVIDSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Summit Country Day Schoolsenior Gage Goodwin runs duringthe first day of football practice,Monday, Aug. 5.AMANDA
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INDIAN HILL — The Cincin-nati Country Day Indians fin-ished4-6 lastseason, includinga2-5 mark in the Miami ValleyConference where three teams– Summit Country Day, CHCA,and North College Hill – allreached the football playoffs.
Head coach Tim Dunn ex-pects those three to be the front
runners in theleague again thisseason, but alsoexpects his teamto compete withthem.
With 15 re-turning starterson his 30-oddmanroster,Dunnhas reason for
optimism.“We’ve got about 70 percent
of our offense back,” he said.“That’sprettygood.Upfrontweneed some more experience,but we’ll be competitive.”
Junior quarterback Camer-on Alldred returns to lead theIndians’ offense. He has a pairof seniors in the backfield withhim in J.R. Menifee and CarsonAquino. Sophomore Dylan Jor-dan also plays running back.
The offensive line includesreturning juniors Matero Mari-no-Cheek, Brooks Warner andWill Koustmer, along withMitchell Mack. Carter McMas-ter and junior Austin Richeyserve as blocking and receivingthreats at tight end. JuniorMaxGuttman returns at receiver
The defense features manyof the same characters, playingon both sides of the ball.
Sophomore Wyatt FletcherjoinsGuttman in the secondary.Koustmer leads the linebackingcorps. Mack Warner and Mari-no-Cheek anchor the interiorline with Richey on the end.
Dunn got a glimpse of theteam in action during a three-way scrimmage against Marie-mont and Williamsburg andliked some of what he saw.
“We played pretty good rundefense,”hesaid. “Wethrewtheball pretty well, but there’s a lotof work to do still.
“We have three games to getready for theMVC and see howfar we’ve come along.”
2013 CINCINNATICOUNTRY DAYSCHEDULEAug. 30 – PENDLETON CO. (KY.),7:30 p.m.Sept. 6 – GAMBLE MONTESSORISept. 12 – AIKENSept. 21 – at Lockland, 1 p.m.Sept. 27 – CINCINNATI CHRIS-TIANOct. 11 – at St. BernardOct. 18 – SUMMIT COUNTRYDAYOct. 25 – NORTH COLLEGE HILLNov. 1 – at NewMiamiAll games at 7 p.m. unless not-ed.
The Cincinnati Country Dayoffensive and defensive linesclash in a recent practice. GEOFF
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Junior quarterback Cameron Alldred begins his second season at thecontrols of the Cincinnati Country Day offense. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP/FOR THE
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Dunn
Indians tailback Kanal Ninasheads into the defense during aCincinnati Country Day summerpractice. GEOFF BLANKENSHIP/FOR THE
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AUGUST 22, 2013 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • B3SPORTS & RECREATION
SPRINGFIELD TWP. — De-fenses better be prepared forthe bevy of offensive weaponsthe St. Xavier Bombers are go-ing to bring to the field in 2013.
Senior quarterback NickTensing returns after throwingfor nearly 2,000 yards and 17touchdowns to just six intercep-tions. Coach Steve Specht notonly loveswhat his quarterbackcandoon the field, butalsowhat
he brings to thehuddle.
“(I’ve seen)tremendousgrowth as far asleadership iscon-cerned,” Spechtsaid. “… He’sable to do thingsthat we wouldn’tbe able to dowith
anybody else. He’s really takento the leadership role.”
Tensing is one of four teamcaptains along with runningback C.J. Hilliard, left tackleRich Kurz and the versatileRyan Frey.
Hilliard torched defensesfor nearly five yards per carryand nine touchdowns in 2012.After hitting theweight room inthe offseason, defenses shouldexpect to see more of the bigback this season.
“… C.J. is practicing harderthan I’ve ever seen,” Spechtsaid. “He finally learned how topractice.He’s at a different lev-el than he’s been the previousthree years, but that’s how it’ssupposed to be when you’re go-ing into your senior year.”
For the Tensing-Hilliard
freight train to roll down hill, arebuilt offensive line is going tohave to come together. Kurz isthe lone returner and the rest ofthe starters are still to be deter-mined, according to Specht.
The defense is led by juniorlinebacker Justin Hilliard, whois one of the most recruitedplayers in the state of Ohiowithmore than 20 offers frommajorDivision I colleges.
“… He is a different playerand he’s as advertised,” Spechtsaid. “There’s a reason he’s get-ting all these college scholar-
ship offers. I think Justin hasthe chance to be as good as any-body we’ve ever had on the de-fensive side of the ball andthat’s high praise coming fromme.”
While the Bombers lose fourof their five starters in the de-fensive secondary, they returnsix of their starting seven upfront at linebacker and defen-sive line.
Frey will hold down the cor-nerback position and see timeon the offensive side of the ball,while Nick Carovillano will
move from the defensive line tomore of a hybrid outside line-backer.
The Bombers begin the sea-son ranked No. 24 in the nationbyRivals.comand, according toMaxPreps, have the10th-tough-est schedule in the country.
Outside of playing theirleague games in the GreaterCatholic League South, theBombers take on Colerain,Cleveland St. Ignatius, WarrenCentral (Indianapolis), Brent-wood Academy (Tenn.) and BenDavis (Indianapolis).
St. Xavier running back C.J. Hilliard (8) runs the ball against Moeller in the second quarter of a 2011 contest.Hilliard ran for more than 600 yards and nine touchdowns last season. JOSEPH FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS
2013 ST. XAVIERSCHEDULEAug. 30 – INDIANAPOLIS BEN
DAVIS (IND.)Sept. 6 – at ColerainSept. 13 – BRENTWOOD
ACADEMY (TENN.)Sept. 20 – INDIANAPOLIS
CATHEDRAL (IND.)Sept. 27 – Moeller, at Nippert
StadiumOct. 4 – ELDEROct. 11 – LA SALLEOct. 18 – at Indianapolis War-
ren Central (Ind.)Oct. 26 – at Cleveland St.
Ignatius, 2 p.m.Nov. 1 – at Louisville St. Xavier
(Ky.)All games at 7:30 p.m. unless
noted.
J. Hilliard
St. Xavier quarterback NickTensing looks to his left to find anopen receiver during their gameagainst Elder last season. Thesenior tossed for more than 1,900yards in 2012.TOM SKEEN/THE
COMMUNITY PRESS
SYMMES TWP. — After a 9-2playoff season in 2012 – includ-ing a 6-1 record and runner-upfinish in the Miami Valley Con-ference – Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy footballcould be even better this sea-son.
“We have eight starters backon both sides of the ball,” headcoach Eric Taylor said. “Wewere able to start the year at alittle higher level in terms of in-stalling plays and getting pre-pared, and we were at a prettygood level already.”
The Eagles will maintaintheir spread offense and play a3-4 base defense with plenty ofmultiples to keep opposing of-fenses off balance.
The offensive line is one keystrength, with senior centerChristian Willard, seniorguards Connor Kirbabas andRyan Prescott and senior lefttackle Jacob Haller all return-ing. They protect a backfieldthat includes a three-year sen-ior starters like quarterbackConnor Osborne and runningbacks Tyler Renners and NickMarsh. Junior Cam Murray re-turns at receiver.
Defensively, look for Pres-cott and junior Jake Eckert atthe ends. Eckert is also an all-city punter and kicker for theEagles. Marsh and Rennersteamwith senior Trenton Pfeis-ter and junior Jonah James atlinebacker.
Keep an eye on junior BobbyMumma at both receiver andlinebacker, while sophomorePrinceMichaelSammonsisgar-
nering NCAA Division I atten-tion before his first varsitysnap. The 6-foot-7, 255-pounddefensive end grew up playingbasketball in Nigeria, butswitched to football this seasonafter moving to the UnitedStates as a freshman.
“We’re playing good assign-ment football and playing veryunselfishly,”Taylor said. “Someof these guys have been bestfriends since they were little.They’re making good decisionsand checking to of things verywell.
“We still have a lot of compe-tition going on in the skill posi-tions. That’s where we’re inex-perienced and we need to growup some.”
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academyhead football coach Eric Taylorreturns 19 seniors from an Eaglessquad that reached the playoffsin 2012. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY
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2013 CHCASCHEDULEAug. 29 – at MiddletownMadison, 8 p.m.Sept. 6 – READINGSept. 14 – INDIAN HILLSept. 20 – NEWMIAMISept. 27 – SUMMIT COUNTRYDAYOct. 4 – at Cincinnati Chris-tian, 7 p.m.Oct. 11 – LOCKLANDOct. 25 – CLARK MONTESSO-RI, 7 p.m.Nov. 1 – at North College HillAll games at 7:30 p.m. unlessnoted.
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy returns an offensive backfield ofseniors Tyler Renners, Nick Marsh and Connor Osborne, all of whomare three-year starters for the Eagles. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
NEWTOWN — It’s not quite“The Junction Boys” and BearBryant, but youdohave to crossrailroad tracks to get to MiamiValley Christian Academy’spractice field.
In his fourth year of buildingMVCA’s football program, Rob-ert Vilardo walks the plains ofShort Park in the village ofNewtown, whistle in hand.
“Newtown is awesome withus,” Vilardo said. “They let ususe this whole park. They takecare of it for us. It’s just a greatrelationship between the schooland Newtown.”
He would like to have indoorfacility of some sort, but fornow, a pair of meeting trailersand awalk through thewoods tothe makeshift gridiron willhave to suffice.
Having started MVCA foot-ball in 2010 with 16 kids, nine ofwhom had never played, Vilar-do knows building takes a greatdeal of patience.
In the process of becoming afull-fledged OHSAA competi-tor, MVCA will play similarschools this season. They startwith Finneytown out of the Cin-cinnati Hills League.
“That’s a big game for us,”Vilardo said. “We’ve neverplayed a team at this level.We’re done with all of the non-OHSAAschools.This is ourpro-bation year. It’s is the directionwe’re going.”
In the past, the Lions coulddrawathleteswhoattendedoth-er schools. While it helped theiroverall numbers, outside par-ticipants are a thing of the past.
“If they’re on our team,they’re a student at our school,”Vilardo said.
That said, MVCA’s roster isdown from 35 to 25 kids out of a
school of 90.They’ll scrimmage Lockland
and play in a league featuringRiverview East, Gamble Mon-tessori, Oyler, and CincinnatiCollege Prep Academy
“We feel pretty confident wecancompete,”Vilardosaid. “It’sa good little league for us.There’s some talent in thoseschools.”
While MVCA is predomi-nately a running team, Vilardowas deciding on a quarterbackat presstime between seniorsLayne Cherry, Gavin Carsonandhissophomoreson,BransenVilardo.
“All three of those guys willbe on the field,” Vilardo said.“Whichever one wins the quar-terback position, the other twowillbeon thefieldat receiveror
tight end.”Running the ball for the Li-
ons will be the trio of seniorAlex Dammerman, junior Jor-dan Conklin and sophomoreJames Heaton.
MVCA’s best defender is 5-11, 250-pound Austin Privett.Like most of the squad, he’ll beon the field a lot. Joey Hallbergis also a returning linebacker.
“Everybody has two posi-tions obviously,” Vilardo said.“The biggest thing with us, ob-viously with small numbers, isinjuries. I’ve got to be smartcoaching. We can’t just go outthere and beat each other upand have guys sore on Fridaynight.”
MVCA now plays mainly onFridaysandusesTurpinandAn-derson as their home field.
MVCA quarterback Gavin Carson takes a snap in early season drills. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS
2013MIAMI VALLEYCHRISTIANSCHEDULEAug. 30 – at Finneytown, 7:30p.m.Sept. 13 – CINCINNATI COLLEGEPREP, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 28 – at Gamble MontessoriOct. 4 – HILLCRESTOct. 11 – OYLEROct. 19 – at Riverview East, 1:30p.m.Oct. 26 – MANCHESTERAll games at 7 p.m. unless not-ed.
MVCA head coach Robert Vilardo will lead his team against all-OHSAAcompetition for the first time in 2013. The Lions become full-fledgedOHSAA members in 2014. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS
B4 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • AUGUST 22, 2013 SPORTS & RECREATION
Boys golf» Indian Hill was seventh at
the Indian Hill Invitational atthe Elks Golf Club Aug. 12. Sen-iorPatrickAmatoshot81for theBraves.
»Moeller was fifth at the In-dianHill Invitational at theElksGolf Club on Aug. 12. SeniorJoshuaSchaefer tied for secondon the day with a 75.
Girls golf» Indian Hill defeated Cin-
cinnati Country Day on Aug. 12.CCD’sKacieBradfishwasmed-alistwitha35. IndianHill seniorPari Keller led the LadyBraves
with a 40.On Aug. 13, Keller was med-
alist with a 37 at Wyoming GolfClub as the Lady Braves beatthe Cowboys by 65 strokes.
Tennis» Indian Hill defeated Mag-
nificat 3-2 on Aug. 12. Sopho-moresMeredithBreda andCar-olina Andersen won singles.
The Lady Braves shut outWalnut Hills 5-0 on Aug. 13. Itwas another sophomore sweepfor IndianHill in singles asBre-da,MarenMcKennaandAnder-sen won.
Indian Hill blanked LakotaWest 5-0 on Aug. 15. Sweepingdoubleswere juniorsAlex Skid-more/Abigail Singer and juniorMorgan Koerting/senior MaryAnnMiller.
The CUP U17 Boys Gold team wins the USYS Region II Championshipsin Des Moines, Iowa, winning the final 6-0 over SC Waukesha ofWisconsin. The team has qualified for the USYS NationalChampionships in July in Overland Park, Kansas. The team is coachedby CUP Director of Coaching Bobby Puppione. In back, from left, areWes Mink, Austin Harrell, Jake Scheper, Greg Bohn, Dominic Isadore,Gabe Welp, Thomas Moore, Joe Gallagher and Coach BobbyPuppione. In front are Josh McDaniel, Trevor Thompson, HunterStiger, Josh Grant, Sam Conkright, Jack Clark, Caleb Griffith andChristian Hay. THANKS TO BOBBY PUPPIONE
MERRILY, MERRILY
Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club Women’s Varsity 8 wins silver at the recent 2013 U.S. Rowing Youth NationalChampionships, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. They finished four seconds behind the Marin Rowing Association ofSan Francisco, Calif. Any high school athletes interested in joining the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club canvisit www.cjrc.us for more information. Pictured are Ursuline Academy’s Lianna Brown of Mason, NotreDame Academy’s Erin Nurre of Fort Wright, Holy Cross High School’s Maddy Staubitz of Edgewood, St.Ursula Academy’s Kristen Smith of Fort Mitchell, St. Ursula Academy’s Danielle Chin of Western Hills,Ursuline Academy’s Caroline Kirk of Indian Hill, Ursuline Academy’s Gabi Biedenharn of Loveland, St.Ursula Academy’s Christine Lustenberger of Anderson Township, Ursuline Academy’s Claire Suess of HydePark and Coach Andy Piepmeier of West Chester. THANKS TO ROB BIEDENHARN
CHAMPS ON THE BIG FIELD
Members of the Moeller High School Division I Ohio State Championship baseball team were honoredbefore the start of the Cincinnati Reds-Oakland Athletics game at Great American Ball Park Aug. 6. TheCrusaders have been state champs the last two seasons.GARY LANDERS/COMMUNITY PRESS
AUGUST 22, 2013 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • B5LIFE
When your community goes to vote on November 5, will
they remember you and your story? Make sure they do
Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 11:00 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH
www.cloughchurch.org
CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142
www.cos-umc.org"Lessons from Joseph:
Use It or Lose It!"Traditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am
Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)
9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided
Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior Pastor
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
3950 Newtown Road
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 9:30 &11:00 a.m.Loveland High School, off of Rich Rd.
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
UNITED METHODIST
Ascension LutheranChurch
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.Sept. 8. Pastor Josh will lead theworship in a simplified manner.The service will include a chil-dren’s message, readings from“The Message, the Bible inContemporary Language,”sermon, prayer and upbeatmusic complementing themessage of the day.
Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288.
Bethel BaptistTemple
Join high school and collegestudents from around the citythe first Friday of each monthfrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a nightof encouragement, praising Godand fun. Included is a freeStarbucks Coffee bar, food,giveaways, a live band, games, aphoto booth and more. Look forthe Uprising sign. Find Uprisingon Facebook at “The Uprising –Student Outreach of Cincinnati”and on Twitter @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.
clubs are offered during theschool year from 7 p.m. to 8:30p.m. Wednesdays, for childrenages 2 through high school.Each club meeting featurescouncil time, which includes flagceremony, music and Biblelesson; handbook time, in whichclubbers earn awards throughmemorization and handbookcompletion; and game time.Contact the church for informa-tion, or visit the AWANA pageon Facebook: search for “BethelBaptist AWANA.”
Several father/son activities, aswell as family activities, arebeing planned for the fall andupcoming months. Visit thechurch website for details.
Plans are in the works for aonce-a-month women’s get-together.
A small group Bible study isoffered Wednesday evenings at
the church at 7:30 p.m.Sunday School is 10 a.m.;
Sunday worship is 11 a.m.The church is at 8501 Plain-
field Road, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.
Blue AshPresbyterian Church
Barefoot Sunday is Aug. 25.Bring new or gently worn shoesto donate to Soles4Souls todistribute all over the world.
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. Nursery care is avail-able.
Sunday sermons are recordedand available at www.bapc.net.
The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; www.bapc.net.
Brecon UnitedMethodist Church
The church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.
Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thursdayand Saturday. Samaritan Closetoffers clothing and food topeople with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays.
The church is at 7388 E. Kem-per Road, Sycamore Township;489-7021.
Church by theWoods
The church building is thehome of four different minis-tries. Church By the Woods is amulticultural and multi-ethnicchurch whose mission is to loveand serve God, each other andour neighbors. Sunday worshipservice is traditional in Englishand begins at 10 a.m. From10a.m. to noon on Saturdays,classes in English as a SecondLanguage are offered for ages14 to 94.
Taiwanese PresbyterianMinistry has Sunday traditionalworship at 2 p.m. in their lan-guage of Taiwanese. On Sat-urdays they offer a ministry onthe UC campus.
Freedom Church has its con-temporary worship service at10:30 a.m. in English. “It’s NotAbout Religion; It’s AboutRelationships;” tinyurl.com/a7yroqe.
Seventh Day AdventistChurch, has worship on Sat-urdays at 10 a.m. in Spanish.“Loving, Caring, Sharing God’sWord”
Nursery School is provided ateach church’s worship services.Bible studies are offered by allchurches.
The church is at 3755 Cornell
Road, Sharonville.
Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodist
Disciple Bible Study regis-tration is available for the2013-2014 year. Call the churchfor details.
The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 791-3142;www.cos-umc.org.
Community of theGood ShepherdCatholic Church
The church is at 8815 E. Kem-per Road, Montgomery; www.good-shepherd.org.
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;984-5044.
Epiphany UnitedMethodist Church
Worship in the Park at NisbetPark, downtown Loveland, is
Sunday, Sept. 1. The service willbegin at 10:30 a.m. with contem-porary and traditional elementsand Holy Communion as onebody. Please bring chairs andblankets. Following the servicewill be the church picnic. In theevent of a cloudy forecast, visitthe church website for worship/picnic location information.
Wee Three Kings Preschool, aministry of Epiphany UnitedMethodist Church, still has a fewopenings for the upcomingschool year. There are openingsin the 18-24 months class. Par-ent’s Day Out class as well as the4-year-old and PreK afternoonclasses. Tthe purpose is to pro-vide a place where children canlearn in a loving Christian atmos-phere. For more information,call the Wee Three Kings officeat 683-4256.
A new grief support group ismeeting at 7 p.m. Mondays inMeeting Room1. To be a part ofthis group, call the church office.
The church offers three wor-ship services – two contempo-rary and one traditional. Sat-urday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 9a.m. are contemporary servicesand Sunday at 10:30 a.m. is atraditional service.
The church is at 6635 Love-land-Miamiville Road, Loveland.
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Congregation OhavShalom in SycamoreTownship will welcomerenowned cantor Abra-ham Lubin as the leadingthe upcoming High HolyDay services.
Lubin’s engagement
will begin on RoshHasha-nah, the JewishNewYear,which starts on the eve-ning of Sept. 4.
Hewill alsoperformonYom Kippur, the Day ofAtonement, beginningSept. 13.
Lubin is recognized asone of the leading cantorsin the United States. Hehas appeared in concertsin Israel, England, Cana-da, the former SovietUnion, and throughout theUnited States.
He was born in Londonand at a young age, re-turned to Israel, the birth-place of his family, wherehe began to show a loveand talent for singing.
At the age of 8, he sangsolo with the famous Riv-lin Choir in Jerusalem.
Congregation presi-dent Randy Slovin says,“We are honored to havesomeone of Cantor Lu-bin’s stature sing for usduring the High HolyDays, a time of great re-flection for the Jewishcommunity. Knowing thathehasperformed interna-
tionally, recorded canto-rial music, and receivednumerous honors, it is aprivilege to welcome himto Ohav Shalom.”
Lubin was educatedboth in London and in theUnited States. In London,he graduated from theCantorial School at theLondon School of JewishStudies. Inaddition,he isagraduate of the College-Conservatory of Music ofthe University of Cincin-natiwhereheobtainedhisbachelor’s degree andwent on to receive hismaster ofmusic degree atDe Paul University. Healso earned the doctor ofmusic degree from theJewish Theological Semi-nary in New York.
Throughhiscareer,Lu-bin has served at syna-gogues in Dayton, Chi-cago, and most recently,atCongregationBethEl inBethesda, MD, fromwhich he retired. Lubinand his wife, Sandy, aretheproudparents of threechildren and eight grand-children.
Renowned cantor to lead services
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INDIAN HILLArrests/citationsSarah E. Robinson, 18, 10817Oak Valley Court, speed, July25.Cassandra M. Lewis, 29, 2048Oakbrook Place, no driverslicense, July 25.John D. Johnston, 73, 7601Blome Road, speed, July 25.Juvenile, 16, speed, July 30.Levent G. Gorur, 48, 9516Stonecrest Court, speed, July30.Destry L. Duncan, 48, 1603Glen Grove, taillight required,
July 30.Sandra A. McCulley, 37,220565 Fayetteville Blanches-ter Road, obeying trafficcontrol devices, Aug. 1.Ashley N. Roush, 28, 631Charwood, speed, Aug. 2.Virginia M. Seremet, 46, 8180Kugler Mill Road, drivingunder influence, July 29.
Incidents/investigationsDog incidentAt Given Road, July 30.Tools takenAt 6790 Marblehead Drive,July 31.
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McGraw electedchairman
MichaelMcGrawof In-dian Hill was recentlyelected chairman of theboard by the TriHealthBoard of Trustees.
McGraw has been amember of the boardsince 2009. Prior to beingnamed chairman, heserved as the vice chair-man and treasurer of thebaord.
He succeeds Robert L.Walker, who served aschairman since March2011.
“Michael’s leadership,combined with R.G.McGraw Insurance’scommitment to Cincin-nati, aresignificantassets
to Tri-Health inthis time ofgreatchange andchallengewith healthcare re-form,” saidJohn S.
Prout, TriHealth presi-dent and chief executiveofficer.
In addition to servingon the TriHealth Board,he serves on the boards ofQuest for Vision, LouiseTaft Semple Foundation,S.C. Ministry Foundation,and Queen City Club.
He has an undergradu-ate degree from Vander-bilt andagraduatedegreefromXavier University.
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Chris Belletti, senior vice presicent of PNC Bank, andMike Sewell of Indian Hill, CFO of Cincinnati FinancialCorporation, chairmen of the 2013 Ronld McDonaldHouse Charities Golf Classic, enjoy the event. Morethan 350 golfers came to Kenwood Country Clubrecently to have fun and raise more than $215,000 forthe charity. THANKS TO TONYA PATE
RecentlyIndianHillresidentsBetsy Jameson – on behalf of theCincinnati Bar Foundation – andKipandJennyHeekin–onbehalfoftheUnitedWayofGreaterCin-cinnati – were honored by theGreater Cincinnati Planned Giv-ingCouncilwithVoicesofGivingAwards for their selflessplanned gifts to their favoritecharitable organization.
“It is truly our greatest honorto recognize suchaspecialgroupof individuals for their purpose-ful gifts to ensure the long termwelfare of many nonprofitswhose work strengthens ourfamilies and neighborhoods,”said Lori Asmus, co-chair for theevent.
Jameson’s endowment gift tothe Foundation was made in
memory of her late husband,Kenneth D. Jameson, who losthis battle with depression.
His legal profession gave himlifelong friendships, profession-al enrichment, and ideals of in-tegrity.Thankstohergenerosity,the Foundation created the Ken-neth D. Jameson Health andWell-being Fund to support acommittee offering resourcesand support for attorneys andlaw students in mental health,stress management and addic-tion.It isoverseenbyanadvisorypanel of local healthcare profes-sionals
A private banking specialist,Kip Heekin followed in his fam-ily’s footsteps joining the UnitedWay Foundation Board in 2010.He and Jenny realized that
througha life insurancegift theycouldmagnify their impact.Withtheir planned gift, the Heekenshave irrevocably endowed theirgenerous annual support to theUnitedWay.
Additionally, Kip continues togive his expertise in makingplanned giving presentationsand serving on the committeethat oversees policy and strate-gies for all United Way invest-ments.
The Greater CincinnatiPlanned Giving Council is a pro-fessional association for peoplewhoseworkincludesdeveloping,marketing, and administeringcharitable planned giftsfor non-profit institutions and a varietyof other legal and financial set-tings.
Indian Hill philanthropists honored
Rene McPhedran, Betsy Jameson, Steven Ingram and TabithaHochscheid celebrate Jameson's Voices of Giving Award. THANKS TO LISA
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ANIMALS/ NATUREGrailville – needs volunteers for thegarden in Loveland. Volunteer days are9 a.m. to noon selected Saturdays. Fora complete list visit www.grailville.orgor call 683-2340. Volunteers will workin the kitchen and herb gardens. Noexperience is needed, volunteers mayparticipate once or for the entireseason. Volunteers should bring gloves,water bottle, sunscreen, hat, footwearthat can get dirty and a snack if de-sired. Tools are provided.GRRAND – Golden Retriever Rescue andAdoption of Needy Dogs takes inneedy displaced, abandoned or un-claimed stray golden retrievers andplaces them in volunteer foster homesuntil adoptive families are found. Call1-866-981-2251 and leave your nameand phone. Visit www.ggrand.org.email [email protected] For Animal Welfare – A no-killshelter needs volunteers 16-and-olderto help socialize cats and 18-and-olderto socialize and walk dogs. Otheropportunities available. Call 735-2299,ext. 3.Save the Animals Foundation – Needspeople 18 and older to staff its shelterfor homeless cats and dogs. Call 378-0300 for cats and 588-6609 for dogs.
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum– has a new horticulture volunteerprogram. Volunteer opportunitiesinclude working side by side SpringGrove’s nationally-renowned horticul-ture team at this National HistoricLandmark. Groups of volunteers willbe developed to help in the followingareas: keeping the front entrance arealooking spectacular, controlling in-vasive species, taking care of the treeand shrub collection. They are alsolooking for a volunteer, or volunteers,to help with the hybrid tea roses. Newvolunteers join the volunteer docentswho are ambassadors for the cemeteryand arboretum. Information sessions,conducted the last Saturday and firstWednesday of each month, will ex-plain the volunteer opportunities.Sessions are at 10 a.m. in the HistoricOffice, just inside the main entrance tothe cemetery. For more information,contact volunteer coordinator WhitneyHuang, Spring Grove horticulturist, at853-6866.Tri State County Animal Response Team(CART) – Is at 11216 Gideon Lane inSycamore Township. Meetings areopen to the public. Visitwww.tristatecart.com for monthlysubjects or more information. Call
702-8373.WintonWoods Riding Center – is inneed of volunteers to assist with theSpecial Riders Program, which providestraining and competition opportuni-ties for children and adults with dis-abilities, and to help with barn duties,horse shows and a variety of othertasks. No experience is necessary andtraining is provided. Interested individ-uals ages 14 and older are invited tocontact the WintonWoods RidingCenter at 931-3057, or [email protected].
PROFESSIONAL SERVICESExecutive Service Corps of Cincinnati –Professionals can use their adminis-trative skills to help a busy, growingnonprofit manage its projects andmembers. Executive Service Corps ofCincinnati is looking for someone withexperience in Word, Excel, Power Pointand Outlook to assist in the Blue Ashoffice. Volunteers set their own daysand hours and enjoy nice workingconditions and friendly, bright volun-teers and staff. Help the ESCC helpother nonprofits succeed. ContactDarlyne Koretos for more informationat 791-6230, ext. 10. ESCC is at 10945Reed Hartman Highway, Suite 108.
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 Cincinnatiregion.“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 please call 793-5070.
