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RUNNING IN CIRCLESGirls from St. Columbanprepared special gifts for a localanimal shelter.See Schools, A5
Symmes Township residentsare voicing their opinions aboutsidewalks on certain streets.
Residents attended a publicmeeting Dec. 4 to share theirviewson theproject fornextyear.The township also gathered inputfrom residents submitting sug-gestions for possible locationsthat sidewalks might be benefi-cialduringavirtualmeetingonitswebsite.
A section of sidewalk whichgarnered the most comment isproposed for Humphrey Road,from the existing sidewalks atMistymornCourt to eitherAlydarCourt, Pinto Court or Loveland-Madeira Road.
Anotherpopularsuggestion in-volved extending the existingsidewalk on Humphrey to Pinto,citingthesamereasonsasthepre-vious one. The first section re-ceived26positivevotesfromresi-dents in thevirtualmeeting,whilethe second received 24. A poll ofthe residents’ opinionswasn’t tak-en at the public meeting.
A third extended the sidewalkto Loveland-Madeira, citing safe-ty concerns, and connecting all ofHumphrey to Hopewell Parkdown the street. Staff comments,however, noted that the sectionpresents some topographical anddrainage issues. That suggestionreceived three votes from resi-dents.
Overall, many residents whospoke about sidewalks on Hum-
Residentsweigh in onsidewalksBy Leah [email protected] PUBLIC AND STAFF
gomery Road to Symmes Ele-mentary School» Fields Ertel Road— From
Snider Road to MontgomeryRoad, from Stonebridge Way toRich Road» Home of the Brave Park—
Park entrance off WoodwindDrive» Hopewell Road— From
Humphrey to Little Miami River/Bike Trail» Humphrey Road— From
Mistymorn Lane to Alydar Court,Pinto Court or Loveland-Madei-ra Road» Kemper Road— From Snid-
er Road to Montgomery Road,fromMcKinney Road to Love-land-Madeira Road»McKinney Road— From
Loveland Trace to edge of thetownship»Mason Road— From Chapel
Square Drive to MontgomeryRoad»Montgomery Road— Enyart
Road to Union Cemetery Road» Paulmeadows Drive— From
Snider Road to CypresswoodDrive» Snider Road— From Kem-
per Road to Fields Ertel Road» Union Cemetery Road—
From Home of the Brave Parkentrance to Meade Park southentrance, from Fields Ertel Roadto Montgomery Road, LebanonRoad to Montgomery Road
See SIDEWALKS, Page A2
More than a month after Hur-ricane Sandy struck the EastCoast, several drivers from AutoWorksTowing inMiamiTownshipare among those helping clean upthe devastation.
Owner Tug Brock said autoauction companies are hiring towtrucks to clear the cars off thestreets so they can be auctioned
off for individual parts."Wepickeduponit fromthere,"
he said.Brock said there are probably
75 to100 tow trucks from Indiana,Ohio and Kentucky helping inNew York and New Jersey.
Auto Works employees DonMesaros, Paul Osborn, Dan BoehandJackJohnson traveled toNewYork about three weeks ago to as-sist in Sandy cleanup.
Mesaros said the group has
been living andworking onStatenIsland, where they’ve worked 12-16 hour days hauling cars off thestreets. He said the “unbeliev-able” damage he’s seen includesboats pushed from the ocean tothe middle of main roads and en-tire homes washed away.
“I can’t believe the devasta-tion,” he said.
Mesaros said as his group of
Towing company helps in aftermath of ‘Sandy’By Rob [email protected]
Weeks after Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, crews are still workinglong hours to clean up the wreckage. PROVIDED See TOWING, Page A2
Fire has always been a bigpart of the traditions at Christ-mas in Loveland.
Fromtheglowingcandlelit lu-minaries lining the bridge andwalkways, to the roaring flameswarming chilly fingers and toesat the bonfire, to Jim Fierro’schestnuts roasting over an openfire, and the Whistle Stop ClayWorks’ new tradition; Raku fir-ingofclayChristmasornaments.
Tim and Kay Bolin-O’Grady,owners of the Clay Works, ap-
The glazed ornaments glow brightly in the Raku firing at Whistle Stop Clay Works during Christmas inLoveland. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Firing up new traditionsat Christmas in LovelandBy Chuck [email protected]
Tim and Kay Bolin-O'Grady helped start a new Christmas inLoveland tradition at Whistle Stop Clay Works. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE
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proached Martin Schickelwith the idea in 2010. Locat-ed just across the traintracks on Ohio 48, theywondered if the carriagerides could swing by Whis-tle Stop Clay Works duringthe annual celebration.Thestop couldn’t be added sothey found a different wayto lead people to theirunique Christmas attrac-tion.
“We figured out a way,”Kay Bolin-O’Grady said.“We lined the sidewalkwith luminaries from thefourcornersup tohere (theClay Works). Then Martin
promoted it in all theChristmas in Loveland lit-erature as well.”
People followed the lu-minaries there the firstyear. Itbeganto takeontra-dition status when peoplereturned in even biggernumbers last year. Tim andKay are expecting the tra-dition to grow even biggerthis year.
“The first year we had150,” Tim O’Grady said.“Last year we had 280 andthis year we are preparedfor 400 plus. They can seeall the things that are im-portant traditions ofChristmas in Loveland andthen come over here, getwarm and see somethingthey’ve never seen in theirlife.”
The Raku firing is auniquely fast process forfiring clay work; perfectfor decorative clay pieceslike Christmas ornaments.Tim O’Grady says it’s “in-stant gratification” com-paredto theusual threedayprocess for firing potterypieces. Raku is only about90 minutes from puttingthepiece in toseeing there-sult. Itt provides an excit-
ing visual with intensehigh-heat open kiln firing.
“Eyes lit up,” TimO’Grady said. “I think thepeople all looked forwardto it. It is an enjoyable ex-perience. We have a bon-fire outside. They can sitaround; get a little warm ifit’s chilly out. It’s just fun tosee the kids’ faces lightup.”
“It’s just a fun familyevent,” Kay O’Grady said.“They can paint an orna-ment, take it home as akeepsake, andwatch some-thing as incredible as theRakufiring. It’sanamazingsight!”
Whistle Stop ClayWorksplansthreeRakufir-ings during the evening.The first loading of the kilnwill be at 5 p.m. with the
second set for 6:15 p.m. andthe last Raku firing at 7:30p.m.To insureaplace in thekiln, people should getthere at least 45 minutesahead of time to pick an or-nament and get it paintedfor firing.
“It’s anexcitingelementof new traditions at Christ-mas in Loveland,” said Pas-tor Bill Hounshell, NewHopeBaptist Church. “Theexciting thing is: we’re go-ing to continue to see newtraditions come in atChristmas in Loveland.”
Live camels and thethree wise men at NewHope’s live nativitymay bethe beginning of anothernew tradition this year. Ra-ku fired ornaments at theWhistle Stop Clay Works isfast becoming a traditionas important to Christmasin Loveland as the music,
song, dance, trains, car-riagesandSantaClauswithBuddy the Elf at LovelandCanoe & Kayak.
“It looked fantastic,”said Mark Bersani, ownerof Loveland Canoe & Kay-ak. “It’s very festive andseasonal. The Raku firinglookedgreat; thishighroar-ing fire. It’s a great atmos-phere.”
Itwas the first timeBer-sani had ever seen it. Whis-tle Stop Clay Works wasvery festive with all theChristmas decoration. It’sa new tradition that Bersa-ni says helps Christmas inLoveland grow.
“This is a way to giveback,” said Tim O’Grady.“People want to leavemon-ey in a jar. We say no. Thisis our gift to the communi-ty.”
FiringContinued from Page A1
RAKU FIRING OF CHRISTMASORNAMENTS DURING CHRISTMAS INLOVELANDWhere: Whistle Stop Clay Works located on S.R. 48 just
across the train tracksWhen: 4 p.m.to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15Time: Firings at 5 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.Open house 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14More at: www.whistlestopclayworks.com or call 513-683-
CLAY (2529)More about Christmas in Loveland at:
www.lovelandchamber.org or www.historicloveland.com
CHRISTMAS IN LOVELANDMagical – Musical – Merry in Historic Downtown Love-
land4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15.Free to the public
Three young girls paint the glaze on their ornaments toprepare for Raku firing. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
phrey supported the con-cept, because they felt theyand their families would besafer, as well as feelingmore like a community, asopposed to a collection ofcul-de-sacs.
“I have a lot of friendswho live on other (nearby)streets,” said AJ King, a 13-year-old resident of Hum-phrey. “I have to cutthrough yards and climbfences to get to theirhouses.”
Many other neighborssaid they have to avoidwalking on Humphrey be-cause it’s dangerous, butsome said they’ve taken thechance and have almostbeen hit by passing cars.
“You have to look andbolt tocross thestreet toget
to the sidewalks that are al-ready there,” said RichCech, a Huntersrun Laneresident.
Two residents, a motherand daughter, said they op-posesidewalksonthestreetbecause they would be “ad-versely impacted”by them.Their home on Humphreyis 147-years-old, and Jenni-fer Wolski said that side-walks could compromisethe historical significanceand character of the prop-erty.
Her mother, Bibiane,agreed, saying that shedidn’t want part of theiryard taken to put the side-walks in, and hoped that analternative plan could beworked out if Humphrey ischosen for this year’s pro-ject.
For more about your commu-nity, visit Cincinnati.com/SymmesTownship.
SidewalksContinued from Page A1
tow trucks, which haulsabout 120 cars each day,works to clean up some ofthe wreckage, the RedCross is helping feed andclothe people, and utility
workers continue to restoreelectricity.
Brock saidwhile the payfor working in the area isgood, it's important to helpwhen there's the ability todo so.
"It's a good thing to be in-volved in,"hesaid. "Thepeo-ple out there need you."
TowingContinued from Page A1
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BLUE ASH — Blue Ashpolice say they havefiled burglary and com-plicity to burglarycharges against threemen accused of a seriesof daytime residentialbreak-ins.
The month-long in-vestigationwasacooper-ative effort involvingthe Miami Township Po-lice Department, theClermont County Sher-iff’s Office and the Cin-cinnati Police Depart-ment, Blue Ash police
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LOVELAND — PresidentBarack Obama and FirstLady Michelle Obamamade time for a quick visitand photowith 50 LovelandHigh School seniors Veter-an’sDayweekendwhile thestudents were touring Ar-lington National Cemetery,one stop on the class tour ofWashington D.C.
“Out of all the memori-als we visited, ArlingtonNational Cemetery had themost profound effect onme,” student Matt Beckersaid.
“It was overwhelmingto see the expanse of thecemetery, as it seeminglynever ended.
“IwalkedawayfromAr-lington with a recognitionof just how lucky I truly amand an admiration of theAmerican troops who lay itall on the line for our free-dom,” Becker said.
“Meeting Mr. and Mrs.Obamawas something thatI will never forget.
“Inoticed thatnomatterhow the media praises orrebukes them, they stillconcern themselves withthe needs of the Americanpeople,” Becker said.
“It gave me some in-sight into the extremeamount of pressure placedon the president.”
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bust said, “Meeting Presi-dent Obama and the FirstLady was surreal.
“It still feels like adream.
“They were so gratefuland caring toward the fam-iliesat thecemetery,”Myk-lebust said.
“I think the most shock-ing thing was how real,modest and genuine theyare.”
Dave Volkman, Love-land High School socialstudies teacher, organizesthe trip each year.
Fifty seniors are al-lowed to sign up to go andare selected on a firstcome, first serve basis.
“This is the first timethe students have gotten tomeet the president,” Volk-man said.
“My hope is that theyleave with a deeper, betterunderstanding of Ameri-can ideals and history, andthe responsibilities of citi-zenship.”
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MIAMI TWP. — AttorneyJoe Braun has been hiredto replace retiring MiamiTownship Law DirectorJohn Korfhagen.
The trusteesNov. 20 ap-proved hiring Braun as as-sistant law director towork with Korfhagenthrough the end of theyear.
Township Administra-torLarryFronksaidhiring
Braun as an assistant will“provide a smooth transi-tion.”
“Beginning Jan. 1, Mr.Braun will become thenext law director,” Fronksaid.
“You are now officiallypart of the team,” TrusteeMary Makley Woff toldBraun.
Braun, a resident ofMi-ami Township, said he hasa lot of experience in othercommunities, “and I’mlooking forward to putting
that knowl-edge towork in myown com-munity.”
He saidhe hasworked asassistantsolicitor for
the cities of Loveland andWyoming and has donespecial legal work for oth-er communities.
Braun also serves aspresident of the Clermont
County Public Libraryboard of trustees.
He is a partner in thelaw firm of Strauss Troy,which employs 46 attor-neys in Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky.
As part of the contractwith Miami Township, oth-er attorneys at StraussTroy will be available toprovide legal expertise inareas suchas labor lawandreal estate, Braun said.
“I think the townshipwill benefit from it,” he
said of his associationwithStrauss Troy.
As law director, Braunwill be classified as a part-time employee with an an-nual salary of $1 a year.The townshipwill be billedat an hourly rate byStrauss Troy for Braun’sservices and the servicesof other employees of thefirm, according to the con-tract.
Fronk said township of-ficials received about 20applications for the law di-
rector job.A panel made up of
Fronk and the three trust-ees interviewed seven ofthe candidates.
Fronk said they chooseBraun because, “he’s anexcellent attorney, he’s aresident of Miami Town-ship and his associationwith Strauss Troy gives upaccess to other attorneysfor special cases.”
“John Korfhagenleaves huge shoes to fill,”Braun said.
Two Symmes Townshipboards could be addingnewmembers, at least in an al-ternate fashion.
The Board of Trusteesapproved a text amend-ment to the township’s zon-ing code which allows theboard to appoint alternatesto the zoning commissionand board of zoning ap-peals. If a regular memberis sick, recuses his or her-
self fromacase or is absentforanotherreason, analter-nate would be contactedand asked to stand in ontheir respective board forthat case.
Bryan Snyder from theHamilton County Planningand Development Depart-ment said the regional plan-ning commission approvedthe amendment, but saidthe trustees alsohad topassit for it to take legal effect.
The amendment allow-ing alternates could pre-
vent a delay in one of theboards hearing a case be-cause a board member isabsent,oreliminatethepos-sibility of someone bring-ing a case forward to objectto the decision because aboard member wasn’t pre-sent.
The Board of Trusteescan begin to interview can-didates for any alternatepositions.
On Nov. 14, 11 Loveland area residents graduated from the annual Loveland CitizensPolice Academy. Students participated in class every Wednesday evening at theLoveland Safety Center for 10 weeks learning about the operations and dailyfunctions of the Loveland Police Division. Graduates will now become members ofthe Loveland Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association. Class members are, fromleft: front, Mary Cleland, Virgil Gaull, John Calder, Norma LaFarge and Jan Schultz;back, Officer Chad Caudell, Corey Schmidt, Mayor Rob Weisgerber, CouncilwomanPaulette Leeper, Chief Tim Sabransky, Jerry Mullins, Jim Molnar, Joell Reynolds andMayur Kadakia. THANKS TO CHAD CAUDELL
Fifteen girls from Girls onthe Run at St. Columban Schoolgot together Nov. 8 to servetheir community by preparingsome special gifts for a local an-imal shelter, Circle Tail Inc.
As part of the Girls on theRun program at the school, thegirls (grades three to five)spent some time learning aboutcommunity and the importanceof giving back. This philosophy,plus their love of animals, ledthem to choose to do a serviceproject for Circle Tail.
The girls created rope dogtoys by braiding multi-coloredfleece and they collected otherneeded items for the sheltersuch as dog food, dog treats,chew bones, grooming equip-ment, dog toys and cleaningsupplies. A week later, a volun-teer fromCircle Tail visited thegroup with two service dogs.She talked to the girls moreabout Circle Tail’s programsand its dogs, and then shethanked them for their time anddonations.
Girls on the Run of GreaterCincinnati inspires pre-teengirls tobehealthyandconfidentusing a fun curriculum that cre-atively integrates running. Theprogramusesexercise, positivereinforcement and encourag-ing role models to provide girlswith the confidence they needin those critical pre-teen years.
Each 75-minute lesson com-bines running and walkinggames with various life skills,including lessons on healthyeating, body image, settinggoals, cooperation and otherage-appropriate topics.
At the end of the season, all
local girls come together for theGirls on the Run 5k run/walk.This year it was at Nov. SawyerPoint, when all 15 St. Columbangirls participated, many com-peting in a “real” race for theirfirst time.
The girls in the St. Columbanprogram are: Madeline Bris-ken, Abby Gries, Sarah Jack-son, Ramei Jackson, Kelly Ken-dall, OliviaRademacher,Caitlin
Reardon, Payton Robinson, EllaSchaltz, Emily Schwartz, JuliaShrofe, Kaitlyn Torbeck, AbbyVon Nida, Andrea White, andMaria Zierolf. The coaches are:KarenRobinson,RachelVonNi-da and Linda Zierolf.
If you’d like to learn moreaboutGirls on theRun ofGreat-er Cincinnati you can visit theirwebsite atwww.gotrcincinnati.org.
Members of the St. Columban Girls on the Run teamwith items they collected for Circle Tail Inc., from left:front, Sarah Jackson, Caitlin Reardon, Madeline Brisben, Ella Schaltz and Olivia Rademacher; middle row,Payton Robinson, Kaitlyn Torbeck and Emily Schwartz; back row, Kelly Kendall, Abby Gries, Abby VonNida, Maria Zierolf, Ramei Jackson, Julia Shrofe and Andrea White. THANKS TO KAREN ROBINSON
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Circle Tail Inc. volunteer Tracy Desch speaks to members of the Girlson the Run program at St. Columban School. THANKS TO KAREN ROBINSON
Dean’s list»Nathaniel Onnen of Love-
land recently made the annualdean’s list at Union College.
Onnen is a mathematics ma-jor.
» Claaire Miller of Lovelandwas recently named to Eckerd
College’s dean’s list for thespring semester.
Miller is amarine sciencema-jor.
STAR at collegeLoveland residents Matthew
Bauke, Ashley Rankin, NicholasKerkhove and Garrett Lechner
recently participated in the an-nual Summer Transition, Advis-ing and Registration program atPurdue University’s West La-fayette campus.
The program, for new under-graduate students, gives stu-dents academic advice and cre-ates their initial courseschedule.
COLLEGE CORNER
Twenty Ursuline students inthe Spanish class of Blanca Ris-don of Fairfield, were inductedinto the Spanish Honor SocietyNov. 13.
The new members are AnaAguilar of Loveland, BrennaBarber of Mason, Monica Bock-horst of Loveland, Camille Bor-dersofMason,SarahConnaught-on of Sharonville, ErinGeorge ofMason, Katie Georgopoulos ofSpringfield Township, HannahHoffer of Maineville, PaigeKebeofLoveland, FatimaKhalidof Mason, Shannon Kronenberg-er of Kenwood, Kayla McCarthyof Maineville, Susan Morand ofLoveland, Sarah Reilly of HydePark, Caroline Smith of Montgo-mery, Kelly Spiller of LibertyTownship, Diana Suarez of Ma-son, Elizabeth Tyger of Mason,Lauren Vesprani of Finneytownand Elizabeth Zappia of MiamiTownship.
Cate Brinker (president) ofAnderson Township and EllenHinkley (co-president) of IndianHill, who were inducted lastyear, presided the induction cer-
emony.According to Risdon, mem-
bership into the Spanish HonorSociety is by invitation of theUr-suline Spanish teachers, whohave the sole responsibility forthe Society and its by-laws.Membership is based on the hon-or average in Spanish of A- forthree consecutive semesters ofstudy and that the students be ofgood character as defined by thehandbook of Ursuline Academy.
The Honor Society studentsmust demonstrate enthusiasmand continued interest in theSpanish language and the Span-ish-speakingpeople of theworld.In addition, the students mustpay yearly dues to help supportthe Society’s “adopted” child in aSpanish-speaking country.
Risdon said, “We sponsor achild inGuatemala throughChil-dren International, and the stu-dents write her letters for herbirthday, for Christmas andEaster,” adding that therewill beother community service oppor-tunities during the school yearfor the students to participate in.
Ursuline studentsinducted into SpanishHonor Society
Ursuline students inducted into the school's Spanish Honor Society,from left: front, Hannah Hoffer, Elizabeth Zappia, Erin George,Elizabeth Tyger and Fatima Khalid; middle row, Brenna Barber, SarahConnaughton, Kayla McCarthy, Monica Bockhorst and Ana Aguilar;back row, Ellen Hinkley (co-president), Diana Suarez, KatieGeorgopoulos, Shannon Kronenberger, Sarah Reilly, Paige Kebe, KellySpiller, Lauren Vesprani, Camille Borders and Cate Brinker. Not pictured,Susan Morand and Caroline Smith. THANKS TOMARIANNE LANG
Mount Notre Dame hosted itsannual openhousewith hundredsof community members in atten-dance.
This event featured hands-onexperiments for guests includinga laparoscopic surgery, DNAtesting, an interactive tablet for-eign language game show, a fieldtripacross theworld,adanceper-formance and many more high-lights.
Parents and students alikenoted the great experience theyhad at this event.
The Moeller High School band welcomes guests to Mount Notre DameHigh School's open house. THANKS TO NATASHA SHULL
Mount NotreDame hosts OpenHouse 2012
Mount Notre Dame High Schoolstudents and faulty demonstratean interactive foreign languagelearning game during the school'sopen house. THANKS TO NATASHA
SHULL
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The Loveland Herald againwill present “Home for the holi-days: Catching up with collegeathletes.”
Parents of athletes whoplayed in the college ranks dur-ing the 2012 calendar year cansubmit by email a few para-graphs and, if interested, a pho-to to sharewhere they are,whatthey’re playing and how theydid. Be sure to include the ath-lete’s name, parents’ names andthe community newspaper theyget at home. The submitted in-formation will be compiled bynewspaper and run the issue ofDec. 26-27 .
Send the email to press-preps@ gmail.com by Monday,Dec.17.Questionscanbedirect-ed tomlaughman@ community-press.com or 248-7573.
Rosenbaum to Rockies» Former Loveland and Xa-
vier University baseball playerDanny Rosenbaum will join theColorado Rockies organizationafter being selected in MajorLeague Baseball’s Rule 5 draftThursday.
The Rule 5 draft allowsteams to claim any player notnamed to another team’s 40-manroster provided that the se-lecting team keeps the playeron its 25-man roster for the en-tire season. The draft effective-ly keeps ball clubs from hoard-ing minor leaguers that otherteams would name to theMajorLeague roster.
Rosenbaum, 25, graduatedfrom Loveland in 2006 andplayed three seasons with theMusketeers before going pro.He was a 22nd-round draft pickof the Washington Nationals in2009 and has been a startingpitcher in the minors eversince.Hehas acareer 26-24 rec-ord with a 2.84 ERA and a 1.19WHIP. Last season, hewent 8-10with a 3.954ERAwithDouble-AHarrisburg of the EasternLeague.
With the move, Rosenbaumlikely will make his MLB debutin 2013, unless the Rockies re-turn him to the Nationals. Anyother team that might acquirehim in a trade would have tokeep him on is Major Leagueroster for the year as part ofRule 5 draft criteria.
Hall of Fame» Loveland High School will
induct its latest class of athleticgreats into their Hall of Fameon Jan. 4. The ceremony willtake place at halftime of theboys basketball game againstTurpin. The group featuresDanMuchmore (’93 basketball), KipFunke (’84 football, basketballand baseball), coach Jeff Ber-koff (’73-’09 wrestling) andKathy Wilson Peyton (’65 bas-ketball and softball).
Girls swimming» Loveland was ninth at the
Mason Invitational Dec. 1.
Boys basketball»Moeller defeated Purcell
Marian 82-60 on Dec. 4. SeniorJosh Davenport led with 19points.
On Dec. 7, the Crusadersbeat Badin 61-22. Junior GrantBenzinger led with 11 points.
Girls basketball»Mount Notre Dame beat
Milford 38-17 on Dec. 1.
Boys bowling» Loveland beat Glen Este
Dec. 3 at Cherry Grove Lanesby 73 pins. Junior Danny Trin-gelof led the Tigers with a se-ries of 448.
»Moeller beat WyomingDec. 3. Junior Steven Snyderhad the high series with a 360.
On Dec. 4, the Crusadersbeat Elder as Snyder rolled a434 series.
Girls bowling» Loveland beat Glen Este
Dec. 5. Rachel Leever led theLady Tigers with a 364 series.
Hockey»Moeller beat Dublin Coff-
man 3-2 on Dec. 2.
Lacrosse» Brian McElveen, a two-
yearstarter for theLovelandTi-gers, has committed to playNCAA Division I lacrosse atRobert Morris University inPittsburgh.
“In eighth grade I set a goalto play college lacrosse,” McEl-veen said. “The youth and mid-dle school program here inLoveland and, of course, myhigh school coaches CoachLynch and Coach Fedders, real-ly put me on a path to do that. Iknow the real preparation be-gins now. I’m verymotivated tocompete at the next level.”
McElveen also drew interestfromHigh Point, Towson, Salis-bury and Stevenson University.
Loveland junior guard WillEdison (1) reacts to a call whileleaping over Anderson seniorCharlie Carroll duringAnderson's 60-56 win Dec. 4.NICK DUDUKOVICH/THE COMMUNITY
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LOVELAND — Prep swimmershave been entering the chlorinat-ed water in the wee hours of themorning for weeks now in prepa-ration for thewinter swimseason.The following is a rundown of thevarious teams in the LovelandHerald coverage area.
LovelandThe new swim coach at Love-
land High School is Jaclyn Jones.Shepreviouslyhas coachedwaterpolo and junior high swimming.
In the final year of theFortAn-cient Valley Conference, Love-land’s boys and girls finishedsixth.
For the Loveland boys, Joneslooks for senior DannyMcCarthyand junior Cameron Spicer to ex-cel in sprints. In the 500 freestyle,she points to underclassmen Bob-by Oberholzer and David Os-borne.
“We are stronger on the girls’side,” Jones said. “Our top swim-mers are Kate Randall, MeganDay and Audrey Jewell.”
Randall qualified for state lastseasonandall threewereonLove-land’s state medley and free re-lays.
In the FAVC, Randall had thesecond best 200 and 500 freestyletimes, while Megan Day had thesecond best in the100 backstroke.
“Ireally liketheenthusiasmbyeveryone,” Jones said. “They arereadyforagreatseasonandsoamI.”
After a dualmeetwithMilfordon Dec. 11, Loveland goes to Tur-pin tofacetheSpartansandfellowEastern Cincinnati Conferencefoes Glen Este. They finish thecurrent year Dec. 22 at the BlueAsh YMCA with Moeller facingthe boys and Mount Notre Dameopposing the girls.
MoellerThe Crusaders return several
swimmers with state experience
including Kevin George, Fritz Jo-sephson, Greg Nymberg and EricScott.
Georgewas one of the highest-placing freshman at the statemeet, finishing 13th in the 500freestyle and 16th in the 200 free.He alsowas on theGreaterCatho-licLeague-South second-team400freestyle relay.
Junior Fritz Josephson was21st in the 500 freestyle last sea-son and junior Nymberg was onthe sixth-place 200 freestyle re-lay, along with senior Eric Scott.The Moeller 200 freestyle relayteam was named GCL-South firstteam last winter.
“With incoming swimmersCooper Hodge, T.J. Peloquin andother freshmen, Moeller looks toretain their team-scoring spot atthis coming year’s Ohio highschool state championship meetin February,” coach Bill Whatleysaid by email.
Hodge is a juniornational levelswimmer and and Peloquin aYMCA national level swimmer.
The rest of Moeller’s team areseniors Andrew Bergman andBryan Kimutis; juniors Christo-pher Asgian, Charlie Braun, KyleJohnson, Aidan Murray, SeanSchwab,Kyle Smith andToryWo-robetz; sophomoresAidanDalton,Chris Glaser, Josh Jones, Ben
Love, Jessie Powers, Riley Rufo,Peter Sharpahair andNoahWoro-betz; and freshmenDanNymbergand Ben Sence.
The Crusaders begin with theBig Eight meet and the CantonCity meet in Canton Dec. 14-15.
Mount Notre DameThe Cougars have some expe-
rience returning to the pool asthey return17 of 20 varsity swim-mers from last year’s sixth-placeGirls Greater Cincinnati League-Scarlet team.
MND’s coach is Jeff Stueveandhis top twoperformersshouldbe seniors Paige Theobald andMaddie Rapp. Theobald wasGGCL-Scarlet honorable mentionin the 500 freestyle and as part ofthe 400 freestyle relay.
“Paige was the fastest non-state qualifier in Ohio last year inthe 500 free and looks to qualifythisseason,”Stuevesaid. “MaddieRapp was a state qualifier herfreshman and sophomore seasonbefore missing last year with aninjury. She returns fully healthythis season.”
RapphascommittedtoswimatFlorida International.
The Cougars also have juniorKatie Kruspe and sophomore An-
Loveland’s Kate Randall qualified for the state meet in the 500 freestyle last season. THANKS TO LOVELAND
Loveland’s 200 medley relay girls team made it to the district meet, butfell short of going to state. From left, the remaining members arejuniors Megan Day, Kate Randall and Audrey Jewell. THANKS TO TRACI DAY
See SWIM, Page A7
St.XavierhockeycoachAdamTramonte knew going into theseason he would have a goodteam. What he didn’t know is hisBombers would start 7-0.
“It’s great,” Tramonte said.“We figured we would be prettygood. We have a lot of seniors, sothere’s good leadership in theprogram right now.”
Goalie Matt Thornley of WestChester has been part of a goal-keeping duo that has allowed justeight goals through seven games,while senior forward Mitch
Blank of Cincinnati is getting itdoneoffensivelyfor theBomberswith 17 points through Dec. 7.
“(Mitch) has been playing(hockey) for a long time,” Tra-monte said. “He loves the sportand is reallydedicated.Hecomesfrom a hockey family… It helpswhen your whole family isaround the sport. He lives it.”
Other members of the seniorclass that are contributing areRobbyThomas ofMountHealthyand Will Rinaldi of Sharonville,who are both teamcaptains alongwith Blank.
of West Chester are also leaderson the ice for St. X.
While Tramonte knew thissenior class was going to be spe-cial from the time they steppedon the ice as freshmenand sopho-mores, it’s what the current un-derclassmen are doing that couldmake this Bomber squad reallyspecial.
“Wegot a good influx of youngguys last year,” Tramonte said.“We knew we would be good, butyou don’t know how good untilyou see those kids on the ice.”
Some of the young guys con-tributing are sophomore AaronCramer of Colerain Township –
who is currently out with an inju-ry but will be back by Christmasaccording to Tramonte - sopho-more Justin LeFevre of WestChester and freshmen Joey Luf-fy of Loveland and Zach Thomasof Mount Healthy.
As a freshman, Thomas issplitting time with Thornley innet, according to Tramonte.
“He’s pretty good,” Tramontesaid aboutThomas. “…It’s nice tosee competition at every spot andto see a freshman step-up.”
Other boys on the team live inWestern Hills, Newtown, Mason,Liberty Township and PleasantRidge.
St. Xavier senior goalie MattThornley protects the net againstSycamore last season. Thornleyhas been part of a goalkeepingduo with Zach Thomas that hasallowed just eight goals on theseason. THANKS TO ST. XAVIER ATHLETICS
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74 percent face-off winsand115 ground balls for the2012Moeller season to earnFirst TeamAll-Region, Sec-ondTeamAll-Ohio, andSec-ond-TeamAll-Midwest hon-ors. He was a member ofthe 2012UnderArmourUn-
On Nov. 14, 12 MoellerCrusaders signed letters ofintent to continueas collegestudent-athletes. Fivesigned for baseball, two forbasketball and five for la-crosse. The following arelocal athletes who took partin that ceremony:
Max Foley has commit-ted to the University of Ev-ansville, where he will playbaseball for coachWesCar-roll.Hewillcontinuetoplaythe infield at shortstop orsecond base. Max was amemberof the2012OHSAAOhio State championshipbaseball team. He is a four-yearmemberof thefootballteam,playingtwoyearsasavarsity starter at wide re-ceiver. Foley participatedin Top Prospects games inOhioandwasrankedamongthe top 50 players in Ohio.Max participates in Mat-thew 25 Ministries, cannedfood drive, house basket-ball, and coaches youthbaseball. Max carries a 3.2GPA and is the son of Joeand Jenny Foley of Love-land.
Krieg Greco has com-mitted to play lacrosse forcoachAndyTowersatDart-mouth College. Greco playsface-off midfield for theCrusaders and will con-tinue at those positions forcoachTowers.Greco tallied
derclass Lacrosse Teamand the ECLC All-Stargame. Krieg carries a 4.0and has maintained firsthonors every quarter. He isalso a volunteer forUnifiedfor Unifat. Krieg is the sonof Ken and Laurie Greco.
Crusaders sign letters of intent
Krieg Greco has signed to play lacrosse atDartmouth. Behind Krieg are Ken andLaurie Greco. THANKS TOMOELLER ATHLETICS
Max Foley has signed to play baseball forEvansville. Behind Max are Joe and JennyFoley of Loveland. THANKS TOMOELLER
ATHLETICS
Stejbach toplay for ISU
Loveland High Schoolsenior Gaelen Stejbach re-cently committed to play
Division I soccerat IndianaState University.
Stejbach is a four-yearvarsity soccer player atLoveland and was a mem-ber of the Olympic Devel-
opment Program OhioSouth State Team in 2009,2010 and 2011.
She plays club soccerfor Cincinnati Soccer Alli-ance.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Loveland girlshonored at NKU
TheNorthernKentuckyUniversity volleyball teamended its inaugural seasonof Division I play in grandfashion, marking its sec-ond dramatic come-from-behind victory of the sea-son with a 3-2 (23-25, 22-25,25-20, 25-23, 15-11) decisionover Florida Gulf Coast inAtlantic Sun Conferenceplay.
The Norse finished theseason with a 25-7 overallrecord and a 12-6 mark inA-Sun play. If eligible,NKU would be the No. 3seed in the upcoming A-Sun Tournament. FGCU
finishes the year as the A-Sun regular season cham-pions with a 22-9 overallmark anda16-2 conferencerecord. Kelly Morrissey(Loveland/Mount NotreDame) led a group of fourNorse in double-figures forkills, notchingher13thdou-ble-double of the year with17 kills and 15 digs to gowith a team-high three ser-viceaces.AnnaPrickel(Ur-suline Academy) added acareer-high 27 digs to leadthe Norse defense, whileJennaSchreiverdishedout53 assists and added11digsfor her 12th double-double.Kylee Tarantino (Love-land/Mount Notre Dame)also added 21 digs.
Several NKU seniorsfinish their careers in highplaces in the NKU recordbooks. Buschur eclipsedthe 1,200-kill mark, finish-ing 12th on the all-time list.Additionally,Buschurcom-piled 295 career block as-sists to finish second onthat list, passing her headcoach in the process. Ta-rantino’s 1,676 career digsplace her third all-time atNKU, while Schreiver canlay claim as NKU’s top all-time setter with 5,120 as-sists.
KENWOOD — MikeReeder is in his ninth sea-son coaching hockey atMoeller where the Crusad-ers finished third in theirleague with a record of 20-13-2.
Unlike the other areaschools that play in theOhio High School HockeyLeague South, Moellerplays in theCapitalHockeyConference-Red Divisionwith several Columbus-based schools.
Moeller last won aleague title in 2006 and hashad eight-straight winningseasons.
Reeder lists Tyler Ru-ter, Alex Meloy, Zach Bay-liff, Jack Brault and EddieGeiser as players to watchthis season. Ruter wasMoeller’s top scorer lastseason and defenderBrault notched 21 assists.Geiser was named all-leaguefirst teamin theRedDivision.
“We have seven sen-iors,” Reeder recently toldGannett News Service.
“We’re a little older and I’mseeing a good cohesivenessamong the team.”
The rest of Moeller’sroster includes Brian Tem-pel, ThomasO’Donnell,An-drew Carmichael, JakeFessel, Mark DiGiando-minico, BillyRinderle, BenSattler and Alex Armour.
Moeller’s home gamesare at the historic Cincin-nati Gardens in Roselawn.Next up for the Crusadersis Olentangy Liberty onDec. 16.
Alex Meloy has the puck as Moeller head coach Mike Reeder watches in practice atCincinnati Gardens last season. SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Moeller hockey coach MikeReeder is in his ninth yearguiding the Crusaders. SCOTT
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na Lucas off their 400freestyle relay team andpromising freshmanGra-ci Doll.
“We have a good groupof freshman who will adddepth to our returningswimmers,” Stueve said.
MND competes nexton Dec. 15 at the Country-side YMCA against Kingsand Middletown.
UrsulineThe Lions swim into a
new season ranked No. 1in the Enquirer’s citycoaches’ poll.
And why not?With a treasure trove
of talent set to return, theLionswill undoubtedly beone of the top teams in theregion and have a shot tomake waves at the statemeet after consecutiverunner-up finishes thepast two years.
Senior Bridget Blood –last season’s Enquirer Di-vision I swimmer of theyear – should lead theway, along junior Emily
Slabe.Blood enters the win-
ter coming off a stellarsummer inwhich shewasone of the rare highschoolers to swim the 100breaststroke at the Olym-pic Trials.
“Our top-end talentwill be very strong, andour relays will be verystrong,” Lions’ headcoach Brad Isham toldGannett News Service.
Blood, Slabe and ju-nior Temarie Toley havehelped Ursuline winback-to-back 200-yardmedley relay state titles.Blood added individualchampionships in the 200individualmedleyand100breaststroke last season,while Slabe has won con-secutive 100 backstrokestitles.
Alisabeth Marstellerand Gabby Young shouldalso be valuable contrib-utors. The swim seasonstartedNov. 26.Theannu-al Southwest Ohio HighSchool Swimming andDiving Classic is sched-uled for Jan.19-20 at eightsites, including a new lo-cation at Wright StateUniversity.
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The beauty of LatinI readwith great pride, and of-
fer my hearty congratulations, toLovelandHigh School seniorBry-ant Nichols, the student designerof the first Loveland crest.
I commend him on incorporat-ing Latin words into the beautifulemblem. I hope that this “illus-trates” (pun intended) to parents,teachers, administrators andschool boardmembers, the essen-tial need to offer Latin as a stan-dard course option in our schooldistrict.
Schools of all sizes in thegreat-erCincinnati areaalready includecourses on this important build-ing block of theEnglish language-Madeira, Indian Hill, Sycamore,Ursuline, Cincinnati CountryDayand Cincinnati Public schools, toname a few.
Latin is helpful not only in ca-reers like, law, medicine, the sci-ences and writing, but gives stu-
dents a definitive edge in vocabu-lary when taking standardizedtests like the SAT or ACT. WhileLatin is nowavailable to LovelandHigh School students through acorrespondence course, I inviteothers to join me to make Latin astaplepart ofLoveland’s corecur-riculum.
Naomi RubenLatin for Loveland
Work with, not against,president
Now that our president hasbeen re-elected can we hope thatJohn Boehner and Mitch McCon-nell will stop their obstructionisttactics and work with our presi-dent to move this country for-ward?
It is a nice hope, but consider-ing the tactics Boehner andMcConnell have used over thepast four years to fight againstany efforts to mend the economy
and improve the lives of the aver-age American, I would say anyhope for an improvement in theirattitudes just is not going to hap-pen.
David ThamannLoveland
What we can learn fromnew citizens
In the Dec. 5 guest column,“ProudtobeanAmerican,”I thinkNancyHainesmissed the true les-son that we could all learn fromnew American citizens.
Ms. Haines points out that,“These people came from war-torn countries with little to nofreedoms” and that they showgreatprideandgratitude for theirnew opportunities to live in thisgreat country.
Beingproud tobeanAmericanand showing that pride, doesn’tlook the same for everyone. Ms.Haines takes pride in her work
and service to others. In her ownwords,Ms.Hainessays, “freedommeans that all people have a rightto their opinions, even if it is notthe same as yours.”
That is something I think wecan all agree on, but I think thatwould probably mean not callinganother’s ideas “close-minded” orinsinuating that those who dis-agree with our president are do-ing so because of his race. Both ofthose are also statements Ms.Haines made.
Perhaps the citizens who aresigning petitions to secede fromthe U.S.A. are doing so becausethey are also very proud to be anAmerican and are not taking free-dom for granted. They are doingso because they believe that a“fundamental transformation” ofour country is not the right direc-tion for us to be progressing for-ward into.
Perhaps they are trying, in
their own way, to prevent theirpiece of the country from becom-ing awarn-torn countrywith littleto no freedoms like so manyplaces that many of our fellowAmericans have fled from. Youdon’t have to agreewith them, butmaybe its worth trying to under-stand their thoughts.
Ifwewere all truly openmind-edwecould learnfromeachother.Why don’t we ask these newAmericancitizenswhat itwas liketo live under the rule of tyrants,dictators and militias? What hap-pens after communism or social-ism have taken root in a country?What is thehistoryof that countrythat led it tobewarn-tornor for itscitizens to not have freedom?
I think if we understood thoselessons,wewouldnevertakefree-dom for granted.
Holly BriskenLoveland
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
why not make it an enforcementpriority and revenue center?Easy money.
After all, if any drivers gripe
Stop me if you’ve heard thisone.
I often ride my bicycle (noth-ing fancy, a garage sale Mon-goose) on a Day Heights-to-Mulberry-and-back circuit, amostly pleasant ride throughMiami Township neighborhoodsand looping through MiamiMeadows.
It seemed like motor vehi-cles weren’t stopping for stopsigns, but I had no data, just ahunch.
I quantified that hunch un-scientifically on Dec. 3 and kepttrack of the number of cars thatactually, totally, completelystopped on my circuit. Five outof 16. However, three of thosevehicles stopped only becausethey had to while pulling onto
Ohio 131, orbecause theyhad anothervehicle barrel-ing towardthem on thecross street.
That takes itdown to two outof 13. Percent-age-wise, that’s15 percent.
Safety-wise, that sucks. (Therewas one driver not counted inthe survey who stopped at acrosswalk on Buckwheat so Icould cross – thanks, Diane.)
By not getting caught, those12 rolling drivers saved $90 ($75court costs and a $15 fine, ac-cording to the nice people inClermont County Municipal
Court clerk’s office). The finewould be more if the driver didsomething really stupid, likerun over a bicyclist.
Full disclosure: I stopped atall but two stop signs, one togauge the physics of bicyclemomentum, one because I for-got.
What’s my point? Simplyawareness – would you pleasefrickin’ stop at the stop signs,people? “Stop” is not a request.It is the accepted demand of acivilized people to take an ob-ject in motion and put it at rest.It keeps us all safer, and 3D.
Except 85 percent of thetime it’s ignored.
The township can’t afford topost officers at all the stopsigns to ensure stoppage, but
about it, they can just stop.Gary Presley is a resident of
Miami Township.
Riding the trail of the red octagon (stop sign)
Gary PresleyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
The numbers released thisfall were almost unimaginable:one in five children in ourregion is growing up in pover-ty. That is 167,000 children inpoverty – enough to fill PaulBrown stadium two and halftimes.
That disturbing statistic isnot a bit surprising to St. Vin-cent de Paul volunteers. Lastyear, we visited the homes ofneighbors in need more than9,000 times in Hamilton Countyalone. We visit tiny apartmentsin inner city neighborhoods,humble homes in working classcommunities, trailer parks inrural areas, and, increasingly,homes in neighborhoods thatmight surprise you.
Inside those homes we seehuman suffering at its mostheart wrenching. When a fam-ily slips into poverty, the painis almost palpable. Our volun-teers see adult men in tears,ashamed because they cannotfeed their families. We seemothers worn down by worryover bills they cannot pay,middle-aged couples who can’tafford their insulin, and elder-ly people who keep the thermo-stat set at 62 degrees to lowertheir utility bill.
Increasingly, though, theinvisible and silent victims ofthese uncertain economictimes are children. Insidehomes all across our communi-
ty, St. Vincentde Paul volun-teers see chil-dren who nev-er know ifthere will befood for dinneron any givenday. We seechildren whosleep on lino-leum floors
with only a thin blanket to keepthem warm. We find childrenwho move from school toschool as their families seekstable housing – and there arefew things as hard as being thenew kid at school who alsowears the same two outfits dayafter day.
And yet, these very samechildren show remarkablecourage and grace. There isthe boy who goes to schoolhungry so that his little broth-ers and sister can eat. Or thebig brother who gave his bedto his little brother. Or thelittle girl who asked for dia-pers for her baby brother in-stead of a Christmas gift. Ourvolunteers are blessed eachday to witness powerful les-sons of love among the chil-dren that we, as a community,should be protecting and car-ing for.
They are lessons that meanall the more during the Christ-mas season. For a child – any
child – Christmas is truly aseason of hope. There is some-thing profoundly moving aboutproviding a special gift to achild who still believes inChristmas miracles or food fora family that is struggling.Those are kind acts that liveand grow in the heart of achild. It is a gift each of us cangive.
You can make this Christ-mas special for a family inneed by:
» Supporting “Food Fromthe Heart” the next time youvisit your local Kroger. Askyour child to pick out theirfavorite non-perishable foodand place it in the barrel at thedoor. Our neighborhood volun-teers will gather the food andtake it to a local family in need.
»Making a donation in hon-or of a loved one to provideChristmas gifts to a child inneed. A donation of just $50will allow us to purchase newgifts to make a child’s Christ-mas brighter this year.
» Visit our website,www.SVDPcincinnati.org, orcall 513-421-HOPE to find outmore about ways you can givethe gift of hope this Christmasseason.
Liz Carter is the executive directorof the Society of St. Vincent de Paul– Cincinnati.
You can help make Christmasspecial for many area families
Liz CarterCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Dec. 5 questionWhat is your favorite Cincin-
nati-area holiday event or tradi-tion? What makes it special?
“Cincinnati area Christmastradition isDowntownCincinnatiFriday after Thanksgiving – thetrains at the old CG&E (nowDuke), carriage rides, FountainSquare Christmas decor, ice rinkand tree lighting. All those thingsespecially if there is snow flur-ries falling.
“InLoveland: It is hands-downChristmas in Loveland. That hasall the Christmas traditions any-body could ask for. Live Nativity,elves, Santa, shows, Christmascarolers, carriage rides and justthe true spirit of Christmas ex-udes from faces of children andparents alike – everywhere youlook!”
C.G.
“I plan on spending time thisholiday season in Downtown Cin-cinnatiwithmyentire familyonaweekend afternoon or evening.For those bah-hum-buggers whosay that Downtown is unworthyand unsafe, check it out this holi-day season. It’s a great place tograb a bite to eat at one of themany new or already establishedrestaurants, take the family iceskating on Fountain Square, graba carriage ride, and enjoy a livelyand festive environment. Parkfor free on the streets or at theSquare for a couple of bucks!”
Mike M.
“My favorite holiday event isin Lebanon – it’s the annual
Christmas Horse and CarriageParade. It was last weekend. Myhusband and I shared it withfriends from out-of-state. Welove this parade and the wonder-ful people in Lebanon.
“Wealways begin the daywitha delicious lunch at the GoldenLamb cooked and served by thefinest people, shopat thewonder-ful shops filled with uniqueChristmas gifts and then marvelat the beautiful carriages, horsesand people that make it all hap-pen. I can’t think of a better wayto start the month of December.We plan to go again next year.”
E.E.C.
“Fountain Square Christmasdecorationsandactivity; theShil-lito’s window displays, the CG&Etrain display. Those aremymem-oriesandmygrownchildren.Theare still available (good). Not asgoodare:parking isprettyexpen-sive downtown to see FountainSquare;Shillito’s isacross theriv-er and CG&E’s trains are nowDuke’s donation to the museumwhere it costs to park.”
F.N.
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NEXT QUESTIONWould you shop less at Cincin-nati businesses if the city leasedits parking facilities to a privatecompany and rates increased?
Every week The Loveland Herald asksreaders a question they can reply to viae-mail. Send your answers [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line.
TheMoeller Crusaders defeatedToledo Whitmer 20-12 on Dec. 1 towin their first Ohio Division I statefootball title in 27 years and theireighth in football overall. Theyfinished the season with a 12-3record. The Crusaders, coached byJohn Rodenberg, celebrated in aceremony Dec. 3.
CRUSADERNATIONCELEBRATESSTATE TITLE
Moeller QB Spencer Iacovone (7) leadshis team onto the field to warm upagainst Toledo Whitmer before the firstquarter of the Division I statechampionship football game atFawcett Stadium Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA
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Moeller head coach John Rondenberg reacts to gettingthe Powerade tossed onto him as his team celebratesbeating Toledo Whitmer in the Division I statechampionship football game at Fawcett Stadium Dec. 1 inCanton. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Moeller fans cheer as Moeller takes the field to warm up against Toledo Whitmer in the Division I statechampionship football game Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Moeller RB Keith Watkins (3) caught the ball and ran fora touchdown against Toledo Whitmer DL Joe NathanMays (75) in the second quarter Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE
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The Moeller High School student body cheers their football teamduring a rally to honor the Ohio High School Athletic Association'sDivision I state football champions. GARY LANDERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Head football coach John Rodenberg stands in front of his team ashe speaks during a rally to honor the champion Crusaders. GARYLANDERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Keith Watkins, senior running back on the Moeller High School football team,celebrates as he is welcomed by members of the student body. GARY LANDERS/THE
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LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES
LOVELANDHERALD
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012
3rdAnnualBreakfastWithSanta3rdAnnualBreakfastWithSantaSaturday, December 15, 2012 9 am-11:30 amSaturday, December 15, 2012 9 am-11:30 am
Craftsandgamesforthechildren.TakeatourofourstateCraftsandgamesforthechildren.Takeatourofourstateof the art learning center. To spread Holiday cheer, weof the art learning center. To spread Holiday cheer, weare offering free registration til the end of the year!!!!are offering free registration til the end of the year!!!!
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THURSDAY, DEC. 13Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn Gallery. Coloredpencil art. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
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.Through Sept. 7. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, 891-8277. Sycamore Township.
Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 6405 Branch HillGuinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.
Religious - CommunityA Short Course in Quakerism,7-8:30 p.m., Cincinnati FriendsMeeting, 8075 Keller Road, PaulBuckley, Quaker author present-ing. Ages 16 and up. $5 persession or $45 for all 10 sessions.207-5353; www.cincinnatifriend-s.org.Madeira.
Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Donations accepted. 673-0174.Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, DEC. 14Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings and consultationabout your wellness needs. Free.Through May 3. 784-0084.Silverton.
Literary - Signings
Holiday Book Fair, 11:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., KeyBank-Mont-gomery, 9861MontgomeryRoad, Ayat Jamilah, author of“Beautiful Signs,” a collection ofstories based in Islamic principlesand the importance of educa-tion. Free. 791-7200.Montgo-mery.
RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 2-4 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeif-fer Road, Full-court basketballgames for men. $15. 985-0900.Montgomery.
SATURDAY, DEC. 15Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 1-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.
Literary - SigningsHoliday Book Fair, 10:30 a.m.-noon, KeyBank-Montgomery,Ayat Jamilah, author of “Beauti-ful Signs,” a collection of storiesbased in Islamic principles andthe importance of education.Free. 791-7200.Montgomery.
MONDAY, DEC. 17Karaoke and OpenMicAcoustic OpenMic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 9443Loveland-Madeira Road, Hostedby Bob Cushing. 791-2753.Symmes Township.
TUESDAY, DEC. 18Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Daytime Party, 11a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sycamore SeniorCenter, 4455 Carver WoodsDrive, Russ and Barb Childerswill present “A Bear Foot Christ/Appalachian Memories” at 1p.m. Lunch specials served in thecafe. Whiskey sours and eggnogdrinks at cash bar in the lobby.Sycamore Senior Center Choirrequests attendees to sing alongwith popular carols. Ticket
pricing TBA. Registration re-quired. 984-1234; www.sycamo-reseniorcenter.org. Blue Ash.
Music - BenefitsMichael Stephen Chertock, 7p.m., Sycamore PresbyterianChurch, 11800 Mason Road, NewSanctuary. Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra pianist with MariaBobbitt Chertock, guest soloist,performing Christmas favorites.Benefits The Center for RespiteCare. Free; donations accepted.683-0254; www.cincinnati-symphony.org. Symmes Town-ship.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Deborahdiscusses, with weekly demon-strations and one-on-one in-struction, how to achieve spon-taneity, character and life inyour figure painting. $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.
Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. Through Nov. 20.324-7643. Loveland.
RecreationScuba Doobie Doo, 5:30-8:30p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485 RidgeRoad, Scuba diving in indoorpool, in small groups withcertified instructors. No experi-ence necessary. Wet suits andother equipment provided. Ages21 and up. Free. Registrationrequired. 761-7500, ext. 1237.Amberley Village.
Youth SportsTeenWinter Break Open Gym,12:30-3:30 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeif-fer Road, Basketball package tohave full access to sports arena.For teens ages 11 and up. $10.985-0900; www.trihealthpavil-ion.com.Montgomery.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,891-8277. Sycamore Township.
Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.
Music - ChoralForest-Aires Women’s Chorus,7 p.m., Lodge Retirement Com-munity, 12050 MontgomeryRoad, Presented by Forest-AiresWomen’s Chorus. 490-1141.Loveland.
Support GroupsMotherless Daughters Sup-port Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Mont-gomery Community Church,11251Montgomery Road, Foradult women who have lost ormiss nurturing care of theirmother. Free. 489-0892.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174. Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, DEC. 21Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, Free.784-0084. Silverton.
Literary - SigningsHoliday Book Fair, 11:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., KeyBank-Mont-gomery, Free. Lindsey Johnson,author of “AWoman’s Place isEverywhere!” a celebration ofcontemporary working women.791-7200.Montgomery.
ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, 8400 BlomeRoad, Features 50 Peanuts dailyand Sunday comic strips andmore than 50 vintage Peanuts-
themed seasonal novelties. Free.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org. Indian Hill.
Literary - SigningsHoliday Book Fair, 10:30 a.m.-noon, KeyBank-Montgomery,Lindsey Johnson, author of “AWoman’s Place is Everywhere!”a celebration of contemporaryworking women. Free. 791-7200.Montgomery.
TUESDAY, DEC. 25Holiday - ChristmasMadisonville CommunityChristmas Day Dinner, Noon,St. Paul Lutheran Church, 5433Madison Road, For any and allwishing to be in company ofothers for holiday, especially foranyone alone or in need. In-cludes hot meals, Christmascaroling and activities for chil-dren, even a visit from St. Nick.Free. 271-4147.Madisonville.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
St. Paul Community United Methodist Church of Madeira's chancel choir, with soloists and a small chamber orchestra, will stage its Christmas cantata, “A Night for Rejoicing," at 7 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 16. The performance will be a cantata of nativity through music, anrration and scripture. This free program will be in the sanctuary of the church at 8221Miami Road. Call891-8181 or visit www.stpaulcommunityumc.org for information. THANKS TO DON BEDWELL
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Formore thanacentury,“The Nutcracker” has en-chanted generations of au-diences worldwide.
In Cincinnati, familiesand friends can continuethe holiday tradition byseeing Ballet Theatre Mid-west’s “The Nutcracker,”Dec. 21-23, at the Walter C.Deye S.J. PerformanceCenter at St. Xavier HighSchool, 600 West NorthBend Road.
This classic production,adapted and choreo-graphed by Ballet TheatreMidwest’s artistic directorDaniel R. Simmons, fea-tures principal guest art-ists Martin Roosaare andRegina Dupont of the Uni-versity of Cincinnati’s Col-lege-Conservatory of Mu-sic dance division, mem-bers ofBTM’s ProfessionalPerformance Ensemble,and more than 75 studentsof the Ballet Theatre Mid-west Academy.
The curtain opens to aChristmas Eve party in aVictorian home whereHerr Drosselmeyer, magi-cian and toymaker, givesClara a toy nutcracker andClara’s brother Alexandera toy tin soldier. Drossel-meyer summons to life thenutcracker and toy tin sol-dier, along with a beautifulballerina doll. Both nut-cracker and toy tin soldierfall desperately in lovewith her.
After a battle betweennutcracker and soldier,mice and militia, waltzingsnowflakes sweep the audi-ence to amagicalToyKing-dom. There, charactersfrom around the worldcome to life – Dresden por-celain dolls, a 20-foot longChinese dragon, magicflowers of Holland, piratesof the Caribbean Sea, andMother Ginger and her lit-tle Buffoons.
New to this year’s per-
formance are a couple sur-prises for the audience.Simmons said the Chinesedragon divertissement willhave a Chinese RibbonDancer this year, and theRussian variation will fea-ture a Russian Hoop Danc-er.
“Both the Chinese Rib-bon Dancer and RussianHoop Dancers are going toadd some new interest andcharacter to ACT II.”
“What makes this Nut-cracker so special is thecamaraderie between vet-eran dancers and youngstudents,” Simmons said.“I have BTM’s youngeststudents dancing alongsideCCM’s pre-professionaldancers. I amcommitted tobringing every young stu-dent to the stage, allowingthem to experience the
theater. Being onstage is avital part of learning thecraft of dance. There is nobetter ballet than ‘TheNut-cracker’ to allow that tohappen.”
The company will pre-sent four public perfor-mancesofTheNutcracker:
Tickets are $20 foradults, $15 for children un-der 12 and senior citizens65 and older. High schooland college students with avalid student ID can pur-chase $12 tickets at thetheater box office prior toFriday night’s show timeonly.
Group discounts for 10or more people are avail-able. Tickets can be pur-
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St. Xavier hosts ‘The Nutcracker’
It’s interesting howyour requests coincidewith current events. TheRuth Lyons Children’sFund is in full swing andI’ve had several requestsfor her famous coffee-cake. It’s a special way tohonor this woman who hashad such a positive impacton us.
Ruth Lyons’coffeecake
I have a few versions ofthis recipe, but this is the
one that’ssupposed tobe Ruth’soriginal.I’ve madethis twicenow, oncefollowingthe recipebelow andonce mak-ing it with21⁄4 cups
flour, 11⁄2 teaspoons cinna-mon, 1⁄4 teaspoon salt, 1⁄2cup oil, 2 teaspoons vanillaand no vinegar. (The vine-gar is used to “sour” themilk, making it more likebuttermilk). I made a thinicing to glaze it, as well.The difference betweenthe two was slight. This isa straightforward, simplecoffeecake. If you want aricher tasting one with athicker cinnamon topping,I have my holiday over-night coffeecake on myblog.
1 cup sugar1 cup brown sugar, darkpreferred
21⁄2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon nutmeg1 teaspoon salt3⁄4 cup oil1 teaspoon vinegar1 cupmilk1 egg, lightly beaten1 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 350degrees. Mix the first sixingredients. Add oil andstir until crumbly. Re-serve and set aside 3⁄4 cupfor topping. Add vinegarto milk, then add to sugarmixture. Add egg andsoda; mix well. Pour into asprayed 13-inch by 9-inchpan. Sprinkle with top-ping. Bake 30 minutes.
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recipe.
My best clone ofWilliams-Sonomapeppermint bark
You didn’t think I couldlet the holidays go bywithout sharing yet anoth-er version, did you? Someof you have had trouble inthe past with the barkshattering/separating.That happens somewhateven with the purchasedbark, but this recipe keepsthat to a minimum, if atall. Out of all the recipesI’ve made for barkthroughout the years,using different meltingmethods and chocolates,I’ve come back to myclassic way of teachingstudents. By the way,check out the photo. Can
you tell which is mine andwhich is Williams-Sono-ma’s? I used Kroger realsemi-sweet and whitechocolate morsels.
11⁄2 teaspoons peppermintextract, divided into 1teaspoon and 1⁄2 teaspoonmeasures
23⁄4 cups white chocolatechips, divided into 21⁄4 cupand 1⁄2 cupmeasures
1⁄4 cup crushed peppermintcandy
Line a cookie sheetwith one piece of foil,about 10 inches by 12 inch-es. Or do the same in a13-inch by 9-inch pan.
Put 11⁄4 cups semi-sweetchocolate in heat proofbowl. Set over a saucepan
that has 1 inch of steamingwater, making sure bowldoes not touch water. (Thisis a makeshift doubleboiler). Heat should beturned to low. Stir untilchocolate is just aboutmelted, then remove bowlfrom pan and stir 3⁄4cupmore in rest of semisweetchocolate, a bit at a time,until all is melted. If nec-essary, put the bowl backon the pan to help melt. Ifthere’s any moisture onthe bottom of the bowl,wipe it dry. Stir in 1 tea-spoon of the extract andpour onto foil, spreadingin even layer. Tap pan oncounter to remove any airbubbles. Let sit at roomtemperature until justabout set, anywhere from15-20 minutes. When youpress your finger into thechocolate a very slightindentation will remain.
Put 21⁄4 cups white choc-olate in clean bowl andrepeat process for melt-ing, stirring in remaining1⁄2 cup chips after remov-ing bowl from pan. Stir in1⁄2 teaspoon extract. Pourover chocolate layer andspread.
Sprinkle with candy. Ifnecessary, gently pressinto chocolate. Let set atroom temperature untilcompletely firm.
Peel bark off foil andbreak into pieces. Store,covered, at room temper-ature up to a month or so.If it’s extremely warm inthe house, store, covered,in refrigerator and bringto room temperature be-fore eating.
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Ascension LutheranChurchBlue Christmas Worship, aservice of comfort and rest, willbe offered at 7:30 p.m. Friday,Dec. 21. This is an opportunityto acknowledge grief and lossin the presence of God andlook toward hope. All arewelcome.“Christmas Letters,” the chil-dren’s festive pageant, will bepresented at the 11 a.m. wor-ship service Sunday, Dec. 16.“The Mitten Tree” is gettingdecorated with children’s hats,scarves, mittens, gloves andsocks. The items will be givento the ministry of The Lord’sRose Garden in Sharonville.The ladies Wheel of Friendshipwill meet Thursday, Dec. 12.Shake it Up Bible Study will befollowed by a salad luncheon.The Wheel of Friendship andthe congregation are collectingfood and gifts for two areaneedy families through theNortheast Emergency Dis-tribution Services program. Theannual Thankoffering collected$850 to support ELCA local andworldwide ministries.Christmas Eve worship serviceswill be held at 7:30 p.m. and 11p.m.Worship services are at 8:30 and11 a.m. Sunday School for allages is at 9:45 a.m. The commu-nity is invited to participate inthe activities and worshipservices.Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288.
Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchThe church is collecting personalhygiene products (toothpaste,soap, shampoo, etc.) during themonth of December for North-east emergency DistributionServices (NEEDS).God Squad, the youth group, ismeeting regularly now andplanning new events. Youth in
grades seven to 12 are invitedto attend.Sunday School classes (Bible 101and the Thoughtful Christian)meet at 9 a.m. in the Fellow-ship Hall. Jacob’s Ladder is thetheme for Sunday School(pre-K through 12th-grade);these classes are held after thechildren’s sermon in the wor-ship service.Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.Sunday sermons are recordedand available on the churchwebsite.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153.
Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe 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, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays. The SamaritanCloset is next to the church.The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.
Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistA drive-through Nativity is 5:30p.m.to 9 p.m. Dec. 16. Theevent is free. Call the churchfor more information.Weekday Children’s Activities –Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thurs-days (9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.).Afternoon session is availableon Tuesday. Register on-line atwww.cos-umc.org.The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 791-3142.
Epiphany UnitedMethodist ChurchChristmas Eve services will be4:30 p.m. (children’s service), 7p.m., (contemporary service)and 11 p.m. (traditional ser-vice).Wee Three Kings Preschool hasopenings for the 3-year-oldafternoon and 18-36 monthParent’s Day Out classes. Par-ents Day Out meets from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Mondays throughThursdays. Parents may chooseone or two days a week. The3-year-old class meets twoafternoons per week, from12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Spots arefilling fast. Call 683-4256.The church offers three worshipservices – two contemporaryand one traditional. Saturdayat 5 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.are contemporary services and10:30 a.m. is a traditionalservice. All services have Sun-day School and a professional-ly-staffed nursery available forinfants through 3-year-olds.The church is at 6635 Loveland-Miamiville Road, Loveland;677-9866.
Good ShepherdCatholic ChurchThe church has Roman CatholicMass with contemporary musicSundays at 4 p.m. The Massdraws worshipers of all ages.Come early to get acquaintedwith the new songs whichbegin at 3:45 p.m. Stay afterMass on the first Sunday ofeach month for food, fun, and
fellowship.The church is at 8815 E. KemperRoad, Montgomery; 503-4262.
Lighthouse BaptistChurchSunday school is at 10 a.m.Sunday morning service is 11a.m. Sunday evening service is 6p.m. Wednesday service is 7p.m. Master Clubs are 7 p.m.Wednesdays. The church usesthe King James Bible, singstraditional hymns and conser-vative music. Sunday Schoolclasses are available for allages. A well-staffed nursery isprovided for each service.The church is meeting at Raffel’sBlue Ash Banquet Center, 11330Williamson Road, Blue Ash;709-3344.
LovelandPresbyterian ChurchThe youth will perform theirtraditional Christmas pageantDec. 23 during worship at 10:30a.m. Practices will be conduct-ed each Sunday during morn-ing Sunday school time 9:15a.m. to 10 a.m. Dec. 16 and 23.Youth activities for Decemberare:9 a.m. to noon Dec. 15, withcookie/candy making to sellfollowing worship Sunday, Dec.16, as a fundraiser for thesummer 2013 mission trip.On Sunday, Dec. 16, the 9:15a.m. adult Sunday School classwill have financial planner BobLynch, president and founderof Strategic Financial Leader-ship, as guest speaker.
The canceled Loveland HabitatFor Humanity project will beconducted in the spring. LPC isseeking four to five volunteersto help on Saturdays, Jan. 19and 26, for the upcomingdemolition of the house onSunrise.NewWorship times are: SundaySchool 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.;fellowship 10 a.m. to 10:30a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m.Sunday School is available for allages. The youth group forgrades seven to 12 meetsmonthly and conducts fundrais-ers for their activities.The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525.
Loveland UnitedMethodist ChurchThe Worship team recentlybegan offering two services:“Classic Tradition” at 9 a.m.;“Engage!” – a contemporaryworship offering at 10:30 a.m.The Children’s team will beoffering nursery care all morn-ing, and Sunday school for allages up through grade sixduring both worship services.In addition, the Sunday morningexperience will provide life-changing teenage studies,including confirmation class, aswell as adult learning opportu-nities. The ministry leaders areworking on finalizing plans forthese offerings. Visit tiny-url.com/bed7fg for Sunday classtimes for teenagers and adult .To find out about all the minis-try offerings at Loveland UMC,visit tinyurl.com/bed7fg, or callPat Blankenship, director ofministry operations, at 683-1738. Explore small groups,Bible studies, children’s minis-try, youth ministry, adultsministry, seniors ministry and“Hands On/Off Campus”mis-sion/outreach opportunities.The church also offers opportu-nities to connect in variousworship arts ministries such asmusic, drama, video, sound andvisuals.The church is at 10975 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland; 683-1738.
St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchChristmas Eve services will be 5p.m.(Holy Eucharist) and 10:30p.m. (Festival Choral Eucharist),Dec 24.The Lessons and Carols AdventService will be 4 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 16. This traditional Angli-can service celebrates the birthof Jesus using special music andreadings.The church has adopted 24Findlay Street families andneeds help to match food andgifts. Donations will be accept-ed until Dec. 16.Permanent change in servicehours: 8 a.m. – spoken HolyEucharist; 10 a.m. – Eucharistwith music.St. Barnabas Choir rehearsals are7:30 p.m. Thursdays, There is norequirement other than awilling heart and a desire toserve.The St. Barnabas Youth Choirrehearses after the 10 a.m.service on Sunday. Children insecond-grade and older areinvited to come and sing.Calling all acolytes. If you arefourth-grade or older, pleasecall or email the church officeto help serve during the ser-vices.An Intercessory Healing PrayerService is held the first Mondayof each month at 7 p.m.The Order of St. Luke, Hands ofHope chapter, meets the sec-ond Wednesday of each monthat 7:15 p.m. in the library.A Men’s Breakfast group meetson Wednesday mornings at8:30 a.m. at Steak N Shake inMontgomery.Ladies Fellowship/ReligiousStudy Group meets on Tuesdaymornings at 10 a.m. at thechurch. The group is discussing“Desire of the Everlasting Hills”by Thomas Cahill.Friends in Fellowship meets thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6:15 p.m. for a potluckdinner at the church.Ladies Bridge meets the firstand third Thursdays of themonth. Contact the churchoffice for further information.A Bereavement Support Groupfor widows and widowersmeets the second and fourthSaturdays from 10 a.m. to 11a.m.The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401.
Sycamore ChristianChurchSunday worship and juniorworship services at 10:30 a.m.Sunday Bible study for all agesat 9 a.m.Adult and Youth Bible studieseach Wednesday at 7 p.m.Women’s Study Group at 6:30p.m. every second Wednesdayof the month. Includes lightrefreshments and special ladiesstudy.The church is at 6555 CooperRoad, Cincinnati; 891-7891.
SycamorePresbyterian ChurchPermanent Sunday worshipschedule change: BeginningDec. 16, services are at 9:15 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. in the newsanctuary.Childcare is available in thenursery during during bothservices for infants through age2. Sunday School for age 3through grade 12 meets at10:45. Weekly adult studyopportunities are also offered.Details on these and otherprograms can be found on thechurch website calendar or bycalling the church office.Dec. 16 – A special Christmasmusical service featuring theChancel Choir with orchestra.Christmas Eve worship: 4 p.m.Family service; childcare avail-able for age 2 and under.Candlelight services are at 7p.m. and 9 p.m..The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254.
Valley TempleA community Chanukah cele-bration will be held at 7:30p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in theGarden of Peace at the Cincin-nati Zoo. A Chanukah Menorahwill be kindled by members ofthe Valley Temple of Wyomingto commemorate the sixthnight of the Festival.For more information, contactthe Valley Temple at (513)r761-3555
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available basis. Items must be to our office no later than 4p.m. Wednesday, for possible consideration in the follow-ing edition.» E-mail announcements to [email protected], with “Religion” in the subject line.» Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.»Mail to: Loveland Herald, Attention: Andrea Reeves,Religion news, 394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170, Love-land, Ohio 45140.
Enjoy music from theChristmas season as theCincinnati Brass Bandperforms “A ChristmasMusic Festival” at Crest-view PresbyterianChurch, 9463 Cincinnati-Columbus Road, at 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 15. Thechurch is two miles northof I-275 on U.S. 42.
RodneyBarbour, ClaireNorthcut and the Crest-view Chancel Choir willalso be performing.
Barbouris an ac-complishedorganistwhose per-forming ca-reer in-cludes soloconcerts ofclassic or-gan reper-
toire, theatre organmusic,and for 11 years, the offi-cial organist of the Cincin-nati Reds. He is known forhis expertise on the use ofthe digital organ in wor-ship. His performing ex-perience is broad and en-compasses awide range ofmusical styles and set-tings. Barbour serves asdirector of worship andarts at Crestview Presby-terian Church where thisconcert is being held.
Northcut is 10-years-old and is in the fourth-grade atMason Intermedi-ate School. She won the2011 Mason Idol, 2011Redsfest/Cincinnati’s GotTalent and the 2012DaytonDragon’s Dayton DailyNews vocal competitions,and recently performedthe lead role of Annie inthe Beechmont Playersproduction of “Annie.” She
will be singing “ChristmasTime Is Here,” “I Want aHippopotamus for Christ-mas" and “Let It Snow!”
The Crestview ChancelChoir, by Rodney Barbour,provides worship leader-ship for services at Crest-view PresbyterianChurch. The choirwill jointhe band in four Christmasarrangements: “Sing Glo-ria," “GladTidings," “Shep-herd’s Pipe Carol” and“ChristmasTime IsHere.”
The Cincinnati BrassBand was formed in 1993to create an opportunityfor brass musicians in our
community to play in a tra-ditional British style brass
band. There are 35 mem-bers of theCBB,who alongwith their conductor,Anita Cocker Hunt, workto prepare and performthis music for the commu-nity.
For more informationabout the Cincinnati BrassBand, visitcincinnatibrassband.com.
Tickets are not re-quired to attend.However,the church will accept do-nations.
Brass Band performs Christmas concert
Enjoy music from the Christmas season as the Cincinnati Brass Band performs ÒA Christmas Music FestivalÓ at Crestview Presbyterian Church, 9463Cincinnati-Columbus Road, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15. PROVIDED
Northcut
RodneyBarbour willperform at "AChristmasMusicFestival" Dec.15 atCrestviewPresbyterianChurch.PROVIDED
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Chabad Jewish Centerwill putauniquespinon theclassicholiday toydrive. Inpartnership with the Cin-cinnati Museum Center,they will be publicly creat-ingamenorahmadeentire-ly out of donated toys bene-fitingCincinnatiChildren’sMedical Center.
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that we have been in part-nershipwith theCincinnatiMuseumCenter forChanu-kah, and it is very excit-ing,” said Ziporah Cohen,co-director of youth andfamily programming. “TheCincinnati MuseumCenteris a popular destination forCincinnati families, oursincluded, particularly be-
cause of its unique, child-centric, hands-on exhibitsthat spark imagination andbring learning to life. Thisgiant Toy Menorah andChanukah educational cel-ebration fits right in!”
In addition to the con-struction of the giant toyMenorah, there will be anOlive press presentation,
Chanukah crafts, Latkes,Donuts and a special ap-pearance by the ChabadHebrew School Choir. Thepublic is asked to partici-pate in the drive and bringan unwrapped new toy forthe Menorah.
The Toy Menorah eventwill takeplace fromnoon to2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, inthe Cincinnati MuseumCenter’s Grand Rotunda,and is open to the publicfree of charge (there is a $6charge for parking). Allmedia are welcome.
Chanukah is an eight-day holiday, when Jewsaround theworld celebratetheir religious freedom,commemorating the vic-tory in the Holy Land overthe ancient Greeks whotried to prevent the Jewishpeople from keeping theirfaith.
Today,Chanukah iscele-brated by lighting the Me-
norah candles for eightdays. The ChanukahMeno-rah serves as a universalsymbolof freedomoverop-pression, of spirit overmatter, of light over dark-ness.
For more information,visit www.ChabadBA.comor call Chabad Jewish Cen-ter at 793-5200.
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Noah Yasgur serves latkes and donuts at the CincinnatiMuseum Center at last year's Chanukah celebration. THANKSTO RABBI BEREL COHEN
The Giant Lego Menorahstands at six feet tall nextto the Chabad HebrewSchool Chanukah choir atlast year's Chanukahcelebration at theCincinnati Museum Center.THANKS TO RABBI BEREL COHEN
Summerfair Cincinnatiis accepting exhibitor ap-plications for the46thSum-merfair,May 31, June1and2 at Coney Island.
The fair features morethan 300 fine artists andcraftspeople from acrossthe country. Artists exhibitand sell works in10 catego-ries, including ceramics,sculpture, painting, pho-tography, jewelry, fiber,and mixed media. A youtharts entertainment areaand a variety of gourmetarts round out the experi-ence for visitors and artaficionados.
“Summerfair is a won-derful opportunity for art-ists to showcase and selltheir work,” said SharonStrubbe, executive direc-tor of Summerfair Cincin-nati. “We not only receivedrecognition from‘SunshineArtist’ magazine as one ofthe top art shows in thecountry, we also experi-enced record-breakingcrowds at last year’s Sum-merfair. We’re anxious to
seewhat talentandcreativ-ity this year’s artists willbring.”
Exhibitor applicationsare nowbeing accepted un-til Feb. 8. Applicants mustapply online through ZAPP(www.zapplication.org).All entrieswill bereviewedby a panel of judges, com-prised of artists and arteducators with back-grounds in the categoriesoffered at Summerfair
In order to be consid-ered, works submittedmust be original art pro-duced by the applicants.Exhibitors will be notifiedonMarch 8 regarding theiracceptance.
The following catego-ries ofworkswill exhibit atSummerfair: ceramics,sculpture, painting, pho-tography, jewelry, fiber,and mixed media.
For more informationon Summerfair 2013 re-garding fees and the appli-cation process, visitwww.summerfair.org orcall (513) 531-0050.
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Arrests/citationsAlysha D. Stout, 28, 201 N. ElmSt., capias, Nov. 28.Alex E. Folden, 50, 3059 Math-ers, arrest-other agency/countywarrant, Dec. 3.
Incidents/investigationsMenacingAt 901 Loveland-Madeira Road,Nov. 29.Motorcycle; safety glassesAt 801 S. Lebanon Road, Dec. 3.TheftAt 600 Park Ave., Dec. 3.
MIAMI TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJuvenile, 13, disorderly conduct,Nov. 19.Juvenile, 17, disorderly conduct,Nov. 20.Juvenile, 17, domestic violence,Nov. 22.Juvenile, 13, domestic violence,Nov. 26.Aaron M. Jones, 19, 1724 W.Loveland Road, drug abuse,Nov. 21.John W. Ivy III, 20, 6301 PaxtonWoods, drug abuse, Nov. 21.Ashley Dundes, 21, 6301 PaxtonWoods, drug possession, Nov.21.Michael Ivy, 19, drug possession,Nov. 21.Ryan W. Altman, 18, 781 An-drea, drug paraphernalia, Nov.21.Jacob D. Alten, 19, 306 Wake-field St., drug abuse, Nov. 21.Chad Shropshire, 33, 1189
Brightwater Circle No.4, do-mestic violence, Nov. 21.Gary C. Gamble III, 32, 5433Cherry Blossom, weaponswhile intoxicated, Nov. 22.Matthew Roberts, 28, 302Apache Trail, disorderly con-duct, Nov. 24.Juvenile, 17, , driving underinfluence, drug paraphernalia,improper transport of firearm,Nov. 23.Breaking and enteringSoft drinks, etc. taken fromconcession stand at MilfordHigh at 1 Eagles Way, Nov. 21.
Incidents/investigationsCriminal damageMailbox damaged at 5601 DayDrive, Nov. 21.
Vehicle driven through yard at551 Silverleaf Lane, Nov. 21.Windows broken in schoolpick-up truck at Milford Highat 1 Eagles Way, Nov. 23.Vehicle scratched at 1187Brightwater No. 7, Nov. 26.Disorderly conductMale juvenile pointed air softgun at school bus at 5600block of Cypress Way, Nov. 19.Disorderly conductMale student threatened otherstudent at Live Oaks at Buck-wheat Road, Nov. 20.Domestic violenceAt Tall Oaks Drive, Nov. 22.At Brightwater Circle, Nov. 21.At Cooks Crossing, Nov. 26.TheftChecks taken and forged from
room at Arbors of Milford;$1,180 loss at MeadowcreekDrive, Nov. 19.Two pistols taken; $600 at 969Ohio 28 No. 81, Nov. 20.Merchandise taken from Meij-ers; $54 at Ohio 28, Nov. 22.Medications taken at 5502Trenton, Nov. 21.Jewelry taken; $10,800 at 5641McCormick Trail, Nov. 21.Male stated checks cashed onaccount with no authorization;$4,287 at 1122 Glen Echo, Nov.23.Wallet, left at Rent-to-Own,was taken at Ohio 28, Nov. 23.Female stated ID used with noauthorization; $3,667 loss at785 Cedar Drive, Nov. 25.Credit card and cellphone takenat Rte. 28 Chiropractic at Ohio28, Nov. 26.Money taken from account atUS Bank with no authoriza-tion; $4,750 at Branch HillGuinea Pike, Nov. 26.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers; $37.38 at Ohio28, Nov. 26.
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of Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes. Neighbor-hood designations are approximate.
LOVELAND(CLERMONT CO.)239 Valley Forge Drive: TheDrees Co. to Amy Lynn Davis,$235,000.142 Mission Court: John HenryHomes, Inc. to Gregory andLinda Coatoam, $485,303.
LOVELAND(HAMILTON CO.)1925 Rollins Drive: BurnettCapital LLC to Gilmore Group
Inc. The; $93,400.
MIAMI TOWNSHIP1371 Red Bud Lane: ElizabethGardner, Trustee to JosephCornwell, $87,950.6090 Donna Jay Drive: Richardand Rebecca Bennett toAlfonso Pabon, $131,000.1125 Hayward Circle: Brian andJill Suddendorf to Rachel andRichard Tetreault, $245,000.701Miamiview Court: Davidand Jody Howells to Christo-pher and Melinda Hubbard,$337,000.5981Meadowcreek Drive Unit1: Mary and John Teed toRetha Lewis-Harden, $53,600.5533 Mt. Zion Road: MarondaHomes of Cincinnati, LLC toAshley and Ricky Laudermilk,$210,290.6094 Balsam Drive: Charles andLinda Arnold to NathanVaughn, $223,000.1437 Wade Road: Michael andTina Clark to Jason and Mon-ica Dunbar, $138,900.2102 Cooks Grant Drive: Erinand Robert Ledonne to Yo-geswary Kandiah, $79,500.1109 Ohio 28: Silver QueenPartners, LLC to Ali and KarenNimrouzi, $628,000.Montclair Boulevard, ToddFund, LLC to Imbus EnterprisesLimited Partnership, $65,000.
6523 Oriskany Drive, DawnStrain to Andrew and SaraAcomb, $282,500.1271 Eagle Ridge Road, Kath-ryn and Gary Igo to JasonFishburn and Allison Yenke,$172,500.1697 Smoke House Way, Davidand Zandra Kingsburg toAH4R I OH, LLC, $162,000.6629 Ridgeview Court, Samiand Julia Akroush to Eric andMeredith Foster, $350,000.825 Carpenter Road, FeliciaAnn Quick to Marcia White,$135,000.6219 Watchcreek Way #103, J.C. and Paula Smith to Kather-ine Szczepek, $78,000.731 Bramblewood Drive, WellsFargo Bank NA to MatthewChacksfield, $100,000.1101 Hayward Circle, MatthewRinesmith to Robert andKarrin Frilling, $244,000.5636 Wittmer Meadows,Maronda Homes of Cincinnati,LLC to Stacy and Jack Sedam,III, $183,047.1030 Bayhill Lane, PlatinumReal Estate Solutions, LLC toTimothy and Kristin Vander-cook, $345,000.655 Cooper Cove Court, FischerSingle Family Homes II, LLC toNathan and Oriella Steele,$700,000.1086 Sophia Drive, Fischer
Single Family Homes II, LLC toAnders and Kylie Lindquist,Trustees, $285,412.400 St. Andrews Circle, JenniferSpurlock and Mark McDuffie,Successor Co-Trustees to Dianaand Martin Kavanaugh, II,$156,500.1302 Muirfield Lane, Georgeand Elizabeth Evans to Thom-as Elsbernd, $163,000.5897 Thorny Ridge Drive,Thomas and Judith Elsberndto Dan Schwieter, $200,000.5577 Garrett Drive, George andAngela Overbey, et al. to Bankof America, NA, $60,000.892 Cedar Drive, Lisa Mitchellto Randall and Krista Dues,$315,000.5800 Mount Vernon Drive:Cariann Long, et al. to Bank ofAmerica, NA, $76,667.2704 Traverse Creek: LoisTheuring, Successor Trustee toJoseph and Marilyn Brewer,$130,000.5437 Country Lane: EdwardKuznicki to Federal NationalMortgage Assoc., $102,750.5663 McCormick Trail: FischerSingle Family Homes II, LLC toBrenda and Darrin McWhor-ter, $294,700.1050 Red Bird Road: Eugeneand Inna Kopaygorodsky toScot and Michelle Ruble,$420,697.6094 Drum Hill Lane: Russelland Kimbley Hilmandolar toGeorge and Heather Gooch,$250,000.1310 Gatch Court, Bee Lane,LLC to Fischer Single FamilyHomes II, LLC, $75,000.974 Woodcreek Drive, ErnestPlank, Successor Trustee toTiffany and William SheltonJr., $185,000.869 Loveland-Miamiville Road,Cheryl Smart, Executor toDeborah Knosp Murray andJeffrey Janssens Sr., $70,000.5730 E. Tall Oaks Drive, PamelaStevens to Achmed Beighleand Kathleen Abt, $98,000.
5643 Wittmer Meadows Drive,Maronda Homes of Cincinnati,LLC to Angela and MatthewPoynter, $185,095.1659 Fairway Crest, Donald andCarol Ryan to Brian Ewald andAmie Altman Ewald,$478,000.1240 Neale Lane, U.S. BankNational Assoc., as Trustee toJoshua and Brittany Harmon,$205,000.602 St. Andrews Circle, AudriaHunt to Nancy Schlemmer,$120,900.5397 Sugar Camp Road: Jaimeand Kevin O'Leary to DennisMcKee, $73,500.6395 Waverly Hill Road: Rickand Cathy Drescher to Josephand Kristen Schoen $300,000.1674 Gray Fox Trail: GenevaSouth to Crystal Bellonby,$166,000.723 Miami Heights Court:Pamela Hoynes, Trustee toJeffrey and Megan Reisert,$351,500.5784 Ashby Court: Kelly Nixon,et al. to Federal NationalMortgage Assoc., $40,000.5991Meadow Creek Drive,Unit 1: Mechelle Eckart, et al.to Federal Home Loan Mort-gage Corp., $43,333.34.945 Woodcreek Drive: BearcatVentures LLC to Raymond andJulie Vitatoe, $224,900.5954 Courtney Place: FederalNational Mortgage Assoc. toEdgar Construction, LLC,$145,000.6205 Pintail Court: Michael andConstance Holtgrefe, Trusteesto Jeffrey and Heather Gagel,$258,200.6206 N. Shadowhill Way:Deutsche Bank National TrustCo., as Trustee to DarrinRakestraw, et al., $195,000.1089 Sophia Drive: GreycliffDevelopment, LLC to FischerSingle Family Homes II, LLC,$55,000.1252 Ridgewood Drive: Michaeland Allyson Hughes to Mattand Laura Jones, $515,000.6608 Stableford Drive: Bernardand Carolyn Vezeau to Markand Dana Nelson, $570,000.1430 Shoreline Way: EdwardCroushore, Trustee to Christo-pher and Nancy Chalifoux,$373,133.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
James CortlandBennett Jr.
James Cortland Bennett Jr., 75,of Loveland died Nov. 30.
Survived by wife, Roberta (neeArmentrout) Bennett; childrenJennifer (Jeff) Leist, Todd (Tammi)Bennett, John (Sally) Schuler andMark (Paige) Schuler; grand-children Zachary and Ashley Ben-nett, Lindsay and Lacie Gross,Jacob, Nathan, Nicholas and Anna-beth Schuler.
Preceded in death by parentsJames and Patsy Bennett Sr., sister,Charlotte Gore and granddaugh-ters Elizabeth and Grace Schuler.
Services were Dec. 6.
Mauda VirgieDunham
Mauda Virgie Dunham, 83, ofLoveland died Dec. 3.
Survived by children Kevin(Peggy) Dunham and ElizabethDunham; grandchildren AmyDunham and LindsayWittmeyer-Stephens; and 11brothers andsisters.
Preceded in death by husband,Donald Lester Dunham.
Services were Dec. 7 at EvansFuneral Home, Milford.
Andrew Ray LeeperAndrew Ray Leeper, 56, of
Loveland died Nov. 18.Survived by wife, Paulette (nee
Buraczenski) Leeper; children CecilR. Johnson Jr.,Sarah (Seth) Lucasand HannahLeeper; siblingsJoseph (Myra)Leeper andMelin-da (Mary) Cyrus;grandchildrenNathan and SaraGrace Johnson;
sister-in-law, Margaret Leeper; andboon canine companion, Fred.
Preceded in death by parentsTheron Earl Sr. and Joanne Eliza-beth Leeper; and brother, TheronEarl Leeper.
Services were Nov. 21 at Love-land United Methodist Church,Loveland. Memorials to: the Amer-ican Cancer Society, 2808 ReadingRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45206; orLoveland United Methodist Church,10975 South Lebanon road, Love-land OH 45140.
