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Bruce Raabe is leaving hisposition as Sycamore Town-ship’s administrator.
Raabe,whohasworkedatthetownshipsince2010,hasbeenonpaid leave for the pastmonth.
Law Director Doug Millersaid hewanted to dispel rumorsabout the situation, adding thatboth Raabe and the townshipagreed that “a separation is inorder.”
He added that no grievancehas been filed against him andhe’s not under investigation.
“This is simply a matter of adifference of opinion of wherethe township is going,” he said.
The Board of Trustees votedAug.15toallowBoardPresidentTom Weidman to work out acompensation package forRaabe’s departure.
Miller added thatwhen thosedetails are worked out it will bediscussed during a publicmeet-ing.
Raabe’s earned $80,000 peryear, plus use of a township car,
according to the resolutionpassed by the trustees in 2010that officially hired him.
Planning and Zoning Direc-tor/Assistant Township Admin-istratorGregBickfordhasbeenserving as administrator sinceRaabe’s paid leave began.
Trustee Cliff Bishop said theboard didn’t know whetherBickford would continue as theadministrator or if a new onewill be hired.
He added that the terms ofRaabe’s departure could be re-solved by the next workshopmeeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, orsoon after.
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Arguably the best player onthe field, wasn’t.
A week into contact drillsduring preseason football prac-tices at New Richmond HighSchool, a four-year starter andteam leader had participatedfor part of only one practice.Not because of bad grades. Notfor disciplinary reasons. Noteven because he didn’t feel upto playing.
Rather, he’d been held out tocomply with the law. A newOhio requirement – signed intolaw in December of 2012 andenacted in April of this year –
prevents players with concus-sions from returning to actiontoo soon.
This particular player took ablow to the head on the first dayof practice and had yet to re-ceive medical clearance toplay. (The Community Press isnot naming the student-athletefor privacy reasons; he hassince been cleared to play.)
“You can’t be too careful,”first-year Lions head coachJosh Stratton said. “He had hisbell rung, for sure.Butwith this
New law aims toslow head trauma
See TRAUMA, Page A4
Looking at the Boutilierfamily, one would noticethey all have a similar slimbuild. Jaws hit the floorwhen they tell people theyjust spent part of their sum-mer riding their bikesacross the United States.
This Symmes Townshipfamily has cycling in itsblood.
Donna, 59, attempted tomake the cross country tripbefore, but she ran out of va-cation days and had to stopand return to work. Glenn,60, had open-heart surgeryin April andwent back to cy-cling soon after. Emily, 21, isa senior at Xavier Univer-sity and Joanna, 19, is a stu-dent at Ohio State Univer-sity. All four put their busylives on hold for nearly 10weekstomakethemorethan4,000-mile trip.
Beginning in Yorktown,VA, May 19, they started onthe TransAmerica Trail, acycling route from Virginiato Oregon that crosses fourmountain ranges and 10states, set up in 1976 to cele-brate America’s bicentenni-al. Following maps and theinformation that the Adven-ture Cycling Association,who maintains the trail, pro-
As part of tradition, when the Boutilier family reacher Oregon at the end of the trip, they dipped theirfront wheels in the Pacific Ocean at Seaside, OR. THANKS TO DONNA BOUTILIER
The Boutilier family of Symmes Township spent nearly two and ahalf months riding their bikes across the TransAmerica Trail thissummer, fromMay to July. From left: Emily, Joanna, Donna andGlenn hold up one of the maps they used to follow the trail acrossthe United States. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
WATCH: The Boutiliersoffered some advice for
anyone considering a long biketrip. Watch it here:http://cin.ci/17SaFh8
See CYCLES, Page A2
TRANSAMERICATRAILThe TransAmerica Trail was
set up in 1976 by a group calledBikecentennial, which changedits name to Adventure CyclingAssociation. Here are a fewfacts about the trail.» The trail begins (or ends,
depending on the direction) inAstoria, Ore. and crosses 10states and four mountainranges to Yorktown, Va.» It’s 4,233 miles from start
to finish, if the cyclist follows
the designated trail.» The trail runs through both
Yellowstone National Park andGrand Teton National Park.» It can be traveled during
the months of May to Septem-ber, and scheduling threemonths to travel the trail isrecommended.» The highest pass is more
than 11,500 feet above sealevel in Colorado.
—Information from www.ad-venturecycling.org
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vides, the Boutiliersspent 69days on the seatsof their bikes and con-stantly together.
“I told (Emily and Jo-anna) that I couldn’t be-lieve they camewith us,”Donna said. “What 19-
and 21-year-olds wouldleave their social lives atthat age to go with theirparents? It was a hugecompliment to us.”
Joanna said that itnever occurred to herand sister Emily thatthey wouldn’t try to ridethe trail with their par-ents one day. Practicallyraised on bikes, none oftheBoutiliers are strang-ers to bicycles. Emilyand Joanna began ridingaround on bikes whenthey were only days oldeach, with their parentstoting them along behindthem. As they got older,
they began taking biketrips together and withfriends who would comealong after being trainedby Donna.
While growing up,there was a map in thebasement from Donna’sunfinished bike trip. Jo-anna said they always no-ticed it, and plans for thissummer’s trip startedlast year. As the leavedatequicklyapproached,Glenn was admitted foropen-heart surgery tounblock a 90 percentblockage in his left ante-rior descending coro-nary artery April 10. Notonly concerned about hishealth, they wondered iftheir plans were in jeop-ardy.
“We told every doctorwe met that we were
planning to ride ourbikes across America,”Donna said.
The surgery made thedifference. Glenn’s sur-gery was robotic, whichonly requires two inci-sions for cameras and in-struments, rather thanthe more traditional thatinvolves cutting bonesand muscles in the chest.Not very long after,Glenn was back on hisback and riding double-digit miles in a day. Thetrip was still on.
As they traveled thecountry, the four collect-ed inside jokes andmem-orable stories thatseemed to pour fromeach of them, almostwithout encouragement.Tales about climbing
through mountainpasses, singing “Ameri-ca the Beautiful” as theypassed amber waves ofgrain, and being able to“speak” to the cows theypassed and watchingthem run along withthem are never-ending,and they each remem-bered a new detail everytime the story was told.
There were toughtimes, they said. Joannawas sick with nausea foralmost a week in Colora-do, which concerned herthat she wouldn’t be ableto eat enough calories tomaintain her energy. Asurprise hill in Kentuckyproved especially hardon Emily, and Donna hadto chase a man who wasstealing Joanna’s bike on
the second-last day oftheir trip. Even with thetough times when theycould have cracked, noneof them ever wanted toquit.
“There was never oneday that was entirelymiserable,” Emily said.“There was joy in everyday.”
The tough times wererewarded by beautifulviews and making newacquaintances along theway with people whothey couldn’t believewere so nice. Their aver-age of about 62 1/2 milesfor day meant that whilein Wyoming, they Bouti-liers discovered theywould finish the trip in 69days, 11 days shorterthan their 80-day expect-ed time. The family fin-ished the trip in Astoria,,OR, July 26.They saw theUnited States from a per-spective few people everget.
“It was a very unfil-tered way to see thecountry,” Joanna said. “Itwas a unique way to beable to see the entirecountry, and you reallydo see it.”
One of the best re-wards was spending theuninterrupted time to-gether as a family.
“We realized we’relucky to be close enoughto do something likethis,” Emily said. “Therewere no huge fights, andno days we wanted toquit. I feel lucky to havesuch a great family.”
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CyclesContinued from Page A1
Want to knowmore aboutthe Boutiliers’ trip acrossAmerica? They kept a blog.Find it here: boutiliersbikea-merica.tumblr.com.
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HAMILTON COUNTY —While concussions mayget the most attentionwhen it comes to injuries,they account for just 14percentof all youthsportsinjuries (age 19 and un-der) according to a studydone by USA Today.
The study analyzedyouth sports injuries in2011 and 2012 and deter-mined the three mostcommon sports injuriesare sprains/strains, frac-tures and contusions.
When being more spe-cific, Oxford PhysicalTherapy’sLizReis said in-juries to the ankle, anteri-or cruciate ligament(ACL) and the shoulder’sare the most common in-juries she sees as a phys-ical therapist among highschool athletes.
In today’s world of ex-pensive shoes, the argu-ment has come aboutwhether or not a shoe cancause an injury. The per-ception is you see moreACL tears today than youdid 10-20 years ago whenshoes weren’t as ad-vanced, but Reis believesthere are a variety of fac-tors that play into any in-jury.
“… There is a push fora more natural shoe,” shesaid. “From a physicaltherapist’s perspective, ifyour foot mechanics areoff, then it’s going toworkup the chain and causeproblems. … There is norhyme or reason as towhen these people are de-
veloping these injuries,but in theory, most peopleneed a good, supportiveshoe.”
Reis has seen an in-crease in Iliotibial BandSyndrome, or more com-monlyknownas the ITSB,in high school athletes.Also known as “RunnersKnee,” according to run-nersworld.com it occurswhen the IT band, a liga-ment that runs down theoutside of the thigh fromthe hip to the shin, is tightor inflamed.
The problem with theinjury is it can be hiddenwith the use of anti-in-flammatories and manyathletes get back to theirrespective sport beforethe injury is fully healed.
“The injury is not somuch worrisome, but itcan be difficult to rehab,”Reis said. “The (IT band)crosses the knee, so everytimewebendourknee theband actually slips underthe bone and it’s just a re-petitive injury. Peoplejust need to give it time toheal, rest and strengthenthe other muscles.”
One trend Reis hasseen lately is an increasein hamstring strains inyoungerathletes.Therea-son is factually unknown,but Reis has her opinion.
“I think it goes alongwithpeoplegaininganun-derstanding of stretchingand warming up,” shesaid. “Some kids as theyare going through growthspurts, their bones areelongating and the mus-cles are being forced tostretch out at the same
time. So the kids are try-ing to stretch and usingthese muscles when theyare working out, so theystart to get some strain inthe muscle. I think that iswhere a lot of these ham-string strains are comingin as they go throughthese growth spurts.”
ACL tears, ITSB andhamstring problems arejust three of hundreds ofinjuries that occur each
high school sports season,but the prevention is allthe same: Rest, addingprevention and strength-ening exercises and prop-er technique top the list ofway to prevent injuries.
“These statistics don’thave to be part of thegame ifwe takesomesim-ple precautions,” KateCarr of Safe Kids World-wide said as part of theUSA Today study.
Lower-body injuries toplist among youth sportsBy Tom [email protected]
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new law inOhio, anythingthat even looks like a con-cussion has to be takenoff the field, tested andcleared.
“If a player is dehy-drated and gets a head-ache from that and tells acoach or a trainer, wehave to have themchecked. We’ve lost someplayerdays to that kind ofscenario, but keepingkids safe is a lot more im-portant than sendingthem out there if they’reinjured or potentially in-jured.”
The legislation knownas House Bill 143 “imple-ments statewide stan-dards (for) when a youngathlete demonstrates thesigns or symptoms of aconcussion or traumaticbrain injury,” said stateRep. Michael Stinziano(D-Columbus), one of thebill’s co-authors.
“The legislation alsoprohibits a school author-ity from allowing a stu-dent to practice for orcompete in interscholas-tic athletics until the stu-dent has submitted asigned form stating thatthe student and the stu-dent's parent or otherguardian has received aconcussion and head inju-ry information sheet cre-atedby the (Ohio)Depart-ment of Health.”
Such precautions are afar cry from from theplaying days of Univer-sity of Cincinnati ortho-pedist Dr. Angelo Colosi-mo – a former Bengalsteam doctor who was ahigh school and collegeplayer in his own right.
“When I played, yougot drilled, you didn’t
even know where youwere and you went backto the huddle and carriedthe ball again,” Colosimosaid. “It’s amazing wherethe science has gonewhen you look at the long-term damage of tramaut-ic brain injuries. It af-fects you long term. Theidea is to limit that.
“Youcan’t play(football)withoutcontact. Ifyou playthis game,you’re go-ing to getyour headdinged. It’s
going to happen. Whatwe’re trying to do is tolimit the damage that’sdone.”
Dr. Edward Marches-chi leads The Christ Hos-pital sportsmedicine con-cussionmanagement pro-gram and supports thenew state law.
“I think the state law isa necessary step to en-sure that people involvedin sports are being edu-cated and that our youthathletes are being pro-tected from sufferingfrom a potentially cata-strophic injury when thebrain is traumatized froma concussion,” he said.“Concussion is a mildtraumatic brain injury,but there is nothing ‘mild'about it.”
Ask Loveland parentScott Schlesner, whoseson Cole took a line driveto the head in a summer-league baseball gamefour years ago, causingtraumatic brain injury.
“It’s really encourag-ing that there is a greatersense of awareness in so-ciety about thedangers ofhead injury,” Schlesnersaid. “Unlike a lot of other
injuries, head injury isthe one thing that nobodyreally knows the long-term ramifications, howthey may affect you,down the road.
UC trainer Bob Man-gine, who sees patients ofall ages through Nova-care in Northern Ken-tucky and Cincinnati,agreed.
“It’s critical becauseofthe long-term problemyou can develop,” he said.“If you tear an ACL, youcan fix it and it doesn’t af-fect your memory, giveyou dementia or depressyou. When you start tomess with the brain,there’s a lot of long termimplications.”
“There’s a lot moreknowledge to what hap-pens to their brains laterin life,” Anderson HighSchool trainer April Nier-man said. “A lot of kidsthat have gotten their bellrung have sat out a periodof time. There’s a pro-gression to come back.It’s a period of four to fivedays to get them to comeback after their symp-toms are gone.”
The new law broadensthe protection by requir-ing standards for thoseparticipating in youthsports organizations notaffiliated with the OhioHigh School Athletic As-sociation.
“Ultimately, HouseBill 143 sets a uniformedstandard for concussiontreatment in sports activ-ities throughout the en-tire state, and we will bereducing the risk of spo-radic enforcement thatexisted previously,” Stin-ziano said.
Reporters Kurt Back-scheider, Jeanne Houck,Kelly McBride and ScottSpringer contributed tothis story.
TraumaContinued from Page A1
Marcheschi
Cole Schlesner, center, is flanked by his father, Scott, and his mother, Wendy, at the FirstPlay for 4 Golf Event Fundraiser at the Oasis Golf Club and Conference Center on July 27,2009. FILE PHOTO
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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFEEditor: Dick Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134
MONTGOMERY — SycamoreHigh School students spenttheir free time working to in-stall a rain garden during examweek inhopesofpreventingwa-ter erosion.
“This is definitely for thegreater good,” said Ayla Robin-son, Symmes Township resi-dent andSHS student. “It’s real-lybeneficial to theenvironmentand a fun thing to do with myfriends.”
The 400-square-foot garden
is half-filled with plants and isexpandabledependingonhowithandles runoff water from theschool’s west parking lot.
“Thepurposeof thisraingar-den is to capture storm-waterrunoff, hold it and filter it so wecan reduce flow into the neigh-boring creek and therefore re-ducing erosion,” said Rich Co-gan, executive director of theOhio River Foundation, a re-gional nonprofit based in Cin-cinnati that builds rain gardens.
The foundation has built 15rain gardens since its 2007 in-
ception to filtermore than1mil-lion gallons of water.
The SHS Science Club stu-dents spent a week excavating,fillingandplanting tocreate thegarden and will look after itover the summer to ensure ev-erything is working properly.
Building the rain garden isanother step students led byRonHochstrasser, SHS teacherand science club leader, are tak-ing to lookout for theworld theyinhabit.
“Wearedestroyingtheworldin somanywaysand thatwill ul-timately end in our destruc-tion,” said Alex Weisser, BlueAsh resident and SHS student.“The time to do nothing haspassed by now.”
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SHS studentsbuild rain garden
Water erosion was the impetus for installing a new rain garden near aparking lot at Sycamore High School. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Ron Hochstrasser, center, Sycamore High School teacher, tosses a clumpof mud into a barrel while clearing space for the new rain garden atSHS. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Austen Lum Kin, Sycamore HighSchool student, works to cleargrass from a basin at SycamoreHigh School where the new raingarden is being planted. JASON
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Gerson Moreno Jr., Sycamore High School student, clears sod to makeway for the school's new rain garden. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Hopesto reduceerosion fromcontanimatedparking lot runoff
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Sycamore High School students take a break from installing a rain garden. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Flowers and other plants will fill the 400-square-foot rain garden atSycamore High School. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Ayla Robinson, center, Sycamore High School student, works to clear 400 square feet of mud and clay tomake room for a rain garden at SHS. JASON HOFFMAN/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
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BLUE ASH — Panic is not aword one normally associateswith Ursuline Academy ath-letics.
Yet after graduating 13seniors from a field hockeyteamthat lost in thestate finalfour toeventualchampionCo-lumbus Academy, head coachElli Workum admitted someapprehension before taking alonger view.
“I was so panicked at theend of last season, losing somany kids,” she said. “While Ilost13, Igainedeight (juniors)and seven (returning seniors)who really want to play. Thejuniors all started on the JVteam last year, and they wonthe league and their tourna-ment. Most of the seniors hada great ride in somewhat less-er roles behind the graduat-ing class.”
The seniors in prominentroles last season include all-Ohio forward Audrey Coler
and forward Abbey Main,who return to lead the of-fense. Freshman Jillian Shiveshould make an impact upfront, too.
“Field hockey is not notori-ous for being a high-scoringgame,” Workum said. “Butthat’s our goal, to put a lot ofgoals in the cage.”
The Lions should havesome success preventinggoals, too,withthehelpofsen-ior keeper Katie Polsen, sen-ior defenders Caroline SmithandMonicaBockhorst and ju-nior defender Claire Gruber.Seniors Lauren Rom andGrace Rohs lend experienceto the midfield.
“We’re looking forward toa great year,” Workum said.“Our competition is going tobe strong. I never underesti-mate the talent andcoaches inour league. It’s going to be ex-citing and we’re ready to go.”
Ursuline opened the sea-sonAug. 27 (afterPress dead-lines) at home against IndianHill.
Ursuline Academy senior Abbey Main, left, returns as a starter forthe Lions and is one of the fastest players on the team. NICKDUDUCKOVICH/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
UA fieldhockey looksforward to‘great year’ByMark D. [email protected]
SYCAMORE TWP. — Finishingas state runners-up in boys andgirls water polo last season hasSycamore coaches anxious to“refuel the plane” for the up-coming 2013 Aviators cam-paign.
In addition, many of the par-ticipantswereon theMooseWa-ter Polo club team that engagedin Junior Olympic competitionthis summer. Armed with anoffseason of confidence, theantlers/wings are aimedsquarelyatbringingsomehard-ware to Cornell Road.
Sycamore boysWith a 29-9-1 record last sea-
son that finished in a state run-
ner-uptrophy, theAveswill lookfor more this fall. Coach NickHellwigshouldreach the100ca-reer win mark in the boys divi-sion by the end of September, ifnot earlier.
Starters Aaron Pang, MarkHancher and Jacob Thorn re-turn with Pang and Hancherserving as captains. Hancher iscurrently thecareerassist lead-er for Sycamore and is also oneof Dr. Dan Carl’s better swim-mers during the winter season.Logan Mather, Adam Ioas andGrantGirten are also players towatch.
“This is a very energeticteamthat saw their first taste ofstate last season,” Hellwig said.“Many of these boys have alsobeen perfecting their skillsthrough spring and summerplaying for Moose Water Polo.They know they have some bigshoes to fill from last year’sstate runner-up team, but areeager to prove they deserve tobe back in the state finals againthis year.”
Paul Splitt assists Hellwigwith the boys and also is instru-mental in the Moose programthat features several Sycamoreplayers. Sycamore’s last statetitle was 1985.
The Sycamore boys hit thepool again Aug. 30-31 at theMa-
The Sycamore boys water polo team is out to another successful start. From left are assistant coach PaulSplitt, junior Mark Hancher, senior Aaron Pang, senior Jonathan Quantz and head coach Nick Hellwig.Hancher, Pang and Quantz are all captains. SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS
based Moose Water Polo team go tohttp://bit.ly/16ACjE0
See POLO, Page A8
Boys golf» Indian Hill beat Cincinnati
Country Day by one stroke onAug.16atBlueAshGolfCourse.
Girls golf» Indian Hill defeated Cin-
cinnati Hills Christian Acad-emy by 16 strokes on Aug. 16 atShaker Run. Pari Keller wasmedalist for the Lady Braveswith a 35.
Keller was again medalist onAug. 19 at Terrace Park as IndianHill defeated McNicholas, Wyo-mingandCincinnatiCountryDay.
»Ursuline beat NorthernKentucky’s Notre Dame Acad-emy 162-167 Aug. 22.
Boys water polo» Sycamore defeated Sylva-
nia 21-1 on Aug. 16.
Girls water polo» Sycamore shut out Sylva-
nia 22-0 on Aug. 16.
Girls tennis» Sycamore’s “B” squad beat
Ursuline’s“B”team4-1onAug.19.» Sycamore beat Hamilton
4-1onAug. 20. SophomoreMag-gie Skwara and junior JamiePescovitz won singles matches.
The LadyAves blanked Fair-field 5-0 on Aug. 22. SeniorGrace Kays/sophomore Caro-lineGao and senior Elina Pante-leyeva/junior Sneha Rajagopalswept doubles.
Sycamore’s new turf field for soccer, lacrosse and football opened this month for use. The field wasfunded by Tri Health and private donations. THANKS TO SYCAMORE SCHOOLS
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The Loveland Athletic Boosters Homecoming Parade, celebrating Loveland HighSchool’s 2013 Homecoming, will be Thursday, September 5th at 6:30 p.m. The paradewill start at the Moose Lodge on E. Loveland Ave. and will proceed through town onW. Loveland Ave., to Rich Rd. and end at Loveland High School. Leading the paradethis year will be our Grand Marshal, Kevin Taylor. The annual Powder Puff Footballgame will be held at the stadium immediately following the parade. The HomecomingFootball Game is Friday, September 6th at 7:30 p.m. against the Lebanon Warriors.Loveland’s Homecoming Court will be presented at half-time wherethe King and Queen will be announced. Rozzi’s will be providingfireworks for the event.
The College of MountSt. Joseph is eager to startthe 2013 football season.When the Lions beginplay on Sept. 7, the disap-pointing 2012 season willbe completely behindthem.
Last season, the pro-gram finished with a los-ing record in conferenceplay for the first timesince 2008 and just thesecond time since 2001.Five teams finishedahead of Mount St. Joe inthe Heartland CollegiateAthletic Conferencestandings. The Lions’ 4-6overall record markedthe program’s first losingseason since the winless2001 campaign. The sea-son ended with a 75-6drubbing at the hands of
rival Thomas More Col-lege in the Bridge Bowl.
“Coach Huber and theseniors don’t like talkingabout last year,” said sen-ior punter Greg Tabar(Colerain). “We are excit-ed to move forward.We’re playing with a chipon our shoulder thisyear.”
This year’s squad ispoised to bring Mount St.Joe back to its winningways. It will be a chal-lenge, as theLionsneed toreplace All-Americanrunning back James Clayand a host of other start-ers.
“A lot of spots arewideopen,” said head coachRod Huber as his teamprepared for trainingcamp. “We’ve got a lot ofholes to fill.”
Sophomore CodyMeade will try to replaceClay,who led the nation inrushing with 212.4 yardsper game in 2012. JuniorJason Stinebaugh is themost experienced quar-terback on the roster andwill compete with fresh-men and transfers for thestarting nod. He complet-
ed 21 of 64 passes withfour interceptions and ze-ro touchdowns as a back-up in 2012.
Whoever wins thestarting quarterback jobwill have some big tar-gets in the passing game.6’8” junior John Petersand 6’5” senior TylerFeine (Amelia) shouldwin most jump ballsthrown their way.
“We should be able toget those guys the ball inthe red zone,” saidHuber.
The offensive line isled by senior BrandonChapman and juniorBrandon Keller. Seniorsafety Tyler Elrod leadsthe secondary, where hewill be joined by newstarters at both corner-back spots. Defensiveend/linebacker Adam Bi-gelow (Anderson) missedall of last season with aknee injury, but returnsas a fifth-year senior. No-setackle Russell Turneranchors the defensiveline. The linebackers arethemost experienced anddeepest group on de-fense, with Konnor Ble-vins and Garrett Breiner
returning.Several freshmen will
be expected to contributeright away. They willbring athleticism and apositive attitude to a teamthat is eager to start freshin 2013.
“This is the most skill-ful freshman class we’vehad in my years here,”said Tabar. “As seniors,we arementoring them inthe little things, like howto get better in the filmroom.”
Tabar’s leadership onand off the field earnedhim national recognitionin 2012, when he wasnamed to the Allstate AF-CAGoodWorksTeamandtheCapitalOneAcademicAll-District Team. Thiswill be the fourth straightseason he has started atpunter for the Lions.
“He’s the best playeron our football team,”said Huber.
The Lions open theseason on September 7 atAugustana College. Fol-lowing a byeweek, the Li-ons host conference foeHanover College on Sep-tember 21.
MSJ football ready to put2012 season in rear viewBy Adam [email protected]
College of Mount St. Joseph senior punter/kicker GregTabar of Colerain will be among the leaders in the 2013football team. THANKS TO THE COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. JOSEPH
Grindersbaseball tryouts
The 18U Grinders baseballteam is offering tryouts for nextsummer at 5:30 p.m., Wednes-days, Aug. 28, Sept. 4 and Sept.11, at Blue Ash Sports Complexfield No. 3, 11540 Grooms Road,Blue Ash.
The Grinders are a compet-itive, high-level tournamentteam with indoor winter work-
out facility available, reasonableplayer fees and fall baseball withpositions available.
The team is looking to hire anew head coach with high-school level experience for the2014 summer baseball season.
If interested contact RichLohmueller at:[email protected] text or call 288-0695 for moredetails about the team.
SIDELINES
son Invitational.TheAvesreturn home to facePrinceton on Sept. 4.
Sycamore girlsThe LadyAves also ex-
perienced great successlast year with a 22-8markand second place at state.Hellwig thinks this couldbe Sycamore’s best girls
teamsincetheir1993statechampionship season.
Returning starters arecaptains Gina Schweg-mann and Anna Condron;plus Erin Glass, Morganand Lindsay Grzegorzew-ski and Anna Mondro.CondronisSycamore’sca-reer blocks record holderwith 551; Glass leads inall-time shooting percent-ageat51percent.Bothareconsidered collegeprospects.
“We are returning allof our varsity players ex-cept for one,” Hellwigsaid. “Most of the girlsplayed for Moose WaterPolo and went to the Ju-nior Olympics. These
girlshaveplayedtogetherfor four years and knoweachother’sstrengthsandhow to work as a well-oiledmachine. Last year’ssecond-place finish onlyput a fire in these girls toget that one extra win tobringhomethechampion-ship.”
Splitt also assists Hell-wig with the girls, as doesveteran water polo coachGary Tameris.
TheSycamoregirlsareback in the water Aug. 31at the Cincinnati Invite atPrinceton High School.They return home to facePrinceton Sept. 4.
PoloContinued from Page A7
IndianHill 4-1with sopho-mores Alexa Bele andMaggie Skwara takingsingles.
» CHCA opened theseasonwith a 5-0 sweep ofMiami Valley Conferencerival Cincinati ChristianAug. 23.
»Ursuline Academygot off to a 3-0 start withwins against league rivalsMount Notre Dame, St.Ursula and the most re-cent,a5-0sweepofMcAu-ley Aug. 22.
Girls volleyball» Sycamore won their
opener at Loveland Aug.20, 25-18, 23-25, 25-12, 25-21.
» CHCA won its firsttwo matches of the sea-son, posting victoriesagainst Finneytown Aug.19 andMadeira Aug. 22.
»Defending state
champion Ursuline Acad-emy opened its defensewith a three-set sweep ofLebanon Aug. 20.
Boys soccer» Sycamore beat Elder
2-1on Aug. 22. Goals wereby senior Hadis Palic andjunior Brennon Shanks.
» IndianHill tied Love-land 1-1 on Aug. 20. BradSeiler had the lone goalfor the Braves.
Girls soccer» Sycamore beat East
Central 3-1 on Aug. 20.Senior Azante Griffithhad twogoals for theLadyAves.
TheLadyAves tiedUr-suline 2-2 on Aug. 22. Ju-niorAshleyThissandsen-ior Ashley Bonnoittscored.
» Indian Hill beat Clin-ton Massie 1-0 on Aug. 22.Senior Paige Glosterscored.
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AUGUST 28, 2013 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • A9SPORTS & RECREATION
The Greater Cincin-nati-Northern KentuckyWomen’s Sports Associa-tion honored its 28 win-ners in high school andcollege sports categories,celebrating women insports.
The awards were dis-tributed this spring dur-ingtheannualGCNKWSAawards dinner at the Sa-vannah Center, WestChester Township.
High school awardwinners include, LibbyLeedom, St. Henry HighSchool, soccer; JacquelynCrow, Lebanon, crosscountry and track; Mac-kenzie Laumann, OakHills, golf; Madison Cook,Notre Dame, tennis; Lau-ren Michelle Slatten, OakHills, softball; BridgetBlood, Ursuline, swim-ming; Rose Lavelle, Mt.Notre Dame, soccer; Mi-chelle Strizak, Mt. NotreDame, volleyball; Kelsey
Mitchell, Princeton, bas-ketball and Sandy Nei-haus, Mt. Notre Dame,tennis.
High school and col-lege honorees also are eli-gible for the high schooland college “Sportswo-man of the Year” awards,which will be announcedat the dinner.
Other awards include;Dr. Ronald Quinn, Setonsoccer, high school coachof the year; Bobby Kra-mig, Miami Universitysoccer, college coach ofthe year; Special recogni-tion, Cammy Dierking,WKRC-TV anchor; JuliePerry, St. Ursula, lifetimeservice; Mackenzie Lau-mann, Oak Hills, JeanDowell Scholarship forLeadership; Mel Webster,Bishop Brossart, Mary JoHuismann Administratorof the Year.
Other honorees in-clude Gary Jerow, Mod-ern Ice, women’s sportsbusiness award; MelThomas, Mt. Notre Damebasketball, legacy specialaward; Elizabeth Smith,inspiration award; RileyKrull, softball, physicallychallenged sportswomanof the year award andMorgan Verst, BishopBrossart, Wilma Rudolphcourage award.
Femaleathleteslauded atdinner
READING — TheMount Notre Dame Cou-gars are back in theeight-team SouthwestOhio Field HockeyLeague looking to gainground on defendingleague champion Ursu-line Academy.
Coach Beth Vonder-brink’s girls recorded afirst-round tournament
win against Indian Hilllast season and she fig-ures she’ll be chasingUr-suline again for theleague crown.
MND has seven re-turning starters in sen-iorsMackenzieFeathers,Megan Goslee, Abby Re-no, Andy Taney and Sa-rah Sikora; plus juniorsMoriahFlynnandAshleyWittman.
Feathers, Reno andTaney play defense; Gos-
lee, Sikora and Wittmanare midfielders; withFlynn playing forward.Junior Ally Benz is alsoexpected to be a factor ingoal.
“We have a group ofplayers who started lastyear that will be return-ing for the 2013 season,”Vonderbrink said. “Also,we have a strong groupof 10 seniors with greatleadership and a juniorclass of ten-plus play-
ers.”After opening games
with Magnificat and Ta-lawanda, MND hostsOakwood on Aug. 29 be-fore going to OlentangyOrange on Aug. 31.
Others in the South-west Ohio Field HockeyLeague are Indian Hill,Fairmont, Oakwood,Saint Ursula, SummitCountry Day, Talawandaand Ursuline.
Upperclassmen to lead MND field hockey
Mount Notre Dame’s Moriah Flynn (18) fights for the ball during an October contest last season. Flynn is back as ajunior for the Cougars.JOSEPH FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS
How many of us are embar-rassed by the closing of manyembassies due to the fear ofattacks similar to the sicken-ing response we gave to theBenghazi raid?
Are we so impotent that wecan not defend legitimateconsulates after being warnedof imminent attacks? I wasimmediately caused to reflecton a very misinterpreted bookI read some time ago. Somepeople pass the writing off asthat of an uninformed or per-haps crazy philosopher. Seri-ous reflection on his writinghas caused me to disagreewith his critics.
Let’s begin with the exami-nation of a quote. “Since loveand fear can hardly exist to-gether, if we must choosebetween them it is far safer to
be feared thanloved.”
Most willrecognize thatI am quotingNiccolo Ma-chiavelli. Thisquote bearsseriousthought intoits meaning.Love and fear
are not polar opposites. Howmany of us feared our parentswhen we were doing some-thing of which they disap-proved? That did not changethe fact that we loved ourparents.
The same holds true forsome of our teachers, employ-ers or coaches. The fear ofsomeone may actually lead torespect and ultimately to love.
Respect is a combination ofboth. We should agree thatsomeone we respect is a valu-able person in our lives.
This essay is about thecondition of our national re-spect around the world. Hadwe re-enforced our embassyin Benghazi it is possible theattack would not have hap-pened. Or, a strong defensemay have defeated it. Eitherway, the fear of our strongresponse would likely preventfuture embarrassments.
Needless to say, our showof weakness in the recentclosing of our embassiesmight lead to attacks by rogueregimes. While the news isthat some of the embassieswill reopen, it is difficult toexpect that our sworn enemiesare not carefully planning
future embarrassments to ourleadership.
Leadership is supposed tocall for respect. That, beingsaid, we should evaluate theappointed leadership of ourcountry. This requires anotherquote from Machiavelli.
“The first method for esti-mating the intelligence of aruler is to look at the men hehas around him.”
While this will seem disre-spectful, it is not meant to behateful. The title of presidentis to be respected. The ap-pointments a president makesdetermine his legacy. In thebook “Team of Rivals,” theauthor, Doris Kearns Goodwin,covers in depth the appoint-ments President Lincoln madeto his cabinet. Some were hisfiercest political rivals. These
differences of opinion led todecisions that created one ofthe best presidencies of ourhistory.
President Obama simplyappointed like minded cronies.The results are clear. We havelost international respect, oureconomy is floundering andrecovery of both will be along-term struggle. Respectwill come only when earned.As the huge deficits compoundour fiscal problems, recoverywill either be a strict austerityor a drastic devaluation of thedollar. Either way, the mostsorrowful victims will be thelow and middle end folks whocan least afford this hardship.
Edward Levy is a resident of Mont-gomery and a former college in-structor.
Some misunderstoodwisdom about fear, love
Edward LevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Aug. 21 questionShould the U.S. continue to pro-
vide financial and military aid toEgyptfollowingthemilitary'sover-throw of its democratically electedgovernment and its deadly attackon protesters?
“I’m glad you asked that ques-tion since President Obama hasabsolutelyno ideawhat todo inallof the Middle East, let aloneEgypt.
“As Egypt burns and thou-sands die in the streets, our presi-dent enjoyed another round ofgolf on Martha’s Vineyard. Nowthat he is back towork in theOvalOffice we’d expect him to roll uphis sleeves and get to work onthese urgent problems.
“But no, he’s planning a bustour to visit his rah-rah sup-porters who will dutifully swoonat his every word of sarcasm to-wards Congress while totally ig-noring theMiddleEast and all theother REAL problems he prom-ised to solve in his first term.
“For me to suggest what ‘theU.S.’ should do is pointless sincethere is a wide gulf betweenAmerica’s goals and whatevergoalsBarackObama, formerSec-retary of State Hillary Clintonand now Secretary of State JohnKerry have in mind for Egypt,etc.
“Obama supported the over-throw of former Egyptian Presi-dent Hosni Mubarak and the in-stallation of President Morsi whoreplaced Mubarak through whatwere believed to be free elec-tions.
“ThatMorsi, a dedicatedmem-ber of the well-known terrorgroup, The Muslim Brotherhood,immediately set about renegingon his election promises and pro-ceeded to suspend freedoms andconstitutional law in order to cre-ate a Sharia Law caliphate cannotbe ignored.
“PerhapsObamaissympathet-ic towardsMorsihavingdeepper-sonal feelings of his own regard-ing broken campaign promises.”
R.V.
“Why is the U.S. giving moneyto anyone – for any reason –whenwe can’t pay our own bills???”
J.K.
“I see no reason to give Egyptany money for anything. If theyare our friends I sure don't wantto know our enemies.
“None of those countries haveanything good for America, theyare questionable at best and Iwould divorce myself from all ofthem. How many times does thehand have to be bitten before youstay away from the dog?”
Dave D.
CH@TROOM
NEXT QUESTIONShould fans at sporting eventshave to conform to a “code ofconduct”? What types of behaviorshould be regulated?
Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via e-mail. Send youranswers [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line.
A challenge to WenstrupOn Aug. 21, Northeast Subur-
banLifepublished a lengthy com-mentary from U.S. Rep. BradWenstrup. It carried the headline“Obamacare proving unwork-able.”
My question for CongressmanWenstrup is, “What have YOUdone to make it workable”? Vot-ing 40 times to repeal it is not go-ing to make it "workable.” Thereis no Republican proposal for analternate approach. So what ex-actly is your proposal?
Since 1980, almost all Federal
government activity has been di-rected toward improving the lifeof the top 20 percent of our peo-ple. Now, Congress and the presi-dent have finally done somethingthat benefits the poor and middleclass families of America. Theonly thing the Republicans canpropose is to take it away fromthem.
Congressman Wenstrup – pro-pose aworkable alternative, or gohome.You’renot inWashington tosimply tear things down.
» Friendsand family. Consult them-—they are excellent re-sources who are often eagerto provide feedback abouttheir first-hand experiences.
» Online reviews. Specificproducts are often reviewedon websites like Amazon-.com by other consumersand rated on a five-pointscale.
» Social media. Pose aquestion on Facebook orTwitter and get answersfrom a larger pool of individ-uals.
»Newsmedia. What sto-ries do you see about thiscompany? Is it positive ornegative?
» Company websites.Balance what is learned inyour media research withwhat a company produces.Do they have a corporatesocial responsibility reportor an annual report? If so,read them.
» Better Business Bureau.Companies are rated forservice and quality and theirhandling of customer issues.
» Store-fronts. Visit be-fore you buy. Do they allowyou to ask questions? Are theemployees knowledgeable?Do they listen to you?
Once you make a deci-sion, re-evaluate it overtime. Did the bank you chosedeliver on its promises? Didthe restaurant’s service andfood match your impressionsfrom your research?
I know at Fifth Third, we
Howmuch do you knowabout the companies thatyou do business with?
Socially responsible in-vesting is a growing move-ment in which people choosetheir investments based onhow closely a company’svalues reflect their own.While socially responsibleinvesting typically encom-passes financial invest-ments, shareholder advoca-cy and community invest-ments, there is also anotherkind of investment to consid-er – an investment of one’stime and purchasing power.
In today’s world, peopleare looking for ways totransfer their financial deci-sions into real impacts thatwill promote their ideals.That can mean making“green,” “sustainable” or“ethical” investments. It canalso mean giving your busi-ness to companies – banks,entertainment venues, res-taurants – whose stated mis-sion and philanthropic phi-losophies match your own.
Deciding where to dobusiness can involve a varie-ty of considerations, evenbefore you get to the “social-ly responsible” part. Does acompany offer the qualityyou desire? How are itsproducts rated? Does theprice work with your bud-get? How convenient is it todo business?
Another big factor isreputation. It’s the bridgethat links both practical andsocially responsible consid-erations. Most people wantto work with a company thattreats customers right; acompany they can trust to dothe right thing. That can leadto deeper questions aboutwhether a company is social-ly responsible. With a littleresearch, companies’ corpo-rate culture, vendor and
focus intently on living up toour purpose; it has to do withlistening to customers andinspiring themwith smartfinancial solutions that con-tinually improve their livesand the well-being of ourcommunities. Our invest-ments in customers, employ-ees and communities – allpart of corporate social re-sponsibility – are importantto us because they are im-portant to you.
The fact is, as a consumer,you have a world of choicesto make, and a world of datato help guide you. Compa-nies know that. We know thepower you hold, and we don’tjust want your business. Wealso want your respect.
Steven Alonso is executive vicepresident and head of the Con-sumer Bank for Fifth Third Ban-corp.
Evaluating whatcompanies stand for
Steven AlonsoCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013
The Sycamore CommunitySummer Singers recently com-pleted another successful Euro-pean choral tour.
Comprised of 62 local highschool teens and several adultvocalists (all auditioned), thisyear's choir visited and sang inNorthern Italy, Slovenia andCroatia. Directed by its foun-der, Linda Gartner, the mid-June summer tour is a biennialevent.
2013 marks the sixth excur-sion for the group, and to cele-brate theirreturnSCSSstageda"WelcomeHomeConcert" at theSycamore PresbyterianChurch, June 23.Here are a fewmemorable images.
WELCOME SOUNDSAfter singing a selection of acappella sacred music at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy, the Sycamore Community Summer Singers took a moment for a group photo in this grandvenue. The city's most famous church is one the finest examples of Byzantine architecture in the world. TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Smiling with eager anticipation of their first tour performance inVenice, Italy are these SCSS high school seniors. From left: AliciaKrynock, of Kings, and Kristen Keane and Amy Kohmescher, both ofSycamore. TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Kristen Keane, Sycamore senior, plays thepiccolo for the selection "Come to the Music" aspart of the welcome home concert. TERRENCEHUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Just prior to performing an evening concert at Venice's Santa Maria dei Miracoli, the SCSS touring singersstopped for a photo at this canal-side footbridge adjacent to the early Renaissance church. TERRENCEHUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
All eyes are on Sycamore senior Giulia Mezzabotta's solo at the welcome home concert.TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
SCSS baritones (from left) are Sam Jervis, Griffin Levy and James Jolley. TERRENCE HUGE/FOR
THE COMMUNITY PRESS
High energy choreography accents a "Mary Poppins" medley at the welcome homeconcert. TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
B2 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • AUGUST 28, 2013
THURSDAY, AUG. 29Dance 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.
EducationCoreWriting Circles, 10a.m.-12:30 p.m., WomenWritingfor a Change, 6906 PlainfieldRoad, $249. Weekly throughOct. 17. 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.Toastmasters: 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. Presented byBuilding Tomorrow’s Communi-cators. 387-7030; btc.toastmas-tersclubs.org. Blue Ash.
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. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 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, 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 lovingrelationships. Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, AUG. 30Art OpeningsOne New Painting: Mark III,6-10 p.m., Frame Designs, 9475Loveland Madeira Road, Bring-ing together some of top eche-lon of artists with Cincinnaticonnections. Exhibit continuesthrough Sept. 28. Free. 984-6024; facebook.com/FrameDe-signsCincinnati. Loveland.
Dining EventsFriday Night Grillouts, 5-8p.m., Lake Isabella, 10174 Love-land-Madeira Road, Kevin Fox.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.
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. Presented by Women’sWay of Ohio-Kentucky. 923-1414; www.womenwriting.org.Silverton.
On Stage - ComedyJarrod Harris, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.
ShoppingOhio Camera Swap, 10 a.m.-3p.m., Embassy Suites Blue Ash,4554 Lake Forest Drive, Featur-ing 20-plus dealers. Buying andselling everything photography-related. New and used equip-ment. Bring equipment to tradeor sell. $5, $3 students, free ages11 and under; free parking.Presented by Ohio Camera SwapColumbus. 614-352-4110;www.cameratradeshow.com.Blue Ash.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 1Holiday - Labor DayFireworks Dinner Train Ex-cursion, 6-11 p.m., CincinnatiDinner Train, 4725 MadisonRoad, Train operates train fromOakley area to riverfront andback. Includes four-coursedinner. For ages 12 and up.$50-$110. Reservations required.791-1966; www.cincinnatidinner-train.com.Madisonville.
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 - ComedyJarrod Harris, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.
RecreationHoliday Kids’ Fishing Tourna-ment, 10 a.m.-noon, LakeIsabella, 10174 Loveland-Madei-ra Road, Boathouse. All fishingwill be done from the shore. Allchildren who compete willreceive a certificate. The largestfish caught in each categoryreceives a trophy and prize. Baitand tackle available. Space islimited. Ages 12 and under withan adult. Free; vehicle permitrequired: $10 annual, $3 daily.521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Symmes Township.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8 p.m., MilfordHeights Church of Christ, 1646Ohio 28, Basic handwork tech-niques and fresh ideas in knit-ting, crochet and other handi-crafts along with short devo-tional time. Free. 575-1874.Milford.
Literary - LibrariesTeen Board Gaming, 2:30-4p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Teensand tweens play board games oftheir choice. Games played mostoften are Apples to Apples,Scrabble, Forbidden Island,Zombie Fluxx, Uno and Skip-Bo.Ages 11-18. Free. 369-4450. DeerPark.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.
On Stage - 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, SEPT. 5EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, Free.Reservations required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.
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, SEPT. 6AuctionsTouching Hearts Charity Galaand Auction, 6-11 p.m., OasisGolf Club and ConferenceCenter, 902 Loveland-MiamivilleRoad, Live entertainment,cocktail hour, silent auction,dinner and live auction. Theme:Under the Tuscan Moon. Bene-fits Clermont Senior Services.$60. Reservations required.Presented by Clermont SeniorServices. 724-1255; www.cler-montseniors.com. Loveland.
Literary - LibrariesAnime Club, 6-8 p.m., Deer ParkBranch Library, 3970 E. GalbraithRoad, Watch anime, drawmanga, play Yu-Gi-Oh andinteract around these favoritepastimes. Ages 13-18. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.
On Stage - ComedyBrendonWalsh, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 7Drink TastingsAles on Rails, 6-9 p.m., Cincin-nati Dinner Train, 4725 MadisonRoad, Sample five ales as expertsfrom Great Lakes BrewingCompany inform about eachbeer’s appearance, bouquet,body, flavors and finish. Includeslight meal consisting of pretzel,turkey wrap, chips and dessert.Ages 21 and up. $49.95. Addi-tional beverages available for
Health / WellnessSunflower Revolution Parkin-sons Disease Symposium andExpo, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., OasisGolf Club and ConferenceCenter, 902 Loveland-MiamivilleRoad, Parkinson’s disease ex-perts from the University ofCincinnati Neuroscience Institutediscuss challenges of managingPD, new opportunities andalternative treatments forpatients with PD, researchbreakthroughs and health andwellness information. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Sunflower Revolution. 569-5354; www.sunflowerrev.org.Loveland.Diabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D.,4460 Red Bank Expressway,What is Diabetes? Prediabetes?Small group discussions of Type2 diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator. $30all four sessions; or $10 persession. 791-0626.Madisonville.Skin Health Fair, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,Symmes Township BranchLibrary, 11850 Enyart Road,National Vitiligo Foundationhosting skin health fair toincrease public awareness ofskin and triggers that couldinitiate vitiligo and other skindisorders. Free makeup demos,massages and health screenings.Free. Presented by NationalVitiligo Foundation Inc. 793-6834; www.mynvfi.org/skin.Symmes Township.2gether We Empower Confer-ence, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. VIPbreakfast 10-11 a.m., EmbassySuites Blue Ash, 4554 LakeForest Drive, Learn how Sun-shine Anderson, Deanna Hos-kins, Tammi Pha, Jazmine Jack-son, StormyWellington andYemaya Jones overcome ad-versity of drug addiction, pover-ty, domestic violence, abandon-ment and felony convictionswith spiritual guidance. $75 VIP;$30, $20 advance. 273-1189;weempower.eventbrite.com.Blue Ash.
Music - Classical102nd Year Celebration Con-cert, 7-9 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, 8400 Blome Road, GrandTent. Honoring Louise Dieterle
Nippert, founder. FeaturingCincinnati Pops, Opera, Balletand May Festival Chorus. $25.Purchase tickets in advance.891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.
On Stage - ComedyBrendonWalsh, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.
ShoppingChanging Hands: A Children’sConsignment Sale, 8 a.m.-noon, Madeira ElementarySchool, 7840 Thomas Drive,Gymnasium. Buy or sell gentlyused, high-quality children’smerchandise. $1. Registrationrequired for consignors. 561-4334; changinghandssale.word-press.com.Madeira.
Literary - PoetryPractice of Poetry: Fall Series,7-9 p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, Through Nov. 19. Ledby Pauletta Hansel. Focuses oncreative writing as tool to listendeeply to heart’s wisdom. Serieshelps find newmeaning inexperiences and to make roomfor both inspiration and carefuldiscernment life. $125 bi-weekly,$190 weekly. Reservationsrequired. 683-2340; bit.ly/XWQnBW. Loveland.
Parenting ClassesMore Signing, Less Whining,6:45 p.m., Bethesda NorthHospital, 10500 MontgomeryRoad, Includes pre-verbal com-munication, earlier speechdevelopment, enhanced intel-lectual development, pictorialdictionary and Signing SafariCD. $45 per couple. Registrationrequired. Presented by SigningSafari, LLC. 475-4500; www.sig-ningsafari.com.Montgomery.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8 p.m., MilfordHeights Church of Christ, Free.575-1874.Milford.
EducationKeep the PenMovingWritingGroup, 6 p.m., Deer Park BranchLibrary, 3970 E. Galbraith Road,Low-key writing group foradults. Each session includesprompts for short- and extend-ed-writing period as well as timeto share or pass. No previouswriting experience necessary.Facilitated by Ann Plyler. Ages 18and up. Free. 369-4450. DeerPark.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.
On Stage - ComedyPro-AmNight, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, $5. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Greenacres Foundation will honor what would have been founder Louise DieterleNippert's 102nd birthday with the 102nd Year Celebration Concerts, Sept. and 8, beginningat 7 p.m. both evenings, at the Greenacres Arts Center Grand Tent, 8400 Blome Road,Indian Hill. Featured will be performances from the Cincinnati Pops, Cincinnati Opera,Cincinnati Ballet and May Festival Chorus with John Morris conducting. The event is opento all ages and will highlight sections from "Aida," "The Carnival of Animals" and more.Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance at www.green-acres.org. Pictured, TheMay Festival Chorus performs with The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra during Lumenocity atWashington Park, Aug. 3. TONY TRIBBLE/THE ENQUIRER
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Cleaning out the freez-er is never an easy task. Idon’t know how I accu-
with them, and fast. So Imade this cherry cobbler.This is really deliciouseaten warmwith a dollopof whipped cream or icecream and perfect forthat Labor Day gather-ing.
Cherry or berrycobbler
I havemade this withblueberries, blackberriesand raspberries. Justabout any fruit is good.After baking the batterrises up, surrounding theberries.
6 tablespoons butter1 scant cup flour2 teaspoons baking powder3⁄4 cup sugar2⁄3 cupmilk2 generous cups cherries orberries (I used sour piecherries)
Preheat oven to 375degrees. In an 8-inchsquare or 2-quart bakingdish, melt butter in oven.Carefully remove and setaside. Whisk flour, bak-ing powder and sugartogether. Addmilk andstir until just combined.Pour batter into meltedbutter but don’t stir. Addcherries. Bake 30-40minutes or until cake
portion is golden andberries exude juices.
Layered Greek dipFromAnderson Town-
ship reader Linda Smithvia Regan Smith Knaus.“One of my favorites,”Smith told me.
2-3 cloves garlic, minced11⁄2 cups prepared hummus1 cup unpeeled, choppedcucumber
1 cup chopped tomato1⁄2 cup pitted choppedKalamata olives
1⁄2 cup crumbled feta1⁄3 cup sliced green onions
Pita ormultigrain tortillachips
Beat cream cheese,juice, seasoning and gar-lic until smooth. Spreadinto deep 9-inch pie plateor shallow serving dish.Evenly spread hummusover cream cheese layer,then top, in order, withcucumbers, tomatoes,olives, cheese and onions.
Beer cheeseWith Oktoberfest com-
ing soon, I knew the re-quests for this wouldstart coming in. Depend-ing upon the kind of proc-essed cheese and beeryou use, this could be amild or spicy cheese dip.
This is good with pretzelbread sticks.
Blend together untilsmooth:
8 oz. each: cream cheese,softened, and favoriteprocessed cheese
Garlic powder to taste1⁄2 cup room temperaturebeer
Readers want toknow
7-Up Cake: For clar-ification on DianeByrne’s recipe that Ipublished, the pudding isone 1 oz. box. It is a pack-age contain four serv-ings. Check out my blogfor more recipes.
Cherry bounce: How
much bourbon? Enoughto cover the cherries byan inch or so. Some read-ers use vodka, rum orgrain alcohol. The con-tainer should be glass,since it’s not air-perme-able, with a tight lid.Canning jars work well.A reader wants to use asugar substitute. I sug-gested Splenda, but havenot tried it.
Tips from readers’kitchen
Greyhound Restau-rant’s pasta Gabrielle:Thanks to the readerswho remindedme aboutthis previously publishedrecipe that MaryAnn B.wanted. It’s onmy blog.
Can you help?
Poorman’s lobster: Ididn’t catch the reader’sname, but she is cravingthis dish. “It’s made withcodfish that you cook inwater seasoned withperhaps butter, salt andother ingredients. Afterit’s cooked, you servewith drawn butter. Iwould love to have a reci-pe similar to the one Ilost.”
Twin Trolley’s BBQ:For Carol E., who lovedthe sandwich of this now-closed and, I might add,much-loved restaurant. Ifyou have a similar recipe,please share.
Manyet’s Bakerycheesecake: Anotherrequest from this popularbakery, which was inNewport and now closed.For Pat B. “They had acheesecake like no otherI have ever had that wasreally great. If in anyway you can find thatrecipe, I would surelyappreciate it!”
Tip from Rita’skitchen
Freezing herbs in oilfor sauteing: Actually Igot this fromAmy Tobinwhen I was a guest on herradio show. For nice sau-té oil that you can freeze,pour olive oil into icecube trays and add a thinlayer of your favoriteherb(s).
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Cobbler, dips make great Labor Day recipes
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Rita used sour cherries for this cobbler, but has also used blueberries, blackberries and raspberries.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
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Selichot High Holy Day Prep Service begins at 10:00 p.m.
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Sharonville United Methodist8:15 & 11amTraditional Service & Kingdom Kids
9:30am Adult & Children’s Sunday School7:00pmWednesday, Small Groups for all agesInfant care available for all services3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org
Sunday 9:30 &11:00 a.m.Loveland High School, off of Rich Rd.
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FAITH BIBLECHURCH8130 East Kemper Rd.
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Ascension LutheranChurchHealing TouchMinistry is offeredon the fourth Tuesday of eachmonth at 7 p.m. Please call thechurch 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“TheMessage, the Bible inContemporary Language,”sermon, prayer and upbeatmusic complementing themessage of the day.Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288.
Bethel BaptistTempleJoin high school and collegestudents from around the citythe first Friday of each monthfrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a nightof encouragement, praisingGod and fun. Included is a freeStarbucks Coffee bar, food,giveaways, a live band, games,a photo booth andmore. Lookfor the Uprising sign. FindUprising on Facebook at “TheUprising – Student Outreach ofCincinnati” and on [email protected] adult, teen and children’sSunday School classes cometogether for an hour of skitsfrom the drama team, children’s
songs, games, penny wars andmore during Round Up Sunday,offered during Sunday Schoolhour on the first Sunday of eachmonth.AWANA returnsWednesday,Sept. 4. AWANA children’s Bibleclubs 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 includesflag ceremony, music and Biblelesson; handbook time, in whichclubbers earn awards throughmemorization and handbookcompletion; and game time.Contact the church for in-formation, or visit the AWANApage on Facebook: search for“Bethel Baptist AWANA.”Several father/son activities, aswell as family activities, arebeing planned for the fall andupcomingmonths. Visit thechurch website for details.Plans are in the works for aonce-a-month women’s get-together.A small group Bible study isofferedWednesday evenings atthe church at 7:30 p.m.Sunday School is 10 a.m.; Sundayworship is 11 a.m.The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.
Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchThe book club will be 7 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Ost-endorf’s home. The featuredbook is “Eyre Affair” by JasperFforde. Snacks and drinks willbe provided.Contribute to NEEDS by bringingrice and boxed potatoes to thechurch.Join the choir. Rehearsals arestarting now. Please contact thechurch office for details.Jacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th-grade); these classes aretaught after the children’ssermon in the worship service.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 ChurchThe church offers worship ser-vices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1p.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. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.
Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistDisciple Bible Study registrationis available for the 2013-2014year. Call the church for details.The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 791-3142;www.cos-umc.org.
CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodSunday Services are at 10 a.m.and 6 p.m.; Wednesday serviceat 7 p.m.The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Sycamore Township;984-5044.
Hartzell UnitedMethodist ChurchThe Vendor and Craft Show is 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept . 7,in the church fellowship hall.The event is sponsored by theyouth group. Spaces are avail-able, contact Kelli Coffey at891-8527. Cost is $30 for a spaceand table. Food and drinks willbe available to purchase.Young at Hartz is a group for theover-55 crowd, and is open toanyone whowould like to join.The group has monthly outingsor lunch and amovie at the
church. For more information,contact SueWat ts at 891-8527.TheWay, The Truth & The LifeSeekers small groupmeetsalmost every Sunday from 6:30p.m. to 8 p.m. for dessert anddrinks, usually in FellowshipHall. “A Disciples’ Path” byJames A. Harnish is the currentsix-week study that satisfies a“Divine Discontent” that residesin all of us, regardless of reli-gious background. ContactDavid or Melissa Dennis to besure they are meeting on anygiven Sunday at 984-6395.Thank You to the community forits support and attendance of2012 Hartzell UnitedMethodistChurch presents “Glory of theKing!” To become a part of thisnew tradition, like the churchon Facebook and follow detailsof the upcoming Decemberproduction. Plan to attendchurch at 10:30 a.m. Sunday,Aug. 28, to see plans, storylineand set mock up for this year.For more information, contactZach Riggins at [email protected] Will is offering a member-ship class from noon to 1:30 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 15. Lunch will beserved. To attend, call 891-8527.Worship for Sunsays, Aug. 11, 18and 25: 9 a.m., adult bible study,coffee and chat and first service.10:30 a.m., second service andcamp kids. Comemeet newsenior pastor, Will Leasure andhis family.The church is at 8999 ApplewoodDrive, Blue Ash; 891-8527.
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.The church is meeting at Raffel’sBlue Ash Banquet Center, 11330Williamson Road, Blue Ash;709-3344.
St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchService times are 8 a.m. and10a.m.St. Barnabas serves a large scaledinner on the fourth Friday ofeach month at Churches Activein Northside. Call the churchoffice for details or to offer toprovide a dish, help service ordo both.Throughout the summer, thechurch runs a day camp forchildren of the Findlay StreetNeighborhood House. Helpwith meals and paper goods isneeded as well as volunteers tohelp with the scheduled weeklyactivity and overnight campingtrips.St. Barnabas Choir rehearsals are
7:30 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 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 office tohelp serve during the services.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 secondWednesday of each month at7:15 p.m. in the library.AMen’s Breakfast groupmeetsonWednesday mornings at 8:30a.m. at Steak N Shake in Mont-gomery.Ladies Fellowship/Religious StudyGroupmeets on Tuesday morn-ings at 10 a.m. at the church.The group is discussing “Desireof the Everlasting Hills” byThomas Cahill.Friends in Fellowship meets thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6:15 p.m. for a potluck dinnerat the church.Ladies Bridge meets the first andthird Thursdays of the month.Contact the church office forfurther information.A Bereavement Support Groupfor widows and widowers meetsthe second and fourth Sat-urdays from10 a.m. to 11 a.m.The church is at 10345Montgo-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.Women’s Study Group at 6:30p.m. every secondWednesday.The church is at 6555 CooperRoad, Cincinnati; 891-7891.
SycamorePresbyterian ChurchCome visit the church Sundaymornings in its brand newsanctuary at 9:15 a.m. and10:45a.m. Childcare is available in thenursery during both services forinfants through age 2.Sunday School classes for pre-schoolers through grade 12 areoffered at 10:45 a.m. service.Weekly adult study opportuni-ties are also offered. Details onthese and other programs canbe found on the church websitecalendar, or by calling thechurch office. (683-0254)A newmember class will be from8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct.5. Please call the church office toregister. (683-0254).The 106th annual Lawn Fete willbe Saturday, Sept. 14.Chris Spielman, two-time All-American linebacker at OhioState and 4 time NFL Pro-Bowlparticipant, will speak at 7 p.m.,Monday, Sept. 16, in the sanctu-ary. Spielman is the author of“That's Why I'm Here,” hisfamily's real-life story detailinghis wife Stephanie's heroicbattle with cancer. This is a free,ticketed event. Tickets forgeneral public will be madeavailable Aug. 26 in the churchoffice. Office hours are 8 a.m. to4:30 p.m., Monday throughFriday. Limit four. A free willoffering will be taken.The church is at 11800Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;www.sycamorechurch.org.
RELIGION
JosephAutoGroupandthe Society of St. Vincentde Paul-Cincinnati arepartnering tomakedonat-ingavehicle to theSt.Vin-cent de Paul Vehicle Do-nationProgrammorecon-venient.
Those wishing to do-nate a used car, truck, RV,boat or motorcycle to St.Vincent de Paul can nowdrop off their vehicle at
the following new drop-off locations:
» Joseph Buick/GMCat 8700 Colerain Ave., and
» Columbia Chevroletat 9750 MontgomeryRoad.
Proceeds from the ve-hicle donation program atSt. Vincent de Paul-Cin-cinnati provide local fam-ilies in needwith basic ne-cessities such as shelter,
utilities, food, prescrip-tion medication and beds.Families receiving helpare personally visited bySt. Vincent de Paul volun-teers. St. Vincent de Paulhasseenasteady increasein requests for help in re-cent years, especially inthe suburbs of Cincinnati,where the poverty ratehas increase by 83 per-centsince2000,according
a recent study by TheBrookings Institution.
St. Vincent de Paulmakes it easy to make animpact through the dona-tion of used cars, trucks,motorcycles, boats andRVs. Inaddition to the twonewdropoff locations,ve-hiclesmay be dropped offat anyof the sevenSt.Vin-cent de Paul-CincinnatiThrift Stores. Repre-
sentatives at any drop-offlocationwill fill out thepa-perworkandprovidea taxreceipt for the donation.Free pick-up is alwaysavailable by calling 513-421-CARE (2273) or byvisitingwww.SVDPcincinnati.org.
“The challenges ofpoverty affect far toomany families in our com-
munity,” said Ron JosephJr., executive director, Jo-seph Auto Group. “Ourgrouphasalwayssupport-edSt.VincentdePaul’s ef-forts togivehopetotheaf-flicted andwe are pleasedto be able to do more bysupporting their VehicleDonation Program.”
For more information,visit SVDPcincinnati.org.
St. Vincent de Paul has newplace to drop off cars
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Do you know the bestway to protect yourselfwhen receiving a largecheck?
One woman says shewishes she knew becauseher check was stolen andcashed months ago – andshe’s been unable to re-cover the money.
Earlier this year,Heather Weismann ofDelhi Township got acash advance for morethan $500. But before shecould cash it, the checkwas stolen from herparked car. “When I gotback to my car it wasmissing. So I called theplace that wrote thecheck to see if it wascashed. The next day itwas cashed and it wasn’teven signed by me,”Weismann said.
Weismann got a copyof the check and foundalthough she had notsigned the back of it,someone else forged hersignature before gettingit cashed. “They forgedmy name and then thebank allowed them tocash the check withoutme being present,” Weis-mann said.
Weismann contactedthe bank, which notifiedthe check casher. “Thebank manager had calledthem and said, ‘You’resupposed to bring themoney back.’ She said,‘Well, Heather Weismannsigned the check over tome and I have witness-es,’” Weismann said.
But Weismann hadalready filed a policereport alleging the per-son who cashed thecheck is a thief. Despiteall this, Weismann stilldidn’t have her moneyback, which caused ma-jor problems.
“I haven’t been able topay certain of my bills soI have late fees coming –and my personal accountbasically is horrible. Ican’t use it right now
because of this,” she said.Based on the informa-
tion she’s uncovered,Weis-mann said she believespolice should able to findthe thief and take action.
“They forged a checkand stole a check. Theycashed a check. Altogeth-er that’s three thingsagainst this person. Theyneed to pay for what’shappened,” Weismannsaid.
I contacted the bankand, following an in-vestigation, the bankreturned the more than$500 to Weismann plusmoney to reimburse her
for the overdraft chargesshe incurred. A spokes-man for the bank agreesthis appears to be theft.The bank has turned overits findings to the Cincin-nati Police Department.
So protect yourselfwhenever you get a checkby immediatelywriting onthe back, “ForDepositOnly.” There’s no need tosign it, just put it in yourbank as soon as possible.
The Blue Ash/Mont-gomery Symphony Or-chestra will be present-ing an all-Russian pro-gramonLaborDay, fea-turing 16-year-oldviolinist
Tso, a junior at Syca-more High School,madeherdebutwith theCincinnati SymphonyOrchestra when shewas 8-years-old at itsYoung People’s Concertin 2005. She has twicebeen a first-place win-ner in BAMSO’s YoungArtist Competition,once at age12 and againin last year’s competi-tion. Tso appeared onNPR’s “From the Top”
in January 2012.Theconcertwillbeat
the Blue Ash TowneSquare at 6 p.m. Mon-day, Sept. 2.
Applications for the2013 Jack & LucilleWonnell Young ArtistConcerto Competitionwillbeavailable inearlySeptember. Applicationforms and informationcan be downloadedfrom the Orchestra’swebsite(www.bamso.org). Thecompetition is open tostudent musicians 18and under who have notyet graduated fromhigh school.
All concerts are free.
Tso headlines BAMSO concert
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When your community goes to vote on November 5, will
they remember you and your story? Make sure they do
LEGAL NOTICESealed Proposals will be received at the of-fice of the City Manager, Blue Ash Munici-pal & Safety Center, City of Blue Ash, Ham-ilton County, 4343 Cooper Road, BlueAsh, Ohio 45242 until 2:00 P.M. LocalTime on Thursday, September 5, 2013,for furnishing all labor, materials, andequipment necessary to complete projectknown as Summit Park, Phase 1, GroupD 1-08 ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS& 1-09 ELECTRICAL GEAR, and, at saidtime and place, publicly opened and readaloud.Contract Documents may be obtained byplacing an order from ARC Reprographics,phone: 513-326-2300. Bidders will be re-sponsible for all cost of printing, shipping,etc. from the printer. Sets will be shippedvia normal mail or UPS. Bidders request-ing alternate shipping methods shall payfor any additional costs or provide a ship-ping number for billing to the bidders ac-count. Partial sets will not be issued.Documents may also be viewed on City ofBlue Ash website at the following address:http://www.blueash.com .The Contract Documents may be reviewedfor bidding purposes without charge duringbusiness hours at the following locations:ACI Plan Room - 3 Kovach Drive, Cincin-nati, Ohio 45215; Turner Construction -Main Office - 250 West Court Street, Suite300W, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202; and TurnerConstruction - Field Office - 4335Glendale-Milford Rd., Cincinnati, OH45242.Any Proposed Equal for a Standard shallbe submitted to the Engineer & Construc-tion Manager no later than five (5) days pri-or to the bid opening. If no Addendum is is-sued accepting the Proposed Equal, theProposed Equal shall be considered reject-ed.Each bidder is required to furnish with hisproposal, a Bid Guaranty and ContractBond in accordance with Section 153.54 ofthe Ohio Revised Code. Bid security fur-nished in Bond form shall be issued by aSurety Company or Corporation licensedin the State of Ohio to provide said surety.Proposals must contain the full name ofthe party or parties submitting the sameand all persons interested therein. It is theintent and requirements of the Owner thatthis project be completed by December 1,2013.When the total overall project exceeds$60,000, all bidders must comply with theprevailing wage rates on Public Improve-ments in Hamilton County and the City ofBlue Ash, Ohio, as ascertained and deter-mined by the Administrator of the Ohio Bu-reau of Employment Services (OBES) asprovided in Section 4115.05 through4115.034 of the Revised Code of the Stateof Ohio. It is anticipated that the PrevailingWage Law will apply to this project.The Council of the City of Blue Ash, Ohio,reserves the right to waive irregularitiesand to reject any or all bids.The Council of the City of Blue Ash shallauthorize acceptance of the bid made bythe responsible bidder who, in Council’sjudgment, offers the best and most respon-sive proposal to the City, considering quali-ty, service, performance record, and price;or Council may direct the rejection of allbids. The City may award based on "func-tional equivalence" concerning specifiedwork or products.By the order of the Council of the City ofBlue Ash, Ohio._____________________________Gordon Perry, Public Works Director 5948
Johnny and Trisha Weiner of BlueAsh, Ohio are happy to announcethe engagement of their daughter,Julie Michelle to Matthew JosephPinkowski, son of George andNancy Pinkowski of Northbrook, IL.
Julie, a graduate of SycamoreHigh School and the Universityof Florida, is currently employedby Raymond James Financial inSt. Petersburg, FL. as a SoftwareEngineer. Matt, a graduate ofNew Trier High School and theUniversity of Kentucky, is aLicensed Customs Broker andImport/Compliance Managerwith Panalpina inTampa, FL.
Their wedding is planned forMarch 2014
in St. Petersburg, FL.
JulieWeiner &Matthew Pinkowski
Michael Chertock, aCincinnati pianist whoperforms at famed ven-ues around the world, re-turns to Xavier Univer-sitynextmonth toplaybe-fore a hometown audi-ence.
Chertock, music direc-tor and conductor of theBlue Ash MontgomerySymphony Orchestra,will take the GallagherStudent Center stage at2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1.
Besides his recogni-tion as a music director,Chertock is principal key-boardist for the Cincin-nati Symphony Orchestraand head of the KeyboardDivision at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music.
In November he willtravel with the BostonPops on a tour that in-cludes Las Vegas, Los An-geles,SanDiegoandothercities in the Southwest.He has previously soloedwith orchestras in Atlan-ta, Baltimore, Billings,Chattanooga, Dallas, De-troit, Indianapolis, Mon-treal, Naples, Omaha,Philadelphia and Toronto,
among others.Chertock, a Landen
resident who has servedas organist at St. Barna-bas Episcopal Church inMontgomery, says hisXa-vier concert will includecompositions by Bach,Rachmaninoff and Stra-vinsky.
“Tome, localaudiencesare more intimidatingthan audiences in othercities,” he admits with asmile, “because they arelikely to remember yourprogram for some time --you can’t just sneak out oftown afterward.”
He describes perform-ingonXavierClassicalPi-ano Stage “a great honor”
because the long-runningseries “has contributed somuch to the love of musicin Cincinnati.”
Season tickets for theXavierClassicalPianoSe-ries are $120 or $110, de-pending on seat location.The Chertock concert is$19-$17, with seniors $16-$14 and students $3. Fortickets, call 513-745-3161.
Next up at Xavier forclassical piano fans willbe JohnNovacek, a versa-tile musician respected inconcert halls in theAmer-icas, Europe andAsia.No-vacek,who also composesragtime music, returns tothe Gallagher Center foran encore performance at2:30 p.m. Sept. 15
BAMSO director toplay at Xavier Sept. 1
MichaelChertockwill take theGallagherStudentCenter stageat 2:30 p.m.Sunday,Sept.1.PROVIDED
LyondellBasell em-ployees at theCincinnatiTechnology Center inSycamore Townshipraised $68,000 for theUnited Way of GreaterCincinnati for the 2012-2013 campaign, includ-ing $34,000 in employeecontributions with the
balance matched by thecompany.
EmployeespresentedUnited Way executiveswith a $34,000 matchinggrant from LyondellBa-sell.
“Our thanks to Lyon-dellBasell and its em-ployees foryour support
of United Way of Great-er Cincinnati’s efforts toadvance the commongood through our workintheareasofeducation,income and health,” saidRobert Reifsnyder,United Way of GreaterCincinnati president.
Supporting UnitedWay has become a cor-nerstone tradition ofLyondellBasell’s con-tinued commitment ofgiving back to the com-munity. The yearly cam-paign helps to fund pro-grams in the greaterCincinnati area that peo-ple have come to relyupon.
“Our employees arethedrivingforceofwhatmakes this yearly cam-paign so successful,”said Charles Holland,Cincinnati TechnologyCenter site manager.“Their participation,along with the backingof LyondellBasell, helpsto make contributionslike this one possible.”
Nationally, Lyondell-Basell employees andthe company contribut-edmore than$1.9millionto United Way agenciesin the 2012-13 campaign.
““LyondellBasell’slongtime support in Cin-cinnati and many othercommunities is greatlyappreciated and val-ued,” Reifsnyder said
LyondellBasell Cincinnati Site Manager Charles Holland (left) presents a check toUnited Way executive Chris Martin (right) during a presentation to commemorate thecompany's 2012-2013 United Way campaign. PROVIDED
LyondellBasell’s UnitedWay Campaign making adifference in Cincinnati
AUGUST 28, 2013 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • B7LIFE
For more information:Go towww.ucblueash.edu/farmersmarketor call (513) 936-1573
University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College9555 Plainfield Road, Blue Ash, OH 45236
Meet the doctors and learnmore at these FREE seminars• Tuesday, September 10th 6 PMat Green Township Senior Center3620 Epley LaneCincinnati, OH 45247
The pinning ceremonyfor new graduates fromthe University of Cincin-nati Blue Ash CollegeNursing Department pro-vided plenty of emotionalmoments as students cel-ebrated their achieve-ment with family andfriends.
More than 450 peoplepacked the Muntz Thea-ter on the UC Blue Ashcampus for the annualpinning ceremony, where93 new graduates fromthe nursing program for-mally received theirnurs-ing pins.
“It really is a specialevent for our students.They have put in so muchhard work to reach thispoint and it’s especiallynice when they can enjoyit with their families andloved ones,” said CarlaHenderson, chair-elect ofthe Nursing Departmentat UC Blue Ash. “The ac-
tual awarding of the nurs-ing pin to each of ourgraduates just adds to themoment.”
There were severalspecial stories throughoutthe ceremony, but one ofthe more touching mo-mentswaswhennewgradErin Tillis was surprisedwith the nursing pin thatbelonged to her grand-mother who had passedaway. She was Erin‘s in-spiration for becoming anurse. Being pinned withher grandmother’s pinbrought home the signifi-cance of the moment toErin and the audience.
The pinning ceremonyfor newnurses dates backto the 1860s when Flor-ence Nightingale wasawarded the Red Cross ofSt. George for her tirelesswork during the CrimeanWar. To share this honor,she in turn presented amedalofexcellence toher
brightest graduates. By1916 the practice of pin-ning new nursing gradu-ates became a standard inthe U.S.
Through professorswith extensive experi-ence in the field of nurs-ing, students in the nurs-ing program at UC BlueAsh College receive acomprehensive educationthat prepares them to be-come a registered nurse(RN). Many graduates godirectly into the work-force, while some transi-tion to UC in Clifton topursue a bachelor’s de-gree in the science ofnursing (BSN).
A key change in the fu-ture will occur in the fallof 2014 when the UC BlueAsh Nursing Departmentwill move to selective ad-missions as part of a proc-ess to help qualified pros-pective students moveinto the program faster.
UC Blue Ash‘pins’ 93 newnurse graduates
Erin Tillis receives her late grandmother's nursing pin during the ceremony for newgraduates of the nursing program at UC Blue Ash College. THANKS TO PETE GEMMER
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At Jewish Family Ser-vice, “WE GIVE A...”
Acatchyandedgymar-keting campaign by Jew-ishFamilyServiceearnedthe agency and its direc-tor of marketing SherryKaplan recognition byCincinnati AmericanMarketing Association asa finalist in its Marketerof the Year competition,non-profit category. TheCincinnati Zoo took home
the non-profit categoryaward for its social mediacampaign marketinghighlighting the birth of ababy giraffe.
The Marketer of theYear awards, which werepresented May 2 at a din-ner reception, recognizesa company, a marketingteamwithin a company oran individual who hasdemonstrated overall ex-cellence in marketing.
Kaplan, aBlueAsh res-ident, oversaw the execu-tion of a fully integratedcampaign that was cen-tered on four short ani-mated videos and the slo-gan “WE GIVE A…” It in-corporated a full spec-trum of marketingchannelsoverasix-monthperiod: amicrosite, directmail postcards, socialmedia, email, traditionalmedia ads, and movie
theatre trailers. The “WEGIVE A...” message was,and continues to be, in-cluded in other agencymarketing such as radioads and holiday postcardgreetings.
She worked in partner-ship with a marketingcommittee initiated bythe JFS Board. The com-mittee, chaired by MaxYamson (Oakley), includ-ed Mark Miller (ForestPark), Daniel Kerbel,Dennis Mitman (SymmesTownship), Suzy MarcusGoldberg, Melanie Blu-mental, Ben Rosenfield,Beth Schwartz (Ken-wood) and CatherineStahl (Northside).
“Let’s be sure that ‘WeGive A…’ huge round ofapplause and bow of ap-preciation to our market-ing director Sherry Kap-lan and the marketing
committee for daring to‘push the envelope’ withan edgy slogan, aggres-sively using technologyand strategically usingtraditional channels tomove thecampaign, aban-doning the usual and typ-ical, and capturing ourcommunity’s attention,”Jewish Family ServiceExecutive Director BethSchwartz said.
Mark Miller’s compa-nyUSDigitalPartnersdo-nated talent and time tocreate the wegivea.comwebsite. 779 Video creat-ed the animated videos ata non-profit rate. Both al-lowed the campaign tostay within budget.
“All of Sherry’s co-workers can attest to thetime, effort, and scrutinythat she put forth in order
to get the execution of thevideos, direct mail, andmessaging exactly theway she and the commit-tee wanted it. Sherrywrote thepreliminarysto-ryboards for the videos,the copy for the voice-overs, and spent hours inthe editing process mak-ing certain that we weretelling our JFS story ef-fectively in less than aminute. The committeeedited further, providedoutside expert perspec-tive, and strategized howto implement the cam-paign that Sherry smooth-ly carried out,” Schwartzsaid.
The “WE GIVE A…”marketing was developedin response to a challengelast year by JFS BoardPresident Michael
Schwartz to create an ed-gy awareness campaign.Schwartz noted that “JFSis an incredible organiza-tion that is truly the “do-ing” agency in our com-munity. Too many peopledon’t know about all thewonderful services thatJFS provides. We hopedthat this campaign wouldentice people to take no-tice.”
Jewish Family Servicehas a wide array of dis-tinct program areas serv-ing all ages in the commu-nity from "babies to bub-bies.” These include in-fant adoption, emergencyfood and financial assis-tance, domestic violenceprevention programs,youth mentoring, geria-tric care management,immigration services,Holocaust survivor ser-vices and more.
The committee’s goalwas to create a bold iden-tity that would differen-tiate Jewish Family Ser-vice from the crowd ofJewish-named organiza-tions, emphasize the im-portance of the agency’sprofessionals’ direct in-volvement with clients,and increase awarenessto current and potentialsupporterswithin theCin-cinnati Jewish communi-ty by embracing all ser-vice areas under a newyoung and smart umbrel-la.
“WE GIVE A...” wasborn.
JFS ‘We Give A...’ campaign afinalist in marketing competition
Members of Jewish Family Services marketing teamwerehonored for the "WE GIVE A ..." campaign. From left: MarkMiller (Forest Park), Beth Schwartz (Kenwood), SherryKaplan (Blue Ash), Catherine Stahl (Northside), DennisMitman (Symmes Township) and Max Yamson (Oakley).THANKS TO ELIZABETH SKIPPER
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APPEALSNotice is hereby giv-en that a public hear-ing will be held by theSymmes TownshipBoard of Zoning Ap-peals on Monday,September 9, 2013 at7:00 p.m. for the pur-pose of hearing anAppeal (#2013-16)filed by Felicity J. Hill,9960 WalnutridgeCourt (45242), appel-lant, from Notice ofRefusal for a zoningcertificate for the con-struction of a six (6)foot Shadowboxfence to be located inthe side yard of acorner lot located at9960 WalnutridgeCourt (45242). Thishearing will be heldat Township Admin.Bldg., 9323 UnionCemetery Road.Plans are on file andopen for public in-spection.Brian ElliffTownship ZoningInspector 1775308
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The Original CreativeFestival is an annual sew-ing, quilting, knitting andfiber arts expo held at theSharonville ConventionCenter.
At the festival, AnnieFranklin of ColerainTownship and her grand-daughters Shyaira LesterofMountHealthyandMa-riah Buttrom of Blue Ashmodeled their threeunique apron creations,and took first place overfour other contestant du-os.
Both the girls, whohave been learning to sew
under their grandmoth-er’s tutelage, came upwith the design and se-lected three fabrics –complimentary colors butwith a different patternfor each of them.
Upon being named thewinners, Frankin said shecouldn’t believe it, be-cause that day everythingthat could have gonewrong did. She acciden-tally knocked over hersewing machine, whichbroke, so she had to sewfinishing touches on theaprons by hand.When theaddition of fabric photo
portraits they applied tothefrontofeachaprondidnot show up clearly, theyhad to painstakingly re-movethemontheirwaytothe contest.
Everything was reme-died, however, whenFranklin and her grand-daughters were an-nounced the winners ofthe 2013 HeartstringsApron Contest – the firstplace prize was a brandnew Janome sewing ma-chine.
In 2012, Franklin andher two granddaughtersentered the Festival’s
Heartstrings Apron Con-test and they came inthird place. The contestwas created by Pam Fol-berth, owner of Sew-EzyStudio in Sharonville, be-causeofher fondmemoryofsewingwithhermotherand modeling in a fashionshow. Contestants use thesame pattern to creatematching or complimen-tary aprons and arejudged on best use of thepattern, fabric and trim.
For more information,visit www.creativefestiv-al.net.
Colerain Township resident Annie Franklin, right, with her tow granddaughters, Shyaira Lester, left, and Mariah Buttromwon first place in a contest at the Original Creative Festival. PROVIDED
Membership in Na-tional Society Daugh-ters of the AmericanRevolution is based onproof of direct lineageto an ancestor who ei-ther fought in or provid-ed support to the Revo-lutionaryWar Effort.
Mariemont Chapter,as well as all chapters,stress preservation ofhistoricalknowledgeandplace a high value on re-searching of ancestors.
As in any genealogi-cal search, sometimesinformation cannot befound prior to a certaindate or ancestor. This isoften referred to as a“brick wall” and mayappear to be insur-mountable. SpeakerCynthia Whitt-Coval-cine presented informa-tion important to scalethose difficult walls atthe June 15 meeting ofthe Mariemont DARchapter.
Whitt, whowas raisedin New Richmond, lives
in Montgomery. Herbackground includes amasters degree fromKent State University inlibrary science and amasters in educationfrom Xavier. She hasworked at the public li-brary inCincinnatiand isvice president of Cler-mont County Genealogi-cal Society. She diligent-ly works on family histo-ry for herself as well asherhusband,Alex,whoisa descendant of Nathan-iel Terwilliger, one of thefounders of Montgome-ry.
Whitt provided a se-ries of suggestions forsites,buthermostimpor-tant admonition to any-one interested in geneal-ogy is to “not give up.”
Mariemont NSDARinvites anyone interest-ed in receiving informa-tion about projects of ormembership in the localchapter to contact JanMauch, regent, [email protected].
Mariemont DAR‘scales brick walls’
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BLUE ASH4772 Alpine Ave.: Smock,Cleda to Button, Jessica L.;$125,000.9206 Floral Ave.: Locke, Stevento Burnett, Derrick & Kylila;$155,000.4645 Northfield Road: Bank ofAmerica NA to He, Hui &Xuegong Zhu; $375,000.10286 Ryans Way: Aguilon,Rodel F. & Vilma C. to Gra-bowski, Rodney M. & Julie M.;$685,000.10165 Zig Zag Road: Kurtz,Chris & Kelly to Theders,Christopher R. & Cynthia L.;$244,000.
MONTGOMERY12060 Cooperwood Lane:Chunduri, Lalitha to House,Nicholas T. & Lindsey M.;$495,000.10702 Escondido Drive: Stein,Daniel & Ellen D. to Chen,Kaiyu & Juitzu Chang;$320,000.11539 Grandstone Lane: Desan-tis, Cathleen B. & Ralph M. toSotropa, Eleodor & Mirela;$877,000.8130 Margaret Lane: Seymour,Diane T. to Ishman, StaceyLynn & James Sean McCarthy;$673,000.10711 Shadowcrest Court: Levy,Liliane to Falci, Joseph C. &Ann M.; $190,000.10005 Trail Lane: Dick, Gary S.& Ellen G. to Stewart, Gary L.& Jade A.; $835,000.
SYCAMORETOWNSHIP7631Montgomery Road: Lytle,Ann Louise Tr. to Payne,Ellsworth W.; $65,000.8471 New England Court:Bourland, White to Ziepel,David K. & Paul M.; $325,000.4114 Trebor Drive: Reed, The-resa to Atkins, Scott & Linda;$165,000.4311Woodlawn Ave.: Powell,Jeffrey D. to PNC Bank NA;$34,000.5796 Bayberry Drive: Brock-man, Timothy & Jamie toDudley, Angus C. & BarbaraAnderson; $325,000.8354 Beech Ave.: HSBC Mort-
gage Services Inc. to Mason,Micahel; $34,700.8019 Buckland Drive: Wahle,John R. Jr. to Heidkamp,Ronald L.; $118,000.7940 Camner Ave.: Ernst,Constance J. to Federal Na-tional Mortgage Association;$56,000.8098 Carnaby Lane: Boate,Jerry L. & Carol W. to Schultz,Stanton A. & Jane L.;$525,000.11582 Chancery Lane: Marks-Johnson, Cheryle Tr. to Boate,Jerry L. & Carol W.; $347,000.1929 Chaucer Drive: Roby,Bridget S. & Robert K. toFederal National MortgageAssociation; $31,198.12155 First Ave.: Luck, Tonya K.to Hilton Capital Group LLC ;$40,000.7795 Keller Road: Restrepo, J.Alvaro & Maria Dolores toQuestell, Kenneth J. & Mi-chelle E.; $820,000.8727 Killarney Court: FannieMae to Meyer, Nancy;$35,400.7522 Kirtley Drive: Lafollette,Dustin & Melissa Newcomerto Butler, Luke C. & CameronE.; $167,000.6802 Lewis Clark Trail: Hard-esty, Thomas A. & C. Latrell toFernback, Joseph E. & PamelaW.; $275,000.3977 Mantell Ave.: Bradford-Ritter, Aprille M. to Bank ofNew York Mellon The;$40,000.7752 Montgomery Road:Veera, Prasad & Suchitra toAgrawal, Gagan K. & Hiral;$65,000.8080 Montgomery Road: P. & P.Real Estate LLC to KenwoodCity Place Partners LLC ;$7,000,000.8041 Paddington Lane: Gravell,James R. Jr. & Ginger L. toKristensen, Konrad & BrendaJ.; $365,000.9057 Shadetree Drive: Burger,Shirley Tr. to Wendling, Jared& Kelly; $217,900.7772 Styrax Lane: Morris,Reginald D. & Renea to Kikta,Joseph & Bridget Bidwell-Kikta; $221,000.8495 Wicklow Ave.: Calhoun,William J. & Michelle L. to
Federal National MortgageAssociation; $66,000.
SYMMES TOWNSHIP8494 Calumet Way: Burt,Jeffrey D. Tr. & Deborah V. Tr.to Gilhart, Richard A. & De-nise A.; $549,900.11966 Foxgate Way: Northup,Jeffrey L. & Laura M. to Dun-ster, Lisa K. & Sean W.;$270,000.9438 Kemper Road: Greco,Kenneth O. & Laurie R. toWeaver, John S. & Sharmila K.Karanth; $342,000.10076 Morganstrace Drive:Dicken, Douglas A. & Sara E.to Mele, Beth A. & Adam D.;$283,000.11915 Nathanshill Lane: Ale-magno, James S. & Judith K.to Hamden, Raymond H. &Sawson Abdul Sattar;$305,000.12084 Paulmeadows Drive:Muncy, Robert & Julie Sav-chenko to Leonard, Brett L. &Deborah S.; $418,000.10407 Shadyside Lane: Roberts,Barbara to Ayrukuzhiyil, Sunil& Kshema; $257,500.10348 Stablehand Drive: Block-som, Peter G. Tr. & Angela C.Fischer Tr. to Mitchell, Antho-ny & Stacey; $496,000.11188 Terwilligers Hill Court:Wintz, Jennifer A. to Ca-labrese, Robert A. Tr.;$518,500.8313 Vicksburg Drive: Khor-ram, Siamak to Kang, HyunJin & Sara Cheon; $196,000.9927 Walnutridge Court: Page,John G. Tr. to Edgecomb,Bruce K.; $160,000.10720 Weatherstone Court:U.S. Bank NA Tr. to Tantsyura,Vadim & Nadia; $302,500.11925 Fallcreek Lane: Deardoff,Gary L. to Ersel, Daniel H. &Karin K.; $265,500.11525 Iron Liege Lane: Hender-ickson, Henry F. to MoksinHoldings Plus LLC; $386,751.10015 Plantation Pointe Drive:Fischer Single Family Homes IILLC to Mercurio, Mark A. &Sara E.; $419,940.10300 Riverwalk Lane: Lydy,Steven Alan to Broermann,James F.; $425,000.12130 Royal Pointe Drive:
Merrcinci LLC to Zotabs LLC;$3,250,000.9249 Steeplechase Drive:Burke, Cynthia M. Tr. toCarrier, Jeremy M. & LaurenE.; $450,000.11787 Thistlehill Drive: Mount,Jeremy to Anderkin, Saman-tha S.; $144,900.10316 Willow Drive: Lower,Debra M. to Braselton, Vali;$216,000.9991 Alydar Court: Ward, LeaA. to Brunner, MatthewCheney & Edcith Ann;$475,000.Geromes Way: HeartwoodBuilders LLC to Ramage,Jennifer D. & Jeremy A.;$130,000.8323 Hambletonian Drive:Sunamoto, Kentaro & NancyJ. to Young, Robert III &Jennifer Rollins; $355,000.9438 Hopewell Road: Haines,Barbara L. to Thomas, AdamR. & Katheryn A.; $230,000.8976 Terwilligers View Court:Jennings, Andrew M. & JudithA. to Roth, David R. & LizbethMiller; $340,000.Address not available: FischerSingle Family Homes II LLC toGummow, Jonathan D. &Jessica R.; $442,481.10775 Bentley Pass Lane:Grueninger, Robert S. &Marilyn A. to Smith, AllenDene & D. Anna Lynn Smith;$318,000.7773 Camp Road: Tapp, LorenC. to McMillan, Neill Kirby;$94,000.9131 Geromes Way: Buehler,Anthony Michael & LuciaGarcia to Dodge, NP Jr. Tr.;$675,000.9131 Geromes Way: Dodge, NPJr. Tr. to Wilson, Robert L. &Michelle D.; $675,000.9651 Humphrey Road: Schar-fenberger, Scott B. & JodyStreck Scharfenberger toThurner, Alisa & Richard A.Wiseman; $450,000.10390 Stablehand Drive: Kel-ley, Brendan J. & Sonia S. toKotzin, Scott A. & ElizabethA.; $435,000.
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SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsBrittany Carmichael, 24, 5365Ellmarie Drive, theft at 7875Montgomery Road, Aug. 1.Sean Ruiz, 18, 1511 Corbin Drive,domestic violence at 1511Corbin Drive, July 30.Donovan Brown, 19, 5607 Car-thage Ave., drug paraphernaliaat 71N, July 30.Jennifer Rudolph, 37, 5815Ropes Drive, possession ofdrugs at 7219 Hosbrook Road,July 29.Juvenile female, 13, theft at7875 Montgomery Road, July27.Juvenile female, 14, theft at7875 Montgomery Road, July27.Andre Wright, 35, 12 Springs,theft at 7875 U.S. 22, July 27.
Incidents/investigationsBurglaryResidence entered and head-phones and currency valued at$400 removed at 12119 Syca-more Terrace, July 26.
Residence entered and debitcard removed at 12113 Syca-more Terrace, July 27.Residence entered and head-phones and currency valued at$400 removed at 12119 Syca-more Terrace, July 26.Residence entered and debitcard removed at 12113 Syca-more Terrace, July 27.Residence entered and copperof unknown value removed at4565 Sycamore Road, July 31.Criminal damagingDoor frame damaged at 10260Fawncrest Court, July 23.Eggs thrown at windows ofresidence at 8363 Hambleto-nian Drive, July 21.Domestic violenceFemale reported at Shadetree,July 29.Possession of drugsReported at 7215 HosbrookDrive, July 29.TheftCamera of unknown valueremoved at 8031GlendaleMilford Road, July 23.
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charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police department:
» Blue Ash, Chief Chris Wallace, 745-8573»Montgomery, Chief Don Simpson, 985-1600» Sycamore Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444» Symmes Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444
