HOLIDAYMARKET9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,

Dec. 7Indian Hill Primary School,

6207 Drake Road

An upcoming event willprovide a safe shopping expe-rience for youngsters.

The annual HolidayMarketwill be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 7, at Indian Hill Pri-mary School, 6207 DrakeRoad.

What sets this event apart isthe children have a chance toshop independently in a safeenvironment, said Tracy Nath,who is co-chairwoman of theHolidayMarket.

Co-chairwoman JenniferIslas said the market is set upfor children in kindergartenthrough grade five. Studentvolunteers from the middleschoolandhighschoolwillpro-vide assistance.

A variety of items will beavailable for the children tobuy. Items include key chains,mugs, jewelery, toys andsports memorabilia.

Items will range in pricefrom 40 cents to $15.

Islas said the Holiday Mar-ket gives children an opportu-nity to learn the importance ofgiving.

Proceedsraisedat theeventwill go to the PTO. Last yearsmarket raised approximately$850 for the PTO.

More than 300 children at-tended last years HolidayMarket.

Children are also encour-

aged to bring canned non-per-ishable food items that will bedonated to a local food pantry.

For more information clickhere.

Holiday market offers safeshopping experience

By Forrest Sellersfsellers@communitypress.com

Indian Hill Primary School students Victoria Islas, back row left, Tre Dean, Miles Taylor, Michelle Lindbergand Abby Replogle, front row left, and Maria Nath prepare for the school's upcoming Holiday Market. Themarket will be Saturday, Dec. 7. PROVIDED

Tracy Nath, left,and Jennifer Islasare co-chairwomenof this year'sHoliday Market atIndian Hill PrimarySchool. Themarket, which isgeared for childrenages 3 to 9, will befrom 9 a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday, Dec.7. FORREST SELLERS/THECOMMUNITY PRESS

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Deer Park kids are going tohave another way to spend apositive time with police offi-cers starting in December.

Amity Elementary principalDaveBergan andDeer Park Jr./Sr. High School vice principalKevin Casey are working withthe Hamilton County SheriffsOffice on a newproject Gamewith a Cop.

Similar toShop with a Cop,where police of-ficers take kidsshopping forChristmas pre-sents, Sheriffsdeputies willtake students who might nothave the opportunity to a Ben-gals game, Bergan said. Stu-dents would sit in private boxesprovided by the team and beable to enjoy the amenitiesthose seats come with, he add-ed.

The kids will have thoughtthey won the lottery, Caseysaid.

Six students each from bothAmity and the junior highschool will attend the Dec. 8against the IndianapolisColts atPaul Brown Stadium. If the pro-gramtakes off atDeerParkandother participating schools, itwill expand into the Reds sea-son as well, Bergan said.

This is geared toward kidswho wouldnt have had thechance otherwise, Bergansaid.

Both administrators willhelp choose which students arepicked to go to games. Two stu-dents from Northwest HighSchool attended the Oct. 27gameagainst theNewYorkJetsas part of the program, and stu-dentsfromMountHealthy,Win-ton Woods and Norwood highschools are planning on attend-ing a game this season.

This is an important pro-gram to use in the sheriffs of-fice and its also important tothe youth of Hamilton County,Neil said. This will growcounty wide, regional wide andit will involve a number ofschool districts as well as anumber of police departmentsand its going tobe awin-win forour region.

Reporter Tom Skeen contributedto this report.

Want to knowmore about whatsgoing on in Deer Park? Follow LeahFightmaster on Twitter: @LCFight-master.

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Moeller fans cheer for their team against Hilliard Davidson at University of Dayton Welcome Stadium in a playoff Division I semifinal footballgame Saturday in Dayton. Moeller won the game 13-11 and plays Mentor at 3 p.m. Saturday at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, where they willlook to defend their state championship. For story and more photos please see page A6.JOSEPH FUQUA II/STAFF

TURKEYWALK FOR SWEET SOPHIA

St. Vincent Ferrer students organized their annual TurkeyWalk Nov. 15 to benefit Sophia Riggs, the 14-month-oldcousin of students kindergartener Cora Riggs andsixth-grader Liv Riggs. Along with a page on crowdfundingsite Youcaring.com, students contributed to the family's$10,000 goal to fund Sophia's therapy. Sophias family,from left: cousin Liv Riggs, father Andy Riggs, cousin CoraRiggs, Sophia, mother Jennifer Riggs, sister Stella Riggs andaunt Erika Riggs. St. Vincent Ferrer students stand behindthe family. THANKS TO CLIFF BISHOP

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Things are gettinghairy at Indian MiddleSchool.

During the month ofNovember teachers at theschool are growingbeards to help raise mon-ey for a staff membersgrandson.

Principal Josh Kauff-man said the event, whichis called No Shave No-vember, is traditionallygeared toward raisingawarenessofmenshealthissues.

However, Kauffmansaid the school wanted tohelp one of its own.

The 3-month-oldgrandson of Kathy Yeag-er,whoisaguidancecoun-selor at the school, hasbeen diagnosed with anaggressive form of leuke-mia.

Proceedsraisedaspartof the event will go to Cin-cinnati Childrens Hospi-tal Medical Center andleukemia research.

Kauffman said morethan $500 has been raised.

The middle schoolfamily gives me strengthand hope, and that carriesthrough to my grandsonand daughter, said Yeag-er.

Its the best medi-cine.

Staff members will bejudged on their beardsNov. 26. Fake beards will

be worn by the women.For print: Donations

can be made by going on-line tohttp://bit.ly/16v2f1N.Please indicate the gift isin honor of Yeagersgrandson.

Kauffman said grow-ing a beard has been aunique experience butwell worth it.

Every timeI reach fora razor or feel an itch, itremindsmeofwhywearedoing this, he said.

A number of theteachers at IndianHill Middle Schoolare growing beardsas part of a charityinitiative to raisemoney for a staffmember'sgrandson, who hasbeen diagnosedwith an aggressiveform of leukemia.Among theparticipants are:back row left, MikeDietz, Eric Bass,Alex Fries and MikeDuncan; front rowleft, Steve Tranter,Josh Kauffman,Nick Carpenter andMike Wahl.PROVIDED

Teachers abandonrazors for charityBy Forrest Sellersfsellers@communitypress.com

Indian Hill Middle School guidance counselor KathyYeager, left, is shown with administrative assistant SherryMurrell. Staff members at the school are growing beardsto raise money for Yeager's grandson, who has beendiagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. Murrell ishelping with collection of the donations. FORREST SELLERS/THECOMMUNITY PRESS

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Youngsters at IndianHill PrimarySchoolhad a chance to travel the world withoutleaving the gym.

The school had its International Fair,which is offered every other year.

Parent volunteers provide the studentswith backgrounds on various cultures usingtoys, clothing, games and other items.

Countries represented included Mexico,Japan, Russia, Egypt and the United King-dom among others.

Photos by Forrest Sellers/The Community Press

Second-grader Caroline Josche, left, enjoys wearing an Indian skirt. She is assisted by parent volunteer Sumita Govil. Both areresidents of Kenwood. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Indian Hill Primary School second-graderMaggie Petrie, of Kenwood, reels in an origamifish at the Japan booth. FORREST SELLERS/THECOMMUNITY PRESS

Parent volunteer Niharika Singh, left, of Indian Hill, showssecond-grader Tre Dean, of Kenwood, what he'd look like in an Indianpajama. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Oren Enwaig, left, a student volunteer with the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati and a resident of Israel,shares how cherry tomatoes are grown in his country. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Substitute teacher Tracy Digennaro, left, gets alaugh watching kindergartner Luke Egnaczyk puthis head in a Sumo wrestler cutout. Both areresidents of Indian Hill. FORREST SELLERS/THECOMMUNITY PRESS

Sister and brother Natalia Byer, left, who is athird-grader at Indian Hill Elementary School, andCallum, 3, play a children's game popular in Malaysia.They are residents of Indian Hill. FORREST SELLERS/THECOMMUNITY PRESS

Kindergartners Audrey Schaefer, left, of Indian Hill, and Gabby Henz,of Kenwood, view a world map. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

ParentvolunteerMohamedMotawi, left, ofKenwood,explains how todecipherhieroglyphics tofirst-graderLouise Schoeny,of Indian Hill.FORREST

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Parent volunteer Araceli Ortiz, right, of Kenwood,demonstrates how to play with a Mexican cupand ball. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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SUBURBANLIFEEditor: Melanie Laughman, mlaughman@communitypress.com, 513-248-7573

Girls basketball Cincinnati Country Day

opened the seasonwith a pair ofwins, knocking off Finneytown48-31 Nov. 25 and notching itsfirst Miami Valley Conferencevictory 48-18 over New MiamiNov. 27.

Boys basketball Cincinnati Country Days

boys basketball team will playRyle at 4:45p.m., Saturday,Dec.7,atHolmesHighSchoolaspart

of the 2013 Bluegrass-BuckeyeCharity Classic.

Proceeds will benefit theRuth Lyon Childrens Fund andNeediest Kids of All. Ticketsare $7 adults, $4 students.

Hall of Fame The Indian Hill boosters

and the IndianHillHall ofFamecommittee announced the 2014inductees to the IndianHillHallof Fame Dec. 1.

Newmembers includeswim-mer and diver Brittany Hill(class of 2005), three-sport starSteve Innis (89) and tenniscoach Cindy Bridgeland Crilley(70).

The Hall of Fame induction

ceremony is Jan. 31, 2014, athalftimeof thevarsityboysbas-ketball homecoming game. Areception to honor andmeet thenewest hall of famers followsthe game.

Softball fundraiserMadeira High School soft-

ball teams Holiday BoutiqueShow will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Saturday, Dec. 7, at MadeiraMiddle School, 6612 MiamiAve., Madeira, Ohio 45243.

Start Christmas shoppingwith crafters and vendors likeThirty One, Mary Kay, Pam-pered Chef, Tupperware, PinkZebra, Origami Owl, TastefullySimple and others.

There will be a bake sale,food, music and door prizes. Allproceeds will benefit the Ma-deira High School softball pro-gram.

Catching upwith College Athletes

The Community Press &Recorder,alongwithcincinnati-.com,would like to give readersover the holidays the ability tocatch up with local high schoolstars doing well in college ath-letics.

In what has become an annu-al readership project, parents/friends of college athletes arewelcome to send a photo and

brief description of their col-lege athletes accomplishmentsover the last calendar year topresspreps@gmail.com. In-clude the names of the people inthe photo as they are shown, thecollege name and sport, par-ents names, where the athletelives, what weekly newspaperthey get at home and their ac-complishments by Friday, Dec.13.

Photoswill run in print Jan.1and be used in a cincinnati.comphoto gallery.

Questions can be directed tomlaughman@communitypress.com.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Scott SpringerandMark D. Motzsspringer@communitypress.commmotz@communitypress.com

Wrestlers in the SuburbanLife coverage area hit the matsfor a new season with highhopes for growth individuallyand postseason success.

MoellerOnce the Crusaders football

season wraps up (possibly witha second straight state title),two defending state wrestlingchampions will return to themats.

The 220-pound championChalmer Frueauf and 160-pound champion Dakota Size-more aim to defend their titles,while182-poundstaterunner-upQuinton Rosser will try to cap-ture the title this year. The trioof seniors lead the way forMoeller, which advanced to thestate semifinals of last seasonsteam tournament.

We have senior leadershipand a great deal of wrestlerswith state tournament experi-ence, said head coach JeffGaier.

Seniors Jerry Thornberryand DeanMeyer, junior ConnorZiegler, and sophomore JacobyWard also placed at state lastyear. Junior Connor Borton isanother returning state qualifi-er for the Crusaders.

Meyer, Thornberry, andRossershouldreach the100-winmilestone this season, whileFrueauf and Sizemore have theschool record for careerwins intheir sights. The Crusaders areclear favorites to win their 21stGLC title in the last 22 years.

Moeller opens the season onDec. 7 at home.

Deer ParkLed by two upperclassmen

on the verge of reaching indi-vidual milestones, the Wildcatsaim to improve on last seasonsimpressive postseason show-ing. Six district qualifiers plus adistrict alternate return to aroster that reasonably expectsto send multiple wrestlers tostate.

We have a lot of starterswhohadagreat season last yearreturning to our lineup, saidheadcoachJasonLambers. Welook forward to getting asmanyof them up to the state tourna-ment as possible.

Junior Austin Siemon quali-fied for state as a sophomoreand enters this season with 73career wins. Senior Trevor An-drewsenters thisseasonwith76career wins. Both are on trackto surpass the coveted 100-winmark this season.

The Wildcats were Division

III sectional champions lastseason and state dual regionalfinalists. With juniors TylerGoodpaster and Trent Mackeand sophomore Jesse Potts re-turning, Deer Park should ad-vance even further this season.

Im looking to build on thesuccess we had last year, saidLambers.

Deer Park opens the seasonbyhosting theGregRogersMe-morial Tournament on Dec. 7.

Indian HillSenior leadership will be the

key to the Braves success thisseason. Five seniors JakeBecker, Dominic Travis, CalebKaminsky, Kirby Fortney, andNick Price will be counted onto carry this experiencedsquad. TheBraveswill go as faras their seniors take them.

Iamlookingfora lotof lead-ership from my five seniors,

head coach Nate Eigher said.Junior George Schneider

leads the underclassmen. He isone of eight returning startersfrom last years squad.

I am really looking forwardto this season. I have eight re-turning wrestlers and a coupleof new wrestlers that have thepotential to have a very goodyear, Eigher said. There arelot of great things that are hap-pening with Indian Hill wres-tling.

The Braves open the seasonat Walnut Hills on Dec. 5.

MadeiraThe Mustangs are looking to

take a leap in head coach TonyMitchells second season at thehelm.With a duo of sophomoreswho found a taste of success asfreshmen,Madeira wrestling ison the right track.

Ben Blackwelder and NickGelhaus were both sectionalrunners-up and district qualifi-ers last year as freshmen. Theyare eager to take the next step

as juniors.We have a lot of young kids

coming back with a year of ex-perience under their belt andournumbersareon theupswingso things look good going intothis year and the year after,said Mitchell.

Junior Danny Costantini andsenior Terrance McCarthy willhelp set the tone for a programthat is building toward the fu-ture. The upperclassmenshould benefit from their firstfull year ofMitchells offseasonprogram. With an influx of newtalent on the roster, the Mus-tangs should improve on lastseasons 5-6 record.

This group is hard workingand they want to make an im-pact, said Mitchell.

Madeira opens the season athome on Dec. 5, hosting Bel-mont and Purcell Marian.

Cincinnati Country DayThe Indians doubled their

team size from three wrestlers two freshmenand a junior last

season - to six this year.Its theblessingandcurseof

a small school, said head coachDan Wood. The blessing, ofcourse, is that you can be varsi-ty right away. The curse is thatyour freshmen arent going tohave their hands raised a lot go-ing up against experienced var-sity wrestlers.

SoWoodsets individualgoalsbased on scoring opportunitiesmore than wins and losses.

You always hear defensewins championships, but inwrestling youre on offense anddefense at the same time, hesaid. Sometimes in wrestlingits being aggressive thats go-ing to get you the points youneed to win, so we try to teachthat and track those kinds ofnumbers.

Returning for CCD is fourth-year senior Omar Mustafa at182 pounds. Also back is sopho-more Eric Christine at 126 or132. Kit Morgan (136), whowrestled as a freshman andsophomore, comes back for hissenior season. Junior Will Ab-bottsmith (145) is out for hisfirst experience on the mats.Joining him are a pair of sopho-mores in Max Luebbers (152)and Ian Hayes (152-160). Hayesand Abbotsmith each have amartial arts background.

With how quickly theyrepicking up technique and howhard theyreworking, Imexcit-ed for the season, Wood said.Theyve put their all into it sofar and its going well.

CCD opens the season Dec. 7at Deer Park and competes inthe North College Hill Invita-tional Dec. 14. The Indians hosttheir own invitational Jan 18.

Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy

TheEagleswill strugglewithnumbers this season so far

FIRST GLANCE AT 2013-14 WRESTLING

Moeller brings back 2 state championsDeer Park, Madeirareturn strong talentByMark D. Motzand Adam Turermmotz@communitypress.com

Deer Parks Austin Siemon wrestles Brett Naymik of Ashland Mapleton in his first-round match during theDIII OHSAA tournament in Columbus Feb. 28. FILE PHOTO

Jake Becker of Indian Hill (top) and Madeiras Danny Constantini battlefor points at the 2012 Madeira Wrestling Invitational. FILE PHOTOMoellers Chalmer Frueauf points

the stands after defeating DevinRevels of Maple Heights in thechampionship final at 220pounds, March 2. FILE PHOTO

Moellers Dakota Sizemorecelebrates after winning the statechampionship at 160 poundsMarch 2. FILE PHOTO

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DAYTON For the sec-ond-consecutive week, theMoeller Crusaders half-time adjustments helpedto continue their footballplayoffmarch.

This week coach JohnRodenbergs teamshut outHilliard Davidson in thesecondhalfenroutetoa13-11 win Nov. 30 in the Divi-sion I, Region 2 finals, alsoplayingas the state semifi-nals, at Dayton WelcomeStadium.

AftershuttingdowntheColerain triple-option of-fense a week ago, the Cru-saders limited the Wild-cats to just 61 second-halfyardsaftergivingup168inthe first half.

Everybody keeps say-ing theyre like Colerainand they are, but theyrenot, Rodenberg said. We just needed to settledown and figure out whatwas going to work for us.We played a team thats13-0andweknewitwasgo-ing to be a battle.

Sophomore kickerMat-thew Coghlin proved to bethe star for the Crusaders.He nailed a 23-yard fieldgoal topull his teamwithinoneat11-10with seven sec-onds to play in the firsthalf.With6:06toplayinthethird quarter the sopho-more hit a 27-yarder thatprovedtobethegame-win-ner and the only score ofthe second half for eitherteam.

Cogs been great, Ro-denbergsaid. Hesonlya sophomore and to knowyoucangeta fieldgoal likethat really helps in yourplay-calling because youdont have to take any un-

necessary shots.The victory sends sec-

ond-seeded Moeller to theDivision I state finals Dec.7at3p.m.atFawcettStadi-um in Canton, where theywill look to defend theirstate championshipagainst Mentor HighSchool, who beat Lake-wood St. Edward 41-38,Nov. 30.

For Moeller quarter-back Gus Ragland, thestate championship gameis starting to become thenorm. In addition to mak-inghis secondstraight tripto the football title game,Ragland was part of the2012 state championshipbaseball team atMoeller.

Ive been surroundedbyalotoftalent, thatsfirstand foremost, and greatcoaching, the quarter-back said. When you putthose two things togetherwith hard work, greatthings happen. Its kind ofcool to just keep on win-ningandImkindofonalit-tle streak here; I keep get-tingbacktothestatecham-pionship. Ill take it, but Ijust want to thank the peo-ple aroundme.

Ragland finished with143 yards rushing and 59yards through the air on 3-of-9 passing and a touch-down.Its thesixth-consec-utive game the quarter-back has rushed for 100-plus yards.

Raglands 41-yardtouchdown pass to ChasePankeyopenedthescoringwith 10:06 to play in thefirst quarter. TheWildcatsanswered back less thanfourminutes laterwitha5-yard scoring run by run-ning back D.D. Clark. Hil-liard added to their leadwitha44-yardfieldgoalby

Robert LeFevre tomake it11-7 with 2:55 to play in thefirst half, but that was alltheWildcatswould get.

They are a heck of afootball team and I dontknow if theyve gotten thecredit they deserve thisyear, Rodenberg said.Im just happy with whatwe did.

TheCrusadersare look-ing to go back to back forthefirsttimesince1976-77.

I feel great for thekids, Rodenberg said.These guys work realhard and its all aboutthem; its all about the 2013team.

Adjustments send Moeller back to state title game

Moeller quarterback Gus Ragland runs the ball against Hilliard Davidsons Parker Ford (4) in the first quarter of Moellers13-11win Nov. 30 in the Division 1, Region 2 finals, also playing as the state semfinals, at Dayton Welcome Stadium.Ragland finished with 187 total yards and a passing touchdown.JOSEPH FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS

Moeller widereceiver ChasePankey (4)celebrates his41-yard touchdownreception in the firstquarter with fellowwide receiver IsaiahGentry, as theCrusaders beatHilliard Davidson13-11, Nov. 30 in theDivision I, Region 2finals, also playingas the statesemifinals, atDayton WelcomeStadium. JOSEPHFUQUA II/COMMUNITY

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On Nov. 18, those of us who sub-scribe to listserve@civicplus.com re-ceived a message fromMadeira CityManager ThomasW. Moeller explain-

ing his interpretationof a recently settledcourt case.

The court case wasState of Ohio, EX REL,James Horwitz, V.RichardM. Brasington,et al. (Madeira). Theinterpretation fromMr.Moeller apparently isthat the city was exon-erated of any wrongdoing because bothparties agreed to a

consent decree. The consent decreedoes not exonerate the city from anywrong doing as implied byMr. Moeller.In fact the attorney representing Mr.Horwitz will be paid at least $7,500from taxes collected fromMadeira taxpayers. The city will pay their attorneyTerrence M. Donnellon approximatelybetween $5,500 and $15,000 for his legalservices.

Mr. Moellers contention that exec-utive sessions according to the OhioConstitution, the Ohio Revised Codeand the Madeira City Charter are al-lowed for certain specified purposessuch as personal matters and real es-tate matters is correct.

Matters that are allowed by law to bediscussed in executive session have notbeen questioned over the last two yearsin regards to city councils quest tobring a Paxtons like restaurant intodowntownMadeira.

The Paxtons controversy began onthe day that Madeira Mayor Rick Bra-sington and the city manager TomMoeller met with the Madeira Histori-cal Society Board where a proposal waspresented suggesting that two historichouses owned by the city in downtownMadeira would be moved, thus allowingfor the construction of a Paxtons-likerestaurant.

At best one might say that the wholeidea was ill conceived or worse a fraud.The plans proposed to the HistoricalSociety had been conceived in privatemeetings with city officials, Paxton

partners and their legal representa-tives. City council members, the Madei-ra city manager, the Madeira city solic-itor and Paxton officials met often inexecutive sessions out of the publicview perpetuating the ill-conceivedmoving of two historic houses to bene-fit the Paxton partners. Executive ses-sions are not intended to concealwrongful actions such as those thatcontinued in Madeira for a period oftwo years.

When the mayor and city managerproposed moving the historic housesthey knew that there was no propertysuitable for the relocation, but were notdeterred in a relentless effort on behalfof the Paxton Partnership.

On Nov. 5 the Madeira electors senta message to city hall with the electionof three new council members.

The message sent was that you arethere to represent us and us is the elec-tors. I for one am hopeful for the futureof our community, but will continue tobe watchful.

Douglas Oppenheimer is a resident of Madeira.

City slow to learn its lesson

DouglasOppenheimerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

If summoned for jury duty, youare assigned either to a regularjury or a grand jury.

On regular (also called petit)jury duty you could be selected fora criminal or civil case. In a grandjury, however, a group of citizenshears only criminal cases and de-

cides if someonewill have to facetrial for a felonyoffense. A felony isa crime that is puni-shable by at leastone year in prison.

In HamiltonCounty, the grandjury meets in theprosecutors office,not at the court-house. The grandjury listens to testi-

mony and examines evidence pre-sented only by the prosecutionbefore deciding whether to returnan indictment. An indictment ismerely a formal charge; it stillmust be proven beyond a reason-able doubt at trial before a defen-dant can be convicted.

When the prosecutor presents acase, only the testifying witnessand the grand jurors are in theroom. After the last witness testi-fies, the prosecutor and witnessexit the room so the jurors candeliberate and vote. Defendantsmay request to testify, but rarelydo so.

Nine grand jurors vote on eachcase and each charge. Before vot-ing to indict, the grand jurors mustfind probable cause that: 1, a crimewas committed, and 2, that theaccused committed the crime. Atleast seven of the nine grand ju-rors must agree that there is suffi-cient evidence to return an in-dictment.

A common phrase suggests thata prosecutor can convince a grandjury to indict a ham sandwichbecause of the processs one-sidednature. My prior experience as aprosecutor makes me disagree.Although a few prosecutors mayabuse the system, most prose-cutors have no interest in purpose-ly indicting cases that would behard to try.

Moreover, I have observed thatgrand jurors, like regular jurors,are independent, serious abouttheir duties, and not easily per-suaded to indict an obviously weakcase.

A unique and important aspectof grand jury service is the oath ofsecrecy. The oath of secrecy cov-ers the entire grand jury proceed-ing and is permanent. A regularjuror may discuss a case publiclyafter a verdict is announced inopen court, but a grand juror mustkeep the proceedings secret forev-er unless ordered otherwise by ajudge.

Both grand jury and regularjury service last for two weeks inHamilton County. If selected forgrand jury, you will hear approxi-mately 50 cases each week. Incomparison, most regular jurorssit on only one or two cases atmost. Perhaps its unique processmakes most people who haveserved on both regular and grandjuries prefer grand jury service.

Judge Brad Greenberg is a judge in Hamil-ton County Municipal Court. He lives inLoveland.

HamiltonCountysgrand juryprocess

BradGreenbergCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last weeks questionThe Ohio House has passed a bill which

would redefine self-defense and circum-stances where the use of force trumps theduty to retreat to public settings, such asstores and streets. Under current law, resi-dentsneednot retreatbeforeusing force ifthey are lawfully in their homes, vehiclesor the vehicle of an immediate familymember. Is this good legislation? Why orwhy not?

No, its not a good idea. This lawwould not be close to necessary if whitepeople werent so prejudiced and para-noid that non-white individuals (anyonewith brown or darker skin) were crimi-nals. Look what stand your ground inFlorida did to TrayvonMartin.

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OHBoy...this is a good topic. The du-ty to retreat in public areas when immi-nent threats are posed is by nature is toduct and retreat of a human being.

But some circumstances, standing

the ground nomatter where you are as aconcealedcarryingcitizen isnotgoing tobe an option to retreat. You have to actquickly as any trained police officerwillhave to act.

Yes,Ohio legislation to change this isright on. Criminals wont think twiceabout taking deadly actions to anyone,and every citizen has the right to de-fend.

O.H.R.

Already these bills have causeddeaths. Since the guy who murderedTreyvonMartin in Florida pulled his gun

on his own girlfriend, some folks havebeen able to put this issue in slightly bet-ter focus. And a Michigan case recentlydecided against a person who shot astranger in the face, apparently for com-ing to his door and asking for some sortof help. We will apparently never know.

Ninety-eight out of every 100 gundeaths is accomplishedwith a gunwhichwaspurchasedby thedeceased, a familymember or a friend. The gun lobby hasutterly failed to make good on theirpromise to use education to rein in thiscarnage.

Controlling guns doesnt mean mak-ing theminaccessible.Laws like this justmake ignorant people think it is OK toblast first andaskquestions later. (Weal-ready have also had a shooting in aschool, resulting from a child being sil-ly with a security guards gun. Wasntthat a bright idea - put guns in theschools!)

N.F.

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Every week we ask readers a question they canreply to via e-mail. Send your answers toespangler@communitypress.com with Chatroom inthe subject line.

Welcome toMadeiraThe good news is that the final home

in the Bradford Place development onEuclid Avenue in Madeira is under con-tract. The bad news iswell there isntany.

In total, 24homeswithanaverageval-ue of nearly $600,000 each have beenadded to our community. In round num-bers, thats more than $14million in newdevelopment. Better yet, 20 new fam-ilies havedecided tomakeMadeira their

home. Additionally, it did not cost tax-payers one single dime, as some wouldhave led you to believe when the taxabatement was approved. Rather, it in-creased tax revenues on those proper-ties by at least threefold initially, andwill more than double that number bythe time the abatement expires.

Both the city and the schools, and allMadeira residents will benefit from thisfor many years to come.

Kudos to Riverstone, the developer,for adjusting their price point, hanging

inthereduringadeeplytroublingtimeinour economy, and creating an attractiveaddition to our downtown district. Also,thanks to City Council for their fore-sightedness to comprehend the longterm benefits of this development andprovidethe incentivetosee itcompleted.Finally, thanks to the new residents ofBradford Place. We welcome you to theBest Community in the Cincinnatiarea.

David HoffmanMadeira

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Indian Hill Exempted VillageSchoolsIndian Hill Exempted Village Schools Board of

Education: 6855 Drake Road. Phone: 272-4500.Web site: www.ih.k12.oh.us.Indian Hill school board meets at 7:30 p.m. the

second Tuesday of the month at Indian Hill HighSchool, 6845 Drake Road.Board President Tim Sharp; Vice President Molly

Barber; board members Karl Grafe, ElizabethJohnston and KimMartin Lewis.Superintendent Mark Miles; Assistant Superin-

tendent Dr. Mark Ault; Treasurer and BusinessManager Julia J. Toth, 272-4513; Director of PupilServices Lisa Huey; Transportation SupervisorCynthia Ketterer; Facilities Director Ken Stegmanand Director of Communications Martha Stephen.

MadeiraMadeira City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. the

second and fourth Mondays of each month in themunicipal building, 7141Miami Ave. Phone 561-7228. Web site: www.madeiracity.com.Mayor Rick Brasington; Vice Mayor Timothy

Dicke; council members Melisa Adrien, Kenneth

Born, Richard Staubach, Rob Steier, Mike Steur.City Manager Thomas Moeller, 561-7228; Police

Chief Frank Maupin, 272-4214; Fire Chief StevenAshbrock, 272-2669; Clerk Diane Novakov, 561-7228; Treasurer Steven Soper, 561-7228; Law Direc-tor Robert Malloy, 561-7228.

Madeira City SchoolsMadeira City Schools district office, 7465

Loannes Drive. Phone 985-6070. Web site:www.madeiracityschools.org.Madeira City Schools board of education meets

at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month in PerinMedia Center at Madeira High School, 7465Loannes Drive.Board members: Tarek Kamil, KamMisleh, Pat

Shea, David Templeton and Cathy Swami.Superintendent Stephen Kramer, 924-3880;

Assistant Superintendent Kenji Matsudo; PublicRelations Officer Diane Nichols, 924-3707; Treasur-er Susan Crabill; Transportation Supervisor KarenMoses, 561-1366.

Sycamore TownshipSycamore Township board of trustees meets at 7

p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each monthat township offices, 8540 Kenwood Road. Phone791-8447. Web site: www.sycamoretownship.org.Board of Trustee President TomWeidman; Vice

President Cliff Bishop; Trustee Dennis Connor;Fiscal Officer Rob Porter.Township Administrator Bruce Raabe; Fire Chief

Perry Gerome; Planning and Zoning Director andAssistant Township Administrator Greg Bickford;Parks and Recreation Director Mike McKeown;Sheriffs Liaison Lt. Chris Ketteman.

StateState Rep. Connie Pillich (28th District)77 S. High St., 10th Floor Columbus, OH 43215E-mail: connie.pillich@ohiohouse.gov;

rep28@ohiohouse.govState Rep. Alicia Reece (33rd District)77 S. High St., 10th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215E-mail: alicia.reece@ohiohouse.gov;

rep33@ohiohouse.govState Sen. Shannon Jones (7th District)Senate Building, 1 Capitol Square, 1st Floor,

Columbus, OH 43215Phone: (614) 466-9737Website: Ohiosenate.gov/senate/jones

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LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPESSUBURBANPRESSWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013

Children of all ages recently gathered in the BeechAcres RecPlex for some morning entertainment.They were treated to a selection of Fantastic Fairytales from theMadcap Puppets. Some lucky kids even gotto be part of the story.

Photos by Lisa Wakeland/The Community Press

Halayna and Brielle Partack applaud after the puppeteers finish thesecond fairy tale.

PUPPETS& FAIRYTALES

Morgan St. Clair, left, Natalie Hall, and Audrey Gumbert act out theirroles during the Madcap Puppets show.

Princess Norah Nobel helps introduce the first fairy tale.Trisha Turner and her boys Jonathan and Lukeenjoy the show.

Amy Strickland and Jeffrey Miller perform The Wishing Tree.

Many children of all ages came with their families towatch a morning puppet show.

Lydia and Noah Hall enjoy the showwith their mom,Jessica.

Prince Jack Beilstein helps out with a twist on the Rapunzel story.

B2 SUBURBAN LIFE DECEMBER 4, 2013

THURSDAY, DEC. 5Art & Craft ClassesToys for Tots Fundraiser, 7-9p.m., Cheers to Art!, 7700 Ca-margo Road, Bring toy to do-nate and receive coupon for $5off your next painting session.For ages 16 and up. $35. Reser-vations required. 271-2793;www.cheerstoart.com.Madeira.

Cooking ClassesIts Getting Cold Outside withCourtney Rathweg, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, Menu full oftempting comfort food. $45.Reservations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, 11450Grooms Road, Conference RoomNo. 2. Practice skills by speaking,organizing and conductingmeetings and motivating others.Ages 18 and up. Free. Reserva-tions required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.Changemakers: Hate andReligion in the Public Sphere,7-9 p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485Ridge Road, Ronna GreffSchneider, professor of law atthe University of Cincinnati andexpert on issues involving consti-tutional law, examines hottopics of separation of churchand state and hate speech. Ages18 and up. Free. Registrationrequired. 761-7500; www.join-thej.org. Amberley Village.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. 917-7475.Blue Ash. The Deadly Effectsof Stress, 6-7 p.m., MadisonvilleRecreation Center, 5320 StewartRoad, Learn about devastatinghealth effects that long-termstress can have on the body andsimple ways to combat them.Free. Reservations required.271-2500; wellnessspeakers.org.Madisonville.

Holiday - ChristmasSantas Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santas Workshop, 6940 Madi-sonville Road, Historic ShillitosElves have moved to Mariemontand are opening workshop forpublic tours. Bring letters to mailto Santa. Pictures with Santaavailable on Saturdays andSundays. Benefits Ronald Mc-Donald House. $4, free ages 3and under. Presented by Marie-mont Inn. 620-4353; www.the-santaworkshop.com.Marie-mont.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King: A SoldiersStory, 7 p.m., Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church, 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Sanctuary. Tellingof Christmas story through eyesof a soldier. In honor of currentserving military and veterans.$9, $4 ages 5-16, free ages 4 andunder. 891-8527. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyJohn Evans, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, 8410 Market PlaceLane, $8-$14. Reservationsrequired. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.

Parenting ClassesProven Parenting: Founda-tions for a Strong Family,9-11:30 a.m., The ChildrensHome of Cincinnati, 5050 Madi-son Road, Emery Building, Room101. Featuring Common SenseParenting research based andproven techniques. Learn evi-dence based techniques toaddress common parentingproblems, create a personalizedparenting plan and receiveCommon Sense Parentingresource book. Family friendly.$100 per family; child careavailable: $10 per child. Regis-tration required. 272-2800;www.thechildrenshomecin-ti.org.Madisonville.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, 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, DEC. 6Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, One FinancialWay, Greater Cincinnati tradi-tion features variety of holidayactivities. New houses decoratedwith holiday scenes, thousandsof lights and free family enter-tainment. Free. 794-6100; face-book.com/ohionational.Mont-gomery.Santas Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santas Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

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.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King: A SoldiersStory, 8 p.m., Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church, $9, $4 ages5-16, free ages 4 and under.891-8527. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyJohn Evans, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

SATURDAY, DEC. 7BenefitsLeague for Animal WelfareHoliday Party, 5-9 p.m., OasisGolf Club and ConferenceCenter, 902 Loveland-MiamivilleRoad, Guest speaker: W. BruceCameron, American humorcolumnist, screenwriter andauthor. Buffet, silent auctionand raffle. Benefits The Leaguefor Animal Welfare. $30, $12children. Presented by Leaguefor Animal Welfare. 735-2299.Loveland.

Business SeminarsBusiness Feasibility and Busi-ness Planning, 8:30 a.m.-noon,CMC Office Center Blue Ash,10945 Reed Hartman Highway,Room105. Determine the fi-nancial feasibility of your busi-ness concept, how to reviewfunding options, the use of thebusiness plan in obtaining loansand partners, factors involved indebt and equity financing andhow to get to a go/no go deci-sion. Ages 18 and up. $40 or$120 for four seminars. 684-2812. Blue Ash.

Craft ShowsShowcase of Arts, 10 a.m.-4p.m., Womans Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Ornaments, jewelry,soaps, ceramics, paper creations,paintings, stained glass andmore. Treats, holiday music andshopping. Food truck on site.Benefits The WACC Foundation.Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org.Mariemont.Blue AshWomens Club Holi-day Craft Show, 10 a.m.-3p.m., Blue Ash Recreation Cen-ter, 4433 Cooper Road, Unique,handmade crafts for yourfriends and family. Benefits BlueAsh Womens Club. Free admis-sion. 891-4043. Blue Ash.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,5-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.Santas Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santas Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Home & GardenHolidayWreathMaking, 10a.m.-noon, Turner Farm, 7400Given Road, Use balsam, cedarand juniper boughs and adorn-ments such as handmade bows

and pine cones to make uniquenatural wreath. $35. 561-7400;www.turnerfarm.org. IndianHill.

Music - ClassicalCincinnati Community Or-chestra, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Churchof the Saviour United MethodistChurch, 8005 Pfeiffer Road, Freeparking. Free. Presented byCincinnati Community Orches-tra. 791-7815; www.cincinnat-icommunityorchestra.org.Montgomery.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m.-midnight,Tonys Steaks and Seafood, 12110Montgomery Road, Free. 677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.

Music - PopSaffire Express, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.,MVP Sports Bar & Grille, 6923Plainfield Road, Free. 794-1400.Silverton.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King: A SoldiersStory, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Hart-zell United Methodist Church,$9, $4 ages 5-16, free ages 4 andunder. 891-8527. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyJohn Evans, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - StudentTheaterDead Serious ... About Life, 6p.m., Deer Park High School,8351 Plainfield Road, Musicalwritten to appeal to teenagers.Issues of abortion, alcohol,drugs, religion, sex and suicide.$9, $8 advance. Through Dec. 8.459-7268; www.mish-inc.com.Deer Park.

On Stage - TheaterBroadways Next Hit Musical,8-10 p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485Ridge Road, Fully improvisedmusical comedy show, everylyric, melody and jazz hand ismade up on the spot. $35, $25members. VIP: $75. Registrationrequired. 761-7500; www.join-thej.org. Amberley Village.

SUNDAY, DEC. 8Clubs & OrganizationsWomans City Clubs Feist-Tea,1:30-5 p.m., Barrington of Oak-ley, 4855 Babson Place, Programbegins at 2 p.m. Receptionfollows. Honoring Sarah Gide-onse, Harriet Kaufman, HelenONeal and Mary Wells, fourWomans City Club longtimemembers who model feistinessin carrying out its mission tosecure a just and livable city.Free, donations accepted.Reservations required. Present-ed by Womans City Club ofGreater Cincinnati. 751-0100;womanscityclub.org. Oakley.

Craft ShowsShowcase of Arts, Noon-4 p.m.,Womans Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

EducationEat. Tour. Explore: FromEurope to America: CulturalJourneys in the NewWorld,11:15 a.m.-2 p.m., Mayerson JCC,8485 Ridge Road, Join art schol-ar and museum docent, AmyPerlman, for behind-the-scenestour of Taft Museums latestexhibition, Telling Tales: Storiesand Legends in 19th centuryAmerican Art. Followed bylunch. Ages 18 and up. $40, $35members. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

Holiday - ChristmasSantas Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santas Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

LecturesAnnual Hornstein Lecture:70th Anniversary of theWhite Rose, 10-11 a.m., Isaac M.Wise Temple, 8329 Ridge Road,Dr. Newborn discusses the book

he co-authored, Sophie Scholland the White Rose: The Re-markable German ChristianStudents Who Defied Hitler.487-3055. Amberley Village.

Music - ClassicalCarillon Concert, 4-5 p.m., MaryM. Emery Carillon, PleasantStreet, Open air concert. Caril-lonneur plays bells using key-board in upper tower. Tours oftower available; playground,restroom and shelter house onsite. Free. Presented by Villageof Mariemont. 271-8519;www.mariemont.org.Marie-mont.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King: A SoldiersStory, 3 p.m., Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church, $9, $4 ages5-16, free ages 4 and under.891-8527. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyJohn Evans, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, $8-$14. Reserva-tions required. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - StudentTheaterDead Serious About Life, 3p.m., Deer Park High School, $9,$8 advance. 459-7268;www.mish-inc.com. Deer Park.

Religious - CommunityPrincess Ballet, 9:45-10:45 a.m.and 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., RiverHills Christian Church, 6300 PriceRoad, Auditorium. Part of CityGospel Missions outreach com-munity that allows childrenfrom inner city to take balletlessons and perform all overCincinnati. Free. 677-7600;riverhillscc.com. Loveland.

MONDAY, DEC. 9AuditionsThe Last Romance - Auditions,7 p.m., Walton Creek Theater,4101Walton Creek Road, Audi-tions will consist of cold read-ings from the script. Free. Pre-sented by Mariemont PlayersInc. 684-1236; www.mariemont-players.com. Columbia Town-ship.

Cooking ClassesDeweys Pizza with ChuckLipp, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks Wares,11344 Montgomery Road, Chuckdemonstrates the basics andgets a little hands-on help fromyou, but hell also spring somenew pizzas that they are work-ing on at Deweys. $45. Reserva-tions required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Classes, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Prince of Peace Lu-theran Church, 101 S. LebanonRoad, Parish Life Center. Freewill donation at door. For ages12 and up. 683-4244. Loveland.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings,10 a.m.-3 p.m., UC Health Pri-mary Care, 9275 MontgomeryRoad, Cost varies by insurance.Financial assistance available tothose who qualify. Registrationrequired. 585-8266.Montgo-mery.

Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,6:30-8 p.m., Barrington ofOakley, 4855 Babson Place, Forthose responsible for the care ofan elderly or disabled loved one.Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483;www.ccswoh.org/caregivers.Oakley.

TUESDAY, DEC. 10Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Womans Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Show and sale ofsmall artwork, no larger than8-by-10 inches. Original works inoil and watercolor by activemembers of the Womans ArtClub of Cincinnati. Free. 272-3700; www.artatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Art OpeningsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Womans Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Show and sale ofsmall artwork, no larger than8-by-10 inches. Original works inoil and watercolor by activemembers of the Womans ArtClub of Cincinnati. Exhibitcontinues through Dec. 22. Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-

n.org.Mariemont.

AuditionsThe Last Romance, 7 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, Free.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

Business ClassesBlast Toastmasters Club,Noon-1 p.m., Kroger KP-1 Build-ing, 11300 Cornell Park Drive,Fifth Floor. Develop and practicespeaking, organizing and con-ducting meetings. Ages 18 andup. Free. Reservations required.387-1324. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 4-6p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 OBannon-ville Road, Presented by Love-land Farmers Market. 683-0491;www.lovelandfm.com. Love-land.

Home & GardenHolidayWreathMaking, 6-8p.m., Turner Farm, $35. 561-7400; www.turnerfarm.org.Indian Hill.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11Art & Craft ClassesKnitting, Crochet and Needle-craft Class, 7-8 p.m., MilfordHeights Church of Christ, 1646Ohio 28, Basic handwork tech-niques and fresh ideas in knit-ting, crochet and other handi-crafts along with short devo-tional time. Free. 575-1874.Milford.

Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Womans Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Holiday - ChristmasSantas Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santas Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,2-3:30 p.m., Sycamore SeniorCenter, 4455 Carver WoodsDrive, Conference Room. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483. BlueAsh.

THURSDAY, DEC. 12Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Womans Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

EducationToastmasters: Improve YourCommunication and Leader-ship Skills, Noon-1 p.m., BlueAsh Technical Center, Free.Reservations required. 387-7030;btc.toastmastersclubs.org. BlueAsh.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessWellness Myths andMisun-derstandings, 7-8 p.m., FITMontgomery, 9030 Montgo-mery Road, Suite 18, Topic:Guilt-Free Holiday Treats. Coor-dinated 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.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.Santas Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santas Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

On Stage - ComedyDrew Hastings, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $12-$18.Reservations required. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of the

Good 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, DEC. 13Art ExhibitsSmall Treasures, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Womans Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.Santas Workshop, 2-8 p.m.,Santas Workshop, $4, free ages3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Music - ReligiousDelta Kings Holiday Concert,7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Paul Commu-nity United Methodist Church,8221Miami Road, Sanctuary.Cincinnatis original barbershopchorus. Christmas melodies.With Rusty Pipes quartet. Bene-fits WCET Action Auction. Free.891-8181; www.stpaulcumc.org.Madeira.

On Stage - ComedyDrew Hastings, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$12-$18. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14Business SeminarsSo YouWant To Start YourOwn Business, 8:30 a.m.-noon,CMC Office Center Blue Ash,10945 Reed Hartman Highway,Seminar to provide you withbasics to start your own busi-ness, including how to findresources to evaluate yourbusiness idea and bring it toreality. Ages 21 and up. $10, $5advance. 684-2812; scorework-s.org. Blue Ash.

Craft ShowsMarielders Senior CenterCraft Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,Mariemont Elementary School,6750 Wooster Pike, Free admis-sion. Presented by Marielders.271-5588; marieldersseniorcen-ter@yahoo.com.Mariemont.

Drink TastingsWinter WINEderland, 3-7 p.m.,Meiers Wine Cellars, 6955Plainfield Road, Includes fivetasting tickets to be used onchoice of 1-1.5 ounce samples ofwine. Non-alcoholic juices alsoavailable. Ages 21 and up. $10.891-2900. Silverton.

Holiday - ChristmasChristmas in Loveland, 4-9p.m., Downtown Loveland, WestLoveland Avenue, Carriage ridescrafts, Santa at Loveland Canoeand Kayak, caroling, shopping,bonfire, children and adultchoirs, and more. Free. Present-ed by City of Loveland. 293-8254; www.historicloveland-.com. Loveland.Santas Workshop, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Santas Workshop, $4, freeages 3 and under. 620-4353;www.thesantaworkshop.com.Mariemont.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Advisory Board, 2-3 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Motivatedteens discuss means for makinglibrarys programs and materialsto be most in tune with theirneeds. Ages 13-19. Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m.-midnight,Tonys Steaks and Seafood, Free.677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.

On Stage - ComedyDrew Hastings, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$12-$18. Reservations required.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - Student DanceThe Nutcracker, 2 p.m. and 7:30p.m., Cincinnati Country DaySchool, 6905 Given Road, $10, $5children and students. 238-5240.Indian Hill.

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Chardonnay-soakedgolden raisins

Wemade these a fewyears ago in cookingclass and they were a hit.I like to scrape out seedsfrom the vanilla bean andadd those to the liquidalong with the bean.Served over Brie withcrackers, the raisinsmake elegant horsdoeuvres and a jar ofthemmakes an unusualgift from the kitchen. Ifyou dont like Brie,smear a little soft goatcheese on a toasted ba-guette and top with rai-sins. I have made thisrecipe with Riesling, andit turned out just a littlebit sweeter, but verynice.

112 cups water1 cup chardonnay or Chabliswine

13 cup sugar1 vanilla bean, pounded flatand then split open andcut in half

1 cup golden raisins

Combine water, wineand sugar. Bring to sim-mer and simmer 5 min-utes. Remove from heat,add vanilla bean andraisins. Let steep 12hours or so. Drain rai-sins, reserve liquid. Dis-card bean. Return liquidto pan and bring to boil.Youll have about 114cups. Reduce to 13 cup.The sauce will be deepamber. Cool a bit and stirin raisins. Store in refrig-erator up to a month, andbring to room temper-ature before using.

Gin-soaked goldenraisins for arthritis

No, not a gift from thekitchen, but a time-hon-ored home remedy withanti-inflammatory qual-ities. I had some raisinsleft over so I made a

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Barbie Hahns chililime peanuts

Barbie and I both havebeen regular guests onFox 19 morning show.She is known as the Sub-urban Chef. Barbiemakes lots of homemadeedibles, including thissavory one. Barbie toldme: I make these forthose who dont have asweet tooth. They make anice addition to a giftbasket.

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Mix all ingredientstogether and spread outin a single layer on bak-ing sheets. Bake at 250degrees for 45 minutes,stirring every 15 min-utes. Keeps fresh in air-tight container for threeweeks. This also makes agreat combo gift with afriends favorite six packof beer.

Berts thumbprintcookies

Bert Villing and I arelongtime friends. We hada catering business to-gether and these cookieswere popular with ourcustomers. For the read-er who requested a but-ter cookie like Busken

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2 cups flour12 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 400.Cream butter. Add sugar,then everything else.Pinch off in generousteaspoonful measure-ments and roll into balls.Flatten with thumb. Bakeon sprayed pan. Bake9-12 minutes be careful,cookies should be verylight in color. If neces-

sary, rethumb whenthey come out. That in-dentation is where youdollop on the frosting.

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Can you help?Pias chicken salad

for Mindy Seibert, whosaid: My husband and Iwere recently in MountAdams and would love tofind the recipe for Piaswonderful chicken salad.We really like the oldfood places up on thehill.

Coming soonChewy brownies from

St. Xaviers MothersClub cookbook

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at columns@communi-typress.com with Ritaskitchen in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Gifts from the kitchen for the holiday season

Ritas golden raisins soak in chardonnay makes a great gift from the kitchen.THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

CORRECTIONThe website for cook-

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The website Craigslistis a great place for find-ing lots of things from

jobs tocars.

It is alsoa placewhere, ifyoure notcareful,you canvery easilygetscammed.Thatswhat a

local woman says almosthappened to her.

Kathryne Oakes, of St.Bernard, advertised a hatfor sale on Craigslist andsays she received severale-mails requesting moreinformation. But onee-mail was from a personwho said she lived inTexas and wanted to buythe hat.

Oakes says she e-mailed her name andaddress so she couldreceive payment for the

hat. She then received aFedEx package with acheck for $2,150 eventhough she was onlyasking $400 for the hat.

A letter with the checkadvised Oakes to sendthe rest of the money to ashipper who wouldthen deliver the hat.Oakes attempted to fol-low the directions but,because she doesnt havea bank account to depositthe check as instructed,she took the check to acheck cashing store.

Oakes says the checkcashing store noted thecheck did not come fromthe woman allegedlybuying the hat, but fromsomeone else entirelyand so would not cash thecheck. In fact, she saysthe store wouldnt giveback the check so shecould take it to the policedepartment. Now Oakessays shes embarrassedand angry believing shemay be associated with

trying to pass a badcheck.

The check cashingstore advised Oakes theonly form of paymentshe should accept for herhat is fromWesternUnion. Of course, thatsthe samemethod of pay-ment that so-called Texaswoman wanted Oakes touse to send the remain-der of the check.

Oakes says she wantsto get the word out aboutthis scam so others dontgo through what she didand, she says, worse yetthey may get taken forthe money. Oakes saysshe researched the bankand the company thecheck was issued fromand both seemed legit tome. But, while the com-pany is legitimate, thecheck wasnt sent by thatfirm it was sent by athief who stole thatchecking account in-formation.

This is a scam that

been going on for quite awhile and it takes variousforms. Sometimes, athief will claim to havehired you to be a MysteryShopper and send you acheck to shop at variousstores. One of thoseplaces will be WesternUnion when youre towire money to them. Ofcourse, if you follow thethiefs instructions youwill have deposited hisbogus check into yourbank account. You wontknow his check is baduntil after youve wiredhim your good money.

Other scams involvesending you a boguscheck for several thou-sand dollars allegedly soyou can pay for the taxeson the sweepstakes prizeyou just won. Youre toldto deposit the check andthen wire the money tothe sweepstakes office.Again, you dont learnuntil its too late that thecheck sent you is bogusand youre now liable torepay the bank.

Bottom line, beware ofchecks and money orderssent from strangers,often sent by FedEx andUPS to avoid the postoffice and its postal in-spectors. And never wiremoney to someone youdont know.

Howard Ains column appearsbi-weekly in the CommunityPress newspapers. He ap-pears regularly as the Trou-bleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him atheyhoward@local12.com.

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Bethel BaptistTempleThe annual live drive-through nativity will beperformed at the churchduring the Sycamore Town-ship luminaria event on theevening of Saturday, Dec. 7.The childrens Christmasprogram is 2 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 15.AWANA childrens Bibleclubs are offered for chil-dren ages 2 through highschool from 7 p.m. to 8:30p.m. Wednesdays duringthe school year. The clubwill resume Jan. 8. Each clubmeeting features counciltime, which includes flagceremony, music and Biblelesson; handbook time, inwhich clubbers earn awardsthrough memorization andhandbook completion; andgame time. Contact thechurch for information, orvisit the AWANA page onFacebook: search for Be-thel Baptist AWANA.The adult, teen and chil-drens Sunday School classescome together for an hourof skits from the dramateam, childrens songs,games, penny wars andmore during Round UpSunday, offered duringSunday School hour on thefirst Sunday of each month.Several father/son activities,

as well as family activities, arebeing planned for the fall andupcoming months. Visit thechurch website for details.The church offers a low-key,come-as-you-are womensfellowship about once a month.Small group Bible studies areoffered Wednesday evenings atthe church at 7:30 p.m.Sunday School classes for allages are 10 a.m.; Sunday wor-ship is 11 a.m. Kings Kids, achildrens worship service, isoffered during the 11 a.m.service.The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.

Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays.The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.

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.

St. Paul CommunityUnitedMethodistChurchAt this church, the members areReaching Up, Reaching Outand Reaching In. That meansguests are always welcome toparticipate in worship services,mission and ministry projectsand fellowship opportunities.Worship times are 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. (traditional) and9:30 a.m. (contemporary).The church is at 8221MiamiRoad, Madeira; 891-8181;stpaulumc.org.

Sonrise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group. Cele-brate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery programbased on the Beatitudes ad-dressing many of lifes hurts,hang-ups and habits. Orga-nizers say about one-third ofthe people attending CelebrateRecovery or CR deal withchemical dependencies. CR is inmore than 19,000 churchesworldwide with more than halfa million people completingthe program.The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000; www.sonrise-church.com.

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OnJune29,atGoldmanUnion Camp Institute (aJewish summer campnear Indianapolis), EthanKadish of Loveland wasstruck by lightning, re-sulting in cardiac arrest.

Today, his brain isstruggling to make newconnections and he has along road ahead. He willhave many uninsured ex-penses in his future, in-cluding specialized thera-pies, home modifications,homehealthcareservicesand more.

With Hanukkah fastapproaching, the Jewishcommunity at large is tak-ing the opportunity toteach their families moreabout tzedekah (Hebrewfor charity). EighthNight for Ethan is a heart-warming event that willcelebrate the successEth-

anhasmade so far and thehope for his continued re-covery.

Families are being en-couraged to forego theusual gifts on the eighthnight ofHanukkah and in-stead donate what theywould have spent to Hel-pHOPELive to assist withEthanscare.Childrencanbring in filled tzedekahcans (coin collections)and their parents can do-nate what they wish bycheck or credit card.

Eighth Night for Ethanwill include dreidelgames, holiday card-mak-ingforanychildatCincin-nati Childrens Hospital,and a performance byEthans biggest fan, sing-er Dan Nichols. Together,the community will lightthe Hanukkah candles,with a blue candle holding

the place of honor repre-senting the eighth night.

The Cincinnati Jewishcommunity has ralliedaround theKadish family,holding fundraisers atplaces like City BarbecueandWhichWich. Commu-nities in Indianapolis andcities on the West Coasthave also held events toraise money for Ethanscare. Even his Lovelandbaseball team got in-volved and held a verysuccessful home run der-byandsilentauction inhishonor.

Eighth Night for Ethanwill be 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 4, and isopen to the entire commu-nity. It will be at Rockw-ern Academy, Ethans al-ma mater, 8401 Montgo-mery Road in Kenwood.

Eighth Night forEthan fundraisercombines joy, giving

Tis the season to be jol-lyat theMainLibrarydur-ing Dazzle Days.

Enjoy activities from1-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14,and Sunday Dec. 15, thatincludeaholidaycraft, re-freshments, and familystorytimes.

New this year is a spe-cial model train displayprovided by the Cincin-nati NorthernModel Rail-road Club. The layout is a17-by-10 foot O with apeninsula in themiddle. Itwill loosely resemble theCincinnati Northern Rail-

road (Division of the NewYork Central Railroad)around Paulding, Ohio, inthe mid-1950s.

Since the1950swere atransitional era for therailroads, you will seeboth late steam and earlydiesel locomotives on thelayout. Freight and pas-senger cars are also rep-resentative of the era,said George Roos, clubpresident.

The train display isrunningnoon to6p.m.Fri-day, Dec. 13, and all daySaturday and Sunday,

Dec. 14-15.Also on display will be

the Librarys holidaywreaths and Christmastrees, complete withhandmade, literary-themed ornaments. Besure to visit the exhibit ofchildrens book illustra-tions by Will Hillenbrandin the atrium.

Parking isavailable for$2 a day on weekends atthe nearby Garfield Ga-rage. Call 513-369-6900.Visit www.CincinnatiLibrary.org.

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UNION TWP. Officialsin Union Township andother public agencies areinvolved in a series ofmoves thatwill enrich thetownships coffers bymore than $8 millionwhile helping JungleJims International Mar-ket finance an expansionat its Eastgate location.

Heres how it is unfold-ing, according to AndyKuchta, director of Cler-mont County Communityand Economic Develop-ment.

The Clermont Coun-ty Port Authority agreedin September to essential-ly adopt Jungle JimsEastgate expansion plansas an economic-develop-ment project.

Earlier this month,theport authorityvoted toissue up to $23.5million inbonds tohelp Jungle Jimstemporarily buy andmake improvements tothe nearly 41-acre sitewhere The Shoppes atJungle Jims Eastgatemall at 4450 EastgateSouth Drive is located.

The property is ownedby the Union TownshipCommunity Improve-ment Corporation, theeconomic-developmentarm of the township.

Jungle Jims, throughits affiliate, the NobleFamily Eastgate Co., hasbeen leasing the propertyfrom the community im-provement corporation.

Noble Family East-gate now is exercising itspreviously negotiatedright to buy the propertyfor $8.5 million.

The Clermont Coun-tyPortAuthoritywill pur-chase the property fromthe Noble Family East-gate with bond proceeds.

As of today, the bondshave not yet been issued,but they are currently be-ing marketed by the portauthoritys underwriter,Kuchta said.

The port authority willalso allow Noble FamilyEastgate to use proceedsfrom the sale of the bondsto satisfy outstanding ob-ligations currently se-curedby the property andto make improvementsthere, including the con-struction of more retailspace.

Bond proceeds will notbe used to acquire moreproperty.

The Union TownshipBoard of Trustees in JulyhadcreatedaSpecial Im-provement District com-prised of Jungle Jims sitein Eastgate.

Nov. 14, Union Town-ship agreed to, for amaxi-mumof20years, annuallybill property owners inJungle Jims special im-provement district a spe-cial assessment to pay offthe bonds the ClermontCounty Port Authority is-sued.

The district was creat-ed at the request of theUnion Township Commu-nity Improvement Corpo-ration, the property own-er, with the blessing ofJungle Jims.

The special assess-ments are in addition to,not in lieu of, propertytaxes, Kuchta said.

The normal real es-tate property taxes willstill continue to be paid.

The purpose of thespecial improvement dis-trict is to impose a specialassessmenton theproper-

ty, at there-quest of thepropertyowner, togenerateadditionalrevenue topay forpublic ser-vices,

Kuchta said.The additional pay-

ments to the (special im-provement district) willbe forpurposes ofmakingbond payments.

The port authorityeventually will sell theproperty back to theUnion Township Commu-nity Improvement Corpo-ration for $1 and the com-munity improvement cor-poration will once againbecomeJungleJims land-lord in Eastgate.

So why this series ofsales only to have theproperty return to theownership of the Commu-nity Improvement Corpo-ration?

Each of the agenciesinvolved in this transac-tion have special skill setsthat they are bringing tothe table, Kuchta said.

The port authoritysrole as a conduit issuer isobviously important be-cause the