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MADEIRA — A politically ac-tive Madeira historian is unhap-py that the city plans tomove twohistorical buildings to free valu-able commercial space onMiamiAvenue.
MadeiraMayor Rick Brasing-ton defends the project, saying itincludes provisions protectingthe century-old buildings.
Madeira City Council voted inOctober to create the “Much-more Historical Area,” a histori-cal-commercial district com-prised of city-owned propertyborderedbyEuclidAvenue to thenorth, railroad tracks to thesouth, a creek to the east and Mi-ami Avenue to the west.
The area includes:» The Muchmore House at
7010 Miami Ave., built in the late1800s by Joseph A. Muchmore,who ran a general store andserved as postmaster. Madeiracurrently leases it to the Creativ-ities art studio and store.
» TheCleoHosbrookHouse at7014 Miami Ave., built in 1898 byCharles Hosbrook, a business-man. His daughter Cleo Hos-brook, a second-grade teacher,
lived in it until her death. Madei-ra currently leases it to the Ma-deiraWoman’sClub for the club’sClothes Closet resale store.
» The Madeira railroad depotat 7701 Railroad Ave., built in1871. Madeira currently leasesspace there to Choo Choo’s Res-taurant. The citywants to expandthe plaza around the depot for acommunity-gathering place to becalled Centennial Plaza.
The historical houses are to be
moved eastward within theMuchmore Historical Area andplaced near the railroad depot.
That will free up desirablefrontage along Miami Avenue toallow for the construction of oneor two new commercial build-ings.
Historian and Madeira resi-dent Doug Oppenheimer doesn’tlike the prospect.
A local developer is changing itsplans for project to build a hotel andoffice building on Montgomery Road.
Representatives fromNeyer Prop-erties presented a new plan for theGreens of Kenwood project, whichwill alter the size and capacity of thetwo buildings planned for the locationin front of the FBI building near theI-71 exit ramp.
Originally zoned and approved fora seven-story, 160-room full-servicehotel and nine-story office buildingwith parking lot, the plans were al-tered to reflect a five-story, 120-roomselect storyhotel and five-story officebuilding with parking lot.
Biemal Patel from Neyer said theplanswere revisedbecauseahotel theoriginal size wouldn’t fit on the site,and scaling the hotel’s services fromfull service to select and reducing thenumber of rooms would require lessmeeting space, which will save onspace.
The office building’s size was alsoreduced because not only will the sitebe too small, it would not allow forenough parking, said Dan Neyer,president/CEO of Neyer Properties.
Neyer will need to amend its con-cept and zoning approval with thetownship, Patel said, because theiroriginal project was already ap-proved. After the township approvesthe amended project, the companycan find a national hotel franchise forit and lessees for space in the officebuilding.
Patel added thecompanywill likelybe looking for a zoning reapproval forthe new concept in the next couple ofweeks.
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After Councilman Hermann Te-genkamp’s death in September, hisgrandson is looking to memorialize himwhile honoring others for their serviceto Deer Park.
Keith Chachoff, a Moeller HighSchool student and member of the localEvendale Troop 598, presented his ideafor an Eagle Scout project to city coun-cil at their meeting Dec. 3. Chachoffsaid he wanted to start a memorial forhis grandfather by building a brickplatform and park bench dedicated toTegenkamp, but would use it to honorother residents who have contributedto the city.
A committee made up of himself andpossibly his grandmother Maryellen, apark board member, safety-servicedirector and a councilmember, wouldaccept and review applications fromJune 1 through Sept. 9 each year andchoose two recipients of the HermannH. Tegenkamp City Service Memorialaward, Chachoff said.
Applicants could apply themselvesor be nominated, and they can be aliveor deceased to be chosen. Each winnerwill have one of the bricks in the me-morial engraved with their name andwhat they were chosen for. The memo-rial would be built with 94 bricks, con-tinuing the award process for at least47 years, he said.
Chachoff added that he wanted tobuild the memorial in front of theMunicipal Building, 7777 Blue AshRoad, in between the two lamp postsnearest to the front door of the build-ing. All the labor will be done by mem-
bers of the boy scout troop, and costswill be absorbed by the Chachoff fam-ily, so no funding will come from thecity.
City council members said theythought the project was a good idea andsupported the project. Chachoff said ifBoy Scouts of America approve hisproject, he hoped to have the memorial
finished by Memorial Day next year.“I think it’s a good opportunity to
recognize people who have made con-tributions to Deer Park,” Safety-Ser-vice Director Mike Berens told Cha-choff and council.
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“There may be somestate and federal require-ments in that the city hasdetermined that the entiresite is now a historicalarea.
“My intention is thatthis project is completedin the best interest of theMadeira taxpayers andmeets all of the Madeirazoning requirements andall state and federal re-quirements,” Oppenhei-mer said.
Oppenheimer is corre-sponding secretary of theMadeira Historical Soci-ety.
He told the CommunityPress that, “The societyhas not taken a position,(but) I think that someboard members wouldagree that the housesshould stay where they
“The taxpayers of Ma-deira should expect that aplan be considered thatwould leavethetwohistor-ic houses in the current lo-cation,” Oppenheimerwrote in a letter to Madei-ra City Council.
“Where is an impactstudy that addresses theeffect that this develop-ment will have on ChooChoo’s, B&B Mower Ser-vice, the former antiquebusiness, theClothesClos-
are.”Madeira City Council
believes the historichouses will at some timebe moved away from Mi-ami Avenue, Brasingtonsaid Dec. 4.
“They are located onprime downtown real es-tate that hasmore produc-tive uses,” Brasingtonsaid.
“It is the central focusof our business district,and new developmentthere will bring increasedvitality to the core andprovideadditional taxes tothe city,” Brasington said.
Brasington saidMadei-ra City Council has pin-pointed an area off MiamiAvenue near the railroaddepot for the preservationof historic structures.
“It would be Madeira’sscaled-down version ofthe historic buildings inSharon Woods, but muchcloser to their original lo-cations,” Brasington said.
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A Kenwood street cor-ner that has been sittingvacant after a plan for itsdevelopment fell through
might finally see someconstruction.
The land at 8080 Mont-gomery Road, on the cor-ner of Hosbrook, calledKenwood City Place wasonce going to be the homeof a large structure withseveral tenants, includ-ing small restaurants anda Golds Gym. After thoseplans fell through, plansfor a restaurant and re-tail building are takingshape and will likely be-gin soon, if the Board ofTrustees approves.
The restaurant spacewill be occupied by Coop-er’s Hawk, a winery and
restaurant which in-cludes a wine club, whilethe retail spaces are be-ingdiscussed. J.R.Ander-son, vice president of de-velopment for Jeffrey R.Anderson Real Estate,said he thinks this projectcan be built more imme-diately, as opposed to theprevious, larger project,because of the economy.
He added that it wasthe company’s goal tostart construction as soonas it can get permits, andexpects that time couldbe April. He said he hopesto open it before the endof 2013.
Jack Pflum, who wasrepresenting the Ken-wood Meadows Civic As-sociation, raised a fewquestions, one of whichwas to determine wheth-er the site’s plan includedHosbrook Road’s futurewidening. Planning andZoning Director/Assis-tant Township Adminis-trator Greg Bickford saidthat although the town-ship’s website doesn’thave a sketch of the roadwidening plan, the over-all concept for the prop-erty accounts for the pro-ject, which will likely beput in motion in the near
future.The township’s zoning
commission approved theplan unanimously, withconditions that the planfollows as accepted, ac-cess to the site fromMontgomery from boththe left and right, butonly right onto Montgo-mery and all other as-pects of the zoning reso-lution must be followed.
The Board of Trusteesinstructed Law DirectorDoug Miller to make aresolution approving theproposal, but the trusteeswon’t vote on it until theDec. 20 meeting.
The Madeira Wom-an’s Club is judging theannual residentialHoliday Home Deco-rating Contest thisweek.
One winner will beselected in each of thefollowing categories:true holiday spirit,holiday fantasy, beautyand elegance of theseason.
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Children ages 3-6will enjoy holiday trainsongs and stories pre-sented by Bruno Maierat 10:30 a.m. Saturday,Dec. 15, at the MadeiraBranch Library, 7200Miami Ave.
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BLUE ASH — Keep aclose watch on your babiesand pets – coyotes haveonce again been spotted inBlue Ash.
The swift canine carni-voresmightbewise tokeeptheir eyes peeled for hu-mans.
Two of the at least threecoyotes reported beingseen in Blue Ash this yearwere struck by vehicles.
“Blue Ash has beenaware of andhas beendeal-ing with coyote-relatedproblems for severalyears,” Blue Ash PoliceChief ChrisWallace said.
“Occasional attacks of
family pets have occurredinvolving both single andmultiple coyotes, tragical-ly, with some attacks re-sulting in the loss of thosepets.
“Cooperation from resi-dents has helped us try tomanage the problem bysupplying information onthe patterns of coyote indi-viduals and packs so con-trol efforts can be properlyfocused,”Wallace said.
Blue Ash Lt. SteveSchueler said two peoplereported seeing what po-lice believe to be the samecoyote about 2 p.m. Oct. 21on RyansWay.
One coyote was struckby a vehicle about 3 p.m.July 11 on Reed Hartman
HighwayatMalsbaryRoadand a second about 9 p.m.April 23 on Plainfield Roadnear Carpenter’s RunDrive, Schueler said.
Wallacesaidcoyotescanroam from five to 25miles.
“Onesyou seeonagivendaymaybequite adistanceaway the next day,” Wal-lace said.
“However, they oftenwillbeseenreturningtothesame areas, frustrating ef-forts to control problemat-ic coyotes.”
Wallace recommendsthat you:
»Don’t leave pet foodoutside.
» Tightly secure gar-bage can and dumpsterlids.
» Pickupanyfallenfruitin your yard. Coyotes eatboth plants and animals.
»Don’t leave pets unat-tended outside for long pe-riods of time. Coyotes willjump fences.
»Make noise and waveyour arms if you see acoyote near your home.
» Back up slowly but donot turn your back if con-fronted by a coyote.
“Coyotes are here tostay, and cooperation is es-sential to minimize con-flicts,”Wallace said.
“Blue Ash residentsshould report coyote prob-lems and attacks by callingdispatch at 745-8555.”
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Enrollment is down inthe Indian Hill ExemptedVillage School District for2012.
Superintendent MarkMiles discussed statisticsgathered from previousyears.
Enrollment at the pri-mary school has heldsteady, but overall enroll-ment has dropped, Milessaid.
The statistics are basedon enrollment figures go-ing back to 2008.
» Enrollment at the Pri-mary School decreasedfrom 390 in 2008 to 368 in2012.
» Enrollment at the Ele-mentary School decreasedfrom 468 in 2008 to 401 in2012.
» Enrollmentat theMid-
dle School decreased from559 in 2008 to 490 in 2012.
» Enrollment at theHigh School decreasedfrom 710 in 2008 to 685 in2012.
» Totalenrollment in thedistrict decreased from2,127 in 2008 to 1,944 in2012.
The decline is not a sur-prise, Miles said.
He said a number of fac-tors could have contribut-ed to the decline in enroll-ment ranging from theeconomy to housing avail-ability in the area.
“I’m interested to seefuture enrollment projec-tions,” Board Member TimSharp said.
According to informa-tion provided by the dis-trict, 37 students have leftIndian Hill schools to at-tend other schools in theTristate this school year.
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Whilemanyvoterswerereturning to the polls froma voting hiatus, the 2008election or the 2012 prima-ries, some Deer Park HighSchool students voted forthe first time Nov. 6. A fewnew voters shared theirfeelings on voting andwhat’s important to them inthis election.
» “I’m concerned aboutsocial security and taxes. Iwant it to be there when Itry to retire ... andwhoeverIvote forwill be focusedonthings that affect me. ...You have to be the changeyouwant to see.” –Kandice
McAlpine» “It’s great to be a part
of (the election). ...My fam-ily sat down and watchedthe debates and talkedabout them after. ... I get achoice and I get to be a partof something a lot bigger.”– Chelsea Reilly
» “It’s cool to have achance to be a part (of theelection). My mom mademe vote ... I paid attentionto thecampaigns ... Ididmyown research and watchedthe debates.” – MichaelPope
Deer Park Junior/Sen-iorHigh School social stud-ies students had their ownunofficial say in the elec-tion as well. Students in
grades seven through 12voted in theirclasseson thepresident, representativeto Congress and two morecandidate races.
Government teacherPhil McCluggage said thepopular and electoral voteof the school was deter-mined for the mock elec-tion. Gov. Mitt Romneywon the popular vote, butPresident Barack Obama
won the electoral vote. Ason a real ballot, the stu-dentsweregiven theoptionto vote for all presidentialcandidate pairs, and
McCluggage said that Lib-ertarian Gary Johnson re-ceived a significantamount of votes that couldhave changed the school’s
election outcome.
For more about your commu-nity, visitCincinnati.com/DeerPark.
Deer Park High School seniors Chelsea Reilly (left) and Michael Pope (right) voted for thefirst time this year. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Deer Park High Schoolsenior Kandice McAlpinevoted for the first time inthis year's election. LEAHFIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY
PRESS
In an attempt to en-courage economic growthwithin Sycamore Town-ship, the Board of Trust-ees has established a com-munity improvement cor-poration.
As a non-profit town-ship organization, the CICcan take certain actions,such as apply for some
grants, that the townshipas a governing body can’t,board President TomWeidman said.
The purpose of the CICis to focus on economicdevelopment within thetownship, and the groupcan buy or sell property,make or take out loans,spend or save money forthe corporation’s purpos-es, file grant applicationsand other powers non-
profits are afforded, ac-cording to the Ohio Re-vised Code.
The corporation re-quires at least five offi-cers, which are trusteesWeidman as president,Cliff Bishop as vice presi-dent and Dennis Connor,Administrator BruceRaabe as secretary andFiscal Officer Rob Porteras treasurer. Planning andZoning Director/Assis-
tant Township Adminis-trator Greg Bickford wasalso named executive di-rector.
Weidman said that ifone or multiple joint eco-nomic development dis-tricts, or JEDD, were es-tablished in Sycamore,township residents whowork in a JEDD as wellcould be reimbursed bythe CIC for the taxes tak-en out of their paychecks.
PeterPanhas inspiredan Indi-anHillHighSchool theaterdirec-tor to go green.
Lisa Harris, who is a residentof Kenwood, attended a Broad-wayTeachersWorkshop inTimesSquare.
“I come back with pages andpages of ideas and resources toimprove our program,” she said.
This is the fourth year Harris,whohasservedasa theaterdirec-tor at both the middle school andhigh school, has attended the pro-gram.
In addition to the workshops,Harris said the participants alsoattend several Broadway plays.
She said a common theme thisyear was going green. One of theproductions, “Peter and the Star-catcher,” which featured thecharacter of Peter Pan, used re-cycled props, costumes and setpieces.
It was less about elaboratesets andmore about about actorstelling a story, she said.
“It openedmy eyes as a direc-tor that the truemeaning of thea-ter was the kids and acting,” shesaid.
Harris said some of green-friendly ideasmaybe incorporat-ed into her own style of directing.
This approach encourages thestudents to be creative using
available materials, she said.Harris, who also teaches pub-
lic speaking and speech commu-nication, coordinates numerousschool productions throughoutthe year.
She said she became involvedin theater as a way to improveself-esteem.Shesaidthathascar-ried over into her own style of di-recting.
“Theater helps bring peopleout of their shell,” she said. “I doit to help build confidence in thestudents.”
Indian Hill High School theaterdirector Lisa Harris attended aBroadway Teachers Workshop.She said some of thegreen-friendly ideas presented atthis year's workshop may beincorporated into her own styleof directing. FORREST SELLERS/THE
COMMUNITY PRESS
An exciting theme has beenpercolating in thehalls andon thewalls at St. Gertrude School.
“Households” – not the one thestudents live in at home, but theones they share with their schoolfamily during the course of aschool week.
In recent years, the school im-plemented programs like virtuesin practice and charity groups.
The virtues program remainsand the charity groups haveevolved. Theywere comprised ofstudents at the same grade leveland sought to utilize the tremen-dous impact of peers.
This year, the new “House-hold” system combines multiplegrade levels and continues towork in conjunction with the Vir-tues in Practice program, seek-ing very specific goals amongstthe student body:
» to create a strong sense ofChrist-centered community; onespanning ages and ability levels);
» to provide a self-sustainingprogramfor the formation of stu-dents and advancing them to-ward leadership positions ineighth-grade;
» to provide an environmentin which each student knows he/she belongs is valued and essen-tial for the growth of the commu-nity;
» to allow for greater faculty/
staff interaction with studentsbeyond the classroom;
» to develop the virtues inpractice program in a lively,peer-driven manner.
Households consist of stu-dents from grades two througheightwho fall under the directionof their advisor (a school faculty/staff member). The eighth-gradestudents in each household,working with their advisor, helpplan and lead household sessionsevery other week.
When households do notmeet,the parish youth minister, BradBursa, meets with the eighth-grade students for “disciple-ship.” Bursa said, “These ses-sions’ center onwho Christ is. Heshould be the source of theirmin-istry to the younger students inthe school.”
Sr. Mary Aquinas, St. Ger-trude principal, is pleased withwhat she sees.
“I am impressedwith the lead-ership our 8th graders are dis-playing and the enthusiasm ofour younger students. They haveall embraced our new householdsystemwonderfully. I’m gratefulto my faculty and our parishyouth minister for their supportand leadership in getting ourhousehold’s established and cre-ating such a fun and Christ-filledatmosphere.”
St. Gertrude invites familiesto their ‘household’
St. Gertrude School students from grades two though eight gather towork on a project for their "Household," a new program instituted thisfall to promote discipleship and leadership amongst younger and olderstudents. THANKS TO JEFF PLATE
First-graders enjoyed The Great Pumpkin In-vestigation as a part of math and science class atSt. Nicholas Academy.
Students explored the life cycle of a pumpkin,and first-graders chose their ownwhile on a trip toBonnybrook Farm.
First-graders estimated the height, weight,
number of seeds and circumference of his or herpumpkin in his or her investigation book. Studentsmeasuredandweighedeach to check their estima-tions and see how close they guessed.
And no pumpkin would be complete without afun face, as students prepared their pumpkins forHalloween.
Demetrius Ashley uses unifix blocks to measure theheight of his pumpkin at St. Nicholas Academy.THANKS TO ANN FALCI
Sydney Sobol smiles as she removes the pulp fromher pumpkin at St. Nicholas Academy. THANKS TO ANN
FALCI
Grace Imm, Gracie Smart, Alison Moore and Delaney Sand enjoy removing seeds from their pumpkin tocheck their estimates. THANKS TO ANN FALCI
All ‘pump’ed up
St. Ursula Academy recentlyhad 23 students recognized bythe National Merit ScholarshipCorporation for 2012-2013. NineSt.Ursula seniors earnedhonorsas National Merit Semifinalistsand 14 SUA students are Nation-al Merit Commended Students.
The nine seminfinalists fin-ished in the top 1 percent of stu-dents nationwide who took thatPSATexamas juniors. These ac-ademically talented high schoolseniors will continue in the com-petition for more than $36-mil-lion in National Merit Scholar-ships.
They are among 16,000 semi-finalists whowill have an oppor-tunity to compete next springfor 8,300 Merit Scholarshipawards worth more than $32-million. Finalists will be notifiedin February 2013 and NationalMerit Scholarships will be of-fered in March 2013.
The Semifinalists are:» Sarah E. Braley of Spring-
field Township»Kathleen M. Coughlin of
Anderson Township» Elizabeth L. Kelly of Delhi
Township»Marissa J. Luft of Liberty
Township» Jordan M. Maier of Glen-
dale» Abigail C. Morgan of Pleas-
ant Ridge» Libby A. Nawalaniec of
Kenwood»Kristen A. Ochs of Union
Township
»Kristen M. Smith of Ft.Mitchell, Ky.
14 SUA students are NationalMerit Commended Students,meaning they finished in the top5 percent of students nation-wide.
The Commended Studentsare:
» Brigid Connelly of Ft.Mitchell, Ky.
» Claire Goertemiller ofHyde Park
»Kathleen Guilfoyle of Ed-gewood, Ky.
» Abigail Heyd of AndersonTownship
» Camilla MacKenzie of
Symmes Township»Kathryn Marcellus of An-
derson Township»KatherinePaeltz ofMilford»Madeline Reilly of Sharon-
ville»Natalie Shoemaker of
White Oak» Emily Sullivan of Anderson
Township»Kathryn Wernke of Mt.
Lookout» CaraAndersonofAnderson
Township» Lauren Boeckermann of
Monfort Heights» Samantha Anderson of
North College Hill
23 at St. Ursula are National Merit semifinalists
The St Ursula Academy students recognized by the National MeritScholarship Corp. are, in front, from left, Camilla MacKenzie, MarissaLuft, Libby Nawalaniec, Claire Goertemiller, Sarah Braley, KathleenGuilfoyle and Abigail Morgan; in middle, Jordan Maier, NatalieShoemaker, Kristen Ochs, Lauren Boeckermann, Kathleen Coughlin,Kathryn Marcellus, Cara Anderson and Emily Sullivan; and in back,Kristen Smith, Abigail Heyd, Katherine Paeltz, Samantha Anderson,Madeline Reilly, Brigid Connelly, Kathryn Wernke and Elizabeth Kelly.THANKS TO JILL GREVER CAHILL
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HAMILTON COUNTY — Prepswimmershavebeenenteringthechlorinated water in the weehours of the morning for weeksnow in preparation for the winterswim season. The following is arundown of the various teams inthe Suburban Life coverage area.
Indian HillIndianHill’s new coach is Tom
McGowan, who takes over forGretchen Bloomstrom. Bloom-strom left as the Cincinnati HillsLeague girls coach of the yearwhen the Braves finished secondat the CHLmeet last winter.
“I know Indian Hill has astrong swimming tradition,”McGowantoldGannettNewsSer-vice. “I met with (athletic direc-tor) Jill Bruder when the openingcame up. I’ve always been inter-ested in staying involved in swim-mingandIfeel likeI’vegotquiteabit of knowledge. Given all of thedifferent types of experience Ihave, we decided it would be agood fit.”
Indian Hill’s boyswere fourthlast season and swimmer of theyear Mack Rice has moved on tothe college pool at Pitt.
McGowan lists junior BenFeitlinger and sophomoreCooperWinans as swimmers towatch forthe Braves.
Also back for Indian Hill is ju-nior Noah Brackenbury, who wasCHL second team in the 100breaststroke last season; sopho-moreSamVesterinthe50free; ju-nior Will Dowling in the 100 freeand 100 backstroke; sophomoreJack Dowling in the 200 free and100 butterfly; and junior DrewRice who teams with Vester andBrackenbury in the400 freerelayand 200medley relay.
IndianHill’sgirlsreturnreign-ing Cincinnati Enquirer DivisionIIswimmeroftheyearAlexandraTracy, who just signedwithGeor-giaTech.Tracy finishedsecondatstate in the 100 backstroke, thirdin the 50 free andwas on the Lady
Braves’ 200medleyrelay that fin-ished fifth.
McGowan will also benefitfrom the return of CHL first-teamersRachelMcGoff,DelaneySmith and diver Katherine Ar-nold. Second-team selections re-turning are Sarah Vester, GraceStimson and diver Cassie We-gryn.
Kara Korengal is back on theone-meter diving board alongwith Danielle Faulkner.
Indian Hill reconvenes afterthe holidays against Madeira andCincinnati Country Day at CCDon Jan. 5.
MadeiraThere’s a new coach at Madei-
ra as Megan Feichtner hasstepped aside after being namedboys coach of the year in the Cin-cinnati Hills League.Marc Simontakes over the aquatic Mustangsand Amazons.
The Mustangs finished sec-ond behind Wyoming in theleague thanks to seniors likeMaxMantkowski and Kyle William-son.Steppingupnowwillbeanewcropofseniors inGrantCrawfordand StuartMarsh and sophomoreJack Mantkowski. All were first-teamCHL in 2011-12.
Crawford and Marsh werepart of the Madeira 200 medley
relay and Mantkowski special-ized in the 500 freestyle. He wasalso on the CHL second team 400freestylerelaywithhisnow-grad-uated brother, Marsh and juniorGrant Karda.
Also back for the Mustangs is500 freestyle swimmer MattBuescher.
The Amazons return seniorJennaLuthmanandjuniorAllisonDicke, both state qualifiers lastseason. LuthmanwasCHLhonor-able mention in the 50 freestyleandfourth in the league in100but-terfly, while Dicke was one of thetop times in the 100 free and 100breaststroke. Senior Emma Shawalso returns as one of the better500 freestyle competitors
They finished fourth in theCincinnati Hills League meet be-hind Wyoming, Indian Hill andMariemont.
Indiving,Madeira senior JulieKuzniczci was fifth in the leaguelast winter.
The Madeira boys and girlsnext compete at Sycamore Dec.15.
MoellerThe Crusaders return several
swimmers with state experienceincludingKevinGeorge, Fritz Jo-
Indian Hill’s Alexandra “Xanna” Tracy breaks her backstroke record at the CHL meet last January atMariemont. Tracy also won the 100 butterfly and was on the winning 200 medley and freestyle relays. Sherecently signed with Georgia Tech. THANKS TOWWW.IHBRAVES.ORG
SWIMMERSMAKE FIRST
SPLASHSeveral state swimmers from 2011-12 return for new season
Standing in front of Madeira High School before leaving for the stateswim meet last Febrary were Jenna Luthman and Allison Dicke. SCOTT
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KENWOOD—MikeReeder isin his ninth season coachinghockey at Moeller where theCrusaders finished third intheir leaguewitha recordof 20-13-2.
Unlike the other areaschools that play in the OhioHigh School Hockey LeagueSouth,Moellerplays in theCap-ital Hockey Conference-RedDivision with several Colum-bus-based schools.
Moeller last won a league ti-tle in 2006 and has had eight-straight winning seasons.
Reeder lists Tyler Ruter,Alex Meloy, Zach Bayliff, JackBrault and Eddie Geiser asplayers to watch this season.Ruter was Moeller’s top scorerlast seasonanddefenderBraultnotched 21 assists. Geiser wasnamed all-league first team inthe Red Division.
“We have seven seniors,”Reeder recently told GannettNews Service. “We’re a littleolder and I’m seeing a good co-
hesiveness among the team.”The rest of Moeller’s roster
includes Brian Tempel, Thom-as O’Donnell, Andrew Carmi-chael, Jake Fessel, Mark Di-Giandominico, Billy Rinderle,Ben Sattler and Alex Armour.
Moeller’s homegamesareatthehistoricCincinnatiGardensin Roselawn. Next up for theCrusaders isOlentangyLibertyon Dec. 16.
Checkingin with theCrusaders’skatersMoeller plays inColumbus leagueBy Scott [email protected]
Alex Meloy has the puck as Moeller head coach Mike Reederwatches in practice at Cincinnati Gardens last season. SCOTT
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Moeller hockey coach MikeReeder is in his ninth yearguiding the Crusaders. SCOTT
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College parents: Timeto brag
Are you a parent of a collegeathlete? It’s time to brag.
Thanks to such an over-whelming response to the holi-day feature last year, SuburbanLife again will present “Homefor the holidays: Catching upwith college athletes.”
Parents of athletes whoplayed in the college ranks dur-ing the 2012 calendar year cansubmit by email a few para-graphsand, if interested,aphototo share where they are, whatthey’re playing and how theydid. Be sure to include the ath-lete’s name, parents’ names andthe community newspaper theyget at home. The submitted in-formation will be compiled bynewspaper and run the issue ofDec. 26-27 – just in time for peo-ple home from the holidays tocatch up on their high schoolclassmates, neighbors andfriends.
Basic guidelines: You cansend links to collegewebsites asbackground but not as the sub-mission. Write the information
as you’d want to see it in print.Sendphotosasa .jpgattachmentto the email, not embedded in aWord document.
Send the email to press-preps@ gmail.com by Monday,Dec.17. Questions can be direct-ed to mlaughman@ community-press.com or 248-7573.
Boys basketball»Madeira beat Badin 67-43
on Dec. 1 as senior Andrew Be-nintendi hit for 26 points.
» Indian Hill beat Norwood53-41 on Dec. 4. Senior ClaytonHosmer led with 16 points.
»Moeller defeated PurcellMarian 82-60 on Dec. 4. SeniorJosh Davenport led with 19points.
OnDec. 7, theCrusadersbeatBadin 61-22. Junior Grant Benz-inger led with 11points.
Girls basketball»Madeira defeated North
CollegeHill70-60onDec.1.CeliaKline had 20 points and OliviaBenintendi added 18 points and12 rebounds.
Benintendi had 13 points onDec. 5 as Madeira beat DeerPark 49-44.
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sephson, Greg Nymbergand Eric Scott.
George was one of thehighest-placing freshmanat the state meet, finishing13th in the 500 freestyleand16th in the 200 free. Healso was on the GreaterCatholicLeague-South sec-ond team 400 freestyle re-lay.
Junior Fritz Josephsonwas 21st in the 500 free-style last season and juniorNymberg was on the sixth-place 200 freestyle relay,along with senior EricScott. The Moeller 200freestyle relay team wasnamed GCL-South firstteam last winter.
“With incoming swim-mers Cooper Hodge, T.J.Peloquin and other fresh-men, Moeller looks to re-tain their teamscoringspotat this coming year’s OhioHigh School state champi-onship meet in February,”coach Bill Whatley said byemail.
Hodge is a juniornation-al level swimmer and andPeloquin a YMCA nationallevel swimmer.
The rest of Moeller’steam are seniors AndrewBergman andBryanKimu-tis; juniorsChristopherAs-gian, Charlie Braun, KyleJohnson, Aidan Murray,Sean Schwab, Kyle Smithand Tory Worobetz; sopho-mores Aidan Dalton, ChrisGlaser, Josh Jones, BenLove, Jessie Powers, RileyRufo,PeterSharpahairandNoah Worobetz; and fresh-men Dan Nymberg andBen Sence.
The Crusaders beginwith theBigEightmeetandthe Canton City meet inCanton Dec. 14-15.
Mount Notre DameThe Cougars have some
experience returning tothe pool as they bring back17 of 20 varsity swimmers
fromlastyear’s sixth-placeGirls Greater CincinnatiLeague-Scarlet team.
MND’s coach is JeffStueve and his top two per-formers should be seniorsPaige Theobald and Mad-die Rapp. Theobald wasGGCL-Scarlet honorablemention in the 500 free-style and as part of the 400freestyle relay.
“Paige was the fastestnon-state qualifier in Ohiolast year in the 500 free andlooks to qualify this sea-son,” Stueve said. “MaddieRapp was a state qualifierher freshman and sopho-more season before miss-ing last yearwith an injury.She returns fully healthythis season.”
Rapp has committed toswim at Florida Interna-tional.
The Cougars also havejunior Katie Kruspe andsophomore Anna Lucas offtheir 400 freestyle relayteam and promising fresh-man Graci Doll.
“We have a good groupof freshman who will adddepth to our returningswimmers,” Stueve said.
MND competes next onDec. 15 at the CountrysideYMCA against Kings andMiddletown.
CCDBenson Spurling takes
over the coaching reigns atCincinnati Country Daywith a youthful squad fo-cused on developing.
So far, Spurling likes thework ethic he’s seen exhib-ited from his young team.
“I have been impressedwith the team’s attitudeand willingness to take onthechallenges inpractice,”Spurling said by email.
Both the boys and girlssquad captured SouthernOhio SwimLeague champi-onships,while theboysalsoadded a Miami Valley Con-ference title.
Key swimmers for thegirls include Allie Wooden(back, free), Celia Sprint(free), Isabelle Hudson
(back, free), Kira Hughes(back, free), and HannahGottschalk (back, free).
The boys will look forAlexander Cabello (free),Jacob Stafford (free) andMalcom Doepke (free) toadd points to the score-board.
UrsulineThe Lions swim into a
new season ranked No. 1 inthe Enquirer’s city coach-es’ poll.
And why not?With a treasure trove of
talent set to return, the Li-ons will undoubtedly beone of the top teams in theregion and have a shot tomake waves at the statemeet after consecutiverunner-up finishes the pasttwo years.
Senior Bridget Blood –last season’s Enquirer Di-vision I swimmer of theyear – should lead the way,along junior Emily Slabe.
Blood enters the wintercoming off a stellar sum-mer inwhichshewasoneofthe rare high schoolers toswim the 100 breaststrokeat the Olympic Trials.
“Our top-end talent willbe very strong, and our re-lays will be very strong,”Lions’headcoachBradIsh-am told Gannett News Ser-vice.
Blood, Slabe and juniorTemarie Toley have helpedUrsuline win back-to-back200-yard medley relaystate titles. Blood added in-dividual championships inthe 200 individual medleyand 100 breaststroke lastseason, while Slabe haswon consecutive 100 back-strokes titles.
Alisabeth Marstellerand Gabby Young shouldalso be valuable contrib-utors.
The swim season start-ed Nov. 26. The annualSouthwest Ohio HighSchool Swimming and Div-ingClassic is scheduled forJan. 19-20 at eight sites, in-cluding a new location atWright State University.
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»Mount Notre Damebeat Milford 38-17 on Dec.1. Sophomore Naomi Da-venport led the Cougarswith 10 points.
Davenport hit for 25pointsonDec. 6as theCou-gars beat Seton 57-43.
» Indian Hill defeatedGoshen indoubleovertimeon Dec. 3, 45-41. SamanthaArington led the LadyBraves with 19 points.
On Dec. 5, the LadyBraves foiled Finneytown78-20 as Arington had 17
points and Lexi Carrierhad15.
Boys bowling»Moeller beat Wyo-
mingDec. 3. Junior StevenSnyder had the high serieswith a 360.
On Dec. 4, Snyderrolled a 434 series as theCrusaders beat Elder.
»Deer Park downedWyoming on Dec. 4. RicMcCormick led the Wild-cats with a 447 series.
On Dec. 6, Deer Parkbeat Reading by 30 pins.McCormick again led witha 453 series.
Girls bowling»Deer Park beat Wyo-
ming Dec. 4. Senior HaleyHodge led with a 383 se-ries.
Hockey»Moeller beat Dublin
Coffman 3-2 on Dec. 2.
Soccer» Congratulations to In-
dian Hill senior Liz Slat-tery,who has been nameda 2012 National SoccerCoaches Association ofAmerica (NSCAA) AllAmerican. Liz is a two-time recipient of thisaward and will be recog-nized at the NSCAA All-America Luncheon on Sat-urday, Jan.19, 2013, in Indi-anapolis.
PRESS PREPSHIGHLIGHTS
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INDIANHILL—Anum-ber of schools have highschool gymnasts practic-ing out of CincinnatiCountryDayHighSchool,under the direction ofcoach Steve Conner.
IndianHill gymnasticsis represented by sopho-moreKeelyGardner.LikeMolly Gearin of Syca-more, she practices withthe CCD girls and re-ceives the same instruc-tion.
Gardner was out ofgymnastics for a coupleof years but came backout last season.
“She spent most of herfreshman year gettingher difficulty back,” Con-ner said. “Now she is inthe process of putting thedifficulty into her rou-tines. Her strong eventsare beam and floor. Thebiggest aspect we areworking on is the flow of
her routines. She has asmuch difficulty as mostgymnasts, but the formand execution is the de-ciding factor.”
Conner expects a com-petitive season fromGardner. After the CCDhomequadmeet, the Indi-ans and Gardner were atthe Forest Hills Flip atAndersonDec. 8.Ahead isthe Indian Cup on Jan. 5featuring CCD, Ander-son,Beavercreek,Center-ville, Hamilton East, Ma-son, Miamisburg, North-mont, Thomas Worthing-ton, Turpin andindividuals from variousschools.
As for CincinnatiCountry Day, Conner be-lieves the Indians havesome good younger talentthat is mixed with strongupperclassmen leader-ship. The squad, which ismade up of 13 girls, fea-tures just two juniors andtwo seniors.
But Conner added theteam will grow and get
better as the year goes on.Andthepresent isn’t so
bad, either.At the squad’s first
meet, CCD put up a 111.4team score, which washigher than the teamscored at districts lastseason.
“This is going to be afun team to watch im-prove,” Conner said.“Their work ethic is oneof the best we have had inquite a few years.”
Returning gymnastsinclude juniors Amy Ack-len (bars) andKelseyBar-dach (bars, vault), whileAmber Hardin (beam,floor) and Amelia Drew(bars, vault) will repre-sent the senior class.
Some younger stu-dent-athletes to watch in-clude sophomores KaitlinHardin (all-around), Jen-nifer Gonzales (all-around) Gusty Pohlman(all-around), and fresh-men Kendall Smith (all-around) and MargaretHodson (all-around).
Mount Notre Dame hadits annual Fall SportsAwards banquet at Recep-tions in Fairfield Nov. 15.Several young ladies wererecognized for their athlet-ic accomplishments, mostnotably the four athletesthat signed with their uni-versity teams.
SandyNiehaus ofWestChester will attend TheOhio State University. Nie-haus is a four-time GirlsGreater Cincinnati Leaguetennis all-star being namedto the second team as afreshman and to the firstteam her next three sea-sons. She was twice namedthe league’s Player of theYear.
She has been named tothe Cincinnati Enquirer’sfirst team four times andhas been named the En-quirer’s Player of the Year.Sandy was named to thestate’s second team as afreshman and to the state’sfirst team the past threeseasons. She is a four-timestate qualifier. Her fresh-manyear, shemade it to thesecond round with doublespartner Kelly Dennis.
She won a singles statechampionship her sopho-more year and was thestate’s singles runner-upthe past two years. Sandyended her tennis career atMNDwith a record of 65-5,by far the best record inschool history.
Michelle Strizak ofSharonvillewill attend theUniversity of Illinois, play-ing volleyball. Strizak is athree-time GGCL volley-ball first team all star andtwo-timeGGCL Scarlet Di-
vision Volleyball Player ofthe Year.
She is a three-timeSWOVCA first team all-star and was twice namedthe association’s Player ofthe Year. As a sophomore,Michelle was named as anAll Ohio second team all-star and was named firstteam All-Ohio the past twoseasons. Her sophomoreand junior years, she wasnamed to the CincinnatiEnquirer’s first team all-star list andwas named theEnquirer’s Player of theYear last year.
She was named as a La-Rosa’s MVP of the Weekthis past season. Michelle
was just named to the Un-der Armour All-AmericanFirst Team. She is the onlyOhio player on the 24 play-er first team and one ofonly four Ohio playersnamed as one of the 100 AllAmericans.
Susan Meyer ofBlanchesterwill attend theUniversity ofWest Florida,playing basketball.
Miranda Puthoff ofLoveland will attendWright State Universityplaying volleyball. Miran-da was awarded a full-tu-ition scholarship in addi-tion to her acceptance onthe volleyball team.
Cougars quartet signs
On Nov. 15, Mount Notre Dame's Susan Meyer signed withWest Florida for basketball and Miranda Puthoff signedwith Wright State for volleyball. THANKS TO NATASHA SHULL
Mount Notre Dame's Sandy Niehaus signs with Ohio Statefor tennis on Nov. 15, while Michelle Strizak signs withIllinois for volleyball. THANKS TO NATASHA SHULL
The numbers released thisfall were almost unimaginable:one in five children in ourregion is growing up in pover-ty. That is 167,000 children inpoverty – enough to fill PaulBrown stadium two and halftimes.
That disturbing statistic isnot a bit surprising to St. Vin-cent de Paul volunteers. Lastyear, we visited the homes ofneighbors in need more than9,000 times in Hamilton Countyalone. We visit tiny apartmentsin inner city neighborhoods,humble homes in working classcommunities, trailer parks inrural areas, and, increasingly,homes in neighborhoods thatmight surprise you.
Inside those homes we seehuman suffering at its mostheart wrenching. When a fam-
ily slips intopoverty, thepain is almostpalpable. Ourvolunteers seeadult men intears, ashamedbecause theycannot feedtheir families.We see moth-ers worn down
by worry over bills they cannotpay, middle-aged couples whocan’t afford their insulin, andelderly people who keep thethermostat set at 62 degrees tolower their utility bill.
Increasingly, though, theinvisible and silent victims ofthese uncertain economictimes are children. Insidehomes all across our communi-ty, St. Vincent de Paul volun-
teers see children who neverknow if there will be food fordinner on any given day. Wesee children who sleep on lino-leum floors with only a thinblanket to keep them warm. Wefind children who move fromschool to school as their fam-ilies seek stable housing – andthere are few things as hard asbeing the new kid at schoolwho also wears the same twooutfits day after day.
And yet, these very samechildren show remarkablecourage and grace. There isthe boy who goes to schoolhungry so that his little broth-ers and sister can eat. Or thebig brother who gave his bed tohis little brother. Or the littlegirl who asked for diapers forher baby brother instead of aChristmas gift. Our volunteers
are blessed each day to witnesspowerful lessons of love amongthe children that we, as a com-munity, should be protectingand caring for.
They are lessons that meanall the more during the Christ-mas season. For a child – anychild – Christmas is truly aseason of hope. There is some-thing profoundly moving aboutproviding a special gift to achild who still believes inChristmas miracles or food fora family that is struggling.Those are kind acts that liveand grow in the heart of achild. It is a gift each of us cangive.
You can make this Christ-mas special for a family inneed by:
» Supporting “Food Fromthe Heart” the next time you
visit your local Kroger. Askyour child to pick out theirfavorite non-perishable foodand place it in the barrel at thedoor. Our neighborhood volun-teers will gather the food andtake it to a local family in need.
» Making a donation in hon-or of a loved one to provideChristmas gifts to a child inneed. A donation of just $50will allow us to purchase newgifts to make a child’s Christ-mas brighter this year.
» Visit our website,www.SVDPcincinnati.org, orcall 513-421-HOPE to find outmore about ways you can givethe gift of hope this Christmasseason.
Liz Carter is the executive directorof the Society of St. Vincent de Paul– Cincinnati.
You can help make Christmas special
Liz CarterCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Dec. 5 questionWhat is your favorite Cincin-
nati-area holiday event or tradi-tion? What makes it special?
“Cincinnati area Christmastradition is Downtown Cincin-nati Friday after Thanksgiving –the trains at the old CG&E (nowDuke), carriage rides, FountainSquare Christmas decor, ice rinkand tree lighting. All thosethings especially if there is snowflurries falling.
“In Loveland: It is hands-down Christmas in Loveland.That has all the Christmas tradi-tions anybody could ask for.Live Nativity, elves, Santa,shows, Christmas carolers,carriage rides and just the truespirit of Christmas exudes fromfaces of children and parentsalike – everywhere you look!”
C.G.
“I plan on spending time thisholiday season in DowntownCincinnati with my entire familyon a weekend afternoon or eve-ning. For those bah-hum-bug-gers who say that Downtown isunworthy and unsafe, check itout this holiday season. It’s agreat place to grab a bite to eatat one of the many new or al-ready established restaurants,take the family ice skating onFountain Square, grab a car-riage ride, and enjoy a lively andfestive environment. Park forfree on the streets or at theSquare for a couple of bucks!”
Mike M.
“Well, both of us are in oursenior years now and the kidsare all grown up and gone, soour celebration of the Christmasholiday is rather subdued.
“When we were younger, wewould go to the display at KingsIsland, or Fountain Square, orthe Cincinnati Zoo, and reallyenjoy our experience. A coupleof years ago I went to the traindisplay down at Duke, and it wasfun, too.
“Our most fun tradition,though, involved just the familyand it was done as a prank, butwe kept it up for quite a fewyears. (I think it was in humor-ous rebellion to the notion thatyou aren’t ‘normal’ if you don’thave a tradition.) So my wifeand I would hold opposite endsof a broomstick and one of ourkids would hang upside downfrom the knees until all of themdid it. And we called that our‘tradition.’ Yes, I know – wewere screwballs (and still are).”
Bill B.
“My favorite holiday event isin Lebanon – it’s the annualChristmas Horse and CarriageParade. It was last weekend. Myhusband and I shared it withfriends from out-of-state. Welove this parade and the wonder-ful people in Lebanon.
“We always begin the daywith a delicious lunch at theGolden Lamb cooked and servedby the finest people, shop at thewonderful shops filled withunique Christmas gifts and thenmarvel at the beautiful car-riages, horses and people thatmake it all happen. I can’t thinkof a better way to start themonth of December. ”
E.E.C.
“Fountain Square Christmasdecorations and activity; theShillito’s window displays, theCG&E train display. Those aremymemories and my grownchildren. The are still available(good). Not as good are: parkingis pretty expensive downtown tosee Fountain Square; Shillito’s isacross the river and CG&E’strains are now Duke’s donationto the museumwhere it costs topark.”
F.N.
“Christmas is my favoriteholiday because of the feelingsof good will and sharing ex-pressed by so many people. Ihave never thought the traditionof Santa Claus was out of placebecause it helps make me thinkof a loving God who loves us justas we love the children. I saykeep’em both in Christmas.
“My favorite tradition are thenativity scenes with live ani-mals, especially at Krohn Con-servatory and Paul Young Fu-neral home in Mt. Healthy. Ourfour children could interact withthe animals thereby making theexperience more meaningful.Plus, the birth of a lamb atKrohn was an extra joy.
“Oktoberfest is my otherfavorite – lots of good food, goodcheer and good food!”
T.J.
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NEXT QUESTIONWould you shop less at Cincin-nati businesses if the city leasedits parking facilities to a privatecompany and rates increased?
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» Therewas a lawthat made TVshows limitcommercialsfor four min-utes out of a30-minuteshow. Nowthere is nolaw. A recent viewing of TheTravel Channel gave me ninestraight commercials taking11minutes. This is why ittakes takes three or fourhours to play an hour-longfootball game.
» I can’t think of one thingI ever needed to get to a storeat 4 a.m.
» UC wants to join a newfootball conference. Theyseat 75,000. We seat 28,000.
» College basketball re-mains the best game towatch.
» I hope the 1-cent in-crease for a stamp makes upfor 600 million we lost lastyear.
» My dad took me to TheMacy’s Thanksgiving parade.I never miss it.
» TV stations take far too
much time for the weather.Do you care if it’s 46 in WestChester Township and 45 inLebanon?
» The last great runningback the Bengals had wasJames Brooks.
Bill Damsey is a resident of DeerPark.
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If walking down the stairs,taking a shower or even enter-ing the house becomes diffi-cult for you or someone youlove, it may be time to create aplan to keep your home a safeplace to live.
In Hamilton County alone,falls are the third leadingcause of injury-related deathsamong senior adults over 65.And the chances of falling andbeing seriously injured in afall increase with age.
Seniors in our communitywant to stay in the comfort oftheir home where they havelived for a long time, in neigh-borhoods they cherish. Inorder to remain safely in thehome, it’s essential to developa solid plan now to allow abetter chance to control thequality of life and independ-ence, before circumstancessuddenly change.
A good first step is to con-sult a certified aging in placespecialist to help and offerconnection to other servicesand partners that may be need-ed. This is also an opportunityto lessen the burden on familymembers by outlining howneeds will be met.
Some of the decisions toconsider include:
»How long you plan toremain at home.
» If youneed majorhome remod-eling or just afew changes,like ramps orgrab bars.
» Thequality andprice of thehome mod-ifications you
may need.»What your wishes are for
major life events like suddenillness or disability.
» Personal support (balanc-ing work and family responsi-bilities of care giving).
Unsure of where to start?First, start at the curb andconsider how you enter thehome. Next, walk through yourhouse or the home of a lovedone to assess risk factors andways to prevent them. Hereare some quick tips:
Make sure the entrance iswell lit. Review how easy it isto enter or exit the home, espe-cially for people with mobilityissues.
Consider adding a ramp tohelp with access but be sure tofollow your local buildingcode.
Ensure proper lightingthroughout the house bothinside and outside. Add auto-on
lighting in the hallways andbathrooms.
Clear unnecessary clutterfrom any walking areas insideand outside the home.
Add grab bars, tub matts,and non-skid matts in and nextto the tub and shower.
Install a flip-down grab baror floor-to-ceiling pole next tothe toilet.
Add a hand-held showerwand and holder, adjustableseat and safety rails.
Consider replacing existinghinges with off-set hinges tocreate wider doorways; re-place door knobs with levers.
Use a step stool with a han-dle to reach in cabinets.
Keep frequently used itemsin a drawer or easy to reacharea.
Remove loose carpet orrugs that can cause trips.
The statistics are startling.Every 15 seconds, an olderadult is seen in an emergencydepartment for a fall-relatedinjury. The good news is youcan help prevent falling andother safety risks by taking afew simple steps to keep your-self or an older adult in yourlife safe.
Jere McIntyre is a certified agingin place specialist and the directorof modifications for Whole Home.
Planning early key tosuccessfully aging in place
Jere McIntyreCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
TheMoeller Crusaders defeatedToledo Whitmer 20-12 on Dec. 1 towin their first Ohio Division I statefootball title in 27 years and theireighth in football overall. Theyfinished the season with a 12-3record. The Crusaders, coached byJohn Rodenberg, celebrated in aceremony Dec. 3.
CRUSADERNATIONCELEBRATESSTATE TITLE
Moeller QB Spencer Iacovone (7) leadshis team onto the field to warm upagainst Toledo Whitmer before the firstquarter of the Division I statechampionship football game atFawcett Stadium Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA
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Moeller head coach John Rondenberg reacts to gettingthe Powerade tossed onto him as his team celebratesbeating Toledo Whitmer in the Division I statechampionship football game at Fawcett Stadium Dec. 1 inCanton. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Moeller sideline starts celebrating after beating Toledo Whitmer in the Division I statechampionship football game at Fawcett Stadium Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA II/COMMUNITY PRESS
Moeller fans cheer as Moeller takes the field to warm up against Toledo Whitmer in the Division I statechampionship football game Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Moeller RB Keith Watkins (3) caught the ball and ran fora touchdown against Toledo Whitmer DL Joe NathanMays (75) in the second quarter Dec. 1. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE
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The Moeller High School student body cheers their football teamduring a rally to honor the Ohio High School Athletic Association'sDivision I state football champions. GARY LANDERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Members of the Moeller football team gather for a team photo on an old fire truckfollowing a rally to honor the Ohio High School Athletic Association's Division Istate football champions. GARY LANDERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Head football coach John Rodenberg stands in front of his team ashe speaks during a rally to honor the champion Crusaders. GARYLANDERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Keith Watkins, senior running back on the Moeller High School football team,celebrates as he is welcomed by members of the student body. GARY LANDERS/THE
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THURSDAY, DEC. 13Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn Gallery. Coloredpencil art. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, 4865 Duck CreekRoad, Classes incorporate varietyof dance styles, including jazz,hip-hop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. $10.Through Sept. 7. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, 891-8277. Sycamore Township.
Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 6405 Branch HillGuinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.
Religious - CommunityA Short Course in Quakerism,7-8:30 p.m., Cincinnati FriendsMeeting, 8075 Keller Road, PaulBuckley, Quaker author present-ing. Ages 16 and up. $5 persession or $45 for all 10 sessions.207-5353; www.cincinnatifriend-s.org.Madeira.
Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Donations accepted. 673-0174.Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, DEC. 14Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings and consultationabout your wellness needs. Free.Through May 3. 784-0084.Silverton.
Literary - Signings
Holiday Book Fair, 11:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., KeyBank-Mont-gomery, 9861MontgomeryRoad, Ayat Jamilah, author of“Beautiful Signs,” a collection ofstories based in Islamic principlesand the importance of educa-tion. Free. 791-7200.Montgo-mery.
RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 2-4 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeif-fer Road, Full-court basketballgames for men. $15. 985-0900.Montgomery.
SATURDAY, DEC. 15Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 1-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.
Literary - SigningsHoliday Book Fair, 10:30 a.m.-noon, KeyBank-Montgomery,Ayat Jamilah, author of “Beauti-ful Signs,” a collection of storiesbased in Islamic principles andthe importance of education.Free. 791-7200.Montgomery.
MONDAY, DEC. 17Karaoke and OpenMicAcoustic OpenMic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 9443Loveland-Madeira Road, Hostedby Bob Cushing. 791-2753.Symmes Township.
TUESDAY, DEC. 18Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Holiday - ChristmasHoliday Daytime Party, 11a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sycamore SeniorCenter, 4455 Carver WoodsDrive, Russ and Barb Childerswill present “A Bear Foot Christ/Appalachian Memories” at 1p.m. Lunch specials served in thecafe. Whiskey sours and eggnogdrinks at cash bar in the lobby.Sycamore Senior Center Choirrequests attendees to sing alongwith popular carols. Ticket
pricing TBA. Registration re-quired. 984-1234; www.sycamo-reseniorcenter.org. Blue Ash.
Music - BenefitsMichael Stephen Chertock, 7p.m., Sycamore PresbyterianChurch, 11800 Mason Road, NewSanctuary. Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra pianist with MariaBobbitt Chertock, guest soloist,performing Christmas favorites.Benefits The Center for RespiteCare. Free; donations accepted.683-0254; www.cincinnati-symphony.org. Symmes Town-ship.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Deborahdiscusses, with weekly demon-strations and one-on-one in-struction, how to achieve spon-taneity, character and life inyour figure painting. $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.
Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. Through Nov. 20.324-7643. Loveland.
RecreationScuba Doobie Doo, 5:30-8:30p.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485 RidgeRoad, Scuba diving in indoorpool, in small groups withcertified instructors. No experi-ence necessary. Wet suits andother equipment provided. Ages21 and up. Free. Registrationrequired. 761-7500, ext. 1237.Amberley Village.
Youth SportsTeenWinter Break Open Gym,12:30-3:30 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeif-fer Road, Basketball package tohave full access to sports arena.For teens ages 11 and up. $10.985-0900; www.trihealthpavil-ion.com.Montgomery.
THURSDAY, DEC. 20Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,891-8277. Sycamore Township.
Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.
Music - ChoralForest-Aires Women’s Chorus,7 p.m., Lodge Retirement Com-munity, 12050 MontgomeryRoad, Presented by Forest-AiresWomen’s Chorus. 490-1141.Loveland.
Support GroupsMotherless Daughters Sup-port Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Mont-gomery Community Church,11251Montgomery Road, Foradult women who have lost ormiss nurturing care of theirmother. Free. 489-0892.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174. Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, DEC. 21Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.
Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, Free.784-0084. Silverton.
Literary - SigningsHoliday Book Fair, 11:30a.m.-1:30 p.m., KeyBank-Mont-gomery, Free. Lindsey Johnson,author of “AWoman’s Place isEverywhere!” a celebration ofcontemporary working women.791-7200.Montgomery.
ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, 8400 BlomeRoad, Features 50 Peanuts dailyand Sunday comic strips andmore than 50 vintage Peanuts-
themed seasonal novelties. Free.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org. Indian Hill.
Literary - SigningsHoliday Book Fair, 10:30 a.m.-noon, KeyBank-Montgomery,Lindsey Johnson, author of “AWoman’s Place is Everywhere!”a celebration of contemporaryworking women. Free. 791-7200.Montgomery.
TUESDAY, DEC. 25Holiday - ChristmasMadisonville CommunityChristmas Day Dinner, Noon,St. Paul Lutheran Church, 5433Madison Road, For any and allwishing to be in company ofothers for holiday, especially foranyone alone or in need. In-cludes hot meals, Christmascaroling and activities for chil-dren, even a visit from St. Nick.Free. 271-4147.Madisonville.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.
Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.
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St. Paul Community United Methodist Church of Madeira's chancel choir, with soloists and a small chamber orchestra, will stage its Christmas cantata, “A Night for Rejoicing," at 7 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 16. The performance will be a cantata of nativity through music, anrration and scripture. This free program will be in the sanctuary of the church at 8221Miami Road. Call891-8181 or visit www.stpaulcommunityumc.org for information. THANKS TO DON BEDWELL
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It’s interesting howyour requests coincidewith current events. TheRuth Lyons Children’s
Fund is infull swingand I’vehad severalrequestsfor herfamouscoffee-cake. It’s aspecialway tohonor thiswoman
who has had such a posi-tive impact on us.
Ruth Lyons’coffeecake
I have a few versionsof this recipe, but this isthe one that’s supposed tobe Ruth’s original. I’vemade this twice now, oncefollowing the recipe be-low and once making itwith 21⁄4 cups flour, 11⁄2teaspoons cinnamon, 1⁄4teaspoon salt, 1⁄2 cup oil, 2teaspoons vanilla and novinegar. (The vinegar isused to “sour” the milk,making it more like but-termilk). I made a thinicing to glaze it, as well.The difference betweenthe two was slight. This isa straightforward, simplecoffeecake. If you want aricher tasting one with athicker cinnamon top-ping, I have my holidayovernight coffeecake onmy blog.
1 cup sugar1 cup brown sugar, dark
preferred21⁄2 cups flour1 teaspoon cinnamon1 teaspoon nutmeg1 teaspoon salt3⁄4 cup oil1 teaspoon vinegar1 cupmilk1 egg, lightly beaten1 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 350degrees. Mix the first sixingredients. Add oil andstir until crumbly. Re-serve and set aside 3⁄4 cupfor topping. Add vinegarto milk, then add to sugarmixture. Add egg andsoda; mix well. Pour intoa sprayed 13-inch by9-inch pan. Sprinkle withtopping. Bake 30 minutes.
Amish friendshipbread/cake
Check out my blog forthe starter and a goodrecipe.
My best clone ofWilliams-Sonomapeppermint bark
You didn’t think Icould let the holidays goby without sharing yetanother version, did you?Some of you have hadtrouble in the past withthe bark shattering/sep-arating. That happenssomewhat even with thepurchased bark, but thisrecipe keeps that to aminimum, if at all. Out ofall the recipes I’ve madefor bark throughout theyears, using differentmelting methods and
chocolates, I’ve comeback to my classic way ofteaching students. By theway, check out the photo.Can you tell which ismine and which is Wil-liams-Sonoma’s? I usedKroger real semi-sweetand white chocolate mor-sels.
11⁄2 teaspoons peppermintextract, divided into 1teaspoon and 1⁄2 teaspoonmeasures
23⁄4 cups white chocolatechips, divided into 21⁄4 cupand 1⁄2 cupmeasures
1⁄4 cup crushed peppermintcandy
Line a cookie sheetwith one piece of foil,about 10 inches by 12inches. Or do the same ina 13-inch by 9-inch pan.
Put 11⁄4 cups semi-sweet chocolate in heatproof bowl. Set over asaucepan that has 1 inchof steaming water, mak-ing sure bowl does nottouch water. (This is amakeshift double boiler).Heat should be turned tolow. Stir until chocolate isjust about melted, then
remove bowl from panand stir 3⁄4cup more inrest of semisweet choco-late, a bit at a time, untilall is melted. If neces-sary, put the bowl back onthe pan to help melt. Ifthere’s any moisture onthe bottom of the bowl,wipe it dry. Stir in 1 tea-spoon of the extract and
pour onto foil, spreadingin even layer. Tap pan oncounter to remove any airbubbles. Let sit at roomtemperature until justabout set, anywhere from15-20 minutes. When youpress your finger into thechocolate a very slightindentation will remain.
Put 21⁄4 cups whitechocolate in clean bowland repeat process formelting, stirring in re-maining 1⁄2 cup chips afterremoving bowl from pan.Stir in 1⁄2 teaspoon ex-tract. Pour over chocolatelayer and spread.
Sprinkle with candy. Ifnecessary, gently pressinto chocolate. Let set atroom temperature untilcompletely firm.
Peel bark off foil andbreak into pieces. Store,covered, at room temper-ature up to a month or so.If it’s extremely warm inthe house, store, covered,in refrigerator and bringto room temperaturebefore eating.
The initial browning ofthe beef should be on topof the stove.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.
More holiday recipes: Ruth Lyons’coffecake, peppermint bark
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
One of these is Williams-Sonoma’s peppermint bark, one is Rita’s clone. Which do youthink is which? THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.
Rita answers several reader requests for Ruth Lyons’famous coffecake. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.
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Bethel BaptistTempleEnjoy a warm bowl of chili andindulge in dessert at a Christ-mas dinner in the fellowship
Ascension LutheranChurchBlue Christmas Worship, aservice of comfort and rest,will be offered at 7:30 p.m.Friday, Dec. 21. This is anopportunity to acknowledgegrief and loss in the presenceof God and look toward hope.All are welcome.“Christmas Letters,” the chil-dren’s festive pageant, will bepresented at the 11 a.m. wor-ship service Sunday, Dec. 16.“The Mitten Tree” is gettingdecorated with children’s hats,scarves, mittens, gloves and
socks. The items will be givento the ministry of The Lord’sRose Garden in Sharonville.The ladies Wheel of Friendshipwill meet Thursday, Dec. 12.Shake it Up Bible Study will befollowed by a salad luncheon.TheWheel of Friendship andthe congregation are col-lecting food and gifts for twoarea needy families throughthe Northeast EmergencyDistribution Services program.The annual Thankofferingcollected $850 to support ELCAlocal and worldwide minis-tries.
hall following the 11 a.m.worship Sunday, Dec. 16. Afterthe dinner, at 2 p.m., stay for acarol sing-a-long and chil-dren’s Christmas play.The church choirs and musicianswill perform in a ChristmasCantata at the 11 a.m. service,Sunday, Dec. 23.Sunday School is 10 a.m.; Sun-day worship is 11 a.m. Thechurch offers AWANA chil-dren’s Bible clubs during theschool year at 7 p.m. Wednes-days for children ages 2through sixth-grade. Theprogram is on Christmas break,but returns Wednesday, Jan. 9with “Snowball Night.” Callthe church for information.The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;bethelbaptisttemple.org.
Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchThe church is collecting per-sonal hygiene products (tooth-paste, soap, shampoo, etc.)during the month of Decem-ber for Northeast emergencyDistribution Services (NEEDS).God Squad, the youth group, ismeeting regularly now andplanning new events. Youth ingrades seven to 12 are invitedto attend.Sunday School classes (Bible 101and the Thoughtful Christian)meet at 9 a.m. in the Fellow-ship Hall. Jacob’s Ladder is thetheme for Sunday School(pre-K through 12th-grade);these classes are held after thechildren’s sermon in the wor-ship service.Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153.
Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30a.m. and 10:45 a.m. SundaySchool is at 9:30 a.m. Sundays.Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays. The SamaritanCloset is next to the church.The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.
Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistA drive-through Nativity is 5:30p.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 16. Theevent is free. Call the churchfor more information.Weekday Children’s Activities –Mondays, Tuesdays, andThursdays (9 a.m. to 11:30
a.m.). Afternoon session isavailable on Tuesday. Registeron-line at www.cos-umc.org.The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45242;791-3142.
CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodNew Years Eve Service is at 8:30p.m. Dec. 31.Sunday services are 10 a.m. and6 p.m.; Wednesday service is 7p.m.The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Sycamore Township;984-5044.
St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchChristmas Eve services will be 5p.m.(Holy Eucharist) and 10:30p.m. (Festival Choral Eucha-rist), Dec 24.The Lessons and Carols AdventService will be 4 p.m. Sunday,Dec. 16. This traditional Angli-can service celebrates the birthof Jesus using special musicand readings.The church has adopted 24Findlay Street families andneeds help to match food andgifts. Donations will be accept-ed until Dec. 16.Permanent change in servicehours: 8 a.m. – spoken HolyEucharist; 10 a.m. – Eucharistwith music.St. Barnabas Choir rehearsalsare 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Thereis no requirement other than awilling heart and a desire toserve.The St. Barnabas Youth Choirrehearses after the 10 a.m.service on Sunday. Children insecond-grade and older areinvited to come and sing.Calling all acolytes. If you arefourth-grade or older, pleasecall or email the church officeto help serve during the ser-vices.An Intercessory Healing PrayerService is held the first Mon-day of each month at 7 p.m.The Order of St. Luke, Hands ofHope chapter, meets thesecondWednesday of eachmonth at 7:15 p.m. in thelibrary.A Men’s Breakfast group meetsonWednesday mornings at
8:30 a.m. at Steak N Shake inMontgomery.Ladies Fellowship/ReligiousStudy Group meets on Tuesdaymornings at 10 a.m. at thechurch. The group is discussing“Desire of the EverlastingHills” by Thomas Cahill.Friends in Fellowship meets thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6:15 p.m. for a potluckdinner at the church.The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401.
St. Paul CommunityUnitedMethodistChurchSt. Paul CUMC services are 8:30a.m. and 11 a.m. for traditionalworship and 9:30 a.m. forcontemporary worship withPraise Band. Sunday School at9:30 for all ages. Children’sMission hour at 11 a.m. Nurserycare provided for all services.The church at 8221Miami Road,Madeira; 891-8181.
Sycamore ChristianChurchSunday worship and juniorworship services at 10:30 a.m.Sunday Bible study for all agesat 9 a.m.Adult and Youth Bible studieseachWednesday at 7 p.m.Women’s Study Group at 6:30p.m. every secondWednesdayof the month. Includes lightrefreshments and specialladies study.The church is at 6555 CooperRoad, Cincinnati; 891-7891.
Valley TempleA community Chanukah cele-bration will be held at 7:30p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in theGarden of Peace at the Cincin-nati Zoo. A Chanukah Meno-rah will be kindled by mem-bers of the Valley Temple ofWyoming to commemoratethe sixth night of the Festival.The celebration is in conjunc-tion with the Zoo’s Festival ofLights. Those wishing to par-ticipate can use their zoo passor purchase admission to theZoo upon entering.For more information, contactthe Valley Temple at 513-761-3555
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Chabad Jewish Centerwill put a unique spin onthe classic holiday toydrive. In partnership withthe Cincinnati MuseumCenter, they will be public-ly creating a menorahmade entirely out of donat-ed toys benefiting Cincin-nati Children’s MedicalCenter.
“This is the second yearthat we have been in part-nership with the Cincin-nati Museum Center forChanukah, and it is veryexciting,” said Ziporah Co-hen, co-director of youthand family programming.“The Cincinnati MuseumCenter is a popular desti-nation for Cincinnati fam-ilies, ours included, partic-ularly because of itsunique, child-centric,hands-on exhibits thatspark imagination andbring learning to life. Thisgiant Toy Menorah andChanukah educational cel-ebration fits right in!”
In addition to the con-struction of the giant toyMenorah, there will be anOlive press presentation,Chanukah crafts, Latkes,Donuts and a special ap-pearance by the ChabadHebrew School Choir. The
public is asked to partici-pate in the drive and bringan unwrapped new toy forthe Menorah.
The Toy Menorah eventwill take place from noonto 2 p.m. Sunday,Dec.16, inthe Cincinnati MuseumCenter’s Grand Rotunda,and is open to the publicfree of charge (there is a $6charge for parking). Allmedia are welcome.
Chanukah is an eight-day holiday, when Jewsaround theworld celebratetheir religious freedom,commemorating the vic-
tory in the Holy Land overthe ancient Greeks whotried to prevent the Jewishpeople from keeping theirfaith.
Today, Chanukah is cel-ebratedby lighting theMe-norah candles for eightdays. TheChanukahMeno-rah serves as a universalsymbol of freedom overoppression, of spirit overmatter, of light over dark-ness.
For more information,visit www.ChabadBA.comor call Chabad Jewish Cen-ter at 793-5200.
The Giant Lego Menorah stands at six feet tall next to theChabad Hebrew School Chanukah choir at last year'sChanukah celebration at the Cincinnati Museum Center.THANKS TO RABBI BEREL COHEN
Chabad celebratesChanukah on Ice,with donated toys
Noah Yasgur serves latkes and donuts at the CincinnatiMuseum Center at last year's Chanukah celebration. THANKSTO RABBI BEREL COHEN
The dictionary defines“spirit” as a particularmood or an emotional statecharacterized by vigor andanimation, but after lastmonth’s Spirit Conventionat Camp Campbell Gard inHamilton, nearly 200 Jew-ish teenagers would saythat BBYO is their defini-tion of spirit and fun.
This program gave highschool students from Cin-cinnati, Columbus,Dayton,Indianapolis andLouisvillea chance to come togetherfor a weekend of competi-tion and camaraderie toshow their pride in theircities. Chapters faced-offin an Olympic-style con-testwith the coveted “Spir-it Stick” being awarded asthe grand prize to the vic-tors.
“Spirit Convention isjust one of many opportu-nities Jewish teens fromaround the region have toshare fun and meaningfulexperiences with one an-other throughout theschool year,” explains KIOBBYO regional directorJosh Rothstein.
“I was one of the coordi-nators of a BBYO regionalconvention back in the‘70s,” said Marsha Rob-bins. It taught me early onhow to manage people andgave me hands-on experi-ence running committeemeetings, planning bud-gets and creating pro-grams. Iwent on to becomethe president of Hillel atmy university and was ac-tive in student governmenton campus. I credit BBYOfor giving me the experi-ence and confidence Ineeded to be a leader,something that continuesto serve me well to thisday.”
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“This year’s theme wasthe KIOlympics,” Samuel-son said. “Everyoneshowed their utmost dedi-cation and loyalty to theirchapters by competing andcheering their hearts out”
Spirit Convention is justone example of the numer-ous activities and pro-grams that BBYO puts onthroughout the year. Withmore than 30,000membersand 250,000 alumni, BBYOis the leading pluralisticJewish youth organizationin the world, giving teensacross the globe a chanceto strengthen their Jewishidentity and connections toJewish life through local,regional, national and in-ternational programs, con-ventions, leadership train-ing, summer camp, travelto other countries and Isra-el and more.
BBYO’s broad programmenu enables teens to ex-plore areas of leadership,service and civic engage-ment, Israel education, andJewish values with the ex-pectation that they will ex-hibit positive attitudes andbehaviors about beingJewish while maintainingthe values and relation-ships that strengthen theJewish people.
In Cincinnati, city di-rector Matt Steinberghelps teens plan eventslike the Reality TV MashUp, which took place inpartnership with Adath Is-rael’s USY chapter, as wellas Shabbat dinners, slee-povers, weekly meetingsand more.
“While BBYO puts onlots of fun social events,wealso stress the importanceof social action and socialjustice programs, such asCincinnati BBYO’s annual
Occupy the JCC event.Last year for example,about 80 teens spent thenight at the Mayerson JCCto raise awareness for anti-bullying and we anticipateevenmorewill ‘Occupy theJCC` when we host thisevent again this comingJanuary,” Steinberg said.
To learn more aboutBBYO, contact Steinbergat (513) 722-7244 ormstein-berg @mayersonjcc.org.BBYO is open to those cur-rently in eighth- through12th-grade.
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Enjoy music from theChristmas season as theCincinnati Brass Bandperforms “A ChristmasMusic Festival” at Crest-view PresbyterianChurch, 9463 Cincinnati-Columbus Road, at 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 15. Thechurch is two miles northof I-275 on U.S. 42.
Rodney Barbour, ClaireNorthcut and the Crest-view Chancel Choir willalso be performing.
ertoire, theatre organmusic, and for 11 years,the official organist of theCincinnati Reds. He isknown for his expertise onthe use of the digital organin worship. His perform-ing experience is broadand encompasses a widerange of musical stylesand settings. Barbourserves as director of wor-ship and arts at Crestview
Presbyterian Churchwhere this concert is be-ing held.
Northcut is 10-years-old and is in the fourth-grade at Mason Intermedi-ate School. She won the2011Mason Idol, 2011Redsfest/Cincinnati’s GotTalent and the 2012 Dayton
Dragon’s Dayton DailyNews vocal competitions,and recently performedthe lead role of Annie inthe Beechmont Playersproduction of “Annie.” Shewill be singing “ChristmasTime Is Here,” “I Want aHippopotamus for Christ-mas" and “Let It Snow!”
The Crestview ChancelChoir, by Rodney Barbour,provides worship leader-ship for services at Crest-view PresbyterianChurch. The choir will jointhe band in four Christmasarrangements: “Sing Glo-ria," “Glad Tidings," “Shep-herd’s Pipe Carol” and“Christmas Time Is Here.”
The Cincinnati BrassBand was formed in 1993to create an opportunityfor brass musicians in ourcommunity to play in atraditional British stylebrass band. There are 35members of the CBB, whoalong with their conduc-tor, Anita Cocker Hunt,work to prepare and per-form this music for thecommunity.
For more informationabout the Cincinnati BrassBand, visit
cincinnatibrassband.com.Tickets are not re-
quired to attend. However,the church will acceptdonations.
Brass Band performs Christmas concert
Enjoy music from the Christmas season as the Cincinnati Brass Band performs ÒA Christmas Music FestivalÓ at CrestviewPresbyterian Church, 9463 Cincinnati-Columbus Road, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15. PROVIDED
Rodney Barbour willperform at "A ChristmasMusic Festival" Dec. 15 atCrestview PresbyterianChurch. PROVIDED
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Indian Hill residentMark Sneider has found aniche in the businessworld.
Sneider is owner andpresident of RSW/US, a
full-service business de-velopmentgroup thathelpsbusinesses find clients andhelps advertising agenciesattract new business.
The firm began sevenyears ago at Sneider’s din-ing room table, but hasmoved to a 10,000-square-
foot office space in Madei-ra. RSW/US now has 31em-ployees with $2.7million insales.
Juri Tults, vice presi-dent of client services, saidthe business has been suc-cessful in part becausemany advertising agencies
focus so much on keepingcurrent clients they oftendon’t devoteenough time tofinding new business.
Lee McKnight, directorof sales, said several as-pects ofmarketing, such associal marketing, can beoverlooked or underuti-
lized by companies thatdon’t know how to use it ef-fectively. RSW/US workswith those companies toimprove their odds of land-ing new customers.
Sneider said while heand his employees workhard, the company has a
“laid back” culture. Thereare numerous outings,bowling parties and otherevents that Sneider saidhopefully allows employ-ees to enjoy being at work.
For the sixth year in arow, Cancer Support Com-munity received a dona-tion from The Kroger Co.’sGivingHope AHand annu-al campaign for breastcancer support.
With the latest gift of$10,000, CSC has receiveda total of $66,500 from theGiving Hope A Hand pro-gram to help fund the free,professionally-facilitatedcancer support programsfor people affected by can-cer, including women withbreast cancer, their lovedones, and breast cancersurvivors.
Among the programsoffered by CSC are weeklysupport groups, education-al programs, healthy cook-ing classes and healthylifestyle/stress reductionclasses such as Tai Chi, yo-ga, Healthy-Steps: LebedMethod, guided imageryand art therapy. The 2012donation was presented inearly October in conjunc-tionwith the grand reopen-ing of thenewly remodeledKroger store in Bellevue,KY.
With the help of keyvendor partners, Krogerhas made an ongoing com-mitment to the cause offinding a cure for breastcancer and providing sup-port to those who face it.Each October, in conjunc-tion with National BreastCancer Awareness month,Kroger coordinates a two-week nationwide promo-tion to raise money for lo-cal organizations and pro-grams that provide breast
cancer awareness, treat-ment, research or support.Since 2006, a total of morethan $21 million has beendonated to various pro-jects and local non-profitagencies.
The 2012 campaign be-gan Sept. 23 and featured astore-wide sales promo-tion of popular items,many of which featuredexclusive, speciallymarked pink packagingand the personal survivorstory of 48 Kroger asso-ciates who have battledbreast cancer. Among the1,600 participating itemswere many of Kroger'sown products, as well aspopular items from pro-gram partners GeneralMills, Kellogg's, KimberlyClark, Kraft, Pepsi, Purinaand SC Johnson.
“We appreciate beingincluded in Kroger’saward-winning Giving
Hope a Hand programagain this year,” said RickBryan, executive directorat CSC. “Their generositywill literally give hope ahand here at Cancer Sup-
port Community where itwill help fund the free pro-grams of support, educa-tion and hope that we pro-vide local women fighting
breast cancer, along withpeople with any other kindof cancer, cancer survi-vors, and families andloved ones.”
Kroger donates $10K to Cancer Community
Celebrating Kroger's $10,000 donation to the CancerSupport Community are Kroger public relations managerrachael Betzler, Kroger Bellevue store manager Chris Baker,Cancer Support Community Director of Development BettyCookendorfer and CSC Executive Director Rick Bryan.THANKS TO JAMIE EIFERT
Mercy Health an-nounces that dermatologyspecialists Dr. PaminaKim, Dr. Matthew Meierand Dr. Emily Moosbrug-ger have joined MercyHealth Physicians. MercyHealth has added derma-tology office locations inAnderson Township andKenwood.
Mercy Health – Ander-sonDermatology is at 8000Five Mile Road, MedicalArts Building No. 1, Suite260. Kim is the primaryphysician in this office.
Mercy Health – Ken-wood Dermatology is at4700 E. Galbraith Road,Suite 105. Meier andMoos-brugger are the main phy-sicians at this location,with Kim rotating to thislocation one day per week.
Kim is board certifiedin internal medicine anddermatology. She complet-ed her residency in derma-tology at the University ofCincinnati and in 2006, she
finished an internal medi-cine residency at the Uni-versity of California, SanFrancisco. Kim receivedher doctor of nedicine de-gree from Yale UniversitySchool ofMedicine in 2003.
Meier and Moosbrug-ger are board certified indermatology. They werechief residents of Derma-tology at University Hos-pital in 2010. In 2009, theycompleted their residencyin dermatology at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati,where they also receivedtheir doctor of medicinedegrees in 2006.
To learn more about thenew dermatology offices,Drs. Kim,Meier andMoos-brugger or to schedule anappointment, call (513)924-8860 or visitwww.e-mercy.com.
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died Dec. 2. He was an ensign inthe US Navy during World WarII.
Survived by wife of 63 years,Martha (nee Blausser); childrenSusan E. (the late Tom) Loren-zen, Richard A. (Betsy Silver)Good and Patti A (Greg) Kublin;grandchildren Adam J. (Eu Nice)and Nicholas R. (Abby) Lorenzenand Bradley S. Kublin; great-grandchildren Alex and Aam;and brother, Arthur A. Good.
Preceded in death by siblingsJosephine E., Robert J. andBarbara M. Good.
Services were Dec. 6 at HolyTrinity Episcopal Church, Cincin-nati. Memorials to: the Cincin-nati Chapter of the AmericanRed Cross, 720 Sycamore St.,Cincinnati, OH 45202 (no cash).
DEATHS
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsRichard Madel, 39, 3857 GarnerRoad, theft at 3400 HighlandAve., Nov. 26.Amy Hubbard, 29, 5131HunterAve., theft at 3400 HighlandAve., Nov. 26.Jason Donnerburg, 41, 1042Riddle Road, theft at 3600Highland, Nov. 19.Joe Heater, 34, 3821 Lansdale St.,theft at 3240 Highland Ave.,Nov. 18.Teresa McNeal, 52, 2056 Dunlap,theft at 3400 Highland Ave.,Nov. 19.
Incidents/investigationsDomestic violenceFemale reported at Viewpoint,Nov. 23.TheftMetal plate valued at $300removed at 5164 Kennedy Ave.,Nov. 20.Reported at 7201Wooster Pike,Nov. 18.Wallet and $270 removed at7875 Montgomery Road, Nov.23.
DEER PARKArrests/citationsMary Roetting, 43, 3804 St.John's Terrace, failing to com-ply at 3804 St. John's Terrace,Dec. 5.Margaret Mulvaney, 52, 7801Lake Ave., disorderly conductwhile intoxicated at 7777 BlueAsh Road, Dec. 5.Daniel Lee Bedford, 21, 4317 E.Galbraith Road, criminal dam-aging, resisting arrest, assaultat 4317 E. Galbraith Road, Dec.3.Alex Waver, 20, 1100 Behles Ave.,drug trafficking, drug abuse,drug paraphernalia, underageconsumption of alcohol, trafficcontrol device at WebsterAvenue, Dec. 1.Didier Osvelt Camel-Rodriguez,27, 214 Fairfield Ave., failure tocomply with police order,driving under the influence,driving under the influence-breath .08 plus, no operator'slicense, marked lanes/lanechanges at East Galbraith Road,Nov. 30.
arrest, assaultSomeone damaged three interi-or doors, value $600; a glasswindow, value $500; a bath-room vanity mirror, value $200,and a glass top coffee table,value $300 at 4317 E. GalbraithRoad, Dec. 3.Disorderly conduct whileintoxicatedAt 7777 Blue Ash Road, Dec. 5.Driving under theinfluence-breath .08 plus,failure to comply with policeorder, no operator's license
At East Galbraith Road, Nov. 30.Drug trafficking, drug abuse,drug paraphernaliaAt Webster Avenue at BrooklineAvenue, Dec. 1.Telephone harassmentAt Oakwood Avenue, Dec. 4.TheftA woman said someone took a2004 Saturn Aura from a drive-way at 7808 Gail Drive, Dec. 5.A woman said someone took aGarmin GPS, value $200; $50cash, and other items from avehicle at Redmont Avenue,
Dec. 3.
MADEIRAArrests/citationsVinson A Bennett, 29, 5857Cherokee Drive, driving underinfluence, Nov. 11.Sushila J. Chokshi, 49, 4691 KohlsCourt, underage sale to minor,Nov. 16.
Incidents/investigationsTheftVehicle taken at 8186 Montgo-mery Road, Nov. 17.Merchandise taken from Kroger;$151 at Miami Avenue, Nov. 21.Underage sales tominorAt 8186 Montgomery Road, Nov.16.
SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsBrittany Jones, 25, theft, com-plicity at 7875 MontgomeryRoad, Nov. 18.Myya McDonald, 22, 130 E. 14thSt., theft, complicity at 7875Montgomery Road, Nov. 18.Chevalier Johnson, 19, 1642 VineSt., theft, complicity at 7875Montgomery Road, Nov. 18.
Christopher Garner, 25, 6563Coffey St., theft at 7913 Mont-gomery Road, Nov. 19.Lisa Mistrali, 20, 8 Villette St.,theft at 7875 MontgomeryRoad, Nov. 23.Phillip Wyly, 54, 6146 Montgo-mery Road, theft at 7875Montgomery Road, Nov. 26.
Incidents/investigationsCriminal damagingVehicle damaged at 7875 Mont-gomery Road, Nov. 14.TheftCell phone and wallet valued at$300 removed at 8129 Montgo-mery Road, Nov. 17.Merchanidise valued at $30.29removed at 8020 MontgomeryRoad, Nov. 18.Screen and window of unknownvalue removed at 7875 Mont-gomery Road, Nov. 19.Wallet and contents of un-known value removed at 7875Montgomery Road, Nov. 24.Merchandise valued at $695removed at 4020 E GalbraithRoad, Nov. 20.Purse and contents of unknownvalue removed at 8240 Mont-gomery Road, Nov. 24.
POLICE REPORTS
ABOUT POLICE REPORTSPolice reports are gathered from reports on file with
local police departments. This information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence. TheCommunity Press publishes the names of all adults chargedwith offenses. Juveniles, those 17 and younger, are listed byage and gender.To contact your local police department:
» Columbia Township: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,Simon L. Leis, sheriff; Sgt. Peter Enderle. Call 683-3444» Deer Park: Michael Schlie, chief. Call 791-8056»Madeira: Frank Maupin, chief. Call 272-4214» Sycamore Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444
To increase its empha-sis on providing servicesto people affected by spi-na bifida, the Spina BifidaAssociation of Cincinnatiis becoming an indepen-dent organization serving17 counties in Ohio, Indi-ana and Kentucky.
The organization alsohas changed its name tothe Spina Bifida Coalitionof Cincinnati to make itclear that it is no longer af-filiated with the nationalSpina Bifida Association.
After careful consider-ation, the Spina Bifida Co-alition of Cincinnati boarddecided to end its affili-ation because the board of
directors believes themission of the national or-ganization is no longerfully aligned with coali-tion’s mission. The coali-tion’s primary mission isto provide services to itsclients. The national or-
ganization’s primary mis-sion seems to be raisingmoney to fund spinabifidaresearch.
“Our main focus willcontinue to be helpingpeople born with spina bi-fida lead full, active lives
in our region,” said JustinBifro, coalition chair. “Weacknowledge that re-search continues to be vi-tal to lessen the impact ofspina bifida on future gen-erations. But we think ourorganization is best suited
to enhancing the lives ofthose affected by spina bi-fida today.
“Our board is con-vinced that this is theright decision for our cli-ents because it will keepour focus on providinghigh-quality services andprograms to them,” hesaid.
Programs and servicesof the coalition will not beimpacted. Because thechanges are mostly inter-nal ones, thecoalition’s cli-ents, donors and volun-teers might not even no-tice anydifferences, otherthan the organization’snew name and logo.
Spina bifida group moves in new direction
Families participate in the annual Walk & Roll, a fund-raising event of the Spina BifidaCoalition of Cincinnati in September. THANKS TO BH PHOTOGRAPHY
