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GREEN TWP. —TheWest Sideis getting a new Potbelly Sand-wich Shop.
The national restaurantchain, which was founded inChicago and has more than 280shops throughout the country,plans to open a new restauranton the site of the former TacoBell at 6430 Glenway Ave. inGreen Township.
Potbelly has six locations inthe Greater Cincinnati area.The only other Potbelly shop onthe West Side is at NorthgateMall in Colerain Township.
GPD Group, an architectur-
al, engineering and planningfirmbased inAkron,Ohio, is thedeveloper for the project andhas applied for a Planned UnitDevelopment zoning designa-tion with Hamilton County.
Adam Goetzman, GreenTownship’s assistant adminis-trator and director of planningand development, said the de-veloper is scheduled to appearbefore the county’s Rural Zon-ing Commission for approval ofthe project May 15.
“The property is alreadyzoned for commercial activity,”he said, noting the developer isseeking variances for site set-backs.
Goetzman said the proposal
is to tear down the old Taco Bellbuilding and replace it with anew, freestanding Potbellyshop. Taco Bell vacated the sitelast year when it built a new Ta-co Bell restaurant a few blocksnorth on Glenway.
The plans call for light com-mercial construction, and hesaid the sandwich shopwill fea-ture a brick and stucco facadeand look similar to other free-standing Potbelly restaurants.
He said he expects the devel-oper to break ground on con-struction within 90 days of re-ceiving a building permit. Pot-belly is projected to take occu-
The former Taco Bell restaurant space on Glenway Avenue in GreenTownship will be replaced by a new Potbelly Sandwich Shop.Construction on the new restaurant is expected to begin this summerand Potbelly should be open by the end of the year.KURT BACKSCHEIDER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Potbelly Sandwich Shop planned for Green Twp.By Kurt [email protected]
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GREENTWP.—MercyHealth– West Hospital is working tosolve a parking challenge at thecampus, just six months afterthe hospital opened.
“The response to the hospi-tal by theWest Side communityhas surpassed our expecta-tions,” the hospital’s Site Ad-ministrator and Vice Presidentof Operations Michael Kramersaid.
“While we’re pleased withthe strong response, we need toaddress expanding our parkingoptionsfor theconvenienceandcomfort of our patients.”
To help identify solutions tothe parking limitations, MercyHealth asked students fromthree of its partner schools onthe West Side to develop cre-ative ways to solve the issue.
“We have 28 partner schoolsandwe like to linkwith them asoften as we can,” Kramer said.“This was a real life situation.”
Nanette Bentley, spokes-woman for Mercy Health, saidteams of students fromMotherof Mercy High School, McAu-ley High School and HarrisonJuniorHighSchool –all threeofwhich have engineering pro-grams – worked on the project.They met with Kramer inMarch toreceive theoutline fortheir two-part challenge.
The students were taskedwith coming up with long- andshort-term solutions for park-ing that can meet peak parkingdemand scenarios for hospitaland medical office buildingstaff while still allowing amplepatient parking, and evaluatingthe long- and short-term plans
Mercy Health put into placetentatively to determine whichmight be the best solution,Bentley said.
Students used hospital blue-prints and spreadsheets detail-ing potential peak parking de-mand and actual parking de-mand to evaluate solutions, andshe said they presented theirrecommendations to a group ofphysicians, administrators,practice managers, engineers,architects and other hospitalemployees May 1.
“All three schools did an ab-solutely outstanding job,” Kra-mer said. “It was high quality
work. Everyone was thorough-ly impressed.”
Six judges evaluated thepresentations and scored thestudents’ solutions based oncreativity, feasibility and pro-jected outcome, he said.
The team of seventh- andeighth-graders from HarrisonJunior High School presentedthe winning idea, which earnedthem $250 for their school, but
Area students help Mercy Healthsolve parking issue at West Hospital
Mother of Mercy High School senior Claire Garbsch presents her team’s solution for the parking challengesat Mercy Health – West Hospital. Mercy Health asked students from three of its partner schools to helpsolve a lack of parking at the new hospital.THANKS TO TAD BUTLER
YOUR TURNMercy West opened off North Bend Road six months ago – Nov. 10.
Has the hospital been good for the community? Why or why not? Whatconcerns do you have about the hospital? What have been your experi-ences?Share your thoughts with us at [email protected] or
The Oak Hills Local SchoolDistrict is beginning a searchfor a new treasurer.
Oak Hills Treasurer RondaJohnson is resigning from the
district, effec-tive July 31.
She’s accept-ed the chief fi-nancial officerposition withMason CitySchools and willbegin her newrole Aug. 1.
“Masonshares my corevalues of highacademicachievementwith strong fi-nancial stew-ardship,” shesaid. “Theyhave an out-standing repu-
tation for excellence and I amexcited for this opportunity.”
Oak Hills SuperintendentTodd Yohey said the board ofeducation has enlisted helpfrom the Ohio Association ofSchool Business Officials inthe search for a new treasurer.He said district officials metwith representatives of thestate association May 5 to be-gin developing a profile for theposition.
Oak Hillstreasureraccepts jobwith MasonschoolsBy Kurt [email protected]
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GREEN TWP. — Town-ship officials have assem-bledagroupof residents toserve on the Green Town-ship Financial ReviewCommittee.
The board of trusteesasked12businessandcom-munity leaders to serve onthe committee. The com-mittee will focus on the
short- and long-term sta-bility of the township’s fi-nances.
Committee membersinclude Joseph Seta, SteveSimendinger, Lynne Case,Sandy McCann, TonyHornbach, Tony Upton,Dan Crowley, Mary Sulli-van, Kevin Brewer, MikeRicke, Mike Odioso and
Andy Barlow.A press release from
the township stated thetrustees are “interested ininvolving an independentgroup of individuals whocan help review financialinformation from each de-partment and analyze lev-els of service.”
The committee will fo-
cus especially on police,fire and emergency medi-cal services.
The group’s first meet-ingwas scheduled forMay7 at the township admini-stration building.
Department heads andthe township’s budgetcommittee gave presenta-tions during the meeting.
Green Twp. forms financial review committee
Kramer said the hospitalplans to use solutionsfrom all three schools inthe long- and short-term.
He said the Harrisonteam created a three-di-mensional model of thehospital and proposedparking solution.
Their recommenda-tion was to add two park-ing garages to the hospi-tal campus, he said.
Mercy Health has al-ready received approvalfrom the county to con-struct a 90-spot parkinglot at the hospital, andKramer said the nextphase they’ll explore isadding a parking garage.
“I think it’s very real-istic the West Side willsee a new parking struc-ture in thenot-too-distantfuture,” he said.
Mercy High SchoolPrincipal David Muellerand McAuley HighSchool President CherylSucher both said they aregrateful their schools en-joy a partnership withthe hospital and theywere excited studentshad the opportunity towork with Mercy Healthprofessionals to addressa real-world problem.
“Applying their class-room learning with arealistic problem is theultimate learning experi-ence,” Sucher said.
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He said the schoolboard plans to have a newtreasurer in place byearly August.
Johnson is in her 15thyear working for OakHills. She worked as thedistrict’s assistant trea-surer for five years andhasbeen the treasurer forthe past 10 years.
She said over the past15 years the district hasworked to build a cultureof financial stability andtransparency, includingestablishing Choosing Fi-nancial Stability engage-ment sessions for thecommunity, transferringinside millage for perma-nent improvements andthe most recent passageof a new levy.
“I was part of a veryspecial team for many
years, and whileMason isa tremendous profession-al opportunity, Oak Hillswill always have a specialplace in my heart,” John-son said.
Yohey said Johnsonhas been an outstandingtreasurer and has servedOak Hills very well as afiscal manager.
“Her conservative ap-proach to spending tax-payer dollars has allowedOak Hills to remain nearthe bottom for HamiltonCounty in expendituresper pupil (the districtpresently spends thethird lowest per pupil inthe county),” Yohey said.
He said he wishesJohnson nothing but thebestandhasenjoyed theirtime working together.
“I look forward toworking with a new trea-surer to maintain fiscalresponsibility surround-ed by quality of instruc-tion,” Yohey said.
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pancy of the spacesometime later this year,he said. Turning a vacantrestaurant property into anew, viable commercialoperation is a positive forthe township, Goetzman
said.“The development will
have a more modern con-figuration,” he said.
Potbelly’s menu in-cludes a variety of made-to-order toasted sand-wiches, soups, salads,chili, shakes, malts,smoothies and bakedgoods.
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McAuley alumnaeinvited to Mass
In September, McAu-leyHighSchool lost oneofits dear former guidancecounselors.
Ken Hammel passedaway at his home in Texasafter a long illness. Hewas a fun-loving, caring,and inspiring man who,alongwith his wife, on theoccasion of their 50thwedding anniversary, es-tablished anongoingHon-orarium to assist oneMcAuley student eachyear with tuition.
Services were held inTexas, but it was Ham-mel’s wish to have a me-morial Mass at McAuley.Former students and par-ents are most welcome toattend.Theservicewillbeheld at1p.m. Friday, June6, in McAuley’s Perform-ing Arts Center. A recep-tionwill follow.Interestedalumnae should RSVP toKathy Hauser at [email protected].
Cub Scouts hostingspaghetti dinner
Cub Scout Pack 187,which is comprised ofscouts from St. AloysiusGonzaga and St.Martin ofTours, is hosting a spa-
ghetti dinner from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May15, in the cafeteria at St.Aloysius, 4366 Bridge-town Road.
The spaghetti dinner isopen toanyone in thecom-munity and the CubScouts have a special invi-tation to area senior citi-zens toenjoy this sit-downmeal served by the scoutswhile getting a specialpreview of the upcomingweekend’s festival.
The dinner takes placethe night before St. Al’sannual parish festival.Dinner guests will havethe opportunity to pur-chase tickets for a num-ber of the festival boothsincluding the majoraward, cake and flowerbooths and others.
Tickets for the dinnerare $7 and include spa-ghetti, meatballs, breadstick, drink and dessert.
All tickets will be soldat the door.
Aubrey Rose hostsannual golf outing
The Aubrey RoseFoundation’s annual golfouting, the Aubrey Open,will take place Sunday,May 18, at Aston OaksGolf Club, North Bend.
This is the 14th annualAubrey Open. Proceedsbenefit the foundation,which helps families car-ing for children with life-threatening illnesses byproviding emotional andfinancial support.
Cost to participate inthe outing is $100 per golf-er, and includes18holesofgolf, cart, lunch, dinnerand drinks on the course.
A professional skydiv-er fromTeamFastraxwillskydive in to deliver thefirst ball to be hit off thefirst tee.
For more information,or to sign up for the out-ing, visit www.aubreyrose.org/golftournament.
Westwood Civichonoring students
The next meeting ofthe Westwood Civic Asso-ciationwill feature the or-ganization’s annual Stu-dent of the Year awardsceremony.
Students from theWestwood schools will behonored as their family,teachers, principals andthe community applaudstheir efforts.
Cincinnati Mayor JohnCranley is scheduled toofficiate the awards cere-
mony.The ceremony begins
at 7 p.m. Tuesday,May 20,at Westwood Town Hall.
The civic association’sregularmeetingwill com-mence following the cere-mony.
Pioneer Antique &Hobby Associationmeeting this month
The May meeting ofthe Pioneer Antique &Hobby Association willbeginat7:30p.m.Wednes-day, May 21, at NathanaelGreene Lodge, 6394 Wes-selman Road, GreenTownship.
Association memberJack Perry will serve asthis month’s speaker. Hisprogramisentitled“Juda-ism: Facts and Trivia.”
Perry plans to exploreinteresting backgroundand facts, discuss Juda-ism versus Christianitysimilarities and differ-ences, and will displaysome exhibits.
A program she helpedstart at the recreationcommission – Bikes In-spire Kids Environmen-tally (BIKE) – offersyouth inCincinnati theop-portunity to explore andlearn about the region’secosystems firsthand.
With a fleet of 16 newbikes obtained via a grantfromtheCincinnatiPoliceActivities League, theprogram takes kids onbike paths through vari-ousparks in thecityandtodestinations like the OttoArmleder Memorial Parkon the Little Miami River.
The trips allow kids toget some fresh air and ex-ercise, meet new peopleand enjoy scenic areas ofCincinnati and NorthernKentucky.
Participants also buildontheirknowledgeofsub-jects they have beentaught in school like localgeography and the watercycle.
“We discuss flood-plains, watersheds andother important topicsduring our rides, and thebest part is that we havefun doing it,” Haar said.
Cleves, Three Rivershost electronicsrecycling event
The village of Cleves,in cooperationwithCohenUSA and the Taylor HighSchool Recycling Club, issponsoring a free elec-tronics recyclingdrop-offevent from9 a.m. to1p.m.Saturday, May 17, at theThree Rivers EducationalCampus, 56 Cooper Road,Cleves.
Everyone, regardlessof where they live, is en-couraged to drop-off un-wanted household elec-tronics for safe, secureand environmentally re-sponsible recycling withconvenient “drive-thru”unloading.
Itemswhich will be ac-cepted for free includecomputers, routers, mo-dems, CD-ROMS, harddrives, telephones, cellphones, hand held elec-tronic devices, printers,faxmachines, copiers andmore.
There will be a small
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fee for televisions andCRTmonitors.
Large appliances, lightbulbs, batteries, paint, oiland items containing Fre-on will not be accepted.
A complete listing ofacceptable and non-ac-ceptable items can befound at www.cleves.org.
For additional infor-mationonthehandling/re-cycling of the electronicitems collected at thisevent, visit http://cohenusa.com/electronics-recycling.
Be part of our promphoto gallery
It’s prom season andwe want to see your pho-tos from the big night.
The best of your sub-missions will appear inphoto galleries at Cincin-nati.com and some mayalso be used in the Com-munity Press newspa-pers.
Email your digital pho-tos with names and highschools of everyone ap-pearing in them to [email protected].
Please put whichschool’s prom your shotsare from in the subjectline of the email.
Miami Twp. vetssought for flight
The Miami HeightsCivic Association is look-ing for a World War II orKorean War veteran tosponsor for the TriStateHonor Flight program.
Honor Flight fliesWorld War II and KoreanWar veterans to Washing-ton, D.C., to give veteransthe opportunity to see the
memorials dedicated totheir service.
Veterans interested inbeing sponsored by thecivic association must beresidents of Miami Town-ship, Hamilton County.
For information, callRegina Hensley, civic as-sociation president, at941-7680.
Plant saleThe Monfort Heights/
White Oak CommunityAssociation will hold itsplant sale on Saturday,May 17, at 2951 Timber-view Drive. For the firsttime, our plant sale isscheduledearlier than theAssociation’s traditionalSummer Garden Tour,which will not occur untilthe third week of June.
Organizerssaythenewearlier date for the salewill help gardeners planttheir new plants beforethey mulch the gardens.Many kinds of plants willbe offered for sale, in-cludingbrunnera, cannas,tuberoses, calla lilies,Cransbill geraniums,dwarf irises,Siberian iris-es, daylilies, hostas andcatmint.
This is an opportunityfor theassociation toraisefunds for its projects.
MHWO associationmeets May 14
The Monfort Heights/White Oak Associationmeets at 7:30 Wednesday,May 14, at the GreenTownship Senior Center,3620 Epley Road.
Speaker is will be Ben-nett Dowling presenting aprogramon the topic “Na-tives and Invasives.”
Even for those who donot garden, this should bean interesting topic, asyou notice the aggressivenon-native plant speciesaround town that are tak-ing over from those that“belong” here. As always,Dowlingwill remain afterthe presentation to sharerefreshments and discussgardening topics with theaudience.
Rosary rally at ElderElder High School’s
Class of 1948 is sponsor-ing the ninth annual fam-ilyrosaryrallyat1:30p.m.Sunday, May 18, at ElderStadium.
The program includesrecitation of the rosaryfollowed by benedictionof theBlessedSacrament.In case of rain, the eventwill be in Elder’s Field-house.
Youth group hostspancake breakfast
The St. John’s West-minster Youth Group ishosting a pancake break-fast 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sun-day, May 18, at St. John’sChurch, 1085 Neeb Road.
The youth are raisingmoney for their annualmission trip this summer.Cost is $6/adult and $4/child at the door. Therewill be a split-the-pot, raf-fle and silent auction.
Strawberrycelebration
Hillside CommunityGarden will host itsStrawberry Celebrationand Plant Sale event from11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,May 17, on the campus ofThe College of Mount St.Joseph, Earth Connectionbuilding, 370 Neeb Road.
In case of rain theeventwill continue inside.
Hillside CommunityGarden is on the campusof The College of MountSt. Joseph. For more in-formation and detailed di-rections, go to www.hillsi-degardendelhi.com, orcontact Barb Huber, Hill-side Community GardenSecretary, at [email protected].
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At Seton High School’s Ash Wednes-day Mass, the Rev. Jim Walsh’s homilyinspired many hearts – in particular theentire sophomore class.
In Eric Green’s Church history class-es, the students came up with an ideawhich they have called The CharityBowl.
“TheCharityBowlwas the brainchildof thestudents.Thesophomoresfeltper-sonally challenged by Father Walsh,”Green said. “When he asked us to sacri-fice, not just for the sakeof sacrifice, but
to give something back to the Lord, thestudents responded to the call.”
They decided that as a class theywould give up candy during Lent, andput the money they would normallyspend on candy into a bowl –TheCharityBowl. The students hope to raise $100 to$200, and at the end of Lent they are vot-ing on a charity to donate the money to.
“Giving somethingup forLent is sucha simple way for me to experience mak-ing sacrifices, just as Christ did for us,”sophomore Mackenzie Beiersdorfer
said. “By donating themoneywe save tocharity we are notmaking sacrifices forthesimple sakeofmakingsacrifices, butdoing it to benefit others in the spirit ofLent.”
Sophomore Emma Stock feels it hasbeen a blessing to see the bowl becomefuller over the past few weeks.
“Watching themoney fromeach classadd up every day really puts in perspec-tive how such a small act canmake a dif-ference,” Stock said. “I am excited forour class to choosewhich charity we are
goingtodonate themoneytoat theendofLent.”
Green is proud of the students foropeningtheirhearts toWalsh’schallengeand for giving something back to theLord.
“By sacrificing candy for 40 days, wecan raise a little money for a great char-ity,” he said. “This act drawsus all closerto Jesus not only in our prayers, but alsoinsocialaction. It is somethingsmall,butsomething worth doing. Who knowswhere this ‘mustard seed’ might lead?”
Sophomores who donated to the charity bowl include, from left: Olivia Jones, Marcy Klus, Abbey Barnette, Nicole Bertke, Ashley Luebbe and Emma Anglavar. PROVIDED
Seton High School sophomores take unique Lenten challenge
BIG BIRTHDAY
Becky Veid, a fourth-grader at St. Dominic School, wanted to dosomething different for her 10th birthday. Instead of bringingbirthday gifts for her to her party, her guests were asked to bringnon-perishable food and clothing items for the St. Vincent de PaulSociety at St. Dominic Church. Veid collected 107 cans of food, 72pairs of gloves, hats, scarves, 13 packages of socks, five coats and$500 in cash for St. Vincent de Paul. Pictured with Veid are, fromleft: teacher Wendy Smith, Jerry Luebbering, Bob Sanker and HarryGroen of the St. Dominic St. Vincent de Paul Society, teacherHeather Pennington and Principal Bill Cavanaugh. PROVIDED
ThisWesternHills Press-area studentmade the secondquar-ter honor roll at Ursuline Academy:
JUNIORSecond honors
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URSULINE HONOR ROLL
Ten students from McAuleyHigh School traveled to Wash-ington, D.C., to protest the 41stanniversary of the Roe v. Wadedecision, which legalized abor-tion.
They traveled with a com-bined parish youth group for St.Ignatius and St. JohnNeumann.The McAuley students on the
trip were Abby Albrinck, KarliAuberger,KatieBergmann,An-na Buczkowski, Emma Geckle,Hannah Geckle, KierstenHughes, Maya Hughes, Saman-tha Rauh and AmandaWood.
SeniorHannahGecklewrotethe following reflection on thebus ride home: “I am honored,humbled, and blessed to be one
of the estimated 600,000 peoplewho stoodup for the right to lifetoday. I am so incredibly thank-ful foreachandeveryadultwhohelped to make a simple ideainto an incredible experience.God is so good and it’s becauseof Him and some hard workinggrown-up friends that this waspossible.”
In front of the Capitol are, from left: front, Kiersten Hughes, Emma Geckle, Hannah Geckle, Amanda Wood,Katie Bergmann and Anna Buczkowski; second row, Abby Albrinck, Maya Hughes, Karli Auberger and SamRauh. PROVIDED
McAuley students head to D.C. for Life March
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GREENTWP.—He’s the voiceof the Oak Hills High Schoolbaseball team.
He is Kyle Weisker.Weisker isn’t your average
15-year-oldsophomore.Helike-ly knows more about sportsthan the next person and he’slikely been to more sportingevents than the average fan.
The Oak Hills public ad-dress announcer, member ofthe marching band and varsitybasketball team manager justviews sports a little differentlythan you and I.
Weisker’s been totally blindsince birth.
But it wasn’t something thatwas going to keep him from hisdream of a career in sports.
“So many people are afraidto come out of their shell,”Weisker said. “Basically, I justfeel like that’s not an option.You can’t do that.Youhave to atleast put yourself out there andif you don’t succeed at some-thing, at least you tried. I feellikemybiggest thing is just try-ing things.”
Sports are something his fa-ther,Dave, instilled inhimat anearly age.Dave – anElderHighSchool graduate – now joins hisson in the booth to lend a help-ing hand during Highlanderhome games.
“He’s never met a micro-phone he doesn’t like,” Davesaid. “Tome this is no differentthanmewatching him play. It’sjust awesome.”
Growing up Weisker wastreated no differently thanmost kids. He made his fairshare of trips to the CincinnatiZoo, Kings Island and evenTheBeach Waterpark. It’s an up-bringing that’s led to where heis today.
“We took him everywhere,”Dave said. “That’s what you dowith your kids. Does he havehis limitations? Absolutely, butanything we ever did with anyof our kids we did with him.That’s kind of how we ap-proached everything and Ithink it’s helped make him be-lievehecandoanythingheputshis mind to.”
Kyle’s first PA gig was atRapid Run Middle School withthe basketball team. Aftermany conversations with Fit-ness Education teacher and as-
sistant baseball coach GregLeurck, many revolvingaround the game of baseball,they made plans to get Kyle in-volved with the team.
“He’s good at it, too,” Leurcksaid of Weisker’s PA skills.“You can hear his voice get intoit; he gets into it. He’s preparedand he’s organized, too.”
As a PA announcer, his du-ties include announcing thelineups before the game, intro-ducing the OakHills players asthey take the field before thegame, introducing each batterto theplateandgiving thescoreat the end of each inning.
Before each home gameDave reads off the team’s ros-ters for Kyle to input into hisBrailleNote, which then readsback to him, in Braille, thenames of the players. Roughly10 minutes before the gameKyle gets to work announcingthe teams, andafter theNation-al Anthem, it’s time to play ball.Andit’s timefortheWeiskerstogo to work.
“Baseball’s always been
very important to me,” Kylesaid before his Highlandersbeat La Salle High School 7-3May 6. “When I was little, meand my dad would go to a lot ofRedsgames. Iwouldsay it’soneof my biggest passions.”
Some days Kyle’s grandfa-ther Dale visits the booth andyou’ll find three generations ofWeiskers working as one tohelp Kyle perfect his passion.
“It is awesome,” Kyle said.“It’s really been a great bond-ing experience for us. Being ateenager, it’s sometimeshardtofind those things and it’s just soawesome to get to do this withhim and have our quality timetogether.”
As far as the future goes,this isn’t something Kyle’s do-ing topass the time.Hehasavi-sion for himself down the road.
“I would like a career insports, so I’mplanningongoingto (Ohio University) to get ajournalism degree. I wouldkindof like todomore in thean-alyzing type of thing.”
Oak Hills High School sophomore Kyle Weisker, front, is joined in thepress box with his father Dave, left, and grandfather Dale after thefirst inning of Oak Hills’ baseball game against La Salle High SchoolMay 6.TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS
Oak Hills’ Weisker won’t letlimitations hold him backBy Tom [email protected]
PRICEHILL— If you smell anaroma around Elder HighSchool, it’s not Price Hill Chili;it’s the smell of success comingfrom the tennis team.
The Panthers are 12-5 as ateam this season and are cur-rently ranked No. 8 in the En-quirer Division I area coachespoll. All seven of coach GlennWauligman’s regulars boastwinning records this season.
“Themoralewas goodgoingin (to theseason)and it’s stayedfun the whole time,” Waulig-man said, who is in his fourthseason as coach of the Pan-thers. “The morale hasn’t gonedown, it’s excelled up and thekids are having fun.We’re hav-ing fun and being successful.”
The biggest surprise of theseason has come from theNo.1doubles team ofGlenn’s sopho-more son Bryce and juniorpartner Nick Rolfes. Bryce is16-7 in doubles matches thisseason, while Rolfes is 13-6.The duoplayed a pivotal role inan upset win over Lovelandearlier in the season by pullingout a two-hour, 45-minutethree-set victory in the snowlifting thePanthers toa3-2win.
“I thought in the beginningof the year they were going toget a butt-kicking the wholeyear because they’re playinggood competition every day,”coachWauligman said.
Theduohelped thePanthersto a first-place finish in theBest of the West tournamentand finished third inFlightBatthis year’s Coaches Classic.
Bryce’s play has been aneven bigger surprise consider-ing he missed most of the off-season training after finding afracture in his back, missingthediving seasonandmusclingthrough weeks of physicaltherapy.
“You’redefinitelyproudasafather and proud as a coach,”Bryce’s dad said of his son’sperformance this season. “Hewas the only one coming backwith doubles experience. I
knew his capabilities and hejust got better and better.”
With 28 doubles victories inless than two seasons, Brycehas a real shot of breaking hisolder brother Blake’s schoolrecord of 42 by the end of hisplaying career.
The rock of the squad hasbeen senior Luke Groene. Notonly has his play been out-standing (14-6 on the season),but his senior leadership fromthe No. 1 singles position hasbeen vital. The TransylvaniaUniversity commit has takenhis teammates under his wingand on the courtwhere he chal-lenges them every day.
“He practicewith (No. 3 sin-gles player) Drew Lovell and(No. 2 singles player) AndrewCole all offseason trying tobuild them up,” the coach said.“That’swhereyousawthe lead-ership come out and he’s beingrewarded for it too. It’s neat toseesomeonecallingouthisoth-er teammates to come playwith him and say ‘hey, comekick my butt if you can.’”
Cole is 13-7 this season,while Lovell is 15-8.
Sophomores Anthony Dilo-nardo and Ryan Sullivan are11-4 together at No. 2 doublesand have given the team a bigboost in thebackendafter star-ringas the top twosinglesplay-ers on junior varsity last sea-son.
“I knew they were going tobe good, but not this good,”coach Wauligman said. “Put-tingthematNo.2doubleswasablessing. They have been phe-nomenal.”
Elder High School sophomoreBryce Wauligman hits a returnover the net during a match thisseason. Wauligman is 16-7 thisseason at the No. 1 doublesposition.THANKS TO GLENN
CLEVES — It was just fiveyears agowhen theTaylorHighSchool girls’ junior varsity bas-ketball team was forced to for-feit the final11gamesof thesea-son due to academics.
It’s been quite a transforma-tion since then.
The 2013-14 varsity girls bas-ketball team boasts an overallteam grade point average of3.833, ranking them 16th in thestateaccordingto theOhioHighSchool Basketball Coaches As-sociation.
The Yellow Jackets are theonly female basketball teamfrom Cincinnati ranked in thetop 35 in the state.
“We’ve tried to really set thisin-place, so to say it’s a surpriseis not true,” coach John Scha-blein said. “I took over fiveyears ago (when junior varsityhad to forfeit games). I camefrom 13 years at Roger Baconwhere that just flat out didn’t
happen.”By rule you can only submit
eight players’GPAs to the state.Itwasastrugglefor thecoachtowhittle his roster down from12.
“The rule is (all eight play-ers) have to play varsity min-utes,” Schablein added, who isalso the girls’ softball coach atTaylor. “To be honest, it was abattle to be one of the eight kidsIputon there. Ihavea lot ofkidsfromthe3.7-3.75area. I leftkidsoff with north of a 3.4 GPA.”
With a fresh format formon-itoring his players’ grades inplace, Schablein watched thetransformation take place fromfive years ago.
“We instituted a grading pe-riod every two weeks prior togrades (being official), signedby teachers sowewereon topofit and watching it,” the coachsaid. “Somekidswanted to play,just not by those rules. Overthat time period we’ve beenable to attract kids who want tobe dedicated on both ends.”
After finishing in the top 20
last season, moving to 16th wasgreat, but the coach takes a lotofpride inbeingthe loneCincin-nati team in the top 35.
“My perception (in highschool) - and I went to La Salleand am from the West Side -(was that) Taylor was a non-en-tity,” Schablein added. “Comingover from Bacon I didn’t knowwhat to expect. When (formerathletic director) Mike Camp-bell toldmewe lost our JV teamto academics I was certainly alittle worried. Now these kidsgive a darn, care what people
think of their school and I takemoreprideinchangingthatper-ception.”
Sophomore Becca PesslerranksNo. 2 inherclassbasedonGPA and Schablein has two oth-er sophomores who also rank inthe top 10. He has some girlstaking classes for college cred-it, including a junior who hasracked up nearly a year’s worthof college credit.
“You feel good about thekids,” Schablein said. “You win10 games, but you know yourkids are going to be successful.
That takes some stress off meand quite honestly, I never haveto worry about getting thegrade reports. It’s more abouthow good they are going to be.”
While success off the courtlooks almost certain for theseyoung Yellow Jackets, Scha-blein admits the smartshelp outon the court as well.
“From a basketball stand-point when your two pointguardsare in the3.9 (GPA)area,you don’t really have to teachthingsoverandover for themtoget it. That helps a little bit too.”
Taylor girls basketballboasts top GPA in Cincinnati
The Taylor High School girls’basketball team includes, fromleft: Front, Emma Haussler,Samantha Simms, CaitlynBowman; middle, Kaylyn Schmitz,Nikke Faulkner, Becca Pessler,Allie Dolan, Teresa Rapking, SaraCoffey; back, assistant coach J.T.Schablein, Joy Glacken, HannahMeckstroth, Tracey Wiehe, RandiSchutte, Emily Godar, assistantcoach Dennis Dinkelacker andcoach John Schablein. The YellowJackets rank 16th in the statebased on GPA for the 2013-2014season with a 3.833 team GPA.THANKS TO TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL
A8 • WESTERN HILLS PRESS • MAY 14, 2014 SPORTS & RECREATION
Baseball» Sophomore Michael
Hubertwent five inningsto help Oak Hills to a 7-3win over La Salle May 6.Jake Collinsworth went2-for-3 with a double andtwo RBI in the win.
Oak Hills lost to Lako-ta East 11-7 May 7. BothMattBaasandTylerHar-ley hit home runs anddrove in three runs.
After trailing 1-0early, OakHills scored11consecutive runs to beatTurpin 11-1 in six inningsMay 8. The victory wasNo. 400 of his career forhead coach Chuck Lau-mann. Chuck’s son Benwent 3-for-4 with a dou-ble in the victory.
» The Lancers re-bounded from the OakHills loss to upset Moell-er 6-2 May 7 behind NickErnst’s six innings and
nine strikeouts. NigelWilliams and AnthonyBell each drove in tworuns.
» Taylor took it to Fin-neytown12-4May 6. Sen-
ior Sam Bell went 4-for-4with a home run, threetriples and sevenRBI forthe Yellow Jackets.Freshman Ryan Whitthadadouble for theWild-cats.
Finneytown rebound-ed to beat the YellowJackets11-7 thefollowingday. Senior Austin Leighwent 4-for-5 with threeRBI for the Wildcats,while juniorJoshWagnerdrove in two for Taylor.
Taylor shut outMarie-mont 4-0 May 8 behindsenior Tyler Kelty’s per-formance on the mound.
»Walnut Hillsblanked Western Hills9-0 May 6. SophomoreTommy Steadman had atriple for the Mustangs.
» St. Xavier knockedoff Elder 12-9 May 7. Ju-nior Charlie Gaede went3-for-4 with two RBI forthe Bombers, while sen-ior Dominic Faillace fin-ished the day 3-for-4 forthe Panthers.
Softball»McAuley blanked
Mercy 10-0 in five in-ningsMay6.AvaLawsonwent 3-for-4 for the Mo-hawks with a double,home run and three RBI.
Lloyd (KY) slippedpast Mercy 8-7 in eightinnings May 8. JuniorJessica Richter drove inthree runs for the Bob-cats.
Sycamore handed St.Xavier its first loss of theseason 5-0 May 7.
» Taylor took downNew Richmond 3-2 May7.SeniorTimmyRapkingbeat New Richmond ju-nior AlexGrooms 6-3, 6-1at No. 1 singles.
» LaSalleshutoutHar-rison 5-0 May 8 behind a6-0, 6-0 victory from ju-nior Rob Riesenbeck atNo. 2 singles.
Boys lacrosse»Moeller slipped past
Elder 9-8 May 7. JakeLuebbe and J.T. Williamseach scored twogoals forthe Panthers.
Girls lacrosse»Mercy lost to Seven
Hills 17-12 May 7.
Boys track» La Salle won the La
Rosa’s InvitationalMay 8with a score of 252, best-ing Mount Healthy by 52points. Junior Tyler Har-mon won both the 200-and 400-meter events,while junior Darius Heistook home the 300 hur-dles title. In the fieldevents, senior Zach Alla-benwon thediscuswith athrow of 137-09.
Oak Hills High School’s JakeCollinsworth dives, butcan’t catch the line drive offthe bat of Lakota WestHigh School’s GrantSchuermann during thefourth inning of Oak Hills’4-0 home loss May 5. GARYLANDERS/COMMUNITY PRESS
La Salle upset Moell-er 6-2May 7 atRobert T.Schuler Park to im-prove to11-11on the sea-son. It was just LaSalle’s second win overthe Crusaders in thepast six seasons.
Junior right fielderAnthony Bell capped afive-run fourth inningwith a two-run doublefor one of his two hits onthe day.
The Lancers openedup a 1-0 lead in the sec-ond inning on seniorAlex Dickey’s two-outRBI single to centerscoring Jack Morgan.
Junior Nigel Williamsadded two RBI with atwo-out single in thefourth to make it 3-0 be-fore Eric Greeneknocked in a run settingup Bell’s double.
Junior Nick Ernstwent six innings andstruck out nine to pickup thewin.Dickeycamein for the seventh toclose it out.
The win by La SallepreventedMoeller frompicking up its 1,000thwin in school history.
Lancers upset Moeller
Nigel Williams hits a two-run single in the fourth inning of La Salle’s 6-2win over Moeller.TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
La Salle’s Jake Morgan reacts after scoringduring the Lancers’ 6-2 win over Moeller.TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
MAY 14, 2014 • WESTERN HILLS PRESS • A9SPORTS & RECREATION
Currin swims for FindlayAnnie Currin, a health studies major
fromCincinnati, is amemberofTheUni-versity of Findlay women’s swimminganddivingteam,whichachievedScholarAll-American status for the 2013 fall se-mester.
The College Swimming Coaches As-sociation of America presents the TeamScholar All-American award to collegeand university swimming and divingteams who have achieved a cumulativegrade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Gleason, O’Hara take honorsTheCollegeofMountSt. Josephwom-
en’s lacrosse team swept the MidwestWomen’s Lacrosse Conference Player ofthe Week honors recently, with seniorChrissy O’Hara, a Mercy High Schoolgraduate and freshman Courtney Glea-
son, a Seton High School grad, claimingthe MWLC Offensive and DefensivePlayer of theWeek honors, respectively.
O’Hara, an attacker, helped lead theLions to a 2-1 record and was named theMWLC Player of the Week on offense.She scored three goalswith three assistsand two ground balls in an 18-11 confer-ence win over Aurora and added threegoalswith five assists in an18-3win overTrine. For that week, O’Hara scoredeight goals with nine assists and fiveground balls.
Gleason, a defensemen, has beennamed the Midwest Women’s LacrosseConference Player of the Week on de-fense. The freshman totaled eightcaused turnovers, eight ground balls,and was able to carry the ball the lengthof the field for two goals and an assist inthe Lions’ wins over Aurora and Trine.
CATCHING UPWITH COLLEGE ATHLETES
Delhi Jr. Golf LeagueSignups for the Delhi
Jr. Golf League are 5:30-6:30 p.m., Wednesday,May 28, at Delhi Par 3Clubhouse.
Fee is $45, and in-cludes four rounds pluepizza and prizes for tour-nament day.
Boys and girls ages 9through 12 are eligible.
Player tee times beginat3:30p.m.,Fridays,June6, June 13 and June 20.
A tournament isscheduled for Friday,June 27, with pizza andawards party to follow.
Call 922-0920 withquestions.
Junior High runnersJunior High girls en-
tering the seventh andeighth grade next fall areinvited to join the JuniorBobcat Running Pro-gram. The program is de-signed to introduceyoung athletes to long
distance running and thesport of cross countryand offers a summer andfall session.Girlsarewel-come to take part in oneor both programs. No ex-perience is needed to joinand the summer sessionis free. Those interestedshould contact JennyJackson at 802-2969 oremail [email protected].
An informationalmeeting will be 7 p.m.Thursday, May 22, atWestwood Town Hall.Full details of the pro-gram can be found atwww.juniorbobcats.com.
Sponsoring the JuniorBobcats this year areCone Zone, Kroner DryCleaners, Lenny’s Fruits& Vegetables and Scarla-to’s Pizza.
“The Junior BobcatRunning Program con-tinues to be an opportuni-ty for families and busi-ness on the West Side to
come together,” said Jen-ny Kroner Jackson. “Weare excited to partnerwith Westwood TownHall this year as ourmeeting location andhave the support of localbusinesses as we offeryoung girls the opportu-nity to become more fa-miliar with the runningcommunitywhilemakingnew friends. Our dedicat-ed volunteer coachesshare a passion for run-ning inafunenvironmentand help young girls gainconfidence in their ath-letic abilities.”
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Now, more of the story.Mygrandfatherwas off toWorldWar II.
As William (Bill) Hibben served, helearned to cut hair and became a barber intheArmy.AftercomingbackhometoPriceHill,Billdecidedhewouldmakeacareerofbeing a barber.
Livingcloseby,hemadeadealwithBurtJones in the late 1940s to buy his barbershop on Prout’s Corner.
His daughter, andmymother,Marydine(Yaeger) was soon cutting hair with him asthe first women being licensed as a barberin the Cincinnati Area in 1957. She held abeauty license as well.
In the mid 1960s, Hibben’s Barber Shopwas sold toLee’s.Bill andhiswifemoved toPompano Beach Florida for retirement.
Jay YaegerDelhi Township
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
William Hibben, left, his daughter Marydine, and an unidentified barber in 1957. THANKS TO JAY YAEGER
Fred Salaz is continuing thebarber shop tradition at Prout’sCorner in West Price Hill. Prout’sCorner has had a barber shopoperating in the historic buildingevery year since it opened in1929. Salaz opened his shop onProut’s Corner earlier this yearwhen a previous shop closed.KURTBACKSCHEIDER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS
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May 7 questionWhat drives you crazy about
other drivers?
“There are a few habits ofotherdrivers thatbugme:Oneis tailgating i.e. following tooclosely behind me when I amgoing the proper speed.
“The other is the lack of us-ing a turn signal.
“The final one would bethose driving with out insur-ance. It seems that half the ac-cidents are with drivers whodo not have the proper insur-ance. The Ohio DMV needs tobe authorized to check for andactually see an insurance cardfrom anyone getting licensetags or a driver’s license re-newal. Go Figure!”
T.D.T.
“1.Driverswhodon’tstopatcrosswalks. Pedestrians whodon’t use crosswalks.
“2. Drivers who turn rightright, then immediately waitto turn left into a corner prop-erty. They could have con-tinued straight and just madeone right turn without ob-structing traffic.
“3. Drivers that block an in-tersection when the light isgreen. If therewasn’t roomforyou to clear the intersection,just wait until the next lightcycle. This also leads to theother annoying drivers thattake this opening to make a‘right turn on red,’ taking ad-vantage of the driver waitinguntil there was room for themto advance. If everyone wouldjust be a bitmore patient, traf-fic should flow better as de-signed and if you don’t makethat traffic light cycle yourcar will be first in line for thenext green light.”
“4. Two way left turn lanes(chicken lanes or suicidelanes) are not passing lanes.”
M.T.
“Staying too close to mytrunk.”
Mary Ann Maloney
“Cutting corners left ofcenter......”
Chuck Gibson
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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONWhat advice would you give
to graduating high school andcollege seniors?
Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers to [email protected] with Ch@troomin the subject line.
Detecting breast cancerearly – before symptoms begin– can save lives.
The risk of breast cancerincreases with age, with 60 asthe average age for first breastcancer diagnosis in the UnitedStates. However, many young-er women are diagnosed withbreast cancer, and detectionsteps should begin in earlyadulthood. Starting in their20s, women should learn aboutthe benefits and limits ofbreast self-examinations. Per-formed correctly, a self-examis a systematic, step-by-stepmethod for detecting changesin breast tissue. By performingself-exams regularly, women
can becomefamiliar withhow theirbreasts nor-mally look andfeel so thatchanges be-come notice-able. Womenshould reportany changes totheir physicianimmediately.
Most experts recommendthat woman in their 20s and30s also receive a clinicalbreast exam at least once ev-ery three years. Performed bya medical professional, theseare a good opportunity to learn
how to conduct a self-exam.Physicians generally recom-
mend that women begin havingannual mammograms at age40. Women at higher riskshould consider other screen-ing tests as well. The AmericanCancer Society recommendsthat high-risk women haveannual mammograms alongwith anMRI beginning at age30. Recently, beliefs about thevalue of certain screeningprocedures and when theyshould be done have come intoquestion. The best thing to dois consult with a health careprofessional whose counselyou trust.
A positive diagnosis for
cancer presents women andtheir doctors with a number ofchoices for next steps. Thesecan include:
» surgery;» chemotherapy;» radiation therapy;» hormone therapy;» bone-directed therapy;» targeted therapy.The good news is that 80
percent of cancer survivorswill enjoy the same lifespan asthose who have never hadbreast cancer. The key is tocatch it early and stop it in itstracks.
Evan Z. Lang is a medical oncol-ogist.
Cancer detection: Step toward healthier future
Evan Z.LangCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Give kids the power! (Areyou crazy?)
Well, yes, at first blush thatsounds crazy. But, let me ex-plain.
Almost every day we readin the paper or hear a newsstory about child abuse, bully-ing, sometimes the death of achild and we shudder. We say,“Oh wow. That’s awful.” Wefeel genuinely sad.
Then – nothing. Nothing!We go on with our day. With
our lives. Until the next weekwhen something is in the newsagain.
Mother Theresa said, “Youcan’t do everything. But youcan do one thing.”
My one thing? – Preventingchild abuse.
Abuse:Physical. Sexu-al. Verbal.Bullying.These arestrong words.What they allhave in com-mon is themisuse of pow-er. In our soci-ety it is inher-ently the case
that adults have “power” overchildren. So when adults aregood this is a wonderful thing.But when the adult is the theperpetrator – we have a prob-lem. A huge problem.
What I have learned is thatwhen children are with adultsthat are making bad choices,
the best thing we can do is givea child knowledge; which inturn helps them to have power.Power to get help and stand upto the abusing adult. Manystudies show that much of thisbehavior is cyclical - the long-er we allow this to continue theproblem becomes exponential.
So I say, let’s give kidsknowledge. Let’s give kidspower. Let’s be the generationthat stops these horrificcrimes. Or at least try.
But how? How do we reachthese kids – when this is gener-ally done behind closed doors.And, when the “trusted” adultsays, “Don’t tell. It’s a secret.”
Enter Council On ChildAbuse. We have trained, ex-tremely caring prevention
specialists that provide class-room presentations about childabuse and peer abuse in K- 12schools throughout the GreaterCincinnati/Northern Kentuckyarea. Children learn abuseprevention and personal safetystrategies and have opportuni-ties to disclose current or pre-vious abuse, bullying and relat-ed problems.
The information reportedby the students results in get-ting help and keeping childrensafe.
This is where giving knowl-edge to children is crucial.With knowledge children havepower and now the tools to gethelp.
Abuse knows no boundaries.It cuts across all socio-econom-
ic, race and cultural back-grounds. No one is immune!
Now is a great time to getinvolved. Let’s help the chil-dren – the ones with no voice.No advocate. No choices.
Give children power?Oh, yes, I say, give them the
power! Power to stand up tothe adults abusing them.
How can you help?Call COCA to find out how
you can get involved; 513-936-8009, or visit our website:www.cocachild.org.
Sandy Owings Rabe is a resident ofSymmes Township and a boardmember of the Council On ChildAbuse. She is a retired kindergartenteacher in Sycamore CommunitySchool District.
Fight all types of abuse by giving kids power, knowledge and a voice
SandyOwings RabeCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES
WESTERNHILLSPRESS
WEDNESDAY, MAY14, 2014
Our Lady of Lourdes students in grades onethrough eight were the winners of a readingcontest sponsored by Xavier University.
Xavier University reported that more than10,000 bookmarks were distributed to the vari-ous school participants and Our Lady ofLourdes won with a total of 39 points per par-ticipating student.
The winning students:Ally Autenrieb, Anna Autenrieb, Vasilis Bat-
sakis, Riley Broughton, Will Broughton, RaidenBurton-Graves, Isreal Buschard, Davan Busch-miller, Anthony Campbell, Benji Crow, EliCrow, Simon Finn, Mark Franzosa, ScarlettFrazier, Simon Gizaw, Maddie Hautman, AnnaHorton, Emily Horton, Edon Huwel, Charlie
James, Adam Klaserner, Patrick Leesman,Charlotte Maliborski, Grace Maliborski, Mor-gan Meadors, Claire Meyer, James Meyer, Rea-gan Miller, Carson Moore, Lyla Ortman-Tomlin,Emily Ridder, Kaitlyn Senger, Ana Taylor, ToddTieman, Abby Vance, Grady Wall, Jackson Wel-ler, Maya Weller, Connor Whitefoot and EllaWhitefoot.
Davan Buschmiller, Edon Huwel, Maddie Hautman, Grady Wall, Chase Campbell, Raiden Burton-Graves, Todd Tieman, Anthony Campbell, Valisis Batsakis, Eli Crow, Benji Crow, JamesMeyer, Kaitlyn Senger, Will Broughton, Emily Horton, Ella Whitefoot, Morgan Meadors, Alli Autenrieb, Anna Autenrieb, Reagan Miller and Maya Weller show their support for Xavier'sBlue Blob at Our Lady of Lourdes School. THANKS TO SUE BROERMAN
Our Lady of Lourdes studenrts Charlotte Maliborski, Broughton Riley and Anna Hortonenjoy their pizza and a visit from the Blue Blob. THANKS TO SUE BROERMAN
Xavier's Blue Blob visits with Our lady of Lourdes junior high students Emily Ridder, IsrealBuschard, Grace Maliborski, Simon Finn, Adam Klaserner and Patrick Leesman.THANKS TO SUE BROERMAN
Connor Whitefoot and Lyla Ortman-Tomlin share a laugh with the Blue Blob.THANKS TO SUE BROERMAN
Our Lady of Lourdes students Simon Gizaw, Carson Moore and Charlie James with XavierUniversity's Blue Blob. THANKS TO SUE BROERMAN
AWHOLEBLOBOF BOOKS
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THURSDAY, MAY15Art & Craft ClassesSewing101Class, 3-5 p.m.,Broadhope Art Collective, 3022Harrison Ave., Learn to sew inone-on-one class setting makingpillow and getting acquaintedwith sewing machine. All ma-terials provided; call for otheravailable dates. $50. Regis-tration required. 225-8441.Westwood.Stained Glass Make It Take It,6:30-9 p.m., Broadhope ArtCollective, 3022 Harrison Ave.,Learn basic skills of glass cutting,foil wrap and soldering whilecreating one of four availablestained glass creations. Allmaterials included. $20-$35.Registration required. 225-8441.Westwood.Repurposed Glass Class, 6:30-9p.m., Broadhope Art Collective,3022 Harrison Ave., $75. Regis-tration required. 225-8441.Westwood.
etc.May is Better Speech andHearingMonth, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., The Place for Better Hear-ing, 3302 Westbourne Drive,Free hearing screenings. Free.Reservations required. 922-0123;www.hearingbetter.net. GreenTownship.
Exercise ClassesSpintensity, 5:45-6:45 p.m.,Western Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, Intense cyclingclass offered on RealRyder“motion” bikes with boot campintervals throughout. $8.50-$10per class. Presented by SpinFitLLC/RYDE Cincinnati. 451-4920.Westwood.Dance with the Dawn: EarlyMorning TaiChi, 9:30-11 a.m.,Grace Episcopal Church, 5501Hamilton Ave., $50. Registrationrecommended. Presented byHarmonic Pulse Wellness. 405-1514; www.harmonicpulsewell-ness.com. College Hill.
Farmers MarketCollege Hill FarmMarket,3-6:30 p.m., College Hill Presby-terian Church, 5742 HamiltonAve., Open-air market providingfresh, local and organic produceMay-Oct. Live musicians andartists featured most weeks.Free admission. Presented byCollege Hill FarmMarket. 542-0007; collegehillfarmmarket-.com. College Hill.
Health / WellnessTuning Forks andWellness,5:30-6 p.m., Apex ChiropracticandWellness Center, 8624Winton Road, Suite B, Learnabout sound therapy usingtuning forks. Free. 931-4300;www.apexchirocenter.com.Finneytown.
On Stage - TheaterThe 39 Steps, 8 p.m., Arts Cen-ter at Dunham, 1945 DunhamWay, By Patrick Barlow and JohnBuchan. Mix of a Hitchcockmasterpiece with a juicy spynovel and a dash of MontyPython. $14, $12 students,seniors or groups of 10 or more.Presented by Sunset Players Inc..588-4988; www.sunsetplay-ers.org.West Price Hill.
Support GroupsNAMI Family-to-Family Educa-tional Course, 6:30-9 p.m.,LifeSpring Christian Church,1373 W. Galbraith Road, 12-week course for family andfriends of individuals withmental illness. Learn aboutproblem-solving, coping skillsand more. Ages 18 and up.Registration required. Presentedby National Alliance on MentalIllness of Hamilton County.351-3500. North College Hill.NAMI Peer-to-Peer EducationCourse, 6:30-8:30 p.m., LifeSpr-ing Christian Church, 1373 W.Galbraith Road, 10-week recov-ery education course for adultsliving with mental illness. Ages18 and up. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by NationalAlliance on Mental Illness ofHamilton County. 351-3500.North College Hill.
etc.May is Better Speech andHearingMonth, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., The Place for Better Hear-ing, Free. Reservations required.922-0123; www.hearingbetter-.net. Green Township.
Exercise ClassesRealRyder Cycling, 5:45-6:15a.m., Western Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, RacquetballCenter. Cycling class. First classfree. Ages 14 and up. Threeclasses for $15, $10 walk-in.Presented by SpinFit LLC/RYDECincinnati. 236-6136; www.ryde-cincinnati.com.Westwood.Happy Hour/Gentle VinyasaYoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Earth-Connection, 370 Neeb Road,Students practice developingtheir moving meditation beyondinstruction. $10; $45 five-classpass. Presented by Yoga byMarietta. 675-2725; www.yoga-bymarietta.com. Delhi Town-ship.Relax into theWeekend:Chillin’ with the Chi, 6:30.-8p.m., Grace Episcopal Church,5501Hamilton Ave., ChoirRoom. Practice of cultivating Chithrough regular skill routines.$50. Presented by HarmonicPulse Wellness. 405-1514;www:harmonicpulsewell-ness.com. College Hill.
FestivalsSt. Aloysius Gonzaga ParishFestival, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Musicby Naked Karate Girls., St.Aloysius Gonzaga Church, 4366Bridgetown Road, Games,raffles, music, children’s areamotorcycle raffle and more.Park and Ride available fromBridgetownMiddle School.Benefits St. Aloysius GonzagaParish. Free. 574-4840;www.saintals.org/fest. Bridge-town.Our Lady of Victory ChurchFestival, 6-11 p.m. Music bySullivan and Janszen., Our Ladyof Victory, 810 Neeb Road,Booths, games of chance, rides,raffles, burgers, brats, hot dogsand more. Through May 18.922-4460; www.olv.org. DelhiTownship.CincItalia, Cincinnati ItalianFestival, 6 p.m. to midnightAges 19 and up., Harvest HomePark, 3961North Bend Road,Celebration of Italian heritage.Entertainment from nationalmusic acts, activities for all agesand authentic cuisine preparedby local Italian restaurants andCincinnati’s Italian culturalsocieties. Free. Presented by St.Catharine of Siena Church.Through May 18. 661-0651;www.cincitalia.org. Cheviot.Maifest, 6-11 p.m., GermaniaSociety of Cincinnati, 3529 W.Kemper Road, Variety of musicand foods provided. $2, freeages 12 and under. Militarypersonnel free with currentmilitary ID. Through May 18.742-0060; www.germaniasocie-ty.com. Colerain Township.
Home & GardenPerennial Plant Exchange, 10a.m. to 5 p.m., North CentralBranch Library, 11109 HamiltonAve., Bring in perennials toexchange. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Public Library ofCincinnati & Hamilton County.Through May 17. 369-6068;programs.cincinnatilibrary.org.Colerain Township.
Music - Classic RockEmpty Garden, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,Club Trio, 5744 Springdale Road,Free. 385-1005; clubtriolounge-.com. Colerain Township.
On Stage - TheaterSuite Surrender, 8 p.m., Glen-more Playhouse, 3716 GlenmoreAve., It’s 1942 and two of Holly-wood’s biggest divas havedescended upon the luxuriousPalm Beach Royale Hotel’sassistants, luggage and legend-ary feud with one another intow. Everything seems to be inorder for their wartime perfor-mance until they are somehowassigned to the same suite. $15.Presented by The DramaWork-shop. 598-8303; www.thedrama-workshop.org. Cheviot.
The 39 Steps, 8 p.m., Arts Cen-ter at Dunham, $14, $12 stu-dents, seniors or groups of 10 ormore. 588-4988; www.sunset-players.org.West Price Hill.
Support GroupsCaregivers Support Group,9:30.-11 a.m., Bayley CommunityWellness Center, 401 FarrellCourt, Ask at desk for roomlocation. For those responsiblefor care of elderly or disabledloved one. Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. Presentedby Catholic Charities SouthWest-ern Ohio. Through Nov. 28.929-4483. Delhi Township.
Exercise ClassesAqua Zumba, 9:30.-10:30 a.m.,Oak Hills High School, 3200Ebenezer Road, With DebYaeger. $10. Presented by OakHills Community Education.451-3595; ohlsd.us/community-education. Green Township.Dance Jamz, 7:45-8:45 a.m., TheGymnastics Center, 3660 WerkRoad, Cardio dance fitness class.Ages 18 and up. $5 per class or$40 for 10-class punchcard.Presented by Dance Jamz.706-1324. Green Township.Step Up Saturdays, 3:30-5 p.m.,Golden Leaf Ministries, 2400Adams Road, Gymnasium.Alternating weeks of line danc-ing and adult recess circuitincluding four square, basket-ball, hula hoops and more.$15-$25. Registration required.648-9948; www.goldenleafmin-istries.org. Colerain Township.Dance Jamz, 10-11 a.m., WesternSports Mall, 2323 FergusonRoad, Uses current dance stepsand music. Ages 18 and up. $5.$40 for 10-class punch card.Presented by Dance Jamz.706-1324.Westwood.
FestivalsSt. Aloysius Gonzaga ParishFestival, 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Musicby Joe Cowens & Co and StaggerLee., St. Aloysius GonzagaChurch, Free. 574-4840;www.saintals.org/fest. Bridge-town.Our Lady of Victory ChurchFestival, 5-11 p.m. Music byDanny Frazier Band., Our Ladyof Victory, 922-4460; www.ol-v.org. Delhi Township.CincItalia, Cincinnati ItalianFestival, 3 p.m. to midnight,Harvest Home Park, Free. 661-0651; www.cincitalia.org. Chevi-ot.Maifest, noon to 11 p.m., Ger-mania Society of Cincinnati, $2,free ages 12 and under. Militarypersonnel free with currentmilitary ID. 742-0060; www.ger-maniasociety.com. ColerainTownship.
Home & GardenPerennial Plant Exchange, 2-5p.m., North Central BranchLibrary, Free. 369-6068; pro-grams.cincinnatilibrary.org.Colerain Township.Strawberry Celebration andPlant Sale, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,EarthConnection, 370 NeebRoad, Strawberry, herb andvegetable plants for sale. Gar-den-themed gifts, presentationby Amy Stross about HillsideCommunity Garden and theFood Forest project. Includesmusic. Free. Presented by Hill-side Community Garden Com-mittee. 503-6794; www.hillside-gardendelhi.com. Delhi Town-ship.
Music - Classic RockWayward Son, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30a.m., Club Trio, 5744 SpringdaleRoad, Free. 385-1005; club-triolounge.com. Colerain Town-ship.
Music - ConcertsI Hear Music in the Air Con-cert, 7 p.m. Performances byTamela Mann and Mary Mary.Other guests include RuthLa’Ontra and Monica Lisa Ste-venson, DeWayneWoods, KathyTaylor and Bold Right LifeChicago. Doors open 6 p.m.,Inspirational Baptist Church,11450 Sebring Drive, $50 VIP, $40executive, $30. Reservationsrecommended. Presented by IHear Music In The Air. 247-0205;www.ihearmusicintheair.com.Springfield Township.
On Stage - TheaterSuite Surrender, 8 p.m., Glen-more Playhouse, $15. 598-8303;www.thedramaworkshop.org.Cheviot.The 39 Steps, 8 p.m., Arts Cen-ter at Dunham, $14, $12 stu-dents, seniors or groups of 10 ormore. 588-4988; www.sunset-players.org.West Price Hill.
Runs / WalksWalk for National CeliacAwareness Month, 8:30 a.m.to noon, Fernbank Park, 60Thornton Ave., Riverview Shel-ter. To help support members ofcommunity who live gluten-freelifestyle, as well as raise aware-ness for celiac disease. Followedby gluten free snacks. $20.Presented by Gluten Free forCincinnati, Making StridesTowards Celiac Awareness.673-4312. Sayler Park.
ShoppingGreat US 50 Yard Sale, 8 a.m. tonoon, Three Rivers EducationalCampus, 56 Cooper Road, Heldoutside in parking lot. Freeadmission. Presented by TaylorHigh School. 824-7348. Cleves.Sports Card andMemoribiliaShow, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., OakHills United Methodist Church,6069 Bridgetown Road, Lunchand snacks available for pur-chase. Benefits church ministryprojects. Free admission. 470-8042. Bridgetown.
SUNDAY, MAY18Art & Craft ClassesMonster MakingWorkshop,1-3 p.m., Broadhope Art Col-lective, 3022 Harrison Ave.,Create your own monster buddyand monster house. Ages 12 andup or 8 and up with adult. Allmaterials provided. $20. 225-8114; www.broadhopeartcollec-tive.com.Westwood.
Dining EventsPancake Breakfast, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., St. John’s WestminsterUnion Church, 1085 Neeb Road,$5. 484-9795. Delhi Township.
Exercise ClassesRealRyder Cycling, 9-10 a.m.,Western Sports Mall, 2323Ferguson Road, RacquetballCenter. Group cycling workout.Ages 14-99. $20 walk-in. Present-ed by SpinFit LLC/RYDE Cincin-nati. 236-6136; www.rydecincin-nati.com.Westwood.Leslie Sansone’s Walk Live,2:15-3 p.m., Greater EmanuelApostolic Temple, 1150 W.Galbraith Road, Lower level.One-mile walk in powerful,low-impact, indoor, aerobicworkout. Free. 324-6173. NorthCollege Hill.
FestivalsSt. Aloysius Gonzaga ParishFestival, 3-10 p.m. Music bySaffire Express., St. AloysiusGonzaga Church, Free. 574-4840; www.saintals.org/fest.Bridgetown.Our Lady of Victory ChurchFestival, 3-10 p.m. Music byJonny and Mike’s Atomic Band.,Our Lady of Victory, 922-4460;www.olv.org. Delhi Township.CincItalia, Cincinnati ItalianFestival, 1-9 p.m., HarvestHome Park, Free. 661-0651;www.cincitalia.org. Cheviot.Maifest, noon-8 p.m., GermaniaSociety of Cincinnati, $2, freeages 12 and under. Militarypersonnel free with currentmilitary ID. 742-0060; www.ger-maniasociety.com. ColerainTownship.
Health / WellnessWellness and SustainabilityFair, noon to 5 p.m., WintonWoods, 10245 Winton Road,Learn about healthy livingoptions and how to incorporateoutdoor fitness into daily life.Nearly 40 health and wellnessvendors featured. Free. Present-ed by Interact For Health. 521-7275; greatparks.org. Spring-field Township.
Music - OldiesTheMike Davis Show, 7.-9p.m., Jim & Jack’s on the River,3456 River Road, Entertainerand tribute artist salutes ElvisPresley, Tom Jones, Neil Dia-mond and other music icons.$10. Reservations required.251-7977. Riverside.
NatureBoots and Brews: A SpringExploration of YellowSprings, noon to 6 p.m., ImagoEarth Center, 700 Enright Ave.,Explore areas surroundingYellow Springs with Chris Clem-ents, Imago’s Executive Director.Ages 21 and up. $10. Regis-tration required. 921-8455. EastPrice Hill.
RecreationAubrey’s Open Golf Outing,1:30 p.m., Aston Oaks Golf Club,1 Aston Oaks Drive, Full 18 holesof golf, cart, lunch, dinner anddrinks on the course. Ages 18and up. Benefits Aubrey RoseFoundation. $100. Presented byAubrey Rose Hollenkamp Chil-dren’s Trust Foundation. 265-5801; www.aubreyrose.org/golftournament. North Bend.
Runs / WalksCystic Fibrosis Great StridesWestsideWalk, 1-3 p.m.,College of Mount St. Joseph,5701Delhi Road, Food, shop-ping, character sketches andmore. Benefits Cystic FibrosisFoundation. Free. Presented byGreater Cincinnati Chapter ofCystic Fibrosis Foundation.244-4724; fightcf.cff.org/site/TR/GreatStrides. Delhi Township.
MONDAY, MAY19Art & Craft ClassesStained Glass Make It Take It,6:30-9 p.m., Broadhope ArtCollective, $20-$35. Registrationrequired. 225-8441.Westwood.Beginning Knitting, 6:30-9p.m., Broadhope Art Collective,3022 Harrison Ave., Learn basicsof knitting and more. Ages10-99. $20. Registration re-quired. 225-8441.Westwood.
etc.May is Better Speech andHearingMonth, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., The Place for Better Hear-ing, Free. Reservations required.922-0123; www.hearingbetter-.net. Green Township.
Exercise Classes
Zumbawith KimNTim, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Grace EpiscopalChurch, 5501Hamilton Ave., $7.Presented by Zumba with KimN-Tim. 520-0165; kstegmaier-.zumba.com. College Hill.
Senior CitizensWrite Your Life Story, 6-8 p.m.,Oak Hills High School, 3200Ebenezer Road, Room 304.Learn how to capture memoriesand experiences of your life sothat you can give family andfriends a gift that is truly uniqueand one that will be enjoyed bythem for years to come. Forseniors. $45. Registration re-quired. Presented by Oak HillsCommunity Education. 451-3595; ohlsd.us/community-education. Green Township.
Support GroupsCrohn’s Colitis Support Group,7-8:30 p.m., Family Life Center,703 Compton Road, For familymembers and patients withCrohn’s, Colitis or InflammatoryBowel Disease. Free. Reserva-tions required. 931-5777; tiny-url.com/familylifectr. Finney-town.Caregiver Support Group,1:30-3 p.m., St. Antoninus Parish,1500 Linneman Road, To supportthose caring for elderly ordisabled parent or relative. Ages18 and up. Free. Registrationrequired. Presented by CatholicCharities SouthWestern Ohio.929-4483; ccswoh.org/caregivers.Green Township.
TUESDAY, MAY 20etc.May is Better Speech andHearingMonth, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., The Place for Better Hear-ing, Free. Reservations required.922-0123; www.hearingbetter-.net. Green Township.
Exercise ClassesRealRyder Cycling, 5:45.-6:45p.m., Western Sports Mall, $20walk-in. 513-236-6136; www.ry-decincinnati.com.Westwood.
Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 2-5p.m., Kroger Finneytown, 8421Winton Road, Several screeningpackages available to test risk ofheart attack, stroke, aneurysmand other major diseases. Ap-pointment required. Presentedby Mercy Health. 866-819-0127;www.mercyhealthfair.com.Finneytown.
Support GroupsAlzheimer’s AssociationFamily Support Group, 2 p.m.,Greenhills Municipal Building,11000 Winton Road, Open tofamily and/or caregivers of thosewith Alzheimer’s disease or arelated dementia. Free. Present-ed by Alzheimer’s Association ofGreater Cincinnati. 605-1000;www.alz.org/cincinnati. Green-hills.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Broadhope Art Collective, 3022 Harrison Ave., Westwood, is having a Sewing 101 classfrom 3-5 p.m., Thursday, May 15. Learn to sew in a one-on-one class setting making apillow and getting acquainted with the sewing machine. All materials are provided. Callfor other available dates. Cost is $50. Registration is required. Call 225-8441.FILE PHOTO
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and it finally arrived.That means asparagus,and lots of it.
Every day I go out tothe asparagus patch andharvest a couple ofpounds at least. And it’snot a big patch.
With all the otherspring chores, like tillingand planting and sowing,there isn’t a lot of time toplan for or prepare sup-per. Luckily, the “girls”/hens are keeping up withour demand of eggs, sobetween that and theabundance of asparagus,supper is a no brainer.
Asparagus baconquiche
Leftovers microwavewell. The ends of aspara-gus are tough. Aftercleaning, snap toughends off. Use for soup.There’s a natural “break”between the tough andtender parts.
9 or 10 inch pie panlined with pie dough
8 slices bacon, cut intosmall pieces
8 ounce or so aspara-gus, cut on angle in 1 inchor so pieces
4 large eggs, roomtemperature
2 cups half and half ormilk
About 1 teaspoon saltand half teaspoon pepper
1 heaping cup shred-ded cheese or more
Preheat oven to 375.Saute bacon and re-
move. In remaining drip-pings, sauté asparagus acouple of minutes only,just until it turns brightgreen. Remove from pan
with slot-ted spoon.
Whiskeggs withmilk. Addseason-ings,cheese,bacon andasparagus.Pour intopie pan.
Bake 40-45 minutes untilpuffed all around. Thatmeans it’s done. If you’renot sure, insert a knife aninch from the edge. If itcomes out clean, you’regood to go.
Tips from Rita’skitchen:
If crust browns toomuch before quiche isdone, make a “collar” offoil around the crust.
Asparagus: spearsof protection
Asparagus is a power-house when it comes tofolic acid, necessary forblood cell formation anda healthy liver. Pregnantwomen especially need toget enough folic acid forhealthy babies. Aspara-gus is also low in sodium,a good source of potassi-um for healthy heartsand muscles, and a goodsource of fiber. Oh, andone more thing: it’s low incalories and has zero fator cholesterol.
Very veggie chiliFor the reader who
attended one of my pres-entations and asked for agood vegetarian chilirecipe. “I want it to befull of flavor, not wim-py”, she said. I think thisrecipe will work just fine
for her. Thanks to CindyW., who shared this awhile back. I’m glad Ikeep a file of readers’recipes!
Olive oil1 cup chopped onion1 large bay leaf1-1/2 teaspoons cumin1 tablespoon dried
oregano or more to taste1 nice tablespoon
minced garlic or more totaste
2 ribs celery, withleaves, chopped
2 bell peppers,chopped
Jalapeno peppers,chopped, to taste (startwith 1 and go from there)
8 ounces cannedchopped green chilepeppers, drained
Beans: 15 ounce caneach of black, kidney andchickpeas, drained
2 cups frozen yellowcorn
Salt and pepper totaste
Extra sharp cheddarfor garnish
Film pot with oil andturn heat to medium. Add
onion, bay, cumin, orega-no, garlic, celery and bellpeppers. Cook until onionis tender. Stir in Jalape-nos, canned chile pep-pers, burger crumblesand cook about 5 min-utes. Stir in tomatoes,chili powder, beans andcorn. Bring to a boil,lower to a simmer andcook 30-45 minutes oruntil done to your liking.Adjust seasonings, gar-nish and serve.
Readers want toknow:
Measuring out stickycookie dough.MarianneG. says her ice cream
scoop gets so stickywhen making balls out ofcookie dough. “I don’twant to use a cookingspray,” she said. Dippingthe scoop into cold waterbefore you scoop eachball of dough works well.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online at Abouteating-.com. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.
Great time for asparagus bacon quiche
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Saute asparagus and bacon then combine with eggs and cheese for a delightful quiche.RITA HEIKENFELD FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
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‘The Sunshine Boys’
June 19-June 29The story focuses on
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Willy Clark, a one-timevaudevillian team knownas “Lewis and Clark”who, over the course of40-odd years, not onlygrew to hate each otherbut never spoke to eachother off-stage through-out the final year of theiract.
The stubborn Clark,who was not ready forretirement, resented thewiser Lewis for breakingup the act when he optedto leave show business. Itis now1972 and CBS isinviting the team to re-unite for a special on thehistory of comedy, withthe pair representing thevaudeville era at its best.Clark is convinced by hisnephew Ben to reviveone of the old routinesone last time. Much ofthe humor is derivedfrom efforts to get thetwo cantankerous actorsinto the same room for arehearsal, their differ-ences of opinion oncethey reunite, and theirshenanigans on the actu-al broadcast.
‘Footloose’
July 24-Aug. 3One of the most explo-
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Zion Hill Road : Oser, Cynthia L.& Christopher A. to Stapleton,Brian E. & Margaret M. ;$82,500.3152 Andres Lane: Blacklock,Brenda S. to Michaud, Brian;$87,000.8163 Bridge Point Pass: FischerAttached Homes II LLC toWarmoth, Robert Douglas Jr.;$192,380.Bridge Point Pass: Fischer SingleFamily Homes II LLC to Rogozin-ski, Athena &Wayne; $280,790.3371Diehl Road: Weber, DanielP. to Riestenberg, Amy K.;$82,000.3991Drew Ave.: Haffey, ChristieM. & Michael A. Bates to Camp-bell, Daniel L. & Megan M.Young; $124,700.7029 Elizabeths Oak Court:Sharp, Daniel W. to Schira,Daniel A. & Jenna M.; $202,000.5401 Emilys Oak Court: ThirdFederal Savings and LoanAssociation of Cleveland toRoth, Breana; $240,000.3655 Frondorf Ave.: Schalk,Thomas M. to Myers, JosephW.; $92,000.6116 Harrison Ave.: Beyer, JaneM. Tr. & Paul Jr. Tr. to Harrison2A LLC; $130,000.3482 Harwinton Lane: Riley,Richard A. to Doyle, Julie;$154,500.3370 Jessup Road: Schupp, SteveF. to Heidorn, Cori & Steven P.;$150,000.5450 Julmar Drive: McIntyre, BillS. & Marybeth A. to Schenkel,Terri A. & Loraine F.; $155,000.3583 Lakewood Drive: Amlin,Emily C. to Randolph, LoganJames; $91,500.7135 Leibel Road: Bennett,Michael C. & Tammy J. toHousehold Realty Corp.;$46,000.1833 Leona Drive: GuardianSavings Bank FSB to McNeal,Tiffany & Michael; $86,000.3000 Limestone Circle: Thornbu-ry, Anthony J. Tr. to Merritt,John E. & Beverly R.; $172,500.6821 Rackview Road: Rack,Daniel J. Tr. to Lottman, Denise& Douglas Lee; $150,000.3623 Reemelin Road: Quatman,Kenneth P. & Michele M. toStout, Scott & Jennifer;$199,600.4331 Regency Ridge Court:Northside Bank & Trust Co. Tr.to Sant, Timothy & Kathy;$62,000.6165 Sheed Road: Bernard, BarryP. & Rebecca to Herman, Amy E.& Alan G. Brech; $133,500.5198 Shoreview Run: Gregory,Rosemary E. to Schenke, Tim &
Julie; $53,000.
MIAMI TOWNSHIP7353 Dog Trot Road: Woodrey,Jennifer & Patrick Becknell toSteele, Joseph P. & Amy Lynn;$128,000.Doris Place: Indian Walk Devel-opment Co. to Fischer SingleFamily Homes III Ltd.; $71,500.
NORTH BEND22 Muirfield Drive: Howell,James S. & Peggy S. to Thomp-son, Stephen; $440,000.
SAYLER PARK6835 Gracely Dr.: Strasser, ToddA. Tr. to Koch, Janet ; $64,000.6170 Benvue St.: Priceview LLCto Western Wildlife CorridorInc.; $1,285.918 Bradford Court: Cunning-ham, John M. to Jorg, Laura K.& Darin W.; $121,000.6174 Ottawa St.: Priceview LLCto Western Wildlife CorridorInc.; $1,285.6208 Ottawa St.: Priceview LLCto Western Wildlife CorridorInc.; $1,285.6214 Ottawa St.: Brenner &Jansen Properties Inc. to West-ern Wildlife Corridor Inc.;$6,715.6214 Ottawa St.: Priceview LLCto Western Wildlife CorridorInc.; $1,285.6220 Ottawa St.: Priceview LLCto Western Wildlife CorridorInc.; $1,285.6893 Rapid Run Road: Brenner &Jansen Properties Inc. to West-ern Wildlife Corridor Inc.;$6,715.
WESTWOOD3527 Boudinot Ave.: G&R Prop-erties to Bartholomew, Steven& Kea J.; $75,000.3372 Gerold Drive: Bank of NewYork Mellon to Ori PropertiesLLC; $22,000.3031Glenmore Ave.: Red BrickProperties LLC to DRVVR LLC;$344,000.2739 Lafeuille Ave.: Bank of NewYork Mellon Tr. to Skillicorn,Brian; $47,500.2923 Ravogli Ave.: Deri, Helen L.to Muhirwe, Gilbert & EstherNzeruguru; $52,500.3034 Irvella Place : Misch, Nicho-las J. & Dorothy M. to DeutscheBank National Trust Co. Tr. ;$66,000.2903 Lafeuille Ave. : Davis,Shane M. & Laura L. to West-erfeld, Kathryn E. ; $115,500.3050 Penrose Place : Burton,Dawn to Bank of America NA ;$58,000.
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Opal AlthoeferOpal A. Althoefer, 95, Cheviot,
died April 26.Survived by children, Marilyn
(the late James) Aker and Jana(David) Bloemer; brother, Wil-liam (Betty) Myers; grand-children, Brian (Tracy) Aker,Kevin (Renea) Aker and Keith(Amy) Aker; great-grandchil-dren, Bradley, Steven, Saman-tha, Ryan, Stephanie, Sarah(Adam) and Laura; great-great-grandchild, Kallie. Preceded indeath by husband, Herbert W.Althoefer; and siblings, FloraMiller and Hazel Kohl.
Services were May 2 at St.Aloysius Gonzaga Church.Arrangements by Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home.Memorials: Hillebrand Nursingand Rehabilitation Center, 4320Bridgetown Road, Cincinnati,OH 45211.
Ruth BackscheiderRuth E. Backscheider, 82,
Western Hills, died April 30.She worked for the ROTC.Survived by children, Linda
and Christopher (Carla) Back-scheider, Barbara (George)Freudenberg and Claire (Scott)Ballard; six grandchildren andfour great-grandchildren. Pre-ceded in death by husband,Virgil C.; children, Susan andPaul Backscheider; sister, HelenGerke; and brother, RobertMerrill.
Services were May 6 at St.Teresa of Avila Church. Arrange-ments by Meyer Funeral Home.
Memorials: masses to thechurch of one’s choice.
Elvira CarrollElvira M. Carroll, 93, Colerain
Township, died April 23.Survived by children, Michael
(Carol) Carroll, David (Connie)Carroll, Stephen (Elizabeth)Carroll, Julia (late John) Trauthand Melissa (Kevin) Must; sister,Doris Herrmann; 17 grand-children and 12 great-grand-children. Preceded in death byhusband, Robert Carroll; son,Daniel Carroll; and siblings, IrvinBeumer and Martha LaPelli.
Services were April 29 at St.James Church. Arrangements byFrederick Funeral Home. Memo-rials: Vitas Hospice; or the charityof donor’s choice.
Kevin ClarkKevin Robert Clark, 34, Hamil-
ton, died April 19.Survived by Deborah Clark;
children, Kory and Brynn Clark;brothers, Alex Clark (Megan)and Jeffrey Clark (Brandy);parents, Donald Bruce Clark andRoberta Clark; in-laws, Jack andKathy Issenmann; sister-in-law,Anne Rudkin (Mike); grand-mother, Annice Clark; andnumerous aunts, uncles, nieces,nephews and cousins.
Arrangements by Neidhard-
Minges Funeral Home. Memori-als: Kory and Brynn Clark Col-lege Fund, Kemba Credit Union,5844 Bridgetown Road, Cincin-nati, OH 45248.
Charles DeffingerCharles “Ray” Deffinger, 87,
Miami Township, died April 26.He was a retired chemical
operator forFernald, Navyveteran ofWorld War II,and member ofGrace Cove-nant Church.
Survived bywife, MargaretHelen Cassidy
“Margie” Deffinger; children,Tim Deffinger (Chris), DarleneMoser (Charles), Rodney andKim Deffinger and Vic Willough-by (Robin); grandchildren, Ryan,Josh, Austin, Wade and HunterDeffinger; numerous nieces andnephews. Preceded in death by11 siblings.
Services were at April 30 atDennis George Funeral Home.Memorials: Grace CovenantChurch, care of the funeralhome.
Augusta DemerleAugusta R. Demerle, 74,
Colerain Township, died April29.
Preceded in death by hus-band, RichardA. “Dick”Demerle.
children and one great-great-grandchild. Preceded in death
by husband, James R. Esterkamp.Services were May 2 at Holy
Family Church. Arrangements byDalbert, Woodruff and IsenogleFuneral Home. Memorials:Hospice of Cincinnati.
Joseph GrigsbyJoseph Solomon Grigsby, 33,
died April 28.He was a driver for UPS.
Survived bychildren,Ryann Lyn,KaLeigh Annand PaytonMarie Grigsby;parents,Tammy L.Martin Grigs-by and Rev.Jerry T. Grigs-by; sister,
Donna Farmer; grandparents,Carolyn, Elwood and MaryMartin; girlfriend, Mona Mes-zaros and her daughter, Lauren;mother of his daughters, Aman-da Matracia Grigsby; and manyfriends. Preceded in death bygrandfather, Jerry R. Grigsby.
Services were May 2 at theFirst Presbyterian Church. Me-morials: the benefit of hisdaughters, care of DennisGeorge Funeral Home, 44 S.Miami, Cleves, OH 45002.
Lawrence HeavenrichLawrence Jerome ‘Jerry’
Heavenrich, 76, Cleves, diedApril 28.
He was a retired police officer,Marine Corps veteran, andmember of Marathon
Lodge No. 203 F&AM inWilliamsburg.
Survived by children, Tracey L.Heavenrich (David Ulm), Jody L.Hensley (Allan) and Carrie M.Vinson; and grandson, Justin S.Heavenrich. Preceded in deathby wife, Betty Jane SchroderHeavenrich.
Services were May 2 at DennisGeorge Funeral Home. Memori-als: American Cancer Society,care of the funeral home; or thecharity of donor’s choice.
Carolyn IngleCarolyn Sue Ingle, 54, Green
Township, died April 25.She was a homemaker.Survived by husband, Carl
Ingle; children, Mary (Brian)Colter and Carla (Joe) Simpson;siblings, Margie, Danny (Jennia)and Billy Hall; and eight grand-children.
Services were April 30 at RadelFuneral Home.
Thomas KeinerThomas J. “Tom” Keiner, 65,
died April 27.Survived by children, Stacey
(Bryan) Hodge, Scott (Elizabeth)Keiner and Shannon Keiner;siblings, Mary Jean (Ed) Schutte,Larry (Jan) Keiner, Nancy (thelate Bob) Loftus and Jim (Joni)Keiner; grandchildren, AlyssaHodge, Angelina Keiner, HayleyKeiner and Kayla Hodge; andtreasured friend, Vicki Heinlein.Preceded in death by wife, JudyBono Keiner.
Kraemer; children, Denise (Roy)Echiverri, Darlene (Mark, guard-ian) Shook and Debby (Sean)Combs; sister, Carol (Dave) Allen;grandchildren, John, Eddie,Kalae, Kawika, Ben, Anna andRoss; great-grandchildren, Cobe,Alia and Lily.
Services were May 1 at St.Antoninus Church. Arrange-ments by Meyer And GeiserFuneral Home. Memorials:Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263; orElder High School, 3900 VincentAve., Cincinnati, OH 45205.
Sherry LinvilleSherry A. Linville, 57, Colerain
Township, died April 29.Survived by husband, Robert
Linville; children, Christina Iams(Phillip) and Jason R. Linville(Shannon); grandchildren,Robert, Brianna and AndrewIams, Lilleana and Josie Linville;parents, Clyde and Betty Taylor;siblings, Cathy Blankenship,Clyde Taylor Jr. and TimothyTaylor; several nieces and neph-ews.
Services were May 2 at Am-bassador Freewill BaptistChurch. Arrangements by E.C.Nurre Funeral Home. Memorials:DaVita Dialysis Forest Fair, careof Team Evergreen, 1145 Kemper
Meadow Drive,Cincinnati OH45240.
Violet LucasViolet A.
Lucas, 77,Green Town-ship, died April27.
She was a receptionist for the
University of Cincinnati.Survived by children, Karen
(Danny) Goerler, Julie (Buddy)Davis and Donald (Laura) Lucas;brother, Bob (Juanita) Davis;dear friend, Don Lucas; fourgrandchildren and numerousother family members andfriends.
Services were May 2 at RadelFuneral Home. Memorials: thefamily, care of the funeralhome.
JohnMannJohn A. Mann, 62, Westwood,
died April 23.Survived by companion, Kathy
Lattier; children, Tara, William“Buddy” and Trisha Mann;grandchildren, Micah, Riley,Madison, Jordan and McKenna;
siblings, Patricia Maddock, SandiFlorian and Tina Schumacher;numerous nieces and nephews.
Services were April 26 atNeidhard-Minges FuneralHome.
Hilda NeyerHilda C.
Neyer, 95,Miami Heights,died April 28.
She was aretiree of the Three Rivers LocalSchools, and member of St.Joseph Church in North Bend.
Survived by children, PaulaWindholtz (Roger), Mary HelenJohnson (Jerry), Nancy Welch(the late Don) and Dan Neyer
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(Chris); sisters, Helen Martino,Mary Ann Adams and JoanneWeber; sister-in-law, Pat Kam-mer (Fred); 11 grandchildren and21 great-grandchildren. Preced-ed in death by husband, Paul R.“Bud” Neyer; children, KennethNeyer Sr. (Janet) and JaniceNeyer; siblings, Gene, Justin, Ericand Donald Weber, Stella Wag-ner and Margaret Byrns.
Services were May 1 at St.
Joseph Church. Memorials: KenNeyer Sr. Memorial Fund; or St.
Joseph Church Building Fund;or the charity of donor’s choice,care of the Dennis GeorgeFuneral Home, 44 S. Miami,Cleves, OH 45002.
Albert OlthausAlbert A. “Cuz” Olthaus, 81,
Price Hill, died April 25.He was a pharmacist for
Revco-Super X, and Coast Guardveteran of the Korean Conflict.
Survived bywife, Patricia J.Olthaus ofPrice Hill; sons,Kevin M. (Terri)Olthaus ofGreen Town-ship, James P.(Judy) Olthausof Delhi Town-
ship; and Keith L. (Jennifer)Olthaus of Delhi Township;daughter, Kerry M. (Peter)Cassinelli of Wyoming; brothers,
James Olthaus of Green Town-ship, and Larry Olthaus of DelhiTownship; grandchildren, KevinJr., Ryan, Nicholas, Matthew andIsabella Olthaus and AndreaDirr; and seven great-grand-children. Preceded in death bybrother, Ronald Olthaus.
Services were April 29 at St.William Church. Arrangementsby Ralph Meyer and DetersFuneral Home. Memorials: Msgr.Kennedy Scholarship Fund, careof St. William Church, 4108 W.8th St., Cincinnati, OH 45205; orSt. Anthony Friary, 1615 Vine St.,Cincinnati, OH 45202; or Hospiceof Cincinnati, P.O. Box 633597,Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597.
Elizabeth OverbergElizabeth “Elsie” Overberg,
80, Green Township, died April20.
Survived by husband, Ralph L.Overberg;children,Kathleen(Michael)Grant, John(Lynne),Richard(Kimberly),Thomas(Janet) andSteven (Linda)Overberg;
sister, Sr. Mary Joell OvermanSND; brothers-in-law, Fr. Ken-neth Overberg SJ and DonOverberg; grandchildren, Greg,Chris, Kellie, Mason, Erik, Made-lyn and Kyle; many nieces,nephews and other familymembers. Preceded in death bysister, Mary Vormbrocke.
Services were April 26 at St.Jude Church. Arrangements byNeidhard Minges Funeral Home.Memorials: Sisters of NotreDame, 1601Dixie Highway, ParkHills, KY 41011.
Lawrence RobertsLawrence W. Roberts, 79,
Miami Township, died April 28.He was a Kentucky Colonel
and mason.Survived by children, Laura
(Lou) Nortman, Kelly (the lateCharles) Davenport and CynthiaCronin; siblings, Dorothy (Jim)Keene, Juanita (Mick) Voynavichand Colleen (Ray) Mersch; grand-children, Curt, Diana and KateNortman, Zachariah Roberts,Rachel Sharp, John, Kevin andIan Cronin; two great-grand-children and many nieces andnephews. Preceded in death bywife, Sylvia Roberts; and sisters,Mary Burns and Betty Jones.
Services were April 29 atThree Rivers Nursing HomeChapel. Arrangements by MeyerFuneral Home. Memorials:Hospice of Cincinnati, care ofBethesda Foundation, P.O. Box633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597.
Ruth SchmittRuth P. Schmitt, 92, died April
21.She was retired from Van
Leunens.Survived by children, Donald
(Marlene) Schmitt, Doris (David)Spampinato-Eversole andWil-liam Schmitt; eight grand-children and nine great-grand-children. Preceded in death byhusband, JohnWilliam “Bill”Schmitt; and siblings, BettyRohlfs, Jack and Richard Feichtn-er.
Services were April 24 at St.Clement Church. Arrangementsby Rebold, Rosenacker andSexton Funeral Home. Memori-als: Kindred Health Care Center,300 Arlington Ave., Logan, OH43138.
Anna ThompsonAnna C. Thompson, 78, Green
Township, died April 23.Survived by children, Greg
Easterling and Samantha andShelley Holtgrefe; and great-grandchildren, Madison, Sadie,Lily, Brynn, Wyatt, Josie andChloe. Preceded in death byhusband, Ray H. Thompson; andson, Dennis R. Thompson.
Services were April 25 at St.Aloysius Church. Arrangementsby Neidhard-Minges Funeral
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Survived by son, Robert(Claire) Rosenbaum; sister, Helen(George, deceased) Eismann;and grandson, Carl Rosenbaum.Preceded in death by husbands,Robert Rosenbaum and MarvinWelge; and siblings, AugustaMatacia, Rose (Ernie) Cordrey,
Marie Mataciaand Anthony(Betty living)Matacia.
Serviceswere April 24at Meyer andGeiser FuneralHome. Memo-rials: thecharity of
donor’s choice.
DorothyWhirlsDorothy W. “Winnie”Whirls
(nee Smith), 80, died at her Rossresidence on Apr. 23, 2014.
She was a homemaker andmember of the Ross CommunityUnited Methodist Church.
Survived by husband, Earl R.
Whirls; children, DeborahMcCreary (Douglas) and CynthiaGoodlett (Rocky); brothers,Kenneth (Harriet) and Joseph(Mamie); siblings-in-law, Judyand Jim Knose; grandchildren,Sabena Long (Joshuah), BrandonMcCreary and Sean Gray (Rita);and great-grandchildren, Austinand Noah Long, Marley McCre-ary, Julius and Ezri Gray. Preced-ed in death by siblings, James“Jerry” Smith, Lois Jean Sturgilland Phyllis Adams (Dexter).
Services were April 25 at theRoss Community United Meth-odist Church. Memorials: Hos-pice of Cincinnati, care of DennisGeorge Funeral Home, 44 S.Miami, Cleves, OH 45002.
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CHEVIOTArrests/citationsTerrell Johnson, 23, 3854 Read-ing Road No. 3, warrant, April5.Robert W. Hall, 25, 2884 Harri-son Ave., obstructing officialbusiness and criminal mischief,April 5.Angela Vandergrift, 43, 1713Mears Ave., passing bad checks,April 8.Jyna R. Brice, 25, 4017 CarrieAve., driving under suspension,April 9.Bryan Lang, 26, 3260 BellacreCourt, obstructing officialbusiness, April 7.Uriah Darby, 40, 4829 Rapid RunRoad No. 1, drug possession,April 13.Tammy L. Smith, 34, 4224 Apple-gate Ave., possessing drugabuse instruments, April 14.Santino B. Lambert, 32, 3353Alpine Place No. 13, assault,April 15.Incidents/investigationsCriminal damagingFour tires slashed on vehicle at4100 block West Court, April 5.Window broken on vehicle at3900 block Carrie Avenue, April6.Theft
Victim had their debit card usedto make unauthorized purchaseat 3400 block Robb Avenue,April 4.GPS, gas card, charger, creditcard and gift card stolen fromvehicle at 3600 block PuhlmanAvenue, April 6.Tablet computer stolen fromvictim at Vineyard Church at3400 block Glenmore Avenue,April 7.Suspect left without paying fordrinks and service at CheviotCafé at 3700 block GlenmoreAvenue, April 9.
DELHI TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsRichard Burton, 49, 481 Pedretti,assault, April 3.Edward Walls, 27, 5656 HillsideAve., inducing panic, April 3.
Incidents/investigationsCriminal damagingReported at 400 Wilke Drive,April 2.TheftWallet and contents valued at$100 removed at 5000 block of
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GREEN TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJuvenile, 17, theft, April 1.Juvenile, 17, assault, April 5.Juvenile, 17, underage consump-tion of alcohol, April 5.Gary Kalejs, 36, 2718 Mornin-gridge, theft, April 8.Thomas B. Walton, 38, 2065Sutton Ave., falsification/obstructing official business,April 8.Kyong C. Cornish, 64, 2737Morningridge Drive, theft, April9.Gary Wilder, 18, 7419 WernerAve., theft, April 10.
Kendall R. Lillard, 40, 2828 WestKnolls No. 2, theft, April 13.Joseph Feuchter, 45, 3724 Ree-melin Road, domestic violence,April 14.Tonya M. Warren, 47, 4008Homelawn Ave., theft, April 14.
Incidents/investigationsAssaultAssault reported at 6700 blockTowering Ridge Way, April 2.Assault reported at 4400 blockAbby Court, April 4.Assault reported at 3600 blockWerk Road, April 5.Assault reported at 5900 blockBridgetown Road, April 12.Breaking and enteringNinety cartons of cigarettesstolen from Jeff’s Drive Thru at6300 block Bridgetown Road,April 3.Front door broken at Tire Plusduring break in, but nothingfound missing at 3400 blockNorth Bend Road, April 10.Plants and flowers stolen fromPeters Nursery at 5500 blockHarrison Avenue, April 10.Safe, cash drawer and moneystolen from Great Clips at 6900block Harrison Avenue, April 10.DVD/Blue Ray player and twoguns stolen from home at 5200block Relluk Drive, April 10.Purse, five credit cards, tote bagand check card stolen fromhome at 3500 block LocustLane, April 12.Money stolen from Dollar Treeat 5700 block Harrison Avenue,April 13.BurglaryEthernet cable stolen fromhome at 3600 block CoralGables, March 31.Burglary/breaking and enteringreported at 3800 block TowerRoad, April 1.Burglary/breaking and enteringreported at 3400 block Ridge-wood Avenue, April 1.Burglary/breaking and enteringreported at 6800 block HarrisonAvenue, April 2.Burglary/breaking and enteringreported at 5600 block Scarbor-ough Drive, April 4.Several pieces of jewelry stolenfrom home at 2900 blockWestbourne Drive, April 5.Burglary/breaking and enteringreported at 5800 block Giffin-dale Drive, April 11.Burglary/breaking and enteringreported at 2900 block NorthBend Road, April 11.Burglary/breaking and enteringreported at 5500 block MuddyCreek Road, April 12.Criminal damagingDamage reported at 6900 blockGood Samaritan Drive, March31.Damage reported at 6900 blockGood Samaritan Drive, March31.Window broken on vehicle at5400 block Lee’s Crossing Drive,April 3.Eggs thrown on vehicle at 3500block Rickshire Drive, April 6.
Two windows broken on vehicleat 5400 block Brigade Court,April 6.Four tires slashed on vehicle at6600 block Hearne Road, April8.Damage reported at 2200 blockBeech Creek Lane, April 9.Damage reported at 2200 blockEbenezer Road, April 9.Window broken and hole madein wall of building at StateFarm Insurance at 3200 blockNorth Bend Road, April 9.Two vehicles were spray-paintedat 2200 block Ebenezer Road,April 9.Graffiti spray-painted on home'sgarage door at 2200 blockEbenezer Road, April 9.Domestic disputeDomestic trouble reported atWestern Hills Avenue, March 7.Domestic trouble reported atEmerald Lakes Drive, March 8.Domestic trouble reported atSidney Road, March 8.Domestic trouble reported atSidney Road, March 8.Domestic trouble reported atVictorian Green Drive, March 8.Domestic trouble reported atSamver Road, March 8.Domestic trouble reported atWoodmere Court, March 9.Domestic trouble reported atSandal Lane, March 9.Argument between parent andchild at Locust Lane, March 9.Domestic trouble reported atHarrison Avenue, March 10.Domestic trouble reported atHader Avenue, March 10.Domestic trouble reported atMercy Health Boulevard, March11.Domestic trouble reported atDeborah Lane, March 11.Domestic trouble reported atDeborah Lane, March 11.Domestic trouble reported atAnderson Ferry & Sidney Road,March 11.Domestic trouble reported atLeumas Drive, March 12.Domestic trouble reported atNorthglen Road, March 12.Domestic trouble reported atKaren Avenue, March 13.Domestic trouble reported atAurora Avenue, March 14.Domestic trouble reported atEbenezer Road, March 14.Domestic trouble reported atRace Road, March 14.Domestic trouble reported atLocust Lane, March 14.Domestic trouble reported atCheviot Road, March 15.Domestic trouble reported atCheviot Road, March 15.Domestic trouble reported atHarrison Avenue, March 15.Domestic trouble reported atRobroy Drive, March 15.Domestic trouble reported atEbenezer Road, March 15.Domestic trouble reported atRidgecombe Drive, March 15.Domestic trouble reported atEbenezer Road, March 16.
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In a verbal competition on May 3rd at theCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden,the top entries presented their projectideas on how to improve their localwatershed.
Emily Baur, Kelsey Bushfield and
Amy Morency from Mt Notre DameHigh School placed first in the 9-12thgrade competition for their idea to planta bioswale along a school parking lot tohelp filter runoff. Each of the topcontestants won a cash prize plus amatching cash prize for their school.Over $12,000 was awarded to HamiltonCounty students and schools. Agriumwill also provide $10,000 to helpimplement their ideas.
