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Arecentaccident thatkilledamomandherdaughter, outonan evening walk in ColerainTownship, serves as a remind-er of the importance of pedes-trian safety.
Jessica Lutz, 29, and hermother, Patricia Lutz, 65, diedafter being struck by a carwhile they were out walkingnear their home Oct. 12. An in-vestigation is pending.
According to an April 2014report by the U.S. Departmentof Transportation’s NationalHighway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration,4,743pedestrianswere killed and about 76,000were injured in traffic crashesin the United States in 2012.
One hundred fifteen ofthose deaths occurred in Ohio.
That’s one pedestrian killedevery two hours, and one in-jured every seven minutes.
The NHTSA reported that70 percent of the fatalities didnot take place at intersections,and the vast majority, 89 per-cent, happened when theweatherwas clear, not raining,snowing or foggy.
The majority, 70 percent,also took place at night.
Municipal law typically re-
flects Ohio Revised Code4511.50, which requires pedes-trians towalkon the left sideofthe road, facing traffic, if nosidewalk is available.
If there is a sidewalk, how-ever, pedestriansare supposedto walk on it and not in thestreet, according to ORC4511.50.
Pedestrians, which includewalkers and runners, must
cross the street at a crosswalk,and if none is available, mustyield to traffic.
The Indian Hill ExemptedVillage School District doesnot have a problem with stu-dents walking to and fromschool since it is largely dis-couraged.
“Because Indian Hill does
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Students at Indian Hill Primary School board buses at the end of the day. The Indian Hill Exempted VillageSchool District encourages most of its students to ride the bus or ride with their parents as opposed to walkingto school or home. This is primarily because of the lack of sidewalks near the schools.
PEDESTRIANS,how safe are you?By Kelly [email protected] STEPS FOR SAFETY
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway TrafficSafety Administration offers theses reminders for pedestrians:»Walk on a sidewalk or path whenever one is available.» If there is no sidewalk or path available, walk facing traffic, on the
left side of the road, on the shoulder, as far away from traffic as pos-sible.» Keep alert at all times; don’t be distracted by electronic devices,
including radios, smart phones and other devices that take your eyesand ears off the road environment.» Be cautious night and day when sharing the road with vehicles.
Never assume a driver sees you.» Cross streets at crosswalks or intersections whenever possible.» If a crosswalk or intersection is not available, locate a well-lit area,
wait for a gap in traffic that allows you enough time to cross safely,and continue to watch for traffic as you cross.» Stay off freeways, restricted-access highways and other pedestri-
an-prohibited roadways.» Be visible at all times. Wear bright clothing during the day, and
wear reflective materials or use a flashlight at night.
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Charles Spence Faxon IIIwas feisty and competitive, thekind of guy that would drop tothe floor and do 100 push-ups ata moment’s notice, wore a cow-boyhat everywhereandwasev-eryone’s best friend.
Faxon, the co-founder andpresident of the Cincinnati en-ergybrokeragefirmEnergyAl-liances Inc., died Oct. 16 aftersuffering complications from aheart attack. He was 63.
“He was one of the all-timecharacters I ever met, he wascompletely unique,” said hisfriend, Dan Deters.
Faxon,ofBatavia,woreasig-nature Paladin hat straight outof old Clint Eastwood movies.
He was a music lover whowent toWoodstock; sawElvis inLasVegas; and tookhis youngerbrother to theBeatles inCincin-nati.
“There were 150 people atthe funeral who lost their bestfriend,” Deters said. “I havenever met anyone like that.”
Faxon co-founded the Syca-more Township-based EnergyAlliances with brother JohnFaxon and partners Bill Grafeand Mark Bishop in 1985. Themultimillion-dollar business of-fers lower-cost energy prices.
Under his watch, the firm –which hasmore than100,000 ac-counts mainly in SouthwestOhio – focused on putting cli-ents first.
Spence Faxonwas proud andoften proclaimed: “We’ve beenable to saveourcustomers tens-of-millions of dollars since westarted.”
Deters worked for Faxon,but described him as a mentor,more than boss.
Faxonwasborn inCincinnatiin 1951 and grew up in IndianHill. After graduating from theUniversity of Cincinnati, hewent into real estate.
Faxon entered the energybusiness in the early 1980s asco-owner of Energy Cost Ana-lysts, a Cincinnati energy man-agement and consulting firm,and also served on the Mayor’sEnergy Task Force under for-mer Cincinnati Mayor DavidMann.
Faxon’s utility market know-ledge was a game changer onthe regulatory front.
Over three decades ago, Wil-
Charles Faxon IIIwas ‘one of theall-time characters’
Charles Spence Faxon III, 63, co-founder and president of Cincinnati energybrokerage firm Energy Alliances Inc., died Oct. 16 after sufferingcomplications from a heart attack. Energy Alliances founders (clockwisefrom top left) Bill Grafe, vice president; Mark Bishop, marketing director;Spence Faxon, president, and John D. Faxon, utility analyst, at theSycamore Township offices.
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LIVESREMEMBERED
Co-founder and president of the energybrokerage firm Energy Alliances Inc.
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not have sidewalks lead-ing up to the schools, weencourage all of our stu-dents to take the bus be-cause we want to keepthem as safe as possible,”said Andrea Brady, direc-tor of communications forthe district.
“Almost all of our stu-dents take the bus or aredriven.”
However, when stu-dents do find it necessaryto potentially face traffic,for example those who arein athletics, they are suffi-ciently prepared.
Susan Savage, crosscountry coach at IndianHill High School, said shefrequently reminds herstudents about road safe-ty.
“(While running) weface traffic whenever pos-sible, and there are certainroads where we run singlefile,” she said via email.“We try to run as much aspossible on the bike trailandsideroadswhere thereis less traffic.”
Staff reporter ForrestSellers contributed to this story.
SafeContinued from Page A1
TIPS FROMWALKERSThe Community Press, in its Oct. 22 Cha-troom question, asked readers for safewalking tips. Email your thoughts to [email protected]:“Walk/run facing traffic – and step asidewhen you see traffic coming. Wear brightcolored clothing (even reflective clothing)to assure you are easily seen by oncomingvehicles.”
C.G.“When walking along any roadway I al-ways, always, always walk on the left sideagainst traffic. At least that will give me afighting chance to see if someone in a caris drifting onto the shoulder and righttoward me. If a person is walking on theright side of the road, the only warningthey have of imminent death or maiming isthe fateful and oh-so-painful feel of metalon skin and bones. When walking in ornear an active roadway I assume that I aminvisible to the car and take the personalresponsibility to get out of their way. If it isdark or dusk I wear reflective clothing or avest. I also keep in the forefront of mybrain the simple fact that in a car vs. pedes-trian contest, the car (or truck) will alwayswin.”
M.J.F.“I really like to walk and consider it aperfect non-damaging, low cost, exercise.After leaving a job that provided me withthe opportunity to frequently take verylong walks in new places, I tried severalways to use our public roadways and side-walks to see Anderson from a new per-spective. Now, I have a volunteer positionthat can keep me on my feet for hours,
and, so far, help me keep those ‘unemploy-ment inches’ from requiring a new ward-robe.“I don’t know what time of day this tookplace, but obviously, if it was at night, wehave all seen pedestrians who seem cluelesswhen it comes to wearing highly visibleclothing or reflective belts if walking atnight. Walking on the side of the road,facing traffic, in most cases allows the walk-er to determine an oncoming threat. Ihaven’t mastered selecting routes at alltimes without sharp bends in the road, butam extra cautious if there is not enough sidearea to allow me to move out of the way,on the side upon which I am walking. InAnderson Township, many of our subdivi-sion streets have sidewalks, for which wehomeowners pay extra taxes. I have a ques-tion for all those who seem to feel thatwalking in the street, even when there aresidewalks, is somehow a pedestrian preroga-tive. Why?“By the way, as winter approaches, walkingbefore sidewalks are cleaned, or using theplowed streets because someone hasn’tcleaned their sidewalk, is a really good wayto put a driver in an awkward and undesiredposition in already hazardous driving condi-tions.”
Don Brown“I walk a lot but I always walk in daylightfacing oncoming traffic. I move off the roadwhen a car approaches. I prefer to walk onside streets where there are sidewalks.Walking at dusk or later scares me. Thereseems to be more cars (rush hour) and fasterdrivers at that time of day.”
liam L. Mallory Sr., for-merOhioHouseMajorityLeader, delivered aspeech on the “NaturalGas Crisis Facing Amer-ica” written by Faxon.This dialogue contribut-ed to opening natural gasderegulation in the Unit-ed States.
Faxon enjoyed spend-ing time at his familyfarm in Adams County,where he went on longhikes and relaxed withhis wife Jenny and theirdogs.
Faxon was involvedwith the community andcharitable groups, serv-ing this year on the boardof the Cincinnati Human
Relations Commission.He supported many localand regional causes, in-cluding the ProspectHouse, which his fatherhelped found.
Survivors include hiswife,MaryVirginia “Jen-ny” Faxon; daughter Syd-ney Faxon Trout; step-sons Brian and DouglasPhillips; brother JohnFaxon; son-in-law GregTrout; and two grand-sons.
Services have beenheld. Memorials can bemade to Prospect House,682HawthorneAve., Cin-cinnati, OH 45205. ■
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FAXON OBITUARYSee Charles Faxon’s obituaryon page B6.
A rundown of localVeterans Day events:
» The Village of Indi-an Hill Veterans Com-mittee is planning a Vet-erans Day observanceTuesday, Nov. 11, at 11a.m., at theVeteransMe-morial locatedatthecor-ner of Shawnee Run andDrake roads. The com-mittee members inviteveterans and the com-munity to join them inhonoring and remem-bering the service andsacrifices our veteranshave made throughouthistory to preserve andprotect our country.
The program will be-gin with patriotic musicat 10:45 a.m followed bymilitary tributes. Guestspeaker will be StephenLee, who has been dedi-cated to veterans’causes for many years,but most notably as thechairman of the UnitedService OrganizationTribute in Cincinnati.Over the past 11 years,
Lee and the Cincinnatifundraiser have raisedmore than $5 million forUSO of MetropolitanWashington (USO-Met-ro). This make it thelargest contributor toUSO-Metro outside ofWashington, D.C.
The ceremony alsowill include the place-ment of an honorarywreath at the memorialby the Indian Hill Rang-ers and Boy Scouts.
» CincinnatiMassageEnvy Spa locations willprovide support to vet-erans and military per-sonnel this VeteransDay by donating $10 forevery one-hourmassageor facial session provid-edonTuesday,Nov.11, toWounded Warrior Pro-ject.
Wounded WarriorProject is the non-profitorganization that servesveterans and active mil-itary who incurred aphysical or mental inju-ry, illness, or wound, co-incident to theirmilitaryservice on or after Sept.11, 2001, and their fam-ilies.
Tempers flared at theMadeira City Councilmeeting Oct. 27 as thecouncil voted to send Is-sue 13 to the ballot withunanimous opposition.
Issue13wason thebal-lot Nov. 4 and if passedwould add an amendmentto theMadeira City Char-ter that would make thetrain depot, HosbrookHouse and MuchmoreHouse part of a “historicdistrict.”
Many members ofcouncil havebeenagainstIssue 13 being on the bal-lot since it was firstbrought before council.The council approvedplacing it on the ballot asa “matter of procedure.”
“How can we addsomething to somethingwe don’t have defined byour city?” Councilman
Kenneth Born said at theOct. 27 meeting. BecauseMadeira does not have ahistoric district, theamendment gives thecitynothing that it canen-force.
If the amendmentwere to pass, the citycould clarify or nullify itwith another amendmentor through legal action,City Solicitor BobMalloysaid.
Resident Doug Oppen-heimer, a member of thecitizens’ group behindthe amendment, said hehas plans for anotheramendment that wouldcreate a historic districtandacommission toover-see it.
During the publiccomment portion of themeeting, resident ToddWoellneraccused thecityof hiding documentsabout how the city ob-tained the historic houses. Woellner has ob-
tained five letters abouthow the city got thehouses from CleoHosbrook, which he saysshow she was forced todonate them.
“I was under the im-pression that we werecollectively seeking thetruth. I will simply notcontinue to be part of aprocess designed bymembersofcouncil tode-liberately mislead ourcommunity,” Woellnersaid.
Oppenheimer alsospoke against the resolu-tion.
“The (resolution) isthe absolute most shame-ful resolution that I haveseen in almost 45 years inthis community,” he said.
Oppenheimer accusedMalloy of hiding the rec-ords about thehouses andwriting false informationinto the resolution.
“You are making per-sonal attacks on people.This is not the forum forthat, Mr. Oppenheimer,”Vice Mayor MelisaAdrien said, after othersfailed to subdue the yell-ing.
Oppenheimer movedon to point out more falseinformation in the resolu-tion.
“It is entangled withmistruths. It is mislead-ing. It contains someone’spersonal fantasies. It iswritten in the hope thatthe Madeira electorate isstupid. The author of thismisleading and obnox-ious document shouldstand and be identifiedfor authoring such ashameful document,” hesaid.
Born and Mayor MikeSteur said they asked forthe resolution opposingIssue13 to be added to theagenda.
Resident Doug Oppenheimeraccuses the Madeira CityCouncil's resolution opposingIssue 13 as shameful andmisleading. The resolutionpassed with a 7-0 vote ofcouncil.
INDIANHILLJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134
Cincinnati Country DaySchool celebratedHomecoming and Re-unionWeekend Sept. 19-
20. The celebration included atraditional FallFest carnival,“The Magic of Country Day,”for students, an alumni recep-tion and football game Friday.
On Saturday morning, theschool dedicated the FredCarey’80 memorial plaque androck on the Montessori play-ground. Carey, a CCDS UpperSchool English teacher fromMilford, died Feb. 21 when thebicycle hewas ridingwas hit bya car.
An iconic part of theMontes-sori program is a very largerock that students have playedon for more than 50 years. Therock was engraved with thewords fredROCK and a memo-rial plaque was placed adjacentto it commemorating thememo-ry of Carey, who began hisCountry Day education in theMontessori preschool.
“Fred was inseparable fromCountry Day, so I’m honored todedicate fredROCK to com-memorate the indeliblemarkheleft behind. fredROCK – theperfect tribute to a man whowas a rock for so many,” Headof School Robert Macrae toldthe crowd.
Following the dedication, the
Alumni Luncheon and AthleticHall of Fame Induction washeld to recognize this year’sDistinguished Alumnus and in-duct four former players andcoaches into theAthleticHall ofFame. They are:
Distinguished AlumnusKyleBrooks '81ofHydePark
is a Lifer and a current parent.He has been a long-time gener-ous supporter of all thingsCountry Day and a member oftheCountryDayBoardofTrust-ees since 2009. Brooks alsoserves as a member of the Fi-nance, Master Planning andLegislative committees.
Athletic Hall of FameInductees
»Will Callard '90 of Chicagoexcelled at basketball, football,wrestling and track. He earnedthe David McDaniel Award fortop male athlete and receivedall-district football honors serv-ing as captain of the undefeatedfootball team. He was also astate track qualifier for twoyears.
» Brittany Woods Patterson'04 of Deer Park achieved dis-tinction in soccer, basketballand track. Shewas the recipientof the ShirleyHeinichenAwardthat is given to the top femaleathlete. She received all-state
soccer honors and all-city bas-ketball honors. She was a statetrack qualifier for three years.
»MarshallAdamsofMilfordcoached at Country Day from1983-2012. He coached multipleAll Americans and numerousstate qualifiers in swimming.His teams won more than 30league swimming titles and oneindividual and one relay statechampion title. He receivedMi-ami Valley Conference andSouthern Ohio Swim LeagueCoach of the Year honors.
» CoachHowardBrownsteinof Union Township coached atCountry Day from 1985-2014and was awarded league, cityand stateCoachof theYearhon-ors during that time. His teamswon 20 Miami Valley Confer-ence, 10 sectional and nine dis-trict championships. Brown-stein is oneof only threebasket-ball coaches in Ohio to record500 career wins. The basketballteammade the State Final Fourin 1992. He coached three indi-vidualandonerelaystatecham-pion in track and the track teamwas state runner-up in 1998.
During Homecoming week-end, seven classes held re-unions: 1959, 1964, 1974, 1979,1984, 1989, and 1999. Reunionsfor the classes of 2004 and 2009will be held over Thanksgivingweekend.
THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ
The Cincinnati Country Day Homecoming pep rally included tugs-of-war and relays among high school classes. Joining their team were senior girls, from left: Gusty Pohlman of Terrace Park,Danielle Mangat and Alexandra Sukin, both of Indian Hill, Lindsey Jarrell of Loveland and Kira Hughes of Indian Hill.
Cincinnati Country Day celebrates
HOMECOMING
THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ
The entire student body attended a pep rally before the Homecoming football game against Lockland. Amongthose cheering for Cincinnati Country Day were, from left: Bryce Snell of West Chester Township, Alex Back of Mt.Washington, Teagen Davis of Miami Township and Reed Horton of Anderson Township. All are second-graders.
THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ
Five aspiring footballplayers attended theCincinnati Country DayHomecoming game. Theyare, from left: front, JackRoy, a sixth-grader;Parker Corbin, athird-grader, and AidanRoss, a sixth-grader, all ofMiami Township; back,Miles Roy, a third-graderfromMiami Township,and Wilson Bagnoli, athird-grader from IndianHill.
THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ
Cincinnati Country Day School’s 2014 Distinguished Alumnus and AthleticHall of Fame inductees were honored during halftime at the Homecominggame. From left: Howard Brownstein of Union Township, Marshall Adamsof Milford, Brittany Woods Patterson ‘04 of Deer Park, DistinguishedAlumnus Kyle Brooks ‘81 of Hyde Park, Will Callard ‘90 and daughters ofChicago, and Head of School Robert Macrae.
THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ
Cincinnati Country Day’s Class of 1959 gathered on Homecoming andReunion Weekend. Several attended the Alumni Reception before thegame. They are, from left: Jay Mickam of Mansfield, Ohio; Sue Arms, wifeof alumnus Rick Arms; Jerry Levin of Indian Hill and his grandson, JonathanLevin of Mason; Rick Arms of Old Mystic, Conn., and Ebbie Lunken of IndianHill.
THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ
Freshmen Thomas Retzios, left, from Sharonville, and Joey Hodson of WestChester Township participate in the wheelbarrow relay.
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Football» »Moeller beat Louisville
Trinity 17-14 Oct. 31. Seniorquarterback Matt Crable went15-for-26 for 233 yards and twotouchdowns to senior wide re-ceiver Jack Toomb to lead theCrusaders.
Crable also led the teamwith85 yards on the ground andToomb ended the night with sixcatches for78yardsand the twotouchdowns.
Trinity had a chance to tieand possibly take the lead overMoeller, but missed two fieldgoals in the fourth quarter.
The Crusaders held Trinityto only 56 yards on the ground.
» St. Xavier, ranked No. 1 in
The Enquirer Division I coach-es’ poll, defeated visiting Louis-ville St. Xavier 24-6 in theBombers’ regular-season fi-nale. It was the Bombers’ fifthwin in a row and coach SteveSpecht’s 100th career win. St. Xsenior running backBenGlineshad 142 yards and a touchdown.Sophomore quarterback SeanClifford was 8 of 11 passing for84 yards and a touchdown.
» Cincinnati Country Daybeat New Miami 41-0. Juniorrunning back Darryn Jordanran CCD into at least a share ofthe Miami Valley Conferencewith185yardson15carries.Jor-danalsohadfourrushing touch-downs and one receiving.
» Taylor beat IndianHill 18-7on Oct. 31. The Braves finished5-3 (4-3 Cincinnati HillsLeague).
Tournament girls soccer
» Cincinnati Country Dayshut outMadeira 2-0 in theDivi-sion III regional tournament atMariemont Oct. 29. SophomoreOliviaBrownand junior LaurenBuczek scored
» OnNov. 1, Summit CountryDay defeated Cincinnati Coun-try Day 4-2 in the DIII regionalfinal.
Tournament boys soccer» Summit Country Day won
theirDivision III regional semi-final against Cincinnati Coun-try Day 3-2 on Oct. 29 at Madei-ra. Senior Austin Smythescored twice and sophomoreCameron Belle scored thegame-winner.
SCD then beat SevenHills inthe regional final Nov. 1 4-3 inOT. Smythe had a multiple-goalgame, including the game-win-ner, and Seven Hills got goalsfrom Julian Baretta, Tucker
Robinson andTurnerAnderson.
Tournament girlsvolleyball
» The Mount Notre DameCougars defeated Saint Ursulain the DI regional semifinals atLakotaWest Oct. 30, 25-14, 25-8,25-22.
The Cougars won the DI re-gional final over Ursuline Nov.1, 25-21, 25-17, 25-23 to advanceto the state semifinals atWrightState.
Tournament boys crosscountry
» St. Xavier came in third asa team at the Division I statemeet Nov. 1. Senior Michael Vi-tucci finished first overall(15:34.53). Senior teammate,Brad Eagan, finished 10th(15:50.15).
The Bombers qualified for
the Division I state meet by fin-ishing second at the regionalmeet in Troy Oct. 25. SeniorMi-chael Vitucci was regionalchampion in 15:35.33. SeniorBrad Eagan was second, seniorMatt Osubor 16th, senior GabeWest 23rd, senior Cole Grabow-ski 33rd, sophomoreChrisReis-chel 37th and freshman JustinGrender 49th.
Tournament field hockey»Mount Notre Dame lost in
the Division I state semifinalOct. 31, 2-1 in overtime. SophieSikora had the lone goal for theCougars.
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INDIAN HILL — As is tradi-tion now, Indian Hill HighSchool’s red-clad runnersraced over the dying grass andautumn leaves blowing aboutin Troy, Ohio.
TheBraves earned the hourand a half bus ride up Inter-state 75 with a first-place fin-ish for the boys in the DivisionII district meet Oct. 18 and asecond-place finish by thegirls.
Unlike recent years, theboys team garnered the mostaccolades this fall with the dis-trict championship.
At Troy, they improvedtheir regional finish from ayear ago from 12th to ninth on
Oct. 25.Sophomore Ben Warstler
was the Braves’ swiftest in47th place at 17:34.77.
Junior Trent Geyer was notfar behind at 49th and17:36.36.
Fromthere, sophomorePat-rick Giroux was 54th, sopho-more Devin Heffernan 60th,freshman Joe Murdock 92nd,sophomore Ben Mendelsohn93rd and freshman John Gi-roux 106th.
“I’m very excited about thefuture of the boys,” coach Su-san Savage said. “We had allunderclassmen running.They’re all pretty focused andthey all care about it.”
Indian Hill was minus theirlone senior, Wells Coalfleet,who had run17:38 theweek be-fore at the district meet at
Voice of America Park. Coalf-leet had a date with the ACTand should be back in runningshoes in the spring.
“He prefers track anyway,”Savage said. “He’s a quarter-miler and half-miler.”
Warstler, Geyer, both Gi-rouxsandMurdockshouldalsobe contributors in the 2015track season. Mendelsohnplays tennis and Heffernan isan Indian Hill lacrosse player.
Looking toward next crosscountry season, Indian HillMiddle School coach DaleHaarman worked with an up-and-comerwhoshouldhelp theBraves next fall.
“Devin Heffernan’s littlebrother Nolan, an eighth-grad-
THANKS TO AARON ZUPKA
Indian Hill’s boys team finished as district champions in the Division II meet at Voice of America Park Oct. 18over Clark Montessori and Madeira. The Braves were ninth at the regional meet in Troy Oct. 25.
Mount Notre Dame is head-ing back to the Division I statevolleyball final four for a sec-ond straight year after astraight-set win over rival Ur-suline on Saturday night in theregional final at Lakota West.
The Cougars won 25-21, 25-17, 25-23, and it was their thirdwin over the Lions this year af-ter a regular-season sweep oftheir Girls’ Greater CatholicLeague foe.
Mount Notre Dame (25-2)will play unbeaten state No. 1Toledo St. Ursula Academy(28-0) Friday at 6 p.m. atWrightState in a Division I state semi-final and the state final will beSaturday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. atWright State. Toledo St. Ursulabeat Mount Notre Dame Aug.30.
The Cougars, ranked No. 1 inthe Enquirer Division I areacoaches’ poll and No. 2 in thestatepoll, haveachance towinasecond straight state title andthe school’s eighth overall.
Ursuline was No. 2 in thearea and No. 3 in the state.
“I’m really proud of ourgirls,” Mount Notre Damecoach Joe Burke said. “The lasttimeweplayed them,weplayedvery well and Ursuline didn’tplay as well. Those girls andthose coaches at Ursuline,they’re a tough bunch.We knewthiswasn’tgoing tobeaseasyaslast time.”
Each MND win over Ursu-line this seasoncame in straightsets and the Cougars have won11 straight sets from Ursulinedating to last season’s regionalfinal.
“That may be one of the bet-ter MND teams that I’ve seen,just because they’re so well-rounded,” Ursuline coach JeniCase said. “They usually haveone or two to go to. But their lib-ero is strong. Their setter isstrong.Their outside, theirmid-dle. They’re really balanced, soI think they have an awesometeam.
“Honestly, they’re the onlyteamthatmadeus lookasbadaswe did when we played themduring the season. We played
MND outside hitter Sydney Mukes,No. 19, and Christine Carrollcelebrate a point in the Division Iregional volleyball tournament atLakota West High School Oct. 30.MND defeated SUA 25-14,25-8,25-22.
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Ursuline middle hitter KatEdmondson, No. 15, reacts aftergetting a kill against St. Ursulavolleyball in the Division I regionalvolleyball tournament at LakotaWest High School Oct. 30.
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FIRST ROUNDFOOTBALL
PLAYOFFPAIRINGS
Local pairings areshown with seeds andregular-season records
DIVISION I7 p.m. Saturday16 LakotaWest (5-5) at
1 Centerville (10-0)15 Grove City Central
Crossing (7-3) at 2 St. Xa-vier (8-2)
14 Gahanna Lincoln(7-3) at 3 PickeringtonCentral (10-0)
13 Hilliard Davidson(6-4) at 4Dublin Coffman(10-0)
12Elder (6-4) at 5Hub-er Heights Wayne (9-1)
11Miamisburg (8-2) at6 Moeller (7-3)
10 Colerain (7-3) at 7Hilliard Darby (9-1)
9 Lakota East (8-2) at 8Springboro (9-1)
DIVISION II7:30 p.m. Friday8 Glen Este (6-4) at 1
La Salle (9-1)7NewCarlisle Tecum-
seh (5-5) at 2 MountHealthy (10-0)
6 Northwest (6-4) at 3Kings (10-0)
5 Harrison (7-3) at 4Lima Senior (8-2)
DIVISION III7:30 p.m. Friday8 Talawanda (7-3) at 1
Wapakoneta (10-0)7 Bellbrook (7-3) at 2
Bellefontaine (8-2)6 Western Brown (9-1)
at 3 Trotwood-Madison(9-1)
5 Tippecanoe (8-2) at 4
Kenton Ridge (9-1)
DIVISION IV7:30 p.m. Friday8 Miami Trace (7-3) at
1 Alter (10-0)7 Monroe (7-3) at 2
Clinton-Massie (10-0)6 Norwood (7-3) at 3
McNicholas (9-1)5 Taylor (9-1) at 4Wyo-
ming (9-1)
DIVISION V7 p.m. Saturday8Waynesville (7-3) at1
CHCA (10-0)7 Badin (7-3) at 2
Shroder (9-1)6 West Jefferson (6-4)
at 3 Madeira (7-3)5 Mariemont (7-3) at 4
Jamestown Greeneview(9-1)
DIVISION VI7:30 p.m. Friday8 Summit Country
Day (6-3) at 1 Tri-CountyNorth (9-0)
7 Versailles (6-4) at 2Miami East (9-1)
6Mechanicsburg (8-2)at 3 Minster (7-3)
5 Cincinnati CountryDay (10-0) at 4 West Lib-erty-Salem (9-1)
DIVISION VII7 p.m. Saturday8 North Lewisburg
Triad (6-4) at 1 MariaStein Marion Local (10-0)
7 Covington (6-4) at 2Sidney Lehman Catholic(8-2)
6 Troy Christian (7-3)at 3 Miami Valley Chris-tian (7-2)
5 Fort Recovery (6-4)at 4 Fort Loramie (7-3)
Footballpairings
SYMMES TWP. — Football coachEric Taylor remembers the dayword got out about Prince Sam-mons, a highly recruited 6-foot-8junior two-way lineman playingfor unbeaten Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy. It happenedwhen Sammons was a freshman,before he played a single down onthe field.
“A football scout that I knowwas interested in some of ourguys. Prince kind of stands out,and he caught the attention of thescout,” Taylor said. “He askedmewhohewas. I said itwas ourwaterboy; he wasn’t eligible to play yet.And we laughed about it. So hestarts texting that you need towatch out for CHCA’s water boy.”
Sammons’ improbable risefromwater boy to one of the mostsought-after college footballrecruits in the country is merelythe latest twist in a tale that beganin Nigeria, where Sammons wasknown as the tall one namedPrince Micheal, a manchild in theLagos region whose heart was asbig as his frame.
Sammons, anatural athlete andnimble for his size, has a 7-footwing span andweighs 268 pounds,according to Taylor. He has morethan 100 tackles and nearly 10sacks in two seasons for the 10-0Eagles. A second-team all-MiamiValley Conference selection as asophomore, he is a national top-50prospect in the 2016 class with
scholarship offers fromAlabama,Auburn, Georgia, Ohio State,Penn State, Tennessee and others,17 in all.
“Football is fun,” Sammonssaid. “It’s great to be around otherkids like me and be part of theteam.”
He’s been playing football twoyears for the two-time MVC co-champions. Prior to that, he hadnever heard of the sport, thinkingthe subject was soccer when itwas first introduced in conversa-tion.
In Nigeria, he was very famil-iar with soccer, a first sportingpassion that he never outgrew.Healso loved basketball.
At home, he had his favoritefoods, including curry chicken.He had two parents, who lovedhim. He had a way of life whichwas the only thing that he knew.He had a way out of Nigeria, if hewanted it, through an Americanbasketball scout who connectedhimwith a high school in theUnit-ed States where he could furtherhis education, learn skills andplaybasketball. TheyoungPrincewanted it.
But he lost all of it, includingboth parents.
Coach Taylor said Sammons’mother and father died in sepa-rate events as he was in the proc-ess ofmoving to theUnited Statesin searchof abetterwayof life forhis family including nine siblings.All the original plans fell throughwith the high school in Marylandwhere he was planning to attendclasses and play basketball.
“He’s apparently been througha lot,” coach Taylor. “And hewound up with us.”
The journey started inWiscon-sin, where he lived temporarilywhile experiencing difficultywith the enrollment process. Itended at CHCA after arriving inCincinnati by bus.
He was dropped off at a streetcorner andpicked upbypeople hedid not knowwhowere connectedto the private Christian academy.
At that point, he had a schoolwilling to take him but no home tohouse him, until the couple thatpicked him up eventually decidedto take him into their home.
From water boy to top recruit,CHCA’s Sammons on the riseByMarc [email protected]
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New Richmond High Schoolsophomore quarterback Gage Kramertries to escape the rush of CincinnatiHills Christian Academy junior PrinceSammons Sept. 12.
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er, was the CHL champi-on,” Savage said. “Hewent up to the state mid-dle school meet and fin-ished third. We lose Wells(next year) but gain No-lan.”
The Indian Hill girlshave collected CincinnatiHills League and districttitles in recent years buthad to settle for second-place at the district meetOct. 18. At the regionalrun, IndianHill were11th.
“The girls have beenleague champions four ofthe last five years,” Sav-age said. “This year wewere plagued with someinjuries. We lost (senior)Kelli Gerlinger to a stressfracture.Shewasour two-three runner.”
Leading Savage’s packwas junior Rhian Hortonin 39th at 21:10.60. BehindHorton was senior SaraSchwanekamp in 65th,freshman Vi Robertson68th, senior MacKenzieOwen 75th, sophomoreSydney Miles 93rd andseniorSabrinaBulas94th.Freshman Emily Sheardwas the seventh runner-,but had asthma issues ona hotter than normal day.
“Usually that meet isbitter cold,” Savage said.“At 2:15 (when they ran) itwas in the 70s.”
Losing three seniors,Savage expects to rebuildthe girls team over thenext year.
“Our numbers are realsolid,” Savage said. “Youneverknowwho’sgoing tobe the diamond in therough.”
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them,” Mukes said. “Butwe know we have to layour best game becausethey’re a good team.”
Senior middle blockerKatEdmondson ledUrsu-line with eight blocks.Senior outside hitter Ab-by Williams and fresh-man middle blocker AliThompson eachhad eightkills. Williams added 16digs and junior setterKelly Cameron made 16assists for the Lions.
View from the Side-line: “Someone has tolose,” Case said. “There’sonlyoneteamthat’sgoingto end on a win. Theywere tough. We had noth-ing to lose. I just wantedto play them better thanwe did in the season andwe absolutely did.”
Case said everythingwas better in the thirdmatch of the seasonagainstMND, despite thesimilar result.
themtwiceandwedidnotplay well. We have fourlosses this year and threeof them are to them.”
Things started to getdicey for Mount NotreDame midway throughthe third set when Ursu-line surged toa four-pointlead at 20-16.
That’s when senioroutside hitter SydneyMukes sandwiched twoof her 14 kills around anacebysenior setterJessi-ca Towle to trim the def-icit to 20-19.
“Just confidence,”Mukes said. “That’s beenmymotto all year and ourteam’smotto. Confidenceand don’t stop believing.All the time. Believingthat we’re in it.”■
The Cougars finallytied thegameat 23-23andjunior outside hitter ErinMcCarthy put MNDahead for good with anace. Junior middle block-er Dani Szczepanski thenended thematchwith herfifth kill.
“This team has a lot ofheart,” Towle said.“We’ve come back from alot of teams having usdownandwe’vemanagedto fight our way back.
That had a lot to do withit.”
Mount Notre Damecontrolled most of thefirst two games after Ur-suline raced to a 4-1 leadin Game 1.
“Our coaches pre-pared us so well for thisgame,” Towle said.“They’re always givingus the best criticism theycan this whole week andthey’ve really been on usabout doing the littlethings right and I reallythink we managed to dothat this game.”
Players of the Match:Mukes was a force downthe stretch.
“She isaheckofaplay-er,” Burke said. “Wemoved her to outsidethree years ago now andto see where she startedat as an outside to whereshe’s at now, I really be-lieve she is just a domi-nant player.Wewere tell-ing them at the end, getSydney the ball. Get Syd-ney the ball.”
Szczepanski had fivekills and senior right-sidehitter Lyndsey Degaroadded four.
Towle finished with 23assists and three killswhile senior libero Mar-go Wolf added 23 digs.
“Since Ursuline is agreat rival,wealwaysgetpumped up against
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COLUMBUS—Asit triedto hang on to a one-goallead in a state semifinal,the Mount Notre Damefield hockey team wasmade painfully aware ofthe talent of ShakerHeights’ Kasidy Ander-son during the game’smost crucial momentsFriday at Upper Arling-ton.
The two-time all-stateplayer, who will play forNortheastern University,setup thegame-tyinggoallate in the second half andscored the game-winnerwith 3 minutes, 5 secondsto go in the first overtimeas Shaker Heights beatthe Cougars 2-1.
The Cougars, who alsowere state semifinalists ayear ago, finish 14-6.
“(Anderson) made agreat play at the end,”coach Beth Vonderbrinksaid. “Overtime it’s any-one’s game. Our biggestadjustment was in tryingto be able to stop (Ander-son). At the same time, it’shard to mark her up.”
Mount Notre Dametooka1-0 leadwith20min-utes, 15 seconds left in thefirst half. Sophie Sikora
passed it in on a penaltycorner to Caroline Warn-ing, who got it back to Sik-ora. Sikora then knockedit past goalkeeperAudreyAnderle for the goal.
The Cougars had fewopportunities throughoutthe remainder of regula-tion, but a defense led bysenior goalkeeper AllyBenz, senior defendersTess Meyer, AbbySchwarz and Sarah Pis-ciotta and juniordefenderMadison Titus helpedthem keep the lead untilthe 57th minute.
Benz,whowas all-statea year ago, finished with13 saves.
Shaker Heights had 15penalty corners com-pared to just one forMount Notre Dame.
“It’s not the first timethe other team has had itdown in our end a lot,”Benz said. “We’ve beendown the overtime roadbefore, too, but we defi-nitely all workedwell as aunit to get this far.”
Mount Notre Dame,which lost to Gahanna Co-lumbus Academy 1-0 inovertime in a state semifi-nal a year ago, seemed onthe verge of hanging onbefore Shaker Heights fi-nally broke through.
With 3:50 to go in thesecond half, Andersontook a pass from MarciaBrown off a penalty cor-ner and passed it to Jessi-caMorford, who smashedone past Benz to tie it at 1.
With 4:25 to go in over-time, Mount Notre Damehad its best opportunity toscore since its first goal,but Anderle and the Shak-er Heights defensethwarted the scoringchance.
On Anderson’s game-winner, she dribbleddown the left side of the
field, moved around a de-fender and shot it pastBenz.
“Our goalkeeper madesome great savesthroughout the game,”Vonderbrink said. “Weheld them until there wasabout three-minutes andsomething left. Theyplayed their hearts out.”
Notre Dame Academyhas made five appear-ances in the state tourna-ment, with its best finishcoming in 2004 when itwas the state runner-up.
MND field hockey wraps up season in state semisBy Jarrod [email protected]
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MND’s Sophie Sikora, left, moves the ball past Ursulineforward Jessica Lipic.
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Ursuline’s Karley Krammes (7) watches as her teammate’s shoton goal is blocked by MND’s Tess Meyer (17) and goal keeperAlly Benz.
I was recently listening to aradio show that featured one ofthose “If you don’t love Amer-ica, then leave” types.
Superficially, every Amer-ican – or person of any nation-ality really – can identify withthe sentiment on a superficiallevel. However, let’s dig a bitdeeper and ask ourselves, isunconditional love for ournation really patriotic?
Sure we should love ourcountry. Does that mean it isperfect? Absolutely not. Doesit mean it is wrong to criticizethe government? Absolutelynot. Does it mean we shouldagree with all things that hap-pen in our society, or that thegovernment does, just because
we feel that toquestion isunpatriotic? Ihope not!
When I wasgrowing up inBrazil, themilitary dicta-torship used toencouragepeople to putjingoistic win-dow stickers
on their cars. One of themwas“Brazil: Love it or Leave It”.My Aunt, who lived in Englandand was no fan of the regime,once went to a Brazilian TradeFair near Oxford and, chilling-ly, found that sticker pasted tothe inside of the window of her
car. She joked that the SecretPolice were not so smart, be-cause she had in fact left Bra-zil some time before!
Of course, it was an inter-esting message: Dissent is notallowed, so if you disagree, welabel you as someone whohates the country – more thanunpatriotic –– and you shouldleave.
In the United States, wewere given freedoms by theConstitution, which allow us tospeak our minds, and disagreewith the status quo. I might notagree with your point of view,but I will fight for you to beable to present your ideas inpublic. In fact, I know thatmany of our active military
and veterans feel the sameway, because they are, in fact,spilling blood to defend thatvery freedom of speech andthe freedom to think and ex-press our ideas, as well asfreedom of religion and otherAmerican ideals.
My point, then, is this: neverconfuse dissent with lack oflove for our nation, nor dis-agreement with governmentpolicy with unpatriotic behav-ior. Blind belief in governmentand blind acceptance of policyis what lead to Hitler’s Germa-ny.
If you live in a Democracy,and you love your country,participation, discussion, dis-sent and agreement all form
the fabric of our society.As long as we share the
common goal of making thingsbetter – for as many of us aspossible – then we share thelove of our nation. It is tooeasy, and the tactic of tyrants,to label those with whomwedisagree as lesser patriots thanus. We are a society with greatintentions and a great future.
As soon as we legislate forthe benefit of narrow interests,and tell people who disagreewith us that they are unpatri-otic, we have are less than wecould be. And we are weakeras a result.
Bruce Healey is a resident of IndianHill.
Patriotism, freedom need each other
BruceHealeyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Cincinnati’s Union Termi-nal, which houses the MuseumCenter, has been mentioned agreat deal lately.
Although it is an architec-tural landmark full of interest-ing exhibits and a must seesight for out-of-town visitors,for families it is also a place toshare memories of earlierdays and make plans for fu-ture outings.
The Cincinnati HistoryMuseum has Cincinnati inMotion, sometimes called thetrain display. However it isCincinnati in miniature whichfeatures models of CrosleyField, Union Terminal andmany neighborhoods as theylooked in the early 20th centu-ry.
On a family visit, tell aboutvisits made to the CincinnatiZoo in its earlier days and, ifold enough, trips to CrosleyField, Coney Island or LunkenAirport when it was the mainairport for Cincinnati. Nearthe end of the museum, thereis Public Landing, a repro-duced river town including theQueen of the West riverboat.Costumed interpreters may bethere to add information.
In the Museum of Scienceand Natural History are op-portunities to plan for future
outings. Themound builderexhibit couldlead to a visitto the intrigu-ing SerpentMound or toFort Ancientto see NativeAmericanearthworksabout 2,000years old. A
good opportunity to sharethoughts and memories is atthe space age display.
It is small and an excellentopportunity to expand on itsince it occurred during ourlife time. That could lead to afuture visit to the Neil Arm-strong Museum.
Next, there is the popularCave and Ice Age that couldlead to a visit to MammothCave. The cave has a wheel-chair accessible path. Ofcourse, Dino Hall is popularand it is near the exit to themuseum.
Duke Energy Children’sMuseum, in the lower level, ismeant for those 10 and under.Energy Zone and Water Worksare popular areas as well asThe Woods, an area for chil-dren 8 and above which fea-tures a new aquarium. It may
a lead to a trip over to Ken-tucky’s Newport Aquarium.
In addition to its three mu-seums, it contains the five-story Robert D. Lindner Fam-ily Omnimax Theater, specialexhibits and Tower A, theoriginal main control tower.For the train fan of all ages,Tower A is like a train mu-seum where they can get aview of the tracks still in usetoday, and explore the arti-facts showing Union Termi-nal’s rich history.
On Nov. 7, the annual Holi-day Junction will open. It willhave the large, popular, modeltrain display, part of whichwas the Duke Energy displayformerly located downtown.Holiday Junction also has akids' train ride and SantaClaus.
If there are visiting Reds orbaseball fans, as you leave theUnion Terminal, you can pointout that the 1869 Red Stock-ings, the first, openly, all pro-fessional and best team of itstime, played near the bottomof the fountain. There is amarker at the bottom of thefountain near the north park-ing lot that gives more detail.
Gary Crouch is a resident of UnionTownship.
THANKS TO GARY CROUCH
Amodel train display, part of the "Holiday Junction" exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center.
Union Terminal offersmore than you think
GaryCrouchCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Oct. 30 questionDid you or will you vote
early this year, or will youwait until Election Day? Why?
“I have voted via the mailon absentee ballots for thepast 8 years or so. The ballotis available ahead of timefrom Hamilton County viaphone or www.votehamil-toncounty.org.
There are many advan-tages to this mail-in methodsuch as no lines, weatherconcerns or driving andparking concerns. The bestpart is I can sit at home withall the information in frontof me and take my time in-telligently filling out theballot and mail it in early.Every year I see that hun-dreds of people stand in linedowntown for early votingat the board of elections.They are in line and myballot has already beencounted.”
T.D.T.
“I do not believe thereshould be the option of vot-ing early. If you truly careabout the electoral processand value the results of yourchoices then you will makethis day and your vote apriority, not an inconve-nience so easily replaced.
“We’ve created an entire
generation of people (yesvoters) who really don’t carewho is elected unless they(the voter) can somehow getmore public assistance. Butthey’ll vote today becausethey saw a billboard or got apostcard or heard any one ofa dozen TV or radio addsevery half hour, on the sameday they decide to cast theirearly ballot.
“Election day is alwaysthe first Tuesday in Novem-ber, and we have from 6:30a.m. until 7:30 p.m. (13hours) to get to our pollingplaces to cast our votes. Isthis really so hard that wedon’t even need a decentexcuse any more (i.e. mil-itary duty)? And by the way,check my ID and everyoneelse’s too.”
Doug Simmons
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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThere is a proposal in the Ohiolegislature to keep schoolsopen year-round. Is this agood idea? Why or why not?
Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to via email.Send your answers tormaloney@community press.comwith Ch@troom in the subject line.
Here’s a fact:Government is too big
I read with interest BruceHealey’s article, “The factsand just the facts” in refer-ence to my article, “What haschanged” about the size ofgovernment.
Mr. Healey failed to men-tion some facts that havecaused the growth of govern-ment and are paid for by thetaxpayer.
A few examples are: cronycapitalism, Solyndra solarreceiving $535 million, Telsaelectric cars $465 million,Fisker Motors $529 million,123 Battery Co. $249 million,Abound solar $400 million,Beacon Power $43 million,and 50 other crony compa-nies, most of which have gonebankrupt or are close tobankruptcy.
Government bailouts likeFannie May $93 billion, Fred-die Mack $51 billion, GMunion bailout $30 billion,
streetcars where bus trans-portation exists like Cincin-nati $105 million and manymanymore. Earmarks neverdiscussed for bridges to no-where and billions more paidfor by the taxpayer.
Government entities thatshould not even exist like, theDepartment of Educationwith common core $70 billiona year, Federal college loans$1 trillion, all of this extragovernment money is builtinto our telephone bills, ourelectric bills, our grocerybills, our maintenance bills,fuel bills, hotel bills, taxibills, hospital bills, and everyother thing that we buy.
This means that we paydouble for everything wepurchase and that we receiveonly half of our pay checks topay the visible and hiddentaxes to pay for government.
Wemust cut the size ofgovernment and our deficit.
William C. SchmidterIndian Hill
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THURSDAY, NOV. 6Art EventsArt 2Wear Exhibit and Sale,6-10 p.m., Loveland Art Studioson Main, 529 Main Ave., Uniquewearable pieces by regionalartists specializing in glass,metal, polymer clay and fiber.Entertainment, cocktails andappetizers. Benefits LovelandArts Council Scholarship Fund.Free admission. Presented byLoveland Arts Council. 683-7283;www.lovelandartscouncil.org.Loveland.
Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Music fromvariety of genres. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.
Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475. Blue Ash.
On Stage - StudentTheaterOne Upon aMattress, 7 p.m.,Ursuline Academy, 5535 PfeifferRoad, Beloved musical comedy.$10, $8 students. 791-5791;www.ursulineacademy.org. BlueAsh.
Senior CitizensLet Your Yoga Dance, noon to 1p.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, Powerdance combining yoga, breathand user-friendly dance withmusic from all around theworld. $5. 984-1234. Blue Ash.Silver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, $6.984-1234; sycamoreseniorcente-r.org. Blue Ash.
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PetsCat Adoption Day, noon to 4p.m., The Scratching Post, 6948Plainfield Road, Visit adoptioncenter and volunteer with catsor take one home (adoptionfee). 984-6369; www.thescratch-ingpost.org. Silverton.
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MONDAY, NOV. 10Art EventsArt 2Wear Exhibit and Sale,noon to 5 p.m., Loveland ArtStudios on Main, Free admission.683-7283; www.lovelandart-scouncil.org. Loveland.
BenefitsKindervelt No. 50 Fashion’sNight Out, 6-11 p.m., KenwoodCountry Club, 6501 KenwoodRoad, Fall Fashion Show withSaks Fifth Avenue. Beauty Barand pop-up shop with accesso-ries, clothing and shoes for sale.Includes sit down dinner, afterparty, silent auction and raffle.Ages 21 and up. Benefits HeartInstitute: Kindervelt Neurodeve-lopmental, Educational andLearning Center. $75. Reserva-tions required. Presented byKindervelt No. 50. 226-8668.Madeira.
Cooking ClassesMediterranean Dinner on theHarbor with Yen Hsieh, 6-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $50. Reser-
vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.
Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.
Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 9a.m. to 1 p.m., UC Health Pri-mary Care, 9275 MontgomeryRoad, Cost varies by insurance.Financial assistance available tothose who qualify. Registrationrequired. Presented by UCHealth Mobile Diagnostics.585-8266.Montgomery.
Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy books, songs, activities,crafts and more, while buildingearly literacy skills. For pre-schoolers and their caregivers.Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.
Art EventsArt 2Wear Exhibit and Sale,noon to 5 p.m., Loveland ArtStudios on Main, Free admission.683-7283; www.lovelandart-scouncil.org. Loveland.
Exercise Classes
Small Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.
Literary - LibrariesToddler Playdate, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Activities to build cognitive andliteracy skills. For ages 18months-4 years. Free.369-4476.Loveland.
On Stage - ComedyPro-AmNight, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, 8410 Mar-ket Place Lane, Aspiring comics,amateurs and professionals takethe stage. Ages 18 and up. $5.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.
Support GroupsCaregiver Support Group,2-3:30 p.m., Sycamore SeniorCenter, 4455 Carver WoodsDrive, Conference Room. Tosupport caregivers of elderly ordisabled parents (relatives).Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byCatholic Charities SouthWesternOhio. 929-4483. Blue Ash.
THURSDAY, NOV. 13Art EventsArt 2Wear Exhibit and Sale,noon to 5 p.m., Loveland ArtStudios on Main, Free admission.683-7283; www.lovelandart-scouncil.org. Loveland.
Business SeminarsHootSuite: Tying It All Togeth-er To Execute Your SocialMedia Campaigns, 10-11:30a.m., Dimalanta Design Group,4555 Lake Forest Drive, Suite650, Learn how to set up andmanage your social media. $20.Presented by Ernie Dimalanta.588-2802; www.dimalantade-signgroup.com. Blue Ash.
Literary - LibrariesKid’s Club, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, Free.513-369-4450. Deer Park.TeenWriting Club, 6-7 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Forthose interested in meetingother teen writers or looking forfeedback from other teens wholove writing. For teens. Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.
Senior CitizensLet Your Yoga Dance, noon to 1p.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$5. 984-1234. Blue Ash.Silver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.
FRIDAY, NOV. 14Art EventsArt 2Wear Exhibit and Sale,noon to 5 p.m., Loveland ArtStudios on Main, Free admission.683-7283; www.lovelandart-scouncil.org. Loveland.
Craft ShowsHoliday Art Sale, 9 a.m. to 7p.m., Mud Slinger Studio, 6888Clubside Drive, Handmadepottery, original jewelry, wovenitems, earrings, handmadescarves, original paintings andprints, quilted handbags and somany more unique, locally madeitems. Free parking and refresh-ments. 697-7070; www.holi-dayartsale.com. Loveland.Holiday Bazaar and Luncheon,10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hartzell Unit-ed Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, Holiday giftsand homemade baked goodsfor sale. Friday lunch available.Saturday lunch, served by youth.Benefits Hartzell women andyouth. Free. 891-8527, ext. 1;hartzellumc.com. Blue Ash.
Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.
Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,
$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.
SATURDAY, NOV. 15Art EventsArt 2Wear Exhibit and Sale,noon to 5 p.m., Loveland ArtStudios on Main, Free admission.683-7283; www.lovelandart-scouncil.org. Loveland.
Literary - LibrariesFiber Arts, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Work on small project in compa-ny of other crafters. Open to anykind of needle (or hook) craf-ters. Ages 18 and up. Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.
THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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Deer Park Branch Library's Lego Club is 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at the library,3970 E. Galbrath Road.. Design and build creations with provided Legos. The club is for ages 5to 12. Call 369-4450 for more information.
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Weight ManagementSolutions, a nationally ac-credited Bariatric Centerof Excellence, is hostingseminars on weight lossoptions at Mercy Healthlocations throughoutGreater Cincinnati.
Drs. C. Joe Northupand Mohamed Dahman,Cincinnati’s first two fel-lowship-trained,minimal-ly invasive bariatric sur-
geons, will discuss the ad-vanced medical and sur-gical weight loss optionsavailable through WeightManagement Solutions.
The seminars takeplace at 6:30 p.m. on at thefollowing locations on thedates listed below. Theseminars are free, butspace is limited. Remem-ber, every weight lossjourney starts with one
healthy decision. Makeyours today and call 513-682-6980 or visithttp://e-mercy.com/calendar.aspx to reserveyour spot.
Yesterday my throatand head were stuffed upand the last thing I want-ed to do was work in theherb garden. MotherNature was cooperatingwith the weather, so Iknew I had to start get-
everywhere. I was takingmy garden plaque downwhen I stopped to reallyread it once again. Myattitude changed immedi-ately. I thought you’denjoy seeing the verse Iread that put me in apositive frame of mind.Not only that, but when Icut back the eucalyptus,thyme and horehound,those powerful herbsthat help with respira-tory ailments, my headand throat cleared upnicely. Lesson learned!
Helen Sarky’sLebanesevegetarian greenbean stew
I love this recipe fromLebanese friend, HelenSarky, an AndersonTownship reader. A ver-sion of these beans aregoing to be served at theupcoming “A taste ofLebanon” held at St. An-thony’s of Padua churchon Victory Parkway. Thefeast is on Sunday, Nov.
23, from noon to 6 p.m.and the menu will alsocontain kibbee (the mainmeat dish of Lebanon),hummus, vegetarianfalafel, stuffed cabbageand grape leaf rolls,among other traditionalfavorites. These are gen-erations-old recipes,treasured heirlooms.They’ll also have dancingand music and carryout,as well. Check out thesite www.stanthonyofpaduachurch.com orgive them a call at (513)961-0120. I’m alreadyhungry…
1pound fresh or fro-zen green beans, cutinto 2” lengths
2 tablespoons oliveoil
1/2 cup sliced thinlyonions
1 tablespoonmincedgarlic (opt)
1/4 teaspoon groundcinnamon or to taste
Salt and pepper totaste
2 teaspoons choppedfreshmint
1-1/2 cups diced to-matoes
1 cupwater or chick-en stock
1 tablespoon lemonjuice
Heat oil over mediumheat until hot. Add onionsand sauté until cara-melized (3 minutes); addgarlic and sauté another2 minutes. Stir in cinna-mon, salt, pepper andmint and keep stirring.Add tomatoes, water andlemon juice and keepstirring. Add beans andbring to a boil. Reduce toa simmer, cover pan andcook until tender, about20 minutes. Serve over abed of cooked rice.
Cauliflower puree
According to the foo-dies, cauliflower is thenew kale. I just harvest-ed some Jerusalem ar-tichokes from the gardenand roasted those withsome cauliflower andBrussels sprouts. Theywere a delicious anddifferent side dish. Butyou know what? Cauli-flower can stand on itsown as a nice puree to goalongside that Thanks-giving turkey. Lower incarbs than potatoes, thispuree can be done sever-al hours ahead and re-heated.
2 heads cauliflower,stems and leaves re-moved, florets cut up
Lemon juice to taste1/2 stick butter or
substitute or more totaste
Half & half or whip-
ping cream - can be lowfat half & half
Salt and pepper to
tasteChopped parsley for
garnish
Either steam the cauli-flower or cook in boilingsalted water until softbut not mushy. Drainvery well, return to potand shake over high heatto get rid of any excessmoisture. Now either putit in processor or beatuntil smooth in mixer. Ifusing processor, pulseuntil it’s smooth as youlike. Beat in lemon juice,butter and half & halfuntil it’s the consistencyyou want. Usually 1/2 cupof liquid is sufficient, butit depends upon the sizeof the cauliflower. Sprin-kle with parsley for col-or.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author. Find herblog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Lebanese stew a treasured heirloom recipe
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A rundown of holidaygiving programs:
» The Society of St.Vincent de Paul 5 CaresCoat Drive is collectingcoats for neighbors inneed, now throughDec. 6.
Greater Cincinnatiresidents are being askedto donate new and gentlyused coats at convenientdrop-off locations acrossthe Tristate includingGold Star Chili restau-rants, Kemba CreditUnionbranches, local firestations, Youthland Acad-emy locations and otherlocations – with the goalof collecting 7,000 totalcoats.
With the addition of anew social media incen-tive, Give Warmth. GetChili., organizers hope toencourage more donorsto participate and spreadawareness for a chance towin prizes fromGold StarChili, including a grandprize of free chili for ayear.
To participate, donorsmust submit a photo ofthemselves donating tothe 5 Cares Coat Drivewith the hashtag#Coats4Cincy. Photos canbe submitted through In-stagram, Twitter, and St.Vincent de Paul’s Face-book page. Coat drive
partners include GoldStar Chili, City Dash,Kemba Credit Union,Starr Printing, YouthlandAcademy and local firedepartments.
For a full list of dona-tion locations and addi-tional contest details,please call 513-421-HOPEor visit www.svdpcincin-nati.org orwww.svdpnky.org. For in-formation on how to re-ceive a coat, call 513-421-0602 in Cincinnati or 859-341-3219 inNorthernKen-tucky, or visitwww.svdpcincinnati.orgor www.svdpnky.org.
» The Salvation Army
announced that it is mak-inganappeal forsponsorstoparticipate in itsannualAdopt-a-Family program.This annual program pro-vides gifts for low-in-comefamiliesandseniorswho are sponsored bygenerous individuals,groups and companies.
The best way to getstarted is to complete theAdopt-a-Family SponsorApplication form, whichcan be found online byvisiting swo.salvationar-my.org.Or,formoreinfor-mation, contact The Sal-vation Army via [email protected].
» This is the 10th yearfor Matthew 25: Minis-tries’ Fighting HungerFood Drive, which col-lects canned and nonper-ishable food for distribu-tion to local food pantriesand shelters during theholiday season.
Non-perishable fooditemsmay be dropped offat Matthew 25: Minis-tries, 11060 KenwoodRoad, from9a.m. to4p.m.Monday-Friday and 9a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdaysthrough Dec. 6.
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Co-workers who sponsored a family for The Salvation Army'sAdopt-a-Family program, drop off the gifts they purchased, ata previous year's event.
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The 32 Degree Masonsof theValley of Cincinnatiawarded an Abbott Scot-tish Rite Scholarship toRachel Frappier and aValley ofCincinnati Foun-dation Award to EllenNeumann.
The announcementwas made by Robert W.Dumford, executive di-rectorof theValleyofCin-cinnati. Frappier andNeumann were honoredduring a program at theCincinnati Masonic Cen-ter, downtown.
Neumann is a 2014graduate of Indian HillHigh School. She is thedaughter of Todd and Cin-dy Neumann. While at In-dian Hill, she was a mem-ber of the Braves march-ing band, orchestra andPow Wow. She received adiploma with honors andwas an AP Scholar.
Neumann is also veryactive inherchurch, serv-
ing for three years as aconfirmationmentor. Justbeginning her freshmanyear at Ohio University,she is admitted to theScripps College of Com-munication and plans to
study media arts.Frappier is a 2013 Indi-
anHill graduate and is thedaughter of Greg and Da-ni Frappier. As a highschool student shewasac-tive in theater, was an AP
scholar, and a trained stu-dent leader. She was amember of Young Life.She has been a volunteerwith the children’s minis-try at Horizon Communi-ty Church since 2007, andearned her Girl ScoutGold Award in 2010.
At Miami University,Frappier is involved withCru (formally known asCampus Crusade forChrist), plays on a broom-ball team, and is a mem-berofWomeninBusiness.
Abbot Scottish RiteScholarships are given tothe children of ScottishRite Masonic Families orto young people who havebeen active in Masonic-related organizationssuch as DeMolay, Rain-bow and Job’s Daughters,and the graduates of itsChildren’s Dyslexia Cen-ters of Cincinnati, honor-ing Carl and Edyth Lindn-er.
Indian Hill grads get college funds
THANKS TO DANI FRAPPIER
Ellen Neumann, left, and Rachel Frappier, both Indian Hill HighSchool graduates, are recipients of scholarships from theScottish Rite Valley of Cincinnati Foundation. Neumannreceived a Valley of Cincinnati Foundation Award and Frappierreceived an Abbott Scottish Rite Scholarship.
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Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchJacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th-grade); these classes areheld after the children’s sermonin the worship service.The Christianity 101 andThoughtful Christian classes areheld for adults each Sunday
morning and meet at 9 a.m. inthe Fellowship Hall.The church is collecting boxes ofmacaroni and cheese for NEEDSduring November.The church bowling leaguemeets at Crossgate Lanes at 10a.m., Thursdays.Stewardship luncheon is Nov. 9.Please donate white sport socksfor Healthcare for the Home-
less.Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable. Sunday sermons arerecorded and available on thechurch website.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153;www.bapc.net.
Christ ChurchCathedralThe Taft Lecture Series andChrist Church Cathedral arepresenting renowned “NewYork Times” columnist, PulitzerPrize winner and author Nicho-las Kristof for a speaking en-gagement at 6:30 p.m., Mon-day, Nov. 17. The evening willinclude a lecture, book signing,and reception. The writer willbe signing copies of his newbook, co-authored by his wife,Sheryl WuDunn, “A Path Ap-pears: Transforming Lives,Creating Opportunity.”The Taft Lecture Series is pleasedto bring Kristof back to theCincinnati area following his
appearance at the NationalUnderground Railroad Free-dom Center in 2013 during thefeatured exhibition, “WomenHold Up Half the Sky,” aninstallation based on his book,“Half the Sky: Turning Oppres-sion into Opportunity forWomenWorldwide.”Kristof’s writings on humanrights abuses and social injus-tices affect and inspire many,including former president BillClinton who stated in 2009,“There is no one in journalism,anywhere in the United Statesat least, who has done anythinglike the work he has done tofigure out how poor people areactually living around theworld, and what their potentialis ... So every American citizenwho cares about this should beprofoundly grateful that some-one in our press establishmentcares enough about this to haulhimself all around the world tofigure out what’s going on ... Iam personally in his debt, as arewe all.”Tickets to An Evening withNicholas Kristof are free byemailing [email protected]. Limit four tickets per person.Seating is limited.The church is at 318 E. 4th St.,Cincinnati; 621-1817.
Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistChildren’s Weekday Program-ming is Tuesday and Thursdaymornings and Thursday after-noon with lunch available foreither day. There is a nominal
charge for each session. Parentsmust bring their child’s lunch.Register on the website under“registration forms.”Fall Craft Show is looking forvendors for the craft show from10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov. 8.Sunday Worship Services are8:20 a.m. and 11 a.m. (tradition-al worship), and 9:40 a.m.(contemporary worship).The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad; 791-3142; www.cos-umc.org.
Cincinnati FriendsMeeting - QuakerCincinnati Friends Meeting ishosting public informationsessions in its Worship Room onthe following dates (refresh-ments will be served at 6:30p.m. Sessions begin at 7 p.m.): ”Nov. 5, “Worship Straight Up;”Nov. 12: “Accept and Nurture.”All are welcome.Regular meeting for worship is11 a.m. Sundays followed byfellowship in the Fireside roomat noon. First Day/NurserySchool is available duringworship. All are welcome.The Meetinghouse is at 8075Keller Road, Cincinnati; 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org.
Eastern Hills BaptistChurchOn Nov. 8 Christians United forIsrael is holding a standing withIsrael breakfast and Mid-Eastbriefing from 9-11 a.m. [email protected] text 616-4256.The church is at 5825 Islington
Good ShepherdLutheran ChurchGSLC is a large church that offersa variety of styles of worshipand service times. Saturdays, 5p.m. – Woven worship (mix oftraditional and contemporary).Sundays, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. –traditional worship. Sundays,9:30 a.m. – contemporaryworship. Sundays 9 a.m. –30-minute Family Worship forwee ones; Sundays, 5:45 p.m. –“NOSH” dinner & worshipoffsite at UC Campus MinistryEdge House. The church offerspreschool and student Sundayschool at 9:30 a.m. Septemberthrough May. “Worship with-out Worry” Sunday School isalso offered at 11 a.m. forfamilies of children with specialneeds and kids of all ages.Faith-building classes, fellow-ship and outreach opportuni-ties and small groups are of-fered each weekend andthroughout the week for adultsto connect. The church is at7701 Kenwood Road, Ken-wood; 891-1700; goodshep-herd.com.
St. Paul CommunityUnitedMethodistChurchWorship times are 8:30 a.m. and11 a.m. (traditional) and 9:30a.m. (contemporary).The church is at 8221MiamiRoad, Madeira;891-8181;www.stpaulcumc.org.
RELIGION
Charles SpenceFaxon III
Charles Spence Faxon III, 63,of Indian Hill died Oct. 16. Hewas co-founder of Energy Alli-ances Inc. with his brother, JohnFaxon and partners Bill Grafeand Mark Bishop.
Survived by wife,Mary Virginia “Jenny”Faxon; daughter, Syd-ney Faxon Trout; step-sons Brian and DouglasPhillips; brother, JohnFaxon; son-in-law, GregTrout; and grandsons
Kian and Spence Trout.Services were Oct. 22
at Gwen MooneyFuneral Home, SpringGrove Cemetery. Me-morials to: ProspectHouse, 682 Haw-thorne Ave., Cincin-nati, OH 45205.Faxon
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Mariemont Playerspresents “Is Life WorthLiving?” a comedy byLennox Robinson, at theWalton Creek Theater,4101 Walton Creek Road(just East ofMariemont),Nov. 7 through Nov.23.
A traveling repertorytroupe comes to a smallvillage in Ireland and af-ter a week or so of Ibsen,Chekhov and Strindberg,the town is drivenmad.
This gloriously goofysatire imagines the ef-fects a steady diet of se-rious drama might haveon the amiable residentsof the provincial seasidetown of Inish.
Robinson’s pointedand charming comedy
was originally producedin 1933 and successfullyrevived in 2009 by NewYork’s Mint Theatrecompany.
“Is Life Worth Liv-ing?” is directed by JefBrown, produced byWayne Kirsch, and fea-tures Betsy Bossart, JanCostello, Michael Gettin-ger, Gary Glass, Michael
Ireland, Barbara Karol,Art Kibby, Dan Maloney,Stephanie Mooney, ArnyStoller, Traci Taylor, Col-lin Wenzell and Jack Wil-liams.
Performances will beat 8 p.m. Nov. 7, Nov. 8,Nov. 14, Nov. 15 and Nov.21; 2 p.m. Nov. 9 and Nov.23; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 andNov. 20; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Nov. 16, and at 3 p.m. and8 p.m. Nov. 22.
For more informationor to order tickets for “IsLife Worth Living?” callBetsy at 513-684-1236 ororder on line at www.ma-riemontplayers.com.
All seats are reservedand cost $20 each.
Mariemont Players stages ‘Is Life Worth Living?’
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Traci Taylor, Jack Williams, Barbara Karol and Michael Gettinger is "Is Life Worth Living?" at theWalton Creek Theater.
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Michael Gettinger and Betsy Bossart in "Is Life Worth Living?"presented by the Mariemont Players.
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INDIAN HILLArrests/citationsLaura D. Tullio, 48, 405 Val-leybrook Drive, right of way atintersections, Oct. 18.Janet K. Phillips, 48, 8500 Wick-low Ave., seat belt required-driver, Oct. 18.Andrew J. Haunert, 24, 9370Canary Court, speed, Oct. 19.Toni M. Lichvar, 49, 6540 WillowHollow, obeying traffic controldevices, Oct. 19.
Incidents/investigationsCriminal damageScreen damaged on door ofresidence at 7500 block of
Algonquin Drive, Oct. 19.TheftAttempt made to cash checkusing victim’s ID at 8500 block
of Kugler Mill, Oct. 17.Male stated ID used with noauthorization at block 10 ofCreekside Drive, Oct. 17.
POLICE REPORTS
ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults
charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police department:
» Indian Hill Rangers, Chief Chuck Schlie, 561-7000
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