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L OVELAND L OVELAND HERALD 75¢ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving Loveland, Miami Township, Symmes Township Vol. 96 No. 38 © 2015 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED News .......................... 248-8600 Retail advertising .............. 768-8404 Classified advertising ......... 242-4000 Delivery ........................ 576-8240 See page A2 for additional information Contact us NICE AND EASY A7 Rita shares a no-fuss chicken recipe VISIT US ONLINE Find local news at Cincinnati.com T he advice from commuters who use westbound/north- bound Interstate 275 in the morning: prepare to wait. The word from ODOT: don’t expect a solution any time soon. Officials say that stretch of the in- terstate, from about U.S. 50 in Milford and past Interstate 71, is no worse than other areas, but drivers who travel it regularly know the headaches. Linda Pennington Radar lives near Shaw Farm off Ohio 131. She accesses I-275 via Ohio 28. Her trip begins at 5 a.m. and even at that early hour traffic can be a hassle. “I have missed the 71 exit ramp three times due to people not letting me over,” she said. “I had to go up to the next exit, do a U-turn and come back.” She’s only seen a few incidents of road rage in the morning. Overall, Rader said the morning commute is fairly good. That’s if she’s running on time. If for some reason she’s running late, the experience is not as good. Radar begins her return trip home around 4 p.m. and traffic is typically heavy. Regardless of morning or after- noon, daily travel challenges exist. So, what happens if the unexpected oc- curs? “If there’s an accident either way you are screwed. If there is snow, you are screwed,” Radar said. Mike Mills, assistant chief of the Miami Township Police Department in Clermont County, said poor driving habits are largely responsible for morning rush hour congestion. “This is not a new problem,” Mills said. “People are either not merging properly, or the drivers on the highway are jumping lanes at the last minute and hitting their brakes a little too hard instead of smoothly merging. That causes a ripple effect.” As new subdivisions have popped up near that stretch of interstate in re- cent years, that also has increased the number of drivers using I-275 for their morning commute to jobs in places like Blue Ash and Sharonville. “If you go through there before 7 a.m., you usually have no stoppages,” Mills said. “But shortly after 7:15 a.m., it’s stop and go congestion.” The Ohio Department of Transpor- tation has no plans to make changes, even though it knows it can be madden- ing to maneuver weekday mornings, said Elizabeth Lyons, a public informa- tion specialist with the department’s district office in Lebanon. “Some factors in this equation in- clude this area goes from three lanes to two and traffic is exiting to north- bound and southbound (Interstate) 71 and traffic is entering and exiting at U.S. 22 and Loveland-Madeira Road,” Lyons said Sharon Smigielski, the public infor- mation officer for the Ohio Depart- ment of Transportation’s Lebanon of- fice, said a lane was last added to I-275 in Clermont County in 2002-2003. Al- though improvements are planned for various interchanges along that stretch of interstate, there are no plans to add any more lanes to I-275 between the U.S. 50 exit in Miami Township and the U.S. 42 exit in Sharonville. “Congestion is an issue on any inter- state routes during morning and eve- ning rush hour,” Smigielski said. “On I-275 from Wards Corner Road to I-71 A delay, just around the Corner Community Press Staff Report See TRAFFIC, Page A2 FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS Motorists travel along I-275 during morning rush hour. FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE Community Press reporters Forrest Sellers and Sheila Vilvens traveled Interstate 275, from U.S. 50 toward Interstate 71, on a recent Tuesday morning. Here are their comments: “We slowed down around Wards Corner through Loveland-Madeira. As we went up the hill this morning’s traffic seemed to improve a bit and then got thick and chewy again near Montgomery. Oddly enough, as we traveled under the Montgomery Road overpass, the traffic was a little lighter again, to heavier. For this morning, at least, the I-71interchange and reduction down to two lanes did not seem to be the factor.” You can see a video from their drive at Cincinnati.com. GOING THE OTHER WAY Monfort Heights resident Janelle Schunk said she typically drives on I-275 from the Blue Rock exit to Milford. A teacher at Milford High School, she said she travels on the interstate around 5:50 a.m. and in the afternoon around 3 p.m. “I haven’t run into too many delays,” she said. “Usually when I run into a delay, it is around the (Cincinnati Mall) exit.” Schunk said she also frequently notices tie ups around the Mt. Healthy exit. “A lot of it is traffic getting off at those two exits,” she said. Schunk said she wishes traffic updates would focus on I-275 as much as on some of the more heavily traveled interstates such as I-71 and I-75. “One of the most frustrating things about driving I-275 is the accidents and delays are not reported,” she said.
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LOVELANDLOVELANDHERALD 75¢

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Your Community Press newspaperserving Loveland, Miami Township,Symmes Township

Vol. 96 No. 38© 2015 The Community Press

ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNews ..........................248-8600Retail advertising ..............768-8404Classified advertising .........242-4000Delivery ........................576-8240

See page A2 for additional information

Contact usNICE ANDEASY A7Rita shares a no-fusschicken recipe

VISIT USONLINEFind local news atCincinnati.com

The advice from commuterswho use westbound/north-bound Interstate 275 in themorning: prepare to wait.

The word from ODOT:don’t expect a solution any

time soon.Officials say that stretch of the in-

terstate, from about U.S. 50 in Milfordand past Interstate 71, is no worse thanother areas, but drivers who travel itregularly know the headaches.

Linda Pennington Radar lives nearShaw Farm off Ohio 131. She accessesI-275 via Ohio 28. Her trip begins at 5a.m. and even at that early hour trafficcan be a hassle.

“I have missed the 71 exit rampthree times due to people not lettingme over,” she said. “I had to go up to thenext exit, do a U-turn and come back.”

She’s only seen a few incidents ofroad rage in the morning. Overall,Rader said the morning commute isfairly good. That’s if she’s running ontime. If for some reason she’s runninglate, the experience is not as good.

Radar begins her return trip homearound 4 p.m. and traffic is typicallyheavy. Regardless of morning or after-noon, daily travel challenges exist. So,what happens if the unexpected oc-curs?

“If there’s an accident either wayyou are screwed. If there is snow, youare screwed,” Radar said.

Mike Mills, assistant chief of theMiami Township Police Department inClermont County, said poor drivinghabits are largely responsible formorning rush hour congestion.

“This is not a new problem,” Millssaid. “People are either not mergingproperly, or the drivers on the highwayare jumping lanes at the last minuteand hitting their brakes a little too hardinstead of smoothly merging. Thatcauses a ripple effect.”

As new subdivisions have poppedup near that stretch of interstate in re-cent years, that also has increased thenumber of drivers using I-275 for theirmorning commute to jobs in placeslike Blue Ash and Sharonville.

“If you go through there before 7a.m., you usually have no stoppages,”Mills said. “But shortly after 7:15 a.m.,it’s stop and go congestion.”

The Ohio Department of Transpor-tation has no plans to make changes,even though it knows it can be madden-ing to maneuver weekday mornings,said Elizabeth Lyons, a public informa-tion specialist with the department’sdistrict office in Lebanon.

“Some factors in this equation in-clude this area goes from three lanesto two and traffic is exiting to north-bound and southbound (Interstate) 71and traffic is entering and exiting atU.S. 22 and Loveland-Madeira Road,”

Lyons saidSharon Smigielski, the public infor-

mation officer for the Ohio Depart-ment of Transportation’s Lebanon of-fice, said a lane was last added to I-275in Clermont County in 2002-2003. Al-

though improvements are planned forvarious interchanges along thatstretch of interstate, there are no plansto add any more lanes to I-275 betweenthe U.S. 50 exit in Miami Township andthe U.S. 42 exit in Sharonville.

“Congestion is an issue on any inter-state routes during morning and eve-ning rush hour,” Smigielski said. “OnI-275 from Wards Corner Road to I-71

A delay, just around the CornerCommunity Press Staff Report

See TRAFFIC, Page A2

FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Motorists travel along I-275 during morning rush hour.

FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCECommunity Press reporters Forrest Sellers and Sheila Vilvens traveled Interstate 275, from U.S. 50 toward Interstate 71, on a recent Tuesday

morning. Here are their comments:“We slowed down around Wards Corner through Loveland-Madeira. As we went up the hill this morning’s traffic seemed to improve a bit

and then got thick and chewy again near Montgomery. Oddly enough, as we traveled under the Montgomery Road overpass, the traffic was alittle lighter again, to heavier. For this morning, at least, the I-71 interchange and reduction down to two lanes did not seem to be the factor.”

You can see a video from their drive at Cincinnati.com.

GOING THE OTHER WAYMonfort Heights resident Janelle Schunk said she typically drives on I-275 from the Blue Rock exit to Milford. A teacher at Milford High

School, she said she travels on the interstate around 5:50 a.m. and in the afternoon around 3 p.m.“I haven’t run into too many delays,” she said. “Usually when I run into a delay, it is around the (Cincinnati Mall) exit.”Schunk said she also frequently notices tie ups around the Mt. Healthy exit.“A lot of it is traffic getting off at those two exits,” she said.Schunk said she wishes traffic updates would focus on I-275 as much as on some of the more heavily traveled interstates such as I-71 and

I-75.“One of the most frustrating things about driving I-275 is the accidents and delays are not reported,” she said.

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Dylan and Tara Nor-ton, seniors at LovelandHigh School, recentlylost their father.

In an effort to helpthe Nortons, PowerRyde owners Casey andMeg Hilmer have orga-nized a fundraisingevent for Saturday, Feb.21. The event will fea-ture two spin classes,one at 11:45 a.m., theother at 12:45 p.m., attheir Power Ryde facil-ity on Wards CornerRoad. They are askingfor a minimum $20 do-nation for each partici-pant with all proceedsgoing to the Nortonfamily.

“One of our instruc-tor’s, Erin Lawry, sonwrestles with Dylan,”co-owner Meg Hilmersaid. “Erin chose a

weekend there is nowrestling meet, andmade sure the weekendwas good for Dylan andTara. Erin will be teach-ing the class along withCasey.”

If both classes fill,they will offer addition-al classes at 1:45 p.m.and 2:45 p.m. and moreif necessary. They’veplaced a donation jar ontheir main lobbycounter for anyone who

can’t make it to a class,but would like to helpthe Norton family any-way. Of course, dona-tions larger than the $20minimum will be accept-ed as well.

“Come out to PowerRyde spin class for a45-minute full bodyworkout on RealRydertilting bikes,” Hilmersaid. “You’ll help theNorton’s out and get agreat workout too.”

CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

The entrance to Power Ryde, where fundraising spin classes will take place to benefit theNorton family on Saturday, Feb. 21.

Power Ryde plans fundraiserfor Norton family of LovelandBy Chuck Gibson [email protected]

CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Donations for the Norton family fill a jar at Power Ryde onWards Corner Road.

Loveland HighSchool presentsEducational Optionsmeeting

Loveland High Schoolencourages all parentsand guardians of Love-land students who will beentering grades seventhrough 12 during the2015-2016 school year toattend an educational op-tions meeting 6 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 25, at

the high school auditori-um. Ohio’s program fordual enrollment andpost-secondary educa-tion, known as CollegeCredit Plus, will be theprimary focus of the eve-ning.

Senior Club LOVELAND – Like to

meet people? The HappyHearts Senior Club withmembers from Love-land, Goshen and Mil-

ford meets the thirdThursday of each monthat the VFW Hall in Ep-worth Heights. Everyother month, the grouphas lunch at a differentarea restaurant. Theyalso have pot lucklunches, bingo if inter-ested, trips to a varietyof places and plenty offun and conversation.

For more information,call D. Gredig at 683-1423or B. White at 683-2738.

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it’s particularly notice-able. The morning conges-tion seems to be a little bitworse than the afternoonrush hour because in theafternoon, people areleaving work at staggeredtimes.”

Mike Robison, publicinformation officer forthe Hamilton CountySheriff’s Department,said accident reportsalong I-275 do not seemsignificantly higher thanother Tristate interstates,although he said specificstatistics were not avail-able at press time.

“(However) it is a hightraffic, highly-congestedarea during rush hour,” hesaid. “Both eastbound andwestbound (I-275) are rou-tinely backed up.”

Robison said these traf-fic delays, though, seem tobe in line with similar de-lays on other highways.

Diana Carter lives inMiami Township in Pax-ton Lake. Every morningaround 8:15 a.m. she getson I-275 to access I-71 onher way to Cincinnati.

“After I drop off myhusband, Mike, I drivenorth on 71 to east 275 tothe route 28 exit,” Cartersaid.

“The morning drive isalways very unpredict-able. I- 275 can be movingaround 65 mph to 25 mphor it can be at a total stand-still. It always depends onthe weather, if school is insession, and the condi-tions of the bridge overthe Little Miami,” shesaid.

“Getting on 275 is al-ways slow at Wards Cor-ner. Merging with the traf-fic slows all of the lanes. Ittakes approximately 15minutes to get from Wards

Corner to 71. Once you getto the bridge over the Lit-tle Miami it will speed upsomewhat but it can slowdown as you approachMontgomery Road.”

Carter’s afternooncommute begins around 4p.m. when she again trav-els I-275 and I-71 backdowntown to pick up herhusband.

“Traffic is movingright along usually with nodifficulty. However, whenIreturn from downtown atapproximately 4:50 p.m.and get on east I-275 it isvery slow all the way toWards Corner exit,” Car-ter said. “Speeds rangefrom 30-40 mph or stopand go. Time can rangefrom 15 to 25 minutes.”

Miami Township resi-dent Jennifer Buxtonstarts her morning tripfrom 7:15 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.traveling from the I-275exit 57 in Milford to makeher way to northboundI-75.

Then there are the sud-den stops, especiallyaround the Loveland hill.

“Traffic just stops. Itdoesn't help that mostdrivers I see are preoccu-pied with coffee, break-fast, makeup applicationand of course their cellphones. Just drive peo-ple,” Buxton said.

Neighboring commu-nities will see a spillover,especially after an acci-dent.

Depending on where

the accident is on I-275,traffic might get divertedthrough Montgomery,Montgomery Police Sgt.Mike Plaatje said.

“The amount of acci-dents have gone down. Ithas gotten better. I know ifyou have gotten caught init it might not seem like it,but a new surface hasbeen added to the ramps(that has decreased thenumber of accidents),”Plaatje said.

He said traffic divert-ing through Montgomerycan cause backups on Cor-nell Road and PfeifferRoad.

“But, it doesn’t takemuch for those to getbacked up,” he added.

Plaatje said the part ofI-275 that goes throughMontgomery covers mul-tiple jurisdictions and it isusually covered by theHamilton County Sher-iff’s Office.

“We put a higher priori-ty in the city, but when anaccident occurs out therethey are going to get off onMontgomery Road. It isgoing to have a ripple ef-fect,” Plaatje said.

Blue Ash Lt. SteveSchueler said since such asmall portion of I-275, only0.2 miles, if the city eversees a problem it is alsobecause of traffic beingdiverted.

“When something hap-pens out there it dumps alot of traffic into ourstreets,” Schueler said,adding most problems hehas seen have been in theafternoon.

Loveland-SymmesFire Department ChiefOtto Huber said his de-partment does not haveany significant issues re-lating to I-275. LovelandPolice Chief Tim Sabran-sky said the stretch ofI-275 through Loveland ispatrolled by the HamiltonCounty Sheriff’s Offfice.

For now, it’s hurry upand wait.

“My experience is thatfour out of five days thereare delays from my exit to71. Either an accident orjust slow traffic. It seemsas if the expressway wasnot built for the amount oftraffic it handles,” Buxtonsaid. “It reminds me ofdriving in Los Angeles.”

- Reporters Jeanne Houck,Marika Lee, Cindy Schroeder,Forrest Sellers and SheilaVilvens contributed.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?According to Elizabeth Lyons, a public information specialistwith the department’s district office in Lebanon, these aresome of the reasons for heavy traffic volume on Interstate 275,westbound from Milford toward Sharonville:» Traffic coming from U.S. 22 headed to southbound I-71 has tomerge one lane.» Traffic coming from U.S. 22 headed for northbound I-71 canstay in the auxiliary lane rather than having to merge.» Traffic coming from U.S. 22 headed to westbound I-275 hasto merge two lanes.» Traffic on I-275 headed to northbound I-71 has to merge onelane.» Traffic on I-275 staying on I-275 or headed to southboundI-71 does not have to change lanes.Lyons said the two lanes of I-275 over I-71 carry about 26,000vehicles per day. “This is about 2,600 in the peak hour,” Lyons said.“One lane can handle 2,000.”

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If you ever see a wom-an in a straw hat sittingoutside your home orbusiness with an easel,don’t fear. It may just beDeirdre Dyson - the Love-land landscape artist whopaints outdoors, locallyand internationally.

“I always take mypaints with me,” said Dy-son, who travels with herhusband up to four timesa year.

As the February fea-tured artist of Gallery 42in downtown Mason,about 20 of Dyson’s 147paintings will be on dis-play through March 14. Afree opening receptionwill be held from 5 p.m. to9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19,at the gallery, with drinksand appetizers. Four ofher paintings have beendisplayed in the gallerysince she was lastMarch’s featured artist,and will remain after thisspotlight show.

“Her work always hasa lot of interest,” Gallery42 manager Angela Bet-terley said.

“People love her sub-ject matter and her wayof painting.”

Dyson has practicedthe French painting tech-nique “en plein air” -meaning to paint out-doors - since she startedthe craft as a young girl inEngland.

“Long before it was atrend,” Dyson said.

She sets up shop infront of subjects she usu-ally picks based on dy-namic colors, like achurch in Croatia, farm inFrance, or even McDon-

ald’s on Loveland-Madei-ra Road.

Unless it’s a privateresidence, she usuallydoesn’t ask for permis-sion to paint, but peopletake notice, often borrow-ing glimpses of the unfin-ished work. She paints foras long as possible out-side. In the winter, shestays indoors, looking outwindows for subjects –sometimes even workingin her car. She adds de-tails only to works whichrequire them, like a busyantique shop or commis-sioned piece by clients’requests.

“If you want it to looklike a photograph, take apicture,” Dyson said.

Instead, Dyson useslarge, loose brush strokesfor painterly, not realis-tic, effects.

Like her inspirationJohn Singer Sargent —the late-19th centuryAmerican expatriatepainter — Dyson doesn’tdraw images first. In-stead, she starts by block-ing shadows and lightswith paint, then buildsfeatures with layered col-ors. Less detailed paint-ings sway towards im-pressionism, like thegolden foliage of the San-te Fe National Forest inAspen Gold.

Dyson visits New Mex-ico twice a year to paintthe animated hues she fellfor a dozen years ago on atrip with her husband. Itjuxtaposes the Lovelandlandscape, Dyson has fa-miliarized over the last 40years, where she raisedthree children and taughtart for a decade at Love-land High School.

“I never get tired ofpainting Loveland, actu-ally,” Dyson said. “I justwalk around and eventu-ally think ‘that would be anice painting.’”

Dyson’s paintingsrange from around $200to $2,000 and can bebought at Gallery 42 atwww.gallery42fi-neart.com or by contact-ing Dyson at dysonpain-tings.info.

Dyson’s newly reno-vated studio on WestLoveland Avenue will befinished in about twomonths and pieces can beviewed by appointmentthen.

JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Deirdre Dyson of Symmes Township, a landscape artist with a studio in Loveland, paints thescene at the Loveland Farmers Market.

Loveland artist’slandscape paintingson display in MasonBy Hayley [email protected]

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

LOVELANDHERALDEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Children’s MeetingHouse

» Children's Meeting HouseMontessori School is launchinga new preschool program for 3-and 4-year-olds. This new pro-gram is specially designed foryoung children who are notready for a full week of pre-school.

The students would attendschool Tuesdays, Wednesdaysand Thursdays and would re-ceive guidance and instructionfrom highly trained, certifiedMontessori teacher. Parents canchoose either half day or full dayoptions.

Interim Director Casey Reedsaid, “The program is unique inthat we will be able to provide anauthentic Montessori educationfor these younger children dur-ing a less intensive school week,while still preparing them so-cially, academically and emo-tionally. The three day a weekprogram is in response to the de-mand of quality preschool edu-cation and today’s busy sched-ules and allows greater familyflexibility."

To set up a tour or get moredetailed information, please callCMH admissions at 513-683-4757 or visit: www.cmhschool-.com.

Loveland Primary School» How to help a giant? That was the question Love-

land Primary School students inJennifer Hilton’s second -gradeclass were tasked with answer-ing. The responses were com-posed of paper plates, napkins,grocery bags, yarn and one 12-inch piece of tape.

“This is a building and engi-neering project based on Jackand the Beanstalk,” Hilton said.

“Students constructed aparachute to help the giant get

down the beanstalk; to do this wedivided the students into groupsand each group was given thesame objects to use in the para-chute development.”

The students used the house-hold items to create the para-chutes for their “giant” and test-ed the parachutes against oneanother from the top of a ladder.Based on results, the studentsmade adjustments to their para-chutes.

“We did end the lesson with alittle friendly competition –which the students really en-joyed,” Hilton said. “This activ-ity was designed to encouragecritical thinking and scientificreasoning skills as well as prob-lem solving and teamwork – soin the end – we were all academ-

ic winners!”

Mount Notre DameHigh School

» As part of Mount NotreDame’s signature Capstone ini-tiative, seniors are challengedto create a service project thatdemonstrates leadership andinitiative while benefiting a non-profit organization.

The Capstone Project is theculmination of a four-your jour-ney for MND students under theMAP (My Action Plan) program.The MAP program is designedto engage students with experi-ences during their high schoolyears that will foster leadershipskills and empower them in allareas of their lives. The senioryear Capstone Project is a 24-hour (cumulative time) leader-ship project that each senior isrequired to complete for gradu-ation. This year, 180 MND sen-iors completed their projects,impacting more than 100 non-profits and thousands of fam-ilies in Cincinnati.

As a skilled swimmer, Mary

Cengel (Loveland) providedfour weeks of free swim lessonsto children living in poverty inCincinnati. Cengel set up a boothat Children’s Hospital to pro-mote her “I Can Swim” lessons.She also made a promotionalvideo in order to raise aware-ness about the free lessons.

“This project taught me that Ihave a simple skill that manychildren in the Cincinnati areado not have,” Cengel said. “Mostof the children I was teachingcouldn’t even go into the waterby themselves without a flota-tion device or fear of drowning.The swim lessons gave these

children a chance to learn howto swim.”

Michelle Rigney (Loveland)chose to work with the NeonatalIntensive Care Unit at Good Sa-maritan Hospital because, as apreemie, she spent eight weeksin the NICU. Working with theparent coordinator, Rigney dis-covered the need for differentactivities to occupy the siblingswhile their parents were spend-ing time with their babies.

Rigney organized “Shell’s LilJoeys,” which provided craftand activity time for the siblingseach week. Rigney said her fa-vorite experience was workingwith Harlie, a little girl wholoved doing arts and crafts.

“Something I learned aboutservice is that just volunteeringmy four hours a week reallyhelped the parents take a breakand let me entertain their kidswhile they were back with theirsick baby,” Rigney shared.

Molly Vogele (Loveland)chose to partner with the Sistersof Notre Dame de Namur Con-vent.

For her project, Crafting atthe Convent, Vogele led and or-ganized crafts each month foreight to 12 sisters. She worked tomake crafts that would brightenthe sisters’ rooms and, more im-portantly, their day.

“I will never forget the excit-ed faces of the sisters when I in-troduced a new craft or the sillyremarks of Sister Margaret,”Vogele said.

Seniors will formally presenttheir projects during MND’sCapstone Showcase EveningMarch 16.

Ursuline Academy» Ursuline Academy has an-

nounced the newly inductedmembers of the Ursuline chap-ter of Sociedad Honoraria His-pánica, (Spanish Honor Soci-

ety.) The mission of the Socie-dad Honoraria Hispánica is torecognize high school achieve-ment in Spanish and Portugueseand to promote interest in His-panic and Luso-Brazilian stud-ies.

Members were inducted Jan.29, in a ceremony led by the or-ganization’s co-presidents, Fari-da Eid ‘15 of Mason and MadilynKimmel ‘15 of Goshen, alongwith the moderator and memberof Ursuline’s World LanguageFaculty, Ms. Blanca Risdon.

The newly inducted mem-bers are Lillian Baldwin ‘16 ofMount Lookout, Sabrina Barber‘16 of Mason, Tess Bellamy ‘15 ofSymmes Township, Celeste Bor-gemenke ‘16 of Mason, AbigailBush ‘16 of West Chester Town-ship, Lindsey Clemmons ‘16 ofDeerfield Township, ClaireCummings ‘16 of Symmes Town-ship, Maya David ‘16 of Batavia,Anna DeBrunner ‘16 of Deer-field Township, Sarah Doyle ‘16of Hyde Park, Kavya Hiryur ‘16of Beckett Ridge, Emily Kro-nenberger ‘16 of Kenwood, Sa-rah Locaputo ‘16 of LibertyTownship, Mailey Lorio ‘15 ofMiami Township, Elizabeth Lot-terer ‘16 of Beckett Ridge,Megan McShane ‘16 of Deer-field Township, Alison McNam-ara-Marsland ‘16 of SycamoreTownship, Abigail Morton ‘16 ofLoveland, Avery Naylor ‘16 ofMontgomery, Anjali Nelson ‘16of Deerfield Township, AnnaNoschang ‘16 of Deerfield Town-ship, Isabella Proietti ‘16 ofHyde Park, Grace Reilly ‘16 ofHyde Park, Madaline Rinaldi ‘16of Blue Ash, Elysia Ruiz ‘16 ofMason, Grace Schlaack ‘16 ofSharonville, Nisha Shabbir ‘16 ofMason, Olivia Schappacher ‘16of Loveland, Alyssa Steller ‘16 ofHamilton Township, and CarlyeSweeney ‘16 of Hyde Park.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

PROVIDED

Ursuline students newly inducted in Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica.

THANKS TO HEATHER HIGDON

Loveland Primary Schoolsecond-grade teacher JenniferHilton climbs a ladder to release thestudent-created parachutes as partof the science, technology,engineering and math (STEM).lesson.

URSULINE ACADEMYThe following students have earned

honors for the second quarter of 2014-2015:

SeniorsFirst honors - Carmen Carigan, Allison

Carter, Mary Cundiff, Katherine Edmond-son, Lauren Fleming, Kelly Fuller, JessicaGeraci, Miranda Grigas, Christina Hall-mann, Sara Huber, Colleen Johnston,Andrea Kennard, Karly Krammes, Jenni-fer Little, Mailey Lorio, Brianna Lyons,Madison Manger, Margaret Moeller,Josephine Nunner, Audrey Phipps, JuliaProctor, Sara Robertson, Rebecca Schulte,Meaghan Wheeler, Irene Whitaker,Abigail Williams.

Second honors - Aysha Ahmad, Tess

Bellamy, Lisa Campolongo, TiffanyElmore, Kyland Frooman, Ana Gonzalezdel Rey, Paige Kaplan, Madilyn Kimmel,Margaret O’Brien, Megan Ogilbee,Caroline Weisgerber, Madeleine Wyche.

JuniorsFirst honors - Olivia Callis, Claire

Cummings, Molly Driscoll, Anna Eyre,Emma Hall, Clara Hendy, Abigail Klein,Lauren Mansour, Megan Mansour,AnneMarie Morman, Abigail Morton,Olivia Schappacher, Grace Vonder Brink,Amy Wilkerson.

Second honors - Lindsey Handorf, LeahKlosterman, Emma Kowaleski, Ellen Rust.

Honor RollSophomores - Claire Abele, Kristyn

Aiello, Rachel Basalla, Margaret Edmond-

son, Eva France, Rebecca Graves, SydneyHanna, Anna Herriott, Dorothy Jenkins,Emily Judd, Erin Kahle, Michaela Kenney,Olivia Lusby, Marissa Martis, MadalynMcConnell, Rachel Muccio, ElizabethO’Connell, Rebekah Radloff, Cierra Reed,Martha Reifenberg, Alex Sacay, SarahSchuman, Ashley Shaffer, Molly Wheeler,Emily Williams, Natalie Williams.

Freshmen - Paige Angne, Faith Beke,Abigail Elliott, Anna Farnsworth, BridgetFoos, Elisa Fricke, Korissa Frooman, OliviaGriffiths, Anne - Marie Groeschen, Caro-line Homer, Maria Infantino, MakenzieMeyer, McKenna Moeke, Megan Peters,Amanda Robben, Sydney Robinson,Kerry Roncallo, Nicole Sammons, EmmaSavarese, Rachael Schulte, Bailey Smith,Mallorey Whitehead.

URSULINE ACADEMY HONOR ROLL

SAINT URSULA ACADEMYThe following students have

earned honors for the second quarterof 2014-2015:

FreshmenFirst honors - Rosemarie Bingham,

Josephine Blome, Chloe Brueggeman,Madalyn Canter, Sarah Fagan, Made-leine Gerding, Lillian Gruber, Maken-na Jordahl, Hannah Klopfenstein,Kathryn Miller, Hailey Portmann,Lauren Ruesink.

SophomoresFirst honors - Mary Berns, Grace

Curtis, Lillie Listermann, MauraMittermeier.

Second honors - Madeline Bren-

nan, Clara Listermann, Emily Roma-no.

JuniorsFirst honors - Megan Brinkworth,

Rachel Fagan, Madeleine Gervason,Haley Jordahl, Hannah Portmann.

Second honors - Alexandra Bur-bick, Grace deJesus.

SeniorsFirst honors - Ramya Chandraku-

mar, Natalie Heller, Nicola Redmond,Megan Shaffer, Maria Weisgerber.

Second honors - Cameron Caroth-ers, Jamie-Rose Conine, MeganCussen, Loren McCauley, KathrynValker, Leah Wolfer.

ST. URSULA HONOR ROLLS

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THURSDAY, FEB. 19Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Tack Room. Bring current pro-ject for assessment and help; stilllife setups available. Ages 18 andup. $25. 404-3161. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 6300 Price Road, MiamiTownship area photographicartist Jackson Sawyer displaysselections of his photography.677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature MemberExhibition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. View and acquireworks by women who haveachieved Signature Statusthrough juried process. Free.Presented by The Woman’s ArtClub of Cincinnati. Through Feb.22. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. ThroughJuly 16. 917-7475. Blue Ash.

Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 6:30-8 p.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, 7770 E. Kem-per Road, Project consultantsand designers discuss trends inkitchen and bath design. Lightfare provided. Ages 18 and up.Free. 489-7700; neals.com.Sharonville.

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature MemberExhibition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.

Dining EventsHartzell United MethodistChurch Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, 8999 Applewood Drive,All-you-can-eat. Atlantic cod,dipped in batter and deep friedto golden brown with home-made tartar sauce provided.Dinners come with sides ofhomemade macaroni andcheese and coleslaw, comple-mented with breads and bever-ages. Desserts. Also offered:two-piece grilled chicken breast,shrimp basket dinner or two-piece cheese pizza dinner. $10,$5 ages 6-10, free ages 5 andunder. Carry-out fish sandwich:$5. Through April 3. 891-8527,ext. 1. Blue Ash.

NatureParent Outdoor Class, 8:30-10a.m., Children’s Meeting HouseMontessori School, 927 O’Ban-nonville Road, Program forparents to experience outdoors.School’s naturalist guides par-ents as they explore gardens,trails and other natural features.Young children welcome to join.Free. 683-4757. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.10:30 p.m., Go Bananas ComedyClub, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterTheory of Mind, 7 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,6980 Cambridge Ave., By KenLaZebnik. Sensitive, unsenti-mental portrait of relationships,tells story of Bill, a teenagerwho happens to live on theautism spectrum. Part of Play-house in the Park’s Off the Hillseries. Recommended for ages11 and up. Call venue for ticketsand prices. Presented by Play-house in the Park. 272-3700;www.cincyplay.com. Marie-mont.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21Art Exhibits

My Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature MemberExhibition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesShun Cutlery Event with BobHess, noon to 4 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, Free. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, 10776 Montgomery Road,With Master Jerome Cook. Ages16-99. $20. Registration re-quired. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

Home & GardenDesigning Hot Kitchens andCool Baths, 10-11:30 a.m., Neal’sDesign Remodel, Free. 489-7700;neals.com. Sharonville.

Music - RockJeff Workman CD ReleaseParty, 7-11:30 p.m., MVP SportsBar & Grille, 6923 PlainfieldRoad, With the Infinity Ball andMagic Jackson. Ages 18 and up.$10. 794-1400. Silverton.

Music EducationBi-Okoto African DrummingWorkshop for Families,10:30-11:30 a.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Traditional/contemporary WestAfrican movement and musicworkshop. Learn song, dance,various greetings and WestAfrican music rhythms to per-form. $5. Reservations recom-mended. Presented by Woman’sArt Club Foundation. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.,10:30 p.m., Go Bananas ComedyClub, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

Support GroupsOhio Birthparent Group Meet-ing, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,Blue Ash Branch Library, 4911Cooper Road, Closed group forbirthparents only that providesa safe space for you to shareadoption experiences withothers who understand thislife-long journey. Free. Present-ed by Ohio Birthparent Group.312-0384; ohiobirthparents.org.Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, FEB. 22Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills ChristianChurch, 677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature MemberExhibition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Music - ClassicalBlue Ash Montgomery Sym-phony Orchestra, 7-9 p.m.,Sycamore Junior High School,5757 Cooper Road, Auditorium.From the Top IV featuringvarious winners of WonnellMemorial Young Artist ConcertoCompetition. Free. Presented byBlue Ash/Montgomery Sympho-ny Orchestra. 549-2197;www.bamso.org. Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyAdam Cayton-Holland, 8 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.

MONDAY, FEB. 23Art & Craft ClassesLearn to Weave a BalancedWeave Scarf, 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Explore rigid heddle loomweaving. Yarn included. Loomrental available. Ages 14-92. $75.Reservations required. Present-ed by FAB intructor NancyNiemeyer. 272-3700; www.mea-suredthreads.com. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesVegan Kids and Happy Chickswith Jessica Bechtel, JanaDouglass and Caleb, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $40. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

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.

Monday Night Crafts, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Free.369-4476. Loveland.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, $25.404-3161. Mariemont.

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

Home & GardenBotanica Monthly Classes, 6-8p.m. Theme: Permanent Botan-ical Spring Bulb Garden., Botan-ica, 9581 Fields Ertel Road,Design class. Stay after to createyour own arrangement withhelp of instructor. Free. Regis-tration required. 697-9484;www.botanicacincinnati.com.Loveland.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity towork from costumed model ateach class. Class focuses on studyof values, color temperature,composition, painting anddrawing techniques. $210 persession, plus $30 modeling feeper session. Registration re-quired. 259-9302; www.deb-orahridgley.com. Mariemont.

Making Montages with AmyBurton, 7-9 p.m. Weeklythrough March 18., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Create montage: single pictorialcomposition made by juxtapos-ing or superimposing manypictures or designs from ownglossy photographs. Ages 18 andup. $90. Registration required.561-6949; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Flower Arranging for Every-one with Nicky Bade, 10-11:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,$100. Registration required.321-5278; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Drink TastingsBurger and Beer Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. to midnight, Fifty WestBrewing Company, 7668 Woos-ter Pike, Burger and pint for $10.834-8789; fiftywestbrew.com.Columbia Township.

Literary - LibrariesToddler Playdate, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Meet new friends and socializethrough unstructured play. Toysprovided. For ages 18 months-4years. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

SchoolsCoffee Social with Casey,9:30-11 a.m., Children’s MeetingHouse Montessori School, 927O’Bannonville Road, Parents ofpreschoolers learn about Mon-tessori philosophy, tour eight-acre campus and visit class-rooms. Free. 683-4757. Love-land.

Support GroupsAl-Anon Meeting, noon to 1p.m., Good Shepherd LutheranChurch Kenwood, 7701 Ken-wood Road, Room 101. Fellow-ship of relatives and friends ofalcoholics who share theirexperience, strength and hopein order to solve common prob-lems. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Kenwood Al-AnonFamily Group. 947-3700. Ken-wood.

THURSDAY, FEB. 26Art & Craft Classes

Open Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $25. 404-3161. Marie-mont.

Making Montages with AmyBurton, 1-3 p.m. Weeklythrough March 19., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, $90. Regis-tration required. 561-6949;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesAll About Chicken - Lunch andLearn with Ilene Ross, 11 a.m.to 1 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $40. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

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

Health / WellnessThe Emotionally AbsentMother, 10 a.m. to noon Week-ly through April 2., MontgomeryCommunity Church, 11251Montgomery Road, Six-weekcourse for women who havemissed mothering in their lives,whether their mother is de-ceased or living. Ages 18 and up.$30. Registration required.Presented by Motherless Daugh-ters Ministry. 378-6028;www.motherlessdaughtersmi-nistry.com. Montgomery.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Craft, 6 p.m., LovelandBranch Library, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Free. 369-4476.Loveland.

FRIDAY, FEB. 27Dining EventsHartzell United MethodistChurch Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, $10, $5 ages 6-10, freeages 5 and under. Carry-out fishsandwich: $5. 891-8527, ext. 1.Blue Ash.

FilmsFinal Friday Flix Film Series,7-10 p.m., Terwilliger’s Lodge,10520 Deerfield Road, $5. Reser-vations required. Presented byMontgomery Arts Commission.891-2424; www.montgomeryo-hio.org. Montgomery.

NatureParent Outdoor Class, 8:30-10a.m., Children’s Meeting HouseMontessori School, Free. 683-4757. Loveland.

On Stage - TheaterLaughter on the 23rd Floor, byNeil Simon, 7:30-9:30 p.m.Contains adult language.,Temple Sholom, 3100 Long-meadow, Frisch Hall. Fast-pacedshow of one-liners and physicalgags examines communal worldof 1953 television comedywriting. Based on Simon’s ownexperience as a writer for SidCaesar’s legendary Your Show ofShows during TV’s golden age ofcomedy. Ages 18 and up. Bene-fits Temple Sholom, ValleyInterfaith and Tikva Center. Free.

Donations (cash or check) ac-cepted, as well as new clothingfor children. Reservations rec-ommended.791-1330, ext. 105;www.eventbrite.com. AmberleyVillage.

RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m.,Kids First Sports Center, 7900 E.Kemper Road, Pizza, indoorswimming and night-time snack.$30, $20 each additional child.Reservations required. 489-7575.Sycamore Township.

SATURDAY, FEB. 28Cooking ClassesQuick and Easy: Pizza with JoeWestfall, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $20. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, $20. Registration re-quired. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

FilmsCincinnati ReelAbilities FilmFestival Film Screening,1:30-3:30 p.m., Kenwood Thea-tre, 7815 Kenwood Road, JoinKevin Pearce for film screeningevent. Benefits Living Arrange-ments for the DevelopmentallyDisabled. $10. Presented byLiving Arrangements for theDevelopmentally Disabled.861-5233; www.cincyra.org.Kenwood.

Literary - LibrariesGeocaching: A Modern DayTreasure Hunt, 2-4 p.m., Love-land Branch Library, 649 Love-land-Madeira Road, Gary Huntexplains what geocaching is andhow to use it to explore Cincin-nati. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

On Stage - Children’sTheater

Chip and the Munks, 11 a.m., 1p.m., UC Blue Ash CollegeMuntz Theater, 9555 PlainfieldRoad, Muntz Theater. Touringnationally as a solo artist or withhis band “The Munks,†ChipRichter’s performances are filledwith his gentle spirit, pleasantand winsome style, and anunmistakable connection withfamily audiences. $7. Presentedby ARTrageous Saturdays.745-5705; ucblueash.edu/artra-geous. Blue Ash.

On Stage - TheaterLaughter on the 23rd Floor, byNeil Simon, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Contains adult language.,Temple Sholom, Free. Donations(cash or check) accepted, as wellas new clothing for children.Reservations recommended.791-1330, ext. 105; www.event-brite.com. Amberley Village.

MONDAY, MARCH 2Art & Craft ClassesIntroduction to Knitting theGaptastic Cowl, 9:30-11:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Skills learned: knit, purl, cast on,knitting on circular needles, castoff, swatching, understandinggauge and stitch count andbeginning pattern reading.Ages 20-93. $120 for six sessions.Registration required. Presentedby Woman’s Art Club Founda-tion. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Music - ClassicalLinton Music: The LegendaryLeon Fleisher Returns, 7:30p.m., Congregation Beth Adam,10001 Loveland-Madeira Road,Leon Fleisher, piano. JaimeLaredo, violin. Ida Kavafian,violin. Sharon Robinson, cello.Dwight Parry, oboe. $30. Pre-sented by Linton Music. 381-6868; lintonmusic.org. Loveland.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, $25.404-3161. Mariemont.

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

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4Drink TastingsBurger and Beer Wednesdays,9:30 p.m. to midnight, Fifty WestBrewing Company, 834-8789;fiftywestbrew.com. ColumbiaTownship.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings,6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., SycamoreSenior Center, 4455 CarverWoods Drive, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able to those who qualify.Registration required. Presentedby UC Health Mobile Diag-nostics. 585-8266. Blue Ash.

Support GroupsAl-Anon Meeting, noon to 1p.m., Good Shepherd LutheranChurch Kenwood, Free. 947-3700. Kenwood.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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Hartzell United Methodist Church Fish Fry is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, 8999 ApplewoodDrive, Blue Ash. Dinner includes all-you-can-eat Atlantic cod, dipped in batter and deep fried togolden brown with homemade tartar sauce provided. Dinners come with sides of homemademacaroni and cheese and coleslaw, complemented with breads and beverages. Desserts will beavailable as well as two-piece grilled chicken breast, shrimp basket dinner or two-piece cheesepizza dinner. Cost is $10, $5 ages 6-10, free ages 5 and under. Carry-out fish sandwich is $5. Thefish fry will be open every Friday through April 3. Call 891-8527, ext. 1.

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Have you everdone this: you buymore meat than youcan use because it’son sale. Sometimesyou remember tofreeze it, sometimesyou don’t.

If that soundslike you, we’re onthe same wave-length.

Last week I bought morechicken breasts than we neededfor dinner. I made chicken noo-dle soup out of some of them andintended to freeze the rest. Be-cause they were hidden out ofsight in the meat bin, I forgotabout them.

When they surfaced severaldays later, the chicken was stillgood enough to eat, but it neededto be cooked right away.

I had a meeting that eveningand couldn’t fuss with a recipethat took too much time or wascomplicated. This no fuss, quickrecipe was just right.

Really good tasting, too.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist,educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinaryprofessional and author. Find her blogonline at Abouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Use that extra frozen chicken,cleanse with kale salad

Moist and marvelous Parmesan chickenbreasts

1/2 cup real mayonnaise1/4 cup Parmesan or Romano cheeseFew grindings black pepper2 large or 4 smaller skinless, boneless breasts1/3 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs - see Rita’s tip

Preheat oven to 425. Blend mayo and cheese. Put chickenon sprayed cookie sheet. Smear topping on. Sprinkle withcrumbs. Bake 20 minutes or until juices run clear in centerwhen poked with a knife, about 160 internal temperature.Residual heat will continue to cook the chicken even after it’sout of the oven, raising temperature 5 degrees or so. Don’tover bake or chicken will be dry.

Tip: homemade Italian bread crumbs. I had plain crumbsso I stirred in a couple shakes of Italian seasoning.

Annie’s Kale Salad - a cleansing saladMy niece, Annie, brought this salad to our house as a side

dish for dinner. Annie used regular curly kale. We grow Lac-inato/Tuscan kale, which, to my taste, is milder in flavor. Allkales are nutritious with anti-cancer properties: a cup providesmore than 100 percent of the daily value of vitamins K and A,and over 80 percent of vitamin C.

Salad:

1 bunch kale torn into small pieces1-2 tablespoon olive oil1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced1/4 cup dried cranberries1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted, or bit more

Dressing:Go to taste on this, adding more of any ingredient if you

want.

1 tablespoon fresh ginger juice - see Rita's tip2-3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar1 teaspoon Dijon mustard2 teaspoons honey1/4 cup olive oilFreshly ground pepper and salt

Whisk together ginger juice, apple cider vinegar, Dijonand honey. Whisk in oil and season to taste. Set aside.

Meanwhile, place kale in bowl and season with salt, pep-per and olive oil. Massage well with hands - this breaks downcellular structure, making it tenderer.

Add in apple, berries and nuts. Toss with dressing to coat.You can make this hours ahead.

Toasting pine nuts: Best done in dry non-stick skillet overlow heat until golden.

Making ginger juice: Grate ginger and squeeze out juice.Or place pieces in garlic press and squeeze out juice. This is the“hardest” part of the recipe since it takes some time. I like tofreeze my ginger root, grate it frozen, and proceed.

Tip: Ginger paste option. Try using a teaspoon or more ofginger paste. Easier by far and a good keeper in the frig.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

This quick parmesan chicken recipe is an easy way to use extra frozen meat in a jiffy.

Rita NaderHiekenfeld RITA’S KITCHEN

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Loveland Herald EditorRichard [email protected], 248-7134Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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A publication of

Feb. 11 questionShould parents have the right

to decide whether to have theirschool-age children vaccinated,and if they decide not to, shouldthe children be permitted to at-tend school? Why or why not?

“I believe that parents havethe right to decide on any as-pect of their children’s lives.However, when those decisionshave ramifications of placingthe larger community of chil-dren at risk for sickness or dis-ease I do not believe those chil-dren should be permitted to at-tend a public or private school.Those children can still receivetheir education through homeschooling, the hiring of tutors(who are aware of the risksthey may be exposing them-selves to).

“We have come such a long

way in eradicating diseases inthe past that were debilitatingor life threatening. There is noreason to regress and exposethe majority of children tothese potential illnesses whenproven vaccines are available.”

C.S.

“Those around during the

polio, tuberculosis (earliersmall pox) and other healththreats were brought up to ad-here to vaccinations. The MMR(measles mumps and rubella)has basically eradicated thesemaladies. There is some con-cern (still unproven) that cer-tain vaccinations can have sideeffects such as autism. I favor

the required vaccinations to al-low kids into schools. Thosewho do not chose this vaccina-tion path can always home-school their kids. But there aresome who chose not get a flushot, but go to work/school withthe flu. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

Feb. 4 questionThe governors of Ohio and

Kentucky announced a new planto help pay for a new Brent-Spence Bridge, which includes a50 percent toll discount for dailyusers of the bridge. Is this a goodidea? Why or why not?

“I don’t think the new bridgeshould be paid for with tolls.The federal government builtthe first bridge, as well as theinterstate highways on either

side of it. The federal govern-ment should pay the lion’sshare of the new bridge.

“Now, I know they don’t havethe cash to pay for it; but moneyhas never been cheaper to bor-row than now.

“For all those folks (U.S.Rep. Steve Chabot included)who say we can’t/shouldn’t bor-row anymore money, I want toask you this question: Why wasit OK to borrow tens, if not hun-dreds of billions of dollars tobuild roads, bridges, powerplants, etc. in Iraq, but com-pletely out of the question toborrow $2.9 billion to build abridge here or anywhere else inthe United States?

“Maybe that could be nextweek’s Ch@troom question.”

Marty M.

CH@TROOM

THIS WEEK’S QUESTIONThe Ohio House recently passed House Bill 7, which prohibits schoolsfrom using test scores from state assessments when determining a stu-dent’s advancement to the next grade level and granting of coursecredit. The bill also states that schools are not permitted to share individ-ual student test scores to outside sources without consent from eitherthe student or his or her parents. Is this good legislation? Why or whynot?

Every week we ask readers a question they can reply to via email. Send your answers toloveland@community press.com with Ch@troom in the subject line.

As the chief financial offi-cer of the Loveland City SchoolDistrict I wanted to take thetime to share with you – ourLoveland investor – some im-portant information about howthe state budget proposal couldpotentially impact the district.

In Ohio, the funding ofschools is shared by the stateand local school districts. TheOhio General Assembly deter-mines what an adequate educa-tion costs in the state’s biennialeducation budget. The infor-mation presented by the gover-nor is the first proposed bud-get. The numbers will changeas it goes through the legisla-tive process.

Keep in mind that the bud-get process is long, and theoriginal proposal is likely toundergo several changes alongthe way. The provisions inwhat will become the final

budget will notbe certainuntil the Gov-ernor signs itinto law.

As pro-posed, in fiscalyear (FY) 2016our district isprojected toincrease$342,207 in

Final Core Aid as compared toFY 2015. In FY 2017 our districtis projected to decrease$464,710 in Final Core Aid ascompared to FY 2016. Thedifference in total fundingover the two fiscal years of2016 and 2017 is a net decreaseof $122,503 for the two fiscalyears. This equates to a 1 per-cent decrease in state fundingwhen compared to our currentFY 2015 estimated Final CoreAid. The current Core Aid

from the state makes up 28percent of our total generalfund.

In short, the state budgetproposal is not a surprise. Thisassumption was built into theoperating levy we passed inthe spring of 2014, and thecurrent school district budgetwe are using. Based on thenumbers as proposed today,the Loveland City SchoolsBoard of Education will be ableto keep its promise of not go-ing back to voters for addition-al funding for at least fouryears.

Should you have any specif-ic questions about our districtfinances, I encourage you tocontact me directly. My door isalways open.

Brett Griffith is Loveland City SchoolDistrict treasurer and chief financialofficer.

District prepared forstate budget shortfalls

Brett Griffith COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

’Tis the season — tax sea-son, that is. Fraud targetingtaxpayers continues to runrampant nationwide. The

InternalRevenueService hasissued strongwarnings toguardagainst so-phisticatedand aggres-sive phonescams target-ing taxpay-ers: “These

scams won’t likely end withthe filing season so the IRSurges everyone to remain onguard.”

Two tax crimes are themost common: tax identitytheft and the IRS imposterscam. In tax identify theft,you may be told you are duea refund in an attempt totrick you into releasing yourpersonal information. Knowthat scammers are out to getyour personal informationwith the intent of causing yousignificant financial harm.

The American Associationfor Retired Persons sharesthat scammers use the in-formation for: filing a taxreturn using your SocialSecurity number, claimingsomeone else’s children asdependents, or claiming a taxrefund using a deceasedtaxpayer’s information.

Many seniors are not evenrequired to submit tax in-formation, but scammers willcall and convince seniorsthey quality for a reimburse-ment through the AmericanOpportunity Tax Credit. Ac-cording to the AARP, “TheAOTC allows people payingfor college to reduce theirtaxable income by as muchas $2,500. Most seniors do noteven meet the requirementto be currently enrolled in aninstitute of higher education.However, scammers lie, ex-plaining that benefits can becollected, even if they wentto school many years ago.”

Con artists will use fakenames and IRS identificationbadge numbers. The callerclaims to be an IRS employ-ee, often knowing a lot ofinformation about the target-ed person, making it thatmuch more believable. Vic-tims are told they owe money

to the IRS, and it must bepaid promptly with a pre-loaded debit card or wiretransfer. If the person re-fuses to cooperate, they arethreatened with arrest orsuspension of a driver’s li-cense. In most cases, thecaller is threatening andhostile.

To avoid tax identity theft:» do mail tax returns as

early in the tax season aspossible before the cons beatyou to it;

» don’t give out personalinformation unless you knowwho’s asking for it and whythey need it;

» do shred personal andfinancial documents;

» do know your tax pre-parer; and

» do check the status ofyour refund after filing atirs.gov/Refunds.

Finally, know that the IRSdoes not call to demand im-mediate payment about taxesowed without first sendingyou a notification by mail;ask for credit or debit cardnumbers over the phone; and,Never threaten to bring inlocal law enforcement toarrest you for nonpayment.

So, what do you do? TheAttorney General Office-Cincinnati Region (852-3497)advises you to call 800-282-0515, the Attorney GeneralOffice-Consumer Protectionin Columbus. Make the re-port. The report will be as-signed to a local Cincinnatiagent. You should hear some-thing from the assignedagent within 10 workingdays.

First and foremost, Nevergive any personal or finan-cial information over thephone to anyone. Simplyhang up.

Cindy Gramke is the executivedirector/CEO of Clermont SeniorServices. Ideas and comments canbe directed to Cindy [email protected] orcontact the agency at 724-1255.

It’s tax season;beware of scams

Cindy GramkeCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Con artists will usefake names and IRSidentification badgenumbers. The callerclaims to be an IRSemployee .

We all get the winter blahsfrom time to time. For some,though, it’s more than just ablue mood. By some estimates,as much as 20 percent of thepopulation suffers from a mildto moderate form of SeasonalAffective Disorder (SAD) orwinter depression.

Older adults are at partic-ular risk – almost one in sevenpeople over the age of 65 arethought to exhibit signs of clin-ical depression, according tomental health experts.

What is SeasonalAffective Disorder?

Seasonal Affective Disorder(SAD) is a set of symptoms,including depression and un-predictable mood swings,which occur when ambientlight levels diminish during thefall and winter as the sunmoves progressively lower inthe sky. The depression andmood swings are often associ-ated with a dip in the serumblood level of serotonin, a neu-rotransmitter that helps toregulate mood, and melatonin,a serotonin-derived neuro-transmitter that regulatessleep patterns.

Mammals (including hu-mans) have an area of the braincalled the pineal gland, which

regulates the production ofmelatonin. Some researchersbelieve that this region of thebrain is able to detect smallchanges in ambient light andsun angle over time, and thusupregulate or down regulatethe brain’s serotonin and mela-tonin production.

Some researchers believethat people who suffer SADmay simply have an overlyactive pineal gland, or mayproduce less serotonin on aver-age than a person without thecondition. Either way, it is aserious, life-affecting problemfor many people.

What you can do to beatthe winter blues.

The keys to feeling betterare getting more light andmore exercise. If the weatherisn’t too cold or icy, take a strollfor 20-30 minutes twice a day.If you can’t get out, draw up theblinds and open shutters overwindows to allow more ambientsunlight into your home.

If you have a fireplace, use

it. Sitting in front of an eveningfire on cold, dark winter nightsmay help to keep your melato-nin production normalized. Ifthat doesn’t help, there arespecial light therapy devicesthat SAD sufferers can use tohelp reduce symptoms.

Serotonin re-uptake-inhib-iting medicines (SSRIs) likeProzac and Zoloft can also behelpful in breaking severedepressive cycles, but thesemedications must be carefullymonitored by a doctor. Youcannot simply start and stopthem at will. They take severalweeks to build to effectivelevels, and you must also weanoff them gradually.

Moderate exercise increasesserum serotonin and also trig-gers the production of the pain-relieving hormone dopamine. Aregular indoor exercise pro-gram can help reduce thesymptoms of depression andeven alleviate some chronicpain. Not only can seniors com-bat the winter blues, they canincrease their overall wellnessand strength, just by gettingmore active.

Episcopal Retirement Homes runsMarjorie P. Lee, Deupree Home andDeupree Cottages in Eastern Cincin-nati.

Don’t let the winter blues get you down

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LOVELANDHERALDEditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573

LOVELAND — Since graduat-ing from Loveland High Schoolin 1977 Tim Partin has seenfields and farms transformedinto businesses, shopping cen-ters and subdivisions.

After 34 years of coachingand teaching, 32 in Loveland, thelong-time boys basketball coachwill be hanging up the whistle atseason’s end.

After spending two yearscoaching at Fayetteville Perry,Partin spent three years coach-ing junior high boys before mov-ing to his alma mater to coach ju-nior varsity for 16 years and var-sity for the last 13 seasons.

“The way the retirement sys-tem’s set up, I just about had togo,” Partin said. “I’m a Lovelandkid. I grew up here and I got achance to come back home. I’vebeen here ever since.”

His immediate plans are tomove to Nashville, Tenn., wherehis daughter lives and where hehas two grandchildren. JilianPartin played college basketballat Lipscomb and has been in theMusic City ever since.

Partin moved into his varsityrole after the departure ofsharpshooter Kevin Schappell,but coached several outstandingplayers and teams. His firstsquad featured 6-foot-8 seniorcaptain Eric Van Buskirk, whowent on to play at Miami and ClifRamsey at 6-foot-7, who went on

to become an All-ACC offensivelineman in football.

“He could’ve played collegebasketball,” Partin said of Ram-sey. “He had his choice. He couldplay at a small DI basketballschool or play football at BostonCollege.”

Partin would see others gothe college football rout after Ti-ger basketball as Corey Par-tridge went to Bowling Green asa wide receiver and Brian Woz-niak went from power forwardto tight end at Wisconsin.

Wozniak teamed with Love-land’s all-time leading scorerBobby Capobianco to create apost presence that rivaled thetandem of Van Buskirk andRamsey. Capobianco went to In-diana, then Valporaiso and even-

tually reached 6-foot-10; Woz-niak was 6-foot-4 and would pass250 pounds.

Both played all four seasonson varsity.

“Bobby started as a center asa freshman and Brian was oursixth man,” Partin recalled.“When they came in, they werepressed into action. By the timethey were sophomores, theywere a force.”

The growth of Loveland’s fa-cilities and student body has ledto a new conference and a Divi-sion II football championship,with basketball trying to sharesome of the athletes. As a result,the wins haven’t come as easy.

“This year we only had twokids that had a varsity letterwhen we started with Drew Plittand Evan Dever,” Partin said.

Plitt leads the team in scoringwith seniors Jordan Romes andJack Garry right behind. BothRomes and Garry were on JV ayear ago.

Partin’s last hurrah at Love-land will be Feb. 21 againstMcNicholas. In a strange twist,his first game as head coach wasagainst the Rockets; a victory atCintas Center.

He knows there will be someform of pomp and circum-stance, but would just as soon tipthe game off and coach. Most ofall, he’s enjoyed the interactionsand relationships.

“Win or lose, they’re fun to bearound,” Partin said. “I reallynever had a team I didn’t like.”

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Tim Partin’s 2009 Loveland High School basketball team went a perfect 9-0 in the Fort Ancient Valley Conferenceand featured the inside duo of Loveland’s all-time leading scorer Bobby Capobianco and their No. 6 scorer in BrianWozniak. From left in this photo from that year are Ryan Cobb, Graham Russell, Wozniak (holding the trophy),Chris Stahl, Capobianco and Evan Stanley.

Loveland basketball coachPartin retiring from the benchBy Scott [email protected]

THANKS TO LOVELAND ATHLETICS

Loveland basketball coach TimPartin is retiring after the Tigers’final game of 2015.

Logan Kelleher is ecstatic.The 2013 Moeller graduate

learned in an email Jan. 29 hemade the Ohio State footballteam as a walk on, just a dayafter he was one of 60 playersto try out.

Kelleher, who is from Love-land, was one of four playersto make the cut in a wintertryout Jan. 28 at the WoodyHayes Athletic Center.

“All the hard work finallypaid off,” Kelleher told Cincin-nati.com Monday morning.“It’s a dream come true to be atOhio State. It’s unbelievable.”

Kelleher, a 5-foot-10, 195-pound safety, had been at Rob-ert Morris before he trans-ferred in mid-August 2014.Kelleher had a previous rela-tionship with Ohio State assis-tant coach Kerry Coombswhen Coombs was at UC andthe two connected after Kel-leher went home to work out atIgnition in Mason.

The Ohio State tryout waslike an NFL combine, Kellehersaid. Players were tested in

the 40-yard dash, shuttle andbroad jump under Director ofPlayer Personnel/Football Op-erations Greg Gillum.

The workout lasted 48 min-utes but Kelleher said he feltlike it flew by. Kelleher hasspent the past two weeks withintense lifting with the otherthree players who made theteam.

Kelleher met and shookhands with Ohio State coachUrban Meyer on Feb. 2. Kel-leher says he will be on the ros-ter for the spring game inApril at Ohio Stadium. Kelleh-er’s family and friends arelooking forward to that gameand the opener at VirginiaTech Sept. 7.

“No knock on Robert Mor-ris but this is obviously a bigstep up,” Kelleher said.

Kelleher, who is learningtoward business as a major butis undecided, was a first-teamall-GCL South defensive backhis senior season of 2012. Hehad 59 tackles and eight inter-ceptions for the Crusadersduring its Division I statechampionship season.

FILE PHOTO

Moeller DB Logan Kelleher (11) intercepts a pass intended for ToledoWhitmer WR Christopher Boykin (9) in the 2012 Division I statechampionship football game at Fawcett Stadium.

Moeller graduate LoganKelleher transfers to Ohio StateBy Mike [email protected]

Boys basketball

» Loveland defeatedIndian Hill 69-56 on Feb.7. Senior Jordan Romesled the Tigers with 14points.

» The Moeller Crusad-ers beat Winton Woods 54-23 on Feb. 7. Junior TreyMcBride led Moeller with13 points.

» Seven Hills got byCincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy 51-49 on Feb.6.CHCA’s Prince Sammonsrecorded a double-doublewith 21 points and 10boards.

The Eagles defeatedGlen Este 47-41 Feb. 10.Sammons recorded an-other double-double.

Girls basketball» Cincinnati Hills

Christian Academy de-feated Horizon ScienceAcademy 48-2 Feb. 5.Naomi Grandison led allscorers with 17 points.

The Eagles defeatedCincinnati Christian 57-26on Feb. 7 and Seven Hills

51-25 Feb. 11.

Boys swimming and diving

» The Loveland Tigers’200 freestyle relay quali-fied for the district meetat the Division I sectionalFeb. 13.

» Moeller finished sec-ond at the Greater Catho-lic League Division IChampionships Feb. 4. Ju-nior Jacob Peloquin wonthe 100 backstroke and100 butterfly and junior

Cooper Hodge won the100 breaststroke.

The following swim-mers from Moeller quali-fied for the district meetat the Division I sectionalmeet Feb. 13: Justin Da-vidson,Will McCullough,Sebastian Fabik in the 50freestyle; McCullough,Davidson, 100 freestyle;Austin Theobald, NoahWorobetz, Austin Mur-phy, 200 freestyle; Theo-bald, Kevin George, 500freestyle; Cooper Hodge,

Noah Worobetz, Jacob Pe-loquin, James Prugh, 100backstroke; Dan Nym-berg, 100 breaststroke;Peloquin, ChristopherGlaser, Nymberg, 100 but-terfly; Hodge, 200 indi-vidual medley; the 200freestyle relay; 400 free-style relay; and 200 med-ley relay.

Girls swimming and diving

» The following Love-land swimmers qualified

for the district meet at theDivision I sectional Feb.14: Courtney Mennen, 100freestyle; Mennen, 100backstroke; 200 freestylerelay; 400 freestyle relay;200 medley relay.

» Mount Notre Dame’sTeagan Moravek was sec-ond at the Division I sec-tional diving meet in Ma-son Feb. 11. Moravek,Kristen Dean and GraceMenke all moved to thedistrict meet Feb. 18.

The following MND

swimmers qualified forthe district meet at the Di-vision I sectional meetFeb. 14: Graci Doll, 50freestyle; Doll, 100 butter-fly; Anna Lucas, LindseyScott, 200 individual med-ley; 400 freestyle relay;200 freestyle relay (alter-nate); 200 medley relay.

Wrestling

» Loveland was secondat the ECC meet Feb. 14 atMilford. Junior JordanPaul won their lone cham-pionship at 170. At 106,sophomore Hunter Burnswas second; Michael Wil-liams was second at 113;senior Jonathan Quigleytook second at 120; seniorTy Griffin was second at132; sophomore BradyDotson was fifth at 138; ju-nior Conner Homan wassecond at 160; senior Dy-lan Norton was second at182; senior Alex Papa fifthat 195; and sophomore Do-minic Ferreri was fourthat 220.

SHORT HOPS

THANKS TO JULIE RENNER/LOVELAND ATHLETICS

Loveland’s 400 freestyle relay team of Emma Blackburn,Hannah Bashardoust, Ashley Day and Reagan Pattonadvanced to the district meet for the Lady Tigers.

THANKS TO JULIE RENNER/LOVELAND ATHLETICS

Making the district meet for Loveland in the 200 medley relaywas Emma Blackburn, Kendall Wheeler, Reagan Patton andCourtney Mennen.

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KENWOOD — Thoughthey’ve lost more gamesthan they did in the lasttwo seasons combined,Moeller High School’sbasketball team is still inthe mix in their leagueand could be a tough out inthe upcoming tourna-ment.

Coach Carl Kremerand staff have accom-plished this with one ofMoeller’s youngest andinexperienced rosters.Four of last year’s start-ers are playing collegebasketball and the fifthwas lost for the season inearly December afterfoot surgery.

Center Nate Fowlerwill play at Butler, but hasspent this season watch-ing his teammates atMoeller. The 6-foot-9 piv-ot averaged 12.6 pointsand 10.3 rebounds as ju-nior last season on a teamthat featured Grant Benz-inger (Wright State), JackAnton (Elon), Tre’ Haw-kins (Miami University)and Adam Gigax (Emo-ry).

Instead of clearing theboards and scoring in thepaint this season, he de-posits his lanky, 250-pound frame at the end ofthe bench and props uphis injured foot.

“Unless he had a directdoctor’s order, he has notmissed a film session, amorning walk-through orweightlifting,” Kremersaid. “He has been at ev-ery single thing that

we’ve had in support ofhis teammates.”

Though not a naturalvocal leader, Fowler hasled through example andhelped out doing non-bas-ketball things, like orga-nizing chapel services.Sitting through a two-hour game is not comfort-able mentally or physical-ly for a high school senior.

“He was on pace to be-come our all-time leadingrebounder,” Kremer said.“Had Nate played, we cer-tainly would have beenone of the top teams inthis area, if not the state.”

As a result, Moellerhad to reshuffle and re-adjust. Skinny junior SamMcCracken and sopho-more Riley Voss start inthe post. At guard is ju-nior transfer TreyMcBride and junior NateGeorgeton, who was theJV point guard last sea-son.

Leading the Crusadersin scoring is senior GrantPitman, who averagedless than a bucket pergame last season.

“Grant is really a spe-cial shooter,” Kremersaid. “In catch-and-shootsituations, he’s as good aswe’ve ever had.”

The key to Pitman’sgrowth has been embrac-ing other aspects of hisgame. Kremer notes Pit-man’s rebounding, pass-ing and defense has im-proved through hardwork.

These Crusaders grindand have had some hardknocks along the way.Among their losses over

their holiday tournamentwas a three-point defeatto Oveido, a top team inFlorida, and a four-pointloss to Taylor County, oneof Kentucky’s finest.

Since the first of theyear, Moeller has had fourovertime games at press-time. They lost at Spring-field by a basket and at El-der by one on a buzzer-beater. After the Elderloss, they won by two atToledo St. John’s and byfour against La Salle.

Though he has threeDivision I state champi-onships, Kremer findsseasons like this oddlysatisfying.

“The joy of coaching isin the process and thestruggle,” Kremer said.“Through December andJanuary losses come Feb-ruary and March victo-ries. It’s been a tough yearbecause we’ve lost moregames than usual, but insome ways I’ve enjoyedthe struggle.”

Moeller injured star is a presence from benchBy Scott [email protected]

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Moeller guard Trey McBride reacts after his first-half dunkduring the 48-43 Moeller win over Elder Feb. 6.

KAREEM ELGAZZAR/ENQUIRER MEDIA

Moeller forward Sam McCracken dunks during the first half ofthe Crusaders’ 48-43 win over Elder Feb. 6.

Ashmore, Class of 1983;Jill (Barre) Helms, Classof 2001; Corey Partridge,Class of 2004 and MichaelRich, head wrestlingcoach, assistant footballcoach, assistant softballcoach and head trackcoach.

Mark Baron – Markgraduated from LovelandHigh School in 1974. Markplayed basketball all fouryears starting varsitythree years. Mark wasFirst Team All-League hisJr. and Sr. years. He wasselected All City his Jr.and Sr. years and All Statehis Sr. year. Mark wasnamed to the East/WestAll Star Team his Sr. yearand won the Loveland “Ti-ger Award”. Mark alsoplayed football in highschool. While on the var-sity team he was All-League and won the“Claw Man” award. Markalso played baseballwhere he was All-Leaguehis Jr. year. Mark went onto play basketball for Xa-vier University. He nowlives in Georgia with hiswife Linda.

Jeff Ashmore – JeffGraduated from Love-land High School in 1983where he played baseballand was a varsity starterfor three years. Jeff wasAll League his Jr. and Sr.years and All City his Sr.year. Jeff played in theCincinnati Coaches Clas-sic and was player of theweek his Sr. year. Jeffalso played football andwas a varsity starter for 3years at Loveland. Hewas All League Honor-able Mention his Jr. yearand First Team AllLeague his Sr. year. Hewas also Honorable Men-tion All City his Sr. year.He won Loveland’s “Claw

Loveland High Schoolhas selected their 2014Hall of Fame Inducteesand they were inducted atthe boys basketball gameon Jan. 16. They had din-ner at Tony's Resturantbefore the game and a re-ception in the cafeteriaafter the game for family,friends and fans. The in-ductees were: Mark Bar-on, Class of 1974; Jeff

Man” award and was vot-ed the team’s Best Defen-sive Back his Sr. year.Jeff went on to play base-ball at both Marshall Uni-versity and the Univer-sity of Dayton. .

Jill (Barre) Helms - Jillgraduated from LovelandHigh School in 2001where she was a four yearVarsity starter in soccer.In her freshman year, Jillwas the team’s 2nd lead-ing scorer. She also was2nd team All League. Jillwas the team’s leadingscorer her sophomoreand senior year. Duringher sophomore year shewas the leading scorer inDiv. I. Jill was first teamAll League both her ju-nior and senior year. Jillwas selected All District,First Team All City andteam Offensive Player ofthe year her senior year.Jill also ran track hersophomore year. Jill wenton to play soccer at BallState University. Shelives with her husbandMichael, son Owen anddaughter Emerie.

Corey Partridge – Co-rey graduated from Love-land High School in 2004.While at Loveland Coreyplayed varsity footballfor three years. He wascaptain of the footballteam his senior year. Hewas selected first teamAll League both his juniorand senior years. Coreywas named League Play-er of the year and LeagueSpecial Teams Player ofthe year his junior year.Corey was All District hissenior year, All City andAll State both his juniorand senior years. He wasalso selected as the FAVCnominee for “That’s MyBoy Award” his senioryear. Corey also played

varsity baseball for threeyears, where he was AllLeague and All City hisjunior and senior year.Corey also won the “TigerMan Award his senioryear. During his sopho-more year Corey wasfirst team All League inDiving for the SwimTeam. Corey went on toplay football for BowlingGreen State University.

Coach Michael Rich –Coach Rich has beencoaching in the LovelandSchools since 1978. Hewas the Varsity WrestlingCoach from 1983 to 2003where he had 180 careerteam victories, 28 teamtournament champion-ships and 25 runner-ups.His team dual record was152 wins 71 loses and 3ties. Coach Rich had oneCincinnati Class AACoaches Poll Team Cham-pionship, three time Cin-cinnati Div. II TeamChampionship, two timecoach of the East/West AllStar Team. Coach Richwas also named twice theCincinnati Div. II Coachof the Year and FAVCCoach of the Year. He alsocoached five teamLeague Championshipsand seven league runnerups. Coach Rich had twoDiv. II sectional teamchampionships, six Div. IItop ten district teamplacements. Coach Richis a Member of the South-west Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Hallof Fame. Coach Rich alsohas coached four years ashead track coach(8 as anassistant). He was a varsi-ty assistant footballcoach for seven years andgirls assistant softballcoach for four years.Coach Rich lives with hiswife Janet.

Loveland High School Hall of Fame

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The Loveland SchoolsFoundation is now ac-cepting nominations forits Distinguished AlumniAwards presentation thisfall. Any Loveland HighSchool graduate who hasexcelled in his/her per-

sonal or professional lifeis eligible.

For many years, Love-land Schools have pro-duced outstanding gradu-ates who have had animpact on their commu-nities, society, and the

lives of others on a local,national and global level.It is the purpose of theLoveland Schools Foun-dation to identify theseindividuals, recognizethem and to make cur-rent Loveland students,

employees of the schooldistrict and the Lovelandcommunity as a wholeaware of their leadershipqualities and their ac-complishments.

From three to fivenominees will be chosenduring the selection peri-od to receive this award.Nominations may bemade by a family mem-ber, a business associateor community member,Foundation members,corporate Foundationsponsors, faculty, admin-istrators, Loveland Boardof Education members oranyone who is well ac-quainted with the nomi-nee.

Nominations are ac-cepted for graduates whohave chosen varioustypes of career pursuits:the military, the enter-tainment field, writing,business, medicine,teaching, industry andany other profession inwhich he/she has “made adifference.”

To date, 19 graduateshave been thus honored:Terry A. McCoy, M. Le-Roy Reynolds, David N.Volkman, Maj. General

Earl J. Archer Jr., JamesS. Ferguson, Dr. MichaelB. Shannon, Ann Dona-hue, Brad Henderson,Capt. David Seth Mitch-ell, Ron Reynolds, JoshuaI. Smith, Valerie L. New-ell, Pete Patterson, MikeTaylor and Jerry Wood.

Four graduates wereinducted into the “Hall ofFame” in 2014. Jerry A.Brock, Loveland Class of1956, practicing attorneyfor 50 years and timelesswork with the homeless,needy and hungry; Don-ald L. Burton, LovelandClass of 1970, more than30 years as a veterinari-an and many times hon-ored as a conservationistand his dedication tonative wildlife; SteveMcGowan, Class of 1982,producer/director ofLumenocity and creativedirector for nationalbrands, and Mike Ward,Class of 1966, more than30 years as a board certi-fied emergency roomphysician.

These distinguishedgraduates were honoredat Receptions BanquetCenter in October andwere presented with a

plaque listing their ac-complishments and abronze tiger. A duplicateplaque is hung on the“Wall of Fame” located atthe front entrance of theLoveland High School.

A one-page nominat-ing form must be sub-mitted along with thecandidate’s resume andtwo letters of endorse-ment stating specificcharacteristics and rea-sons for the nomination.

To obtain a nominatingform or to learn moreabout the DistinguishedAlumni Awards and theLoveland Schools Foun-dation, please call theFoundation office at513-774-6228, email LindaSlusher, executive direc-tor, at [email protected] or log on tothe Foundation’s web-page at www.lovelandschools.org/alumni1.aspx.

Nominating formsmust be received by theLoveland Schools Foun-dation no later than Fri-day, April 24. Recipientswill be announced inJune and awards will bepresented at a banquet inthe fall.

Loveland Schools Foundation distinguishedalumni awards now accepting nominations

CHUCK GIBSON FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Donald Burton, Mike Ward, Jerry Brock and Steve McGowan were honored as 2014 LovelandHigh School Distinguished Alumni by the Loveland Schools Foundation.

On May 16, at MiamiMeadows Park, familiesand business leaders willjoin in the March ofDimes annual ClermontCounty March for Babiesevent – the nation’s oldest

walk fundraiser thatraises critical funds forresearch and programsthat prevent prematurebirth, birth defects andinfant mortality.

The chairman for thisevent is Eric Hunziker,assistant vice presidentof American ModernInsurance Group.

“As a business leader,this campaign gives meand American ModernInsurance a unique op-portunity to help thecommunity that I love.And as a father and pas-sionate supporter ofClermont County com-munity, I can’t think of amore important causethan our babies,” saidHunziker, who will beasking other local busi-nesses for their supportin the coming months.“One in eight of our ba-bies are born premature,and that’s just not accept-able. It takes leaders inour community workingtogether to ensure moremoms have healthy preg-nancies.”

March for Babiesoffers activities for thewhole family, continuousentertainment, a “KidsZone” and plenty of food.The walk is a 3-mileroute through the park,which is pet, stroller, andwheelchair friendly.

This year’s ambassa-dor family is the Wiesen-bergers from Cincinnati.Their triplets were borneight weeks early, andparents Jessica and Andywere told to expect theworse.

Eve weighed 3 pounds,5 ounces at birth. Shereceived two doses ofsurfactant to help herlungs react positively.

Emma weighed 3pounds, 9 ounces. Shealso needed two doses ofsurfactant to get herlungs working.

Ellie weighed 1 pound,15 ounces. The familywas told they might haveto sacrifice her to saveher sisters. Today allthree are thriving, smil-ing and happy children.

“Our girls are alivetoday because of thesurfactant therapiesdeveloped by the Marchof Dimes,” Jessica Wei-senberger said. “We walkin hopes that the moneyraised today can help thebabies born tomorrow.”

The 2015 ClermontCounty March for Babiesis looking for partici-pants for the event.These can be corporateor family teams that helpraise money or evenindividuals that want tosupport this cause. Reg-ister for the walk todayat www.marchforbabie-s.org.

Volunteer opportuni-ties are also still avail-able. Anyone interestedin forming a team orvolunteering can do so bycontacting Jill Hoff-mann, community direc-tor of the March ofDimes, Greater Cincin-nati/Northern KentuckyDivision at 513-370-5007or by e-mail at [email protected].

Clermont County March for Babiesraises funds for prenatal research

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In its second year, TheGreat Tree Summit IIwelcomed a record crowdof 375 attendees for aneducational event andawards presentation atthe Cincinnati Zoo andBotanical Garden.

The event, organizedby the non-profit TakingRoot, featured a packedagenda with speakersincluding David Mann,vice mayor of Cincinnati;Josh Knights from TheNature’s ConservancyOhio; experts from DaveyResource Group, andrepresentatives from theCincinnati Park Board.

“After just a year,we’ve been completelyoverwhelmed by theresponse received to TheGreat Tree Summit andour tree planting goals,”said Scott Beuerlein,chairman of Taking Root.“While we have a lot ofwork ahead of us, we’regaining great momentumdue to the hard work ofcountless volunteers whoare passionate aboutmaking sure our canopyis just as vibrant for fu-ture generations as it istoday.”

With a mission to in-spire and empower all toconserve and improveour region’s unique andthreatened tree canopy,Taking Root is a collab-orative partnership in theeight counties of the Tri-State region to raiseawareness of the currentcrisis taking place in ourtree canopies. Threats tothe tree canopy includethe invasive Emerald AshBorer as well as otherpests and diseases re-sponsible for the loss ofmillions of this region’snative trees, posing aserious threat to the localecosystem, and whichwill impact our quality oflife in many ways.

Awards distributedduring the 2015 GreatTree Summit II include:

» The Heritage Award- For significant contribu-tions to improving ourregion’s tree canopy be-fore the launch of theTaking Root Campaign(seven recipients): Cin-cinnati Park Board, Cin-

cinnati Zoo and BotanicalGarden, Freedom TreeReforestation Project,Mill Creek WatershedCouncil, Ohio Valley For-estry Fellowship, SpringGrove Cemetery andArboretum and ThomasL. Smith.

» The John Aston War-der Awards - In recog-nition of a private sectorentity or individual forinitiative that addressesthe goals of Taking Root,benefits and serves as amodel for protecting andenhancing our region’strees and forests, andhonors the memory ofJohn Warder, a prominentlocal physician whohelped to create theAmerican Forestry Asso-ciation in 1875 (threerecipients): Davey TreeExpert Co., Natorp’s andDuke Energy.

» The Peaslee Awards- In recognition of a pub-lic sector or non-profitentity or individual se-lected by the Taking RootSteering Committee forinitiative that addressesthe goals of Taking Root,benefits and serves as amodel for protecting andenhancing our region’strees and forests, andhonors the memory ofJohn B. Peaslee, the Su-perintendent who closedCincinnati schools onApril 27, 1882, so thatstudents could plant treesin an abandoned vineyardthat has since become thecity’s beautiful Eden Park(two recipients): GreatParks of Hamilton Coun-ty and Northern Ken-

tucky Urban and Commu-nity Forestry Council.

» The Johnny Apple-seed Awards – Nomina-tions are solicited onTaking Root’s website andaward recipients areselected by the SteeringCommittee to recognizethose who have helpedadvance Taking Root’sgoals – to plant trees,better manage our for-ests, promote the benefitsof trees, and/or to fosterstewardship and engagepeople in this effort (10recipients): Jenny Gulick,Tom Borgman, BooneCounty Arboretum & KrisStone, Ammon Nursery,Bill Hopple & the Cincin-nati Nature Center,Chuck Holliday, LauraWeber, Civic GardenCenter, Holly Utrata-Halcomb & the HamiltonCounty Soil & Water Con-servation District andSteve Foltz.

“This was a seminalevent for us, and wecouldn’t be more appre-ciative to the individualswho joined us and havesupported us,” Beuerleinsaid. “The more peoplewho know about TakingRoot, the better ourchances of reaching ourgoal, so we’d encourageeveryone to get involvedor register any trees theyare planting on our web-site. It’s a program thatwill benefit our communi-ties for many generationsto come.”

For more informationon Taking Root, pleasevisit www.takingroot.in-fo.

Great Tree Summit II drawsrecord number of attendees

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Cincinnati Zoo horticulturalist Scott Beuerlein is chairman ofTaking Root, a plan to plant 2 million trees by 2020.

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The Clermont Cham-ber of Commerce Foun-dation has announced the2015 Salute To Leadershonorees.

For the past 21 years,Salute to Leaders hashonored outstandingindividuals and groupswho have made a differ-ence in the communitiesof Clermont County. Thisyear's recipients are:

Jeff Lykins: Wm. H.Over Leadership Award.

Park National Bank:Corporate Citizen Award.

Chris Smith: Over ‘nOver Award.

Clermont RotaryClubs: Civic Award.

Marie Pelfrey: Com-munity Project Award.

Dr. Robert Farrell:Education Award.

Sue Steele: EducationAward.

Cincinnati NatureCenter Land StewardshipTeam: EnvironmentalAward.

Fr. Jerry Hyland &Parish Councils: Faith-

Based Award.Inter Parish Ministry:

Faith-Based Award.Dr. Lee Ann Watson:

Health Care Award.John E. Cooper, Sr.:

Humanitarian Award.Teen Challenge: Hu-

man Services Award.Danny Bare: Military

Award.Jim Meyer: Parks &

Recreation Award.Felicity Franklin FFA:

Rural Interests Award.Clermont County

Sheriff’s NARCAN Pro-ject: Safety & JusticeAward.

Sydney Snider: YouthLeadership Award.

Dorothy Taylor: Bata-via Township.

Ronald Louderback:Franklin Township.

Steve Pegram: GoshenTownship.

Larry D. Faulkner:Jackson Township.

Wayne & Sandy Lou-dermilk: Miami Town-ship.

Carolyn Vining: Mon-

roe Township.New Richmond Liars

Club: Ohio Township.Stillmeadow Country

Club: Pierce Township.Stonelick Township

Board of Zoning Appeals:Stonelick Township.

Frank Wilson: TateTownship.

Steve Tam: UnionTownship.

Lloyd Theademan:Washington Township.

Sue Allen: WayneTownship.

Marlyon Abrams:Williamsburg Township.

CeeCee Collins: City ofLoveland.

Mike & Gary Green:City of Milford.

The 2015 Salute toLeaders Awards Dinneris 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tues-day, March 10, at TheOasis in Loveland.Tickets are $30 each.Reserve online at "cler-montchamber.com" (clickon Events and go toMarch calendar), or call576-5000.

Salute to Leadersdinner March 10

Cancer Support Com-munity Greater Cincin-nati-Northern Kentuckywill launch an evidence-based program focusedon the needs of patientsand their caregivers.

Funded by the Michi-gan Institute for Clinicaland Health Research,this FOCUS Program will

help cancer patients andfamily caregivers de-crease emotional distressand increase quality oflife, communicationskills, and ability to man-age illness in their lives.

Like all CSC pro-grams, this exciting 5-week session is free toparticipants and led by a

licensed social worker.Each week the personwith cancer and his orher loved one will gatherwith others in a smallgroup for two hours at atime to learn more abouthow to live through andbeyond cancer.

For more informationcall 513-791-4060.

Cancer Support Community program todecrease stress for patients, caregivers

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Sharonville United MethodistTraditional worship services at 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary worship service at 9:30amFaith development opportunities for all ages!3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

Epiphany United MethodistChurch Welcomes You!

Weekend Services:Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 9am and 10:30am

Child care and Christian Educationfor all ages available

throughout the weekend.

Dr. Stephen Swisher, Senior Pastor

6635 Loveland-Miamiville Rd. 45140(513) 677-9866

www.Epiphanyumc.org

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.orgTraditional Worship8:20am & 11:00am

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

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683-2525www.LPCUSA.org • [email protected]

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Grace BaptistChurchA free community breakfast isserved from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.each Sunday. No reservationsare needed, and all are wel-come. A family-friendly break-fast will be served.

The church is at 1004 Main St.,Milford; www.gracebaptist-milford.org.

LovelandPresbyterian ChurchA coffee/snack bar has beenstarted in the Narthex onSunday mornings at 9:30 a.m.Come join the fellowship.

Worship times are: Sundayschool 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.;worship 10:30 a.m. to 11:30a.m.; fellowship 11:30 a.m.

The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525; [email protected];lovelandpresbyterianchurch.org.

Loveland UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers three worshipservices:

Saturdays 5:30 p.m. – Contempo-rary service with a coffee caféstyle. “All Together Now”programming for children agesbirth – sixth-grade. Communionoffered weekly.

Sundays 9:00 a.m. – Traditionalworship with music featuringthe chancel choir, bell choirsand other musical ensembles.Childcare is available for chil-dren Birth – 5 years of age.Communion is offered on thefirst Sunday of each month.

Sundays 10:30 a.m. – Contempo-rary service with music providedby the Praise Band. Full SundaySchool programming offeredfor children Birth – 18 years ofage. Adult Sunday School alsoavailable. Communion is of-fered on the first Sunday of themonth.

All are invited to the Lent/Easterprogramming:

Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. – Annual Pan-cake Dinner open to the com-munity. Free and open to thecommunity.

Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. – Join us to kickoff the Lent Season with ourinteractive Ash Wednesdayservice.

Wednesdays, Feb. 25-April 1 at12:15 p.m. – Pause for Prayereach Wednesday during Lent aswe spend 15 minutes prayingtogether as community for ourleaders, our schools and ourneighborhoods.

Be sure to join us online atwww.lovelandumc.org or onFacebook and Twitter.

The church is at 10975 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland; 683-1738;www.lovelandumc.org.

New Covenant LifeChurchWorship is 10:30 a.m. Sundays,followed by a noon meal and asecond service at 1 p.m.

The church is at 10059 PleasantRenner Road, Goshen; 937-218-4309;newcovenantlifechurch.info;[email protected].

Northern HillsSynagogueNorthern Hills Synagogue willscreen a special showing of theaward-winning documentary“The Island President” at 6:30p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. Themovie tells the story of Presi-dent Mohammed Nasheed ofthe Maldives, an island chain inthe Indian Ocean threatenedwith submersion due to risingsea levels. Nasheed contem-plates a plan to move thecountry’s entire population of385,000 to a new homeland,and implores world leaders todeal seriously with globalwarming. Dinner will accompa-ny the movie, and a discussionwill follow the film. There is a$6 charge for dinner and themovie. Please call the Syna-gogue at 931-6038 to RSVP.

The synagogue is at 5714 FieldsErtel Road, Deerfield Township.

NorthstarNorthstar is made up of peoplewho want to experience Jesuson a deeper level. It exists toexperience Jesus and to equipothers to do the same. Itsmission is to go to the missing,love the marginalized and liveas God’s kids.

Worship times are 9 a.m. and 11a.m. Sunday mornings.

Quest children’s ministry is

available at both celebrations.Junior high ministry (gradesfive to eight) is available only atthe 11 a.m. celebration.

The church is at 11020 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland.

Owensville UnitedMethodist ChurchAsh Wednesday Services are

scheduled for 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Feb. 18. This serviceof music, scripture and repen-tance will feature the ancientrite of the imposition of ashes.Ash Wedsneday heralds thebeginning Lent the 40 prep-aration for Easter.

A Lent study of the book “24Hours That Changed theWorld” will run from Feb.

25-March 25. The church is at 2580 US 50Stonelick Township.

Prince of PeaceLutheran ChurchWednesday morning Bible studyis at 10 a.m. in the Atrium. Amonthly women’s Bible study isheld the first Tuesday of eachmonth.

Supper Club is a missional com-munity which provides a meal

to the Loveland community at5:45 p.m. on the second andthird Tuesdays of the month.

Ash Wednesday services are atnoon and 7 p.m. Wednesday,Feb. 18.

Worship services are 5 p.m.Saturdays; 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m.Sundays. Sunday school is at 10a.m.

The church is at 101 S. LebanonRoad, Loveland; 683-4244;www.popluther.org.

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4 p.m.Wednesday for consideration inthe following edition. E-mailannouncements to [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

RELIGION

ABOUT RELIGIONReligion news is published at no charge on a space-

available basis. Items must be to our office no later than 4p.m. Wednesday, for possible consideration in the follow-ing edition. » E-mail announcements to [email protected], with “Religion” in the subject line. » Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600. » Mail to: Loveland Herald, Attention: Andrea Reeves,Religion news, 394 Wards Corner Road, Suite 170, Love-land, Ohio 45140.

A list of local fish fries:» Wayne Fire & Res-

cue Auxiliary’s annualfish fry is 5:30 p.m. to 8:30p.m. Fridays from Feb.20-April 3 at Newtons-ville Fire House. Cost is$8 for adults and $4 forchidlren. Carryout avail-able. Call 513-625-6212.

» Locust Corner Unit-ed Methodist Church isoffering fish fries eachFriday during Lent, fromFeb 20 through March 27,from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Com-plete fish dinner for $6.,includes fried fish, coleslaw, French fries, hushpuppies, bread, pickle,beverage and dessert.Macaroni and cheese andhot dogs are also avail-able. Eat in or carry out.Piano music by Annie Ta-keuchi Lanzone. Call 513-476-3174 for further in-formation.

The church is at 917Locust Corner Road, atthe intersection of LocustCorner and Wagner roadsin Pierce Township. 752-

8459.» Goshen United

Methodist Church, 6710Goshen Road, hosts fishfries 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.every Friday, Feb. 20-March 27.

Menu includes fish fry,chicken or shrimp din-ners and all the fixins.Suggested donations: $11all you can eat, $9 adultsand $6 for children 12 andunder. There will be à lacarte pricing available atthe door. Desserts anddrinks will be available aswell. All profits go to-wards the United Meth-odist Men projects for thechurch.

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To have your fish fryincluded in this listing,email the information [email protected].

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LOVELANDIncidents/investigationsAggravated menacing600 block of Park Ave., Jan. 25.Burglary600 block of Park Ave., Jan. 25.Domestic violence -knowingly200 block of Elm St., Jan. 23.Identity fraud100 block of S. Lebanon Road,Jan. 27.

Possession of drugs

100 block of Cherokee Drive,Jan. 21.

Possession of drugs - heroin100 block of N. Lebanon Road,Jan. 26.

Re-cite other department600 block of Loveland MadeiraRoad, Jan. 21.

Theft200 block of W. Loveland Ave.,Jan. 24.

100 block of S. Lebanon Road,Jan. 27.

Theft vehicle/auto

300 block of Broadway St., Jan.25.

MIAMI TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsBurglaryLaptop and check taken; $287 at1100 block of HeatherstoneWay, Jan. 22.

Criminal child enticementFemale juvenile stated maletried to lure her into vacantresidence at 1100 block of South

Timbercreek Drive, Jan. 23.Criminal damageExterior lights and lamp postlight broken at 6500 block ofOasis Drive, Jan. 18.

Windshield damaged on vehicleat 1100 block of Pebble BrookeTrail, Jan. 19.

Four tires cut on vehicle at 5800block of Buckwheat Road, Jan.21.

Front door damage at 1800block of Pebble Ridge, Jan. 25.

Landscape timbers spray paintedat 6700 block of Sandy ShoresDrive, Jan. 26.

Criminal mischiefEggs thrown at vehicle at 1500block of Hunt Club Drive, Jan.19.

Drug paraphernaliaParaphernalia found duringdrug overdose offense at 5900block of Creekview Drive, Jan.17.

Drug possession,paraphernaliaItems found in vehicle duringtraffic stop at area of East GlenEcho at Branch Hill Guinea Pike,Jan. 18.

LitteringTrash dumped on property at5500 block of Day Run Road,Jan. 21.

Marijuana possession

Marijuana found in vehicleduring traffic stop at area ofOhio 28 at Donna Jay, Jan. 23.

Marijuana possession,paraphernaliaFound in vehicle during trafficstop at Ohio 28 at I-275, Jan. 16.

Misuse of credit cardMale stated card used with noauthorization; $370 at 900block of Creek Knoll, Jan. 19.

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: » Loveland, Chief Tim Sabransky, 583-3000» Miami Township, Chief Sue Madsen, 248-3721» Symmes Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444

Scott W. WallaceScott W. Wallace, 33, of Loveland died Feb. 2.Survived by son, Jack James Wallace; parents Wayne L. and Diana S. (nee Bish) Wallace; sister, Katie E.

(Christopher Duncan) Wallace; friend, Bill Cullen; grandmother, Irene E. Wallace; and many aunts, uncles,cousins and friends.

Preceded in death by grandparents James E. and Frances Bish.Services were Feb. 7 at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home, Evendale.

DEATHS

LOVELAND120 Carrington Lane: MoksinHoldings Plus LLC to Rotten-berg, Herbert L.; $73,500.

3633 Loveland Madeira Road:Trimlawn Tree & Stump Remov-al to Wilson, Glen W.; $1,000.

1907 Heidelberg Drive: McNally,Jacqueline S. to Shrimpton,Brian; $168,500.

1043 Hickory Ridge Lane: Smith,Edward C. & Carrie A. to Eme-rine, Jacqueline S. & Matthew;$271,500.

2066 Stratford Court: Martin,Penny to Coddington, James D.;$87,100.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPKemper Road: RLH Ventures 10

Inc. to Vasi Real Estate HoldingLLC; $375,000.

9855 Mistymorn Lane: Taylor,Christopher to Bonniol, Guil-laume & Nelly; $829,500.

12181 Rich Road: U.S. Bank NA Tr.to Willis, Cindy; $116,900.

8330 Vicksburg Drive: Bryce,Richard L. Tr. to Bryce, Lucas G.& Cassandra S.; $211,500.

Address not available: Planta-tion Pointe LLC to Fischer Single

Family Homes III, Ltd.; $83,000.7891 Camp Road: Mount Wash-ington Savings Bank to Gar-tland Properties LLC; $68,000.

8825 Chapel Square Lane: SaxonFinancial Brokerage LLC toKeystone Management GroupLlp; $285,000.

11716 Lebanon Road: Wilmes,James W. Tr. & Kimberly K. Tr. toMadeira Place LLC; $347,500.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

ABOUT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSInformation is provided as a public service by the office

of Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes. Neighborhooddesignations are approximate.