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LOVELAND — The future of the church at225ChestnutSt. inLoveland isuncertain,buta group hoping to preserve it sought to raisemoney and awareness for the landmark.

The Predestinarian Church PreservationCommittee hosted an event April 13 at TheLoveland Art Studios on Main, attractingmore than 150 people and raising more than$1,000 indonationpledges, said JoeSchickel,fundraising chair for the PCPC.

“We had an excellent program of livemu-sic, poetry and prose readings, author bookssignings and light refreshments,” Schickelsaid. “Itwasgratifying toseesomanypeoplewithpersonalconnections to thechurchporeover old photos, renew acquaintances, andbond in the hope that this important piece ofLoveland history, and their personal history,would be appropriately preserved and cele-brated.”

The group wants to buy the lot and reno-vate the church, but Loveland officialswould rather donate the church and move itoff the land. The estimated $30,000 cost tomove the church would be incurred by thecity and any additional costs would have tobe covered by the PCPC or an allied group,Loveland City Manager Tom Carroll said in

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the underground parking garage.They did not hear the explosions.

“Just about the time we exited theparking garage all hell broke loose,”Smith said. “Copswere just coming inevery direction. They were comingthe wrong way down the street. I wasthinking somebody’s going to getkilled. They were just flying. All thecops were going right to the finishline. We had no idea what was goingon.”

Todd Smith finished his third Bos-ton Marathon before the bomb blastsbrought devastation to the historicrunning event.

“I ran the race in 3:28,” Smith said.“I finished maybe 40 minutes beforethe incident happened.”

Smith, who lives near The Oasis inMiami Township, had finished therace, passed the finish line, and pro-ceeded to make his way through sta-tions set up for the runners after theyfinish.

“It takes maybe a half-hour or soafter you finish the race to getthrough the stations,” he said. “Theyhave a medical check. They have hy-dration stations and food. They checkyou out to make sure you’re OK andgive you the medal before they re-lease you.”

Hegrabbedhis clothes andmethiswife, Lori, about two blocks from thefinish line and wasn’t feeling verywell. They went to the Marriott onCopley Square, where she parked in

Trafficwas at a gridlock. Smith es-timates theysat there for15 to20min-utes searching theirAMradiodial fornews about what was happening. Hewas on his Apple trying to find infor-mation. Everything was stopped andthey couldn’t find out anything.

“We just assumed there had beenan accident in the city somewhere,”Smith said. “Weknewsomething seri-ous had happened, but it neverdawned on us that it had anything todo with the marathon. It never evencrossed my mind.”

With two previous trips to the Bos-ton Marathon, Todd and Lori Smithfelt very secure. They knew thecrowdswere “mammoth” right there.They also knewBoston Police and theNational Guard were everywhereand always did an excellent job. Lorialways felt sogoodabouthowwell thewhole eventwas organized and run inBoston.

“It probably took 45 minutes be-fore we heard it on an AM station andrealized what had happened,” Smithsaid. “At first they were reporting itwas a natural gas explosion. It wasn’ta bomb. It wasn’t a terrorist act. Theyweren’t even using those words.”

Loveland resident Todd Smith (No. 3293 with "Block O" OSU shirt) strides for the finish. He completed the Boston Marathon in3:28 just less than 40 minutes before explosions devastated the finish line. THANKS TO TODD SMITH

Loveland man feelsfortunate to beat blasts

Was safely awayat time of explosionsBy Chuck [email protected]

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Loveland resident Todd Smith just aftercompleting Boston Marathon Monday,April 15 - taken about 100 feet fromfinish line minutes before explosionsoccurred. THANKS TO TODD SMITH

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ousness of the incident,”Smith said. “They wereconfirming it was two ex-plosions. They were re-porting12 deaths over thelocal news.”

It was well into thenight before the Smithswere getting tangible in-formation. It was twohours before they wereable to reach someonehere in Cincinnati. Loricalled her parents and letthemknow theywereOK.

“I guess I had twoemo-tions,” Smith said. “Ashorrific as it was, some-thing like this is alwayssomething you watch onCNN and you think its amillion miles away. Itcame over me so quickly.My gosh we were rightthere. My wife stood onthat street for four hourson the same side where

In the next 45 minutesthe story began to unfoldfor them.Theywereeightor nine blocks away fromthe finish line and headedout of town to their hotel.

“As we were drivingthe Massachusetts Turn-pike, it was just literallycop after cop after ambu-lanceafter ambulancego-ing the opposite directiontoward downtown,” saidSmith.

They listened to theevents unfold on the radioas they drove along. Itwas talk radio – “just likeWLW” – with people call-ing-in airing opinions andthoughts. More than anhour had passed andSmith still had no ideawhat really happened.They arrived at their ho-tel in New Hampshireabout an hour and a halffrom Boston.

“Wewere able to get infront of the television be-fore we actually had agood idea of what hadhappened and the seri-

both bombsweredetonat-ed.”

Smith thinks Lori hadstood virtually right be-tween the two explosions.When he finished therace, she made her wayback.

“We didn’t say twowords during the hourdrive,” he said. “We justkept reflecting. It just hithome for me that it canhappen anywhere and ev-erywhere. Then I becamefurious because theywere reporting the firstdeath was an eight yearold. I was just furious.”

He remembers a mancausing a commotion;cursing and creating adisturbance in the sta-tions area when he fin-ished – just minutes be-fore the bombs exploded.Maybe unrelated, butnow he wonders. Smith

thought of all the runners,all the training; monthsand months of prepara-tion. Marathon runnerswork so hard to qualifyfor such a prestigiousevent like the BostonMarathon.

“Noneof thatmatteredin a blink of an eye,” saidSmith. “It wasn’t just me;people they were inter-viewing. All you caredabout was how couldsomebody… prettysad…”

His voice trailed offand he began talkingabout his two daughters.

“I have two girls. A 14-and 11-year-old,” he said.“They got home fromschool and already hadthe television on. Talkingto my daughters, I couldfeel it; how upset theywere. They were talkingto me. They knew I was

OK. I just wanted to gethome to them.”

The Smiths could notget a flight out Mondaynight. His parents had 28phone calls. His phonerang late into the night.He heard from people hehadn’t heard from inyears. Theydidn’twant totalk about the race. Theyjust wanted to know hewas okay; that Lori wasokay. They flew homeTuesdaymorning.He justwanted to be with thekids, the family, and getback to Loveland.

“The race seemed likeit was a million milesaway,” Smith said. “For-tunate forme,my story ispretty non-dramatic. Itwasvery fortunate for us;we were able to get out ofthere before anything se-rious had happened.”

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ruary 2012, for $19,485.81.Subsequently, the build-ingwascondemnedbythecounty Aug. 2, 2012. Love-land officials want to usethe land for access to apo-tential development ontheadjoining lotat theendof Chestnut Street.

The church belongs tothe community, Oguahsaid, because itwas one ofthe earliest parcels ofland purchased by Afri-can Americans in Love-land and also served as aplace where the commu-nity would come togetherand work out racial is-sues.

Some city officials,Oguah said, are standingin the way of preserving

the church, and the PCPCis unyielding in its re-quest to keep the churchon Chestnut Street.

It is unclear howmuchlonger the city canwait toact, but the 90-day win-dow to rehabilitate thebuilding after condemna-tion has passed, and thetwo sides have yet toagree on a plan going for-ward.Thecitywouldrath-er donate the churchbuilding than pay to de-molish it,Caroll said in theletter.

The PCPC has raisedmore than $65,000 for theproject through privatepledges and the promiseof a $50,000 grant fromthe Hamilton County PortAuthority. Members ofthe PCPC claim the fund-ing is enough money topurchase and renovatethe building, but the esti-mate needs more clarifi-cation, Carroll said.

“Your letter of Febru-ary20thprovidedarange,

but we are not clear at allwhat is included in thisprice and how it is de-rived,” Carroll said in theletter. “The cost estimateseems rather low, and thecity is unwilling to consid-er any investment in thestructure which will notensure the building is sta-bilized and preserved.”

“This is an option thatshould not be ruled out byyour committee,” Carrollsaid in the letter. “Thepreservation committeewould not incur any costto reimburse the city forthe property or any mar-ginal cost for the roadwayinstallation, which in turnallows funds raised to beinvested in the rehabilita-tion and reuse of thechurch structure in-stead.”

Want to knowmore aboutLoveland Schools, govern-ment and community? FollowJason Hoffman on Twitter:@jhoffman_cp.

March 14 letter to PaulaMitchell Oguah, presi-dent of the PCPC.

“This is not anAfrican-American project, this isfor the community – thechurch belongs to the en-tire city,” Oguah said. “Ifthe church were to bemoved, it’s not going to bethe same thing.”

Loveland bought theland and building fromHamilton County in Feb-

ChurchContinued from Page A1

IN THEIR WORDSCommittee member

Joe Schickel talks aboutthe efforts to save thechurch. See Viewpoints,A8.

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The Loveland HighSchool Show Choir, “ByRequest” won the GrandChampion award at theNational Show ChoirChampionships in Nash-ville, Tennessee April 4-April 6.

Here are reactions andmemories some of themembers shared fromtheir experience:

“It was absolutelyamazing; especially con-sidering where our groupwas four years ago. Fouryears ago we didn’t evenmake finals. This year wewent with a lot more con-fidence and a lot more ex-perience. When theystarted announcing, wewere antsy; just wonder-ing if we were going tomake finals. We were thelast ones called; so theymade us really nervous.We were so excited. Ev-eryone was so proud ofeach other. When we won

the nextday; wewereGrandChampi-ons, wewere na-tionalchampi-ons; wewere justincredi-

bly excited. We exceededour goal. Absolutely.

“Being on the GrandOle Opry stage was in-credible. They have apiece of the original of theGrandOleOpry Stage;weall just rubbed it like apreshow ritual. Then thecurtain goes up, you lookat all these people – justincredible. I felt privi-leged to be there.”

– Sam Hoffman (sen-ior)

“As a freshman, it waskind of shocking. We arein it as much as anyoneelse. It just kind of tookour breath away. Seeingthe seniors have that mo-ment was just super spe-cial. I think the memoryofwalkinoff thestageandseeing all the seniors cry-ing; everyone just startedcrying and we all justcame intoahug.Thepride

that we had after our per-formance was the bigmo-ment for me. It was awe-some. If we keep workingharder and getting better;takewhatwedid this yearand keep improving fromthere it’ll just continue toget better and better ev-ery year.”

– Chloe Tenbrink(freshman)

“It is still unbelievable.From never even making

nightshows tocomingall theway towin a na-tionalchampi-onship, itmeanstheworld.

I’m still in shock. Did itreally happenor amIgon-na wake up from a dreamanysecond. I just can’t be-lieve ithappened.Themo-ment when they said-…they’re calling out sec-ondplace,we’re just so in-credibly ready to seewhat happened; so incred-ibly stressed, but excitedto see what the resultsare. That moment ofbonding; there’s nothinglike it. This doesn’t hap-pen all the time. This isthe first time it happened.Youhave tokeepworking.You can’t slack off andthink it will happen nextyear. It won’t. You have tokeep working.”

- Billy Viox (senior)“It was so cool; such a

good experience.Winningnationals as a freshman iscool. We can’t really gobackwards. We can al-waysmake ourselves bet-ter in four years. I’ve nev-er been there (The GrandOle Opry stage) before. Itwas really different. Itwas cool to remember allthe people who have per-formed on that stage. Ididn’t really expect towin. I was so excited. Ihoped to win; not like itwas something I thoughtwould happen. Waiting,sitting there waiting asthey count down to run-ner-up and sitting thereknowing we won. It wassuch a good experience.”

– Lauren Hole (fresh-

man)“It was incredible. I

was just so proud to seewhat we’ve done and howfar we’ve come. It wasamazing togo there fresh-man year, not even makefinals, and then comeback my senior year andwin it; the whole thing.That was just amazing.We are just a huge family.I want that to be some-thing that’s always impor-

tantwithinthe showchoir;thatwe’rejust afamily.We’vegot eachother’sbacks. I

want to come back as aproud alumni to see theconnections we make andhow much we love it. Ev-erybody loves it so much.I’m going to rememberseeing all the parentswhen we arrived home.I’m going to rememberjust how exciting it was tosee the support we’vegained. People will re-member us for doingsomething so cool. Wewere joking on the busjust wondering if peoplewouldbe there togreetus.When we turned the cor-ner and saw them, wewere so surprised. It wasawesome that they putthat together for us soquickly. It just warms myheart to see how muchpeople cared. Show Choirhasn’t been the biggestdeal, but when we cameback to school this week,people have been so com-plimentary.”

– Kelsey Wagner (sen-ior)

“Winning is amazing.With the groups we wereup against, I’d neverthought in a million yearswe were going to win.When I heard our namefor the finals, I thought‘This cannot be happen-ing.’ Not that I didn’t havefaithwe could do it. Thesegroups we were upagainst are soprestigious,and so talented. It took ev-erything everyone had tobeat them. It took all our

focus, all our talent wecould possibly throw onthat stage from Megan tothe amazing show wehave. There couldn’t beone weak link; everyonehad to be full mindset onshow choir, full mindsetthinking about what theycould do tomake the showthe best it could possiblybe. That’s what everyonewas doing. It stands toreason, when everyonedoes that, good resultscome. We are in the ranksof some of the greatestshowchoirs to everhit thestage. I want to continuethat. The biggestmemoryformewaswhenwewerestanding backstage onthose risers. Everyonewas shaking, getting alltheirnervesout.Thenyousee that little opening inthe curtain. You’re think-ing this is the moment.Herewego!Thatwill staywith me for a very longtime.”

– Nick Huber (junior)“For the group, it was

absolutely amazing. Wedidn’t even make finalsmy freshman year. I’vewatched the programcompletely transform.This year has been a bigyear for us. Every yearhas been huge makingstrides and growing, butthis year is the first yearpeople are saying 'By Re-quest' is a threat, we areworth competing against.When we were on stage,we justwanted tohave thetime of our lives. And wedid. It was so much fun.Being on the Grand OleOpry stage was almostscary, it’s so huge. Beforewe performed, there’s alittle circle fromtheorigi-

nal stage, we were alldown on the floor kissingit, touching it with ourhands; right before wehad to go to our places forthe show to start. Thatwas so cool. We got todance on that spot whereElvis and ….Elvis…andall the famous countryartists that have passedthrough it. I think that ishuge. Winning bestfemale performer was in-credible. I remember myfreshman year seeing thegirl who won then. I actu-ally talked to her. It wasamazing. I thought if Iwon that it would be adream come true for me.When they said my name,I started crying rightaway. I looked in the audi-ence andmy dad was cry-ing, we all were crying,everyone was crying. Itwas a beautiful momentand I’ll remember it for-ever. Lead with kindnessand passion. Keep push-ing the envelope to growevery year. I’m sure theywill.”

– Megan Kiley (senior)“Winning Grand

Champion was the piqueof my whole high schoolcareer. It’s something I’vebeen doing since seventh-grade. I’ve seen everyoneget better every year. I’veseenmyself get better ev-ery year. After eighthplace overall freshmanyear, not even making fi-nals and then comingback this yearmaking topsix and win Grand Cham-pion was incredible to us.It’s the Grand Ole OpryStage. Any countrymusicstar you can name hasperformed there. Any bigartist that has gone

through Nashville proba-bly performed there. It’sjust an iconic stage to be-gin with. Just the experi-ence to perform on it isreally cool. It is the cool-est place to go. We saw

two ofthegroupsperformonThurs-daynight. Ileft thatnightthinkingI’m

ready to perform rightnow. Seeing those groupsjust pumped me up. I wasready to go show themwhat we have. It’s ourturn, let’s go do it. Theoverall transformation ofseeing how far we’vecome; from eighth to win-ning, that really cool ex-perience of saying herewe are, you haven’t heardof us, but we’re as good asthese big guys; that’s thememory I take away. Justbecause they don’t knowyou, doesn’t mean youaren’t great.”

–DrewKovacs (senior)

Choir reaction: ‘Amazing,’ ‘awesome’By Chuck [email protected]

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LOVELAND — The LovelandCity Council approved zoningchanges, moving Cleveland-based developer PIHRL onestep closer to building a senior-only rental property.

With avote of 6-0 council ap-proved text amendments to thedensity requirements in theSpecialPlanningDistrict15, in-creasing the density and park-ing ratio guidelines for the sen-ior-living complex.

“This is a good step, but it’sonly one step in the process,”saidDavidBurg, president andco-founder of PIHRL LLC.“There are somanychecks andbalances in the process – thereis a lot of work ahead.”

Burg, whose companywants to build a 40-unit, senior-only condominium communitybordering East Loveland Ave-nue, Third Street and O’Ban-non Avenue, has 27 develop-ments nationwide, with abouthalf of those being senior com-munities, he said.

Loveland Mayor Rob Weis-gerber, who spoke previouslyat public hearings as a citizenagainst the proposal, recusedhimself from the discussionand vote on the ordinance.

“My concern is for the com-munity,” Weisgerber said. “IfLoveland Station were movingahead, I would be less con-cerned for the community.”

The issues,Weisgerbersaid,are that the city will not gainextrarevenueoutside theprop-erty taxes on the land and thatthe inception of the specialplanning district was to create

the opportunity for LovelandStation development, not arental community.

The developer who hopes tomove Loveland Station forwardsaid the new complex wouldmake theareamoreenticing forbanks to finance. Dan Rolfes,principal of Rookwood Homes,said in order to get financingfrom banks, there needs to bedevelopment in the area.

“Action breeds action,”Rolfes said. “Banks are lookingfor mitigating circumstancesto help Loveland Station.”

The Loveland Station pro-posal fromRolfes sought to putamixture of retail and residen-tial properties in Loveland’sHistoric District, but has notmoved beyond early planningstages.

Want to knowmore about LovelandSchools, government and communi-ty? Follow Jason Hoffman on Twit-ter: @jhoffman_cp.

Zoning approvedfor senior-onlydevelopmentBy Jason [email protected]

David Burg, principal andco-founder of Cleveland-baseddeveloper PIHRL, answersquestions from Loveland CityCouncil Tuesday, April 9. Councilapproved necessary zoningchanges to allow the developerto construct a senior-onlycondominium community. JASON

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theywill be formallypresentedwith the OhioMedal of Valor.

“I thinkit’s thebiggesthonorthat he’s had,” said his wife,Connie Bare.

The medal was designed byEd Arthur in 1990 and repre-sents sacrifices made for free-dom, while acknowledging re-cipients for their representa-tion of the state, according tothe Ohio Military Hall of Famewebsite.

“This is something I canshare with my grandchildren,”Bare said.

He said he hopes his induc-tionwill help him teach them tobe givers, not takers.

Veterans Services Commis-sion Executive Director How-ardDaugherty,whoalsoservedintheArmyduringtheVietnamWar,was inducted into theOhioMilitaryHall of Fame in 2006.

“It’s a very prestigious hon-or,” Daugherty said.

Theinductionceremonywillbegin at 11:30 a.m. May 3 at theOhio Statehouse in Columbus.

CLERMONT COUNTY — For-merveteransservicescommis-sion Executive Director DanBare soon will be inducted intotheOhioMilitaryHall of Fame.

Bare officially will be in-ducted May 3 at the VeteransPlaza of the Ohio Statehouse, 1Capitol Square.

Unlike the Ohio VeteransHallofFame,whichhonorsvet-erans for civic duty, the OhioMilitaryHall of Fame is specif-ically for decorated combatveterans.

Bare was selected as an in-ductee after being nominatedby representatives from theClermontCountyVeteransSer-vices Commission office.

“I’mabsolutelyhonored,”hesaid.

A veteran must have beenborn in Ohio or be conscriptedforservice inthestateandhavea U.S. military medal for valor,which was received for a spe-cific act of heroism.

Bare, who re-ceived an ArmyCommendationforValor in1968,was nominatedfor assisting afellow soldier inVietnam.

During a fire-fight May 30,

1968,hesawafellowsoldiergethit and tried to help move himto where he would be medi-vaced out of the combat zone.

While helping the other sol-dier, Bare got shot, but he con-tinued offering assistance.

He said he was doing “whatanyonewould do.”

Although he is honored bythe induction, he said the honoris for military men and womenwho died in combat.

“Every one of them shouldreceive a medal of honor,” hesaid.“Whatmorecanyoudoforyour country than lay your lifedown?”

During the induction cere-mony, citations of valor will beread for each inductee, and

Bare

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LOVELAND — TheLoveland City SchoolDistrict found its re-placement for Chad Hil-liker, assistant superin-tendent of human re-sources, who takes overas district superinten-dent May 1.

Keith Koehne wasnamed the new assistantsuperintendent of hu-

man re-sources.

”Mr.Koehnehas a tre-mendousreputa-tion inSouth-west Ohioas a pro-

gressive school leader,”said John Marschhau-sen, Loveland superin-tendent. “He will be awonderful addition tothe leadership teamwithLoveland City Schools.”

Koehne received atwo-year contract fromthe board and will make$108,353 a year.

“It is an honor to be apartof theLovelandCitySchools leadershipteam,”Koehnesaid. “Mycareer has been devotedto helping students andteachers perform attheir absolute best.”

Hilliker was appoint-

ed to succeed Marsch-hausen,whoacceptedanoffer to be the superin-tendent of Hilliard CitySchools. Although Hil-liker becomes superin-tendent May 1, Mar-schaussen will stay withthe district throughJune to help Hillikerwith the turnover proc-ess.

Koehne earned hisbachelor'sdegree in sec-ondary education fromMiami University andhis master's degree ineducational administra-tion from Xavier Uni-versity. He spent 19years with Mariemontand is thecurrentMarie-mont Junior High prin-cipal and district tech-nology director.

“Loveland has an out-standing reputation foracademic excellenceand student centered in-struction,” Koehne said.“I am looking forward tomeeting everyone re-sponsible for that suc-cess, learning moreabout the formula forthese accomplishments,and contributing to evengreater success in thefuture.”

Want to knowmore aboutLoveland Schools, govern-ment and community? Fol-low JasonHoffman on Twit-ter: @jhoffman_cp.

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Moving to a new citycan be a harrowing ordealfor anyone. The financialstrain, missing your sup-port community, helpingchildren adjust or justfinding a decent deli areall common experienceswith such a stressful situ-ation.

Over the past fewweeks, dozens of Cincin-nati transplants havebeen bonding weekly atMontgomery CommunityChurch, following a bookdesigned to help with themoving process entitled“After the Boxes are Un-packed: Moving on AfterMoving in (1995, by SusanMiller, Focus on the Fam-ily bookpublishedbyTyn-dale House Publishers).”

Leader Sandy Ramsey,60, of Symmes Twp., saysshe was recommended tohelmthegroup,whichhasbeenmeeting twiceayearfor the last few years,since she herself wasuprooted for four years tolive in Japan.

“I jumped at it becauseI know what it’s like tocome to a townwhere youdon’t knowanyone or onlythrough your husband’sjob. Here (with thisgroup), you are with peo-ple who are where youwere (emotionally), or go-ing where you are going.

“Any move is hard.Sometimes people areforced into it and someare real excited, but evenif you are, it’s hard tomake connections withdoctors and hairdress-ers.”

Miller’s book high-lightspersonalexperienc-

es with women who havemoved due to a myriad ofcircumstances, whethernewly divorced with chil-dren or a pastor’s wifewho is overwhelmed byimmediate demands onher time from the congre-gation or multiple-timemovers who have a hardtime opening up sincetheymay have tomove onand lose the new friend-ships.

Montgomery residentof two years Susan Cala-bro spoke up about losingher identity with servingon the local board of edu-cation in Connecticut andthe pain of leaving a townshe lived in for 22 years.She has since found satis-

faction working as a tutorand making connectionswith otherwomen in simi-lar circumstances.

Susan Glenn of Love-land is somewhat of a vet-eran mover, havingmoved four times andthree of those came with-in four years. She said af-ter living in South Caroli-na and North Carolina,she has found the Cincin-nati area a great place toraise her family.

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py once I get settled.”Glenn learned of Mil-

ler’s book when a friendgave it to her as a movingaway present. She thensaw the meeting notice inthe church bulletin.Though she is no longer anew transplant, she re-mains active in the groupbecause of themany posi-tive experiences she hashad.

“It’s a great resourceand can be helpful tosomebody looking to getconnected in the commu-nity.”

For more information,visit their Facebook pageat http://on.fb.me/10ziWWkor call513-239-6777.

Support group helps newly movedBy Shelly [email protected]

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

LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOLThe following students have earnedhonors for the second quarter of2012-2013.

FreshmenHigh Honors with Distinction - KellyBaumgarth, Jazmyn Browning, CaitlinCarlsen, Joshua Carovillano, ChloeCecil, Leighann Cotter, Sarah Cousino,Madison DeAtley, Hannah Dee, Gabri-elle Dierling, Joseph Distler, Anne Ellis,Megan Elyamani, Jacob Ferrell, Han-nah Fischer, Jared Frees, Alyssa Gilli-land, Carrillo Gomez, Dania Gutierrez-Flores, Cole Hankins, Bailey Hansen,David Hansen, Nekyla Hawkins, LauraHeckenmueller, Olivia Henderson,Lauren Hole, Jared Holladay, TylerHolman, Lillian Huelsman, BrightonHummer, Katherine Jacobs, CarolineJewett, Maggie Jewett, MadisonJohnson, Theodore Jones, BrightonKahrs, Irena Kuan, Jacob Lesperance,Benjamin Lipp, Ashley Marmer, MariaMatacia, Hannah Matuszak, AshleyMays, Rachel Mellett, Makenzie Mer-cer, Ryan Mesmer, Morgan Meszaros,Emily Michelfelder, Karl Mueller,Kendall Myers, Kathryn Napier, Mi-chael Newbold, Juan Ortiz, MorlanOsgood, Erica Padgett, Adam Paulson,Margaret Purtell, Jonathan Reese,Claire Ruben, Domas Rubikas, KatelynRuss, Catelyn Shipp, Aidan Shumaker,Amanda Slager, Mackensie Slyder,Courtney Spicer, Alyssa Stahl, EleanorStiver, Shiza Syed, Madison Taylor,Chloe Tenbrink, Anne Tewksbury andElizabeth Toigo.High Honors - Tabitha Anderson, Rebec-ca Antrim, Andrew Austin, AshtonBarger, Conner Barnes, Hailey Bauer,Allison Becker, Madison Bennett,Matthew Bezjak, Riley Boucher, AudreyBoyd, Maeve Bray, Gloria Bustamante,Jessica Carter, Kristofer Caudell, EmmaCavano, Zachary Cha pman, SeanChrusniak, Tyler Cook, Cole Davis,Emily Davis, Ashley Day, CameronDeVille, Christopher Dombroski, ClaireDues, Trace Dunning, Caryn Duvall,Emily Ellis, Anna Eyre, Courtney Fergu-son, Jillian Ferguson, Caroline Fisher,Jennifer Frank, Nadra Fredj, FrancescaGear, Isaac Gordon, Haley Hansberry,Kaylee Harter, Dylan Havens, CarrieHawkins, Taylar Hayden, Alyssa Heal,Matthew Hoffman, Luke Holloway,Colin Johnson, Samantha Johnson,Alan Kendrick, Kevin Kes, Timothy Kim,Lydia King, Sophia Kiser, BrookeKoontz, Adrianna Krois, Colton Lakes,Howard Lawrence, Kaley Loggins, RyanLutz, Joseph Lynch, Ryan Mangan,Devon McClea, Christopher McDowell,Hanna Olberding, Jackson Pardue,Katherine Parks, Gary Payne, NikyaPfarr, Megan Phelan, Steven Plitt,Jacob Ponchot, Madeleine Porczak,Caroline Prifti, Madalyn Ribeiro, Me-kayla Rickett, Hayley Roberts, ChelseaRobinson, Mallory Russ, Ashley Salzl,Jacob Saunders, Sarah Sheeler, PamelaShoemaker, Kevin Sieg, Carley Siek-man, Zoie Smith, Amy Snyder, AndrewSnyder, Charles Spieser, Andrew Stein-brunner, Sayre Stejbach, Claire Taggart,Ashlyn Taylor, Peyton Terry, AllisonThompson, James Truesdell, HannahWallis, LoganWalton, Levi Weaver,Sydney Williams, Erin Wilmanns,Zachary Winoker and Marissa Witt.Honor Roll - Jordan Adair, Kyle Baker,Kelsey Beckstedt, Cole Boeres, CollinBoggs, Ashley Bolin, Austin Bota, SeanBrison, Owen Brown, Allison Brugger,Kyle Butts, Ethan Carle, Michael Clep-

per, Parker Davenport, Samuel Dear-den, Pamela Dickman, Dominic DiS-tasio, Amanda Eldridge, MirandaEldridge, Michael Fackler, Trevor Gajus,Mark Geiger, Ellen Goldenberg, KyleGraham, Myles Graves, Sarah Ha-bermaas, Kathryn Heath, Erin Iaciofa-no, Mark Jang, Matthew Johnston,Alexandra Jones, Amanda King, Sa-mantha Lawless, Benjamin Lawry,Kathleen Locasto, Lydia Loukoumidis,Sydney Mahon, Cole Miller, ChristianMontgomery, WilliamMultner, KyleOblong, Dean Parker, Eric Popp, Pres-ton Reeves, Stella Rockwood, MachikoSato, Blake Schlesner, Trent Spikes,Hannah Sprouse, Elaine Thomas,JulianneWagoner, AmandaWalchle,Alexandra Westley, Ali Whalen and JayWilson.

SophomoresHigh Honors with Distinction - IainAbbott, Dylan Armstrong, AdamBeran, Jessica Blumberg, Magen Brai-ley, Terra Brulport, Alexander Bunk,Heather Burns, Riley Clarey, TimmyClawson, Holli Cook, Sarah Cronin,Matthew DelPozzo, Jamie Demers,Katelin Doarn, Lauren Ellis, AaronEngstrom, Gabrielle Ernst, KatarzynaFisher, Connor Flanagan, Derek Fletch-er, Douglas Foster, Dillon Frees, KevinGarner, Alexandra Glenn, Erin Glossop,Megan Goins, Katie Gorman, ChaseGrafflin, Emily Green, Sophie Green-berg, Lauren Hains, Abigail Hamm,Johan Harris, Morgan Heck, JustinHenthorn, Jacob Hilliker, Tiana Hough,Shane Humphrey, Sarah Huntington,Zakary Kadish, Mitchell Kenter, DanielKiley, Lauren Kiley, Abigail Klueh, LenaKoenig, Anna Koscielicki, Haley Kuhn,Devin Lally, Savannah Lee, MelissaLouis, Megan Luetkemeyer, CarleyLutz, Keith MacKenzie, Danielle Ma-rascalchi, Geneva Marr, Joshua Mes-zaros, Brittany Miller, Meredith Mon-talbano, Kathryn Mulhollen, AlexanderMyers, Kassandra Naughton, KevinO'Hara, Giovanna Panepinto, Alexan-der Papa, Joseph Papa, Jessica Partin,Andrew Paschal, Kelly Powers, Jacob APrice, Rachel Price, Josephine Puchta,Jonathan Quigley, Michael Ralph,Emily Rasmussen, Kylea Royal, LaurenSchroer, Sarah Schuster, AlexanderSganga, Rabiya Sheikh, Keval Sheth,Abigail P Smith, Paige Smith, Christo-pher Snyder, Madison Stanley, CorynneSwift, John Tallant, Indigo Thoman,Maeci Ujvari, Isaac Vock, Anna Vuyk,Connor Wagner, Nicole Walerius,ClaytonWalker, Stuart Wasmund,AnnaWassel, Kari Watts, MadelineWeiler, JacobWerling, Brittany Wheel-er, Katherine Wright and Heidi Zimmer.High Honors - Jacob Albin, Katie Baker,Emily Bateman, Madison Bishop, LoganBriggs, Robert Brown, Tyler Buchanan,Nicholas Bueche, Kayla Bullock, JessicaButtram, Ashley Cable, TayloranneCampbell, James Carl, ChristopherCeccopieri, Emily Childers, CarsenDavenport, Tyana Davis, Tyler Davis,Nicholas DelCimmuto, Kailyn Despota-kis, Benjamin DeVol, Paige DeWitt,Derrick Dews, Emily Dougherty, DanielDrew, Logan Duff, Trevor Ealy, WilliamEaton, Tristan Fields, Samuel Fjelstul,Taylor Florence, Breanna Franco, JohnGarry, McKenzie George, Jessica Gor-man, Douglas Guzior, Blaine Hamilton,Alison Harmeyer, Jessica Hawk, JosephHill, Sarah Hoderlein, Joshua Horton,Victoria Housemeyer, Andrew Ingram,Ryan Jacob, Abby John, Taylor John-son, Matthew Kincaid, Conley King,

Eleanor Landis, Danielle Lippi, BrianMaher, AndrewMcDonald, KobyMcGillis, Blake McGuire, MichaelMcManus, Sierra McQuery, NicholasMiller, Taylor Miller, RowanMonroe,Jared Mordigal, Jade Morris, NoahMyklebust, Dylan Norton, Carly Nunn,Robert Oberholzer, Monica Parsley,Madeline Phillips, Jennifer Pifer, SkylarPitcher, Margaret Policastro, MattinglyPoole, Jefferson Prifti, JacquelineRamsey, Keegan Redslob, NathanReigle, Melanie Reindl, Giovanni Ricci,Georgina Richards, Halle Russo, Saman-tha Sears, Taylor Siekman, ZacharySimone, Casey Smith, Margaret Smith,Thomas Steger, Kaleb Swartz, BrittanyTalbott, Devin Thomas, Mitchell Toney,Rebecca Trate, Sarah Trombly, BrandonTucker, Jonathan Tuttle, Emily Vance,Anthony Venzin, Liam Vogt, MitchellWagner, MorganWard, Daniel Wilsonand Tyler Worley.Honor Roll - Jessica Amrein, SavannahBailey, Michael Barnell, Jackson Bend-er, Isabel Boyle, Sarah Breyer, EvanBurig, Lee Cocke, Matthew Connor,Jacob Cox, Luke Davis, Evan Dever,Omar El-esses, Alyssa Ferreri, RachelFroberg, Kyle Garner, Sierra Goldfarb,Jacob Guinn, Peter Hoffman, CharlesHoman, Riley Junod, Madolyn Kelsey,Rachal Koonce, Elizabeth Koster,Bronson Lakes, Ian Leever, Drew Lowry,Elizabeth Luttrell, William Lutz, AlexLynn, Jonathan Mack, Sarah Marlatt,Ryan Melink, Seth Morath, PeterMorgan, Connor Newstead, AustinOsborne, Jakob Oslack, Joshua Palmer,Trevor Peterson, Matthew Reardon,Joshua Reichman, Zachary Roberts,Shayla Robinson, Jordan Romes, Chris-topher Sackett, Olivia Salatin, AmandaSantos, Nathaniel Slagel, Kelsey Sub-lett, Logan Switzer, Jacob Timmerman,Stacey Tribby, Andrew Vandenberg,Michael Viox, Cali Walker, Alexis Wiles,Taylor Wilhoite and Lili Wint.

JuniorsHigh Honors with Distinction - MatthewAlbert, Nuria Alonso, Andrew Alten,Emilia Anderson, Katelyn Arnold,Stephanie Bachtell, Casey Baumgarth,Carly Beckstedt, Hannah Bellamah,Anneliese Berberich, Ashley Boggs,Gregory Bohn, Katherine Borger,Elizabeth Boswell, Seth Brennock,Nathan Bryant, Gabriella Bugge, SarahByrde, Lucas Carle, Alec Carovillano,Emily Carrello, Ethan Conte, KatieCrum, Katrina Culbertson, KerianneCummings, Andrew Davis, Bryce De-moret, Sydney Dudley, Brendan Dzi-giel, Harold Dzigiel, William Edison,Melissa Eng, Bradley Faust, SarahGoldenberg, Rachel Griswold, JenniferHadley, Austin Hastings, Emily Hoff,Serena Jacobs, Natalia Jerdack, Mac-kenzie Johnson, Lily Jones, MadelyneJones, Chelsea Joy, Anna Kendrick,Mollie Kowalchik, Ailea Lee- Wilson,Anne Lehmann, Allison Lesperance,Christina Locasto, Emily Luti, AngelaLynch, Morgan Mansfield, Rita Mar-icocchi, Lauren Mary, Camille Mennen,Lindsey Miller, Darby Moloney, RichardMulvey, Anna Niemeyer, David Os-borne, Morgan Ovens, Kaitlyn Payne,Alayna Pease, Levi Ping, KatherineRandall, Elizabeth Rawson, ZacharyRuss, Kelli Scarpa, Chloe Schwartz,Destiny Smith, Cameron Spicer, OliviaStanton, Christopher Stecki, PerryStrong, Matthew Vogt, Peter Vuyk,Reid Waddell, Brooke Wallace, ErinWerking, Davis White, StephanieWilson and JadeWorley.

High Honors - Jenna Adkins, AlexandraAnderson, Colette Audax, CamdenBaucke, Jessica Bayer, Jessica Berchtold,Griffon Bernth, Sydney Botts, MichelleBowling, Elizabeth Bowser, Nora Bray,Michelle Brown, Brian Bullock, OliviaCade, Joshua Cloud, Corey Cotsonas,Megan Day, Sally Denoma, NathanDickerson, Abby Docherty, CaitlinDombroski, Erin Ellis, William Evans,Kelly Farrell, Jordan Fuller, SarahGeiger, Brayden Gruber, Chelsea Heim-brock, Kayla Herrmann, AlexanderHesse, Whitney Housley, Ian Jeffery,Audrey Jewell, Rachel Jones, WilliamKern, Molly Kessler, Allison Kluge,Jason Koontz, Tessa Kraus, AnnaLawrence, Mackenzie Mahon, GillianMarr, Kelsey Martin, Brian McElveen,Collin Melink, Ryan Mellett, TylerMikula, Scott Miller, Alexander Mis-yukovets, Kathleen Moreland, Benja-min Morey, Timothy Newbanks, JennaPauly, Justine Perl, Olivia Pifer, BrianPopp, Jacob Price, Michelle Rasch,Anna Reich, Erin Richmond, MeganRiehle, Martin Robbins, Emily Rob-inson, Hollie Saatkamp, CharlesSchefft, Katherine Schott, MichaelShaver, Nolan Shumaker, StephanieSimon, Cierra Sizemore, Kathleen Sova,Eric Sparks, Emilie Stalnaker, AlyssaStubbers, Jade Tailor, Lauren Thomas,Sidney Thomas, Alexandra Tracy,Joseph Trewiler, Kevin Visco, NicholasWeiss, Elizabeth Wenning, RachelWestcott, Ashley Wheeler, Jared Witt,Alec Wood, Riley Woolston, ThomasWorsham and Brian Zaller.Honor Roll - Henry Allen, Logan Amon,Jacob Belcik, Gregory Brugger, BrianCadwallader, Matthew Clark, Nathan-iel Cox, Nicholas Cullen, DanielleDemmerle, Allison Dierling, NathanielDolbier, Jacob Elfers, Allison Elsnau,Kathleen Ferris, Kennadee Fischer,Spencer Fuller, Tanner Griffin, LukeGroene, Zachary Hadden, Carla Heath,Rachel Heath, Celeste Hefner, DavidHooker, Madeline Hothem, NicholasHuber, Rebecca Jewell, Benjamin Jones,James Kraml, Dimitrios Loukoumidis,Mitchell McFarland, Keenan Meyer,Joel Moss, Abigail Muench, ChebeauNgu, Olisa Okafor, Rachel Randall,Paige Ratterman, Zachary Royer,Darren Sackett, Tomosumi Sato, Ken-neth Smith, Maria Staley, ThomasStone, Kelsey Street, Megan Suder,Carley Wallace, Griffin Weinberg,Austin Willis, Carly Wood and HunterWright.

SeniorsHigh Honors with Distinction - NatalieBaker, Matthew Becker, JenniferBenesh, Kristen Bisig, Lauren Blum-berg, Juliana Booth, Sara Boyle, JordanBreitholle, Lauren Brodof, MelissaBrown, Jacob Carlsen, Mitchell Cas-person, Kayla Cavano, Zachary Cot-sonas, Phoenix Crane, Natalie Dall,Taylor Deemer, Olivia Denzy, GraceDolan, Laura Doppler, Ayah El-Khatib,Stephanie Eng, Christy Flaherty, Lind-say Flaherty, Elizabeth Foster, JosephFrees, Leesa Gilgen, Claudia Giuffre',Austin Hamilton, Devin Harvey, TannerHawk, Kyle Henderson, Katie Hoder-lein, Samuel Hoffman, Taylor Hoffman,Chelsea Hothem, Michelle Huber,Mallory Jackson, Kyle Jacobson, Katri-na James, Lyndsey Jenkins, KathleenKauffman, Megan Kiley, Devin Knut-son, Sarah LaCombe, Bridget Landis,Rachel Leever, Samuel Lehmann,Brandon Livengood, Katie Loomis,Kelly Lowry, John Lundeen, Sarah Luti,

Evan Lynch, Karl Mattes, Kyle Mattes,Maranda McDonald, Daniel McManus,Lisa Metzger, Daniel Miller, KellyMolloy, Jenna Myklebust, CassandraNedeljko, Bryant Nichols, Sean Noble,Jackson Norris, Mollie O'Brien, Max-well Olberding, Allen Osgood, CiaraO'Somachain, Shannon Palmer, TristanParales, Rune Percy, Graham Peters,Michael Plitt, Erin Pogue, Grant Por-tune, Mahbod Pourriahi, Traci Powers,Sean Rice, Maria Rockett, DanielleSchrader, Ryan Schroer, ChristinaSechang, Erik Seroogy, Sara Sexton,Nicholas Shoemaker, ChristopherSloane, Nolan Snyder, Grant Spikes,Gaelen Stejbach, Kimberly Strong,Hannah Sublett, Allison Suder, CarleyTaggart, Meghan Tegtmeier, AlyssaThiel, Kristopher Timpe, David Trate,Mackenzie Veith, Jonathan Vincent,Kelsey Wagner, Michael Wagner,Melissa Watson, AnneWeaver, Mad-eline Whitaker, Lena Wilson and NicoleWorley.High Honors - Alexander Albrecht,Christine Asemota, Katherine Beden-baugh, Brianna Belperio, Erinn Berger,Cassidy Berning, Gloria Bertke, AndrewBessey, Mitchell Bilotta, John Bilski,Kathryn Breyer, Alacea Bullock, JacobBurleson, Daniel Clepper, Jessica Como-rosky, Shelby Cottrell, Lauren Crall,Luke Cummings, Marc Czulewicz,Elizabeth Daly, Graham David, AndrewDeMellia, Taylor Dschaak, MackenzieEarls, Samra Eskender, Zachary Flege,Jennifer Gabbard, Thomas Garino,Cody Gonzalez, Benjamin Grethel,Sydney Hofer, Emily Hole, MichaelHuber, Adam Hughes, Kaitlin Hughes,Benjamin Iaciofano, Rachel Ingram, LiliJiang, Austin Johnson, Kathryn John-son, Isabelle Jones, Roger Kallis, SarahKanitz, Renee Koth, Andrew Kovacs,Samantha Kuhn, Nicholas Lang, NicoleLight, Korina Ling, Kyle MacKenzie,Aaron Malloy, Erin Mautino, JuliaMcCoy, Kyle Michelfelder, SamanthaMiracle, Michael Montalbano, HannahMorgan, Ryan Moss, Alma Muller,Spencer Myers, Aaron Nelson, Katha-rine Nelson, Paul Newbold, AnthonyNightingale, Zachary Perry, ChelsiePippa, Charles Porter, Robert Quisen-berry, Arianna Ranieri, Danielle Reich-man, Alexander Reineck, NicholasRodier, Martynas Rubikas, David Salay,Allison Shaw, Katherine Shoals, JamesShort, Skyler Stease, Austin Steiner,Andrew Stone, Alicia Sullivan, PaigeSwitzer, Jessica Szabo, Ryne Terry,Sarah Tribby, Lydia Vance, Kyle Wade,Luke Walker, Abigail Walther, AdamWarden, Carla Weismantel, CarleyWhitton, Alexandra Williams, JonathanWilliams, MatthewWilliams, LindseyWittwer and NathanWolf.Honor Roll - Jonathan Bauer, MartinBixler, Austin Coulson, Barrett Danne-miller, John Despotakis, Riley Drake,Katelyn Frozina, Jasmyn Fuson, Alexan-der Genbauffe, Lucas Graff, JacobHolle, Hannah Hope, Austin Hornsby,Steven Hudson, Nathaniel Jones,Brandi Kelly, Eric Linnevers, CollinMaher, Nickolas Miller, Tyler Oblong,Diana Ortiz, Nicolas Ranieri, GarrettSaid, Cole Schafer, Kyle Schweer, KaylaSenters, Carlie Sherlock, ConstanceSporing, Catherine Swaine, KaitlynSzabo, Maria Todd andWilliamWard.

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LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL

Ursuline Academy presents itsspring play, “A Little Princess,”April 26-April 28 in the school’s BeslTheatre.

The play is being directed by Ur-suline science teacher Dan Niemanand features Ursuline students andmale actors fromSchool for theCre-ative and Performing Arts and St.Xavier high schools. Tickets cost $5for adults and $3 for students, andcan be reserved/purchased [email protected] orcalling 513-791-5791 ext 1306.

‘Princess’ on stage at UrsulineMembers of thecast of UrsulineAcademy'sproduction of"A LittlePrincess," fromleft: MichelleBrowning '14(College Hill) asMiss Amelia;Lauren Salem'14 (WestChesterTownship) asMiss Minchin;Ana Aguilar '14(Loveland) asSara Crewe andKatieGeorgopoulos'14 (ofSpringfieldTownship) asBecky. THANKS TOMARIANNE LANG

URSULINE ACADEMYPRESENTS ‘A LITTLEPRINCESS’»When: Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.» Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.» Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m.

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

The Loveland Lady Tigers took downMilford 2-1 in 11 in-

nings April 18 to move to 9-1 and remain unbeaten (5-0) in

the Eastern Cincinnati Confrence.

Loveland pitcher Olivia Pifer tosses a pitch toward the plate to a Milford batter. Pifer tossed all 11innings to earn the win and improve to 8-0 on the season. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

TIGERS CLAWEAGLES

LOVELAND — On their fourthcoach in four seasons, the Love-land girls lacrosse team appearsto be heading toward significantprogress this spring. They’ve al-readywonmoregames than theydid two years ago and are on tar-get to be above the .500 mark.

“Loveland’s never had a win-ning season as a girls program,”Coach Rick Jones said. “That’sone of our goals. Then, if thingsgo right, we could do better thanthat.”

The Lady Tigers had a goodstart with a 17-8 win over SevenHills April 4, then had a narrowloss to Cincinnati Country Day11-10 at home April 9. CCD hashad lacrosse in place longer thanLoveland.

They followed that up with a15-14overtimewinovera tourna-ment-tested Indian Hill team.

“We were up three differenttimes, then got down, then al-most tied it up at the buzzer,”Jones said of the CCD contest.“The Indian Hill game, we weredown two with three minutesleft.Wecamebackand tied it andthen won in overtime. We’ve hadsome barn-burner games.”

The Lady Tigers have alsotaken theiractnorthby takingona pair of teams in Columbus.Loveland beat Archbishop Ho-ban 15-3, then lost to the 10th-ranked team in Ohio, MassillonJackson, 14-4.

The Jones girls have four sen-iors, but one is a first-year play-er. The rest of the squad is com-prised of five juniors, six sopho-

mores, and five freshman. Twoof the freshmen start.

“We’re a young team withsome strong players,” Jonessaid. “They’re a pretty aggres-sive group. I knew they werescrappy and played hard.”

Junior Hannah Bellamah andsophomore Taylor Wilhoite areLoveland’s top scorers alongwith senior HannahHope. Bella-mahhadeightgoals in theopeneragainst Seven Hills alone.

Bellamah, junior goalie Ra-chel Heath and sophomore Sa-vannah Lee are all viewed as col-lege prospects by their coach.Others on the squad include sen-iors Brianna Belperio, NicoleHenderson andAllie Stewart; ju-niors Alyssa Stubbers, WhitneyHousley and Olivia Lee; sopho-mores Meg Policastro, JessicaHawk, Kailyn Despotakis andMadison Bishop; and freshmenHanna Olberding, Maddie Porc-zak, LydiaKing,KatieHeath andKatie Parks.

“We have a good fast breakand good quick-strike ability,”Jones said. “We need to improveour defense. If we improve ourdefense, we’re going to be a real-ly solid team.”

The schedule is far from acakewalk, but if current num-bersandrecordsholdup, it couldbe a memorable season.

“We have Anderson andMount Notre Dame (yet),” Jonessaid. “I tell them they’re all biggames. Wyoming’s also reallystrong this year.”

Upcoming games are at Cen-terville April 25 and at AndersonApril 26. Loveland is back homewith WyomingMay 2.

Keeping up withJones’ girlsBy Scott [email protected]

The following are submit-ted summaries for weekthree Loveland varsity base-ball.

Game 9 and10 – LittleMiami

The Loveland Varsity Ti-gers hosted LittleMiami Sat-urday in a double header,sweeping thePanthers in tworun-ruoleshortened games,13-3 and 12-2.

In the first game the Ti-gers scored in each of thefive innings except the sec-ond. Scoring one in the first,seven in the third, two morein the fourth and three in thefifth. Meanwhile Bryce Plitt(W, 3-0), who gave up two un-earned runs in the first, shut-out the Panthers over thenext 3 innings to pick up histhird win of the season be-fore giving away to NolanSnyder who pitched a score-less fifth inning to close thegame.

Hitting leaders in thegame for Loveland include:Terry 3-3, 2R, 3RBI; Beran2-2, 2B 2R, 2RBI; Bullock 2-2,1R, 3RBI; Waddell 2-2, 2R,RBI;D. Sackett1-2, 2R, 2RBI.

In the second game of theday hard throwing freshmanstarting pitcher Jay Wilson(W, 1-0) made his varsity de-but a winning one by throw-ing a complete game victoryagainst the Panthers. Wilsonseemed to battle some jittersin the first inning giving uptwo runs before settling inand shutting down the LittleMiami offense the rest the

way, while striking out six.The Tigers supported theiryoung hurler by scoring 4runs in the second on a 2-RBIsingle by Nathan Dickersonand a 2-RBIdouble fromAar-onMalloyfora4-2 lead. In thethird the Tigers pushed theirlead to10-2with2RBIsinglesbyGrahamDavid, ReidWad-dell and Chris Sackett. Love-land finished their scoringonan RBI single by Ryne Terryin the fifth.

Hitting leaders in thegame for Loveland include:Waddell 2-3, 2R 3RBI; David2-2, 2B, 2R, 2RBI; Dickerson1-1, 2R, 2RBI; Terry 2-4, R,RBI; Malloy 1-3,2B, R, 2RBI;C Sackett 1-3, 2RBI; Bullock1-2, 2R; Plitt 1-2, 2R; D. Sack-ett 1-2.

Game11– at KingsLoveland continued their

winningways in theweekandin the ECC traveling toKingson Monday and beating theKnights, 3-0. Brian Bullock(W, 3-0) scattered four hitsover seven strong shutout in-nings for a complete gamevictory for the Tigers. AaronMalloy put the Tigers on theboard in the third inning, af-ter singles byBryce Plitt andReid Waddell, with an RBIsingle scoring Plitt for a 1-0lead. In the fifth the Tigersscored two more runs onback to back RBI singles byChris Sackett and Ryne Ter-ry to complete the scoring.

Hitting leaders in thegame for Loveland include:C. Sackett 2-4, 2B, RBI; Mal-

loy1-3,R,RBI;Terry1-3,RBI.

Game12 – KingsThe Tigers completed

their sweep of the KingsKnights with a 9-2 win onWednesday at LHS. BrycePlitt (W, 4-0) battled into theseventh inninggivinguponlytwo runs before being re-lieved by Jacob Wagner whoclosed out the game. The Ti-gers jumped ahead in thefirst onawalk toAdamBeranfollowed by a single by ReidWaddell. Beran scored on asinglebyAaronMalloy.Aftera sacrifice bunt by DarrenSackett advanced the run-ners Waddell scored on aground out by Chris Sackett.RyneTerrywalkedandBrainBullock singled to bring inMalloy. Plitt then walked toextend the inning for JoeWil-lieFreeswhosingled tobringhomeTerry andBullock for a5-0 lead. In the fifth ChrisSackett reached base on afielder’s choice after Malloyhad singled. Terry and Bull-ock them walked to load thebases beforeBrycePlitt plat-ed Sackett and Terry with asingle. Back to back RBI sin-gles by Terry and Bullock inthe sixth completed the scor-ing .

Hitting leaders in thegame for Loveland include:Malloy 4-4, 2b, 2R, 2RBI; Ter-ry 2-2, 2R, RBI; Bullock 2-3,R, RBI; Plitt 1-3, 2RBI, Fress1-2, 2RBI.

With the sweep of Kingsthe Tigers improve to 4-0 inthe ECC, 9-3 overall.

Loveland gets wins overLittle Miami, Kings

Baseball» Loveland swept a double-

header from Little Miami April13. The Tigers won the first 13-3in five innings as junior BrycePlitt got the win and senior RyneTerry was 3-3 driving in tworuns. In the second, Lovelandwon 12-2 in five innings withfreshman pitcher Jay Wilsonwinning and juniorReidWaddellgoing 2-3 with three runs battedin.

On April 15, the Tigers shutout Kings 3-0 in a Reds FuturesShowcase game. Junior BrianBullock got the win. SophomoreChris Sackettwas 2-4with a dou-ble.

Loveland beat Kings 9-2 onApril 17 as Bryce Plitt got thewin.SeniorAaronMalloywas4-4and drove in two runs and seniorJoe-Willie Frees also drove in apair.

»Moeller beat Glen Este 7-6on April 13. Senior Jimmy Ro-

denberg got the win and juniorZach Logue drove in two runs.They also beat Milford 3-2 ineight innings on senior CameronWhitehead’s sacrifice fly.

Softball» Loveland beat Kings 5-2 on

April 15 as junior Olivia Piferstruck out 12. Sophomore Britta-ny Miller and senior BridgetLandis homered for the Lady Ti-gers.

Pifer notched another winApril 17 against Kings, 10-1. Ju-niorAllisonArthur homered anddrove in three runs.

OnApril 18, Loveland held offMilford 2-1 in11 inningswith Pif-er striking out 15 and going 2-5.Junior Olivia Stanton was also2-5.

Tennis» Loveland nipped Moeller

3-2 on April 18. Junior AndrewGordon and sophomore JohanHarris won in singles for the Ti-gers.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Scott [email protected]

Loveland High School announced their spring signings April 17. From leftare Austin Jarvis, football, Wittenberg; Nick Ranieri, soccer, LipscombUniversity; Lauren Blumberg, volleyball, Otterbein University; KatieSwaine, soccer, Delta State University; Ryne Terry, baseball, IndianaInstitute of Technology; and Mitchell Bilotta, football, Marietta College.SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS

In recognition of Develop-mental Disabilities AwarenessMonth inMarch, LighthouseYouth Services is reaching out tothe community to increaseawareness for the long-termbenefits of early intervention.

While mostpeople realizethat the firstthree years of achild’s devel-opment arefundamentallyimportant,many are un-aware thatearly interven-tion for infantsand toddlers

with developmental delays ordisabilities is vital to improvingtheir lifelong outcomes.

Lighthouse works in part-nership with Hamilton CountyDevelopmental DisabilitiesServices to serve as the frontdoor to early intervention, pro-viding comprehensive servicesfor families and their childrenup to age 3, so they start pre-school healthy and ready learn.

Sometimes the initial hurdlefor parents and caregivers isidentifying if there is a devel-opmental delay and where to goto find out. We encourage par-ents and caregivers who haveany concerns to contact us toschedule an evaluation andpossibly create an early in-tervention plan for the child.

Help Me Grow is a programthat provides complete coor-dination of health and devel-opmental services for childrenbirth to age 3 with a devel-opmental delay or qualifyingmedical diagnosis. Servicesinclude developmental screen-ings and evaluations, coor-dination of specialized ser-vices, and support transitioningfromHelp Me Grow to an ap-propriate early childhood pro-gram at age three.

The fully integrated earlyintervention team from Light-house and Hamilton CountyDevelopmental DisabilitiesServices includes a servicecoordinator, physical therapist,occupational therapist, speech

therapist, developmental spe-cialist and behavioral specialistwho support the child andchild’s family members andcaregivers in a way that isunprecedented. The team ad-dresses each family’s questionsand priorities and supportsfamilies from initial referralthrough transition to preschool.All Help Me Grow services arevoluntary and free of charge,regardless of family income.

Lighthouse currently coor-dinates early intervention ser-vices for 720 children in Hamil-ton County. Although commonreferral sources include physi-cians, hospitals and socialworkers, anyone with questionsor concerns about a child’sdevelopment can make a re-ferral to Help Me Grow.

To inquire about an evalua-tion for your own child or tomake a referral, please call513-281-GROW (4769). For moreinformation and a list of Marchevents, visit online atwww.ohiohelpmegrow.org/.

Terri Betts si the director of EarlyChildhood Services at LighthouseYouth Services.

Help Me Growprovides earlyinterventionservices

Terri BettsCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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Loveland Herald EditorDick [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

The Loveland Predestinari-an Church Preservation Com-mittee event April 13 was aremarkable and memorableevent.

About 150 people attendedand enjoyed a fun evening oflive music, light refresh-ments, poetry and prose read-ings, book singings, and in-formational updates on theprogress of church preserva-tion efforts. It was gratifyingto see a good number of peo-ple with personal connectionsto the church pore over oldphotos, renew acquaintances,and grow and bond in thehopeful belief that this impor-

tant piece ofLoveland his-tory, and theirpersonal his-tory, would beappropriatelypreserved andcelebrated.

Thanks goout to ArtistsStudios onMain who

provided a wonderful loca-tion for our event, which wassurrounded by the beautifulart of many local artisans.Robert Murphy, Larry Hamil-ton and Aleasha WhitneyWilson shared their wonder-

ful literary creations. TomSchickel and Emily Mooremade beautiful music. And Iwould be remiss if I did notthank committee presidentPaula Mitchell Oguah for hergracious hospitality and out-standing leadership of thiseffort.

As fundraising chair of thecommittee I am happy toreport that things are goingvery well. We raised another$1,500 in cash and pledges atthe event. Our committee is aposition that is utterly newand unique for me: fundrais-ing is not a problem! We al-ready have well over $66,000

in grants, cash, and pledges,and that number is growing.Public support is also not aproblem, it is palpable andgrowing. We have an excel-lent working partnership withHamilton County Land Bankfor this project. Are there,you might ask, any problems?

Well yes. Our problem issmall-town politics. Oldgrudges are wagging thepolicy dog at city hall. Redherring, and mostly red her-ring, are trotted out as policycover – cost, safety, access,other ... – but it’s not hard tosee the huff behind the bluff.It brings to mind some advice

I was given when I was Love-land vice mayor, strugglingwith a difficult issue. “Focuson what is right, not who isright.”

If that happens here – thisoutstanding project, whichcan do much for the econom-ic, social, and cultural futureof our fair city – will moveforward.

Please urge city council tosupport the Chestnut Streetpreservation effort.

Joseph Schickel is fundraising chairof Loveland Predestinarian ChurchPreservation Committee and aformer Loveland vice mayor.

Small-town politics threaten church

Joe SchickelCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

It’s a question every par-ent should ask: Is my childgrowing?

At the Loveland CitySchool Dis-trict, it’s aquestion ourteachers willbe able toanswer withcertainty.The districthas startedimplementa-tion of agame-chang-ing assess-ment called

Measures of Academic Pro-gress, or MAP, a web-basedassessment in reading andmath.

MAP provides true indi-vidualized assessment of ourstudents by adapting to eachstudent’s skills and knowl-edge level with questionsthat become progressivelyharder or easier dependingon correct answers.

This allows teachers andparents to know exactlywhat skills a child has mas-tered and what skills a childis ready to learn. It providesimmediate feedback to eachstudent at the end of the

testing session and shortlythereafter to teachers andparents.

This tool gives the dis-trict the ability to measureeach child’s growth overtime, for the first time. Thisis the first tool that providesthe same data from kin-dergarten through highschool. In addition, it makesfinancial sense for the dis-trict.

MAP has replaced Stan-ford tests, which cost thedistrict $30,000 per year toonly test two grade levelsonce a year. At a cost of$12.50 per student, a littleless than $50,000 per year,MAP allows the district totest grades kindergartenthrough nine three times ayear.

The district also con-tinues to make strides inproviding multiple opportu-nities for students to learnin settings outside the tradi-tional classroom. The in-tegration of technology intoinstruction allows for thismenu of options for stu-dents. The administrationanticipates having a recom-mendation to parents whowant to purchase a device

for their children by the endof the school year. Usingtechnology to enhance andtransform learning will con-tinue to be a priority for thedistrict.

I want to make you awarethat Loveland will partnerwith the University of Cin-cinnati during the 2013- 2014school year to offer dualcredit options for our sen-iors. Full details on the of-ferings will be in place soon.

As the assistant superin-tendent of teaching andlearning, the question I askmyself – just like any parent– is are our students grow-ing? With the plans we havein place, I can assure youwith confidence the answeris yes, and we will continueto look for opportunities as adistrict to enhance instruc-tional opportunities for allstudents.

If you have any questionson the district’s teaching andlearning vision, I encourageyou to contact me.

Kimberly Miller is assistant super-intendent, teaching and learning,for the Loveland City School Dis-trict. Contact her [email protected].

How Loveland MAPsstudent progress

KimberlyMillerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

April 17 questionDoes North Korea’s threat of

a pre-emptive nuclear strikeagainst theU.S. and its restartofa reactor that generates weap-ons-grade plutonium concernyou. Why or why not?

“Of course it concerns me.We cannot trust N. Korea anymorethanwecanChina.Thesepeople are our enemies andwebetter be on our guard at alltimes. If Korea launches a nu-clearbombIknowwhatmyre-sponse would be, but with ourgovernment I am afraid thatall we would do is apologize.”

Dave D.

“It’s funny that the NorthKorean government is huffingand puffing, and they surelyhave fooled generations ofKo-reans into believing that theirpower is so great.

“Americans know thatAmerica is being ruined fromwithin by its own elected gov-

ernment as it creates a similarwelfare state, but Korean citi-zens seem to be giving full au-thority to their leaders to de-stroy their homeland, perma-nently.”

K.P.

“Anything and everythingNorth Korea does has me con-cerned, especially the threatof nuclear weaponry. In myopinion, this country has been,is currently, and will continueto be unstable.”

O.H.R.

“I amnot concernedabout aNorth Korean nuclear strikeagainst the U.S. I am con-cerned about the apparent epi-demic of insanity amongst theleaders of that nation. I amalarmed with the prospect ofthat rogue nation launchingnuclear strikes against SouthKorea and Japan.

“North Korea’s persistentbelligerence might cause Ja-pan andSouthKorea to pursuetheir own nuclear develop-mentmaking our planet all themore dangerous.

“Another concern is thepartnership between Iran andNorth Korea that may spreadnuclear insanity to the MiddleEast.

“The big question is ‘DoesAmerica have the resolve todefendherallies to thepoint oflaunching nuclear counterstrikes against the aggres-sors?’”

R.V.

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LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

LOVELANDHERALD

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013

Memento Mori isn’tyour grandmother’santique shop – unless

she’s into Ouija boards andmummified animals.

Owner Greg Johns, 40,opened the Loveland storeMarch1after his10-year collec-tion of one-of-a-kind, bizarreand often shocking artifacts be-came too large to maintain. Theshop, named after the Latinmotto“Rememberyouwilldie,”is similar to the one featured onthe Science Channel realityshow “Oddities,” which followsthe staff of Obscura Antiques &Oddities in New York City.

Johns’ shop features a mot-leyarrayofmacabre itemssuchas embalming tables, deathmasks, monkey paws, pos-sessed dolls and artworksmadeof human hair. He maintains apersonal collection of items athis home in Hamilton.

About the collection:My bigthing is Ouija boards. I have 50to 60 boards, including the firstmass-production board evermade in1919,which isveryrare.I have a couple hundred Victo-rian photographs, tintypes andportraits from the 1500s.There’s about 200 post-mortemphotographs from the early1800s to the1930s. Ihave20 to30Victorian mourning hairwreaths in my personal collec-tion and 10 at the shop.

What inspired your collec-tion? Back when I was little, Iremember when most kidswere sitting around watchingsuperhero stuff, Iwaswatchingthemonster stuff on TV, the oldblack-and-white zombiemovies, over and over again.You get into something that’s alittle bit off and darker.

Everyone’s got their owntaste.

Favorite item:A framed Vic-

torian mourning hair wreaththat’s 140 to 150 years old.

In Victorian times, it waspretty expensive to have yourpicture taken. Most people hadtheir picture taken only onetime.

When somebody died, theywould take the hair off the per-sonandbraid it intowreathsandflowers as a memorial to thatperson.

There were two companiesback then that would offer thisservice. This is one of theirsalesman’s samples.

Youcan see that itwasamas-terwho knewhow to do hair art.

I came across it in NewYorkfivetosixyearsago. It’s theonlyitem in the shop not for sale.

Most valuable: I’ve got hu-man skulls that are worth thou-sands and thousands of dollars.Someof themaretribal –whenachildwasborn, theywouldstraptheir head between two boardsand wrap vine around it so that

it would grow elongated.It was considered a sign of

beauty.Rarest item: A Victorian ton-

sil guillotine. The prongs wouldstab the tonsils to hold them,and then another piece wouldchop them off. It’s 140 to 150years old. I’ve never seen onebefore. I have no idea what it’sworth. I found it atWoolyMam-moth Antiques & Oddities inChicago.

How do you find the items?It’s mostly word-of-mouth. Itrade with other collectors andshops.

I don’t do much on eBay be-cause you never know whatyou’re going to get – there’s a lotof fakes out there.

I find other collectorsthrough auctions and other col-lectors. ■

Greg Johns of Hamilton owns Memento Mori, a one-of-a-kind Loveland shop carrying everything from Victorian mourning wreaths to human bones. AMANDA DAVIDSON/THE COMMUNITY

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ABOUT THE SHOPMemento Mori is at 125 Love-

land-Madeira Road, Loveland.Store hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Monday through Saturday andnoon to 5 p.m. Sunday, or byappointment. Information:513-659-1081; mementomorio-hio.com.

CLOSER LOOKGet a glimpse of the weirditems for sale at Memento

Mori and hear Greg Johns talkabout his collection atCincinnati.com.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 25Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, 7-9 p.m., Hyatt ArtStudio, 7813 Laurel Ave., Choosesurface you want to paint onand receive individual attentionas you paint artwork for yourhome or garden. $25. 561-0677;[email protected].

Business SeminarsSocial Media Boot Camp,10-11:30 a.m., Dimalanta DesignGroup, 4555 Lake Forest Drive,No. 650, Find out what socialmedia is and how it can helpgrow your business. Free. Reser-vations required. 588-2802. BlueAsh.

CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,9525 Kenwood Road, All sweat-ers are donated to Ohio ValleyGoodwill. Receive $10 coupontoward future purchase. 791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Cooking ClassesMy Favorite Southern BrunchwithMarilyn Harris, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $60. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, 4865 Duck CreekRoad, Classes incorporate varietyof dance styles, including jazz,hip-hop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. $10.617-9498; www.cardiodancepar-ty.com.Madisonville.Core Adrenaline, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, GroupFitness Studio. Blend functionalstrength training movementswith Pilates sequences. Ages 18and up. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Unique hands-off body-work approach that helpsprevent pain, heal injury anderase negative effects of agingand active living. Ages 18 andup. $10-$15. Registration re-quired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Camp Crush, 6-7 a.m. and 6-7p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, GroupFitness Studio. Run the gamut ofstrength, endurance and heart-pumping drills. Recommendedfor intermediate to advancedclients only. Ages 18 and up.$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Gentle Moves and Strength,3-4 p.m., Fitness Physiques byNico G, 9681 Kenwood Road,Group Fitness Studio. Learn tosafely work with your limita-tions and enjoy exercising yourbody. Ages 18 and up. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Contemporary blend offlowing yoga movements andcore-centric Pilates sequences.Ages 18 and up. $10-$15. 290-8217; www.fitnessphysiques.net.Blue Ash.Hatha Yoga, 7-8 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Gentle introductoryjourney into the world of yoga.Ages 18 and up. $10-$15. Regis-tration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

Health / WellnessLadies Make-Over Evening atthe J Spa, 6-7:30 p.m., Mayer-son JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Hands-on spa evening. Withguidance from J Spa’s managingesthetician, give yourself expressfacial and learn how to createnew look with Glo Mineralsmake-up. Includes supplies,drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Forwomen ages 18 and up. $45, $40members. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

LecturesTown Hall Lecture: Lisa Ling, 11a.m.-noon, Montgomery Assem-bly of God, 7950 Pfeiffer Road,TV journalist speaks. Ages 18and up. $120 series of fourlectures; $40 single lecture.

684-1632; www.montgomery-womansclub.org.Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyJermaine Fowler, 8 p.m., GoBananas, 8410 Market Place,African-American comedian.$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. Through May 30.800-0164.Montgomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Youth room. Big book/discussion meeting. Brown baglunch optional. Open to every-one who desires healthy lovingrelationships. Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesCamp Crush, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Body MassIndex, blood pressure screening,stress test screening, weightanalysis, 10-point consultationand 10-minute hydro-massage.Free. Appointment required.784-0084. Silverton.Free Hearing Services, 9a.m.-3:45 p.m., Sycamore SeniorCenter, 4455 Carver WoodsDrive, Cincinnati Eye Instituteprovides screenings and in-formation on understandinghearing difficulties associatedwith aging. 984-1234. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyApril Foolin: The ComedyShow, 8 p.m., MVP Sports Bar &Grille, 6923 Plainfield Road,With comedian Ry G. Ages 21and up. $11, $6 advance. 375-4489. Silverton.Jermaine Fowler, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

ShoppingSports Card andMemorabiliaShow, 4-9 p.m., Moeller HighSchool, 9001Montgomery Road,Buy, sell or trade from140dealer tables. Cincinnati Redssigning autographs: JohnnyBench, Will McEnaney, JackBillingham, Don Gullett, NormCharlton, boxer Aaron Pryor andHall of Fame jockey Steve Cauth-en. $3. Through April 28. 290-5225; www.cincycardshows.com.Kenwood.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, Noon-5 p.m.,Hyatt Art Studio, $25. 561-0677;[email protected].

Art EventsArt Bead Trunk Show, Noon-4p.m., The Bead Shop of Madeira,7754 Camargo Road, Area’s topbead and wearable artistsdisplay new work. Glass, ceram-ics, metal and polymer clay.One-of-a kind art beads, mar-bles and finished jewelry giftsoffered. Gift certificate doorprize. Free. 271-5222.Madeira.

CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.Daily Cat Stretch, 11 a.m.-noon,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Learn to main-tain pleasures of limber, healthybody indefinitely and escapeconfines of age or injury. Ages18 and up. $15. Reservationsrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.

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Diabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D. &Associates, 4460 Red BankExpressway, Suite 100, Topic:What is type 2 diabetes? Smallgroup discussions of Type 2diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator. $30all four sessions; or $10 persession. 271-5111; www.lisa-larkinmd.com.Madisonville.

NatureBeekeeping101, 1-4 p.m.,Grailville Retreat and ProgramCenter, 932 O’Bannonville Road,Explore these fascinating crea-tures, their lifestyle, their histor-ic relations with humans andwhat they need to survive andthrive. $25. Reservations re-quired. 683-2340; bit.ly/SZn0wA.Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyJermaine Fowler, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterMurder Mystery Dinner Train,6-10 p.m., Cincinnati DinnerTrain, 4725 Madison Road,Three-hour train ride, four-course meal with choice ofentree and dessert and a murdermystery show. $99.50 per per-son. 791-7245; www.cincinnati-dinnertrain.com.Madisonville.

Religious - CommunityPriscilla Shirer Simulcast, 9a.m.-4:30 p.m., Mount CarmelBaptist Church, 8645 KenwoodRoad, Sanctuary. Priscilla usesstory of Gideon to show howGod takes our weaknesses anduses them. For women ages 21and up. $20. Registration re-quired. 560-1940;mcbc4Him.org. Kenwood.

ShoppingSports Card andMemorabiliaShow, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., MoellerHigh School, $3. 290-5225;www.cincycardshows.com.Kenwood.

Youth SportsRed Dog Grand Prix, 9a.m.-5:30 p.m., Red Dog PetResort and Spa, 5081MadisonRoad, Youth gravity-racingevent. Ages 7-17 build cars andrace downhill powered only bygravity at speeds reaching up to30 miles-per-hour. Rental carsavailable. Benefits CincinnatiSoap Box Derby. $35. Regis-tration required. 885-1373;www.cincysbd.com.Madi-sonville.

SUNDAY, APRIL 28Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, Noon-5 p.m.,Hyatt Art Studio, $25. 561-0677;[email protected].

CivicSweater Drive, Noon-5 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 9a.m.-5 p.m., Walgreens Love-land, 10529 Loveland MadeiraRoad, Several screening pack-ages available to test risk ofheart attack, stroke, aneurysm

and other major diseases. Ap-pointment required. 866-819-0127; www.mercyhealthfair-.com. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyJermaine Fowler, 8 p.m., GoBananas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterGo, Dog. Go!, 1-2 p.m., Mayer-son JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Playhouse in the Park Off theHill production. P.D. Eastman’sbeloved children’s book comesto life on stage. Big dogs andlittle dogs, black dogs and whitedogs and all dogs in betweendelve into life with gusto, cre-ating visual spectacle of move-ment and color for audiencemembers of all ages. Free.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

ShoppingSports Card andMemorabiliaShow, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., MoellerHigh School, $3. 290-5225;www.cincycardshows.com.Kenwood.

MONDAY, APRIL 29CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesVinyasa Yoga, 7-8 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Fluid style of Hatha Yogaincorporates elements of Ash-tanga yoga in an inspiring,heat-producing workout. Ages18 and up. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., WalgreensLoveland, 10529 LovelandMadeira Road, Fifteen-minutescreening. Cost varies per insur-ance plan. Financial assistanceavailable for qualified appli-cants. Appointment required.686-3300; www.e-mercy.com.Loveland.

Music - AcousticBob Cushing, 8-11 p.m., ShadyO’Grady’s Pub, 9443 Loveland-Madeira Road, 791-2753.Symmes Township.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessSurgical and Non-SurgicalWeight Loss, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Jewish Hospital, 4777 E. Gal-

braith Road, Conference RoomsA and B. With Dr. C. Joe North-up. Free. Registration required.682-6980; www.e-mercy.com.Kenwood.

WEDNESDAY, MAY1Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Drawing andPainting from a clothed model.$120 per session of four classes.Reservations required. 259-9302.Mariemont.Free Knitting Classes, 7-8:30p.m., Milford Heights Church ofChrist, 1646 Ohio 28, Basicknitting techniques, fresh ideasand short devotional time. Free.575-1874.Milford.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Board Gaming, 2:30-4p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, GwenRoth from Hamilton County SoilandWater Conservation Districtpresents “Cookie Mining,” forages 11-18. Games played mostoften are Apples to Apples,Scrabble, Forbidden Island,Zombie Fluxx, Uno and Skip-Bo.Ages 11-18. Free. 369-4450. DeerPark.

Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.

THURSDAY, MAY 2Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, 7-9 p.m., Hyatt ArtStudio, $25. 561-0677; [email protected].

Business SeminarsYou’re More than a Face onFacebook, 10-11:30 a.m., Dima-lanta Design Group, 4555 LakeForest Drive, No. 650, With ErnieDimalanta, founder of Out-&-Out Marketing and owner ofDimalanta Design Group, andWendy Hacker, PR and socialmedia consultant of DimalantaDesign Group. Learn dos anddon’ts of Facebook for yourbusiness and how it can helpyou grow. $10. Reservationsrequired. 588-2802. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

On Stage - ComedyChris Porter, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,Special engagement; no cou-pons or passes accepted. $10-$15. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

ShoppingUsed Book Sale, Noon-9 p.m.,

Blue Ash Branch Library, 4911Cooper Road, Features all cate-gories of books,videos andtapes. Benefits Public Libraryprograms. Through May 4.369-6051; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Blue Ash.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174; www.coda.org.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, MAY 3Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, Free.Appointment required. 784-0084. Silverton.

Literary - LibrariesAnime Club, 6-8 p.m., Deer ParkBranch Library, 3970 E. GalbraithRoad, Watch anime, drawmanga, play Yu-Gi-Oh andinteract around these favoritepastimes. Ages 13-18. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

Music - ChoralJubilant Singers, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,St. Barnabas Episcopal Church,10345 Montgomery Road,Community chorus presents“Swing AlongWith Me,” pro-gram of four-part harmonyfeaturing hits of the ‘40s direct-ed by Shannon Alter-Freden-burg. Free. 984-8401; www.jubi-lantsingers.com.Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyChris Porter, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $10-$15.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

ShoppingUsed Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Blue Ash Branch Library, 369-6051; www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Blue Ash.

SATURDAY, MAY 4Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D. &Associates, Topic: Healthy eat-ing. $30 all four sessions; or $10per session. 271-5111; www.lisa-larkinmd.com.Madisonville.

Music - ChoralServing TwoMasters, 7-9 p.m.,Indian Hill Church, 6000 DrakeRoad, Cincinnati Choral Society.Featuring music of British com-poser Benjamin Britten andAmerican composer HowardHelvey. Music director DouglasBelland shares podium withHelvey. With organ soloistBrendaWaugh and the IndianHill Church Choir. $15, $10students and seniors, $8 groupsof 10 or more. 784-2379;www.cincinnatichoralsocie-ty.org. Indian Hill.

On Stage - ComedyChris Porter, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $10-$15.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

ShoppingUsed Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Blue Ash Branch Library, 369-6051; www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, MAY 5Art EventsThink Spring, 2-5 p.m., ArtHouse II, 430 W. Loveland Ave.,Opening of spring paintingshow by plein air artist and booksigning of “Cincinnati and Soup:Festivals and Frolics” by CheriBrinkman. Silent auction tobenefit Cancer Free Kids. Ages21 and up. Free. 583-5267.Loveland.

AuditionsTheWizard Of Oz Auditions,1:30-5 p.m., Blue Ash Amphithe-atre, 4433 Cooper Road, EastSide Players production. Open toall ages. Reservations required.871-7427; esptheater.org. BlueAsh.

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The Sports Card and Memorabilia Show is coming to Moeller High School from 4 p.m. to 9p.m. Friday, April 26; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday,April 28, at 9001Montgomery Road, Kenwood. Buy, sell or trade from 140 dealer tables.Former Cincinnati Reds at the event signing autographs will be: Johnny Bench, WillMcEnaney, Jack Billingham, Don Gullett and Norm Charlton, as well as boxer Aaron Pryorand Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen. Cost is $3. For more information, call 290-5225, orvisit www.cincycardshows.com. FILE PHOTO

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The Caudill kids wholive down the roadbrought me a baggie fullof wild violets that theypatiently picked. I’ll addthat to what I’ve pickedand I’ll have enough tomake a batch of violetjelly (so gourmet!) andviolet vinegar.

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Asparagus can helpdetoxify our system, hasanti-aging propertiesand not only reduces therisk of heart disease, butit can help prevent birthdefects. It’s in seasonnow so pick some up atyour local farmer’s mar-ket or grocery. Like allseasonal, local produce,asparagus contains opti-mum nutrition levelsright now.

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Sound different? Ifirst tasted this whenTom Keegan of Keegan’sSpecialty Seafood inMount Washington was aguest on my cable show.

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I need to eat morerosemary. That’s theherb for remembrance.Or maybe sage, which isgood for the mind. Thereason I need to munchon these herbs is I can’tfor the life of me re-member which engage-ment I was doing whereI met Phyllis. Actually,she attended a couple ofmy presentations andraved about this sauce,which she says is deli-cious alongside pork.Well, I can’t wait to try itand wanted you to havethe recipe, too.

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That’s what makes thiscolumn so fun, the abil-ity to share recipes likethis. I’ll be making thisas soon as our carrotsand turnips are ready!1⁄2to 3⁄4pound bulk porksausage

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3288 for more information.Two women’s groups gatherregularly at Ascension. TheWomen’s Bible Study meetsThursdays (except the secondweek) at 9:45 a.m. The womenare reading a book from theSisters Series entitled “Un-failing Love: Growing Closerto Jesus Christ.” The Wheel ofFriendship meets monthly onthe second Thursday at 9:30a.m. for Bible Study, fellow-ship and outreach. Childcare isprovided for both groups andguests are always welcome.Call the church office for moreinformation.Worship services are at 8:30and 11 a.m. Sunday School,confirmation and adult forumare at 9:45 a.m.Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288.

Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchSeason of Friendship is throughMay 19. Each Sunday duringthis time, the church will havea different focus. April 28 isMission Sunday, May 5 isHymn Sunday, May 12 isService for all Ages, and May19 is Pentecost, Happy Birth-day Church. Bring a friend andinvite a friend.The church will have its annualindoor yard and plant salefrom 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridayand Saturday, May 10 and 11.A half-price sale will be of-fered at 1 p.m. Saturday, May11.Join the Thoughtful Christiangroup on Sundays at 9 a.m. inthe church library. Jacob’sLadder is the theme for Sun-day School (pre-K through12th-grade); these classes aretaught after the children’ssermon in the worship service.The church is collecting cannedgoods for the NortheastEmergency Distribution Ser-vices (NEEDS) for the month ofApril.Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.Sunday sermons are recordedand available on the churchwebsite.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153l; www.bapc-.net.

Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30a.m. and 10:45 a.m. SundaySchool is at 9:30 a.m. Sundays.Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing andfood to people with demon-strated needs. Bread fromPanera is available on Thurs-days and Saturdays. TheSamaritan Closet is next to thechurch.The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;

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Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistVacation Bible School is 9:30a.m. to noon, June 24-28; and6-8:30 p.m., July 22-26. Sign uponline at www.cos-umc.org.Weekday Children’s Activities –Mondays, Tuesdays and Thurs-days (9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.).Afternoon session is availableon Tuesday. Register on-line atwww.cos-umc.org.The annual rummage sale iscoming, at 7 p.m, May 30 and9 a.m. May 31.The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45242;791-3142; www.cos-umc.org.

Community of theGood ShepherdGet ready to dance the nightaway with the band “TheRemains” at the Let the GoodTimes Roll dance from 7 p.m.to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May18, at the church. New Visions,a Good Shepherd ministry forthose who are divorced,separated or widowed will behosting the evening.Tickets are on sale now in GoodShepherd’s parish office for$15 per person and will also besold at the door. No creditcards please. Tickets may alsobe purchased in advance bycalling 563-1868 or by e-mailing [email protected] leave yourname, telephone number andnumber of seats – tickets willbe available for pick up at willcall the evening of the dance.To secure a seat/table, pur-chase your tickets in advance.For additional informationand directions to The Commu-nity of the Good Shepherdvisit www.good-shepherd.org.The church is at 8815 E. KemperRoad, Montgomery;www.good-shepherd.org.

Epiphany UnitedMethodist ChurchMembers are putting theirfaith and community outreachinto action and embarking onaggressive goals to supportthe 2020 community outreach

plans. Epiphany currentlysupports about 30 missions –in Loveland/Milford/GreaterCincinnati, nationally andinternationally.Saturday, May 18, in support ofthe mission outreach efforts,members will host the firstSuper Saturday Mission Day.The goal is to get more than200 church and communityvolunteers to support eightfeature missions for the dayincluding Matthew 25: Minis-tries, Habitat for Humanity,Military Mailings and foodcollection/donation. makedirect inquiries to the office at513-677-9866.The church, at 6635 Loveland-Miamiville Road, offers threeworship services – two con-temporary and one tradition-al. Saturday at 5 p.m. andSunday at 9 a.m. are contem-porary services and Sunday at10:30 a.m. is a traditionalservice. All services haveSunday school and a profes-sionally staffed nursery avail-able for infants throughthree-year olds. For moreinformation, call the Churchoffice at 513-677-9866.The church is at 6635 Loveland-Miamiville Road, Loveland.

LovelandPresbyterian ChurchThe Mothers and Others Ban-quet is at 5 p.m. Saturday May11, in Nisbet Hall. Tano’s willsupply the dinner for theevening and local entertain-ment will be provided. Ticketswill be sold for $9 for individ-uals, or $64 for a table ofeight. Tickets must be boughtby May 5. To be a hostess for atable or to buy tickets, call thechurch office.As part of a recent LPC MissionStudy, many changes haveoccurred at the church. Dramawas incorporated in worshipnine times since August.Actors: 19 different peopleplayed in 22 different roles. Ofthese 19, four were youth.These skits last about fiveminutes, but brought manyreal life issues to the worshiptime in a way that people ofall ages could connect to. Intoday times, people wantvariety in “worship” and they

want to see more lay peopleand youth involved in “wor-ship.”Worship times are SundaySchool 9:15 a.m. to 10 a.m.,Fellowship 10 a.m. to 10:30a.m., worship 10:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m.Sunday School for all ages.Youth Group for grades sevento 12 meets monthly andconducts fundraisers for theiractivities.The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525; [email protected];www.lovelandpresbyteri-anchurch.org.

Loveland UnitedMethodist ChurchAt 9 a.m. Sundays, the churchoffers Classic Tradition, atraditional worship experi-ence where persons can con-nect to God through a Bibli-cally-based message, times ofprayer and beautiful choralmusic.At 10:30 a.m. Sundays is En-gage, a “contemporary praiseand worship experience”leading persons into God’spresence through powerfuland uplifting music, a relevantmessage based on God’sWord, and the joyful welcom-ing of the Holy Spirit.To find out about all of theministry offerings at LovelandUMC, visit the church website,follow on Facebook, or call PatBlankenship, director ofministry operations, at 683-1738. Explore small groups,Bible studies, children’s minis-try, youth ministry, adultsministry, senior’s ministry and“Hands On / Off Campus”mission/outreach opportuni-ties. The church also offersopportunities to connect invarious worship arts ministriessuch as music, drama, video,sound and visuals.The church is at 10975 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland; 683-1738;www.lovelandumc.org.

River Hills ChristianChurchResidents living in Clermont,Hamilton and surroundingcounties are invited to attenda Divorce and Grief RecoveryWorkshop at the church. Thisprogram will help participantshandle the problems andadjustments in being a singleperson in a married world.This eight week series is of-fered from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.Tuesdays, through May 28. Tosign-up, or for additionaldetails, please call the churchoffice. Please let us know ifyou will require babysittingservices.The church is at 6300 PriceRoad, Loveland; 677-7600.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchJoin the church Sunday morn-ings in its brand new worshipcenter at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45a.m. Childcare is available inthe nursery during bothservices for infants throughage 2. Sunday School for age 3through grade 12 meets at10:45. Weekly adult studyopportunities are also offered.Details on these and otherprograms can be found on thechurch website calendar or bycalling the church office.The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;www.sycamorechurch.org.

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Sharon Brooks haslived in her North Col-lege Hill house for fiveand a half years. She saidshe started getting leaksfrom her roof. “My backroom started to leak andlast summer when therewas a windstorm that

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roof. However, he agreedthere was major damagein her back room. “So,they did print out a checkthat day. I signed it overto him,” Brooks says.

The check was formore than $1,200 andBrooks says the firmstarted working rightaway. “The guy took allof the paneling off theback room and put it inmy backyard and left itthere. Now I have nowalls on my back room,”she said.

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Bottom line, when youget an insurance check,don’t sign it over to therepair company. Instead,deposit it into your ownbank account and pay thefirm a little at a time. Itshould all be spelled outin a written contract.

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Thirteen young ladiesfrom Southwest Ohiowere honored March 10at the Girl Scout GoldAward ceremony whichkicked Girl Scout Week.

The Girl Scout GoldAward is the highestaward that Girl Scouts ingrades nine to 12 mayearn. The efforts putforth to earn this awardexpress a special com-mitment by the recipientto herself, her communi-ty and her future.

The required steps forthis award are chosen tohelp Girl Scouts develop21st century skills, prac-tice leadership, explore aneed in the communityand the world, and learnmore about themselves.Some criterion for thegirls’ project includescommunity involvementoutside of the Girl Scoutstructure, being innova-tive, project sustainabili-ty and taking action toeducate and inspire oth-ers.

Approximately 6 per-cent of Girl Scouts na-tionwideearn thisaward.At least 80 hours havebeen dedicated to a pro-ject over a time span ofone to two years.

Girl Scout Gold Awardrecipients include: Ste-phanieAllaire(Evendale),Kristen Bisig (Loveland),Lauren Crall (Loveland),Cassidy Duckett (Frank-lin), Catherine Elsaesser(Wyoming), JeanetteGourley (Waynesville),MadisonHartshorn (Way-nesville), StaceyMarshall(Colerain Township),Kristy Martini (Sunman,IN), Tyler Poirier (HydePark),MeghanKate Tegt-meier (Loveland), JessicaAnn Wells (Guilford, IN)and Clara Young (Way-nesville).

A look at the LovelandHerald-area Gold Awardwinners:

Kristen BisigLoveland High

School senior“The Centennial

Garden”Having volunteered at

a women’s shelter whereshe helped the womenmaintain a garden, Bisigsaw the value of how thesimple act of growingfood brought joy andpride to the residents.

She wanted to repli-cate this same ideaatare-tirement home with sen-

iors, a pop-ulationwho aresometimesforgotten.

Bisigpartneredwith theactivitiescoordina-tor at The

Lodge Retirement Com-munitytocreateaplanfora garden and cookingclass. She thenset toworkconnecting with the resi-dents to seewhat types ofvegetation theydesired intheir community.

Bisig recruited agroup of volunteers toplant the garden, resi-dents tomaintainthegar-den and local businessesto donate the plants,flowers and gardeningmaterials. For the cook-ing class, Bisig broughtin vegetables from thegarden and cooked withthe residents (whosharedmanystorieswithher during the class). Bi-sighascreatedanetworkbetween her youth

group, local businessesand the Lodge in hopesthat each summer thegarden is a way for bothrelationships and yes,vegetables, to grow.

Bisig is an11-yearGirlScout who has earnedboth the Girl ScoutBronze and SilverAwards. She is aNationalHonor Society member,high honor roll recipientevery semester inschool, two-time highschool tennis champion-ship participant, Magni-fied Giving member, co-president of a district-wide anti-bullying initia-tive, suicide preventionorganization memberand a leadership teammember at her church.She plans to major in ascience field at collegethis fall in order to be-come an optometrist.

Lauren ElizabethCrall

Loveland HighSchool senior

“Loveland HighSchool AlumniVeterans Display”

Every day Crall andher peers walked by ashabby display of photosof Loveland High Schoolmilitary veterans in thehallway at their school,and every day she won-dered why these individ-

uals werenot gettingthe recog-nition andhonor thatthey de-served.

Sherealizedthat thiswas a pro-

ject she could undertakeand began to research apermanent display forLoveland High Schoolgraduates who were inthe service.

As part of the display,Crall secured a locationfor a glass case in theschool’smain lobbywithanew television and mili-taryflags.Themostexcit-ingpartofherprojectwasthe overwhelming re-sponse of the communitywith names and informa-tion of the veterans whowanted to become a partof thisproject –beginningwith 62 and growing tomore than 208.

She asked for the in-

formation in newspaperarticles, and catalogedthe information in a data-base that is kept on fileand is nowmaintainedbya staff person at theschool. Each veteran hasinformation and a photothat rotates in a slidesh-ow on the television. Tounveil the project, sheheld a dedication cere-mony that was attendedby school personnel,community membersand of course, many vet-erans.

Crall is a 13-year GirlScout who has earnedboth the Girl ScoutBronze and SilverAwards. The highlight ofherGirl Scout experiencewas a trip to theBahamasincluding a visit toSTRAW, a center foryoungwomen. She partic-ipates in her high schoolband and takes ballet atthe Otto M. Budig Acad-emy of Cincinnati Ballet.Additionally, she has beenrecognized for high scho-lastichonors.Atcollege inthe fall, Crall plans todou-ble major in chemistryand ballet.

Meghan KateTegtmeier

Loveland HighSchool senior

“TheWell Fair”Passionate about en-

suring every teenhas theopportunity to lead ahealthy lifestyle, Tegt-meier designed a healthfair at her high school toeducate students aboutmaking healthy choices.The Well Fair, aptlynamed, consisted of 20businesses and organiza-tions that had boothswith information, inter-active demonstrations,games and giveaways.

She utilized the Stu-dent Council to obtaincontacts, publicize theevent and build excite-ment about the fair. Addi-

tionally,theStudentCouncil ismaking thefair an an-nual eventbased onthe eventplanningguide shecreated

and the positive response.Tegtmeier strategical-

ly scheduled the fair totake place during thelunchhours so that all stu-dents would have achance to participate andlearn from teen-relatedtopics such as sun dam-age, drinking and driving,sports injuries and nutri-tion. To educate othercommunities, she wroteabout her project usingthe Global Youth ServiceDaywebsite in hopes thatother schools can use thesame platform to spreadawareness about livinghealthy lifestyles.

Tegtmeier is a 13-yearGirl Scout who hasearned both the Bronzeand Silver Awards, andthe Cadette and SeniorLeadership Awards. Shewas also chosen to singthe National Anthem atthe Cincinnati RedsGame honoring GirlScouts’ 100th anniversa-ry. Tegtmeier is presi-dent of her school’s stu-dent council, class secre-tary, National Honor So-ciety Historian and astudent mentor. Sheplans to explore her in-terests as an undecidedmajor in college this fall.

Loveland girlswin Gold Awards

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Crall

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HONORED INCOLUMBUSState Rep. John Becker

(R-Union Township)presented commenda-tions to Loveland HighSchool Seniors LaurenCrall and Meghan Tegt-meier for their comple-tion of the requirementsto receive the Girl ScoutGold Award, the organi-zation’s highest honor.Becker honored the

girls at a ceremonyMarch 10. Crall’s projectrelated to the LovelandHigh School AlumniVeterans Memorial,while Tegtmeier’s wasthe Well Fair.“Kristen and Tyler

should be very proud ofwhat they have ac-complished through theGirls Scouts,” Beckersaid. “The programcontinues to develop theeducation and life skillsof many of the youngpeople in our area of thestate, and these girls area shining example ofthat success.”

Dr. Paul Waisbrot(Baker FamilyChiroprac-tic & Sports Injury Clinic,Loveland, andCallDoctorPaul.com) wasaprominentparticipantata conference with key-note speaker ArnoldSchwarzenegger hostedby the International Chi-ropractors AssociationCouncil on Fitness &Sports Health Science;the 21st annual Interna-tional Symposium on Nat-ural Fitness & Sports.

Held in conjunctionwith Schwarzenegger’sannual Arnold Sports Fes-tival (the largest multi-sport festival in thenationwithmore than18,000 ath-

letes competing in morethan 45 sports), this eventbrings together leaders inprofessional and Olympicsports, fitness, wellness,researchandsportschiro-practic topromotecuttingedge education and sup-port for individuals inneed of this care around

the world.Schwarzenegger said:

“Everyone needs a chiro-practor and chiropracticmust be seen as required,not an alternative. Chiro-practic has had a verypositive impact onmy lifeand the life ofmyfamily. ”

Waisbrot is helping topromote the mission ofthe Council on Fitness &Sports Health Science: toshare research through-out the world about theunique benefits of chiro-practic in both maintain-ing optimal health and itsrole in the education ofscientific essentials of fit-ness and nutrition.

Schwarzenegger with Lovelandphysician at conference

Arnold Schwarzeneggerand Dr. Paul E. Waisbrot ofLoveland. PROVIDED

Former HamiltonCounty Commissionerand Cincinnati City Coun-cilman David Pepper wasthe guest speaker at theBlue Ash Northeast Dem-ocratic ClubMarch 19.

Pepper spoke to apacked room on the im-

pact of the sequester – the$1.5 trillion in cuts to fed-eral spending that wentinto effect March 1 andwill extend over the nextdecade.

“How will the averageAmerican be impacted bythese spending cuts? Willthey face longer lines atairports as they gothroughsecurity?Willournational parks have toslash hours? Will there becuts to student loan pro-grams and to funding forimportant medical re-search? And what willthese cutsmean to our na-tional defense and toOhioans? We need to talkabout it,” Pepper says.

Pepper, a graduate ofYale LawSchool, is awell-known figure in Cincin-nati. Currently, he is ofcounsel at Blank RomeLLP. In his previous elect-

ed positions, he navigatedthroughmajor fiscal chal-lengesbyreformingoper-ations and managementpractices, cutting costsdramatically, consolidat-ingservicesamongneigh-boring jurisdictions, re-ducingproperty taxrates,and kick-starting stalledeconomic developmentefforts. Most recently,Pepper has been peggedas a contender for theOhio Attorney Generalrace in 2014.

Before Pepper’s pres-entation, the new slate ofBANDC officers were in-stalled, including AnnNeuer, president; JulieBrook, vice president;Sonny Saeks, treasurer,and Maxine Bookbinder,secretary.

“We were delighted tohave someone of DavidPepper’s caliber addressour group,” Neuer said.

BANDC’s regularmeetings are held Sep-tember thruMay at 7 p.m.on the third Tuesday ofeach month at the BlueAsh Recreation Center.Meetings are always opento the public. Contact theclub at [email protected],or visithttp://bit.ly/123VpNE orFacebook.

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Metro is planning toimplement short-termimprovements to boostthe efficiency and pro-ductivity of current ser-vice andmake it easier toride. The proposedchanges were identifiedduring a major transitplanning effort in 2012.

The improvementsproposed for this year in-clude:

» new, limited-stopservice called Metro-*Plus, connecting theMontgomery Road corri-dor to Uptown and down-town;

» more service op-tions in major corridors,including Glenway, Win-ton, Vine, and Reading;

» more crosstown ser-vices to reduce the focuson downtown transfers;

» shorter travel timesby streamlining severalroutes.

The proposed short-term improvements areplanned for implementa-tion in August and De-cember and are beingmade within Metro’s2013 operating budget.

“Last year, we lis-tened to the community’ssuggestions and, as a re-sult, are proposing anumber of servicechanges to better meetour customers’ needsand attract new riders,”says Terry GarciaCrews, Metro CEO &general manager. “We’reready to go forward with

improvements that willmake Metro more effi-cient, more convenient,and easier to ride.”

Metro will hold a pub-lic meeting to receivecomments about the pro-posed changes May 1.The public may also sub-mit comments on Met-ro’s website, by e-mail orfax, or in writing.

Proposed August2013 service changes

New Metro*Plus pre-BRT demonstration pro-ject: New Metro*Plusservice will test the com-munity’s interest inmoreexpanded Bus RapidTransit service. Metro-*Plus will provide a di-rect, limited-stop con-nection between theMontgomery Road corri-dor from the Kenwood/Blue Ash area to Uptownand downtown. Custom-ersmust currently trans-fer to get toUptown fromMontgomery Road.

Metro*Plus will offer:» fewer stops for fast-

er service;» specially branded

buses and stops for easyidentification;

» service to Metro’snew Uptown Transit Dis-trict and connectingroutes;

» a college connectiontoUCandXavierUniver-sity; transfer in Uptownto Cincinnati State.

More routes servingMetro’s Glenway Cross-ing Transit Center:

» new Route 32 Glen-way Crossing-Price Hill,providing all-day serviceto Price Hill and down-town;

» modified Route 64Glenway Crossing-West-wood, connecting resi-dents to shopping on Fer-guson;

» connections toRoute 38X GlenwayCrossing-Uptown Ex-press andRoute 77XDel-hi Express.

New crosstown op-tions (connecting atGlenway Crossing Tran-sit Center):

» Route 41 GlenwayCrossing-Oakley Cross-town, serving the newMercy Health West Hos-pital;

» Route 51 GlenwayCrossing-Hyde ParkCrosstown, connectingto the Uptown TransitDistrict.

More service on ma-jor corridors:

» Route 19 Colerain(between North BendandGalbraith) andRoute33 Glenway will add ser-vice

December 2013 ser-vice changes:

» faster service onRoute 1 between Mu-seum Center and EdenPark (including portionsof Walnut Hills);

» more service to Tri-County: Rt. 20 (Wintoncorridor) and Rt. 78(Vine corridor);

» expanded Rt. 31West End-EvanstonCrosstown service toKeystone Parke (RedCross, Strayer Univer-sity);

» expanded Rt. 43Reading Road service toEvendale (Wal-Mart, So-cial Security office).

New Uptown TransitDistrict (spring ground-breaking, open by year-end):

» several routes willbemodified in Uptown toserve the new UptownTransit District for ac-cess to jobs, education,

medical, and entertain-ment and easier trans-fers.

Four transit boardingareas:

» Vine between Mc-Millan and Calhoun;

» Jefferson Avenueand University;

» UC Health medicalcenter and CincinnatiChildren’s;

» Hughes Cornerbusiness district;

» Enhanced shelters,streetscaping and way-finding;

» Real-time informa-tion;

» Connections to newMetro*Plus service,many Metro routes, and

Uptown shuttlesPublic meetingThe public meeting on

Metro’s proposed short-term plan changes willbe May 1 in South Meet-ingRoom232 of theDukeEnergy Convention Cen-ter, 525 Elm St.. The pub-lic may attend anytimebetween 8 a.m. and 5:30p.m. to give commentsabout the proposedchanges.

Presentations will beoffered every hour onthe hour. Sign-languageand Spanish-language in-terpreters, and Braille-format and Spanish-lan-guage materials, will beavailable if requested at

least oneweekbefore themeeting.

Comments may alsobe submitted in the fol-lowing ways by May 1:

» Website:www.go-metro.com

» E-mail: routecom-ments @go-metro.com

» Fax: (513) 632-9202» In writing: Metro,

602 Main St., Suite 1100,Cincinnati, OH 45202.

All comments re-ceived by May 1 will be-come part of the publicmeeting record.

For complete infor-mation on proposedchanges and route maps,visit www.go-metro.comor call 513-621-4455.

Metro announces short-termimprovements for 2013

Leslie Durham ofLoveland was awardedthe 2013 F&W Mediaaward for her oil paint-ing “TheGirl in the Pol-ka Dot Skirt” at theWoman’s Art Club ofCincinnati April 7, dur-ing the opening recep-tionof their120thjuriedexhibit.

Monica Anne Ach-berger of Lovelandwasawarded the 2013 JoanCord Award of Excel-lence ($1,500 prize) forher oil painting “In ThePink.”

Their work was cho-sen from 66 entries.

Leslie Durham of Loveland, Ohio was awarded the 2013F&WMedia award for her oil painting “The Girl in thePolka Dot Skirt” at the Woman’s Art Club of CincinnatiApril 7 during the opening reception of their 120th juriedexhibit. PROVIDED

Monica Anne Achberger ofLoveland was awarded the2013 Joan Cord Award ofExcellence for her oilpainting “In The Pink” atthe Woman’s Art Club ofCincinnati. PROVIDED

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B8 • LOVELAND HERALD • APRIL 24, 2013 LIFE

PUBLIC HEARINGSYMMES TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALSNotice is hereby given that a public hearingwill be held by the Symmes Township Boardof Zoning Appeals on Monday, May 6, 2013at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of hearing an Ap-peal (#2013-10) filed by Timothy Sharp,6868 Drake Road (45243), appellant, fromNotice of Refusal for a zoning certificate forthe construction of an addition with less frontyard setback than required for the property lo-cated at 7906 Clement Street (45111). Thishearing will be held at Township Admin.Bldg., 9323 Union Cemetery Road. Plans areon file and open for public inspection.Brian Elliff, Township Zoning Inspector 7286

Legal NoticeThe City of Loveland Planning & Zoning Com-mission will conduct a public hearing Tues-day, May 7, 2013 at and around 7:00 p.m. inthe Council Chambers located at LovelandCity Hall, 120 W. Loveland Ave., Loveland,Ohio 45140.The purpose of the hearing is to receive pub-lic comments on a Planning and Zoning Com-mission Application for Special ExceptionPermit for a Mobile Food Vendor submittedby Mr. Martin Schickel for the operation of ahot dog stand located at 127 W. LovelandAve. Information about the proposed amend-ment is available for review in the City’s Build-ing & Zoning Department during businesshours, Monday through Friday.Interested persons may appear and be heardwith respect to the proposed amendment.Comments may also be submitted in writingto Eva Parker, Building and Zoning Supervi-sor, 120 W. Loveland Avenue, Loveland, OH45140 or emailed [email protected].

Individuals with disabilities requiring specialaccommodations that are participating in orwish to attend this hearing should call 513-683-0150 at least seven (7) days in advanceso arrangements can be made.

NOTICE TO BIDDERSSTATE OF OHIO

DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION

Columbus, OhioDivision of Construction Management

Legal Copy Number: 130317Sealed proposals will be accepted from pre-qualified bidders at the ODOT Office of Con-tracts until 10: a.m. on May 23, 2013. Project130317 is located in Clermont County, SR-125-0.40 and is a MINOR WIDENING proj-ect. The date set for completion of this workshall be as set forth in the bidding proposal.Plans and Specifications are on file in the De-partment of Transportation. 1001757792

Legal NoticeThe City of Loveland Planning & Zoning Com-mission will conduct a public hearing Mon-day, May 7, 2013 at and around 7:00 p.m. inthe Council Chambers located at LovelandCity Hall, 120 W. Loveland Ave., Loveland,Ohio 45140.The purpose of the hearing is to receive pub-lic comments on a Planning and Zoning Com-mission Application for Special ExceptionPermit for a Mobile Food Vendor submittedby Mr. Mark Bersani for the operation of amobile concession stand located at 200Crutchfield Place Information about the pro-posed amendment is available for review inthe City’s Building & Zoning Department dur-ing business hours, Monday through Friday.Interested persons may appear and be heardwith respect to the proposed amendment.Comments may also be submitted in writingto Eva Parker, Building and Zoning Supervi-sor, 120 W. Loveland Avenue, Loveland, OH45140 or emailed [email protected] with disabilities requiring specialaccommodations that are participating in orwish to attend this hearing should call 513-683-0150 at least seven (7) days in advanceso arrangements can be made. 1757918

LEGAL NOTICEThe following individuals are delinquent ontheir rental payments and their personalproperty will be sold at public sale on Fri-day, May 3rd 2013 at Landen Store &Lock, 2575 W. U.S. Route 22/3,Maineville, OH 45039 at 1:00p.m..BERNARD TURNER(UNIT 56)-3116WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD #183,MAINEVILLE, OH 45039These units contain general merchandiseand furniture.The last day to pay delinquent rent andcharges is FRIDAY, MAY 3RD, 2013 at12:00p.m. 1001758009

LOVELANDArrests/citationsBradley A. Richardson, 23, 1100Tuscarora Drive, capias, arrest-other agency/county warrantat 705 Hanover St., April 10.Jacob A. Edwards, 18, 9991Morgan'S Trace Drive, criminaldamaging/endangering at 240Wall St. Kiwanis Park, April 12.Andrew W. Amend, 18, 9961Morgan'S Trace Drive, criminaldamaging/endangering at 240Wall St. Kiwanis Park, April 12.Juvenile, 16, aggravated tres-passing, assault-knowingly at154 Glen Lake Road, April 13.Carrie M. Hesser, 26, 678 ParkAve. A1, capias at 665 ParkAve., April 16.Julie Diane Abshier, 31, 10822Eltzroth Road, drug parapher-nalia-use/possess at 665 ParkAve., April 16.William D. Lee, 44, 720 Carring-ton Place 309, rape-force,threat of, April 16.

Incidents/investigationsAssault-knowinglyAt 120 Woodcrest Drive, April11.Assault-knowingly,aggravated trespassAt 154 Glen Lake Road, April 11.Breaking and enteringAt 330 Loveland-Madeira Road,April 17.Criminaldamaging/endangeringAt 240 Wall St., April 12.At 124 Ridgewood Drive, April15.Criminal mischiefAt 10692 Betty Ray Drive, April12.Criminal simulation-make or

alter objectAt 120 W. Loveland Ave., April15.Domestic violence,endangering children,unauthorized use of motorvehicle-joy ridingAt 663 Park Ave., April 13.Drugparaphernalia-use/possessAt 665 Park Ave., April 15.Endangering childrenAt 1861 Lindenhall Drive, April10.Identity fraudAt 126 S. Lebanon Road, April17.Soliciting; private residence,prohibitedAt 1713 Falcon Lane, April 15.TheftAt 111 S. Second St., April 10.At 660 Park Ave., April 12.Unauthorized use of motorvehicle-joy ridingAt 890 W. Loveland Ave., April13.

MIAMI TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsEdward A. Cotton, 25, 1889Pebble Ridge No. 2, domesticviolence, April 1.

John R. Kushner, 26, 1740 Park-er, theft, April 3.John G. Evans, 18, 1166 DeblinDrive, noise ordinance, April 2.Ralph Fisch, 55, 1706 Cottontail,open container, April 2.Brent Begley, 18, 1268 HollandDrive, marijuana possession,April 3.Matthew J. Parker, 25, 7482 RedCoat, driving under influence,falsification, April 5.Taylor Clouse, 21, 1294 ColonelMosby Drive, driving underinfluence, drug possession,paraphernalia, April 5.Matthew Richardson, 20, 5702Mellie, underage consumption,April 6.Anthony Young, 19, 590 WoodSt., underage consumption,April 6.Alecia L. Faine, 22, 5062 Tri-County View, underage sales,April 5.Mistin M. Fink, 27, 267 SetonCourt, underage sales, April 5.Jessica M. Olson, 22, 6304Melody Lane, keg law, ob-structing justice, April 6.Teddy Holbrook, 22, 2232Donald Road, furnish alcoholto underage, April 6.Brittany Miller, 18, 1317 Hood,

underage consumption, April6.Ashley N. Bates, 18, 5716 TallOaks, underage consumption,April 6.Joshua Williams, 25, 70 MelodyLane, drug possession, para-phernalia, April 6.Janel Foster, 36, 1169 DeblinDrive, drug possession, para-phernalia, April 6.Shaun Morgan, 29, 5822 High-view, drug possession, April 7.Megan Morgan, 25, 5822 High-view, drug possession, April 7.Chad Richmond, 35, 127 HollyLane, drug possession, April 8.Andrew J. Stewart, 37, 5113Ebersole, theft, criminal dam-age, April 7.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultMale juvenile was assaulted at107 Queens Road, April 3.Assault, criminal damageMale was assaulted and vehicledamaged at area of Betty Laneat Ohio 131, April 6.Breaking and enteringScrap copper taken at 6455Branch Hill Guinea Pike, April2.Criminal damageTire cut on vehicle at 902 Car-penter, April 2.Vehicle shot with BB gun at5684 Mellie, April 6.Tires slashed on vehicle at 969Ohio 28 No. 150, April 7.Soccer net cut at EpiphanyChurch at Loveland-MiamivilleRoad, April 7.Vehicle scratched at 784 Love-land Miamiville, April 8.Domestic violenceAt Pebble Ridge, April 1.At Oakleaf Drive, April 7.

Marijuana possessionMale student possessed marijua-na at Live Oaks at BuckwheatRoad, April 3.TheftMedications taken at 5769Lynne Clara, April 1.Ladder, appliances, etc. taken at1369 Woodville, April 2.Diamond rings, medication, etc.taken; $4,920 at 934 Paul Vista,April 2.Cellphone taken from counterat McDonald’s; $300 at Ohio28, April 3.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers; $16 at Ohio 50,April 3.Steaks taken from Kroger; $45at Branch Hill Guinea Pike,April 3.Earrings taken from Kohl's; $12at Ohio 28, April 3.I-Phone taken from SimplyWireless; $400 at Ohio 28, April3.Copper taken from 2 AC unitsat Pleasant Hill Baptist Churchat Ohio 131, April 4.Tire and hubcap taken at 14Easley Drive, April 5.Engraved stone taken fromMiami Meadows Park; $750 atOhio 131, April 5.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers; $37 at BranchHill Guinea Pike, April 5.Laptop taken from vehicle atLive Oaks; $600 at BuckwheatRoad, April 5.Purse, cash, etc. taken fromvehicle; $1,075 at 902 Car-penter, April 6.2006 Ford taken; $7,000 at 3004Arrowhead Trail, April 5.Purses, etc. taken from vehiclesat 400 Commons Drive, April 7.Tools, etc. taken from vehicle at

111 Kings Drive, April 7.Female stated credit card takenwhile at Kroger at Ohio 28,April 8.TV taken; $300 at 5668 CrookedTree, April 8.Violation or protection orderFemale reported offense at areaof Ohio 28 @I-275, April 4.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsNathan Clark, 36, 4220 Endeav-or Drive, drug possession atMontgomery Road, April 2.Ronnie Parrot, 28, 12193 Syca-more Terrace Drive, domesticviolence at Sycamore Terrace,March 31.

Incidents/investigationsCriminal damagingVehicle damaged at 12043Mason Way, April 5.Identity theftReported at 8547 Woods PointeDrive, April 5.Misuse of credit cardReported at 12061 Crestfield,April 6.TheftLaptop, ipod valued at $600removed at 11251MontgomeryRoad, April 2.Jewelry of unknown valueremoved at 9355 Arnold Lane,April 2.Credit card and currency ofunknown value removed at9996 Carrousel, April 1.Merchandise valued at $250removed at 12137 Royal Pointe,April 3.VandalismVehicle window damaged at11890 Montgomery Road, April1.

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 Stephen Bailey, 248-3721» Symmes Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444

Charles DonaphinCram

Charles Donaphin Cram, 90,of Loveland died April 11. Hewas a U.S. Navy veteran.

Survived by companion, AnniCram; daughter, Beverly (James)Wilkinson; step-daughter,Darline Wilson; grandchild,Kelly JohnWehby; and step-grandchildren Adam andAlexandra Race.

Preceded in death by parents

Edgar and Amelia Cram.No services were conducted.

Memorials to: the charity of thedonor’s choice.

Joyce L. DownsJoyce L. Downs, 79, of Love-

land died April 18.Survived by children Jack A.

Downs and Peggy J. Hamilton;grandchildren Justin W. Downs,Alisha R. Hamilton and Jessica L.Downs; and brother, ClarenceBaxter.

Preceded in death by parentsChester O. Baxter Sr. and EstellaViolet (nee Books) Baxter;husband, Jack C. Downs; andbrothers Sylvester Baxter, LloydBaxter and Chester Baxter Jr.

Services were April 18 at TuftsSchildmeyer Family FuneralHome, Loveland.

John R. FinleyJohn R. “Jack” Finley, 75,

formerly of Price Hill, diedMarch 22 in New Port Richey,Fla.

Survived by wife MichelineFinley; son Anthony (Adrienne)

Finley; brother William J.(Kathy) Finley; grandson ChaseFinley; nieces and nephew TimFinley, Kim Reece, ColleenMenkhaus. Preceded in deathby parents William S., MaryDolores Finley, brother James(Helen) Finley.

Arrangements by Michels &Lundquist Funeral Home.Memorials to: Cincinnati Chil-dren’s Hospital Medical Center,Oncology-Pediatric Brain InjuryRehabilitation Fund, 3333Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH45229-3039.

DEATHS

&Noreen to Steiner DeborahA.; $128,500.830 Carrington Place: BeedonRobert G. to Tunstall Violet &Larry; $75,500.Miami Township5539 Betty Lane, Johnny & ArlineJohnson, et al. to John & Rebec-ca Johnson, 0.4600 acre,$85,000.6053 Bridgehaven Drive, Ken-neth Rogers to Rosalee Owens,$139,000.6016 Delfair Lane, David Lay, etal. to Federal National Mort-gage Assoc., 0.1650 acre,$63,980.1212 Fawn Court, Toniann Szy-manski to Russell & ChelseaStansell, 0.4500 acre, $176,000.1318 Gatch Court, Bee Lane LLCto Fischer Single Family Homes IILLC, $75,000.1311Gatch Court, GreycliffDevelopment LLC to FischerSingle Family Homes II LLC,$66,000.1090 HeatherstoneWay, Jamie &TonyaMason to Kristina &James Johnson, 0.4600 acre,$117,000.5888Meadow Lark Court, LynnBallard &Michael Shechter toJason & SamanthaMcElwee,0.4700 acre, $260,000.1438 Nauticus Cove, Michael &Olga Piehler to Charles & Lau-ren Krehbiel, 0.4670 acre,$313,000.5168 Sugar Camp Road, MichelleMassner to Nicholas Duncanson,1.1000 acre, $107,000.201 Techne Center Drive, Kenne-dy Associates Inc. to DKBK LLC,1.2500 acre, $156,000.1502 Traverse Creek Drive, WellsFargo Bank NA to U.S. Bank NA,$147,600.1502 Traverse Creek Drive, U.S.Bank NA, as trustee to Con-stance Tomlin, $140,000.794 Twin Fox Drive, FederalHome LoanMortgage Corp. toT.K. Realty LLC, 0.4500 acre,$80,000.WeberWoods Subdiv., FischerDevelopment CO. II Inc. to

LOVELAND (CLERMONTCO.)185 Ramsey Court, The Drees Co.to Donald & Julie Forst, 0.3302acre, $465,000.113 Third St., O. L. Henderson, etal. toWilliam & Kate Harden,$145,000.

LOVELAND (HAMILTONCO.)1314Main St.: Federal HomeLoanMortgage Corp. to KleistKevin; $61,000.1519 Durango Drive: RobertsSandra K. toWillig Jesse &Megan; $151,000.3034 Stratford Court: Eyre Bruce

Fischer Single Family Homes IILLC, 0.6890 acre, $39,964.5639Wittmer Drive, ConradMeadows LLC to NVR, Inc.,0.3098 acre, $37,000.5618WittmerMeadows Drive,Jeremy &Michelle Rands toJennifer Main, 0.3220 acre,$239,500.5638WittmerMeadows Drive,ConradMeadows LLC to NVR,Inc., 0.2939 acre, $27,250.

SYMMES TOWNSHIP11972WeepingWillow Court:Garner Jessica R. to GummowBarry & Vicki L.; $255,000.12156Montgomery Road: Teunis-senMarilyn S@4 toMccabePhillip M@3; $429,392.8312 Patrilla Lane: SummitCustom Homebuilders LLC toLuedecking Andrew R. & Aman-da A.; $110,000.8421 Preakness Lane: Sloss JamesL. Tr @4 to Ruffin Eric R. &MarlaL.; $550,000.8509 Twilight Tear Lane: FrohRick & Tracy Nicol toMa Kangm-ing & Yimei Luo; $448,000.9003 Symmes Ridge Lane: Jpmor-gan Chase Bank National Asso-ciation to Hahn Robert & KathyBowen; $210,000.GeromesWay: Cactus Lakes LLCto Hudson Andrew T. & Emily J.;$116,000.10431Briarcove Lane: Fox How-ard Irvin & Donna Lynne toGratsch Brian L. & Ashley N.;$323,500.11327 Avant Lane: KieningerDouglas C. & Jane H. to PiehlerMichael M. & Olga C.; $523,000.11913 FoxgateWay: Capven LLCto Bucher Larry E. & Deborah K.;$222,000.8545 Twilight Tear Lane: Antho-ny Amy L. & David R. to Rajago-pala Makunda; $570,000.9376 Kentonsrun Court: Pat-terson Lynne P. & Lynne A. toCorattiyil Ashwin & Kelly M.Arey; $300,000.9377White Rose Court: RoseColleen D. toWeincouff StevenM. & Julie A.; $460,000.

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