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LOVELAND — The LovelandCity Schools community hasfoundawaytohonoracouple thatdedicated decades of their livesto the athletic and academic de-velopment of students.

Loveland High School’s newfitness center has been namedthe Robert and Pauline Williams

Fitness Center.Robert Williams, who died in

2006 at the age of 75, is a formerpresident of the Loveland Athlet-icBoosters,which is building andpaying for the $575,000 fitnesscenter.

For 20 years Williams – whoretired as president of the UnionSavings Bank in Loveland – wasthe public-address announcer atLoveland High School footballgames.

The Williams family estab-lished theRobertWilliams Schol-arship Fund, which distributes

college scholarships to male andfemale athletes of all sports atLoveland High School.

Williams’wife Pauline, now80and living in Loveland, was afourth-grade teacher for25yearsin the Loveland City Schools, re-tiring fromLovelandElementarySchool.

The couple thatmet singing inthechoirat theLovelandMethod-ist Church wasmarried 53 years.

“This couple has played a vitalrole in the community,” said

Loveland Athletic BoostersPresident Jeff Williams (no rela-tion to the couple).

“Robert and Pauline have al-ways had a special place in theirhearts forLovelandathletics, andwe feel it is appropriate to honortheir dedication to the students inthis manner.”

TheLovelandBoard ofEduca-tion approved the name of theRobert and Pauline Williams Fit-ness Center Nov. 8.

“We are pleased to honor this

Fitness center named for WilliamsesCouple dedicated toLoveland studentsBy Jeanne [email protected]

Loveland High School’s newfitness center has been named forRobert and Pauline Williams.PROVIDED

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BENGAL READS TO LOVELAND STUDENTS

Cincinnati Bengal AndrewWhitworth reads “The Recess Queen” to second-graders at Loveland Primary School. The students woreorange and black in honor of his visit. PROVIDED

Just as your family has its holidaytraditions, the Loveland Herald has atradition of which we want youto be apart.

Every year, in our edition betweenChristmas and New Year’s, we salutelocal people who show us every daywhat its means to be a good neighbor.

We call it “Neighbors Who Care,”and we need your help.

If you know someone who regular-ly embodies the spirit of “Neighbors

Who Care” –maybe theybrought youfood duriing anillnes, orlooked afteryour house

while you were gone, or cleared yourdriveway during snow, or helped pickup debris afetr a storm– or maybethey just provide a friendly face, orlisten when you need to talk to some-one.

No matter how they display it, wewant to recognize them.

Send your “Neighbors Who Care”nominations [email protected]. In-clude your name, community and con-tact information, as well as that infor-mation for your neighbor.

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LOVELAND — The fact thatLoveland has made strides inturning its economic develop-ment dreams into reality willstand the city in good steadwhen it applies for $400,000worth of federal grants to testwhether land slated for rede-velopment is contaminated.

That’s what Barry Franz, anenvironmental engineer withBurgess & Niple in downtownCincinnati, told Loveland CityCouncil at its Nov. 13 meeting.

Franz, who helps cities winU.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency Brownfield grants liketwo Loveland is seeking, said itis critical to know that Con-gress funds the grants to sup-port economic development –

not just clean upproperty.

When Love-land applies forthe assessmentgrants, Franzsaid, the cityshould empha-size the jobs andtax revenue to be

generated by the commercialand/or residential develop-

ment of the property the citywants to test for contamina-tion.

Franz said the grant applica-tion will identify assessmentareas in Loveland such as theChestnut Street area, the Love-land-Madeira Road commer-cial corridor and Loveland Sta-tion, a retail-office-residentialdevelopment planned for landat West Loveland Avenue and

South Second Street.Loveland has conducted

studies and developed plans forthe properties and has built in-frastructure and sought devel-opers for some of them.

“They don’t want to givegrants to communities just nowstarting out (on an economic-development program) or un-

Engineer optimistic about bid for development grantsBy Jeanne [email protected]

Vidmar

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certain about what theyare going to do,” Franzsaid.

Franz also said that theBrownfield grant appli-cation process is so com-petitive that it generallytakes two or three tries,and thus the fact thatLoveland unsuccessfullysought similar grants in2007 is a plus.

Loveland City Councilvoted Nov. 13 to apply fora $200,000 federal grantto test for hazardous sub-stances and a $200,000federal grant to test forpetroleum contaminationat sites in the city.

That’s the maximumthe city can apply for,said Gary Vidmar, assis-tant Loveland city man-ager.

“We may not need it,but in case we identifyboth petroleum as well asother hazardous materi-als we would have thefunds available to identi-fy both through that test-ing,” Vidmar said.

For more abour your commu-nity, visitCincinnati.com/Loveland.

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GrantsContinued from Page A1

couple,” said JohnMarschhausen, superin-tendent of the Loveland

City Schools.“We are so fortunate to

experience this level ofsupport from our commu-nity; the ultimate bene-factors of this donationare our students who willhave the opportunity togrow and develop in astate-of-the-art facility.”

Work continues on thefitness center; plans areto begin moving equip-ment into the fitness cen-ter in mid-January.

A dedication date willbe announced once all theequipment is installed.

At 6,500 square feet,the center will more than

double the space in Love-land High School’s cur-rent weight room.

The fitness center isthe single largest gift inthe history of the Love-land City Schools, but notthe only large donationmade by the LovelandAthletic Boosters.

The boosters previous-ly donated a $515,500 turffield to Loveland HighSchool’s Tiger Stadium.

For more about your commu-nity, visitCincinnati.com/Loveland.


FitnessContinued from Page A1

The Society of St. Vin-cent de Paul in coopera-tion with Kroger andFOX19 announces the kickoff of the annual ‘FoodFrom The Heart" cam-paign.

Since the annual holi-day drive began 22 yearsago, morr than 1 million

pounds of food or morethan 400,000 meals havebeencollectedanddistrib-uted to local families inneed.

The holiday food drivewill run through Dec. 31,with donations of non-per-ishable items being col-lected at all Greater Cin-

cinnati andNorthernKen-tucky Kroger locations.

The items collectedwill be distributed to fam-ilies in need by St. Vincentde Paul volunteers inneighborhoods across theTristate throughout theholiday season.

Cash donations to sup-

port St. Vincent de Paulcan also bemade at check-out coin boxes at all par-ticipating Kroger storesfor the duration of thecampaign. A $1 donationwill provide seven mealsfor these families. Thisyear’s goal is 70,000pounds or 219 barrels of

food, whichwould providemore than 56,000 meals.

Collection barrels with‘Food From The Heart’signage will be located atall Greater Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky Krog-er locations.

A list of all participat-ing Kroger stores will be

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For additional informa-tion please contact St. Vin-cent de Paul at 513-562-8841 ext. 220.

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LOVELAND — A groupthat wants to save the con-demned former Predesti-narian Baptist Church inLoveland may incorpo-rate as a non-profit or-ganization to raise moneyfor the project.

That’saccordingto Assis-tant Love-land CityManagerGary Vid-mar, whomet recent-lywith Pau-la Oguah of

Loveland, a leader of thegroup called the LovelandPredestinarian ChurchCommittee.

“Ms. Oguah stated that,without indicating a spe-cific amount, there havebeen some verbal moneta-ry pledges, significantenough to be consideredseedmoney,”Vidmar said.

“(The Loveland Pre-destinarian Church Com-mittee) may revisit itsneed to move forwardwith establishing a non-profit soon.

“The (Loveland Pre-destinarian Church Com-mittee) does not want tocollect money until it is le-gally organized as a (non-profit),” Vidmar said.

Oguah said she needs tocall a meeting of the Love-land PredestinarianChurch Committee and

will provide an update af-terward.

The former Predesti-narian Baptist Churchwas a hub of Loveland’searly African-Americancommunity.

Loveland bought thevacant property at 225Chestnut St. – believedbuilt in the late 1800s – forpossible access to land offChestnut Street that thecity wants to redevelopcommercially.

“Staff continues towork with the HamiltonCounty Board of Health tostay a condemnation or-der that was issued Aug. 2that gave the city untilAug. 30 to abate the prop-erty maintenance andhealth violations,”Vidmarsaid.

“The health depart-ment expects to see a plansoon to demonstrate somesigns of progress in orderto continue to extend thedeadline for this orderand prevent them from is-suing a demolition order.”

Vidmar expects tomeet again with Oguah

and other (Loveland Pre-destinarian Church Com-mittee) members in lateNovember or Decemberto check on the commit-tee’s progress.

Vidmar said no mem-ber of the (Loveland Pre-destinarian Church Com-mittee) has expressed adesire to own or operate abusiness in the formerchurch.

“However, the (Love-land PredestinarianChurch Committee) hasthe desire to see the prop-erty preserved and appro-priately memorialized forits historical signifi-cance,” Vidmar said.

“As a group and as indi-viduals, the (LovelandPredestinarian ChurchCommittee) has been con-sistently reaching out toorganizations and individ-uals to associate with the(Loveland PredestinarianChurch Committee) inpreserving the churchand making it a benefit tothe community.”

Vidmar said he toldOguah he could help withthe search for an interest-ed buyer and/or user ofthe former church as partof his everyday job to pur-sue economic develop-ment for Loveland.

But Vidmar said he“emphasized that the cityhas very limited re-sources at this time andwould be unable to com-mit time andmoney to thisinitiative as a separatetask.”

Church preservationistsmay seek non-profitstatus to raise moneyBy Jeanne [email protected]

A group istrying to savethe condemnedformerPredestinarianBaptist Churchin Loveland.JEANNE HOUCK/THE

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“The (committee)has beenconsistentlyreaching out ... inpreserving thechurch.”GARY VIDMARAssistant Loveland CityManager

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LOVELAND—Wehate tosay it, but Loveland CityCouncil should continue tocall for the removal of allinfested and vulnerable

trees in Asian longhornedbeetle quarantine areas –including Bethel and TateTownship.

That’s the conclusionreached by the LovelandTree and EnvironmentCommittee after it was

asked to review city coun-cil’s stance.

“The committee hasdone its homework andthoroughly,” the tree andenvironment committeesays in a report submittedwith its recommendation.

“It is not recommendedlightly as we are abouttrees and nature and itbreaks no one’s hearts asmuch as ours to lose anytrees at all.

“Unfortunately, wehave a very serious andalarming problem that leftunresolved poses majorproblems to the vast num-ber of trees and must bedone in defense of healthytrees,” the report says.

Loveland City Councilapproved a resolution inJune urging Ohio and fed-eral agencies to take downall infested and possiblehost trees, as opposed to re-moving only those withknown infestations, to en-sure complete eradication

of the beetles.Loveland Mayor Rob

Weisgerber subsequentlyreferred the matter to thecity’s Tree and Environ-ment Committee for re-view after hearing fromBethel residents opposedto the resolution, includingDonnaGunn, vicemayor ofBethel.

LovelandCityCouncil isinvolved in the Asian long-horned beetle discussionbecause a portion of Love-land is in Clermont County,where Bethel and TateTownship are.

The Loveland Tree andEnvironment Committee isrecommending that all in-fested trees and all high-risk host treeswithin a halfmile of the infested treesbe removed.

The committee said itconsidered options that in-cluded treating high-riskhost trees with a chemicalinsecticide called imida-cloprid.

“What we’ve learned isthat imidacloprid treat-ments could be effective inurban settings where treesare spread apart and man-ageable,” the LovelandTree and EnvironmentCommittee says in its re-port.

“In a rural setting, how-ever, this is not the case.

“The beetle will travellong distances if necessaryto find new host trees andwalk over canopies fromone tree to thenext,” there-port says.

“Moreover, as infestedtrees are weakened by thebeetle, they are increasing-ly vulnerable to wind-storms with limb breakagewhich could help themspread.

“Should a tornado suchas Moscow, Ohio experi-enced hit an infected area,the beetle could travelfrom broken tree tops intoentirely new and distantareas,” the report says.

The Loveland Tree andEnvironment Committeesays it will actively seekways to plant non-hosttrees while Asian long-horned beetle quarantineareas remain and ways toreplant host trees once thebeetle is eradicated.

The Asian longhornedbeetle is a threat toash,ma-ple, birch, horse chestnut,poplar, willow and elmtrees, according to theOhioDepartment of Agricul-ture.

“The sooner eradicationis achieved, the sooner re-planting can begin,” theLoveland Tree and Envi-ronment Committee saysin its report.

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Loveland group: Beetle host trees need to goBy Jeanne [email protected]

BATAVIA — ClermontCounty commissioners

have designated AssistantCounty AdministratorThomas Eigel to serve asacting administratorwhenever AdministratorSteve Rabolt is absent.

Rabolt said in the OhioRevised Code there is noautomatic recognition ofthe assistant administra-tor to serve in the countyadministrator’s absence,so it was necessary forcommissioners to pass the

resolutionto desig-nate Eigelas his re-placementin his ab-sence.

Eigelwas namedto the assis-

tant administrator jobJuly 24.

Before Eigel was hired,the position of assistant

administrator had beenvacant since Scot Lahrm-er left the job in August2011.

Eigel started workingfor Clermont County Aug.6.

Previously, MichaelPride, director of the De-partment of Job and Fam-ily Services, had been des-ignated to serve as actingadministrator in Rabolt’sabsence.

Eigel will be acting administratorBy John [email protected]

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LOVELAND — There’s anew permanent display atLoveland High Schoolhonoring veterans whograduated from theschool, thanks to seniorLauren Crall.

Crall, a 17-year-old Mi-ami Township resident,unveiled the viceo displayNov. 14.

It showspictures of andinformation about each ofthe veterans featured andis enclosed in a glass casein Loveland High School’smain lobby.

“I’ve gotten many posi-tive comments from fel-low students and teach-ers,” said Crall, a GirlScout who put the displaytogether in her bid to winthe organization’s GoldAward – the highestachievement in GirlScouting.

“I had several gener-ous peoplewho all donatedmoney – especially oneman who gave me enoughfor a TV.”

The Gold Award is giv-en only to Girl Scouts inhigh school who work 80hours to solve a communi-

ty problem.Crall chose her project

after deciding that veter-ans who graduated fromLoveland High School de-servedmore than an exist-ing makeshift memorialconsisting mostly of pic-tures on a wall at theschool.

At theheart ofCrall’s dis-play is avideo loopwith theveterans’picturesand infor-mation —such as

what year they graduatedfrom Loveland HighSchool and their branch ofservice – that plays on a24–inch television screen.

The display also in-cludes flags from eachbranch of the service.Crall plans in a fewmonths to add an Ameri-can flag that flew over thenation’s Capitol.

“There are currently208 veterans in the dis-play,” said Crall, who islooking for more veteransto feature.

“If anyone knows a vet-

eran to be displayed, Iwould love to add them.

“The school will con-tinue the display once Ihave graduated and hope-fully it will stay for a longtime being constantlychanged and added to,”Crall said.

Crall asks that veter-ans who graduated fromLoveland High School orother people with infor-mation about them con-tact her at [email protected] or http://on.fb.me/W9xFlX.

Crall said she has re-ceived a lot of informationabout veterans whoserved in Afghanistan,Iraq and Vietnam.

She’s working with theGreater LovelandHistori-cal Society on addingWorld War II veterans.

“I think it is very im-portant for the kids in ourschool to see our alumniwho have gone on to serveour country,” said DavidVolkman of Maineville,who teaches Americangovernment at LovelandHigh School.

Volkman had a specialreason for attending theunveiling of Crall’s veter-ans display Nov. 14. Volk-man has served in the U.S.Army since 1982, and nowis in the Army Reserves.

“We honor our athletes.We honor our musicians,”Volkman said. “It’s good tosee any public displayhonoring our veterans.”

Chris Kloesz, principalof Loveland High School,said, “This much-im-proved display was long-overdue.

“Loveland High Schoolis proud of our alumni, andwe sincerely appreciate

the brave men and womenwho have served our na-tion in the military.

“I am especiallypleased with LaurenCrall’s dedication to thisproject and her efforts incompleting it,” Kloeszsaid.

“Lauren designed thedisplay so it can be easilyupdated.

“Our hope is that wewill continue to hear fromLoveland alumni or familymembers of alumni so thatall our veterans, goingback well-over 100 yearsas a school, can be appro-priately honored,” Kloeszsaid.

Crall has been a GirlScout for13 years and nowis a member of LovelandAmbassador Girl ScoutTroop 47555.

The daughter of Davidand Sharon Crall, sheplans to major in balletand chemistry in college.

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Girl Scout unveils veterans displayBy Jeanne [email protected]

Lauren Crall and Loveland High School PrincipalChristopher Kloesz. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Loveland High Schoolsenior Lauren Crall with herparents, Sharon and DavidCrall. JEANNE HOUCK/THE

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

Nine Seven Hills Schoolseniors qualified as NationalMerit Scholarship Programsemifinalists.

Approximately 1.5 millionstudents from 22,000 highschools across the countryenter the program each year.

Of those, 16,000 high scor-ers, representing less than 1

percent of the nation’s highschool graduating seniors,qualify as semifinalists.

The National Merit Schol-arship Program is an annualacademic competition thathonors talented U.S. highschool students.

Seven Hills’ National Meritsemifinalists are Nicholas

Au-Yeung of Loveland, ChrisBaggott of Blue Ash, Kather-ine King of Wilder, Ky., Pri-yanka Parameswaran of Ken-wood, Kyle Patel of Mason,Claire Romaine of Maineville,Katie Shen of Anderson Town-ship, Peter Todorov of Bataviaand Leah Yuan of Mason.

Nine Seven Hills students areNational Merit semifinalists

Nine Seven HillsSchool studentsare NationalMeritSemifinalists. Infront are KylePatel, PriyankaParameswaran,Katherine King,Chris Baggott. Inback are NicholasAu-Yeung, KatieShen, Leah Yuan,Chaire Romaine,Peter Todorov.THANKS TO SUSANNA

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Several Mount Notre Damestudents attended the AnthonyMunoz Foundation Youth Lead-ership Seminar at the CintasCenter. Attendees of this semi-nar included 300 students from30 different high schools.

This was an opportunity forstudents to gain a renewedsense of responsibility for theircommunity. One component ofthe seminar was for each schoolto gather and come up with aservice idea to bring back totheir school community. The

MND girls brainstormed anddetermined that MND couldbenefit with from a positiveenergy campaign, Stop the Hab-it.

The students want to start amovement at MND in whichpositive messages are promotedthrough some type of media(videos, Twitter, etc.)

Since the conference, theMND students organized agroup that meets regularly andis reading the book “The EnergyBus.” They are continuing the

challenge of exemplifying ser-vice leadership.

Here are the MND studentsthat were in attendance: Cather-ine Buck, Loveland; Dani Da-mon, Mason; Kelsey Bushfield,Mason; Amy Dean, West ChesterTownship; Kate Jennings, Ma-son; Christy Kennedy, SycamoreTownship; Courtney Naber,Loveland; Macenzie Reed, Ma-son; Andi Taney, Mason; KatieTkacz, Liberty Township; MariaVeneziano, Milford, and MaddieVolz, Sycamore Township.

Several Mount Notre Dame students attended the Anthony Munoz Foundation Youth Leadership Seminar atthe Cintas Center. PROVIDED

MND studentsattend Youth

Leadership Seminar

Graduates» Several Loveland residents

graduated fromMiamiUniver-sity. They are:

AlexandriaMarie Owens,Olivia Corrine Lohr, Jennifer AnnWiener, Lauren Elizabeth Becker,EmilyMarie Day, Abigail Eliza-beth Lawton,Mitchell JohnHaus,Audra ElyseWade, Tatyana Soph-iaHinks, Suzanne ElizabethCamp, Christina Jennifer Davis,AngelaMarieMcLearen,Mat-

thewKenneth Caskey, Christo-pehrMichaelWilliams, BrianPatrickMcGohan, Brian JeffreySmith, DavidMichael Smith,Jamie Catherine Luther, AnnaJoyMcQuade, Anne Louise Pol-icastro, Natalie Christine Put-man, AnneAlexandra Butler,EmilyKathrynWoodward, KevinAndrewVicaro, Vanessa AnneBecker, JordanRobertWinter-man, JonathanVonGarich, NinaLeighMessina, Katelin AnnBuehler, LauraMarieHorton,

MatthewDavid Schnee, Stepha-nieMarie Brooks, EthanRobertGrob, Tyler Robinson Peters andJasmine ReneeHill.

» Elizabeth Sammikkannu ofLoveland graduated fromDePaulUniversity.

»Kylie Thompson of Lovelandgraduated fromVillanovaUni-versity with a bachelor of arts.

President’s listMiamiUniversity students

who achieved a perfect 4.0 grade

point average for second semes-ter were named to the president’slist.

Loveland residents on the listareMaxwell Timoty Belza, KellyMorganMaglocci, KateMarieLinz, Audra EliseWade,WifredYuan-Shin Tso, Angelica Guiter-rez Flores, Katherine IsabelleFoster andBrian JamesRobben.

Dean’s list»Kylie Thompson of Loveland

was named to the dean’s list at

VillanovaUniversity.Thompson is studying French

and Francophone studies.» SarahKloepper of Loveland

was named to the dean’s list forthe spring semester atWashing-tonUniversity.

Kloepper is enrolled in theuniversity’s College of Arts andSciences.

»AmyMortonmade thedean’s list at Azusa Pacific Uni-versity.

She is a sociologymajor.

COLLEGE CORNER

Ursuline Academy induct-ed 151 students (46 seniors and105 juniors) into the NationalHonor Society during a cere-mony in the school’s BeslTheatre Oct. 30.

This is the largest numberof inductees in the school’shistory, according to PrincipalTom Barhorst of Mason. Crite-ria for inclusion is based onthe four pillars of the NationalHonor Society: scholarship,service, leadership, and char-acter. The students must haveat least a 3.5 GPA to be invitedto apply.

“We’re exceptionally proudto recognize 152 students, arecord number, for inductionto National Honor Society. Webelieve that it is particularlysignificant because it repre-sents not only their academicachievement, but their com-mitment to leadership, serviceand character as well,” Bar-horst said.

The ceremony began with awelcome by the NHS co-presi-

dents Kelly Lutmer of Mont-gomery and Sydney Ruehl-mann of Indian Hill, a prayerby assistant Principal JillHallahan of Cincinnati, andremarks by President SharonRedmond of Cold Spring, Ky.,and Barhorst.

The candle lighting servicewas conducted by the NHSco-presidents, the secretaryEllen Hinkley of Indian Hilland treasurer CatherineBrinker of Anderson Town-ship. Each inductee was givena certificate and candle forthe candle lighting service byBarhorst and NHS co-modera-tors and math teachers SarahDowns of Blue Ash and BettyMcManus of Liberty Town-ship.

The benediction was deliv-ered by assistant PrincipalMary Bender of Blue Ash. Theevent was attended by theinductees’ parents, as well asfaculty, staff and friends. Areception followed the cere-mony.

Ursuline inducts151 into NationalHonor Society

Ursuline junior Aleeya Shareef of Blue Ash receives National HonorSociety certificate from Sarah Downs of Blue Ash. THANKS TOMARIANNE LANG

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

For the second time in threeyears, the Cincinnati State men’ssoccer team advanced to theNJCAA national tournament.

The Surge’s 18-6-1 seasoncame to an end with a 3-0 loss toLouisburg Nov. 14 at the national

tournament in Albany, Ga. Thetraditionally two-year schoolused a blend of experiencedplay-ers and talented newcomers toclimb into the top 10 of theNJCAArankingsheading into thenational tournament.

“We knew what it would takefor us to get back to nationals,”head coach Mike Combs said.“We went on a big run down thestretch and we carried that mo-mentum into the postseason.”

TheSurgedid not lose amatch

in the month of October. Prior tothe loss on the second day of poolplay at the national tournament,theSurge’s last loss came in over-time on Sept. 30. The late-seasonsuccesswas aproduct ofmeldingthe talents of eight returningplayers with 18 first-year play-ers. Three starters returnedfrom the 2011 team that lost aheartbreaker in the regional fi-nal.Thisyear’s squadwon theRe-gion XII title to advance to theNorth Central District final. Stel-

lar play from defender AustinKlueh (Loveland) andgoalkeeperRyan Strunk (Anderson) helpedthe Surge advance to the districtchampionship.

“We had a very tight-knitgroup this year. Everybody putthe team first,” said Combs. “Wehad more of a positive cohesive-ness within our group. They justwanted toplay together andwin.”

Many grew up playing with oragainst each other in the GreaterCincinnati area. On the team

were former Greater Cincinnatihigh school standouts including:Tucker Beerman of Highlands,Kyle Grothaus of Milford, TylerGumbert of Anderson, AustinKlueh of Loveland, Ryan Strunkof Anderson, Kyle Cobbs of Fin-neytown, FrancisGyau ofWintonWoods, LoganGumbert ofAnder-son, Ben Mikkelson of Colerain,Johnson Mensah of Fairfield,Kevin Nkrumah of Fairfield andHunter Kautz of Lebanon.

Surge soccer in national tourneyCincy State team’s2nd trip in 3 yearsBy Adam [email protected]

TO THE VICTORS...

Ursuline Academy honored its Division I state volleyball champions during a pep rally at the school Nov. 13. The Lions defeated MassillonJackson, 3-0, to secure the school’s fifth state title at Wright State University’s Nutter Center Nov. 10. From left are: Front, Lilly Stein, AbbyWeisenburger, Rachel Garnett, Courtney Grafton, Ali Hackman, Sarah Wandtke, Claire Tulisiak; middle, Emmi Abel-Rutter, manager, AlyssaSteller, Abby Williams, Brenna Barber, Mallory Bechtold, Avery Naylor; Back, Brooke Maher (assistant coach), Kelly Wendling (assistantcoach), Paige Kebe, Lauren Wilkins, Rachel Kuprionis, Maggie Noschang, manager, Sam Fry, Katherine Edmondson and head coach JeniCase. THANKS TOMARIANNE LANG

LOVELAND — With the lightdecreasing and the temperaturedropping, it’s time to previewsome of the indoor sports in theLoveland Herald coverage area.Among the activities beginningsoon is girls basketball.

LovelandAs the Loveland girls basket-

ball team tries to improve on lastseason’s 4-17 mark, they’ll do sowith renovated gym and trainingfacilities.

The new Eastern CincinnatiConference logo has been addedto the floor and there’s a newcen-ter scoreboard in the gym. Thiscoincides with the the new state-of-the-art weight room and train-ing center that’s scheduled toopen in January.

Another new addition comeson the coaching staff as formerWyoming boys coach Tony Gen-try will assist Ashley Brothers.

“The program feels very for-tunate for the amount of knowl-edge and experience he brings tothe team,” Brothers said.

Key players for the Lady Ti-gers are expected to be seniorpoint guard Katie Swaine, seniorguard Allie Suder, junior guardKristina Tracy, sophomore for-ward Devin Thomas and fresh-man forward Julia Copfer.

“The varsity team is very ex-cited towelcomeJulia (Copfer) tothe lineup,” Brothers said. “Thecoaching staff is very excitedabout the diversity her gamebrings to the team and are look-ing forward to seeing how wellthey bode in the new ECC.”

Brothers said Loveland willhave to contend with Andersonand Milford for a title.

“The teamhas set a goal to fin-ish in the top half of the ECC andadvance to at least the secondround of the state tournament,”

Ladieslace upfor thehardwoodBy Scott [email protected]

Senior guard Katie Swaine isLoveland’s top returning scorer at5.4 points per game. She was alsothe team assist leader. SCOTT

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See HARDWOOD, Page A9

CORRYVILLE — Playing for thefirst time in four years, Moeller andColerain didn’t disappoint on Nov. 17with the Crusaders prevailing 24-21over the previously undefeated Car-dinals.

Even with a seemingly comfort-able 24-14 lead with 4:24 to go, Cole-rain drove for a touchdown in 3:01 toget within a field goal. Known morefor his running, Alfred Ramsby com-pleted a series of passes and eventu-ally found Chris Davis from fiveyards out with 1:23 remaining.

The Cards then executed a nice-looking onside kick that Tre Hudsonnearly recovered, but was out ofbounds.

Moeller then went to their steadydiet of running backKeithWatkins toice the game andmove on to theDivi-sion I state semifinals.

“They’reNo.1for a reason,” aGat-orade-drenched Moeller coach JohnRodenberg said. “We knew they’dkeep coming. I’m just proud of ourguys. We overcame a lot of adversityearlier in the year.”

In the end, the load was handed toNorthwestern-bound Keith Watkins,who toted the loaf 32 times for 203yards and a touchdown. He ran out-

side, he ran inside and ran with morepower than your average 180-poun-der.

High school heavyweightscollide at NippertBy Scott [email protected]

Moeller QB Spencer Iacovone ran theball and jumped into the endzone fora touchdown against Colerain in thefirst quarter of the Division I regionalfinal football game at NippertStadium Nov. 17. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

See COLLIDE, Page A9

LOVELAND HAS 5 SIGNEES

Loveland High School student athletes signed theirletters of intent Nov. 14 in the library. They are, fromleft, Jessie Comorosky (Hanover College, soccer), TylerOblong (Community College of BaltimoreCounty-Essex, lacrosse), Gaelen Stejbach (IndianaState, soccer), Lindsay Flaherty (Towson University,volleyball) and Paul Newbold (Army, lacrosse). THANKSTO LOVELAND HIGH ROAR

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Kohne and junior KristyDuncan.

Main regards sopho-more forward Davenportas a Division I prospect af-ter she led the team in re-bounding as a freshmanwith 5.2 per game.

“I love our athleticismthroughout the entire pro-gram,” Main said. “We areyoung, but I believe we arenowon track to get the pro-gram turned back aroundin the right direction. Wehad a very talented fresh-man class last season andwe are welcoming in an-other exceptional groupthis year.”

MND starts the seasonat home with Lakota WestNov. 26.

UrsulineIn Blue Ash, Ursuline

she said.The first game for the

Lady Tigers is homeagainst St. Ursula on Nov.26.

Mount Notre DameThe Cougars are look-

ing for their first winningcampaign since the 2009-10season. Last year’s squadwas 6-16 and 2-8 in theGirls Greater CincinnatiLeague-Scarlet Division.

Coach Kelly Main re-turns three starters in ju-nior Jordan Lamb andsophomoresNaomiDaven-port and Maddy South.They will be complement-ed by senior Hannah

Academy returns underhead coach and former UCgreat Keith Starks.

The squad brings back astrong core of returningplayers who helped the Li-ons advance to the districtfinals last winter. The girlsare expected tobecontend-ers in a tough Girls’ Great-er Cincinnati League.

Ursuline enters the sea-son ranked No. 7 in the En-quirer’sDivision I coaches’poll.

Key contributorsshould include Sarah Reil-ly, Ali Schirmer, VioletGoodwin, Michelle Christyand Christy Miller.

As a sophomore, Reillywas theLions’ leadingscor-er. She averaged 12.1points, while also grabbing8.1 rebounds per game.

Starks likes his squad’s

returning experience andbelieves the Lions’ speedand quickness can lead tovictories this winter.

Ursuline tips off theseason against Sycamoreat Cincinnati State Nov. 24.

CHCAAt CHCA, head coach

Whitney Dubbs will becharged with the task ofreplacing the team’s toptwo leading scorers fromlast season.

Junior Marissa Koob isset to lace her sneakers upfor another season afteraveraging 9.0 points and4.0 rebounds last winter.

Senior Emily Taylor isalso back after averaging5.5 points.

CHCA opens the seasonat Summit Nov. 28.

HardwoodContinued from Page A8

26:25 to 21:35.Holding up Moeller’s

14th regional trophy was

Miami Hurricane-boundoffensive lineman AlexGall. He is coached byDoug Rosfeld and formerMoeller head coach SteveKlonne.Klonne returned tothe Moeller fold as an as-sistant this season after arecent stint as head coachat McNicholas.

Moeller’s last regionaltitle was under Klonne in1997 when they made thestate title game. Their laststate championship wasalso on theKlonnewatch in1985.

Now, Rodenberg has hisown hardware, with an as-sist from the old coach.

When asked on the fieldby a fan if this was like theold days, Klonne replied,“You’d better believe it!This is more like it!”

TheRosfeld/Klonne linemanaged to help Moellerout-rush the Cardinalsvaunted triple-option 247-238. Gall’s group of beefyboulders were a big part of

“I just want to thank ourstrength and conditioningcoach for getting me in theweight room and gettingme stronger,” Watkinssaid. “We just wanted toshow them (Colerain) thatwe could run tough too.”

The Crusaders led afterone quarter on a SpencerIacovone three-yard run;then led at the half10-7 on aMatt Reiniger 27-yardfield goal. They went up17-7onaMaxFoley75-yardpunt return, but Colerainanswered back with aChris Davis touchdown tomake it 17-14 at the end ofthree.

TheWatkins touchdownwrapped upMoeller’s scor-ing at 24-14 before the Car-dinals made their late runthat came up short. Cole-rain led time of possesion,

that, often breaking hugeholes for Watkins.

“It’s just a great feel-ing,” he said afterward.“Keith’s a great runningback. That’s what we want-ed to do - come out andmake a statement.”

The win continues theGreater Catholic League-South dominance in thearea. A GCL-South teamhas played in the Region 4final for 17 straight sea-sons and Moeller now ad-vances to play Pickering-ton North on Nov. 24.

“I’m glad we’re playingPickerington North,” Ro-denberg said. “I’m tired ofplaying these daggone op-tion teams.”

Pickerington NorthbeatHilliardDavidson 21-0Nov. 17. The Panthers are12-1 with one loss to 5-5Grove City on Oct. 26.

Moeller’s last loss wasOct. 20 to Lakewood St. Ed-ward. The Crusaders enterthe game at 10-3.

CollideContinued from Page A8

Moeller RB Keith Watkins(3) runs the ball againstColerain in the first quarterof the Division I regionalfinal football game atNippert Stadium Nov. 17.JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE COMMUNITY

PRESS

Classic kicks offseason

The fourth-annual editionof the Kevin C. BarnhillCoaches Basketball Classic willbe Saturday, Nov. 24, at LittleMiami High School.

The kick-off to the 2012-2013 season will feature thereserve and varsity teamsfrom Little Miami, Reading,Loveland, and Blanchesterhigh schools.

Reserve games tip off at3:30 p.m. with the varsityshowcase starting at 6:30 p.m.

Net proceeds benefit theKevin C. Barnhill MemorialScholarship and CommunityOutreach Fund and the Ohio

Athletic Association “KidsWho Care” campaign. Sinceits inception in 2007, theMemorial Fund has awardedmore than $40,000 in schol-arships to Little Miami sen-iors.

Tickets for all games are $6for adults, $4 for students.Children under 6 are free.

Raffles for Reds OpeningDay tickets, signed baseballmemorabilia, a Reds Festexperience, and a specialguest appearance are amongthe additional highlights ofthe event.

For more information,please contact Bill Barnhill,event director, at 703-0810.

SIDELINES

IN THE ZONE

Brandon Day, a 10-year old Cincinnati Aquatic Clubswimmer from Loveland, competes at the recentCentral Zone meet in Columbus, Ind., after qualifyingfor six events by achieving a national AAA TimeStandard. Swimmers Marcy Smith, Max Eihausen andJ.C. Prugh also qualified. He finished seventh in the200 individual medley with almost a 10-second timedrop after being seeded 22nd; seeded ninth in the 50backstroke and finished fourth. Both events earnedhim a medal and recognition in the Top 8 in a podiumservice after each event. He also competed in the 50,100 and 200 free and the 100 back. He swims underhead coach Benson Spurling and his age group coach,Kevin Rachal. THANKS TO TRACI DAY

A10 • LOVELAND HERALD • NOVEMBER 21, 2012

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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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County government is anadministrative arm of the stateand has prescribed duties. It isa limited form of governmentintended to provide specificservices. We should work to-gether to determine how bestto do them instead of trying toimagine new initiatives whichare not required and are notpart of the purpose of countygovernment.

Our current fiscal problemsare the direct result of countyadministrations extendingthemselves well beyond re-quired duties for at least the

past 20 years.While votersapproved ahalf-percentcounty-widesales tax tobuild twosports stadi-ums, I don’trecall a mas-sive, largelypublicly funded

new residential-restaurantcomplex between them as be-ing part of the deal.

Yet The Banks took on a lifeof its own, egged on by Enquir-

er editorials and various down-town promoters. The generalidea was that we are somehowincomplete without (a) lots ofpeople living downtown and (b)various specialty restaurantsnear their abodes. It was neverexplained why the county hadto assume responsibility fordeveloping the city of Cincin-nati’s riverfront. Nor was itever made clear why encourag-ing people to live there was agovernment duty.

What that has meant to tax-payers – in part – is millions ofdollars to a private law firm,

outrageous loans and subsidiesto restaurants and over half amillion dollars to an “inclusion”consultant. A county that lastyear was able to find $2.75million to “loan” to a country-western bar is now planning onlaying off 300 employees anddrastically cutting state man-dated services, our real job.

The county may not be ableto incarcerate or prosecutecriminals, schedule courtcases, do proper accounting, orrespond to financial informa-tion requests from local gov-ernments and school districts

but we sure can guarantee thata favored few can get a sub-sidized condo on the riverfrontand drown their sorrows at ataxpayer funded bar at TheBanks.

A memorable moment dur-ing the past decade was thepublic meeting when one of ourcounty commissioners grandlyannounced, “We are going tocreate our own economic reali-ty here in Hamilton County.”They certainly have.

Dusty Rhodes is the Hamilton Coun-ty Auditor.

The county’s real economic reality

Dusty RhodesCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

As part of my annual State ofthe Schools address, I referredto the expansion of blendedlearning opportunities for Love-land students. Blended learninghas become a major part of thereformmovement in publiceducation. The proliferation ofblended learning has caused

some uneasi-ness in educa-tion circles; Ibelieve this isbecause of lackof understand-ing.

By defini-tion in Ohio,blended learn-ing is: A formaleducation pro-gram in whicha student learnsat least in part

through online delivery of con-tent and instruction with someelement of student control overtime, place, path, and/or paceand at least in part at a super-vised brick-and-mortar locationaway from home.

As we discuss blended learn-ing in Loveland it is important tolook at the big picture. As educa-tors we know that students learndifferently and that teachersteach differently. It is our re-sponsibility to bring a full menuof instructional options to ourstudents – providing the bestlearning opportunities to pre-pare our students for tomorrow,and that is what blended learn-ing will be in Loveland – an

option, an opportunity – not arequirement.

Loveland will continue toprovide the best possible educa-tional opportunities in the tradi-tional classroom setting forstudents who need traditionalinstructional methods. We haveexceptional educators who excelin a traditional classroom. Love-land will continue to provideentirely digital options to ourstudents who excel in a com-pletely digital environment.Loveland will continue to pro-vide a complete menu of digitalclasses to meet the needs ofthose students. Finally, Lovelandis developing and planning forblended learning, a mixture offace-to-face instruction anddigital content. We will train andsupport our teachers and staffwho will excel in a blended envi-ronment.

We no longer live in a culturewhere conformity and singularlearning environments preparestudents for a complex, instant-information, rapidly changingworld. We must meet studentswhere they are, provide in-struction in the most personal-ized and efficient manner, andput teachers in assignmentswhere they can most effectivelyutilize their talents. In Loveland,we are well on our way. We do,what we do, very well and wewill only continue to get better.

John Marschhausen is the superin-tendent of the Loveland City SchoolDistrict.

Blended learningprovides optionsand opportunities

JohnMarschhausenCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

We have all recently beenassaulted by advertisementsfrom Duke Energy, statingthe obvious: “When you flickthat switch on, you don’t

think abouteverythingbehind thatswitch.”

Er, no.That’s what Ipay (hand-somely Imight add)Duke Ener-gy to worryabout. If Idid want to

think about it and save my-self lots of money, I wouldhook up my bicycle to agenerator with a big rubberband, and have my teenagechildren work for theirwatts.

There is a video in a simi-lar vein that people who flyDelta will recognize: It’s theone where the CEO intones“Safety is our first priority,”after telling us such price-less information as “I sit atthe founders desk everyday” (what happened to thefurniture budget? It wasn’tspent on the plane I was on).Many would agree that cus-tomer service should betheir No. 1 priority, becausesafety is a given and one ofthe reasons we have theFAA.

What is the point of ad-vertising like this? DoesDuke want me to feel goodabout them raising the ratesat some point in the future? I

live in Indian Hill and haveto own a generator, becauseDuke cannot deliver thepower reliably, so count meout of those who would patthem on the back and say,“Go ahead, charge me more– you deserve it!”

Why is Delta telling methat safety, which is a givenand part of what I pay taxesfor, has now supersededwhat I paid Delta for, name-ly a decent seat on a flightthat left and arrived on time,hopefully to the destinationon my ticket?

In my humble opinion,

this is part of an increasing-ly common phenomenon.When companies find them-selves unable or incompe-tent to provide great ser-vice, they fall back on sell-ing us what we are alreadypaying for, as if it weresomething extraordinary. Itis a cheap trick, a copout anddoesn’t fool anyone, exceptthose in the meeting thatapproved the expenditurefor such advertising. Theseexecutives and the advertis-ing agencies involved shouldbe fired right away beforethey waste anyone else’smoney.

Good service is hard workand too few companies arewilling to invest in it. Sadly,many of us are just too busyto demand what we pay for.

There is, in this sad taleof declining value for mon-ey, a silver lining: peoplewho offer extraordinaryservice will not only getrecognized, they becomeremarkably successful. Lex-us, Nationwide Claims Ser-vice and Angie’s List arerecognized examples of bothgood service and our crav-ing for it.

If your company is tryingto tell me what I that it isextraordinary because itprovides me with what Ipaid for, then may I suggestyou polish your resume: youare one smart entrepreneuraway from losing your shirt.

Bruce Healey is a resident ofIndian Hill.

Don’t just tell me, sell mesomething I don’t have

Bruce HealeyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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the nation. Unfortunately, tothis point we havemostly hadpoliticians who are more con-cerned with their next electionand with the interests of theirparty. I pray that this willchange.”

T.H.

“Doubtful. As the richestpeople in our land, why change?America re-elected them tokeep on doing whatever it isthey do.”

K.P.

“No, I don’t. The Democratswant moremoney to spendwithout making cuts, and theRepublicans want the cuts, butfail to notice the huge debt thepresident had incurred.

Nov.14 questionDo you think Congress will be

able towork out a deal to avoidthe upcoming ‘fiscal cliff,’ theexpiration of almost every taxcut enacted since 2001and thefirst $110 billion of $1.2 trillionin spending cuts set to occurover 10 years. Why orwhy not?

“Yes, Congress and the presi-dent will work out a deal toavoid going over the fiscal cliff.It is in no one’s interest to allowthe indiscriminate cuts thatsequestration involves and to letus sink into another recession.Theymay ‘punt’ this into earlynext year, but they can alwaysmake legislation retroactiveback to the beginning of theyear. So we really don’t plunge

off the cliff on Jan. 1.“Muchmore serious than the

short-term cliff are the long-term financial challenges thatour nation faces. Massive annu-al deficits over the last fouryears have led to a huge in-crease in the national debt.Unprecedented printing of thedollar by the Federal Reservehas facilitated this spending andborrowing binge (some the ofthe printedmoney was used tobuy the treasury debt).

“The Social Security retire-ment, disability, andMedicareprograms are all unsustainableas more andmore of us babyboomers get sick and retire. Weneed politicians with the cour-age to start solving these diffi-cult problems for the good of

“Perhaps if President Obamatook time to notice what is goingon in Europe hemight not feelso strongly about entitlementsand socializedmedicine. Unlesshe quits spendingmoney hedoesn’t have the U.S.A. is

doomed.”J.K.

“We will if the Republicans inCongress start doing their jobsinstead of angling for re-elec-tion.”

S.B.B.

“I seriously doubt it. Thepeople who created this messare still verymuch in control,and they don’t show signs ofbeing willing to admit theirmistakes and/or compromise (asin ‘It’s all George Bush’s fault’).“I don’t knowwhat’s ahead, butthere is precious little I can dobut pray.”

Bill B.

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NEXT QUESTIONDo you think cutting entitle-ments, such as raising the Medi-care eligibility age in line withthat of Social Security, is thebest solution to control thenational debt? Why or why not?

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LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

LOVELANDHERALD

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Eric Hatch combineshis talent as a photog-rapher and writer inhis recently releasedbook: “Explorations

in Photography: Adventures &Advice for Advanced AmateurPhotographers” to “help goodphotographers become betterphotographers.”

“My book is aimed at peoplewho own their cameras,”Hatch said. “It is not aimed atpeople whose cameras ownthem.”

The book cover is a dramat-ic black and white photo heshot. Don’t let that fool you,inside Hatch uses rich colorfulphotos – 240 of them – alongwith a few words to share a lotof helpful information in aneasy-to-read quick conversa-tional style.

“If you want to be in-chargeand use the resources of yourcamera, this is the book foryou,” he said. “It is not a bookabout which button to push. Itis about how to see and basictechniques for executing vari-ous kinds of tough situations.”

Hatch has been in those“tough situations” hangingfrom bridges, leaning out ofairplanes and perching onledges. He’s put lights behindwaterfalls, shot outdoors atmidnight, and risked his gearshooting from water level inrushing rivers to get the shot.

Writing down those experi-ences helped him become abetter photographer. This bookis his way of sharing that expe-

rience using short stories tohelp readers become betterphotographers.

“That’s what’s in the book,”Hatch said. “I don’t explainwhat F-stops are. I explainsomething about how to usethem.”

Hatch can talk about thetechnical aspects of photog-raphy. He understands shutterspeed, aperture, sensitivity(ISOs) and more. The writingalso comes naturally forHatch. He’s been writing forover 40 years – mostly corpo-rate publications. There is arich history of writing in hisfamily.

“Writing is genetic; in ourfamily anyway,” Hatch said.“My uncle was a biographer,Alden Hatch. My father, Eric

Stowe Hatch, wrote “My manGodfrey”, a famous, famousmovie.”

His cousin Dennis has writ-ten novels and non-fiction andhis grandmother, Mae DaleyHatch was a columnist for theNew York Sun prior to 1900.This book is not filled withtechnical jargon for profes-sional photographers. He says110 million digital SLR cameraswere sold in 2010. Amateurphotographers with those cam-eras are his intended market.

“I wrote, I hope understand-able,” he said. “My purposereally is to do a little good inthe world and to share things.That’s why I’m doing it.”

Hatch makes his home inLoveland, but has traveledextensively across all of the

United States and three conti-nents. He has used his camerato illustrate the stories of thosetravels. His explorations havenot been just the landscapes,architecture and people, Hatchhas used his experiences toexplore the camera and how to“get the shot.”

Hatch first began sharinginformation in a blog about hisphotography experiences. Afriend suggested he turn it intoa book. He uses those storiesand examples throughout “Ex-plorations in Photography,” but

the blog added up to about onethird of the content of thebook. The rest Hatch wrotespecifically for the book.

“To empower and encouragegood photographers to be bet-ter ones,” is why Hatch said hewrote this book. “That’s reallywhat it is. What I’m doing issharing my explorations inphotography with personalexperiences.”

This photo demonstrates the "rule of thirds" for better composition in Hatch's book. THANKS TO ERIC HATCH

Loveland photographer and writerreleases book on photography

By Chuck [email protected]

Photographer and author Eric Hatch points out a photography examplein his newly released book on photography: "Explorations inPhotography." CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

MORE ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR“Explorations in Photography: Adventures and Advice for Advanced

Amateur Photographers” by Eric K. Hatch is available from Amazon.comamzn.to/OkrdKW or in print at: www.createspace.com/3964412More of Eric Hatch photography at: www.hatchphotoartistry.comHatch is available to speak to groups, sign books, and share his experi-

ences and techniques by contacting him at [email protected].

Loveland photographer Eric Hatchrecently released: "Explorations inPhotography" to help amateurphotographers become betterphotographers. PROVIDED

Eric Hatch gets the shot. PROVIDED

Marilyn Clark, an adjunctin Xavier University’s Englishdepartment, has written abook offering a fresh perspec-tive on Charles Dickens’ be-loved “A Christmas Carol.”

Her book, Mrs. Cratchit’sChristmas(outskirtspress.com/bookstore), asks: “Isn’t it time you

heard Mrs. Cratchit’s side ofthe story?”

Clark’s story, like Dickens’tale, features a character whois disabled (Tiny Tim), so shewill give half the profits fromthe book’s sale to the AmyRoloff Charitable Foundation,whose mission is to “advocate,inspire and add value to the

lives of youth who face per-sonal life challenges.”

ARCF benefits institutionsincluding the Dwarf AthleticCenter of America andFriends of the Orphans .

Amy Roloff is a nationallyrecognized spokesperson forthe physically disadvantagedand is known to the millions of

viewers of TLC’s “Little Peo-ple, Big World”, which chron-icles how Matt and Amy Ro-loff have triumphed overtheir disability to succeed asentrepreneurs and as parentsof four children.

Clark is donating to theARCF in part because TinyTim is a disabled child who

survives because a caringbenefactor provides re-sources for the care he needs,just as the Roloff Foundationdoes.

“Mrs. Cratchit’s Christ-mas” can be purchased bycontacting the author [email protected] or atoutskirtspress.com/bookstore.

Symmes author donates book profits to charity

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THURSDAY, NOV. 22Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, 891-8277. Sycamore Township.

FRIDAY, NOV. 23Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings and consultationabout your wellness needs. Free.784-0084. Silverton.

Music - RockThe Gamut, 7:30-11 p.m., deSh-a’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, 247-2380;www.deshas.com/cincinnati.Montgomery.

SATURDAY, NOV. 24Art ExhibitsArt for Artists Fiber Art Show,1-4 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Ban Gallery. Show-casing rich, tactile fiber artsincluding silk paper, embroidery,dyeing, felting, art quilts andwearables. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,Noon-1:30 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, 7400 Montgomery Road,Peachy Seiden discusses nutri-tion and health while preparingtwo delicious, simple and easymeals. Ages 18 and up. $30.Registration required. ThroughDec. 8. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.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.Presented by Cardio DanceParty. 617-9498; www.cardio-danceparty.com.Madisonville.

PetsCat Adoptions, 1-3 p.m., OhioAlleycat Resource, 5619 OrlandoPlace, Volunteers answer ques-tions about the cats. Presentedby Ohio Alleycat Resource &Spay/Neuter Clinic. 871-7297;www.ohioalleycat.org.Madi-sonville.

SUNDAY, NOV. 25Art ExhibitsArt for Artists Fiber Art Show,1-4 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

PetsCat Adoptions, Noon-2 p.m.,Ohio Alleycat Resource, 871-7297; www.ohioalleycat.org.Madisonville.

MONDAY, NOV. 26Clubs & OrganizationsCincinnati Toastmasters ClubNo. 472Meeting, 7-8:30 p.m.,St. Paul Community UnitedMethodist Church, 8221MiamiRoad, Public speaking andleadership skills meeting. Familyfriendly. Free. Presented byCincinnati Toastmasters Club No.472. 351-5005; cincinnati.toast-mastersclubs.org.Madeira.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Braxton F. CannMemorial Medical Center, 5818Madison Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies perinsurance plan. Financial assis-tance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-quired. Presented by JewishHospital. 686-3300; www.e-mercy.com.Madisonville.Managing Holiday Stress, 6p.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Expertadvice on managing stress ofdoing it all during the holidayseason. Create action plan foreating right, staying fit andcompleting your holiday to-dolist. Ages 18 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byBackbone: The Science of Chi-ropractic. 369-4450; www.cincin-natilibrary.org/programs. DeerPark.

Karaoke and OpenMicAcoustic OpenMic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 9443

Loveland-Madeira Road, Hostedby Bob Cushing. 791-2753.Symmes Township.

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

TUESDAY, NOV. 27Art ExhibitsArt for Artists Fiber Art Show,9 a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Business MeetingsImpact 100 Celebration, 6:30-8p.m., Neal’s Design RemodelGallery, 7770 E. Kemper Road,Members and prospectivemembers experience the magni-tude of the impact of grants inthe Greater Cincinnati region.Ages 18 and up. Free. Presentedby Impact 100. 554-3065;www.impact100.org. Shar-onville.

CivicPost-Election Analysis, 7 p.m.,Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Political experts show local, stateand nationwide results, discusscontroversies and upsets andexplain impact of 2012 elections.Presented by Jewish CommunityRelations Council. 985-1500;www.jewishcincinnati.org/jcrc.Amberley Village.Let the Celebration Continue,6:30-8 p.m., Neal’s Design Re-model Gallery, 7770 E. KemperRoad, Open house, appetizersand beverages. Four grantrecipients will discuss the statusof projects they funded with the$100,000. Part of NationalGiving Tuesday observation.Free. Registration requiredonline. Presented by Impact 100.489-7700; www.impact100.org.Sharonville.

Cooking ClassesHoliday Appetizers and Start-ers with Dan Berger fromMaple Grove Farm, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares – SymmesTownship, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, Five impressive recipes touse at your own party or easilytransport to share at a friend’sevent. $50. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400; cooksware-sonline.com. Symmes Township.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Deborahdiscusses, with weekly demon-strations and one-on-one in-struction, how to achieve spon-taneity, character and life inyour figure painting. $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsArt for Artists Fiber Art Show,9 a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesKid’s Healthy Cooking Classes,4-6 p.m., Peachy’s Health Smart,7400 Montgomery Road, PeachySeiden, registered dietitian andnutrition science instructor,teaches children to be morehealth conscious by encouragingthem to make healthy foodchoices and teaching them howto prepare and cook nutrient-dense meals. Ages 11-14. $40.Registration required. ThroughDec. 5. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kenwood TowneCentre, 7875 Montgomery Road,Fifteen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byMercy Health Partners. 686-3310; www.e-mercy.com. Ken-wood.Relay for Life of MadeiraCommunity Open House,6-7:30 p.m., Starbucks MadeiraCrossing, 7011Miami Ave, Learmore about joining the fightagainst cancer by becominginvolved. Free. Presented byStarbuck’s Madeira Crossing.888-227-6446, ext. 4223;www.relayforlife.org/madeira.Madeira.

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MatineeMusicale ConcertSeries, 11 a.m., Mayerson JCC,8485 Ridge Road, Meet theartists. With Alexander Fiter-stein, clarinet. Refreshmentsfollow concert. $45 full season;$15, $3 students. Presented byMatinee Musicale. 469-9819;www.matinee-musicale-cincin-nati.org. Amberley Village.

THURSDAY, NOV. 29Art ExhibitsArt for Artists Fiber Art Show,9 a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesSweet Treats for Gifting withKaren Harmon, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares – Symmes Town-ship, 11344 Montgomery Road,Make some sweet treats perfectfor creating a tin or basket as agift. $40. Reservations required.489-6400; cookswaresonline-.com. Symmes Township.

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

Holiday - ChristmasMerry Christmas CharlieBrown: Open House, 6-9 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 8400Blome Road, Music, appetizersand cash bar. Exhibit features 50Peanuts daily and Sunday comicstrips and more than 50 vintagePeanuts-themed seasonal nov-elties. Free. Presented by Gree-nacres Foundation. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,891-8277. Sycamore Township.

Religious - CommunityA Short Course in Quakerism,7-8:30 p.m., Cincinnati FriendsMeeting, 8075 Keller Road, PaulBuckley, Quaker author present-ing. Ages 16 and up. $5 persession or $45 for all 10 sessions.207-5353; www.cincinnatifriend-s.org.Madeira.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. Presented byCodependents Anonymous Inc.800-0164.Montgomery.Codependents Anonymous,

Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Donations accepted. Presentedby Codependents AnonymousInc. 673-0174. Blue Ash.Family Education and SupportGroup for Addiction andCodependency, 7-8:30 p.m., St.Barnabas Episcopal Church,10345 Montgomery Road, Forpeople who suffer from addic-tion, their families and friends,to come together in a suppor-tive, confidential support envi-ronment. Free. 432-4182;www.lifecoachnow4you.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, NOV. 30Art EventsLoveland Arts Council WinterShow, 6-9 p.m., Loveland ArtStudios on Main, 529 Main Ave.,Showcasing area artists, chil-dren’s arts show and silentauction for artist-decoratedChristmas trees benefitingCancerFree Kids. Free. Presentedby Loveland Arts Council. 683-7283; www.lovelandartscounci-l.org. Loveland.

Dance ClassesNovember Guest Party, 8-10p.m., Arthur Murray DanceStudio, 9729 Kenwood Road,Complimentary evening ofwine, hors-d’oeuvres, groupclass and dance demonstrations.Free. 791-9100; arthurmurray-cincinnati.com. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, Free.784-0084. Silverton.Mobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Red Bank FamilyMedicine, 4760 Red Bank Road,Fifteen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byJewish Hospital. 686-3300.Madisonville.American Red Cross LifeguardTraining Review, 5-9 p.m.,TriHealth Fitness and Health

Pavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Concludes 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 1.To re-certify current ARC life-guards. $200. 985-0900.Mont-gomery.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, One FinancialWay, Thousands of lights andchild-sized houses decoratedwith holiday scenes. Free photowith Santa, cookies and hotcocoa. Bring food item (no glassjars) for Freestore Foodbank.Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionational.Montgomery.

Senior CitizensAARP Driving Course, 9 a.m.-1p.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, Driversafety program continues torevise and update their curricu-lum. It will address issues regard-ing age-related changes invision, hearing and reactiontime. Graduates of course mayqualify for a discount on auto-mobile insurance premiums. $14,$12 members. Registrationrequired. 984-1234; www.syca-moreseniorcenter.org. Blue Ash.

SATURDAY, DEC. 1Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,Noon-1:30 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, $30. Registration re-quired. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

Craft ShowsShowcase of Arts, 10 a.m.-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Ornaments, jewelry,soaps, ceramics, paper creations,paintings, stained glass andmore. Treats, holiday music andshopping. Food truck on site.Benefits The WACC Foundation.Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org.Mariemont.Blue AshWomen’s Club Holi-day Craft Show, 10 a.m.-3p.m., Blue Ash Recreation Cen-ter, 4433 Cooper Road, Hand-made crafts from local vendorsalong with silent auction, raffleand bake sale. More than 55tables. Benefits Blue Ash Wom-

en’s Club. Free admission. Pre-sented by Blue Ash Women’sClub. 891-4043. Blue Ash.

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

ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, 8400 BlomeRoad, Features 50 Peanuts dailyand Sunday comic strips andmore than 50 vintage Peanuts-themed seasonal novelties. Free.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org. Indian Hill.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,5-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; facebook.com/ohionation-al.Montgomery.

PetsCat Adoptions, 1-3 p.m., OhioAlleycat Resource, 871-7297;www.ohioalleycat.org.Madi-sonville.

SUNDAY, DEC. 2Craft ShowsShowcase of Arts, Noon-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Exercise ClassesYoga Class, 2-3:30 p.m., Tri-Health Fitness and Health Pavil-ion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road, Move,meditate and deepen your innerholiday sparkle. With BeckyMorrissey. Bring yoga mat.Family friendly. Free. Reserva-tions required. 985-0900.Mont-gomery.

ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, Free. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Music - ChoralHome For Christmas, 3 p.m., St.Paul Community United Meth-odist Church, 8221Miami Road,Concert of wide variety of songsand music styles celebratingChristmas and Readers’ Theaterplay with songs. Free; donationsaccepted. Presented by JubilantSingers. 732-0352; www.jubi-lantsingers.com.Madeira.

PetsCat Adoptions, Noon-2 p.m.,Ohio Alleycat Resource, 871-7297; www.ohioalleycat.org.Madisonville.

MONDAY, DEC. 3Karaoke and OpenMicAcoustic OpenMic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 791-2753.Symmes Township.

TUESDAY, DEC. 4Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., The Barn Gallery. Coloredpencil art. Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 4-6p.m., Prince of Peace LutheranChurch, 101 S. Lebanon Road,Presented by Loveland Farmers’Market. Through April 16.683-0491; www.lovelandfm-.com. Loveland.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsColored Pencil Society ofAmerica Dist. 119 Exhibit, 9a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesKid’s Healthy Cooking Classes,4-6 p.m., Peachy’s Health Smart,$40. Registration required.315-3943; www.peachyshealth-smart.com. Silverton.

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Peachy Seiden discusses nutrition and health while preparing two delicious, simple andeasy meals during Healthy Cooking Classes , noon-1:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 24, at Peachy’sHealth Smart, 7400 Montgomery Road, in Silverton. Ages 18 and up. $30. Registrationrequired. Through Dec. 8. Call 315-3943 for more information.

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Stovetop turkey potpie

What to do with thatleftover turkey? Make a

pot pie. This works wellwith chicken, too. Depend-ing upon how your turkeywas seasoned to beginwith, you may need moregarlic, thyme, etc.

3 cups cooked turkey orchicken, diced

1⁄2 pound hot sausage,cooked

1⁄2 stick butter1⁄3 cup flour1 teaspoon garlic1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme14.5 oz. can chicken broth ormore, if needed

2⁄3 cupmilkSalt and pepperPeas and carrots, as many asyou like

Good optional add-ins:sliced mushrooms,potatoes, etc.

Melt butter and stir inflour. Cook to get the rawtaste of the flour out, butdon’t let brown. Add gar-lic, thyme, broth and milk.Cook, whisking constantly,until slightly thickened. Itwill look a bit lumpy atfirst, but will smooth out.Add turkey, sausage andvegetables. Cook untilheated through, about10-15 minutes. Season totaste. Ladle over hot

baked biscuits that you’vesplit into two, or into puffpastry shells that you’vebaked ahead. You can alsoput the filling in a pieplate or casserole, cut outa puff pastry or pie doughtop to fit and pre-bake thetop. Lay on top of casse-role to serve.

To finish in oven:Pour mixture after it’s

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Pour vodka in largeglass jar. Remove peelfrom lemons with a vege-table peeler. Take off all ofthe pith – that’s the whitepart – from the peel as it isreally bitter. If you can’tget it all off, do the bestyou can. Place peel in jarwith vodka and cover. Letsit at room temperaturefor at least one week.Some recipes recommenda dark place. I like to leaveit out on my counter justto see the color changeand smell the lemon aro-ma when I open the jar.The vodka will take on thecolor and flavor of thelemon as it steeps. You canleave the lemon peels inthe vodka for a few weeks.Now bring the sugar andwater to a simmer and stiruntil sugar dissolves andthickens a bit. Let cool and

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Loveland Arts Coun-cil’s winter art show be-gins with an opening re-ception, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.Friday, Nov. 30, at Love-land Artist Studios onMain.

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Studios will open forviewing 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Dec.1-Dec.21 (closedSundays).

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Back for its 11th year,Ohio National’s VictorianHoliday Village is a holi-day tradition for GreaterCincinnati families.

Since 2002, nearly26,500 guests have visitedthe annual free holidayeventandenjoyed its com-plimentary cocoa, cook-ies, free photos with St.Nick and more.

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Ohio National an-nounced this gift, the larg-est everone-timedonationto Cincinnati Habitat forHumanity, in 2009. Todate, eight homes havebeen completed – most re-cently two in the Locklandcommunity on Walnut Av-enue.

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Summerfair Cincin-nati, the Tri-State’s pre-mier fine arts and craftsfair and official kickoff tosummer, was named asone the best fine art anddesign shows in the coun-try by “Sunshine Art-ist™”magazine.Summer-fair 2011 ranked 23 out of200 national shows.

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“Sunshine Artist” is anational publication forfine art andcraft showex-hibitors, promoters andpatrons. Each year, art-ists are asked to rank thetop 200 art shows in thecountry based on best-selling and highest-gross-ing criterion. Almost1,000 shows receivedvotes, but only the top 200make the list. For infor-mation regarding “Sun-shine Artist” visitwww.sunshineartist.com.

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MiriamMcElhaney Lill-back of theClermontCoun-ty village of Amelia, theniece and only survivingfamily member of PrivateMcElhaney, accepted on

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» Cpl. John Lee Paytesof Loveland, who served inthe Korean War.

Ted Paytes, his brother,accepted on his behalf: the

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» PFC Robert WilliamGumbert Jr. of ClermontCounty’s Ohio Township,who served in the VietnamWar. Robert Gumbert Sr.,his father, accepted on hisbehalf: the Bronze StarMedal, the Purple HeartMedal, the Army GoodConductMedal, theNation-

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“I have an English de-gree, so I’ve been writingforever,” Landers said.“But never for my ownamusement. Writing waswork.”

Landers’ college histo-ry andEnglish courses re-quired her to “write,write, write.” As a teach-er, she didn’t have towritea lot, but it left her men-tally exhausted at the endof each day. Ploppingdown on the couch towatch “Guiding Light” ontelevision was all themental exercise shewant-ed at the end of the day.

“The last thing I want-ed to do in my spare timewas write,” she said. “Inever ever thought ... ifyou had said to me backthen, ‘you’re going towrite a book one day.’ I’dhave said no way, no way.Why would I want to dothat? I’d rather just read.”

Landers “retired”from teaching, had hersecond child, and then herthird child before thingsbegan to change coursefor her. Those early years

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Landers’ husbandworks long hours. Shedidn’t want to add thestress of going back towork along with “pickingup the slack at home” andall the child-rearing. Shewas looking for intellec-tual stimulation. She wasreading five to 10 booksper week.

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Then she was onlinewith a book club and theywere talking about “Na-NoWriMo.” Landersdidn’t knowwhat it was. Itis National Novel WritingMonth. It comes aroundevery November.

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Landers signed up, an-nounced it on Facebook tomake herself accountableto people and to hold her-self to it. She wrote“Alienated” during thatmonth.

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She spent the next yearconstantly rewriting it,

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Just in time for Thanks-giving, some students arelearning not only about eat-ing healthy, but also abouttaking care of others.

Kindergarteners andprekindergarteners atPrimrose School ofSymmes, 9175 GovernorsWay, have spent the lastfewweeks learning about alot of what Thanksgiving isabout: Putting together ahealthy meal, having re-spectandcaring forothers.As part of an annual pro-ject, students do extrachores at home for amonthand raisemoney to bring into school, said Susan Mat-tick, owner.

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Students collectedabout $132 for its 14th yearof the project, which the

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Sun-drenched blueskies on Veterans Day,Sunday, Nov. 11, gave wayto dropping temperaturesand falling rain with wind-whipped wet flagswrapped around the flag-poles at LovelandVeteransMemorial Park Monday.

The wind, cold and raindid not stop St. ColumbanSchool students from hon-oring military veteransMonday, Nov. 12. They justmoved the ceremony in-side.

“This is the first time,”Drinnen said. “I can’t evenremember another timewe’ve had to be inside.We’re making the best of itbecause we think it’s im-portant. We could easilyhave said ‘Forget it, we’renot doing anything thisyear,’ but it’s too importantfor the veterans.”

This year marks the18th year students from St.Columban have organizedthe Loveland celebrationof Veteran\s Day. Eachyear they march the milefrom their school on Oak-land Road to Loveland Vet-erans Memorial Park onWest Loveland Avenue tohonor military veteransfrom all branches of ser-vice.

John Paul White, stu-dent council president, ad-dressed his opening re-marks in the school gymthat was packed with stu-dents from fift-h througheighth-grade, faculty, andthe few veterans on handfor the ceremony. Whitethanked all military veter-ans for their service to ourcountry before introduc-ing Rob Weisgerber, theLoveland Mayor.

Weisgerber tossedaside the speech he pre-pared and delivered ames-sage that connected stu-dents with the veterans inLoveland.

“There are still a lot ofveterans. They’re allaround us,” Weisgerbersaid. “We celebrate andthank them for all they’vedone. That’s what today isabout.”

Weisgerber’s messageemphasized the role ofmil-itary veterans in preserv-ing our way of life andfreedom. He related howScott Gordon, owner ofTheWorks Restaurant, is aMarine veteran, and DrewMeyer, who owns a Love-

land-based business help-ing veterans find jobs, isalso a military veteran liv-ing in the community.

“Our country is thegreatest country on earth,”said Weisgerber. “It is be-cause we have veteranswho serve to keep and pre-serve that. We have tothank them and celebratethem; to honor the pridethey have in serving. It isone of the few things theyget back.”

Following a round of ap-plause for the mayor’s re-marks, student councilmembers led all the stu-dents in the Pledge of Alle-giance, a prayer for veter-ans and active duty mili-tary veterans, and awreath was placed at thebase of the American flagwhich flies in their school.Moeller High School ju-nior Scott Rumsey playedtaps on the bugle. At theclose of the ceremony eachveteran was invited to berecognized as their branchof service was called.

Among those who cameforward to be recognizedfor their service to thecountry was one currentmember of the UnitedStates Armywho served in

Iraq, Sgt. Robert Bennett,and two Vietnam veteranswho served in the UnitedStates Air Force, BillWies-ner and St. Columbanteacher Larry Sampsel.Many of the studentsstopped to offer a personalthank you and shake handswith the veterans as theyfiled out of the gym.

“Deep gratitude,” Ben-nett said is what he feelsfor the student’s recogni-tion of veterans. “It’s greatthey’re still teaching thekids the meaning of Veter-ans Day. Just always re-member where this coun-try has been; howwe got tobe the great nation we aretoday. I hope they keepteaching this to future gen-erations to give them thesense of pride in whatwe’ve done together as acountry.”

Sampsel, the St. Colum-ban teacher, first served30years in theAirForce from1970-2000. He knows howmuch it means for activemilitary veterans to havethe support from the stu-dents.

“I think it’s a great thingthat the students get to seewhat’s going on in theworld with people who are

in the military,” Sampselsaid. “Hopefully it inspirestheir feelings toward peo-ple serving our country inthe military. They sureneed the support.”

Bennett took the oppor-tunity to show his grati-tude for their support bypresenting a U.S. Armymilitary coin to studentcouncil president White.

Military leaders oftengive these coins to servicemembers in recognition ofa particular accomplish-ment.

“It’s so important tohonor the veterans, espe-cially in the world we livein today,” said Drinnen.“It’s important that theyhave some connection.They were really excitedabout it.We’re just going tokeep doing it as long as wecan.”

More at: www.saintco-lumbanschool.org.

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St. Columban students stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during Loveland Veterans Dayceremonies held in the school gym Nov. 12. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Scott Rumsey, a junior at Moeller High School, played tapson his bugle to honor military veterans during Loveland’sVeterans Day ceremonies at St. Columban School gym.CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

St. Columban studentcouncil president John PaulWhite is presented with aU.S. Army military coin byIraq war veteran Sgt.Robert Bennett followingceremonies at St. ColumbanSchool. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE

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Military veterans pose together following ceremonies honoring their service to ourcountry. From left are: Larry Sampsel, U.S. Air Force, Vietnam; Robert Bennett, U.S. Army,Iraq; and Bill Wiesner, U.S. Air Force Vietnam. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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some years, many in oneprogram paid a little morein 2012.

Brenda Coffey, aggre-gation business developerand manager for Integrys,told the trustees residentsin the locked-inpricewithaflex-down rate programended up paying a littlemore than those in themonthly-variable-rate pro-gram. She said it’s a resultof natural gas prices drop-ping throughout 2012.

Most Symmes residentsin an aggregation programwith Integrys are enrolledin the locked-in with flex-down-rate program, Cof-fey said. The board couldchoose to have both pro-grams again next year, orthey can go with a hybridprogram that locks in a setrate for January through

April, when costs are high-er, then a variable rate inwarmer months when peo-ple use less natural gas.

She said this option pro-vides some cost protection,because it caps the rateduring the higher usagemonths and allows it followmarket prices as they po-tentially drop during thesummer.

Several public entitiesin the area offer both thehybrid flex-down optionand the monthly variable,including Indian Hill, Nor-wood, Reading and Wyo-ming. Colerain Townshipand Evendale still have tomake their choices.

Residents can still optout of the program if theydon’t want to participate,butmanywill receive a let-ter from Integrys explain-ing their options and whatto do if they decide not toparticipate, Coffey said,

Board members at-tempted to avoid compli-cating the programand fol-lowed the lead of othercommunities by offeringthe hybrid flex-down andmonthly variable pro-grams.

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for-ShowTime short filmwith the award-winningdirector Nancy Savoca.Jake also plays a lead rolein the feature length film“Long Shot Louie” whichproducers plan to debut atthe Tribeca Film Festivalin New York City.

The bite of the actingbug didn’t really take holduntil he entered highschool. St. Xavier – recog-nized for having a greattheater program – had alot of things happeningwhenhe arrived there as ahigh school freshman.

“My freshman year, St.X just built a beautifulnew arts facility,” Robin-son said. “It kind of blewme away; the caliber ofthe shows, and the caliberof the people. There weresome really talented peo-ple there.”

The show he remem-bers sealing his love foracting was “The LaramieProject.” It was a contro-versial show about how atown in Wyoming was af-fected by the murder of ahomosexual young man.Robinson had just a smallrole in it, but with a smallcast they all bonded to-gether.

“It was just a reallypowerful show,” Robinsonrecalled. “I remember thefeelingfromit. It’s just thecommunity of story-tell-ing, and how it affectedthe people who saw it iswhat became most impor-tant for me. That was thepoint I knew ‘OK I have toaudition for these pro-grams, and further studythis in college so I can dothis professionally.’”

Robinson graduatedfrom St. Xavier in 2008and went on to OtterbeinUniversity in Westerville.While there, he per-formed the lead role inmany productions withthe highly respected Ot-terbein University Thea-ter. He graduated fromOtterbein earlier thisyear.

“I’ll give a shout out toOtterbein. It is an excel-lent formative program,”Robinson said. “I wouldnot be the actor I am, norhave near the opportuni-ties I have,without it. I gotpretty lucky at Otter-bein.”

Lucky? Sure, but hisparents always encour-aged the development ofhis natural talent. Hismom says he was “an im-itator and a bit of a clown”as a little boy, and “kept

Jake Robinson knewwhat he wanted when hewas a schoolboy growingup inLoveland.Hewantedto be a quarterback.

That’s not what hismom was thinking. Sheheard the sound of music.

“It’s all about mymom.She prettymuchmademebecome an actor,” Robin-son said suppressing alaugh. “Shemademeaudi-tion for my first show. Isaid ‘Mom, I’m gonna be aquarterback. I’m not gon-na be a stupid actor.’ Shemademe audition for 'The

Sound ofMusic'with theLovelandStageCompany.”

It was2002, Rob-inson was12 and re-calls being

frustrated and upsetabout it at the time.

“Being in a play did notfit with his image of him-self,” said his mom, Eliza-beth Robinson. “I kept“planting seeds” with himbecause I was pretty sureonce he tried drama itwould be a natural fit.”

Then he did it.“He did try out for

Loveland’s Stage’s Soundof Music,” Elizabeth Rob-inson said. “From then on,he was hooked. LovelandStage was such a wonder-ful supportive place forhimwith people likeMarkWoods, Jack Hasty andmany others. I know he isvery grateful to all thewonderful people at Love-land Stage Company.”

Robinson only per-formed on and off withLoveland Stage Companyfor a couple years beforehigh school; first, with di-rector Mark Woods, andthenwithPatFurtererandvarious others at LSC.

“I thought it was prettyawesome,”hesaid. “Itwasfun. You know LovelandStage Company was myfirst home and instilled alot of passion in me fortheater. I always like to goback whenever I visit.”

Mom was right. NowRobinson is a 22-year-oldprofessional actor justcast in a recurring role forthe upcoming season onNBC-TV’s revamped hit“Smash.”

That’s not all. Heplayed a role in a made-

the family in stitches”with imitations of every-one around them.

“Jake has always beenout front, and on stage,”said his dad, John Robin-son. “We have always en-couraged our children tofollow their dreams. Wealso expected them towork hard and do theirbest at what they do.”

The lucky break forJake was that he fit reallywell into specific kinds ofroles forwhich therewereno upperclassmen to fill.“I got really lucky and Iwas cast in these roles as afreshman,” Robinsonsaid. “I got to be the lead,and I got to play age-ap-propriate roles.”

Playing those roleshelped Robinson learnmore about himself as anactor; who he is and whatroles he is really good, andright, for. Otterbein alsooffers an intern programwith a casting company ineither New York City orL.A. Robinson chose NBCin New York during “pilotseason” – the time of yearwhen all the networks or-der and buy new scriptsfor the TV season.

“You kind of get to seebehindthebusiness,”Rob-inson said. “There’s a lotthat goes on that, as an ac-tor, if you neverworked ata casting company, youwouldn’t understand.”

Robinson sat in the au-dition room and saw howpeople audition. He readwith award winning ac-torsandsawwhatworked,what didn’t, and why theyliked certain people. Itshowed him sometimesthebestpersondoesn’tgetthe role.

“It’s not even politics.It’s not really up to thecasting director,” Robin-sonsaid. “They’re thefirstline. After that, it’s theproducers. There are justsomanythings thatgo intogetting a role. If you’regetting seen for it, moreoften than not, you’regood.”

Robinson is gettingseen. He made a connec-tion with one of the actorshe read with during thecasting internship. Afteran introduction, her man-ager signed Jake too.

“She has a small, kindof elite, client list,” Robin-son said. “I talk to her ev-eryday. She’s literally likemy second mother. It’ssomeone I converse withevery day about my ca-reer.”

Robinson works on hiscraft every day. On a typ-ical “non-shooting” day,he will audition, readscripts, and work out. Oneof the first auditions Rob-inson had was for a leadrole in NBC’s “Smash.”Despite nervousness,they liked him. He wentthrough a series of call-backs, but didn’t get therole. He was told he didn’thave enough experience.

“True. I’dneverbeen infront of a camera in mylife until that audition,”Robinson said.

They did say they likedhim and had their eye onhim for the rest of the sea-son. Robinson was calledback for another role onNBC’s “Smash.” Again, itwasn’t quite right. Then…

“I finally went in againfor a recurring role on theTV show which means I’llbe in a couple episodes,”he said. “I got it.”

Loveland’s Robinsonis making a ‘Smash’in TV and on filmBy Chuck [email protected]

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