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After nine years of lawsuits and ap-peals, Colerain Township and Rumpkehave settled their differences.
A settlement approved Dec. 17 clearsthe way for the landfill to expand andwill bring an estimated $98 million to thetownship over the expected 50-year lifeof the landfill.
The agreement comes more than amonth after a court ruling that allowedthe Rumpke Sanitary Landfill to doublein size. The township and Rumpke filedappeals, and settlement talks got under-way soon after.
Rumpke filed suit against ColerainTownship in 2006, after the township re-jected its plan to expand to the east, ef-fectively doubling the size of the landfill.In November, Hamilton County Com-
mon Pleas Visiting Judge Lee Hilde-brandt agreed with Rumpke and ruled inthe waste company’s favor.
The settlement allows the landfill tohave a new, larger footprint. TheRumpke property will stretch from theboundaries of Colerain Avenue to thewest, Bank Road to the west and north,Crest Road to the North, Buell Road tothe north and east, I-275 to the east andsouth, and Struble road to the south, al-lowing Rumpke to expand its operations.
The township will receive money, a lotof it.
Through 2021, the township receivesa flat fee so long as the tonnage of solidwaste accepted for disposal is at least 1million tons. Based on the current aver-age of 1.6 million tons of waste disposedof annually, that fee will be $1.25 millionannually. The flat fee reduces to $1.1mil-lion in 2022, which is the year after thetownship expects to retire its bond debt.Once Hughes Road is vacated, Rumpkewould pay an additional 25 cents per ton -an additional $400,000. The new pay-ments are set to begin in 2016.
The township also continues to re-
ceive the 25 cents per ton provided bystate law as a host community and an ad-ditional 20 cents per ton it receives un-der a 2000 consent decree.
The settlement provides for annualadjustments beginning 12 months afterthe first waste placement in the expan-sion area. The “per-ton” fees added un-der the agreement would be adjusted us-ing the Consumer Price Index less foodand energy, or by 3 percent, whichever is
lower.The township also gets some control. The agreement establishes this ex-
pansion as the final extent of any expan-sion of the area of the landfill by Rumpkeincluding its successors, except as byconsent of the Colerain Township Boardof Trustees alone.
It also limits blasting at the landfill to9a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridaysand prohibits it within 200 feet of any
Colerain trustees settle landfill suit with Rumpke Agreement could bringtownship $98 millionover life of landfillJennie [email protected]
First settlement not as good
This was the second settlement considered bythe board. Trustees rejected a proposed settle-ment in 2014 that would have allowedRumpke to expand its landfill operations byabout 300 acres and would have resulted inpayments of close to $2.5 million annually inpayments and tipping fees to the township.Colerain Township Administrator Jim Rowansaid the first offer would have brought about$3 million less than the agreement approvedDec. 17.
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About 60 people turned out to hear trusteesdiscuss a settlement with Rumpke. The boardvoted to approve the settlement.
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Local communities light up the holiday season with decorations and lights to celebrate Christmas. A man pauses to consider the nativityscene with the baby Jesus at the Ogle & Paul R. Young Funeral Home. For other Christmas displays in the area, see the story and photos onpage 2A.
SEASON OF LIGHTColerain Township Trustee Dennis
Deters has his eye on a bigger pond.The two-term trustee filed with the
Hamilton County Board of ElectionsDec. 15 to run for Greg Hartmann’s seat
on the Hamilton CountyBoard of Commissioners.He faces a March pri-mary against two otherRepublicans, Mary AnneChristie and Raj Rajago-pal. The filing deadlinefor candidates is 4 p.m.Dec. 15.
The winner of the primary would faceDemocrat Denise Driehaus, a state rep-resentative who entered the county raceafter term limits barred her from anoth-er Ohio House campaign.
Deters is in the midst of his secondfour-year term as a trustee in the coun-ty’s largest township. He says his stint onthe board has had a lot of challenges hebelieves have prepared him to take onthe county responsibilities.
“In Colerain, we have dealt with sig-nificant budget issues, and comparisonscan be made, as the county is facing simi-lar challeges,” he said. “I have beenthinking about this since Greg an-nounced he would not run, and I think it’sthe right thing to do.”
If elected in November, the remain-ing year of his term would be filled by anappointee.
Deters, brother of Hamilton CountyProsecutor Joe Deters, was first electedto the Colerain board of trustees in No-vember 2009 and was re-elected in 2013.He grew up on the west side and attend-ed St. Xavier High School. He earned abachelor’s degree in English from theUniversity of Notre Dame and receivedhis law degree from the University ofCincinnati. He lives in Colerain with hiswife and three children.
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residence district or anyright-of-way and within500 feet of any dwellingunless approved by writ-ten consent of the ownerof the residence.
Additionally, theagreement says Rumpkewill work cooperativelywith the township for thedevelopment of the Stru-ble Road light industrialcorridor for uses includ-ing sales and leases tothird parties as marketconditions allow.
Township law directorLarry Barbiere told about60 residents who came toa public hearing on thesettlement that the agree-ment is good for the town-
ship. He said the oddswere against the likeli-hood of the township pre-vailing in an appeal. Bar-biere said on average,only 10 to 15 percent ofcases appealed are over-turned and the Ohio Su-preme Court only agreedto hear 5 percent of thecases that petitioned lastyear.
Several residentsspoke, most urging theboard to accept the settle-ment. One asked that theboard keep fighting theexpansion.
Trustees voted 2-0 toapprove the settlement.Trustee Dennis Deters ab-stained due to a conflict ofinterest caused by workthe firm where he is em-ployed has done forRumpke.
Trustee Jeff Ritter said
as the only trustee whowas on the board when thelitigation started, it wasone of the most difficultdecisions he has had tomake personally or pro-fessionally. He said in theend, he hopes people re-member that it was JudgeHildebrand who sen-tenced Colerain Townshipto 50 more years ofRumpke landfill.
He said it was impor-tant as a trustee to miti-gate risk and make surethe township was fullycompensated. He and out-going Trustee MindyRinehart said the case hastaken energy, effort, time,resources and focus and itwas time to move on.
Rumpke spokeswomanAmanda Pratt agreed itwas time to put an end tolitigation.
“Nine years is a longtime,” she said. “Thisagreement resolves thezoning issues and allowsus to begin to move for-ward. From the begin-ning, it’s always been im-portant to us, as one of thetownship’s largest em-ployers, to make sure wecould come up with a planthat best meets the needsthe township and its resi-dents and this allows us todo that.”
She said Rumpkewould continue to operatein a manner compliantwith regulations and stan-dards and would seek tobe a good neighbor in thecommunity.
A copy of the completeagreement is available onthe township’s website atcoleraintwp.org.
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Throughout cities, vil-lages and townships holi-day lights and decorationsfestoon lawns of homes,brighten storefronts andadd a touch of warmth tomany communities.
CheviotFor more than 50
years, the city has set up anativity scene on Harri-son Avenue for the Christ-mas season. The displayhas occupied the frontlawn of the AutoZonestore at Harrison andWashington avenues for
the past several years.Tom Braun, Cheviot’s
safety service director,said the Cheviot West-wood Community Associ-ation (CWCA) has spon-sored the nativity scenefor about a decade now,paying for the scene’s ev-ergreen trees and theelectricity to power thelights.
“The CWCA does a lotof great work for the city,”he said.
The community or-
ganization has also helpedthe city add to the collec-tion of holiday decora-tions it hangs from utilitypoles along Cheviot’smain thoroughfares, hesaid.
Braun said for manyyears the city displayed30 illuminated decora-tions on poles in the Harri-son Avenue business dis-trict, and about eight to 10years ago the communityassociation purchased 30more pieces for the city.Today, a total of 60 decora-tions hang along HarrisonAvenue, North BendRoad, Bridgetown Road,Glenmore Avenue andWestwood Northern Bou-levard throughout theholidays.
The decorations in-clude a mix of Christmastrees, Santa faces, angelsand candles.
Braun said the CWCAalso bought the city abucket truck for employ-ees in the public works de-partment to use whenhanging the displays.
He said the decora-tions create nostalgia andhelp the city resemble aDickens-style holiday vil-lage.
“It’s great for the spiritof the city and it also pro-motes the business dis-trict,” he said. “They looknice and provide a festivefeel to the city.”
Colerain TownshipColerain Township
shows its holiday spirit atthe corner of Colerain andSpringdale, decoratingthe township’s memorialand light poles. The pe-destrian walkway alsogets wreaths as part of thedecoration in the commu-nity’s commercial corri-dor.
Colerain Township isalso home to one of thearea’s long-running andpopular displays. TheDixon display at 2451 W.Galbraith Road includeslarge figures animatedfigures, trains, more than80,000 lights and music.Dixon’s been putting uphis display for at least 38years.
Mount HealthyA visit to the iconic na-
tivity scene at the Ogle &Paul R. Young FuneralHome in Mount Healthy isa holiday tradition formany families. The nativ-ity with live animals andlife-size wax figuressculpted by founder PaulR. Young Sr., has been afixture on the lawn of thefuneral home at at 7345Hamilton Ave. during theChristmas holidays since1948.
North College HillThe city of North Col-
lege Hill sets the tone,stringing lights in thetrees along Galbraith
Road and Hamilton Ave-nue, its two main arteries.The city is also home toanother of the area’s long-running holiday displays.Bill Jr. is carrying the tra-dition of his dad, the lateBill Zapf (1940-2008), whodressed as Santa and dec-orated his North CollegeHill home with 70,000Christmas lights eachholiday season. The Zapffamily display at 2032 W.Galbraith Road featuresalso, 27 decorated trees,eight hand-made signs,550 illuminated figures,12 animated figures, threetrains, stuffed animalsand 45 years of holidaytradition.
When the (holiday) spirit moves residentsCommunities puttheir uniquesignatures ondecorationsKurt [email protected]
The 60-foot lighted CharlieBrown Christmas tree at JoeCappel's Lawn, Landscape &Garden Center, 8730 CheviotRoad, is a new addition tolocal holiday lights. There are10,000 lights on the tree.
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The Dixon Christmas display at 2451 W. Galbraith Road hashundreds of figures and more than 80,000 lights.
Bill Zapf Jr. shows the tattoohe has in honor of his Dad,who started the familydecorating tradition.
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Forty-five years agowhen three young fam-ilies decided to get togeth-er to help each other deco-rate their Christmastrees.
Back then we would goout early in the morningand cut them down bringthem home and start deco-rating them. The traditionstill continues 45 yearslater. Now with the grand-children and friends, wehave in the neighborhoodof 50 to 60 people helpingkeep the tradition alive.
Families who partici-pate include:
Jeff and Amy Hum-mel, Bridgetown, and
children Rachel and Hel-en; Jay and Val Hummel,Madeira, and children areCooper and Dylan.
Ray and JeriannChilds, Bridgetown, andAlex and Erin Childs,Hyde Park, and childrenLily, Conor and Brendan;Scott and Amy Grow andSebastian; Trisha andJames Cox , Montgomery,and children Kendall,Ryan and Jackson.
John and Patty Young,Bridgetown, and Shellyand Mark Scheuer andchildren Kaitlyn, Trey,Caroline and Samantha;Holly and Sean Hudsonand children Hayden and
Connor.Other who have partic-
ipated over the years incl-due am and Magie, Pauland Sherry Wright, Judyand Joe Vitucci, Velia andChuck Asiums, Joe andBetty Bonner, Ken Kay,Nancy, Colen Brook, Nan-cy and Dick Haucke, Tomand Athena Sullivan, Danand Joan Meckley, Billand Lynn Kist, Steve andLiby Reder, Marsha Hum-mel, Googie and John Hof-mann, Karin and Ed Har-rell, Carrie and John Kari-bo Alex and Grethen Raw-lings, and CarolHallbauer.
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Members of the Hummel, Childs and Young families gather at one of the homes afterdecorating a Christmas tree.
PHOTOS THANKS TO RAY CHILDS
From left are John and Patty Young (Bridgetown), Ray and Jeriann Childs (Green Township),and Bill Jackie Hummel (Bridgetown).
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For more information,contact the warehouse at(513) 369-6035 [email protected],or visit http:// friends.cincinnatilibrary.org/. Wegratefully accept dona-tions of gently used books,CDs, DVDs, videotapes,audiobooks and LPs. Call513-369-6035.
Holiday make-it andtake-it seminars
One of a series of holi-day themed make-it andtake-it seminars at WhiteOak Gardens is set forSaturday, Dec. 19, at thegarden center, 3579 BlueRock Road. There are twosessions, at 10 a.m. and1:30 p.m. to make afreshevergreen centerpiecefor$28: For a list of seminarsand for registration, visitbit.ly/woholidaywork-shops.
Taffy pullRegister by Dec. 17 for
Book saleThe Friends of the Pub-
lic Library of Cincinnatiand Hamilton County willkick off 2016 with its Win-ter Warehouse Used BookSale from Jan. 14-17.
Shop the entire ware-house stock – 80,000 booksand other items-plus – forgently used fiction andnonfiction books, vinylrecords, and a large selec-tion of merchandise in theaudiovisual section in-cluding CDs, DVDs, andVHS tapes section. Thereare also special editions,sets, and more. Militaryhistory and cookbooks
will be featured. Cash,check, Visa and Master-Card are accepted. Twoother major sales will beheld in June and August.
This sale is open from10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Jan. 14; 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 andSaturday, Jan. 16, andnoon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan.17, at its Hartwell Book-store/Warehouse, 8456Vine Street.
A members’ special,half-off all items, will beSunday, Jan. 17. Join or re-new at the door.
Proceeds from thebook sales fund thousands
an old-fashioned TaffyPull at 1 p.m. Saturday,Dec. 19, in the EllenwoodNature barn at Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve,3455 Poole Road.
Everyone will help pullthe taffy candy until it isjust the right consistencyfor cutting and wrappingin waxed paper to takehome. Cost is $6 per per-son.
To register, call 513-521-7275 or sign up ongreatparks.org.
Learn a new craftingskill and work on a one-hour project. In Decem-ber, the group plans tomake festive paint-swirled ornaments.
Call 369-4472 for moreinformation about thecraft and registration.
Fire causes $50,000damage to home
A Dec. 8 fire caused$50,000 in damage andkilled two dogs in Cole-rain Township.
Units from the Cole-rain Township Depart-
ment of Fire and EMSwere dispatched at 10:08to a fire at a residence inthe 2600 block of WestKemper Road near PippinRoad. The first arrivingunits found heavy smokepouring from the struc-ture with flames visiblefrom a front bedroom. Allof the residents escapedthe fire, but one had beenexposed to a large amountof smoke while lookingfor pet dogs in the home.This individual was exam-ined on the scene by Col-erain paramedics, but re-fused further aid or trans-port to the hospital.
Fire crews were able tobring the fire quickly un-der control, but not beforethere was significantdamage to the bedroomsand smoke damagethroughout the house.Two of three dogs in thehome succumbed tosmoke inhalation while athird escaped the firewith one of the residents.
During the fire, oneColerain firefighter re-ceived a strained musclein his upper leg, while ad-vancing a fire line, but re-mained at the scene.
A preliminary loss wasestimated at $ 50,000 tothe home and contents,
while the fire remains un-der investigation by Cole-rain Township Fire andPolice investigators. Fireunits from Forest Parkand North College Hill as-sisted Colerain fire unitson the scene.
The Red Cross is as-sisting the five occupantsof the home with tempor-ary housing.
OKI openstransportationsurvey
The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Councilof Governments, knownas OKI, is launching an on-line survey to understandwhat transportationneeds and issues are mostimportant to residents,both now and long-term.
The short survey isopen now through Friday,Jan. 8.
The goal of the surveyis to gather as much com-munity input as possibleand will be used by OKI tocreate the region’s 2040Plan, which identifies thetransportation projectsand programs to be imple-mented over the next 20-plus years.
Since transportation
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The Colerain Big Lotsis losing its lease on thestore at 9345 Ave. and willclose, likely in mid-Janu-ary.
Manager David Her-ron said the store was
looking for a location onthe northern end of Cole-rain Avenue near the Wal-Mart, but that fellthrough. Now he says hehopes all of the store’s 15-17 employees get jobs atthe five other Big Lotsstore in the Cincinnatiarea. The store is having a
closing sale and shopperssaid business was brisk atthe Colerain Township lo-cation.
Colerain TownshipEconomic DevelopmentDirector Frank Birken-hauer said he’s still hope-ful the business will find asuitable location within
the township and will relo-cate rather than leave.
“It looked like they hadsomething set, but itdidn’t work out,” he said.“But there are other loca-tions, and I hope they canfind something that willwork so they stay in thetownship.”
» » McAuley High School’smission is to empower youngwomen to succeed and becomeleaders.
Ten years ago, the Sopho-more Pinning Ceremony wasinitiated to celebrate sopho-mores, who often can feel over-looked, as a great deal of atten-tion is usually given to the old-est, the seniors and juniors, aswell as the freshmen, as theyare welcomed and helped tran-sition into high school.
The sophomores are encour-aged to take on more leadershiproles in school as they are sym-bolically and literally unified bytheir new pins. On Dec. 14, theentire school participated in thepinning ceremony/prayer ser-vice for the sophomores. Dec. 14was chosen because it is close tothe Sisters of Mercy FoundationDay. On Dec. 12, 1831, in Dublin,Ireland, Catherine McAuley,along with Mary Ann Doyle andElizabeth Hartley, professedtheir religious vows, therebyfounding the Sisters of Mercy.
As a school community, thepins were blessed and blessingsasked for the sophomores. Eachsophomore young woman, asher name was announced, re-ceived her pin from a senior“sister” from her family home-room.
The pin is crafted in theshape of the McAuley crest, em-bossed with the school motto,representing, among otherthings, the light of education,the wheat of the farmer’s col-lege once located in CollegeHill, the Irish background ofCatherine McAuley, and the Sis-ters of Mercy who openedMcAuley in 1960.
» McAuley invites gradeschool students to audition forirs spring production of “MaryPoppins.”
Students in the sixth-, sev-enth- and eighth-grades are in-vited to audition and will be con-sidered for roles in the chorus.Auditions will be 3:15 p.m. to 6p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, andWednesday, Jan. 13. All studentsinterested in auditioning shouldsign up for one five-minute timeslot on one of these auditiondays by emailing Katie Geckleat [email protected].
Students should also com-plete the audition informationform, which is available atwww.mcauleyhs.net under theStudent Life/Arts tab, and bringit with them to auditions. Gradeschool students should prepareone of the selected songs from“Mary Poppins” for their audi-tions, also under the StudentLife/Arts tab.
Dance auditions will be 3:15p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.14. All students who audition forthe show must also attend danceauditions, and they must be pre-sent for the entire time.
Rehearsals begin Jan. 19 andwill take place on Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Thursdaysfrom 3:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. More re-hearsals will happen when theperformance dates get closer.Not all cast members will needto attend all rehearsals, depend-ing on roles and scenes in whichthey have been cast.
Performance dates are Fri-day, March 18, and Saturday,March 19, at 7:30 p.m., and Sun-day, March 20, at 2 p.m.
» McAuley will present itswinter theater production of Jo-seph Kesselring’s classic com-edy, “Arsenic and Old Lace,”Jan. 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan.10 at 2 p.m. Tickets, which are $8for students and seniors, and$10 for adults, can be bought on-line at showtix4u.com or at thedoor the weekend of the show.
For more information, con-tact Katie Geckle and geck-
conducted its annual spellingbee. Fifth-grader Allie Harveyfrom Amy Smith’s room wonthe spelling contest, and BlakeMeyer was the runner-up.
» Colerain Elementary usesthe Positive Behavior Systemby being Respectful, Responsi-ble and Safe. Recognized as PBSwinners for the week of Nov. 13were: Kindergarteners AnnaPonting and Diego Maya, first-graders Korey Gaskins and Jo-seph Crooks, second-gradersDalton Geers and Olivia Byrne,third-graders Kirsten Noonanand Marvelis Greer, fourth-graders Kara Easton and AllieStaudigel and fifth-gradersSamuel Aguilon and JacobStegmuller.
Recognized as PBS winnersfor the week of Nov. 20 were:Kindergarteners Shane Dela-ney and Ramiro Ruiz, first-graders Juan Davis and Made-lyn Roblero, second-gradersLea Held and Jayda Fitzgerald,third-graders Emily Holtgreweand Kendra Wethington,fourth-graders Jaylin Harrisand Eli Alexander, and fifth-graders Marco Foster andGrace Holt.
Pleasant Run MiddleSchool
Pleasant Run Middle Schoolrecognizes students of theWeek.
Announced Dec. 11: NyahMartin, sixth-grade Student ofthe Week. Brandon Williams,seventh-grade Student of theWeek. Lanyia Engelman,eighth-grade Student of theWeek.
Announced Dec. 4: KenlynCaldwell, sixth-grade Studentof the Week. Tyler Scherer, sev-enth-grade Student of the Week.
Carleigh Boyd, eighth-gradeStudent of the Week.
Announced Nov. 20: Nicho-las Rohrbacher, sixth-gradeStudent of the Week. JamariMangham, seventh-grade Stu-dent of the Week. Lindsey Ma-ley. Zyneisha Lewis, Adminis-trative Student of the Week.
Announced Nov. 13: LukeChapin. Carolina Sanchez, sev-enth-grade Student of the Week.Blake Cunningham, eighth-grade Student of the Week.
Announced Nov. 6: Seth War-ren, sixth-grade Student of theWeek. Alvey Garr, seventh-grade Student of the Week.Leah Kistner, eighth-grade Stu-dent of the Week.
Announced Oct. 30: SeanWarner, sixth-grade Student ofthe Week. Skye Lehman. Alli-son Ackermann, eighth-gradeStudent of the Week.
Announced Oct. 23: ShaiMere Mason, sixth-grade Stu-dent of the Week. DJ Ly, sev-enth-grade Student of the Week.Jacob Claspill, eighth-gradeStudent of the Week. Nalleli Ji-menez, Administrative Studentof the Week.
Announced Oct. 16: AlexisBach, sixth-grade Student of theWeek. Cheyenne Goldick, sev-enth-grade Student of the Week.Layla Sledge-Harris, eighth-grade Student of the Week.
Announced Oct. 9: NylaStickland, sixth-grade Studentof the Week. Roemello Diablo,seventh-grade Student of the .Roman Ruiz-McAuley, eighth-grade Student of the Week.
Announced Oct. 2: Alex Ho-geback, sixth-grade Student ofthe Week. Brandon Grace, sev-enth-grade Student of the Week.Mariah Figgs, eighth-gradeStudent of the Week.
St. James School» Kindergarteners at St.
James School in White Oak
changed into pajamas and tooka ride on the Polar Express.They even took a time out to en-joy hot chocolate and cookies.And guess what they found intheir coat pockets? The first giftof Christmas...a silver bell.
» The St. James roboticsteam had its first competition atCincinnati State Technical andCommunity College, placingfourth and earning a trophy forcore values. They were recog-nized as being one of the mostimproved teams in the competi-tion.
The team is comprised ofseventh and eighth-grade stu-dents who are passionate andexcited about science.
» The McAuley & La Salle vo-cal ensembles visited St. James.The group performed favoriteChristmas songs. The group
featured eight St. James alum-ni: Danielle Mouch (`12), SarahElchynski (`12), Lyndsey Ficker(`13), Jordan Zulli (`14), ZachBrueneman (`12), Alex Prinz-bach (`14), Bryan Barry (`14),and Mason Sillies (`13).
St. Vivian School» St. Vivian Catholic School’s
eighth-grade class of 22 stu-dents and their teacher SaraParish collected money to helpmake several local childrenhave a very Merry Christmas.
Each year, children’s needsare given to the parish officeand “giving wreaths” are madewith the wishes of those chil-dren. The students took giftideas from the wreath and willuse the money collected to buythe gifts from the local Wal-Mart.
Three McAuley sophomores with their lapel pins: Madison Hughes (45211),Ruth Hewald (45247) and Nora Honkomp (45231).
THANKS TO JEFF FULMER
St. James kindergartners changed into their pajamas and boarded the PolarExpress to the North Pole.
THANKS TO JEFF FULMER
The La Salle and McCauley ensembles featured an amazingly talentedgroup of eight St. James alumni. These singers include Danielle Mouch(`12), Sarah Elchynski (`12), Lyndsey Ficker (`13), Jordan Zulli (`14), ZachBrueneman (`12), Alex Prinzbach (`14), Bryan Barry (`14), and MasonSillies (`13).
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St. Vivian Catholic School’s eighth-grade class of 22 students and theirteacher Sara Parish collected money to help make several local childrenhave a Merry Christmas.
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Holiday - ChristmasFestival of Carols, 11 p.m., St.William Church, 4108 W. EighthSt., Includes choral and in-strumental selections by 30-member choir and CMO musicalensemble. Doors open at 10:30p.m. and midnight mass follows.Free. 921-0247. West Price Hill.
RecreationWeekly Senior Bingo, 12:30p.m., North College Hill SeniorCenter, 1586 Goodman Ave., Forseniors. $.50 a card. 521-3462.North College Hill.
FRIDAY, DEC. 25Business SeminarsEPA Lead Renovator Training,8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Proactive SafetyServices Training Center, $240.Registration required. 372-6232;www.proactivesafetyservi-ces.com. Forest Park.
SATURDAY, DEC. 26Drink TastingsWine Tasting, noon to 5 p.m.,Henke Winery, 3077 HarrisonAve., Receive 7 tastes and takehome souvenir glass. Appetizersand meals available to accompa-ny tasting. Ages 21 and up. $10.Reservations recommended.662-9463; www.henkewine-.com. Westwood.
Music - CountryBuffalo Ridge Band, 9:30 p.m.to 1:30 a.m., Club Trio, 5744Springdale Road, Free. 385-1005;www.clubtriolounge.com.Colerain Township.
On Stage - TheaterMary Poppins, 8 p.m., CovedaleCenter for the Performing Arts,4990 Glenway Ave., $26, $23seniors and students. Reserva-tions recommended. Presentedby Cincinnati Landmark Produc-tions. 241-6550; www.cincinnati-landmarkproductions.com. WestPrice Hill.
SUNDAY, DEC. 27Dining EventsBest Sunday Brunch on theWest Side, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Aston Oaks Golf Club, 1 AstonOaks Drive, Omelet and wafflestations, goetta, sausage, bis-cuits, bacon, fruit and more.Lunch portion begins at 11 a.m.Large parties welcome. Specialpricing on holidays. $11.95, $8.95seniors and ages 7-14, free ages6 and under. Reservationsrequired. 467-0070, ext. 3. NorthBend.
Exercise ClassesDance Fit, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Keeping Fit Studio, $5. 720-4142.Colerain Township.
ExhibitsDelhi in Bloom and The Lan-guage of Flowers, 12:30-3p.m., Delhi Historical SocietyFarmhouse Museum, 468 An-derson Ferry Road, Learn historyof Delhi Township through itsfloriculture with new exhibits.Delhi in Bloom explains howgrapes, growers and green-houses shaped history of DelhiTownship and The Language ofFlowers explores Victorian’s loveof flowers. Free. Presented byDelhi Historical Society. 720-0942; www.delhihistoricalsocie-ty.org. Delhi Township.
On Stage - TheaterMary Poppins, 2 p.m., Covedale
Center for the Performing Arts,$26, $23 seniors and students.Reservations recommended.241-6550; www.cincinnatiland-markproductions.com. WestPrice Hill.
MONDAY, DEC. 28Business SeminarsEPA Lead Renovator Training,8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Proactive SafetyServices Training Center, $240.Registration required. 372-6232;www.proactivesafetyservi-ces.com. Forest Park.
Dining EventsGourmet Monday NightBuffet, 4-8 p.m., The Meadows,59 E. Main St., The Grand Ball-room. Menu changes weekly.$15. Reservations for largeparties available. 941-7638;www.themeadowsbanquet-.com. Addyston.
Health / WellnessWeekly Free Blood PressureCheck, 12:45-1 p.m., NorthCollege Hill Senior Center, 1586Goodman Ave., Free. 521-3462.North College Hill.
Senior CitizensEuchre, noon to 3:30 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Open game.For seniors. 385-3780. GreenTownship.
Support GroupsAddiction and RediscoverySupport Group, 7-8 p.m., AilieHealth and Wellness, 3651Harrison Ave., If you or lovedone are involved in addiction ofany kind, this group is for you.Led by a psychopharmacologist.Confidential setting. Free.432-4182. Cheviot.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30Business SeminarsEPA Lead Renovator Training,8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Proactive SafetyServices Training Center, $240.Registration required. 372-6232;www.proactivesafetyservi-ces.com. Forest Park.
Dance Fit, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Keeping Fit Studio, $5. 720-4142.Colerain Township.
Womens’ Fight Club FreeFighting Training, 7-8 p.m.,Ailie Health and Wellness, 3651Harrison Ave., Womens’ fighttraining in professional wres-tling ring. Great workout allwell as real world fightingtraining and experience in safeand sane environment. Workoutshorts/top/water. No experiencenecessary. For ages 13 and up.Free. 432-4182. Cheviot.
Senior CitizensWood Carving, 12:30-3 p.m.,Green Township Senior Center,3620 Epley Road, Carve withGreenwood Chippers. Manydifferent techniques used: reliefcarvings, scroll saw, figurines.Bring own tools. For seniors.Free. 385-3780. Green Township.
Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., Pilgrim United Church ofChrist, 4418 Bridgetown Road,look for signs. 12 step programaddressing people who havedifficulty with food addiction.Ages 18 and up. Free. Presentedby Overeaters Anonymous NKY.921-1922; www.cincinnatioa.org.Bridgetown.
Naranon Westside GroupMeeting, 7:30-8:30 p.m., West-wood First Presbyterian Church,3011 Harrison Ave., Youth Kitch-en. Naranon Family Groups areworldwide fellowship for thoseaffected by addiction of some-one near to them. 12-stepprogram is not religious one butspiritual way of life. For . Free.Presented by Naranon FamilyGroup. 917-9139. Westwood.
THURSDAY, DEC. 31Business SeminarsEPA Lead Renovator Training,8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Proactive SafetyServices Training Center, $240.Registration required. 372-6232;www.proactivesafetyservi-ces.com. Forest Park.
Exercise ClassesDance Fit, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Keeping Fit Studio, $5. 720-4142.Colerain Township.
Holiday - New Year’sNew Year’s Eve Dinner Dance,8 p.m. to 1 a.m., Lakeridge Hall,7210 Pippin Road, Hot buffet,beer, soft drinks, snacks, winefountain, hats, noisemakers andmusic by DJ Larry Robers. At-tendees may also BYOB. Ages 21and up. $40. Reservations re-quired. 521-1112. Colerain Town-ship.
New Year’s Eve Dance, 8 p.m.to 1 a.m., Receptions Banquetand Conference Center Bridge-town, 3302 Westbourne Drive,Dinner buffet, appetizers,dessert, unlimited beer/wine/pop, Champagne toast andmusic by Saffire Express Band.Ages 21 and up. $55. Reserva-tions required. Presented by OurLady of the Visitation. 922-6777.Bridgetown.
New Year’s Eve Party, 8 p.m. to1 a.m., The Meadows, 59 E. MainSt., Grand Ballroom. Ring in2016 at The Meadows Banquetand Event Center. All inclusiveprice for classy fun-filled eve-ning. Ages 21 and up. $70.Reservations required. 941-7638;www.themeadowsbanquet-.com. Addyston.
Sparkle, Shine and Dine NewYear’s Eve Dance, 8 p.m. to 1a.m., Pebble Creek Golf Course,Restaurant & Event Center, 9799Prechtel Road, Event Center atPebble Creek. Dance night awaywith sounds of DJ Fire BrewedFreddie. Heavy food stations,champagne toast. Wear favoriteglitter and sparkly attire. Ages21 and up. $46. Reservationsrequired. 385-4442, ext. 14;www.pebblecreekgc.com.Colerain Township.
Silvestertanz: German New
Year’s Eve, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.,Donauschwaben Haus, 4290 DryRidge Road, Close out 2015 andring in 2016 German-style. Eat,drink and be merry while danc-ing to music of Alpen Echos.Assorted hors d’oeuvres in-cluded. $25. Reservations recom-mended. Presented by Do-nauschwaben Society. 385-2098;www.cincydonau.com. ColerainTownship.
FRIDAY, JAN. 1Business SeminarsEPA Lead Renovator Training,8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Proactive SafetyServices Training Center, $240.Registration required. 372-6232;www.proactivesafetyservi-ces.com. Forest Park.
Dance Fit, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Keeping Fit Studio, $5. 720-4142.Colerain Township.
Garden ClubsCollege Hill Gardeners Meet-ing, 7:30-9 p.m., Llanfair Retire-ment Community CampusCenter, 1701 Llanfair Ave.,Members plan winter green-house workshops, herb andplant sales in spring, annualgarden tour and fall festival.Volunteer teams lead communi-ty beautification projects. Out-ings to local and regional desti-nations and speakers on topicsof interest regularly scheduled.All are welcome. Free, member-ship $10. Presented by CollegeHill Gardeners. 681-1326. CollegeHill.
SUNDAY, JAN. 3ExhibitsDelhi in Bloom and The Lan-guage of Flowers, 12:30-3p.m., Delhi Historical SocietyFarmhouse Museum, Free.720-0942; www.delhihistor-icalsociety.org. Delhi Township.
Historic SitesMuseum Open House, 1-3 p.m.,Mount Healthy History Museum,1546 McMakin Ave., Historic1825 Free Meeting House wassite of anti-slavery conventionsin 1840s. Open to public on firstSunday of each month. Historicitems from daily work and
household use on display, withchanging temporary exhibits oflocal interest. Spanish languagetours available on advancerequest. Free. Presented byMount Healthy Historical Soci-ety. 522-3939. Mount Healthy.
MONDAY, JAN. 4Business SeminarsEPA Lead Renovator Training,8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Proactive SafetyServices Training Center, $240.Registration required. 372-6232;www.proactivesafetyservi-ces.com. Forest Park.
Dining EventsGourmet Monday NightBuffet, 4-8 p.m., The Meadows,$15. Reservations for largeparties available. 941-7638;www.themeadowsbanquet-.com. Addyston.
EPA Lead Renovator Training,8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Proactive SafetyServices Training Center, $240.Registration required. 372-6232;www.proactivesafetyservi-ces.com. Forest Park.
Music - ChoralMessiah Sections I and III, 7:30p.m., St. William Church, 4108W. Eighth St., Handel’s classicoratorio performed by St. Wil-liam Choir, CMO ChamberOrchestra and soloists, conduct-ed by David F. Allen. Free. 921-0247; www.saintwilliam.com.West Price Hill.
Support GroupsOvereaters Anonymous, 7-8p.m., Pilgrim United Church ofChrist, Free. 921-1922; www.cin-cinnatioa.org. Bridgetown.
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Festival of Carols is 11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, at St. William Church, 4108 W. Eighth St., WestPrice Hill. The festival includes choral and instrumental selections by 30-member choir and CMOmusical ensemble. Doors open at 10:30 p.m. and midnight mass follows. Admission is free. Call921-0247.
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I always wonder when I make thesemini fruit cakes just how many of you whoread this column like fruitcake or havesomeone on your holiday list who does.Trouble is around my house, I don’t havemany fruitcake lovers, so making thesefills the bill for those who want this sea-sonal treat.
I’ll be making these, too, for my friendBert, who lives down the road and whoremembers when I made batches of fruit-cake for our catering customers. I do haverecipes for traditional fruitcake from scratch,along with some made with box cake mix thatare really good.
So for those of you who need a big fruitcakefix, check out my site at Abouteating.com.
On another note, I know how this time of yearcan be stressful, as well as joyous. So rememberthis simple thought: Contentment is not the ful-fillment of what you want, but the realization ofhow much you already have. Merry Christmasand Happy Holiday!
Tip from Rita’s kitchenOne ingredient white chocolate icing:Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I had for-
gotten about this easy icing until I ran outof confectioners sugar to ice cut out cook-ies and found a lone bag of white choco-late chips in the pantry. What I love aboutthis icing is that it dries hard, no messyicing that sticks to fingers.
All I did was melt the chips over verylow heat, dunk the top side of the cookiesin and put them on a rack. I sprinkled
them with toppings before the chocolate set.Iced giant marshmallows: Dip into coating,
put them on a rack and shake sprinkles on topbefore chocolate sets.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educa-tor, Jungle Jim’s Eastgate culinary professionaland author. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.
Victorian Jewels (mini fruit cakes) These are so pretty and really delicious - just enough of a bite to
savor that fruitcake craving. I like to marinate the fruits in brandy for amore authentic fruitcake taste.
1-1/2 cups diced mixed candied fruits1-1/2 cups raisins (combo of light and dark or whatever you like,
including currants)1/2 cup brandy or apple juice3/4 cup dark or light packed brown sugar (I use dark)1/3 cup room temperature butter1 large egg1 cup flour1/2 teaspoon each: baking soda, salt and allspice1 teaspoon cinnamon1/4 teaspoon nutmeg1 cup chopped nuts (I like walnuts)Candied cherries for garnish
Melted apple jelly for glazeMarinate fruits and raisins in brandy or juice at least 4 hours or
better, overnight. That plumps them up and they’ll absorb most, if notall, of the brandy or juice.
Mix sugar, butter and egg until fairly fluffy. Whisk together flour,soda, salt and spices; stir in. Mix in nuts and fruits. Spoon into mini muf-fin tins lined with baking cups. Fill 3/4 full. Top each with cherry.
Bake at 300 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from tins, brush topswith brandy or juice while warm. Cool. Store in airtight container. Beforeserving, brush tops with jelly. Makes between 4-5 dozen.
Waldorf saladRob, a Northside reader, shares this recipe which he says “ is the
perfect accompaniment for that holiday ham”. He said go to taste onthe dressing and other ingredients. I have fond memories of my sister,Judy, making Waldorf salad for our holiday table.
Dressing: whisk together, taste and go from there
1/2 cup mayonnaise1/4 to 1/3 cup cider vinegarHoney or sugar to taste - start with a heaping tablespoon
Salad: mix together
1 heaping cup red grapes, halved5-6 nice sized apples: combo of tart and sweet, like Granny Smith
for tart and Gala or other for sweet, cut into 1/2” pieces3-4 ribs celery, chopped fine1 cup toasted sliced almonds or walnuts, chopped, or more to
tasteSalt and pepper to taste
Pour dressing over salad and toss gently until coated. Refrigerate,covered for half an hour or so. Adjust seasonings.
Tip: You can substitute dried cherries, cranberries or raisins for thegrapes and pecans for the nuts.
Give ‘Victorian jewels’ for Christmas
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
Victorian Jewels (mini fruitcakes) put a new twist on a traditional holiday favorite.
Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
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As part ofmy efforts tobetter repre-sent you inWashington, Iroutinely asklocal folkswhat Congresscan do to im-prove theirlives and ourcommunity.One answer I
hear time and again (alongwith simplifying the tax codeand getting the federal govern-ment off their backs) is that weneed to replace the BrentSpence Bridge.
The bridge was built in 1963and was intended to carry75,000 cars daily. Today, it isestimated more than doublethat – 160,000 cars –cross the
bridge every day. As a result,the bridge is now considered“functionally obsolete.” Bottle-necks on the Brent SpenceBridge cause headaches fordrivers deep into Kentuckyand as far north as Dayton inOhio, and not just on I-75 andI-71, but also on side roads aspeople seek alternative routesto the clogged interstates.
Consequently, replacing thebridge should reduce trafficcongestion and dramaticallyimprove travel throughout theregion, which is why I havelong supported the project.
Over the years, I haveworked with leaders from bothOhio and Kentucky to helpsecure more than $50 millionin federal funding for thebridge, mostly to completestudies and related prelimi-
nary tasks.More recently, our efforts
have focused on creating a newgrant program for nationallyor regionally significant pro-jects, for which the BrentSpence Bridge would be eligi-ble for funding. As part of thateffort, I have worked withother members of Congress tourge leadership and the ad-ministration to include theprogram in a long-term trans-portation bill. Former Con-gressman Geoff Davis and Ieven testified before theHouse Transportation andInfrastructure Committee toadvocate the creation of such aprogram.
I am happy to report thatour efforts have finally paidoff, as a new grant programfor large projects of national
or regional significance wasincluded in the five-year trans-portation bill that the Housepassed Dec. 3.
This is potentially a big winfor Greater Cincinnati, be-cause it finally establishes afederal framework for financ-ing the replacement of theBrent Spence Bridge. Thatsaid, there are two things tokeep in mind.
First, Ohio and Kentuckywill have to compete with oth-er states for funding. However,the Brent Spence Bridge ispractically the poster child forthis program, and should be anattractive project. Secondly,because we face an $18.5 tril-lion debt, the federal govern-ment can only fund a portion ofthe bridge’s estimated $2.6billion price tag. The rest of
the money will need to be gen-erated locally.
Still, for the first time inyears, Ohio and Kentucky havea path forward on this critical-ly important project.
Beyond the Brent SpenceBridge, the highway bill willalso help to bolster, repair andstrengthen our aging trans-portation infrastructure, with-out raising gas taxes. And itwill provide states and localgovernments some certaintyas they move forward onmuch-needed transportationimprovements.
So, while the transportationbill is not perfect, it does setGreater Cincinnati on the roadto a better, safer future.
Steve Chabot (R) representsOhio’s First District in the U.S.House of Representatives.
It’s time to replace Brent Spence Bridge
Steve ChabotCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Christmas as akid was so myth-ical as the count-down startedDec. 1 and everyday after thatbecame the buildup to the bignight, ChristmasEve. In thoseearly childhooddays, you be-lieved that any-thing was pos-
sible.The famous letter by Francis
Church, “Yes, Virginia, There is aSanta Claus,” speaks clearly tothis:
“Yes, Virginia, there is a SantaClaus. He exists as certainly aslove and generosity and devotionexist, and you know that theyabound and give to your life itshighest beauty and joy. Alas! howdreary would be the world ifthere were no Santa Claus! Itwould be as dreary as if therewere no Virginias. There wouldbe no childlike faith then, no poet-ry, no romance to make tolerablethis existence. We should have noenjoyment, except in sense andsight. The eternal light withwhich childhood fills the worldwould be extinguished. ”
The so-called Christmas spiritgives us the best chance to get thenew Scrooge back. Actually whenpeople speak of the ChristmasSpirit I think of Ebenezer Scroogein Charles Dicken’s 1843 “Christ-mas Carol.” As a kid after watch-ing the movie, I was always wor-ried about the possibility of hav-ing ghosts visiting me in my smallattic bedroom let alone, discussmy past/future. Scrooge’s revital-ized passion for living is whatmost people relate to the Christ-mas spirit.
The question I find myselfwondering when I need to re-kindle the flame or as an old farmkid would say it: putting more
wood on that “campfire of theheart.” What am I doing when Iget the most satisfaction in life?The answer can vary as the indi-vidual. Whether it’s visiting oldfriends or stopping in a localnursing home to listen to old timestories…usually some type ofsharing of you is really whatblazes the inner fire with a newpassion of giving/receiving inliving.
For me, sometimes it’s justenjoying simple things as bakingbread to share with neighbors ora walk outside realizing or mar-veling at of nature’s creations.
The kid in me still remembersthe thought of Santa coming downthe chimney, or the Easter Bunnyhiding eggs; the tooth fairy leav-ing quarters under my pillow; thestork dropping off a baby at thehouse, or the leprechaun’s gold asI look thru the window glass tofind the end of the rainbow.
So then versus now…what haschanged? OK, of course moreresponsibility as an adult andtougher problems to solve.
The big difference is as a kid,we had developed an attitude offinding simple things to be excit-ed about looking forward. Asadults we need something to lookforward to…something to dreamabout… something to celebratedaily.
Look at what’s positive in yourlife. Don’t worry about things youhave no control over. Not easy assome of us face unbelievable lifechallenges, but remember it’sattitude…positive outlook thatcan…will make everything…waybeyond Christmas, believableagain.
Wes Adamson is a resident ofWyoming. His book: “ImaginationBy Moonlight: Living life boldlyand successful,” is available onAmazon. Proceeds from bookssold are dedicated to programs forhomeless youth.
There are stillreasons to believe
WesAdamsonCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Dec. 16 question
Christmas is said tobe a season of magic.Describe a moment ofChristmas or holidaymagic in your life.
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The new fallen snow onthe street and sidewalkglistened from the glow ofmulticolored holiday lightsacross Corbin Kentucky’sunderpass, a gateway tofaraway places.
The station’s steel graydouble doors adorned withtwin holly wreaths wel-comed all comers as theytrudged up a staircase that
led them from the damp frosty air into thebrightly lit waiting room.
Inside, a line formed in front of the openticket window where a man wearing wirerimmed glasses collected money and dis-bursed tickets to northern destinations.Dressed in a black woolen coat and redscarf a grandmother quietly sat next to hergrandson whose wide eyes were absorbingthe movements of everyone in sight.
Outside, snow lined the eaves of thepeaked roofs suspended above the threedimly illuminated platforms that separatedthe tracks. Low hanging clouds that lookedlike angel hair produced large flakes of wetsnow that danced through the air as theyfell toward the frozen rails below.
Somewhere in the distance two long, oneshort and another long muffled whistlesblared from the Flamingo’s engine as itapproached a rail crossing a half mile southof its next stop. Through the darting snow-flakes one could see a spot of light appearslightly above the point where the two railsseemed to meet. As the beam grew larger, aline of people paraded from the warmth ofthe station’s waiting room to the slab ofconcrete that bordered track number five.
Suddenly, the royal blue and yellow
striped dual engines with the familiar L&Nred crest on the front cowlings roared pastthe south end of the platform. One lowwhistle signaled the train’s arrival, whilethe hissing of air, and the shriek of steelagainst steel pierced the stillness of theevening as train number 18 came to ascreeching stop. The conductor and flag-man attired in their customary gold but-toned overcoats and caps placed portabledimpled steps at the foot of the entrance totwo heavy weight blue passenger coaches.
After the last passenger detrained theconductor and flagman reversed their rou-tines to assist those traveling north. Mean-while, the ticket agent punctured a briefquiet moment with an announcement of thetrain’s impending departure.
As the front engine’s headlight searchednorthward through the swirling flakes ofsnow, everyone had vacated the platformexcept the conductor who stoically stoodwith his left hand raised toward the engine.“All aboard!” he cried. The engineer blewthe whistle twice, released the air brakesand nudged the throttle forward. With eachwheel turning in unison, the train onceagain came to life, while a star atop thetown’s water tower shined in the distance.
When the faintly lighted passenger carscrossed the overpass just north of the sta-tion, one could see the grandmother andgrandson waving good-bye to a place knownas home. Just before the train disappearedinto the snow covered night, the twin redlanterns anchored to the last coach blinkedas if to say, “And to all a good night!”
Happy holidays.Noel Taylor is a former Princeton City
Schools administrator and a resident ofSharonville.
All aboard for Christmas!
Noel TaylorCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
In the tradition of the 12days of Christmas, Hamil-ton County Recycling andSolid Waste District offers12 ideas to green your holi-days.
1. Drop-off non-workingstrands of holiday lights toa Great Parks Visitor Cen-ter to be recycled.
2. Take reusable bags foryour holiday shopping.
3. Donate unwanted andoutgrown electronics, toys, books and cloth-ing to a local charitable organization.
4. Hosting a holiday party? Use durableplate ware and silverware rather than dis-posable paper plates and plastic.
5. Attending a holiday dinner at a restau-rant? Take your own storage containers forleftovers instead of Styrofoam.
6. Purchase rechargeable batteries to goalong with gifts.
7. Now is a good time to stop junk mail.Visit the website catalogchoice.org for thisfree service to opt out of catalogs, credit
card offers and circulars.8. Be creative with your wrapping paper,
such as using scarves or blankets. Be agentle present opener and you can save thisyear’s wrapping paper for reuse next year.Collapse gift boxes and bags to save fornext year’s gifts.
9. If you’re not already composting, it’snot too late. A simple mix of fruit and vege-table peels from your holiday meal prepand can be combined with backyard leavesto start your compost pile.
10. Create homemade holiday cards.11. Buy less. Consider an experience gift
for loved ones such as theater tickets, res-taurant gift cards or otherwise spendingtime together.
12. Don’t trash your Christmas tree.Hamilton County offers free yard trimmingdrop-off sites the first two Saturdays inJanuary where your tree and holiday green-ery can be turned into mulch or compost.
Happy holidays to all.Michelle Balz is the Assistant Solid
Waste Manager for Hamilton County Recy-cling and Solid Waste District.
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
Michelle BalzCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST
Take a look back through the2015 fall sports season in photosof the neighborhood competi-tion in The Northwest Press.
Look at fallsports in photos
Adam Baum and Nick RobbeCommunity Press staff
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The La Salle seniors pose for a photo at midfield after winning a second consecutive Division II state championshipon Dec. 4.
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Northwest's Fatimah Shabazz takes a swing against Ursuline Oct. 22.
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Mount Healthy’s DavidMontgomery tries to break thetackle of Glen Este’s Trey Kristaduring the game Sept. 10. ADAM BAUM/COMMUNITY PRESS
McAuley sophomore HallieHeidemann puts a drive inthe fairway during the firstround of the OHSAADivision I state tournamentOct. 23. Heidemann shot 80in her first appearance atstate.
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Roger Bacon wide receiver Jordan Williams runs back the opening kickoff for a touchdown against FinneytownAug. 27.
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Roger Bacon senior JackieFrame tries to control a passagainst Taylor Sept. 26.
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Northwest’s Jake Fishburn was second-teamall-Southwest Ohio Conference this season.
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St. Xavier's Charles Leibson, No. 13, eyes a teammate to passto during the state semifinal Oct. 31.
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Two Elder defenders try to bottle up Colerainsophomore scoring machine Cody Busman, No. 7,in a match Sept. 26 at Colerain High School.
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Colerain running backMonalo Caldwell runsover Elder’s Ben Allisonin a Division I regionalsemifinal game atMason High School onNov. 21.
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» Western Hills de-feated Mount Healthy69-57 Dec. 15. CJRhodes led the Owlswith 14 points.
Boys swimming» Oak Hills won the
40th annual Best of theWest meet Dec. 15 atGamble Nippert YMCA.La Salle came in secondand Elder was third.
La Salle senior EthanStock won the 50 free-style (23.14) and juniorDavid Orth won the 100freestyle (53.12). Col-erain’s Joel Dennis wonthe 200 individual med-ley and Griffin Bach-man won the 500 free-style (5:19.78).
La Salle stardecommits
» On Dec. 13, not longafter the Bengalslimped through a loss athome to rival Pitts-burgh, La Salle starrunning back JeremyLarkin announced onTwitter that his collegefootball destination willbe Northwestern Uni-versity. Larkin had firstcommitted to play hiscollege ball at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati.
“I’m sorry to say butI have decided to offi-cially decommit fromthe University of Cin-cinnati,” Larkin wrote.
Larkin thanked UCand the coaching staff,but after speaking withhis family and coaches,he wrote “I’ve decidedthis is what I needed todo.”
Larkin, who helpedlead the Lancers toback-to-back Division IIstate championships,joins former teammateJordan Thompson in theBig Ten Conferencewith the Wildcats.
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Their schedule is so jam-packedthat during a recent three-weekstay in Florida, they missed 52sporting events.
Such is the life of Charley and Lo-raine Wolf, grandparents of 19 andparents of six of the most athletical-ly-blessed sons in Greater Cincin-nati history. As the grandchildrengrow and develop, the Wolf namecontinues to rack up notoriety.
Charley Wolf is not your ordi-nary grandfather. Most men at 89don’t walk at his pace, let alone playtennis three times a week. On his“off days,” he still hits balls alone.
The legend beginsBack in the day, Charley Wolf
coached the NBA Cincinnati Royalsfrom 1960-63, then the Detroit Pis-tons until 1966. Along the way, Char-ley and Loraine had six sons: Marty,Steve, Greg, Jeff, Daniel and David.
Prior to that, Wolf played foot-ball, basketball and baseball at St.Xavier, then later played at NotreDame and some pro baseball in theReds organization.
“I started out at Newport Catho-lic and they didn’t have sports,” hesaid. “I switched over to St. X fortwo years and then went in the ser-vice right out of high school.”
After a U.S. Navy stint, Wolf wasreunited with his high school quar-terback, George Ratterman, at No-tre Dame. In the early ‘40s, as notedin a piece by the Enquirer’s TomGroeschen in 2003, Ratterman andWolf played a part in the evolutionof St. Xavier’s nickname.
They were once the Conquerors,but thanks to Ratterman’s missilesto his lanky receiver, the school be-came the Bombers. Later, all sixWolf boys became Bombers.
Early influencesCharley and Loraine’s boys were
all athletically successful in basket-ball. Marty played at Xavier underTay Baker; Steve went to North Car-olina State, then transferred back toXavier; Greg played at Spring Hill(Alabama); and Jeff, Daniel and Da-vid all played at Rollins College inFlorida.
The Wolfs benefited from havinga mother who pushed them outsideand a father who brought them incontact with some of the finest bas-ketball players in the world. Char-ley coached the legendary OscarRobertson and it wasn’t unusual forNBA players to join the family fordinner.
“They would all come over to thehouse when we were young andshoot around,” Jeff Wolf said. “Ididn’t know who they were.”
K.C. Jones, Sam Jones and BobCousy from the Celtics visited once.Another time, shooter Tom Van Ars-dale came by with some Royals anda young Greg Wolf showed his inno-cence and curiosity by asking,“Which one of you is the gunner?”
The brushes with greatnesseventually paid off for the boys whoall went on to become captains at St.
Xavier High School.As Charley Wolf explains, Marty
would work with Steve, then Gregwould have Steve and Marty work-ing with him. With each boy, therewas the same passing of knowledgeand each would try to emulate whattheir older siblings had accom-plished.
Naturally, basketball is a sportthat comes second nature to a Wolf.Marty Wolf’s sons Martin, Johnnyand Nick all had stellar careers atSt. Xavier and went on to play in col-lege. Martin played at Hanover,Johnny was at Xavier and UNC-Wil-mington and Nick was a Division IIAll-American at Rollins, where hebroke every record his unclesachieved at the Florida school.Their older sister, Kristen WolfKronauge, played tennis at Syca-more and Xavier.
From one net to anotherTennis is where the Wolfs really
have a dynasty and all goes back to acouple of ear infections. WhenCharley Wolf would speak at the oldFenwick club downtown, he nevertook money. However, the facilitydid offer up swimming lessons forhis boys.
When Marty and Steve’s ear is-sues kept them out of the pool, ten-nis was served as an option. Wolfjumped at the chance to cross-trainhis sons with lateral movement. Atage 44, Charley Wolf began hittingtennis balls with his sons and hehasn’t stopped since.
Marty went on to eventually fo-cus more on tennis than basketballat Xavier and won five CincinnatiMetropolitan tournaments. Thatrecord was later broken by hisyounger brother, Jeff, who won six.
Jeff is the father of DanielleWolf, who now plays at Indiana, andJ.J. Wolf, who played at CincinnatiCountry Day.
As high school freshmen, bothmade the state finals. J.J. does notparticipate in high school tennisnow because of his U.S. Tennis As-sociation ranking. He is homeschooled and is playing the best ofthe best.
J.J. Wolf has recently playedkids from Italy, China and Hungary.He also played last year’s statechampion, Asher Hirsch, and won.Uncle Marty Wolf boasts that J.J. isalready better as a teenager than hewas in his prime.
“It’s been really fun watching mynephews and nieces,” Marty Wolfsaid. “Greg’s kids were Players ofthe Year in the state in volleyballand then there’s J.J. (Jeff’s son).”
Greg Wolf’s oldest daughter, An-drea, was also a Player of the Yearin tennis for MND and played at Xa-vier.
A higher netVolleyball is a sport Charley Wolf
doesn’t totally understand, but en-joys watching. Whatever the com-petition is, the patriarch is usuallyin the stands.
“He said he went to 19 events oneweek,” Dan Wolf said.
The fifth of six, Dan’s son, Alex,plays golf and basketball at St. Xa-vier and freshman Samantha playsvolleyball at Mount Notre Dame.
The Wolf volleyball legend atMND is growing and began withGreg Wolf’s daughters, Kelsey andMargo. The pair played together onMND’s 2011 state championshipteam with Kelsey moving on to Ken-tucky and Margo going to Dayton.
Steve Wolf’s daughter, Sabrina,was on last year’s state title teamand is an early commit to the Uni-versity of Cincinnati. Younger sis-ter, Stevie joins the fray next yearas the brothers see their childrenshare the floor.
Of the brothers, Jeff and Danwere the only to play together, pair-ing up at Rollins.
Family obligationsOn the football field, Steve’s son,
Chase, is a sophomore quarterback.Chase is in line to sling “bombs” forthe St. Xavier team his grandfatherhelped name.
TRACING THEWOLFPACKCharley Wolf is father ofMarty, Steve, Greg, Jeff,Daniel and David Wolf.Played football, basketballand baseball for St Xavier andNotre Dame. Played profes-sional baseball for the Cincin-nati Reds organization.Coached in NBA for theCincinnati Royals and DetroitPistons. Marty Wolf played tennis atSt. Xavier and Xavier Univer-sity and won five CincinnatiMet singles titles. Children:Kristen Wolf Kronaugeplayed tennis at Sycamoreand at Xavier; Martin Wolfplayed basketball at St. Xavi-er and Hanover College;Kevin Wolf, physically dis-abled from birth; JohnnyWolf played basketball at St.Xavier, Xavier University(under Sean Miller) and atNorth Carolina-Wilmington.Co-Player of the Year in thestate of Ohio (along with O.J.Mayo). All-time leadingscorer at St. Xavier; NickWolf played basketball at St.Xavier High School and Rol-lins College. Division II All-American in college.Steve Wolf played basket-ball and tennis at St. Xavier,North Carolina State andXavier University. Children:Sabrina Wolf has won back-to-back state volleyball cham-pionships at Mount NotreDame and has verbally com-mitted to play at the Univer-sity of Cincinnati; ChaseWolf, sophomore at St.Xavier, plays varsity footballand basketball; Stevie Wolfplays eighth-grade volleyballand basketball and is headingto MND; Shayna Wolf is infifth grade, and plays volley-ball and basketball.Greg Wolf played basketballfor St. Xavier and Spring HillCollege (Mobile Alabama).Children: Andrea Wolfplayed tennis for MountNotre Dame and XavierUniversity; Kelsey Wolfplayed volleyball at MountNotre Dame and was theCincinnati and Ohio Player ofthe Year, Under Armor All-American and started forKentucky; Margo Wolfplayed volleyball at MountNotre Dame and was theCincinnati and Ohio GatoradePlayer of the Year. She was afinalist for LaRosa’s Athlete ofthe Year and now plays vol-leyball at Dayton. Jeff Wolf played basketballand tennis at St. Xavier andbasketball at Rollins College.Won six Cincinnati Met Ten-nis titles surpassing his olderbrother, Marty. Children:Danielle Wolf played tennisfor Cincinnati Country Day.As a freshman, lost in thestate finals. Now playingtennis at Indiana University;JJ Wolf is a senior and ishome schooled. Played tennisfor Cincinnati Country Day.lost in the state finals hisfreshman year and then didnot play after that. Recentlyqualified for the Junior U.S.Open and upset the 16th-rated player in the world. Daniel Wolf played basket-ball and tennis at St. Xavierand basketball at Rollins.Children: Alex Wolf juniorplaying varsity golf and varsi-ty basketball at St. Xavier;Samantha Wolf is a fresh-man at Mount Notre Dameand plays volleyball on thereserve team.;David Wolf played basket-ball and tennis at St. XavierHigh school and basketball atRollins College. Children:Michael Wolf plays basket-ball, baseball and tennis inthe seventh grade; PaigeWolf plays tennis and basket-ball in the fifth grade; Ben-ton Wolf plays basketball,baseball and tennis in firstgrade.
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Marty Wolf plays at Met Tennis tournament in July, 1986. Wolf won six CincinnatiMet singles titles.
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Charley Wolf talks with Oscar Robertsonin 1960. Wolf had six boys and coachedpro basketball for the Royals andPistons.
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St. Xavier’s Martin Wolf tries for thefade away jumper from the corner in agame with La Salle in 2002. Martin is theson of Marty Wolf and went on to playat Hanover College.
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Mount Notre Dame’s Margo Wolf gets adig during a Cougars volleyball gameagainst Ursuline. Margo is the daughterof Greg Wolf and now plays at Dayton.
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MND’s Sabrina Wolf gets a kill againstMassillon Jackson in the Division I statefinal last November. Sabrina is thedaughter of Steve Wolf and is verballycommitted to play at UC.
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Preceded in death by husbandof 45 years Carl Engel; siblingsGeorge and Charles Insprucker,Helen Engel-Berauer, Rita Braun,Margarite Ashbrook and ThelmaSchiering.
Visitation and funeral Masswere at St. John-The-BaptistChurch. Neidhard Minges Funer-al Home served the family.
Memorials to St. John-The-Baptist Church, 5361 Dry RidgeRoad, Cincinnati, Ohio 45252.
Lois HuesmanLois A. “McGee” (nee Pember-
ton) Huesman, 77, of ColerainTownship, died recently.
Survived by her husband, PaulW. Huesman, Sr.; children Lisa(Floyd Foster) Huesman, Paul W.Huesman, Jr., Lauri (Matt) Has-kins, Leslie Huesman, and Leean-na (Randy) Link; grandchildrenNick Masur, Lia (Mike) Allen,Patrick Foster, Brian Wiesman,Chris (Stephanie) Wiesman,Angela (Drew) Lewis, DaniHaskins, Becky (Ryan) Hoffman,Robert (Anna) Huesman, Spen-cer, Ben, and Emma Helwig, Allieand Josie Link and thirteengreat-grandchildren, She waspreceded in death by siblingsMarge and Tom Huesman. She
married Paul on October 31,1959 at St. William CatholicChurch. Resident of ColerainTownship, Ohio and Palm Coast,Florida. A memorial Mass wasconducted at St. Ann CatholicChurch, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:30a.m. Reception immediatelyfollowing Mass at ClovernookCountry Club. In lieu of flowers,memorials may be made to LittleSisters of the Poor, 476 RiddleRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45220 or acharity of choice . Condolencesmay be sent to www.charlesyoungfuneralhome.com.
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Survived by several cousinsand many friends.
Preceded in death by wifeJean C. (nee Scheper) Knoll;sister Thelma Knoll.
Visitation was Nov. 29 atMihovk-Rosenacker FuneralHome. Mass of Christian BurialNov. 30 at St. Ignatius LoyolaChurch.
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Reported at 3200 block ofCompton Road, Sept. 18.
Breaking and enteringGarage entered and generatorremoved from 11000 block ofPippin Road, Sept. 17.
Reported on 9900 block ofPippin Road, Sept. 18.
Piano removed from 4900 blockof Blue Rock Road, Sept. 21.
FOREST PARKIncidents/investigationsBurglaryReported on 11000 block ofKenn Road, Oct. 28.
Reported on 700 block of Fair-born Road, Oct. 29.
Reported on 700 block of Fair-born Road, Nov. 1.
Criminal damagingRoof damaged at 1500 block ofNapoleon Lane, Oct. 28.
DomesticReported on Kary Lane, Oct. 28.TheftPurse and contents removedfrom 1200 block of W. KemperRoad, Oct. 30.
Keys removed from 11000 blockof Flagler Lane, Nov. 1.
Catalytic converter removedfrom 700 block of NorthlandBlvd. ., Nov. 1.
NORTH COLLEGE HILLIncidents/investigationsBurglaryReported at 6500 block of BettsAve., Nov. 11.
Reported at 1400 block of La-rann Lane, Nov. 13.
Reported at 6900 block ofLaboiteaux Ave., Nov. 13.
Criminal damagingReported at 1200 block of W.Galbraith Road, Nov. 12.
Reported at Ronald ReaganHighway, Nov. 12.
DomesticReported on Simpson Ave., Nov.11.
Reported on W. Galbraith Road,Nov. 12.
Reported on Marvin Ave., Nov.13.
Reported on W. Galbraith, Nov.14.
Reported on Bising Ave., Nov. 14.Reported on Clovernoll Drive,Nov. 14.
Reported on Richard Ave., Nov.15.
Reported on Savannah, Nov. 15.
Reported on Betts Ave., Nov. 16.TheftReported at 6800 block ofHamilton Ave., Nov. 16.
Reported at 1600 block of W.Galbraith Road, Nov. 13.
Reported at 1500 block of W.Galbraith Rod, Nov. 16.
Reported at 8500 block ofBobolink, Nov. 16.
Reported at 6900 block of LoisDrive, Nov. 16.
Reported on 6900 block ofPinoak Drive, Nov. 14.
Reported on 6800 block ofRichard Ave., Nov. 13.
Reported on 6700 block ofMarvin Ave., Nov. 13.
Reported on 1300 block of W.Galbraith, Nov. 13.
Reported on 1400 block ofSouthridge Lane, Nov. 13.
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Incidents/investigationsAssaultReported on 8100 block ofHamilton Ave., Sept. 2.
Reported on 1900 block ofWindmill Ave., Sept. 2.
Reported on 8100 block ofHamilton Ave., Sept. 4.
Reported on 9300 block ofStoney Brooke, Sept. 5.
BurglaryReported at 8900 block ofCottonwood Drive, Sept. 1.
Reported at 800 block of Comp-ton Road, Sept. 3.
Criminal damagingVehicle removed from 1000block of Maplehill Drive, Sept.5.
Identity theftReported on 10000 block of RuthSt., Aug. 3.
RobberyReported on 8000 block ofHamilton Ave., Sept. 4.
TheftCell phone valued at $780removed from 8100 block ofHamilton Ave., Sept. 3.
Reported on 1000 block ofSeymour, Aug. 30.
Computer and jewelry valued at$850 removed from 8400 blockof Mockingbird Lane, Sept. 1.
$60 removed from 2200 block ofBanning Road, Sept. 2.
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Christmas is a time forbringing families togeth-er, celebrating, sharinglove and creating specialmemories.
Whether it was bakingcookies with mom, attend-ing a Christmas Evechurch service, trimmingthe tree with siblings ortearing open the wrap-ping paper to find that onetoy you really wanted, ev-eryone can recall a fondmemory or two from theirholidays.
While the gifts re-ceived can be nice, theChristmas memoriesmade are the real trea-sures folks will hold ontoforever.
Several area senior cit-izens shared their holidaymemories and theirthoughts on what Christ-mas has meant to them.
“When I was a child,my uncle played SantaClaus and on ChristmasEve he would come to ourfront door,” Green Town-ship resident Jean Stege-man said.
“We had no idea he wasour uncle. He would makeus say our prayers to himbefore giving us our pre-sents.”
She said she’ll neverforget the year she “foundout” about Santa – she was12 years old and receiveda wristwatch for Christ-mas that year.
Mary Ann Staudt, ofCollege Hill, said she stillremembers the year shegave her Christmas giftaway.
“I got a doll baby, but Ididn’t want a doll baby,”
she said. “I gave it awaybecause I wanted a ball. Iwas a tomboy.”
Delhi Township resi-dent Nancy Feller en-joyed playing with herdolls as a child, and saidshe recalls a Christmasduring World War II. In-stead of getting more toysas gifts because moneywas tight, she said hermother made clothes forher dolls.
“I still have all the dollsand the clothes,” she said.
Annette Kramer, DelhiTownship, said she grewup in France and one yearduring World War II shereceived an orange as a
Christmas gift.“It was a great big or-
ange, and oranges wererare,” she said. “It wasreally good. That was agift.”
Cheviot resident WallyBookser remembers be-ing a child in the 1920sand, a couple of days be-fore Christmas, discover-ing his gift hidden under acupboard.
“I looked under thecupboard and there was atoy dump truck sittingthere,” he said. “That wasa big Christmas presentback then.”
Betty Gossage, ofGreen Township, said she
lived in St. Louis until 1970and still has great memo-ries of her Christmasesthere.
“Every Christmas wewould have a large familygathering, both my hus-band’s side of the familyand my side of the fam-ily,” she said. “My hus-band’s uncle played SantaClaus and all the kidsloved him. It was a lot offun.”
Santa always made anappearance at the familycelebrations Delhi Town-ship resident Diane Allenorganized as well.
“I was always the onewho got the family togeth-er,” Allen said. “My daddressed as Santa Clausand all the kids would siton his lap for pictures.”
She said they alwayswent to her maternalgrandparent’s house forChristmas.
“They had a player pi-ano and the kids didsketches and sang songs,”she said. “A lot of peoplein my family want thattradition of doing sketch-es to come back.”
Western Hills residentVera Poppe, who will turn100-years-old a few daysafter Christmas this year,said her favorite holidaymemories are from herchildhood.
“When I was small, myparents would tell us notto go in this one room,”she said, adding she’dwait anxiously until shewas permitted to enterthat room.
“Then after a little
while they would say,‘Now you can go in be-cause Santa has beenthere.’
“It was great and it wasalways a big surprise tosee what he brought,”Poppe said.
Many of the seniorssaid their Christmaseswere quite humble andthey only received one ortwo gifts. The focus of theholiday when they wereyounger was more aboutspending time with lovedones than going over-the-top on gifts, and theywould like to see less com-mercialization of Christ-mas.
Gossage said todaypeople can buy their cook-ies at the local grocer andpurchase pre-lit Christ-mas trees. She said someof her favorite Christmas
memories involvedstringing popcorn togeth-er to trim the tree andbaking cookies with hertwo children.
“They loved those cut-out cookies,” she said.
Stegeman added, “Je-sus is the reason for theseason. It’s not the spend-ing of money and all thegifts.”
Although the wayChristmas is celebratedmay have changed a bitsince their younger days,Bookser said he continuesto see the spirit of the sea-son in people.
“It’s still about the to-getherness of people,” hesaid. “Christmas makespeople think about loveand doing nice things forothers. There’s a changein peoples’ attitudes atChristmas.”
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KITTENS SPARKMEMORIESJulie Phillippi-Whitneygrew up in College Hill andresides there today andruns her business, PWCommunications. Growingup in the ’60s, Whitney saidshe has many fond memo-ries.On Christmas Eve, herparents would tune toWLW-AM and hear up-dated news reports onwhere Santa had beensighted.“It would say somethinglike, ‘Santa was last seenover the state of Maine,headed down towards NewHampshire, and is expectedto be flying over Ohioaround midnight.’ I wouldget so excited over thisauthentic news report thatI could barely sleep,” sherecalled.A couple of gifts also standout in her mind as favoritememories. One was of hervery own “cardboard kitch-en.“When compared withtoday’s toy kitchens whichhave running water andworking microwaves thisseems so shabby,” Whitneysaid. “But to me it was myvery favorite gift that Santabrought me.”The other best memory of agift is the year when Santabrought her a new Siamesekitten, Moppett, to replaceher old cat (also namedMoppett) who was runover by a car.“The new Moppett liftedmy spirits and she lived tothe ripe old age of 23,” shesaid.A couple more favoriteChristmases for Whitneyinclude the year she gother very own typewriterand the year she got aRaggedy Ann doll.- By Sheila Vilvens
Julie Phillippi-Whitney of College Hill shares a photo from one of her favorite Christmas mornings.
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From left, Green Township resident Betty Gossage, College Hillresident Mary Ann Staudt and Green Township resident JeanStegeman, who play cards together at the Green TownshipSenior Center, have warm memories of their past Christmases.
Julie Phillippi-Whitney ofCollege Hill with one of herfavorite childhood Christmasgifts, a Siamese kitten namedMoppett.
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Western Hills resident VeraPoppe, who will soon turn100-years-old and still linedances at the Delhi TownshipSenior Center, said some ofher favorite Christmasmemories are from herchildhood.
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7210 Creekview Drive: Schmutte,Mary Ann to Wilson, Mike;$27,500.
4200 Endeavor Drive: Daugher-ty, Lucille S. to Ferro, Loretta A.;$56,000.
Fay Lane: Fifth Third Bank toBouldin, Shelley; $1,000.
3675 Galbraith Road: Dough-man, Linda M. Tr. to Maybury,Kathleen P.; $74,000.
10293 Hawkhurst Drive: Segar,Richard J. & Robert A. Fulcomerto Conrex, Residential PropertyGroup 2013-1 LLC; $52,888.
3245 Heritage Square Drive:Stewart, Robert R. & Deborahto Maas, Debbie; $49,000.
4182 Intrepid Drive: Tapp, LarryE. & Keata S. to Rub, Christina &Eric; $168,000.
7239 Longwood Court: Geyer,James R. & Carolyn L. to Hardy,Jason; $87,500.
Magnolia Woods Way: GrandCommunities Ltd. to FischerSingle Family Homes III Ltd.;$57,583.
4149 Miamitrail Lane: Dunaway,Amy to Ward, David W. & MaryL; $232,000.
6399 Oakcreek Drive: Nolting,Margaret M. to Bishop, Benja-min L. & Danielle Abel;$266,500.
3280 Paprika Court: Ashcraft,Kelly L. to Miller, Elissa K. Tr.;$60,000.
3257 Regal Lane: Geiger, DustinR. & Teah M. Stout to Villegas,Mario Vazquez; $145,000.
2881 Royal Glen Drive: RoyalGlen Holdings LLC to RoyalGlen Realty LLC; $1,005,000.
3211 Sienna Drive: James, Bobbi
J. to Petrey, Donald A.;$125,000.
10260 Snowflake Lane: Tri StateHomes LLC to Harrison, Andrew& Stacey Goheen; $109,500.
3105 Sovereign Drive: U.S. BankTrust NA Tr. to Dmh Oh Hold-ings LLC; $70,000.
7661 Squirrel Creek Drive: Bow-ers, Harry E. III & Nancy R. toAvant, James & Jatawn Bush;$347,625.
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Cincinnati Low Income Apartments.Section 8. Very nice West side loca-tions. 2-3 BR Equal OpportunityHousing. 513-929-2402
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Our employees have a unique working schedule that gives them 3 to 4 days off each week. All workdays are 12 hours (7 am to 7 pm, and 7 pm to 7 am).
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City of Deer Park – Full-Time Income Tax ClerkThe City of Deer Park is currently in the process of hiring to fill one full-
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employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment withoutregard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or other legally
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Accounting PositionMust be very knowledgeable withCost Accounting, experience with
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FRAMERSOne of the nation’s largest
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repairs and remodeling accordingto blueprints. Knowledge of
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The following legislation waspassed at the December 16,2015 Springdale City Councilmeeting:ORDINANCE No. 32-2015AMENDING ORDINANCENO. 50-2014 TO PROVIDEFOR WAGE INCREASESAND DECLARING ANEMERGENCYORDINANCE No. 33-2015ACCEEPTING A BID ANDAUTHORIZING THE MAY-OR AND CLERK OFCOUNCIL/FINANCE DI-RECTOR TO ENTER INTOA CONTRACT WITHRUMPKE OF OHIO, INC.,FOR WASTE COLLECTIONAND RECYCLINGSERVICES AND DECLAR-ING AN EMERGENCYORDINANCE No. 34-2015ADOPTING A SUPPLE-MENTAL APPROPRIA-TION /ESTIMATED RE-CEIPTS ORDINANCE TOMAKE APPROPRIATIONSFOR CURRENT EXPENS-ES AND OTHER EXPENDI-TURES AND ADJUST ESTI-MATED RECEIPTS FORTHE CITY OF SPRING-DALE, OHIO DURING THEFISCAL YEAR ENDINGDECEMBER 31, 2015ORDINANCE No. 35-2015ADOPTING A TEMPORA-RY APPROPRIATION OR-DINANCE FOR THE PERI-OD JANUARY 1, 2016, UN-TIL THE FISCAL YEAR2016 APPROPRIATIONPERMANENT ORDI-NANCE IS ADOPTED BYCITY COUNCILORDINANCE No. 36-2015AUTHORIZING THE MAY-OR AND CLERK OFCOUNCIL/FINANCE DI-RECTOR TO AMEND THECONTRACT OF CT CON-SULTANTS, INC., FOR EN-GINEERING SERVICES TOTHE CITY OF SPRING-DALE AND DECLARINGAN EMERGENCYORDINANCE No. 37-2015SETTING THE ANNUALCOMPENSATION FOR THEELECTED MAYOR ANDDECLARING AN EMER-GENCYKathy McNearClerk of Council/Finance Director 935436
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#1 ALWAYS BUYING-RetiredVet pays top cash for anti-ques and vintage items. Sin-gle item or complete estate513-325-7206
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