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Your Community Press newspaper serving Addyston,Bridgetown, Cheviot, Cleves, Covedale, Dent, Green Township,Mack, Miami Township, North Bend, Westwood
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Mercy Health keeps someservices in Westwood,Mount Airy
GREEN TWP. — While MercyHealth’s inpatient services onthe West Side have been con-solidated at the new MercyHealth – West Hospital, thehealth provider still offers ser-vices at its locations in West-wood and Mount Airy.
When Mercy Health’s newfull-service hospital opened inGreenTownship about amonthago the hospital operations inWestwood and Mount Airyclosed, but Mercy HealthspokeswomanNanetteBentley
said it was important to Mercyto maintain patient services atits other neighborhood cam-puses.
“Wehaveavery longhistoryon the West Side and remaincommitted to providing ser-vices in the Western Hills andMount Airy neighborhoods,”she said.
“For example, residents inWestern Hills noted how im-portant having an emergencydepartment located in the areawas for them. We listened andhave kept the emergency de-
While inpatientservices are nolonger available atMercy Health –Western HillsMedical Center,several aspects ofthe campus are stillopen to West Sidepatients. MercyHealth still has anemergencydepartment,physician officesand the MercyHealthPlex at theWestwood campus.FILE PHOTOSeeMERCY, Page A2
PRICE HILL — State Rep. Lou Terhar(R-30th District) is helping to recognize11 Elder High School alumni who diedwhile serving our country in theVietnamWar.
Terhar, who himself is an Elder alum-nus and Vietnam War veteran, intro-duced a bill to rename a section of Glen-wayAvenue the “ElderHighSchoolViet-
nam Veterans MemorialHighway.”
“As the oldest of ninekids growing up on theWest Side, I was very for-tunate to have been givenan opportunity to attendElder High School,” hesaid.
“At Elder, Iwas provid-ed a first-class education
that prepared me for the United StatesNaval Academy, where I graduated andthen served during the VietnamWar.
“To this day I am thankful to ElderHigh School for instilling in me the val-ues what I consider most important,” hesaid.
Earlier this year the Elder alumni as-sociation and members of the class of1966 arranged to have a memorial to the11 Elder graduates who were killed inVietnam dedicated and installed in theschool.
Plaques honoring the 11 men are dis-played next to the school’s World War II
and Korean War memorials, but Terharsaid more seemed required.
“I was fortunate enough to haveknown a few of the deceased, and can at-test to their courageand loveof country,”he said. “Memorializing their sacrifice islong overdue and I am appreciative thatthe school reached out to help me withthis endeavor.”
He said, if enacted, his bill would re-name the section of Glenway Avenue
Section of Glenwaycould be namedfor Elder alumni
Elder High School, in collaboration with its class of 1966, hosted a dedication anddevotional Mass earlier this year honoring the 11men from Elder who died during theVietnamWar. State Rep. Lou Terhar (R-30th District), an Elder alumnus and Vietnamveteran, has introduced a bill to re-name a section of Glenway Avenue in honor of the 11fallen men. FILE PHOTO
ilies this holiday season, State Rep. LouTerhar asked that we also take time toremember and give thanks for the 11men:» Navy Cmdr. Leonard Vogt Jr.» Air Force Capt. Albert Sayer Jr.»Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas Kindt» Army Spc. Robert Oates» Army Cpl. Donald Schnee»Marine Corps Cpl. David Caruso» Army Pfc. Michael Faulkner»Marine Corps Pfc. Michael Huwel» Army Pfc. Paul Davis»Marine Corps Cpl. William Reiter»Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Witt“As time goes by and memory fades it is
imperative we act to honor those whohave passed and provided us with ourability to live and breathe free,” Terharsaid.
534 from Riverside hasbeen holding a specialservice on theOhioRiveron the first Sunday inDe-cember since 1954, tohonor those who werekilled at Pearl HarborDec. 7, 1941.
Events included aFlag Retirement service,parade across RiverRoad to the AndersonFerry, prayer, three-round gun salute, “Taps”and the dropping ofwreaths into the river tohonor those who diedthat day.
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partment open to meetthat need.”
In addition to the 24-hour emergency depart-ment and its support ser-vices that include outpa-tient labs,X-rayandcom-puted tomography (CT),the Mercy HealthPlex,outpatient physical ther-apy, The Sleep Centerand the AnticoagulantClinic are all still open attheMercyHealth –West-ern Hills Medical Cam-pus, Bentley said.
Both medical officebuildings on the West-wood campus housing
physician offices areopen as well, she said.
The Mercy Health –Mount Airy Hospitalclosed Nov. 10, but shesaid the medical officebuilding on the site re-mains open. The medicaloffice building is home tophysicians with MercyHealth – Mount Airy In-ternalMedicine andMer-cy Health – Mount AiryPrimary Care.
Joel Kimmet, presi-dent of the WestwoodCivic Association, saidresidents he’s talked toare glad Mercy Health ismaintaining some ser-vices at theWesternHillslocation, and they areanxiously awaiting thesale of the campus’s hos-
pital component.“We’re hoping some-
thing good will comethere and the space isutilized, whether it’s an-other hospital or doctor’soffices or used for teach-ing and training,” he said.
“We definitely wouldlike to see some good usemade out of the build-ing.”
Bentley said MercyHealth is seeking poten-tial buyers for both theMount Airy hospital andthe closed portion ofWestern Hills.
“We are open to cre-ative partnerships withorganizations interestedin the campuses and withalignedcommunity inter-ests,” she said.
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from Gilsey Avenue toBeech Avenue the “ElderHigh School Vietnam Vet-erans Memorial High-way.”
ElderPrincipalTomOt-ten saidTerhar andhis billhave the school’s support.
“I think it’s really greatwe’re able to recognize in-dividuals who gave theirlives four our country,”Otten said.
“To have a small sec-
tion of Glenway dedicatedto their memory is justamazing.”
Hesaidauxiliarymark-erswith the nameandmil-itary rank of each of the11fallen men will be postedalong the dedicated sec-tion of the road and rotat-ed on an annual basis sothat each man is individ-ually recognized. Theschool will change thename in a ceremony eachyear, he said.
“Our country means agreat deal to all of us hereat Elder, and it especiallymeant something to these
11 men,” Otten said. “Thismemorial is very impor-tant to us.”
Terhar thanked fellowState Representatives De-nies Driehaus, Bill Bless-ing, Alicia Reece, PeterStautberg andDaleMallo-ry for co-sponsoring thelegislation.
“State governmentshouldmakeapositive im-pact on our local commu-nities,” Terhar said.“While this bill may notresonate on a state level, itis important for membersof the Elder and PriceHillcommunity.”
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A White Oak family ishopingoneof itsmembersgets the gift of life forChristmas.
Matt Hils is the oldestof the six children Daveand Betty Hils raised inour community, and he isbattling large-cell lym-phoma. The cancer thathas taken over his bonemarrow is very aggres-sive and the only cure is astemcell transplant, oftencalled a bone marrowtransplant. He does nothave a matching bonemarrow donor and familyand friends are setting upbone marrow drives inhopes of finding a matchfor him, or someone elsejust like him.
Matt was raised inWhite Oak, attended St.James ElementarySchool, La Salle HighSchool, ThomasMoreCol-lege and Miami Univer-sity.Heearnedhis doctor-ate at the University ofFlorida and now teachesbiology and is the directorof the Center for theStudy of Nature and Soci-ety and the J.H. BarrowField Station at HiramCollege.
Matt’s family has orga-nized a donor drive to in-crease the pool of donorsinhopeof findingamatch.The drive will be from 3p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec.20, at Matt’s alma mater,La SalleHigh School, 3091North Bend Road.
Submitting to a simplecheek swab is all youneedto do to determine if youcould be a match forMatt
or someone like him whois in need of a life-savingtransplant.
“His best chance offinding a matching donoris through the Be TheMatch Registry,” said hissister Beth Noe. “That iswhy we are asking foryourhelp.Pleaseconsiderbecoming a bone marrowdonor at our event.”
Noe shared a quotefromoneofhercousinsonFacebook: “If you are reg-
istered as an organ donorwhen you die, why notconsider registering todonate while still living?”
Noesaidthefamilywillhave complimentary pop,chips,pretzelsat thedriveand therewill alsobeabigChristmasbasket toraffleoff and a bake sale.
Team Be The Match isan online community thathelps patients who need amarrow or umbilical cordblood transplant.
Team members raisefunds so more people canbe added to the Be TheMatch Registry. Fund-raiser donations help cov-er the cost of testing andadding more members tothe registry.
The Be The MatchFoundationworkswith in-dividuals, businesses andother groups raisingmon-ey to grow the registry,providing grants to helppatients with transplantcosts, and supporting re-search.
Donor drive set for Dec. 20 forWhite Oak native battling cancerBy Jennie [email protected]
Matt Hils in the field with students. Hils is battling cancerand his family is doing a donor drive to see if a marrowdonor match can be located.PROVIDED.
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DELHI TWP. — JerryLuebbers said he’ll missthe political process andworking on issues to helpresidents.
The longtime DelhiTownship trustee and for-
mer staterepre-sentative isretiring atthe end ofthis monthafter morethan fourdecades ofserving theWest Side.
“The time has come,”he said. “It comes for ev-eryone, and it’smy time tomove on and give the new,young blood a chance topickupwhereweleftoff.”
Luebbers was firstelected as a Delhi Town-ship trustee in 1969. Heserved in that capacity
until 1978, when he waselected to the Ohio Houseof Representatives to leg-islate on behalf of Delhi,Price Hill andWestwood.
He served at the State-house for 22 years – from1979 through 2000 – andleft due to term limits.Upon leaving the statelegislature, he returned toDelhiand in2001wasonceagain elected a trustee.
This year marks theend of his third straightfour-year term as trustee.
“It’s a total of 43 yearsofpublicservice,”hesaid,noting he survived 17 dif-ferent elections.
“I appreciate the confi-dence people placed inme.”
Luebbers said themostimportant responsibilityof an elected official is tohelp people through themaze of government andprovide thebasic servicesupon which people de-pend, and he saw serving
as a trustee and state rep-resentative as a way tohelp people.
Each office presenteda different set of chal-lenges, but he said he’sproud of the work he didat both the township andstate level. He said he’sparticularly proud of thepro-life issues he support-ed and the legislation heworked on in Columbus tomodernize the townshipform of government.
“I did the very best IcouldandIgave it100per-cent at all times,” he said.
While he always en-joyed the process of gov-ernment, he said he’llmiss the people the most.That includes his fellowelected officials, thetownship staff and em-ployees and the residentswith whom he’s worked.
“It has been an honorand pleasure to serve thepeople of this communi-ty,” Luebbers said.
Delhi Township trustees Jerry Luebbers, Marijane Klug and Mike Davis discuss a park levyin January.FILE PHOTO
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PRICE HILL — SetonHigh School has launcheda new approach to educa-tion this school year, com-plete with upgraded tech-nology,newclassroomfur-niture andanewschedule.
“There’s a shift in cul-ture here at Seton andwe’re ready to celebrateit,” said AnnaDowney, theassistant principal of aca-demics.
“We’re moving from a
teaching culture to alearning culture.”
Historically, she saideducation in this countryhasbeenrooted inteacher-driven instruction, inwhich a teacher stands infront of the class and pre-sents material.
While that may workfor some students, it’s notideal for all, especially fortoday’s students.
To better serve stu-dents and empower themto be engaged in the learn-ing process, Seton Princi-pal and CEO Donna Brig-ger said administratorsand faculty have workedhard to create an environ-ment fostering collabora-tive learning.
A large aspect of thatwas adopting anewsched-ule, she said. The newschedule features threedifferentclass schedules –a seven-period day, a four-period day and a three-pe-riod day.
Brigger said the sched-ule provides more learn-ing time for students andallows teachers to meetthree times each week inProfessional LearningCommunities to plan cur-riculum and collaborate.The Professional Learn-ing Communities will alsoallow students a chance tomeet with teachers, shesaid.
“Wewant to listenmoreto student voices,” shesaid. “Learning is a partic-ipatory activity.”
The main goal is to im-prove student learningandfulfill theschool’smis-sion of preparing all stu-dentsforalifeoffaith,ser-vice and leadershipthrough academic excel-lence, Brigger said.
Another aspect of cre-ating a collaborativelearning environmentwasachieved by the school’sLegacy of Learning Cam-paign. Through donationsfrom alumnae and friendsof the school, Seton wasable to buy new desks andchairs for its classroomsthis year and install 65-inch flatscreens in eachclassroom that interactwith students’ tablet com-puters.
Jennifer Dunaway, Se-ton’s development direc-tor who coordinated thefundraising campaign,said students had been us-ing wooden desks datingback to1957andmetal andcomposite desks from1974.
“That was the last timewe had any updates to theclassroom furniture,” shesaid.
“We wanted to create a21st century environmentfor our students. Theclassrooms are now openand students are able to bemobile and work togeth-er.”
Downey said the newfurniture, state-of-the-artflatscreens and newschedule are all tools Se-ton is using to transformeducation.
Throughout it all, shesaid the faculty and staffhave been dedicated andhave embraced the transi-tion from being deliveryagents to teachers who in-spire and encourage stu-dent centered learning.
“It’s all based on re-search and we’ve re-searched this for manyyears,” she said.
“It’s helping us meetthe needs of today’s stu-dents.”
Seton ready to meetneeds of today’s studentsBy Kurt [email protected]
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The DramaWorkshop presentsholiday show
The DramaWorkshop,the community theatergroup headquartered atThe Glenmore Playhousein Cheviot, is presenting“A 1940’s Radio Christ-mas Carol” as its holidayproduction.
Performances are at 8p.m.Dec.13, 14, 20 and 21;and at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 and22, at the playhouse, 3716Glenmore Ave.
The show takes audi-ences back to the era ofthe live radio broadcast –when anything could, andusually did, happen.
The story follows Wil-liam St. Claire, a star ofstage and screen who ismaking his radio debut asScrooge in a broadcastfrom a studio at theHotelAberdeen inNewark,N.J.St. Claire propels thebroadcast to its climax ashe has an on-air break-down and begins to con-nect his own lifewith thatof the classic Dickenstale.
In order to “save theshow,” the company im-provises an ending toCharles Dickens’ classicas a film noir mystery,featuring a hard-boileddetective, a femme fataleand an absurd rescue ofTinyTimfrom the clutch-es of a villain named Ru-dolf.
Audiences are invitedto join in the fun as theyserve as the radio pro-gram’s “live audience”and are prompted by theapplause sign on the set.
Tickets may be re-served online atthedramaworkshop.orgor by calling the ticket
line at 598-8303.Tickets are $15 for
adults and $12 for chil-dren 12 and younger.
Bring canned goodsto Danbarry, see amovie for free
Danbarry Cinemas inWestern Hills is hostingits annual “Canned FilmFestival” benefit.
From noon to 8 p.m.Thursday, Dec.19, admis-sion to a movie is free forguests who bring two ormore canned or boxedfood items.
All items donated tothe cinema during theeventwillgototheAnder-son Ferry Food Pantry inDelhi Township.
Themovie theater is at5190 Glencrossing Way.
For more information,visit www.danbarry.com.
County receives$162K in HomelandSecurity grants
The Ohio Departmentof Public Safety, throughthe Ohio Homeland Secu-rity Grant Program,awarded $162,448 inHomeland Securitygrants to the HamiltonCounty Emergency Man-agement Agency.
The funding supportsthe implementation ofstate homeland securitystrategies that addressidentified planning, or-ganization, equipment,training and exerciseneeds.
“The program dollarsare designed to enhancethe capacity of state andlocal jurisdictions to pre-vent, prepare for, re-spond to and recoverfrom incidents,” saidOhio Department of Pub-
lic Safety Director JohnBorn.
“Ohio is committed toproviding the supportand guidance necessaryto keep our counties andcommunities safe.”
The Homeland Securi-ty Grant Program sup-ports core capabilitiesacross the five missionareas of prevention, pro-tection, mitigation, re-
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St. William presents‘Festival of Carols’
St. William Church inWest Price Hill will pre-sent its annual Festival ofCarols before midnightMass Tuesday, Dec. 24.
This hour long service,directedby long timeMu-sic Director David Allen,
will feature the 35-mem-ber St. William choir, ac-companied by an ensem-ble from the CincinnatiMetropolitan Orchestra.
Welcome Christmaswith an hour of sacredmusic, with traditionalcarols, orchestral andchoral selections in abeautifully decoratedchurch setting.
The Festival of Carols
begins at 11 p.m. and willbe followed by midnightMass celebrated by theRev. Andrew Umberg,pastor of St. William.
Doors to the church,4108 W. Eighth St., willopen at 10:30 p.m.
Contact the church at921-0247 or visitwww.saintwilliam.com
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Alumni, friends, fam-ily and fans of the award-winning CincinnatiYoung People’s Theatrewill gather for the fifthannual CYPT ReunionBenefit on Friday, Dec.27, at the Covedale Cen-ter for the PerformingArts, 4990 Glenway Ave.
Tickets are $15 eachand are available now.
The benefit will cele-brate more than 30 yearsofCYPTandmore than50productions, between itssummer program, holi-day productions and co-productions with othertheater troupes.
There are more than2,000 actors, dancers,stage managers, techni-cal staff and musicianswho proudly call them-selves CYPT alumni.
Many have gone on to ca-reers on Broadway, inBroadway tours, in re-gional theaters across thecountry, on original castrecordings, on televisionand in film.
This benefit will inviteback talent from all theeras of the program toreminisce, honor somedistinguished alumni andperform a selection ofshowstoppers and CYPTfavorites.
All proceeds of theevening benefit CYPTand will keep the pro-gram going and growing.
Theevening includesapreshow happy hour at6:30 p.m., performancesbeginningat7:30p.m.andan after hours cast partyand fundraiser from 9-11:30 p.m.
Add-on tickets for thepreshow happy hour are$10 and include two drinktickets and light appetiz-ers.
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Westwood Civiclooking for yardsdecorated forholidays
The Westwood CivicAssociation encouragesresidents and businessesto decorate their proper-ties for the holidays.
For the secondstraight year, the associa-tion will award holidayYard-of-the-Week win-ners every week Satur-day, Dec. 28.
Ten of the best deco-rated yards or propertieswill be designated withYard-of-the-Week signs.
Residents are invitedto nominate who theythink has the best deco-rated property.
Nominations can bemade by emailing West-wood Civic Associationboard member BeckyWeber [email protected].
Properties must bewithin the boundaries ofWestwood.
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Cecilie Balling, Camilla Breum Soegaard,Line Kristensen and Louise Bjerring attendHasserisGymnasium(high school) inAalborg,which is in northern Denmark. Each studentwashostedbyaMcAuleystudent and is attend-ing classes, as well as experiencing asmuch ofAmerican and Cincinnati culture as possible.
The youngwomen first stopped inWashing-ton, D.C., a visit they really enjoyed. They also
plannedKings Island trip, a tour of Cincinnati,aFridaynight football game, apossible hockeygame, a restaurant blitz and shopping, whichthey all are anxiously awaiting.
Their entire class is spending time in theUnited States, including some in Louisville,Ky.
TheDanishstudentssaid theyhadawonder-ful time, were not at all homesick andwere im-pressed with the friendliness of the studentsand teachers at McAuley.
Danish studentsvisit McAuley
The Danish students and their McAuley hostesses are, from left, Cecilie Balling, Rachel Budke, CamillaBreum Soegaard, Mary Orth, Line Kristensen, Gabby Dangel, Louise Bjerring and MeganQuattrone.PROVIDED.
BRIDGETOWNMIDDLESCHOOL
The following students earnedhonors for the first quarter of the2013-2014 school year.
High honors: Hannah Alering,Austin Belcher, JacobBerkemeier,LaraineBoland,GabrielleBuccino,Michael Cable, Hannah Cremer-ing, Sierra Dance, Hanna Ferned-ing, Tristan Fox, Alexander Fulton,DanaGaradah,BaileyGarcia,Dan-ielle Hackett, Sydney Haders, Ha-ley Hartsfield, Allison Huelle-meier, Rebecca Ihle, Vincent Kolb,Jasmine Korte, Joshua Kurre, Jas-min Lau, David Lawson, Alexis Le-pof, Kyra Lough, HarrisonMcKee,
Joseph McPeek, Andrew Miller,GabrielleNaber, SamuelNeiheisel,Jacob Patrick, Lukas Pyles, SaraReid, Carissa Sartor, Hailey Seif-ert, Lauren Shaw, Cameron Smith,Madison Smith, Martin Smith,Samuel Smith, Kendyl Sommer-field, Jacob Sumner, CamerynSwagler, Connor Taylor, BrandonTruong, Sydney Walker, RonaldWermes and Christopher Wilke.
Honors: Alexis Becks, TimothyDolerhie, Dallas Dorn, Logan Elli-son, Danielle Engel, Madison Fin-ley, Rachel Fuerst, Thomas Geier,Ashley Glass, Faith Guthier, Mi-chael Hassett, Lincoln Henson,Brandon Huellemeier, ConnorHutchinson,AlexandraKidd,RyanKlug, Kylee Lagreca, Alan Laile,Shayla Lawless, Destinee Lykins,Nyasia McCrary, Dylan McDaniel,JuliaMeiners, VictoriaMersmann,Allyson Miller, Benjamin Murray,Nikolaos Nitsis, Jacob Perry, Tra-visRamey,McKennaRederick, Ju-lia Robb, Caitlyn Roll, Morgan Ru-nyan, Francis Sedler, MackenzieSharp, Briannon Slade, NicholasStavale, Jena Tucker and LaylaWalters.
Eighth-gradeHighest honors: Peyton Beck,
KaylaBlack, IreneBlamer, GriffinCaudill, Rebecca Chai, MakaylaConners, Elizabeth Cron, BrookeElliott, Karli Gaskins, ChristopherGuy, Morgan Higgins, BenjaminHinton, Riley Howard, BenjaminKidd, Elizabeth Kroger, AndrewLambrinides, Ryan Leonard, Isa-bella Liedhegner, Brianna Louis,KaliMeyer,MeganMyers,WilliamO’Callaghan, SydneyParsell, Eliza-beth Rehkamp, Samantha Schos-ter, Curtis Souders, Andrew Toon,Caroline Trennepohl, Rachel Van-tyle, Rachel Walicki, KerriganWessel, Skylar Willmann and Sky-lar Wright.
High honors: Julianne Adams,Grant Armbruster, Paighton Bak-er, Kaylynn Bowman, Jared Brat-fish, Hunter Bratfish, Hamza Bri-jawi, Brooke Chaille, Emily Dami-co, Chase Dawson, Alexander Duf-fy, Leah Falco, Maria Fantetti,MorganFischer,AdamFrench,Mi-chael Fritts, Sarah Gahan, RimaGaradah, Brooke Gomer, DrewGregor, Courtney Grubbs, ChaseHaehnle, Lucas Harmon, JasonHauke, Katherine Hodapp, DanialHolcomb, Jackson Jalovec, Mor-gan Jones, KarissaKeinath, AustinKlemann,MarissaLeinen,NinaLu-pariello, ElisabethManor,MadisonMatre, Conner McKee, Justin Mi-lov, Rachael Moody, Jessica Mor-gan, Liam Neal, Lindsey Oaks,Cameron Omlor, Zoe Orlet, KelsieOsterman, Cecilie Patterson,McKenzie Peters, Simon Pfalz, Oli-via Pitstick, Victoria Ramsey, Ma-rissa Robb, Kiana Roth, AshleySchloemer,TylerSchmidt,MeghanSchorsch, Dylan Schraffenberger,Nathaniel Sheeler, Brandon Smith,Heather Stephens, Rachel Stergio-poulos, Nicholas Strader, JustinSummers, McKayla Swindell,Megan Taylor, Alexander Trujillo,GraceVanderbilt, AnjaVoynovich,LoganWhitehead, AmberWibbels-man,NicholeXiao andErinZorick.
Roger Bacon High School hosted its second Grandparents Day in the school auditorium for freshmangrandparents and their grandchildren. The morning started with a Mass by the Rev. Fred Link, followedby a breakfast catered from Vonderhaar’s, and ended with the playing of the Roger Bacon fight songperformed by the band. Nearly 100 grandparents attended and were given tours of Roger Bacon HighSchool. With student Alan Walke of Westwood are his grandparents, from left: Norbert and Lily Walke,and Tom and Mary Ann Ludwick. PROVIDED
GRAND OPENING SINGERS
The Oakdale Elementary School Ovation Choir was asked to perform at the grand opening of the newMercy Health – West Hospital. Members Anastacia Umbach and Savannah Dance said they werehonored to get to sing at the hospital.
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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com
Somewhere Keith Jacksonweeps, for there is no rumblin’or stumblin’, but there is plentyof tumbling as gymnastics sea-son is under way for area girls.
Oak HillsKristin Perica enters her
second season coaching a LadyHighlanders’ gymnastics pro-gramonly in its thirdyearof ex-istence.
Perica returns eight gym-nasts from last season’s squadthat finished sixth at the citychampionships and 12th at thedistrict meet.
“We definitely hope to breaksome school records this year,”the coach said. “We have a lot oftalent on our team as long aswestay healthy, so I look forwardto that. … I feel like there ismore energy than last year inthe gym and (the girls) alreadyknow what to expect now sothey’re just excited.”
» Elder won a GCL Quadmatch with a score of 2,605. LaSalle (2,595) was second, fol-lowed by St. Xavier (2,554) andMoeller (2,458). JoshGuy led thePanthers with a 429 series. An-
thonyHughes of St. X rolled thehigh series with a 431.
Girls bowling» Seton topped Mt. Notre
Dame2,231-1,883,Dec.10behinda 384 high series from seniorJessica Gilmore.
»Oak Hills took down Harri-son Dec. 10 by a score of 2,463-2,039. Senior Brittany Heinrolled a 438 high series for theLadyHighlanders.
Boys swimming»Oak Hills beat La Salle 67-
34,Dec.10behindvictories fromBrian Walker (200-yard individ-ual medley and 100 butterfly),Jonathan Wohlfrom (50 free-style), Nathan Smith (100 back-stroke), Hunter Busken (500freestyle) and Parker Dennis (1-meter diving).
Senior Julian Souder wonboth the 100- and 200-yard free-style events for the Lancers,while DrewMeister won the100breaststroke.
» Senior Nick Wasserbauerwon both the 200-yard freestyleand 100-yard butterfly eventsfor Taylor as the Yellow Jackets(53 points) finished third behindMariemont (117) and Indian Hill(84) Dec. 10.
Girls swimming» Junior Allie Robertson cap-
tured both the 50- and 100-yardfreestyle events to lead OakHills to a51-50victoryoverMer-cy Dec. 10.
Amanda Scola (200 IM and100backstroke)andMeganBuse(500 freestyle and 100 breast-stroke) each won two events forthe Bobcats.
» FreshmanIzzyMurraywonboth the 100- and 200-yard free-style events for Taylor (85points) Dec. 10 as the YellowJackets finished third behindMariemont (121) and Indian Hill(112).
Girls soccer»Oak Hills’ Katie Murray,
who plays club soccer for KingsHammer Academy, was namedto the Region II, 1997 All-StarTeamforherplayatthe2013U.S.Youth Soccer Olympic Develop-ment ProgramGirls Thanksgiv-ing Interregional, which tookplace Nov. 24-29 at Spanish Riv-er Athletic Park in Boca Raton,Fla.
TheWestern Hills Press asked readers to send in pictures of their senior classathletes as part of the Fall Senior Moments project. All photos will be part of anonline photo gallery on cincinnati.com.
Oak Hills soccer team seniors at their Senior Night include, from left: Front, Spencer Dennis, Evan Merk,Zach Mitchell, Zach Guthier; Back, Mitchell Fisher, Alex Grote, Tyler Mitchell, Brett Smith, JordanArlinghaus and Adam Kroeger. THANKS TO CHRIS MITCHELL
Fall senior moments
Oak Hills High School girls varsity soccer seniors were,from left: No. 4 Chloe Hassett, No. 12 WhitneyEsterkamp; No. 13 MeganWessel and No. 10 KaitlynArmentrout
Seton High School varsity soccer moms and seniors get out of limo, from left: Chris Bailey, Allison Bailey,Erin Sunderman, Halie Sunderman, Missy Frey, Jessica Frey, Jenny Healey, Sandy Healey, SamanthaGoodwin, Debbie Goodwin, Allie Luebbering and Debbie Luebbering.
The College of Mount Saint Joseph’s men’s soccer team honored five players who played all four yearswith the program on Senior Day. From left are: No. 27, Cody Dunkin of Georgetown; No. 18, ShayneBateman of Oak Hills; No. 3, Bryson Lewis of Blanchester; head coach Rudy Argueta; assistant coach JonWilliams; No. 5 Jake Nelson of Batavia; No. 2, Shane Hall of Louisville.
Nathan Herdemanjoins his parents onElder High SchoolSenior Night forsoccer at the PantherAthletic Complex.Pictured, from left, areDave Herdeman,Nathan Herdemanand Patty Herdeman.
These 2013 Seton Saints varsity soccer teamseniors went to Fountain Square before theirsenior night game Sept. 25. From left are: Back,Samantha Goodwin, Jessica Frey, HalieSunderman; middle, Jenny Healey, AllieLuebbering; front, Allison Bailey .
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HAMILTON CO. — Thelanes are greased up andthe bowling season is un-derway. Here’s a look athow the team’s in theWesternHills Press, DelhiPress andPriceHill Presscoverageareaareshapingup:
Elder»Dave Sievers returns
his top five bowlers fromlast season’s squad thatfinished third in theGreater Catholic LeagueSouth.
Eddie Sievers, Dave’sson, headlines the Pan-thers’ lineup.TheyoungerSievers was the lone dis-trict qualifier for the Pan-thers last season and wasone of three bowlersnamed second-team All-GCL.Thesenior isaverag-ing 186.8 through his firstfour matches.
Senior Josh Guy hasbeen “The Man” for thePanthers thus far. Heranksfirst in theGCLwitha 230 average and a highseries of 502, and is sec-ond with a high game of270.
Danny Sullivan ranksseventh in the GCL with a201.3 average, while Da-vid Eubanks (198.2) andAndrewPrice (190.8) rank13th and 14th, respective-ly.
Junior Drew Robb(190.6) and seniors NickRoth (182.6) and PatrickSullivan (183.3) round outthe lineup for the Pan-thers.
Sievers’ squad is off toa rough start (1-4), but twoof their losses (Fairfieldand Moeller) have comeby less than 25 pins.
“With all five starterscoming back we will havesome experience to takeus to thenext level,” coachSievers said. “We willhave a very large seniorclass that has bowled to-gether the last couple ofyears.”
La Salle»Hollis Haggard III
enters his third season ascoach of the Lancers afterwinning the GCL South ti-tle in 2013 and beingnamed GCL Coach of theYear after posting an 18-4(13-1GCL) record.
Haggard returns hisentire roster from the2013 team and is off to a4-0 start in 2014, includinga victory at the GCLQuadmatch Dec. 3.
Senior Matt Nichols iscomingoffaseasonwherehe was named first-teamAll-GCL and currentlyranks third in the leaguewith a 209.7 average.
Fellow seniorWillMul-len ranks second on theteamwith a 203.8 averageand boasts a high series of446 this season. His high-game of 265 ranks third inthe GCL.
Danny Reichwein(201.3), Ben Millard (201),Eric Blessing (197) andMatt Knebel (194.3) allrank in the top 14 in the
conferencebasedonaver-age.
“The experience thisteam brings,” Haggardsaid of what he likes mostabouthis teamthisseason.“… I also like the fact thatthese kids are hungry andready for this season.”
Mercy» The stars are align-
ing for a trip to the statetournament for coachMike McDonald and hisBobcat bowlers. Sitting at7-0, ranked No. 1 in TheEnquirer Division I areacoaches’ poll anda tourna-ment victory at the BigBlue meet under theirbelts, it’s just a matter ofMcDonald finding theright combination of bow-lers each match.
That may seem like aneasy task, but with sevenbowlers averaging 170 orhigher it’s a decision thecoach doesn’t enjoy mak-ing three or four times aweek.
“I’m just trying to keepthemhappy and friendly,”McDonaldsaid. “…It’smyjob togetenoughgames infor everybody to keepthemhappy, that’s the bot-tom line. If theyarehappythey can bowl.”
Senior Sarah Corsoleads the Girls’ GreaterCatholic League with a202.1 average, while ju-niorMaryBowman is sec-ond with a 191.6 average.
“She bought a new ballover the summer and it’smore aggressive and shehooks it down the lane andshe’smaking spares,”Mc-Donald said of Bowman.“She’s actually got just as
good of agame (asanybody).”
SeniorSabrinaWeibel sitsless thanthree pinsbehindBowmanwith a 188.8
average and her and Cor-so’s “rivalry” over thepast four years has reallytaken shape during theirsenior seasons.
“The first two or threeyears they all got along,but it was like a competi-tion thing,” McDonaldsaid. “Right now youcouldn’t separate the two.They are saying ‘if youscrewupI’mgoingtohaveto pick you up.’ They real-ly are the best of friendsand it’s a good group.”
Oak Hills»Kurt Francisco’s
boys are coming off a tripto the state tournamentand have full intentions ofmakingback-to-back tripsto Wayne Webb’s Colum-busBowlcomelateFebru-ary and early March.
Despitehaving threeofthe top six bowlers in theGreater Miami Confer-ence based on averageand being ranked No. 1 inThe Enquirer Division Iarea coaches’ poll, Fran-cisco isn’t fully pleasedwith what he’s seen fromhis 4-1Highlanders.
“I’m about 90 percenthappy with what’s goingon,” the coach said. “Theother 10 percent is thattheir heads are in theirway.…Ikeep telling themthey aren’t bowlingagainst each other, we’rebowling against otherhigh schools.”
The Highlanders wontheBakerMarathonTour-nament at NorthwestLanes Nov. 23 and fol-lowed that up with nearlya 400-pin victory at theHamilton Big Blue Tour-nament Dec. 7. Francis-co’s teamwillbe lookingtowin the Holiday Classicfor the fifth consecutivetime (the tournamenttakes place Dec. 15 atWestern Bowl).
Their lone blemishcame in a 21-pin loss toNorthwest Dec. 2.
Junior Brandon Combscurrently leads the High-landerswitha218averageand his high series of 279is tiedfor tops in theGMC.
Enquirer All-Star KyleHelmes is starting tocomearound.His averageof 206.2 ranks eighth inthe GMC and he’s comingoff his best all-aroundmatch where he rolled a465 series in a win overHarrison Dec. 10.
Dillon Meece and ColeWeisbrod both rank in thetop 10 in the conferencewith averages of 212.6 and211.9, respectively.
Ian Rieger rounds outFrancisco’s lineup with a199.2 average, ranking
14th in the GMC.Robin Hoernschmeyer
Lady Highlanders are offto a 3-2 start and havethree bowlers who rankinside the top seven of theGMC based on average.
Emily Hein leads thatgroup with a 179.5 aver-age, followed by BrittanyHein (176.7) and MandiChafins (174.6).
Alyssa Baldwin is 13thin the conference with a165.8 average.
off to a 3-3 start, which issomething the coach isn’tquite used to after reach-ing the state tournamentsix out of his 10 yearscoaching at the school.
“We’re alright,” Robbsaid. “… I get a little dis-couraged when we’re notin the upper echelon. Ithink we’re middle of thepack to be quite honest. Ilook forward to us gettingbetter as the season goeson. Hopefully our seniorleadership will get usthrough.”
The Saints currentlyrank 10th in The EnquirerDivision I area coaches’poll and are led by seniorJessica Gilmore, who’s174.5 average ranks 10th inthe GGCL.
“She’sstartingoutpret-ty good,” Robb said. “Shejustneedstogetmorecon-sistent and she is doingthat.”
The senior rolled a 243against Harrison Nov. 26in a 19 point victory overtheWildcats.
Sophomore Carly Lu-ken has been quite a sur-prise early on with her172.2average, rankinghersecond on the team. Sherolled her season high of219 inawinoverMt.NotreDame Dec. 10.
Alexandra Neltner,Molly Brauch, McKenzieFrommeyer, AshleyHoinke and Sami Pragarall rank in the top 20 in theGGCL based on average.
St. Xavier»Alan Runkel’s 11th
season as coach of theBomber bowling squad isoff to a great start. Histeam is 4-1and rankedNo.2 inTheEnquirerDivisionI area coaches’ poll withtheir lone loss coming toLa Salle by 51 pins in aGCL Quadmatch Dec. 3.
Senior Kevin Polkinghas led the way thus farfor the Bombers with a
game-average of 225.8and has a high-series of461.
Fellow senior BenWeinberger was the 2013GCL South Athlete of theYear after averaging aGCL-leading 212.7. Thisseason he’s averaging202.2 throughhis first fivematches and has a high-game of 233.
Depth and senior lead-ership iswhatRunkel saidhe likes most about his2014 team and guys likeAnthony Hughes, JakeMurnan and JonnyMcQuitty are the reasonfor that.
The trio of seniors allrank inside the top 16 ofthe GCL with game aver-ages of 192 or higher.
Taylor» Coach Danny Voll-
rath returns all five start-ers from his 2013 districtqualifying team that fin-ished 19th at Beaver-VuBowl. His teambegins theseason rankedNo.1inTheEnquirer Division II areacoaches’ poll.
Keith Sickler andAllanHenle headline a group offive seniors that areprimed for what the Yel-low Jackets hope is anoth-er deep postseason run.
“We’re really excited,”Vollrath said. “We’reready to go. As anything,it’s not easy starting theseason not knowing what(the guys) did over thesummer,butsofarsogoodwith the way things aregoing.”
Jesse Barrett, JakeHines andBrett Vollrath –Danny’s cousin – roundout the starting five. MattWilhelm is the YellowJackets’ top sub.
It's low fives for Taylor bowler Allan Henle after a shotduring the district bowling championships last season.Henle is one of coach Danny Vollrath’s top two bowlersthis season.FILE ART
Weibel
Mercy senior Sarah Corsorolls a strike during a matchlast season. Corso currentlyleads the GGCL with a 202.1average.TOM SKEEN/THE
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Michelle Bushle isback and will perform inthe all-around.
Senior Paige Chesneycompeted inclubgymnas-tics at Cincinnati Gym-nastics (where Pericacoached before coming toOak Hills) but decided togive high school gymnas-tics a try. Perica looks forChesney to be a state con-
tender.Sophomore AlyssaMc-
Carthy is a newcomer tothe team with a back-ground in dance.
“Her background indance gives hermore nat-ural ability,” Perica said.“Things are comingquickly to her so that’sreally good.”
Destinee Friedmann isback and will competemore on floor routine thisseason in addition to theuneven bars and balancebeam.
If the beginning of theseason is any indication ofhow things are shapingupfor the Lady Highlandersthis season will go downas the best in the pro-grams short history.
“We actually just had amock meet (Dec. 9) withpressure routines in frontof judges and (the girls)actually did really well,”Perica said. “… I toldthem at the start that thisis good at the beginningbecause we can only im-prove from here.”
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Road naming bill will honorfallen Elder Vietnam veterans
As the oldest of nine kidsgrowing up on the West Side, Iwas very fortunate to havebeen given an opportunity toattend Elder High School.
At Elder, I was provided afirst-class education that pre-pared me for the United StatesNaval Academy, where I grad-uated, and then served duringthe VietnamWar.
To this day, I am thankful toElder High School for instill-ing in me the values what Iconsider most important.Though I’ll never be able tofully re-pay the school for allthat it has given me, I try toshowmy gratitude by servingas a trustee on its AltoriaFund, as well as working withthe Alumni Association. TheAlumni Association and espe-cially the Class of 1966, devel-oped the idea to honor 11 Elder
graduates wholost their livesserving ourcountry inVietnam.Plaques tohonor these 11men are ondisplay atElder, butmore seemedrequired.
If enacted, my proposedbill, House Bill 373 wouldre-name the section of Glen-way Avenue beginning at theintersection of Glenway andGilsey avenue, and extendingeast to the intersection ofGlenway and Beech avenue, asthe “Elder High School Viet-nam Veterans Memorial High-way.” Auxiliary markers willbe posted by the school androtated on an annual basis
indicating the name and mil-itary rank each of eleven fall-en soldiers, sailors, Marinesand airman. Elder PrincipalTom Otten has supported thisproject and will ensure thatthe name is changed at a cere-mony each year.
I was fortunate enough tohave known a few of the de-ceased, and can attest to theircourage and love of country.Memorializing their sacrificeis long overdue, and I am ap-preciative that the schoolreached out to help me withthis endeavor. Further, I ap-preciate the support of fellowHamilton County State Reps.Denise Driehaus, Bill Bless-ing, Alicia Reece, PeterStautberg, and Dale Malloryfor being co-sponsors of thelegislation. Their participationindicates that we can still
work on a bi-partisan basis tosupport our shared communi-ties.
State government shouldmake a positive impact on ourlocal communities. While thisbill may not resonate on astate level, it is important formembers of the Elder andPrice Hill Community.
During this holiday season,as we give thanks for ourfriends and families, I ask thatyou also take time to remem-ber and give thanks for:
»Navy Cmdr. LeonardFrederick Vogt Jr.;
» Air Force Capt. AlbertFrancis Sayer Jr.;
»Marine Corps Sgt. Thom-as Patrick Kindt;
» Army Spec. 5 RobertJames Oates;
» Army Cpl. Donald Law-rence Schnee;
»Marine Corps Cpl. DavidRaymond Caruso;
» Army Pfc. Michael LeeFaulkner;
»Marine Corps Pfc. Mi-chael Francis Huwel;
» Army Pfc. Paul PatrickDavis;
»Marine Corps Cpl. Wil-liam Francis Reiter;
»Marine Corps Lance Cpl.Michael Robert Witt.
As time goes by and memo-ry fades it is imperative weact to honor those who havepassed and provided us withour ability to live and breathefree.
State Rep. Louis Terhar may bereached by calling 614-466-8258,e-mailing [email protected], or writing to State Rep. Louis Ter-har, 77 S. High St., Columbus, Ohio43215.
Louis TerharCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
State looking the otherway on clinic
This weekend many willbe busy getting ready forChristmas. Although I needto do that, I will be spendingconsiderable time preparingfor our health facility’s nextinspection.
Some might not know thathealth care facilities are reg-ularly inspected by multipleagencies. Joint Commission,Ohio Department of Healthand others. This weekend Iwill be reviewing multiplechecklists containing hun-dreds of requirements. Theyregulate everything from thetraining of our staff to docu-menting what items go in ourbiohazard trash.
Not meeting these re-quirements means they canput us on probation until thedeficiency is corrected. Fail-ure to correct the deficiencywithin a short timespanmeans we could lose our ac-creditation and we are shutdown. I have no problemwithensuring my departmentmeets these guidelines be-cause excellent patient carewhile supporting health andwell-being is ourmain priori-ty.
That iswhy I amdisturbedto learn that SharonvilleWomen’s Med Center andCincinnati’s Planned Parent-hood of Southwest Ohio areoperating outside the lawwithout the required trans-fer agreements and/or varia-nce to remain in business.Surgical ambulatory centersare required to have thisagreement in case their pa-tients develop serious com-plications. Somehow theseabortion clinics have found away to skirt this require-ment.
It appears to me that OhioDepartment of Health is notholding them accountable tothe same standards as otherhealth facilities. Why is that?I’d like to know how they doit.Maybe I’m trying too hard,wasting my time on qualitywhen I could be finishing myChristmas shopping.
Can Ohio Department ofHealth really look the other
way depending on the type offacility they are regulating?Maybe it all comes down tothe contents of that biohazar-dous trash.
Beth HegedusMack
Make spaying,neutering a resolution
As a new year fast ap-proaches, let’s not forget ourfurry companions and makea renewed effort towardsspaying and neutering ourpets. If everyone wereforced to volunteer at a shel-ter, they would quickly real-ize the severity of the prob-lem of unwanted pets bothmixed and purebred.
Kudos to all the “no-kill”shelters, (who are sadly lim-ited due to the overwhelmingnumbers) but without themonumental work and dedi-cation of our local SPCA,there would be literally thou-sands, if not more, homeless,sick, unwanted and unlovedpets roaming our streets andcreating millions more. TheSPCA does a tremendous jobwhich is difficult and heart-breaking at best.
Make a determined effortto inform family, friends andneighbors that spaying andneutering is healthy (lowercancer rates), reduces ag-gression and roaming tend-encies, andmakes for amuchhappier pet – and owner.
UCAN is a fabulous low-cost spay/neuter clinic at1230 W. Eighth St., in theQueensgate area of Cincin-nati, 513-721-7387- their web-site iswww.ucancincinnati.org.
Also www.scoopcat.org anhelp you learn how to trap,neuter and release feral catcolonies.
Let’s make that NewYear’s resolution to cut themillions of preventable petdeaths and avoidable euthan-izations in 2014.
Mary LuckeyBridgetown
Remember childrenhere at home
Thanks to Steve Chabotfor introducing the “Girls
Count Act” legislation tobring “children out of theshadows” ( Western HillsPress, Dec. 4). This attemptto ensure human rights andrecognition to childrenaround the world is laudable.
However, I must admitthat when I read the headlineregarding “bringing chil-dren out of the shadows” myfirst thought was that per-haps Rep. Chabot was devel-oping a greater concern forthe hidden children in ourcountry who continue to suf-fer from poverty and hunger.It seems these children wereinvisible, unaccounted for,when our Congress so gliblyvoted to shut down the gov-ernment, thus increasing therisk to these children andtheir families. The risk hasalso been increased by thevote to decrease funding fornutritional programs for thepoor.
So, yes, let’s work for therecognition of rights for chil-dren everywhere. Let’s alsohave compassion and take re-sponsibility for our needychildren citizens who oftenseem to be “in the shadows”and out of the range of gov-ernment concern.
Connie Carroll WidmerWestwood
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We talk a lot about West Sidepride, about those whoseachievements we identify with;famous people whose liveshave influenced our west sideway of living. OurWho’s Wholist is extensive. I’mmaking thecase for Bob Beck, a seeminglyordinary, one of us, kind of guy.
At the time of his birth, 1-2-1930, the Price Hill/Covedaleturf war had reached epic pro-portions. To establish legal
boundaries,Covedale resi-dents pet-itioned to in-corporate Cov-edale as a self-governingvillage. How-ever, the PriceHill Civic Clublobbied forCovedale to beannexed by the
city. Why? One could reasonthat, because the newly devel-oped area would then be underthe club’s governance, it wouldbe considered a part of PriceHill; giving Price Hill residentsa boost of civic pride.
Then, the Covedale CivicClub formed for the purpose ofsupporting annexation. WithMayor Russell Wilson’s publicstatement – “We would like theresidents of Covedale to honorus by becoming our citizens”–residents were assured theywould retain their “I live inCovedale” status. Thus, in goodfaith, the proponents of in-corporation joined the annex-ation movement, and a portionof the purposed Village becamea part of Cincinnati.
To complete the Covedaleautonomy resolution, EarlWesterfeld, a Covedale residentand the attorney who repre-sented the incorporation move-ment, became the president ofthe Price Hill Civic Club.
However, without legalboundaries the nagging “Is itCovedale or is it Price Hill”question persisted. The resi-dents of Covedale would say,“Covedale.” And those wholived in Price Hill would say,
“Price Hill.”The spirited debate was
deemed “bad for business.” So,believing that only the inno-cence of a child could teach ushow to act like adults, PriceHill and Covedale merchantschose to honor, with prizes, thefirst-born within the newlyannexed area. Bob Beck wastheir honoree. His arrival wascelebrated, and highly pub-licized; the subject of a featureCincinnati Times Star articlewelcoming “Happy Covedale”into the city.
Bob’s “jolly, smiling face”tempered a turf war truce. ThePrice Hill/Covedale contro-versy subsided; and a newwestside tradition emerged. Whenasked, “Where do you live?”many Catholics now referencetheir parish identity, and thoseof Protestant persuasion areinclined to reply, “WesternHills.”
I believe Bob had a keensense of his life’s purpose.Whenever he was called a“Covedale elitist, in JackieRobinson-like fashion, he re-sponded with dignity andgrace.
Today, area businesses againproudly display the “HappyCovedale” article, now in theform of a poster. This culturaldocument reminds us that exer-cising our right of self-determi-nation is at the core of the Cov-edale spirit. Now, with Bob’spassing, this West Side Storyalso offers a moral lesson; re-minding us that, howwe live, ismore important than where welive.
Jim Grawe is the co-founder of theCovedale Neighborhood Association.He can be reached at [email protected].
Covedale posterchild quietly passes
Jim GraweCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Bob Beck isrememberedas ofCovedale'sstrongestsupporters.PROVIDED
LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES
WESTERNHILLSPRESS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013
Village residents attendeda rededication of Sayler ParkElementary School Nov. 14
The $13.2 million state-of-the art school was remod-eled as part of Cincinnati
Public School Boards plan tobring all of its schools into the21st century.
The original school wasdesigned by Tietig & Lee andopened in 1929. Walter Lee, aSayler Park resident, was thearchitect. He brought the clocktower over from the Home CitySchool at Parkland and Twain.
The original dedication was
last year on Oct. 28, after theschool redesigned by RothPartnership and reconstructedby Turner Construction Co. wascompleted. The communityfought hard for the renovationin May 2009, after the Cincin-nati Board of Education decid-ed not to renovate the agingschool, because enrollment wasdown and the school boarddidn’t want to spend money on aschool that might close in thefuture. Residents saw theirschool fall into disrepair overthe years, and crowded a schoolboard meeting and convinced
the board to reverse their deci-sion. Since it reopened theschool is at full capacity.
The ceremony started with aProcession of the Flags by thestudents after which the Pledgeto the flag was recited. Thenmusic director Marc Katz ledthe third- and fourth-gradestudents singing, “God BlessAmerica.” Superintendent Ma-ry Ronan cut the ribbon. Princi-pal Gary Vale read the historyof the school. Then he thankedeveryone in the communitywho worked to make the reno-vation possible.
They were: Tracy Bishop,site coordinator for Boys andGirls Club; Julie Fatora, direc-tor of the community center;Bob Bibbo, Sayler Park VillageCouncil president; Corrie Guil-foyle, school resource coor-
dinator; Darlene Kamine, Com-munity Learning Center In-stitute; The Rev. Peter Mat-thews, present pastor, andNancy Ratz, former pastor ofEden Chapel Methodist Church.
The drill team conducted byLynn Arnsperger performedseveral routines. Artist andformer student Alfonso Huck-leberry presented a $1,000grant from Sam's Club throughWal-Mart’s Teacher RewardsProgram. It will give eachteacher a $50 gift card to reim-burse teachers for spendingtheir ownmoney to buy thingsthe school doesn’t provide.
Ronan, School Board Presi-dent Eileen Cooper Reed, andboard members Eve Bolton andDaniel Minera attended. Boltonis a former student at SaylerPark School.
Ronan, said, “Parents dropoff their kids in the same class-rooms where they went toschool. Sayler Park wraps itselfaround its children. We wereable to pull together everybodyso you could get what you want-ed in your school. The archi-tect, Roth Partnership, did areal good job of keeping theoriginal architecture –especial-ly the clock tower. We are nowat the end of our 10-year pro-gram to have every child learnin a state of the art school.”
Allison Shepard donated apainting of the school andHuckleberry donated a woodcarving of an Indian called“The Great Chief.” They arehanging in the entry hall of theschool. Both are former stu-dents of the school and success-ful artists.
A procession of flags begins the rededication ceremony at Sayler Park Elementary School. BETTY KAMUF/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Sayler Park dedication, take 2Sayler Park Elementary graduate and artists Alfonso Huckleberry with his Indian carving.BETTY KAMUF/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS
Sayler Park Principal Gary Vale gives a history of the school. BETTY KAMUF/FOR THE
THURSDAY, DEC. 19Community DanceTeam Jeff Anderson LineDancing, 6-7 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Linedancing fitness party. Ages 18and up. $5. 741-8802; colerai-n.org. Colerain Township.
Exercise ClassesHatha Yoga, 10-11 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Bring matand engage in stretching,breathing and relaxing tech-niques. $6. 741-8802; www.col-erain.org. Colerain Township.Flex Silver Sneakers ExerciseClass, 9:30-10 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Instruc-tor-led, mixing core, strengthand cardio. For ages 65 and up.$3. 923-5050; www.colerain.org.Colerain Township.Zumba Gold, 9-10 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Commu-nity-oriented dance-fitness classto provide modified, low-impactmoves for active older adults. $5.741-8802; www.colerain.org.Colerain Township.
NatureWinter Festival Stories, 7 p.m.,Farbach-Werner Nature Pre-serve, 3455 Poole Road, Ellen-wood Nature Barn. The GreaterCincinnati Storytelling Guild willspin festive winter stories. Free,vehicle permit required. 521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Colerain Township.
On Stage - TheaterA Christmas Carol, 7:30 p.m.,Covedale Center for the Per-forming Arts, 4990 GlenwayAve., Special musical version ofDickens’ all-time favorite tale.$24; $21 seniors, students andgroups. 241-6550; www.cincin-natilandmarkproductions.com.West Price Hill.
Senior CitizensOpen House, 2-4 p.m., TripleCreek Retirement Community,11230 Pippin Road, 2540-BStrawberry Lane. For seniorswho want to avoid the hassles ofhomeownership while stillmaintaining their independ-ence. Free. 851-0601; www.tri-plecreekretirement.com. Col-erain Township.Movement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenthner Phys-ical Therapy, 5557 Cheviot Road,$6, first class free. 923-1700;www.guenthnerpt.com.Mon-fort Heights.
FRIDAY, DEC. 20Community DanceCincy A2, 8-10:30 p.m., TrinityLutheran Church, 1553 KinneyAve., Advanced level squaredance club for experienceddancers. $5. 929-2427. MountHealthy.
Farmers MarketLettuce Eat Well FarmersMarket, 3-7 p.m., CheviotUnited Methodist Church, 3820Westwood Northern Blvd.,Locally produced food items.Free. 481-1914; www.lewfm.org.Cheviot.
On Stage - TheaterA Christmas Carol, 8 p.m.,Covedale Center for the Per-forming Arts, $24; $21 seniors,students and groups. 241-6550;www.cincinnatilandmarkpro-ductions.com.West Price Hill.A1940s Radio ChristmasCarol, 8-10 p.m., GlenmorePlayhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave.,On Christmas Eve 1943, theFeddington Players broadcasttheir contemporary take onCharles Dickens’ “A ChristmasCarol” from a hole-in-the-wallstudio in Newark, N.J. $15, $12ages 12 and under. Through Dec.22. 598-8303; thedramawork-shop.org. Cheviot.
Support GroupsCaregivers Support Group,9:30-11 a.m., Bayley CommunityWellness Center, 401 FarrellCourt, Ask at desk for roomlocation. For those responsiblefor care of elderly or disabledloved one. Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. ThroughNov. 28. 929-4483. Delhi Town-ship.
SATURDAY, DEC. 21Art & Craft ClassesSewing101Class, 9-11 a.m.,Broadhope Art Collective, 3022Harrison Ave., Learn to sew inone-on-one class setting makingpillow and getting acquaintedwith sewing machine. All ma-terials provided. $50. Regis-tration required. 225-8441.Westwood.Paint a Winter Luminaria, 1-3p.m., Broadhope Art Collective,3022 Harrison Ave., Paint yourown snowflake luminaria can.$15. 512-225-8441.Westwood.
Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,St. John’s Westminster UnionChurch, 1085 Neeb Road, $5.347-4613. Delhi Township.Striders with Strollers, 9-10a.m., Northgate Mall, 9501Colerain Ave., Across fromplayland near Macy’s. Designedto help lift mood, strengthenbones and joints, improvebalance/coordination, spendtime with baby and make newfriends. $8. Registration re-quired. 478-1399. ColerainTownship.
Health / WellnessMobile Heart Screenings, 2-5p.m., Walgreens, 5403 NorthBend Road, Several screeningpackages available to test risk ofheart attack, stroke, aneurysmand other major diseases. Ap-pointment required. 866-819-0127; www.mercyhealthfair.com.Green Township.
Holiday - ChristmasLast-minute Ornaments, 1p.m., Monfort Heights BranchLibrary, 3825 West Fork Road,Create a one-of-a-kind orna-ment for your tree using avariety of embellishments. Ages12-18. Free. Registration re-quired. 369-4472. MonfortHeights.
Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke with DJ Doc, 9:30p.m.-1:30 a.m., Quaker Steak &Lube, 3737 Stonecreek Blvd.,Free. 923-9464. Colerain Town-ship.
Music - RockStompin’ Revolvers, 9:30p.m.-1:30 a.m., Club Trio, 5744Springdale Road, Free. 385-1005.Colerain Township.
On Stage - TheaterA Christmas Carol, 2 p.m. and 8p.m., Covedale Center for thePerforming Arts, $24; $21 sen-iors, students and groups. 241-6550; www.cincinnatilandmark-productions.com. West PriceHill.A1940s Radio ChristmasCarol, 8-10 p.m., GlenmorePlayhouse, $15, $12 ages 12 andunder. 598-8303; thedramawork-shop.org. Cheviot.
SUNDAY, DEC. 22Dining EventsAll-You-Can-Eat Breakfast, 9a.m.-noon, Fraternal Order ofEagles - Mount Healthy Aerie2193, 1620 Kinney Ave., $8.Through April 27. 931-2989.Mount Healthy.
Exercise ClassesYoga, 4:30-5:30 p.m., GuenthnerPhysical Therapy, 5557 CheviotRoad, Strengthen, stretch andtone with gentle postures thatrelease tension rand support theintegrity of the spine. Familyfriendly. $7 walk-in; $120 for 10classes. 923-1700; www.guenth-nerpt.com.Monfort Heights.Leslie Sansone’s Walk Live,2:15-3 p.m., Greater EmanuelApostolic Temple, 1150 W.Galbraith Road, Lower level.One-mile walk in powerful,low-impact, indoor, aerobicworkout. Free. 324-6173. NorthCollege Hill.
On Stage - TheaterA Christmas Carol, 2 p.m.,Covedale Center for the Per-forming Arts, $24; $21 seniors,students and groups. 241-6550;www.cincinnatilandmarkpro-ductions.com.West Price Hill.A1940s Radio ChristmasCarol, 2-4 p.m., GlenmorePlayhouse, $15, $12 ages 12 andunder. 598-8303; thedramawork-shop.org. Cheviot.
Religious - CommunityI Cry at Christmas, 3-5 p.m.,Vineyard Westside Church, 3420Glenmore Ave., Lobby. Rejoicethe original beauty of Christmas.Empowerment and self esteemevent. Benefits Battered Beau-
MONDAY, DEC. 23Art & Craft ClassesStained Glass Make It Take It,6:30-9 p.m., Broadhope ArtCollective, 3022 Harrison Ave.,Learn basic skills of glass cutting,foil wrap and soldering whilecreating either a dragonfly, suncatcher or butterfly. $20-$30.Registration required. 512-225-8441.Westwood.
Exercise ClassesPilates Class, 11 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Improvestrength, flexibility, balance,control and muscular symmetry.Instructor Celine Kirby leadscore-strengthening exercisesusing bands and weights. Bringyoga mat. $5. 741-8802;www.coleraintwp.org. ColerainTownship.Cardio Dance Party, 7:45-8:45p.m., Cincinnati Dance andMovement Center, 880 ComptonRoad, Incorporates variety ofdance styles, including jazz, hiphop, Latin, jive and more dancedto popular music. $10. Regis-tration required. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Springfield Township.Gentle Ashtanga VinyasaYoga, 7:15-8:15 p.m., Earth-Connection, 370 Neeb Road,Moving meditation, increasingstrength and flexibility, allowingfor calming of mind and refresh-ing of spirit. Bring mat. $35five-class pass; $8 drop-In. 675-2725; www.yogabymarietta-.com. Delhi Township.Hatha Yoga, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Colerain Township CommunityCenter, $6. 741-8802; www.col-erain.org. Colerain Township.Flex Silver Sneakers ExerciseClass, 9:30-10 a.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$3. 923-5050; www.colerain.org.Colerain Township.Fit Bodz, 6:15-7:15 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,4300 Springdale Road, Loseweight, lose body fat, increasestrength, stamina and flexibility.Bring mat, dumbbells, towel andwater bottle. $8. 741-8802;www.colerain.org. ColerainTownship.
Music - BluesBlues and Jazz Jam, 9p.m.-12:30 a.m., Poor Michael’s,11938 Hamilton Ave., Featuringrotating musicians each week.Free. 825-9958. SpringfieldTownship.
NatureWinter Break Camp: WildAbout Winter, 9:30 a.m.-2:30p.m., LaBoiteaux Woods, 5400Lanius Lane, Celebrate return ofmore sunlight to each passingday. Indoor/outdoor activities:hikes, games, crafts and storiesby the fire. Bring lunch anddrink and dress for weather.Ages 5-12. $20. Registrationrequired. 861-3435; www.cincin-natiparks.com. College Hill.
Senior CitizensMovement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenthner Phys-ical Therapy, $6, first class free.923-1700; www.guenthnerpt-.com.Monfort Heights.
Music - ReligiousFestival of Carols, 11 p.m., St.William Church, 4108 W. EighthSt., Choral and instrumentalChristmas music performed by30-voice choir and 15-pieceinstrumental ensemble. Fol-lowed by midnight Mass. Free.921-0247; www.saintwilliam-.com.West Price Hill.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25Dining EventsFree Community Dinner, 5-7p.m., Grace Episcopal Church,5501Hamilton Ave., Free dinner.Food is hearty, healthy andhomemade by volunteers. Free.
541-2415. College Hill.
Religious - CommunityFree Community Meal, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Central Church ofChrist, 3501 Cheviot Ave., Free.481-5820; www.centralchurchof-christ1.com.Westwood.
THURSDAY, DEC. 26Community DanceTeam Jeff Anderson LineDancing, 6-7 p.m., ColerainTownship Community Center,$5. 741-8802; colerain.org.Colerain Township.
Health / WellnessMercy Health Mobile Mam-mography Unit, 7 a.m.-3:30p.m., Kroger Forest Park, 1212W. Kemper Road, Fifteen-minute screenings. Cost variesper insurance plan. Financialassistance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-quired. 686-3300; www.e-mercy.com. Forest Park.Mercy Health Mobile Mam-mography Unit, 7 a.m.-3:30p.m., Kroger Finneytown, 8421Winton Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies perinsurance plan. Financial assis-tance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-quired. 686-3300; www.e-mercy.com. Finneytown.
Senior CitizensMovement Class for Seniors,11 a.m.-noon, Guenthner Phys-ical Therapy, $6, first class free.923-1700; www.guenthnerpt-.com.Monfort Heights.
FRIDAY, DEC. 27Art & Craft ClassesMake aMonster, 1-3:30 p.m.,Broadhope Art Collective, 3022Harrison Ave., Use pre-sewnmonster form to stuff, sew shutand decorate. $20. 225-8441;broadhopeartcollective.com.Westwood.
Community DanceTeam Jeff Anderson LineDance Party, 7-10 p.m., Col-erain Township CommunityCenter, 4300 Springdale Road,Anderson leads cycle of dances,followed by open line dancing.Bring drinks and snacks. Wearsoft-soled, non-marring shoes.Ages 18 and up. $10. 741-8802;www.colerain.org. ColerainTownship.
Drink TastingsHoliday Season Wine Tasting,5:30-8 p.m., Nature Nook Floristand Wine Shop, 10 S. MiamiAve., Try wines perfect for mealsand celebrations during holidayseason. Pouring five wines. Lightsnacks included. Ages 21 and up.$6. 467-1988. Cleves.
Health / WellnessMercy Health Mobile Mam-mography Unit, 7 a.m.-3:30p.m., Dillard’s-Western Hills,6290 Glenway Ave., Fifteen-minute screenings. Cost variesper insurance plan. Financialassistance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-quired. 686-3300; www.e-mercy.com.Westwood.Mercy Health Mobile Mam-mography Unit, 7 a.m.-3:30p.m., Price Hill Health Center,2136 W. Eighth St., Fifteen-minute screenings. Cost variesper insurance plan. Financialassistance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-quired. 686-3300; www.e-mercy.com. Price Hill.Mobile Heart Screenings, 11a.m.-5 p.m., Kroger Northgate,9690 Colerain Ave., Severalscreening packages available totest risk of heart attack, stroke,aneurysm and other majordiseases. Appointment required.866-819-0127; www.mercy-healthfair.com. Colerain Town-ship.
Music - Classic RockNevele, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Club Trio,5744 Springdale Road, Free.385-1005; clubtriolounge.com.Colerain Township.
Support GroupsCaregivers Support Group,9:30-11 a.m., Bayley CommunityWellness Center, Free. Regis-tration required. 929-4483. DelhiTownship.
SATURDAY, DEC. 28Art & Craft ClassesBeginning Knitting, 11:30a.m.-1 p.m., Broadhope ArtCollective, 3022 Harrison Ave.,Learn basics of knitting andmore. $10. 225-8441;www.broadhopeartcollective-.com.Westwood.Sewing 101Class, 9-11 a.m.,Broadhope Art Collective, $50.Registration required. 225-8441.Westwood.
The cast of “A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol” belt out tunes of yesteryear at The GlenmorePlayhouse, 3716 Glenmore Ave. Remaining show times are 8 p.m. Dec. 20 and Dec. 21, and2 p.m. Dec. 22. Tickets are $15, $12 for children 12 and younger. For more information, call598-8303 or visit www.thedramaworkshop.org. Pictured from left to right, Morgan CarterWoodring, Clint Bramkamp, Ramona Toussaint, Joel Lind, Karen Wiebe, Ian Tinney andKent Smith.THANKS TO ELAINE VOLKER
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I wrestled with my-self about sharing, onceagain, my latest clone ofWilliams-Sonoma pep-permint bark. After all,
my recipelast yearwas excel-lent, andthe differ-ence thisyear isthat I usedpremiumbar choco-lates onlyandtweaked
the recipe a tiny bit.Well, I’ve been gettinglots of requests for thisspecial bark already, soI’m taking creative li-cense and sharing what Inow call my latest andgreatest. And, I mightadd, my very last recipefor this treat!
However you cele-brate, I hope each of youhas the best holidayseason. Remember, thebest things in life aren’t“things.”
Use the best qualitychocolates and candy (noimitation peppermint inextract or candy) tomake it as close to Wil-liams-Sonoma as pos-sible. As mentioned, Iused the highest qualitybar chocolates, which Ichopped. Whether youuse bars or morsels, readlabels. The semi-sweetchocolate should be realchocolate, not chocolate-flavored.
The first two ingredi-ents in white chocolateshould be sugar andcocoa butter. No palm,palm kernel or coconutoil if you want it to belike Williams-Sonoma.These oils may be a cul-prit for layers some-times not bonding, re-sulting in separation.
That doesn’t meanyou can’t make wonder-ful bark with whatever
chocolate fits your bud-get. I also have morebark recipes on my blog,a single-layer one forkids and a three-layerone.
Prep pan:Line a cookie sheet
with one piece of foil,about 10 inches by 12inches. Or do the same ina 9-inch by 13-inch pan.
First layer:
2 cups (12 oz.) semi-sweetchocolate, divided into 11⁄4and 3⁄4 cupmeasures
1 teaspoon peppermintextract
Use a double boiler ifyou have one, or put 11⁄4cups chocolate in heat-proof bowl. Set oversaucepan that has 1 inchof steaming water, mak-ing sure bowl does nottouch water. (This is amakeshift double boiler).Heat should be turned tolow so no steam/waterescapes into chocolate,which can turn it grainy.Stir until chocolate isalmost melted but stillhas a few lumps, thenremove bowl and stir inremaining chocolateuntil smooth. Stir inextract and pour ontofoil, spreading evenly.Let set at room temper-ature or in refrigeratoruntil hard.
Second layer:
23⁄4 cups white chocolate,divided into 21⁄4 and 1⁄2 cupmeasures
1⁄2 teaspoon peppermintextract
1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup crushedpeppermint candy, sievedto remove tiny particles
Put 21⁄4 cups whitechocolate in clean bowland repeat process formelting, stirring in re-maining chocolate afterremoving bowl. Stir inextract. Let cool a bit.Pour over chocolatelayer and spread.
Finishing with candy:Sprinkle candy and
gently press into choco-late. Let set at roomtemperature or in refrig-erator until hard. Peelbark off foil and break
or cut into pieces. If it’sbeen in the refrigerator,let it sit out a bit so it’seasy to break or cut.Store in refrigerator.
Note: If you meltchocolates in micro-wave, check frequentlyas they can turn grainyand burn easily.
Classic macaronisalad
For Celia, a DelhiTownship reader, whowants to make thisalongside her holidayham. “I had the recipefor years and misplacedit. Sometimes we addedshrimp to it,” too, shesaid. Go to taste on in-gredients.
Salad:Mix together:
8 oz Mueller’s Small ElbowMacaroni, cooked andcooled
1⁄4 to 1⁄3 cup onion, diced2 ribs celery, diced1 small bell pepper, diced
Dressing:Combine and pour
over cooled pasta. Youmay not need all of it, soadd half, taste, and addmore if you like.
2 tablespoons preparedmustard
2 teaspoons sugar1⁄4 cup cider vinegar or moreto taste
11⁄2 cups mayonnaise
Chill before serving.To add shrimp: Add 1⁄2
pound cooked smallshrimp to salad.
Can you help?Chick-fil-A’s apple
cider dressing for AmyM. who loves the dress-ing and hopes someonecan clone it or sharesomething similar. “Mar-zetti used to carry asimilar one, but discon-tinued it”, she said.
Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.
Rita shares latest cloneof peppermint bark
RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Rita’s latest clone of Williams-Sonoma peppermint bark uses high quality chocolate.THANKSTO RITA HEIKENFELD.
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The lifeinsurancepolicy is asmall one,just $9,000,and is oneof severalher hus-bandbought.What shedidn’t re-
member, until the agentreminded her, was thepolicy contains a disabil-ity waiver. she said theagent told her, “You havea disclaimer on yourpolicy where if he’s dis-abled we’ll pay his premi-ums. I said, ‘Really?’”
Thompson said theproblemwas, even afterexamining that policy, thewaiver wasn’t very clear.“There’s different col-umns and they’ve gotsuicide exclusions.They’ve got all thesetitles over here butthere’s nothing aboutdisability. You have toreally, really look for it,”she said.
The Thompsons paymore than $14 each yearfor the disability waiver.But, I noticed even on thepolicy itself it just saiddisability waiver. As aresult, Thompson haspaid the yearly premiumfor more than two yearssince her husband be-came disabled. The insur-ance agent told her, un-fortunately, she can onlyget back the premium for
A lot of us have lifeinsurance policies, butmay not be aware of allthe provisions in thepolicy. One area womansaid not knowing about aprovision in her hus-band’s policy has cost hera lot of money.
Kathy Thompson ofBridgetown said she’supset with the life insur-ance company and her-self for not realizing akeymoney-saving provi-sion was in the policy.Thompson said of herhusband, “He becamedisabled about two and ahalf years ago and whothinks of looking at yourinsurance policy. Recent-ly, the insurance compa-ny called and they want-ed to sell us more insur-ance.”
one of those years.Thompson then called
the insurance companyitself and spoke with amanager who told hercompany policy is toreimburse for only oneyear. “She said, ‘Thereare people that have hada policy with us for 30years and have beendisabled and they havethat waiver and theydon’t know about it. Westill only give them backone year.’” Thompsonsaid she thinks that’s aterrible policy and wantsto alert others.
The disability waiveris not automatic in mostlife insurance policies,it’s a separate provisionyou can buy. So, you maywant to check to see ifyou have that waiver inyour policy.
Thompson said shelearned a valuable lessonto get a copy of that pro-vision in writing. Notonly will it help you re-member you have thatprotection, but it will alsoexplain exactly what’srequired before the insur-ance company considerssomeone to be disabled sothe disability waiver willapply.
Howard Ain’s column appearsbi-weekly in the CommunityPress newspapers. He ap-pears regularly as the Trou-bleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].
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HowardAinHEY HOWARD!
St. William Church inWest Price Hill will pre-sent its annual Festivalof Carols before Mid-nightMassTuesday,Dec.24.
This hour long ser-vice, directed by longtime (50-plus years) mu-sic director David F. Al-len, will feature the 35-member St. Williamchoir, accompaniedbyanensemble from the Cin-cinnati Metropolitan Or-chestra. WelcomeChristmas with an hourofsacredmusic,with tra-ditional carols, orches-tral andchoral selectionsin a beautifully decorat-ed church setting.
The Festival of Carolsbegins at 11 p.m. and willbe followed by MidnightMass celebrated by TheRev. Andrew J. Umberg,pastor of St.WilliamPar-ish. Doors to the churchwill open at 10:30 p.m.
St. William is at 4108W. Eighth St. in WestPrice Hill, 10 minutesfrom downtown Cincin-nati via the US 50/Elbe-ron exit off Fort Wash-
ington Way.For more informa-
tion, please contact SaintWilliam Church at 513-921-0247 or visitwww.saintwilliam.com.
Fest of Carols at St. William
The altar area at St. William Church decorated forChristmas.PROVIDED
The sounds of musichave begun emanatingfrom 3117 Warsaw St. inPrice Hill again as theMYCincinnati Youth Or-chestra’s third programkicks off.
Fifth-five new and re-turning students areplaying with the orches-tra, a five-fold increase injust two years. In addi-tion to receiving theirown violin, viola, or cello,the students meet withthree instructors10hourseachweekforprivateandgroup lessons, orchestralrehearsal, sectionals, andclasses in musicianship,all free of charge.
“We’re excited to bestarting our third yearwith over 50 students,”MYCincinnati founderand program directorLaura Jekel. said. “Wecan’t wait for all our up-coming concerts and col-laborations this fall, andhope to seemanynewandfamiliar faces at our con-certs.”
Jekel and the MYCin-cinnati teachers arrangewell-known classics suchas the “WilliamTell Over-ture,” which the groupperformed this summerbefore the Cincinnati Op-
era’s performance of Ai-da, to be musically inter-esting, educational andchallenging but still ac-cessible to the students.The result has been get-ting raves around thecity, and within PriceHill.
MYCincinnati (MusicforYouth inCincinnati) isa free youth orchestraprogram in Price Hillfounded in 2011 by Jekel,a classically trained cel-list with internationalteaching experience. Op-erating on the belief thateveryone can learn toplay music and that per-sonal transformation canbe achieved by strivingtowards musical excel-lence, MYCincinnati of-fers children in PriceHillthe opportunity to learnviolin, viola, or cello andplay in an orchestra.
MYCincinnati is in-spired by El Sistema,Venezuela's revolution-ary youth orchestra pro-gram that usesmusic as avehicle for social change.Students enrolled in MY-Cincinnati meet for 10hours aweek inabuildingon Warsaw Avenue TFormore information, visithttp://bit.ly/1hRoJBd/.
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Ruth BuschleRuth Kuhlman Buschle, 94,
Green Township, died Dec. 9.She was a homemaker.
Ruth was a member of theRosie Reds.
Survived by children Louis(Nikki) Buschle, Carol (Carroll)Tieman; grandchildren Betty(Bryan) Kratz, Andy (Kristy), PattiBuschle, Heather (Dave) Dulle,Shannon (Peter) Rose, JohnTieman, Jennifer (Todd) Thomp-son, Colleen (Dan) Beckenhaupt;16 great-grandchildren. Preced-ed in death by husband LouisBuschle.
Services were Dec. 11 at St.Aloysius Gonzaga. Arrange-ments by Neidhard-MingesFuneral Home. Memorials to theCincinnati Reds CommunityFund.
Elizabeth DonovanElizabeth Campbell Donovan,
73, died Dec. 7. She worked forMcDonald’s.
She was a member of Presen-tation Ministries.
Survived by children Debbie(Steve) Kimball, Brenda (Don)Black, Evelyn Adkins, Nickie(Mike) Moss, Sean (Jennifer)Donovan; grandchildren Steven,Alex, Mark, Patricia Kimball,Sean (Lori), Alicia, Ashley Berry,Zachary, Katlyn Adkins, DJ,Daniel Hamilton, Michael Moss,Dylan, Jenna Hamblin; great-grandchildren Kaylie, Lacey,Alex, Hannah, Abigail, Caiden.Preceded in death by sonWil-liam Donovan.
Services were Dec. 12 at St.Lawrence Church. Arrangementsby Radel Funeral Home. Memo-rials to Presentation Ministries orSt. Lawrence Church.
Jamie ForteJamie M. Forte, 27, Green
Township, died Dec. 4.Survived by son Landen Forte;
Alex Fortman, Camden Doedeli;great-granddaughter LillianSteinriede; brothers Chuck(Paulette) Hayley, Carl (Pat)Haley. Preceded in death byhusband Thomas Fortman,granddaughter Brandi Van-degraft.
Services were Nov. 30. Ar-rangements by Gump-HoltFuneral Home. Memorials to theAlzheimer’s Association.
Gertrude FultzGertrude Mofield Fultz, 84,
Delhi Township, died Dec. 6.Survived by children Betty
mary Godbey,Donny Mo-field; manygrandchildrenand great-grandchildren.Preceded indeath byhusbandCharles Fultz,
brother Ralph Mofield.Services were Dec. 10 at
Spring Grove Cemetery. Ar-rangements by Neidhard-MingesFuneral Home. Memorials to:Alzheimer’s Association, GreaterCincinnati Chapter, 644 Linn St.,Suite 1026, Cincinnati, OH 45203.
Pearl GoodmanPearl Ingle Goodman, 80,
Price Hill, died Dec. 9.Survived by children Sue (the
late Thomas)Ferdon, Rick(Jan), Alvis(Karen), Jeff(Lisa Mangin),Tommy (Nora),Scott (BrendaMounce)Goodman;son-in-law Pat
Services were Dec. 13 at MeyerFuneral Home. Memorials to:Hospice of Cincinnati, c/o Be-thesda Foundation Inc., P.O. Box633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597.
(Lee) Richardson; nine grand-children; seven great-grand-children.
Services were Dec. 12 at MeyerFuneral Home. Memorials to:Summit Church of Christ, 6015Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY41076 or Central Church ofChrist, 3501 Cheviot Ave., Cincin-nati, OH 45211.
Virginia HeidtVirginia Geist Heidt, 98,
Western Hills, died Dec. 4. Shewas homemaker.
She was alifelong mem-ber and sup-porter of the4H Club.
Survived bynieces VictoriaBergeron,Ardith Namen-son and neph-
ewWalter Miller. Preceded indeath by husband Milton Heidt,sister Kathleen Miller.
Services were Dec. 6. Arrange-ments by Gump-Holt FuneralHome. Memorials to Cheviot Fireand Cheviot Police.
Marjorie HeyobMarjorie Ann Heyob, 89,
Western Hills, died Nov. 30. Shewas a regis-tered nurse atSt. Francis/St.George Hospi-tal.
She was anAir Forceveteran.
Survived byson Mark
(Denise) Heyob; sister JoanMueller; nieces and nephews.Preceded in death by brotherRobert Heyob.
Services were Dec. 5. Arrange-ments by Gump-Holt FuneralHome. Memorials to St . Leo’sChurch.
Viola JohnsonViola Begley Johnson, West-
wood, died Dec. 3. She was anexecutive assistant.
Survived by sisters-in-law,many nieces and nephews,great-nieces and nephews.Preceded in death by husbandCharlie Johnson, four siblings.
Services were Dec. 7 at Bolton& Lunsford Funeral Home.
Richard KitzRichard E. Kitz, 88, Green
Township, died Dec. 6.He was an
Army Air Corpsveteran ofWorld War II.
Survived bychildren Rich-ard R. (Kathy)Kitz, Kay(Dave) Baum;brother David
Kitz; eight grandchildren; eightgreat-grandchildren. Precededin death by wife Nadine Kitz,daughter Vivian Papin.
Services were Dec. 10 at ZionUnited Methodist Church.Arrangements by Dalbert,
Services were Dec. 13 at St.Teresa of Avila. Arrangementsby Meyer & Geiser FuneralHome. Memorials to: St. TeresaTuition Assistance Fund, 1175Overlook Ave., Cincinnati, OH45238.
Jack McMahonJack McMahon, 79, died Dec.
10.Survived by wife Judith Mc-
Mahon; children Jean (Colin)Ruedger, Terry (Mark) Trsinar,Jack (Jenny), Tim, Todd (Marcie),
Our Lady of the Visitation.Arrangements by Meyer &Geiser Funeral Home. Memorialsto: St. Peter Claver Latin School,The Passionist Nuns Monastery,1151Donaldson Hwy., Erlanger,KY 41018 or Masses to be saidfor the souls in purgatory.
Ashton, Eric, J.J., Maria, Johnny;siblings Joan (Stan) Wellbrock,Jerry (Deborra) Miller. Precededin death by daughter MonaMiller.
Services were Dec. 10 at St.Bernard of Clairvaux Church.Arrangements by Meyer FuneralHome. Memorials may be madeto St. Bernard of ClairvauxChurch Memorial Fund.
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Services were Dec. 14 at St.Antoninus. Arrangements byMeyer & Geiser Funeral Home.Memorials to: Hospice of Cincin-nati, P.O. Box 633597, Cincinnati,OH 45263-3597.
Peter MosherPeter Mosher, 32, died Dec. 7.Survived by wife Eileen;
children Adah,Eamon; par-ents Kevin,Peggy; siblingsJeremy, Katie(AndrewWright);grandparentsMary, RogerPierson; and
other members of the Pierson,Mosher and McGrath-Seiffertfamilies.
Services were Dec. 14 at St.Clare Church. Arrangements byNeidhard-Minges Funeral Home.Memorials to the Peter D. Mosh-er Scholarship at the Saint LouisUniversity Physical Therapy,Mount St. Joseph Book Schol-arship or a charity of the donor’schoice.
Henry PryorHenry Pryor Jr. of Westwood is
survived by wife Koleen Pryor;siblings Sandy (Michael) Crone,Ronald, Nita Pryor; many cous-ins, nieces and nephews.
Arrangements by Neidhard-
Minges Funeral Home. Memori-als to: Queen City Hospice, 4055Executive Park Drive, Suite 240,Cincinnati, OH 45241.
Services were Dec. 8 at Meyer& Geiser Funeral Home. Memori-als to: National Kidney Founda-tion, 20081Whistling StraitsPlace, Ashburn, VA 20147 orHospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263-3597.
Paula ReherPaula Vincent Reher, 53, died
Dec. 8. She was an adminis-trative clerk for the city ofCincinnati.
Survived by husband TimothyReher; daughter Lisa (Steven)
Mark (Nancy), Eric (Lee) Vincent;parents-in-law Robert, EstherReher; siblings-in-law Julie (thelate Gary) McCoy, Jay Reher;many nieces and nephews.Preceded in death by parentsDaniel, Victoria Vincent.
Services were Dec. 13 at ShilohUnited Methodist Church.Arrangements by Radel FuneralHome. Memorials to: OneWayFarm Children’s Home, P.O. Box18637, Fairfield, OH 45018.
Joyce (Gene) DePue; grand-children Ken (Beth) Jr., Jim(Barb) Neyer, Eric Depue, Jill(Fred) Vesner; six great-grand-children. Preceded in death bynine siblings.
Services were Dec. 5 at DennisGeorge Funeral Home. Memori-als to a charity of the donor’schoice.
Earl SpragueEarl Sprague, 86, Westwood,
died Dec. 2. He was a buildingmanager forthe federalgovernment.
He was anArmy veteranand a longtimevolunteer forthe CivicGarden Center.
Survived bysons Steve, Keith Sprague; sisterNelda Vahlsing; grandchildrenSteven, Melissa, Samantha,Stephen, Syndey, Preceded indeath by son Dale Sprague,parents Ralph, Anna Sprague,siblings Ralph, Edward, William,Lottie “Sis” Sprague, Dot Fu-gate.
He donated his body toscience.
Robert TuchfarberRobert G. Tuchfarber, 80,
Westwood,died Dec. 5. Hewas a fire-fighter withthe CincinnatiFire Depart-ment.
He was aNavy veteranof World War
II, and a member of AmVets Post41 and Veterans of Foreign WarsPost 2548.
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Services were Dec. 10 at St.Catharine of Siena. Arrange-ments by Neidhard-MingesFuneral Home. Memorials to:Shriners Hospital, 3229 BurnetAve., Cincinnati, OH 45229.
Elaine WestrichElaine DisselkampWestrich,
86, Green Township, died Nov.27. She was a homemaker.
Survived by husband RichardWestrich; children David (Ali-son), Peg Westrich, Jean (Dave)
Russell L.Woodruff Jr.,85, died Dec. 8.He was thefounder ofDalbert &
Woodruff Funeral Home.Survived by daughters Peggy
(Jeff) Isenogle, Bette (John)Soller; grandchildren Chad(Amy), Clay (Nicole) Isenogle,Becca, Erin Soller; great-grand-children Evan, Emma, Hope,McKenzie, Canyon Isenogle.Preceded in death by parentsRussell Sr., Ormal Woodruff.
Services were Dec. 13 atDalbert, Woodruff & IsenogleFuneral Home. Memorials to:Society for the Prevention ofCruelty to Animals Cincinnati,3949 Colerain Ave., Cincinnati,OH 45223.
Mary (Mark) Lagory. Preceded indeath by son Richard W. (Eva)Westrich.
Services were Dec. 5. Arrange-ments by Gump-Holt FuneralHome. Memorials to the HospiceOf Cincinnati.
DorothyWillhiteDorothy Lewis Willhite, 84,
died Dec. 5.Survived by children Sally
(Dennis) Rose, Gary (Joyce), Guy(Mary) Willhite; sister RuthMeininger; brother- and sister-in-law Charles, Marilyn Willhite;10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Preceded indeath by husbandWilliamWillhite.
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Incidents/reportsBurglaryCopper piping stolen from homeat 3948 Kenkel Ave., Dec. 3.Prescription medication stolenfrom home at 4214 HardingAve., Dec. 5.Two televisions, video gamesystem and 20 video gamesstolen from home at 3806 Dina
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Terrace No. 2, Dec. 8.Cellphone stolen from home at3500 Darwin Ave., Dec. 9.Criminal damagingWindow broken on vehicle at3648Westwood Northern Blvd.No. 11, Nov. 25.Tire slashed on vehicle at 3626Harrison Ave., Dec. 1.Window broken on home at3630 Mozart Ave. No. 2, Dec. 5.TheftPurse and contents stolen fromvehicle at 3711 Robb Ave., Nov.22.Prescription medication stolenfrom home at 4117 North BendRoad, Nov. 25.Eight snack cakes and a bottle ofpop stolen from United DairyFarmers at 4109 North BendRoad, Dec. 5.Prescription medication stolenfrom purse at 3815 ApplegateAve. No. 2, Dec. 5.Weed trimmer, bag of baseballequipment and assorted powertools stolen from home’s shed at4292 Grotto Ave., Dec. 6.
CINCINNATI DISTRICT 3Arrests/citationsDanielle Funk, born 1991, theftunder $300, Nov. 27.DebraWehr, born 1985, theftunder $300, Nov. 27.Kelsey Jones, born 1994, assault,Nov. 27.Holly A. Horne, born 1967, illegalpossession of a prescriptiondrug, possession of drug para-phernalia, possession of drugs,Nov. 28.Willis Tremble, born 1991, ob-structing official business, Nov.28.Cynthia Horton, born 1983,assault, possession of drugs,Nov. 29.Huberta Wilcox, born 1989, theftunder $300, Nov. 29.JamesWadlinger, born 1981,theft under $300, Nov. 29.Lavasia Martin, born 1989, theftunder $300, Nov. 29.Marcus McPherson, born 1990,possession of drugs, Nov. 30.Gary K. Brown, born 1974, aggra-vated menacing, criminal dam-aging or endangering, Dec. 1.
Kelly J. Pierce, born 1965, crimi-nal trespassing, theft under$300, Dec. 1.Richard Clemmons, born 1989,theft under $300, Dec. 1.Shane Alan Pierce, born 1992,theft under $300, Dec. 1.Aaron D. Roberts, born 1980,trafficking, Dec. 2.AmandaWoods, born 1987,loitering to solicit, solicitingprostitution, Dec. 2.Andre Riddle, born 1993, aggra-vated armed robbery, Dec. 2.Brittany Sickels, born 1990,loitering to solicit, solicitingprostitution, Dec. 2.Danielle M Hunt, born 1980,
criminal damaging or endanger-ing, Dec. 2.Jeffery J. Couch, born 1974,possession of drug abuse in-struments, Dec. 2.Kinsey L. Borden, born 1981,assault, Dec. 2.Carrie Mills, born 1979, larceny,Dec. 3.Natalie Clemons, born 1992,assault, Dec. 3.Robert Scalf, born 1975, fleeingor eluding police, Dec. 4.Alfonso McPherson, born 1990,breaking and entering, pos-session of criminal tools, Dec. 5.
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Lauria Jent, born 1979, domesticviolence, Dec. 5.Zachary Smith, born 1991, theftunder $300, Dec. 5.RyanWilson, born 1994, domesticviolence, Dec. 6.Zeresenai F. Gubssa, born 1977,aggravated arson, Dec. 6.Russell G. Hamer, born 1984,possession of drug abuse in-struments, possession of drugparaphernalia, Dec. 7.
Brandon South, born 1978,aggravated menacing, domesticviolence, Dec. 8.
Incidents/reportsAssaultVictim struck at 560 OrchardView Drive, Dec. 1.BurglaryReported at 801Neeb Road, Nov.20.Criminal damagingVehicle damaged at 314 PedrettiAve, Nov. 27.Reported at 4436 Glenhaven,Nov. 27.
GREEN TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJuvenile, 15, warrant, theft andreceiving stolen property, Nov.30.Holly A. Buchert, 38, 3966Wash-ington Ave., drug possessionand possessing drug abuseinstruments, Dec. 2.Lamar D. Dunson, 30, 1275 SlikerAve., drug possession, Dec. 2.DavidW. McLean, 23, 5308 HaftRoad, open container andoperating vehicle under theinfluence, Dec. 3.Kelly N. Yeager, 33, 136 MiamiAve. No. 2, theft, Nov. 30.Lori Copenhaver, 40, 6759 Kel-sey’s Oak Court, feloniousassault, Nov. 30.April Joesting, 31, 3548 LocustLane, domestic violence, Dec. 3.Alicia Richmond, 19, 1613 RossAve., warrant, receiving stolenproperty and possessing drugabuse instruments, Dec. 3.Ryan A. Akers, 26, 5226Willo-wood Ave., possession of mari-juana, Nov. 28.Gordon R. Austin Jr., 30, 5442Heather Court, forgery, Dec. 3.
Incidents/reportsAssaultSuspect slapped victim in the faceat 6491 Taylor Road, Dec. 2.Breaking and enteringMoney stolen from safe atSupercuts at 6365 Glenway Ave.,Dec. 1.Leaf blower, rototiller, chainsawand weed trimmer stolen fromhome’s shed at 5791 LuClareDrive, Dec. 1.Victim reported an attemptedbreak in of their backyard shed,but no entry was made at 3987Rybolt Road, Dec. 4.BurglaryThree video game systems andone video game stolen fromhome at 3876Weirman Ave.,Dec. 1.Computer, money, charger, creditcard, purse and bicycle stolenfrom home at 6745 Southknoll,Dec. 2.Two laptop computers, threewireless keyboards, a safe andassorted medications stolen
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from home’s garage at 6064Lagrange Lane, Nov. 24.Personal document stolen fromsafe inside home at 3964 Vir-ginia Court, Nov. 27.Criminal damagingPaint scratched on side of vehicleat 5028 Casa Loma Blvd., Dec. 1.Two vehicles spray-painted withgraffiti at 3589 Neiheisel, Dec. 2.Two inflatable Christmas deco-rations cut in home’s front yardat 3449 Glastonburry, Dec. 3.Windshield and window brokenon vehicle at 3548 Eyrich Road,Dec. 3.Domestic disputeArgument between spouses atNorthglen Road, Dec. 1.Argument between parent andchild at Rybolt Road, Dec. 4.ForgeryCounterfeit $20 bill passed atStumps Lanes at 5536 Bridge-
town Road, Nov. 25.MenacingSuspect threatened to harmvictim at 6365 Glenway Ave.,Dec. 1.TheftBracelet and necklace stolenfrom home at 1450 Neeb Road,Nov. 30.Bicycle, two firearms and moneystolen from home at 3992Raceview Ave., Dec. 1.Money, four credit cards and acellphone stolen from vehicle at6361Werk Road, Dec. 2.Air conditioning unit stolen fromSt. James Church at 3565 HubbleRoad, Dec. 2.Money stolen from vehicle at2498 Lourdes Lane, Dec. 2.Apple iPod and money stolenfrom vehicle at 2870WerkridgeDrive, Dec. 2.Pair of sunglasses stolen fromhome’s driveway at 5625 VogelRoad, Dec. 2.
Money stolen from vehicle at2120 Beechcreek Lane, Dec. 3.Cellphone stolen from victimwhen left unattended oncounter at Cash Loans on CarTitles at 6353 Glenway Ave.,Nov. 27.Four suspects fled withoutpaying for food and service atPerkins at 3360WestbourneDrive, Nov. 30.Debit card stolen from victim’spurse at Meijer at 6550 HarrisonAve., Dec. 1.Money stolen from vehicle at2110 Beechcreek Lane, Dec. 3.Money stolen from one vehicle;and 25 DVDs, 30 CDs and twoCD books stolen from secondvehicle at 6328 Blueberry HillCourt, Dec. 2.Three gift certificates stolen fromvehicle at 1800 Anderson Ferry,Dec. 3.License plate stolen from vehicleat 1826 Ebenezer Road, Dec. 4.
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