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As the revenue stream formany communities in GreaterCincinnati continue to shrink,ways to cut costs remain underthe microscope. Services suchas community access televisionare being scrutinized like neverbefore with some communitieseliminating or reducing the ser-vice.

One of the oldest and largestproviders of community accesstelevision in the Cincinnati areais the Intercommunity CableRegulatory Commission(ICRC). With these looming fi-nancial challenges and signifi-cant changes in the way peoplecommunicate via social media,we asked ICRC Executive Di-rector Brad Stapleton a fewquestions about the history andfuture of community accesstelevision, specifically ICRC.He provided these responsesvia email.

Background on ICRC – whenand how did you begin?

“The ICRC was started in theearly 1980s by a forward think-ing Sharonville council membernamed Aaron Mackey. This waswhen cable television was firstcoming to the area and the ideawas that by negotiating as alarge group, rather than smallindividual suburban communi-ties, they could attract a larger,more state-of-the-art cable sys-

tem. The result of that was thestate-of-the-art, 60-channel, twowire, interactive Qube cablesystem from Warner Amex. Af-ter the system was built, someof the communities decided topool their resources to fund andprogram the community accesschannels. The ICRC first beganproducing programs in 1986.

“The ICRC is a prime exam-ple of shared resources. Not ev-ery one of the communities weserve needs a television studio,production truck or playbacksystem but now they all have ac-cess to the services that thosethings provide.”

How are you funded?“Each cable subscriber that

lives in an ICRC communitypays a 5 percent franchise fee.That is 5 percent of their cabletelevision service only, that per-centage does not include Inter-net service or telephone. On aquarterly basis that 5 percent isthen given back to the commu-nity and the ICRC - 2 percent ofthat 5 percent. (2 percent of thecable television bill or 40 per-cent of what the community re-ceives).”

How many communities doyou serve today? Did youserve more communities to-day or fewer?

“Today we are at 23 commu-nities. Which is where we wereback in the late 1980s. We havegained some and lost some sincethen. We have lost four commu-

nities in the past four years. Allrelated to budget cuts due tofunding changes at the statelevel, reduction of the local gov-ernment fund, and eliminationof the estate tax. Each one ofthose communities stressedthat they were happy with theservice, but simply could not af-ford it.”

What services do you pro-vide to the communities youserve?

“City council meetings - re-corded and played back on thecable system three differenttimes a week. Meetings aremade available online with in-dexed agenda links allowingviewers to click and go directlyto any one of the agenda items.

“Community events – Localsporting events, high schoolmatches, baseball, football, bas-ketball, soccer volleyball, la-crosse, men’s and women’s. Pee-wee Football tournaments,semi-pro football and soccer,Cincinnati Rollergirls. Festi-vals, concerts, parades. Candi-date forums, etc…

“We also playback a greatdeal of programming that isproduced by the schools.

“Studio - We produce a bi-weekly public affairs showwhere local leaders and electedofficials come into our studioand discuss issues and eventsthat are important to their con- SHEILA VILVENS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Brad Stapleton, executive director of ICRC, in the group’s studios inSharonville.

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He said the current boardwill be instructed on the properprocedure for handling audittransactions.

This is being done for trans-parency, Fausto said during theJanuary meeting.

During the meeting, boardSecretary Chris Mucha alsoprovided an update on a pro-

OAKLEY — The Oakley Com-munity Council is hoping to bemore transparent.

In recent weeks council hasobtained the services of an ac-counting firm to do an audit ofits financial transactions dur-ing 2014.

A resident had requestedthat some type of audit be im-plemented late last year. For-mer board member Piper Fen-nimore Rogers agreed thatsome type of audit was war-ranted.

No financial improprietieshave been detailed nor haveany specific incidents beencited. However, tension amongboard members and those at-tending the meeting had esca-lated in recent months, specifi-cally with an incident in whichformer board member CraigRozen, who was board presi-dent at the time, was asked to

step down.During the August Oakley

Community Council meeting, amotion was made to have Rozenremoved as both president andmember of the board.

Although the motion was de-feated, underlying tensions re-mained. Rozen, whose termwas up at the end of 2014, was

not re-elected.“An independent overview

is being done,” Oakley Commu-nity Council board PresidentSean Fausto said.

Fausto said the audit is beingdone informally and pro bonoand 2014 financial statementsare still in the process of beingreviewed.

posed plan to create additionalparking in the business district.

A plan suggested by Oakleybusiness owners Mark Rogersand Bill Schirmer during theSeptember meeting would cre-ate additional parking alongMarkbreit Avenue. They saidthe goal is to create about 250additional parking spaces.

Schirmer, who owns theproperty under considerationfor additional parking, is alsoweighing the possibility ofbuilding an apartment complexat the site.

Mucha, who is serving as acouncil liaison on parking, saidno specific plan or timeline hasbeen determined.

He said community feed-back has been gathered. Hesaid factors such as aestheticimpact and traffic flow willneed to be considered.

Parking developments willcontinue to be discussed at fu-ture Oakley Community Coun-cil meetings.

Oakley Community Council financial records being auditedBy Forrest [email protected]

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Oakley Community Council board member Kenny McNutt, left, discusses a financial audit that is currently underway.A former board member had recommended that financial transactions from 2014 be reviewed by an outside agency.

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How local communi-ties use ICRC, or otherpublic access:

» Cincinnati: CitiCablecovers governmentmeetings associated withthe city including Cincin-nati City Council, variouscommittee meetings,Board of Health, policeoversight, NeighborhoodSummit and communitydevelopment presenta-tions. It is funded throughcable franchise fees.

» Fairfax: VillageCouncil meetings are notfilmed by ICRC, but thevillage does pay a cablefranchise fee so the pub-

lic has access to Marie-mont City School activ-ities and athletic eventsfilmed by the ICRC.

» Mariemont: VillageCouncil meetings arefilmed by the ICRC.

» Terrace Park: Vil-lage Council meetingsare filmed by ICRC.

Level ofprogrammingvaries bycommunity

WHO’SWATCHING?These communities havecontracts with ICRC:Amberley VillageArlington Heights Columbia Township Crosby Township Elmwood Place Evendale Fairfax Glendale Harrison Harrison Township Indian Hill Lincoln Heights Mariemont Mason City Mason Schools Milford Milford - Schools Mount Healthy Mount Healthy Schools North College Hill Princeton Schools Reading Sharonville Springdale St. Bernard Symmes Township Terrace Park Woodlawn

YOUR TURNDo you watch public accessprogramming? How often?On what platform? Howvaluable is the service?Email your comments [email protected].

Great Oaks openhouses

Area parents and highschool freshmen andsophomores will have thechance to get a first-handlook at more than 30 ca-reer programs availablefor high school juniorsand seniors at Great OaksCareer Campuses duringupcoming open houses.

Each of the campuseswill have instructors andstudents on hand to talkwith visitors and demon-strate the work beingdone in the career labs.Programs available in-clude dental assisting,sports rehabilitation andtherapy, construction,cosmetology, masonry,aviation maintenance,heating/ventilating and

air conditioning, nursing,surgical technology, elec-tricity, robotics, animalscience, equine (horse)studies, and more. Thehigh school programslead to certification in thechosen career field.

Open houses will be:Live Oaks Career Cam-

pus, 5956 BuckwheatRoad, Milford, Thursday,Feb. 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Scarlet Oaks CareerCampus, 3254 E. KemperRoad, Sharonville, Thurs-day, Feb. 5.

For more information,contact:

Live Oaks – Sarah Tay-lor, 513.612.4914 or [email protected].

Scarlet Oaks – JulieBeis, 513.612.5794 [email protected].

State of the Agencyforums set

Hamilton County De-velopmental DisabilitiesServices SuperintendentAlice Pavey will present

the 2015 “State of theAgency” at communityforums in January.

Several national andstate trends, rules andlaws are changing the tra-ditional way services forpeople with disabilities inOhio have been deliveredfor more than 70 years.Pavey will share the agen-cy’s new direction at theforums.

» 10:30 a.m. to noon Fri-day, Jan. 23, at the agencySupport Center, 1520 Mad-ison Road.

» 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday,Jan. 27, at Bobbie B. Fair-fax School, 4999 KingsleyDrive.

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stituents. Some of the lo-cal chambers of com-merce produce monthlyprograms where they in-troduce new members ofthe local business com-munity and the productsand services they pro-vide.”

How does communityaccess television fit intoday’s communicationrich society with You-Tube, Facebook, Twitter?

“Community accesstelevision must adapt andstay relevant to its com-munity. When we startedthere were five accesschannels on a 60-channelcable box. People werethrilled to see their citycouncil meeting on televi-sion a week or so after itoccurred. Now if theycan’t see that same meet-ing on their phone thenext day they want toknow why. And they canbecause that is part of theservice the ICRC pro-vides.

“In the fall when ourtwo trucks go out to coverhigh school football bothof those games are playedback that same night atmidnight. We are doingmore and more with ‘livetelevision’ over the Inter-net. For the sports wherepermissible, which is

pretty much everythingbut football and tourna-ments, we make themavailable live over the In-ternet so anyone any-where with an Internetconnection can see themas they happen. Samething with concerts andparades and other com-munity events, we post alink on our Facebook pageand people can watch liveon their computer.

“This year we are fo-cusing on our studio ser-vices. In the past, a localmayor or township trus-tee could come into ourstudio on a Monday nightand spend a half hourspeaking with the host ofour public affairs showand then a week later thefolks at home could tunein and hear what they hadto say. What we are work-ing toward now is for thatsame person to come intoour studio on a Mondayevening, choose how theywant to present their in-formation from a varietyof formats and when theywalk out the door theyhave a thumb drive intheir hand that will allowthem to upload that videoto their Facebook page orTwitter account and sendit out immediately to allwho subscribe.”

Are you digital? Whatabout high definition?

“Yes we are digital.However we are not HD(high definition).

“It is not required (tobe high definition), but isdesired and at some pointin the near future we willmake that transition. It isnot up to us, it will requirean agreement with the ca-ble company. On our endwe have already begunthe transition by startingto upgrade our productionand playback equipmentso that in terms of workflow, everything is HDcompliant.”

What impact will thishave on service?

“The only impact it willhave on service will besignificant increase inpicture quality.”

What is the future ofICRC?

“The future of theICRC looks strong. Wehave a history of being onthe leading edge of tech-nology. We were the firstlocal organization to putvideo on the Internet,starting in 1999 when weposted over 200 local can-didates for office on theweb, long before any ofthe broadcasters were do-ing it. We were the first or-ganization in the countryto provide indexed coun-cil meetings on the web.Because we have the sup-port of more than just onecommunity, we can pro-vide a higher level of ser-vice and because of thathigher level of service Ibelieve we will continueto thrive.”

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If you are a man inter-ested in building — or su-per-charging - your faith,the highest-ranking ex-ecutive of any Fortune500 company ever to be-come a whistleblowerwants to talk to you.

That’s right, MarkWhitacre, the man re-sponsible for uncovering

the ADM(ArcherDanielsMidland)price-fix-ing scan-dal in theearly 1990sand whoseundercov-er work

with the FBI was the in-spiration for the movie“The Informant!,” will bea featured speaker at“SuperCharge 2015” Sat-urday, Feb. 7, at Arm-strong Chapel UnitedMethodist Church in In-dian Hill.

This is the second yearfor SuperCharge, whichorganizers say is open tomen of all ages fromthroughout the region in-terested in pursuing lifewith purpose and suc-cess.

Whitacre, a Florenceresident who spent timein federal prison for em-bezzling from ADM, willshare his insights intocorporate ethics, corpo-rate greed and the warn-ing signs of a flawed cor-porate leadership.

“I was living the bestlife this world had to of-fer, and I now know that itwas not life,” said Whi-tacre, now chief operat-

ing officer and chief sci-ence officer at CypressSystems, Inc., and mar-ketplace ambassador forChristian Business Men’sConnection.

“A big part of my storyis about that day in myprison cell when I askedfor forgiveness, experi-enced redemption andstarted living.”

A second featuredspeaker at SuperCharge

2015 willbe CliffordA. Bailey,founderand presi-dent ofTechSoftSystems,Inc., inWoodlawn.

Baileyconducts seminars onmanagement, leadership,diversity, entrepreneur-ship, small business andcommunity developmentfor business, trade, stu-dent and communitygroups.

He created the“SHAPE: Securing High-er Achievement & Per-sonal Effectiveness” andthe “SHAPES of Effec-tiveness” programs.

“Over the years, I’velearned that a balance ofemotional, physical,mental and spiritualhealth is critical to obtainsuccess,” Bailey said.

“In life and in busi-ness, it’s all about relent-less preparation andknowing that every day isa gift.”

Breakout sessions atSuperCharge 2015 will beled by speakers who liveand work in the GreaterCincinnati/Dayton regionand who will discuss howto balance men’s workand personal lives, meetthe challenges of mar-riage and family, recoverfrom severe health prob-lems, parent childrenwith special needs andchange jobs or careers.

“We’re delighted tohost a men’s conference

with such an impressivelineup of guest speakersfrom our region,” saidGreg Stover, lead pastorat Armstrong ChapelUnited MethodistChurch.

“Our keynote speak-ers, Mark Whitacre andClifford A. Bailey, willbring their enthusiasticfaith and spiritual in-

sights to help men in ourcommunity face theirown critical curves on theroad of a purpose-drivenlife.”

Cost to attend Super-Charge 2015 is $45 formen who register atwww.superchargecon-f.org by Jan. 15 and $50 ifthey register after that.

The fee includes conti-

nental breakfast andlunch at the conference,which will run from 8a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Arm-strong Chapel UnitedMethodist Church at 5125Drake Road.

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in IndianHill? Follow me on Twitter@jeannehouck..

ADM whistleblower to speak at SuperCharge 2015By Jeanne [email protected]

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EASTERN HILLSJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Cincinnati Country Day» After a comprehensive

search, Cincinnati Country DaySchool’s Board of Trustees hasselected Anthony T.T. Jaccaci asthe 12th head of school, effec-tive July 1.

He will visit Country Day forthe State of theSchool meetingJan. 27, when hewill share hispreliminarythoughts on theschool’s future.

Jaccaci is ex-ecutive principalof the secondarydivision of theYK Pao School inShanghai. He hasaccumulated 17years of teachingand senior ad-ministrative ex-perience at YKPao School andSt. George’sSchool in New-port, Rhode Is-land.

Jaccaci grad-uated from Phil-lips Academy, aprivate, indepen-dent school inAndover, Massa-chusetts. He re-ceived a bache-lor of arts degreein East AsianStudies fromHarvard Univer-sity and a masterof arts fromTufts Univer-sity’s FletcherSchool of Lawand Diplomacy,with concentra-tion in Asianstudies and busi-ness.

He began histeaching careerat St. George’sSchool, where heserved in severalroles over 13years, includinghistory and lan-guages teacher,departmenthead, summerschool head anddirector of globalprograms. Whileat St. George’s,he also taught atthe U.S. NavalWar College inNewport for twoyears.

In 2010, Jacca-ci moved to hiscurrent positionin Shanghai,where he was

charged with the entrepreneur-ial task of building the second-ary division from the ground up,enrolling the first students ingrades six-12. While there, hedeveloped a track record offundraising and creating strate-gic partnerships that providestudents with additional learn-ing and growth opportunitiesoutside the classrooms.

In a statement to the CountryDay community, Board Presi-dent Chip Pettengill and SearchCommittee co-chairs JulieFleischmann and Jon Hall, said,“During his campus visit, Tonyemerged as a highly capable, vi-sionary leader who is passionateabout learning and promotingrigorous academic preparationin a supportive and joyful envi-ronment.”

Jaccaci was one of three fi-nalists who spent two days vis-iting Country Day’s campus. Inaccepting the job, he said,“Whether I was speaking withlower school students, visitingmiddle school classrooms or lis-tening to upper school studentsdescribe their experiences, itwas clear that students lovecoming to school every day.This, to me, is a reflection of athriving learning community.”

He and his wife, Lucia, havethree sons, Nick, Sam and Ben.The family will live in the headof school house on CountryDay’s campus in Indian Hill.

Jaccaci will replace Robert P.Macrae who leaves in June tobecome head of school at NewCanaan Country School in NewCanaan, Connecticut. Macraehas been head of school at CCDSsince 2004.

» Cincinnati Country DaySchool’s Board of Trustees hasnamed six new trustees. Theyjoin 18 others on the 24-memberboard of the Indian Hill collegepreparatory school.

Jody Brant of Amberley Vil-lage is a shareholder with KatzTeller Brant & Hild, where hehas practiced law for the last 16years. Brant, a 1987 CountryDay graduate, received a bache-lor of arts degree in mathemat-ics from Dartmouth College in1991. He received a JD fromGeorgetown University LawCenter in 1997 and an LL.M intaxation from New York Univer-sity School of Law in 1998. Heand his wife, Debbie, are chairsof Cincinnati Country Day’s An-nual Fund for the second year.The Brants have two daughtersattending the school, Samantha,an eighth-grader and Nora, asixth-grader.

Jason Fraley of BataviaTownship is president/owner ofSardinia Concrete Co., one ofsouthwestern Ohio’s foremostproducers of ready-mix. Hejoined the company in 2001 andtook over the business in 2008.In addition to Sardinia, he ismanaging partner of MiamiManagement, which owns 15Wendy’s franchises in andaround the Lexington, Ken-tucky, area. Fraley graduatedfrom the University of Ken-tucky in 1998 and the Universityof Cincinnati’s College of Busi-ness in 2001. Fraley and his wife,Trina, have two daughters at-tending Country Day. Madelineis a second-grader, and MabelElizabeth is in Pre-K I. Fraleyalso has a stepson, Michael Lis-to, who works for Sardinia.

J. Michael Leonard Jr. of Ma-deira is the head swimmingcoach for the Powel Crosley Jr.YMCA, where he has coached

numerous swim teams that havecompeted on the national level.He is also responsible for devel-oping coaches, staff and volun-teers at the YMCA. Leonard andhis wife, Susie, have a long histo-ry with Country Day. His father,Mike Sr., was an alumnus of theClass of 1955. Leonard graduat-ed from CCDS in 1983 andearned his bachelor of arts fromthe University of Cincinnati.His daughters, Meghan and Ka-tie, a 2012 graduate, and step-daughter Erin Rutherford Has-cup, a 1997 graduate, attendedCountry Day. Also, the Leonardsare grandparents to currentCCDS students Jessica Ruther-ford, a sixth-grader, and Jose-phine Rutherford, a freshman.

Holly (Oblinger) Mott of Ma-riemont is an investigativeagent for the Hamilton CountyDevelopmental Disabilities Ser-vices Major Unusual IncidentUnit. She is responsible for con-ducting investigations involv-ing incidents that adversely af-fect the health and safety of in-dividuals diagnosed with devel-opmental disabilities. Mott is a1995 graduate of CCDS and re-ceived a bachelor of arts fromSimmons College with majors inpolitical science and philosophy.She is married to Michael Mott.

Marilyn O’Brien of IndianHill retired last year as CEO ofIpsos Understanding UnLtd. Af-ter eight years at Procter &Gamble, O’Brien started herown qualitative market re-search firm, which was later ac-quired by Ipsos Worldwide in2005. Following the acquisition,she remained CEO responsible

for the company strategic plan-ning, financial performance andthe management of about 100employees. She still does con-sulting work for the firm. O’Bri-en received a bachelor of sci-ence in business managementfrom Ithaca College. She’s cur-rently president of the CCDSParents’ Association. She andher husband, Patrick, are par-ents of Megan and Sean, who is aCCDS junior.

Paul R. Stewart of Newtownis chief executive officer, presi-dent and a member of the boardof managers of Gateway Invest-ment Advisers, LLC, a $12.5 bil-lion asset management firmbest known for its hedged equi-ty investment style. He alsoserves as a co-portfolio man-ager for several mutual fundsincluding its $8 billion flagshipfund, Gateway Fund. Stewartearned his bachelor’s in busi-ness administration from OhioUniversity, and he is a CFA char-ter holder. Stewart and his wife,Jane, have three children withconnections to CCDS. Hannahgraduated in 2012, Cameron is ajunior and Sean is an eighth-grader.

Mariemont ElementaryPenny House, Mariemont

resident and mother of Marie-mont Elementary sixth-gradestudent Jackson House, nomi-nated 5th grade teacher JeremyPrater as Warm 98’s Teacher ofthe Week, and this week Praterwas selected to receive thisaward.

“Jeremy has made an effort-less transition to the team and

continually inspires the stu-dents in his class to be betterstudents and more importantlyto be better citizens,” PennyHouse wrote in her nominationletter. “Jeremy continually en-gages the students by empower-ing them to be accountable rolemodels. Jeremy is a wonderfuladdition to the [Mariemont Ele-mentary] staff...and has an un-canny knack of relating to thestudents while guiding them inand out of the classroom.”

Prater received a gift basketfrom Modern Office Methods, a$50 gift certficate from Tri-County Mall and passes fromthe Cincinnati Pops and his cur-rent fifth grade homeroom re-ceived passes to enjoy Coco KeyWater Resort and a pizza partyfrom Westshore Pizza to cele-brate this honor.

Mariemont High SchoolTwo students in the Marie-

mont High School Business/Great Oaks’ Satellite programscored among the top businessstudents nationwide on rigorousexams to test their businessknowledge.

The exams are part of theschool’s High School of Busi-ness program, a national accel-erated business administrationprogram.

Receiving top scores werejunior Natalie Popowics, who re-ceived third place on the Princi-ples of Business exam, and sen-ior Graham McCarthy, who re-ceived third place on the Princi-ples of Marketing exam.

Students participating inHigh School of Business™ com-plete real, hands-on businessprojects through a series of sixcourses. The program also in-cludes observational intern-ships, opportunities to earn col-lege credit, and local oversightvia a steering team of collegefaculty, business professionalsand school personnel.

High School of Business is aprogram of MBAResearch, anon-profit organization special-izing in educational researchand the development of busi-ness and marketing curriculumfor high schools and colleges.

The accelerated program isdesigned for college-bound stu-dents with interest in businessadministration careers, such asmarketing, finance, entrepre-neurship or management.

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Mariemont Elementary sixth -grade teacher Jeremy Prater celebrates with his class after being named Warm 98'sTeacher of the Week.


Graham McCarthy, a senior atMariemont High School, is athird-place recipient on thePrinciples of Marketing exam, partof the school's High School ofBusiness program, an acceleratedbusiness administration program.


Mariemont High School juniorNatalie Popowics is a third-placerecipient on the Principles ofBusiness exam, which is part of theschool's High School of Businessprogram, a national acceleratedbusiness administration program.

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The following students have earnedhonors for the first quarter of 2014-2015:

Honor rollSeventh-grade - Olivia Andrus,

George Burqust, Ginny Caesar, JenniferCash, Charlotte Coates, Kendall Dewey,Anna Doran, Bren Findley, Jossey Frye,Luke Gaskey, Elizabeth Gilbertson,Madison Hartman, Lanie Hayskar,Caroline Hemmer, Abbie Kapcar, Jac-quelyn Kauffman, Erin Kelly, NicksonKirks-McFadden, Cameron Lackney,Ellen Lewis, Wiley Lyons, Drew Malafa,Zach McClorey, Andrew Mehl, AliviaNaticchioni, Jack Neville, MaxwellNorthrop, Isabella Paz, Oliver Peterman,Kyle Powers, Lawson Renie, Luke Rob-inson, Madi Smith, Payton Smith, Ka-

meryn Spang, Zachary Stith, WilliamStutenroth, Jillian Teeters, GabrielleTollefsen, Rye Walker, Melanie Weiss,Lucas Wilner and Evan Wuertemberger.

Eighth-grade - Grace Amlung, Mar-got Baumgartner, Sophia Bernloehr,Braden Bortz, Victoria Botella, NolanBuck, Holly Byers, Jackson Comer,Savannah Connor, Katherine Copetas,Charles Cowart, Jacob Cox, KatarinaDeCamp, Jonah Dill, Sinclaire Dorsten,Anna Eberlein, Elizabeth Elin, AbigailFalknor, Sarah Forbes, Stephanie Frey,Lewis Gatch, Catherine Geary, FrancesHarrington, Nicole Huebner, ElizabethJones, Lily Karlson, Kristen Keyes,Frances Lindell, Avery Lindner, JacobMantle, Joshua McClorey, Joshua Me-dlin, Sydney Messner, Ian Mikesell, AvaMorgan, Laine Newman, Katherine

Overbey, Drew Pitstick, Amelia Popow-ics, Sean Reber, Wally Renie, MichaelRubin, Robert Salkin, Anna Scheeser,Molly Sharp, Kyleigh Spang, ReidStautberg, Grace Straley, Sydney Tritsch,Marley Tudor, Emma Veeneman, OliviaWalker, Owen Worple and HannahZelinski.

Merit rollSeventh-grade - Wesley Adams, Lia

Amlung, Lauren Barrett, Megan Betts,Elizabeth Bonnell, Megan Brehse,William Buchholz, Simon Butler, AvaDorsten, Casey Dutro, Garrett Eldridge,Joseph Elkahla, Bates Gall, IsabelleGarner, Hayden Gearhart, Megan Gose,Elizabeth Halpin, Ava Hatcher, Olivia

Hill, Clare Hunter, Grace Hunter, RiannaJustice, Bryce Kennedy, Makala King,George Koehler, Caroline Lopez, MeganLundeberg, Simon Manzler, KathrynMarshall, David Martinez, Elise Mason,Cooper McCord, Julianna Meece, AbbyMiller, Michael Moehring, Steven Mur-dock, Peter Mysogland, Sydney Price,Olivia Pullen, Samuel Reid, ShannonRenner, Isabella Sklena, Jada Smiley,Christian Stehling, Jackson Stephens,Rheagan Stinnett, Isaac Trybus, LeahWarden, Claire Wilder and Alexis Wood.

Eighth-grade - Mark Andrews, AveryBrinkman, Macy Bruner, Shaun Buxsel,Anthony Carney, Ben Ciolino, JamesDimichele, Jacob Dougherty, CoraDupre, Garrett Engle, Chad Fanta,Hunter Gailliez, McKenzie Gampfer,Steven Giordullo, Ashley Grimmer, Anna

Harding, Gabe Hartnett, SebastianHernandez-Sanchez, Anna Hobart,Noah Hoffer, Mykal Hogue, SophiaHouse, Rachel Justice, Michael Kane,Mary Kate Keller, Emma Kuwatch,Theodore Lizak, Ethan Longardner,Claire Lynch, Henry Manzler, QuintinMcCarley, Gage McClure, KathrynMcIntosh, Kennedy McNeil, PaytonMegowen, Trey Mills, Grace Penker,Jake Perkins, Emilia Ranalli, ConnorRidge, Hunter Riportella, Henry Rolan-der, Davis Schmit, Brendan Schwartz,Jack Setters, Chloe Shenton, CorbenShoemaker, Caleb Sklena, Alan Smith,Timothy Spaeth, Yaitova Spiegel, El-isabeth Stewart, Justin Taylor, JacksonTrester, Marin Valentine, Lexxus Verdon,Gabrielle Walton, Madison Wilson andBrandon Wortman.

MARIEMONT JUNIOR HIGH HONOR ROLLS


THURSDAY, JAN. 22Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 6:30-9 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, 4426 Brazee St.,Learn basic glass cutting, wetgrinder, foil wrap and solder.Ages 12-80. $30-$100. Presentedby Sharp Art. 389-6742; [email protected].

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, noon to 8 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., gallery One One.Paper: exhibition of works bylocal artists studying at ManifestDrawing Center. Pop: new,non-curated exhibition featuresworks created by local artistswith die cut paper that foldsand tucks to become a work-able 3D artist canvas. Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., OakleyRecreation Center, 3882 PaxtonAve., Slow natural movementsimprove health of body, mindand spirit. They reduce tension,improve circulation and balanceand increase strength andflexibility. $109 includes 24classes followed by free monthof continuing practice meetings.Other packages also available.Through March 31. 304-6055;www.usa.taoist.org. Oakley.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 7:30p.m., Walton Creek Theater,4101 Walton Creek Road, InTennessee Williams’ shatteringclassic, an aging Southern Bellelongs for her youth and dreamsof a better life for her children.Her restless son Tom -- a would-be poet and the story’s narrator-- gets swept up in his mother’sfunny and heartbreakingschemes to find his painfully shysister, Laura, a husband. TheGlass Menagerie is consideredto be one of the most beautifuldramas in American theatre.$20. Presented by MariemontPlayers Inc.. 684-1236; www.ma-riemontplayers.com. ColumbiaTownship.

RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, 6915 Beechmont Ave.,$2 per child per class. Presentedby Anderson Township ParkDistrict. Through March 26.388-5082. Anderson Township.

SeminarsLearn How to Reduce YourProperty Tax, 6-7:30 p.m.,Barron Peck Bennie & Schlem-mer Co LPA, 3074 MadisonRoad, Free. Reservations recom-mended. Presented by JonathanC. Bennie. 315-5750. Oakley.

FRIDAY, JAN. 23Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, 7737 Five Mile Road,Taste four different wines. Ages21 and up. $1 per two-ouncetaste. Through Dec. 11. 232-6611. Anderson Township.

Friday Night Tasting: RobustReds, 6-8 p.m., The WineMerchant, 3972 Edwards Road,Eight hearty reds wines fromaround the world, includingCabernet and Merlot. Lightappetizers and assortment ofcheese and French baguettes.Ages 21 and up. $25, $20 ad-vance. 731-1515; www.wine-merchantcincinnati.com. Oak-ley.

Literary - BookstoresStory Time with Miss Sarah,9:30-10 a.m., Blue ManateeChildren’s Bookstore, 3054Madison Road, With Miss Sarahand her guitar. Free. 731-2665.Oakley.

On Stage - TheaterA Reunion To Die For, 7 p.m.,Anderson High School, 7560Forest Road, Murder mysteryplay. Includes coffee, dessertand raffle. Benefits AndersonTheatre and FAD. $15. Present-ed by Anderson Theatre. 232-2772; www.andersontheatre-.com. Anderson Township.

The Glass Menagerie, 8 p.m.,

Walton Creek Theater, $20.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resur-rection, 1950 Nagel Road, Learnage-old technique of waxingUkrainian eggs. Bring six un-cooked eggs. $15. Registrationrequired. Through March 28.713-3541; www.lcresurrectio-n.org. Anderson Township.

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Free. Presented byCBB Production. Through Feb.28. 528-9909. Mount Carmel.

On Stage - TheaterA Reunion To Die For, 7 p.m.,Anderson High School, $15.232-2772; www.anderson-theatre.com. Anderson Town-ship.

The Glass Menagerie, 3 p.m., 8p.m., Walton Creek Theater,$20. 684-1236; www.marie-montplayers.com. ColumbiaTownship.

Theory of Mind, 2 p.m., HydePark Health Center, 4001 RosslynDrive, By Ken LaZebnik. Sensi-tive, unsentimental portrait ofrelationships, tells story of Bill, ateenager who happens to liveon the autism spectrum. Part ofPlayhouse in the Park’s Off theHill series. Recommended forages 11 and up. Call venue fortickets and prices. Presented byPlayhouse in the Park. 272-5573;www.cincyplay.com. Hyde Park.

Sports-Registrations &Tryouts

Little League Registration, 10a.m. to 1 p.m., Anderson Center,7850 Five Mile Road, Parentsregister players for 2015 LittleLeague Spring Season. Leagueofficials answer questions.Presented by Anderson Town-ship Little League. 688-8400;www.atll.org. Anderson Town-ship.

SUNDAY, JAN. 25Dining EventsBaked Potato Dinner, 5:30-7p.m., Lutheran Church of theResurrection, 1950 Nagel Road,Wernle Boys Home in Indiana.Includes baked potatoes withtoppings, salads, desserts andbeverages. $5, $3 ages 11 andunder. 474-4938. AndersonTownship.

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 1-4 p.m., AndersonCenter, 7850 Five Mile Road,Lower atrium. Learn about thehistory of Anderson Townshipthrough photos, hands-onexhibits and artifacts. Free.Presented by Anderson Town-ship Historical Society. 231-2114;andersontownshiphistoricalso-

ciety.org. Anderson Township.

Music - ReligiousOrgan Concert Series: Chris-toph Bull, 4-6 p.m., Hyde ParkCommunity United MethodistChurch, 1345 Grace Ave., Sanc-tuary. Concert organist. Free.871-1345. Hyde Park.

On Stage - TheaterThe Glass Menagerie, 2 p.m.,Walton Creek Theater, $20.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

RecreationTennis Classes, 4-5 p.m. Weeklythrough March 1., MercyHealthPlex Anderson, 7495State Road, Work on hand-eye-coordination, racquet skills,basic strokes and scoring. Begin-ners class at 4 p.m. Intermediateat 5 p.m. Ages 18 and up. $69.Registration required. Presentedby Communiversity at UC.556-6932. Anderson Township.

MONDAY, JAN. 26Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 6:30-9 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, $30-$100. 389-6742; [email protected]. Oakley.


EducationTeen’s Self-Defense, 6-8 p.m.,Beech Acres Park RecPlex, 6915Beechmont Ave., Lessons onawareness and protection.Physical self-defense explainedand practiced. Ages 11-14. $25,$20 residents. Registrationrequired. Presented by An-derson Township Park District.388-4513. Anderson Township.

TUESDAY, JAN. 27Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

EducationOptics Inside a Telescope, 7-9p.m., Cincinnati ObservatoryCenter, 3489 Observatory Place,Learn how a telescope worksand how magnification andfocus are achieved. Ages 18 andup. $22. Registration required.Presented by Communiversity atUC. 556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu. Mount Lookout.

Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., OakleyRecreation Center, $109 includes24 classes followed by freemonth of continuing practicemeetings. Other packages alsoavailable. 304-6055; www.usa-.taoist.org. Oakley.

Tai Chi Workshop, 11 a.m. tonoon, Yum’s Cincinnati HwaRang Do, 3603 Church St.,Introduction to ancient art ofrelaxation, meditation andenergy building. $15 per class or$69 for six weeks. 760-5986;

www.cincyhrd.com. Newtown.

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 5 p.m., Amer-ican Legion Post 72, 497 OldOhio 74, $1-$15. 528-9909;www.stuartglugibuhl.com.Mount Carmel.

Preschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, $2 per child per class.388-5082. Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity towork from costumed model ateach class. Class focuses onstudy of values, color temper-ature, composition, paintingand drawing techniques. $210per session, plus $30 modelingfee per session. Registrationrequired. 259-9302; www.deb-orahridgley.com. Mariemont.


Drink TastingsWineStation Weekend: HappyHour, 4-7 p.m., The Wine Mer-chant, 3972 Edwards Road, Alltastes are half off. New winesevery week. Complimentarycheese and French baguettes.Ages 21 and up. Wines priced byounce. 731-1515; www.wine-merchantcincinnati.com. Oak-ley.

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 1-4 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; an-dersontownshiphistoricalsocie-ty.org. Anderson Township.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 8a.m. to noon, Braxton F. CannMemorial Medical Center, 5818Madison Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies by insur-ance. Financial assistance avail-able to those who qualify.Registration required. Presentedby UC Health Mobile Diag-nostics. 585-8266. Madisonville.

Literary - Story TimesStory Time, 10:30-11 a.m., BlueManatee Children’s Bookstore,3054 Madison Road, On LaPageStage. Stories, songs and more.Free. 731-2665. Oakley.

THURSDAY, JAN. 29Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee

Street Studios, $30-$100. 389-6742; [email protected]. Oakley.

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, noon to 8 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.


Literary - SigningsJ. Ivy, 7-8 p.m., Joseph-BethBooksellers-Rookwood, 2692Madison Road, Author discussesand signs “Dear Father.” Hip-hop’s favorite poet and Gram-my Award-winning artist bareshis soul in this inspirationalmemoir of pain transformedinto healing and empower-ment. Free. 396-8960; www.jo-sephbeth.com. Norwood.

RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, $2 per child per class.388-5082. Anderson Township.

FRIDAY, JAN. 30Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, $1 per two-ounce taste.232-6611. Anderson Township.

Literary - BookstoresStory Time with Miss Sarah,9:30-10 a.m., Blue ManateeChildren’s Bookstore, Free.731-2665. Oakley.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resur-rection, $15. Registration re-quired. 713-3541; www.lcresur-rection.org. Anderson Town-ship.


Literary - SigningsLunar Ball with Marissa Mey-er, 6-8:30 p.m., Joseph-BethBooksellers-Rookwood, 2692

Madison Road, For release ofnew book. Prizes for best NewBeijing costumes. Followed bytalk and signing. Tickets freewith purchase of “Fairest.”.396-8960; www.josephbe-th.com. Norwood.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, Free.528-9909. Mount Carmel.

Music - ConcertsAja, 8 p.m., 20th Century Thea-ter, 3021 Madison Road, SteelyDan tribute band. $20. 731-8000; www.the20thcentu-rytheater.com. Oakley.

SUNDAY, FEB. 1Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 1-5 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.


MONDAY, FEB. 2Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 6:30-9 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, $30-$100. 389-6742; [email protected]. Oakley.


TUESDAY, FEB. 3Art & Craft ClassesOil Painting with Jan Boone,noon to 3 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Forbeginning and intermediatepainters. Instruction covers basicpainting techniques, gooddrawing and creative use ofcolor. Ages 18 and up. $120.Registration required. ThroughFeb. 17. 791-7044; www.artat-thebarn.org. Mariemont.


EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 6-8:30 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; an-dersontownshiphistoricalsocie-ty.org. Anderson Township.


Tai Chi Workshop, 11 a.m. tonoon, Yum’s Cincinnati HwaRang Do, $15 per class or $69for six weeks. 760-5986;www.cincyhrd.com. Newtown.

RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, $2 per child per class.388-5082. Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Paintingand Drawing Class, 12:30p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $210 per session, plus$30 modeling fee per session.Registration required. 259-9302;www.deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.



Literary - Story TimesStory Time, 10:30-11 a.m., BlueManatee Children’s Bookstore,Free. 731-2665. Oakley.

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Mariemont Players Inc. will perform “The Glass Menagerie” through Jan. 25 at Walton Creek Theater , 4101 Walton Creek Road,Columbia Township In Tennessee Williams’ shattering classic, an aging Southern Belle longs for her youth and dreams of a betterlife for her children. Her restless son Tom -- a would-be poet and the story’s narrator -- gets swept up in his mother’s funny andheartbreaking schemes to find his painfully shy sister, Laura, a husband. The Glass Menagerie is considered to be one of themost beautiful dramas in American theatre. Show times are Jan. 22; 8 p.m. Jan. 23; 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Jan. 24, and 2 p.m. Jan. 25.Tickets are $20. Call 684-1236, or visit www.mariemontplayers.com. Karol, Collin Wenzell and Morgan Carter rehearse a scene forMariemont Players' production of "The Glass Menagerie."


A couple of years agoI was walking throughour patch of woods whenI came across a largebucket nestled in the

hillside. Itwas filledwith silt soI decidedto emptyit.

No kid-ding, thatbucketwas wayheavierthan itshould

have been. The reason?A snapping turtle tum-bled out from the bot-tom. It was early springso it was still hibernat-ing. My first thoughtwas turtle soup. Ipushed it back into thebucket and had it hauledup the hill. Long storyshort, no soup was madefrom that irritable crea-ture. We let it go and itheaded down the hilltoward the river.

That brings me to thesingle subject of today’scolumn: mock turtlesoup. This will satisfythe many requests. Likegoetta, mock turtle soupis a cherished heirloomrecipe here. The formerCricket restaurantserved a version, and St.Rita’s school serves it attheir festival every year.Ron’s Roost on the westside has it on their me-nu, also.

The original real tur-tle soup was made fromgreen sea turtles.They’re an endangeredspecies and most live inthe Atlantic, Pacific and

Indian oceans. Mockturtle soup originated inEngland in the mid1800s. It later becamepopular in Germany. Idon’t have room for allthe recipes so check outmy website Aboutea-ting.com for more goodones.

Some original mockturtle soups were madefrom calf’s brains. OK,so I’m glad that groundbeef is the meat ofchoice now. If you don’twant to make it, Worth-more’s canned mockturtle soup is a good bet.I spoke with Phil Haock,whose granddad startedthe business in the ’20s.Phil said they sell hun-dreds of cases a weekfrom their Cincinnatifacility. Some goes toformer Tristaters whocan’t go without theirWorthmore. If you wantto make your own, hereare two reader favorites.

Granddad Robert J.Niehoff's MockTurtle Soup

Originally publishedin the Enquirer yearsago. The notes indicatethe soup “is one of thebest”.

20 gingersnaps, pref-erably Nabisco

2 cups water2 pounds ground beef1 medium onion, diced14 oz. bottle ketchup1/2 cup Lea & Perrin's

Worcestershire sauce2 tablespoons cider

vinegar2 teaspoons salt1/8 teaspoon pepper1 lemon, seeded,

sliced thin4 cups water, more or

less3 hard cooked eggs,

crumbledSherrySoak gingersnaps in 2

cups water and setaside. Brown beef inlarge heavy pot. Drainfat. Mash beef with pota-to masher while cookingfor a fine texture. Stir inonions. Add ketchup,Worcestershire sauce,vinegar, salt, pepper andlemon. Add 4 cups water,more or less. Simmer 1hour. Add soaked ginger-snaps, raising heat andstirring constantly 5 to10 minutes. Stir in crum-bled eggs. Serve hotwith dash of sherry.Makes 6 servings.

John T's mock turtlesoup

A good recipe from agood cook.

1-1/2 pounds groundbeef

3 quarts HOT water20 to 30 ginger snaps1 large onion1 medium carrot1 lemon1/4 cup Worcester-

shire sauce14 oz. catsup1 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon pepper4 hard-boiled eggs

(finely chopped)2 tablespoons sherry

(or vinegar)Small bag of pickling

spicePlace meat and gin-

ger snaps in hot waterand allow to stand 10 to15 minutes. Grind orgrate onion and carrotand add to mixture. Slicelemon paper thin andadd to mixture. Addcatsup, Worcestershiresauce, salt and pepper.Bring to a boil. Reduceheat. Suspend bag ofpickling spice into mix-ture. Cook over low heatfor 2 to 3 hours. Stirfrequently. Removepickling spice. Add fine-ly chopped eggs about1/2 hour before finish.Add wine (or vinegar).When cool, place in re-frigerator until readyfor use. Will keep a weekor more. Can be frozen.

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I published the wrongnumber. They’re now at513-561-6776.

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It’s happened again. Maskedgunmen storming a building inParis, and killing people whodared to do something they con-sidered “blasphemous.”

Last year people with thesame ideals stormed a school,killing children and teachers, inPeshawar. But what are these“ideals”? And why do cartoonsand schoolchildren threatenthem?

I cannot answer that ques-tion, because to do so would dig-nify them with a definition. It isobvious that their beliefs areweak and poorly founded if acartoon, some school childrenand the threat of an educationthreatens them. However, I willanswer the question of who sup-ports these ideals. They are zea-

lots. They arepeople whohave been edu-cated so nar-rowly that theybelieve onlyone interpreta-tion of theteachings ofone book. Theyare people whoare so closed intheir thinking

and their outlook that they be-lieve that only they are right,and anyone who holds anotherbelief is wrong.

These people exist in allcountries, in all religions and inall ethnicities. However, it is theviolence, vehemence and un-compromising nature of these

murderers that rightly shocksus.

We should be outraged aswell. We fought a world waragainst equally uncompromis-ing enemies of freedom, and, atthe cost of millions of lives andmuch treasure, we, the Allies,won. We fought against the un-wanted expansion of fascism,against people who said thattheir race was superior, thattheir way was the only way andthat their needs were more im-portant than ours. We won. Now,we have to do it all over again.

I make no apologiesIf people espouse the ideals

of repression, of intolerance andhatred, and are willing to kill us –and by “us” I include any person,of any faith, nation or ethnicity,

who espouses values such asfreedom of thought and speech,education, the equality of thesexes - then we must fight them.

How do you fight an enemythat is so benighted and inse-cure, that to murder children inschool, or cartoonists who angeryou, is seen as a heroic act? Edu-cation. Democracy. Hope. Fortoo long, we have relied on mil-itary might to ensure our placein the world. It’s not enough.This is an enemy that is born outof ignorance and thrives underaggression. The only way for-ward is to spend some of ourwealth on campaigns of educa-tion, withdraw our support of re-gimes that ultimately foster thebirth of these benighted gang-sters and most importantly of-

fer hope through economic suc-cess to those countries that seekour help.

We cannot carpet bomb ourway into the hearts and minds ofterrorists or their potentialrecruits. The solution, unpalat-able as it is in a society that is ac-customed to swift solutions, isgoing to take time. We are agreat nation and we can beat thisvery real threat. We must neversurrender even a tiny part of ourfreedom to these ignorant thugshiding under a veil of religion –any religion. As those dead car-toonists knew, sometimes ittakes a pen, not a gun, to fight awar. Je suis Charlie.

Bruce Healey is a resident of IndianHill.

We must fight back - but not with brute force

BruceHealey COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

“Let’s cut all of those publicschool positions that are unneed-ed,” is an unqualified request bysome members of the public.

They believe such action willsave districts lots of money aswell as lower the tax bills for adistrict’s residents.

To some residents this ideamight have some superficialcost reduction merit, yet it failsto confront the thought of elim-inating all the responsibilitiesconnected with those positionsthat are axed.

Once the Ohio state board ofeducation repeals the five ofeight rule standard, schools willno longer be required to providea school nurse for every onethousand students. Although thesavings are minimal consider-ing the full scope of an annualbudget, some boards of educa-tion will choose to direct thosefunds for other priorities at theexpense of neglecting the healthservices only a school nurse candeliver.

All elementary schools musthave some kind of care facilityfor the students they serve.

Working as the school’s pri-mary health care provider, thenurse is responsible for makingsure this facility has all the mini-mal medical equipment, furni-ture, and emergency suppliesneeded by the school’s students.

When children become ill orinjured at school, they need a

care giver formedical atten-tion emotionalsupport. Moreoften than notthat person isthe schoolnurse. Duringthe course of asingle day, thenurse mightsee every con-

tagious disease spreadingthrough the school in addition tothe normal traffic of childrenwith cuts, bruises, and more se-rious injuries.

In short the school’s healthcenter is its miniature emergen-cy room.

A major role of a school nurseinvolves the organization anddispensation of medications. Ina typical elementary school witha student population of five hun-dred students at least 15 per-cent, or 75 children, will need totake medication each day. Bylaw the meds must be stored in asecure facility and adminis-tered by a designated staffmember.

Each school year nursessearch students’ records to iden-tify health issues and compli-ance with state immunizationlaws. They collaborate withclassroom teachers to makesure students with on goinghealth problems receive the dai-ly care and treatment their con-

dition may demand. In somecases this involves periodic in-jections as well as providingspecial physical accommoda-tions within the classroom.

Kindergarten and preschoolhealth screenings are time con-suming responsibilities themnurse conducts at the beginningof each school year. On going vi-sion, dental, scoliosis and hear-ing screenings for children takeplace throughout the schoolyear. Information from thescreenings are used to compileannual changes in studentsphysical growth and to make re-ferrals for follow-up care.

With first hand knowledge ofstudent’s physical growth andhealth needs over an extendedperiod of time, the school nursecontributes valuable informa-tion and insight to interventionassistance and crisis responseteams.

Terminating the position of aschool nurse does not erase theresponsibilities a school nursefulfills. Either those duties be-come an unmet void or otherstaff members must assumethem. Sadly, innocent studentswill bear the consequences ofthese potential penny savingsactions by some of Ohio’s boardsof education.

Noel Taylor is a former PrincetonCity Schools administrator and aresident of Sharonville.

School nurses endangered

Noel TaylorCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

In the last 10 days tradition-al media have inundated us re-garding the tragic suicide ofJoshua (”Leelah”) Alcorn, aself-proclaimed “transgenderteen,” in a misguided attemptto reward a request in his sui-cide note that his death “meansomething” on behalf of other

transgen-dered people.

Candle-light “vigils”have beenheld, and“friends”have comeforward toexpress notsympathy forthe bereavedparents, butanger toward

them.With a “news” media and

“friends” like this, who needsenemies?

Clearly the under-age boywas enraged at his parents forrejecting his request for “gen-der reassignment surgery,” aninvolved (counseling, surgery,hormone therapy), protracted(several years), expensiveprocedure (more than$25,000) that also apparentlyviolated his parents’ Christianconsciences. Joshua rejectedthe counseling and medicaltreatment his parents securedfor him, and in a final act of re-bellion, he stepped out in fronton a tractor trailer after mid-night on Interstate 71.

The “news” media is treat-ing Joshua’s self-murder ashonorable when it should beseen as the selfish act of a de-luded narcissist who saw him-self as a romantic “martyr”revolting against an evil, op-pressive world ruled by Chris-tian parents and others whosought to limit his personalwants. By constantly refer-ring to Joshua as “Leelah” andby using the pronouns “she”and “her” in reporting this sto-ry, the “news” media becomeactivists for the fantasy oftransgenderism and becomeaccessories to the pain and

suffering of those who needhealing, not encouragementand endorsement in self-delu-sion.

Joshua’s parents loved him,but he loved only himself. Inhis self-focus, he failed to seethat parents and siblings areone’s true friends, and that“caring” by the so-called“LGBT community” on socialmedia and elsewhere is a mi-rage. Recognizing the dangerof the counsel of such falsefriends (and possibly in re-sponse to his rebellious atti-tude), Joshua’s parents tookaway the privileges of a laptopand smart phone that he woulduse to access the Internet.

He threatened the life of atruck driver who might havelost control in an attempt toavoid Joshua’s self-murder.That driver will be forever im-pacted by the horror imposedon him by the media’s darling.

What lessons can belearned from this? That“transgenders” are abused bya society that largely refusesto “understand” or condonetheir bizarre desires and be-havior? That parents have noright to seek help for a childsuffering from delusion andother mental illnesses? Thatthe taxpayer must be forced,through insurance, to subsi-dize unethical medical proce-dures? That women and girlslose all privacy in restroomsand shower rooms to men andboys who fantasize that theyare females “trapped” in amale body?

Or do we learn that an agen-da exists by an activist “news”and “entertainment” mediaand by certain special-interestgroups to confuse and sexual-ize youth for their own evil (of-ten profitable) purposes?

Obviously, Joshua’s lifemeant little to him. May reve-lation of truth find that Josh-ua’s tragic death and the suf-fering of his family not be invain.

Randy Kleine is a resident ofMilford.

Traditionalmedia moreabout fantasy,less about truth

RandyKleineCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Jan. 14 questionSome people have criticized re-

cent school closings due to coldweather. What do you think aboutthe practice of canceling classeswhen the mercury dips?

“The policies that allow forcanceling school simply becauseit is cold out are ridiculous. Sad-ly, we have become a litigation-fearing, over-coddling society ofsoft people. Here’s a suggestion,when it’s cold out, wear a coat.Maybe some gloves. There is norocket science to this. ... The vastmajority of kids I see waiting forthe bus are properly attired, so alow temperature should be of noconsequence. The media has be-come one of the chief enablers ofthe unnecessary school closings.One would hope for them be a lit-tle less dramatic hour after hourevery time when two inches of‘white death from the sky’ isforecast. ...”

M.J.F.

“I am a volunteer for a largepublic venue. We have had ourdays of shutdown, due to weath-er that, prior to the advent of liti-gation, heavy traffic, and what Icall ‘common sense’ might havebeen ‘working’ days. I truly be-lieve that the teachers viewweather days as a delay in get-ting work done, increased possi-

bility of extended years and anightmare of reorganization.The administrative staff thatmakes these decisions probablyview it as why we have paid sickdays in almost every profession;to allow some flexibility in ap-plying safe practices for all em-ployees.

“Only people that I trulyimagine cheer (other than thestudents), when a weather day iscalled, are those charged withthe responsibility of transport-ing students. I’m betting thatmost of them are already up andgetting to their buses on morn-ings, before the weather day iscalled. ... Street conditions andforecast deteriorating weatherbecomes as much of a ‘let’s takea guess’ for the decision makers,as we sometimes see or blamethe proclamations of weatherforecasters. Yes, Virginia, thereis climate change, and it does.”

D.B.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThe city of Cincinnati released areport earlier this month whichdetailed a decrease in crimewithin the city. Do you feelsafer, or safer, in the city thanyou have in the past? Why orwhy not?

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

WALNUT HILLS — In his initialmeeting with the Walnut HillsHigh School girls basketballteam, Adam Lazar knew he hadcome into a good situation. TheLady Eagles were defendingEastern Cincinnati Conferencechampions and were loadedwith talent.

He only had one quizzical mo-ment when the girls told himthey had never won a postsea-son tournament game.

As his jaw dropped, he foundthat for the last three seasons,the women of Walnut had been“one and done”.

Determined more than ever,the Walnut Hills grad who spentseveral years assisting the boysteam and most recently coachedthe boys at Oyler, is pushing theLady Eagles to peak.

“We’re finally coming to-gether as a group,” Lazar said.“We knew we could play. Wehave three legit DI girls, butthey didn’t play like a team lastyear.”

At press time, Walnut Hillsled the Eastern Cincinnati Con-ference with Anderson, GlenEste and Turpin not far behind.They feature top scorer andFurman-bound Taylor Darksand 6-foot-4 senior AmberWilks, who is headed to La Salle.

Hiding in plain sight is 6-2 Ar-ielle Varner. The junior is closerthan ever to catching Darks inscoring and is the top rebounderin the ECC.

“It’s one thing to be great inpractice, but it’s something elsewhen the lights are on and thepopcorn’s popping,” Lazar said.“She’s just tremendous andshe’s an incredible teammate.She’s got some of the big oneslooking at her. We’ve had somereally big schools come watch.”

The Lady Eagles started theseason off with a loss to St. Ur-sula, then began the new yearwith back-to-back defeats on theroad to Mason and SummitCountry Day. The Walnut sched-ule doesn’t feature many cake-walks.

“During Christmas break weplayed Ursuline, Hughes, Ma-son, who was undefeated andNo. 1 in the state, and Summit,who was undefeated and No. 3in the state,” Lazar said. “That’swhat you want so you’re pre-pared come tournament time.”

Come postseason, Walnut’s

JIM OWENS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Walnut Hills senior Taylor Darksgoes to the basket against Mason.Darks is bound for Furman nextseason.

ExperiencedWalnut Hills girlsbasketball teamseeks elusivetourney winBy Scott [email protected]

See EAGLES, Page B2

After each game this season,which through the first sixweeks has been nothing but vic-tories, Summit Country Day’sgirls basketball team has bro-ken its huddle by shouting“family!”.

Summit is among countlessteams to incorporate “family”into its game-day routine, asthe 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates didso famously.

But, the Silver Knights sayit’s ingrained in their culture.

“It illustrates the closenesswe have,” said senior guard Ki-ley Barnard. “We’ve knowneach other for a while, even thefreshmen. We hang out. Wesupport each other.”

Summit (15-0, 6-0 Miami Val-ley Conference, as of Monday)is ranked No. 2 in The EnquirerDivisions II-IV poll and secondin the D-III state poll.

Barnard said varsity play-ers regularly attend games atSummit Middle School, wherethey serve as both fans andmentors for the future SilverKnights. By the time those kidsreach high school, there’s fa-miliarity, and bonds that arerock-solid.

“We know we can trust eachother,” Barnard said.

The statistics bear this out. Summit has four players av-

eraging in double-figures, led

by senior guard MalaunaCampbell’s 13.5 points. Fiveplayers average one or moreassists with freshman guardRavin Alexander dishing outmore than five per game andBarnard averaging nearly four.

Despite leading the MVCstandings, you have to dig deepto find a Silver Knights playeramong the league’s scoringleaders. Campbell, a Univer-sity of Charleston, WV. signee,was eighth.

“I see ‘family’ associatedmore with this year’s team be-cause of their unselfishness,the way they look for each oth-

er,” said Summit coach BethSimmons, who’s in her 14th sea-son at the helm. “The girls havemeshed very well. They getalong so well, which has a hugeimpact.”

Simmons admits she wasn’tsure what to expect from thisyear’s team, particularly whilefacing a formidable schedule.The Silver Knights have de-feated Division-I opponentsWalnut Hills, ranked No. 8 inthe Enquirer poll, and Ross.They face Purcell Marian in theregular-season finale.

“The tougher schedule givesus an opportunity to be suc-

cessful,” Simmons said. “Myteams have been unique in somany different ways. We’re sotalented in so many differentareas this year. That’s thestrength of our team rightnow.”

Summit regularly starts twofreshmen, two seniors and a ju-nior. Four starters returnedfrom last year’s squad whichfinished 14-10 and tied for thirdin the MVC’s Scarlet Division.

Simmons, a former WrightState University assistant andtwo-time MVC coach of theyear at Summit, said this year’steam might be the deepest inher tenure.

“We have a little bit of every-thing,” Simmons said. “Whenyou have the depth we have, wecan press more often. We’reable to adjust to different situa-tions. We haven’t had this kindof depth in years. It’s a uniquething for Summit.”

This season hasn’t beenwithout its challenges. Summitedged Walnut Hills 47-45 onJan. 5. On Jan. 12, the SilverKnights trailed Wyoming bytwo points at halftime beforeoutscoring the Cowboys 14-4 inthe third quarter to pull away.

But, Summit isn’t lacking inconfidence.

“I’m not surprised we’re un-defeated,” said Barnard. “Weknew we were going to begreat. We’re just trying to stayhumble.”

‘Family’ engrained in SCDgirls’ basketball cultureBy Jeff WallnerEnquirer contributor

JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

Summit Country Day guard Malauna Campbell and Wyoming guardLindsey Stewart go after a loose ball in their Jan. 12 contest.

EAST WALNUT HILLS — “Justtell these guys to get me the balland get out of my way!”

Those were the words ofwisdom spoken by Purcell Mar-ian High School’s Ricky Hasselin 1985 at halftime of their AAA(big school) title game againstMansfield Senior.

The young Cavaliers coachJim Stoll had just witnessedMansfield Senior come storm-ing back from a 24-6 first quar-ter deficit to make the gametight at halftime, thanks to afull-court press. He had metic-ulously drawn up a press breakon the St. John Arena lockerroom blackboard, when Hasselreleased his battle cry.

Where a surly, veterancoach may have scowled andgone “Bobby Knight,” Stoll in-stead made his most coura-geous move.

“Boys, get him the ball andget out of his way,” he said.

With that, the halftime ad-justment of the season wascomplete. The Mansfield Sen-ior press was broken and Pur-cell Marian shocked the statewith a 66-57 victory.

Though they came veryclose in 2000, Purcell Marianhasn’t won a state basketballchampionship since a 25-year-old Stoll cut down the nets atOhio State’s old floor. The wilycoach returns to HackberryStreet with his hardwood he-roes Jan. 23 to celebrate the

30th anniversary of the cham-pionship before the Cavaliers’game with Carroll.

As the “1985” novelty songby Bowling For Soup states, theyear featured, “Springsteen,Madonna, way before Nirvana.There was U2 and Blondie andmusic still on MTV.”

A lot has changed since thenand Stoll is now athletic direc-tor at Sycamore High School.His championship Cavaliersare in their late 40s.

The historyIn 1985, the Greater Catholic

League had no divisions. Pur-cell Marian was picked to finishlast and instead went 24-3 overthe likes of Elder, Moeller andSt. Xavier with a coach that wasonly about seven years olderthan his players.

“Luckily I’m still around toenjoy it,” Stoll said. “It was thesmallest school in the GCL atthe time and we were a little bitof the whipping boy. The onlyloss in the league was to Elder

at The Pit by two points. To winthe title speaks volumes of howhard those kids worked.”

The playersCenter Dave Minor scored

33 in the title game, one morethan LeBron James everscored in an Ohio high schoolchampionship. Stoll thinks theGCL coaches underestimatedhis team’s talent as many of theplayers went on to notable col-lege careers.

Minor was on the 1987 Indi-ana Hoosier national champi-onship team that featuredSteve Alford and Keith Smart.He eventually transferred toXavier.

The only other returningstarter was the aforemen-tioned, ever-confident Hassel,who went on to Michigan andplayed in three Rose Bowls forBo Schembechler as a defen-sive back.

Another inside player, JayKoch went to Ohio State as a de-fensive end/outside linebacker

and forward Dorian Bledsoeplayed basketball for MiamiUniversity.

Lee May Jr. followed in hisfather’s baseball footsteps andwas a first-round draft choiceof the New York Mets.

At guard, Monte Mathis wasable to walk on at Kansas andplayed for Larry Brown. Afterseveral collegiate coachingstops, he’s now an assistantwith the NBA Dallas Maver-

THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

By Scott [email protected]

Purcell Marianbasketballchampionsremembered three decades later

THANKS TO KENNY POPE AND TOM STICKLEY/PURCELL MARIAN ATHLETICS

Purcell Marian’s championship basketball squad included, from left,manager Greg Ehemann, manager Rob Geis, coach Jim Kebe, Dave Kiley,Brian Helms, Lee May, Jay Koch, Dave Minor, John Iaciofano, DorianBledsoe, Monte Mathis, Bruce Greer, Dave Gehring, head coach Jim Stoll.Kneeling are co-captains Rick Hassel and Tom O'Donnell.

PURCELL MARIAN’S1985 ROAD TOCOLUMBUS

Hamilton Badin W 70-56Norwood W 73-57Elder W 77-67St. Xavier W 56-49Aiken W 69-49Forest Park W 69-52McNicholas L 75-61Moeller W 73-59La Salle W 79-63Forest Park W 71-54Roger Bacon W 74-40Elder L 56-54Fairfield L 69-67St. Xavier W 67-58Clermont Northeastern W 87-51Moeller W 75-61La Salle W 61-49Roger Bacon W 62-50Sectional tournamentRoger Bacon W 61-51Milford W 66-39Aiken W 65-60District tournamentDayton Patterson W 63-51Regional tournamentDayton Dunbar W 76-66St. Xavier W 56-54State tournamentCleveland East W 59-50Mansfield Senior W 65-57(Scoring: Bledsoe 2 0 4 Hassel 58 18 Minor 1111 33 O’Donnell 22 6 Mathis 0 2 2 Kiley 0 2 2)

See PURCELL, Page B2

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Boys basketball» Clark Montessori

beat North College Hill73-67 on Jan. 9. SeniorTorraye Shattuck led theCougars with 19 points.

The Cougars had acome from behind winover Cincinnati CountryDay 45-42 on Jan. 13.Senior Kevin Lewis andjunior Micah Blythe had18 points apiece.

On Jan. 16, Clark de-feated St. Bernard 72-33as Shattuck led with 17points.

» Moeller beat Co-vington Catholic 61-52on Jan. 13. Senior GrantPitman led the Crusad-ers with 18 points.

» Mariemont pickedup a win against DeerPark 63-39 Jan. 9 and de-feated Clermont North-eastern 70-47 Jan. 13.

» Seven Hills has wontwo of its last threegames. After a winagainst Summit CountryDay Jan. 9, the Stingerssplit their next twogames: a 70-64 loss toCincinnati Hills Chris-tian Academy Jan. 10and a 61-57 victoryagainst CincinnatiChristian Jan. 13.

» Summit CountryDay lost a close game 64-62 to Western Hills Jan.13.

» Walnut Hills beatLoveland 65-55 Jan. 16.Senior MaCio Teagueled the Eagles with 16points.

Girls basketball» Purcell Marian beat

Taylor 65-61 on Jan. 12.Sophomore MichelleCarter led with 19 pointsand sophomore StormiTerrell had 15 points andfinished with a triple-double.

» Walnut Hills de-feated Winton Woods 52-47 on Jan. 12. Junior Ari-elle Varner led the LadyEagles with 17 pointsand 14 rebounds.

» Mount Notre Damebeat St. Ursula 66-39 onJan. 13. Senior NaomiDavenport went overthe 1,000 point mark inher career with 21against the Bulldogs.

MND downed Prince-ton 74-42 on Jan. 15. asDavenport hit for 30points. On Jan. 17 at theClassic in the Countrytournament, Davenporthad 15 points as MNDbeat Wadsworth 45-40.

» Mariemont defeat-ed Badin 39-31 Jan. 14.

» Cincinnati CountryDay defeated SevenHills 54-48 Jan. 14. Tay-lor defeated the Sting-ers 64-37 Jan. 15.

» St. Ursula defeatedSeton 54-45 Jan. 15. Ri-ley Jerow led the Bull-dogs with 12 points.

Davenportnominated

» Naomi Davenport,

daughter of Darren andSheila Davenport of Cin-cinnati, has been nomi-nated for the 2015 Mc-Donald’s All AmericanGames. There are ap-proximately 800 nomi-nations nationwide, withNaomi being the onlyfemale student nominat-ed from the Cincinnatiarea. On Jan. 28, ESPNUwill air a selection showduring which two AllAmerican teams (24boys and 24 girls) will beselected. The game it-self will be played onApril 1in Chicago. Nao-mi is committed to theUniversity of Michiganto play basketball nextyear for the Wolverines.

Boys swimmingand diving

» Walnut Hills beatLa Salle Jan. 12. JuniorMyles Harper won the100 and 200 freestyleevents. Diver Zach Sie-gal finished 13th at theCoaches Classic meetJan. 17-18 for the Eagles.In the pool, junior Pat-rick Fuller was fourth inthe 50 butterfly

» At the CoachesClassic Jan. 17-18, Moell-er’s team of Noah Woro-betz, Cooper Hodge,Jake Peloquin and KevinGeorge won the 400medley relay, werefourth in the 200 medleyrelay were seventh inthe 400 free relay. Pelo-quin, Hodge, Georgeand Will McDonoughwere fifth in the 200 freerelay. Individually, ju-nior Cooper Hodge wasthird in the 100 back-stroke, with senior NoahWorobetz seventh. Inthe 100 butterfly, seniorKevin George waseighth. In the 400 IM,Hodge finished second.In the 100 butterfly, ju-nior Peloquin was fifthand senior Georgeeighth. The Crusadersfinished third overall.

» At the CoachesClassic Jan. 17-18, SevenHills’ junior MatthewMarquardt had a big dayboth individually and aspart of relays. He fin-ished in second in boththe 100 and 200 back-stroke and the 200 but-terfly. He, along withteammates Sean Gray,Tim Hagemeister andPearce Kieser, finishedin second in both the 200and 400 medley relays.Kieser finished secondin the 100 breaststrokeand fourth in the 200breaststroke.

» Summit CountryDay’s Stewart Span-bauer took second in the1-meter diving with480.70 points.

Girls swimmingand diving

» Walnut Hillsdowned Mercy Jan. 12.Junior Casey Beckerwon the 200 and 500freestyle and seniorBrookley Garry won the200 individual medleyand 100 breaststroke.

At the Coaches Clas-sic meet Jan. 17-18, sen-ior Keira Hassel wassixth in the 100 butterfly.In the 1,650 freestyle, ju-nior Becker was ninth.Sophomore Abigal Hus-ton was eighth in the 50backstroke. FreshmanAmara Dadosky wassixth in the 100 individ-ual medley. Senior diverJessica Doughman was15th in the finals.

» At the CoachesClassic meet Jan. 17-18St. Ursula freshmanChloe Dunseath took thetop spot in the 50 back-stroke in a time of 28.60seconds. Sophomore Jo-sie Grote won the 200 In-dividual Medley in atime of 2:04.39. The Bull-dogs also took the topspots in the 400 free-style relay, the 200 med-ley relay and 400 medleyrelay. Grote, HannahFoster, Marissa DelGa-do, Molly Zilch, and Ash-ley Voelkerding swimthe legs of those races.

» Mariemont sopho-more Fiona Kane tookthe top spot in the 50breaststroke at theCoaches Classic meetJan. 17-18. She finishedwith a time of 33.32 sec-onds. Teammate LeahDupre won the 100breast in 1:06.14.

Boys bowling» Walnut Hills beat

Milford by 53 pins onJan. 13. Junior ConnorFiasco led the Eagleswith a 392 series.

Coachingopportunity

» Clark MontessoriHigh School is lookingfor an assistant varsityfootball coach (offen-sive positions/wide re-ceiver coach). If inter-ested, please contacthead football coach JoeBerta at [email protected] or513-252-3067.

SHORT HOPS

By Scott Springer and Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com

JIM OWENS FOR

THE COMMUNITY PRESS

St. Ursula freshman ChloeDunseath smiles after herwin in the girls 50-yardbackstroke at the SouthwestSwimming and DivingClassic at KeatingNatatorium at St. XavierHigh School Jan. 18.

Cincinnati SAY Champions

THANKS TO ROBERT F.CAVELLIER

The St. Mary (Hyde Park) girls seventh- and eighth-grade girls soccer team won the CincinnatiSAY tournament beating St. Ursula Villa 1-0 and beating Eastside 4-1 in the championship.Bottom row from left: Anna Koslovsky, Maya Oerther, Graceyn Wagner, Riley Wagner,Alexandra Pohl, Kate Plas, Maggie Cavellier, Adeline Andsager, Clare Wilker, Ava Zimmer. Toprow from left: Coach Jeff Berding, Coach Bob Cavellier, Grace Doyle, Alexandra Czepukaitis,Claire Earls, Grace Yearout, Alyssa McGraw, Grace Berding, Sydney Dollenmayer, Coach ChrisZimmer, Coach Greg Pohl (not pictured Maggie Szabo)

HYDE PARK — SeveralClark Montessori fall stu-dent-athletes were recog-nized recently for theirskills by the Miami ValleyConference and theSouthwest District ofOhio.

Miami Valley Confer-ence Awards:

1st Team MVC: TyraScales (Volleyball), MicahBlythe (Football), DamionBlythe (Football), DariusChatman (Football), Jack-lyn Watson (Girls Soccer),Craig Kaiser (Cross Coun-try), Elie Jose (CrossCountry), Lily Marrero(Cross Country).

2nd Team MVC:Charles Behanan (Foot-ball), Raheem Dotson(Football), Xavier Fergu-son (Football), Jayla Wat-

son (Girls Soccer), De’Sh-awn DuBose (Boys Soc-cer), Jalen Terry (BoysSoccer), Ryan Estes(Cross Country), MaryClaire Fibbe (Cross Coun-try), Caroline Lehman(Cross Country), HarryMurphy (Cross Country),Jakob Watson (CrossCountry)

Honorable MentionMVC: Madison Stephen-son (Volleyball), MiKennyToney (Volleyball), AlexLopez (Football), EricPrather (Football), CoryCarr, (Boys Soccer), Kev-in Haid (Boys Soccer),Taylor Hopkins (GirlsSoccer), Kate West (GirlsSoccer), Jamien Johnson(Cross Country), JillianStetter (Cross Country)

MVC Dick SnyderSportsmanship Award:Audrey Klus (girls soc-cer)

Southwest Ohio Dis-trict Awards:

All Southwest TeamSoccer: Jalen Terry (boyssoccer), Jacklyn Watson(girls soccer)

Second Team AllSouthwest Team Football:Damion Blythe (defense)

Special Mention AllSouthwest Ohio Football:Micah Blythe and XavierFerguson

Southwest Ohio All-Star Games:

Jacklyn Watson (girlssoccer)

Regional cross coun-try qualifiers:

Boys high school team(Ryan Estes, Craig Kai-ser, Jakob Watson, HarryMurphy, Jason Jarrold-Grapes, Frank Metz-meier, Jamien Johnson)

Girls individuals: LilyMarrero and Ellie Jose

THANKS TO AARON ZUPKA

Clark Montessori athletes were recently honored for their fall accomplishments in the MiamiValley Conference. From left are Audrey Klus, Ellie Jose, Lily Marrero, Craig Kaiser, Micah Blytheand Darius Chatman.

Cougars awarded MVC honorsProvided by AaronZupka/Clark Montessori

“big three” should be bat-tle-tested, as well as ju-nior guard Khira Burtonand freshman Regan An-derson. Both are fearlesscompetitors and the new-comer Anderson is al-ready receiving collegeinquiries.

Lazar’s ladies havealso been in several tightgames which could bene-

fit them later. They wonat Turpin by seven, beatUrsuline by a bucket, lostto Summit by a hoop, beatGlen Este in overtime byone and Winton Woods byfive.

“Some of that is ourstyle,” Lazar said. “I liketo consider myself in thatBob Huggins-style interms of sitting down andguarding you in the half-court. We’re going to besolid and run our sets, sowe’re playing a posses-sion-type game.”

Because of their sizeand speed, the Lady Ea-gles have seen a steadydiet of zone defense asteams try to slow themdown. He expects moreas he guides his alma ma-ter toward that elusivetournament victory.

“I told them, ‘You giveme everything you’vegot and I’m going to giveyou that tournamentwin,’ ” Lazar said. “I’vegot to fulfill my end of thebargain.”

EaglesContinued from Page B1

icks.Purcell Marian’s start-

ing lineup was Hassel andBledsoe at forward, Minorat center, and Mathis andTommy O’Donnell atguard.

A captain’sperspective

O’Donnell was the typ-ical role player with highbasketball IQ who had therespect of the team andwas voted captain alongwith Hassel. Like several,he still works in Cincin-nati and he recalls the at-tention to detail his youngcoach had.

“He was so organized;our practices were downto the minute,” O’Donnellsaid. “When that clock hit,we changed gears andwent into the next thing.He had it all line-item on apiece of paper.”

Though not the mostphysically gifted of theCavaliers, he was key intheir defeat of ClevelandEast in the ‘85 state semi-final. East had a front-lineof two 6-foot-8 players anda one that stood 6-foot-6.All Stoll had was Minor at

6-foot-6 and a crew of rag-amuffins hovering around6-foot on a good day.

Stoll remembersO’Donnell scoring about12 points from the outsidein that game as PurcellMarian prevailed 59-50.

“Every time CoachStoll talked about how ev-eryone shouldn’t be shoot-ing, I always thought hewas talking about me,”O’Donnell said chuckling.

Defense winschampionships

The key to the seasonwas defense in O’Don-nell’s opinion. The Cava-liers won their last 14games and had the prover-bial “knock-down, drag-out” practices. The coacheven had to stop practicethe day before they leftfor Columbus for fear hisplayers would be injured.

“I don’t think anyoneplayed defense like wedid,” O’Donnell said. “Wewere full on man-to-man. Idon’t know that we everplayed zone. We justpicked you up at half-court and gave you nospace to breathe. Now,that’s about all you see. Itwas constant pressure.”

The work in the smallgym paid off when PurcellMarian dispensed of

Cleveland East, thenMansfield Senior in back-to-back sell-outs.

“Outside of the birth ofmy (three) daughters, it’sprobably the pinnacle ofmy life,” Stoll said. “Thatgroup just had great,great chemistry. Theywere extremely unselfish.They didn’t care who gotthe points and shared theball unbelievably well.”

EpilogueStoll stayed at Purcell

Marian through the 1988season and racked upthree-straight GCL titlesfrom ’85-’87. He went toPrinceton from ’88 to ’90;to Miami University from’90-’92 and to the Univer-sity of Wyoming with for-mer Miami coach JobyWright from ’92-’94. Hereturned to Cincinnati andSycamore High in 1995,where he’s been since.

For the coach and theplayers, it’s always fun tostir up the numerousalumni of the big GCLschools with the 1985 “Da-vid vs. Goliath” story.

“I do run into a lot ofMoeller, Elder and St. Xguys and I always like tobring it up,” O’Donnellsaid. “The further you getaway from it, the morespecial it becomes.”

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The Cincinnati Wom-an’s Club PhilanthropicGift Research Commit-tee, under the leadershipof Louise Cottrell and SuziLenhart, held its annualprogram at which theunique attributes and vol-unteer opportunities of 10local charitable agencies

were presented by mem-bers of the Club to thoseassembled.

A total gift of $30,000,divided among the agen-cies, will be made by TheCincinnati Woman’s Club.

The organizations pre-sented were: Bake Me

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ing Cohort, and WelcomeHouse of Northern Ken-tucky.

Since 1894, The Cincin-nati Woman’s Club has fo-cused on educating itsmembers and working tomake Greater Cincinnatia better place.

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Arand, Tripepipromoted

Dunnhumbyusa pro-moted Maria Arand of Co-lumbia Tusculum to mer-chandising client lead andMatt Tripepi of Marie-mont to digital communi-cations Lead.

Arand will be responsi-ble for working withDunnhumby clients to im-plement and execute a“Customer First” strate-gy. Previously Arandserved as associate, clientleadership. Arand earneda bachelor of business ad-ministration in marketingand international businessfrom the University ofCincinnati, Lindner Col-lege of Business.

Tripepi will be respon-sible for the strategy andplanning of personalizedloyalty communicationsacross digital channels fordunnhumby clients andtheir customers. Previ-ously, Tripepi served assenior associate, commu-nications & media, wherehe was responsible forworking with retail clientsto develop precisely tar-geted and relevant com-munications to their cus-tomers. Prior to joiningDunnhumbyUSA, Tripepiworked for Xavier Uni-versity as the director ofalumni relations. Tripepiearned a master in busi-ness administration and abachelor of arts in elec-tronic media from XavierUniversity.

Akin promotedat Ohio National

Hyde Park residentMolly Akin has been pro-moted to the officer-levelposition of compliance of-ficer by Ohio National Fi-nancial Services.

Akin’s responsibilitieswill include overseeingsales practices related tointernal reviews, investi-gations and training aswell as preparing for mar-ket conduct exams andregulatory inquiries.

She joined Ohio Nation-

al in 1994and servedas senioragency au-ditor in theinternal au-dit depart-ment be-fore trans-

ferring to the corporatecompliance and ethics de-partment this year.

Akin earned a bache-lor’s degree from South-western University inGeorgetown, Texas.

Interventionalcardiologist joinsMercy

Dr. Joe Hackworth,who specializes in generaland interventional cardi-ology, has joined Mercy-Health Physicians and ispart of Mercy Health –The Heart Institute.

Hackworth, a well-known area cardiologistand founder of the Cincin-nati Heart Ball, practicesfrom Mercy Health – TheHeart Institute’s locationat The Jewish Hospitaland his office is located atMercy Health - RookwoodMedical Center, 4101 Ed-wards Road, second floor.

Board certified in In-ternal Medicine and Car-diovascular Disease,Hackworth completedresidencies in internalmedicine and cardiology

at the Uni-versity ofCincinnati,where healso earnedhis medicaldegree. Hecompletedhis Fellow-

ship in Cardiology at theUniversity of CincinnatiMedical Center.

Hackworth has servedas a professor at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati iscurrently a diplomat ofthe American College ofPhysicians, a Fellow ofAmerican College of Car-diology and a member ofthe American College ofEmergency Physicians.He holds a number of oth-er posts, teaches and lec-tures widely and has alsobeen named to CincinnatiMagazine’s Top Doctorslist six times.

To make an appoint-ment with Hackworth orto find out more about hispractice, call 513-985-0741.

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Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

2nd Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30 amECK Worship Service

11:00 am - NoonSecond Sunday of Each MonthAnderson Center Station

7832 Five Mile RoadCincinnati, OH 45230

1-800-LOVE GODwww.Eckankar.org

Local(513) 674-7001

www.ECK-Ohio.org

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First Church of Christ,Scientist,

Anderson Township7341 Beechmont Avenue

(near Five Mile Road)email:

[email protected]

christiansciencecincinnati.comSunday Service & Sunday School

10:30 a.m.Wednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30 p.m.In Church Reading Rm/Bookstore

open after all services.Downtown Reading Rm/Bookstore

412 Vine Street, CincinnatiOpen M-F 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist3035 Erie Ave 871-0245Sunday Service and Sunday

School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH

Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 amClasses For All Ages, Sunday 9:15 amPrayer Service Wednesday, 6:45 pm

CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY

Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

513-321-5856 Bill Rillo, PastorSunday Worship Services: 11:00am & 6:00pm

Sunday School: 9:45amWednesday Bible Study: 7:00pmwww.hydeparkbaptistchurch.org

BAPTIST

7515 Forest Road Cincinnati, OH 45255513-231-4172 • www.andersonhillsumc.org

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

UNITED METHODIST

Sunday Services 8 &10:30 amSunday School 10:30 am

Programs for children, youth and adults6000 Drake Road

561-6805

Indian HillEpiscopal-Presbyterian Church

Equipping Service:4:30 p.m. Sat. & 8:50 a.m. Sun.

Exploring Service:10:00 a.m. & 11:10 a.m. Sun.Birth thru high school programs

3950 Newtown RoadCincinnati, OH 45244

513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AM

PastorCathy Kaminski

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PASTOR MARIE SMITHwww.cloughchurch.org

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

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

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Reverend Jennifer Lucas,Senior Pastor

UNITED METHODIST

6474 Beechmont Ave.,Cincinnati, Ohio 45230

513-231-2650www.mwpc.church

MT WASHINGTONPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday Worship9:30 a.m.

Morning Glory Service11:00 a.m. Traditional Service

SundaySchool9:30 a.m.

Infant through12th grade

Childcare11:00 a.m.

Infant throughKindergarten

MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service

10:00am Educational Hour11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.

683-1556www.golovelive.com

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

Phone: 271-8442Web: www.fcfc.us

Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Senior PastorPastor Justin Wilson, Youth Minister

Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am

All ages Sunday School 9:30 amWed. Fellowship Meal 6:00 pm

Wed. Worship/Bible Study 6:45 pmAll are Welcome!

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Anderson HillsUnited MethodistChurchTraditional worship is 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary.Contemporary services are9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Familyand student ministry programsare at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172;andersonhillsumc.org.

Christ ChurchCathedralFrom Jan. 22-25, the churchwill host the broadcast of adiverse group of scholars,faith leaders and economists,including Dr. Cornel West,Archbishop of CanterburyJustin Welby and Dr. BarbaraEhrenreich, as they offerstrategies for developing amore just economy and instillthe confidence to take actionfor social change at TrinityInstitute’s 44th National Theo-logical Conference, “CreatingCommon Good: A PracticalConference on EconomicEquality” at Trinity Church inNew York City.

Christ Church Cathedral willoffer all aspects of the confer-ence in real time via webcast,where participants can submitquestions for speakers viaemail during the live Q&A.Onsite reflection groups will

be coordinated using materi-als prepared and provided byTrinity Institute.

Conference participation isopen to anyone interested ina practical, theological per-spective on economic inequal-ity and is ideal for seminar-ians, students and youngchurch leaders looking forthought-leadership fromexperts and activists. Theconference is being offeredfree-of-charge, but regis-tration required. (See detailsat christchurchcincinnati.org/2015TI.)

The church is at 218 E. FourthSt., Cincinnati; 621-1817.

Faith ChristianFellowship ChurchThe church and tek’non YouthMinistries will be hosting theSweetheart Ball from 6:15-9:30p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, forguests 18 and older. There willbe a spaghetti dinner, snacks,refreshments, door prizes,music and dancing. Child Careis available up to age 9. Thereis no charge. Please verifyattendance by calling DaveZellner at 474-2303.

The church is at 6800 SchoolSt., Newtown.

Mount WashingtonPresbyterian ChurchAll are welcome Sunday morn-ings at 9:30 for Sunday Schooland blended worship and at

11 a.m. for traditional worshipservice. The church’s focus ison area hunger needs and weprovide food and volunteertime to groups including theSEM Pantry, the Batavia YW-CA Pantry, Tender Mercies, theDrop Inn Center and similarorganizations throughout theyear.

The church is at 6474 Beech-mont Ave., Mount Washing-ton; 231-2650;www.mwpc-church.org.

Mount WashingtonUnited MethodistChurchOn the second Saturday ofevery month, the communityis invited to a free dinner from5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at thechurch.

The church is at 6365 CorblyRoad; 231-3946;www.mtwashumc.org.

Parkside ChristianChurchFinancial Peace University willbe offered from 6-8 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 25-March 22. Itteaches God's ways of han-dling money. Through videoteaching, class discussions andinteractive small group activ-ities, FPU presents biblical,practical steps to get rid ofdebt, manage money, spendand save wisely, and more. Goto www.daveramsey.com/

fpu/home/ to register for theclass.

The church is at 6986 SalemRoad, Anderson Township;231-9482.

Sonrise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group.Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered program based onthe Beatitudes addressingmany of life’s hurts, hang-upsand habits.

The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday morning worshipservices are at 9:15 a.m. and10:45 a.m. Child care is avail-able in the nursery duringboth services for infantsthrough age 2. Sunday schoolfor pre-school through 12th-grade is at 10:45 a.m. Addi-tional child care is availablefor parents in Adult Educationclasses: Preschool and oldermeet in Room 113 during the9:15 service.

Adult Sunday Bible study meets10:45 a.m.

Mother of a pre-schooler? Joinour new MOPS group (Moth-ers of Preschoolers). Freechildcare provided. Meets thesecond Wednesday of eachmonth. 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,Room 229.

A study, “Not a Fan: Becominga Completely CommittedFollower of Jesus” by KyleIdleman, meets in Room 120 ;10:45 a.m. in the Manse.

New Beth Moore Women’sStudy is under way. Childrenof the Day: 1st and 2nd Thes-salonians will be studied.Meets 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.,Wednesdays, in Room 120.

Lamplighters' new Januarystudy will be II Corinthians.Meets every Tuesday from7-8:30 in the Media Center.

Men’s Bible Group meets6:45-7:30 a.m. Wednesdays inRoom 120.

The fourth Sunday of eachmonth, the church family willconnect together at the 10:45a.m. service. No Sunday Schoolexcept for Preschool - Kin-dergarten.

“Finding God in Your Life,” ledby Rev. Linda McClanahan is afour-week small group forthose who feel they havedoubts, are in grief or arefloundering. The group beginsfrom 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednes-days, and 10:30-11:30 a.m.Thursdays in January, in theMedia Center.

Men’s Saturday Bible Studyresumes March 14. “TwelveOrdinary Men,” a book aboutthe disciples, will be studied.Meets in Room 120, 8:30-10a.m.

Mother of a pre-schooler? Joinour new MOPS group (Moth-ers of Preschoolers). Free

childcare provided. The groupmeets 9:30-11:30 a.m., thesecond Wednesday of eachmonth, in Room 229.

Financial Peace University willbe offered from 6-7:30 p.m.Sundays beginning Feb. 8through April 12 in Room 223.

Student Ministries welcomesstudents to participate in itsactivities. Check the StudentMinistries Kiosk for a calendarof events.

The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;sycamorechurch.org.

Village Church ofMariemontThe church has a traditionalchurch service at 10 a.m.Sundays, accompanied bySunday school for nurserythrough youth. All are wel-come.

The church is at the corner ofOak and Maple streets, Marie-mont; villagechurchofmariemont.org.

About religionReligion news is published atno charge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4p.m. Wednesday for consider-ation in the following edition.E-mail announcements [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

RELIGION

ITNGreaterCincinnati(ITNGC), a non-profittransportation providerfor older adults and visu-ally impaired adults,passed the 30,000 mark inNovember, having givenover 30,000 rides to Cin-cinnati and NorthernKentucky residents usingmostly volunteers to pro-vide these rides.

The mission of ITNGCis to provide seniors (60-and-older) and visuallyimpaired adults (18-and-older) with a 24/7 trans-portation resource that is“arm-through-arm, door-through-door, go whereyou want to go when youwant to go.” This modelempowers its non-drivingmembers to regain con-trol of their transporta-tion decisions. ITNGCbreaks down the isolationthat comes when seniorssurrender their keys, andgives visually impairedadults freedom to go be-yond bus routes at a costthey can afford.

One rider says that“ITN has given her herlife back.” Volunteer driv-ers are needed to continueproviding this great ser-vice. This is one of themost gratifying volunteerpositions because peopleare so thankful for thehelp and volunteers workdirectly with the recipi-ent providing rides to di-alysis, shopping andmore.

ITNGC has been oper-ating here since May 2010and was brought to Cin-cinnati by the Vision Co-alition of Greater Cincin-nati and the DeaconessAssociations Foundation,both of which realizedthere was a significant lo-cal need for transporta-tion for older adults andvisually impaired adultson both sides of the river.They coordinated theirresources and efforts andtogether formed ITN-GreaterCincinnati, a localaffiliate of the nationalITN organization.

ITNGreaterCincinnatireaches a new milestone

A wrapup of artsevents in the EasternHills Journal area:

» The Woman's ArtClub of Cincinnati an-nounces its annual Signa-ture Member ExhibitionSaturday, Feb. 7, throughSunday, Feb. 22, at theWoman's Art Club Cultur-al Center (The Barn) at6980 Cambridge Ave.,Mariemont.

The opening receptionwill be 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 7. Admissionto all events is open to thepublic and there is nocharge.

This is an opportunityto view and acquire worksby women who haveachieved Signature statusat the club. This designa-tion is achieved through a

juried process based pri-marily upon the caliber ofthe artist’s portfolio ofwork. Decisions are basedupon the consistently highexhibition of skill and vi-sion embodied in theworks.

The Gallery at theBarn will be open Feb. 7though Feb. 22. Hours are10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Friday, and 1p.m.to 4 p.m. weekends. For in-formation, please contactthe club at 513-272-3700 orwww.artatthebarn.org.

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St. Vincent de Paul’s12th annual RetroFittingsevent at Cincinnati MusicHall attracted more than600 guests who celebrat-ed Decades of Divas andsupported the mission ofSt. Vincent de Paul withrecord-breaking generos-ity.

RetroFittings is an in-novative event that spot-lights the fashion designsof students from the Uni-versity of Cincinnati Col-lege of Design, Architec-ture, Art and Planning(DAAP).

Each student was giv-en a $10 voucher to shop atone of St. Vincent dePaul’s seven Thrift Storeand Donation Centers toredesign and create an en-semble inspired by a divawho influenced a decade.The designs were thenmodeled in a New Yorkstyle fashion show by UCstudents and other specialguests including eventemcees, Cincy Chic Pub-lisher Amy Scalia andKISS107’s DJ D-Lo, own-ers of Cincy Style Edit,Marsha Ashley and BrockMaitland, and model Juli-ana Ono, daughter of Uni-versity of Cincinnati’sPresident Ono.

The event also fea-tured a boutique filledwith vintage and trendyitems donated to St. Vin-cent de Paul, cocktails andh'ors d'oeuvres, raffleprizes, and a live auctionwith items such as a one-of-a-kind jewelry piecedesigned by Krombholzjewelers.

“The unbelievable gen-erosity of our RetroFit-tings guests and sup-porters literally broughtme to tears,” RetroFit-tings Committee Chair Ta-ren Kinebrew said. “Wecan’t thank everyoneenough for reaching out totouch a life and help aneighbor in need!”

Proceeds from theevent benefit St. Vincentde Paul's efforts to bringhope to the front line ofpoverty, with more than900 parish volunteers vis-iting the homes of neigh-bors in need to provide in-novative, practical emer-gency assistancethroughout Greater Cin-cinnati.

“With the holidaysright around the corner,we have a record numberof families reaching outfor help with gifts fortheir children, holidaymeals, coats, utility assis-tance, food, and more,” St.Vincent de Paul Execu-tive Director Liz Cartersaid. “The overwhelmingcommunity support ofthis event will go a longway in helping local fam-ilies who are struggling.”

This year’s top spon-sors included The Thom-as J. and Linda MuellerFamily Fund, Niehaus Fi-nancial Services, Protec-tive Life Insurance, USBank, The Catino FamilyFoundation, HuntingtonBank, Krombholz, Ma-cy’s, Dan and Deb Meyer,and Paul and Meg Tarvin.

Taren Kinebrew, own-er of Sweet Petit Des-serts, chaired this year’sevent.Kinebrew led acommittee including Cre-ative Director Joe Rigotti,UC Liaison Ann Fire-stone, and committeemembers Dianne Brown,Christina Christian, Crys-tal Grace, Elizabeth Har-

din-Klink, Tina Hawking,Nikki Jenkins, LauraKoehler, Yolanda McGee,Peggy Mossbarger, Hen-gameh Nassef, Kelsey Ni-hiser, Barb Rinehart, Car-men Sanders, TammySnyder, Kathleen Stenger,Lori Stenger, Meg Tarvin,Jaime Thompson, JayneWatkins and Natalie Wen-strup.

For more post event in-formation and updates onthis year’s event visitwww.svdpcincinnati.org.

Record year for St. Vincent De Paul’s Retrofittings event

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Diva fashion design by UC DAAP student celebrating Cher at RetroFittings.

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St. Vincent de Paul BoardChair Becky Catino ofBellevue with St. Vincent dePaul Board President AndrewCurran of AndersonTownship.

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RetroFittings CommitteeMember Meg Tarvin, right,with daughter Lauren ofAnderson Township.

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Orpha Ann GatchOrpha Ann Gatch, 95, of

Terrace Park died Jan. 9.She was a US Navy veteranof World War II, havingserved as a WAVE, aninstructor at the PensacolaNaval Airbase and as a linktrainer.

Survived by siblingsDiana (Tom) Avril andLewis (Noralee) Gatch; 12nieces and nephews; and17 grand-nieces and neph-ews.

Preceded in death byparents John Newton andOrpha Gerrans Gatch; andsiblings John, Mary, Do-rothy and Margaret (Bill)Gatch Griess.

Visitation was Jan. 16 atMilford First United Meth-odist Church. Memorials to:Hospice of Cincinnati.

Mary Grace GraffMary Grace Graff, 85, of

Hyde Park died Jan. 12.Survived by children Sally

(Jay) Magee, Shelley (Jan)Graff and Amy (Robert)Graff-Akikta; sister-in-law,Gloria Graff; brother-in-law, Don Fries; and grand-children Kelsey (Andrew)Benzinger, Daniel (Lisa)Magee, Lindsay, Cayla andAbby Black.

Preceded in death byhusband, George J. GraffJr.; and parents HenryPotthoff and MarjorieStutz.

Services were Jan. 17 atMt. Washington Presbyteri-an Church.

Jackie RushJackie Rush, 84, of

Mount Lookout died Jan.13.

Preceded in death byparents Ruth Janson andWarren Rush; brother,Stephen Rush; and neph-ew, Nicholas S. Rush.

Services were Jan. 16 atSt. Margaret Hall, Cincin-nati. Memorials to: Alz-heimer’s Association or St.Margaret Hall.

DEATHS

CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Incidents/investigationsAggravated menacing4200 block of Allendorf Drive,Dec. 26.

Assault3600 block of Edwards Road, Dec.30.

4100 block of Settle St., Dec. 31.6100 block of Roe St., Dec. 24.Breaking and entering2700 block of Hampshire Ave.,Dec. 26.

3300 block of Ault View Ave.,Dec. 19.

4000 block of Red Bank Road,Dec. 30.

5900 block of Madison Road,Dec. 23.

Burglary2300 block of Grigg Ave., Dec. 29.3400 block of Golden Ave., Dec.30.

3500 block of Vista Ave., Dec. 27.3600 block of Brentwood Ave.,Dec. 28.

3600 block of Tamarack Ave.,Dec. 20.

4000 block of Homer Ave., Dec.20.

500 block of Missouri Ave., Jan. 4.5500 block of Madison Road,Dec. 29.

5900 block of Bramble Ave., Dec.19.

Criminal

damaging/endangering2300 block of Madison Road,Dec. 15.


3400 block of Stettinius Ave., Dec.26.

3800 block of Paxton Ave., Dec.24.

4300 block of Duck Creek Road,Jan. 2.

4700 block of Madison Road, Jan.2.

4800 block of Marburg Ave., Jan.2.

5100 block of Ravenna St., Jan. 2.Robbery5800 block of Chandler St., Dec.19.

Taking the identity of another3300 block of Maple Crest Place,Dec. 18.

3500 block of Principio Ave., Dec.23.

4200 block of Allston St., Dec. 30.500 block of Vineyard Bluff Lane,Dec. 31.

Theft100 block of E. 2nd St., Dec. 22.1100 block of Paxton Ave., Dec.30.

1200 block of Corbett St., Dec. 24.1200 block of Herschel Ave., Dec.16.

1300 block of Grace Ave., Dec. 21.2200 block of Grandin Road, Dec.19.

2300 block of Grandin Road, Dec.21.

2300 block of Madison Road, Jan.2.



2800 block of Hyde Park Ave.,Dec. 19.



3100 block of Linwood Ave., Jan.4.

3200 block of Nash Ave., Dec. 15.3300 block of Alamo Ave., Dec.18.

3400 block of Duncan, Dec. 16.3400 block of Edwards Road, Dec.26.

3400 block of Golden Ave., Dec.19.

3500 block of Columbia Parkway,Dec. 19.

3500 block of Harrow Ave., Dec.15.

3500 block of Shaw Ave., Dec. 22.3600 block of Brookstone, Dec.16.

3700 block of Drake Ave., Dec. 18.3700 block of Drake Ave., Dec.22.

3700 block of Eastern Hills Lane,Dec. 17.

3700 block of Hyde Park Ave.,

Dec. 29.3700 block of Kanauga St., Dec.23.




3800 block of Country Club Place,Dec. 10.

3800 block of Drake Ave., Dec. 17.3800 block of Ferdinand Place,Dec. 15.

3800 block of Hyde Park Ave.,Jan. 4.

3800 block of Millsbrae Ave., Dec.19.

3900 block of Eileen Drive, Dec.22.

4100 block of W. 8th St., Jan. 2.4500 block of Lucerne Ave., Dec.22.

4600 block of Vendome Place,Dec. 22.

4700 block of Marburg Ave., Dec.18.








500 block of Delta Ave., Dec. 16.500 block of Delta Ave., Dec. 28.5000 block of Barrow Ave., Dec.30.

5500 block of Dunning Place,Dec. 26.

5600 block of Tompkins Ave.,Dec. 26.

5700 block of Bramble Ave., Dec.21.

5700 block of Sierra Park Place,Dec. 30.


800 block of Tweed Ave., Dec. 29.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJohn Turner, 43, 5577 Beechmont,theft, Dec. 20.

Robert Jackson, 45, 812 CrescentAve., theft, Dec. 17.

Stephanie Haines, 36, 2918Hackberry St., theft, Dec. 17.

David Sellers, 27, 4201 VictoryParkway, theft, Dec. 9.

Robert Salsbury, 53, no address,theft, Dec. 10.

Emanuel McKinney, 28, 4726Castle Place, possession of drugs,

POLICE REPORTS

See POLICE, Page B8

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP6525 Brackenridge Ave.: Christo-pher, Landyn & Jennifer Jonesto Bidwell Jr., Martin J. & LaurieC.; $227,000.

COLUMBIA TUSCULUM509 Hoge St.: Ditchen, Ronald C.to Ditchen, Phillip T. & SuzanneL.; $100,000.

McVayle Lane: Ditchen, RonaldC. to Ditchen, Phillip T. & Su-zanne L.; $100,000.

224 Tennyson St.: Helton, Hart-zell to Hodge, Moriah; $1,150.

428 Tusculum Ave.: Fox, Kevin T.to Goehrig, Christina E. & PaulR. Montgomery; $170,000.

FAIRFAX5818 High St.: Moore, Martha W.

Tr. to Akagha, Kenneth N.;$75,000.

HYDE PARK3705 Ashworth Drive: Baldwin,Michael K. & Stephanie C. toHarmon, Thomas E. & RebeccaB.; $225,000.

2444 Madison Road: Glasser,Daniel H. to Marwah, Ankur &Nina Chugh; $165,000.

2270 Madison Road: Makley,Amy T. to Sutherland, Stephen;$115,000.

3732 Middlebrook Ave.: Byers,Jerry P. & Barbara Ann to Foster,Brian W. & Brooke A.; $238,500.

3516 Saybrook Ave.: Rorick,Paige D. to Harmon, James V. &Maureen Pratt; $268,000.

3600 Tamarack Ave.: MPI Hold-

ings LLC to Dickerson, Benja-min; $190,000.

21 Weebetook Lane: Schaefer,Garrard K. Tr. to WEH1 Proper-ties LLC & WEH2 Properties LLC;$2,700,000.

3673 Wilshire Ave.: Von Thom-sen, Christian & Sarah Hack VonThomsen to Knezevici, DanielC.; $273,500.

MARIEMONT3832 Homewood Road: Risinger,Robert E. to Rhode, Jacob D. &Christine M.; $315,000.

6939 Nolen Circle: Holley, CathyE. & Andrew C. Seeger toLyman, Beverly A. & Henry M.Laboda; $482,000.

24 Spring Hill Drive: Mauk, JoanEaton Tr. to Middleton, Eliza-

beth M. Tr.; $273,000.

MOUNT LOOKOUT1211 Hidden Wood Place: Barry,Mark J. to Schrantz, John & Erin;$570,000.

3239 Nash Ave.: Castellini, Ed-ward B. to Sucharew, Heidi J. &Jeffrey D.; $329,900.

3313 Nash Ave.: Kasselman,Henry David Tr. & Carol A. Tr. toCordill, Casey B.; $356,000.

1006 Urbancrest Place: Ma-ceachen, Lisa M. to Heagen,Paul Edward & Carol Jean;$352,000.

2909 Utopia Place: Lorenz,Joshua P. & Jennifer A. to Gos-lee, Katherine & Paul Serrianne;$320,500.

OAKLEY3778 Andrew Ave.: Stacey,Tracey A. & William G. to Mitch-ell, Thomas D. & Susan;$473,500.

3782 Andrew Ave.: Stacey,Tracey A. & William G. to Mitch-ell, Thomas D. & Susan;$473,500.

3375 Everson Ave.: Mueller, PaulC. to Horvath Blak F.; $230,180.

3781 Hyde Park Ave.: Stacey,Tracey A. & William G. to Mitch-ell, Thomas D. & Susan;$473,500.

3834 Kilbourne Ave.: Vail, Cyn-thia & Louis E. Ernstes toErnstes, Louis E.; $106,645.

4230 Verne Ave.: Buening,Gregory D. & Janet S. to C3Investments LLC; $140,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS


This is a warningabout something thathappens all too frequent-ly and that can some-times cause major head-aches. It has to do withchecks you receive fromyour insurance companyfor damage you incurred.

In August, 2013, Shar-on Ward was told sheneeded a new roof forher Withamsville house.She called her insuranceagent and received acheck for the new roof.She then signed the backof the check over to aroofing company for hernew roof.

Ward says, “The salesrepresentative told me itwould be done in a couple

of weeks –and thatwas inAugust of2013.”Ward stilldoesn’thave a newroof eventhough thecompanyasked for

received the entire insur-ance check plus anothercheck from Ward to cov-er her deductible. All thatadded up to about $6,000.

“He used to, when Itext or call him, he wouldcall back and give memany creative stories.But then it got to thepoint this year where he

wouldn’t even respond atall,” Ward says.

The roofer’s contractdoesn’t give a companyaddress or phone num-ber, and fails to have astart or completion date –all of which are neces-sary on any contract youreceive. Also, get a copyof the contractor’s work-ers compensation andliability insurance pol-icies.

That roofer claimed tobe a member of the Bet-ter Business Bureau –but a check would haverevealed the companyhad been thrown out ofthe BBB earlier thatyear.

After signing the con-

tract but getting nothingdone, Ward’s roof beganleaking and she experi-enced damage inside herhouse. The roofer cameout and just did a patchjob – failing to replacethe roof as he had agreed.

Ward says, “I’m kindof scared about what’sgoing to happen. If I’mgoing to lose thousandsof dollars and I can’tmake another insuranceclaim.”

Now she says she’slearned the hard waynever pay a contractorfor all the work in ad-vance. Yet, that’s exactlywhat you’re doing whenyou turn over your insur-ance check to a contrac-

tor. Ward says, “The only

reason I did it is becauseI knew the sales rep verywell and he worked forthe company. That’s ap-parently how they’vealways done it. If it was astranger I would neverhave done that – so liveand learn.”

Ward filed a complaintwith police and now thecase, accusing the con-tractor of theft, is goingto court. The contractoralso faces a similarcharge in Hamilton Coun-ty where he is accused ofdoing the same thing to aMariemont man.

Remember, to protectyourself don’t pay more

than 10 upfront, exceptfor special order items,and only pay additionalsums as the work is com-pleted. Check with thelocal building depart-ment to see if permits arerequired and, if so, addthat to the contract.Make sure to get the jobinspected before finalfees are paid, and get areceipt showing all work-ers and suppliers havebeen paid in full.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbiweekly in the CommunityPress & Recorder. He appearsregularly as the Troubleshoot-er on WKRC-TV Local 12News. Email him [email protected].

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

Handing over all the insurance money at once risky

The 2014-2015 seasonof Cincinnati Playhousein the Park’s popular Offthe Hill series for fam-ilies continues with “The-ory of Mind” by Ken La-Zebnik.

A sensitive, unsenti-mental portrait of rela-tionships, it tells the sto-ry of Bill, a teenager whois on the autism spec-trum. Recommended forages 11 and up, “Theoryof Mind” will tour to com-munity venues through-out the Tristate from Jan.23 through Feb. 22. It willalso be performed at Mu-sic Hall on March 8 aspart of Macy’s Arts Sam-pler.

“Theory of Mind” fol-lows Bill’s first date witha young woman unsure ofher own reasons for ro-mance, exploring thechallenges of a young

man who wants desper-ately to love someone butstruggles with the socialskills needed to achieve arewarding relationship.

“We’re really thrilledto revisit ‘Theory ofMind,’ winner of the 2008Macy’s New Play Prizefor Young Audiences,which had its premiere atthe Playhouse in 2009,”said Mark Lutwak, Play-house director of educa-tion. “The show was enor-mously successful withstudents and adults alike,not only because of itssensitive representationof a character on the au-tism spectrum, but alsobecause of the honest andhumorous way in which itdeals with adolescentcommunication and dat-ing relationships.”

The cast includesChristopher Michael

Richardson, KelseyTorstveit and Alex Pur-cell. All are members ofthe Playhouse’s 2014-15Bruce E. Coyle Acting In-tern Company. BridgetLeak, a former Play-house directing intern,will direct the touringproduction.

“I’m excited aboutdiving into this storywith the acting interns,”Leak said. “This is a trueactor’s piece – the char-acters are rich and thestory is so beautifullycrafted. It’s a show I ameager to share with Cin-cinnati audiences.”

In a special collabora-tion for “Theory ofMind”, the Playhouse ispartnering with the Au-tism Society of GreaterCincinnati.

“They’re going to beconnecting us with new

sectors in our communi-ty,” Lutwak said, “as wellas using this opportunityto provide context for theplay and extend some oftheir own educationaland advocacy work.”

“Theory of Mind” willtour to more than a dozencommunity venues (seeschedule below). Admis-sion is free or inexpen-sive and is available atthe door. Contact the cen-ter near you for ticket in-formation.

For more informationabout the Playhouse’seducation and outreachprograms, contact theEducation Department at513-345-2242 or visitwww.cincyplay.com.

Local performanceschedule (as of Jan. 5)

Saturday, Jan. 24, 2p.m., Hyde Park HealthCenter;

Saturday, Jan. 31, 7p.m., District A/PleasantRidge Nativity School;

Saturday, Feb. 7, 7p.m., Blue Ash Recrea-tion Center;

Friday, Feb. 13, 5 p.m.,Marjorie P. Lee;

Sunday, Feb. 15, 2:30p.m., Carnegie Center ofColumbia Tusculum;

Friday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club Cul-tural Center (Marie-mont);

Sunday, Feb. 22, 2p.m., Cincinnati MuseumCenter Reakirt Auditori-um (in partnership withthe Autism Society ofGreater Cincinnati).

Note: Details vary bylocation. Contact the indi-vidual sites for ticketsand prices. Contact infor-mation is available on thePlayhouse website atwww.cincyplay.com.

Off The Hill season continues with ‘Theory of Mind’

Jan. 30.

Incidents/investigationsRobberyReported at 4000 block of High-land Ave., Dec. 2.

TheftInhaler valued at $60 removedfrom 5800 block of WindknollCourt, Dec. 13.

FAIRFAXArrests/citationsAllena Jones, 22, 4846 YarmouthPlace, theft, Dec. 21.

Latosha Hooks, 19, 4846 Yar-mouth Place, theft, Dec. 21.

Sonja Bradley, 29, 5657 WinesteDrive, theft, Dec. 22.

Melvin Ferguson, 47, 645 E.Sharon Road, driving undersuspension, Dec. 23.

Israel G. Gomez, 36, 11642 TimberRidge, no drivers license, Dec. 23.

Tara Chapin, 26, 3504 EvanstonAve., theft, Dec. 24.

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