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Linda Smith was sure therewas a catch.

It was Dec. 20 and she wasreading an email from FineCooking magazine telling hershe won a recent contest.

“I usually never win any-thing, but something just toldme to go ahead and post some-thing (on the contest website),”she said.

The prize pack was a baker’sdream – new KitchenAid standmixer, rolling pins, a cake standand other favorites from cook-book author Abigail JohnsonDodge, one of Smith’s favorites.

At first Smith said shethought it was a joke, but as shestared at the email she noticedthe publisher, The TauntonPress, was headquartered inNewtown, Conn., just two milesaway from Sandy Hook Ele-mentary School.

“When I saw that it juststunned me,” said Smith, wholives in Anderson Township.

“All of a sudden those win-nings seemed so insignificantand small compared to whatthat town was going through.”

This was just days after agunman killed 20 students, sixadults and himself at the Con-necticut elementary school.

She contacted The TauntonPress and said she’d be willingto give back her winnings toturn into a monetary donationfor the families in Newtown,Conn., but representatives toldher the law required them todistribute the prizes.

So Smith decided to pay itforward and turn her passionfor baking into something posi-tive. She turned to two of hercolleagues at Lobsta Bakes ofMaine in Newtown, Ohio, andimmediately Tracy Keller and

KimKassoff offered their help.They started baking Ginger

Crackles – one of Dodge’s cook-ie recipes – and sold them atLobsta Bakes. After word gotout about the cookie fundraiserSmith said they sold out of thefirst batch and had requests formore.

Kevin Smith, who owns Lob-sta Bakes, said the cookie saleshave taken off and other localbusinesses have chipped in tohelp sell cookies or give dona-tions.

“It’s been a great response,and it’s like it was meant to be,”he said.

As of Feb. 6, Smith saidthey’vebaked thousandofcook-ies and raised around $2,000 forThe Taunton Press NewtownChildren and Families Fund.

“A lot of people wanted to dosomething (after the shooting),but nobody knew what to do,”Smith said. “It’s a great way toshow support and feel likeyou’re doing something tohelp.”

The cookies are sold in bagsof eight with a minimum dona-tion of $5. They’ll be soldthroughValentine’sDay, Thurs-day, Feb. 14, at Lobsta Bakes,3533 Church St., Newtown Feedand Supply, 6876 Main St.,Beechmont Pet Hospital, 6400Salem Road, and Bizarre Ba-zaar, 7767 Five Mile Road.

She’ll still take special or-ders for thecookiesafterValen-tine’s Day.

“It all kind of fell into placeso quickly and it makes yourealize that what happened inNewtown, (Conn.), did pull atpeople’s heart strings and theyreally want to help,” she said.

“When we send the check itwill be from the people of New-town, Ohio, and surroundingcommunities.”

Anderson Township resident Linda Smith holds the Ginger Cracklecookies she’s selling to benefit the families affected by the recentshooting in Newtown, Conn. LISA WAKELAND/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Baking itforwardBy Lisa [email protected]

ANDERSONTWP.—Matt Bis-choffwill not only bewatchingthe upcoming season of “Sur-vivor” on television, he’ll becompeting.

Bischoff, a 1992 AndersonHigh School graduate, will beamong the contestants on theCBS reality television pro-gram “Survivor: Caramoan -Fans versus Favorites,” whichstarts Wednesday, Feb. 13.

“I’ve been a fan since dayone,” said Bischoff, 38, whohas been regularly watchingthe program with his familysince the first season.

“It’s been a dream of mineto play,” he said.

That dream became a reali-ty in 2011 when Bischoff wascontacted by “Survivor” rep-resentatives after sending inan audition tape. He said hehad also applied in 2003.

He said since being chosento participate he changed hisdiet, eliminated caffeine, be-gan fitness training and start-ed going to the local YMCA toswim. Bischoff admitted he’snotabigswimmingenthusiast.

Bischoff said he was al-ready in fairly decent shapesince he regularly rides BMXbikes.He isaBMXbrandman-ager and also operates an on-line site called “RadLikeDad.”

He said the social game in“Survivor”maybehisgreateststrength. “I get along with anytype of person,” he said. “I’lluse that to my advantage.”

However, he admits likemany previous “Survivor”contestants he’ll do whateverit takes to win.

“I’m a really nice guy,” hejoked before adding, “I’m notgoing to be afraid to lie, cheatand steal.”

Bischoff said his beard,which is one of hismost distin-

guishing characteristics, ispart of his look.

“People call me ‘TheBeard,’” he said.

He also has a tattoo ofHansLangseth, who holds the worldrecord for the longest beard atmore than 17 feet.

The Buffalo Wild Wingsrestaurant, 7741 BeechmontAve., in Anderson Township,will havesomeof itsTVs tunedto the “Survivor” show onWednesdays with activitiesfrom 8-10 p.m.

A portion of the proceedsraised at that time will go to acharity selected by Bischoffcalled the Bleeding DisorderFoundation. Bischoff plans toattend a number of the gather-ings.

If he wins the cash prize of$1 million, Bischoff, who is aresident of Union Township inClermont County, said it willgo toward his family, which in-cludes two sons ages 4 and 6.

Anderson High School alumnus Matt Bischoff is a contestant on the reality television show “Survivor:Caramoan - Fans versus Favorites.” PROVIDED

Anderson H.S. gradon ‘Survivor’ showBy Forrest [email protected]

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or call 231-3500 ext. 5850CE-0000544869

Come join us for an evening ofdancing, raffles, silent auction

including footballs signed by NFLHOFers, andmusic performed byCincinnati’s premier “oldies” band.

(Cash bar with beer, wine and soft drinks)

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8:00 PMSaturday, February 23(6536 Beechmont Ave., in the school gymnasium)

Financial classParkside Christian

Church will again hostFinancial Peace Uni-versity 6-8 p.m. Sun-days, Feb. 17 to April21.

Cost is $99 for the10-week course, butthosewho attended theprevious session canrepeat the classes forfree.

No childcare isavailable this time,andthe courses are at thechurch, 6986 SalemRoad.

Call 231-9482 for de-tails.

Last weekend forplay

The BeechmontPlayers have onemoreweekend of perfor-mances for their newplay, “Perfect Wed-ding.”

The comedy centerson amanwhowakes upnext to another womanthe night before hiswedding. His bride-to-bearrivesandthecrisisescalates.

Shows begin at 8p.m. Friday, Feb. 15,and at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 16.

Tickets are $15 forgeneral admission, or$13 for students, sen-iors and activemilitary.

The play is at theAnderson Center, 7850Five Mile Road.

Visit www.beech-montplayers.org orcall 233-2468 fortickets.

Tea and TiarasThe annual Tea and

Tiaras event returnsfrom 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 23.

Children can dressup as princesses for anafternoon tea at theAnderson Center, 7850Five Mile Road.

There will be a per-formance from theCincinnati Ballet.

Tickets are $15, andspace is limited. Chil-dren must be 5 yearsoldorolderandaccom-panied by an adult.

Call Amy Meyer orLori Kochendorfer at688-8400 for details, oremail [email protected].

BRIEFLY

MT. WASHINGTON — Alocal church is reachingout to mothers.

Mt. Washington Unit-edMethodist Churchwilloffer a Mothers of Pre-schoolers and MomsNext program.

Church secretary andfacilitator of the pro-gram Amanda Kern saida number of churches of-fer programs for moth-

ers of infants and pre-schoolers, but she saidthe Moms Next programis somewhat unique.

The Moms Next pro-gram is geared for moth-ers of children in kinder-garten through gradesix.

“It’s like a supportgroup,” said the Rev.Rick Riggs, pastor of Mt.Washington UnitedMethodist Church.

It’s an opportunity formothers to strengthen

and encourage one an-other, he said.

“A lot of moms mayfeel alone in raising theirkids,” said Riggs. “Thisgroup lets them knowthey are not alone.”

The program will beoffered 6:30-8 p.m. thethird Thursday of themonth at the church,6365 Corbly Road. Thefirst meeting will beThursday, Feb. 21.

Kern said various ac-tivities and speakers areplanned for each gather-ing. She said topics canrange from parentingskills to health and nutri-tion.

She said since the pro-gram is offered in theevening, mothers whomay work during the daywill have a chance to at-tend.

Refreshments will beavailable, and child carewill be provided.

Admission to the firstmeeting is free. Theyearly fee is $23.95.

For information or toregister, call 231-3946 orsend an email [email protected].

Church reachingout to mothersBy Forrest [email protected]

At least three area po-lice departments arewarning residents abouta suspicious man posingas a utility worker andknocking on the doors ofhomes.

There have been fourconfirmedreports incen-tral Anderson Townshipon Ingram’s Ridge andTonapah drives, BridgesRoad,andCollinsdaleAv-enue, and one confirmedreport on Park Lane inMariemont.

Cincinnati police offi-cers in District 2, whichincludes Mt. Washingtonand several other eastside neighborhoods, saidresidents have alsocalled police to respondto suspicious individualsclaiming tobe fromDukeEnergy or CincinnatiBell.

The suspect in all re-ports fits the same de-scription – a white malebetween 30 and 40 yearsold, average build andabout 5 feet10 inches tall,said Cpl. DaveBoiman ofthe Hamilton CountySheriff’s Office District5. He’s also described ashaving bad teeth, greasybrown hair, stretched-earlobe piercings, andpossibly driving a white,box-panel van.

The first report in An-derson Township wasJan. 31, and Boiman saidthe man knocks on doorsin the evening, claims he

is from Cincinnati Belland says he needs tocheck service or a bill.

“Ofall the informationwe have we’re not awareof any crime that wascommitted,” Boimansaid. “It’s unknown if he’strying to case for apoten-tial crime or trying to getin for some other rea-son.”

Mariemont PoliceChief Rick Hines said aresident saw an alert onFacebook and reported asimilar incident on ParkLaneaboutaweekafter ithappened. That time, theman showed up in ajumpsuit andDuke Ener-gy hat, Hines said.

The resident reportedthat around 7 p.m. Jan. 27the man knocked on therear door of the home.When thehomeowner an-swered the suspectclaimed he was at thewrong house and gave afake address that did notmatch with the streetnumbers on Park Lane,Hines said.

“Even though itdoesn’t seem to be analarming thing at thetime if someone is knock-ing on your door thatyou’re not expecting andthey’re asking to come incall 911 right away,”Hines said.

“Don’t open the doorand call us.We’d rather itbe something totally in-nocent and us checking itout than it be someonewho is casing the houseand up to no good.”

Angela Ginty, corpo-rate communicationsmanager for CincinnatiBell, said all technical orservice appointmentsare scheduled in ad-vance, and the techni-cians try to reach resi-dentsbyphonebeforear-riving.

Cincinnati Bell em-ployees would not ran-domly show up for a re-pair or installation, andresidents should call thepolice if they think theperson is an imposter,Ginty said.

Police: Suspectis posing as autility workerBy Lisa [email protected]

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ANDERSON TWP. — It’soften called “the friendlycorner” and it has a loyalgroup of regular custom-ers.

MikeLarkin,whogrewuptwoblocks fromtheSa-lem Gardens restaurant,remembersgoing there tohave lunchwithhis familyand to watch Disney onthe color televisions al-most weekly.

Now Larkin spends al-most every day at SalemGardens, and this springmarks the 30th year he’sowned the restaurant andbar, 6396 Salem Road. Hesaid they’ll have food spe-cials and promotions allyear to celebrate.

“To me it’s been a veryrewarding and gratifyingexperience all the wayaround,” theownersaidofmaking it to 30 years.“We’ve been very suc-cessful and are supreme-ly gracious that the com-munity has embraced thisplace the way they have.”

When he bought theAnderson Township res-taurant in 1983 Larkinbrought years of experi-ence in the restaurant in-dustry with him.

His goal was to bringSalem Gardens back towhathe remembered, andLarkin said he’s tried tomaintain as much of the

charm and character ashe can.

“It’s one of thosefriendly, neighborhoodplaces and you don’t havemuch of that anymore,”said John Anthony, whohas been coming to SalemGardens for 25 years. Hestops in almost every day.

Salem Gardens firstopened in 1926. The origi-nal knotty pine walls are

still there. It’s decoratedwithmany sports jerseys,photosandothermemora-bilia. Themenu is diversewith burgers, wraps, sal-ads, seafood and more.

“When we grew uphere this was a true fam-ily restaurant,” he said.“When I bought the placeit wasn’t that way, and Iwanted to bring it back towhat it was.”

Greg Haap, who wentto grade school with Lar-kin, comes here for lunchonce or twice a week, andoften meets friends at Sa-lem Gardens on Fridays.“The atmosphere isfriendly, they have cour-teous service and it’s rea-sonably priced,” he said.

Jim Farfsing, who alsogrew up with Larkin, hasbeen coming to SalemGardens for years andsaid it’s a great neighbor-hood restaurant and “afeel-good kind of place.”

Larkin said they havemanyregularcustomers–some who have burgersnamed in their honor – buthe also sees new faces allthe time.

Making it to 30 years isa big milestone, and theLarkin family is very ap-preciative of how thecommunity receivedthem.

“I’ve met so many peo-ple who are now goodfriendsofmine,andthis isan opportunity to saythank you to everyonewho supported usthroughout the years,” hesaid.

Salem Gardens is openseven days a week. Call231-9666 for hours or withquestions.

Owner celebrating 30 yearsBy Lisa [email protected]

Mike Larkin and his wife, Judy, stand outside SalemGardens, 6396 Salem Road in Anderson Township. This willbe Mike Larkin’s 30th year of owning this neighborhoodrestaurant. LISA WAKELAND/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Members of the An-derson Senior Centerwon’t have to worryabout losing parkingspaces if a vacant storeis redeveloped.

The Anderson Town-ship trustees recentlyapproved an agreementwithFirestone for sever-al easements around theformerHollywoodVideosite and the adjacenttownship operationscenter, 7954 BeechmontAve.

When plans were re-vealed last year thatFirestone wanted to re-develop the vacant videostore, ahandful ofSeniorCenter members ex-pressed concern aboutlosing access to thatparking area. The ease-ment agreement willmaintain17 spaces at theback of the HollywoodVideo site for SeniorCenter use, which is di-rectly north of the prop-erty.

Anderson Townshipalso plans to shift the ac-cess road back to theSenior Center to cut be-tween the fire stationand sheriff’s building in-stead of traffic comingthrough the Firestoneproperty.

“We’re fine with (theplan) because we’re notgoing to lose any park-ing,” said Senior CenterDirector Libby Feck. “Itwill just be a shift, and itwill affect how we comeinto the building.”

There is also a sharedparking agreement be-tween the township andForestville BaptistChurch for an additional60 spaces in the church’slot for SeniorCenter use,and Feck said thosespaces are just as closeas theoneson the former

Hollywood Video site.Anderson Township,

which owns the SeniorCenter, will pay Fire-stone $2,000 per year tomaintain the parkingspaces, said AssistantTownship AdministratorSteve Sievers.

The agreement withFirestone is consistentwith the township’splansto reconfigure its opera-tions center site, Sieverssaid.

“From an access per-spective, it dovetailswith our plans and theBeechmont Corridorplan, which calls forcross access acrossproperties,” he said.

Other improvementsincluded in the easementagreement between An-derson Township andFirestone include a pe-destrian path fromBeechmont Avenue totheSeniorCenter, andal-lowing the auto care andtire business to connectto the township’s exist-ing storm water deten-tion system, Sieverssaid.

Firestone plans to de-molish the HollywoodVideo and build a new8,563-square-foot retailand maintenance build-ing on the site with con-struction expected to be-gin this year.

Redevelopment won’taffect Senior CenterBy Lisa [email protected]

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

FORESTHILLSJOURNALEditor: Eric Spangler, [email protected], 576-8251

Guardian Angels seventhgrade students began theschool year with a field tripto Columbus. While at thestate capital the studentsvisited the Ohio State Su-preme Court, the Ohio StateHouse and COSI. On the wayhome they stopped to enjoythe outdoor drama Tecum-seh.

Guardian Angels students Elle Palmer, Olivia Ragio, Emma Smith line up in history. THANKS TO ANNE PAVELY

Caravan to the capitalKiley Byrne, aGuardian Angelsseventh-grader,defies gravity atCOSI. THANKS TOANNE PAVELY

UNDERWATER

As a reward for doing a great job during the annualPTAWalk-a-thon school fundraiser, Ayer ElementarySchool Principal Chris Flanagan spends much of arecent day in a dunking booth as students took turnstrying to put him in the water. Students chanted andcheered as classmates made their pitch. Many of theAyer students demonstrated some amazingly accuratepitching techniques. THANKS TO SHEILA VILVENS

Graduates»Meghan Weber of

Mount Washington re-cently graduated fromthe Savannah Collegeof Art and Design witha bachelor’s of fine artsin historic preserva-tion.

» Zachary ChristianBailey of Cincinnati re-cently received a bach-elor of science withhigh distinction fromthe college of arts andsciences.

» Jamie Thompson,an Anderson HighSchool graduate, wasamong 21 students whoearned diplomas atMarietta College's De-cember Convocation.

Thompson complet-edrequirements for theBachelor of Arts de-gree with a major inpsychology.

» Ryan Andrew RiesofCincinnatigraduatedsummacumlaude fromClemson UniversityDec. 20,with a bachelorof science in civil engi-neering.

Dean’s list» Rebecca Ruehl-

man has made thedean's list at Northeast-ern University in Bos-ton.

Rebecca, a 2011graduate of TurpinHigh School, is a sopho-morewithmajors in In-ternational Affairs andAnthropology, andami-nor in Social Entrepre-neurship.

She will be spendingher January to June se-mester in Chicago on aco-op programwith theCity of Chicago YouthEmpowerment Pro-gram.

»Matthew Olsson ofCincinnati, a second-year student in Roches-ter Institute ofTechnol-ogy’sB.ThomasGolisa-no College of Comput-ing and InformationSciences, made thedean's list for the fallquarter.

» Julie Farmer, atheology major and aresident of Cincinnati,was among more than500 traditional day andadult evening studentsfrom DeSales Univer-sity who made the falldean's list.

» Rebecca S. Heise,a undeclared-under-graduate major of Cin-cinnati, was among ap-proximately 1,800 stu-dents fromCoastalCar-

olina University whomade the fall 2012dean's list.

» Cameron PatrickChilds of Cincinnati,was recenty named tothe Dean's List at TheCitadel, The MilitaryCollege of SouthCaroli-na, for academicachievement duringthe fall semester of the2012-2013 academicyear.

Childs is a cadetseekingabachelor's de-gree incriminal justice.

» Thefollowing localresidents were amongover 500 students fromThomas More Collegewho made the falldean's list: Paul Uhl,Brandon Cooper, Jere-my Hoop, Nicole Waits,Tatiana Carter, Saman-tha Scheidler, MichaelOlson, Phillip Kiley,Carroll Ober, KevinMonahan, BrendaShearer, Matthew Ton-seth, Robert Orlemann,Michael Marcagi andBeverly Deinlein.

Honor rollBrevard College re-

cently named AudreyHamilton of Cincinnatito the honor roll for thefall semester of the2012-2013 academicyear.

President’s listThe following local

residents have beennamed to the Presi-dent's List at ClemsonUniversity for the fall2012 semester:

» Bruce ChandlerMorton of Cincinnati,who ismajoring inGen-eral Engineering.

» Timothy MichaelO'Neil of Cincinnati,who ismajoring in Eco-nomics.

» Ryan Andrew Riesof Cincinnati, who ismajoring in Civil Engi-neering.

To be named to thepresident's list, a stu-dent must achieve a 4.0(all As) grade-point av-erage.

» Zachary Kocsis ofCincinnati was namedto the Trine Universitypresident's list for thefall 2012 semester.

He is a juniormajor-ing in electrical engi-neering.

To be named to thepresident's list, a stu-dent must have at leasta 3.75 grade-point aver-age on a 4.0 scale andcarry at least 15 credithours.

COLLEGE CORNER

More than 100 children ingrades three through eight recent-ly spent a day learning about thea-tre from30members of theAnder-son High School Drama Club.

A yearly tradition, the Kid’sTheatre Workshop includes les-sons in stage make-up/hair, im-provisation, singing, and dancing.

Carlie Yersky is an AndersonHigh School senior who helpedwith the hair and make-up session.“I loved seeing how excited thekids were,” she said. She helpedthird- and fourth-graders trans-form into ‘orphans’ with dirtiedfaces and spiky hair, and fifth- andsixth-graders become fantasycharacters and princesses.

Yersky noted that “the childrenknew bits and pieces of what goeson backstage, but today they reallylearned how all those different as-pects come together for a perfor-mance.”

Putting on the make-up was thebest part of the day for AveryKniskern, who is a third-grader atSherwood Elementary. “Make-uphelps to show the personality ofyour character,” she said.

Although she was not 100 per-cent sure of the dance choreogra-phy, she was excited to go up onstage for the final performance forparents. “It feels special to be onstage,” Kniskern said. “And I likedworking with the high school stu-dents, they really got to know us.”

Another Anderson High Schoolsenior, Sam Straley, led the im-

provisation games. “I think theirfavorite one was Grumpy OldTroll,” he said. It is a game similarto freeze tag, with Sam acting thepart of a grumpy troll that couldonly catch children who he sawmoving.

“It teaches them to listen care-fully to others, and to react quicklyto their actions.” Straley said.“Those are skills that are crucialon stage during a scene.”

The Nagel Middle School stu-dents also participated in a work-shop on auditioning for a show, ledby AHS Theatre director ChadWeddle. The focus was on prepar-ing them to audition for Nagel’sspring musical, “Beauty and theBeast,” but eighth-grader Hannah

McCauly pointed out that thethings they learned would helpwith any audition.

“We talked about things likepreparing monologues and how touse the stage. Mr. Weddle was funtoworkwith and it was really help-ful.”

Beth Bollman sent her Ayerfourth-grader, Mary, to the Work-shop for the first time this year.“Mary really enjoyed the experi-ence,” she said. “She even askedone high school student if she wasavailable to babysit. Marywill def-initely be back next year.”

The Kid’s Theatre Workshop isoffered every year in the fall, andis the major fundraiser for the An-derson High School Drama Club.

Kids hone theater skillswith Anderson students

Seventh- and eighth-grade students learn the choreography for theirshowcase performance during the 2012 Kid's Theatre Workshop, conductedannually by the Anderson High School Drama Club. This year's workshop wasattended by more than 100 local children in grades three through eight. THANKSTO ELAINE SEELEY

Walnut Hills had five student-athletes sign letters of intent on NationalSigning Day. In back, from left, are D’Avon Adkins, Findlay football,and Zach Fisher, Penn swimming. In front are Austin Railey, NotreDame College football, Maryn Lowry, Iowa State track and field, andEric Haas, Davidson football. THANKS TO JOSHUA HARDIN

Localstudent-athletessigned letters ofintent to playcollege sports attheir respectiveschools onNational SigningDay Feb. 6.

Signing for Turpin were (from left): Maddie Kunkel, (volleyball, Georgetown University), Jen Philpot (volleyball, University of Cumberlands), Brooke Keipper (soccer, Rio Grande), AnnaCornacchione (soccer, Hanover College), Alexa Scardina (soccer, Ohio Dominican), Morgan Contino (swimming, University of Kentucky) Emma Zangrando (cross country, OhioWesleyan), and Ben Versoza (football, Butler University). THANKS TO SHEILA VILVENS

SIGN OF THE TIMES

McNicholas High School seniors Abby Jones (Thomas More, softball),Alli Thul (UC, soccer) and Paige Noday (Thomas More, volleyball) tookpart in a ceremony at the school on Signing Day. THANKS TO ANGIE NOBLE

Signing at Anderson were, from left: Katelyn Newton (soccer, NorthernKentucky University), Joseph Turner (football, Malone University),Stefanie Neill (lacrosse, University of Cincinnati), and StephanieCradduck (soccer, St. Joseph College). THANKS TO SHEILA VILVENS

McNicholas men Jacob Lind (Ohio Wesleyan, lacrosse), Patrick Henry(IUPUI, soccer), Thomas Voegele (Dayton, football) and Austin Ernst(Ohio Dominican, football) signed on the dotted line. THANKS TO ANGIE

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Anderson finished fifth inthe Enquirer’s Division Icoaches’ poll and kept that mo-mentum going at sectionals by

qualifying swimmers in nineindividual events for the dis-trict meet.

Coach Ed Bachman andcompany also moved relayteams in the 200 and 400 free-stylerelays,aswellas200med-ley relay to districts.

The performance comes onthe heels of Anderson winningthe inaugural Eastern Cincin-nati Conference championshipJan. 216.

Senior Connor Davis quali-fied in two individual events,

including the 100 and 200 free-style races.

Hassler Carroll also con-tinued his strong freshmanseason bymoving on in the 200and 500 free.

Junior Korey Aukermanjoined the multi-qualifier pa-rade by continuing his seasonin the 200 IMandbreaststroke.

The Redskins were alsobusy on the diving board, withJosh Roberts, Jason Smith and

Local boys swimon from sectionalsBy Nick [email protected]

See BOYS, Page A6

With the competition at itshighest level, Morgan Continodidn’t disappoint.

TheTurpin seniorwas one oftwo girls not from Ursuline orMason to win an individualevent at the Division I Masonsectional Feb. 9.

Contino’s first-place finishcame during the 100 butterflyat the Division I sectional atMason High School Feb. 9.

Theperformance capped offa strong day, with several indi-vidual swimmers moving on to

districts.Six different student-ath-

letes lived to swim another dayin individual races.

The 200 and 500 freestyleevents proved to be Turpin’sstrong points, as the squad ad-vanced four swimmers fromeach event.

Relays also proved to betough as quartets from the 200and 400 freestyle races, as wellas the 200 IM all moved on.

The 200 free relay finishedthe best out of all the teamevents with a fourth-place fin-

Contino crownedbutterfly champBy NickDudukovichndudukovich @ communitypress .com

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Evan Leupen living todive another day.

Smith finished fourthoverall, while Leupentook the sixth spot.

Turpin» The Spartans also

stayed busy at sectionalswith swimmers fromfivedifferent individualraces continuing theirseasons.

Four Spartan swim-

mers managed to qualifyin multiple races.

JuniorDrewHamiltonwill swim the 200 and 500free style races, whilesophomore Sean Tanakawill also swim the 500,along with 100 butterfly.

Chas Edelberger willswim the 200 free and100fly and Jonathan Erick-sen will compete in the200 free and 100 back-stroke.

Turpin finished theseason ranked No. 10 inthe final city coaches’poll.

McNick

» The Rockets com-peted in the Division IItournament and will berepresented by SalvatoreMarino at1-meter diving.

Marino snagged thesecond-to-last qualifyingspot to punch his districtticket.

The district meet willbe held at Miami Univer-sity andwraps upFeb.16.

The state tournamentis Feb. 20-23 at the C.T.Branin Natatorium inCanton, Ohio.

BoysContinued from Page A5

ish. Only Ursuline, Ma-son and Sycamoretouched the wall beforethe Spartan quartet ofContino, Stephanie Wil-liams, Izzy King andShay Spelman.

Anderson» Like Turpin, the la-

dies of Anderson HighSchool also swam strongraces in the 200 and 500free events.

The Redskins quali-fied three individualsfrom each race.

Marissa Martin andAndrea Lupariello will

swim both races comedistricts, while MeganForsthoefel swims the200 free and ChristeenaParsons gives it anothergo in the 500.

Relays were also suc-cessful for Anderson,with all three teamsmov-ing to the next round.

Anderson’s best finishcame in the200 free,withthe quartet of CaraWeth-ington, Parsons, Lupa-riello andMartin earningsixth place.

McNicholas»McNick found some

success on the divingboard with former statequalifier Abby Mitchelland teammateRandiDai-leymovingon to theDivi-sion II district round.

Mitchell finished fifthoverall.

In the racing lanes,Shelby Miller kept herseason alive in the 200and 500 freestyle events.

Miller, who is a fresh-man, touched the wallsecond in the 500 event.

Miller also played arole on the qualifying 200medley and 400 freestylerelays.

Her 400 teammates(Ashley Dundon, KarinaCabrera and Olivia Fitz-patrick) turned in theRockets’ best relay fin-ish (seventh).

Both thegirlsDivisionI and II meets are sched-uled for Feb. 15 at MiamiUniversity’s Corwin M.Nixon Aquatics Center.

GirlsContinued from Page A5

Turpin’s Morgan Contino won the girls 100 yard butterfly at the Division I Masonsectional Feb. 9. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Swimming andDiving

The sectional swim-ming and diving meetscommenced Feb. 4-9 atKeating Natatorium andMason High School. Thefollowing individuals ad-vanced to districts.

»Walnut Hills - TinoBernard, diving; ZacharyFisher, 50 and 100 free-style; Max Holden, 50freestyle; Cooper Keener,100 backstroke; MylesKeener, 100 backstrokeand 200 IM; Andrew Ten-gen, 100 butterfly; WalnutHills 200 and 400 free-styles and 200 medley re-lay; Walnut Hills girls 200and 400 freestyle relaysand 200 medley relay; Ca-sey Becker, 200 and 500freestyle; Keira Hassel,100 butterfly and 200 IM;Brookley Garry, 200 IMand 100 breaststroke;Hannah Leytze, 200 IM;Melanie Cashell, 100breaststroke.

» Anderson: 1-meterdiving, Josh Roberts, Ja-son Smith, Evan Leupen;50 free, Patrick Johnson;100 free, Connor Davis;200 free, Davis, HasslerCarroll, Marissa Martin,Andrea Lupariello,Megan Forsthoefel; 500free, Carroll, DannyO’Connor, Martin, Lupa-riello, Christeena Par-sons; 100 back, CaseyGallagher; 100 breast, Ko-rey Aukerman, PatrickJohnson; 100 fly, GrantWethington; 200 IM, Au-kerman, Cara Wething-ton; Boys relays, 200 free,400 free, 200 medley;Girls relays, 200 free, 400free; 200 medley.

» Turpin: 50 free, ChasEdelberger, IzzyKing;100free,King; 200 free,DrewHamilton, Jonathan Er-icksen, Lexie Hardewig,Megan Monahan, Eliza-beth Williams; 500 free,Hamilton, Liam Grebert,Sean Tanaka, ShaylynnSpelman, Stephanie Wil-liams, Hardewig, E. Wil-liams; 100 back, Ericksen,Edelberger,Monahan;100breast, Hailey Olson; 100fly,MichaelNorton, Tana-ka, Morgan Contino; 200IM, Spelman, Alexis Ka-postasy, Olson; Boys re-lays, 200 free, 400 free,200 medley; Girls relays200 free, 400 free, 200medley.

»McNicholas: 1-meterdiving, Randi Dailey, Ab-by Mitchell, SalvatoreMarino; 200 free, ShelbyMiller; 500 free, Miller;Girls relays, 400 free, 200medley.

» St. Ursula: The Bull-dogs won the Cincinnatisectional; 1-meter diving,Hallie Atwell, KristenNey, Emily Sullivan; 50free, RachelMunschauer;Emily Engelhardt; 100free, Munschauer, MegMcIlvenna; 200 free,Kait-lyn Ferrara, Molly Zilch,Katie Kerr; 500 free, Fer-rara,Kerr,Zilch;100back,Alexandra Wall, McIlven-na; 100 breast, E. Engel-hardt, Abby Engelhardt,Sarah Jossart; 100 fly,Ma-rissa Delgado, Jenkins,EmmaSiegel;200IM,Del-gado; AlexandraWall; Re-lays, 200 free, 400 free,200 medley.

»Ursuline: 1-meterdiving, Kelly Kaes; 50free, Temarie Tomley; 100free, Tomley, AlisabethMarsteller, Sarah Jen-kins; 200 free, Abby Wu,AllieWade, BeccaNissen,

Alex George; 500 free,Maddie Nurre, AllieWade, Emma Siegel,George, Christine VanKirk; 100 back, EmilySlabe, Wu, Abby Pitner;100 breast, Bridget Blood,TaylorWoellert,GabrielleYoung, Van Kirk; 100 fly,Slabe,Young, Lea Schwie-tert; 200 IM, Blood, Mar-steller; 200 IM, Schwie-tert; Relays, 200 free, 400free, 200 medley.

Boys basketball»Miami Valley Chris-

tian Academy beat Hill-crest 54-51 on Feb. 7.Freshman Jamie Carsonled the Lions with 22points.

» MarkHoke and Aus-tin Ernst scored 11 andhelped McNicholas beatLoveland, 45-29, Feb. 5.

» Turpin beat North-west, 61-49, Feb. 6. ClayJohnson had 17 points,while Connor Grottonchipped in 16.

Girls basketball»MVCA beat St. Rita

65-41 as Allison Watt had41 points on Feb. 7.

» Turpin beat IndianHill, 49-26, Feb. 6.

»McNick beat RogerBacon 56-22 Feb. 6. Pay-ton Ramey scored 11.

Boys bowling»Walnut Hills beat

Moeller on Feb. 5 by 14pins. Karl Schottelkottehad a 473 series.

Girls bowling» Turpin beat Hamil-

ton, 2,000-1,960 Feb. 4.MadisonGillespie rolledahigh series of 396.

On Feb. 6, the squadedged out Goshen, 2,074-1,832. Krista Heggemrolled a 336 series.

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SIDELINES

Anderson TownshipLittle League’s Jim Gib-bons is the winner of the2012 ATLL – Beacon Or-thopaedics Umpire of theYear for 2012.

ATLL utilized volun-teer umpires during theirpast season. Team man-agerscouldnominatepar-ent umpires based ontheir performance. TheATLL Board of Directorsevaluated all nominationsand voted at theirDecem-ber meeting to select JimGibbons as the 2012 win-ner. Jim was nominatedby his manager, WallyStevenson.

This past season,ATLL partnered withBeacon Orthopaedics and

Sports Medicine to edu-cate parents and coacheson proper conditioningand stretching tech-niques to limit and reduceyouth sports injuries.

“Beacon Orthopaedicshas been a phenomenalsupporter of youth andhigh school sports in ourarea. We wanted to ac-knowledge their contri-butions by renaming ourUmpire Award.” statedJay Lewis, ATLL presi-dent.

Anderson TownshipLittle League Inc. is anall-volunteer official Lit-tle League Baseball Pro-gram and is part of theOhio District 9 NationalLittle League Charter

serving Anderson Town-ship, Mt. Washington,Newtown and PierceTownship.

The organization wasfounded in 1998 to devel-op the skills of each play-er while creating a posi-tive environment inwhich to play baseballand enjoy America’s fa-vorite pastime. ATLL hasgrown to be the largestLittle League in South-west Ohio with more than80 teams and 1,000 play-ers.

To learn more aboutATLL, please visit theirweb site at www.atll.org.

Signups for the spring2013 season will be openthrough March 1.

Congratulating Jim Gibbons on being named Umpire of the Year are, from left, Jay Lewis,ATLL president; Gibbons, ATLL-Beacon Orthopaedics Umpire of the Year; Dr. GlenMcClung, Beacon Orthopaedics; and Sports Medicine, Lee Peterson, ATLL UmpireCoordinator. THANKS TO JAY LEWIS

Anderson ump nabsUmpire of Year

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FORESTHILLSJOURNALEditor: Eric Spangler, [email protected], 576-8251

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Forest Hills Journal EditorEric [email protected], 576-8251Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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Last week’s questionHow does Greater Cincin-

nati Airport’s announce-ment that a low-cost carrier,Frontier Airlines, will be op-erating from the airport af-fect you? Are you more orless likely to fly from CVG asopposed to another regionalairport?

“IhavebeenretiredfromIBM for 21 years, and haveflown out of our airportmaybe once or twice sincethen. So my view is not asimportant as someone whostill flies regularly.

“Having said that, how-ever, I have seenmedia dis-cussion about the concernover Frontier's initial lowrates, which probably willadversely affect Delta Air-lines' operating profits.Some of that discussionspeculates that itmay evencause Delta to leave, andwhen Frontier is left with-out competition itmaywellraise its rates.

“One of the few benefitsof getting old is that I don'thave to travel on businessany more, so this situationwill not affectmedirectly.”

Bill B.

“That depends on thecost of the new carrier'stickets. So far, by reputa-tion, CVG has been verycostly to fly out of com-pared to Dayton or Indian-apolis, mainly due to theirlow operating and over-head costs of what CVGhas.

“IhaveflownoutofDay-ton in the past for almostone-half to one-third thecost of CVG, get onto aplane which takes me toCVG and I make the con-necting flight from there. Idon't see the logic of CVG.”

O.H.R.

“Frontier will be anoth-er source to check onflights and fares. We oftenfly out of CVG to LA andhave in the past found gooddeals on both Delta andAmerican Airlines.

“Delta provides a directflight on some days whereAA usually has one to twostops prior to LA.

“Understand that Fron-tierwillhavetostop inDen-ver so this might not be asbeneficial incostasadirectflight. Time and cost willtell and make some futuredecisions on flight provid-ers.”

D.J.

“I'mnotaregularairlineuser but I am glad to seesome competition come toCVG. Frontier's arrivalproves once and for all thatDelta was making exces-sive profits. Sad to say,that's what most business-esdo in theabsenceof com-petition.”

R.V.

“Frontier coming intoCVG is great news! Hopeother carriers are soon tofollow. Already boughtvery affordable tickets togo toDenver this summer.”

J.R.B.

“I will definitely try tofly from CVG using Fron-tier.Here's hoping theycanmake it!”

J.G.

“Greater Cincinnatiansdon't enjoy driving 100+miles north, south or westto find affordable air trav-el. For the past nearly 30years it's been a way of lifethanks to the strangleholdof Delta Airlines on CVG.

“Competition is a won-derful thing, I welcomeFrontier and look forwardto the 25-mile drive. I wishthem success.”

D.J.H.

“Darn tootin ! Exceptwhen I use frequent flyerpoints Iandmywifealwaysuse Dayton or Louisville.Over the years we havesaved thousands of big dol-lars spending a little extraon gas. Well worth it.

“However, since CVG isa cash cow for Delta, it'sjust a question of time be-fore they manage to runFrontieroutof townby low-ering prices on the sameroutes temporarily tomakeit unprofitable for them.Sound familiar?”

J.Z.

“CVG has never recov-ered from Delta's bizarrepricing scheme (whichmade it $150 cheaper todrive to Louisville and geton a plane which then land-edand tookoffagain inCin-cinnati, than getting on thesame plane in Cincinnati(Northern Kentucky).

“It is still a lot cheaper tofly anywhere fromDayton,Columbus, or Louisvillethan to fly from CVG, andall the other airlines reflectthe Delta pricing, not thecost of the trip. It is one ofseveral important drags onour economy.

“It may not be cheapenough to justify driving tothe other airports, but I al-ways try to compare, and itis usually worth it to me togo to Dayton.

“The airlines were sup-posed to have fixed this sev-eral years ago, but it hasn'thappened. Maybe Frontierwill do the job,but Iwill con-tinuecomparingpricesforalong time to come.”

N.F.

“Price will continue tobe the primary considera-tionwhereweoriginateourair travel. Since most of itinvolves East Coast desti-nations and Chicago, theannouncement has littleimmediate effect.

“However, the arrival ofFrontier is a very positivestep forward in improvingair service at CVG. Fron-tier is a relatively well-runairline.

“As far as travel to theEast, Frontier is beginningservice from Columbus toTrenton, N.J., later thisyear sowewill see how thisfits with our pocketbookand travel needs.”

T.J.

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NEXT QUESTIONWill you miss U.S. PostalService mail delivery onSaturdays? Why or whynot?

Every week we ask readers aquestion they can reply to viae-mail. Send your answers [email protected] Chatroom in the subjectline.

Many of you receive thequarterly Park Guide whichfocuses on upcoming program-ing and brief announcements.However, from time to time weget questions about things hap-pening in the park so I thought Iwould take this opportunity toexpand our reach and answer

some of thosequestions aswell as give ageneral updateon how thingsare going at theAndersonTownship ParkDistrict.

Our Missionis simple: TheAndersonTownship ParkDistrict is ded-

icated to providing AndersonTownship residents with qualityparks, facilities, and programs.

However, as we all have seenand experienced, it has becomeincreasingly difficult to providesuch services in the economicclimate we’ve been experienc-ing.

That is why I am so pleasedto report the following statis-tics:

· In 2012, we expanded ourparks and services offered,while reducing our budgetedexpenses by 12.6%.

· In 2012, 215 individuals andorganizations representing14,155 players booked athleticfields with the ATPD.

· In 2012, we hosted 365 shel-ter rentals representing 13,219visitors to our seven shelters.

· And all of this is on top ofthe estimated 500,000+ peoplethat simply visit and participate

each year!Here are a few questions

we’ve recently received:Q: What is going on with

Johnson Park and the masterplan to build a lake and otheramenities?

A: Last year, the Ohio EPAput the brakes on our budgetedplan to construct the lake atJohnson Park. Governmentregulations threaten to signifi-cantly increase our overall bud-get for this project. Therefore,we made the decision to post-pone this project until we havemore answers. However, John-son Park, in its natural state andmiles of trails, has become oneof our most popular parks.

Q: When will the Juilfs ParkPlayground be complete?

A: The playground should becompleted (weather permitting)and ready for the kids this sum-mer.

Q: Why is the Daddy Daugh-ter Dance not held in Ander-son?

A: As much as we would loveto hold it in Anderson, thisevent has grown beyond any-thing we expected and we sim-ply don’t have the indoor recre-ation space to hold the 600 peo-ple we get each night. NKU hasbeen a great partner of theATPD the last 4 years makingthe event easy, economical andentertaining for everyone.

In closing, the ATPD is oneof the crown jewels of our com-munity and is a model for parkdistricts all around the county. Iwant to thank Ken Kushner andhis entire staff who are trulydedicated to keeping our parksclean, safe and inviting; oftenputting in extra time and effort

at no additional cost to us. Iwant to thank Lisa Wakeland atCommunity Press for sittingthrough our exciting boardmeetings and helping us get ourmessage out. And, on behalf ofthe Board of Commissions, Iwant to thank the residents inAnderson Township for helpingto keep our parks, facilities andprograms something to beproud of.

Find out more at www.an-dersonparks.org.

Josh Gerth is president of the An-derson Township Park District Boardof Commissioners and an AndersonTownship resident.

President: Park districtnow a model for others

JoshGerthCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Significant changes are beingmade to the Forest Hills LocalSchool District curriculum. Thestate of Ohio has decided thatour schools will need to meetwhat are known as the CommonCore Standards, educational

standardsagreed to by 45states.

Our schooldistrict is alsomaking drasticand dramaticchanges to ourmiddle schooland high schoolmath curricu-lum. Unfortu-nately thesechanges are not

being universally shared withour community and most impor-tantly with the parents of stu-dents in our sixth, seventh andeighth grade. There are 1,800students and dozens of teachersthat are going to be affected bythese changes immediately.

The school district is makingtwo very significant changes tothe math curriculum.

The first is to change from atraditional math curriculum toan integrated math curriculum.

The second is to move fromthree entry points into highschool math to two entry points.

The district has not been ableto prove how these changes arefor the better.

The school district has done avery poor job of detailing theexact nature of the changes.They have not been able to pro-vide information regarding thespecific curriculums for eachnew class.

They do not have referencematerial selected “I.E. Textbooks.” They have not detailedhow our teachers will be trainedto teach these new classes.

They have not effectivelycommunicated how they intendto place students into the newclasses. They have not openlypresented these changes to ourcommunity.

Most importantly, no one inthe district has been able toclearly illustrate how thesechanges are going to deliverupon the stated goal of the dis-trict of “Raising Test Scores.”

People can argue the virtue ofintegrated vs. traditional mathor the optimal time for entryinto high school math. Do thesechanges meet the needs of ourstudents?

Our district has producedvery good results with its exist-ing math curriculum. I fail tosee why it wants to rush intothese changes. Other districts

with even better test resultsthan Forest Hills are taking amore conservative approach.

The state of Ohio grants localschool districts a tremendousamount of autonomy to deliver acurriculum that will meet theneeds of the local community.

As a community we EN-TRUST (not trust) our electedofficials to make sure ourschools are delivering a curricu-lum, consistent with the needs ofour students.

The school district has notbeen able to articulate howchanges in the mathematicscurriculum are going to help ourstudents meet their goals.

It is our collective responsi-bility to make sure the schooldistrict is delivering a curricu-lum that meets our children’sneeds.

If you are not aware of thechanges occurring in our mathcurriculum or would like moreinformation please contact thedistrict office.

If you do not like the changesplease contact your local schoolboard member atwww.foresthills.edu.

A shop teacher once told me,“Measure twice, cut once.”

Mark Kapostasy is an Anderson Town-ship resident.

Will new math curriculumhelp students meet goals?

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MOUNTWASHINGTON— JohnGregory was headed east onBeechmont Avenue in his pick-up Tuesday night when he sawthree Citizens on Patrol mem-bers on foot. He pulled over totalk.

Gregory, a roofer, told BillHolzman, Les Gerth and Kris-tenAdams that thieves enteredhis garage through a windowJan. 20 and stole $5,000 of toolsand equipment. Nine days lat-er, he found evidence thatsomeone had tried to break inagain.

“Next time theymight try toget into the house while we’resleeping,” said Gregory, whohas lived in his house for 17years. “You just don’t know. It’sgotten bad.”

A spike in Mount Washing-ton property crime, especiallythefts from vehicles, hasraised concerns that the neigh-borhood, long considered oneof Cincinnati’s most stable and

safe, could drift in the wrongdirection. Police and residentssay they’re determined not tolet that happen.

Police Capt. Paul F. Broxter-man Jr., who commands Dis-trict 2, said Mount Washingtonis at a tipping point, “a neigh-borhood that could go eitherway. We want to do everythingwe can to make sure it stays avery nice community.”

“He’s right,” said Adams, aneighborhood resident for sixyears. “That’s why we reallyhave to keep on top of it. Wecan’t let (criminals) overrunus.”

Troubling risein small offenses

Violent crime is rare inMount Washington. But a risein relatively minor offensessuch as thefts from cars is “in-credibly damaging to the psy-che of the neighborhood,” saidJakeWilliams, who is finishinga term as Mount WashingtonCommunity Council president.

Broxterman points to the“broken windows theory,”which holds that failure to fixminorproblemssuchasbrokenglass and graffiti leads a neigh-borhood down a path of declineand more serious crime.

Reports of thefts from vehi-cles more than doubled from2010 to 2011, from 65 thefts to144. And though the numberdropped to 110 last year, that’sstill 50 percent higher than in2009. Burglary and breakingand entering also fell in 2012,but those crimes are up 14 per-cent since 2009.

Drug activity is drivingmuch of the property crime,Broxterman said.

“Outside of marijuana, her-oin is by far the most predomi-nant drug in Mount Washing-ton.”

Users need money for theirfixes. Some dealers havemoved inafterbeingdrivenoutof other places. Last fall, policetargeted Madisonville as partof a Cincinnati Initiative to Re-

duce Violence effort.“Unfortunately, we’re see-

ing some dealers that have tiesto Madisonville in the MountWashington area now,” Brox-terman said.

He also noted that MountWashington’s location, on theeastern edge of Cincinnati, of-fers easy access to offendersfrom outside the city.

Lastyear,District 2’sviolentcrimes squad – a sergeant andfive officers whose duties in-clude handling drug com-plaints – began devoting mostof their timetoMountWashing-ton.Broxtermanbelieves thoseefforts help explain the drop in2012 property crime.

But, “It’s not just a police is-sue. Everybody has to do theirpart. The more we can get peo-ple engaged, the better.”

Certainly Adams is in-volved. In addition to volun-teering with Citizens on Patrol,the 34-year-old married moth-er of two is a block watch cap-tain.

There are things she lovesaboutMountWashington: a top-notch recreation center; an ex-cellent public school, SandsMontessori; a fine park, Stan-bery.

And yet, she has seen drugdealing on her street. Her fam-ily’s cars were broken into onNew Year’s Eve. She knowsneighbors and friends whohave also been victimized.

For some residents, shesaid, the neighborhood’s prob-lems are “out of sight, out ofmind. But for me, it’s not.”

So she, Holzman, Gerth andother Citizens on Patrol mem-bers make their rounds, carry-ing a radio so they can alert po-lice when they see somethingsuspicious.

They remind residents tokeep garage doors closed, cardoors locked and valuables outof plain view.

ForAdams, it’s simple: “Talkto each other. Look out for eachother. Let each other knowwhat’s going on.”

Members of the Mount Washington Citizens on Patrol Les Gerth, left, Bill Holzman and Kristen Adams patrol the business district. PHOTOS BY JEFF SWINGER/THE ENQUIRER

Mt. Washington at tipping pointResidents, police work to preserve place ‘that could go either way’

Gannett News Service

ANDERSON TWP. — NagelMiddle School teacher PatGrove said a recent award is anice prelude to retirement.

The Ohio Middle Level As-sociation named Grove the2013 Ohio Middle Level Educa-tor of the Year. The honor rec-ognizes a teacher or adminis-trator for exemplary service.

Grove is retiring at the end

of this school year after morethan 35 years in education.

For more than a decade,Grove has taught historycourses at Nagel. She has alsoserved as a reading specialist.

“I think you have to have apassion for teaching and get-ting kids engaged in learning,”she said.

Although honored by therecognition, Grove, who is aresident of Union Township,said her work is no different

than that of any other educator.“I feel like I’m doing what

every teacher does,” she said.NagelPrincipalNatashaAd-

ams said Grove is highly val-uedbyhercolleagues, studentsand the Forest Hills communi-ty.

“She represents what excel-lence in education is really allabout,” she said. “She is a lead-erwho seesher role beyond theclassroomand has a big impacton every aspect of Nagel.”

Last year Grove was the re-cipient of an American LegionTeacher of the Year Award.

Grove said her proudest ac-complishment has been withinthe classroom. She said whatbrings her some of the mostsatisfaction is having formerstudents tell her the differenceshe has made in their lives.

Grove said even after sheretires, she plans to continuework in some educational ca-pacity.

Nagel teacher honored for serviceBy Forrest [email protected]

Nagel Middle School historyteacher Pat Grove was recentlynamed an Ohio Middle LevelEducator of the Year. FORREST

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THURSDAY, FEB. 14Art & Craft ClassesValentine’s OpenWheel,6:30-8:30 p.m., Funke Fired Arts,3130 Wasson Road, Guaranteedto make at least one pot onpottery wheel. Bring snacks andChampagne to toast over yourpottery. Clay, tools, firing andinstruction included. $30. Reser-vations required. 871-2529;funkefiredarts.com. Oakley.Valentine’s Pottery PaintingPairs, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Funke FiredArts, 3130 Wasson Road, Paintone piece, get second half-offon all plates, mugs and bowls.Price varies. 871-2529; www.fun-kefiredarts.com. Oakley.Make+Bake: Valentine’s DateNight - Coasters + WineGlasses, 6-7 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, 4426 Brazee St., Createpair of fused glass coasters andpair of sandblasted wine glasses.No experience necessary. $35.Registration required. 321-0206.Oakley.Kristina Logan - Rings! Metaland Glass, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Concludes Feb. 15.Workshop designed for glassbeadmaker who wants to settheir own glass beads intojewelry. $510. Registrationrequired. 321-0206. Oakley.

Art ExhibitsGiveMe Some Sugar: A SweetExhibit, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Indige-nous, 2010 Madison Road,Artists create romanticallyrelevant artwork in a variety ofmedia: clay, glass, metal, wood,fiber, paper and mixed-media;with a wide range of styles thatcreates a dynamic collection.Free. 321-3750; indigenouscraft-.com. O’Bryonville.Insightful Reflections, 10a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., Showcasing last year’s bestpaintings on paper and canvasby the Brush and Palette Paint-ers. Free. Presented by Brush &Palette Painters. Through Feb.24. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org.Mariemont.

Dining EventsFamily Valentine’s Day, 11a.m.-10 p.m., Rusty BucketRestaurant & Tavern, 2692Madison Road, Balloons, candy,Cupid’s Cup children’s beverageand more. Ages 10 and undereat free. 841-2739; rookwood-.myrustybucket.com. Norwood.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,$5. 379-4900. Anderson Town-ship.Cardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, 4865 Duck CreekRoad, Classes incorporate varietyof dance styles, including jazz,hip-hop, Latin, jive and moredanced to popular music. $10.Presented by Cardio DanceParty. 617-9498; www.cardio-danceparty.com.Madisonville.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayValentine’s Night, 7-9 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Music,drinks, chocolate, flowers andviewing of the moon and Jupi-ter through historic telescopes,weather permitting. $50 percouple. Reservations required.321-5186, ext. 3; www.cincinna-tiobservatory.org.Mount Look-out.Valentine’s Day at Keystone, 2p.m., Keystone Bar & Grill HydePark, 3384 Erie Ave., Two en-trees and appetizer to split.Bottles of wine for half price.$20. 321-0968. Hyde Park.

Youth SportsPre-School Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, 6915 Beechmont Ave.,Playground atmosphere indoors.Unstructured playtime forparents and pre-schoolers. Ages4 and under. $2. Presented byAnderson Township Park Dis-trict. 388-4515. Anderson Town-ship.

FRIDAY, FEB. 15Art & Craft ClassesValentine’s OpenWheel,6:30-8:30 p.m., Funke Fired Arts,$30. Reservations required.871-2529; funkefiredarts.com.Oakley.Valentine’s Pottery PaintingPairs, 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Funke FiredArts, Price varies. 871-2529;www.funkefiredarts.com.Oakley.

Make+Bake: Hot CastingWorkshop - Date Night, 6-7p.m., Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Students work inpairs in hot shop to createoriginal glass hot castings. $80.Registration required. 321-0206.Oakley.

Art ExhibitsGiveMe Some Sugar: A SweetExhibit, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Indige-nous, Free. 321-3750; indige-nouscraft.com. O’Bryonville.Insightful Reflections, 10a.m.-2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org.Marie-mont.

Business ClassesJob Search Learning Labs,1-3:30 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, 7970 Beechmont Ave.,Technically-oriented learningopportunities for those in jobtransition. Free. Presented byJob Search Learning Labs.Through Dec. 27. 474-3100;www.jobsearchlearninglabs.wi-kidot.com. Anderson Township.

Business MeetingsOhio Valley Oracle Applica-tions User GroupMeeting, 8a.m.-3 p.m., Crossroads Church,3500 Madison Ave., Topics onOracle eBusiness, Hyperion andCRM. Inspirational keynotepresentation from Paul Daugh-erty, award-winning sportscolumnist for the CincinnatiEnquirer. Lunch provided. $20.Presented by Ohio Valley OracleApplications User Group. 731-7400; ohio.oaug.org. Oakley.

Drink TastingsFriday Evening Tasting, 6-8p.m., Remke-bigg’s Hyde Park,3872 Paxton Ave., CastleRockWines. $5 for five samples andsnacks from deli and bakery.619-5454. Oakley.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Kroger AndersonTowne Center, 7580 BeechmontAve., Fifteen-minute screenings.Cost varies per insurance plan.Financial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byJewish Hospital. 686-3300;www.e-mercy.com. AndersonTownship.TriHealth Women’s ServicesVan, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., GroupHealth Anderson, 7810 Five MileRoad, Digital screening mam-mography. Registration re-quired. Presented by TriHealthWomen’s Services Van. 569-6777; www.trihealth.com.Anderson Township.

Music - BluegrassThe NewOld Cavalry, 9 p.m.-2a.m., Stanley’s Pub, 323 StanleyAve., $5. 871-6249. ColumbiaTusculum.

Music - ConcertsTea Leaf Green, 9 p.m., 20thCentury Theatre, 3021MadisonRoad, With TumbleweedWan-derers. Quartet rock band fromSan Francisco. $17, $15 advance;plus fees. 800-745-3000;www.ticketmaster.com. Oakley.

NatureStars Jamboree, 10 a.m., Wood-land Mound, 8250 Old KelloggRoad, Registration requiredonline by Feb. 12. Make a craftand take a tour of the night skyin a traveling indoor planetar-ium. Ages 3-5. $5, vehicle permitrequired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. AndersonTownship.

On Stage - TheaterPerfect Wedding, 8 p.m., An-derson Center, 7850 Five MileRoad, A man wakes up in thebridal suite on his weddingmorning to find an attractivegirl in bed beside him. In thedepths of a hangover, he can’tremember meeting her. Beforehe can get her out, his bridearrives to dress for the weddingand, in the panic, the girl islocked in the bathroom. $15, $13students, seniors and activemilitary. Presented by Beech-mont Players. 231-1392;www.beechmontplayers.org.Anderson Township.

SATURDAY, FEB. 16Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m.-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. Registration

required. Through March 23.752-8539; www.lcresurrectio-n.org. Anderson Township.Valentine’s OpenWheel, 5-7p.m., Funke Fired Arts, $30.Reservations required. 871-2529;funkefiredarts.com. Oakley.Valentine’s Pottery PaintingPairs, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Funke FiredArts, Price varies. 871-2529;www.funkefiredarts.com.Oakley.Make+Bake: Glassblowing -Hearts, Noon-4 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, 4426 Brazee St.,Students design and create twoblown glass hearts using twodifferent techniques. $50.Registration required. 321-0206.Oakley.Kristina Logan - Rings! Metaland Glass, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Concludes Feb. 17., Brazee StreetStudios, $510. Registrationrequired. 321-0206. Oakley.February Family Open House:Valentines, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Custom valentinepattern sheets and glass accesso-ries for fused glass valentines Noexperience necessary. Ages 5and up. $15. Registration re-quired. 321-0206. Oakley.

Art ExhibitsGiveMe Some Sugar: A SweetExhibit, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Indige-nous, Free. 321-3750; indige-nouscraft.com. O’Bryonville.Insightful Reflections, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Cardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.Zumba Fitness, 10-11 a.m.,Mount Washington RecreationCenter, 1715 Beacon St., Latin-based fitness class. $6. 218-3474.Mount Washington.

Holiday - Black HistoryMonthVoice in the Village, 2 p.m.,Mariemont Branch Library, 3810Pocahontas Ave., Local artistMichael Oludare shares his giftfor storytelling and his talent forAfrican drumming. Free. Pre-sented by Public Library ofCincinnati & Hamilton County.

369-4467; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org.Mariemont.

Music - AcousticBob Cushing, 9:30 p.m., Slam-mers Lounge, 3239 BrothertonRoad, Free. 871-6847. Oakley.

Music - BenefitsMagic Moments andMusic,7-11 p.m., Heritage UniversalistUnitarian Church, 2710 New-town Road, Vocal ensembles,dramatic reading, classicalpiano, vocal repertoire and folkguitar, all interspersed withmagic. Reception follows.Benefits church music program.$20 family, $10 single. 205-5068;www.huuc.net. AndersonTownship.

Music - ClassicalLinton Peanut Butter & JamSession, 10-10:30 a.m. and 11:30a.m.-noon, Mount WashingtonPresbyterian Church, 6474Beechmont Ave., Theme: Amer-ican Heartstrings. Melodioussounds of the harp, violin, flute,voice and piano with Americanfolk music and more. Featuringmembers of the Muddy RiverConsort, Cincinnati’s own mu-sical family. Children’s hands-onchamber music series for ages2-6 and their families. FreeGraeter’s cookies. $15 flexbookof four, $5; free under age 2.Presented by Linton PeanutButter & Jam Sessions. 381-6868;www.lintonmusic.org.MountWashington.

NatureWinter Skies Weekend, 1 p.m.,2 p.m. and 3 p.m., WoodlandMound, 8250 Old Kellogg Road,Seasongood Nature Center. Kidsand adults can join the natu-ralist inside the traveling indoorplanetarium to learn whatobjects and constellations arevisible this time of year. Therealso will be hands-on discoverystations. Free, vehicle permitrequired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. AndersonTownship.

On Stage - TheaterPerfect Wedding, 3 p.m. and 8p.m., Anderson Center, $15, $13students, seniors and activemilitary. 231-1392; www.beech-montplayers.org. AndersonTownship.

PetsPet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-

permint Pig, 8255 BeechmontAve., Cats and dogs available foradoption. Through Dec. 28.474-0005; www.peppermint-pig.org. Anderson Township.Me andMy Best Friend, 10a.m.-noon, Bettman NaturePreserve, 8 Beech Lane, Learnhow to be good friend to newpuppy or current four-leggedfamily member. Lisa Desatnik,animal trainer, presents educa-tional program on dos anddon’ts of playing safe and caringfor your dog. Crafts and gamesincluded. Ages 6-8. $5 per child.Registration required. Presentedby Cincinnati Parks ExploreNature. 321-6070; www.cincin-natiparks.com. O’Bryonville.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,9:30-10:45 a.m., Hyde ParkCommunity United MethodistChurch, 1345 Grace Ave., Bookdiscussion group. Room 206.Donations accepted. Presentedby Codependents AnonymousInc. 583-1248. Hyde Park.

SUNDAY, FEB. 17Art ExhibitsGiveMe Some Sugar: A SweetExhibit, Noon-6 p.m., Indige-nous, Free. 321-3750; indige-nouscraft.com. O’Bryonville.Insightful Reflections, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org.Mariemont.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 6-7 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo Black BeltAcademy, 8510 Beechmont Ave.,Led by George Sizemore, fourth-degree black belt and co-ownerof ATA Black Belt Academy.Family friendly. $5. ThroughMay 26. 652-0286; www.ata-cincinnati.com. Anderson Town-ship.

NatureWinter Skies Weekend, 1 p.m.,2 p.m. and 3 p.m., WoodlandMound, Free, vehicle permitrequired. 521-7275; www.great-parks.org. Anderson Township.

Support GroupsCodependents AnonymousMeeting, 7-8 p.m., Hyde ParkBethlehem United MethodistChurch, 3799 Hyde Park Ave,Twelve-step fellowship open toeveryone who desires healthyand loving relationships. Free.Presented by CodependentsAnonymous Inc. 290-9105. HydePark.

MONDAY, FEB. 18Art & Craft ClassesSchool of Glass Kids: Por-traits, 12:30-2 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, 4426 Brazee St.,Use variety of glass materials tocreate one-of-a-kind fused glassportraits. Ages 6-18. $30. Regis-tration required. 321-0206.Oakley.School of Glass Kids: Presi-dential Portraits, 10-11:30 a.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Use variety of Bull-seye Glass materials to honoryour favorite president bycreating his portrait. Ages 6-18.$30. Registration required.321-0206. Oakley.

Art ExhibitsGiveMe Some Sugar: A SweetExhibit, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Indige-nous, Free. 321-3750; indige-nouscraft.com. O’Bryonville.

NatureMoondayMonday, 7-9 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Pro-gram covers moon phases,features, eclipses, rocks, mis-sions, myths and green cheese.$7, $5 children. 321-5186;www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.Mount Lookout.

Youth SportsPresident’s Day KidsportsCamp, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Cincin-nati Sports Club, 3950 Red BankRoad, Games, indoor sports,craft, swimming and more. Ages3-12. Prices vary depending ontime slot. Registration required.527-5026; cincinnatisportsclub-.com. Fairfax.

TUESDAY, FEB. 19Art & Craft ClassesMake+Bake: Coasters, 5-7 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., Students work withrange of Bullseye glass accessoryglass including colorful sheet,frit, stringer and confetti. Noexperience necessary. $40.Registration required. 321-0206.

Oakley.


Dance ClassesIrish DanceWee Ones Pre-schooler Class, 9:45-10:15 a.m.,Erickson Academy of Irish DanceLinwood, 673 Wilmer Ave.,Classes concentrate on basicfoot placement, jumping drills,timing to music and posture.$25 registration, $30 per month.Through May 21. 232-1366.Linwood.Irish Dance Youth BeginnerClasses for Homeschoolers,10:15-11 a.m., Erickson Academyof Irish Dance Linwood, 673Wilmer Ave., Ages 6-12. Learnbasics of Irish dance: foot place-ment, timing, posture, threesand sevens. $25 registration, $40per month. 232-1366. Linwood.Irish Dance Youth BeginnerAfter-School Class, 4:30-5:15p.m., Erickson Academy of IrishDance Linwood, 673 WilmerAve., Ages 6-12. Learn basics ofIrish dance: foot placement,timing, posture, threes andsevens. $25 registration, $40 permonth. 232-1366. Linwood.

Exercise ClassesYoga Strength and Stretch,9:30-10:30 a.m., Beech AcresPark RecPlex, 6915 BeechmontAve., Session 2. Weekly throughMarch 26. Address all areas ofthe body to tone and strength-en muscles while stretching,resulting in improved posture,flexibility and balance. Ages 18and up. $58, $48 residents.Registration required. Presentedby Anderson Township ParkDistrict. 388-4513. AndersonTownship.

Health / WellnessThe Heart Affair for Women,4-7 p.m., Anderson Center, 7850Five Mile Road, Heart-healthypasta, red wine and dark choco-late while getting free healthinformation and screenings.Learn more about women’sheart health from leadingcardiologist, heart surgeon andemergency room physician.Featured speaker: Dr. Rajinder P.Singh, clinical cardiac electro-physiologist. Ages 21 and up.$10. Reservations required.Presented by Mercy HealthPartners. 624-1260; www.e-mercy.com. Anderson Township.

Music - Hip-HopMod Sun, 8 p.m., 20th CenturyTheatre, 3021Madison Road,Independent artist refers to hisgenre of music as â€œHippyHopâ€ and describes his soundas an audible smile. $19.64.800-745-3000; www.ticketmas-ter.com. Oakley.

Youth SportsPre-School Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, $2. 388-4515. AndersonTownship.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Drawing andPainting from a clothed model.$120 per session of four classes.Reservations required. 259-9302.Mariemont.Introduction to KilnformedGlass, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, 4426 Brazee St.,Students guided through com-prehensive look at kilnformingtechniques through five differ-ent projects, glass cutting 101,safety, temperatures, kiln sched-ules and more. $195. Regis-tration required. 321-0206.Oakley.


Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.

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So much happening inFebruary! It’s HeartMonth, Lent starts, Val-entine’s Day is here and

so is Presi-dents’ Day.

Let’sstart withsomethingfor Valen-tine’s Daysince thatis one ofmy favor-ite specialdays.When I

was a kid, sweets were areal treat, due in part toMom’s lean budget andher and my Dad’s desireto feed the nine of uschildren a healthy diet.So when I was 16 andreceived my first Valen-tine box of candy frommy boyfriend, Jim, I wasin chocolate heaven. I’vegotten lots of Valentine’streats since then, butnone can take the placeof that first heart ofdrugstore chocolates.

Reach out this Valen-tine’s Day by remember-ing those folks whowould benefit from a funcard, a phone call or aplate of goodies.

“I love you”chocolate coveredcherries

These are amazinglyeasy to make and lookstunning in a heartshaped box. This recipeis appropriate for Presi-dents’ Day, too. Remem-ber the story of GeorgeWashington admitting tochopping down his Dad’scherry tree because hecouldn’t “tell a lie.”

1 jar l0 oz., maraschinocherries with stems

Drain cherries very well forseveral hours. Theymustbe dry for fondant toadhere.

Fast FondantNot a true fondant, but aneasy one. You’ll havefondant leftover. Freezefondant up to amonth.

3 tablespoons butter,softened

3 tablespoons light cornsyrup

2 cups powdered sugar12 ounces or so meltedchocolate

Mix butter and syrup,then mix in powderedsugar. It will look a bitdry but will come togeth-er as you knead itsmooth. If too soft to

handle, chill for 15 min-utes. (Mixture can alsobe made a week aheadand brought to roomtemperature). Shape 1⁄2 tol teaspoon mixturearound each cherry, fit-ting the fondant closelyto the cherry, enclosingthe base of the stem aswell. Roll in your palmsto smooth fondant. Placeon baking sheet and chilluntil firm. This is neces-sary for the chocolate toadhere. Melt chocolate.Let cool a bit – chocolate

will be still be warm andvery liquid. Dip cherryinto chocolate. Seal com-pletely or juice couldleak out. Place onsprayed baking sheet.Chill until firm.

To store: Store in tight-ly covered container infrig. Bring to room tem-perature before eating.

Cake pops:Recipe onmy blog. Fun for kids.Check out photo of grand-son, Jack, decorating cakepops hemade.

Heart healthyvegetarian redbeans and rice

When you pair ricewith beans, you have anice, protein filled dish.Try brown rice which isnutritionally better thanwhite. It will take longerto cook, and is absorbedmore slowly in your sys-tem you feel full longer.

1generous cup choppedonion

1generous teaspoon garlic,minced

1-2 teaspoons cumin1 teaspoon chili powder ormore to taste

2 cups rice2 cans, approx. 16 ouncesea., red beans, drained

4 cups low sodium, fat freevegetable or chickenbroth

Salt and pepper to tasteGarnish: Thinly sliced greenonions, chopped tomatoes

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Why would someonesend a check for severalthousand dollars to atotal stranger?

Although it soundscrazy, it happens every

day. But ifyou getone thosechecks anddeposit ityou couldend uplosingthousandsof dollars.

Sendingchecks tostrangers

has been going on foryears with the sendergiving a wide variety ofreasons for the check.But all these scams haveone thing in common –the checks they send youare phony and the moneyyou are to send themwillbe real.

Katelin Willman ofBrookville received oneof these checks after sheadvertised for a job onthe Internet.

“I’ve received severaldifferent job offers.Mostof them seem to be scamsbut this one in particulartoldme I could advertiseonmy car so it seemedreally good, easymoney.All I have to do is drivearound,”Willman said.

Willman told that email-er shewas interested.

“All of a sudden he sentme a check in themail formore than $2,400. The jobofferwas only for like$300. It seemed a littlefishy tome and that’s whenI contacted you,”Willmansaid.

I asked if shewas sup-posed to keep the extra$2,100 as some kind ofadvance on her salary, butshe said no.Willman said

shewas told, “Put it inmybank account, then get amoney order for the extramoney and send it out.”

“The check lookedlegitimate and real but itjust sounded weird,”Willman said.

Another sign this wasa scam is the senderdidn’t enclose the placardwith the ad that was to beplaced on the side of hercar. All she received wasthe phony check. Itseems very clear all thesender was interested inwas the money.

WhenWillmanemailed the sender say-ing she knew it was ascam, he wrote back.

“He said the FBI wasafter me because Icashed their check and Ibetter send the money orelse they’re going tocome after me… The sadthing is a lot of people

are going to fall for it andthey’re going to havetheir bank accountsdrained,” Willman said.

Unfortunately, Will-man is correct; a lot ofpeople have fallen forthis scam. In fact, theFederal Trade Commis-sion says fake checks arebeing used in a growingnumber of fraudulentschemes, including se-cret shopper scams, for-eign lottery scams, checkoverpayment scams andInternet auction scams.

That’s why, eventhough it cost the scam-mer nearly $19 for ex-press mail postage inWillman’s case, he canafford to pay it. He sendsout lots of these phonychecks and, even if only ahandful of recipients fallfor the scam, he canmake a lot of money.

Sometimes the phonychecks look like legiti-mate cashier’s checks orpostal money orders, butthey are never real. In allcases you are told todeposit the check intoyour bank account. Thenyou must send them yourgood money via WesternUnion or Money Gram –and that money can’t betraced. In fact, thethieves can pick up themoney at just about anylocation, often outsidethe United States.

Phony checks can takeweeks to discover andyou are responsible forany funds you withdrawfrom the bank againstthat check. Remember,once you sign the back ofa check and deposit it,the bank will hold youresponsible if that checkdoesn’t clear.

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Tracy A. BowlingTracy A. Bowling, 37, of

MountWashington died Jan.26. Hewas a US Army veteran.

Survived bymother, Brenda(nee Raines) Bowling; brother,Richard A. (Kathy Spier) Bowl-ing; companion, PattyMenden-hall. Uncle of Jamie, RichardM.and Brandon; and great-uncleof Richard andWilliam.

Preceded in death by father,Richard G. “Freight Train”Bowling; and sister, TinaM.Bowling.

Services were Jan. 31at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,MountWashington.

Michael JamesBrogan

Michael James Brogan, 70, ofAnderson Township died Feb. 4.

Survived by wife, Connie L.Brogan; childrenMichelle(Wayne)Wu, Sean (Jennifer)andMark Brogan, Melinda(Kevin) Engelkamp, Ashley,Kristen and Nicholas Roller;siblings Larry (lateMarge), Jay(Jackie) and Dan (Debby)Brogan, Pat (late Tome) Flani-gan and Kathy (Pete) Eide; 11grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

Preceded in death by parentsLawrence Brogan and Ger-aldineMoores; and sister, Sally(Ben) Loechtenfeldt.

Services were Feb. 8 at Im-maculate Heart ofMary, An-derson Township.

Kevin C. FlahertyKevin C. Flaherty, 59, of

Anderson Township died Jan.26.

Survived by wife, Karen K.Flaherty; children Kelly E. (Ben)Espelage, Daniel P. and DavidM. Flaherty; brothers Marc (Pat)and Brian Flaherty; many

sisters-and-brothers-in-law,nieces and nephews; andgrandchild, Nolan.

Preceded in death by parentsJohn Flaherty and Julia Bauer.

Services were Feb. 1 at Im-maculate Heart ofMary Church,Anderson Township.

Frederic H. HeisFrederic H. Heis, 67, of An-

derson Township died Feb. 4,Hewas a US Army veteran.

Survived by children Cinja L.,Frederic H. (Amy) Heis and BethA. (Matt) Sammons; siblingsForest S. (Nancy), Dr. Stephen D.(Lauren) Heis and SandraShrock; step-siblings Judith A.Doyle and Patricia A. (Richard)Schneider; and several niecesand nephews.

Preceded in death by parentsForest Heis and ClarabethHeis-Doyle.

Services were Feb. 9 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,MountWashington.

Ed E. JonesEd E. Jones, 76, of Anderson

Township died Jan. 26. Hewas aUS Navy veteran.

Survived by wife, Betty R.Jones; children Doug E. (Cindy)Jones and Sheri L. (Richard)Kendle; brothers Lowell (thelate Joyce) and Bob Jones; andgrandchildren Cody, Shelby andKara.

Preceded in death by parentsEather Jones and ThelmaBybee.

Services were Jan. 30 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,MountWashington.

Marian B. KnopfMarian B. Knopf, 88, of

MountWashington died Jan.27.

Survived by husband of 67years, Clarence Knopf; sonsSteve (Marlane) and Dennis(Rosann) Knopf; grandchildrenAndrew (Emily), Kevin (Rachel)Knopf, Irene (Dave) Tertl andJennifer (John)Munafo.

Preceded in death bymother,KatherlineMcGill.

Services were Jan. 30 atGuardian Angels Church,Cincinnati.

Mildred CatherineLengle

Mildred Catherine (neeSmith) Lengle, 94, formerly ofAnderson Township died Feb. 2.

Survived by son, Dennis(Maryellen); grandchildrenScott (Brooke), Kristen andLauren; great-granddaughter,EllaMarie Lengle; brother,Robert E. Smith; and nieces andnephews.

Preceded in death by hus-band, Arthur; and sisters Helenand Arline.

Graveside services will beconducted atWoodvale Ceme-tery inMiddleburg Heights,likely in April. Memorials to: theSalvation Army.

Michael P.McGowan

Michael P. McGowan, 80, ofMountWashington died Jan.24. Hewas a US Navy veteran ofthe Korean Conflict.

Survived by wife, Janet A.McGowan; children Kathy(Mike) Danner, TimMcGowanand Trish (Steve) Schad; sister,Mary Vuotto; grandchildrenJake, Heeth, Chelsie, Zach,Anna, Lizzie and Adam; andgreat-grandchildren Treyton,Brett and Aveyah.

Preceded in death by parentsPatrickMcGowan andMaryBarry.

Services were Jan. 30 at T.P.White and Sons Funeral Home,MountWashington.

Ruth B. RossRuth B. (nee Herren) Ross, 87,

of California died Jan. 27.Survived by children Dona

(Keith) Kelly, David (Kathleen)Ross andDaniel (Bren-da) Ross;grandchildrenKyle, Sean,Erin, Bret,Carmen,Shannon,Susan andJonathan; and

great-grandchildren Kelly andKaitlyn

Preceded in death by hus-band, Robert B. Ross.

Services were Feb. 2 atMi-hovk-Rosenacker FuneralHome, Evendale. Memorials to:

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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Black ofAnderson TWP, announcethe engagement of theirdaughter, Caia Lee, toJonathan Dickson Cross,son of Mr. and Mrs. JoeCross of Louisville, KY.Miss Black, a graduate ofMiami University, is aString Orchestra Teacherat Carrithers MiddleSchool in Louisville. Mr.Cross is a graduate of St.Bonaventure Universityand is a Salesman at CrossChrysler Jeep in Louisville.A June wedding is plan-ned in Louisville where thecouple will make theirhome.

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Suella SlemonsSuella Slemons, 70, of

Anderson Township died Jan.26.

Survived by children Eliza-beth (Chris) Slemons-Pack andMichael (Dawn) Slemons;brother, Robert Swales II;cousin, ReesWilliam SheppardMD; and grandchildren Jordanand Grayson Slemons.

Preceded in death by par-ents Robert Swales and Do-rothy Rees.

Services were Feb. 9 atAnderson Hills UnitedMethod-ist Church. Memorials to:Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy.

Robert L.Staggenborg

Robert L. Staggenborg, 87,of Anderson Township diedJan. 29. Hewas a US Armyveteran ofWorldWar II.

Survived by wife, Rosalie A.Staggenborg; children RobertC. (Beth) Staggenborg, Su-zanne (Rod Nelson) and Lisa(Fred Yaeger) Staggenborg;siblings Virginia Staggenborgand Jean Engie; and grand-children Charles and Laura.

Preceded in death by par-ents Henry Staggenborg andAnna Schilling; and brother,James Staggenborg.

Robert J. SweeneyRobert J. Sweeney, 91, of

Anderson Township died Feb.4. Hewas a US Army veteranofWorldWar II.

Survived by children Daniel(Cheri) Sweeney and Linda(Ted Schwing)Meiser; grand-children Christine, Stephanie,David, Michael, Blair and Lisa;and great-grandchildrenAddison, Ava, Sawyer, Jackson,Collin and Braden.

Preceded in death by wife,Beulah L. Sweeney; and par-ents James Sweeney and LillianTierney.


FredW. VogesFredW. Voges, 93, of An-

derson Township died Jan. 29.Survived by daughters Sandy

(Art)Wilhelm and Sue (Matt)Brammer; grandchildren Katie,Kristy, Joe (Megan) and Brian;and great-grandchild, Natalie.

Preceded in death by wife,Hela J. Voges; and parentsFredrick Voges andMaymeRoth.


Dorothy C.WallaceDorothy C.Wallace, 97, of

MountWashington died Feb.2.

Survived bymany nieces andnephews.

Preceded in death by hus-band, Charles D.Wallace; andparents Frederick A. Kemperand Lillian H.Wessel.


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“Studentswill also lookat landscaping to maxi-mize the amount of park-ing at the hospital, deter-minehowmuchtheirsolu-tion will cost, how theywill keep the hospital inbusiness during construc-tion and howbest to phasein the parking project.”

The students will workin teams and use trafficflow data, the number ofexisting and potentialparking spots and somecreative inspiration fromDanis’ design engineers asthey compete for prizes.

All student partici-pants will receive projecthard hats with theirnames engraved on themand other project materi-als. Thewinning teamwillparticipate in the ground-breaking ceremony laterthis year.

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our students,” said NagelPrincipalNatashaAdams.

“We value authenticreal-world critical think-ing that involves applica-tionofwhatstudents learn,active engagement in theproblem-solving processand building relationshipswith adults,” she said.

“These kind of experi-ences have the potentialto ‘spark’ interest in fu-ture course work and ca-reers. I can already see inthe early phase of thisproject how students arefinding out how dynamicreal world problems real-ly are and what kinds ofskills are important tohave. We are so thankfulfor the opportunity.”

MercyHealth – Ander-son Hospital is about toface a parking problem.

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ANDERSON TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsCourtney McGeehan, 33, 4490Timberglen #6, illegal pos-session of drug document, Jan.20.Kyle Anderson, 24, 494 Piccadil-ly, theft, Jan. 20.Coby L. Voss, 37, obstructingofficial business, drug instru-ment, Jan. 26.Susan E. Page, 34, 190 LindseyDriv, obstructing official busi-ness, Jan. 26.Benjamin J. Vickers, 34, 1220Bondick Drive, domestic vio-lence, Jan. 27.Gary W. Hodges Jr., 32, 3201

Queen City, carrying concealedweapon, aggravated menacing,marijuana possession, Jan. 29.Patrick R. Rose, 30, 1344 Coo-lidge Ave., domestic violence,Jan. 29.Blain Bevis, 18, 1094 Bruce Ave.,disorderly conduct while intoxi-cated, underage consumption,Jan. 23.Thomas L. Boswell Jr., 26, 1161Bruce Ave., felonious assault,Jan. 27.Juvenile, 16, assault, Jan. 22.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultMale adult was assaulted atAltercrest at Sutton Road, Jan.22.Breaking and enteringCartons of cigarettes, moneyand lottery tickets taken atAnderson Mini Mart; over$9,300 at Clough Pike, Jan. 27.Various tools taken from A-Tec;over $3,650 at RoundbottomRoad, Jan. 28.BurglaryJewelry taken at 7234 AyersRoad, Jan. 25.Laptop computer and Tablettaken; $1,000 at 6931Gold-engate #603, Jan. 23.Criminal mischief

Eggs thrown at vehicle at 1526Huntccrest, Jan. 20.Domestic violenceAt Nordyke Road, Jan. 24.At Bondick Drive, Jan. 27.At Coolidge Avenue, Jan. 29.Felonious assaultMale was stabbed with knife at1161 Bruce Ave., Jan. 27.FraudFemale stated ID used with noauthorization at 8456 North-port, Jan. 29.TheftA watch and wallet were takenfromMacy's; $177 at Beech-mont Avenue, Jan. 20.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers; $56 at Eight MileRoad, Jan. 21.Gift card taken; $50 at 7099 PetriRoad, Jan. 21.Toolbox taken from vehicle atKroger at Beechmont Avenue,Jan. 23.Female stated ID used with noauthorization at 1472 EightMile, Jan. 26.Fraudulent deposits withdrawnfrom Park National Bank; $740at Nimitz View, Jan. 15.

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Chris Early, born 1984, pos-session of drugs, 2231 SalvadorSt., Jan. 23.Cathy Williams, born 1959,menacing by stalking, aggra-vated menacing, 1925 LehighAve., Jan. 31.Shawna Smith, born 1979, theftunder $300, forgery, 2094Beechmont Ave., Jan. 31.

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and entering6304 Cambridge Ave., Jan. 29.8 Deliquia Place, Jan. 31.Burglary1748 Bloomingdale Ave., Jan. 24.1813 Mears Ave., Jan. 24.1257 Moonkist Court, Jan. 26.1711 Beacon St., Jan. 26.Criminaldamaging/endangering6358 Corbly St., Jan. 27.Forgery2415 Beechmont Ave., Jan. 30.Robbery2238 Beechmont Ave., Jan. 26.4511 Eastern Ave., Jan. 28.Theft1940 Lehigh Ave., Jan. 25.1921 Rockland Ave., Jan. 27.6242 Corbly St., Jan. 30.1229 Moonkist Court, Jan. 31.6545 Silverfox Drive, Jan. 31.

NEWTOWNArrests/citationsDeandre Lang, 24, 8 ParkwoodPlace, drug abuse, Jan. 22.Michael Meyer, 39, 3567 S.Heartland Drive, drug abuse,Jan. 22.Alexis Timerding, 23, 6419Clough Pike, bench warrant,Jan. 26.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults

charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.To contact your local police department:

» Anderson Township, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Lt.Mike Hartzler, District 5 commander, 825-2280» Cincinnati District 2, California and Mount Washington,Capt. Paul Broxterman, District 2 commander, police officerGermaine Love, neighborhood officer, 979-4400» Newtown, Tom Synan, chief, 561-7697 or 825-2280

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP1197 Beacon Road: Lux Phillip A.to Gkbk Properties LLC; $88,250.1458 Verdale Drive: CordesmanWilliam J. to 2jka; $65,000.1552 Citadel Place: FederalNational Mortgage Associationto Coy Geoff; $97,000.1696 Beechshire Drive: SchainostDianeM. to PliskinMeanie A.;$236,500.2008Whispering Pines Drive:Vargo Dave R. to FannieMae;$96,000.2071Butlersbridge Court: Feder-al National Mortgage Associa-tion to Forsythe Dwight;$104,000.2291Bretton Drive: Baker JaneA. Tr to Byone Johnny R. Jr.;$265,000.

2623 Royalwoods Court: ErnstSandra S. &Mark A. toMeisen-helder Jamie Lynn; $314,500.6664 Foster Ave.: AndreadisStephen to Fox Carly; $100,000.6914 Copperglow Court: Hef-fernan Thomas E. III & JoyM. toOren Liran; $250,000.7679 Anderson Oaks Drive: LipeToni F. to Lauzau Lauren E.;$160,000.7738 Fox Trail Lane: BorowitzKenneth & Lori to Ladd Darin;$315,000.7824Woodstone Drive: FederalHome LoanMortgage Corp. toRoberts Michael; $174,500.8053Meadowcreek Drive:Skinner Christine H to Brogham-er AmyM.; $500,000.987 Patricia Lane: MountWash-ington Savings Bank to Poyn-drum Properties LLC; $40,000.

MOUNTWASHINGTON1273Moonkist Court: SteffenRebecca L. to Reckers BrianM.;$111,000.1700 Beacon St.: Chu Patricia A.to Kraft ChristopherM.;$84,000.1706Mears Ave.: Re AcquisitionsLLC to Thai Co Lap; $65,000.6140Wasigo Drive: Uhl Patricia J.to ScheiderWilliam E.; $110,000.6612 Spindlewick Lane: NeuhartJohnM. to Ormond Brendan D.;$122,500.

REAL ESTATE

Hamilton CountyClerk of Courts TracyWinkler addressed theHamilton County PoliceChiefs Association Feb. 6to offer the assistance ofher office in the preven-tion of the fencing of sto-len property.

New provisions ofstate law allow the Clerkto provide a “do not buy”list to police chiefs who,in turn, provide that in-formation to pawn shopsand scrap metal dealersin their jurisdiction. Thelist includes people withprior convictions fortheft-related offenses.Pawn shops and scrapmetal dealers who re-ceive this informationare prohibited by lawfromdoing businesswiththe listed persons.

“My office standsready to assist local lawenforcement agencieswith timely, accurate in-formation to help dra-

matically slow thegrowth of theft and expe-dite the process of prose-cution of these types ofproperty crimes, “ saidWinkler. “This is just an-other example of the re-sources this office pro-vides and cooperation Ipledge to partner withlaw enforcement.”

Hamilton CountySheriff Jim Neil said,“This is exactly the typeof information thesebusinesses need to pre-vent them from violatingthe law by purchasingfrom persons known tobe thieves or receivers ofstolen property and thusrelieve them from possi-ble prosecution.”

The list will be avail-able to all HamiltonCounty agencies so theycan provide the appro-priate list to the pawnshops and scrap metaldealers in their jurisdic-tion.

County clerk offers help toprevent fencing stolen property

Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Tracy Winkler presentsHamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil with a list of “personsknown to be thieves or receivers of stolen property” atthe Hamilton County Police Chiefs Association meeting.


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Dr. Steve Heis, of Anderson Township, was recentlynamed Mercy Franciscan Hospital's Physician of theYear. There was a celebration event at the hospical.This award was voted on by fellow doctors and nursesin the hospital system. Heis graduated from AndersonHigh School in 1972; married Lauren Marcagi, also anAnderson graduate; and raised four children, who allgraduated from Anderson between 1999 and 2005.PROVIDED

First Financial Bankrecently opened its newAnderson Townshipbanking center at 7765Beechmont Ave.

“We’re proud to jointhe Anderson communi-ty,” said Michelle Ed-wards, First Financial’sAnderson banking cen-ter manager. “The newbanking centerwill allowus to continue to providehigh-quality service, in-novative banking solu-tions and expert finan-cial advice that our cli-ents expect and de-serve.”

The 3,420-square-footfacility was built usingthe bank’s prototype de-sign. The design includesvisual merchandising aswell as engaging retailgraphics to “take the cli-ent on a journey” re-minding them of defin-ing moments of successin their lives. The interi-or of the banking centeris open and accessible toclients.

The building also in-corporates several ele-ments that reflect thecompany’s commitmentto sustainability, includ-ing energy-efficientbuilding materials andlighting controls.

For more informationabout First Financial’snew Anderson bankingcenter, call 624-3440 orvisitwww.bankatfirst.com.

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The Officers of theBoard of Directors whowill lead the AndersonArea Chamber of Com-merce for 2013 are:

» Ken Schroeder, Mt.Washington Care Center;President

» JasonHuebner, Zim-com Internet Solutions,Inc.; Vice President

» Debbie Heitzman,Appearance Plus Clean-

er; Secretary» Al Peter, TreasurerNew members of the

» Lou Batsch, LouBatsch Architecture;

» John Croxton II, T.P.White & Sons FuneralHome;

» Vicky Earhart, An-derson Township Gov-ernment;

» Rob Herking, TheHerking Law Firm;

» Dallas Jackson, For-

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derson Township ParkDistrict;

» Tim Marcagi, Bene-fit Resources, Inc.;

» Tim Meyer, MeyerCapital Management,Inc.;

» Judy Schlagheck,Arden Courts – Ander-

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Mercy Health Partners;» Bob Temp and» Bob Wetterer, Co-

mey and Shepherd Real-tors;

» Anne Zimmerman,Zimmerman&Co., CPAs,Inc.

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Honorthe lifeofasignificantloved one and create a legacy intheir memory through fund-raising for the Anderson Foun-dation forParks andRecreationPlayground Fund.

Anderson Township ParkDistrict is currently acceptingnew honoree nominations forthe 10th Annual Run to Remem-ber 5K Run/Walk.

The atmosphere of Run to Re-member is one of celebration andinvolvesa5Krun/walkandanout-door after-partywith a concert.

Run to Remember began withthe family and friends of NancyHornafter she lost herbattlewithbrain cancer in September of2003. Itwasa tribute toherexcep-tionalviewonphysicalfitness,herfortitude, and her enthusiastic ap-proach to life.

After the success of the firstyear, the Horn family wanted toshare this event, and invited oth-ers tonominatea lovedone tobeaRun toRemember honoree.

Today, the event has expand-ed to celebrate the lives of al-most threedozen individuals in-

cluding Rick Alfieri, RachelBarnett, Erin Borchers Bates,Jordan Bonne, Kevin S. Brown,TonyaBrown,MartyDemmerleCarr, Patrick Fox, Vicki M.Gray, George Hayward, NancyHorn, Darrin Huston, RosanneMartin, Jack McQuery, GerryMeisman, David P. Moore, JohnNaish Jr., RobinA.Nance, JanetNemann, Ashley Oehler, KathyPadjen, Bill Parchman,David&Millie Pavlik, Chris Rowswell,Bob Rumke, Jeremy Shipley,SammySovilla, JulieStautberg,Jill Sutphin, Peter Tekulve,Meagan Toothman, Nina Volz,and BobWirth.

Hornwas a devotedwife andmother, and her family andfriends felt donating the eventproceeds to theAnderson Foun-dation forParks andRecreationPlayground Fund was the per-fect way to honor her memory.

Today, the legacy of all cur-rent and future Run to Remem-ber honorees lives on throughthis fund. During its nine-yearexistence, Run to Rememberhas raised more than $62,500.

These funds helped completetheplaygroundsatBeechAcresPark and Laverty Park, and fu-ture proceedswill benefit otherPark District playgrounds, in-cluding Juilfs Park.

Therewill alwaysbeaneed toenhance the playgrounds in theAnderson Township Park Dis-trict’s parks, just as therewill al-waysbechildrenintheAndersonTownship community in need offun and safe places to play.

Run to Remember 5K takesplaceSaturday,Sept.7,atBeechAcres Park. To submit a lovedone for consideration, pleasecall 388-5091 or visit http://bit.ly/11eWn74 for nominationforms and event details.

Selected honorees’ photoswill be incorporated inevent fli-ers,ATPDparkguides,website,event signage, memorial video,and their name will be on theevent T-shirt. In order to raisefunds for the playground fund,thenewhonoreenomination feeis $200.

Nomination deadline isMon-day, March 11.

Create a legacy forloved ones with run

WHOOO’S THERE

Hamilton County Park District naturalist Julie Robinson showsAnderson Senior Center member Nancy Newman the Blind BarredOwl. The owl lives at Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve and wasbrought to center along with Great Horned Owls and Red TailHawk. THANKS TO LIBBY FECK

TheAultParkConcoursd’Elegance, an annual classiccar show, will have its 36thyear, with weekend eventson June 7 and 8, and the Con-coursd’EleganceonSunday,June9, inCincinnati’s histor-ic Ault Park, featuring morethan 225 collector vehicles.

Event co-chairs are AnnKeeling, of Anderson Town-

ship, andKathyBeechem, ofMount Adams.

The featured marque for2013 is Porsche: From Roadto Racing.

TheAultParkConcoursd’Elegance fundraising event,“CruisinforaCure,”benefit-ing Juvenile Arthritis andchaired by Keeling and Bee-chem, will be 7 p.m,. Friday,

June 7, at The PinecroftMansion at The Crosley Es-tate.

The dressy-casual eventwill feature a live auction. Alimited number of tickets at$145perpersonwill be avail-able starting in early spring.For more information aboutweekend events, go to http://www.ohioconcours.com.

KathyBeechem, ofMt. Adams,and AnnKeeling, ofAndersonTownship, areco-chairwomenof theConcoursd'Elegance.PROVIDED

Anderson Twp.’s AnnKeeling co-chairing show

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