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FOODHere’s a friendshipbread recipe,so-called because it’smeant to be shared.Full story, B3

GIFT HORSELinda Pavey is askingeveryone not to forgetabout horses when itcomes to giving gifts.Full story, A2

Indian Hill increases taxesIndian Hill Village Council

voted to raise its income tax ratefor 2013.

Council conducted the thirdand final reading to increase itsincome tax rate from 0.4 percentto 0.6 percent.

The increase is expected togenerate an additional $2.8 mil-lion annually.

Council mem-bers previouslystated they want-ed to read the taxrate ordinancethree times togive residentsplenty of noticebefore the newrate takes effect

to start the new year.Council conducted the second

reading during its November

meeting and passed the measureby emergency during its Dec. 17meeting.

“We recognize raising taxes isthe last option, we also recognizethe structural change in thestate,” said Councilman Dan Fei-gelson, referring to the estate taxand local government fund re-ductions.

Feigelson said IndianHill offi-cials went through each depart-ment for budget cuts and the vil-

lage has also looked into sharedservices.

City Manager Michael Burnssaid Village Council has reducedthe tax rate in years in which theestate tax was high, and the vil-lage has takenmeasures to offsetbudgetary concerns.

“It’s a hole that cannot beplugged by cutting services,”Burns said.

Feigelson said the income taxrate has been as low as 0.2 per-

cent and as high as 0.7 percent.Mayor Mark Tullis said said

by raising the income tax rate In-dian Hill will be able to continuethe services residents expect.

“Indian Hill is as good a valueas you will find anywhere in thiscountry,” he said.

"Council has more work to doto live within our means and con-tinue the services residents areused to seeing" said CouncilmanMark Kuenning.

By Rob [email protected]

Feigelson

Indian Hill hopes to raise$100,000 to construct a pedestri-an bridge at Grand Valley Na-ture Preserve through privatedonations, and so far, the plan isworking.

In just a few weeks, the vil-lage has received $51,000 for theproject, which will connect sev-eral miles of trails within thepreserve.

"That's exciting news," saidCouncilwoman LindsayMcLean. "A lot of people havebeen very supportive."

She noted there have been ap-proximately 170 donations sofar, with more likely to come asthe fundraising effort con-tinues.

City Manager Mike Burnssaid the bridge will be built be-

tween the preserve's north andmiddle lakes. The village actual-ly constructed the foundationsthe bridge will be built on sever-al years ago, but never complet-ed the project.

"We'll be using those founda-tions," he said.

Due to budget concerns in re-cent years, the village has de-layedmakingmajor renovationsor repairs. However, that has re-cently changed. Indian Hillbought an environmental toiletthat will soon be installed, andsmaller landscaping projectsare typically completed in thesummer months by Boy Scoutsseeking their Eagle badge.

Fundraising so farhas includ-ed letters sent out to village resi-dents and users of the IndianHill water system, which are thetwo groups who have access toGrand Valley.

For more information on thepedestrian bridge, or to donateto the fundraising campaign,call 561-6500.

Grand Valleyfundraising offto a fast startBy Rob [email protected]

Indian Hill has recently began private fundraising for improvements atGrand Valley Nature Preserve. The current fundraising campaign isattempting to raise $100,000 to build a pedestrian bridge. FILE PHOTO

Village receives$51,000 for bridge

PICTURE THISCincinnati Country Day School sophomore Elizabeth Miller, of Madeira, takes a last look to make sureher pencil drawings are ready for display. She and other students had their artwork exhibited duringthe school's "Evening of the Arts," which also included music performances and other activities. Seemore photos, page A4. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

FUNDRAISERLighthouse Youth Services recentlyconducted its annual fallfundraiser.See photos, page B1.

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Linda Pavey is askingeveryone not to forgetabouthorseswhen it comesto giving gifts.

Pavey, founder of theBrennan Equine WelfareFund, is once again offer-

ing to match private dona-tions up to $5,000 to benefither fund, which awardsgrants to organizationsthat assist horses inneedofrescue or simply a place tolive.

Donations are being ac-cepted through Dec. 31.

She said the moneyraised last year went to-ward12grants to feedhors-eswithout homes and to re-train older horses for livesbeyond racing.

"For me, when I look at

that, I see a horse thatmight not have been help-ful with what it used to do,but can still help in anothercapacity," Pavey said.

She said in recent yearstheeconomicdownturnhasled to more horses in needof additional care, as own-ers haven't been able to af-ford the care some horsesrequire.

Pavey also noted manyrace horses unable to con-tinue running are often leftin horrible situations, butthey can be saved and giv-en second “careers,” suchas personal pets or stablehorses.

For more informationon the Brennane EquineWelfare Fund, visit thewebsite at http://bit.ly/URI1Yh.

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By Rob [email protected]

Linda Pavey, founder of the Brennan Equine Welfare Fund, is once again offering tomatch any donations up to $5,000 this holiday season. The fund helps find homes forhorses and offers grants to organizations that feed horses in need. ROB DOWDY/ THE

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Money is usedfor grants tohelp animals

Mariemont officials aretrying to get erosion undercontrol in one of the vil-lage’s parks.

They recently applied

for a $225,000 grant fromtheOhioPublicWorksCom-mission to repair a hillsidebehind 6610 MariemontAve.

If the village receivesthe grant, Mariemontwould be responsible for 10percent of the project cost,or about $25,000.

This landslide is nearWhiskey Creek, which runsthrough Dogwood Park onPleasant Street, and someareas of the hillside aremore eroded than others,said Village Engineer ChrisErtel.

“We’d like to (repair) thewhole thing, but it’s toolarge of a scope to handle atone time,” he said.

Councilman CortneyScheeser noted that erosioninthewoodedravineareaofthe park has been an issuefor a while.

In 2010 residents nearPark Lane expressed con-cernabout erosion through-out the area near the boath-ouse.

They said erosion hadtaken out a few trees on thehillsideandwidenedasmallditch to more than 5 feet.

This project doesn’t ad-dress those areas, andMay-or Dan Policastro said thelandslide behind the homeon Mariemont Avenue ismuch worse than the otherhillsides in the park’swoods.

“That whole area (be-hindMariemont Avenue) iscaving in,” he said. “Thereis a beautiful beech treethat’s probably a hundredyears old, and ifwe don’t dosomething it’s going to goover the hill.”

There used to be a con-crete drainage culvert inthat area, but it has sincewashed away, CouncilmanDennis Wolter said, andnow the water is flowingfreely and accelerating theerosion issue.

Ertel said they would benotified in mid-Decemberif they’ve received thegrant.

Mariemont applies for erosion helpBy Lisa [email protected]

St. Gertrude School cel-ebrated its 51st ChristmasPageant Dec. 19 in thechurch.

This is one of the manywonderful traditions theMiami Avenue school cele-brates each year and onethat the community thor-oughly enjoys as a staple ofthe Madeira Christmaslandscape. Both perfor-mances are free and opento the public.

The pageant, featured

students in grades onethrough eight, telling thestory of Jesus’ birth insong, dance, andwords andfeatured choirs, actors,and narrators. It is truly ahighlight for the eight-graders who are “lead” ac-tors in the pageant afteryears of supporting theevent in a choir.

Most recently, St Ger-trude hosted its Gallery ofSaints.

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As part of RockwernAcademy’s innovative all-school read program, stu-dents in preschool throughseventh-grade share onecommon assignment.

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After professional sto-ryteller Kathy Wise per-formed a folktale from thecollection for the entirestudent body, sixth- andseventh-graders enjoyed aworkshop with her. In thisworkshop, studentslearned storytelling tech-niques such as the use ofpuppetry, props, back-grounds, and differentvoices. Children in pre-school through fourth-grade very much enjoyedvisits from these travelingstorytellers as well as aplay written and per-formed by the fifth-grade.

Previous books in theall-school read programhave included “Three Cupsof Tea,”by Greg Morton-sen, and “Of Thee I Sing,”by Barack Obama.

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Kathy Wise leads a storytelling workshop at Rockwern Academy. THANKS TO JULIA WEINSTEIN

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Professional storyteller Kathy Wise performs "An Esrog AsBigÊAs a Horse,"a storyÊfrom "TheÊHungry Clothes," forstudents at Rockwern Academy. Wise made puppetsspecifically for this performance. THANKS TO JULIA WEINSTEIN

Quint Kaufman performs "The Half Blanket" for youngerstudents at Rockwern Academy. THANKS TO JULIA WEINSTEIN

Jacob Kotzin entertains Rockwern Academy students. THANKS TO JULIA WEINSTEIN

A4 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • DECEMBER 27, 2012

SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

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

Cincinnati Country Day School highlighted student creativityduring an “Evening of the Arts.”

The event featured student artwork and photography as well asmusical performances.

Students from a variety of grade levels participated in the pro-gram.

Photos by Forrest Sellers/The Community Press

Artattraction

Sophomore Grace Krammer, of West Chester,prepares to display photographs she took.

Senior Zach Higginbotham, left, of Loveland, chats with sophomore Gunnar Lykins, of West Chester.

Parent Matt Lykins, of West Chester, views the arton display.

Freshman JC Vogt, of Milford, plays keyboardfor the school's jazz band.

Senior Abby McInturf, right, of Indian Hill, who is in the advanced placement photography class atthe school, discusses some of the work on display with seniors Edwin Sam, of Liberty Township, andJohn Willingham, of Hyde Park.

JuniorMadelineElkin, right,of Florence,Ky., discussessome of herphotographswithclassmate,CarsonAquino, whois a juniorand residentof Lebanon.

Senior Will Bernish, left, of AndersonTownship, and sophomore Leonard Behrens, ofClifton, look at still life pencil drawings.

Band teacher and saxophonist Stephanie Wietmarschen, left, of Mason,leads the school's jazz band during a performance at the event.

DECEMBER 27, 2012 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • A5

SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Girls basketball» IndianHill defeatedMadei-

ra 42-29 on Dec. 15. JessicaArington led the Lady Braveswith 11 points.

Boys basketball» CHCA beat Lockland, 49-44

Dec. 14. Sophomore Will Drososscored 13 points. On Dec. 15, the

Eagles followed up the victoryby beating Dayton Christian 56-50. Adam Chappelle scored 15points.

» CCD defeated Clark, 47-40,Dec. 14. J.R. Menifee scored 13points.

Wrestling» Moeller won the Southwest

Ohio Wrestling Coaches Associ-ation Glenn Sample Classic atHarrison Dec. 15-16. ChalmerFrueauf was the champion at220 pounds. Finishing runner-up

for Moeller were Conner Zie-gler at113 pounds, AndrewMen-del at 132, Dakota Sizemore at170 and Quinton Rosser at 182.Finishing fourth were WyattWilson at152 pounds,DeanMey-er at 160 and Jerry Thornberryat 195.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

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

Indian Hill’s Smith excels in SoCalINDIAN HILL — She has

trained with swimming’s eliteand has the DNA of a father whoswam at Indiana in their elite1970s glory years.

Amanda Smith of Indian Hillhas shared chlorinated waterwith the likes of Olympians Mi-chael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Jessi-ca Hardy, Rebecca Soni and Alli-son Schmitt, to name a few.

She also has records that canbe traced from the Mason MantaRays (a team she now helpscoach) to Indian Hill to IndianaUniversity to the University ofSouthern California.

Her siblings still see hermarks and picture at Indian HillHigh School, where she was seenin class with wet hair from 2004-2007.

“I was a four-time state cham-pionandmysenioryear, Iwas thestate champ in the100 fly,” Smith

said. “Three years we were staterunner-up.”

She was also an individualstate champ in the 500 freestylein 2006. Her 100 butterfly markhassincebeenbroken,although ittookawhile forword toreachher.

“My mom didn’t tell me whenit happened,” Smith said. “I’mlike, ‘Records are meant to bebroken!’ I think my district rec-ords are still there.”

Smith originally followed thefootsteps of her father, Frank, byattending Indiana. Her grandfa-ther had also been an IU footballplayer. She was a two-time All-Americanhonorablementionandqualified for the 2008 Olympictrials there in four events.

“I swam there and attendedschool for two and a half years,”Smith said. “Through that secondyear, I felt it wasn’t the rightthing, therightculture. Ihadreada lot about Dave Salo, the headcoach ofUSC, and his philosophy.It was something I wanted out of

high school.”Her success at Indianaopened

the door to being recruited atUSC.

In Los Angeles, Smith went onto be a senior co-captain for a

team that finished third in twoconsecutive years in the NCAANational Championships.

This past March at Auburn,Smith anchored the 400 and 800freestyle relays which finishedeighth and fourth, respectively.The 800 relay team broke a USCschool record.

“I had always been on the 800freestyle relay at Indiana,” Smithsaid. “I also got to be on the 400freestyle relay at USC. It wasgreat to be on relays where twowere top eight and one was top16.”

Smithachieved fiveAll-Amer-ican honors in 2012 and over hercollegiate career was a nine-timeAll-American. This past season,she was nominated for the 2012NCAAWomanof theYear andPa-cific Athletic ConferenceAthleteof the Year awards. She also wasthe 2012 USC Female Trojan Ath-lete of the Year and won thePAC-12 TomHansen medal.

Scholastically, she was a 2011

and 2012 Marks Scholar Athleteand was an Academic All-Ameri-can.

If that wasn’t enough, Smithparticipated a second time in the2012 Olympic Trials.

“It’s something I can alwayssay I got to do,” Smith said. “I fin-ished top 20 in one of my races. Iwas very grateful. The kids Icoach now think it’s so awesomeand they ask me about it.”

Smith graduated from USC inMay with a Bachelor of Arts inHuman Performance. She hassince returned home to coachwith her former club team, theMason Manta Rays, and headcoach Ken Heis. While coaching,she plans to get hermaster’s withthe goal of teaching high schoolmath.

“I’m applying to schools allover,” Smith said. “I’m applyingin Cincinnati and Northern Ken-tucky, but I’m also applying inCalifornia. I’m not ready to endmy California dream.”

By Scott [email protected]

Amanda Smith was a captain ofthe USC women’s swim team andfinished her career with manyhonors. PROVIDED

CATCHING UPWITH COLLEGE ATHLETES

The following are submis-sions on student-athletes in theIndian Hill Journal coveragearea that have recently partici-pated in a college sport.

Sarah Rosenblum

SarahRosenblum, a freshmanmember of Miami University’swomen’s track and field team,has been selected for the 2013Redhawks indoor traveling team.Sarah graduated from IndianHill High School in June 2012.

At her first college indoormeet this season, she betteredher all-time 200 meter personalbest time by 1.1 seconds and fin-ished sixth in the event. The in-door season will resume afterwinter break.

While at Indian Hill, Sarahwas selected to the CHL All-Con-ference Track team 11 times insix different events and earnedsix CHL event championshipmedals in four different events.Sarah qualified for the regionalmeet each of her four years at In-dian Hill. As a senior, she waselected team co-captain, femaleMost Valuable Runner and was arecipient of the Tomahawkaward. In her sophomore year,Sarah’s 4x400 relay team brokeIndian Hill’s school record forthat event.

Off the track, Sarah is an APscholar and participated in DE-CA earning a district champion-ship and was state runner-up inthe Individual Marketing Man-agement competition her senioryear. She also qualified for DE-CA’s International competitiontwice and is a two-timewinner ofthe Indian Hill Marketing De-partment’s Personal Commit-ment award.

In the versatility department,Sarah played the drums in the In-dian Hill Braves Marching Bandfor three years and was the Girls3 Ohio StateWater Ski Championinslalom, tricksandjumpin2010.She has been coaching the trickskiers on the University of Cin-cinnati’s water ski team for thepast four years and UC has qual-ified for the Division I NationalCollege Championships each ofthose years. When she was 6years old, she was ranked fourthin thenation in theNASTARsnowski racing program and finished19th in the 9- to 10-year-old Ex-perts Division at the 2005 NAS-TAR National Championships.

Submitted by Mark Rosen-blum

Nicole BellNicoleBell, a 2012 graduate of

Indian Hill High School, is in themiddle of her first year playingbasketball at Indiana University.Bell, a Kenwood resident anddaughter ofDaveandSandyBell,

is enjoying success both on andoff the court as a Hoosier.

Nicole was named by IU as aScholarAthlete for her academicefforts first semester in nursing.On the court, Nicole is averaging21 minutes, 2.5 assists and 5.3points per game as part of a re-surgentHoosier program,whoserecord stands at 7-4 to date. Sherecently was named Big Tenfreshman player of the week.

Submitted by Dave Bell

Marcus RushMarcus Rush started all 14

games at defensive end forMich-igan State in 2011 as a freshmanand was named Big Ten Defen-sive Freshman of the Year, First-Team Freshman All-Big Ten, andSporting News and FWAA First-Team Defense Freshman All-America.

In his 2012 sophomore season,Marcus started in all 12 games atdefensive end for the Spartansand was named All-Big Ten Hon-orableMention. He has recorded93 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, sixsacks and has been rankedamong the top 10 defensive line-men in theBigTenbyESPN.com.

He will be starting for theSpartans for the 27th time onDec. 29 in Tempe, Ariz., whenMichigan State plays TCU in theBuffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

Marcus graduated fromMoeller in 2010 and was the GCLDefensivePlayer of theYear,Tri-State Defensive Player of theYear, First Team All-Ohio, andDefensive Lineman of the Yearby the Anthony Munoz Founda-tion.

Submitted by John Rush

Josie MacCuneJosie MacCune, daughter of

Karii MacCune, graduated fromCincinnati Country Day Schooland is currently a freshman atBostonUniversity and amemberof the women’s rowing team.

Her rowing career began atthe unprecedented age of 12 with

the Clermont Crew,whose boath-ouse is on the shores of HarshaLake in East Fork State Park.

The Terriers finished fourthwith a time of 15:48.52 in the nov-ice eight race ahead of crewsfromNortheastern,Georgetown,Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia andPenn at the Princeton Chase onLake Carnegie Oct. 28.

MacCune and her teammatesconcluded their fall schedule atFoot of the Charles on Nov. 10.Their novice eight boat led theTerriers with a third-place resultbeating top boats from UMass,Rhode Island, Rutgers and Buf-falo.

Submitted by Karii MacCune

Jo MacCune, seat two, second from the left, rows with her BostonUniversity teammates. THANKS TO KARII MACCUNE

Former Indian Hill sprinter SarahRosenblum is on MiamiUniversity’s track team and hasmade the winter indoor squad.THANKS TOMARK ROSENBLUM

Marcus Rush of Moeller now plays for Michigan State (No. 44). THANKS TO JOHN RUSH

Former Cincinnati Hills Leagueplayer of the year Nicole Bell isplaying as a freshman for IndianaUniversity. THANKS TO DAVE BELL

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I’m in the final process oftweaking our Medicare Part D(drug insurance policy) for 2013.It is an exercise purposely madedifficult so as to obfuscate thereal object of Congress, bigpharma, and the insurance in-dustry, that is … to gouge oldpeople, and taxpayers, for asmuch profit as is possible, with-out causing riots in the street.

Frankly, I’m pumped for theriot; I can’t wait to put the newhip to a more useful purpose.

At no time in my life, work-ing for large corporations, or in30 years as the owner of severalsmall businesses, did we everencounter such confusing insur-ance language, or such an at-tempt to rape the policy owner,

as can easily befound in Medi-care Part D.This is ashameful pieceof legislationfor you both.

Years agowe called for anegotiation ofdrug prices forMedicare,identical to that

of the Defense Supply CenterPhiladelphia, the VA, and all ofthe other government services.

You, Mrs. Schmidt, launcheda diatribe lauding the "free mar-kets," and indicating that thefree markets would sort out thepricing inequities. How woefully

wrong you were, and are. Thereare NO FREEMARKETS! Thislegislation was purchased!

You voted "NO" on requiringnegotiated Rx prices for Medi-care part D. Your website says,“Under the guise of negotiation,this bill proposes to enact draco-nian price controls on pharma-ceutical products.” (Has theDSCP, VA, and other govern-ment agencies enacted draco-nian price controls on largepharma…no!) “Competition hasbrought significant cost savingsto the program.” (Not even close– distribution has consolidatedand is less competitive) “Thecurrent system trusts the mar-ketplace, with some guidance, tobe the most efficient arbiter of

distribution.” What a joke thishas turned out to be.

You can buy many drugs atretail from Canada, for less thanthe insurance co-pay of thisMedicare insurance policy. Thisis not illustrative of free mar-kets sorting out legislative cor-ruption.

Mr. Chabot, I understand youwill soon be our representative.I call on you to work with othersin Congress to reduce the cost ofthis program by sponsoring abill to force the negotiation ofprices for drugs for this pro-gram.

This is a part of your Medi-care cost problem. Medicareshould pay no more for drugsthan does the VA, DLA, the

Army, Air Force, Navy, etc., etc.Do you find something wrongwith this concept, sir? Are you,sir, a fiscal conservative?

Have you, too, drunk the TeaParty Kool-Aid? The Tea Partyrepresents the large pharmaceu-tical manufacturers and theinsurance industry. They do notrepresent "Freedom,” "Liberty,”or the taxpayers of the UnitedStates.

Mr. Chabot, the Tea Partydecries a perceived $16 trilliondebt. It would be more impres-sive if they were raging againstthe real debt, which is $222trillion. http://bit.ly/Z0kpY4.

James Baker is a 36-year resident ofIndian Hill.

Medicare legislation is shameful

JamesBakerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

You trimmed it with deco-rations of red, hung a shiningstar upon the highest bough, hadpresents under it and maybeeven rocked around it, but nowwhat do you do with your Christ-mas tree?

Why notbring it to thefree Christmastree recyclingcollection pro-vided by theHamilton Coun-ty Recyclingand Solid WasteDistrict.

On Sat-urdays Jan 5and 12, fromnoon to 3 p.m.,

Hamilton County residents candrop off their Christmas tree,holiday greenery and other yardtrimmings at one of the follow-ing locations for free with proofof county residency (such as autility bill or driver’s license)

Locations:» Bzak Landscaping, 3295

Turpin Lane (off State Route 32),Anderson Township

»Kuliga Park, 6717 Bridge-town Road, Green Township

» Rumpke Sanitary Landfill,3800 Struble Road, ColerainTownship

Please keep the followingguidelines in mind when drop-ping off your Christmas tree:

» Remove all ornaments,tinsel, tree bags, etc.

» Landscapers and commer-cial establishments are not eligi-ble to participate in this pro-gram.

» Containers and plastic bagswill be returned.

» All children must stay in-side vehicles.

»Hamilton County residentsonly.

The Hamilton County Recy-cling and Solid Waste District isa division of the Hamilton Coun-ty Department of Environmen-tal Services which also encom-passes the Southwest Ohio AirQuality Agency. For more in-formation, visit the HamiltonCounty Recycling and SolidWaste District online at http://bit.ly/bND9Yo, call 946-7766, orinteract on Facebook and Twit-ter.

Holly Christmann is the programmanager for the Hamilton CountyRecycling and Solid Waste District.

Let yourChristmastree live on

HollyChristmannCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Last week’s questionNow that Michigan has ap-

proved legislation to ban man-datory collection of union duesas a condition of employment,becoming the 24th state in thenation to pass a right-to-worklaw, do you think Ohio lawmak-ers should attempt to pass simi-lar legislation?Why or why not?

“Yes. There was a time in thiscountrywhenpeoplehad toworkin sweat-shop conditions and ac-cept whatever compensationand terms their employers of-fered them. Those days are longgone.

“For one thing, there havebeen amyriad of regulations im-posedonemployerswith respectto how they treat their employ-ees. The need for the kind of pro-tection by unions that existed inthe late 19th and early 20th cen-tury has diminished greatly.Unions still serve a purpose, butnot the same as they originallydid.

“Another consideration is thecorruption that has flourished insome cases, and mob ties tounions. Restriction of individualfreedom has always been of im-mense importance to me, andthatkindofcoercion isdefinitelyin playwhenpeople are told theymust join a union andpaydues inorder to work.

“Yes, there is a negative ele-ment in the right-to-work envi-ronment which enables non-union workers to benefit fromthe privileges won by union rep-resentation. But forcing peopleto join unions is not the answer.As in everything else, thereneeds to be a sense of balance.”

Bill B.

“Ohio needs to pass right-to-work legislation for three rea-sons. First, it is the right thing todo. No one should be forced topayunionduesor fees inorder toget or keep a job.

“Second, it will give a much-needed boost to Ohio's economy.

Our labor laws will be morefriendly to business, which willmotivate employers to keep jobsinOhioor tobringnewoneshere.

“Third, it is a lot easier to dothisbypassinga law than tohavetoputareferendumontheballot.The legislature needs to do thissoon so that we don't lose groundto Indiana, Michigan, and manyother right-to-work states.”

T.H.

“Yes. Ohio's current legisla-ture couldn't care less about thecitizens, trying to force-feedabortion, isolating and offendingsimply everyminority, andmak-ing sure that guns are allowed inbars.

“The onlyway to reign in pub-lic union leaders, who throwtheir members under the bus atevery turn, is to take the stateback through tough legislationsimilar to the state ofMichigan.”

K.P.

“Absolutely! Ohio cannotcompetewithneighboring stateson this unless they pass equallegislation.

“Unions will survive, but itshould not be mandatory, andcertainly not mandatory to paydues to work. If working condi-

tions become bad, unions willarise, but to say that an individ-ual cannot work unless they jointhe union is absolutely wrong.

“South Carolina recently se-cured Boeing in Charleston, andbelieve me, every one of thoseemployees are happy to havetheir high paying jobs. What'ssad is that the unions took it tocourt to stop those people fromworking. It seems to me thattheir object is not to make jobs,but to give power to politicalbosses and union officials.

“Most recently Hostess wasforced to close its doors becausethe union insisted on things thatwere impossible for a companyin trouble to provide. Now, thou-sands are unemployed. Where isthe sense it that?”

J.K.

“Yes, workers should be freefrom compulsory union mem-bership in order to get a job.While the unions have madegreat strides in improvingwork-ing conditions, hours and fringebenefits, it should still be an indi-vidual choice.

“Some employers do deduct'negotiation fees' from pay-checks on behalf of the union tocover union costs at the bargain-ing table. But that fee should befair,not thefulluniondueswhichI saw at my last job.”

R.V.

“I think Ohio lawmakersknow better than to stick theirheads back into that particularbucket. At the very least theywillwait to seehowmanyRepub-licans are left standing after thenext Michigan election.

“What they did was a com-plete abandonment of the publictrust, not just on the union-bust-ing bill, but on about a dozen un-popular laws passed during theLame Duck session. If it hadn'tbeen for the Connecticut schoolshooting they would have madeit legal to carry weapons inschools.

“I know some of your readersthink that is a good idea, but thesimple fact is that gun carnage isdue to theabundanceofgunsandaffects hundreds of thousands ofU.S. citizens, far beyond schoolsor other places where guns aresupposed to be prohibited.”

N.F.

“I do not believe peopleshould be forced to pay uniondues as a condition on employ-ment. It theywant to join a unionthat’s their business.

“However, forced payment ofdues should not be a factor. Goodemployees are sometimespassedupdueto theduesfactor.”

E.S.

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NEXT QUESTIONFollowing the mass shootings atSandy Hook Elementary Schoolin Newtown, Conn., shouldCongress enact tougher gun-control laws, such as reinstatingthe nation’s assault-weaponsban, closing the so-called gun-show loophole permitting thesale of guns without a back-ground check, or prohibitingthe manufacture of high-capac-ity magazines? Why or whynot?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via e-mail. Send youranswers [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2012

The local non-profit organizationLighthouse Youth Services re-cently conducted its annual fall

fundraiser at a local country FrenchNormandy home. “Fall into Marche deFrance” included an afternoon of bou-tique shopping, lunch, French wines bythe glass and special guest Julia Baker,founder and CEO of Julia Baker Con-fections and “chocolatier to the stars.”A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Paris,Baker focuses exclusively on luxurychocolates and custom cake creations.

She has created confections for Bono,U2, Paris Hilton, Jennifer Aniston,Britney Spears and others. KarenCassidy and a committee of 45 womenplanned the benefit, which broughttogether 250 Lighthouse supporters tohelp raise more than $63,000 to providefunding for Lighthouse programs andwish list items for the youth theyserve. Area restaurants donated all thefood, and participating boutiques do-nated a percentage of their sales toLighthouse.

CONFECTIONSAND

COMPASSION

Jakki Haussler of Clifton,Karen Cassidy of Indian Hilland Julia Baker ofScottsdale, Ariz., enjoy thefestivities and help raisemoney at the LighthouseYouth Services annualfundraising event THANKS TO

TAMARA SULLIVAN

Attending "Fall into Marche de France" for Lighthouse Youth Services are Lis Faber ofMontgomery, Marcia White of Union, Ky., and Ann Hernick of Montgomery. THANKS TOTAMARA SULLIVAN

Allison Kahn of Indian Hill, Karen Abel of Wyoming and Helene Elkus of Wyoming attendthe Lighthouse Youth Services annual fall fundraiser. THANKS TO TAMARA SULLIVAN

Tamie Sullivan of Loveland and Chris Harris of HydePark help raise money at the Lighthouse YouthServices annual fundraiser.. THANKS TO TAMARA SULLIVAN

Carole Cutter-Hawkins ofAmberley Village and

Future Vincent Hicks ofSpringdale attend the

Lighthouse Youth Servicesannual fundraiser. THANKS TO

TAMARA SULLIVAN

Marilyn Zemboch of Indian Hill, Linda Mandel of Anderson Township and Gloria Lipson of Mt. Adams enjoy boutique shopping, French wines, lunch and confections at the LighthouseYouth Services fall fundraiser. THANKS TO TAMARA SULLIVAN

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THURSDAY, DEC. 27Exercise ClassesCardio 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. $10.617-9498; www.cardiodancepar-ty.com.Madisonville.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7-11 p.m.,Mama Vita’s, 6405 Branch HillGuinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m., GoBananas, 8410 Market Place,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

Religious - CommunityA Short Course in Quakerism,7-8:30 p.m., Cincinnati FriendsMeeting, 8075 Keller Road, PaulBuckley, Quaker author present-ing. Ages 16 and up. $5 persession or $45 for all 10 sessions.Through Feb. 21. 207-5353;www.cincinnatifriends.org.Madeira.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Donations accepted. 673-0174.Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 28Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings and consultationabout your wellness needs. Free.784-0084. Silverton.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 2-4 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeif-fer Road, Full-court basketballgames for men. $15. ThroughFeb. 23. 985-0900.Montgomery.

SATURDAY, DEC. 29Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

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

Music - BluesSonnyMoorman Group, 10p.m.-2 a.m., Shady O’Grady’sPub, 9443 Loveland-MadeiraRoad, 791-2753. Symmes Town-ship.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m. and10:30 p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

PetsCat Adoptions, 1-3 p.m., OhioAlleycat Resource, 5619 OrlandoPlace, Volunteers answer ques-tions about the cats. ThroughDec. 30. 871-7297; www.ohioal-leycat.org.Madisonville.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 2-4 p.m., TriHealth Fitnessand Health Pavilion, $15. 985-0900.Montgomery.

SUNDAY, DEC. 30ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, Free. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.

Indian Hill.

On Stage - ComedyMike Vecchione, 8 p.m., GoBananas, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

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

MONDAY, DEC. 31Dining EventsNew Year’s Eve Dinner, 5 p.m.,Brown Dog Cafe, 5893 PfeifferRoad, Four-course meal fromspecial menu. $49.99; $40.99seated before 5:30 p.m.; plus taxand gratuity. 794-1610. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Braxton F. CannMemorial Medical Center, 5818Madison Road, Fifteen-minutescreenings. Cost varies perinsurance plan. Financial assis-tance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-

quired. 686-3300; www.e-mercy.com.Madisonville.Mobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., WalgreensLoveland, 10529 LovelandMadeira Road, Fifteen-minutescreening. Cost varies per insur-ance plan. Financial assistanceavailable for qualified appli-cants. Appointment required.686-3300; www.e-mercy.com.Loveland.

Holiday - New Year’sNew Years Eve Extravaganza,9 p.m., Sneaky Pete’s, 8512Market Place Lane, Music by DJNikki B. Party favors and freeChampagne toast at midnight.Ages 21 and up. $5 advance.793-1980; www.cincyticket.com.

Montgomery.New Years Eve withMikeVecchione, 7:30 p.m. ($20) and10 p.m. ($40), Go Bananas, 8410Market Place, After second showparty favors, snack plates, andbottles of champagne will behanded out. Comics will retakestage and begin the countdownwith prizes and jokes. Then joincomedians with guests andlaugh in the new year. Ages 21and up. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.New Year’s Eve, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, In additionto regular dinner menu, somespecials from the chef will beoffered. Reservations required.

247-9933; www.deshas.com/cincinnati.Montgomery.New Year’s Eve Party, 9 p.m.-1a.m., HD Beans and Bottles Cafe,6721Montgomery Road, Classicrock music by Diamond JimDews Band. 793-6036;www.hdbeans.com. Silverton.

Music - RockNoah Hunt and the 420 All-stars, 9:30 p.m., MVP Sports Bar& Grille, 6923 Plainfield Road,With Grooveshire. Doors openat 4 p.m. Ages 21 and up. $15,$10 advance. 794-1400. Silver-ton.

RecreationKids New Year’s Eve Over-night, 7 p.m.-8 a.m., MayersonJCC, 8485 Ridge Road, Childrenring in new year with ball drop,noisemakers and special “bub-bly toast” at midnight. Ages 0-6.$45, $35 members. Registrationrequired. 761-7500; www.mayer-sonjcc.org/nye. Amberley Vil-lage.

TUESDAY, JAN. 1Holiday - New Year’sNew Year at the J, 7 p.m.-8a.m., Mayerson JCC, 8485 RidgeRoad, Noisemakers, ball dropand special bubbly toast atmidnight. Includes activities atwaterpark, gym, bounce house,a movie and breakfast. Bring aswim suit, towel, sleeping bag,pillow, pajamas, toothbrush andtoothpaste. Grades K-6. $45, $40for siblings; member advantage:$35, $30 siblings. Reservationsrequired. 761-7500; www.join-thej.org. Amberley Village.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Deborahdiscusses, with weekly demon-strations and one-on-one in-struction, how to achieve spon-taneity, character and life inyour figure painting. $80 permonth. Reservations required.259-9302; deborahridgley.com.Mariemont.

Music - AcousticKevin Fox, 7-10 p.m., MamaVita’s, 6405 Branch Hill GuineaPike, Free. 324-7643. Loveland.

Parenting ClassesHypnoBirthing, 5:45 p.m. and 8p.m., Bethesda North Hospital,10500 Montgomery Road,Weekly through Jan. 30. Child-birth series rejects myth thatsuffering must accompany labor.$200 per birthing team for10-week package. Registrationrequired. 475-4500; www.tri-health.com.Montgomery.

THURSDAY, JAN. 3Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

On Stage - ComedyJeremy Essig, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place, Act isladen with musical references,and his views on current state ofChristian music. Ages 18 and up.$8-$12. 984-9288; www.jere-myessig.com or www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, JAN. 4Fashion ShowsFashion Angels Charity Fash-ion Event, 6-10 p.m., Recep-tions Banquet and ConferenceCenter Loveland, 10681 LovelandMadeira Road, Showcasing localdesigners and artists. BenefitsAmerican Cancer Society, Fre-estore Foodbank and the Beau-tiful Minds. $50, $35. Presentedby Rob Deaton Photography.646-249-3830; fashionangel-s.org. Loveland.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, Free.784-0084. Silverton.

On Stage - ComedyJeremy Essig, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$12.984-9288; www.jeremyessig.comor http://www.gobananascome-dy.com.Montgomery.


SATURDAY, JAN. 5Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 10-11 a.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.

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

Health / WellnessDiabetes ConversationMaps,10 a.m.-noon, Lisa Larkin, M.D. &Associates, 4460 Red BankExpressway, Suite 100, Topic:What is type 2 Diabetes? Smallgroup discussions of Type 2diabetes led by Jan Kellogg,certified diabetes educator. $30all four sessions; or $10 persession. Presented by Lisa Larkin,M.D. & Associates. 271-5111;www.lisalarkinmd.com.Madi-sonville.

On Stage - ComedyJeremy Essig, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$12.984-9288; www.jeremyessig.comor www.gobananascomedy-.com.Montgomery.


SUNDAY, JAN. 6ExhibitsMerry Christmas CharlieBrown, Noon-5 p.m., Gree-nacres Arts Center, Free. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

On Stage - ComedyJeremy Essig, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, $8-$12. 984-9288;www.jeremyessig.com orwww.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, JAN. 7Cooking ClassesBasics - Series of 3 CookingClasses – Class 1, 6-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, Covers funda-mentals of cooking includingbasic techniques, vocabulary,ingredients and food safety.Ages 18 and up. $185 series of 3.Reservations required. Present-ed by Cooks’ Wares - SymmesTownship. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

SportsBCS National ChampionshipGameWatch Party: Alabamavs. Notre Dame, 8 p.m., Fire-house Grill, 4785 Lake ForestDrive, With local Alabama fans,friends and alumni. All ageswelcome. Free. Presented byGreater Cincinnati Chapter ofThe University of AlabamaAlumni Association. 733-3473;www.facebook.com/bama-cincinnati. Blue Ash.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8EducationIntroduction to eBooks forKindle, 6 p.m., Deer ParkBranch Library, 3970 E. GalbraithRoad, Learn how to use theLibrary’s downloadable col-lection to borrow eBooks. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

On Stage - ComedyOrganic Comedy Tour, 8 p.m.,Go Bananas, 8410 Market Place,Tour and documentary featur-ing comedians Jarrod Harris andRyan Singer traveling aroundthe country in Jarrod’s RV. Ages18 and up. $7. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

Parenting ClassesMore Signing, Less Whining,6:45 p.m., Bethesda NorthHospital, 10500 MontgomeryRoad, Includes pre-verbal com-munication, earlier speechdevelopment, enhanced intel-lectual development, pictorialdictionary and Signing SafariCD. $45 per couple. Registrationrequired. Presented by SigningSafari, LLC. 475-4500; www.sig-ningsafari.com.Montgomery.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9Art & Craft ClassesPortrait Painting and DrawingClass, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center. 259-9302.Mariemont.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Celebrate New Year's Eve from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at the Mayerson JCC,8485 Ridge Road, Amberley Village. In addition to a ball drop and special bubbly toast atmidnight, enjoy activities at the waterpark, gym, bounce house, a movie and breakfast.Bring a swim suit, towel, sleeping bag, pillow, pajamas, toothbrush and toothpaste. Thecelebration is for kindergarteners through sixth-grade. Cost is $45, and $40 for siblings.Member advantage is $35, $30 for siblings. Reservations are required. Call 761-7500, orvisit www.jointhej.org. AMANDA DAVIDSON/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Last week I mentioned afriendship bread recipe on myblog. But I had a request from areader who doesn’t blog andwanted to “send a huge batch tomy grandson and his unit in

Afghanistan.”Well, that did

it. Some of ushave family inthe armed forcesor know of thosewho are keepingour nation safe,so I’ve decided ifit’s that special toour troops, itdeserves spacehere. It’s a fun

project in food chemistry tomake with the kids during holi-day break.

Friendship bread is so-calledbecause the starter is meant tobe shared. Since vintage recipesare “hot” right now, you’ll be ohso trendy! These particularfriendship “breads” are sweetand taste like a quick bread. Ifyou want them even more cake-like, sprinkle top of batter withmixture of sugar and cinnamon.One reader uses butterscotchpudding instead of vanilla in thesecond recipe.

Friendship bread yeaststarter

Leave on counter, don’t re-frigerate. Put in large bowl orcontainer, covered lightly withwrap. You can use plastic, stain-less steel or glass. Or put inlarge sealed baggie, in whichcase you’d squeeze baggie in-stead of stirring with a spoon asindicated below. You may haveto open baggie occasionally tolet the gasses, which form fromthe yeast, escape. You’ll know ifyou have to do this if the bagpuffs up a lot. Regarding yeast,use regular dry yeast, not rapidor fast rise.

I will tell you that I have

forgotten about the 10-day tim-ing and the bread still turned outnicely anywhere from 9 to 11days. If you go over the timelimit, just give it a stir each day.

Freeze the starter? One of myreaders freezes the starter forup to a month if she has extra.Now I haven’t done this myself,but she says it works just fine.

Day 1: Stir together 1 cupflour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milkplus 1 envelope (0.25 oz. or 21⁄4teaspoons) dry yeast.

Days 2 through 5: Stir withspoon.

Day 6: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup

sugar, 1 cup milk.Days 7 through 9: Stir with

spoon.Day 10: Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup

sugar, 1 cup milk.Stir and put 1 cup mixture

into three separate containers.Give two away, use the last cupas your new starter and usewhat’s left in the bowl to makebread. Mark date on starters.

Between the two cakes givenbelow, it seems like the one withthe pudding mix is the mostpopular. I can’t decide which Ilike better!

Friendship bread No. 1,without pudding

With what’s left in the bowl,beat in the following:2⁄3 cup oil3 eggs1 cup sugar2 teaspoons cinnamon, apple pieor pumpkin pie spice

11⁄4 teaspoon baking powder

1⁄2 teaspoon salt1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda2 cups all-purpose flour

If you want, you can throw ina handful of raisins, choppedfresh or dried fruit, nuts, choco-late chips, etc.

Pour into two sprayed andsugared loaf pans (before pour-ing batter in, sprinkle somesugar in the pans on the bottomsand sides, and dump out excessif you like). Or mix in a bit ofcinnamon with the sugar. Bakeat 350 degrees for 50-55 min-utes. Cool 10 minutes beforeremoving from pan.

Friendship bread No. 2,with pudding

Because of the pudding in thebatter, this is sweeter.

With what’s left in the bowl,beat in the following:

3 eggs1 cup oil1⁄2 cupmilk1 teaspoon vanilla

In a separate bowl, stir to-gether and then beat with eggmixture:

2 cups all-purpose flour11⁄2 teaspoons baking powder1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda1⁄2 teaspoon salt1 cup chopped nuts (optional)1 large box instant vanilla pudding(5 oz. approximately)

1 cup sugar2 teaspoons cinnamon, apple pieor pumpkin pie spice or more totaste (optional, but very good)

Follow directions above forpreparing pans. Bake at 325degrees for 50-60 minutes.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator and author. Email herat [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in the subjectline. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356. Go toher blog at cincinnati.com/blogs.

Begin a batch of friendship bread

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

These friendship breads are sweet and cake-like. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

MOMS’ FAVEPretzel “turtles” on my blog.

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Armstrong Chapel UnitedMethodist Church is againoffering its Divorce Care pro-gram to the community and

making three additional supportgroups available too.

The following divorce-relatedprograms are offered at thechurch, 5125 Drake Road inIndian Hill.

Divorce Care for Kids, Tues-days from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. inRoom 209. This 13-week sessionis for children ages 5-12 years.

Divorce Care for Teens, Tues-days from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the“L” youth facility. This 13-weeksession is for students grades6-12.

Divorce Care, for individualswho are separated or divorced,is Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

in the Armstrong Room. It’s a13-week session and there is nocharge.

Grief Share, from 5:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m. in the ArmstrongRoom. This 13-week programwill help participants under-stand the grieving process andoffers them resources for re-building their lives.

Each group is open to thepublic, there is no registrationfee and interested individualsmay join a group at any time.For more information, call thechurch office at 561-4220.

The church is at 5125 DrakeRoad; 561-4220.

Ascension LutheranChurch

Worship services are at 8:30and 11 a.m. Sunday School for allages is at 9:45 a.m. The commu-nity is invited to participate inthe activities and worship ser-vices.

Ascension is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288.

Bethel BaptistTemple

Sunday School is 10 a.m.;Sunday worship is 11 a.m. Thechurch offers AWANA children’sBible clubs during the schoolyear at 7 p.m. Wednesdays forchildren ages 2 through sixth-grade. The program is on Christ-mas break, but returns Wednes-day, Jan. 9, with “SnowballNight.” Call the church forinformation.

The church is at 8501 Plain-field Road, Sycamore Township;bethelbaptisttemple.org.

Blue AshPresbyterian Church

The church is collecting per-sonal hygiene products (tooth-paste, soap, shampoo, etc.)during the month of Decemberfor Northeast emergency Dis-tribution Services (NEEDS).

God Squad, the youth group,is meeting regularly now andplanning new events. Youth ingrades seven to 12 are invited toattend.

Sunday School classes (Bible101 and the Thoughtful Chris-tian) meet at 9 a.m. in theFellowship Hall. Jacob’s Ladder isthe theme for Sunday School(pre-K through 12th-grade);these classes are held after thechildren’s sermon in the worshipservice.

The BAPC Bowling Group willmeet at 9:45 a.m. on everyThursday at Crossgate Lanes.

Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care is avail-able.

Sunday sermons are recordedand available on the churchwebsite.

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153.

Brecon UnitedMethodist Church

The church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.

Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thursdayand Saturday. Samaritan Closetoffers clothing and food topeople with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays. The Samaritan Closetis next to the church.

The church is at 7388 E. Kem-per Road, Sycamore Township;489-7021.

Chabad JewishCenter

After 65 years you wouldthink that people already havegotten used to the idea ofJewish people governing theirown country given to them byG-d so many thousands of yearsago. Yet anti-Israel sentimentand it’s not so latent sourceanti-Semitism and has not onlynot abated but in certain quar-ters it has even taken on a moresubtle and insidious form.

An anti-Semite can do tre-mendous damage to Israel’simage by hiding behind a slant-ed choice of words used toreport an incident, a shockingphoto taken out of context, or aprejudiced opinion piecemasked as an outcry of moraljustice that is based on deliber-ate superficiality, ignorance ormisinformation.

That is why whistleblowerDavid Nesenoff deserves suchcredit for his work in uncoveringone such person. On AmericanJewish Heritage Celebration Dayon May 27, 2010, David in-terviewed the renowned veter-an White House correspondentand columnist Helen Thomas,known as the “dean" of theWashington, D.C. press corps,and unintentionally discoveredher to be what in our post-holocaust generation can onlybe described as a raw andvirulent anti-Semite. Whenasked for comments on Israel,she replied: "Tell them to get

the hell out of Palestine.”WhenDavid followed up by asking“Where should the Israeli Jewsgo?” Thomas responded thatthey can "go home" to Polandor Germany.

Needless to say, this incidenthelped retire Thomas’s careerfor good. It also catapulted herinterviewer David Nesenoff intothe limelight—which turned outto be less pleasant than hemight have imagined. Positivemedia interviews and compli-mentary feedback abounded,but so did the death threats andtens-of-thousands of pieces ofhate-mail.

Recently Nesenoff took hislife-changing experiences,insights, and love of Israel andcombined them into one power-ful and hilarious, touching andirreverent lecture entitled“Whose homeland is it any-way?” that has inspired andentertained audiences aroundthe world.

At 7:30 p.m., On Tuesday, Jan.8, filmmaker, songwriter, andwhistleblower David Nesenoffwill bring his unforgettablepresentation “Whose HomelandIs it Anyway?” to Cincinnati. Forreservations and more informa-tion, call 793 5200, or visit thecenter website.

Chabad Jewish Center is at3977 Hunt Road, Blue Ash;793-5200; www.chabadba.com

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Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

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Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

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Incidents/investigationsTheftAt 4980 Drake Road, Dec. 6.Female reported this offense at8140 N. Clippinger Drive, Dec.5.

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A BALLET TRADITIONMargot Brunette ofIndian Hill gets readyto perform in theCincinnati Ballet's"The Nutcracker." Shewas among severalyoung, talenteddance studentsworked hard sincetheir Augustauditions. Thesedisciplined studentsbalance weeklyrehearsals, regulardance classes andacademic studieswhile contributing toone of Cincinnati'smost beloved holidaytraditions. The balletwas performed Dec.14-23. THANKS TO ALLIE

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The American HeartAssociation recently wel-comed Sia Ruppert of Indi-an Hill as Heart Ball direc-tor of the Cincinnati Metrodivision.

The 20th annual HeartBall will be Saturday, Feb.23, at the Duke EnergyConvention Center. Thisblack-tie gala is the annualcelebration of the lifesav-ing work of the AmericanHeart Association.

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AmericanHeart Asso-ciation.“Her yearsof experi-ence inevent man-agement,fundraisingand com-

munity engagement willsignificantlyaddto thesuc-cess of the Heart Ball.”

Ruppert brings morethan20yearsofexperiencein fundraising and eventplanning to her new posi-tion. She has done consult-

ing for various nonprofitsand has held leadershiprolesasavolunteer for sev-eral charities. Sia was pre-viously employed by theCincinnati Ballet, and theAmericanDiabetesAssoci-ation in both Houston andDallas, Texas.

Ruppert will be respon-sible for overseeing volun-teer committees and theExecutive LeadershipTeam which support theevent.

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ANIMALS/ NATUREGrailville – needs volunteers

for the garden in Loveland.Volunteer days are 9 a.m. tonoon selected Saturdays. For acomplete list visitwww.grailville.org or call 683-2340. Volunteers will work inthe kitchen and herb gardens.No experience is needed, volun-teers may participate once or forthe entire season. Volunteersshould bring gloves, waterbottle, sunscreen, hat, footwearthat can get dirty and a snack ifdesired. Tools are provided.

GRRAND – Golden RetrieverRescue and Adoption of NeedyDogs takes in needy displaced,abandoned or unclaimed straygolden retrievers and placesthem in volunteer foster homesuntil adoptive families arefound. Call 1-866-981-2251 andleave your name and phone.Visitwww.ggrand.org. [email protected].

League For Animal Welfare –A no-kill shelter needs volun-

teers 16-and-older to helpsocialize cats and 18-and-olderto socialize and walk dogs.Other opportunities available.Call 735-2299, ext. 3.

Save the Animals Foundation– Needs people 18 and older tostaff its shelter for homeless catsand dogs. Call 378-0300 for catsand 588-6609 for dogs.

Spring Grove Cemetery andArboretum – has a new horticul-ture volunteer program. Volun-teer opportunities includeworking side by side SpringGrove’s nationally-renownedhorticulture team at this Nation-al Historic Landmark. Groups ofvolunteers will be developed tohelp in the following areas:keeping the front entrance arealooking spectacular, controllinginvasive species, taking care ofthe tree and shrub collection.They are also looking for avolunteer, or volunteers, to helpwith the hybrid tea roses. Newvolunteers join the volunteerdocents who are ambassadorsfor the cemetery and arbore-

tum. Information sessions,conducted the last Saturday andfirst Wednesday of each month,will explain the volunteer oppor-tunities. Sessions are at 10 a.m.in the Historic Office, just insidethe main entrance to the ceme-tery. For more information,contact volunteer coordinatorWhitney Huang, Spring Grovehorticulturist, at 853-6866.

Tri State County AnimalResponse Team (CART) – Is at11216 Gideon Lane in SycamoreTownship. Meetings are open tothe public. Visitwww.tristatecart.com formonthly subjects or more in-formation. Call 702-8373.

WintonWoods Riding Center– is in need of volunteers toassist with the Special RidersProgram, which provides train-ing and competition opportuni-ties for children and adults withdisabilities, and to help withbarn duties, horse shows and avariety of other tasks. No experi-ence is necessary and training isprovided. Interested individualsages 14 and older are invited tocontact the WintonWoodsRiding Center at 931-3057, or [email protected].

PROFESSIONALSERVICES

Executive Service Corps ofCincinnati – Professionals canuse their administrative skills tohelp a busy, growing nonprofitmanage its projects and mem-bers. Executive Service Corps ofCincinnati is looking for some-one with experience in Word,Excel, Power Point and Outlookto assist in the Blue Ash office.Volunteers set their own daysand hours and enjoy nice work-ing conditions and friendly,bright volunteers and staff. Helpthe ESCC help other nonprofitssucceed. Contact Darlyne Kore-tos for more information at791-6230, ext. 10. ESCC is at10945 Reed Hartman Highway,Suite 108.

HEALTH/WELLNESSBethesda North Hospital – has

openings for volunteers in avariety of areas. Call 865-1164 forinformation.

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