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With the approval ofBlue Ash city council,phase two is moving

forward for Summit Park. Phase two construction in-

cludes the community build-ing, site work and the glasscanopy.

Council approved the cityentering into a contract withNovum Structures, LLC, aninternational specialty con-tractor, to build the canopy.Council approved the pre-construction design for thecanopy last year.

“It is a specialized struc-ture and there are only cer-tain people in the US that de-sign this sort of thing,” ViceMayor Tom Adamec said.

The glass canopy will costmore than $2.5 million ofphase two’s $10-12 millionbudget. Summit Park’s totalconstruction budget is $40million.

City Manager David Waltz

said many events in the parkwill take place under the can-opy.

“It is such a large struc-ture and it is going to allowfor so much more program-ming under a cover. You don’tsee the scope of it on theplans,” Councilman Marc Sir-kin said.

Waltz said the canopy isabout twice the size of theCooper Creek banquet centeror about the size of the heartof Fountain Square in down-town Cincinnati.

Waltz added it will be largeenough to put a temporarystage underneath it, a smallcar show or possibly a smallice skating rank.

“There are a lot of thingsyou can do. It certainly doesextend the season for us,” hesaid.

The community buildingwill hold the electrical con-nections, restrooms, storage,some program and officespace and a restaurant, Watlzsaid.

Brown Dog Cafe, 5893Pfeiffer Road, is planning tomove to the community build-ing. The restaurant will be us-ing 3,750 square feet of thebuilding. Brown Dog is achef-owned restaurant andwine bar that is open forlunch and dinner and offersfresh fish, wild game andmany gluten-free options.

Though the city is turningits focus phase two of thepark, improvements are stillbeing made to parts of phaseone. Council approved moreirrigation to be added to thepark and additional tree stak-ing for the newly plantedtrees to help them stand upagainst the high winds in thepark.

Phase two is scheduled tobe completed in the summerand a grand opening will be inAugust.

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An artist’s rendering shows the glass canopy, which will be part of the phase two construction in Summit Park.The canopy will cost more than $2.5 million.

Phase two of SummitPark moving forward By Marika [email protected]

Thanks to Saxbys, Montgo-mery is no longer lacking a cof-fee shop.

Saxbys Coffee, 9321 Mont-gomery Road, had its grandopening Jan. 24.

“We are excited to have acoffee shop back in Montgome-ry,” Mayor Todd Steinbrinksaid. He added he commonlygets questions from residentsabout the city not having a cof-fee shop since Starbucksclosed a few years ago.

Saxbys also offers break-fast, sandwiches, salads,smoothies and frozen yogurt.The location also has a rotatinglocal artist feature and a drive-thru. Saxbys is national compa-ny, which four other locationsin Ohio and one in NorthernKentucky.

“Our business, for a longtime, has really been predicat-ed on finding communities thathave a great need for this. Weare grateful to be here withyou,” Saxbys founder and CEONick Bayer said.

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frozen yogurt all day and first30 people in the store won freecoffee.

“We think that Saxbys is go-ing to be a great fit for Montgo-mery. Everyone has been sohelpful with every step of theprocess,” co-owner Lisa Gabri-elle said.

Saxbys will be open from 6a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays throughThursdays, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fri-days, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdaysand 7 a..m. to 9 p.m. Sundays.

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Saxbys Coffee is now open at 9321 Montgomery Road inMontgomery.

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Saxbys Coffee co-owner Lisa Gabrielle cuts the ribbon during the grandopening on Jan. 24. Saxbys is the only coffee shop in Montgomery.

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the suitcases made themfeel that they were final-ly ‘at home.’”

That was all it took forWhitney to take action.The busy owner of herown communicationsbusiness, Phillippi-Whit-ney Communications, shebegan to plan a luggagedrive here. Through hernetwork of friends, andleveraging the power ofFacebook, Whitney be-gan identifying and mak-ing contacts. She firstcontacted HamiltonCounty Job and FamilyServices, which indicat-ed that there is a need forluggage. The agency alsoreached out to Warm Wel-comes, a foster care out-reach program in ButlerCounty.

With as many as 1,200children in the care onany given day, there is al-ways a need for assis-tance with the manymoves handled on an on-going basis, noted MoiraWeir, director of Hamil-ton County Job and Fam-ily Services.

“We might be called toa house in the middle ofthe night, with only ashort time to gather upthe children and movethem to a safe place,” shewrote in an email. “Theseare heartbreaking situa-tions, where children areremoved from theirhomes and suddenlyplaced with someonethey don’t know. If we canmake that experience alittle less traumatic bypacking some of thethings they hold dear intoa nice little suitcase sothey can carry a piece ofhome with them, we wantto do that.”

Sibcy Cline also em-braced the project. PamSibcy, vice president ofmarketing for SibcyCline, noted that the com-pany is happy to partici-pate in Cases for Loveand hope that the suit-cases help to bring com-fort to children whenthey move into their newhomes.

Sibcy Cline Agent W.Drake Jackson, Ken-wood, said that the lug-gage donation volume athis office is good averag-ing about five bags perday. With more than 40bags collected, the officehas exceeded its goal, hesaid. Jackson is suppor-tive of the luggage cam-paign and knows howchildren can benefit fromthe suitcases.

As a child growing upin North Avondale, Jack-son said he knew a lot offoster children.

“These kids didn’tknow where they weregoing to end up,” he said.All kids want to fit in andhave a sense of belong-ing. “Giving them a suit-case gives them a senseof ownership and pride,”Jackson added.

Some of what he saw inthe foster children fromhis childhood, he said, healso sees in his adopteddaughter, Annie, who isfrom Korea. Annie was ababy when adopted bythe Jackson family.

“To me, anything wecan do to make our worlda better-place to live, es-pecially for children, it’sa great thing,” Jacksonsaid.

Once the campaignends, University Movingand Storage has volun-teered to provide severaltrucks to pick up the suit-cases in each of the 22Sibcy Cline locations andtransport them to jobsand family services.

The idea of having a“kit-bag” for packingyour troubles in wassomething for WWI sol-diers to sing about.

Foster children in theCincinnati area might besinging a similar tunewhen they too receivebags from the “Cases forLove” suitcase drive

started by College Hillresident Julie Phillippi-Whitney.

For this drive, resi-dents throughout South-western Ohio, NorthernKentucky, SoutheasternIndiana and Dayton areasked to donate theirgently used or new lug-gage, duffels or back-packs, any shape, color orsize. The bags can bedropped off at any SibcyCline location or at Uni-versity Moving and Stor-age, 8735 Rite Track Wayin West Chester Town-ship, between the hoursof 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday, nowthrough Feb. 13. You canalso follow the campaignon Facebook atwww.facebook.com/Cases4Love. Whitney said the inspi-

ration for this massiveluggage drive came froman episode of ABC “WorldNews Tonight” that fea-tured a story about thefoster children in Rich-mond, Virginia, who hadto carry all of their be-longings in a black trashbag as they moved fromhome to home. The reportmoved her to tears.

The story told about arestaurant owner who or-ganized a citywide suit-case drive to help provideeach of the 288 childrenin Richmond’s foster careprogram with luggage.More than 500 bags werereceived.

“What really movedme was the fact that thechildren stated that theythemselves felt like ‘gar-bage’ when they carriedtheir possessions in atrash bag as they movedinto their foster homes,”Whitney said. “Having

‘Cases of Love’ benefits foster childrenBy Sheila [email protected]

THANKS TO SUSAN KNABE

Area Sibcy Cline offices aredrop off sites for the Cases ofLove campaign.

Montgomeryis beinghonored for its efforts tokeep city employeeshealthy.

Ohio Department ofHealth and the HealthyOhio Business Councilhas named the city ahealthy work site. Thecity won the secondplace silver award in thesmall business categoryfor businesses with lessthan 300 employees.

The award goes tomunicipalities and busi-nesses that demonstratea commitment to em-ployee health throughcomprehensive worksite health promotionand wellness programs.

“The best part is wehave a team with peoplefrom each department.Our philosophy is thatthe decision making isdone collectively,” saidJulie Machon, the recre-ation and leisure livingservices coordinator,who is a member of thecity’s Wellness Team.

Machon said the cityhas a variety of wellnessprogramming and pro-vides screenings, educa-tion, monitoring andtracking of employees’health.

“We do general fit-ness assessments, so we

can monitor and mea-sure improvements ingeneral fitness and over-all wellness,” Davis said.

Davis said the citypartners with TriHealthto provide screeningsand other assistance forthe Wellness Program.

Davis said the city’sprogram has been inplace since 2001.

“City council recog-nized our most valuableresource is our employ-ees. So, we respect thatwith the program,” Da-vis said.

Davis said the cityhas held a few wellnessfairs and health focusedevents for residents, butthey drew low atten-dance. He added the cityhopes to find more suc-cess with city-wideevents in the future.

“It would be a naturalextension of the pro-gramming we offer ouremployees,” Davis said.

The city was recog-nized in Columbus Jan.29 as part of the HealthAction Council 2015 An-nual Conference. About70 companies, cities andtownships were consid-ered for the award.

Want to know more aboutwhat is happening in Mont-gomery? Follow Marika Leeon Twitter: @ReporterMari-ka

City of Montgomerywins health award By Marika [email protected]

THANKS TO FAITH LYNCH

Montgomery Police Sgt. Mike Plaatje gets his bloodpressure checked at the city’s health fair. The city’sWellness program was honored by the Ohio Departmentof Health.

IHHS After Promfundraisingweekend March 6-7

Indian Hill HighSchool will once againhost a weekend of funevents in order to raisemoney to support AfterProm.

On Friday, March 6,the Indian Hill commu-nity is invited to Toma-hawk Stadium to see theannual Powder PuffFootball Game as thehigh school senior girlstake on the junior girls.Rumor has it that a fewveteran faculty mem-bers from IHHS willeven be serving as offi-cial game referees.Halftime will featurespecial guest perfor-mances by studentsfrom Indian Hill pri-mary and elementaryschools, as well as a spe-cial routine by juniorand senior “cheerlead-ers.”

The Odd CouplesDance is Saturday,March 7. This is wherejunior and senior guyshave the chance to taketheir moms, and juniorand senior girls take

their dads out for a nightof dancing and goodtimes. If the parent isn’tavailable, the student isencouraged to bring an-other special adult. TheDJ will keep the dancefloor rocking with cur-rent tunes and oldies.Plus, there is the oppor-tunity to win great raffleprizes like restaurantgift cards, sports memo-rabilia, free tuxedo rent-als and corsages forprom.

All proceeds fromboth of these events ben-efit After Prom.

Sycamore Trusteesapprove salaryincreases for staff

The staff and admin-istrators for SycamoreTownship receivedraises for 2015 of about2.5 percent.

Maintenance staffworkers received aslightly higher increasewhich was based on mer-it, according to Adminis-trator Greg Bickford.

The overall cost ofthe increases for the 23employees is about$27,500, he said.

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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFEEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy

» Parker Bach, son of Gregand Beth Bach of Mason, and ajunior at Cincinnati Hills Chris-tian Academy, just earned a per-fect score on the SAT. Eachyear, the SAT is administered tomore than 2 million students in

more than 6,000test centers scat-tered throughout170 countries.

The averagestudent last yearscored 1,497 outof a possible2,400, and nation-ally, less thanone-tenth of onepercent of test-

takers ace the exam each year. According to the College

Board website (www.college-board.com), the SAT is the na-tion’s most widely used collegeentrance exam. It representsmore than a century of work bycolleges and educators to createa single entrance exam that isfair to all test takers. The SATtests students’ reading, writingand mathematics skills – thesame skills they’re learning inhigh school and that are essen-tial to success in college and be-yond. It shows how well stu-dents can apply their skills,which is critically important tocolleges when evaluating un-dergraduate candidates.

A well-rounded student,Bach moved to Cincinnati fromChicago at the start of highschool, and has made quite animpact.

“Parker is one of the most re-markable CHCA students in mytime here,” CHCA High SchoolPrincipal Dean Nicholas said,“and never did the label ‘Ren-aissance Man’ fit more aptly. ToParker, a test score is an after-thought. He is passionate aboutlearning, theater, comedy, trav-el. He thinks deeply about lifeand faith. He has a sense of hu-mor that is original, creativeand self-deprecating. I’m excit-ed for his next three semestershere!”

Bach also scored an overall35 out of 36 on his ACT (perfect36s in English, science and writ-ing), perfect (800) scores on thechemistry and mathematics 2SAT subject tests, and he is oneof many CHCA students whoscored perfect 5s on the APchemistry, European history,and statistics tests.

Bach is also involved in theNational Honor Society, Mu Al-pha Theta, Encore Choir,CHCA’s “Off the Cuff” ImprovTeam, Student Council andTheatre, where he starred in theschool’s production of “The Lit-tle Shop of Horrors.” Parker hasbeen on numerous missiontrips, and is very much lookingforward to one of CHCA’sunique two-week Intercessiontrips in May to Cayo Costa,where students will experiencenature in a primitive setting,face competitive challenges astribes and develop solution-ori-ented leadership skills, all whilelearning about the Florida landand aquatic ecosystem.

Moeller High School» The Moeller High School

community celebrated Foun-der’s Day and awarded two ofits long-time supporters.

The Founder’s Day Awardhonors Moeller Family mem-

bers who have given supportover the years to the school’sMarianist philosophy of educa-tion and who help create “Moe-mentum For Life.” This philoso-phy is grounded in five primarycharacteristics which are faithformation, a quality, integraleducation, Family Spirit, ser-vice, justice, and peace, and ad-aptation and change. This year’shonorees are Karen Matuszekand Steve Klonne.

Klonne has been a mentorand a community leader on andoff the field for over 30 years.He was the head football coachand teacher at Moeller from1982 to 2000, during which timehe collected two state champi-onships and a USA Today Na-tional Coach of the Year award.He has also been inducted intothe Moeller, LaRosa’s and Ham-ilton County halls of fame.Whether he was coaching orteaching, Klonne has been a sta-ple to the Moeller communityfor years, serving as a role mod-el for his students, players, andpeers. Klonne is currently con-tinuing to serve the communityas an assistant football coach.

Matuszek has devoted hertime and energy to embodyingthe characteristics of a Marian-ist education. She has led count-less retreats across all gradelevels. As one of the first housedeans at Moeller, Matuszek istruly a pioneer in one of themost wonderful things to hap-pen at Moeller, The House Sys-tem. The House System servesas Moeller’s all-inclusive stu-dent government. As currentHead of the House System, Ma-tuszek ensures that Moeller stu-dents are educated in the Fam-ily Spirit, and makes it her goalthat no student feels isolatedduring their time at Moeller.She embodies Mary’s call to “dowhatever he (Jesus) tells you”(John 2:5b).

Mount Notre Dame HighSchool

» Mount Notre Dame Thea-tre Department will present“Clue” Feb. 6-Feb. 15.

“Clue is going to be a funshow for an audience to watchbut a challenging show for thecompany because all of the the-atrical elements need to work inharmony. From the performers,to the lighting, to the sound ef-fects, to the colors of the set andcostumes, everything has tostrike a balance to not overpow-er any other area. The show is afast paced thrill ride to find outwho killed Boddy, where theydid it, with what and why. Theanswer will not disappoint,”Theatre director Nate Puckesaid.

For show times and ticket in-formation, call 513-821-3044 Ex-tension 7469 or visitwww.mndhs.org.

Ursuline Academy» Monika Nunez, member of

Ursuline’s science faculty, com-pleted Walt Disney World’sDopey Challenge Jan. 11. Thechallenge consisted of fourraces: a 5K on Thursday, 10K onFriday, half marathon on Satur-day and a full marathon on Sun-day, for a total of 48.6 miles infour days.

All of these races took placethroughout Disney World,which offered the added bonusof photo ops with Disney char-acters throughout each race.

Nunez, a Fairfax resident, de-cided to have fun with the fullmarathon, and rode the Expedi-tion Everest roller coaster inthe middle of the race.

“If you’d told me in highschool that I would be a runner, Iwould have laughed at you be-cause I couldn’t run a blockwithout doubling over in pain,”Nunez said. “But I learned to getpast the pain and running hasbecome something I love. It’samazing what the human bodycan do with the right mental de-termination.”

Nunez took home six medalsfrom the weekend – one for eachrace, plus one for the GoofyChallenge (completing the halfand full marathons) and one forthe Dopey Challenge (complet-ing all four races.) She wants toearn all of the runDisney med-als. She has already completedthe Princess Half Marathon, theWine & Dine Half Marathon andthe Disneyland Half Marathon.Nunez has also participated inseveral local races includingrunning Cincinnati’s Flying PigMarathon in 2013 and 2014.

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Bach

THANKS TO HARRY WAHL

Moeller High School Founder's Day Award honorees Karen Matuszek and Steve Klonne with their awards.

THANKS TO SALLY NEIDHARD

Ursuline science faculty member Monika Nunez completed Disney's DopeyChallenge.

Mount Notre Dame High Schoolpresents “Clue” Feb. 6-Feb. 15.

SAINT URSULA ACADEMYThe following students have earned honors for the second quarter of2014-2015:

FreshmenFirst honors - Mary Ellen Bryans, Hannah Foster.Second honors - Madeline Lundberg.

SophomoresFirst honors - Mary Bachman, Tara Prabhu, Caleigh Sambrookes.Second honors - Kieley Doll, Nicole Sidenstick, Emma Weisbrod.

JuniorsFirst honors - Julie Platz, Emma Reginelli, Shauna Reilly, Anna Shean-shang, Mary Zilch.

Second honors - Sydney Gleckler, Kathleen Koesterman.

SeniorsFirst honors - Mary Carroll, Alexandra Goss, Katherine Jones, AbigailKoesterman.

Second honors - Elizabeth Shannon, Madeline Woebkenberg.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 5Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Tack Room. Bring current projectfor assessment and help; still lifesetups available. Ages 18 and up.$25. 404-3161. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,6300 Price Road, Miami Town-ship area photographic artistJackson Sawyer displays selec-tions of his photography. 677-7600. Loveland.

Cooking ClassesCooking for Two - Aphrodisi-acs with Carolyn Gray, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Mont-gomery Road, $45. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475.Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyJon Roy, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, 8410 Market PlaceLane, $8-$14. 984-9288; www.go-bananascomedy.com. Montgo-mery.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Health / WellnessGeneral Joint Screening, 4-6p.m., Cincinnati Sports Club, 3950Red Bank Road, Brief history andexam designed to troubleshootand modify activities and exer-cise programs covered. Ages 18and up. Free. Reservationsrequired. Presented by ChristHospital Physical Therapy. 527-4000. Fairfax.

On Stage - ComedyJon Roy, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Art OpeningsWoman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 3-6 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Viewand acquire works by womenwho have achieved SignatureStatus through juried process.Exhibit continues through Feb.22. Free. Presented by TheWoman’s Art Club of Cincinnati.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesQuick and Easy Chicken Soupwith Joe Westfall, noon to 1p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Mont-gomery Road, $20. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, 10776 Montgomery Road,With Master Jerome Cook. Ages16-99. $20. Registration required.237-5330; www.want2gofit.com.Sycamore Township.

Health / WellnessGo Red Total Makeover, 2-4p.m., Macy’s-Kenwood, 7800Montgomery Road, Visit stationsaround store and get hearthealth passport stamped. Visit allstations and get entered intodrawing for $250 Macy’s giftcard. Giveaways, cooking sam-ples, special promotions andmore. Free. Presented by Amer-ican Heart Association. 842-8871.Kenwood.

The Journey: Course on Moth-er Loss, 10 a.m. to noon Weeklythrough April 25., MontgomeryCommunity Church, 11251 Mont-gomery Road, Room 30. Basedon book, Motherless Daughters:A Legacy of Loss 2nd edition byHope Edelman, and The Mother-less Daughters Ministry Work-book. Study will guide eightwomen per class through un-derstanding of effect of motherloss in their lives. Ages 18 and up.

$60. Registration required.Presented by Motherless Daugh-ters Ministry. 378-6028;www.motherlessdaughtersmi-nistry.com. Montgomery.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayDaddy/Daughter Valentine’sDance, 6-8 p.m., Kids First SportsCenter, 7900 E. Kemper Road,$16 per couple, $6 each addition-al daughter. 489-7575;www.kidsfirstsports.com. Syca-more Township.

Music - Concert SeriesLinton Music’s Peanut Butter &Jam Sessions: High, Low, Fast,Slow. Listen Closely, Here WeGo, 10-10:45 a.m. 11:30 a.m.-12:15p.m. 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m., GoodShepherd Lutheran ChurchKenwood, 7701 Kenwood Road,Flute, string bass, piano anddrums show musical opposites.$5 or four for $15; free underage 2. Presented by LintonPeanut Butter & Jam Sessions.381-6868; www.lintonmusic.org.Kenwood.

On Stage - ComedyJon Roy, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterTheory of Mind, 7 p.m., BlueAsh Recreation Center, 4433Cooper Road, By Ken LaZebnik.Sensitive, unsentimental portraitof relationships, tells story of Bill,a teenager who happens to liveon the autism spectrum. Part ofPlayhouse in the Park’s Off theHill series. Recommended forages 11 and up. Call venue fortickets and prices. Presented byPlayhouse in the Park. 745-8550;www.cincyplay.com. Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, FEB. 8Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Viewand acquire works by womenwho have achieved SignatureStatus through juried process.Free. Presented by The Woman’sArt Club of Cincinnati. ThroughFeb. 22. 272-3700; www.artat-thebarn.org. Mariemont.

FilmsGrease Sing-Along MovieEvent, 7:30 p.m., MariemontTheatre, 6906 Wooster Pike,Lyrics on screen. Costume contestbefore show. Rated PG-13. $10.Registration recommended.272-0222. Mariemont.

Music - ChoralCincinnati Boychoir, 3-4:30p.m., St. Paul Community UnitedMethodist Church, 8221 MiamiRoad, Sanctuary. Choral music bygroup celebrating 50th anniver-sary year. 45-member Tour Choir,with boys ranging from 11-17,perform program includingpatriotic songs and work com-missioned for anniversary year.Free. 891-8181. Madeira.

On Stage - ComedyJon Roy, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, FEB. 9Art & Craft ClassesIntroduction to Knitting theGaptastic Cowl, 9:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 CambridgeAve., Skills learned: knit, purl,cast on, knitting on circularneedles, cast off, swatching,understanding gauge and stitchcount and beginning patternreading. Ages 20-93. $120 for sixsessions. Registration required.Presented by Woman’s Art ClubFoundation. Through March 2.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Beginning Cable Knitting withToby Ganz, 12:30-2:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Learn necessary skills needed toknit a cable sweater with ease.Ages 20-93. $100 five classes.Registration required. Presentedby Woman’s Art Club Founda-tion. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesEasy Charcuterie at Home withJackson Rouse, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $50. Reservations

required. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 9a.m. to 1 p.m., UC Health PrimaryCare, 9275 Montgomery Road,Cost varies by insurance. Fi-nancial assistance available tothose who qualify. Registrationrequired. Presented by UC HealthMobile Diagnostics. 585-8266.Montgomery.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11 a.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Enjoybooks, songs, activities, craftsand more, while building earlyliteracy skills. For preschoolersand their caregivers. Ages 3-6.Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnati-library.org. Loveland.

Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10Art & Craft ClassesOil Painting with Jan Boone,noon to 3 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Forbeginning and intermediatepainters. Instruction covers basicpainting techniques, gooddrawing and creative use ofcolor. Ages 18 and up. $80 forfour classes. Registration re-quired. 791-7044; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Open Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, $25.404-3161. Mariemont.

Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesA Winter Evening with JohnRuppel, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 Montgomery Road,$50. Reservations required.489-6400. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessOpen House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions Blue Ash,9741 Kenwood Road, Freehearing test and evaluation. Forages 50 and up. Reservationsrequired. Presented by HearingSolutions by Ellis-Scott & Asso-ciates. 793-9333. Blue Ash.

Literary - SigningsBook Launch for My Heart andOther Black Holes by JasmineWarga, 7-9 p.m., Barnes & NobleFields-Ertel, 9891 WaterstoneBlvd., Local author and SycamoreHigh School alum. Free. 469-9669; www.bn.com. DeerfieldTownship.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.


Business ClassesA Valentine’s Evening with theCooks with Wine Pairings: Lizand David Cook, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $70. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Health / WellnessMuscle-Tendon-LigamentScreening, 6-7 p.m., CincinnatiSports Club, 3950 Red BankRoad, Grandin Room. Sportsmedicine doctor shows howthese issues are evaluated usingultrasound. Ages 18 and up. Free.Reservations required. Presentedby Christ Hospital Physical Thera-py. 527-4000. Fairfax.

Open House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions Blue Ash,Reservations required. 793-9333.Blue Ash.

Literary - LibrariesToddler Playdate, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Meet new friends and socializethrough unstructured play. Toysprovided. For ages 18 months-4years. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyPro-Am Night, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, 8410 MarketPlace Lane, Aspiring comics,amateurs and professionals takethe stage. Ages 18 and up. $5.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

Support GroupsAl-Anon Meeting, noon to 1p.m., Good Shepherd LutheranChurch Kenwood, 7701 Ken-wood Road, Room 101. Fellow-ship of relatives and friends ofalcoholics who share their experi-ence, strength and hope in orderto solve common problems. Ages18 and up. Free. Presented byKenwood Al-Anon Family Group.Through Feb. 3. 947-3700. Ken-wood.

THURSDAY, FEB. 12Art & Craft ClassesOpen Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,

Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $25. 404-3161. Marie-mont.



Business SeminarsMontgomery Chamber ofCommerce: “Human Re-sources and the Law” withMichael Hawkins, Dinsmore &Shohl, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Wright Brothers Inc., 7825 Coop-er Road, Free. Presented byMontgomery Ohio Chamber ofCommerce. 502-6975;www.montgomeryohiochambe-rofcommerce.com. Montgomery.

Cooking ClassesRoll Your Own: Hands-on Sushiwith Holly Bader, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $45. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.


Health / WellnessOpen House Event, 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Hearing Solutions Blue Ash,Reservations required. 793-9333.Blue Ash.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Writing Club, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Forteen writers interested in meet-ing other teen writers or lookingfor feedback from others. Ages12-17. Free. 369-4476; www.cin-cinnatilibrary.org. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyStewart Huff, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, 8410 MarketPlace Lane, $8-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, FEB. 13Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 6p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.


On Stage - ComedyStewart Huff, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.

RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m., KidsFirst Sports Center, 7900 E.Kemper Road, Pizza, indoorswimming and night-time snack.$30, $20 each additional child.Reservations required. ThroughFeb. 27. 489-7575. SycamoreTownship.

SchoolsOpen House, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m., The Schilling School forGifted Children, 8100 CornellRoad, Take personal tour andvisit classrooms. Meet head ofschool, faculty and parent am-bassadors. Children welcome.Ages 0-12. Free. 489-8940;www.schillingschool.org. Syca-more Township.

SATURDAY, FEB. 14Art & Craft ClassesMonoprinting Workshop withAmy Burton, 2-5 p.m. Also Feb.15., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Two-day workshop.Create colorful prints from yourown photograph using a mono-printing technique that requiresno art experience. For ages 16and up. $125. Registration re-quired. Presented by Woman’sArt Club Foundation. 561-6949;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.


Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, $20. Registration required.237-5330; www.want2gofit.com.Sycamore Township.

Music - R&BBasic Truth, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,Traci’s Sports Lounge and Grill,784 Loveland-Miamiville Road,Free. 697-8111. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyStewart Huff, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.

SUNDAY, FEB. 15Art ExhibitsMy Father’s World, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., River Hills Christian Church,677-7600. Loveland.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, Free.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

AuditionsTwelve Angry Jurors - Audi-tions, 1-4 p.m., Walton CreekTheater, 4101 Walton CreekRoad. Free. Presented by Marie-mont Players. Through Feb. 16.684-1236; www.mariemontplay-ers.com. Columbia Township.

On Stage - ComedyStewart Huff, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas Comedy Club, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

MONDAY, FEB. 16Art & Craft ClassesIntroduction to Knitting theGaptastic Cowl, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 for six sessions.Registration required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Beginning Cable Knitting withToby Ganz, 12:30-2:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $100 five classes. Regis-tration required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

AuditionsTwelve Angry Jurors - Audi-tions, 7-10 p.m., Walton CreekTheater, Free. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.Columbia Township.

Cooking ClassesAlfio’s and Keegan’s Seafoodwith Alfio Gulisano, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Mont-gomery Road, $55. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11 a.m.,Loveland Branch Library, Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,Free. 369-4476. Loveland.

TUESDAY, FEB. 17Art & Craft ClassesOil Painting with Jan Boone,noon to 3 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, $80 for fourclasses. Registration required.791-7044; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Open Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 7-9:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, $25.404-3161. Mariemont.



Cooking ClassesThe Upscale Side of Eagle OTRwith Dana Adkins, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $60. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.


Literary - LibrariesLoveland Book Club, 10 a.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road. Free.369-4476; www.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Loveland.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

ABOUT CALENDARTo submit calendar items, go to www.cincinnati.com and click

on “Share!” Send digital photos to [email protected] with event information. Items are printed on a space-available basis with local events taking precedence.

Deadline is two weeks before publication date. To find morecalendar events, go to www.cincinnati.com and choose from amenu of items in the Entertainment section on the main page.

THANKS TO DENNIS CAMP

A Grease Sing-Along Movie Event is coming to MariemontTheatre at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, 6906 Wooster Pike,Mariemont. Sing along to the lyrics on screen. Participants arewelcome to join in a costume contest before the show. Thefilm is rated PG-13. Tickets are $10. Registration isrecommended. Call 272-0222.

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Whenever the grandkidsspend the night, I let them“color” their bath water with abit of food coloring.

Emerson, 2-1/2, usuallychooses blue, yellow andgreen. Her sister, Eva, 6, likes

pink and red. Iguess that’s whyI was low on redfood coloringwhen I got outthe ingredientsfor the red vel-vet cake recipeI’m sharing forValentine’s Day.To be on the safeside, I bought 2boxes, one forme in the kitch-

en, and one for the kids in thebath.

Don’t forget those in yourcircle of family and friendswho could use a bit of cheeringup this Valentine’s Day. Buy abox of kids’ Valentines.They’re less expensive thansingle cards and bring joy toValentines of all ages.

Red velvet cake fromscratch

When I see a recipe likethis, I wonder how it was everdeveloped. Red velvet cake is a“happy” cake - the vivid colormakes me smile. The cocoagives a hint of chocolate. Yes,you do need a whole bottle ofred food coloring. There arerecipes I’ve seen that use beetsas a natural coloring agent.This recipe has to have foodcoloring. But heck, it’s onlyonce a year…

2-1/2 cups all purpose flour1/2 cup unsweetened co-

coa powder1 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt2 sticks butter, softened (1

cup)2 cups sugar4 large eggs, room temper-

ature1 cup regular sour cream1/2 cup milk - 2% or regular1 oz bottle red food col-

oring2-1/2 teaspoons vanillaPreheat oven to 350.Grease and flour two 9-inch

round cake pans. This meansgreasing the pan and thensprinkling it lightly with flour,then tapping excess out. Or usebaking spray with flour.

Whisk together, sift or pushthrough a sieve the flour, cocoapowder, baking soda and salt.Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar onmedium speed 5 minutes oruntil light and fluffy. Beat in

eggs, one at a time so that theyincorporate well. Mix in sourcream, milk, food color andvanilla.

Gradually beat in flour mix-ture on low until blended.Don’t overbeat. Pour into pans.

Bake 35-40 minutes or untiltoothpick inserted in centercomes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 minutes. Re-move from pans; cool on wirerack before frosting.

Tip from Rita’s kitchen Put eggs in liquid measur-

ing cup with spout. They willbe easy to pour out one at atime.

Buttercream frosting

I like a thick frosting so Iusually double the recipe.

The left over buttercreamcan be frozen for a couple ofmonths.

1 stick butter (1/2 cup),softened

4-1/2 confectioners sugar,sifted or pushed through asieve if necessary to removelumps

2 teaspoons vanilla4-6 tablespoons milk or bit

more if neededBeat butter until creamy

and then beat in sugar, vanillaand enough milk to desiredconsistency. Makes 3 cups.

Cream cheese frosting

Beat together until fluffy:8 oz cream cheese, soft-

ened4-6 tablespoons butter,

softened4 cups confectioners sugar

or bit more if necessary1 tablespoon vanilla

Anne’s red velvetcupcakes and red velvetcake from a mix

Check out these on my siteAbouteating.com.

Lemon blueberry syrupFor Hank, who asked me to

share this recipe when I men-tioned it during a workshop.Hank picks blueberries inseason and then freezes them.This would be nice over waf-fles or pancakes. Note therange in sugar. Dependingupon the sweetness of the ber-ries, you may need more, orless. For restricted diets, use asugar and butter substitute.

1/2 stick butter (4 table-spoons)

1/2 to 1 cup sugar2 generous cups blueber-

ries, fresh or frozen2-3 tablespoons fresh lem-

on juice1 tablespoon cornstarchPlace butter, sugar and

berries in pan. Cook over medi-um heat for 5 minutes, or untilberries pop. Combine lemonjuice and cornstarch and stirinto sauce.

Cook until thickened, about3-5 minutes. Makes about 3cups. Store in refrigerator.Warm before serving.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

Red velvet cake makes Valentine’s Day sweeter

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Scratch-made red velvet cake is the perfect accompaniment to Valentine’s Day.

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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFEEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

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Loveland Herald EditorRichard [email protected], 248-7134Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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A publication of

Jan. 28 questionWhat do you think about Presi-

dent Obama's proposal to pay fortwo years of community college,effectively expanding school toK-14 by taxing 529 college savingsplans?

“Community colleges are avaluable part of our educationalsystem, and provide an impor-tant option for many studentsand families. However, $60 bil-lion is not free, and ending bene-fits to middle class 529 collegesavings plans to pay for it iscounterproductive and an add-ed tax on millions of families.President Obama is doing a dis-service to our students whosegeneration is already on the re-ceiving end of a growing $18 tril-lion debt.”

U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup

“I am very much against it.The main reason is the taxing ofthe 529 college savings plans.When we started saving for col-lege for our children we weretold that the benefit of using the529 was that it would not betaxed, so that was a very largeselling point in us making thedecision to use it as an invest-ment vehicle to help pay for col-lege.

“To now change that aspect,has the bait and switch feel to it.Although many will say that529s are something that areused by the wealthy, we are avery middle class family withboth parents working full time,

and are no means wealthy. Sothe taxing of the 529 is very dis-advantageous to us.

“I am all for expansion ofeducation for all, but in this caseit seems that the middle classwill take the hardest hit. Also,since the working poor and themiddle class do not have themoney necessary to influencethe political system, it is easyfor the government to set poli-cies that make them carry theload while those with money tosway the political landscape willcontinually make sure that nopolicy is passed that is in anyway disadvantageous to them fi-nancially, either in the short orlong term.”

C.S.

“Let me see tax the hardworking Americans who aresacrificing to put money away

for their children, so we couldpay for two more years of edu-cation for everybody. I guessObama was told those 5 millionillegal children( he let in) won’tbe ready in five or six years forthe job market. Why two? Whynot four years? That’s next.When was the last time an appli-cant was told, ‘you know if youjust had two more years of ameaningless education youwould be qualified?’ When Oba-ma said ‘he wanted to spread thewealth around,’ you probablythought to other Americans.Now we know he meant the allthe Third World countries.

“You can work extra hours,you got the dough right? Some-one thinks so. “

J.H.D.

“Non event since he has sincebacked off; fear not though he'sbound to come up with anotheridea soon that's equally as stu-pid as (free tuition) was. As faras I'm concerned this guy can'tbe out of office fast enough.”

T.S.

“Like all things Obama, twoyears of free community col-lege is yet another idea thatsounds enticing on the surface,but with no possible equitableway to pay for it, is just anotherdesperate attempt to create alegacy. Instead of giving awaytwo years of college to peoplewith no skin in the game, per-haps he could look for ways toslow or trim the excessively

high, ever increasing costs ofcollege. Just like Obamacare,where he is demanding that themiddle class foot the bill to pro-vide health care to the masses,he should be focusing on ways toreign in medical costs at hospi-tals, doctor’s offices and at thepharmaceutical companies.Sadly, Obama’s unchecked taxand spend like crazy policies areburdening our grandchildrens’grandchildren with a debt thatcan never be repaid. What arehe and his ilk thinking?”

M.J.F.

Jan. 21 questionThe city of Cincinnati released

a report earlier this month whichdetailed a decrease in crime with-in the city. Do you feel safe, or saf-er, in the city than you have in thepast? Why or why not?

“I see no difference in myperceived safety level in down-town Cincinnati. I work in Cin-cinnati so I see it nearly everyweekday, however, I am usuallyonly there during daylighthours. I suspect I may have adifferent perspective if I fre-quented the city after dark. I ap-plaud the police for helpingmake a decrease in Cincinnaticrime a reality. Keep up thegood work. It will be curious tosee what impact on crime the ill-advised streetcar will have,when and if it is ever complet-ed.”

M.J.F.

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONThe governors of Ohio andKentucky last week announceda new plan to help pay for anew Brent-Spence Bridge,which includes a 50 percent tolldiscount for daily users of thebridge. Is this a good idea? Whyor why not?

Every week we ask readers a questionthey can reply to via email. Send youranswers to [email protected] with Ch@troom in thesubject line.

Girl Scout builds dogagility course

My name is Emma Beck,and for my Girl Scout SilverAward project, I built a dogagility course at Symmes Parkin Symmes Township.

I would like to thank Mr. BillPittman and Mr. Dave Heider,of the Symmes Township Pub-lic Works Department, forhelping me build the course. Iwould also like to thank TheNelson Stark Co. for donatingthe pipes and other materialsneeded to build this project.

I picked this project be-cause I have two dogs, and I

have always enjoyed trainingthem. I designed this projectby researching dog agilitycourses online. My dad and Ibuilt these obstacles in our ga-rage, and then Mr. Heiderhelped me ensure the see-sawwas durable. I am very proudof the end result and have re-ceived a lot of very positivefeedback from Symmes Town-ship residents who have en-joyed the course with theirdogs.

Be sure to stop by with yourdogs to try out the new dog agil-ity course in Symmes Park.

Emma Beck Symmes Township

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THANKS TO EMMA BECK

Emma Beck and her two dogs sit on part of the dog agility course shebuilt at Symmes Park.

Let’s suppose you or yourchildren want to get a wellpaying job. In this politicallydivisive economy there aremany factors against reason-able success.

Before we begin, I have toassure you that I am not beingpolitical. I am using economicrealities that have becomemore prevalent ever since Ifirst studied economics incollege. They are realities thatI used in business for manyyears. It is also true how theychanged in my later businessendeavors.

To begin, the employeerelationship has greatlychanged over the years. In myrelatively small business,employees were a big asset. Ifyou treated them well and paidreasonable wages, they tendedto stay with you. This meantthat training costs were lowand they were not going tomiss work without good rea-son. They also encouragedtheir children to work for me.

Sadly,things havechangedgreatly. Boththe govern-ment and theunions havetransformedemployeesfrom assets toliabilities. Thebest descrip-tion of this is

greed. Politicians rely on do-nations from unions to keeptheir jobs. In turn they makeorganizing easier. They alsopass laws that are supposed tohelp working people, but inreality, they make it morecostly to hire workers.

As mandated wages go up,the associated taxes on busi-ness go up by the same per-centage. This makes auto-mation much cheaper andmore dependable. It also cre-ates incentives to move pro-duction to Right To Workstates or overseas. Sales are

starting to move to automatedwarehouses and automatedshipping further reduces costsand employment.

It used to be that employershad to offer the best jobs andconditions to get the best andmost suitable employees. Nowpotential employees competewith each other to get almostany job available. Those whofind jobs also learn that thereis little advancement to a goodcareer.

Older workers are delayingretirement increasing theproblem for younger ones.Many who take minimumwage jobs and become goodworkers will usually find slowbut steady advancement ifthey are lucky.

We also have to considerthe problems in the economythat affect all of us. The rap-idly expanding debt will haveto be greatly reduced. Thereare two ways to do it. We canreduce all government andstate expenditures. You can

imagine how popular that willbe when services and pensionsare cut. Or, we can print moremoney. Many of us have seenhow that affects other econo-mies. Either way, it will be theworking people who will suf-fer greatly. The wealthy willhave various means of avoid-ing the catastrophe. Many willleave for well run economies.

The loss of their purchaseswill further harm the econo-my. Belize, for one, has of-fered some great induce-ments. Others will simply rideit out by living on safe invest-ments and reducing pur-chases.

As I have tried to explain,our tax and employment pol-icies have only hurt workingpeople and will continue to getworse if they are not reversed.In a future essay, I will discusshow you can avoid the comingfinancial disaster.

Edward Levy is a resident of Mont-gomery.

What it takes to get a good job

Edward LevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Recently, Cincinnati hasseen gasoline prices fall below$2 per gallon. Thankfully,prices at the pumps have fol-lowed the collapse of crudeprices on the world market.

This coupledwith a continu-ing drop inunemploymentform the basison whichPresidentObama maydeclare: “Theshadow ofcrisis haspassed, andthe State of theUnion is

strong.”During a simpler age, the

chieftain is regaled as a godduring times of plenty, but issacrificed to the gods duringtimes of famine. My point is toquestion how much controldoes the president have overthe cost of oil? Or on a deeperlevel, why have oil prices fall-en so dramatically?

The pundits have offered asmorgasbord of reasons. Oneis the increase in domestic oiland gas production throughfracking. Another reason is thesteadfast reluctance of SaudiArabia and other gulf oil statesto reduce their production ofoil. Yet another shakier expla-nation is the dumping of blackmarket oil. These facts are forall to see. What is not so readi-ly seen is the answer to thequestion “why?”

Is it mere coincidence thatoil prices are falling since thedramatic increase of civilstrife in the Middle East, a warin which the Islamic State inIraq and Syria (ISIS) is but thetip of the iceberg (simplyimagine icebergs on the burn-ing sands)? It takes less imagi-nation to see this conflict as aproxy contest between the tworegional powers of Saudi Ara-bia and Iran. The battlegroundis Iraq and Syria. The popularbut lethal pretext is the sectar-ian difference between Sunnisand Shiites. The real prize iscontrol of the oilfields of Iraq.

Oil continues to be the eco-nomic lifeline of Iran. Al-though the United States hasan embargo on Iranian oil, it ispurchased by most countriesin Asia and Europe. Oil ac-counts for 60 percent of totalgovernment revenues and 80percent of the total annualvalue of both exports and for-eign currency earnings of Iran.

We are self-mistaken tobelieve the United States candeliberately drive down theprice of oil with our domesticproduction to punish Putin forhis adventures in the Crimeaand Ukraine. The more plausi-ble reason for cheap energy isthe resoluteness of Saudi Ara-bia and her regional gulf stateallies to bankrupt Iran.

A collateral benefit is gaso-line retailing in Cincinnati forunder $2 per gallon. The collat-eral cost is the death of civil-ians and refugees in the hun-dred of thousands in the Mid-dle East.

Charleston C.K. Wang lives in Mont-gomery. He is an attorney practicingimmigration and nationality lawwhich includes the law of asylumand protection of refugees.

Why gas isunder $2 inCincinnati

CharlestonC.K. WangCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Boys basketball» Sycamore beat Lakota

West in overtime 56-54 on Jan.23. Senior Jalen Shropshire ledthe Aviators with 19 points.

» Moeller beat La Salle inovertime Jan. 23, 42-38. SeniorKurtis Hoffman led the Cru-saders with 11 points.

The Crusaders defeatedWestern Hills on Jan. 27, 46-32.Junior Sam McCracken ledwith 12 points.

» Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy defeated Deer Park65-38 Jan. 24. Erik Kohlan led

the Eagles with 12 points.

Girls basketball» Mount Notre Dame

downed St. Ursula 64-24 onJan. 27. Senior Naomi Daven-port led the Cougars with 15points.

MND beat McAuley 44-31onJan. 29 with senior Dani Kis-sell scoring 13 points.

» Indian Hill beat MountHealthy 90-83 in five over-times Jan. 26. Sophomore EllieSchaub had 37 points and 10 re-bounds and junior SamanthaArington had 31 points.

The Lady Braves beat Tay-lor 47-34 on Senior Night Jan.28. Junior Arington led with 15points.

» Cincinnati Hills Christian

Academy defeated CincinnatiCountry Day 44-42 Jan. 24. Te-gan Osborne led all scorerswith 19 points.

The Eagles defeated Lock-land 40-21 Jan.28.

» Ursuline Academy de-feated Fairmont 59-57 Jan. 24,lost to McAuley 40-20 Jan. 27and defeated Seton 50-16 Jan.29.

SHORT HOPS

By Scott Springerand Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com

SYCAMORE TWP. — Afterlosing a close game to SummitCountry Day Jan. 16, Cincin-nati Hills Christian Academyresponded with two wins, in-cluding being the first confer-ence foe to defeat Clark Mon-tessori.

Players and coach AndyKeimer said the Eagles weredown by double-digits on acouple occasions but theydidn’t give in.

“We really wanted it andcame together as a team,” ju-nior guard Blake Southerlandsaid. “We just kept fightingand wanted to make it hap-pen. We weren’t going to letourselves lose.”

Southerland, Will Drosos,Prince Sammons and ErikKohlan all scored in doublefigures in the victory againstthe Cougars.

Normally, a win against ateam of that caliber shouldenergize a team and carry itthrough the next game. Thatdidn’t happen as the Eaglesdropped the following gameto North College Hill 41-37Jan. 27.

Southerland led the teamwith 14 points. No other play-er had more than eight. Thedisappointing loss prompteda team meeting designed tohelp the team regroup for thestretch run.

“One of the major ques-

tions was not ‘what can I dofor the team, but what doesthe team need from me?’,”Southerland said. “We weretalking about unselfishness.”

Kohlan, the team’s secondleading scorer, agreed.

“It helps us become betteras a team instead of individ-uals playing well on certainnights,” he said. “It helps usperform as a team and get thewin.”

The Miami Valley Confer-ence has proven to be one ofthe tougher conferences inthe city. Teams are clusteredtogether, vying for the topspot. Clark and Seven Hillsshare the top spot in the Scar-let with 7-2 records. Summitis right behind them at 6-3.

In the Gray, CincinnatiChristian leads with a 5-3 rec-ord followed by CincinnatiCountry Day at 4-4.

CHCA, as of Friday, held a5-4 record in the Scarlet withan outside chance of breakinginto the higher tier.

Conference congestionaside, the Eagles still feelthey haven’t reached theirfull potential but think theyshould by the end of the reg-ular season.

“If we play together as ateam we can do somethingreally special, something thisprogram has never done be-fore in the postseason,” sen-ior guard Ryan Smith said.“The program has never wona sectional championship.That was something all of theplayers put down as a goal be-fore the season started. Ithink this team has all the tal-ent to do that and go farther.”

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CHCA’s Blake Southerland pushes the ball on a fast break Jan. 6.

CHCA putsfocus onstretch runMeeting followingloss aims to helpteam regroup By Nick [email protected]

tion week in and week out,”Reeder said. “When we do playa team that’s at a lower level,you can see the difference.”

The Crusaders recentlytraveled to Toledo over theMartin Luther King holidayand were in Bowling Greenjust after Christmas. The high-light of the hockey itinerarycame during the team’sThanksgiving trip.

“Notre Dame!” Reeder an-swered quickly. “The ComptonFamily Center is spectacular.It’s Rome away from Rome forus. A lot of us went to Mass. Itwas about hockey, but it wasn’tjust about hockey.”

The bonding was specialand over time Reeder has seenincremental maturity from hisgroup.

The Crusaders have six sen-iors and Drew Denoyer is oneof the high energy and effortleaders. He excels in blockingshots and making passes toscorers like Jake Fessel and

KENWOOD — If there was astatistical category for mile-age, Moeller High School’shockey team would be amongstate leaders in Ohio. Playingin a conference based out ofColumbus, the Crusaders haveseen as many interstate milemarkers as some freight driv-ers.

Bypassing the local prepleague for better competition,Moeller skates in the CapitalHockey Conference White Di-vision with Upper Arlington,Gahanna Lincoln and St. Fran-cis DeSales. The Red Divisionfeatures St. Charles, Olentan-gy Orange, Dublin Jerome,Dublin Coffman and Olentan-gy Liberty. The Blue has Olen-tangy, Worthington Kilbourne,Bishop Watterson, ThomasWorthington and Dublin Scio-to.

As good as the GreaterCatholic League, Greater Mi-ami Conference and otherhockey-playing schools are inCincinnati, the Columbus qual-ity of play is better overallthanks to its northern locationand the influence of the NHLBluejackets.

“We played the No. 1team inthe state twice this year,”Moeller coach Mike Reedersaid. “We played the No. 3team in the state and the No. 6and No. 8. We played all of thetop 10 except for a couple. It’sbeen a very challenging year.”

At presstime, the Crusaderswere 10 games under .500 over-all and were looking for afourth league win. Reederlikes his team’s effort andmany of the younger playershave improved.

“It’s hard to see when you’replaying such tough competi-

Ben Sattler. Fessel is exploringcollege hockey opportunities,while Sattler swings a driver inthe non-winter months and willattend Ohio University on agolf scholarship.

“When you see us play,those guys stand out,” Reedersaid. “When they score, we dowell.”

The pair also serve as bigbrothers to the “little broth-ers” on the team like freshmenJack Stahanczyk, Jake Hard-esty and Tom Capano. Capanomay be a name to remember onMoeller squads in years tocome.

“He’s loaded with potentialand has stepped his game up,”Reeder said. “He’s got ‘big boy’size, but he’s still 14 or 15 yearsold. He’s got the hardest shoton the team. He’s the next era.”

The current crop of Crusad-ers have one more home gameat Cincinnati Gardens FeTh-ursday against Bishop Watter-son.

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Moeller goalie Noah Savage makes a great save in the net Jan. 24 at Cincinnati Gardens.

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In a matchup of teamsranked in the top threeof the Enquirer DivisionI coaches’ poll, MountNotre Dame was able tocontrol the gamethroughout, picking up a44-31 road win overMcAuley Jan. 29. Thewin was the first GGCLloss of the season forMcAuley.

The Cougars were ledby senior forward Dani

Kissell, who scored 13points. Senior guardNaomi Davenport addednine points for No. 2MND, which has wonseven of its last eightgames.

Senior guard EmilyVogelpohl scored agame-high 17 points tolead third-rankedMcAuley. McAuley sawits eight-game winningstreak end.

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Mount Notre Dame’s Dani Kissel (44) battles for a loose ballduring the Cougars’ game against McAuley, Jan. 29.

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Mount Notre Dame's Naomi Davenport and McAuley’sSydney Lambert battle for a reboundon Jan. 29.

MND winsGGCL battle

INDIAN HILL — To findIndian Hill’s hockey team,you must follow the LittleMiami Scenic Trail to alodge nestled between thechilly Little Miami Riverand a lake off FletcherRoad. The Indian Hill Win-ter Club sits a few goodcannon shots away fromCamp Dennison on Ohio126.

Inside, you’ll find ant-ler chandeliers and an icerink used for figure skat-ing, curling and by severalsquads who enjoy slap-ping a puck rapidly into asmall net. This is wherethe Indian Hill WinterClub varsity hockey teamcompetes on a club level.

Coached by Vancouver,British Columbia nativePeter Kubasek, the squadfeatures players fromCincinnati Country Day,Cincinnati Hills ChristianAcademy, Colerain, Fair-field, Indian Hill, LakotaWest, Loveland, Marie-mont, Mars Hill Academy,Moeller, Seven Hills, St.Xavier and Turpin.

“We play some ‘pure’schools, so we play St. X,Troy and some Columbusteams, “ Kubasek said. “Inour league, Northern Ken-tucky has a team. Usually,two or three of the kids goto high school together.Colerain also has kids that

play in Northern Ken-tucky, along with LakotaWest and Seven Hills. Ev-eryone has a warm re-union after the games.”

Kubasek has led theteam to success as theyswept Mason on a recentweekend. In November,they won the FrozenCreek Thanksgiving tour-nament against a field thatincluded eight previouswinners. Indian Hill tookfirst ahead of Troy, fol-lowed by Beavercreek,Anthony Wayne and Mau-mee.

The “Blizzard” defeat-ed Troy in the finale 6-2with Kubasek’s son, Hud-son, finishing as the lead-ing scorer of the tourna-ment. Goalie Shane Hum-phrey stopped 37 shots toearn Tournament MVPand Colerain football noseguard-turned hockey en-forcer Mathew Turnerwas player of the game inthe championship.

“We had never been in-vited before, so it was niceto be recognized at a littledifferent level,” Kubaseksaid. “We lost to Troy inthe preliminary round,but beat them soundly inthe final. They thoughtthey invited the ‘littleguys from Cincinnati’ andwe did well.”

Kubasek has severalassistants, and a key in-structor in former NHLand Cyclones player Don

Biggs. Biggs runs a juniorteam and has helped thehigh school group on Mon-day nights.

“His ability to seewhat’s going on and comeup with creative drills hashelped bring the kids to-gether,” Kubasek said.

Before he had his ownkids, Kubasek startedcoaching youth hockeyfor CAHA (CincinnatiArea Hockey Association)nearly 20 years ago.

“The hockey fraternityis very thick,” he said. “Ifyou love hockey, it’s giv-ing back. In our opinion,it’s the greatest game. It’s

just a passion.”The state champion-

ship is the first weekendin March. The top fourteams from Cleveland,Columbus and Cincinnatiadvance to play for theBuckeye Cup.

Coming up soon is a bigmatch Super Bowl Sundayat 11 a.m. at CincinnatiGardens as the Indian Hillgroup tangles on GCL icewith St. Xavier.

“I don’t know if we’veever beaten St. X,” Kuba-sek said. “We’re excitedand we think we’ll givethem a very good gamethis year.”

Indian Hill club hockey team racks up holiday winBy Scott [email protected]

IHWC VARSITY HOCKEY# Last Name First Name Player School1 Warner Russell CCD2 O’Brien Zach CCD3 Handlesman Sam CHCA4 Turner Mathew Colerain5 Owens Kenny Colerain6 Smith Corran Fairfield7 McMillan Cam Indian Hill8 Genantonio John Indian Hill9 Barngrover Jackson Indian Hill10 Leinhardt Mark Lakota West11 Leinhardt Shawn Lakota West12 Humphrey Shane Loveland13 Brown Owen Loveland14 Nixon Gunner Mariemont15 Fere Erdal Mariemont16 Kubasek Hudson MHA17 Kubasek Luke MHA18 McDonald Phil Moeller19 Woodward Hank Moeller20 Wilson Davis Seven Hills21 Sorscher Zack Seven Hills22 Holcomb Sean Seven Hills23 Ayer Justin Seven Hills24 Langenderfer Jack St. X25 Bavis Kyle Turpin

THANKS TO TAMMY BROWN/INDIAN HILL WINTER CLUB

The Indian Hill Winter Club high school hockey team featuresplayers from several area schools. The squad hopes tocompete for the Buckeye Cup in March.

Officials from nine ju-risdictions within theConnecting Active Com-munities Coalition metwith U.S. Rep. Brad Wen-strup at the WoodlawnOhio National GuardTraining and CommunityCenter.

CACC is a NorthernHamilton County coali-tion whose mission is tocoordinate a cooperativeapproach to bicycle andpedestrian transporta-tion. The communities ofBlue Ash, Evendale,Glendale, Lockland,

Montgomery, Reading,Sharonville, Woodlawnand Wyoming, as well asactive partners fromHamilton County ParkDistrict, Hamilton Coun-ty Planning and Develop-ment, Queen City Bike,Mill Creek WatershedCouncil, GroundworkCincinnati, University ofCincinnati, GE Aviationand Hamilton CountyPublic Health meet regu-larly to collaborate onnon-motorized transpor-tation plans, projects,programs and policies in

an effort to improvecommunity health, eco-nomics and environ-ment.

Wenstrup spoke tomembers of the coalitionand indicated support ofCACC’s work. He alsobriefed the group onchallenges pertinent tothe highway bill. Accord-ing to Wenstrup, the big-gest issues to be resolvedare how to fund transpor-tation and infrastructureimprovements; he statedthat he supports the longterm passage of the bill.

Wenstrup meets withConnecting ActiveCommunities Coalition

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Misty Bauer gavespecial thanks to herlate husband, U.S. ArmySpec. Joseph Bauer,when she graduated inthe 2014 Summer Com-mencement ceremonyat the University of Cin-cinnati last year.

Misty credits Josephwith continuing to havean influence in her life,even after he and threeother soldiers werekilled by a land minewhile on patrol in Af-ghanistan in 2010. Shebelieves he has helpedpush her to move for-ward by advancing hereducation and accom-plishing new goals.

“It took me a while toreach this point. I was inshock and then I was an-gry that he was takenfrom me, but now I ammore appreciative ofwhat I have,” said Bauer,who graduated from thenursing program at UCBlue Ash. “I think Joehas helped outline mylife for me. I am back inschool, I am becomingmore active like he was,and I plan to run in myfirst half-marathon thisfall in his honor since hewas a runner.”

As an Ohio residentand the widow of a mem-ber of the military killedin the line of duty, Bauerreceived free tuition toattend UC Blue Ashthrough the OhioSafety Officers Col-lege Memorial Fund,which is sponsoredby the Board of Re-gents.

She also got helpwith her books andother fees through aVeteran Affairs edu-

cation fund that was co-ordinated by the Veter-an Student Affairs of-fice at UC Blue Ash.

Bauer was one of 22students who graduatedfrom the LPN (licensedpractical nurse) to RN(registered nurse) pro-gram at UC Blue Ash. Itis a one-year programthat provides the addi-tional education andclinical experienceneeded for a LPN to takethe next step in theirnursing career.

The college also of-fers a traditional, two-year program that al-lows students to earntheir associate degreeand begin their careeras a RN or continue theireducation toward abachelor of science innursing degree.

Bauer, who works at

Children’s HospitalMedical Center, plans topursue her BSN throughthe UC College of Nurs-ing in Clifton, where sheis enrolled for the fallsemester. She says thatstaying in school is, fornow, kind of a copingmechanism. It helps herset goals and keeps herlooking ahead.

She adds that her out-look on life is better thanever, because of whatshe has been through.

“With what happenedto Joe and getting to helpchildren every day whoare sick, it really helpsme appreciate everyday,” Bauer said. “It’s allabout perspective, ev-erything you do in life.Your attitude will makeyour day – it can be goodor bad, that’s yourchoice.”

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The Public Library of Cincinnati andHamilton County saw an increase in thenumber of people who completed theSummer Learning Program in 2014.

34,948 readers registered for Sum-mer Learning, and 22,092 completedthe program by logging reading timeand collecting prizes, a 7 percent in-crease over 2013. The Brain Camp andFree Summer Lunch portions of theSummer Learning Program also saw anincrease in participation.

The 22,092 Summer Learning partic-ipants were comprised of 5,079 adults,2,564 teens, 10,769 kids and 3,680 pre-schoolers. The largest gain in comple-tions was in the kids category. 70 per-cent of the children who registeredcompleted the program, up by 36 per-cent from 2013.

There were seven sites for the Sum-mer Camp Reading program and 90participants. Of those 90 students, 99percent had improved reading scoresby the end of the six-week program; 40percent of the children in the “at risk”category at the beginning of the pro-gram improved to the “some risk” or“low risk” category by the end of theprogram; and 57 of the 90 children end-ed the program in the “low risk” cate-gory, which means they’re on track toread at the third grade level by the endof third grade.

All Library locations offered a BrainCamp program, with themes thatranged from science and geography tosports and reading. The total BrainCamp attendance was 2,558 campers, a68 percent increase from last year’s at-tendance of 1,525.

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Ursuline Academyhonored 2014 Outstand-ing Volunteer Leader-ship Award recipientPaul V. Muething ofPleasant Ridge and the2014 St. Angela MericiLeadership Award recip-ients, Vicky and RickReynolds of Hyde Park.

The awards were pre-sented at the annual Ur-suline President’s Din-ner Oct. 1 in Ursuline’sBesl Theater.

The Outstanding Vol-unteer LeadershipAward is presented to afriend of Ursuline whoshows an exemplary loveof Ursuline through thetime and talent they ded-icate to the school.

“Paul served as chairof Ursuline’s Board ofTrustees during the timethat his daughters wereattending Ursuline,” Ur-suline President SharonRedmond said. “Duringthat time, and since, histhoughtful counsel hasguided Ursuline, helpingto ensure that our schoolsis academically strong,financially sound, andpoised for continued ad-vancement. Additionally,we are blessed that Paulhas served as the chair ofthe Ursuline FoundationBoard for over a decade.In that vital work, he hasagain offered counselduring critical times oftransition for Ursuline,ensuring that Ursuline is,and will continue to be

strong.” The St. Angela Merici

Leadership Award is giv-en to Ursuline donorswho demonstrate St. An-gela Merici’s belief in thevalue of educating youngwomen through consis-tent and generous sup-port of the school.

“Rick and Vicky havebeen fantastic sup-porters of Ursuline, andSt. Angela’s vision,” Red-mond said. “In 1999,Vicky and Rick estab-lished the Vicky and RickReynolds EndowedScholarship, and havesupported the scholar-

ship ever since. Doz-ens of students havebenefitted from theReynolds’ generosityand support of Ursu-line. In addition tothose students whohave directly benefit-ted from these scholar-ships, thousands of stu-dents benefit from thecommunity that isbuilt because each stu-dent who should be atUrsuline, is able to at-tend.”

Also announced atthe dinner was the 2014Ursuline Woman of theYear, Dianne Kreuz-man Hill ’73, of IndianHill.

Ursuline honorsMuething, Reynolds


Ursuline President Sharon Redmond, 2014 UrsulineOutstanding Volunteer Leadership Award recipient Paul V.Muething, and his wife, Terri Muething.


Ursuline President Sharon Redmond with 2014 St. AngelaMerici Leadership Award recipients, Vicky and RickReynolds, and their daughter, Ann Reynolds.

Lots of students at He-brew Union College-Jew-ish Institute of Religioncalled Professor LowellMcCoy their “favoriterabbi.” It was their ironicway of showing fondnessfor a beloved teacher.

You see, McCoy is not arabbi. He’s not even Jew-ish. He’s an ordainedMethodist minister.

Yet for a half century,he taught rabbinical stu-dents at HUC-JIR how tobe great orators. In doingso, he helped to shape theway hundreds of Reformrabbis deliver sermonsacross North Americaand beyond.

Now, an award hasbeen named after McCoythat will help promote in-terfaith harmony. It’scalled the “ReverendLowell McCoy Prize in In-terfaith Relations.”

HUC-JIR awarded theprize for the first time atgraduation ceremonies inMay 2014, presenting it toRabbi Tamar Duvdevani.She’s pursuing a Ph.D. de-gree in Talmud, which arerabbinic interpretationsof the Torah collectedcenturies ago. When sheis not in Cincinnati study-ing, she teaches Talmudand rabbinic literature inher native Israel.

“Since her arrival oncampus, Rabbi Duvdeva-

ni has be-come an in-tegral partof campuslife,” saidRabbi Jon-athan Co-hen, deanof the Cin-cinnaticampus.“She hassupportedstudentlearningandemergedas a vi-brant pres-

ence, adding to our socialfabric. The studentbody’s selection of RabbiDuvdevani as the first re-cipient of the McCoyPrize speaks volumes re-garding her interactionson and beyond our cam-pus.”

McCoy, 95, who lives inHyde Park with his wife,Carolyn, is typically mod-est about the honor ofhaving the award namedafter him, saying he“learned much more thanhe taught” and calling it a“unique privilege” toteach at HUC-JIR.

He said it was naturalthat he would have an ef-fect on interfaith rela-tions on campus becausehe was the only Christianfaculty member at a Jew-

ish seminary. But he hadan effect off campus aswell, speaking often atchurches and synagoguesabout Christianity and Ju-daism, drawing on his in-depth knowledge of both.

McCoy started his ca-reer as a chaplain in theU.S. Army during WorldWar II in Europe, expos-ing him to all Christiandenominations as well asJews. He came to realizethat denominational com-mitment is not important.Instead, he said what isimportant are values thatconnect human beings toone another and workingtoward the betterment ofhumanity.

HUC-JIR knows of noother Christian ministerwho taught at a rabbinicalschool anywhere in theworld.

McCoy worked withstudents on more than2,000 sermons and lis-tened to them lead morethan 6,000 services in thecampus chapel.

Along the way, he saidhe developed an admira-tion, respect and affec-tion for Reform Judaismthat equals that of his na-tive Christianity.

“If I had been born in aJewish family,” he said, “Iwould have been veryhappy to have been Jew-ish.”

McCoy interfaith awardnamed after professor

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The 32 Degree Masonsof the Valley of Cincinnatiawarded an Abbott Scot-tish Rite Scholarship toRachel Frappier and aValley of Cincinnati Foun-dation Award to EllenNeumann.

The announcementwas made by Robert W.Dumford, executive di-rector of the Valley of Cin-cinnati. Frappier andNeumann were honoredduring a program at theCincinnati Masonic Cen-ter, downtown.

“Abbott or Valley ofCincinnati FoundationScottish Rite MasonicScholarships are awardedto qualified students inrecognition of scholasticand all-around achieve-ments,” Collins said. “Ourgoal is to help young peo-ple fulfill their careergoals by assisting them fi-nancially as they furthereducation beyond highschool.”

Neumann is a 2014graduate of Indian HillHigh School. She is thedaughter of Todd and Cin-dy Neumann. While at In-dian Hill, she was a mem-ber of the Braves march-ing band, orchestra andPow Wow. She received adiploma with honors and

was an AP Scholar. Neumann is also very

active in her church, serv-ing for three years as aconfirmation mentor. Justbeginning her freshmanyear at Ohio University,she is admitted to theScripps College of Com-munication and plans tostudy media arts.

Frappier is a 2013 Indi-an Hill graduate and is thedaughter of Greg and Da-ni Frappier. As a highschool student she was ac-tive in theater, was an APscholar, and a trained stu-dent leader. She was amember of Young Life.She has been a volunteerwith the children’s minis-try at Horizon Communi-ty Church since 2007, andearned her Girl ScoutGold Award in 2010.

At Miami University,Frappier is involved withCru (formally known asCampus Crusade forChrist), plays on a broom-ball team, and is a mem-ber of Women in Business.Frappier just started hersophomore year and isemployed as a residentadvisor. A finance majorat The Farmer School ofBusiness, she will study inLuxembourg beginningJanuary.

Abbot Scottish RiteScholarships are given tothe children of ScottishRite Masonic Families orto young people who havebeen active in Masonic-related organizationssuch as DeMolay, Rain-bow and Job’s Daughters,and the graduates of itsChildren’s Dyslexia Cen-ters of Cincinnati, honor-ing Carl and Edyth Lindn-er.

Support for the grow-ing scholarship programcomes from the SupremeCouncil Education andCharity Fund establishedthrough the legacy of for-mer Sovereign GrandCommander Leon M. Ab-bott.

In recent years, thefund has been strength-ened by sharing in annualcontributions to the “BlueEnvelope” appeal by theFraternity’s members. Inaddition to the AbbottScholarships, the 32 De-gree Masons of the North-ern Jurisdiction also sup-port the award-winningScottish Rite Masonic Na-tional Heritage Museumin historic Lexington,Massachusetts, and theChildren’s Dyslexia Cen-ters throughout theNorthern Jurisdiction.

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Ellen Neumann,left, and RachelFrappier, bothIndian Hill HighSchool graduates,are recipients ofscholarships fromthe Scottish RiteValley of CincinnatiFoundation.Neumann receiveda Valley ofCincinnatiFoundation Awardand Frappierreceived an AbbottScottish RiteScholarship.

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AscensionLutheran ChurchWomen’s weekly Friday morningBible Study is at 9:30 a.m. Kidsare welcome play in the play-room. The group is readingJessica LaGrone’s new study,“Broken and Blessed.” Womenwho are unable to attendweekly gatherings are invited topurchase the study and joinwhen possible.

Healing Christ (healing touch)Ministry is offered on the fourthTuesday of the month at 7 p.m.More information on thisministry is available at 793-3288.

The church is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288;wwwascensionlutheranchurch-.com.

Bethel Baptist TempleAWANA children’s clubs for ages4 through ninth-grade is offered7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdaysthrough most of the school year.Children enjoy games, Biblestories, competitions, an AWA-NA store, Bible memorization,awards and fun themed nights.All are welcome.

Sunday School classes for all agesare 10 a.m.; Sunday worship is 11a.m. Kings Kids, a children’sworship service, is offeredduring the 11 a.m. service.Nursery care is available duringworship service.

The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.

Blue AshCommunity ChurchThis non-denominational churchmeets at the Sycamore SeniorCenter in Blue Ash.

Services are Sunday at 10:30 a.m.www.blueashcc.com.

For more information or ques-tions please contact AndyRainey (rainey@ blueashcc.com)or 549-0565.

The church meets at SycamoreSenior Center, Blue Ash;www.blueashcc.com.

Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchMovie Night will be Feb. 21 atthe home of Bob and RhondaYoung. A light meal will beprovided, followed by viewing/discussing “The First Grader,”the true story of an 84 year-oldKenyan who enrolls in first-grade to learn how to read.

God Squad, our youth group, ishaving their annual spaghettilunch right after church Feb. 15.

Please RSVP by Feb. 12.

The Lenten Series begins AshWednesday, Feb. 18. Soup andsalad will be provided followedby a worship service. withCommunion. The next fiveWednesdays in Lent will consistof dinner followed by theprogram “Holy Ground.” Con-gregational members will givebrief talks of a place they havevisited where they felt God’spresence. Our NEEDS collectionitem for February is peanutbutter and jelly.

Jacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th grade); these classes areheld after the children’s sermonin the worship service. TheChristianity 101 and ThoughtfulChristian classes are held foradults each Sunday morningand meet at 9 a.m.

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

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; the church has aFacebook page.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodist ChurchChildren’s Weekday Program-ming is Tuesday and Thursdaymornings and Thursday after-noon with lunch available foreither day. There is a nominalcharge for each session and youmust bring your child’s lunch.Register on the website(www.cos-umc.org) under“Registration Forms.”

Sunday Worship Services are 8:20a.m. and 11 a.m. (traditionalworship), and 9:40 a.m. (con-temporary worship).

The church is located at 8005Pfeiffer Road, Blue Ash; 791-3142; www.cos-umc.org.

Montgomery Nursery School isaccepting registrations for2015-2016 school year. Call984-1796 for details.

CommunityLighthouseChurch of GodServices are 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Cincinnati; 984-5044; onFacebook under CommunityLighthouse Church of God.

Hartzell UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday School: 9 a.m., SundayWorship Service: 10:30 a.m.,Camp Kids & Child Care: 11 a.m.;active youth, outreach, fellow-ship, music ministries, Biblestudies. Pastor is Will Leasure.

Adult Sunday School on Sundaymornings from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.(Fellowship Hall).

The Super Bowl 2015 YouthFundraiser will offer homemadeitems - six-inch hoagie, quarteach of potato, bean, vegetable,chicken noodle or chili and

brownies. All orders are neededby Friday, Jan. 30. Call thechurch. Pickup is 11:30 a.m.Sunday, Feb. 1.

The church is at 8999 ApplewoodDrive, Blue Ash; 891-8527;www.hartzellumc.org.

St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchRegular service times are 8 a.m.with spoken Eucharist and 10a.m. with Sunday School andchildcare.

The book club will discuss Serenaby Ron Rash at 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, Feb. 4, in thelibrary.

SMART Recovery Group meetsMondays at 6 p.m. in the library.Visit website atwww.smartcincy.com

An Intercessory Healing PrayerService is held the third Mondayof each month at 7 p.m.

Tai Chi is offered on Mondaysfrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. andWednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6p.m.. Come and watch a class.

The Order of St. Luke, Hands ofHope chapter, meets the secondWednesday of each month at7:15 p.m. in the library.

A Men's Breakfast group meetson Wednesday mornings at 8:30a.m. at Steak N Shake in Mont-gomery.

Ladies Fellowship/Religious StudyGroup meets on Tuesday morn-ings at 10 a.m. at the church.

A Quilting Group meets the thirdTuesday of each month at 1 p.m.No experience necessary. Bringyour own projects and ideas forgroup projects.

Friends in Fellowship meets thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6:15 p.m. for a potluck dinnerat the church.

Ladies Bridge meets the first andthird Thursdays of the month.Contact the church office forfurther information.

Couples Bridge meets the firstFriday of each month. Anyonewith a bridge partner is wel-come to attend. Bring an appe-tizer or snack to share.

A Bereavement Support Groupfor widows and widowers meetsthe second and fourth Saturdaysfrom 10a.m. to 11 a.m.

The Rev. Dr. Nancy Turner Jones isPriest in Charge.

The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401; www.st-barnabas.org.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday morning worship servicesare at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.Child care is available in thenursery during both services forinfants through age 2. Sundayschool for pre-school through12th-grade is at 10:45 a.m.Additional child care is availablefor parents in Adult Educationclasses: Preschool and oldermeet in Room 113 during the9:15 service.

Adult Sunday Bible study meets10:45 a.m.

Mother of a pre-schooler? Joinour new MOPS group (Mothersof Preschoolers). Free childcareprovided. Meets the secondWednesday of each month. 9:30a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Room 229.

An upcoming study, “Not a Fan:Becoming a Completely Com-mitted Follower of Jesus” byKyle Idleman, will meet in Room120 ; 10:45 a.m. in the Manse.

New Beth Moore Women’s Studyis under way. Children of theDay: 1st and 2nd Thessalonianswill be studied. Meets 9:30 a.m.to 11:15 a.m., Wednesdays, inRoom 120.

Lamplighters' new January studywill be II Corinthians. Meetsevery Tuesday from 7-8:30 in theMedia Center.

All women are welcome to

Eunice Circle, which meets atnoon, Thursday, Feb. 12 in thechapel. A light lunch will beserved.

Men’s Bible Group meets 6:45-7:30 a.m. Wednesdays in Room120.

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

Women’s Monday Group meets10:30 a.m. to noon in room 120.The group is currently reading“What’s so Amazing AboutGrace,” by Philiip Yancey.

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

Mother of a pre-schooler? Joinour new MOPS group (Mothersof Preschoolers). Free childcareprovided. The group meets9:30-11:30 a.m., the secondWednesday of each month, inRoom 229.

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

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

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

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4 p.m.Wednesday for consideration inthe following edition. E-mailannouncements to [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

RELIGION

A concert at St. PaulCommunity United Meth-odist Church of Madeiraat 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8,will help the famed Cin-cinnati Boychoir cele-brate its 50th year.

The 45-member TourChoir, with boys rangingfrom 11to 17, will performnumbers chosen for theGolden Anniversary year,including patriotic songsand selections from a

work commissioned forthe celebration.

As with all St. Paul Pre-sents concerts, no admis-sion will be charged butcontributions are wel-comed. A reception willfollow the concert.

Recognized as one ofthe nation’s premier boy-choirs, the Cincinnati or-ganization is dedicated tothe musical, intellectual,and emotional develop-

ment of young men. It isrespected as one of the re-gion’s foremost musiceducation and perfor-mance organizations.From its new home at theAronoff Center for theArts, where it is the new-est resident company, theBoychoir reaches about200 young men each yearfrom more than 90 schoolsin the Tristate.

Boys audition for the

choir by recommendationof school music teachersand attend weekly re-hearsals, retreats and anannual summer musiccamp at Xavier Univer-sity.

The Cincinnati Boy-choir’s various units willpresent about 30 concertsduring its anniversaryyear. A weekend celebra-tion in April will includeperformance at Chiches-

ter Cathedral of LeonardBernstein’s “ChichesterPalms.” Bernstein wrotethe work in 1965 – the yearthe Cincinnati Boychoirwas founded. The cathe-dral, dating to 681 A.D., isin Sussex, England.

Other highlights of the

Boychoir’s anniversaryyear include perfor-mances with the Cincin-nati Symphony Orches-tra, the Cincinnati Popsand Cincinnati Opera. Theboys will also make theirfirst visit to Australia.

PROVIDED

A concert at St. Paul Community United Methodist Church of Madeira at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, will help the famed CincinnatiBoychoir celebrate its 50th year.

St. Paul concert heralds Boychoir’s 50th anniversary

As part of its ongoingseries Coffee Talk, Cincin-nati Chapter of Hadassahwill host “Women’s HeartHealth” at 7:30 p.m. Mon-day, Feb. 9, at the home ofKaren Silverman, 8708Tanagerwoods Drive.

Cincinnati broadcasterNorma Rashid will join apanel of women who havesurvived heart events/dis-ease, including JenniGrammer, a representa-tive from the AmericanHeart Association, andDebi Schweitzer, whofounded the Christ Hospi-tal Health Network sup-port group for women. Inhonor of February HeartHealth Month, pleasewear red.

Rashid has workednearly 30 years as a broad-cast news journalist.Much of her career wasspent as co-anchor of

WLWT-TVin Cincin-nati. Ra-shid hasworkedwith nu-merous lo-cal chari-ties, includ-

ing the March of Dimes,Children’s Hospital, TheHeart Association, TheCincinnati Ballet and Sym-phony and volunteers hertime as a public speakerfor countless area chari-ties and community or-ganizations. She alsoserves as a board memberfor the Cincinnati Associa-tion for the Blind, TheBoys and Girls Club, Mile-stones Inc. TherapeuticHorseback Riding andPlay It Forward of Cincin-nati. Rashid is a professorof broadcast journalism atthe University of Cincin-

nati.Grammer, director of

development at the Amer-ican Heart Association,was born with a hole in herheart and experienced atransient ischemic attack(TIA), a mini-stroke whenshe was only 27.

Schweitzer, had twoheart attacks three weeksapart in October 2012. Shewas in perfect health withno history of heart diseaseand had great cholesterollevels. After many testand scans, she was sent tothe Cleveland Clinic andwas diagnosed with SCAD(spontaneous coronary ar-terial dissection), a tearbetween the layers of thearteries that causes ablockage to the heart. Sheis in a Mayo Clinic studyfor SCAD to find out whythis happens mainly tohealthy women.

Finding that there wereno support groups in Cin-cinnati, Schweitzer found-ed a women’s heart dis-ease support group thatmeets at Christ Hospital.She has won the Macy’s GoRed Makeover, was inter-viewed on two news chan-nels and has had an articleabout her in Cincy Maga-zine. She is the chair forthe Passion Committee forAmerican Heart Associa-tion. In October of lastyear she went to MayoClinic for a four-day train-ing for Women and HeartDisease.

Refreshments will beserved. Coffee Talk isopen to the public, andthere is no charge to at-tend, but RSVPs are re-quested. Please call 513-821-6157, email [email protected] or visitcincinnati.hadassah.org.

Rashid part of Hadassah panel on heart health

Rashid

Sharonville United MethodistTraditional worship services at 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary worship service at 9:30amFaith development opportunities for all ages!3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

Epiphany United MethodistChurch Welcomes You!

Weekend Services:Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 9am and 10:30am

Child care and Christian Educationfor all ages available

throughout the weekend.

Dr. Stephen Swisher, Senior Pastor

6635 Loveland-Miamiville Rd. 45140(513) 677-9866

www.Epiphanyumc.org

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

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

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Reverend Jennifer Lucas,Senior Pastor

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Imagine this: you’redriving along when sud-denly you hear a bang.You pull over and find oneof your tires has gone flat.You open the trunk of thecar to get out the sparetire and find there is nospare!

That’s happening tomore and more drivers assome manufacturers havedecided to drop the spareto decrease weight andincrease fuel economy. Ithas made drivers likeNancy Stahl, of Bridge-town, quite upset.

Stahl writes, “I wasstranded with no sparetire in my car 20 milesfrom home late at night. Iwas put in a position that Ihad to have my car towed.I had to get into a towtruck with a perfectstranger to get my cartaken to a place that couldreplace my tire.”

Stahl says she had noidea the new car she justbought didn’t come with aspare tire. She writes, “Ibelieve that this situationis not only unsafe, butalso dangerous. I did notknow the tow truck driverand I felt uncomfortablenot knowing what couldhave happened. I was putin a position that I had nocontrol (over) and I wasvery upset. “

Rather than includinga spare tire, the manu-facturer has a can ofsealant in the trunk, butStahl says that did nogood because she had apiece of steel in her tireso she couldn’t drivehome. She adds, “I wouldrather pay for the extra

gas that itcosts tohave aspare tirein my carthen be putin danger.”

Stahlsays, “Thedealerinformedme that I

could purchase a kit formy car for $480 if I want-ed a spare tire. I was, andam still, very angry aboutthe situation that I wasput in that night. I paidenough for the car and Ifeel it is unfair to have topay that much for some-thing that has alwaysbeen part of a vehicle.”

Manufacturers used toput a small “donut” tire inthe trunk and you coulduse it to drive about 50miles or so until you gotto a safe location. Eventhat is being replaced bysome manufacturers infavor of the tire repairkit. Some tire dealers saythat repair kit may allowyou to get to your destina-tion, but many times thattire has to be replacedbecause the sealant wasused.

Stahl says she’s veryunhappy with the decisionto discontinue using sparetires. She writes, “When Imention this fact to otherpeople, they can’t believeit and they run to checktheir car to make surethey have a spare tire.”

Howard Ain appears as theTroubleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].

No spare tire insome new cars

Howard AinHEY HOWARD!

BLUE ASHIncidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringReported in 9200 block ofFloral Avenue Jan. 5.

Criminaldamaging/endangeringReported in 4400 block ofCooper Road Dec. 30.

Receiving stolen propertyReported in 4200 block of HuntRoad Jan. 4.

Theft of drugsA woman said someone took123 IC Hycrocarbon 5/325 pills,value $50, from the 4700block of Cornell Road Jan. 3.

MONTGOMERYIncidents/investigationsAssaultReported in 10500 block ofMontgomery Road Jan. 4.

Bad checksReported in 9900 block ofMontgomery Road Jan. 7,

Burglary/breaking andenteringSomeone took a television,value $500; an electronictelevision game, value $400,and $2,000 from the 9900block of Tollgate Lane Jan. 8.

CounterfeitSomeone presented counter-feit checks totaling $4,200 inthe 10100 block of Montgo-mery Road Jan. 3

Disorderly conductReported in 10500 bock ofMontgomery Road Jan. 23.

DomesticReported n 7300 block ofThumbelina Lane Jan. 4.

Reported in 10100 block ofMontgomery Road Dec. 28.

Reported in 10500 block ofMontgomery Road Jan. 25.

Reported in 10500 block of

Montgomery Road Jan. 18.Drug offenseReported on eastbound In-terstate 275 Jan. 22.


Found propertySomeone found a bicycle, value$150, in the 10000 block of ZigZag Road Jan. 16.

FraudReported in 10400 block ofStone Court Jan. 7.

HarassmentReported in 9900 block of ZigZag Road Jan. 21.

Identity theftReported in 7800 block ofShadowhill Way Jan. 19.

Reported in 10300 block ofDeeerfield Road Jan. 23.

Reported in 7900 block ofSchoolhouse Lane Jan. 24.


Income tax violationRepored in 10100 block ofMontgomery Road Jan. 15.

Liquor violationReported in 9300 block ofMontgomery Road Jan. 17.

MenacingReported in 0 block of FinancialWay Dec. 26.

Reported in 7400 block ofCornell Road Jan. 14.

Operating motor vehicleunder influenceReported on eastbound In-terstate 275 Jan. 20.

Reported in 7800 block ofRemington Road Jan. 12.

SolicitingReported in 7700 block ofJolain Drive Jan. 15.

Suspicious personReported in 9500 block of MainStreet Jan. 21.

TheftTwo male juveniles said some-one took cell phones from

book bags in the 7400 blockof Cornell Road Jan. 7.

A male juvenile said someonetook $25 cash and $123 worthof gift certificates from the7400 block of Cornell RoadJan. 2.

Reported in 8400 block ofMarket Place Lane Jan. 4.

A man said someone took acredit/debit card from the10400 block of AdventureLane Jan. 26.


A woman said someone took alicense plate renewal tab,value $70, from the 10700block of Wellerwoods DriveJan. 20.

A man said someone took anair conditioner, value $20,000,from the 9200 block of Mont-gomery Road Jan. 19.

SYCAMORETOWNSHIP

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringReported on 4400 block ofEmerald Ave., Dec. 4.

BurglaryReported at 3900 block ofLarchview Drive, Dec. 18.

Criminal mischiefReported on 8500 block ofSturbridge, Dec. 7.

Identity fraudReported at 8600 block ofPlainfield Lane, Dec. 17.

TheftDog removed from 8400 blockof Beech Ave., Dec. 1.

Light valued at $5,800 removedfrom 4000 block of E. Gal-braith, Dec. 3.

Merchandise removed from7800 block of MontgomeryRoad, Nov. 30.

Trailer removed from 8200

block of York St., Dec. 10.License plate removed fromvehicle at 8900 block of BlueAsh Road, Dec. 10.

Reported at 4000 block ofLimerick Ave., Dec. 9.

Glasses valued at $480 re-moved from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Dec. 1.

Vehicle removed from 4000block of Limerick Ave., Dec. 9.

Clothing valued at $85 re-moved from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Dec. 8.

Sunglasses valued at $300removed from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Nov. 30.

Perfume valued at $300 re-moved from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Dec. 16.

Items removed from 7800 blockof Montgomery Road, Dec. 15.

Checks valued at $5,150 re-moved from 12000 block ofThird Ave., Dec. 16.

Fruit valued at $18 removedfrom 7800 block of U.S. 22,Dec. 16.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsKate Willoughby, 37, 342Springfield Pike, theft, Dec. 14.

Incidents/investigationsTheftReported at 11300 block ofMontgomery Road, Dec. 16.

Clothing valued at $110 re-moved from 9200 block ofFields Ertel, Dec. 4.

$26,700 removed from 11000block of Enyart, Dec. 17.

Reported at 8700 block ofRookscreek Drive, Dec. 9.

Reported at 11000 block ofMontgomery Road, Dec. 14.

Reported at 12000 block ofMontgomery Road, Dec. 11.

POLICE REPORTS

BLUE ASH4430 Boardwalk Court: Purdum,Donna Tr. to Schaad, Josh &Beth; $175,999.

9846 Villageview Court: Sestito,John P. & Dora C. to Antolovich,Jason D. & Amanda B.;

$425,000.

MONTGOMERY8512 Capricorn Drive: Goldmeier,Joseph J. & Susan E. to Smith,Blake A.; $310,000.

8914 Kemper Road: Kim, Ha

Won & Song Lee to Sawma,Robert L. & Barbara L. Schu-macher; $320,000.

9809 Tollgate Lane: GunningInvestments LLC to Cassady,Kathleen N.; $216,000.

7855 Westwind Lane: Schaefer,

Sue A. Tr. to Anderson, CarolynB. Co-Tr.; $279,560.

SYCAMORE TWP. 8938 Applewood Drive: Plans 4Properties Inc. to Feygin, Alex-ander; $161,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

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