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The Blue Ash Airport closes today, Aug.29, after decades in operation. Here,the pilots, the people who probably will

miss it the most, share their memories ofthe long-time community landmark.

Yes, I can be a pilot

Now that the Blue Ash Airport is coming to anindefinite close, the airport community has twothings on their mind. What they are going to do afterthe airport is out of operation and reflecting on mem-ories at the airport.

In my time at the airport I have had numerouspositive memories, but of my favorites is the day ofmy first solo, Sept. 17, 2011, the fateful day my flightinstructor “kicked me out of the nest” by opening thedoor of the plane and walking to the FBO, giving methe position of pilot in command.

That day I had the amazing privilege and experi-ence of performing three takeoffs and landings all onmy own. My first solo opened my eyes to the factthat, “Yes, I can be a pilot,” and gave me confidenceto keep perusing my dreams in becoming a licensedpilot.

If it were not for this little seemingly insignificantairport I would never have been able to have thisexperience. This airport was one of the most amazingplaces in Blue Ash where dreams came true everyday and the closing of the Blue Ash Airport will beroadblock and obstacle that the pilots of Blue Ashwill have to overcome.

It is a real shame the way things had to end upwith this airport and it will now join the thousands ofother unnecessarily closed airports around the coun-try. But every time I pass by that 3,500-foot strip ofasphalt from here on I will always remember theamazing memories I had at the Blue Ash Airport andwill know that it will never be forgotten.

Dylan ConsbruckSymmes Township pilot

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FINAL APPROACHFINAL APPROACH

Pilots bid farewellto the Blue Ash Airport

“Kids will still go to airports on warm summer days

with their parents and dream of flying.

But unfortunately, not at Blue Ash anymore.”STEVE SPROVACH, Indian Hill pilot, on the closing of the Blue Ash Airport

Dylan Consbruck of Symmes Townshiplearned to fly at the Blue Ash Airport.THANKS TO DYLAN CONSBRUCK

An aerial view of the Blue Ash Airport. THANKS TO DON THEISS

See AIRPORT on Page A3for more pilot stories.

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BLUE ASH — School’sjust begun, but 13-year-oldPaige Shankman of Syca-moreTownshipalreadyhasearned straight As fromtheBlueAshfireandpolicedepartments.

In fact, the departmentsbelieve everyone couldtake a lesson from the

eighth-grader at IndianHill Middle School, whose911call earlier this summercould well have saved alife.

Aug. 21, Blue Ash fire-fighters andpolice officers

gathered at fire depart-mentheadquarters onKen-wood Road to presentShankman with a certifi-cate honoring her for calm-ly calling 911 June 27 aftershe found family friendTammy Mills, 54, uncon-scious in Mills’ home inBlue Ash - and for remain-ing calm as she providedparamedics dispatched tothe scene with importantinformation about the situ-ation.

Shankman had beenwalking Mills’ dog whenshe returned toMills’ home

and saw her on the floor.“(Shankman) was very

calmandcool andcollectedwith the dispatcher and theparamedics sent to thescene,” said Blue Ash Po-lice Lt. Steve Schueler.

“Because of this, theywere able to take (Mills) tothe hospital and she was

successfully treated.”Mills, who was at the

Aug. 21ceremonyhonoringShankman, said she is un-sure what caused her tolose consciousness and hither head.

But Mills is certain ofone thing: She’s indebted toShankman.

“I’m so grateful,” Millssaid.

Shankman said she justdid what anybody elsewould have done in her sit-uation.

But, “It’s really nice tobe recognized, and I’m justglad (Mills is) OK,” Shank-man said.

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Girl honored for summoning helpShe called 911 forfamily friendBy Jeanne [email protected]

Paige Shankman of Sycamore Township holds a certificate she received from Blue Ashofficials for calmly summoning help for TammyMills, standing next to Shankman, afterMills collapsed in her Blue Ash home. At left is Blue Ash Fire Chief Rick Brown and at rightis Blue Ash Police Lt. Steve Schueler. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Still on the runway

One of my fondest memoriesof Blue Ash Airport goes back45 years into the ‘60s when therunway was just an east-westgrass strip.

A wonderful man named DanKindel, a dermatologist, FAAmedical examiner and avid pilotfromWyoming, Ohio, owned aCessna 195 and a C-3 Aeronca -the very same little “FlyingBathtub” that today hangs in thelobby of the Lunken Airportterminal building.

Dan had owned this 1930svintage airplane since collegedays when he used it to com-mute back and forth betweenhome and medical school at OhioState. The “Flying Bathtub” hada tail skid instead of a wheel, allof 40-hp and a single ignitionsystem - one magneto and onespark plug for each cylinder.

The pilot and passenger sat incanvas seats on a kind of sling inthe tiny cockpit. It truly felt likeyou were in a bowl or tub.

But when Dan invited me togo for a ride I eagerly climbedin the right front seat. He was abig man, well over six feet, soseeing out of the C-3 was no bigdeal but I couldn’t see muchmore than the panel with its fewrudimentary instruments.

The takeoff roll on runway 27was pretty rough (that skid, Iguess) and it seemed to takeforever but finally we “slippedthe surly bonds” and were air-borne.

After what seemed a verylong time I pulled myself uphigh enough to peer out the sidewindow. I wondered where inthe world we were . . . only tofind we were still over the run-way.

Martha LunkenMt. Lookout pilot

Congratulations, youpassed

My favorite memory of theBlue Ash Airport was the day Ibecame a pilot. After months ofbad landings and confusingstatements on the radio, myinstructor, Brian Albers, as-sured me I was ready for thetest.

It was May 30, 2003, and theFAA examiner was Al Passell. Ican still remember the thoroughdiscussion we had prior to theflight test.

Al made sure I had a solidunderstanding of the rules re-quired to participate in ournation’s aviation system. I knewmy answers were satisfactorywhen he folded up the sectionalchart and told me to go pre-flight the airplane.

With nervous confidence, Iturned the key and the CessnaSkyhawk, seven-three-eight-niner-one, roared to life. We tookoff, circled and performed a

touch-and-go at Blue Ash beforeheading north to demonstrate ahandful of maneuvers necessaryfor the flight test.

The exam went well and I canstill remember him saying, “OK,back to Blue Ash.” We enteredthe pattern and landed on run-way two-four. The moment weturned off the runway, Al said,“Congratulations, you passed.”

I recall thinking to myself,“OK, but there are a dozen or somistakes I can make betweenhere and the parking space.”

Fortunately, the remainder ofthe flight went well and I didindeed receive my airman’scertificate.

It has been my hope that myson would have a similar oppor-tunity at Blue Ash. Sadly, be-cause of Blue Ash council’swillful neglect, that day willnever happen.

With some attention, the BlueAsh Airport could have becomea center of commerce for thecommunity for years to come.Instead, the council’s myopicattention has doomed the airportto the pages of history.

Scott MeyerDeerfield Township pilot

It feels like our family isbreaking up

The closing of Blue Ash Air-port is the closing of a nationalhistoric treasure. The end of anera.

An airport that has beenoperating for 65 years and themoving of “My Gal Sal,” thehistoric B-17 that had been socarefully restored by volun-teers, to a museum in New Or-leans is the collapse of a dreamof many people at the Blue AshAirport. An airport that servedthis region of the country for somany business and pleasurepilots. An airport that was aportal to our area for pilots fromall across the country.

It is not just a slab of con-crete in a field in Blue Ash - it isa place where aviation is lovedby so many.

When you take your firstflying lesson, you join the familyof pilots, a group of people likeno other. People involved with

aviation are the best, mostdown-to-earth people you willever meet.

Joined together by theirpassion for flying, they aregracious, patriotic and just goodpeople on every level. They loveflying and everything it entails.

It is not easy to get a pilot’slicense and only 6 percent ofpilots are women, so I joined aspecial group. The airport be-came my home away fromhome. The airport is not just apilot gathering place, but a placeto learn even if you are not in anairplane, (a place of) experi-ences and stories shared.

My respect for the pilots thatstarted it all - the World War llpilots with their war birds - hasopened up a whole new chapterin my life as the director ofHonor Flight Tri-State, some-thing I will carry with me al-ways, as we honor these veter-ans. We owe our very freedom tothese brave pilots.

With the closing of the air-port, the pilots will be “scatter-ing to the wind.” It feels like ourfamily is breaking up.

As the chairman of the airshow for 13 years, I met andworked with so many wonderfulpeople. We introduced manykids and families to aviation andshowed the community whataviation was all about. We in-vited the public to see planesand the airport up close andpersonal.

My best memories of theairport are going to be the peo-ple and the planes they fly - thepeople who tried to save theairport - the people who workedso many hours on the air showeach year and the pilots that willbe my friends forever - peopleyou can only meet at an airport.

Cheryl PoppSymmes Township pilot

Lifting off of runway 24Of the laundry list of fond

memories I have about the BlueAsh Airport, nothing could com-pare to my first solo as a studentpilot.

Lifting off of runway 24 andclimbing out over the golfcourse on a beautiful sunny dayI felt equal parts of: “You did it!”and “Now look what you’vegotten yourself into.”

The training kicked right inand a few turns, power changesand flap settings later I toucheddown uneventfully, as I’ve donea thousand times since. I hopedmy flight instructor CameronCaldwell, watching from theeast taxiway, was proud of me.Two more circuits and I taxiedback to the ramp and shut downwith a huge grin plastered onmy face.

I’m going to miss the walkson the tarmac among the planeswith my dog Jake, who con-vinced himself many years agothat he was head of airport secu-rity. I trust he’ll settle in quicklyat his new job as head of parksecurity.

I’ll miss the sounds of a pis-

ton or turbine aircraft engineflying over my house. I’ll misswatching planes in the flightpattern frommy office. I’ll missdriving by the airport at nightand seeing the runway and taxi-ways lit up, knowing that if Ichose to, on a moment’s notice, Icould hop in a Cessna and take ajoyride in the cool calm air.

Mostly I’ll miss the ease ofconnection to my fellow avia-tors, but we will carry on.

Marc SirkinBlue Ash pilot

No place for kids todream of flying

Well, Blue Ash airport isclosing.

Why it’s clos-ing is for anotherarticle. How doyou describe theexperiences youhad there? Yousee, an airport ismore than a fewbuildings next toa runway.

An airport ispeople and com-merce anddreams. An air-

port contains millions of stories.Where do you start?

The joy/fear of your first soloflight? The elation of gettingyour license? The first time youtake your dad up and see himbeaming with pride?

How about the people? Howmany people know that thosefantastic air shows that thou-sands of people watched wereput on by Cheryl and Tom Poppjust so others could share theirenthusiasm for aviation?

Or Martha Lunken, Al Passelland John Lane, all legends in

aviation, who in their role asFAA examiners gave hundredsof pilots their licenses, some ofwhom have gone on to be airlinepilots?

How companies sprung uplike LSI, started by Bob Readyand built into a multi-nationalcorporation in no small part bybeing able to fly customers andvendors in and out of Blue Ash?

I’m grateful for the amazingpeople I’ve met and friendshipsbegun at that airport that I hopeto keep strong. Pilots will con-tinue to learn their craft andcompanies will continue tospring up and grow around avia-tion.

And kids will still go to air-ports on warm summer dayswith their parents and dream offlying. But unfortunately, not atBlue Ash anymore.

Steve SprovachIndian Hill pilot

A shared love of aviationIt is difficult to express my

feelings about the closure of theBlue Ash Airport. I will miss theplace of course, but a place isjust a place.

Blue Ash Airport has beenmore than a place for me. It hasbeen the center of my life forthe past 20 years, it was where Iworked for the past five years, itwas where all my friends were.

It was the hub of my sociallife as well. From the cookoutson Saturday nights, the airshows, to just hanging out, youcould always count on meetingyour friends before or after aflight.

I have had a lifelong fascina-tion with aviation and mydreams were realized in 1992when I learned to fly at the BlueAsh Airport.

Learning the skills I neededto become a pilot was prettymuch what I expected, but whatI didn’t expect was the peoplethat I met along the way.

I have met people from allwalks of life from a federaljudge to a homeless man andeveryone between. The onething we all had in common wasour love of aviation, and thatwas enough.

Don TheissReading pilot

AirportContinued from Page A1

Martha Lunken of Mt. Lookoutgoes for a spin - in the sky. THANKSTOMARTHA LUNKEN

Don Theiss, operations manager of Co-Op Aircraft Service Inc., watchesas workers dig up fuel tanks at the Blue Ash Airport. THANKS TO DON THEISS

DeerfieldTownship pilot

Scott Meyer,right, stands

with FAAexaminer Al

Passell. THANKSTO SCOTT MEYER

Cheryl Popp of Symmes Township says closing the Blue Ash Airport and scattering the pilots who used it is like breaking up a family. JEANNEHOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

SprovachTHANKS TO

STEVE

SPROVACH

Marc Sirkin of Blue Ash with hisfather, Nookie Sirkin. THANKS TOMARC SIRKIN

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Aug. 22 was the first day ofschool for SycamoreCommunitySchools students in kindergartenthrough ninth grade and for stu-dents ingrades10 through12whoare new to the district. The firstday of school for all returningstudents in grades 10 through 12is Aug. 23.

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Blue Ash Elementary School first-grader Adrienne Roselli, 6, of Blue Ash, looks a littlenervous on the first day of this school year. To the left is her mother, Jemarie Roselli, andto the right is her brother, Ryan Roselli, 8, who is in the second grade. JEANNE HOUCK/THE

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Regina Stauder, schoolpsychologist, right, andPam von Ohain, a specialeducation teacher, greetstudents at Blue AshElementary School.JEANNE HOUCK/THE

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Six-year-old Maliah Hayward of Blue Ash gets areassuring hug from her mother, Ashli Toney, on thefirst day of school at Blue Ash Elementary School.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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BLUEASH—Acar crashon Glendale-Milford Roadin Blue Ash Aug. 14 turnedinto twowhen a respondingpolicecruiserwas involvedin a second, minor, acci-dent.

Noonewas injured in ei-ther.

BlueAshpolicecruisersand ambulances were dis-patched to Glendale-Mil-ford Road near Reed Hart-man Highway shortly be-fore noon on a call of ahead-on car collision withinjuries.

“As is frequently thecase, the situation was notas serious as initially re-ported,”BlueAshpoliceLt.Steve Schueler said.

Schueler said the firstcrash occurred when a cardriven by Nicholas Shap-pie, 28, of Hyde Park, exit-ed the driveway at BuffaloWild Wings Grill & Bar at4550 Glendale-MilfordRoad and was struck by awestbound car driven byRichard Quinlan, 55, of Co-lumbus, with a passenger,Kristie Levangie, 40, ofMiddletown.

“None of the three occu-pants were injured,”Schueler said.

“Both cars were towedfrom the scene. The driverof the exiting car (Shappie)was cited for failure toyield from a private drive-way.”

Schueler said a secondaccident occurred a shorttime later at the same loca-tion.

“A police car was back-

ing up and struck a passingvehicle,” Schueler said.

“Damagewasminorandthere were no injuries.”

Blue Ash police Sgt. JoeBoyatt was driving the po-lice car. The driver of thevehicle that he struck wasStephanie Goodin, 34, ofCovedale.

The Hamilton CountySheriff’s Office was calledin since the accident in-volved a Blue Ash police-man.

Stephen Barnett, com-munity relations directorwith the sheriff’s depart-

ment, said the deputy whohandled the incident de-scribed it as “a very minorcrash.”

“(The) Blue Ash ser-geant, on duty in a 2008Chevrolet Suburban policeunit, was backing out of adrive and his rear bumperscrapeda2006HondaCivicstopped in traffic,”Barnettsaid.

“Except for the fact itwas a police unit (the depu-ty) would probably wouldhave not taken a report,”Barnett said.

One car wreck – wait,make that twoBy Jeanne [email protected]

This collision on Glendale-Milford Road in Blue Ash turnedinto two when a responding police cruiser was involved ina second, minor, accident. No one was injured in either.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

BLUEASH—HillsProp-erties has won the latestround in a fight to build anapartment complex indowntown Blue Ash, butopponents vow they willtry to reverse that.

The Blue Ash Down-townDesignReviewCom-mittee voted 5 to 1Aug. 22to approve Hills’ proposaltobuildacomplexwith218apartments at the formerThriftway/Kroger site onHunt Road.

Committee membersvoting “yes” were StanBetter, John Eisenmann,Dan Johnson, Mike LeVal-ley and Ray Schafer.

Member Jim Sumnervoted “no.”

Tim Lomison, a resi-dent who lives in the Bar-wyn Acres neighborhoodnext to the Thriftway/Kroger site, said he willappeal the decision to theBlue Ash Board of ZoningAppeals on behalf of him-self and his neighbors.

“The Downtown De-

sign Review Committee isin place to ensure that pro-jectsmeet the zoning codeand intent of the masterplan documents of BlueAsh, but they approved aproposal that meets nei-ther of those,” Lomisonsaid.

“We are fortunate thatthere is a board of zoningappeals which we can ap-peal this decision to andthat the board is made upofnon-cityemployeeswhocan offer amore objectiveand impartial decision.”

Hills Properties’ prin-cipal Ian Guttman couldnot be reached for com-ment.

The apartment-com-plexproposal approvedbythe Blue Ash DowntownDesign Review Commit-tee Aug. 22 is the thirdplan that Hills - which isbased in Blue Ash - hassubmitted to the city.

Hills Properties’ origi-nal proposal was for 235apartment units and thecompany’s second propos-al was for 224.

Lomison and the resi-

dents he represents suc-cessfully lobbied againstHills’ first two proposalsas the plans wound theirway through Blue Ash’sapproval process; Hillshas appealed rejection ofits original proposal toBlue Ash City Council,which is scheduled to re-view it at 7 p.m. Thursday,Sept. 13, at the Blue AshMunicipalCenteronCoop-er Road.

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Drive Sobercheckpoints in BlueAsh

BLUE ASH — Blue Ashpolice warn that officersnationwide will be crack-ing down on drunk driversas part of a Drive Sober orGet Pulled Over campaignthrough Labor Day, Mon-day, Sept. 3.

Motorists should expectsaturation patrols andcheckpoints, police say.

M25Mwalk Nov. 3BLUEASH—After its re-

cent response to devasta-tion in Colorado and WestVirginia, Matthew 25: Min-istries is working on help-ing people closer to homevia the “Fighting Hunger5K.”

The event, which willbenefit food pantries andshelters throughout theGreater Cincinnati area,will take place at 8:30 a.m.Saturday, Nov. 3, and willstart at Matthew 25’s of-fices at 11060 KenwoodRoad in Blue Ash.

An after-party - com-pletewith a chocolate foun-tain - will follow the race.

To register or for moreinformation, visithttp://hunger5k.kintera.org/; for more on Matthew 25:Ministries, call 793-6256 orvisit www.m25m.org.

BAMSO hosts LaborDay concert

BLUE ASH — The BlueAsh/Montgomery Sympho-nyOrchestrawill celebrateits 25th anniversary Mon-day, Sept. 3, with a specialconcert featuring perfor-mances from two of itsboard members and big-gest supporters, local phy-sicians Manisha Patel andDirkWonnell. The concert,

which is free and open tothe public, will begin at 6p.m. in the Sycamore Ju-nior High School auditori-um at 5757 Cooper Road inBlue Ash.

Reider to perform inMontgomery

MONTGOMERY — Cin-cinnati icon and vocalistRob Reider will performTuesday, Oct. 23, as part ofthe Live at the Uni! musicseries held at the Univer-salist Church on Montgo-meryRoad inMontgomery.

The concert featuringReider, who owns a homeandbusiness inMontgome-ry, will begin at 7 p.m.

The concert is free andopen to the public. Reser-vations are required asseating in thechurch is lim-ited.

Call Montgomery cityhall at 891-2424 or visitwww.montgomeryohio.orgto make a reservation.

Community yardsale Sept. 8

MONTGOMERY — Mont-gomery’s community-widegarage sale is set for Satur-day, Sept. 8.

It will be held in con-junction with Twin Lakes’Whale of a Sale, with bothrunning from 9 a.m. to 1p.m.

Twin Lakes’ Whale of aSale also will be held from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday,Sept. 7, at 9876 Montgome-ry Road.

To participate in Mont-gomery’s community-widegarage sale, householdscan sign up on the city’swebsite, www.montgome-ryohio.org, orcall 891-2424.

There is no cost.A garage sale “treasure

map” with a listing of loca-

tions will be available be-ginning Wednesday, Sept.5, between8a.m. and5p.m.at city hall, 10101 Montgo-mery Road, and on thecity’s website.

Blue Ash releasesfitness videos

BLUEASH—Want to getinto shape?

Blue Ash has launchedthe Blue Ash Fitness Min-ute, a new video series fea-turingBlueAshRecreationCenter trainers discussingfitness topics and otherhealth-related issueson theBlue Ash Recreation You-Tube channel.

The videos also can befound on both the Blue AshRecreation and the city ofBlue Ash’s official Face-book pages.

Email your fitness ques-tions to [email protected].

Drivers need todeliver meals

Sycamore Senior Cen-ter’s home deliveredmealsprogram is in need of vol-unteers to deliver meals tothe home-bound elderly innorthernHamilton County.

Volunteers deliver foodto the elderly one day aweek, and day Mondaythrough Friday. Pick-up isbetween 10:30 a.m. and 11a.m.Mostdriverscompletetheir deliveries by noon de-pending upon the amountof time a volunteer spendsat eachhomewhiledeliver-ing. Families and groupssharing a route are wel-come.

If you have any ques-tions, call 513-686-1013 or513-984-1234 or email [email protected].

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The Loveland-Symmes Fire Depart-ment recently complet-ed the Insurance Ser-vices Office’s PublicProtection Classifica-tion following a six-month self-assessmentprocess and three daysof an intense on-site as-sessment by peer asses-sors from the Insur-ance Services Office

It’s been almost 17years since the last ISO

assessment and theLSFD has maintainedits ISO eating of 2.

ISO rates communi-ties fire protection on ascale of 1 to 10 with arating of 1 being thebest. Of the almost2,800 Ohio fire depart-ment’s evaluated byISO in the past yearthere where no depart-ments that received arating of 1 and only 31departments that re-

ceived a rating of 2.This places LSFD in the99th percentile for thestate of Ohio.

Nationwide ISO rat-ed 47,242 in the lastyear with 653 Class 2departments and only61 Class 1 ratings. Thisplaced LSFD in the 98thpercentile nationwide.LSFD protects morethan 13 square miles inLoveland and SymmesTownship.

Loveland-SymmesFire Departmentmaintains ISO 2 rating

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Cincinnati Country DaySchool celebrated thegraduates of the Class of2012 during its 86th com-

mencement.With much fanfare, pipers

and a drummer led the 70 gradu-ates onto the school’s NorthLawn before a crowd of nearly1,400.

The ceremony began with theinvocation given by retiringfaculty memberMarshall Ad-ams, a 29-year teaching veteranat Country Day, whose son Na-thaniel is a member of the Classof 2012.

During the keynote speech,Head of School Dr. Robert P.Macrae advised the graduates tomaintain an “attitude of grat-itude” as a counterbalance tolife’s challenges.

Student Council PresidentTimothyMacrae and SeniorClass President Henry Peaseprovided remarks on behalf oftheir classmates.

Julie Fleischmann, CountryDay’s retiring board president,also addressed the Class of 2012.Fleischmann encouraged thegraduates to continue to “valuethe life of the mind.”

During the ceremony, lowerschool teacher KathyWinter,who retired after 33 years ofservice to Country Day, had thehonor of announcing the CountryDay “lifers,” students who at-tended Country Day from firstthrough grade 12.

Upon conferring the diplo-mas, Head of Upper School Ste-phanie Luebbers provided briefcommentaries about each stu-dent.

The graduates are attendingan impressive list of colleges anduniversities:Anderson UniversityAuburn UniversityBoston UniversityBrigham Young UniversityCarleton CollegeUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Cincinnati (3)University of Cincinnati; Engi-neering (2)University of Cincinnati (CCM)Cornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeUniversity of Dayton (2)Denison University (5)DePauwUniversityElon UniversityEmory UniversityGeorgeWashington UniversityGeorgia Institute of Technol-ogyGettysburg CollegeHampton UniversityHanover CollegeHobart andWilliam SmithCollegesIndiana University (3)Lehigh UniversityLoyola Marymount UniversityMiami University (4)University of Michigan (2)Middlebury CollegeNew York UniversityNortheastern Ohio MedicalUniversityOccidental CollegeOhio State University (6)Ohio University (2)Princeton UniversityPurdue UniversitySouthernMethodist UniversityStanford UniversitySyracuse UniversityTrinity University (TX)Vanderbilt University (2)Washington University in St.Louis (2)Webster UniversityWilliams College (2)University of Wisconsin, Madi-sonXavier University

Country Day celebrates86th commencement

Alyssa Bardach of Amberley Village and Emily Ashwell of Mason proceed into CCDS's 86th Commencement. Bardach will attend IndianaUniversity, and Ashwell will attend Vanderbilt University. THANKS TO RALPH JAVENS

Dorian Bell of Mount Healthy receives her diploma from Dr. Robert P.Macrae. Dorian will attend Ohio State University where she has beenaccepted into the engineering program. THANKS TO RALPH JAVENS

Michael Hanson of IndianHill receives his diplomafrom Head of School Dr.Robert P. Macrae (IndianHill). Hanson will attendHobart and William SmithColleges. THANKS TO RALPH

JAVENS

Kyle Kistinger of IndianHill receives his diplomafrom Head of School Dr.Robert P. Macrae. Kistingeris attending WilliamsCollege. THANKS TO RALPH

JAVENS

President of the Board of Trustees Julie Fleischmann of Indian Hill, Headof School Dr. Robert P. Macrae of Indian Hill, Head of Upper SchoolStephanie Luebbers of Madeira led the recessional of faculty, staff, andtrustees to close the ceremony. THANKS TO RALPH JAVENS

Graduates HenryPease and LilyCohen, both ofIndian Hill, posefor a photo withHead of MiddleSchool TheresaHirschauer. Peasewill attendPrincetonUniversity, andCohen willattend theUniversity ofWisconsin atMadison. THANKSTO RALPH JAVENS

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

As the football seasonkickedoff, here are the results for areateams. Moeller’s game Sundaynight against Gilman School aspart of the Skyline Chili Cross-town Showdown occurred pastdeadline.

Sycamore 38,Anderson 7

Sycamore junior quarter-back Greg Simpson had twotouchdown runs and a 45-yardtouchdown pass to Caleb Col-letts as theAves rolled overAn-dersonAug. 24 atNippert Stadi-um. Simpson was named Syca-more’sMVP in the Skyline ChiliCrosstown Showdown matchupafter running for 153 yards andpassing for 89.

Senior defensive back JoeyGruden also had a “pick six”against Anderson’s Kevin Rog-ers and running back MarquesJames found the endzone.

Next game: At home withEast Central Aug. 31at 7:30 p.m.

CHCA 36, Madeira 20Eagles’ quarterback Conner

Osborne lit up the Mustangs’secondary for four touchdownpasses as CHCA defeated theteam they ousted from the play-

offs last season.Osborne completed 24 of 35

passes for 396 yards and fourtouchdowns, including scoresof40and49yards to seniorNickWeaver at the Skyline ChilliCrosstown Showdown, whichwas played at Sycamore Stadi-um, Aug. 23.

Weaver was named the Ea-gles’ MVP after caching 14passes for 210 yards and addingan interception on defense.

Next game: CHCA plays atReading, Aug. 31. Kickoff is at7:30 p.m.

Gannett News Services con-tributed to the report.

Sycamore quarterback Greg Simpson struggles for more yardage as he’s tackled by Anderson linebackerEvan Lackner in the second quarter. Simpson rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries. Healso threw for 89 yards.

Sycamore, CHCAearn week-1winsTeams shineat ShowdownBy Scott Springer andNick [email protected]

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy quarterback Conner Osborne (8)hands the ball off to running back Nick Marsh (28) in the firstquarter of their Aug. 23 game against Madeira. JOSEPH FUQUA II/THE

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The games have begun asarea girls are setting, diggingand spiking the volleyball intheNortheast Suburban Lifeschools. The following is arundown of the local squads.

At Sycamore, coach GregUlland is in his second yearfocusing solely on the theLady Aves (he was previouslyMoeller’s boys coach in thespring). He’s been at Syca-more six years and hascoached the sport 17 years,including 10-year stint asMount Notre Dame’s assis-tant.

In 2011, Sycamore was 9-13,but 5-4 in the Greater MiamiConference for fifth place.

Ulland has three returningseniors in outside hitter PaigeHineline (GMC second team),middle hitter Amelia Wellsand right hitter Carrie Bergh-off. Joining Hineline as areturning starter is juniorlibero Kara Marth, junioroutside hitter Julia Cole andsophomore outside hitterOlivia Wells. Another sopho-more, Alex Schlie, is expectedto also make contributions atoutside hitter.

“We’ll have five or sixunderclassmen starting orplaying,” Ulland said. “Wehad a really good freshmenclass last year, so six or sevensophomores are pushing tomake varsity time.”

One of those is libero EllieGibson, who’s behind Marthdue to injury, but could findsome floor minutes when

healthy. The talents of a lib-ero are unique.

“Speed, a little bit of reck-lessness, definitely toughnessand a lot of leadership,” Ul-land said. “They kind of haveto manipulate where we’restanding and who’s passing.”

Sycamore has not won atitle in the GMC since 2002,but Ulland sees the league asimproving.

“In 2002, when Sycamorewon, we finished fourth atMount Notre Dame and webeat Sycamore 15-0, 15-1 thatyear,” Ulland said. “Now, thetop GMC teams are right withthe GGCL teams. We haven’tmade the impact and gone tostate, but Lakota East was No.2 in the city poll last year andLakota West beat them in thestate tournament. East andWest will be the top teams inthe league.”

The Lady Aves are at Se-ton Aug. 30, then at SycamoreSept. 1 for matches with GlenEste and Wyoming.

In Blue Ash, UrsulineAcademy is going for itsseventh-consecutive winningseason. By looking at theLions’ returning talent, thesquad should meet that goal.

In the front of the net,Ursuline should be strongwith University of NotreDame commit Sam Fry roam-ing the middle.

Fry posted 100 blocks and275 kills in 2011, according toGGCLsports.com.

Fry is one of three return-ing starters coming backfrom last season’s team.Right-side player Rachel

Nailing thenets in theNortheast

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

Sycamore volleyball seniors, from left, Carrie Berghoff, PaigeHineline and Amelia Wells will be key parts to the Sycamorevolleyball team. Berghoff is a right hitter, Hineline an outsidehitter and Wells a middle hitter. SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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On July 15, the Blue Ash-based CincinnatiSluggers 14U baseball team wins the NationsBaseball 2012 Elite World Series in Pensacola,Fla. The Sluggers were a No. 3 seed in thedouble-elimination tournament winning fourstraight in bracket play to win thechampionship. The Cincinnati Sluggers playlocally and are a part of the National Divisionof the Southwest Ohio League. In back, fromleft, are Ryan Van Dulman, Anthony Morgan,Cameron Roth, Colton Lakes, Jack Schmidt,Patrick Mullinger and coach Steve Mullinger.In front, from left, are coach Terry Byrnes,Josh Jarvis, Ryan “Buzz” Berleman, NickByrnes and Domenic Dicari. Not pictured areJohn Paul Greiner, Jay Wilson and PeytonWilliams. THANKS TO STEVE MULLINGER

Elite sluggers

Girls golf» Sycamore beat Lako-

ta West on Aug. 20 by fourstrokes at Glenview. Ma-rybeth Reinhold shot 41for the Lady Aves, whileLindsey Neville had a 43.

The Lady Aves won atri-match with Oak Hillsand Colerain Aug. 21 asMarybeth Reinhold wasco-medalist with a 39 atGlenview. Lindsey Nev-ille had a 42 for Sycamore,with Caitlin Guy shooting43.

Sycamore beat Fair-field by four strokes atGlenview Aug. 23 withReinhold finishing asmedalist with a 37. KellenAlsip shot 39.

» In a closely playedmatch, Ursuline edgedout Notre Dame 172-178thanks to junior AbigailWellens, who shot aneven-par 37 on the frontnine at O’Bannon Creek.

Boys golf» Moeller was second

behind Covington Catho-lic at the Moeller Ken-

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wood Invitational. TheMoeller Gold team wasfifth.

» CHCA beat Taylorby nine strokes at theGolf Center at Kings Is-land Aug. 20.

Girls soccer» Junior Anna Spey-

er made six saves andAbby Cundiff scoredthe game’s lone goal asUrsuline defeated Syca-more, 1-0, Aug. 23.

Boys soccer» Sycamore tied El-

der 2-2 on Aug. 21. Jer-rick Valentine and LukeBobst found the net forthe Aves.

Tennis» Sycamore blanked

Fairfield 5-0 on Aug. 21.Singles winners for theLady Aves were AlexaAbele, Nanki Hura andJamie Pescovitz.

The Sycamore “B”team shutout the St. Ur-sula “B” squad 5-0 Aug.22.

The Lady Aves de-

feated Mason 4-1 onAug. 23 with Abele,Maggie Skwara and Hu-ra sweeping the singles.

At the state teamtournament Aug. 24,Sycamore got by IndianHill 3-2 with Abele andSkwara recording sin-gles wins.

» Ursuline beatMcAuley, 5-0, Aug. 23.Diana Suarez, JennyDuma and Lauren Flem-ing won at singles.

» CHCA beat SevenHills 4-1 Aug. 23. EmilMartin took home a sin-gles victories, while thedoubles teams of Kim-berly Bolsinger and AiHarker also came out ontop.

Boys cross country» Sycamore won the

Sycamore Sunset Invi-tational Aug. 21as TallinForshey finished firstin 16:32.

Girls cross country» The Sycamore girls

won the Sycamore Sun-set Invitational Aug. 21as Sam Siler and RosieMenyhert finished one-two. Siler covered thecourse in 18:26. Menyh-ert ran 19:23.

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Garnett and outside hit-ter Lauren Wilkins willjoin Fry in the startinglineup.

Libero CourtneyGrafton and middleblocker Paige Kebeshould also be key con-tributors.

The new season alsooffers an interestingstory on the sideline.Head coach Jeni Case istwo wins shy of 300 ca-reer victories.

CHCA and head coachMariah Warburton willlook to build off last sea-son’s 13-9 record. Inleague play, the Eagleswent 9-4 and finishedthird in the standingsbehind Seven Hills andCincinnati Christian.

Mount Notre Damewon its sixth Division Istate title last seasonwith a successful tour-nament run throughWright State’s NutterCenter.

The Cougars lostthree players to Divi-sion I colleges (KelseyWolf-Kentucky, AubreeHord-DePaul, MaryCrema-UC) along witheight other talented sen-iors.

However, coach JoeBurke has several keyreturners from the 201124-5 squad, includinglast season’s GirlsGreater CincinnatiLeague-Scarlet divisionplayer of the year Mi-chelle Strizak. Burkewas coach of the year.

“Michelle has devel-oped into one of the bestoutside hitter’s in thenation and provides a lotof experience for the2012 Cougars,” Burkesaid.

Also back from thechampionship startinglineup is junior rightside hitter ChristineChandler (GGCL secondteam).

Stepping in to startthis year are seniormid-dle blocker Sarah Hill,senior libero BrittanyInks and senior middleblocker McKenzieJones. Chandler, Hilland Jones are expectedto lead the MND of-fense.

“Defensively, I thinkwe will be able to im-prove daily into a verygood defensive team,”Burke said. “We have alot of defenders includ-ing Brittany Inks, Mar-go Wolf and MirandPuthoff. The offseasonhas gone very well.”

Puthoff has verballycommitted to WrightState, with MichelleStrizak committing toIllinois prior to last sea-son’s title run.

The Cougars are onthe road against LakotaWest Aug. 30 and thenback home with Syca-more Sept. 4.

Indian Hill’s girlsfinished 8-15 (6-8 CHL)under coach EllenHughes in 2011.

Hughes had two keylosses with the gradua-tion of Allison Dam-meyer (CHL first team)and Sarah Arington(honorable mention).

Junior middle block-er Lauren Epcke (5-foot-9) brings some vet-eran experience afterfinishing No. 24 in theleague in attack num-bers. Senior JuliaSchroeder will start atsetter and seniors LindyHowe and Addie Frieswill be defensive spe-cialists.

“Our defense is head-ed by our seniors, butbasically our offense isall sophomores and acouple juniors,” Hughessaid. “They (under-classmen) played in theoffseason and did amaz-ingly well. I think this isa team that will grow alot during the season.”

Hughes looks forsophomores MackenzieMcMillan and MarieTaylor plus juniorsLindsey Tracy and Mad-di Bennett to also factorin to Indian Hill’s suc-cess.

The Lady Braves areat Taylor Aug. 30, be-fore hosting the defend-ing champion WyomingCowboys Sept. 4.

“I think we’ll finishhopefully in the topthree,” Hughes said ofher league chances.“Definitely Wyoming isa powerhouse. We knowthat going into the sea-son. We can finish sec-ond if we improve theway we should.”

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There is no shortage ofenergy in the football officeat the College of Mount St.Joseph.

Head football coach RodHuber enters his 13th sea-son leading the Lions, butshows no signs of slowingdown any time soon. Huberspent his summer travelingto18citiesaroundtheworld,coaching football with Pro-Camps Worldwide. Now, heis focused on leading the Li-ons back to the postseasonfor the first time since 2009.

“He can get you fired upto eat lunch,” said seniorlinebacker Adam Bigelow(Anderson) of his headcoach. “It is a lot of fun.”

Bigelow and the defensewillbecountedontoleadtheteamthisseason. It startsupfrontwith thedefensive lineand nosetackle Russell Tur-ner (Fairfield). Chris Taylor(Colerain),SeanBrooks,andBen Mocahbee (McNicho-las) join Turner in thetrenches. Konnor Blevins(LakotaWest) leads the line-backers, along with Jay Do-lak and Cam Dierig (High-lands). Safety Tyler Elrod(Harrison) is the leader ofthe secondary.

“Our de-fense is theheart of ourteam,” Hub-er said.

The Li-ons boastedthe top rush-ing defenseandtopscor-

ingdefense intheHeartlandConference last season.Theywillneedtorepeat thatperformance and improvetheir pass defense in orderto retake the conference ti-tle fromtwo-timedefendingleague champ Franklin Col-lege.

“We have a lot of confi-dence in our guys on of-fense,” Bigelow said. “Ourdefense is always willing tostep up andwin games ifweneed to.”

The Lions welcome anew offensive coordinatorand will attempt to get backto the pro-style, ball controloffensethat ledtheprogramto four straight postseasonappearances from 2004 to2007. All-conference run-ning back James Clay re-turns for his senior seasonafter rushing for113.2 yardsper game and scoring 16touchdownsasa junior.Claywill be a workhorse for theLions.

“He wants the ball asmuch as he can get it,” saidHuber.

The returning linemencharged with paving theway for Clay are BrandonKeller,AndrewWilson,MattRay, and Tyler Breh. RobBlundred (Oak Hills) willplay a larger role in the of-fense this season, as he andconverted quarterbackTreyMcPhail will split timeat H-Back and tight end, of-ten being featured in thesame formation together.Tyler Feine (Amelia), a 6-foot-5 target, is the only ex-perienced wide receiverback this year. Leading theoffense will be senior quar-terback Brian Pitzer.

With an experienced linein front of him and a talent-edrunningbackbehindhim,Pitzer will need to be a bet-ter gamemanager in 2012.

The not-so-secret weap-on in the Lions program isall-conference punter GregTabar (Colerain). The Lionsrarely lose the field positionbattle with Tabar on thefield.

Consistencywill be akeythis year, after a streaky2011 season.

Mount St. Joseph startedthe 2011 season by winningits first three games, before

dropping three, then win-ning three before falling inthe annual Bridge Bowl torival ThomasMore College.This season, the Lions hopeto be 4-0 heading into theirOct. 6 showdown at homeagainst Franklin.

Lions fired up for MSJ footballBy Adam [email protected] GAME DAYS

Sept. 1 – WilmingtonCollege , 7 p.m.Sept. 15 – at Hanover

College, 1:30 p.m.Sept. 22 – at Bluffton

University, 1:30 p.m.Sept. 29 – Anderson

University, 7 p.m.Oct. 6 – Franklin Col-

lege (Delhi Day), 1:30 p.m.Oct. 13 - at Defiance

College, 1:30 p.m.Oct. 20 – Manchester

University (homecoming),1:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 – Rose-HulmanInstitute of Technology(Senior day), 1:30 p.m.Nov. 3 – at Earlham

College, 1:30 p.m.Nov. 10 – at Thomas

More College (BridgeBowl XVII), 1 p.m.All home games are

played at Schueler Field,5701 Delhi Road, Cincin-nati, Ohio 45233.

Huber

It is hard to imagine ateam being disappointedwith winning 31 of its past35 games.

While disappointmentmight be a bit too strong,the Thomas More CollegeSaints remain hungry formore success. After reel-ing off two straight unde-feated regular seasonscapped by first round play-off victories, the Saintsslightly stumbled in 2011,losing their first regularseason game since 2008,their first conferencegame since 2007, and theirfirst round playoff game.

“We can’t be satisfied,”said head coach Jim Hil-vert. “We have lofty goalsfor this season.”

Hilvert enters his sixthseason as the ranked 22ndamong all active NCAA

head foot-ball coach-es in win-ning per-centage(.768). TheSaints areranked 20thin theD3foot-

ball.com preseason Top 25.Senior safety Zach Auten-rieb (Elder) enters the sea-

son with 24 career inter-ceptions, six shy of settinga new Division III recordfor career interceptions.

To help prepare for adeeper postseason run thisyear, the Saints open theseason at 11th-ranked St.John Fisher. With thismuch hype and pressureheading into theseason, theSaints will be tested earlyand often in their quest for

a fifth-straight PresidentsAthletic Conference title.

Sophomore quarter-backLukeMagnessopenedeyes after starting the finaltwo games of the 2011 sea-son.Hehasabevyof talent-ed skill players returningaround him and is poisedfor a breakout year.

Former Saints quarter-backTrevorStellman(Con-ner) takes over offensivecoordinator duties afterBrian Sheehan was namedhead coach at DefianceCollege.

Adam Rauch movedfrom running back to safe-ty, where he will line upnext to Autenrieb. Skilledcornerbacks ShaquilleJinks (Moeller), Jake Fish-burn (Elder), and AntonioBooker round out the sec-ondary.

The Saints will rely onseniors Bell, Doucette,Naltner, Hoop, Eads andStuder on offense; Volker,Gramke, Autenrieb, An-glim and Booker on de-fense to lead the team .

TMC hungry for moreBy Adam [email protected]

Autenrieb

GAME DAYS, TMCSept. 1 – at St. John Fisher, 6 p.m.Sept. 15 – Westminster, 1:30 p.m.Sept. 22 – at Waynesburg, 1:30 p.m.Sept. 29 – at Geneva, 1 p.m.Oct. 6 – Washington & Jefferson, homecoming, 1:30 p.m.Oct. 13 – Theil, 1:30 p.m.Oct. 20 – at Grove City, 1:30 p.m.Oct. 27 – St. Vincent, 1:30 p.m.Nov. 3 – at Bethany, 1 p.m.Nov. 10 – Mount St. Joseph (Bridge Bowl XVII), 1 p.m.All home games are played at The Bank of Kentucky

Field, 333 Thomas More Parkway, Crestview hills, Ky. 41017.

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Last week’s questionWhat county and city services

does it make sense to merge tosavemoney?

“I think itwouldmake sense tomerge the police and fire ser-vices. This could easily be donefor Madeira and Indian Hill dueto the adjacency.

“Although Madeira pays ahigher tax rate in terms of per-centage of income, Indian Hilltraditionally has more valuableassets toprotect andmorepromi-nent citizens. Therefore, it wouldmakesense to locate themainsta-tions for these services in IndianHill, although with fairly quickaccess to Madeira.”

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“Sorry, I think the question ispremature. I would be more in-clined to give an opinion if I hadsome idea what is being consid-ered formerger, what the dollarsare, andwhat the potential down-side is foreachmergerbeingcon-sidered.”

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Blue Ash City Council recent-ly voted to rescind their 2007airport property purchase fromCincinnati, then passed a re-

worked propos-al which allowsCincinnati tospend the pro-ceeds on theirstreetcar. Nowcouncil issquanderingour tax dollarsto misleadresidents abouttheir actions.

In 2007, thetwo cities finalized a deal inwhich Blue Ash purchased 130acres of Blue Ash Airport landfor $37.5 million, where councilhas promised to build a newpark.

As they say, a deal is a deal.Sadly though, the city councilsof Cincinnati and Blue Ash thinkotherwise. Cincinnati is upsetthat they can’t spend the pro-ceeds of the 2007 agreement ontheir streetcar due to FederalAviation Administration reg-ulations on the sale of airportland.

As a result, the two councilsdevised a scheme to help Cincin-nati with their streetcar prob-lem. It rescinds the 2007 deal,returning the land to Cincinnati.Then Cincinnati closes the BlueAsh Airport. Then Cincinnatipromises to sell the land back toBlue Ash. Since this would be aland sale not involving an air-port, Cincinnati can spend themoney on their streetcar.

The 2007 contract trans-

ferred ownership of this land toBlue Ash and calls for them totake possession this month. Byrescinding the agreement, Cin-cinnati will own the land again.As owners, they don’t have tosell it back to Blue Ash.

Blue Ash jeopardized theland for their park to help builda streetcar. When did Cincin-nati’s streetcar become BlueAsh’s problem?

At August’s council meeting,a large crowd of mostly BlueAsh residents spent over onehour pleading with council toreject this scheme. Unfortunate-ly, council voted against BlueAsh’s best interests to help Cin-cinnati fund their streetcar.Council listened to CincinnatiMayor Mark Mallory instead oftheir own residents.

To make matters worse,council and the city administra-tion have released a series ofmisleading communicationsregarding this arrangement.Most recently, Blue Ash resi-dents received a taxpayer-fund-ed mailer from council praisingthemselves, while attackingfellow Blue Ash citizens op-posed to this deal as “outsiders.”Our taxes paid for that mailing.

Shame on council for theirunethical use of city tax dollarson self-serving political propa-ganda. That money should bespent serving Blue Ash citizens.It’s time for Blue Ash employeesto get back to work and forcouncil to stop wasting our taxdollars to promote themselvespolitically.

Many of us considered a

referendum to overturn coun-cil’s actions. However, we arenot certain that it could legallyreverse the new deal. We cannotask citizens to spend their timecollecting signatures knowingthat a successful vote might notachieve our goals.

My problems with councilare not partisan - I am a Repub-lican, as are six of the sevencouncilmen. The problems thatshould concern us all are coun-cil’s poor judgment, dishonestexplanations and misuse oftaxpayer dollars. This behaviormight be normal in Cincinnati,but we expect better in BlueAsh.

Jeff Capell is a resident of BlueAsh.

Shame on council for airport deal

Jeff CapellCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

After 91 years the Blue AshAirport finally shuts down. Likemany residents in Blue Ash, Ican’t say I am heartbroken.After all, the airport has beenlosing money for years, mostlyserves recreational flyers andbadly needs updating. Further,its land is among the most valu-

able in themid-west. Sowhat are wewaiting for -let’s close it! Ifthe airportwere a privatebusiness, itwould haveclosed yearsago.

The city ofBlue Ash did a

favor for the city of Cincinnatiby purchasing 130 acres of theairport in 2006 to build a park.Yes, a new park to serve every-one in Blue Ash, not just flyers.So, everyone gets excited andlooks forward to this new recre-ational facility - a great returnon our hard-earned tax dollars.And, congrats to Blue Ash CityCouncil for pulling this off - theyeven made it look easy. Even thevoters overwhelmingly ap-proved the purchase.

Now the FAA tells the city ofCincinnati they cannot use theproceeds of the sale as theywish. Isn’t this just anotherexample of a federal agencywith too much time on its hands?Wouldn’t their time be better

served trying to get CVG backon its feet? It seems to me theyshouldn’t be telling municipal-ities how to spend their ownmoney. “Hey, you can sell theland you own, but you cannotuse the money as you wish.”

To add to the chaos, a localgroup called COAST (CoalitionOpposed to Additional Spendingand Taxes) gets involved. By theway, I like that name - didn’tP&G have a bar soap namedCoast? I guess this group wantsto clean up government - goodidea! Now they are trying to“rough up” Blue Ash by tryingto kill their airport land deal(and our new park).

One wonders why? Don’t theylike parks? Oh yes, now I re-member, they just want to re-strict how the city of Cincinnatispends its money. Hmm, isn’tthis just another group trying totell the city of Cincinnati how tospend the proceeds for a sale ofthe land it owns? Somethingdoesn’t seem right.

Why don’t we make it easy -allow the city of Cincinnati tosell the 130 acres to Blue Ash aspromised. Tell the FAA to go flya kite. And tell COAST to lookfor other ways to punish the Cityof Cincinnati without involvingBlue Ash. There must be betterways to clean up large city gov-ernment without involving ourwonderful community.

Robert Miller is a Blue Ashresident.

Don’t punish BlueAsh for airport deal

Robert MillerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

In deed, Sir Bruce,indeed

As a simple citizen of SirBruce Healey’s former king-dom, I read with a laugh in myheart his column last week,“Three cheers for the strangeland of Boobash.” Sir Brucerecently sold his Boobashcastle and moved a couple ofkingdoms over, where, as hesurveys his lands from hisglass house, surely all is rightand good and the parliamen-tarians there willfully subjectthemselves to his acerbic quillof righteousness.

But why, pray tell, does SirBruce direct his ire at hisformer neighbors and gover-nors? As the good people ofBoobash gaze upon the stoneand glass façade of their spec-tacular recreation center; oradmire the spires of the newCooper Creek Event Center;or prepare for yet another yearof traveling music minstrels atthe Taste of Blue Ash in the

market square, all funded byincome tax and property tax

rates that are the envy of thesurrounding shires, surely wemust ask Sir Bruce, “Why, sir,why?”

Could it be, Sir Bruce, thatwe Boobashians are perfectlyhappy in our little Trumanes-que berg, where our electedleaders provide what we as thecitizens have rightfully votedfor? Could it be that our leadershave made the best decisionavailable to them when con-fronted by the silliness of Cin-cinnatiland and its ditheringwith the airport space? Andlastly my good sir, could it bethat you should consider sub-scribing to this tenet:“Dwarves grow no taller bycutting off giants at theknees?”

Sir Bruce finished his wit-ting scribblings last week withthe phrase, “If only every-where was like Boobash!” In-deed, Sir Bruce, indeed.

Steve ToshBlue Ash

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The chairman of the FederalReserve tells Congress thatreducing unemployment in theUnited States is “frustratingly

slow.” Wealready knewthat. The na-tional un-employmentrate has beenabove 8 per-cent for morethan threeyears.

Unfortu-nately, FedChairman Ben

Bernanke also says the eco-nomic recovery – as weak as ithas been – appears to be losingsteam.

Now is not the time to raisetaxes on anybody. That’s exact-ly what President Obama isprescribing for our ailing econ-omy.

Tax cuts enacted in 2001 and2003 are set to expire at the endof this year. If Congress fails toact, tax rates would revert totheir pre-cut levels. The neteffect would be a $4.3 trilliontax increase over the nextdecade. The nonpartisan Con-gressional Budget Office

(CBO) estimates that such a taxincrease would shock the econ-omy and push the United Statesback into a “shallow recession.”

These looming tax in-creases, along with the pendingbudget cuts called for underthe Budget Control Act, consti-tute the “fiscal cliff” that haseconomists wringing theirhands.

The right thing to do wouldbe to extend all the tax cuts andlet the economy stabilize. Thepresident wants to pick win-ners and losers. He wants somepeople’s taxes to increase andothers’ to go down.

Recently, the accountingfirm Ernst & Young ran thenumbers on his plan. It foundthat the long-term effect ofincreasing taxes would be tosiphon $200 billion out of theeconomy – and cost 710,000jobs. It also found that, in thelong run, capital stock andinvestment would decline and“real after-tax wages would fallby 1.8 percent, reflecting adecline in workers’ living stan-dards relative to what wouldhave occurred otherwise.”

Far from forcing the rich to“pay their fair share,” the

president’s plan would actuallyincrease taxes on job creatorsand small businesses. Many ofthem operate as “pass-throughentities” whose taxes arecounted as the owners’ per-sonal income.

According to the Ernst &Young report, “these busi-nesses employ 54 percent ofthe private sector work forceand pay 44 percent of federalbusiness income taxes.” Addi-tionally, “more than 20 millionworkers are employed by(pass-through) businesses withmore than 100 employees.” Thefact is that increasing taxes onsmall businesses isn’t going toincrease employment or growthe economy.

The majority in the Househas pledged to provide an op-portunity to extend the 2001and 2003 tax cuts before thestart of the August recess. Ihope the president will supportthat effort. We need to push theeconomy forward, not shock itback into a shallow recession.

Jean Schmidt is the U.S. Repre-sentative in Ohio’s 2nd Congres-sional District. Her local officenumber is 513-791-0381.

Now is not a good timeto raise taxes on anybody

Jean SchmidtCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012

Blueberries in Blue Ash. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Kyle Wood of Scott Farm inBelleview Bottoms, Ky., acceptspayment for vegetables sold atthe Madeira Farmers Market.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Andrew Kartal of SycamoreTownship sells honey at thefarmers' market at UC Blue Ashcollege. JEANNE HOUCK/THE

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Care for corn?Kim Callahanof theLobensteinFarm in St.Leon, Ind., sellsit at thefarmers'market at UCBlue Ashcollege. JEANNEHOUCK/THE

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Lucas Ludwig of The Olde GardenShack in Batesville, Ind., with hischildren Leanne, 5, and Luke, 3, atthe farmers' market at UC BlueAsh college. JEANNE HOUCK/THE

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Zinnias at their zenith at the Madeira Farmers Market. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Traci Shinkle ofNew Vienna

(left), 9, and hersister, Tara

Shinkle, 4, play agame on a

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Tammi Chalfie of Madeira buysorganic produce from ThatGuy's Family Farm of Clarksvilleat the Madeira Farmers Marketwhile daughters Cora, 4 (left),and Audrey, 6, look on. JEANNEHOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Todd Shanks of North CollegeHills sells pulled pork, beefbrisket and ribs at the VelvetSmoke BBQ of Monfort Heightsat the Madeira Farmers Market.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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on the campus off Plainfield Road.The Madeira Farmers Market is open from

3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays on Dawson Roadin downtown Madeira through October.From November through April, the market is

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THURSDAY, AUG. 30Farmers MarketFarmers Market, 3-6 p.m., UCBlue Ash College, 9555 PlainfieldRoad, College campus parkinglot. Locally grown produceavailable to enhance healthyeating and healthy lifestyle.Local growers/producers: Loben-stein Farm, Kartal Honey, TheOlde Garden Shack, BreezyAcres and Backyard Orchards.Free admission. 745-5685;www.ucblueash.edu. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessTaking Back Your Vitality:Toxicity Awareness Seminar,6-7:30 p.m., Robert L. SchulerSports Complex, 11532 DeerfieldRoad, First 10 people to pur-chase detox program receivecomplimentary Bio-electricalImpedance Analysis. Includesfollow-up consultation. With Dr.David Bradford of Everybody’sHealth and Vince Pitstick, specialguest speaker. Ages 18 and up.Free. Presented by Everybody’sHealth. 469-0016; www.everybo-dyshealth.net. Sycamore Town-ship.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, 891-8277. Sycamore Township.

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

On Stage - TheaterMike Lukas, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,8410 Market Place. $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. Presented byCodependents Anonymous Inc.Through Sept. 27. 800-0164.Montgomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Book discussion group.Open to everyone who desireshealthy loving relationships.Family friendly. Donationsaccepted. Presented by Code-pendents Anonymous Inc.673-0174. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, AUG. 31Dining EventsFriday Night Family Grillouts,

5-8 p.m., Lake Isabella, 10174Loveland-Madeira Road, Musicby Ben Alexander. Freshly grilledmeals and music on dock. Meals:$7.75-$9.25. Parking permitrequired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 791-1663;www.greatparks.org. SymmesTownship.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings and consultationabout your wellness needs. Free.784-0084. Silverton.Mobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., First AmericanLoans, 6835 Montgomery Road,Fifteen-minute screenings. Costvaries per insurance plan. Fi-nancial assistance available forqualified applicants. Appoint-ment required. Presented byJewish Hospital. 686-3300;www.jewishhospitalcincinnat-i.com. Silverton.

Music - AcousticAcoustik Buca, 7:30 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, 247-9933.Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterMike Lukas, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

Senior CitizensVeterans Luncheon, 12:30 p.m.,Sycamore Senior Center, 4455Carver Woods Drive, Music bythe Fresh Spirit Trio. Luncheonto honor veterans of any Amer-ican war. Box lunches anddesserts from Kroger provided.$4. Reservations required.745-0617; www.sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.

ToursKool Down Fridays, 2-4 p.m.,The Kenwood by Senior Star,5435 Kenwood Road, Compli-mentary Graeter’s ice cream barwhile touring community andmingling with staff and resi-dents. Free. 561-9300; www.ken-woodbyseniorstar.com. Ken-wood.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 1Clubs & OrganizationsAlabama GameWatch Party,8-10:30 p.m., Firehouse Grill,4785 Lake Forest Drive, Joinother Alabama alumni, fans andparents to cheer on the Tide for2012 football season. Bringnon-perishable food items tobenefit the Freestore Foodbank.

Free. Presented by GreaterCincinnati Chapter of The Uni-versity of Alabama AlumniAssociation. 733-3473; www.ba-macincinnati.com. Blue Ash.

Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,Noon-1:30 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, 7400 Montgomery Road,Peachy Seiden discusses nutri-tion and health while preparingtwo delicious, simple and easymeals. Ages 18 and up. $30.Registration required. 315-3943;www.peachyshealthsmart.com.Silverton.

On Stage - TheaterMike Lukas, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

PetsCat Adoptions, 1-3 p.m., OhioAlleycat Resource, 5619 OrlandoPlace, Volunteers answer ques-tions about the cats. Presentedby Ohio Alleycat Resource &Spay/Neuter Clinic. Through Dec.30. 871-7297; www.ohioalleyca-t.org.Madisonville.

ReunionsSycamore High School Classof 1982 Reunion, 7-11 p.m.,Firehouse Grill, 4785 Lake ForestDrive, Other events: Friday nighthome football game and VillageTavern, golf outing Sunday. $75at door, $65 advance. Reserva-tions required. Presented bySycamore Class of 1982. 602-1501; Sycamore1982Re-union.com. Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 2Holiday - Labor DayFireworks Dinner Train, 6 p.m.,Cincinnati Dinner Train, 4725Madison Road, Boarding begins4:30 p.m. Train departs BBQRevue at 6 p.m. Arrives at Mont-gomery Inn Boathouse at 8 p.m.Train departs boathouse at 10:25p.m. after fireworks. Arrive backat restaurant at 11:25 p.m.Luxury private car: $250 perperson. Dining cars: $110. Air-conditioned long distancecoach: $50. Reservations re-quired. 791-7245; www.cincinna-tirailway.com.Madisonville.

On Stage - TheaterMike Lukas, 8 p.m., Go Bananas,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

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

MONDAY, SEPT. 3Karaoke and OpenMicAcoustic OpenMic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 9443Loveland-Madeira Road, Hostedby Bob Cushing. 791-2753.Symmes Township.

Music - ClassicalSummer Carillon Concerts, 2p.m., Mary M. Emery Carillon,Pleasant Street, Listen in park asthe carillonneur performs on akeyboard connected to 49 bellsinside the tower. Tours of key-board room and bells may bearranged through the caril-lonneurs. Free. Presented byVillage of Mariemont. 271-8519;www.mariemont.org.Marie-mont.Blue Ash/Montgomery Sym-phony Orchestra Labor DayConcert, 6-8 p.m., SycamoreJunior High School, 5757 CooperRoad, Auditorium. Special25-year anniversary concertdisplaying talents of boardmembers Manisha Patel, piano,and Dirk Wonnell, flute. Pro-gram includes Mozart’s Sympho-ny No. 25 in G minor, Grieg’sPiano Concerto in A minor,Western (An Overture) byRobert O. Johnson and Shosta-kovich’s Festive Overture. Free.Presented by Blue Ash/Montgo-mery Symphony Orchestra.549-2197; www.bamso.org.Montgomery.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 4EducationPractice of Poetry: Fall Series,7-9 p.m., Grailville Retreat andProgram Center, 932 O’Bannon-ville Road, House of Joy. Weeklyor bi-weekly through Nov. 13.For women interested in writingas a spiritual and creative prac-tice. $125 bi-weekly; $190 week-

ly. Reservations required. 683-2340. Loveland.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 3-7p.m., Loveland Station, W.Loveland Avenue, E. Broadwayand Second streets, Located atLoveland Station parking area:Route 48 andW. Loveland Ave.Presented by Loveland Farmers’Market. 683-0491; www.love-landfm.com. Loveland.

Health / WellnessHealth Talk, 6-7 p.m., BakerChiropractic Madeira, 7907Euclid Ave., Weekly meetings toanswer questions and giveinformation to help makedecisions about your health andyour life. Free. Registrationrequired. 272-9200; www.ba-kerchiropractic.org.Madeira.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5Cooking ClassesKid’s Healthy Cooking Classes,4-6 p.m., Peachy’s Health Smart,7400 Montgomery Road, PeachySeiden, registered dietitian andnutrition science instructor,teaches children to be morehealth conscious by encouragingthem to make healthy foodchoices and teaching them howto prepare and cook nutrient-dense meals. Ages 11-14. $40.Registration required. 315-3943;www.peachyshealthsmart.com.Silverton.

Health / WellnessHealth Talk, 7:15-8 p.m., BakerChiropractic Cincinnati, 4781 RedBank Road, Weekly meetings toanswer questions and giveinformation to help makedecisions about your health andyour life. Free. Registrationrequired. 561-2273; www.ba-kerchiropractic.org.Madi-sonville.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 6Farmers MarketFarmers Market, 3-6 p.m., UCBlue Ash College, Free admis-sion. 745-5685; www.ucblueash-.edu. Blue Ash.

Karaoke and OpenMicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,891-8277. Sycamore Township.

Music - Benefits101Year Celebration Concert,7:30 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, 8400 Blome Road,Performances by the CincinnatiPops, Cincinnati Opera, Cincin-nati Ballet and May FestivalChorus with John Morris Russellconducting. Gates open 6 p.m.Celebrating official grand

opening of indoor arena. Food,entertainment, art display andraffle. Dress code: Boots andblue jeans. Seating on firstcome, first choice basis. Ticketsare non-refundable. BenefitsHorsing Around’s Stablematesprogram. $25. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

Music - ConcertsBlue Ash Thursday AfternoonConcerts, Noon-1:30 p.m., BlueAsh Towne Square, Cooper andHunt roads, Ricky Nye. Free.Presented by City of Blue Ash.745-6259; www.blueash.com.Blue Ash.

On Stage - TheaterAndyWoodhull, 8 p.m., GoBananas, 8410 Market Place.$8-$12. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, Free, donationsaccepted. 800-0164.Montgo-mery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, Donations accept-ed. 673-0174. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 7Dining EventsDinner with Salsa Friends, 8-10p.m., Cactus Pear SouthwestBistro, 9500 Kenwood Road,Private Room. Group dinnerheld on the first Friday of themonth. $10. Presented by Mid-westLatino. 791-4424; www.mid-westlatino.com. Blue Ash.

Drink TastingsSips, Shepherds and Semi-narians: Taste and Share forthe Good of the Athenaeum,7-9 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Community Room. Socialevening of wine and beertasting. Ages 21 and up. BenefitsThe Athenaeum of Ohio. $25.Reservations required. Present-ed by Good Shepherd CatholicChurch. 489-8815; www.good-shepherd.org.Montgomery.

EducationJournaling Jump-Start, 10a.m.-noon, WomenWriting fora Change, 6906 Plainfield Road,Concludes Sept. 14. Receive helpto guide you through beginningor sustaining a transformativejournaling practice. Learn tech-niques that will inspire you towrite, help you break throughyour blocks and ignite yourpassion for writi $50. 272-1171;Silverton.

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony Orchestra is performing a free Labor Day Concert from 6-8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 3, in the auditorium of Sycamore Junior High School, 5757Cooper Road. This special 25-year anniversary concert will display the talents of board members Manisha Patel on piano and Dirk Wonnell on flute. The program includes Mozart'sSymphony No. 25 in G minor, Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Western (An Overture) by Robert O. Johnson and Shostakovich's Festive Overture. For more information, call549-2197, or visit www.bamso.org. PROVIDED

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There’s one kind ofrecipe I can never getenough of: appetizers. I’llbet you’re in that predica-ment sometimes too, sotoday I’m sharing somefavorite appetizer recipes.

And remember, we eatwith our eyes as well asour tummies, so garnish-

ing a dish,even sim-ply, isworth thetrouble.

Tryedible flow-ers, herbsor just afew parsleysprigs.Your foodwill look as

good as it tastes. (Checkout my website, aboutea-ting.com, or my blog,Cooking with Rita, forvideos and photos of edibleflowers and herbs and howto use them).

And here’s a tip forthose zucchini that seem toknow no bounds. Everyyear there’s a couple thatgrow to the size of ballbats seemingly overnight.I’ll cut them, scoop outseeds if necessary andgrate them. Nice to have inwinter for soups, breadsand muffins.

Rita’s Hall of Famehoney-roastedalmonds

Almonds, like all nuts,contain fiber and protein,plus a good amount ofcalcium. This is mymostpopular roasted nut recipe.

Don’t forget to toast thenuts first; otherwise thecoating won’t adhere well.These make a great giftfrom the kitchen and anice snack to tote on trips.

2 cups whole almonds withskin, toasted

¼ cup sugar½ teaspoon salt2 tablespoons each: honeyand water

2 teaspoons canola oil

Mix sugar and salt inlarge bowl and set aside.Stir together honey, waterand oil in pan and bring toa boil. Immediately stir in

nuts and continue to cookand stir until liquid isabsorbed, about 5 minutes.Immediately transfer nutsto bowl with sugar/saltmixture and toss untilevenly coated. Pour outonto sprayed cookie sheet.When cool, break up andstore airtight at roomtemperature up to amonth.

To toast nuts: Pour insingle layer on cookiesheet. Roast at 350 degreesuntil fragrant, about 10-15minutes. Stir from outsideedge into center a coupleof times.

Healthier goatcheese dip withherbs

6 oz. goat cheese, low fat ifpossible

1 tablespoon plain Greekyogurt

Up to 1 tablespoon olive oil1⁄3 cup parsley2 teaspoons each: choppedmint and thyme

Salt and freshly groundpepper to taste

Celery stalks or other rawveggies for dipping

Put cheese, yogurt and

olive oil in food processoruntil smooth. Stir in herbsand seasonings. Chill atleast 1 hour before serv-ing.

Health tip from Rita:Stalks of health

Celery contains vitaminC, calcium and potassium,which means it’s good forthe heart. Celery helpsprevent cancer and highblood pressure. The leaveshave even more nutrientsthan the ribs, so leavethem on!

Chile con quesoAwesome with multi-

colored tortilla chips.

1 cup grated extra sharpcheddar

½ cup Velveeta, cut intopieces

½ cup whipping cream2 tablespoons choppedyellow onion

2 tablespoons diced tomato1 jalapeño, stemmed,seeded and diced

Tortilla chips

Put cheddar and Vel-veeta into a non-stick potor double boiler over lowheat and heat until cheesemixture is nearly melted.

Add cream and whiskconstantly until hot andsmooth. Pour into servingdish and sprinkle withonions, tomatoes and jal-apenos.

Bacon-wrappeddates stuffed withblue cheese

I made these for a dia-betic cooking class. Thestudents wanted a sophisti-cated yet easy appetizerand these were a winner.Even if you aren’t watch-ing carbs you’ll like these.You can use turkey bacon,as well.

12 pieces of bacon36 pitted dates1 cup crumbled blue cheese

Cut bacon into thirdsand fry until partiallycooked but not crisp. Youwant to be able to wrapthem around the dates.Drain and keep warm. Cuta slit in center of date andfill with cheese. Wrapbacon around and securewith toothpick. Bake at 375degrees until bacon iscrisp, about 10-12 minutes.

Diabetic exchanges:1/2 starch, 1/2 fat for oneappetizer

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Email her at [email protected] “Rita’s kitchen” in thesubject line. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

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These honey-roasted almonds are Rita's most popularroasted nut recipe. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

CLARIFYING –PRESERVINGROASTEDTOMATOESI like to freeze mine

and sometimes I’ll chopthem up after removingskins and sometimes I’llleave them in halves. Ifyou want to leave theskins on them, I suggestchopping the tomatoesup before freezing. I justput a batch through myfood processor and theylook good. Remember,though, skins can betough.Also if you like, when

roasting them cut side up,sprinkle on some herbs aswell as olive oil, likeminced thyme, garlic,basil or even dried Italianseasoning for anotherlayer of flavor. You canalso season them withsalt and pepper.

D’Souza visitsStanford

Blue Ash resident Brad-ly Ivan D’Souza a senior atSycamore High School, at-tended “Business and En-trepreneurship” Confer-ence at Stanford Univer-sity fromJuly 20 to July 29.This conference was at-tended from students allover the world.

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At Stanford, D’Souzacompleted the challengingacademic curriculum andthe relevant college andca-reer success workshops atLeadAmerica’s Businessand Entrepreneurship con-ference.

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Monday, Sept 17, 6 p.m.Green Township Branch6525 Bridgetown Rd.Cincinnati, Ohio 45248Phone 513.369.6095

Tuesday, Sept 18, 12:15 p.m.Main Library – Downtown800 Vine StreetCincinnati, Ohio 45202513.369.6900

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They picked GreatAmerican Van Lines out ofFort Lauderdale, Fla.“They were very helpful.The mover was incredible.He came, wrapped mom’sthings. He taped them andseemed to take greatpride in how he loaded thetruck,” Quinn said.

The cost of the movewas estimated to be $1,615,but after the moving truckarrived at the new homethe bill jumped to $2,370.Although packing costshad now been added,Quinn says she didn’t fullyunderstand how the billgot that high. She says themovers didn’t explain itand wouldn’t unload thetruck until they were paidin cash upfront. “Theyabsolutely refused. Theysaid, ‘We’re driving out ofhere. We’ll go in storageand you’ll pay again for usto re-deliver’,” she said.

Quinn ended up payingin full and says she wasshocked at what she foundwhen they unloaded thetruck. There were morethan 20 items missing.“Pots and pans, some ofher dishes and chairswere missing. The ironicthing is we paid like $76 apiece to have the glass

wrapped for the top of herfurniture and it didn’tarrive. So, we paid extraover and above for thatand three of the fivepieces aren’t here … it’slost. They don’t knowwhere it is,” Quinn said.

A spokesman for GreatAmerican Van Lines saysthey’re still looking for allthe items, adding this hasnever happened before.Quinn values the lostitems at about $5,000, butGreat American Van Linessays it’s only prepared topay her 60 cents perpound.

The company spokes-man says Quinn didn’twant full replacementvalue insurance andsigned papers to thateffect. Quinn says shenever was given that op-tion and never turneddown full coverage. So Iasked the company for thepaperwork showing shedeclined coverage, buthave yet to receive it.

As a result, Quinn isfiling a complaint withfederal regulators fromthe United States Depart-ment of Transportation’sFederal Motor CarrierSafety Administration.

For more information,log on to https://www.pro-tectyourmove.gov/.

Howard Ain answers consum-er complaints weekdays onWKRC-TV Local 12. Write tohim at 12 WKRC-TV, 1906Highland Ave., Cincinnati45219.

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Imagine an activitythat caters to your bestcompetitive spirit, keepsyour mind sharp, evenhelps to ward off Alz-heimer’s, and costs nextto nothing to play?

Now imagine thatyou’ve probably knownabout the game for mostof your life? Contractbridge –yes, bridge, is ex-periencing a resurgence,with an estimated 25 mil-lion players nationwide.The boom is driven inlarge part by baby boom-ers who picked up thecard game in college onlyto let it lapse and, now re-tired, have time to playagain.

On Saturday, Sept. 8,the Cincinnati BridgeCenter , 2860 CooperRoad, Evendale, is offer-ing “Learn Bridge in aDay” – your chance togive the game a try forfree! The workshop willteach the basics of bridgefrom10 a.m. to 3 p.m., andeveryone is invited. Pre-registration is requiredat www.cincybridge.com(click on the “LearnBridge in a Day” link).

The Cincinnati BridgeCenter offers more thaneight games a week, withlessons offered for allskill levels.

The millions of peoplewho play bridge do so formany different reasons,butmostwouldagree thatthe attraction has some-thing to do with the factthat bridge is an intellec-tual game. It requiresmemory skills, problem-solving, concentration,and inferential reason-ing.

However, bridge alsohas “deception, it's gotanalysis and you can playwith your opponent'shead a little bit,” saysBobHamman, one of theworld's top-rankedbridge players, about the

game's appeal. Learningto play bridge well takestime and effort, and withmore than 750 trillionpossible hands, the gameis impossible to master.But that's what makesbridge so popular, andwhy it becomes “thegame for a lifetime.”

Bridge provides awonderful opportunityfor social interaction aswell. As with virtuallyany other game, you cancertainly play bridge on-line, but the game is bestexperienced as a socialevent. It’s a great tonicfor loneliness, whetherplayed as a foursome orin a club game with 30 ta-bles of people all playingat once.

There's evidence thatbridge can make yousmarter in the first place.A 2005 study trackedfifth-graders at a publicschool in Illinois whowere similar in academicability. One grouplearned to play bridge aspart of its math instruc-tion, but the other did not.

Bridge players had agreater average increasein their standardized testscores than their non-playing classmates – dou-ble-digit increases acrossall five subject areas,from language to science.

The Cincinnati BridgeAssociation has helped toestablish bridge clubs infour area schools – IndianHill, St. Xavier, WalnutHills and LakotaWest – inan effort to introduceyouth to the game.

Sarah, Maggie and Si-ena Dorger are three sis-ters who have joined theIndian Hill High School/Middle School BridgeClub this year.

“We love the opportu-nity to learn a fun gametogether. We’re going toteach our parents next,”said Sarah.

Playing bridge, left to right, are Barb Levinson, ofMontgomery, A.J. Stephani, of College Hill, JohnAltman, of Mariemont, and Ron Manne, of WestChester. THANKS TO SUSANWISNER

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Kevin Shibley, generalmanager of Saks Fifth Av-enue, andLindseyHutten-bauer, marketing direc-tor, recently presented acheck for $8,684 toCancerSupport Community(CSC, formerly The Well-ness Community) repre-senting the funds raisedduring Saks’ 2011 Key tothe Cure charity shoppingevent held last October.

The donation will beused to help fund CSC’sfree and professionally-facilitated programs ofsupport, education andhope for people affectedby cancer, including thosediagnosed with the dis-ease, their loved ones andcancer survivors.

Event chair and trus-tee emeritus April Davi-dow and CSC ExecutiveDirector Rick Bryan ac-cepted the check.

Shibley also an-nounced that Saks FifthAvenue and theEntertain-ment Industry Founda-tion’s Women’s CancerResearch Fund will jointogether again Oct. 18-21,to co-sponsor the 14th An-nual Key to the Cure na-tional shoppingevent ben-efiting local cancer-relat-ed programs and non-profits across the countryand that once again Can-cer Support Communitywill be the local beneficia-ry.

Since 2005, Saks local

support of CSC hasequaled $73,867, while na-tionally Saks and EIFhave donated more than$31million in total to localcancer organizations.

“The ongoing generos-ity of Saks Fifth Avenueand the EIF to supportCSC’s free programs forlocal people facing cancerhas been so significantand is truly appreciated.We’re very proud to be as-sociated with the Key tothe Cure event,” said CSCExecutive Director RickBryan.

“It is a wonderful ex-ample of how Saks FifthAvenue continues to con-tribute to theGreater Cin-cinnati community.”

Saks gives to cancer support

Saks Fifth Avenue Marketing Director Lindsey Huttenbauer, left, and General ManagerKevin Shibley present the Key to the Cure donation to event chair April Davidow and CSCExecutive Director Rick Bryan of Blue Ash. THANKS TO JAMIE EIFERT

Starghill

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Montgomery recentlyjoined the leadership teamat Girl Scouts of WesternOhio.

Starghill is a marketingprofessional with morethan10years of experience

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In her newrole as thedi-rector of membership forthe Girl Scouts of WesternOhio, Starghill will be re-sponsible for developingnew strategies to attractadult and girl members toGirl Scouts.

Starghill’s role is instru-mental in increasing the

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Prior to this, Starghillwas a Procter & Gamblebrand manager for ClairolNatural Instincts, whereshewas responsible for thebrand’s overall businessstrategy. In addition, shealso managed the P&GBeauty portfolio’s first-

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BUSINESS NOTES

David L. Joyce of Mont-gomery, president andCEO,GEAviation, is chair-ing the 2012 United Way ofGreater Cincinnati annualfundraising campaign.

Joyce has assembledhis Campaign Cabinet andis calling on corporatechief executives and keycommunity stakeholders.

He said, “It will takebold leadership to achievethe Bold Goals for Our Re-gion in the areas of educa-

tion, in-come andhealth. Thisis a verygenerouscommunityof givingbusinessesand individ-uals. TheCampaign

Cabinet and I are proud torepresent United Way asthe primary convener ofthe Bold Goals initiative toimprove our community.”

“David Joyce is bring-ing a unique perspective tohis direction of this year’sUnited Way campaign,”said Robert C. Reifsnyder,United Way president andCEO. “His leadershiparound the Bold Goals andhis emphasis on innovationare driving creation offresh strategies and tac-tics.”

Joyce andhisCampaignCabinet are focused on thesimple concept of “more” –more leadership, morecompanies and more peo-ple – for raising resourcestoward achieving the BoldGoals. In addition to finan-cial support, companiesare being asked to join theregion’s community or-ganizations in endorsingthe Bold Goals.

More leadership in-cludes not only increasesin the number of peopleand sizes of gifts in the

Tocqueville ($10,000+) andCincinnatus ($5,000-$9,999) affinity groups, butalso tapping into the lead-ership of CEOs and otherexecutives to energizetheir employee cam-paigns.

In the category of morecompanies, Joyce said,“We would like to see newcompanies in this regionjoin their fellow compa-nies who commit to ‘LivingUnited.’” This includesmore corporate gift com-mitments as well as newemployee campaigns.

“Engaging more peopleas donors, advocates andvolunteerswill help get theword out about the greatwork United Way’s strate-gic initiatives and agencypartners are doing in theGreater Cincinnati com-munity,” Joyce said. “Newthis year is our retail strat-egy to increase UnitedWay’s consumer aware-ness outside the work-place. We’re also drivingengagement by position-ing theLiveUnitedLoungein unexpected places andwith more opportunitiesthrough the United WayVolunteer Connection.

“Our goal is to reinforcethe great work of UnitedWay outside of the cam-paign,” he said. “We’re fo-cusing on how United Wayprovides a strong valueproposition for communityinvestment. With low ad-ministrative and overheadcosts – and measureabletargets against the BoldGoals – United Way pro-vides the most effectivemeans to build a stronger,safer, healthier and morestable community.”

To learn more aboutUnited Way’s work in edu-cation, income and healthand how you can engage init, please visitwww.uwgc.org.

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Golfing to Fight Cancer,the 2012 charitable ladiesgolf outing at O’BannonCreekGolf Club, Loveland,on June 19, was dedicatedto thememoryofStephanieAugspurger, who died in

January after a long battlewith breast cancer.

Both the nine-hole and18-hole ladies’ leaguesjoined together for theevent, with the goal of rais-ing funds to provide sup-port for local people withcancer and their families.

Following the success-ful event, a total of $1,284

wasdonated toCancerSup-port Community (CSC, for-merly The Wellness Com-munity), an organizationthat was dear to Stephanie

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ganization provides freeprograms of support, edu-cation and hope for peoplewith cancer, their familiesand friends, and cancersurvivors, the non-profitwas an ideal choice for the2012 event.

Cancer Support Com-munity Cincinnati-North-ern Kentucky is dedicatedto the mission of ensuringthat all people impacted bycancer are empowered byknowledge, strengthenedby action, and sustained bycommunity.

Since1990, CSC has pro-vided people with cancer,their families and friends,and cancer survivors withprofessionally-led supportgroups, educational work-shops and presentations,healthy lifestyle programsincludingCooking forWell-ness, yoga, tai chi, creativeexpression and other

stress reduction classes, aswell as social opportunities– all designed to comple-ment conventionalmedicalcare, enhance quality oflife and improve the recov-ery process.

All programs are avail-ableatnocharge,witheachindividual participantchoosing which activitiesto attend. About 220 pro-grams are offered eachmonth at CSC’s Lynn SternCenter in Blue Ash and aNorthern Kentucky facili-ty in FortWright, aswell aspartner locations in Ander-son, Avondale, Clifton,downtown, and WesternHills.

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Golfers raise funds for cancer research

Arlen Forsthoefel, left, of Anderson Township and TerriLowndes of Loveland present a donation from the Golfingto Fight Cancer ladies golf outing at O’Bannon Creek GolfClub in Loveland to Rick Bryan, executive director of theCancer Support Community and a Blue Ash resident.THANKS TO BETTY COOKENDORFER

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The playground at Symmes Township's new park, Home of the Brave Park, 11605Lebanon Road, was roped off to visitors Thursday, July 19. A representative for thetownship said minor repairs are being made to the playground. It was scheduled toreopen July 23. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Sycamore High Schoolgraduate Daniel Rajaiahis serving as a legislativeintern in U.S. Sen. Sher-rod Brown’s Capitol Hilloffice.

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PUBLIC NOTICEIn compliance with Ohio Revised Code, Sec-tion 117.38, the 2011 Annual Financial Re-port for the City of Blue Ash has been filedwith the Auditor of State. A copy of the 2011Annual Financial Report is available for pub-lic inspection weekdays between the hoursof 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM at the Finance Of-fice, 4343 Cooper Road, Blue Ash, Ohio45242-5699, and is also available throughthe City’s website at BlueAsh.com (on theMunicipal Services / Finance page).

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Legal NoticeThe Reading Boardof Zoning Appealswill meet on Thurs-day, September13,2012, at 6:30 pm inCouncil Chambers.The purpose of themeeting is to hear anappeal of a variancefor lot and yard regu-lations at 1350Fuhrman Road and anew deck at 2588 S.Kathwood Circle. Thepublic is invited to at-tend.Patrick RossSafety ServiceDirector 1722902

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The Community of theGood Shepherd CatholicParish, 8815 E. KemperRoad,Montgomery, is host-ing its third annual socialevening of wine and beertasting tobenefitTheAthe-naeum of Ohio (Mount St.MarySeminary), 7p.m. to 9p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, in theCommunity Room.

There will be a wide va-riety of wines and beersalong with a delectable ar-ray of hors d’oeuvres. Eachperson attending will re-ceive a souvenir glass foruse during the evening.Start your collection thisyear or add to your collec-tion if you’ve come in thepast two years.

Reservations for Sips,Shepherds & Seminarians:Taste and Share for theGoodof theAthenaeumare$25 per person. Sponsor-ship levels are available atthe Silver level for $50,Gold level for $75, andplat-inum level for $100 and

above.There will be special

recognition for those at thesponsorship levels in ourprogram. Those unable toattend can still make a con-tribution or be a sponsor.

Checks are to be madepayable to Good Shepherdwith “Athenaeum” writtenon the memo line. All pro-ceeds from the fundraiserwill go to the Athenaeum.

Asignificant part of thisevent will be a silent auc-tion and raffle includingrestaurant gift cards, sportmemorabiliaandmanyoth-er exciting items. Therewill a diverse collection ofitems to interest parishion-

ers and guests.Guests for the evening

include The Rev. Joseph R.Binzer, auxiliary bishop ofCincinnati, and The Rev.Benedict O’Cinnsealaigh,president and rector ofTheAthenaeum, as well assomemembers of The Ath-enaeum faculty and staff,current transitional dea-cons and seminarians.

For183 years, TheAthe-naeum of Ohio has provid-ed education, training, andformation for priests, dea-cons, and lay ministers inthe Archdiocese of Cincin-nati. The men and womengraduates of The Athenae-um of Ohio can be foundserving God’s people incommunities throughoutthe U.S. and overseas.

Attire for the eveningwill be dressy casual.There will be live musicthroughout the evening.Reservation forms areavailable on our website(www.good-shepherd.org).

Questions? Please con-tact Jane Anderson, 755-1175.

Taste and share for thegood of The Athenaeum Montgomery-based

Homes Around the Cor-ner, Quality SolutionsGroup and TMS Inspec-tions announce the forma-tion of The Midwest NoteGroup, a collaboration ofservice companies fo-cused on real estate noteand property investing inand around Ohio.

The Midwest NoteGroup now provides a sin-

gle point of service for in-vestors seeking due dili-gence and follow-up realestate services. The col-laboration provides inves-tors rapid access to initialdue diligence regardingproperty assessments,borrowerandowner locat-ing, courthouse recordingand if necessary, on-goingpreservation.

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West Nile Virus is be-ing detected earlier and inmore locations acrossOhio than usual.

“We have not seen in-fection rates this high orthis early since 2002,” ac-cording to Greg Kester-man, Hamilton CountyPublic Health assistanthealth commissioner.“The Ohio Department ofHealth indicates thatWNVhas been detected in11 of the 14 counties cur-rently conducting surveil-lance. Neighboring statesare reporting similar in-fection rate increases, in-dicating the problem iswidespread, ” he said.

WNV is a potentiallyserious illness. Expertsbelieve WNV is estab-lished as a seasonal epi-demic in North Americathat flares up in the sum-merandcontinues into thefall. Some theories behindthe early detection ofWNV include currentdrought and heat condi-tions.

“WNV is transmittedthrough Culex mosqui-toes. This species doeswell in drought, prefer-ring to breed in organical-ly rich water sources,such as those found inshrinkingwater in ditchesand catch basins. The heatwe've experienced alsospeeds up their life cycleand amplifies the virus,”Kesterman said.

“It is important for res-idents to remember thatwe can all take action toeliminatemosquitobreed-ing sites and take precau-tions to avoid mosquitobites,” Kesterman said.“Even though West NileVirus is present in ourarea, thechancesofdevel-oping severe symptomsremain small.”

Hamilton County Pub-licHealth staff is conduct-ing surveillance and com-munity outreach activ-ities throughout the Coun-ty.Theywill be looking forareas of standing water,applying larvicide, mak-ing sure swimming poolsare operating properlyand advising residents onprecautions they can taketo avoid mosquito bites.

Hamilton County Pub-lic Health continues to ad-vise all Hamilton Countyresidents to drain, dunkandprotect in an effort re-duce themosquito popula-tionandpreventWestNileVirus:

Drain» Look for and drain

sources of standing wateron your property – litter,tires, buckets, flowerpots, wading pools andsimilar items that couldcreate standing water andbecome mosquito breed-ing sites.

» Frequently changewater inbirdbathsandpetbowls.

»Drain small puddlesafter heavy rainstorms.

Dunk» Apply mosquito lar-

vicide, sometimes calledmosquito “dunks,” toareas of standing waterthat cannot be drained.The “dunks” are environ-mentally safe and won’tharm pets. You can pur-chase them at your localhardware store.

Protect» Cut your grass and

trim shrubbery.»Make sure screens in

windows and doors aretight-fitting and free fromdefects.

»Wear long sleevesand pants during peakmosquito hours – dawnand dusk.

»Use an EPA-regis-tered insect repellentsuch as those containingDEET, picaridin or oil oflemon eucalyptus. Alwaysfollow the directions onthe package.

While all residents ofareaswhere virus activityhas been identified are atrisk, people over age 50have the highest risk ofdeveloping severe WNVinfections.

For more informationonWest Nile Virus, pleasecontact Hamilton CountyPublic Health at (513) 946-7800 or visit online atwww.hamilton-countyhealth.org.

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landowners, firms, and corporations that own land or occupyland in Hamilton County and are 18 years of age and oldermay vote for Supervisor. A non-resident landowner, firm orcorporation must provide an affidavit of eligibility, which

includes designation of a voting representative, prior to castinga ballot (available on the District’s website - www.hcswcd.org).There are three ways an eligible voter can cast a ballot: (1) atthe annual meeting, which will take place at the Paul BrownStadium, 3 Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH 45202 on

September 13, 2012 from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm; (2) at the SWCDoffice by requesting an absentee ballot during business hours8:00 am - 4:30 pm from August 23, 2012 to 8:00 am - 12:00 pmon September 13, 2012; (3) vote absentee by mail, requesting

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BLUE ASHArrest/citationsMichael Clarke Potee, 29, 7011Grace Ave., drug possession,possessing drug abuse in-struments, possession of drugparaphernalia, Aug. 17.Anthony Abraham Cruz, 24,1344 Waycross Road, trafficwarrant and felony warrant,Aug. 19.David S. Mclain, 31, 11408 RigaCourt, possession of drugparaphernalia and drivingunder suspension, Aug. 19.Jonnathn M. Butler, 25, 11411Riga Court, possession of con-trolled substance, possession ofcounterfeit controlled sub-stance, Aug. 19.Nichole Shackleford, 42, trafficwarrant, Aug. 17.Christopher Lee Bevins, 28, 3089Deshler Drive, obstructingofficial business and possessionof drug abuse instruments,Aug. 17.Daniel Montez Blaine Jr., 25,2098 Rubicon Place, trafficwarrant, felony warrant, carryconcealed weapons, Aug. 19.Michael Anthony Glorioso, 21,2824 Columbia Trail, Loveland,criminal trespass, possession ofcriminal tools, petty theft, Aug.14.

Margaret Mary Birkigt, 30, 4556Perry Ave., traffic warrant, Aug.16.Tracey Egan Sams, 24, 7011GraceAve., traffic warrant, Aug. 16.Andrew D. Potee, 33, 5901Serenity Lane, petty theft, Aug.16.

Incidents/investigationsCriminaldamaging/endangeringRear door was damaged at 4100Hunt Road, Aug. 18.Identity fraudIdentification used withoutpermission, 4964 Aldine Drive,July 30 to Aug. 16.Misuse of credit cardCredit card was used withoutpermission, 4892 Hunt Road,Aug. 10 to Aug. 12.Petty theft

Cell phone from11090 Oak Ave.,value $200, Aug. 13.TheftProperty taken from locker atBlue Ash Recreation Center,4433 Cooper Road, Aug. 19.Theft/forgeryCash and bank documents takenfrom11115 Kenwood Road, July5 to Aug. 14

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/CitationsAndre Wilson, 48, 4711 EstesAve., theft at 4020 E. GalbraithRoad, Aug. 3.Juvenile, 16, theft at 7875 Mont-gomery road, Aug. 6.Juvenile, 16, theft at 7875 Mont-gomery road, Aug. 6.Juvenile, 15, theft at 7875 Mont-gomery Road, Aug. 6.

Juvenile, 17, theft at 7875 Mont-gomery road, Aug. 6.Juvenile, 15, theft at 7875 Mont-gomery road, Aug. 6.Brandy Branaugh, 31, 6209 ErieAve., assault at 4777 E. Gal-braith Road, Aug. 7.Adam Anderson, 32, 210 Tusca-rosa Drive, possessing drugabuse instruments at 7875Montgomery Road, Aug. 6.John Kaufman, 112, 7752 Mont-gomery Road, disorderly con-duct at 7799 MontgomeryRoad, Aug. 5.Juvenile, 17, theft at 7913 Mont-gomery Road, Aug. 11.Juvenile, 17, theft at 7913 Mont-gomery Road, Aug. 11.Danette Postelli, 20, 924 ErbeAve., theft at 7875 Montgo-mery road, Aug. 11.Felicia Jones, 21, 1636 TrillumCourt, criminal trespassing at7875 Montgomery Road, Aug.7.Jerry Jones, 58, 3450 MchenryAve., theft at 7913 MontgomeryRoad, Aug. 8.

Incidents/investigationsTheftExternal hard drives valued at$2,000 removed at 7875 Mont-gomery Road, July 22.$600 removed at 12100 ReedHartman, July 24.

Bats valued at $2,700 removedat 7800 Montgomery Road, July25.Phone valued at $500 removedat 7800 Montgomery Road, July27.Guns valued at $760 removed at11758 Conrey Road, July 27.Phone valued at $650 removedat 7896 US 22, July 26.Laptop valued at $500 removed

at 7565 Kenwood, July 27.Pit valued at $100 removed at12180 3rd Ave., Aug. 3.Cell phone valued at $600removed at 3918 E. GalbraithRoad, Aug. 4.Purse and prescription of un-known value removed at 12168Second Ave., Aug. 8.

POLICE REPORTS

BLUE ASH3880 Mohler Road: Ruffin

Debbie R. & Clifford I. to MartinHugh L. & Mary J.; $310,500.

4465 Classic Drive: Glab Chris-ty A. to Locey Sarah M. & CharlesH.; $185,000.

5100 Catalpa Creek Drive:Mccormick Edward J. III & Eliza-beth H. to Marinich Dennis P. &Ashley F.; $422,000.

8 Trailbridge Drive: CadyRoger & Marie to Alonso IgnacioArranz & Leticia Fernandez;$523,000.

MONTGOMERY7722 Shadowhill Way: Luning

William E. & Mary E. to PooreBrian &Molly E.; $261,900.

7736 Kennedy Lane: Good-

man Stanley Tr to Scholle Bran-don D.; $166,000.

7860 Jolain Drive: LemayEmile P. & Darya to Sung Yong-mo & Younhwa Lee; $555,000.

9825 Zig Zag Road: TorreNestor A. & Marta Batlle toCartus Corp.; $640,000.

9825 Zig Zag Road: CartusCorp. to Milar Kenneth D. &Megan E.; $640,000.

9900 Barnsley Court: DippoldTim & Carrie to Duwel Douglas P.& Micah W.; $266,000.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP3879 Larchview Drive: Asbrock

Michael A. & Vicki L. Stewart toCombs Rachel Rene; $136,000.

3935 Belfast Ave.: MisnerMichael G. to Edwards Penny;

$71,500.4238 Kugler Mill Road: Foster

Tom A. & Rosemary to CeiProperties LLC; $45,000.

4452 Matson Ave.: WiczerBrian & Elizabeth to PalmerSusan J.; $117,000.

8332 Wicklow Ave.: BerberichDonald S. Jr. to Schroeder Chris-topher; $118,000.

8473 Wicklow Ave.: ClarkRyan T. Tr to Better Mitchel A.;$112,500.

8732 Sturbridge Drive: RicheySusan M. to Hamilton Scott C. &Anne E.; $305,000.

8757 Wicklow Ave.: HannahMark & Lauren M. Casto toSanctuary Partners Incorp & PeteMcconney; $114,000.

8803 Montgomery Road:

Johnson Sandra to AlamMo-hammed Rowshon &MossaShahana Khatun; $153,500.

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ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults

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

» Blue Ash, Chief Chris Wallace, 745-8573»Montgomery, Chief Don Simpson, 985-1600» Sycamore Township, Lt. Dan Reid, 792-7254» Symmes Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444


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A ribbon cutting cere-mony was held Thursday,August 2, for LifeSaferInc., the leading manufac-turer and distributor of ig-nition interlock devices inthe United States that areemployed in the vehicles ofDUI-convicted offenders.

LifeSafer outgrew itsNorwood location andmoved to a 21,000-square-foot space at 4290Glendale-Milford Road in Blue Ash.

“We are currently thelargest ignition interlockcompany in the UnitedStates. We plan to continueto grow between now andthe end of the year from 70employees at this locationto over a hundred,” saidCraig Armstrong, LifeSaf-er president and CEO.

“The boost in business isa result of states taking atougher stance on drunkdriving,” saidStellaBavely,

spokeswoman for LifeSaf-er. Alabama is the most re-cent state to put an ignitioninterlock law in place forDUI-convicted offenders.

Inaddition, the transpor-tation bill signed into lawby President Barack Oba-ma in July includes incen-tives for states that developprograms aimed at deter-ring drunk driving on localroads and highways. Thebill also calls for the imple-mentation of ignition inter-locks that prevent a vehiclefrom starting if a driverfails a breathalyzer test.

“Interlock devices are auseful tool to prevent drunkdriving and spare familiesthe tragedy of losing aloved one to a drunk driv-er,” co-founder Jerry Stan-ton said.

For more informationplease visitwww.lifesafer.com.

The ribbon cutting of LifeSafer's new facility onGlendale-Milford Road in Blue Ash. From left: Jesse Roper II,COO at Dan Beard Council; Craig Armstrong, president &CEO of LifeSafer; Charlie Norman, regional director for Ohioattorney general; Michael Balgord, co-founder; RobertSchroeder, LifeSafer supporter; State Sen. Bill Seitz; RichardFreund, co-founder; David Jahnke, regional represenativefor U.S. Sen. Portman; Mark Weber, Blue Ash mayor; JerryStanton, co-founder; Todd Portune, Hamilton Countycommissioner; Paul Bradley, regional represenative for U.S.Sen. Sherrod Brown, and Markies Porter, Cincinnati USARegional Chamber. PROVIDED

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