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YOUR TURNWhat social media apps

and Web sites concernyou as a parent? As ateenager? Do you thinkschools are handling anysituations that come upcorrectly? What moreshould they do?Email responses to

[email protected]. Include yourcommunity and school.

TO LEARNMORESocial media expert

Jimmy Dinsmore is avail-able to speak to schools.Contact him at [email protected].

Sycamore High SchoolResource Officer PaulPayne remembers whenSony CDplayerswere theonly technology thatcaused problems forschool administrators.

Smart phones and easyaccess to the Internethave changed that.

Now some administra-tors worry almost asmuch about policing so-cial media use as they doabout academics.

Payne said his role is toeducate students and par-ents about the benefitsand dangers of socialmedia usage.

“As parents, we putmonitoring software onthe home computer, but

we don’t think to put it onthe cellphone,” he said.

Payne said when a newsocial media site starts togain popularity he gets on

to explore it because ev-erything changes so rap-idly.

Monfort Heights resi-dent Jimmy Dinsmore

Schools try to filter social noise

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Many schools are having to monitor the use of social media bythe students. A number of them restrict access to sites such asFacebook and Twitter during school hours.

Pique Payne

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says all social mediashould worry parents.Dinsmore, who has a 12-year-old daughter, is a so-cial media strategist whooccasionallygives talks atschools.

“You have to pay atten-tion to what is going onwith your kid, on what-ever format they’re on,”Dinsmore said.

“And not just pay at-

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Though it came earlier in theyear than usual, the area’s firstsnowstorm caused only mini-mal problems in the area.

“All our roads are clear andthe event did not put a majordent in our salt supply,” Love-land City Manager David Ken-nedy said.

Blue Ash crews were prep-ping for the storm at aboutmid-night Nov. 17 and workedthroughout the day to keep theroads clear.

“Aside from a few downedwires and tree limbs, thereweren’t anymajor issues,” BlueAsh Community and Public Re-lations Coordinator EmilyShaffer said in an email.

Shaffer said the city uses so-cial media to update residentson winter storms and monitorswhat is happening in the cityduring a storm.

“Social media also allowsresidents to reachout to thecitywith questions, concerns, orcompliments regarding snowremoval,” Shaffer said, addingthe city uses Facebook, Twitterand Instagram in addition toposting severe weather infor-mation on its website.

Montgomery Public WorksDirector Brian Riblet said thecity did not have any problems.

“We had some advanced no-tice sowehadall our equipmentready to go. Aside for its beingearly in the season, it was noth-ing out of the ordinary,” he said,adding the city had a few

downed branches.Riblet said he will send up-

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the weather.Communications and En-

gagement Coordinator FaithLynch said in an email the cityusessocialmedia toupdateresi-dents on emergency conditions.The city also uses a reserve 911

call system to call residentsabout snow emergencies andwhen plows are out to get carsoff the streets.

She said also puts informa-tiononthecity’swebsiteforres-idents that are not on social

media.“After a particularly nasty

storm last year, I posted on oursocialmedia sites a thankyou toour Public Works Department

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A group of children play on the hill behind the Blue Ash Recreation Center during the year's first snowfall.

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Drug prevention pres-entations aren’t uniquefor students.

However, the IndianHill Exempted VillageSchool District is tryingsomething different witha presentation gearedspecifically for parents.

“Parents and Preven-tion: Creating Drug-FreeCommunities” will befrom 6 to 7 p.m. Monday,Dec. 1, at IndianHill HighSchool, 6865 Drake Road.

The guest speakerswill be Hamilton County

presentation will provideparents with informationon substances their chil-dren could be exposed to.

She said this will in-clude a discussions ondrugsandalcoholabuseatboth the high school andcollege level.

“We want to make par-ents aware of the types ofabuses and addictions wehave been seeing in Ham-ilton County,” she said.“We want the parents tohelp prevent their chil-

dren from going downthat road.”

IndianHill Superinten-dent Mark Miles said thepresentation is a collabo-rative effort with Madei-ra City Schools.

“We recognize that Dr.Sammarco is a tremen-dous community re-source,” Miles said. “Sheisalsoaveryinvolvedpar-ent in our district.”

Miles said the up-to-date information provid-ed during the program

should be very beneficial.“The information will

allow parents to be moreknowledgeable,” he said.

A follow-up programwill be presented by Ma-deira City Schools in thespring.

“As the parent of ahigh-school (student) my-self, this is stuff I’d like toknow,” Sammarco said.“We think the more in-formedyouare, thebetteryou can protect and edu-cate your children.”

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“For theparents, this ismore of an informationaltalk,” Sammarco said.“We are there to answertheir questions.”

Sammarco said the

tention to your kid, but allof their friends. ForTweens and young teensInstagram is a popularone. Most of that is trans-parent, where a parentcanseewhat isbeingpost-ed and said. However,friends can send privatemessages and parentsshould be checking thatregularly.”

Dinsmore said Snap-chat is particularly prob-lematic.

“This is much lesstransparent,” he said.“Friends (or strangers)can send your child avideo or photo messagewith a very brief mes-sage. The image or videostays up for only a brieftime and then disappears.But this does not mean itdidn’t make out onto thecloud and Internet. Andbecause what is beingsent disappears quickly,it’s harder for parents toknow what is being sentamongst their kids.

“KIK is another one.This is a seemingly harm-less messaging service.However, it’s becomecommonforsexualpreda-torsandperverts topatrolKIK due to its somewhat

anonymousmethods. As aparent, there is no realmerit or reason for a childto have KIK, so I don’t al-low my daughter to havean account.

“The real action for ateen is going down onTwitter. All parentsshould have a Twitter ac-count and follow theirchild and their friends.”

Payne said the natureof how students makethreats against the schoolhas also changed.

Earlier this schoolyear, a Sycamore HighSchool student posted athreat on Instagram.

“The issue is we arehaving students get angrynow and theywant to ventonline right then insteadofgoinghomeandventingto theirparentsorafriendand sometimes theyaren’t thinking about theconsequences. It is the lo-gistics these kids are try-ing to deal with becausethe Internet is in theirface all the time,” he said.

Police say that the stu-dent was in the highschool’s media centerwhen he posted a photo ofa silver handgun to Insta-gram with a messagethreatening violenceagainst the school, offi-cials from theMontgome-ry Police Departmentsaid.

The picture was pulledfrom a third-party web-site, police believe. Otherstudents informed teach-ers and the student waspromptly removed, policesaid.

Payne said when hesees a threat or a studenttells him of about one, hefinds it and determinesthe level of the threat. Hethen investigates andsometimes sends out sub-poenas or search war-rants to the social mediacompanies. He said if aninvestigation results incriminal charges it is usu-allymenacing or telecom-munications harassment.

School officials ac-knowledge the challenge,and say they arehavepro-cedures and policies inplace.

Sycamore CommunitySchools Chief Informa-tion Officer Melinda

Briggs said she keeps aneye on the district’s socialmedia channels and howstudents interact with itas part of the communica-tions umbrella.

Briggs said since thedistrict encourages stu-dents to bring their owndevices to school, it has tobe articulate the correctway touse themandmakesure students understandtheconsequencesofusingthem incorrectly.

“We encourage stu-dents to report if they seesomething suspicious.That is what happenedwith the Instagram inci-dent.Astudentreported itand it was over about asquickly as it began,”Briggs said.

Briggs said the dis-trict’s acceptable use pol-icy for socialmedia is out-lined in the student hand-booksand lists thepunish-ments for violating thepolicy.

“We haven’t had any-thing get out of hand,”Briggs said.

She added she has notseenmany students usingYik Yak. She said theplace she has seen themost traffic on Yik Yak isBlue Ash ElementarySchool because it is soclose toUniversity of Cin-cinnati Blue Ash.

“We’re keeping an eyeon social media and howstudents are using it,” shesaid.

“We have not experi-encedYikYak,”PrincetonHigh School PrincipalCharles Ogdan said.“However, we do have todeal with Twitter, Face-book, Instagram (and oth-ers).

“Each case is dealtwith on a separate basisunless there are repeatedinstances which, by defi-nition, is bullying.”

Interim Superinten-dent Ed Theroux said oc-casional issues have sur-faced from time to time,but nothing widespread.

“Staff monitor and re-fer to administrationwhen appropriate,” The-roux said. “Administra-tors investigate andmakedecisions based on the in-vestigations.

“We have had a few cy-

ber bullying incidentsover the past few years,butwehavenot hadmany.

“We are always on thelookout for additional so-cial media that could pos-sibly be used in an inap-propriate method,” The-roux said.

Princeton defines per-sonal communication de-vices as “cellular andwireless telephones, pag-ers/beepers, personaldigital assistants (PDAs),BlackBerries/Smart-phones, iPods and iPads.It includes WiFi-enabledor broadband access de-vices, two-way radios orvideo broadcasting de-vices, laptops, and otherdevices that allow a per-sontorecordand/or trans-mit, on either a real timeor delayed basis, sound,video or still images, text,or other information.”

An electronic device isone that can store, orga-nize and play audio orvideo files, as well as agame played by manipu-lating images on a videodisplay, according to thePrinceton policy. Exam-ples are cameras, laptopcomputers, iPads, porta-ble CD players and laserpens among others.

Ogdan said studentsare allowed to use theirdevices before school,during lunch and afterschool. Between classes,they may check text mes-sages but during class,technology may be usedonly at the discretion oftheteacher, foreducation-al purposes.

Arline Pique, technol-ogy coordinator for theIndian Hill Exempted Vil-lage School District, saidthe use of social media bythe students hasn’t beenan issue.

Access to social mediavia a laptop or other elec-tronic device can beblocked, according toPique, since thisonlineac-cesswould be through thedistrict’s own network.

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The efforts of SycamoreCommunity Schools’ volunteer“GreenTeam” are having a pos-itive impact within the schoolsand are also gaining the atten-tion of organizations outside ofthe district.

On Nov. 13, Sycamore wasgiven the John Van Volken-burgh Award by the HamiltonCounty Recycling and SolidWaste District, an award thatrecognizes an individual or or-ganization which identified andpursued an opportunity to bet-ter Hamilton County throughinnovation in recycling andwhich achieved outstanding re-sults. It is the highest award theorganization bestows.

In addition to this recogni-tion – and due to the GreenTeam’s efforts in other areas –Sycamore was named one ofonly 50 “Districts of Distinc-tion” for 2014 by District Ad-ministration magazine. Syca-more was selected because ofits green initiatives, district-wide commercial composting,efficiency of operations and re-ducing costs.

The Green Team came to-gether in the fall of 2011 and ismade of up parent volunteers,administrators, teachers, build-ing managers and high schoolstudents. At the time of its in-ception, the teamidentifiedsev-eral different areas where Syc-amore might improve its envi-ronmental footprint, includingrecycling, energy efficiency,and adopting more earth-friendly practices across thedistrict.

For example, after piloting asuccessful recycling and com-posting program at Symmes El-ementary, Sycamore appliedforandreceiveda$34,000Ham-ilton County grant to installwastesortingstations inthecaf-eterias of the six other schoolbuildings. These stations helpstudents sort recyclables, com-postables, and trash into the ap-propriate bins. Not only did thiseffort help educate Sycamorestudents about every-day waysthey can help the environment,it also had a drastic impact ondistrict costs.

Prior to implementing theprogram, Sycamore’s sevenschools created an average of540 bags of trash weekly. Afterimplementation, the schoolswent from 540 to 122 bags oftrash every week, reducingwastehaulingbills from$61,000in 2012 to $49,705 in 2013.

“Sycamore...stands out be-cause of the attention to detail,research, and forward-thinkingapproach when developing theprogram,” said Holly Christ-mann of the Hamilton CountyRecycling and Solid Waste Dis-trict. “They garnered staff andparental support and includededucational components to en-sure an efficient program thatprevents contamination and ex-tra work for staff.”

Members of the SycamoreGreen Team are: ElizabethBruggeman, parent/volunteer;Sarah Newman, parent/volun-teer; JeanBissell, parent/volun-teer; Shana Berge, parent/vol-unteer; James Dudley, highschool custodial supervisor;Ron Hochstrasser, high schoolenvironmental studies teacher;Bryan Jones, junior high sci-ence teacher; Elizabeth Kays,Symmes Elementary EA/dis-trictparent;EmilyKremp,BlueAsh Elementarymusic teacher;Jenny Lohmann, HamiltonCounty Recycling and SolidWaste District; Cher Mohring,Hamilton County Recyclingand SolidWasteDistrict; NicoleMullins, Montgomery teacher;Louis Sandor, EHGreene teach-er;GeorgiaSt. John,MapleDaleCNS supervisor, and Karen VanWagenen, parent/volunteer/Sycamore Advisory Commis-

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ness Operations Chad Lewissaid the Green Team’s effortsover the past three years havebeen remarkable.

“IcouldnotbeprouderofourGreen Team and all that theyhave accomplished. Theseawards are well-deserved,”Lewis said. “When a group ofvolunteers is able to pull togeth-er and have a significant, posi-tive impact not just on the envi-ronment and our students’ edu-cation, but also on our districtbottom line, that is something tobe celebrated.”

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Students Brittney Dorton(Mason), Olivia DeLuca (Ma-son), Caroline Hendy (LibertyTownship), LindseyScott (Shar-onville), AvaOelrich (DeerfieldTownship), Kate Ducey (Ma-son)andCatherineEvers-Smith(Morrow), and Sue Magnus, co-ordinator of MND Model UNteam (Symmes Township) andJudy Metcalf, MND’s Directorof Student Development (Ken-wood), traveled to Portugalfrom Nov. 3 to Nov. 10 to joinmore than 300 students from 22schools in 12 countries at theIMUN Conference.

MNDwas the onlyAmericanschool in attendance.

At IMUN, theMND studentsrepresented Pakistan, Nether-lands, Somalia, UK, and Kenya.This is the first time MND hasbeen selected to represent oneof the big five Security Councilcountries. DeLuca represented

UK in the Security Council. Al-though there are no awards intheEuropeanconferences,Dor-ton was one of five students se-lected to present a question toRichard Zimmler, the keynotespeaker and internationalaward winning author, whospoke to theconference’s themeof human rights.

The group toured Porto, Sin-tra andLisbonbefore the begin-ning of the conference, whichincluded a boat ride on theDou-roRiver, a hike through Sintra’scastles, a tour of governmentbuildings, and terrific mealswhich included fresh cod andcaldo verde (the Portuguesehave been eating kale foryears).

“One of the best experiencesof my forty-year teaching ca-reer has been sharing my pas-sion for global travel with mystudents,” Magnus said. “Weparticularly enjoyed our firstmeal in Porto which included amusical performance of Portu-gueseFado,a formofmusicdat-ing back to the 1820s, which isoften about the poor life by thesea.”

The team bonded over the 23hours of flying, six hours ofdriving, and three hours of rid-ing on the train, as they prac-ticed the Portugeuse language,tried new food together, such asgrilled octopus, and preparedfor the conference.

“There’s something specialabout 300 high schoolers fromaround the world coming to-gether to solve some of the big-gest global issues. MNDMUNhas shaped me in many ways.I’ve gained great public speak-ing, research, and debate skills.But more than that, it’s taughtme to have a global awarenessand has fostered a passion forhuman rights. I’ve been able totravel and seewhat life is like inanother part of the world, andthat’s shown me how very bigand how very small the worldcan be,” Dorton said.

Dorton andDeLuca attendedthe LEMUN conference withthe Model UN team last year inthe Netherlands. DeLuca alsoparticipated in MND’s SpanishExchange program.

Ursuline Academy»Ursuline welcomed Blue

Ash Police Department Det.Robert Rockel to speak withstudents in anatomy and physi-ology classes about the use offingerprinting and anatomy insolving cases in the Blue Asharea.

Rockel demonstrated someof the techniques used by theBlue Ash Police when review-ing a crime scene, includingtaking fingerprints, looking forDNA evidence, and collectingother anatomical data to informtheir suspect profile. He alsodescribed the process of usingforensic science on a daily ba-sis, and discussed the steps tak-en to solve a crime. Studentshad many questions about theuseof forensic scienceoncrimetelevision shows, and there wasa robust conversation about therealities of crime solving com-pared to how it is depicted ontelevision.

“You never pop one smallpiece of data into a computerand get an answer within sec-onds; that is TV only,” Rockelsaid. “DNA evidence is the bestkind of evidence because it isdefinitive, but it takes a longtime to collect it andprocess it.”

Students also worked on anexercise with Rockel wherethey identified and matchedprovided fingerprint portions.Theexercisedemonstrated thateven partial fingerprints canprovide a match, but they alsosaw the difficulty in finding de-finitive matches.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

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Students at Maple Dale Elementary in the Sycamore Community Schooldistrict use a sorting station to sort their lunch waste.

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Sycamore Superintendent AdrienneJames (left) accepts the John VanVolkenburgh Award from HollyChristmann of the Hamilton CountyRecycling and Solid Waste District.

THANKS TO SALLY NEIDHARD

Blue Ash Police Department Det.Robert Rockel speaking withstudents in Ursuline Academy'sanatomy and physiology class.

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Mount Notre Dame students Brittney Dorton, Lindsey Scott, Ava Oelrich,Kate Ducey, Caroline Hendy, Catherine Evers-Smith and Olivia DeLuca visitPortugal.

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Mount Notre Dame students Ava Oelrich, Brittney Dorton, Caroline Hendy,Lindsey Scott, Olivia DeLuca, Catherine Evers-Smith and Kate Ducey inPortugal.

URSULINE ACADEMYThe following students

have earned honors for thefirst quarter of 2014-2015.

FreshmenHonor Roll - Lynn Ah-

rens, Nadia Alam, MadelynBauder, Melanie Berlage,Elaine Bodenburg, Made-lyn Brewer, Sarah Dumas,Hannah Geiger, CarolynHaney,CarolineHogan,LeaHuth, Marren Jenkins, Ma-ria Kiley, Anne Marsh, Ni-cole McNamara-Marsland,Laura Morris, Marissa My-ers, Thamilini Pathmara-jah, Amanda Sadler, KellySchweikert, AlexandraThompson and Hallie West-erfield.

SophomoresHonor Roll - Eleanora

Brielmaier, Emma Cain,Margarita Francisco, Nat-alieHricovsky, JillianKam-phake, Sydney Olszewski,Margaret Smith and Mad-eline Ward.

JuniorsFirst Honors - Haya Ak-

bik, Kirsten Bailey, SichenBao, Kateri Budo, JenniferDuma, Caroline Janssen,Alison McNamara-Mar-sland, AveryNaylor,MargoNelis, Madaline Rinaldi,Abby Sadler and KaraThornton.

Second Honors - LaurenGrafton, Erin Inman andMadelyn Joyce.

SeniorsFirst Honors - Nicole

Callirgos, Sarah Cowperth-wait, Lindsay Davis, Nish-tha Gupta, Lauren Haney,Maura Kopchak, MaryMcGrath and ElisabethSchiller.

Second Honors - ColleenClancy,GraceCornely,Eliz-abeth Jordan,MaryMcCor-mick and Abigail Pitner.

URSULINEHONOR ROLLS

ScholarshipsMiami University -

MeganStoyofMontgomerywas one of eight students toreceive the 2014 Bob andBarbara Williams Leader-ship Scholarship throughMiami University's PaperScience and EngineeringFoundation. Stoy is major-ing in chemical engineer-ing.

This prestigious is pre-sented to students in the pa-per science and engineer-ing curriculum in recogni-tion of their leadership, cre-ativity, and academicachievements. Recipientswere selected by a commit-tee of engineering facultyand Paper Science and En-gineering Foundation staff.Winners received a $13,000full tuition scholarship.

Stoy, daughter of Caro-lyn and Frank Stoy, is a ju-nior majoring in chemicalengineering with a paperscience minor. This pastsummer she interned as acontainer board process en-gineerwithGeorgia-PacificCorp. in Big Island, Vir-ginia. One of her projectsinvolved analyzing the di-gester chemical usage. Shewill return there next sum-mer for a second internshipwith them.

Stoy is also a member ofStudent TAPPI (TechnicalAssociation of Pulp&PaperIndustries).

Shewill graduate inMay2016.

COLLEGECORNER

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

SYCAMORE TWP. — DerekChristerson is lookingforasoph-omore reboundas theSycamoreHigh School girls basketballcoach led a graduation-depletedsquad to a 6-18 record (3-11Greater Miami Conference) lastwinter.

The season before, the LadyAves tiedPrinceton for theGMCtitle with several players thatwent on to play in college.

Christerson has five startersback with Nancie Hunter, ErinKroell,GraceLouis, LaurenSax-on and Evie Goodyear. Hunterwas the team’s top scorer lastseason averaging 9.7 per gameas a junior.

This season, Kelsey Kandil isexpected to help aswell as 6-foottransfer from Loveland, JuliaCopfer. Copfer led the Lady Ti-gers in scoring last season aver-aging close to 12 per game.

“Our togetherness and hardwork all preseason has been re-markable,” Christerson said.“Ourbiggeststrengthwillbeourdepth. We return all five start-ers, add Julia Copfer and havefreshmen and sophomores thatcould start or play contributingroles.”

Sycamore starts the seasonatUrsuline Nov. 29. Their GMCopener isatPrincetonDec. 3andthe home opener is against OakHills Dec. 6.

TheUrsulineAcademyLionsreturn four from last year’steam, but will be without SarahReilly. Reilly is in her freshmanyear as a member of the UnitedStates Naval Academy women’sbasketball team.

“This season is going to be in-teresting,” Lions head coachKeith Starks said. “Not one play-er isgoing to leadus. It’s going totake a collective effort.”

The returning four players,seniors Ali Schirmer, MeganOglibee, Jillian Fletcher andsophomore Emma Cain will becalled upon to fill prominentroles for the Lions.

In additon to that group isMaddie Stuhlreyer, a 6-foot-4sophomore will be entering herfirst full year of varsity.

“If she can give us half ofwhat Sarah did, that would begreat,” Starks said.

TheLionswill alsoberunninganoffensiveset that’samorewa-tered-downversionof thethetri-angleoffenseutilizedbytheUni-versity of Connecticut women’sbasketball team.

“It’s a process,” Starks said ofinstalling the new scheme. “But,thekids love it andhopefullywillhave it mastered by the middleof the season.”

The Miami Valley Confer-ence Scarlet division could beone of the more hotly contesteddivisions this season and Cincin-nati Hills Christian Academyhead coach Ronnie Grandisonbelieveshehas the teamthat cancontend.

The team has to replace lastyear’s D III player of the year inMarissa Koob. She was third-team all-state and first-team all-district. She averaged 22.2points in the regular season.

Koob is currently a memberof the University of CharlestonGolden Eagles women’s basket-ball team. She’s played in twogames averaging 17.5 minutesand 5.5 points per game.

Ronnie Grandison said histeam has a tough schedule thisseason, but that could help getwhere they want to go. Helpingthemthrough thegrind isNaomiGrandison, Ronnie’s daughter,center Sam Ross and Kat Wil-liams.

Naomi made The Enquirer’slistof25girls’basketballplayersto watch this season. The seniorguard averaged 14.4 points and8.9 rebounds last season and isexpected to be among the topplayers in theMVC.

Ronnie also expects Williamstohave“amajorrole inscoring.”

Other players that could havean impact include freshmanTes-sa Doan and junior Teagan Os-borne.

“Tessacouldhelpusouta lot,”Ronnie said. “And I expect Tea-gan to step up for us.”

Conversely, another MVCScarlet division teamcould be infor a rough season.

“It’s going to be a rebuildingseason,” Cincinnati CountryDay head coach John Snell said.“We’renotveryexpereincedandit’s going to be a battle.”

The Indians feature no sen-iors, two juniors, four sopho-mores and four freshmen. Re-gardless, Snell wants to see himteamplayhardandgrindagainstthe tough competition CCD willface this season.

He is counting on juniors Ka-tie Jamison and Missy Dieck-man-Meyer along with fresh-man Izzy Hensley.

“They should provide a lot of

the leadership,” Snell said of hisjuniors on the team. “As for Izzy,she has a lot of skill and will re-placesomeofthescoringthatwelost.”

Prior to this year, the Indianswon three consecutive MVCChampionships and were sec-tional champions last year.

In his third year, Indian HillHigh School girls coach ChrisArington would like to get hissquad back to the top of the Cin-cinnati Hills League as theywere inhis “rookie”yearof 2012.

Of course, those in basketballcircles know Arington is no roo-kie, having run the CincinnatiAngels AAU program for years.

The Lady Braves were 16-8and9-5 intheCHLlastseasonbe-hind Mariemont, Reading andleague champion Wyoming.Three starters return in seniorMikayla Germain, junior SamArington and sophomore EllieSchaub.

SchaubandAringtonwereIn-dian Hill’s top two scorers at 14and12.7pointspergame,respec-tively.

“Going into the season, I likethe depth and experience of ourteam,” coach Arington said.“Also, the three starters return-ing will help continue the tradi-

tion we’ve been building.”Indian Hill starts the season

at home Nov. 29 with ClermontNortheastern. Their CHL open-er is at Mariemont Dec. 10. Thefirst meeting with defendingchampion Wyoming won’t takeplace until after the new year onJan. 7 at Indian Hill.

Former player Natalie New-ton will be assisting Aringtonthis season.

In his 20th year of coaching,Dr. Scott Rogers has anotherMount Notre Dame HighSchool teamthat shouldcontendforatitleandmakeaplayoffrun.

Coming off a 17-7 season thatincluded an 8-2mark in theGirlsGreater Catholic League, helikes his team’s commitment topractice.

The Cougars return fivestarters in Naomi Davenport,Blair Carlin, Dani Kissel, AbbieScholz andMaddy South.

Minus Davenport and Kisselwho were playing AAU ball,MND benefited from a summertrip a fewmonths ago to the Un-der Armour Best of Marylandtournament. The Cougars justmissed the semifinals of theprestigious showcase evenwith-out the double-double capabili-ties of Davenport.

Davenport is committed toplay at Michigan and averaged18.7points and12.6 rebounds lastseason.

The Cougars open the latestcampaign Nov. 28 against Cen-terville. The GGCL opener is atSeton Dec. 4.

Beingamember of theGGCLis never easy, but it can be eventougherwhenyouhavetoenteranewseasonwithoutaplayerwhohasbeenonetheleague’sbestforthe last three seasons.

FIRST SHOT AT 2014 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL

Sycamore girls seek improved GMC finishBy Scott Springer andNick [email protected]@communitypress.com

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Sycamore’s Nancie Hunter makes a move to the basket against McAuley last season.

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Ursuline Academy guard AliSchirmer gets off a shot in the laneagainst McAuley last season. TheLions will be running a new triangleoffense this season. Head coachKeith Starks said he hopes the teamwill have a good understanding ofthe scheme by the middle of theyear.

MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy’Naomi Grandison (20) splits theClermont Northeastern defense in agame from last season. Grandisonagain will be one of CHCA’s leadersthis season and made TheEnquirer’s list of 25 girls’ basketballplayers to watch this season.

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Julia Copfer will help Sycamoreunderneath this season aftertransferring from Loveland.

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MASON — The seem-ingly annual GreaterCatholic League Southpostseason tilt betweenMoeller and St. Xavierhigh schools took place atDwire Field in MasonNov. 22.

A little less than twomonths after their lastmeeting Sept. 26,Moellershut out St. Xavier 21-0 tokeep their hopes for athird consecutive state ti-tle still alive. The Bomb-ers literally drained theclock in the first quarter,taking the opening kick-off and holding posses-sion for over nine min-utes. However, seniorBen Glines of St. Xavierwas stoppedat fourthandone on the 13-yard lineand the Crusaders keptthe Bombers off of thescoreboard.

After one quarter, thescore was knotted at 0with Moeller having runjust four plays.

Theymade up for it asthe second quarter beganwhen senior Matt Crablefound Boston College-bound senior Chase Pan-key for 42 yards to theBombers’ 13. Three playslater, Crable found juniortight end JakeHausmannfrom a yard out for thegame’s first score.

St. Xavier drove to theMoeller 32 with anothertime-consuming drive inthe second frame, butEli-jah Taylor stopped juniorquarterback Matt Wit-trock in the backfield on

fourth and two.Moeller would get a

touchdowntossfromCra-ble to Jack Toomb, but apenalty brought it backand the half would endwithMoeller leading 7-0.

In the third quarter,WittrockdroveSt.Xavierto theMoeller16onapassto senior Matt Donnelly.Moeller senior JackMey-er then sacked Wittrockfor a 12-yard loss. TheBombers had to try a 43-yard field goal and the at-tempt by senior MylesHomanwaswide right.

Moeller would driveinto Bombers’ territorylate in the third, but aMatt Coghlin 50-yardfield goal try was shortand the quarter endedwith theCrusaderswith a7-0 lead. In the fourth,Moeller would strikeagain with Crable hittingjunior Kyle Butz for along gain, which eventu-

ally led to sophomoreHunter Hughes plungingin from the two to givethem a14-0 lead.

In hurry-up mode inthe final stanza, Wittrockled St. Xavier to the 25 oncompletions to junior Ty-roneMcFarlin and seniorRonnie Fricke. On fourthand 16, Moeller seniorChristian Wersel snuffedout the drive on anotherattempt to Fricke as theCrusaders took over theball.

Moeller later iced thegamewith3:03remainingwhen senior Noah Ableintercepted Wittrock andraced 36 yards to glory.Able then tied a ribbon onthe game with anotherpick with 2:01 remaining.

Moeller now takes onWayne at 7 p.m., Satur-day, Nov. 29, at Mason.They last played Nov. 3,2012, in the playoffs withMoeller prevailing 43-21.

Moeller shuts out St. Xin regional semifinals

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Moeller quarterback Matt Crable, No. 12, celebrates atouchdown with teammate Jack Toomb in the Division Iregional semifinal playoff game against St. Xavier Nov. 22 inMason.

By Scott [email protected]

WEST CARROLLTON —The Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy foot-ball team had scratchedand clawed its waythrough its two playoffgames entering Saturday.

The Eagles had anoth-er close contest duringthe first half, but pulledaway until midwaythrough the fourth quar-ter. CHCA (13-0) had tohang on to win 31-23against the West Jeffer-son Roughriders (8-5).

“It’s huge for our pro-gram,” CHCA coach EricTaylor said. “In 2005 wewere state runner-ups sowhen have not been thisfar since then. West Jef-fersonhasbeena staple inthe regional finals. That’sa great football program.To do it against them,that’s a big win for ourguys.”

CHCA junior quarter-back JohnnyNoyen foundCameron Murray forthree second-half touch-down receptions to leadthe Eagles. Josh Eckertaddeda fieldgoal. JoelPa-roz added six more by re-turning an interceptionfor a touchdown.

AfterCHCAturned theball over on downs at theRoughrider 35-yard lineon its first drive, a WestJefferson drive culminat-ed in a 43-yard touchdownpass fromMitch Denes toTyler Jones. After thePAT, West Jefferson led7-0 with 8:31 left in thefirst quarter.

The Eagles first-halfoffensive woes continuedafter a third-consecutivepunt. On the ensuingdrive, the defense bailedout the offense with anAdam Baker interceptionto give CHCA the ballback.After amodest com-pletion, Noyen overthrewhis target on a deep pass,intercepted by Jones.Then after a short com-pletion by Denes, receiv-er Chandler Perry fum-bled turned the ball backover to CHCA.

With limited time re-maining in thehalf,Noyenheavedadesperationpassand connected with Mur-ray to put CHCA in theredzone for the first time.With two seconds left, in-terior lineman/kickerJosh Eckert knocked theshort field goal throughbefore halftime to cut thedeficit to 7-3. CHCA re-covered the opening kickto open its drive deep inWJ territory.

The move worked asNoyen piloted the offenseto its first touchdown ofthe game. He found Mur-ray who scampered infrom10 yards. After thePAT, CHCA led 10-7. AWest Jefferson punt andlow snap pinned the Ea-gles deep in their own ter-ritory. But, that proved tobe no problem for NoyenandMurray.

The pair connected foran 87-yard touchdown re-ception. After the PAT,CHCAextended its lead to17-7. On their next drive,the Noyen and Murrayconnected again for longtouchdown to help pushthe lead to 24-7. Murrayhauled in nine catches for201 yards to go with thethree touchdowns.

CHCAcoulddonothingwith the West Jeffersonpuntbut itdidn’tmatterasParoz caught a tippedpass on West Jefferson’snext drive and ran it in fora touchdown. The Rough-riders’ Denes completedthe two-point conversionto cut the deficit to 31-15.On the ensuing kick, kick-er Cody Dingess recov-ered the onside kick.

The Roughriders fur-ther cut the deficit as De-nes got a short touch-down. After the two-pointconversion, CHCA led 31-23.West Jefferson got theball but SamHandelsmanintercepted Denes’ finalheave. The Eagles ad-vance to face Coldwater,which beat Liberty-Ben-ton 28-7. Go to cincinnati-.com for a more indepthstory and photo gallery.

CHCA earns regionaltitle with 31-23 winBy Nick [email protected]

GEOFF BLANKENSHIP FOR THE

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CHCA’s CamMurray returnsthe opening kickoff for 30yards in the regional final.

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


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Divorce is painful, evenwhen you can see it on thehorizon.

Within 42months, sub-urbs aroundthe city ofCincinnatihave a majordecision tomake, but it’snot a typicalelection ballotchoice.

The City ofCincinnati andHamilton

County have a 1968 Metropol-itan Sewer District operatingagreement that ends in March2018. At the recent quarterlymeeting of our First SuburbsConsortium of Southwest Ohio,

I spoke to encourage my elect-ed peers from other communi-ties to join in a mutual effort toplan our collective response towhat follows the likely splitup.

MSD has been owned by thecounty but operated by the cityfor 50 years, and is funded byeach property owner in theregion who uses sewer service.After the split, Cincinnati CityHall will lack total MSD con-trol for the first time in a half-century. Let’s take time to planand negotiate from a positionof strength as we suburbanelected leaders come to thetable on the county’s team.

Costs of the sewer upgradesmandated by our cleanup con-sent decree have generatedangry calls from suburbanresidents about their bills. The

recurring “rate shock” of alarge annual rate increase forcleanup resulted from post-poned decisions of the 1950sand 1960s. Today we are payingbillions of dollars to do thecleaning, storing and separat-ing that is necessary to reducewastewater entering the OhioRiver. Whichever entities per-form theMSD roles afterMarch 2018 will have to com-ply with those federal courtorders.

Our county’s suburbanelected leaders have to decide,what ownership should we andthe county assert, and whatbondholder assurances will beappropriate? This 42 months’advance notice allows electedofficials outside Cincinnati citylimits to determine what we

want our county governmentto do after March 2018, assum-ing the 1968 terms will inevita-bly be revised.

The employees of the city-runMSD sewer operationsexpected that their pensionswithin the city’s pension pro-gram are securely inside thecity program, but nowmay bepart of the Ohio PERS pensionspaid to county and local non-Cincinnati employees. Do weas suburbs want that point ofleverage to be utilized in ournegotiations for the 2018 em-powerment of the county?Would the removal of MSDworkers impact the city’s re-tirement system as greatly assome fear that it would? It’s alabor bargaining and fiscalplanning issue. This is not

scary, unless we ignore itsfiscal impacts until the lastminute.

I am hopeful that my elect-ed peers fromMSD-using com-munities inside the county (butoutside Cincinnati) will join inan effort to get our collectiveplans together. We would enlistthe county commission, andreassure bond holders andsoon-to-retire MSDworkersthat they will not be over-looked when the 2018 divorceoccurs. Let’s start planning forthe changes ahead!

Jim O’Reilly, [email protected], has served 11 years as anelected Wyoming councilman and isactive with OKI.

Divorce in our sewers: Officials need to talk

Jim O’ReillyCOMMUNITYRECORDER GUESTCOLUMNIST

Nov. 19 questionWhat is your favorite local holi-

day event/tradition/decoration(s)?What makes it special?

“There are many great dis-playsand traditions in theTristatearea. It is hard to single one out.But the Duke Energy MiniatureTrainsdisplaynowat theMuseumCenter is hard to top. Pluswith theother displays at the MuseumCenter it is in an even better loca-tionnow.Alsonoted is thewonder-ful train display now done byGreen Township. Sometimes imi-tation is the sincerest formof flat-tery. It seemsback in the1950sev-ery kid got a miniature train setfor Christmas. Go figure!”

T.D.T.

Nov. 12 questionDo you think “Christmas Creep”

starts too early? When should theholiday season begin?

“This is a huge hot button withme: absolutely yes, ChristmasCreep starts way too early. Whenyou start seeing Christmas stuffin stores and even on somehousesbefore Halloween, something isvery wrong. I like Christmas andthe religious reason for the sea-son, but the commercial aspect ofit has gotten way out of hand andso clouds the entire last threemonths of the year that it is not anenjoyable time of the year forme.

“Black Friday? Now BlackThanksgiving? Heck, it seemslike BlackNovember andDecem-ber. People, stop the madness,please. Here’smy simple plan: NoChristmas decorations before

Thanksgiving and they all comedown on New Years Day. Avoidshopping on any Black Anythingday. Go for a hike in the woods in-stead, infinitely more relaxingandfree too.Buysimplemeaning-ful, affordable gifts or makesomething for the gifts. Don’tmortgage the better part of thecoming new year by going deeplyin debt for Christmas. Enjoy theseason, and smile!”

M.J.F.

“As long as they call it Christ-mas, I don’t care if it is on the 4thof July. When the word ‘Holiday’or the ‘Season’ is substituted theyaren’t going to get my businessanytime. For those that don’t cele-brate Christmas, I am all for youhaving any ads youwish and shopanywhere you like during the‘Christmas celebration.’

“No onemakesme shop or buywhat I don’t want, even though Iagree with my wife, my old habitof only shopping on ChristmasEve got a little silly.

“Merry Christmas!”Don Brown

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THIS WEEK’SQUESTIONIf the Republican-controlled Sen-ate which takes office in Januarypasses a bill green-lighting theKeystone XL pipeline, should thepresident sign the bill or veto it?Why?

Every week we ask readers a question theycan reply to via email. Send your answersto rmaloney@community press.com withCh@troom in the subject line.

We have never had a democ-racy; the United States hasalways been ruled by a plutoc-

racy, disguisedas a demo-cratic repub-lic.

Will the TeaParty factionof the Repub-lican Partypractice theirprofessedbelief in theprinciples ofdemocracy; or,

will most legislators go theway of the founding fathers,who were so frightened ofdemocracy, that they onlyallowed white male landown-ers to vote?

Is this the time, in our in-stant electronic age, to allow

taxpayers to have a voice inhow their tax dollars arespent? Is this the time to ad-vance the democratic partici-pation of the electorate to thelevel of allowing voters to casta deciding vote on each spend-ing bill? Could Congress han-dle this competition, could theyhandle their loss of income bylosing control over where themoney flows?

The proof of a plutocracycan be found in many yearsworth of “Wastebook” docu-mentation, authored by retir-ing Republican Sen. Tom Co-burn. Google “Wastebook.”

Some of the 2014 ‘Waste-book’ wasteful spending is asfollows:

» $19 million for federalworkers accused of wrong-doing who were placed on paid

leave.» $1 billion that the Penta-

gon spent destroying $16 bil-lion worth of ammunition,when the Department of De-fense bought $16 billion ofammunition that it didn’t need.

» $124.3 million to an embat-tled security clearance con-tractor accused of submittingmore than 665,000 fake back-ground investigations.

» $9 million in overpaymentof helicopter parts, amountingto 16 times the actual retailprice.

» $100,000 for Coast Guardto act as a private lifeguard tothe rich by guarding coastlinesto prevent people from crash-ing private parties.

» $1.9 million for a uselesssheep station in Idaho, costing$2 million per year.

» $18 million for a Grammymuseum in Cleveland, Mis-sissippi.

» $37,663. FEMA rebuildsgolf course instead of helpingflood victims in Austin, Texas.Since 1999, FEMA has spentmore than $18 million rebuild-ing public golf courses dam-aged by storms.

» $1.5 million from SBAgives Disney’s PolynesianResort a million-dollar make-over.

These are not the largestwasted dollars that congress isalso responsible for. These arejust a few small representa-tions of their poor-spendingbehavior.

Congress has been out ofcontrol for decades. They areunable to control how our taxdollars are spent, as congres-

sional leaders are lobbied tofunnel your tax dollars inmany unnecessary directions,as noted by Tom Coburn’s Was-tebook reports. Congress isunwilling to establish a budget.Congress is unwilling to evendiscuss the $222 trillion thatthe OMB states is our “budgetimbalance,” read long-termdebt.

Now is the time to pressuregovernment to allow the votersto have the deciding vote forall spending matters, includingthe budget. If we don’t takecontrol of their spending, theywill surely bankrupt the coun-try in a short period of time.

James Baker is a 37-year resident ofIndian Hill.

Is this the time for real democracy in the US?

James BakerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Where does all your money go?The difficult question is, where does it

come from?Reality demands us to understand the

flow simply because much is gone before itgets to us. As a businessmajor in college and havingspent over 45 years in busi-ness, I have some answers.There are many who willnot like these realities be-cause they follow what canonly be called sentimentalfallacies.

One of the first thingswe learn in Economics 101is that money is transferredwhen value is created. Thisis true from the hourly

worker all the way up to the top executive.The proceeds are distributed according tothe amount of value created. The propor-tion of the distribution depends on a num-ber of factors including production andpayment for risks taken. It is the lowerincome people who lose the most.

There is a major factor in where yourmoney goes. It is what is taken from em-ployers by the government. This is the veryhigh cost of taxes and the costs of regula-tions. These must be paid before money isdistributed to all of the employees. Includedin these costs are the fees to lawyers andaccountants who are required to managethe added risks and costs of regulations.

None of this creates value. When all ofthese costs are covered the reduced pro-ceeds are distributed to the employeesaccordingly to their value added. That is thepurpose of this essay.

Recent figures show that the working

class of people are being hurt most by thiscontinuing recession. Wages increase mini-mally if at all. Many are keeping jobs sim-ply because there is no alternative. Retire-ments are being put on hold due to the econ-omy. This reduces opportunities for young-er workers. And, there is always the factthat jobs will be moved to low tax states oroverseas. There is an uncomfortable safetyin keeping whatever job you are luckyenough to have.

Prices increase with the added costs ofgovernment being shifted to business. Thewealthy have an advantage in that theymake purchases mostly for conveniencewhile the working folks stretch their pur-chases by priority. A reduction in the costsof doing business would cause a large in-crease in hiring. With that would be higherpay due to competition to hire the best ap-plicants.

I remember in my early working days asplant manager keeping salaries a bit higherthan local competition. The reason? Simple!We retained workers. Training costs stayedlow and our quality was the best in the in-dustry. Our employees even recruited theirchildren as it was a good place to work.

Those days are gone as workers havebecome a liability due to government in-tervention. It is becoming better to importgoods or to contract in right to work states.As more workers are displaced, their reli-ance on the government becomes habitual.Then money will have to be printed withlittle or no value and we will become like a“banana republic.”

History repeats itself.

Edward Levy is a resident of Montgomery.

Government involvementdecreases value of money

EdwardLevyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The Greater CincinnatiPlanned Giving Council hon-ored 26 philanthropists withVoices of Giving Awards fortheir selfless generosity andforesight in contributing a be-quest or planned gift to their fa-vorite charitable organization.

Also honored were two advi-sors whose pivotal role in culti-vating thosegifts ishelpingsus-tain valuable causes. The 16th

annualVoicesofGivingAwardsEvent was presented by PNCBankandhostedbyJohnLomaxof WKRC Local 12.

“It is our great honor to cele-brate somany truly inspiration-al individuals inourcommunity.Our Voices of Giving Awardshonorees have such diversepassions; however, what theyhave in common is their selflessgenerosity and foresight. Theirbequests or planned gifts areensuring the sustainability ofmany very important causes inour community,” said MichelleMancini, co-chair for the event.

The Greater CincinnatiPlannedGivingCouncil is apro-fessional association for peoplewhose work includes develop-ing,marketing, and administer-ing charitable planned gifts fornon-profit institutions and a va-rietyofother legalandfinancialsettings.

Northeast SuburbanLife-area 2014 Voices ofGiving honorees

Terry Bruck, Indian HillNominated by: Cancer Sup-

port Community Greater Cin-

cinnati – Northern KentuckyBruck is a long time sup-

porterandboardmemberof theCancer Support Community ofGreater Cincinnati – NorthernKentucky, having been intro-duced to the organization in1991. Cancer took the life of hismother several years prior, giv-ing him firsthand knowledge ofthe importance of the organiza-tion’s free psychosocial supportand educational services.Bruck served as CSC’s presi-dent of the Board from 1993 to1995. In 2006, he and his wifepledged their support by join-ing CSC’s Lynn Stern Societyplannedgivingprogramwithanestate gift through their trust.

T. Brian Brockhoff, IndianHill

Nominated by: Catholic In-ner-City Schools EducationFoundation (CISE)

Brockhoff got involved withCISE in 2000when he joined theCISE Advisory Board and orga-nized a young executive groupto expand the organization’sfundraising capacity. Under hisleadership, that group grew toinclude more than 100 volun-teers and raised $8.5million foreducationofchildren fromfam-ilies with difficult challenges.

In 2007 Brockhoff helped se-cure the seed money needed toestablish the important CISEFoundation, for which he con-tinues to serve as its boardpresident and a key member ofthe steering committee of itsChallenge Fund Campaign.

Brockhoff does not simplygive with his time and talent. In

2009when the CISE Foundationlaunched its St. Benedict Soci-ety, he signed up as a chartermember through the inclusionof a bequest.

Bob Brant, Indian HillNominated by: the Jewish

FederationShareholder at Katz, Teller,

Brand &Hild, Brant has servedthe Jewish Federation in nu-merous leadership capacities.He has been the vice presidentfor planned giving for the pastseven years and sits on the Ex-ecutive Committee of the Fed-eration, as well as the Financeand Administration Committeeand Board of Trustees.

Additionally Brant serves asthe Investment CommitteeChair for the Mayerson JewishCommunity Center and is atrustee of the Jewish Founda-tion of Cincinnati. As a respect-

ed estate planning attorney andplanned giving advocate, Brantcontinues to increase legacygifts at all organizations, agen-cies and synagogues associatedwith theFederation.Hehasper-sonally secured $250,000 annu-ally for the next five years, ofwhich a substantial portion washis own personal gift, to engagehundreds of newdonors in lega-cy conversations.

Additionally, Brant has des-ignated significant bequestsfrom his personal estate to theJewish Federation and theMayerson JCC.

Gary and Joan Thompson,Indian Hill

Nominated by: Ronald Mc-Donald House Charities

Gary and his late wife, Joan,have left an indelible mark onthousands of families who havecalled RonaldMcDonald House

home while their critically illchild was getting treatment.Gary served 12 years on theRonald McDonald HouseBoard, and for many years onthe Development Committeealso. In 2001 the Thompsonsmade their first major gift tohelp build a larger home in Cin-cinnati; andmorerecently, theirgenerous bequest is helping togrow the RMHC endowment toensure its future. It has been apassion that they eagerly share,inspiring their daughter toserve on the organization’s GolfCommittee and friends to be-come generous donors as well.

Jack Wild, MontgomeryNominated by: Life Enrich-

ing Communities FoundationA resident of Twin Lakes for

more than10 years,Wild servesas president of the Friends ofTwin Lakes philanthropic or-ganization. He serves as chair-person on the Residents Com-mittee and as a resident mem-ber of the Board of Trustees.

Wild is also active in theCatholic community. He ex-tends his volunteerism to thecommunity ofMontgomery andto Ohio Valley Voices, a schoolwhere children who are deaflearn to speak. Wild believesphilanthropy to be about both afinancial legacy and a gift oftime and talent. For that reason,inaddition tobeingamemberofvariousCatholic plannedgivingsocieties; he has contributed abequest from his estate for thevital care and services of TwinLakes.

Leading philanthropists honored

PROVIDED

Life Enriching Communities Foundation's Jim Mayer, Voices of Givinghonoree Jack Wild and Molly Talbot of Life Enriching Communities.

Current and future studentsatUCBlueAshCollegewill ben-efit from the $44,400 dollarsraisedduring the secondannualUCBlueAshDash 5K for Schol-arships.

A total of 634 people regis-tered for the event Saturday,Oct. 11. Some of those whosignedupchose to “sleep in” forscholarships, but most were onhand to enjoy the cool, crisp andsunny morning as they walkedor ran the course that startedand finishedon theUCBlueAshcampus.

All proceeds from the eventgo into a scholarship fund tosupport deservingUCBlueAshstudents. Combined with lastyear’s inaugural 5K Dash, thecollege has now raised morethan $70,000 for student schol-arships.

“Supporting a person’s edu-cation is such an important andworthwhile cause,” said CadyShort-Thompson, Dean of UCBlueAsh. “Weareverygratefulto all of our sponsors, partici-pants, and volunteers who arehelping our students pursuetheir dreams by making oursecond UC Blue Ash Dash evenbigger and better.”

The overall winner of theevent was Andy Loufman ofBay Village, Ohio with a time of17:30. In the women’s division,MeganMiller ofMason came infirst with a time of 22:08. In thewalker’s category, Pat Darlingof Sharonville won thewomen’sdivision with a time of 35:29,while Walt Darling of Cincin-natiwon themen’s divisionwitha time of 39:49. APTech GroupInc.wonfor theCorporateChal-lenge for the largest team andHoran took honors for the fast-

est team.A total of 634 people partici-

pated in the UC Blue Ash Dash5K, raising more than $44,000for new student scholarships.

The City of Blue Ash and theBlueAshPoliceDepartment ar-ranged forPlainfieldRoad to beclosed for a period of time to al-low for the 5K. The course trav-eled along the Blue Ash GolfCourse on Plainfield beforeturning around and headingback toward the UC Blue Ashcampus.

UC Blue Ash Dash 5K raisesmore than $40K for scholarships

PROVIDED

Runners cross thestarting line duringthe UC Blue Ash 5KOct. 11.

PROVIDED

Walkers head down ahill during the UC BlueAsk 5K Oct. 11.

B2 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • NOVEMBER 26, 2014

THURSDAY, NOV. 27Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475. Blue Ash.

Holiday - ThanksgivingThanksgiving, 11 a.m. to 9:30p.m., Cooper’s HawkWinery andRestaurant, 8080 MontgomeryRoad, Lunch and dinner. Slowroasted fresh Amish turkey,Mary’s potatoes, pan gravy, herbstuffing, house-made cranberrysauce and spiced pumpkincheesecake pie with fresh vanillawhipped creme. $24.99, $9.99ages 12 and under. Reservationsrequired. 488-1110; www.coo-pershawkwinery.com. Ken-wood.

Literary - LibrariesKid’s Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Arts and crafts,presenters, board games andmore. Ages 5-12. Free. 369-4450.Deer Park.

On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, 8410 Market PlaceLane, $10-$15. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, NOV. 28Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Session coverschallenges in strength, stability,balance, core and metabolictraining. Ages 18 and up. $115per month. Registration re-quired. Through Dec. 29. 290-8217; www.fitnessphysiques.net.Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$10-$15. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.

Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, $6.Through Dec. 19. 984-1234;sycamoreseniorcenter.org. BlueAsh.

SATURDAY, NOV. 29Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes, 11:30a.m. to 1 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. ThroughJan. 3. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m. to midnight,Tony’s Steaks and Seafood, 12110Montgomery Road, Free. 677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.

On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.,Go Bananas Comedy Club,$10-$15. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com.Montgo-mery.

PetsCat Adoption Day, noon to 4p.m., The Scratching Post, 6948Plainfield Road, Visit adoptioncenter and volunteer with catsor take one home (adoptionfee). 984-6369; www.thescratch-ingpost.org. Silverton.

SUNDAY, NOV. 30On Stage - ComedyVic Henley, 8 p.m., Go BananasComedy Club, $10-$15. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, DEC. 1Cooking ClassesProfessional Level Chili - ThePlayoffs with Chris Weist,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $50. Reser-vations required. 5489-6400.Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Holiday - Christmas

12 Days of Christmas, 6-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, WestLoveland Avenue, Special eventseach night including City HallTree Lighting, Ladies Night,Breakfast with Santa, Paws andPresents, Cookie and Quilts,Cookie Decorating, CandyDemonstrations, Make yourown Pizza. Free. Presented byLoveland Area Chamber ofCommerce. 683-1544; www.lo-velandchamber.org. Loveland.

Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy books, songs, activities,crafts and more, while buildingearly literacy skills. For pre-schoolers and their caregivers.Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Encourage emerging languageskills with books, rhymes, crafts,music and fun. For ages 18-36months. Free. 369-4476. Love-land.

Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8 a.m. to11 a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.

TUESDAY, DEC. 2Cooking ClassesComfort Food on a ChillyNight with Karen Harmon,6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $45. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, $15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Holiday - Christmas12 Days of Christmas, 5-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, Free.683-1544; www.lovelandcham-ber.org. Loveland.

Literary - Story TimesPreschool Storytime, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,3970 E. Galbraith Road, Books,songs, activities and more, whilebuilding early literacy skills. Forpreschoolers and their care-givers. Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4450.Deer Park.Book Break, 3 p.m.-3:30 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, 3970E. Galbraith Road, Children’slibrarian reads aloud from somefavorite books. Make craft totake home. Ages 3-6. Free.369-4450. Deer Park.

Senior CitizensSilver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.



THURSDAY, DEC. 4Cooking ClassesTraditional Italian Christmas:Feast of the 7 Fishes withMarilyn Harris, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $70. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Music fromvariety of genres. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.

917-7475. Blue Ash.


Literary - LibrariesKid’s Club, 3:30-4:30 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King, 7-8:30 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, 8999 Applewood Drive,$10. 891-8527, ext. 1. Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyTom Simmons, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

Senior CitizensLet Your Yoga Dance, noon to 1p.m., Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive, Powerdance combining yoga,Â breathand user-friendly dance withmusic from all around theworld. $5. 984-1234. Blue Ash.Silver Sneakers Class, 8-11a.m., Sycamore Senior Center,$6. 984-1234; sycamoresenior-center.org. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, DEC. 5Dining EventsA Sinatra Holiday Luncheon,11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., RSVPEvent Center, 453 Wards CornerRoad, Music by Matt Snow, theCincinnati Sinatra. Holiday lunchwith all the trimmings. $20.Reservations required. Present-ed by RSVP Banquet Center.965-0511, ext. 209. Loveland.

Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,6-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, One FinancialWay, Greater Cincinnati tradi-tion features variety of holidayactivities. Houses decorated withholiday scenes, thousands oflights and free family entertain-ment. Through Dec. 13. Free.794-6100; www.ohionation-al.com.Montgomery.12 Days of Christmas, 5-9 p.m.,Downtown Loveland, Free.683-1544; www.lovelandcham-ber.org. Loveland.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King, 8-9:30 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, $10. 891-8527, ext. 1.Blue Ash.

On Stage - Comedy

Tom Simmons, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com.Montgomery.


SATURDAY, DEC. 6Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes, 11:30a.m. to 1 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, $30. Registration re-quired. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.Shun Cutlery Demowith BobHess, noon to 4 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, Free. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Historic SitesHistoric Hunt House OpenHouse, 1-4 p.m., Historical HuntHouse, 4364 Hunt Road, One ofBlue Ash’s oldest residentialstructures once owned bydescendants of one of Blue Ash’sfounding families: the HuntFamily. Free. Presented by BlueAsh Historical Society. 745-8550;blueashhistoricalsociety.org.Blue Ash.

Holiday - ChristmasVictorian Holiday Village,5-8:30 p.m., Ohio NationalFinancial Services, Free. 794-6100; www.ohionational.com.Montgomery.12 Days of Christmas, 9-11 a.m.,2-4 p.m., Downtown Loveland,Free. 683-1544; www.loveland-chamber.org. Loveland.

Music - JazzThe Hitmen, 8 p.m. to midnight,Tony’s Steaks and Seafood, Free.677-1993; www.tonysofcincin-nati.com. Symmes Township.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King, 3-4:30 p.m.,7-8:30 p.m., Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church, $10. 891-8527, ext. 1. Blue Ash.

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

PetsCat Adoption Day, noon to 4p.m., The Scratching Post, 984-6369; www.thescratchingpost-.org. Silverton.

SUNDAY, DEC. 7Holiday - Christmas12 Days of Christmas, 12:30-4:30 p.m., Downtown Loveland,Free. 683-1544; www.loveland-chamber.org. Loveland.

Music - ChoralA Classical Holiday, 3-5 p.m.,Montgomery Presbyterian

Church, 9994 Zig Zag Road,Jubilant Singers, communitychorus, performs variety ofseasonal pieces including in-terpretations of classical holidaymusic, as well as song-filledreader’s theater rendition of AChristmas Carol. Refreshmentsfollow. Free, donations accept-ed. Presented by Jubilant Sing-ers. 739-9768; www.jubilant-singers.com.Montgomery.

Music - ClassicalBlue AshMontgomery Sym-phony Holiday Concert, 7-9p.m., Montgomery Assembly ofGod, 7950 Pfeiffer Road, Theme:A Celtic Christmas. Free. Present-ed by Blue Ash/MontgomerySymphony Orchestra. 549-2197;www.bamso.org.Montgomery.

Music - ReligiousGlory of the King, 3-4:30 p.m.,Hartzell United MethodistChurch, $10. 891-8527, ext. 1.Blue Ash.

On Stage - ComedyTom Simmons, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com.Montgomery.

MONDAY, DEC. 8Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 9a.m. to 1 p.m., UC Health Pri-mary Care, 9275 MontgomeryRoad, Cost varies by insurance.Financial assistance available tothose who qualify. Registrationrequired. Presented by UCHealth Mobile Diagnostics.585-8266.Montgomery.


Literary - LibrariesPreschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnati-library.org. Loveland.Toddler Storytime, 11 a.m. tonoon, Loveland Branch Library,Free. 369-4476. Loveland.


TUESDAY, DEC. 9Exercise ClassesZumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $15. Regis-tration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.


Literary - Story TimesPreschool Storytime, 10:30-11a.m., Deer Park Branch Library,Free. 369-4450. Deer Park.Book Break, 3 p.m.-3:30 p.m.,Deer Park Branch Library, Free.369-4450. Deer Park.


WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10Exercise ClassesSmall Group Personal Train-ing, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $115 permonth. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.


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


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Celebrate 12 Days of Christmas in Downtown Loveland with events each night for 12 days, including a city hall tree lighting,ladies night, breakfast with Santa, Paws and Presents, Cookie and Quilts, cookie decorating, candy demonstrations and pizzamaking. Admission is free. Call 683-1544 or visit www.lovelandchamber.org for more information. The celebration is scheduledfor 6-9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1; 5-9 p.m. Dec. 2-5; 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6; 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7; 5-9 p.m.,Monday, Dec. 8-12.

NOVEMBER 26, 2014 • NORTHEAST SUBURBAN LIFE • B3LIFE

My clothesline is lad-en today, not with laun-dry, but with three inchesof snow and ice - so much

that it dipsin the mid-dle.

I wasstunnedwhen Iwent outearly tofeed andwater the“girls”/chickens.What a

beautiful sight. The snowclung to everything,from the tallest pine treeto the overhang on theouthouse to the trailingthyme in the herb gar-den. It was so cold that Ihad to take boiling waterto the chicks. After just acouple of minutes, theydipped their beaks intopleasantly warmwater.

Nutella swirl poundcake

This cake was one ofthe baked goods for saleat Western Hills gardenclub’s harvest event. Itintrigued me because itcame with a recipe. Afterone bite I had to make itwith my homemade Nu-tella. In spite of the Nu-tella, the cake is not toosweet. A nice gift fromthe kitchen, as it can befrozen for a month.

1 -1/2 cups all-purposeflour, plus more for dust-ing

4 large eggs, roomtemperature

2 teaspoons vanilla3/4 teaspoon baking

powder1/4 teaspoon salt2 sticks unsalted but-

ter, softened1 -1/4 cups sugarOne 13-ounce jar Nu-

tella, warmed if neces-sary for easing spreading

Preheat oven to 325degrees. Lightly greaseand flour a 9x5 loaf pan.Lightly beat eggs withvanilla. Whisk flour withbaking powder and salt.Beat butter with sugar onmedium-high until fluffy,about 3 minutes. On me-dium-low, gradually beategg mixture until fullyincorporated. Add flourmixture in 3 batches,beating on low betweenadditions until just in-corporated. Continue tobeat for 30 seconds long-er. Spread one-third ofbatter in pan, then spreadhalf of Nutella on top.Repeat with anotherthird of batter and rest ofNutella. Top with remain-ing batter. Lightly swirlNutella into batter. Don’tover mix. Bake for about1 hour and 15 minutes,until toothpick insertedin center comes outclean. Let cool in pan for15 minutes. Invert ontowire rack, turn right sideup and let cool complete-ly.

Gilding the lily: Aftercooling, drizzle on a glazemade with 1/2 cup con-fectioners sugar andeither 1 tablespoonbrewed espresso or milkor water with 1 teaspoonvanilla.

Tip from Rita’skitchen:

When freezing bakedgoods, cool completelybefore freezing.

Otherwise, moisturebuilds up in the freezer,causing stickiness.

Miriam’s spicedpecans

One of the nicestthings about what I do isthe people I meet. LikeDiane Blackburn. Shefixed a delicious saladfor Village gardeners ofGlendale’s meeting andtopped it with her mom’specans. When she toldme the story of the pe-cans, I knew I had toshare it with you. Here’swhat Diane said: “I espe-cially want you to havemymom’s recipe for hereasy-but-delicious holi-day pecans. This is therecipe, written in herown hand, that I hadreproduced, and enclosedin the acknowledgement

notes sent after her fu-neral-- a personal littlegift from her-- to familyand friends. Many haveexpressed their delightin receiving her recipe.Some have nowmade thepecans themselves forthe first time, after re-ceiving them in Christ-mas boxes frommymomin past years.”

1 cup sugar1/4 cup water2 Tablespoons cinna-

mon2 cups pecan halvesHave a bowl with a

tight fitting lid ready (Iuse Tupperware) with ¾cup sugar and 1Table-spoon cinnamon inside.Cook the remaining sug-ar, water, and cinnamon

and bring to a boil, stir-ring constantly. Cookuntil it forms a soft ballwhen dropped into aglass of cold water, just afew drops at a time. Thesecret here is to workvery fast. When the syr-up is ready, dump in thepecans and toss with awooden spoon until allpecans are coated. Thenput them in the bowl,secure the lid, and shake.Dump them on a cookiesheet lined with waxpaper. Separate thosethat are stuck together.That’s it.

MiriamEnjoy!(Recipe of Miriam

Bartling Fischer)

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator, JungleJim’s Eastgate culinary pro-fessional and author.Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Swirl a cake with Nutella, gild a salad with pecans

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

This Nutella swirl pound cake is made with Rita Heikenfeld's homemade Nutella.

Local restaurants haveearned “Clean Kitchen”awards from HamiltonCounty Public Health forthe third quarter of 2014.

The requirements forreceiving aCleanKitchenAward are stringent. Tobe considered, facilitiesmust:

» have fewer thanthreeviolations in thepre-vious two years prior toapplying;

» have no “critical” orrepeat violations in theprevious two years;

»maintain at least twostaffmemberswith level ifood handler certificationor at least one staff mem-ber with a current serv-safe certificate;

» submit applicationsalong with corresponding

documentation;» have a minimum of

two years of inspectiondata on filewithHamiltonCounty Public Health.

Inspection data for allfood service facilities andlistings for all CleanKitchen Award winnersare available on the Ham-ilton County PublicHealth website atwww.hcph.org. The CleanKitchen Award reflectsinspection data from theprevious two years and isnot necessarily indicativeof current conditions.

Ohio National Cross-roads/ Jasmans, 1 Finan-cial Way, Montgomery;

Jersey Mikes Subs,12133 Royal Point Drive,Symmes Township;

Orange Leaf Frozen

Yogurt, 7747 KenwoodRoad, Sycamore Town-ship.

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You find yourselfsuddenly in need of alocksmith and turn to the

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The Ohio AttorneyGeneral last month sueda Portland-area lock-

smith operation andcharged the owner withviolating consumer pro-tection laws.

Attorney GeneralMike DeWine says, “Con-sumers are lured in by alow initial price, but thenare charged much higherrates.”

I reported on thisscam seven years agowhen a Dayton, Ken-tucky, woman told meher fiancé called In-formation to find a lock-smith. He was given thename of a firm that quot-ed him $50 over thephone to come and opentheir front door. But, shesays, when the locksmith

got there the price quick-ly jumped to $149 be-cause of all the differentfees they tacked on.

It turned out that com-pany was operating outof New York and hiredlocal people to take itsreferrals. The attorneygeneral says that’s exact-ly what that Portlandfirm was doing – eventhough consumersthought they were deal-ing with a local company.

DeWine says, “Thesekinds of operations takeadvantage of consumersand unfairly undercutlocal, honest locksmithbusinesses.”

Another problem with

such companies is some-times they have to breakthe lock in order to get itopen. That’s what hap-pened to that Dayton,Kentucky, woman eventhough most skilled lock-smiths can open lockswithout breaking them.

In fact, that’s one ofthe things to be alert forwhen hiring a locksmith.Be skeptical if a lock-smith says the only wayto open the lock is tobreak it.

Also, the attorneygeneral says, be carefulif a business operatesunder multiple names. Itcould be doing so to hideunsatisfactory reports

from the Better BusinessBureau. That Portlandfirm used several differ-ent company names andwebsites to make it ap-pear it was operatinglocally. Instead, all callswere routed to an out-of-state call center that tookcalls from throughout thecountry, according to thelawsuit.

So, the best advice isnot to wait until the lastminute to find a lock-smith. Instead, whenyou’re not in a hurry, getreferences for lock-smiths from friends andfamily. Be sure to look upthe locksmith’s addres-s—and actually go there

to make sure the compa-ny really is local.

I checked out a lock-smith company once thatused a real street nameand city for its location.The problem is when Iwent to that locationthere was nothing there –literally nothing – therewas no building at all atthat address.

Howard Ain’s column appearsbiweekly in the CommunityPress. He appears regularlyas the Troubleshooter onWKRC-TV Local 12 News.Email him [email protected].

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area benefit each yearfrom the charitable andvolunteer efforts per-formed by individual citi-zens, students, small andlarge companies and non-profit organizationsthroughout our communi-ties.

This commitment tothe community exempli-fies the Rotary motto“Service Above Self.”Blue Ash/MontgomeryRotary Club is looking forcommunity input for theaward nominations in thefollowingareas:CitizenoftheYear; Entrepreneur ofthe Year; Corporate Citi-zen of theYear; Non-Prof-

Countless citizens inthe Blue Ash/Montgome-ry and Symmes Township

it Citizen of the Year, andEducator of the Year.

Nominations for publicor elected officials shouldhave community contri-butions beyond their im-mediate public servicerole. The Blue Ash/Mont-gomery community en-compasses Blue Ash,Montgomery andSymmes Township andnominees should work inthis area and all membersof the community shouldconsider submittingnominations.

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2015 Community AwardsDinner Nominations, un-der Site Pages.

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For questions pleasecall Bob Young, Blue AshMontgomery RotaryCommunity Awards Cele-bration Dinner AwardsChair at 513-793-3631.

Blue Ash/Montgomery Rotary Clubrequests nominations for awards dinner

Parkers Blue Ash Tav-ern, 4200 Cooper Road,announced the winner ofits second annual chilicook-off,which tookplaceSaturday, Nov. 1.

Evendale resident Liz

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anchor Frank Marzullo,Q-102 radio host “JonJon”Jon Curl and Blue AshFire Department FireChief Rick Brown. Valen-tine received “braggingrights,” dinner for two, anengraved trophy, and herwinning chili is featureddaily through Nov. 30 onParkers’ menu as its Soupof the Day.

Any guest who bringsthree accepted FreestoreFoodbankitemsto theres-taurant to be donated dur-ing November will re-ceive a complimentary

cup of thewinning chili orthealternativeSoupof theDay.Parkerswill still con-tinue to collect items forthe Freestore Foodbankthrough the holiday sea-son until the end of De-cember. Requested itemsinclude canned meatproducts (tuna, chicken,ham, spaghetti withmeat-balls, chili with meat andbeans, beef stew, beansand wieners, etc.) peanutbutter, canned vegetablesand fruits. Other non-per-ishable items needed in-clude: canned soups,mac-

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At the SEM Retirement Communities we wishto thank our staff, volunteers, families and

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A rundown of localholiday giving programs:

»HealthSource ofOhio is taking part in thisyear’s Giving Tuesday,Dec. 2. Giving Tuesday isa global day dedicated togiving back and celebrat-ing generosity.

The HealthSourceFoundation considers allof its donors to be superheroes and this year’sGiving Tuesday theme is“The Force Behind theSource.

If you would like to be-come a super hero, visitwww.healthsourceofohio.com/foundation tomake a gift. You may alsomail donations to Health-Source Foundation, 5400DuPont Circle, Suite A,Milford, Ohio 45150. Formore information, callKathrynGloverGreverat513-576-7700 ext. 3618.

» » Loveland Inter-Faith Effort (LIFE) isspreading the word aboutthe need for communityassistance. The Food Pan-try is a non-profit organi-zation which providesemergency food assis-tance for registered cli-ents. The clients must beresidents of the LovelandSchool District or a mem-ber of one of the support-ing organizations/

churches.Besides food service

every 28 days, LIFE of-fers financial aid, holidayprograms, a back toschool fair, and a newbreakfast program forgrades two to six for qual-ifying students within theLoveland Schools.

LIFE will be distribut-ing Holiday Food Basketscontaining meals for bothThanksgiving and Christ-mas Nov. 22.

The Holiday of GivingShoppewill beDec.16 andDec. 17.

While registration foreach of these events hasclosed, LIFE is seekingdonations of food, cloth-ing, toys and householditems.

Donations can bedropped at Loveland Mu-sicAcademy, 209W.Love-land Ave., as well as atPrince of Peace LutheranChurch, 101 S. LebanonRoad.

For a list of suggesteddonations, go to: www.

lovelandlifefoodpantry.org.

Volunteers are neededtoo. If you’re looking for aplace to make a differ-ence for the needy in ourowncommunity, LIFEhasa wide variety of opportu-nities, from filling groce-ry orders to stockingshelves, helping purchaseitems and date checking,or organizing and assist-ing at food drives.

Interested in volun-teering? Please [email protected]–ourvolunteercoordinator will happilyset up times that work foryou.

If you’re interested involunteering, contactPantry Director LindaBergholz [email protected] , or call 513-583-8222.

» The Society of St.Vincent de Paul 5 CaresCoat Drive is collectingcoats for neighbors inneed, through Dec. 6.

GreaterCincinnati res-idents are being asked todonate new and gentlyused coats at convenientdrop-off locations acrossthe Tristate includingGold Star Chili restau-rants, Kemba CreditUnion branches, local fire

stations, Youthland Acad-emy locations and otherlocations –with thegoal ofcollecting 7,000 totalcoats.

St. Vincent de Paul -Cincinnati and NorthernKentucky will distributethe coats to local neigh-bors in need during fourdistribution events:

Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m.to noon, St. Vincent dePaul West End OutreachCenter , 1125 Bank St.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 9a.m. to noon, St. Henry El-ementary School, 3825Dixie Highway, Erlanger.

For a full list of dona-tion locations and addi-tional contest details,please call 513-421-HOPEor visit www.svdpcincin-nati.org orwww.svdpnky.org. For in-

formation on how to re-ceive a coat, call 513-421-0602 in Cincinnati or 859-341-3219 inNorthernKen-tucky, or visitwww.svdpcincinnati.orgor www.svdpnky.org.

» The Salvation Armyannounced that it is mak-inganappeal for sponsorsto participate in its annualAdopt-a-Family program.This annual program pro-videsgifts for low-incomefamilies and seniors whoare sponsored by gener-ous individuals, groupsand companies. Eachyear, the program servesapproximately 500 fam-ilies and seniors, in total,ensuring they receivegifts for Christmas.

Sponsors for Adopt-a-Family can specify thesize of family for whom

they will provide gifts,and there are no require-ments as to how much isspent on the gifts – that isleft to thediscretionof thesponsors.

HOLIDAY GIVING

To be included on thislist, email the informationto [email protected], with “Holi-day Giving” in the subjectline.


Carol Cincinnatiback for fifth year

Friends, families andchurch groups are urgedto express their joy to theworld Dec. 12-14 byChristmas-carolingacross Greater Cincin-nati.

Carol Cincinnati willbe held in neighborhoods,outside grocery and retailstores, at nursing homes –any place people gather –to listen and join in thesinging of traditionalChristmas carols, saidDarrelGeis, Carol Cincin-nati founder and presi-dent of Christian BluePages, a Sharonville-based print, web and mo-bile app network of Chris-tian-owned and operatedbusinesses.

The fifth annual eventis held with the goal of re-storing the age-old tradi-tionofChristmascarolingand “to remind us all ofthe true meaning ofChristmas – the birth ofJesus Christ,” he said.

People of all faith de-nominations are encour-aged togather friendsandfamily, choose a nightwhichworksbest, and“letheaven and nature sing”from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. asthey walk around their lo-cal neighborhoods or oth-er locations.

Lyrics to traditionalChristmas carols can bedownloaded at the carol-cincinnati.comwebsite orprinted song books can bepicked up after Nov. 21 atall greater Busken Bak-ery stores and donut dis-plays inside 116 UnitedDairy Farmer storesthroughout Greater Cin-cinnati. Song books arealso available at Christianbookstores and variouschurches.

Caroling groups regis-tered through the CarolCincinnati website will beeligibleforprizes.Partici-pants are also urged to

post messages and photosof their caroling experi-ence on the organization’sFacebook and Twitterpages.

Last year dozens of lo-cal churches, as well asBoy Scout and youthgroups, families and indi-vidualsparticipated in theevent.

To register a carolinggroup, receive carolingguidelines or download asongbook, go towww.carolcincinnati.com.

Matthew 25:Ministries presents‘Tickets the RadioPlay’

Matthew25:Ministriespresents the second annu-al production of “Ticketsthe Radio Play” by TheRev.Wendell Mettey Dec.5 and Dec. 6.

“Tickets the RadioPlay” is basedon the shortstory“Tickets”writtenbyMettey in1976 forhisWal-nut Hills congregationand produced by his con-gregation at MontgomeryCommunity Church in1985 as a radio program.Mettey conceived theidea of turning the radioprogram into a stagedold-style radio play and theoriginal radio script wasadapted for the stage in2012.

“Tickets the RadioPlay” received its worldpremiere production inDecember 2013. Metteyplanstomake“Tickets theRadio Play” a yearlyevent atMatthew 25:Min-istries. Performances areDec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. andDec. 6 at 3 p.m. and 7:30p.m.

Tickets areavailable atwww.eventbrite.com orby calling 513-793-6256 ore-mailing [email protected].

Church hosts livingnativity, cantata

LovelandUnitedMeth-odist Church presents its13thannualLivingNativityDec. 5-7, from 6 p.m. to 9p.m., at the churtch,10975S. Lebanon Road.This isthe largest, outdoor, walk-ing Live Nativity in theTristate area and admis-sion is freeandopen to thepublic.

From Caesar’s Palaceto the manger scene, theNativity is an 18-stationguided tour, led by a“Luke” Guides, throughthe streets of Nazarethand on into Bethlehem.Thecampus iswheelchairaccessible. After yourtour is complete, comple-mentary coffee, hot choc-olate, cookies and liveholiday music will beavailable in thechurchca-fé. (10975 S. LebanonRoad, Loveland)

The church’s Christ-mas Cantata, “Love CameDown at Christmas,” pre-sented by the ChancelChoir and Orchestra En-semble, has perfor-mances at 9 a.m. and10:30a.m. Sunday, Dec. 14. Thecantata is free and open tothe public.

Community bandsteam up for freeDec. 7 concert

Two community bandswell-known across theGreater Cincinnati areawill team up for a Christ-mas-season joint concertat 2p.m. Sunday,Dec. 7, atSt. Barnabas EpiscopalChurch,10345Montgome-ry Road in Montgomery.

Given the significantdate of the Pearl Harborattack in American histo-ry, the program will fea-ture selected patrioticmusic as well as holidaymelodies.

The public is invited tothe rare joint concert fea-turing the 70-memberSycamore CommunityBand and the 45-memberNew Horizons Band ofCincinnati at the St. Bar-nabas church , 10345Montgomery Road

Each band will playseveral numbers, rangingfrommarchestoswingar-rangements and show-stoppers from Broadwaymusicals like “Aladdin.”Then they will combinefor holiday favorites in-cluding “White Christ-mas,” “Sleigh Ride” and“Christmas Festival.”

Both bands are led byPete Metzger, who found-ed the community ensem-bles after 30 years direct-ing the Sycamore HighSchool Band. Previously,Metzger served with theU.S. Naval AcademyBand. He began organiz-ing the Sycamore Com-munityBand–nowwidelyknown as “Pete’s Band” –in 1975. Its musicians,men and women from ev-ery walk of life, performregularly at communityevents, churches and re-tirement communities.

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Delores AnnMuhlenpoh

Delores Ann (nee Welte)Muhlenpoh, 85, of SycamoreTownship died Nov. 14.

Survived by husband, EdwardF. Muhlenpoh Jr., and childrenRobert “Al,” Jerry “Jay,”Mi-chael “Mike” Holleran andJudith Holleran Burns; siblingsPat (Tom) Brankamper, Theresa(Tedi) Jones, Steve and Dick (Ja);12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

Preceded in death by husbandJerry Holleran; and siblings Fred(Rosie) and David (Peggy) Welte.

Services were Nov. 20 at St.Saviour Church, SycamoreTownship. Memorials to: Mul-tiple Sclerosis of Ohio or St. JudeChildren’s Hospital.

DEATHS

BLUE ASH5931Donjoy Drive: Woodhouse, Caro-lyn D. Tr. & Nancy W. Jones Tr. toCarroll, Charles William T.; $195,000.10857 Fallsington Court: Weidinger,Michael A. & Juliana D. to Sidney,Pamela J.; $149,900.4617 Northfield Road: Potterhill HomesLLC to Powell, Roman & Erin; $384,649.4619 Northfield Road: Potterhill HomesLLC to Volker, David Alan &MoiraElizabeth; $307,000.

MONTGOMERY8826 Monte Drive: Dickey, David R. &

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SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP7278 Galbraith Road: Stuart Propertiesto Ramineni, Hari; $90,000.11246 Ironwood Court: Perry, Joseph &Heidi A. to McFadden, Micah & AlisonK. Dehan; $425,000.

8580 Wicklow Ave.: Ficke, Alex A. toJohnston, Joanne; $108,000.

SYMMES TOWNSHIP12020 Maxim Ave.: Jacobs, Robert toDay, Thomas A. & Jennie L.; $131,000.9290 Shallow Creek Drive: George,David K. to Vibberts, Eric M. & HeatherA.; $463,000.9069 Symmesview Court: Burks, Brian D.to Nachtweih, Michelle & Kenneth;$345,000.11991 Timberlake Drive: Koch, DoloresTr. & Robert Tr. to Chidambaram,Madham & Lathia; $370,000.

7724 Montgomery Road: KenwoodShoppes Center LLC to RCG-CincinnatiLLC; $13,500,000.8220 Montgomery Road: Red LobsterInns of America Inc. to Arcp Rl Port-folio Vi LLC; $3,829,397.8896 Sandymar Drive: Lima, Charles A.& Katherine C. Kramer to Perry, JosephN. & Heidi; $465,000.11954 Stillwind Drive: Nedelman, DavidB. to Humphreys, Edward G.; $185,000.11955 Stillwind Drive: Miller, Mari Kay toDingess, Emily A.; $164,175.7320 Vinnedge Court: Verkamp, FrancesL. to Hardy, Lauren M.; $240,000.

10911 Lake Thames Drive: Morgan,Harry J. Jr. to White, Charles & Joy T.;$119,000.11195 Marlette Drive: Childress, Allan C.& Marilyn E. to Cunningham, JoanneL.; $510,000.7700 Montgomery Road: KenwoodShoppes Center LLC to RCG-CincinnatiLLC; $13,500,000.7710 Montgomery Road: KenwoodShoppes Center LLC to RCG-CincinnatiLLC; $13,500,000.7720 Montgomery Road: KenwoodShoppes Center LLC to RCG-CincinnatiLLC; $13,500,000.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Ascension LutheranChurchRavioli and beef stew will becollected in November for theNortheast Emergency Dis-tribution Service organization.NEEDS serves the emergencyneeds of local residents. Quiltsare being assembled by thewomen of the church. They willbe donated to Lutheran WorldRelief.Healing Christ (healing touch)Ministry is offered on thefourth Tuesday of the month at7 p.m. More information onthis ministry is available at793-3288.On Sunday, Nov. 30, the churchwill have one worship service at10 a.m. The church’s normalworship schedule includes theHeritage traditional service at 9a.m. and the Rejoice! service at11 a.m. with the chancel choir.Children’s Sunday School is at9:45 a.m. The curriculum focus-es on Bible stories using hands-on methods to keep childrenengaged. Confirmation andAdult Forum are at 10 a.m.The church is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288;wwwascensionlutheranchurch-.com.

Bethel BaptistTempleAn Advent celebration for allages will be offered during theSunday school hour at 10 a.m.for the first three Sundays in

available this fall for parents inAdult Education classes:Adult Sunday Bible study meets10:45 a.m. with a study of theGospel of Matthew in room120.The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254;sycamorechurch.org.

of Romans.The church is at 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Blue Ash; 891-8527; www.hartzellumc.org.

St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchService times are 8 a.m. and 10a.m.Donations are being collectedfor Findlay Street to providehealthy meals for 60 familiesand seniors.The annual Thanksgiving Dinnerat St. Barnabas is 4:30 p.m. to6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23. Callthe church to make a reserva-tion.Ladies Fellowship/ReligiousStudy Group meets on Tuesdaymornings at 10 a.m. at thechurch.A quilting group meets the thirdTuesday of each month at 1p.m. No experience is necessary.Quilters can bring their ownprojects and ideas for groupprojects.The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401; www.st-barnabas.org

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchSunday morning worship ser-vices are at 9:15 a.m. and 10:45a.m. Child care is available inthe nursery during both servicesfor infants through age 2.Sunday school for pre-schoolthrough 12th-grade is at 10:45a.m. Additional child care is

Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church“Hartzell UMC presents “Gloryof the King: The Gift”. Ticketsare on sale now. This profes-sional show runs Dec. 4-7, withshow times of 7 p.m. Thursday;8 p.m. Friday; 3 p.m. (matinee)and 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.(matinee) Sunday. Intermissionwith Christian Magician BradBrown and pictures with Santa.For tickets, please contact Sueor Linda at 891-8527 ext. 1.Seekers (The Way, the Truth andthe Life) small group meetsSundays, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,with new study by CharlesStanley, “Ministering throughSpiritual Gifts: RecognizingYour Personal Gifts and Usethem to Further The Kingdom.”More information: contactDave and Melissa at 891-8527ext. 1.Sunday School: 9 a.m., SundayWorship Service: 10:30 a.m.,Camp Kids & Child Care: 11 a.m.;active youth, outreach, fellow-ship, music ministries, biblestudies.Please join us on Sunday morn-ings from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. forAdult Sunday School (Fellow-ship Hall). Two adult classes areoffered: Book of Daniel is beingstudied with a group as theycontinue reading their waythrough God’s Word, fromcover to cover; and Mary Shu-mard leads another group witha thorough study of the Book

The church is collecting boxes ofmacaroni and cheese for NEEDSduring November.The church bowling leaguemeets at Crossgate Lanes at 10a.m., Thursdays.Sunday worship services are at10:30 a.m. Nursery care isavailable.The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153;www.bapc.net.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistChildren’s Weekday Program-ming is Tuesday and Thursdaymornings and Thursday after-noon with lunch available foreither day. There is a nominalcharge for each session. Parentsmust bring their child’s lunch.Register on the website under“registration forms.”Sunday Worship Services are8:20 a.m. and 11 a.m. (tradition-al worship), and 9:40 a.m.(contemporary worship).The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad; 791-3142;www.cos-umc.org.

CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodServices are 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays.The church is at 4305 SycamoreRoad, Cincinnati; 984-5044; onFacebook under CommunityLighthouse Church of God.

December. The Advent will befollowed up to Christmas withlessons, testimonies, crafts,Christmas caroling and childrenmaking ornaments for theAdvent Christmas tree.AWANA children’s clubs for ages4 through ninth-grade are insession for the fall from 7 p.m.to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, andrun through the school year,breaking for Thanksgiving andChristmas break. Children enjoygames, Bible stories, competi-tions, an AWANA store, Biblememorization, awards and funthemed nights. All are wel-come.Sunday School classes for allages are 10 a.m.; Sunday wor-ship is 11 a.m. Kings Kids, achildren’s worship service, isoffered during the 11 a.m.service. Nursery care is availableduring worship service.The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.

Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchJacob’s Ladder is the theme forSunday School (pre-K through12th-grade); these classes areheld after the children’s sermonin the worship service.The Christianity 101 andThoughtful Christian classes areheld for adults each Sundaymorning and meet at 9 a.m. inthe Fellowship Hall.

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BLUE ASHIncidents/investigationsInciting to violenceReported at Idalia and Oakavenues Oct. 9.Petty theftAman said someone took acatalytic converter, value $100,from a vehicle in the 4000 blockof Cooper Road Oct. 11.TheftAman said someone took itemsfrom his wallet, including $10cash, Oct. 9 in the 9200 block ofPlainfield Road.

MONTGOMERYArrests/citationsAdamjohnWolfgang Gorrell, 21,6730 Siebern Ave., drug abuse,Oct. 25.Juvenile male, 14, aggravatedmenacing, inducing panic, Oct.22.

James M. Betts III, 29, 774 DutchColony Drive, drug possession,Oct. 18.Andrew Cooper Williams, 1537Blair Ave., drug possession, Oct.18.Gregory Johnson, 24, 1080Loiska Lane, drug abuse, Oct.13.Derrell Devon Gaines, 19, 1088Loiska Lane, drug abuse, oct.13.

INCIDENTS/INVESTIGATIONSAssaultReported in 10500 block ofMontgomery Road Oct. 13.Reported in 10500 block ofMontgomery Road Oct. 14.Burglary, breaking andenteringA woman said someone took acomputer, value $1,200; acomputer, value $400, and acamera, value $400, from the

block of Montgomery Road,Sept. 29.Gun valued at $400 removedfrom 8300 block of Wexford,Sept. 23.Vehicle removed fromMontgo-mery Road, Sept. 24.TV removed from 8300 block ofBeech Ave., Sept. 24.Merchandise removed from7800 block of MontgomeryRoad, Sept. 24.$2,300 removed through fraud-ulent means at 7800 block of E.Kemper Road, Sept. 30.Purses removed from 7800 blockof Montgomery Road, Oct. 6.Phone and case valued at $271removed from 4000 block of E.Galbraith Road, Oct. 3.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsMakayla Smith, 18, 1217 May-rose, open container, Sept. 19.Vincent Haubabrook, 55, 8639Neptune Drive, drug traffick-ing, drug possession, Sept. 24.Deborah Bradshaw, 47, 910Hamlin, theft, Sept. 26.Amanda Vanderyt, 27, 10616Knollview Drive, theft, Sept. 30.Christopher Reinert, 50, 205Arrowhead Trail, disorderlyconduct, Oct. 4.

Janae Frazier, 23, 12 Kings RunCourt, theft, Oct. 4.Imjalli Faisal, 29, 735 Mulberry,Felicity, possession and drugabuse instruments, Oct. 4.

Incidents/investigationsArsonReported on 7100 block of EuclidAve., Sept. 26.BurglaryAttempt made to enter resi-dence entered 8600 block ofDundauk Court, Sept. 26.Criminal damagingWindows of vacant buildingdamaged at 7600 block ofSchool Road, Sept. 19.Domestic violenceReported on E. Galbraith Road,Oct. 4.Sexual impositionReported on Blue Ash Road,Sept. 20.TheftReported at 7000 block ofCambridge Ave., Sept. 22.Saw valued at $1,300 removedfrom 4000 block of E. GalbraithRoad, Sept. 13.Clock removed from 8300 blockof Monroe Street, Sept. 22.$85 removed from11900 blockof 2nd Ave., Sept. 21.Boots valued at $200 removedfrom12000 block of Snider,Sept. 24.Vehicle removed from 8700

Reported on northbound In-terstate 71Oct. 19.Recovered stolen vehicleReported on southbound In-terstate 71Oct. 17.TheftReported in 10400 block ofMontgomery Road Oct. 14.Reported in 7400 block ofCornell Road Oct. 10.Reported in 6200 block ofPfeiffer Road Oct. 15.TrespassingReported in 5700 block ofCooper Road Oct. 15.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsMargaret Mulvaney, 54, noaddress, criminal trespassing,Sept. 18.Juvenile, 17, theft, Sept. 24.Steffanee Simpson, 37, 1833Lincrest, theft, obstructingofficial business, Sept. 24.Billy Crosby, 54, 257 HelenStreet, open container, Sept. 24.Syhoune Khanchaleun, 52, 8412St. Clair, disorderly conduct,Sept. 28.Dwight Butler, 58, domesticviolence reported at 9600 blockof Stone Masters Drive, Sept.30.Juvenile, 13, arson, Sept. 28.Lisa Moye, 40, 511 Camden Ave.,theft, Oct. 4.

7300 block of Pfeiffer Road Oct.8.Disorderly conductReported in 7600 block ofCooper Road Oct. 11.FraudReported in 9800 block ofMontgomery Road Oct. 11.HarassmentReported in 10600 block ofMontgomery Road Oct. 18.Identity theftReported in 7800 block ofBicentennial Place Oct. 9.Missing personReported in 10500 block ofMontgomery Road Oct. 9.Property damageA woman said someone struckthe driver’s side of her vehiclewith an egg, Oct. 24 on the1000 block of Trail Lane.A woman reported damage to avehicle in the 9800 block ofForestglen Drive Oct. 24.Pursuit

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