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Moeller High School rulesrequire students to shavefacial hair for class, but notfor 87 students during themonth of March.

Students were allowed togrow various styles of facialhair for a fundraiser to ben-efit Danny O’Keefe ofSymmes Township and hisfamily. In May 2011, O’Keefestepped in when his sister’sex-boyfriend attacked her.Both were stabbed and beat-en, but survived. He nowsuffers from aphasia, whichis the disorder that formerU.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffordswas diagnosed with afterbeing shot.

As a result, O’Keefe hasbeen undergoing speech,occupational and physicaltherapy at the University ofMichigan in Ann Arbor, butit’s a slow and expensiveprocess. Various fundraisershave been raising money forthe O’Keefes for months tohelp fund his therapy, butit’s not over.

“There’s a push to raisemoney for Danny,” saidKevin Buckley, an Englishteacher at Moeller and alongtime friend ofO’Keefe’s. “Bottom line, he’spart of the Moeller family.”

Moeller students saw thatthey hadn’t done a lot to helpthe family. School captainHarry Wahl of Madeira saidthey decided to borrow fromother schools’ ideas of a“Mustache March” competi-

tion, where students growfacial hair and determine awinner at the end of themonth. Instead they re-named it “March for Dan-ny.”

Throughout the month,Moeller changed theirschool rule students to growfacial hair so they couldraise money to donate to theO’Keefe family. School ViceCaptain Chris Wright ofMadeira said the event wasabout raising awareness foraphasia as well. He addedthat while having a bearddrew some looks, it alsoprompted questions, whichled to their answers.

“When you see peoplewalking around with beardswho normally aren’t, peopleask, ‘Oh, why are you doingthat?’” Wahl said. “It was agood way to spread the worda little bit more.”

The month’s culminatingevent was a contest March28 called “Beards for ourBrother.” O’Keefe and hisfather, Jim, attended, andDanny chose junior Liam

Dorward as the contest’swinner. It turned out thatMoeller students raised$4,700 for the O’Keefe fam-ily and Danny’s treatment.

That wasn’t the only sur-prise. President Bill Huntannounced that in additionto the money studentsraised, an anonymous donorfrom outside Moeller added$50,000 to the original total.Hunt’s message was metwith an overwhelming roundof applause and cheers fromstudents and faculty mem-bers.

“I’m sure Danny is very,very happy with what you’veall done,” Jim O’Keefe toldstudents. “... I know hewould like to thank you verymuch, and he’s come a longway, with a long way to go.”

Liam Dorward, junior and winner of Moeller's "Beards for our Brother," sports his contest-winning beard. Alumnus Danny O'Keefe, forwhom the fundraiser was held, chose Dorward's beard as the best of the group. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Moeller men grow

BEARDSto benefitrecovering ‘brother’

Crusaders to alumnus: We’re ‘hair’ for youBy Leah [email protected]

Moeller High School students stand with alumnus Danny O'Keefeafter the "Beards for our Brother" contest March 28. Studentsraised $4,700 for the O'Keefe family by participating in a facialhair-growing contest throughout March. From left: junior KyleZimmerman, School Vice Captain and senior Dominic Starvaggi,Danny O'Keefe, School Captain and senior Harry Wahl, School ViceCaptain and senior Chris Wright and junior Gus Ragland. LEAHFIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

HOW YOU CANHELP DANNYO’KEEFE6Those looking to donate

to Danny’s recovery, learnmore about him or just leave anote about him can visithelptheokeefes.blogspot.com.6A benefit for the O’Keefe

family is scheduled for 7p.m.to 11 p.m. Friday, May 17,at Moeller High School, 9001Montgomery Road. Admissionis $50 in advance and $55 atthe door. Drinks, appetizers,and a performance from localband The Naked Karate Girlsis planned. Tickets can bepurchased on the family’s blogmentioned above.

BEARDEDMENSee some of the Moellerbeards and listen to

students talk about the contest.Go to Cincinnati.com/video.

ADeer Park schools custodi-an was arrested after police re-ceived information that he hadbrought a gun to a school previ-ously.

Brian McConnell, 32, of 4109Estermarie Drive, was arrestedat Amity Elementary, 4320 E.Galbraith Road, after police re-ceived information that he hadbrought a gun to the school pre-viously and used a basement

storage roomasashooting range,which is a gun-free zone.McConnell wastaken to the DeerPark Police De-partment, wherehe was ques-tioned and takento the Hamilton

County Justice Center, PoliceChief Michael Schlie said.

McConnell was chargedwithconveyance of a firearm in aschoolsafetyzone,whichmeansthe department had probablecause that he had brought a guninto the school before. He didn’thave a gun on him at the time ofthe arrest, whichwas about 3:30p.m.March21.Hiscaseissched-uled to be heard by a grand juryMarch 29, Schlie said.

His bond was set at $100,000,according to court documents.Deer Park schools are on springbreak this week.

Superintendent Jeff Lang-don,whowas at the schoolwhenMcConnell was arrested, saidthat the arrest happened afterschoolhoursandnooneelsewasin the building. Schlie, who wasalso present for the arrest, saidhe was “very confident therewas no victim,” and that the in-cident wasn’t directed at any-one.

“This is not a situationwherehe had a beefwith anyone at theschool,”hesaid. “Wethink itwasjust a serious lapse of judge-ment.”

Langdon echoed those senti-ments, adding that no studentsor staff members were in dan-

Police:Custodianhad gunin schoolMcConnell workedovernight shiftBy Leah [email protected]

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ger. He mailed a letter toevery student and staffmembers’home in thedis-trict March 22 to explain

the incident. Langdonadded thatMcConnell hasbeen placed on adminis-trative leave.

Want more updates aboutDeer Park? Follow LeahFightmaster on Twitter:@LCFightmaster.

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LANGDON’S LETTERHere is the text of the letter from Deer Park Schools

Superintendent Jeff Langdon to district parents about theincident with Brian McConnell:March 22, 2013Dear Deer Park Families,The safety and security of our students is my top priority

as your Superintendent. Because I know it’s your top priori-ty, too, I need to advise you of some very important in-formation. On Thursday afternoon, we had a serious situa-tion develop at Amity. Before I share the details, I want tofirst ensure you that your children and our staff memberswere never in any danger.We were contacted late in the afternoon by the Deer

Park Police Department that an employee was reportedlyusing a storage room in the basement of Amity late atnight when nobody else was around as a shooting range. Iwould like to thank Chief Schlie for contacting me immedi-ately when he learned of this news. We then immediatelybegan investigating the situation and discovered evidencethat supported this allegation. The employee was immedi-ately placed on administrative leave and was taken to theDeer Park Police Department for questioning. Needless tosay, the employee in question will not be permitted backon school district property.I would like to emphasize that no students or other staff

members were involved with this situation. We have abso-lutely no evidence that supports any of the alleged activityoccurred during the school day. Students do not haveaccess to the storage room in the basement where thealleged activity occurred. The safety of our students andstaff members remain our highest priority and we thankthe Deer Park Police Department for their swift action.I met with the Amity staff this morning. As incredibly

dedicated professionals, they remain committed to thehigh quality instruction of our students and will not bediscussing this situation with students or with parents. Weneed to let Chief Schlie and the authorities handle theinvestigation. I ask that you use your own judgment as aparent but would certainly appreciate your discretion indiscussing everything I have shared with you.Finally, I hope that you enjoy Spring Break, get some rest

and spend quality time with your family.Thank you.Jeffrey W. Langdon

Pillich in Deer ParkApril 8

State Rep. Connie Pil-lich will be holding openoffice hours from 7:30a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Monday,April 8, at Buffalo Moun-tain Coffee Shop, 4074 E.Galbraith in Deer Park.

Beta Sigma Pispring tea

Beta Sigma Pi, an in-ternational sorority ofbusiness and profession-al women, will celebrateits annual spring tea, 2p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday,April 7, at Hartzell Unit-

ed Methodist Church,8999 Applewood Drive,Blue Ash.

The event is open tomembers only. For infor-mation about the group,contact Ginny Budd,(513) 522-5527.

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The Easter bunny made a special trip to Deer Park'sEaster egg hunt on March 23 at Chamberlin Park. Heholds up an Easter egg basket with 5-month-old CarolineO'Donnell, who won the basket. THANKS TO JOHN PERIN

Madeira City Schoolsofficials are takinga lookat the salary andbenefitsoffered to district staffand faculty membersand comparing them toother area districts.

Planning Commissionchairman Ryan Lex saidit’s Madeira’s goal tohave salary schedulesthat place teachers in thetop third of comparativedistricts and encourageteachers to continuetheir own education.

Starting teacherswith a bachelor’s degreeearn a base pay of about$38,000, which ranksfifth of 29 other districts

in the Cincinnati area.When experience is in-creased to five yearswith no change in educa-tion, pay increases toabout $45,000, ranking of17th of 30.

Lex said the planningcommission recom-mends the district con-tinue the step scale, andalso recommended aone-time 1 percent baseincrease for teachers noteligble for the step scale,and not changing thebase salary schedule forthe 2013-2014 schoolyear.

The commission asoevaluated the benefitsand how those comparewith nine other similardistricts. Commissionmember David Eberlysaid of the nine areas ex-amined, the topics that

stood out the most re-garded spousal benefitsand whether employeescould opt out of insur-ance provided by the dis-trict.

Eberly said that sixother districts allowedfor spouses of employ-ees to be covered byMa-deira’s benefits planwhen another plan wasavailable to them, andfive other districts al-lowed for employees toopt out.

Theplanningcommis-sion made three recom-mendations regardingbenefits, including chil-dren of staff membersattending Madeiraschools, payment forsick days upon retire-ment and revisiting thedistrict’s policy on per-sonal days.

Madeira’s policy re-garding sick days at re-tirement explains thatunused sick days trans-late to severance, whichthe planning commissionbelieves encouragesteacher attendance.Members recommendedno change to that. Relat-ed to sick days are per-sonal days, which manycomparable districts al-low converting to sickdays. The commission’srecommendation saysthat Madeira doesn’t ad-dress that, but adoptingan identical policy wouldencourage teachers tonot use those days.

“Overuse of sick orpersonaldays isnot an is-sue I’m concerned withat Madeira,” Kramersaid. “It’s not the culturehere.”

Madeira studies salary, benefitsBy Leah [email protected]

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Despite March feelingmore like winter thanspring, Suburban Lifecommunities have usedless salt than the average.

Deer Park“During a typical win-

ter, we will use approxi-mately 300 tons of salt.We have used about 200tons this year. There havebeen no projects can-celled or delayed by theweather this year.”

—Mike Berens, safety-service director

Madeira“We have used less

than 500 tons of salt forthe year. We budget morethan 1,200 tons annually.We have spent an averageamount for overtime thusfar. In summary, theamount of snow this sea-son has not caused us anyunusual costs.

“There have been nosignificant delays in whatwe normally do this timeof year. We typically donot start our road resur-

facing program untilJune. The weather, how-ever, has delayed ourstart on the CentennialPlaza Project.

”— Tom Moeller, city

manager

Sycamore Township“Though it has seemed

like a long winter, Syca-more Township has actu-ally used less salt thisyear than on an averageyear. We usually usearound2,000 tons inanav-eragewinter and thiswin-ter we used approximate-ly 1,400 tons. Over 25 per-cent of that amount wasused in March though,when you do not expect to

use asmuch salt and thinkspring is on the way.

“The Kenwood Roadimprovement project hasbeen delayed because ofthe weather, but is cur-rently getting under wayand we still expect tocomplete the project thisyear.

“The weather has af-fected our parks just asmuch as it has the roads,the crews have not beenable to get started on parkand ballfield mainte-nance, which has allready caused cancella-tion of games but we aregetting started on thatnow also. ”

– Tracy Kellums, roadsuperintendent

Weather outside not so frightfulBy Leah Fightmaster andJason [email protected]@communitypress.com

COLUMBIA TWP. —Have you a hurt, habit orhang-up?

Members of SonRiseChurch inColumbiaTwp.suspect most of us do,and are inviting anyoneinterested in changingtheir lives to a kick-offsession of “CelebrateRe-covery” Friday, April 5,at the church at 8136Wooster Pike.

A meal, which costs$2, will be served at 6p.m. and the program,which is free, will beginat 7 p.m.

Two pastors from theSaddleback Church,which has eight locationsin Southern California,started Celebrate Recov-ery in 1991. Saddleback’swebsite says the pro-gramcurrently is used inmore than 19,000churches worldwide.

“Celebrate Recoveryis a Christ-centered re-covery program basedon the Beatitudes ad-dressing many of life’s

hurts, hang-ups and hab-its,” said Jessie Dayton,communications direc-tor for SonRise Church,which formerly houseditsadministrativeofficesin Milford.

“Organizers say ap-proximately one-third ofthe people attending Cel-ebrate Recovery or ‘CR’deal with chemical de-pendencies,” Daytonsaid.

Celebrate Recoveryoperatesweekly andcon-fidentially in smallgroups run by partici-pants.

So why is SonRiseChurch involved?

“SonRise is commit-ted to putting faith intoaction,” said DavidSweeting of Milford, theCelebrateRecoverymin-istry leader for thechurch.

“The early church inActs 3 worshipped andshared everything to-gether, including hurts,habits and hang-ups.

“We are committed toembrace our communityandwalkhand-in-handaswe journey together andexperience victory,through Jesus Christ,over our hurts, habitsand hang-ups,” Sweetingsaid.

Church kicks offCelebrate RecoveryBy Jeanne [email protected]

SonRise Churchwill kick off‘CelebrateRecovery’Friday, April 5.Here are churchmembers TomNewhouse ofKenwood andJessie Daytonof Covington.JEANNE HOUCK/THE

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SCHOOLSSCHOOLSACHIEVEMENTS | NEWS | ACTIVITIES | HONORS CommunityPress.com

SUBURBANLIFEEditor: Dick Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Phys ed program achieves top honorIndian Hill Middle School

achieved top honors for its phys-ical education program.

Theschoolwasawarded“goldlevel” recognition by the OhioAssociation for Health, PhysicalEducation, Recreation andDance.

It was the fourth consecutiveyear the program has receivedthis honor.

“It shows thekids are benefit-ing from a positive physical edu-cationprogram,”physicaleduca-tion teacher Shalee Osborn said.

Physical education teacherSteve Tranter said schools areevaluated inavarietyofareas in-

cludingcurriculum,wellness ini-tiatives, intramural sports andother activities.

Tranter said some significantwellness initiatives launched lastyear included a faculty and staffpedometer program as well asthe district’s first Conquer theHill 5K race.

“Everyyearwe look for areaswecanimprovestudentwellnessand academic performance,”said health teacher Lisa Shep-herd.

Osborn said these efforts ex-tend beyond just the 45 minutesthe students are in the physicaleducation class.

“We try to think outside of thebox,” she said. “We’re innovativein our thinking.”

By Forrest [email protected]

Indian Hill HighSchool physicaleducation teacherShalee Osborn, left,offers handball tipsto seventh-graderBryn Irvine duringphysical educationclass. Indian hill HighSchool recentlyreceived a "goldlevel" recognitionfrom the OhioAssociation forHealth, PhysicalEducation,Recreation andDance. FORREST

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All St Gertrude junior highstudents competed in theschool’s annual Academic Fair.It is a riteofpassage for themasthey embark on research meth-odologies, hypotheses and ex-periments, and for the sixth-grade students, are doing thisfor the first time.

Seventh- and eighth-gradersworked diligently on their sci-enceprojectsusing the scientif-icmethod toproveahypothesis.For months, they recorded re-sults of their tests in their labjournals in order to supporttheir conclusions.

Sixth-graders’ projects werefocused on topics related to so-cial studies. They were re-quiredtodevelopandprovethe-sis statements about their top-ics. After months of research,

the students were required towrite a researchpaper,makeaninformation board, and con-struct a model to support theirfindings.

Of 129 projects, 47 studentsreceived“Superior”ratingsand69 students received “Excel-lent” ratings. Students whowere awarded a “Superior” rat-ing can compete in regional andstate competitions for cashprizes and scholarships.

More than 40 judges assistedthat day to assess the students’work. The school is truly appre-ciative of those throughout thecommunity who volunteered tobejudges lastweekandover theyears.

To learn more about St Ger-trude School, go towww.stgertrudesch.org.

St. Gertrude studentsexcel at academic fair

Christmas care packageswere created and assembledby the fourth-graders at St.Nicholas Academy for theircommunity heroes.

Students baked cookies,made ornaments andwrote let-ters and cards to their local po-lice and fire departments andSt. Nicholas Academy's busdrivers. TeachersKaraSeitherand Melissa Stoeckel super-vise students as they assemblethepackages.Theteachersandstudents also created invita-tions for the bus drivers andthe police and fire depart-ments, inviting them to Massand breakfast in their honor.These fourth-grade classesserved breakfast to their he-roes Feb. 8.

Fourth-graders Estelle Vogt, Julia Staat and Margot Leary work together to write cards and letters,thanking their heroes for their service to our community. THANKS TO ANN FALCI

THE CARING KIND

Fourth-grader Belle Nye places cookie cutouts on a cookie sheet tobake in the school's kitchen. THANKS TO ANN FALCI

Students Emma Keuffer and Mickayla Mallaley use avariety of craft items to decorate letters to theircommunity heroes. THANKS TO ANN FALCI

St. Nicholas Academy fourth-graders MasonCromer and Samantha Mumper roll cookiedough. THANKS TO ANN FALCI

Every year Mount NotreDame recognizes the incomingfreshmen who score 90 percentor above on the high schoolplacement test. The studentswho achieve this honor are in-vited to join the Billiart ScholarHonors Program.

At this event, there were 109students recognized from 39 ju-nior high schools including: AllSaints, Bethany, CincinnatiHills, Fairfield, Good ShepherdMontessori, Guardian Angels,Home School, Indian Hill, JohnPaul II, Lakota Plains, LakotaRidge, Liberty Junior, Love-land, Mason, Mother Teresa,Nativity, Royalmont, St. An-drew/St. Elizabeth Ann Seton,St. Bernadette, St. Columban,St. FrancisdeSales-Lebanon, St.Gabriel, St. James (White Oak),St. John Dry Ridge, St. Law-rence, St. Margaret of York, St.Mark's Lutheran, St. Mary, St.Michael, St.Michael-Worthing-tonOhio, St. NicholasAcademy,St. Peter in Chains, St. Susanna,St. Thomas More, St. Veronica,St. Vivian, Sycamore and Wal-nut Hills.

Members of the BilliartScholar Honors Program re-ceive:

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Distinguished alumna LeeHong ’06 was the keynotespeaker at this event. Sheshared insights as to how herfour years at MND shaped herinto an empowered, confidentyoungwomanwhocontinuedonto Duke for a B.S. cum laude inbiology, genetics concentrationwithdistinctionand iscurrentlyaMD/PhD candidate at Univer-sity of North Carolina School ofMedicine, Chapel Hill, NC.

Mount Notre Dame honorsclass of 2017 Billiart scholars

Mount Notre Dame graduate LeeHong ’06 was the keynotespeaker at the school’s BilliartScholarship event. THANKS TONATASHA SHULL

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PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Scott [email protected]

AfteraMarchspentprimari-ly indoors, local girls softballsquads are hoping for dry fieldsin April. The following is a pre-view of the high school teams inthe Suburban Life coveragearea:

Deer ParkThe 2011 Cincinnati Hills

League champions had a re-spectable 2012 with a team ofyoungsters who finished tiedfor third in the league at 8-6.Coach Bill Newton’s squad was14-8 overall and he now returnseight experienced starters.

Sophomore center fielderCeara Trusty and sophomorefirst baseman Samantha Woodwere first-team CHL in 2012.Makingsecondteamweresoph-omore first baseman LaceyChadwell, junior pitcher SaraKramerandseniorsecondbase-man Lea Gatto. Sophomoreshortstop Kasey Purdin andsenior infielder Katlin Siemerswere both honorable mention.

In addition, Newtown hasback sophomore catcher OliviaLiggett,whomhecalls “all-CHLcaliber” and junior third base-man Alexis Noland. FreshmanNatalie Carnes is also expectedto have an impact at third base.

“This group has what I callyouthful experience,” Newtonsaid. “Most of them played andcontributed as freshmen lastyear. Every one of them didsomething between the end oflast season and the beginning ofthis season to make themselvesbetter.”

Closing in on records forDeer Park are senior Lea Gattoin all-time runs scored. SaraKramer and Samantha Woodare near the all-time doublesmark and both havemanymorehigh school at-bats to go.

After starting the season atCincinnati Country Day onApril 2, theLadyWildcats are atMadeira on April 3. Deer Parkopens their home campaignApril 4 against Withrow.

Indian HillThe Lady Braves were 11-8

(8-6 Cincinnati Hills League) intheir first year under PatrickSpurlockwith a youthful squad.

Back for Spurlock are juniorpitcher Ally Hermes, junior in-fielder Johanna Wagner andsenior outfielder Lindy Howe.All three were CHL first-teamselections in 2012. Also return-ingareCHLsecond-teamjunioroutfielder/catcher SamanthaKing and honorable-mentionsophomoresecondbasemanMi-kayla Germain.

Hermes was 9-7 in the pitch-ing circle with 96 strikeouts in102 innings. She’ll play somefirst base this season as fresh-manCassidyZangwill get someinnings.

“She should be a nice addi-tion,” Spurlock said of Zang.

“She’s a really strong kid. Shecan play just about anywhere.”

Wagner, who hit .600 as asophomore, is Indian Hill’sshortstop.

“She lost half of last seasonwith a broken leg,” Spurlocksaid.

Wagnerwill teamupwithMi-kayla Germain as the LadyBraves’ double-play combina-tion. The second-year coachsees Germain having a break-out season.

“She’s really been workingon her hitting and I really don’tthink there’s anyone any better

in the league,” Spurlock said.In themiddle of the pack last

season, he sees Reading andDeer Park as the teams to beatthis spring in the CHL.

“If Johanna (Wagner) hadn’tbroken her leg last year, thingswould’ve been a little better,”Spurlock said. “Overall, weshould be fine.”

The remainder of the IndianHill roster includes seniors Tif-fani Plummer, Emily Woebken-berg and Kendall Collins. Ju-niors areKatina Calamari, EllieStokley, Charlotte Golnik andCassie Malloy.

After spring break, the LadyBraves return with a homegameagainstMountHealthy onApril 2, then road games at Fin-neytown and Taylor April 3 andApril 5.

“It’s a really tough scheduleearly on,” Spurlock said.

MadeiraThe Amazons last won a

league title in 2010 and are hop-ing to right the ship after lastseason’s 5-18 record (3-11CHL).

Coach Maria Disbennett re-turns seven starters in seniorfirst baseman Julie Kuzniczci,senior outfielder Devon Hutch-inson, junior pitcher Clare Gor-don, junioroutfielderAbbySea-man, junior infielder JessicaAshmore, junior second base-man Zoe Evans and sophomorecatcher Molly Murphy.

Gordon made second-teamCHL last season after pitching124.1 innings and striking out118. She also hit .323 and stole15bases. Kuzniczci was the Ama-zons’ top hitter at .391 with 12runs batted in. She was CHLhonorable mention as a junior.

“We have a good amount ofreturning starters who are ea-ger to continue to improve ontheir skills,” Disbennett said.“We are a goal-oriented teamthat looks to overpass our rec-ord from last year.”

Madeira starts the seasonwith three straight homegamesApril 2-4 against Purcell Mar-

ian, Deer Park andMcNicholas.

Mount Notre DameThe Cougars had a difficult

2012 with a 6-14 record (1-9 inthe Girls Greater CincinnatiLeague-Scarlet). Their loneleague win was against PurcellMarian, and they had a postsea-son victory overWintonWoods.

Returning forMNDis sopho-more catcher Maddy Taney,who made GGCL second teamin her freshman year.

Longtime softball veteranCliff Killian is the MND coachagain. Killian also is head coachand director of coaching for theCincy Storm fastpitch club.

“We hope to have a betteryear with the addition of twofreshmen pitchers and GabbyPhillips, a junior transfer whosat out last year,” Killian said.“Gabby will carry the majorityof the load at the varsity levelandwill alsoaddsomeoffensivepunch in our lineup.”

The Cougars’ roster also in-cludes seniors Erin and KatieRice; juniors Karlee Jackson,Kelsey Bushfield and Andie Ta-ney; sophomores MeredithShaffer, Sam Dunbar, KeelyDonhue. Ally Benz, CarolineGallo and Kate Jennings; andfreshmen Lexi Ripperger, Syd-ney Zeuch, Gabby Woehler,Molley McCudden and OliviaCarroll.

“Our focus on this season,with us being as young as weare, will be to play better as ateam through the season, elim-inate the inevitablemistakeswewill make early in the year, andbe ready in May for the tourna-ment,” Killian said.

MND’s season begins with atournament in Knoxville April2-4.Theyreturnhomeforadou-bleheader April 6 against Syca-more andWalsh Jesuit.

Cincinnati Country DayThe Lady Indians embark on

a new seasonwith former assis-tant Scott Lemen taking thehead coaching reins from The-resa Hirschauer, who will stillbe in the dugout as an assistant.

Onthefield, theLadyIndianswill attempt to defend their Mi-amiValleyConferenceGrayDi-vision title. Last year’s squadwent 9-8 and 7-3 in league play.

The squad has six returningseniors, so experience will bethe key, according to Lemen.

“With the leadership of ourseniors, we expect to competeforanother league title,”Lemensaid by email.

The seniors will shore up theinfield with Caroline Gentile atcatcher, Preeya Waite at short-stop andMeg Lazarus at third.

In the outfield, seniors HollyDayton and Sara Fitzgeraldwillbe the last line of defense forfreshman pitcher Missy Dieck-man-Meyer.

Senior infielder Anne Nes-bitt and sophomore first base-

FIRST PITCH AT 2013 SOFTBALL

DEER PARK, MADEIRA TAKEIN SOME SPRING SWINGS

By Scott [email protected]

Ceara Trusty slides in safe at home during Deer Park’s game with Wyoming last spring. Trusty hit .488 as afreshman SCOTT SPRINGER/COMMUNITY PRESS

Madeira’s Clare Gordon was theworkhorse last season pitching124.1 innings. SCOTT

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Madeira’s Devon Hutchinson getsin position for a play at shortstopfor the Amazons. She is areturning starter. SCOTT

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The Wilson Tour ForHope Racquetball Tour-nament left its mark onCincinnati at CourtHouseFitness Center in Madei-ra, recently, when of thetop-ranked women rac-quetball players in theworld convened for a Tier1 stop on the 2012-2013 La-dies Professional Rac-quetball Tour.

While this is the sev-enth year for the WilsonTour for Hope Racquet-ball Tournament, it is thefirst year the tournamentranked as full pro stop,which includes largerprize money and partici-pation.

Top prizewent to PaolaLongoria, the currentworldchampionandNo.1-ranked player on theLPRT, of Tijuana,Mexico,with second going to two-time world championRhonda Rajsich, who re-sides in Phoenix, Ariz.Nearly 115 amateurs alsocompeted in the event.Proceeds from this eventbenefit the Cris Collins-worthPro ScanFund, pro-viding mammograms tolocal women in need.

The semi-final roundincluded a Longoria winover Grace Hughes fromSilverdale,Wash., in threegames, (11-2, 11-5, 11-2)andaRajsichdefeatofSu-sana Acosta-Mendoza ofChihuahua, Mexico, infive games, (1-11,11-1, 4-11,11-3, 12-10). Local profes-sional and the No. 7-ranked player on theLPRT Kerri Wachtel ofOakley finished in the top16. Professional racquet-

ball matches are the bestthree out of five games.Each game is played to 11points and each gamemust be won by 2 points.Points are only scoredduring a player’s service.Once aplayer loses a rallyon her serve, the servicegoes to the opponent.

“This was a well-runevent with great competi-tion and athleticism,” saidAndy Kulback, deputycommissioner of the La-dies Professional Rac-quetball Tour. “We lookforward to coming backnext year with even morecorporate and communitysupport.”

TheLPRTofficialpart-ners for the 2012-13 sea-son are Ekelton, Wilson,HEAD, Gearbox, Webby-Cards.com, Racquet-SKINZ, Racquetspot,Layer Cake Creative,KMK Law, and Gilliam &

Associates, P.C. - CPAs.Local sponsors for theWilson Tour for Hope areGold Sponsor: Life SafetyInspection Services; Sil-ver Sponsors: Keller Wil-liams Pinnacle Group,First Place Bank, Recrea-tions Outlet, FlorenceHardware, BanacomSigns, Dr. Chris LearyDDS, Wingate Packaging,Phelan Fitness, H&T Ser-vices , DLS Consulting;andBronze Sponsors:Ma-deira Construction, RDIMarketing Services, JakeSweeney Automotive,Helsinger Plumbing &Pool Service and IHT In-surance Agency Group.

CourtHouse FitnessCenter is a locally ownedand operated, neighbor-hood fitness center locat-ed in Madeira at 8229 Ca-margoRoad.Call 271-3388or email, [email protected].

Ladies pro racquetballtour heats up Madeira

The Wilson Tour for Hope Ladies Pro RacquetballTournament comes to CourtHouse Fitness in Madeira.Reigning world champion Paola Longoria of Mexicodefeated former World Champion Rhonda Rajsich ofArizona in the title match. This tournament brought in 25of the Ladies Pros from around the globe. Pictured areLadies Pro Racquetball Tournament Deputy CommissionerAndy Kulback, champion Longoria, tournament co-directorKerri Wachtel, runner-up Rajsich and tournamentco-director Chris Wachtel. THANKS TO LAURANMCHAFFIE

man Elizabeth Gracewill also play a key roleas CCD tries to repeat asleague champs.

CCDwasscheduled toopen the season againstDeer Park April 2.

CHCAThe Eagles of CHCA

take the field trying tobuild off last year’s 2-8mark, while competingin the Scarlet Division oftheMiamiValleyConfer-ence. Coach Pat Hesslerwill have a youthful ros-ter with just two seniorsand four juniors takingthe field. Younger play-ers expected to make animpact include sopho-

moreKristina Ramey, aswell as freshmen Cassi-dy Yeomans and EmilyJones. CHCA starts theseason with a homegame against St. Ber-nard April 4.

UrsulineThe Ursuline Acad-

emy Lions are back withthree GGCL first-team-ers leading the way forfirst-year head coachHeather Frietch.

Those players areseniors Hannah Mehrleand Emily Byrd, as wellas juniorDanielleStiene.

Mehrle, who will playcollege ball at Washing-tonUniversity in St. Lou-is, Mo., had the ScarletDivision’s fifth-best av-erage (.408) and thethird-best on-base per-centage (.512). She also

cracked five home runs,seven triples and threedoubles, while stealing21 bases. Byrd hit .386with a .427 on-base per-centage. She also drovein 16 runs and stole 17bases. Stiene will alsohelp with her bat — shehit .386 last season—butthe Lions will reallycount on her arm.

The corner infieldspots should also bestrong with Anna Hechtat first base, and Mac-kenzieRobinson at third.

“Wearereallyexcitedabout this year,” Frietchsaid. “I feel that this isgoing to be a fun and ex-citing year.”

UA begins 2013ranked No. 10 in Cincin-nati.com’s preseasoncoaches’ poll.Theseasonbegins at Mercy April 4.

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‘University’ can empower you

Helen RussoCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

March 27 questionHave you noticed any impact

from the across-the-board budgetcuts that were part of the seques-tration that went into effect al-most a month ago. Do you expectto see an impact in the future?Why orwhy not?”

“I traveled on March 9 andthey were not using the bodyscanners in the airport becausethey said they were short ofstaff. As a result, I had to befrisked because I have artificialknees.

“I ama taxaccountant andre-sponsefromtheIRSseemsslow-er thanusual, but I havenoproofthat sequestration is the prob-lem. I expect this to get worse.”

F.S.D.

“Frankly, no, but I am con-cerned that Iwill be seeing themeventually. Although the actualcuts were a very small percent-age the scare-mongers have meworried. I worry about my taxrates, Social Security and Medi-care, but there isn't a thing I cando.”

Bill B.

“None of that has filtereddown to the ground yet. Ofcourse I expect an impact. Askthis question in six months. Bythenpeoplewillknowwhatidiotsthe Republicans are.”

N.F.

“Personally, no. However be-sides the news stories about ille-gal immigrants being releasedfrom prison and tours of theWhiteHouseandStatueofLiber-ty being closed the only storyclose to homewas in theEnquir-er on March 28. The Cincinnati-Hamilton County CommunityAction Agency is staging a rallyto protest federal sequestrationzapping over 200 seats in theHead Start Program.

“Since sequestration is sup-posed tonotcutbudgetsonecentbut to merely lower the amountof the 2013 requested increase Ifind it impossible to believe anyof the baloney the Obama Ad-ministration is dishing out.”

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NEXT QUESTIONPlanners expect people to driveor take a bus to one of thestations along a proposed com-muter rail line from downtownCincinnati to Milford. Wouldyou ride a commuter train todowntown for work or a Reds orBengals game if you had todrive or take a bus to get to atrain station? Why or why not?

Every week The Suburban Life asksreaders a question they can reply to viae-mail. Send your answers [email protected] withChatroom in the subject line.

In recognition of Devel-opmental Disabilities Aware-ness Month in March, Light-house Youth Services isreaching out to the communi-ty to increase awareness forthe long-term benefits ofearly intervention. Whilemost people realize that thefirst three years of a child’sdevelopment are fundamen-tally important, many areunaware that early interven-tion for infants and toddlerswith developmental delays ordisabilities is vital to improv-ing their lifelong outcomes.

Lighthouse works in part-nership with Hamilton Coun-ty Developmental DisabilitiesServices to serve as the frontdoor to early intervention,providing comprehensiveservices for families andtheir children up to age 3, sothey start preschool healthy

and readylearn.

Sometimesthe initialhurdle forparents andcaregivers isidentifying ifthere is adevelopmen-tal delay andwhere to go

to find out. We encourageparents and caregivers whohave any concerns to contactus to schedule an evaluationand possibly create an earlyintervention plan for thechild.

Help Me Grow is a pro-gram that provides completecoordination of health anddevelopmental services forchildren birth to age 3 with adevelopmental delay or qual-ifying medical diagnosis.

Services include develop-mental screenings and evalu-ations, coordination of spe-cialized services, and supporttransitioning from Help MeGrow to an appropriate earlychildhood program at agethree.

The fully integrated earlyintervention team fromLighthouse and HamiltonCounty Developmental Dis-abilities Services includes aservice coordinator, physicaltherapist, occupational thera-pist, speech therapist, devel-opmental specialist and be-havioral specialist who sup-port the child and child’sfamily members and care-givers in a way that is un-precedented. The team ad-dresses each family’s ques-tions and priorities and sup-ports families from initialreferral through transition to

preschool. All Help Me Growservices are voluntary andfree of charge, regardless offamily income.

Lighthouse currently coor-dinates early interventionservices for 720 children inHamilton County. Althoughcommon referral sourcesinclude physicians, hospitalsand social workers, anyonewith questions or concernsabout a child’s developmentcan make a referral to HelpMe Grow.

To inquire about an evalua-tion for your own child or tomake a referral, please call513-281-GROW (4769). Formore information and a listof March events, visit onlineat www.ohiohelpmegrow.org/.

Terri Betts si the director of EarlyChildhood Services at LighthouseYouth Services.

Help Me Grow providesearly intervention services

Terri BettsCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

As we near the end of this smog sea-son, I reflected back on my experienceswith the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Region-al Council of Governments’ Clean AirProgram’s various festivals and fairs Iattended.

One of the interesting aspects of myinvolvement was the many questions Ireceived from African Americans in-volving smog; its effects and what canbe done to prevent it. This drove me toresearch if any one race was more proneto the most prevalent ailment of smog,asthma.

According to the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services’ Office ofMinority Health, African Americans are30 percent more likely to have asthmathan non-Hispanic whites. The threemain reasons why more African Amer-icans tend to be diagnosed with asthma:limited access to health care, structureof neighborhoods and environmentalstatus.

According to a literature reviewabout the Prevalence of Asthma Dis-parities Amongst African-AmericanChildren, limited access to health carewas their first conclusion involving thisasthma problem because of the lack oftreatment and available health care.

The study also contributed this to TheNational Asthma Education and Preven-tion Program guidelines. These guide-lines can be misinterpreted because therange of symptoms within the guidelinesreflects only a narrow view of symp-toms. This leads to miscommunicationbetween providers and patients. Thelack of information and directions pro-vided can create awful consequences.

Social structure andneighborhoods is thenext category relatingmore cases of asthma toAfrican Americans. Vari-ous studies show thatincome has a huge im-pact on asthma but it isnot the only thing. Fam-ilies who live in low in-come and high crimeareas are afraid their

children may be harmed by gang or drugviolence so children spend a dispropor-tionate amount of time indoors.

Low income areas often have olderand at times badly maintained housingdue to absentee landlords. An impover-ished neighborhood with poor housingcreates a physical environment that ishigh in allergens from smoke, dustmites, mold from water damage andpest.

With all these potential problems, aschildren are growing up around them,they are more prone to developing prob-lems such as asthma. Children tend tobreathe more rapidly because theirlungs aren’t fully developed which makethem susceptible to respiratory prob-lems.

With all this being said, there arethings that can be done to help preventrespiratory issues. Here are some thingsyou can do:

» Seek a primary physician or get intouch with a convenient health centerand attend regular check-ups. Everypatient is different and seeing your doc-tor regularly will help provide a solutionto your symptoms.

» Exercise. Being overweight is astrong contributor to asthma because itmakes it hard to breathe. Staying inshape and eating well are two greatthings to keep you healthy.

» If you are a smoker, consider quit-ting. Smoke as well as environmentalirritants like dust, pollen and mold; per-fume and feather beds can contribute torespiratory problems.

»Make sure your home environmentis free of irritating substances such asdirt, chemicals from aerosols, dust,standing water and perfumes.

After you have your health undercontrol, the next step is to help reduceyour smog output. These practical ac-tions will help decrease pollution andimprove the Tri-state region’s air quality:

» Fill up your vehicle after 8 p.m. Thislimits the fumes being released to be“baked” by the hot weather.

» If you have to drive, combine yourtrips while you’re out.

»Do not “jackrabbit” off the line at agreen light.

»Keep your vehicle properly main-tained by getting regular oil changes.

» Spread the word.All of these tips are simple enough to

be done every day. Please be cautious ofsmog alert days because that is whenchildren, the elderly and people withrespiratory issues are most prone toproblems.

For more information, visit our web-site www.doyourshare.org, “Like” ourFacebook page www.facebook.com/doyourshare, or call 1-800-621-SMOG.

Loren Koehler is an OKI communications intern.

African Americans and asthma

Loren KoehlerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

SUBURBANPRESS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013

The Cincinnati Horticultur-al Society is hosting its sixthannual Cincinnati FlowerShow “Ladies’ Day” at Ken-wood County Club Tuesday,May 7, featuring a continentalbreakfast, shopping at the ex-citing garden related bou-tiques, preview of River Flora2014 by Kevin O’Dell, a gour-met luncheon, a great auctionand raffle and more shopping.

Tickets are $80 each or ta-bles of 10 are $800.

An exciting part of LadiesDay will be the “Iron BloomsChallenge.”

The morning will featurethree landscape designers dis-playing their unique talents todesign and plant two springgarden containers each, butthere can be only one winner.You be the judge.

The afternoon challengeevent will feature three floral

designers each creating twocenterpieces again using thesame plant material.

Ladies’ Day co-chairs areBarbaraBushmanandJanetR.Huston. The committee in-cludes Marsha Haberer andAmy Power, hostesses; JeanneElliot, vendors; Stephanie Sud-brack-Busam, invitations/res-ervations;RaeSpicer, sponsor-ships; Julie Singer, volunteers;Michel Keidel, graphic design;Marie Huenefeld, publicity,andAnitaHulefeld, table deco-rations.

Sponsors of this year’sevent include Provident Trav-el, Sibcy Cline Realtors, Dr.Donna Krummen, and CeliaCarroll, Sibcy Cline Realtor,

Reservations may be madeon line atcincyflowershow.com or byemailing: [email protected] may also mail your reser-

vation to Ladies’ Day Event,7728 Ahwenasa Lane, Cincin-nati, OH 45243.

Vendors include Bugs toBlooms, Dawn Rogers; ClassicPrep Monograms, MichelleBrinker: Elizabeth’s Closet,Liz Cook: Kendrick & O’DellLandsclape Design, KevinO’Dell; Mahan Studio, SusanMahan; Nest Gifts, HeatherSchmidt; Renaissance GardenOrnaments, Julia Murphy andGabe Rice; Pine Lane Soaps,Martha Enriques; Delhi Flow-er & Garden Center:VitreousGarden Sceptors, Sherry Wit-te, and Paper Trail, Sarah Wil-liams.

Proceeds benefit the pro-grams of the Society includingthe future Cincinnati FlowerShow, educational children’sprograms, and the CincinnatiHorticultural Center inSymmes Township.

Cincinnati Horticultural Society hosts annual Ladies’ Day event

Cincinnati Horticultural Society Ladies' Day co- chairs Janet Huston(Hyde Park) and Barbara Bushman ( Covington, KY). PROVIDED

LOVELAND — The St. George RussianOrthodox Church hosted a ceremonyfor the newest addition to its newchurch being built at 118 Lebanon Road.

“Nothing says ‘Russian Church’more than a three-bar cross atop agolden onion-shaped dome,” said theRev. Daniel Marshall, pastor of thechurch. “The three-bar cross is an an-cient type which is traditional in Rus-sian Orthodox Churches.”

To bless the cupola and cross, Bish-op Peter of Cleveland, administrator ofthe Diocese of Chicago and Mid-Amer-ica, made the trip from Chicago.

Each bar on the cross atop the cupo-la holds significant meaning, Marshallsaid.

“The top bar on the cross representsthe title which Pilate ordered to beplaced on Christ’s cross. The middlebar is the one to which the Lord’s hands

were nailed. The bottom bar is thefootrest to which Christ’s feet werenailed. This bar is tilted, remindingviewers of the two thieves crucified oneither side of the Lord, one of whomascended to heaven due to his repen-tance, while the other one sufferedcondemnation for his blasphemy,” Ma-rahall said.

“For Orthodox Christians, the tiltedbar on the cross serves as a continualreminder of the need to repent andprovides comfort through the knowl-edge that the Lord will accept our re-pentance up until our very last breath.”

Marshall said although the church ismoving its primary worship to theLoveland location, its property in BlueAsh could remain under the church’spurview, but nothing is yet confirmed.

The church traces its roots to the1940s, but more recently became activein the ’80s, inheriting its name from theearlier parish. Construction of the new7,600 square-foot church is being per-formed by Bruns General Contractors,and is the parish is expected to moveduring the summer.

Want to know more about Loveland? FollowJason Hoffman on Twitter: @jhoffman_cp.

The new cross and cupola for St. George Russian Orthodox Church being blessed before itis placed atop the church Tuesday, Feb. 12. PROVIDED

The new cupola and cross for St. George Russian Orthodox Church at 118 Lebanon Roadbeing raised to its permanent location atop the church Tuesday, Feb. 12. PROVIDED

Bishop Peter of Cleveland, administrator of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America,hosts a ceremony to bless the cupola and cross before they are placed on top of the newSt. George Russian Orthodox Church Tuesday, Feb. 12. PROVIDED

Church receivescupola, crossbefore moveSt. George RussianOrthodox Churchconstruction progressingBy Jason [email protected]

“For Orthodox Christians, the tilted baron the cross serves as a continualreminder of the need to repent andprovides comfort through the knowledgethat the Lord will accept our repentanceup until our very last breath.”THE REV. DANIEL MARSHALL

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THURSDAY, APRIL 4Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, 7-9 p.m., Hyatt ArtStudio, 7813 Laurel Ave., Choosesurface you want to paint onand receive individual attentionas you paint artwork for yourhome or garden. $25. 561-0677;[email protected].

CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,9525 Kenwood Road, All sweat-ers are donated to Ohio ValleyGoodwill. Receive $10 coupontoward future purchase. 791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Clubs & OrganizationsMontgomery Chamber ofCommerce Social, 5:30-7:30p.m., Eddie Merlot’s Prime AgedBeef and Seafood, 10808 Mont-gomery Road, Appetizers andone drink included. Ages 21 andup. $15. Reservations required.985-6711; www.montgomeryo-hiochamberofcommerce.com.Sycamore Township.

Cooking ClassesGlorious Chocolate Ganachewith Haute Chocolate, 6:30-9p.m., Cooks’ Wares, 11344Montgomery Road, $40. Reser-vations required. 489-6400.Symmes Township.

EducationUltimate Hike InformationMeeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Bench-mark Outdoor Outfitters, 9525Kenwood Road, Ultimate Hiketeam from CureSearch forChildren’s Cancer shares howyou can complete 20.3 miles ofDolly Sods Wilderness in oneday. Participants hike toward acure for childhood cancer. Free.791-9453; www.ultimate-hike.org/dollysods. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesCore Adrenaline, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, GroupFitness Studio. Blend functionalstrength training movementswith Pilates sequences. Ages 18and up. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Unique hands-off body-work approach that helpsprevent pain, heal injury anderase negative effects of agingand active living. Ages 18 andup. $10-$15. Registration re-quired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Camp Crush, 6-7 a.m. and 6-7p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, GroupFitness Studio. Run the gamut ofstrength, endurance and heart-pumping drills. Recommendedfor intermediate to advancedclients only. Ages 18 and up.$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Gentle Moves and Strength,3-4 p.m., Fitness Physiques byNico G, 9681 Kenwood Road,Group Fitness Studio. Learn tosafely work with your limita-tions and enjoy exercising yourbody. Ages 18 and up. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G, 9681Kenwood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Contemporary blend offlowing yoga movements andcore-centric Pilates sequences.Ages 18 and up. $10-$15. 290-8217; www.fitnessphysiques.net.Blue Ash.Hatha Yoga, 7-8 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Gentle introductoryjourney into the world of yoga.Ages 18 and up. $10-$15. Regis-tration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous,7-8 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, Room 31. Literaturediscussion group. Free, dona-tions accepted. 800-0164.Mont-gomery.Codependents Anonymous,Noon-1 p.m., Blue Ash Presby-terian Church, 4309 CooperRoad, Youth room. Big book/discussion meeting. Brown baglunch optional. Open to every-one who desires healthy lovingrelationships. Donations accept-

ed. Presented by CodependentsAnonymous Inc. 673-0174;www.coda.org. Blue Ash.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesCamp Crush, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Cardio-Kick, 5:30-6:30 p.m.,TriHealth Fitness and HealthPavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Circuit training class blendsstrength training, cardio andkickboxing. Ages 18 and up. $40.985-0900; www.trihealthpavil-ion.com.Montgomery.

Health / WellnessHealth Screenings, 10 a.m.-noon, Owens Chiropractic andRehabilitation Center, 7319Montgomery Road, Bloodpressure screenings, stressscreenings, weight analysis andconsultation about wellnessneeds. Free. Appointmentrequired. 784-0084. Silverton.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6Antiques ShowsAntiques and Art Show,Noon-6 p.m., MontgomeryElementary School, 9609 Mont-gomery Road, Brand new an-tiques show, new venue, newmanager, new dealers fromseveral states. Furniture, china,art, silver, jewelry; all highquality. Family friendly. $7,good for both days. 614-487-8717; http://www.montgo-merywomansclub.org/Anti-quesShow.html.Montgomery.

Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, Noon-5 p.m.,Hyatt Art Studio, $25. 561-0677;[email protected].

CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Music - BenefitsAn Evening to Rememberwith Carrie Newcomer, 7:30-10 p.m., The Community of theGood Shepherd, 8815 E. KemperRoad, American singer-song-writer who has received numer-ous awards for her music andrelated charitable activities.Reception with light bites andbeverages follows. BenefitsGood Shepherd’s HondurasProject. $35, $30 advance.Childcare available with reserva-tion. 489-8815; www.good-shepherd.org.Montgomery.

Music - ConcertsMusic at Ascension, 7:30 p.m.,Ascension Lutheran Church,7333 Pfeiffer Road, Sanctuary.The Original 3 - Together Again.The Adagio Trio. Free, donationsaccepted. 793-3288.Montgo-mery.

SUNDAY, APRIL 7Antiques Shows

Antiques and Art Show, 11a.m.-4 p.m., Montgomery Ele-mentary School, $7, good forboth days. 614-487-8717; http://www.montgomerywoman-sclub.org/AntiquesShow.html.Montgomery.

Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, Noon-5 p.m.,Hyatt Art Studio, $25. 561-0677;[email protected].

AuctionsQuarter Auction, 5-8 p.m.,Leaves of Learning, 7131 Plain-field Road, Family-orientedfundraiser. Creative prizesinclude restaurant gift cards,designer purses, gift baskets,LEGO sets and more. BenefitsLeaves of Learning educationalscholarship fund. Free admis-sion. 697-9021; www.leave-soflearning.org. Deer Park.

CivicSweater Drive, Noon-5 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

LecturesYomHashoah, 2-4 p.m., Mayer-son JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Reflect on Holocaust withcommunity-wide commem-oration. Includes candle light-ing, prayer and program re-membering victims and hon-oring survivors. Free. 487-3055;www.holocaustandhuman-ity.org. Amberley Village.

RecreationRelay for Life of Madeira, 1-3p.m., Stock Yards Band and TrustCo., 7124 Miami Ave., Teams ofpeople walk to raise money forcancer. Benefits AmericanCancer Society. Free, donationsaccepted. Registration required.Presented by American CancerSociety - Cincinnati. 888-227-6446, ext. 4223; www.relayfor-life.org/madeira.Madeira.

Religious - CommunityQuaker Conversations, 1:15-2:15 p.m., Cincinnati FriendsMeeting, 8075 Keller Road,Focuses on personal spritualdevelopment. Free. 791-0788.Madeira.

MONDAY, APRIL 8AuditionsThe BlueMoon Dancing, 7p.m., Walton Creek Theater,4101Walton Creek Road, Audi-tionees should bring a resumeof theatre experience and willbe asked to read from the script.Free. 321-0762. Columbia Town-ship.


Clubs & OrganizationsCincinnati Toastmasters ClubNo. 472Meeting, 7-8:30 p.m.,St. Paul Community UnitedMethodist Church, 8221MiamiRoad, Public speaking andleadership skills meeting. Familyfriendly. Free. 351-5005; cincin-nati.toastmastersclubs.org.Madeira.

Cooking ClassesBurgers and Beer with IleneRoss and Jean-Francois Fle-chete, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $45. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dance ClassesZumba, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Phy-siques by Nico G, 9681 KenwoodRoad, Group Fitness Studio.Latin-based cardio workout.Ages 18 and up. $10-$15. Regis-tration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

Exercise ClassesPilates Playground, 10:30-11:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, 9681 Kenwood Road, GroupFitness Studio. Works entirebody through series of move-ments performed with controland intention. Ages 18 and up.$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Camp Crush, 6-7 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.Gentle Moves and Strength,3-4 p.m., Fitness Physiques byNico G, $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Vinyasa Yoga, 7-8 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Fluid style of Hatha Yogaincorporates elements of Ash-tanga yoga in an inspiring,heat-producing workout. Ages18 and up. $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessMindfulness-Based StressManagement, 7-9 p.m., Tri-Health Fitness and Health Pavil-ion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road, Weeklythrough June 6. $480. Reserva-tions required. 985-0900;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

TUESDAY, APRIL 9AuditionsThe BlueMoon Dancing, 7p.m., Walton Creek Theater,Free. 321-0762. Columbia Town-ship.


Dance ClassesLine Dancing, 6-7 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, 9681 Ken-wood Road, Group FitnessStudio. Music from variety ofgenres. Ages 18 and up. $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

EducationGenealogy for AbsoluteBeginners: Part 2, 6 p.m., DeerPark Branch Library, 3970 E.Galbraith Road, Brief coverageof more advanced topics such aschurch, land and probate rec-ords, immigration and ethnicresearch. Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. 369-4450.Deer Park.

Exercise ClassesCore Adrenaline, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, $10-$15. Registration re-quired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Camp Crush, 6-7 a.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10CivicSweater Drive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,Benchmark Outdoor Outfitters,791-9453; www.benchmarkout-fitter.com. Blue Ash.

Dance 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, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Phy-siques by Nico G, $10-$15. Regis-tration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

Exercise ClassesPilates Playground, 10:30-11:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, $15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessFamily Caregiver SupportGroup, 2-3 p.m., SycamoreSenior Center, 4455 CarverWoods Drive, For anyone whoprovides help to someone whois frail, elderly, sick or disabled.929-4483. Blue Ash.Lipid Screening, 6:30-9:30 a.m.,TriHealth Fitness and HealthPavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Lipid profile includes cholester-ol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides andglucose. Results back in fiveminutes. Eight-hour fast recom-mended. Ages 18 and up. $20.Reservations required. 985-0900;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

LecturesAging Happens: Exploring theJoys and Heartaches of thisExtraordinary Journey, 7-8p.m., Rockdale Temple, 8501Ridge Road, Award-winningauthor and national mediaguest Dr. Janis Abrahms Springaddresses caregiving and offersuniversal lessons about how togrow old gracefully. Ages 21 andup. Free. 985-1581; www.jfscin-ti.org. Amberley Village.

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

On Stage - ComedyPro-AmNight, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,Aspiring comics, amateurs andprofessionals take the stage.Ages 18 and up. $5. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11Art & Craft ClassesOpen Create, 7-9 p.m., Hyatt ArtStudio, $25. 561-0677; [email protected].

BenefitsWomenMaking a Difference:An Evening with Laurie AnnGoldman, 7:30-9 p.m., Mayer-son JCC, 8485 Ridge Road, Shape

community by connecting withother women. Presentation byLaurie Ann Goldman, CEO ofSpanx Inc. Dessert reception,dietary laws observed. Benefits2013 Community Campaign,which supports programs locallyand globally. Jewish womenages 21 and up. Minimum totalcampaign gift: $180, $74 womenunder 30; $18. Reservationsrequired by April 5. 985-1527;www.jewishcincinnati.org.Amberley Village.

Business SeminarsSocial Media and Small Busi-ness, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., WrightBrothers Inc., 7825 Cooper Road,Conference Room. By Mary JoByrnes, Blue Goose Marketing.Ages 21 and up. Free. Regis-tration required. 543-3591;www.montgomeryohiochambe-rofcommerce.com.Montgo-mery.


Clubs & OrganizationsDinner andMeeting withSpecial Guest Matt Hen-derson, 6:30-8 p.m., FirehouseGrill, 4785 Lake Forest Drive,Presented by Hamilton CountyRepublican Women’s Club andthe Young Republican Womenof Cincinnati. Henderson dis-cusses Agenda 21 and the out-look of the Ohio RepublicanParty in 2013. Reservationsrequired. 383-5586; www.hcre-publicanclub.com/repubwom-en.html. Blue Ash.

EducationCamp Cooking Basics andTasting, 6-7 p.m., BenchmarkOutdoor Outfitters, 9525 Ken-wood Road, Learn basics ofcooking while camping out.Free. 791-9453; www.bench-markoutfitter.com. Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesCardio Dance Party, 6-7 p.m.,Eric Thomas’ Professional FitnessAcademy, $10. 617-9498;www.cardiodanceparty.com.Madisonville.Core Adrenaline, 9:30-10:30a.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, $10-$15. Registration re-quired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.MELTMethod, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. Registration required.290-8217; www.fitnessphysi-ques.net. Blue Ash.Camp Crush, 6-7 a.m. and 6-7p.m., Fitness Physiques by NicoG, $10-$15. Registration re-quired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Gentle Moves and Strength,3-4 p.m., Fitness Physiques byNico G, $10-$15. Registrationrequired. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Yoga/Pilates Infusion, 5-6 p.m.,Fitness Physiques by Nico G,$10-$15. 290-8217; www.fit-nessphysiques.net. Blue Ash.Hatha Yoga, 7-8 p.m., FitnessPhysiques by Nico G, $10-$15.Registration required. 290-8217;www.fitnessphysiques.net. BlueAsh.

Health / WellnessHealth Seminar, 6 p.m., JewishHospital, 4777 E. GalbraithRoad, Learn how to preventinjury to hands and arms anddiscuss treatment options forcommon hand and arm ail-ments. Free. Presented by MercyHealth Partners. 956-3729;www.e-mercy.com. Kenwood.

SeminarsDon’t AskMe To Forgive You:A Radical Approach To Heal-ing From InterpersonalWounds, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., JewishFamily Service, 8487 Ridge Road,Amberley Room. Dr. JanisAbrahms Spring teaches alterna-tive to forgiveness to recoverfrom pain caused by partner,parent, in-law, sibling, child,friend or significant other. $119,$99 advance by March 31.Registration required. 985-1581;www.jfscinti.org. AmberleyVillage.

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

THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The Community of the Good Shepherd presents An Evening to Remember with CarrieNewcomer, a benefit concert, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, to support the churchHonduras Project. The concert will be followed by a reception with "light bites" andbeverages. We would like for this to appear in The Community Press to share with oursurrounding communities. Additional information is available atwww.good-shepherd.org, along with samples of her music. Search "Carrie Newcomer" tolearn about the concert and ticket sales or search "Honduras Project" to learn more aboutour Honduras Project. The church is at 8815 E. Kemper Road, Montgomery. THANKS TO PATTY

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I guess it’s looking atall the seed catalogs thatmakes me hungry forfresh vegetables. When Ibrowse through the cata-logs, I can see myselfplanting a row of myfavorite bush green

beans,moundingup the soilaround thered onionsets andstaking theheirloomtomatoes.

Well,none ofthat ishappeningany time

soon but I can still gethigh-quality producefrom the store to makeone of my favorite,healthy green bean sal-ads. Here it is, and if youdon’t have red onion, usea bit less of a white oryellow, or even a sweetonion. And if your onionsare sprouting, you can eatthe green sprouts alongwith the onion. Use theonion quickly, though,because once it sprouts,the bulb loses texture andweight.

Fresh green beanand chickpea salad

Green beans are not

only as good for our eyesas carrots, but they alsocontain silicon, which is amineral for bone healthand formation of connec-tive tissue.

12-16 oz. green beans,trimmed

114.5 oz. can chickpeas,drained

2 tomatoes, cut up1 small red onion, sliced thin(youmay not need all ofit)

Dressing:

1 envelope Zesty Italiandressing

Balsamic vinegar and oliveoil

Salt and pepper to taste

Garnish:

Feta cheese

Blanch green beans:Cook for just a couple ofminutes or so in boilingwater, until they turnbright green but arecooked enough to becrisp/tender. Immediatelydrain and put into ice-coldwater to stop cooking.Drain. Can be done sever-al hours ahead and keptin refrigerator.

Mix beans with peas,tomatoes and go to tasteon the onions. Set asidewhile making dressing.

Mix dressing accord-ing to directions, sub-

stituting balsamic vine-gar and olive oil.

Toss with salad. Addsalt and pepper. Garnishwith feta.

Bird seed snack mixfor a crowd

No, not for the birdiecrowd, but for you andthe kids. I have had thisin my files for a while andmy notes say “mix in bigbowl.” When you look atthis all mixed up, you’llunderstand the name birdseed. This is for the read-er who needs to make upbags of snackmix for herdaughter’s soccer team. Ithas everything kids (andadults) like – a variety of

sweet and salty flavors. Ifthere’s something in hereyou don’t like, you cansubstitute a similar item,or simply leave it out.Amounts are approxi-mate. This makes about30 cups or so.

Mix together:

1 jar dry-roasted peanuts1 pound each plain M&Msand peanut M&Ms

12 oz. jar dry roasted orregular cashews

1pound canmixed nuts,salted or unsalted

11⁄2pounds dried fruit, yourchoice

15 oz. bag pretzel sticks12 oz. sesame sticks1⁄2pound yogurt-covered

raisins1⁄2pound yogurt-coveredpeanuts

Keeps up to a month,tightly covered, at roomtemperature.

Readers want toknow about cilantroand coriander

Cilantro is an annualherb that likes coolerweather. If it gets too hotor too much sun, you’llsee it quickly bolting toseed. The seed is calledcoriander.

Cilantro and coriandercan’t be used inter-changeably, as cilantro is

the leafy part of the herband has a citrusy, greentaste, quite distinctive.

The seed, coriander,has more of a lemonyprofile. Cilantro cools ahot tummy and is used inAsian, Indian, and South-western foods. Add it thelast fewminutes of cook-ing time, as it doesn’t holdup in extended heat.

Plant cilantro in earlyspring and, if you want acontinual harvest, plantseeds every couple ofweeks.

Cilantro helps removetoxic metals like mercuryfrom the body and con-tains powerful antioxi-dants for good overallhealth.

Can you help?Kroger Jarlsberg

cheese spread. ReaderKimM. says: “I hope youcan help me find the reci-pe or a close copy of theJarlsberg cheese spreadthat Kroger sells near thedeli department.”

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is anherbalist, educator and au-thor. Find her blog online atCincinnati.Com/blogs. Emailher at [email protected] with “Rita’skitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Green bean salad satisfies taste for fresh veggies

RitaHeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Rita’s recipe for green bean and chickpea salad can help satisfy any cravings for freshvegetables. THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD.

The Kenwood BuffaloWildWingswill hold a starsalescampaign for Make-A-Wish through April 8.

Paper stars can be pur-chased for a donation of $1or more. Guests who con-tribute to the campaign

will have their names dis-playedonapaperMake-A-Wishstarposted in theres-taurant.

On Friday April 5, 10percent of Buffalo WildWings'proceedsfromfoodsales will benefit Make-A-

Wish."Our family was so

touched by my sister Gi-na's wish. Seeing the joyGina had when her wishwas granted inspired meto give back to Make-A-Wish to help make the

wishes of other childrenbattling life-threateningmedical conditions cometrue," said Phil Rugari,manager of the KenwoodBuffaloWildWings.

WishchildGina,now13,is battling a life-threaten-

ing degenerative disorder.Gina had herwish grantedin November 2007 to go toseveral Florida themeparks to enjoy spendingtime with her family.

There are more than130 children battling life-

threatening medical con-ditions in southern Ohiowaiting for their wishcome true.

For more informationon Make-A-Wish(r) visitmakeawishohio.org or call1-877-206-9474.

Buffalo Wild Wings raises money for Make-a-Wish

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Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

4th Sunday, 11:00-11:30amECKWorship Service

11:00 am - NoonSecond Sunday of Each MonthAnderson Center Station

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Sunday School 10:00 amSunday Worship 11:00 am

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Senior Pastor, Rev. Dave Robinette986 Nordyke Road - 45255

(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmontat Beechmont Toyota)

Worship Service, Sunday 10:45 amClasses For All Ages, Sunday 9:15 amPrayer Service Wednesday, 6:45 pm

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Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

513-321-5856 Bill Rillo, PastorSunday Worship Services: 11:00am & 6:00pm

Sunday School: 9:45amWednesday Bible Study: 7:00pmwww.hydeparkbaptistchurch.org

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2010 Wolfangel Rd., Anderson Twp.513-231-4301

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:30 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH

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Traditional Worship 8:20am & 11:00amContemporary Worship 9:40am

Sunday School (All ages) 9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Dr. Cathy Johns, Senior PastorRev. Doug Johns, Senior Pastor

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INTERDENOMINATIONAL

3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

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Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AMPastor John Robinson,

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8000 Miami Ave. 513-791-4470www.madeirachurch.org

Sunday Worship9:00 am - Contemporary Service10:00am Educational Hour

11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday 9:30 &11:00 a.m.Loveland High School, off of Rich Rd.

683-1556www.golovelive.com

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

Phone: 513-791-8348 • Fax: 513-791-5648

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

~ Solid Bible Teaching ~6800 School StreetNewtown, OH 45244

Phone: 271-8442Web: www.fcfc.us

Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Senior PastorPastor Justin Wilson, Youth Minister

Vibrant Teen and Children’s MinistriesSunday Worship 10:30 am

All ages Sunday School 9:30 amWed. Fellowship Meal 6:00 pm

Wed. Worship/Bible Study 6:45 pmAll are Welcome!

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

www.stpaulcumc.org

UNITED METHODIST

Bethel BaptistTemple

Join area high school andcollege-age students who arerising up to God in Uprising, anexciting new student ministrysponsored by Blue Ash Star-bucks, coming to Bethel on thefirst Friday of each month from7 p.m. to 9 p.m., beginningFriday, April 5. All are invited tothis non-denominational time ofworship, fun and connectingwith other students. Included inthe free fun is a free StarbucksCoffee bar, giveaways, food, alive band, games, a photo boothand more. Everyone is welcome.

Look for the Uprising sign. FindUprising on Facebook at “TheUprising – Student Outreach ofCincinnati” and on Twitter@CincyUprising.

The adult, teen and children’sSunday School classes cometogether for an hour of skitsfrom the drama team, children’ssongs, games, penny wars andmore during Round Up Sunday,offered during Sunday Schoolhour on the first Sunday of eachmonth. Visitors and their fam-ilies are welcome to join the fun.

Sunday School is 10 a.m.;Sunday worship is 11 a.m.

The church offers AWANA

children’s Bible clubs during theschool year at 7 p.m. Wednes-days for children ages 2 throughsixth grade. Contact the churchfor information.

A small group Bible study isoffered Wednesday evenings atthe church at 7:30 p.m.

The church is at 8501 Plain-field Road, Sycamore Township;891-2221; bethelbaptisttemple-.org.

CommunityLighthouse Churchof God

Sunday services are 10 a.m.and 6 p.m.; Wednesday service is

7 p.m.The Hanning Family will sing

at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13.The church is at 4305 Syca-

more Road, Sycamore Township;984-5044.

Hartzell UnitedMethodist Church

New members class meets at5:30 p.m. Sundays in the pastor’soffice. For more information,call the Rev. Robert Roberts at891-8527, ext. 2.

Adult Bible Study meetsWednesdays at 1 p.m. in thePastor’s Office. Current book:“Why Am I A United Method-

ist?”The Way, The Truth & The Life

Seekers Small Group meetsSundays 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. fordessert and drinks, usually inFellowship Hall. Contact Davidor Melissa Dennis for moreinformation on this group at984-6395.

The church is at 8999 Apple-wood Drive, Blue Ash; 891-8527.

Sonrise ChurchSonRise Church is announcing

the launch of a Celebrate Recov-ery ministry group. The initialmeeting will be Friday, April 5.The event is free and will begin

with a meal at 6 p.m. and aprogram running from 6:45 p.m.to 8:30 p.m. Celebrate Recoveryis a Christ-centered recoveryprogram based on the Beati-tudes addressing many of life’shurts, hang-ups and habits.Organizers say about one-thirdof the people attending Cele-brate Recovery or “CR” dealwith chemical dependencies. CRis in more than 19,000 churchesworldwide with more than halfa million people completing theprogram.

The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000;www.sonrise-church.com.

RELIGION

The Jewish Communi-ty Relations Council(JCRC) of the JewishFederation of Cincinnatiand The Center for Holo-caust andHumanity Edu-cation (CHHE) announcethat Sarah Weiss hasbeennamedexecutive di-rector of the JCRC.

Weiss will retain hercurrent position as exec-utive director of CHHE,splitting her time evenlybetween the two organi-zations. In September2011, as part of an ongo-ing collaboration be-tween the two organiza-tions, Weiss was broughton as interim consultingdirector of the JCRCwhile the search for apermanent director con-

tinued. Inthe ensu-ing yearand a half,the suc-cess of thepartner-ship be-came evi-dent, and

the boards of the two or-ganizations decided to of-fer Weiss a permanentposition.

JCRC President GaryGreenberg said, “Work-ing with Sarah over thepast year and half hasbeen wonderful, and weare extremely pleasedthat the JCRC will con-tinue to benefit from hermany talents and thedepth of her experience.”

In her interim posi-tion, Weiss spent 20 per-cent of her time at theJCRC and the remaining80 percent at CHHE. Toaccommodate the moveto a 50/50 arrangement,CHHE’s staff will be re-organized and an addi-tional employee hired.

“With our mission socomplementary to theJCRC’s,wesawit asanat-ural fit for Sarah’s skillsto be spread over both or-ganizations,” CHHEPresident John Neyersaid. “Wecameupwithanarrangement that makesboth organizationsstronger. This isn’t a ‘1plus 1 equals 3’ situation;it’s even better. It’s ‘1 di-vided by 2 equals 4 or

more.’ That’s the newmath in high-functioningnot-for-profits.”

The JCRCandCHHE–while distinct organiza-tions with separateboards – share overlap-pingmissions, values andgoals. (In fact, in manycommunities, the two or-ganizations have a for-mal structural connec-tion.) This continuedclose relationship be-tween the two will en-courage streamlined in-formation sharing andmore robust program-ming for the community.

Jewish Federation ofCincinnati CEO ShepEnglander said, “Thiscollaboration makessense for everyone. In

addition to creating effi-ciency and better resultsfor both organizations, itwill also strengthen thecommunity as a whole.”

Weiss has worked atCHHE since 2004, whenshe started as a programmanager. After guidingCHHE through its transi-tion into a successful, in-dependent 501(c)(3) or-ganization in 2007, shebecame executive direc-tor. Sheholdsabachelor’sdegree in marketing andinternational businessfrom the University ofCincinnati, is a graduateof the “Teaching the Hol-ocaust and Antisemi-tism” course at the es-teemed Yad Vashem In-ternational School for

Holocaust Studies andwas named a Lerner Fel-low, afterparticipating inanadvancedcoursespon-sored by the JewishFoundation for the Righ-teous at Columbia Uni-versity.

Weiss is the 2007 re-cipient of the Public Al-lies “Changemaker”award, the 2011 Weston“Avodah” awardpresent-ed by the Jewish Federa-tion of Cincinnati and theYWCA’s Rising Staraward. She serves on theBridges for a Just Com-munity board and theCincinnati Human Rela-tions Commission andwas previously a mem-ber of the Jewish Voca-tional Service board.

JCRC, Holocaust Center start partnership

Weiss

Moeller High Schoolwill host a night of festiv-ities Saturday, April 20, asit celebrateswithparents,alumni and past parentsduring its annual charityauction benefiting tuitionassistance.

This year’s theme is“An Evening in Tuscany.”This is the 28th year forthe Main Event, whichsupports tuition assis-tance at the all-boysCatholic school.

Thenight beginswith aMass at 5 p.m. and is fol-lowed by a silent auctionand raffles. Some of thebigger items up for bidthis year include:

» condos in Park City

and Reynolds Plantation;» Reds diamond seats;» a baseball weekend

in Chicago to see both theWhite Sox vs. Twins andthe Cubs vs. Reds;

» Jewelry pieces fromJester’s Jewelers, EDB’sand James Free;

» Ohio State Varsity“O” football tickets andmuch more.

Tickets for the eveningare $125 per person andcan be bought online athttp://bit.ly/YKlaST. Foradditional information,call or email LouiseHoelker at (513) 791-1680ext. 1304 [email protected].

Moeller MainEvent April 20

The community is in-vited to join Jewish Fam-ilyService for a freepres-entation on caregivingand growing older grace-fully with award-winningauthor andnationalmediaguest Janis AbrahmsSpring.

“Aging Happens: Ex-ploring the Joys andHeartaches of this Ex-traordinary Journey, willbe7p.m. to8p.m.Wednes-day, April 10, at RockdaleTemple, 8501Ridge Road.

With unsparing hones-ty and humor, Spring willuse poignant movie clipsto address the joy and im-position, the happinessand heartache of caregiv-ing – dealing with livingarrangements, sibling ri-valries, money anxieties,healthcare and end-of-lifedecisions.

Based on her award-winning book, “Life with

Pop: Lessons on Caringfor an Aging Parent,”she’ll also offer universallessons about how to growold gracefully and sur-vive this ordinary, ex-traordinary journey.

Spring is a guest ex-pert in national mediasuch as “Good MorningAmerica,” NPR, The NewYork Times, HuffingtonPost and more. She is aprofessional speaker atThe Smithsonian Insti-tute, the 92nd St. Y, SmithCollege, Harvard’s Edu-cational Conferences, andKripalu Institute.

Abooksaleandsigningwill be held before and af-ter the event.

Please register in ad-vance online atwww.jfscinti.org. Forquestions, leave a mes-sage at (513) 985-1581 oremail [email protected].

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HISTORICAL CEREMONY

Madeira Mayor Rick Brasington administers the oath of office to Madeira HistoricalSociety Board members Jay Hanson, Susan Hill, Earle Maiman, Bob Brockhage, SuzyFloyd, Vice President Tom Frietch, Museum Curator Dona Brock and Board MemberKathy Brunner, Treasurer Bob Bartlett, secretaries Katie Blackburn and Jan Smith, andPresident Doug Oppenheimer. THANKS TO DOUG OPPENHEIMER

The New Driver CarControl Clinic is a behind-the-wheel program thatteaches parents and theirteens what to do whentheir car enters the“emergency zone.”

Register online at

www.CarControl.com orcall 1-800-862-3277 Stu-dents need a learner per-mit or better.

Clinics will be offeredApril 4, 6 or 7 at IndianHill High School; April 18,20 or 21 at Loveland High

School; andMay2,4or5atSycamore High School.

Cost is $179 per parent/student team. Parent re-quired at all sessions.

Financial aid is avail-able from theTeenDriverSafety Foundation.

Teens can learn to what todo in ‘emergency zones’

Do you know a teacherwho goes the extra mileevery day?

Kenwood Towne Cen-tre isseekingnominationsfor a top performingteacher in thecommunity.The winning teacher will

receive a $500 mall giftcard on National Teach-er’s Day, Tuesday, May 7.

Teachers can be nomi-nated on the mall’s Face-book page through April3. Votes can be cast fromApril 16 to April 28. The

teacher receiving themost votes on the mall’sFacebook page will re-ceive a $500mall gift cardon National Teacher’sDay. See(http://bit.ly/oELLYe) forofficial rules.

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A trip to the desertsouthwest has brought tolight the diversity of land-scape seen at differenttimes of the day.

That’s what Madeiraphotographer Mike Ranklearned during a photoworkshop lastMay toCan-

yonlandsNationalPark, ledbya specialistin land-scape finearts pho-tography.

“Itshowed thediversity of

the landscape,” he said ofthe excursion. “I try andfocus on the amazing lightas ithits the landscapeandportray the landscape invarious conditionsthroughout the keyhours.”

Earlymorning and lateafternoonoffered thebestlight, he said.

Rank’s photos will be

displayedduringtheShar-on Woods PhotographyTravelSeriesFriday,April5.

His presentation willinclude a variety of land-scapes, “to show what thedesert land looks like.”

Photos include uniquerock formations and cliffdwellings.

“We also photographedNewspaper Rock, which

was used as a messagepost or newspaper for an-cient people,” Rank said.“It has an amazing arrayofsymbolsthatareopentointerpretation.

“No one really knowswhat theymean, but someof the symbols are fasci-nating.”

Some photos wereprinted inblackandwhite,andforsome,Rankplayed

with color.“I experimented with

some of the scenes to addunusual bits of color andunusual additions to a nor-mal, and more traditionallandscape image,”hesaid.

Rank’s interest in pho-tography dates back 40years. In 2004, he

switched to a digital cam-era, and today, he printshis own photos.

“I got into it in the mil-itary,” Rank said. “When Iwas overseas in Asia, Ibrought a camera for mydad and myself, and itbuilt from there.

“I enjoy making my

own prints from my im-ages,”hesaid,“andhavingtotal control.”

Rankwas struck by thevarietyof landscape in thedesert southwest.

“People think of it asbarren and desolate,” hesaid. “But it’s not that wayat all.”

Photos bloom in the desertBy Kelly [email protected]

Turret Arch Before Dawn, at Arches National Park nearMoab, Utah. THANKS TOMIKE RANK

SERIES SNAPSHOTApril 12 – “Backyard Birds” by Mark Kraus, Jerry Fritsch

and Allan ClaybonApril 19 – “English Channel Islands and Normandy Beach-

es; Echoes of WWII” by Neal JefferiesApril 26 – “An Israel Travelogue” by David FeldsteinThe 2013 Photography Travel Series begins at 7:30 p.m. It

is free and open to the public at Sharon Woods’ SharonCentre, 11450 Lebanon Road in Sharonville. A valid Hamil-ton County Park District motor vehicle permit is required toenter the park.

Mesa Arch at Dawn, atCanyonlands National Parkinear Moab, Utah. THANKS TOMIKE RANK

Colorado River Overlook,Dead Horse Point StatePark after dawn. THANKS TOMIKE RANK

Rank

Canyonlands Butte, inCanyonlands National Parknear Moab, Utah. THANKS TOMIKE RANK

Cliff Detail, Green River Overlook, at Canyonlands National Park near Moab, Utah. THANKSTOMIKE RANK

Newspaper Rock Detail,Newspaper Rock NationalHistoric Site, nearCanyonlands National Parkin Utah. THANKS TOMIKE RANK


Greenacres is horsingaround again – this timewith an Open HorseEventing Show Sunday,April 7.

The event from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. will be atthe Greenacres EquineCenter at 8400 BlomeRoad in Indian Hill.

Classes will includedressage suitability,dressage equitation,jumper hack, stadiumjumping, gambler’schoice and training leveland above schooling.

Open Horse EventingShowsalsowillbeheldonthese Sundays: June 2,Sept. 8 and Dec. 8.

Visit www.green-acres.org formore infor-mation on the horseshows and on the follow-ing events provided byJennifer Hoban, special

events manager of theGreenacres Foundation:

» Broadway in Cincin-nati will donate $5 ofeach ticket sale from se-lect performances of the

Broadway show WarHorse at the AronoffCenter for the Arts indowntown Cincinnatithrough Friday, April 5,to theGreenacresStable-

mates program for un-derprivileged children.

» TheGreenacres andHatmaker foundationswill sponsor the fourthannual Wine DownWednesday on April 10from6:30p.m. to9p.m. atthe Greenacres ArtsCenter at 8400 BlomeRoad.

Festivities at theevent will include winetastings and an auction.

“Proceeds from thefourth annual WineDown Wednesday willbenefit various pro-grams at Oyler School,including Step for Suc-cess and the A.P. Hamp-ton Mentoring Program,and it will provides 500students in grades Kthrough8withafantasticarts enrichment experi-ence at the GreenacresArts Center,” said CraigHockenberry, presidentof Oyler School in LowerPrice Hill.

Time for horsingaround at Greenacres

By Jeanne [email protected]

Jodi Sebastian is a stable manager and instructor atGreenacres. PROVIDED

A family moved intotheir new home weeksahead of the holiday sea-son, thanks to the effortsof Armstrong ChapelUnited Methodist Churchand several localchurches.

Armstrong continuedits work with Habitat forHumanity, and along withfive other churches,makes up the Madison-ville Coalition.

The group of churcheshelp fund and build ahome for a less fortunatefamily in time for theholi-days each year in theMadisonville area.

Mark Bruggeman,boardmemberwithHabi-tat for Humanity, said thehome was dedicated lastfall.

Armstrong suppliedvolunteers at the buildsite on alternate Satur-days and the coalition alsohad aweekday crew of10-15 retired volunteers whokept the work on pace tobe completed beforeThanksgiving.

Bruggeman said thecoalition had approxi-mately 150 volunteerscomeout in the20weeks ittook to complete the pro-ject.

Marissa Abernathy,development director atHabitat for HumanityCincinnati, said the Madi-sonville Coalition is hav-ing a major "impact" onthe Madisonville area,having built 15 homeswith Habitat for Human-ity.

“Theywere our fastest

build of the season,” shesaid.

“We need morechurches (in the coali-tion),” he said, adding theMadisonville coalition,while being very produc-tive, has a low number ofmembers compared toother Habitat coalitions.

Armstrong Chapel hasbeen involvedthe last sev-eral years, the church hasdonated $10,000 annuallytoward building thehomes and volunteersfrom the church havebeen committed to finish-ing the annual projects.

Habitat for Humanitydoesn't simply give thehome to a struggling fam-ily. The family must payfor thehomethroughano-interest mortgage fromthe organization, andmust work 500 hours ontheir home or another.

The family also goesthrough a budget andcredit counseling courseand a home maintenanceclass.

Armstrong, Habitatfinish family homeBy Rob [email protected]

Armstrong Chapel, alongwith five other localchurches, assisted Habitatfor Humanity in building anew home for a family inMadisonville. ROB DOWDY/ THE

COMMUNITY PRESS

Students from acrossthe University of Cincin-nati will have the oppor-tunity to present their re-searchandscholarlypro-jects to other students,facultymembers and thegeneral public.

The second annualMediated Minds StudentConferencewill be 9 a.m-.to 4 p.m.Friday,April19,in Walters Hall on thecampusof theUniversityof Cincinnati Blue Ash

College, 9555 PlainfieldRoad. It is free and opento the public.

The event is hosted byUC Blue Ash and Cler-montcollegesand isopentostudentsfromallof thecolleges and campuseswithin the University ofCincinnati. Participantswill present their re-search and scholarly dis-coveries. There will alsobe individual and panelpresentations and a post-

er forum.The event provides a

forum where studentscan highlight the workthey have been doing,while also sharpeningtheir presentation skills.“We are looking for qual-ity class research and/oracademic papers or as-signments–anycomplet-ed research or scholarlydiscovery,” said BobMurdock, assistant pro-fessor of English at UC

Blue Ash and one of thecoordinators of the con-ference.

Conference sessionswill be grouped by topicand run for 55 minutes,with each presentationbeing nine to 12 minutes.Email address for pro-posal submissions:[email protected].

More information athttp://bit.ly/14Ej0bD.

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Myron E. RutherfordMyron E. Rutherford, 75, of

Deer Park died March 23.Survived by wife, Sandra J.

(nee McCall); children Randy(Sue), Scott, Rae Lynn (Jim)Burton, Mandy Vuozzo andStuart; grandchildren Christo-pher, Michael, Kenny, Cory,Daniel, Tara Audrey, Ashlie,Abbie, Angelo, Maggie and

Ethan; great-grandchildrenJuliann, Henry and Evelyn;mother-in-law, Pauline McCall;sister, Dorothy Stewart; andmany nieces, nephews andfriends.

Services were March 29 atMihovk-Rosenacker FuneralHome, Evendale. Memorials to:Players with Pride, 7305 Plain-field Road, Cincinnati, OH45236.

DEATHS

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsSidney Bryant, 52, 3400 High-land Ave., theft at 3400 High-land Ave., March 9.Sierra Burton, 24, 6105 Bramble,drug possession at 5091Oak-lawn, March 9.Alexander Wood, 21, 322 FloralAve., theft at 7668 WoosterPike, March 9.Courtney Canadt, 33, 3454 PriceAve., theft at 5245 Ridge Road,March 5.Joseph Friemont, 33, 3474 OrillaDrive, theft at 3400 HighlandAve., March 11.

DEER PARKArrests/citationsJada Gracias-Cathle Laveaux,35, 4125 Matson Ave., domes-tic violence, warrant-otherdepartment at 4125 MatsonAve., March 26.Daniel John Keller, 49, 4334Oakwood Ave., disorderlyconduct at 4334 OakwoodAve. No. 2, March 25.Charles E. Gutzwiller, 28, 4233E. Galbraith Road, disorderlyconduct at 4233 E. GalbraithRoad No. 1, March 23.Brandy May Yeats, 21, 4348Matson Ave., disorderly con-duct at 4233 E. Galbraith RoadNo. 1, March 23.John K. Matthews, 48, 8114 BlueAsh Road, warrant-otherdepartment, warrant-otherdepartment, drug parapherna-lia at 8114 Blue Ash Road,

March 21.Richard Oldfield, 24, 4191Hoffman Ave., drug abuse at4191Hoffman Ave. No. 2,March 20.

Incidents/investigationsDrug paraphernaliaAt 8114 Blue Ash Road, March21.Telephone harassmentAt Superior Ave., March 23.TheftAman said someone tookearrings, value $500; a stringof pearls, value $2,350; adiamond/pearl/ruby necklace,value $150; a gold necklacewith rhinestones, value $200;$220 in cash, and $50 worth ofVicodin at 8221 Beech Ave.,March 26.

MADEIRAArrests/citationsMadison Kociuba, 22, 6440Shawnee Run, assault, dis-orderly conduct, resistingarrest, drug instruments, Feb.27.

Incidents/investigationsTheftFemale stated ID used with noauthorization; $1,189 at 7262Berwood Road, March 8.I-phone taken at Madeira High;$500 at Loannes Drive, March11.VandalismWindow broken at Mad Potterat 7754 Camargo Road, March9.

SYCAMORETOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJohn Buelt, 28, 4230 GlenwayAve., operating vehicle intoxi-cated at I71, March 3.Kortney Miller, 44, 4632 Cross-wood Lane, theft at 7875Montgomery Road, March 8.Juvenile female, 15, theft at7875 Montgomery Road,March 7.Juvenile female, 16, theft at7875 Montgomery Road,March 7.Katherine Mills, 22, 3220 Col-erain Ave., obstruction ofofficial business, possession ofdrug abuse instruments atBurkhardt and Chaucer, March9.Andrew Singler, 27, 8706 BlueAsh Road, trafficking in drugs,possession of drugs at Plain-field andWidhoff, March 9.Kenya Tillery, 35, 2976 Fergu-son, trafficking in drugs at7331 Kenwood, March 9.Tee Brunner II, 18, 2576 Fergu-son, trafficking in drugs at7331 Kenwood, March 9.Margo Redd, 20, 544 DutchColony, theft at 7825 Montgo-mery Road, March 8.Angel Rodriquez, 19, 4460Airport Highway, theft at 7875Montgomery Road, March 8.John Thieken, 26, 7341 Layman,operating vehicle intoxicatedat I 71, March 10.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSPolice reports are gathered from reports on file with

local police departments. This information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence. TheCommunity Press publishes the names of all adultscharged with offenses. Juveniles, those 17 and younger,are listed by age and gender.To contact your local police department:

» Columbia Township: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,Jim Neil, sheriff; Sgt. Peter Enderle. Call 683-3444» Deer Park: Michael Schlie, chief. Call 791-8056»Madeira: Frank Maupin, chief. Call 272-4214» Sycamore Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444

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SYCAMORE TOWNSHIP12074 Seventh Ave.: DevilliersTerry M. @3 to Devillers TerryM. & Robert Gordon Diederich;$25,233.3837 Mantell Ave.: Gordon May

COLUMBIA TUSCULUM3724 Stevens Place: PennellsJane K. to Jpmorgan ChaseBank NA; $90,000.

DEER PARK7150 Blue Ash Road: Willike FredC. & Gayle A. to Teng Cindy &Sam San; $37,500.7825 Matson Court: WaggonerRichard M. & Kelly A. to BankOf New York Mellon The;$86,000.

MADEIRA6766 Ken Arbre Drive: RolfesHarry W. & Laura V. to CheviotSavings Bank; $300,000.7320 Mingo Lane: First FinancialBank NA Tr to Haglage Con-struction Inc.; $145,000.

SILVERTON3815 Thornton Drive: Bank OfNew York Mellon The to SirkLarry; $24,500.3836 North Berkley Circle: Bank

Tr & Janet G. Milne Tr to Dono-van Kyle E.; $94,000.3919 Belfast Ave.: Costello DeraA. Tr to Farrell Patrick J.;$139,500.4047 Belfast Ave.: OverbeckDavid Tr to Lamping Richard R.& Trinity S.; $64,200.4565 Sycamore Road: WattersChris Steven to Bank Of Amer-ica National Association;$76,000.7235 Hosbrook Road: Artus

Sandra K. to Powers Marilyn;$179,500.7253 Chetbert Drive: NixonAndrewM. & Theresa A. toCashman Lynzi V.; $134,500.8967 Sedgewick Drive: MathisRichard to Hanseman Todd &Lacie; $100,000.9028 Paw Paw Lane: SylvesterVincent M. & Deborah S. toBorman Christopher M. & SarahE. Beiting; $184,500.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

ABOUT REALESTATETRANSFERSInformation is provided

as a public service by theoffice of Hamilton CountyAuditor Dusty Rhodes.Neighborhood desig-nations are approximate.

SPRING FORWARD

Natorp's horticulturalist Tina Hines spoke to the MadeiraWoman's Club about gardening and preparing one'syard for the spring and summer. Hines introduced manydifferent products that would help in having a beautifulgarden this summer. The ladies of the Madeira Woman'sClub came away with several new ideas for summergardening. THANKS TO RUTH KINNEY

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