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S UBURBAN S UBURBAN LIFE 75¢ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS Your Community Press newspaper serving Columbia Township, Deer Park, Dillonvale, Kenwood, Madeira, Rossmoyne, Sycamore Township Vol. 52 No. 5 © 2015 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED News .......................... 248-8600 Retail advertising .............. 768-8404 Classified advertising ......... 242-4000 Delivery ........................ 576-8240 See page A2 for additional information Contact The Press WINE 101 A5 Rita shares tips for cooking with wine. VISIT US ONLINE Find local news at Cincinnati.com An upcoming golf tourna- ment will help raise money for a good cause and also honor a for- mer Cincinnati Country Day School teacher. The Fred Carey Golf Classic will be Monday, April 27, at the Oasis Golf Club, 902 Loveland- Miamiville Road. Rounds will start at 2:30 p.m. “I thought this would be a good way to honor him,” said Cincinnati Country Day School junior Sean O’Brien, who came up with the idea for the tourna- ment along with junior Soham Basu. Carey, who taught English at Cincinnati Country Day School, was killed while cycling in 2014. O’Brien, who was a student of Carey’s, said Carey was an outdoorsman who also loved to play golf. “Mr. Carey resonated with the students because he was a child at heart,” said O’Brien. “He really connected with the students at their level.” Carey was also a dean of stu- dents for the senior class. O’Brien, who is an avid golf- er himself, said he got the idea for the Fred Carey Golf Classic from a similar tournament his father participated in that raised money for cancer re- search. He thought the tourna- ment would be a good way to raise money for the Bridge the Gap Scholarship. This scholarship, which the school started in Carey’s honor, provides money for students who want to attend Country Day but may need financial assis- tance to do so. O’Brien said a goal is to raise at least $10,000 for the scholar- ship fund. The entry fee to par- ticipate in the tournament is $100 per golfer. “The Fred Carey Golf Clas- sic is a testament to the Cincin- nati Country Day School com- munity, highlighting its resil- ience as we work to honor Mr. Carey’s legacy,” Basu said. Registration is required for the tournament. Register online at countryday.net/go/careygolf. Golf tournament honors former CCDS teacher Forrest Sellers [email protected] FRED CAREY GOLF CLASSIC Monday, April 27. Rounds start at 2:30 p.m. Oasis Golf Club, 902 Loveland- Miamiville Road. Carey O'Brien Local municipalities — along with their state counterparts — have had to do more with less in recent years amid changes in the way the state treasury allo- cates funding. In Sycamore Township, the fire department replaced aging computers for their trucks with a more cost-effective computer . The fire department replaced 12-year-old Panasonic Tough- books with Microsoft Surface Pros. The savings were in the thousands. Changes began to happen as Ohio Gov. John Kasich came into office with a pledge to elim- inate the $8 billion state budget deficit. The administration be- gan decreasing the local gov- ernment fund, and that was on top of losses the municipalities were already experiencing, as the tangible personal property tax, which also was a significant source of revenue for local gov- ernments, was being phased out. The money used to flow from the state; now it trickles. Hamil- ton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes sent Hamilton County’s twelve townships $121,656.52 in new money. This was a one-time state payment resulting from legislation passed during the Ohio General Assembly’s lame duck session at the end of last year. Senate Bill 243 provided $10 million for more than 1,300 townships across Ohio. Half of the $10 million allocation was di- vided equally among every township. The remaining mon- ey was distributed based on the amount of road miles within each township as determined by the Ohio Department of Tax- ation. According to Rhodes, Ander- son Township received the larg- est amount, just over $18,300, with Colerain and Green receiv- ing just over $17,000 each. Springfield Township received just under $15,000 and Delhi re- ceived a little more than $10,400. The seven other town- ships received less than $10,000 each. Rhodes said that since 2010, Hamilton County townships share of the Local Government Fund has been cut by $2,340,480.94 annually. The amount of the new allocation makes up about 5 percent of that total loss. Sycamore Township’s reve- nue fell by about 72 percent, Trustee Tom Weidman said. “Every source of income we had took a pounding,” Township Administrator Greg Bickford said. Sycamore had about $2 mil- lion in reserves that got it through the hard times, Bick- ford said. The fire department was a big part of that as well with the firefighters taking the pay reductions in order to save jobs. In every other township department, staff was cut. At one time there were 14 to 15 peo- ple staffing the township of- fices. Today the staffing is about half the size it was a few years ago with those remain do- ing a lot more work. While the township has not fully recovered financially, the revenue stream is improving thanks to the Joint Economic Development Zones (JEDZ) program embraced by the THE CHECK IS NOT IN THE MAIL Local governments facing realities of state cuts Community Press staff report SHEILA VILVENS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS Working collaboratively with neighboring cities, Sycamore Township has formed four separate joint economic development zones (JEDZ). The JEDZ allow the township to collect a 0.75 percent income-tax fin the zones. 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SUBURBANSUBURBANLIFE 75¢

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

Your Community Press newspaper serving Columbia Township, Deer Park, Dillonvale, Kenwood, Madeira, Rossmoyne, Sycamore Township

Vol. 52 No. 5© 2015 The Community Press

ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNews ..........................248-8600Retail advertising ..............768-8404Classified advertising .........242-4000Delivery ........................576-8240

See page A2 for additional information

Contact The PressWINE 101A5Rita shares tips forcooking with wine.

VISIT USONLINEFind local news atCincinnati.com

An upcoming golf tourna-ment will help raise money for agood cause and also honor a for-mer Cincinnati Country DaySchool teacher.

The Fred Carey Golf Classicwill be Monday, April 27, at theOasis Golf Club, 902 Loveland-Miamiville Road. Rounds willstart at 2:30 p.m.

“I thought this would be agood way to honor him,” saidCincinnati Country Day Schooljunior Sean O’Brien, who came

up with the idea for the tourna-ment along with junior SohamBasu.

Carey, who taught English atCincinnati Country Day School,was killed while cycling in 2014.

O’Brien, who was a studentof Carey’s, said Carey was anoutdoorsman who also loved toplay golf.

“Mr. Carey resonated withthe students because he was achild at heart,” said O’Brien.

“He really connected with thestudents at their level.”

Carey was also a dean of stu-dents for the senior class.

O’Brien, who is an avid golf-er himself, said he got the ideafor the Fred Carey Golf Classicfrom a similar tournament hisfather participated in thatraised money for cancer re-search. He thought the tourna-ment would be a good way toraise money for the Bridge theGap Scholarship.

This scholarship, which theschool started in Carey’s honor,provides money for students

who want to attend Country Daybut may need financial assis-tance to do so.

O’Brien said a goal is to raiseat least $10,000 for the scholar-ship fund. The entry fee to par-ticipate in the tournament is$100 per golfer.

“The Fred Carey Golf Clas-sic is a testament to the Cincin-nati Country Day School com-munity, highlighting its resil-ience as we work to honor Mr.Carey’s legacy,” Basu said.

Registration is required forthe tournament. Register onlineat countryday.net/go/careygolf.

Golf tournament honors former CCDS teacherForrest [email protected]

FRED CAREY GOLFCLASSIC

Monday, April 27. Roundsstart at 2:30 p.m.

Oasis Golf Club, 902 Loveland-Miamiville Road.

Carey O'Brien

Local municipalities — alongwith their state counterparts —have had to do more with less inrecent years amid changes inthe way the state treasury allo-cates funding.

In Sycamore Township, thefire department replaced agingcomputers for their trucks witha more cost-effective computer. The fire department replaced12-year-old Panasonic Tough-books with Microsoft SurfacePros. The savings were in thethousands.

Changes began to happen asOhio Gov. John Kasich cameinto office with a pledge to elim-inate the $8 billion state budgetdeficit. The administration be-gan decreasing the local gov-ernment fund, and that was ontop of losses the municipalitieswere already experiencing, asthe tangible personal propertytax, which also was a significantsource of revenue for local gov-ernments, was being phasedout.

The money used to flow fromthe state; now it trickles. Hamil-ton County Auditor DustyRhodes sent Hamilton County’stwelve townships $121,656.52 innew money. This was a one-timestate payment resulting fromlegislation passed during theOhio General Assembly’s lameduck session at the end of lastyear.

Senate Bill 243 provided $10million for more than 1,300townships across Ohio. Half ofthe $10 million allocation was di-

vided equally among everytownship. The remaining mon-ey was distributed based on theamount of road miles withineach township as determined bythe Ohio Department of Tax-ation.

According to Rhodes, Ander-son Township received the larg-est amount, just over $18,300,with Colerain and Green receiv-ing just over $17,000 each.Springfield Township receivedjust under $15,000 and Delhi re-

ceived a little more than$10,400. The seven other town-ships received less than $10,000each.

Rhodes said that since 2010,Hamilton County townshipsshare of the Local GovernmentFund has been cut by$2,340,480.94 annually. Theamount of the new allocationmakes up about 5 percent ofthat total loss.

Sycamore Township’s reve-nue fell by about 72 percent,

Trustee Tom Weidman said.“Every source of income we

had took a pounding,” TownshipAdministrator Greg Bickfordsaid.

Sycamore had about $2 mil-lion in reserves that got itthrough the hard times, Bick-ford said. The fire departmentwas a big part of that as wellwith the firefighters taking thepay reductions in order to savejobs. In every other townshipdepartment, staff was cut. At

one time there were 14 to 15 peo-ple staffing the township of-fices. Today the staffing isabout half the size it was a fewyears ago with those remain do-ing a lot more work.

While the township has notfully recovered financially, therevenue stream is improvingthanks to the Joint EconomicDevelopment Zones (JEDZ)program embraced by the

THE CHECK IS NOT IN THE MAILLocal governmentsfacing realities ofstate cutsCommunity Press staff report

SHEILA VILVENS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Working collaboratively with neighboring cities, Sycamore Township has formed four separate joint economic development zones (JEDZ). The JEDZ allowthe township to collect a 0.75 percent income-tax fin the zones.

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Sycamore Twp.Republican Clubannounces speakers

The Sycamore Town-ship Republican Club willfeature Ohio SupremeCourt Justice SharonKennedy as guest speakerat its meeting 7 p.m.Wednesday, April 22, atthe Robert L. Schuler

Sports Complex Commu-nity Room, 11580 Deer-field Road. For informa-tion, contact Gloria D’An-drea, gdandrea@zoom-town. com.

Troubadors needvoices

Do you like to sing?The Troubadours enter-

tain at nursing homes andretirement centers.

They have openingsfor a few more voices –both male and female Noexperience is needed. Ifinterested, contact LeahCohen at 779-4800 [email protected].

Club seeks to helpveteran

The Madeira Woman’sClub would like to find alocal veteran, especiallyin Madeira, who may needsome sort of help or sup-port, other than financial,that the club can help pro-vide.

Anyone with informa-tion on whom to contact,please email Rhonda Ste-phens at [email protected].

Goodwill hostsEarth Day recyclingdrive

This year will mark thecelebration of the OhioValley Goodwill’s secondannual Earth Day Elec-tronic Recycling Dona-tion Drive, 11a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, April 26, at all 29Goodwill Donation Cen-

ters.Last year, Goodwill col-

lected more than 20,000pounds of computers,keyboards and other elec-tronic equipment and thisyear, the goal is 60,000pounds from the GreaterCincinnati community.

Find out more aboutthis event at cincinnatigoodwill.org.

BRIEFLY

Tangible Personal Proper-ty Tax, Blue Ash receivedon average about$2,000,000 a year. For 2015expected state relatedfunding is $560,000.

The city has taken stepsin monitoring and reduc-ing operating expenseswhich allowed the city tobuild up funding reserves.Although the state fundingcuts did have an annual im-pact on the budget, offi-cials said planning forsuch reductions and thecity’s reserves have less-ened the impact with littleeffect on city services.

In Montgomery, offi-cials said The state elimi-nating the reimbursementof tangible personal prop-erty, reducing the localgovernment fund andeliminating the estate taxresulted in the loss of thestate shared revenues re-sulted in a loss of funds ofapproximately $1,850,000to the city. Most of the loss

township several yearsago.

“We enacted JEDZ be-fore anyone else was talk-ing about them,” TrusteeCliff Bishop said.

Prior to the start of theState changes to LocalGovernment funding andthe elimination of both theInheritance Tax and the

of funding is in the Gener-al Fund of local govern-ments.

Reporters Kurt Backscheider,Jeanne Houck, Jennie Key,

Marika Lee, Kelly McBride,Cindy Schroeder, ForrestSellers and Sheila Vilvenscontributed.

BudgetContinued from Page A1

CUTTING DEEPHere’s how some other local municipalities’ budgets

have been affected by state funding cuts:» Madeira has changed its road paving program and

delayed other infrastructure improvements. “We have hadto stretch our paving program such that roads are onlyresurfaced every 20-plus years,” city Manager Tom Moellersaid. “We should be resurfacing streets every 15-17 years tostay ahead of the deterioration that takes place. We alsohave several storm water system pipe repairs/replacementsthat are being delayed because of the reduction in fund-ing.”

» Miami Township was able to build reserves to offsetthe losses. “To deal with the cuts in revenue, Miami Town-ship cut staff through attrition, delayed capital purchasesand refinance debt, outgoing Administrator Larry Fronksaid. “The township moved some costs for capital expendi-tures from the operating budget to the tax incrementfinance funds. It was only in 2014 that the township beganto invest in capital equipment.”

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Dan’s Auto Repair isthe epitome of a success-ful family-owned busi-ness. Founded in 1975,three generations of theFluker family own andmanage the body shop andcollision center at 8560Vorhees Lane in Blue Ash.

The company wasfounded by Dan FlukerSr., with his wife, Lillie,and her brother JohnnieBrown. Although Dan Sr.had to retire because of illhealth in 2006 and died in2014, second- and third-generation family mem-

bers carry on the tradi-tion.

“I feel great about our40th anniversary, carry-ing on the legacy of Danand Lillie Fluker,” saidDanzivor Fluker, Dan’sAuto Repair’s CEO andson of Dan Fluker, thefounder of Dan’s Auto Re-pair. “We’ve been goingstrong for more than fourdecades through word-of-mouth advertising, repeatbusiness and now custom-ers who find us on the In-ternet.”

In the same locationsince its inception, Dan’sAuto Body offers a widerange of body work andcollision repair - from mi-nor dings to major framestraightening and resto-ration. Dan’s also pro-vides towing service, ve-hicle storage and U-Haulrental and detailing.

“Our technicians willrestore your vehicle to itsoriginal condition,” Fluk-er said. “We’re known forproviding customers withsuperior workmanship ata reasonable price.”

A true family affair,Dan’s full-time staff iscomprised of Danzivor,his son Daniel, Danzivor’suncle Johnnie (one of theoriginal founders) and hisson Nicholas. Danzivor’ssister Sherry runs the U-

Haul rental service. In ad-dition to the family mem-bers, Dan’s added a newemployee, Donald Crow,who helps in “prep” workfor cars being repairedand restored.

Danzivor said the keyto a successful familybusiness is “respect” forall family members. Hemakes sure that whenbusiness is good, profits“trickle down” to all theemployees, in a kind of in-formal profit sharing pro-gram he’s always em-ployed. He is also workingwith his financial plannerto soon offer a retirementprogram for Dan’s em-ployees.

“We’re a family thatreally enjoys working to-gether, and we also trulyenjoy what we do,” Danzi-vor explained.

Unlike many familyowned companies, thereare no succession worriesat Dan’s Auto Repair.

“I’ve been working atDan’s Auto Repair all mylife, but now I appreciatebeing a part of a familybusiness,” said Daniel, 26.“I want to see this busi-ness continue to thrive,and I would like to one daybe in charge.”

For more information,call 513-791-0028 or visitdansautorepairinc.com.

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

The IndianHill HighSchool PowWow theatergroup recentlyperformed“Fiddler on theRoof.”

THANKS TO KITSA RHOAD

The villagers of Anatevka gossip during Indian Hill High School’s performance of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

THANKS TO KITSA RHOAD

Annika Hileman plays Tzeitel and Elis Halabi plays Motel the Tailor in IndianHill High School’s performance of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

THANKS TO KITSA RHOAD

Arjun Sheth and Katherine Arnold portray the young couple Perchik andHodel in Indian Hill High School’s performance of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

THANKS TO KITSA RHOAD

Megan Sneider as Yente and Ryan Wilkins as Golde discuss matchmakingprospects for the daughters in Indian Hill High School’s “Fiddler on theRoof.”

“Tradition!” Mark Toler, left, Gus Reed and Pow Wow cast

FIDDLERON THE ROOF

THANKS TO KITSA RHOAD

Indian Hill High School thespians Annika Hileman, left, Laura Waltman, Katherine Arnold, Camille Bode and AlexBoster perform “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” in the school’s performance of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16Art & Craft ClassesLearn to Sew with CarolePrice, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., Tack room atThe Barn. Introductory sewingclasses that focus on techniquesincluding getting to know yoursewing machine, projects withzippers and linings and garmentsewing. Classes geared forchildren aged 7 and up. Adultswelcome. Ages 7-99. $20 perclass. Registration required.Presented by Carole Price.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

BenefitsA Taste of Art and Wine, 5:30-8p.m., Eisele Gallery of Fine Art,5729 Dragon Way, Original art,white wines by Barefoot Winesand food bites. Artists includeJohn Ruthven, Frank and DianneMcElwain, Robert Hagberg,MaryBeth Karaus and CindyNixon. Ages 21 and up. BenefitsMercy Neighborhood Ministries.$40. Reservations required.Presented by Mercy Neigh-borhood Ministries Inc.. 751-2500 ext. 204; www.mercy-neighborhoodministries.org.Fairfax.

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

Yoga: Align Level 1, 8:45-10a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Appro-priate for seasoned beginners.Plenty of challenge that buildsstrength and stamina. Attentionto alignment detail is priority.Experience helpful but notnecessary. Ages 35-65. $120 per9 weeks unlimited. Register atfirst class or drop-in. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Home & GardenRaised Garden Bed, 6:30-8 p.m.,Turner Farm, 7400 Given Road,During this class instructor PeterHuttinger will build 4’x8’ cedargarden bed. Additional topics:choosing right lumber amd soilmix, building healthy soil usingcompost and green manurecrops, and basics about growinghealthy produce naturally. $15.Registration recommended.561-7400; tunerfarm.org. IndianHill.

Music - BluesSonny Moorman, 8 p.m. tomidnight, HD Beans and BottlesCafe, 6721 Montgomery Road,793-6036. Silverton.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17Art & Craft Classes

Art in Bloom After School ArtClass, 4-5:30 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Draw, paint, and make clevercrafts in this after school classwith art teacher Patty Horwitz.Ages 8-13. $100 for 4 classes.Reservations required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Spring Soul Collage OpenStudio Series: Emerging, 10a.m. to 1:30 p.m., WomenWriting for a Change, 6906Plainfield Road, Let’s explorethrough our card-making to-gether what is present andemerging for us this spring. ForAdult Women. $35. Registrationrequired. 272-1171; www.wo-menwriting.org. Silverton.

EducationAdult and Pediatric First Aidand CPR/AED, 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m., Blue Ash Recreation Cen-ter, 4433 Cooper Road, Becomecertified in adult and pediatricfirst aid and CPR/AED. $85, $55.Registration required. Presentedby American Red Cross Cincin-nati Area Chapter. 800-733-2767; redcross.org/take-a-class.Blue Ash.

FestivalsMariElder’s Italian Festival,5:30-9:30 p.m., Fairfax Recrea-tion Center, 5903 HawthorneAve., Music by Pete WagnerBand. Dinner includes spaghetti/ravioli with meatballs, salad,Italian bread, dessert, tea andcoffee. Beer and wine extra.Heads or Tails at 7 p.m., rafflebaskets, split the pot and ringtoss. Benefits MariElders, Inc.$12, $10 advance, $5 children 12and under. Reservations re-quired. Presented by MARIEL-DERS, INC.. 271-5588. Fairfax.

RecreationTGIF at Kids First, 6-10 p.m.Spring has Sprung, Kids FirstSports Center, 7900 E. KemperRoad, Pizza, indoor swimmingand night-time snack. $30, $20each additional child. Reserva-tions required. 489-7575;www.kidsfirstsports.com. Syca-more Township.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18Art & Craft ClassesFiber Arts, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy company of other crafters

while working on your ownsmall project. Open to any kindof needle (or hook) crafters.Ages 18 and up. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Weekend Weaving Workshopon Rigid Heddle Loom, 1-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Woman’s Art Cultural Center.Learning to weave on portablerigid heddle loom. Learn tech-nique and complete a scarf withworsted or bulky weight yarnthat you choose. Looms avail-able to rent for $10.The basicsexplored in this two-day work-shop. Ages 12-90. $60. Regis-tration required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.com. Marie-mont.

Cooking ClassesSimple Health-Smart CookingClass, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Cincinnati Nutrition CounselingCenter, 7400 Montgomery Road,Informal and interactive classseries to discover how healthyand tasty meals can be preparedquickly and simply. $139. Regis-tration required. Presented byCommuniversity at UC. 556-6932; www.uc.edu/ce/commu.Silverton.

EducationPlay in a Day, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Blue Ash Recreation Center,4433 Cooper Road, Workshoppresented by Ensemble Theatre.Write, design, build and per-form original play. $5. Regis-tration required. Presented byEnsemble Theatre Cincinnati.745-8550. Blue Ash.

Babysitter’s Training, 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m., Blue Ash RecreationCenter, 4433 Cooper Road,Become certified in babysitter’straining. $85. Registrationrequired. Presented by Amer-ican Red Cross Cincinnati AreaChapter. 800-733-2767; red-cross.org/take-a-class. Blue Ash.

Holiday - Earth DayEarth Day Celebration, 11 a.m.to 2 p.m., Children’s MeetingHouse Montessori School, 927O’Bannonville Road, Free elec-tronic recycling, kids crafts,games, hikes, campfire andpond water study. Tree plantingin honor of former CMH Schoolstudent at noon. Free. 683-4757;www.cmhschool.com. Loveland.

Literary - LibrariesCelebrate Chinese New Year

with Yan, 11 a.m. to noon,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Year ofthe Goat. Listen to Yan explainwhat Chinese New Year is allabout. Stories, crafts and Chi-nese snacks. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Music - ClassicalMusic at Ascension, 7:30 p.m.The Mike Wade Jazz Quartet.,Ascension Lutheran Church,7333 Pfeiffer Road, Sanctuary.Free, donations accepted.793-3288. Montgomery.

Gabriel Faure’s Requiem, 7p.m., Blue Ash PresbyterianChurch, 4309 Cooper Road,Immanuel Presbyterian Churchand Blue Ash PresbyterianChurch perform. Benefits BakeMe Home. Free, donationswelcome. 791-1153; www.bapc-web.net. Blue Ash.

Music - Concert SeriesLinton Music’s Peanut Butter& Jam Sessions: Music Mak-ing with Madcap: The Storyof the Ugly Duckling, 10-10:45a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,1-1:45 p.m., Good ShepherdLutheran Church Kenwood, 7701Kenwood Road, Clarinet, cello,piano and Madcap Puppets tellstory through music of Beetho-ven. $5 or four for $15; freeunder age 2. Presented byLinton Peanut Butter & JamSessions. 381-6868; www.linton-music.org. Kenwood.

On Stage - TheaterHeaven Can Wait, 7-10 p.m.,Schoolhouse Restaurant, 8031Glendale-Milford Road, Upstairs.

Interactive dinner theatre. $35.Reservations required. Present-ed by P.L.O.T.T. Performers.201-7568; http://www.plott-performers.com/. Camp Denni-son.

ShoppingCommunity Yard Sale, 8 a.m.to 5 p.m., Blue Ash YMCA, 5000YMCA Drive, Registration dead-line for vendors is April 10. Fee:$25 for 10x10 space plus 8 foottable and 2 chairs. BenefitsYMCA. Free admission. Regis-tration required. 791-5000. BlueAsh.

Garage Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.,Trinity Community Church, 3850E. Galbraith Road, Proceedsbenefit youth ministries. Free.791-7631; www.trinitycincinna-ti.org. Deer Park.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19Art & Craft ClassesWeekend Weaving Workshopon Rigid Heddle Loom, 1-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $60. Registration re-quired. 272-3700; www.artat-thebarn.com. Mariemont.

On Stage - TheaterHeaven Can Wait, 2-5 p.m.,Schoolhouse Restaurant, $35.Reservations required. 201-7568;http://www.plottperform-ers.com/. Camp Dennison.

MONDAY, APRIL 20Exercise ClassesYoga: Align Level 1, 8:15-9:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Taught

by Karen Johns. Appropriate forBeginners with some yogaexperience. Emphasis on properalignment, self-care, safestretching, sense of humor andall yoga has to offer. Ages 35-60.$120 for 9 weeks unlimited.Register at the first class.Through April 27. 706-9802;www.karenjohnsyoga.com.Mariemont.

Yoga for New Beginners, 10-11a.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. Sessiontruly for those brand new toyoga. Ages 35-65. $120 for 9weeks. Register at the first class.706-9802; www.karenjohnsyo-ga.com. Mariemont.

Yoga for Teen Girls, 4-5 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Gallery at The Barn. In-troduction for young women toexplore what yoga has to offer.For Teen girls grades 7-12. $80for 8 weeks. Please contact meto register. 706-9802; www.ka-renjohnsyoga.com. Mariemont.

Health / WellnessHealth Seminar, 6 p.m., Ursu-line Academy, 5535 PfeifferRoad, Besl Auditorium. CSOviolinist Stacey Woolley andbassist Wayne Anderson joinStephen Wilson, M.D. to provideunique and educational look atrelationship between music andmedicine. Light refreshmentsand chance to win CSO tickets.Free. Reservations required.Presented by Mercy Health.956-3729, option 2, then option1; e-mercy.com/calendar.aspx.Blue Ash.

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Today I’m going to talk aboutwine. Now I’m not confessing tobe an expert on wine - words

like fruity, oakyand big are notterms I use on adaily basis but Ido enjoy wine asa social drink andespecially incooking. My onlyforay into mak-ing wine wasdandelion wine afew years agoand it just aboutblew up in the

garage. No more homemadewine making for me!

Cooking with wine

There’s something magicalwhen you cook with wine. Winesenhance food by tenderizingand moisturizing while impart-ing unbeatable flavor. It’s notonly about taste, although cer-tainly the fruity and acidicaspects add nuances and spikesof flavor. The alcohol in wineactually pulls flavors out andcarries them into food. To seewhat I mean, add wine to askillet that was used to sautéfood. As you scrape up cara-melized bits of food on the bot-tom, called deglazing, the winegoes to work, giving the fin-ished sauce an incomparableflavor. If you added merelywater, juice or broth to deglaze,they could not dissolve and pull

flavors out the way the alcoholin wine does.

Dry or sweet?I like dry wines because I

don’t want a sweet wine to af-fect flavor. Use what you like todrink. Don’t use that nasty stuffin the bottle labeled “cookingwines”, which are loaded withsalt and preservatives. They areusually on the same shelf asvinegars, and can be sold evenon Sunday because the alcoholcontent is minute.

Add wine firstIf you are deglazing add

wine to skillet before you addanything else. Let it boil a bit toreduce acids and tannins. This

is key to prevent curdling if youare adding dairy products.

Balancing act: pairingwines with food

Here’s where it can get con-fusing. Is it red with beef, whitewith poultry and seafood, cham-pagne for the toast? To play itsafe, try white wines with sea-food and poultry and more as-sertive red wines with gameand beef. But, hey, today justabout anything goes. So it’s upto you.

Wine terms:Dry. Wine that’s not sweet

with no residual sugar.Big. Rich, full-bodied, really

flavorful and assertive.

Fruity. The aroma of freshfruit should hit you here. Andit’s not just grapes, but applesand berry aromas, too.

Oaky. The wine has a warmvanilla flavor and fragrance,coming from the fact that thewine has been aged in new oakbarrels.

For more information aboutcooking with wine, check outmy website Abouteating.com

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s Eastgateculinary professional and author.Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Email her [email protected] with“Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line.Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Rita’s guide to cooking with wine

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

Wine and herb marinated chicken

I cut up the chicken and put it in the marinade for kebobs. I threadedbell peppers and onions on the kebobs between the chicken. You can alsoleave the chicken whole.

Palmful parsley, chopped2 tablespoons fresh oregano, chopped or a generous teaspoon dried1⁄4 cup dry white wine, like Sauvignon Blanc1⁄4 cup olive oil1 nice lemon, juice and zest of2 large garlic cloves, minced/2 tablespoons1 tablespoon black olives, finely chopped (optional but good)3/4 teaspoon ea. salt and pepper4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Mix marinade ingredients and pour into large baggie. Add chicken andbefore sealing baggie, remove air by laying baggie on its side before sealingand smoothing out the air. Refrigerate for 2 hours or so. Reserve marinade.Grill on medium high, covered, about 7 minutes per side or until done,basting every few minutes with marinade. Serve with yogurt sauce if youlike.

Yogurt sauce

No real recipe, but just stir together 1 cup Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup sourcream, some chopped parsley, a teaspoon or so minced garlic and salt andpepper to taste.

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Wine and herb marinated chicken kebobs garnished with fresh oregano pair well with a simple yogurt sauce.

Pat Donaldson,resident since 2009

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A publication of

April 8 questionA proposal to raise the speed

limit along the Ohio Turnpikeand rural freeways to 75 mphwas recently turned down by thestate legislature. Would yousupport such a change if it comesup again? Why or why not?

A proposal to raise thespeed limit along the OhioTurnpike and rural freeways to75 mph was recently turneddown by the state legislature.Would you support such achange if it comes up again?Why or why not?

“I would definitely supportit, but recognize the draw-backs. While in Germany, en-joying the Autobahn at speedswell in excess of 100mph manytimes, I felt like I was back inmy college days in Montana,where there were no speedlimits. All of that required a lotmore common sense and train-ing than what appears to be thecase in our “Driving Educa-tion” of today. It also requiresexcellent roads without pot-holes and unclear markings.The night time speed limit of55mph in the Open Range farmcountry was there to protectthe cattle that wandered out onthe road.

“ I do know that there werespecial licenses required of theGermans to use the Autobahn,and “little” cars in the 1960’sweighed over 3,000#. I use I-75between Cincinnati and Daytonfrequently, and see 75-80 asmore and more the norm. Un-fortunately, that is the speedfrequently used by Prius, Aveo,Fit and Focus drivers who wishto assure all of us 4,000-plusdrivers that they have ‘TheRight Stuff.’ It is also the speedfrequently used by those whobought a model vehicle withoutturn signals or, occasionally,one with 18 wheels. The resultsare not pretty. Just like anotherpopular device that requires alicense, ‘Cars don’t kill people.’

“Close on the heels of highspeed limits may come muchstricter mechanical inspectionsas found in Germany, also. Thisisn’t bad, but as many folksfrom Pennsylvania can tell you,

there were many inspectorswho found that a lucrativebusiness each year.”

D.B.

“The current 70 mph speedlimit on the Ohio Turnpike andrural Ohio interstates seems tobe working just fine. It wasraised a few years ago. I do notsee any reason to raise it at thistime. However I would like toencourage the Interstate radartraps get set up on rainy daysinstead of on the more typicaldry days and holidays. Thoserainy days are when 70 mphreally needs to be enforced. Gofigure!”

T.D.T.

“I am all for raising thespeed limits. If you don’t wantto go that fast you do not haveto but it’s nice to be able to, ifdesired, without the fear ofJohnny Law ruining your dayas well as lightening your wal-let. However, if you choose tonot go as fast as allowed, pleaseget out of the way of those thatdo. Today’s car are so muchmore capable to handle higherspeeds then ever before and allof the safety technology in thenewer cars makes the higherspeed hardly noticeable. Sincewe are talking about driving,here’s a suggestion for mostCincinnatians: If you want tomake a turn, any turn, use yourturn signals! It simply amazesme how many supposedlysmart and law abiding citizensin the greater Cincinnati areado not use their turn signals.It’s not that hard people and itis infinitely safer than whatyou currently do.”

M. J. F.

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The speed limit on the Ohio Turnpike was raised to 70 mph in 2011, butOhio lawmakers recently turned down A proposal to raise the speedlimit along the Ohio Turnpike and rural freeways to 75 mph.

Throughout the history ofhuman civilization, institution-al religion has a way of perpet-uating its values, liturgies andultimately, control of the faith-ful.

Normally, the utterances ofGod are thought to be cast instone, not intended to bechanged in any phrase, word,vowel or punctuation mark (ifone was present).

However, history also rec-ords that institutional religioncan change. There are manyexamples of this, but for brev-ity, I will illustrate changethrough the history of theChristian church. Christianityis a religion that arose out ofJudaism during a time whenthe Second Temple was stillstanding in Jerusalem.

Over time, the Christiangospel found its way intoEurope through Rome. Therein 313 CE, the Emperor Con-stantine I legalized Christian-ity and rather quickly, Chris-tianity become the dominantreligion of the empire.

After the demise of the lastRoman emperor, the Churchstyled itself the protector of

the Scriptureand of West-ern civiliza-tion. Greatchurchmen,first withmiter, cross,and holy book,and then withshield, swordand lance,defended the

realm against the unscriptedtribes on the fringes of thecontinent.

Yet another Scripture, theQuran, was revealed throughMohammad as the last prophetof Allah, who is also God ofAbraham. With this expansionof Islam across a part of theMediterranean world, conflictdragged out into 200-yearCrusade for the Holy Land andJerusalem in particular.

The Christian church expe-rienced reformation within,first with the split between theEastern and Western institu-tions. As new thinking inEurope developed into theEnlightenment, the rise ofProtestant Christianity, precip-itated a bloody struggle which

climaxed in the Thirty YearsWar. After nearly a quarter ofthe population of north centralEurope perished by sword,famine and pestilence, the warwas ended with the Peace ofWestphalia by which the na-tion-states of Europe resolvednot to go to war in the name ofreligion, but reserving untothemselves raison d’être.

Major wars continued toplague humanity with evermore destructive weapons -rifles, machine guns, artillery,tanks and finally nuclear arms.With new knowledge of anddominion over the physicalworld, human beings havebecome godlike with power todestroy the earth.

At this juncture, the world’sinstitutional religions mustplay the role of protectinghuman existence by beatingswords into plowshares andnever be used as a pretext orexcuse to wage war.

Charleston C.K. Wang lives inMontgomery. He is an attorneypracticing immigration and nation-ality law which includes the law ofasylum and protection of refugees.

Terrible cost forreformation of

religion

C.K. WangCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Rob Portman – What wereyou thinking?

You and Forty-six otherobstructionist Republicansenators, in a childish fit ofanarchy, foolishly signed aletter urging Iran to reject anynuclear deal with PresidentObama. Authored by Arkansasfreshman Republican Sen.Tom Cotton, the letter statedthat Iran would need congres-

sional approv-al, or any suchagreementwould beundone afterObama leftoffice.

This letterto Iranianleaders re-flects the lackof both intelli-gence and

ethical standards of you 47Senators. Isn’t it ironic, thatyou 47 represent 47 percent ofthis country, but you do notrepresent the 47 percent men-tioned by former Republicanpresidential candidate MittRomney?

This matter comes at acritical time in the history ofthat area of the world. Do youbelieve that they are only talk-ing about nuclear weapons? IfI were president, we would bediscussing other areas, such asISIS, and trade; weren’t youthe trade representative?

Take a look at the map.Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait,

Saudi Arabia and Jordan sur-round Iraq. None of thesecountries wants ISIS to remainalive.

ISIS is 100 percent Sunni, 65percent of Iraq and 95 percentof Iran are Shia Moslem; Syriais 13 percent Shia.

About 13 percent of theworld’s Muslims are Shia.When you are a minority thissmall, you feel you must sticktogether for survival. The Shiaof this area will fight the Sunnito remove them from Iraq.They will form an alliance withthe Kurds agreeing to theirneed for a country, and thearea will be resettled.

Both the Kurds and the Shiawill have enough oil to fundtheir countries. Now, you cansee what an intervention bywar will bring to you.

Iran does not want ISIS towin. Russia does not want ISISto win; they have had their

problems with Chechen rebels.China does not want ISIS towin; they have had similarproblems with rebels.

You guys in the Senate arenot students of history or reli-gion. I thought the Senate wasa deliberative body; perhapsyou were all drunk at the timeyou signed the letter, drunkwith power.

Iran’s leader Ayatollah AliKhamenei said that this letterfrom Republican lawmakerswarning that any nuclear dealcould be scrapped by the nextU.S. president is a sign of the“disintegration” in Washing-ton. He called the letter a signof “the collapse of politicalethics and the U.S. system’sinternal disintegration,” ac-cording to the official IRNAnews agency. Is he correct?

James Baker is a 38-year residentof Indian Hill.

‘Deliberative’ Senatenot using its brain

James BakerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

Baseball» Moeller beat King’s Chris-

tian Academy 8-4 April 7 at Per-fect Game in Georgia behind

senior Grant Macchiocchi. Ju-nior Kyle Butz was 2-for-3 witha triple and drove in five runs.

On April 8, the Crusadersbeat Marietta (Ga.) 8-4 with ju-nior Chris Stock getting the winand junior Caleb Lin getting thesave. Junior Patrick Mullingerwas 2-for-3 with a double, triple

and two runs driven in.

Softball» Two Deer Park players will

sign to play in college April 15.Catcher Olivia Liggett is head-ing to Muskingum with centerfielder Ceara Trusty playing forMount St. Joseph.

» On April 6, Madeira lost toWyoming 18-15. Senior MollyMurphy went 3-for-4 with a dou-ble, and sophomore NatalieStringer was 2-for-4 with fourRBI.

Boys volleyball» Moeller beat Elder April 7,

28-26, 25-23, 25-22.

Tennis» Indian Hill blanked Fin-

neytown 5-0 on April 8. JuniorAlex Warstler, freshman An-drew Pregel and sophomore Mi-lan Bhandari swept singles.

SHORT HOPS

Scott Springer, Adam Baumand Nick RobbeCommunity Press staff

Second-year Moeller HighSchool lacrosse coach SeanMcGinnis led the Crusaders toa 10-10 mark in his first cam-paign and second-place in theGreater Catholic League-South. An 8-7 overtime tourna-ment loss to yearly GCL nem-esis St. Xavier kept Moellerfrom a winning 2014.

McGinnis and Moeller willfire back with 11 returningstarters from last year’s team.The defense features seniorsJack Toomb, Grant Clark,Noah Flynn and goalie MitchNietupski. At midfield are sen-iors Jacob Rogan, GradyQuinn, Nick Cinquinna, EricReynolds and Ethan Cook. Onattack are senior Matt Gatesand sophomore Cory Lock-wood.

Toomb was an all-tegion de-fender last year and all-Mid-west Scholastic LacrosseCoaches Association who hascommitted to play at RobertMorris. Clark was also all-re-gion and has committed to Si-ena College. Sophomore Lock-wood is also on the radar of Di-vision I programs and severaljuniors and sophomores aregetting looks from colleges atvarious levels.

“Our strength will be our de-fense,” McGinnis said. “We’llbe able to be physical and dic-tate play on that side of thefield. On offense, we’ll beyoung at the attack, but skilledand seasoned at midfield. It’snice to know we’ll have plentyof legitimate scoring threatsthis year and not have to relyon a few players to score likelast year.”

Much like most sports atMoeller, the schedule is ag-gressive. The Crusaders havealready split with LouisvilleTrinity and Louisville St. Xavi-er. They also face teams fromIndiana and Pennsylvania aswell as three Columbus-areaschools. Next on the agenda isthe St. Xavier BombersApril 15.

The Crusaders have alreadydefeated Seven Hills (14-3 onApril 1) and will play Marie-mont April 22, Elder May 6, In-dian Hill May 11, LovelandMay 13 and Lakota WestMay 16.

On May 9, Moeller will hon-or legendary coach Tom Ken-nedy, who passed away fromParkinson’s Disease in Janu-ary, with a Play For TK Day.The plan is to raise money for amemory scholarship to honorhis legacy. The Crusaders faceColumbus DeSales at 3 p.m.

“Moeller football has GerryFaust; we have Tom Kennedy,”McGinnis said.

It was a good 2014 for la-crosse at Indian Hill HighSchool as the girls were Divi-sion II runners-up and the boysmade the regional finals underCoach Tim McKay, falling toeventual Division II champi-ons Mariemont.

The Braves had several vic-tories over Division I oppo-nents last season including El-der, Lakota East, Lakota West

and Dublin Coffman. Threestarters return from that 11-6squad.

This spring, McKay willlook for leadership from seniorattackman Austin Schneider,senior face-off midfielderSamuel Markiewitz, senior de-fenseman Mitch Trout, juniorgoalie Cam McMillan andsophomore midfielder OwenTaylor. The Braves coach likeshis team’s attitude and coach-ability.

Junior captain Cam McMil-lan mans the net now that MattYoung has graduated and is atDivision II Florida Tech. As-sisting Trout on defense will bejuniors Grant Gottdiner, JakeYoung and Kai Noahr alongwith sophomore Devin Heffer-nan.

At midfield, senior captainMarkiewitz had 102 groundballs in 2014. Sophomore Tay-lor leads the midfielders alongwith juniors Otto Ackerman,Chuck Long and senior captain

James Pflughaupt.Offensively, Schneider had

15 goals and 29 assists last year.He’ll be joined on attack by ju-niors Davis McCoskey andPhillip Farist.

“This is a young team withonly four seniors,” McKaysaid. “The junior class is verystrong, as is the freshmanclass. The freshmen were partof last year’s Ohio Middle

School championship team andcome in used to playing at ahigh level. Several will con-tribute at the varsity level veryquickly.”

After traveling to ElderApril 15, the Braves returnhome to host SycamoreApril 17 and Columbus St.Charles April 18.

“This team has a very toughschedule, playing 11 Division Iteams and the cream of thecrop in Ohio Division II South-west,” McKay said.

FIRST GLANCE AT 2015 BOYS LACROSSE SEASON

Moeller lacrosse seeks a winning seasonScott Springer, NickRobbe and Adam BaumCommunity Press staff

FILE PHOTO

Moeller goalkeeper Mitch Nietupski (30) makes a save on a shot by St. Xavier in a Division I regional semifinal game last May.

FILE PHOTO

Moeller defenseman Grant Clark levels St. Xavier senior Harrison Tobin asthe Crusaders and Bombers met in a Division I regional semifinal lastseason.

SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Indian Hill senior attack AustinSchneider had 15 goals and 29assists last season.

Players to watchJack Toomb, senior, Moell-

er: All-Region defender, All-Region MSLCA. Committed toRobert Morris.

Grant Clark, senior, Moell-er: All-Region defender commit-ted to Siena.

Austin Schneider, senior,Indian Hill: 15 goals and 29assists last season.

Samuel Markiewitz, senior,Indian Hill: 66 percent and 102ground balls as face-off mid-fielder

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USA Swimming Na-tional Team DirectorFrank Busch will be thekeynote speaker at thefifth-annual dinner galaof the José Cerdá AquaticFoundation June 13 at thePhoenix. This will con-tinue the tradition start-ed last year with keynotespeaker Olympian ScottUsher, who shared the“point zero one moment”of his athletic career andinspired the audience at-tending the fourth JCAFGala.

Busch was a coach forthe USA Olympic teamsin 2004 and 2008 and hasbeen the recipient of mul-

tipleawards in-cludingU.S. Olym-pic Com-mittee andUSASwimmingcoach of

the year. He is a six-timeNCAA Division I coach ofthe year and earned thePac-10 Conference coachof the year award 11times. He was inductedinto the American SwimCoaches Association Hallof Fame in 2008.

Busch has very closeties to the Tristate as aCincinnati native and

coach of local clubs suchas Brookwood SwimClub, Northern KentuckyPiranhas, CincinnatiMarlins and the Univer-sity of Cincinnati swimteam. At the event, hewill address local bene-factors of JCAF and pro-vide his perspective forswimming to continuethriving in the area.

JCAF is very appre-ciative of USA Swim-ming and Busch’s sup-port to this cause, whichwas established in memo-ry of José Cerdá. Joséwas a Sycamore HighSchool senior who diedOct. 26, 2010, his 18th

birthday during a swimpractice with the Cincin-nati Marlins. The missionof JCAF is to benefitswimming and water po-lo teams by improvingcompetitiveness of theirathletes and fosteringunity across teams. Thismission was inspired byJosé’s strong-desire forself-improvement andthat of fellow athletes,great camaraderie andhis practice of givingselflessly to others.

At the fifth JCAF gala,Claudia Multer will berecognized for her sig-nificant contributions tothe sport of swimming

throughout her career asa coach, official and mas-ter director at YMCAswimming.

Pat Lunsford, who hasbeen volunteering as aswimming official for anastounding 44 years, wasprevious year’s honoreeat this event.

Those wishing to at-tend JCAF fifth dinnerGala should RSVP byMay 13, to: [email protected]. Suggest-ed minimum donationper person is $50. Pro-ceeds from the event willbe used to sponsor swim-ming and water polo pro-grams in the area.

This event is possiblethanks to the generousdonations from many in-dividuals, local business-es and partner organiza-tions of JCAF.

If you would like tosupport this cause, con-tributions can be mailedto: José Cerdá AquaticFoundation P.O. Box12918 Cincinnati, Ohio45212. Donations can alsobe made at the organiza-tion’s website: http://www.jcafoundation.orgor the Memorial websitehttp:// www.joseito.web-s.com. JCAF is a tax-ex-empt non-profit 501(c)(3)organization.

Busch will be keynote speaker at JCAF Gala

Frank Busch

Just as you would ex-pect a Girls GreaterCatholic League team todo, the Mount NotreDame lacrosse teamjumped right into theirspring schedule April 1facing a tough opponentin Division II state run-ner-up Indian Hill.

Despite having fourexperienced playersaway on a retreat, theCougars prevailed 10-8.

“They gutted it out,”Coach Russell Mackeysaid. “It was a very goodwin. They’re a goodteam. I’m really proud ofour defense.”

A year ago, MND fin-ished 15-4 and 6-0 underMackey in the GGCL.Two of their losses cameto eventual Division Ichampion Sycamore, in-cluding the season-enderin the regional finals.

Returning startersare seniors MoriahFlynn, Rachel Rein, AliWiethe, Leah Haverkos,Caroline Warning, SamDeVore, Lauren Adamsand Nicole Crace plus ju-nior Kelsey Beitman

In goal for the Cou-gars is sophomore DorieCoggin with senior JessBurris also closing in on200 career saves.

Warning, Rein andFlynn are Cougar cap-tains.

“They truly leavetheir egos at the door andare focused on becomingbetter players them-selves and doing what’sright for the team,”Mackey said of hissquad. “They’re the mostunselfish group of sen-iors I have yet to coach atMND.”

Flynn has been a rarefour-year player forMackey with several oth-ers in their third season.Rachel Rein and Sam De-Vore are on schedule tobreak into MND’s top 10list in career points.

Per usual, the MNDschedule is a juggernautas they began with anovertime win at Ursu-line, a loss at Worthing-ton Kilbourne and thewin over Indian Hill be-fore battling Loveland.Games coming up areroad contests withSpringboro April 16 andOlentangy April 18. Theyreturn to their new fieldApril 21 against McAu-ley.

“There’s a lot of parityin the league this sea-son,” Mackey said.“We’re pretty pumped upabout this year’s team.”

Katie Post has a toughact to follow in her sec-ond year as the girls la-crosse coach at IndianHill High School. Lastyear, the Lady Bravesmade a valiant runthrough the tournamentand finished as the Divi-sion II state runners-upat 17-4.

Among the returningplayers from that groupare senior attack GabiGibson, senior midfield-er Mackenzie McMillan,senior midfielder AshtonIrvine and junior mid-fielder/defender RhianHorton.

McMillan and Irvineare captains, with Hor-

ton serving as junior cap-tain. For the future, re-placements are in thewings as a big freshmanclass came out andthere’s some promisingsophomores.

Indian Hill jumpedright into the fire thisseason as they beganwith Division I regional

finalist Mount NotreDame April 1.

In a back and forthgame, the Division II La-dy Braves fell short 10-8.

“We have a very toughopening schedule,” Postsaid. “They are mentallyand physically toughgames. That’s kind of theway it fit in for us. I think

it’s definitely a way tocome out of the gate toface tough competition.”

One of the scoringleaders for the LadyBraves is the tall andslender Gibson, who usesher tennis background inflinging shots quickly to-ward the net.

“She has an uncannyability to make it into thegoal sometimes,” Postsaid. “When I don’t thinkit’s going to go in, it some-how manages to go in.That’s Gabi’s signature.Some people under-esti-mate her.”

Ahead are homematches with UrsulineApril 18 and SummitCountry Day April 20.Ideally after that, theteam would like to go onanother run to build uptournament momentum.

“It’s not easy,” Post ad-mitted. “They got a tastefor it last year. We’ll seewhat happens this year.”

FIRST GLANCE AT 2015 GIRLS LACROSSE

MND lacrosse returns Elite Eight veteransScott Springer, AdamBaum and Nick RobbeCommunity Press staff

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Indian Hill senior Gabi Gibson (7) tries to maneuver a goal against Mount Notre Dame senior Nicole Crace (32) and sophomoregoalkeeper Dorie Coggin.

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Mount Notre Dame senior Moriah Flynn chases down IndianHill senior Mackenzie McMillan (5) April 1.

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Mount Notre Dame freshman Julia Harmon and Indian Hillsophomore Lily Lance (11) prepare for play April 1 at IndianHill.

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Mount Notre Dame juniorSophia Anderson chasesdown the ball April 1 atIndian Hill.

Players to watchMoriah Flynn, senior,

Mount Notre Dame:Committed to play incollege at Marquette

Sam DeVore andRachel Rein, seniors,MND: Both on pace tobeing in the Cougars’ top10 in scoring.

Gabi Gibson, senior,Indian Hill: Prolific scorerfor Lady Braves.

Mackenzie McMillanand Ashton Irvine,seniors, Indian Hill:Senior captains for KatiePost

Rhian Horton, junior,Indian Hill: Junior cap-tain at midfield/defender

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Bethel Baptist TempleAWANA children’s clubs forages 4 through ninth-grade isoffered 7-8:30 p.m. Wednes-days through May 13. Childrenenjoy games, Bible studies andstory times, singing and spe-cial theme nights.

A game night and chili cookoffis planned for the evening ofFriday, April 24. Come andenjoy group games, bring afavorite board game and joina group in some fun. Samplesome homemade chili andvote on a favorite.

Outreach is the church themefor April.

A college and career Biblestudy meets at the churchevery other Monday at 7:30p.m. Call the church for de-tails.

Round Up Sunday for all thechildren’s Sunday schoolclasses meets on the firstSunday of the month for alight-hearted time of Biblestories, games, penny wars,Bible Bowl and more.

Sunday School classes are 10a.m.; Sunday worship is 11 a.m.Kings Kids, a children’s wor-ship service, is offered duringthe 11 a.m. service. Nurserycare is available.

The church is at 8501 PlainfieldRoad, Sycamore Township;

891-2221; bethelbaptist-temple.org.

Blue AshPresbyterian ChurchImmanuel Presbyterian Churchand Blue Ash PresbyterianChurch will combine forces toperform Gabriel Fauré’s “Re-quiem” at 7 p.m. April 17 and18. The performance is atImmanuel on April 17, 3445Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, and atBlue Ash April 18, 4309 CooperRoad. The performances willfeature the IPC Chancel Choir,the Blue Ash Chancel Choir,guest soloists and orchestra.

A free-will offering will betaken at both performances tosupport the work of Bake MeHome, a charitable organiza-tion in Hamilton County thatprovides homemade cookiesand other donations forfamilies in crisis. Their missionis to promote shared familyexperiences and volunteerismin their community. Currently,Bake Me Home serves eight-een agencies in four countiesas well as servicemen andwomen overseas.

The BAPC bowling group meetsweekly Thursdays, 10 a.m., atCrossgate Lanes.

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad; 791-1153; the church hasa Facebook page.

Cincinnati FriendsMeeting - QuakerAs part of its 200-year anniver-sary celebration, CincinnatiFriends Meeting welcomes theQuaker Genealogy and HistoryConference focusing on LeviCoffin from 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m., Saturday, April 18. Theconference is open to thepublic. The $35 registrationfee includes a boxed lunch.Register by April 16 on thechurch website or by calling937-481-2456.

The conference, “Working forFreedom: The Life of LeviCoffin” will include sessionsand panel discussions byspeakers from the FreedomCenter, the Levi Coffin HouseState Museum, WaynesvilleNetwork to Freedom Commit-tee, Cincinnati Friends Meet-ing and the African AmericanGenealogy Library.

Coffin was considered the“President of the Under-ground Railroad.” Perhaps themost famous person ever to bea member of CincinnatiFriends Meeting. Levi Coffin,his wife, Catherine, and otherAnti-Slavery Friends worked toadvance the cause of freedombefore and after the Civil War.In their dedication and faith-fulness, they exemplify thehighest expression of Quaker

thought and practice. Regular worship is 11 a.m.Sundays followed by fellow-ship in the Fireside room atnoon. First Day/Nursery Schoolis available.

The Meetinghouse is at 8075Keller Road, Cincinnati; 791-0788; cincinnatifriends.org

Community of theGood ShepherdCatholic Church.The Spring Fling Dance featur-ing “The Remains” is 7-11:30p.m., Saturday, April 25, at thechurch. Tickets are $20 and areon sale at the parish office.The price includes two drinktickets and appetizers. Addi-tional drinks will be availablefor purchase. Soft drinks andwater are free. Split the Potwill also be available. NewVisions, a Good Shepherdministry for those who aredivorced, separated or wid-owed, will be hosting theevening. Tickets can be pur-chased in advance but will beavailable at the door. ContactSandra Smith at 563-1868 [email protected] questions.

The church is at 8815 E. KemperRoad, Cincinnati; www.good-shepherd.org.

CommunityLighthouse Churchof GodServices are 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

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

Good Shepherd LutheranChurch

Celebrate your faith at GoodShepherd Lutheran Church!Woven Worship with Commu-nion is 5 p.m., Saturdays;Traditional Service is 8 a.m.Sundays; a 30-minute servicefor families with young chil-dren is 9 a.m., Sundays; Con-temporary service is 11 a.m.;and traditional service is 11a.m.

GSLC offers preschool andstudent Sunday School at 9:30a.m., September-May.

Faith-building classes, fellow-ship and outreach opportuni-ties, and small groups areoffered each weekend andthroughout the week foradults to connect. There issomething for everyone here.

The church is at 7701 KenwoodRoad, Kenwood, 891-1700;goodshepherd.com

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

Seekers (The Way, the Truthand the Life) small groupmeets 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Sundays. For more informa-tion, contact Dave and Melissaat 891-8527 extension 1.

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

Madeira SilverwoodPresbyterian ChurchThe church is presenting “TheArt of Marriage,” a multi-week course. Visitmadeirachurch.org.

The church is at 8000 MiamiAve., Madeira; 791-4470.

Mission BaptistCincinnatiSunday Bible study is 10 a.m.for all ages. Worship is 11 a.m.

Pastor is Bill Rains.The church is at 7595 Montgo-mery Road, Kenwood; 520-9111; mbccincy.org;

St. Paul CommunityUnited MethodistChurchThe Adult Bible Class (ABC)invites all to join in fun andfellowship at 9:30 a.m. Theclass enjoys coffee and dunk-ers, prayer and singing and anamazing Bible-based curricu-lum. The class is studying giftsof the Holy Spirit found inJohn 1, 2 and 3 during April.

Cornerstone is a small adultgroup which meets at 9:30a.m. every Sunday and in-formally discusses currentChristian themes. In april,learn how to discern in aculture of deception, as pre-sented in the DVD sermonseries “Twisting the Truth” byAndy Stanley.

FUSE, a fun time for students infifth- through 12th-grades,meets from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.every Sunday for games, foodand some time to learn aboutJesus.

Questions for Christ Bible studyis offered on Wednesdaysduring Lent at noon and 6:30p.m. Each study focuses onfigures from the story of thePassion of Christ who arequestioned concerning theirrelationship to Jesus Christ.

Worship times are 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. (traditional) and9:30 a.m. (contemporary).

The church is at 8221 MiamiRoad, Madeira; 891-8181;www.stpaulcumc.org.

Trinity CommunityChurchA garage sale is planned for 8a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April18. Proceeds benefit youthministries. Call the church formore information.

The church is at 3850 E. Gal-brath Road, Deer Park; 791-7631; www.trinitycincinna-ti.org.

About religionReligion news is published atno charge on a space-availablebasis. E-mail announcementsto areeves@community-

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RELIGION

Blessingsat Gilson’s

7116 Miami Ave.Maderia, OH 45243

513.891.0730www.GilsonsOnline.com

Engraved Gifts,

And So Much More!

WEDDINGS

BABY

GRADUATION CORPORATE

RECOGNITION

Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to theCommunity HU Song

2nd Sunday, 10:00 - 10:30 amECK Worship Service

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

7832 Five Mile RoadCincinnati, OH 45230

1-800-LOVE GODwww.Eckankar.org

Local(513) 674-7001

www.ECK-Ohio.org

ECKANKAR

First Church of Christ,Scientist,

Anderson Township7341 Beechmont Avenue

(near Five Mile Road)email:

[email protected]

christiansciencecincinnati.comSunday Service & Sunday School

10:30 a.m.Wednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30 p.m.In Church Reading Rm/Bookstore

open after all services.Downtown Reading Rm/Bookstore

412 Vine Street, CincinnatiOpen M-F 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist3035 Erie Ave 871-0245Sunday Service and Sunday

School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

7:30pmReading Room 3035 Erie Ave

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

CALVARY ALLIANCECHURCH

986 Nordyke Road - 45255(513) 474-4954

calvaryalliancechurch.org(Cherry Grove turn off Beechmont

at Beechmont Toyota)Sunday Worship Times:

9:00 am Classic/Traditional11:00 am Contemporary

CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY

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

BAPTIST

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

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:15 AM withChildrens Ministry & Nursery

PASTOR MARIE SMITHwww.cloughchurch.org

Come, connect, grow & serve

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

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

Contemporary Worship 9:40amSunday School (All ages)

9:40 & 11amNursery Care Provided

Reverend Jennifer Lucas,Senior Pastor

7515 Forest Road Cincinnati, OH 45255513-231-4172 • www.andersonhillsumc.org

TRADITIONAL WORSHIPSunday 8:30 & 11 am

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIPSunday 9:30 & 11 am

UNITED METHODIST

Equipping Service:4:30 p.m. Sat. & 8:50 a.m. Sun.

Exploring Service:10:00 a.m. & 11:10 a.m. Sun.Birth thru high school programs

3950 Newtown RoadCincinnati, OH 45244

513 272-5800www.horizoncc.com

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AM

PastorCathy Kaminski

EVANGELICAL COVENANT

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!

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MT WASHINGTONPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday Worship9:30 a.m.

Morning Glory Service11:00 a.m. Traditional Service

SundaySchool9:30 a.m.

Infant through12th grade

Childcare11:00 a.m.

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MADEIRA-SILVERWOODPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

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

11:00 am - Traditional Service

PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.11020 S. Lebanon Road.

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

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Watch the KentuckyDerby and support TheKindevelt Neurodevelop-mental Educational andLearning Center at Cin-cinnati Children’s Hospi-tal during Kindervelt No.50 gala, Hats, Horses andHearts, 5 p.m. Saturday,May 2, at the KenwoodCountry Club. Tickets are$125 per person, $225 percouple. To RSVP, visit kin-der velt.org/hatshorsesh-earts.

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Frank Morris, Presi-dent of Northeast Emer-gency Distribution Ser-vices, will speak to theBlue Ash Northeast Demo-cratic Club at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, April 21, at theBlue Ash Recreation Cen-ter at 4433 Cooper Road.

Morris, an engineer anda long-time employee ofProcter & Gamble, beganvolunteering at NEEDS in2000 when he retired. Hefirst learned about NEEDSafter reading a story aboutthe organization, and aftera 13 year stint as an at-large community member,he became president.

NEEDSis a localfood pantrythat pro-vides bothemergencyfood and fi-nancial as-sistance to

families in northeasternHamilton County. In 2013,NEEDS provided food to674 families, enabled 48families to stay in housingby assisting with rent pay-ments, and assisted 125families with utility pay-ments.

The organization, a non-profit, is run by volunteers

and represents a coalitionof two dozen churches andcivic organizations.

The pantry is at theKenwood Baptist Church,which donates space.

“NEEDS plays a criticalrole in our area by helpingfamilies in need. For a longtime, our club has been col-lecting items for NEEDSsuch as canned goods,cleaning supplies, and toi-letries at our monthlymeetings, so it is our privi-lege to have Frank addressus and educate us aboutNEEDS’ mission,”BANDC President AnnNeuer said.

NEEDS presidentto speak to BlueAsh Dems

Morris

Mercy Health and theCincinnati Symphony Or-chestra offer free healthseminars throughout Cin-cinnati in April and May.

CSO violinist StaceyWoolley and bassistWayne Anderson joinMercy Health physicianDr. Stephen Wilson, whopractices internal and pe-diatric medicine, to pro-vide a unique and educa-tional look at the relation-ship between music andmedicine. Together, theywill explore how the bodyresponds to the sound ofmusic. Light refresh-ments will be availableand attendees will havethe chance to win CSOtickets.

All seminars begin at 6p.m.

Dates and locationsfollow below:

» Monday, April 20, atUrsuline Academy, BeslAuditorium, 5535 Pfeif-fer Road, Cincinnati45242

» Tuesday, April 28, atMercy Health - AndersonHealthPlex, Room A,7495 State Road, Cincin-nati 45255

» Saturday, May 9, atMusic Hall, Corbett Tow-

er, 1241 Elm St., Cincin-nati 45202

The seminars are freebut participants mustregister to reserve a seat.Register at e-mercy.com/calendar. aspx or call 513-95-MERCY, press option2, then option 1.

The free seminars arepart of the Music & Well-ness partnership be-tween Mercy Health andthe Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra, which havepartnered together toprovide patients, employ-ees, physicians and thecommunity access tounique musical experi-ences.

The multi-faceted pro-gram paves the way forboth organizations toserve the health and spir-itual well-being of ourcommunities at large.These benefits rangefrom public events, suchas performances by CSOmusicians in MercyHealth hospitals, to edu-cational workshops de-tailing the relationshipsbetween music and well-ness, to lecture perfor-mances on topics such asthe science behind musicand medicine.

Mercy Health,CincinnatiSymphony offerfree seminars

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MADEIRAIncidents/investigationsDrug abuse (heroin)Reported at 6700 block ofLacota, March 18.

Drug abuse (marijuana)Reported at 7000 block of MiamiAve., March 19.

Drug abuse, druginstrumentsReported at 6500 block of MiamiAve., March 18.

TheftCredit card, etc. taken at 6500block of Willow Hollow Ave.,March 16.

Backpack blower taken ; $350 at7100 block of Miami Ave.,

March 17.Male stated ID used with noauthorization (IRS related) at8100 block of LancewoodCourt, March 25.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsTheftReported on 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 18.

Clothing items valued at $325removed from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 17.

Merchandise valued at $160removed from 7800 block ofMontgomery Road, Feb. 15.

POLICE REPORTS

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP3650 Dogwood Lane: Drew,Timothy to Johnson, Becky;$231,400.

6918 Murray Ave.: CunninghamSharon L. to Rabe, Thomas;$112,500.

5300 Ridge Ave.: SDI Foods Inc.to Mark Sweeney Buick GMCInc.; $600,000.

DEER PARK4429 Duneden Ave.: Jansing,Gerald M. Tr. to Bahler, DavidW.; $122,000.

MADEIRA8246 Camargo Road: R2R Prop-erties Ltd. to Isaacs, Lindsey R.;$109,500.

5911 Cherokee Drive: ZickaFamily Homes Ltd. to Maingot,Alan L. & Carol N.; $1,123,597.

7448 Juler Ave.: Barnhill, Kristen& Ryan Weller to Weller, Ryan;$80,000.

7111 Thomas Drive: KaanapaliRenovations, LLC to Home-wood Development, LLC;$125,000.

7111 Thomas Drive: Pember,Marjorie J. to Kaanapali Reno-vations, Ll; $115,000.

SILVERTON6716 Siebern Ave.: Sanker, MaryRose to Hirschi, Blake Curtis &Madison Rose; $89,000.

3808 Walker Ave.: Bank of NewYork Mellon The to OstendorfEnterprises, Ll; $54,950.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSCommunity Press publishes incident records provided by

local police departments. All reports published are publicrecords.

To contact your local police department:» Columbia Township: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,683-3444 » Deer Park, 791-8056» Madeira, 272-4214» Sycamore Township, 774-6351 or 683-3444

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