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Milford City Council is mull-ing whether to ask voters to ap-prove a park levy in November.

City Council recently askedAdministrative Services Com-mittee to study the feasibility ofpursuing a five-year, 2-millpark levy.

Vice Mayor Jeff Lykins, saidhe’d like to know whether resi-dents want the city to continueusing general fund money topay for its seven parks — cur-rently at a cost of some $128,000a year – and any new parks andimprovements.

“Whether this project goesforward or not,” Lykins said,“we currently have 116-plusacres of green space and parkland that we’re going to have to

maintain in the future, and Ithink all the residents of Mil-ford should have a say-so onthat.”

City Council is consideringimprovements at MemorialPark, but has not settled on aspecific plan for the small parkbetween Main and Waterstreets.

The Administrative ServicesCommittee will begin the feasi-bility study on Monday, April 13,said Milford City Manager JeffWright. It will deliever its find-ings to the council, which willdetermine whether to pursue alevy.

“A majority of city councilwould need to vote to have thequestion placed on a primary orgeneral election ballot for thevoters to consider,” Wright said.

Meanwhile, City Council has

authorized Wright to apply forabout $56,000 in federal Com-munity Development BlockGrant funds for the MemorialPark project.

Wright said proposed im-provements Memorial Park im-provements would include newgranite monuments to honor thebranches of the military, gran-ite benches, a new flag pole forthe U.S. and state flags and re-grading of the site along WaterStreet. Improvements wouldalso include a new handicapped-accessbile walking path for Me-morial and Riverside parks -- aswell as Main and Water Streetsparks. .

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Milford City Council may ask voters to approve a park levy in Novemberthat would maintain parks such as this one, Riverside Park on Water Street.

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP — Fiftyyears from now, the communitywill learn what was important tostudents of the Goshen LocalSchool District when four timecapsules are opened.

The time capsules represent-ing all grade levels were placedin one of the pillars of a memorialat Goshen High School duringthe school system’s Earth Daycelebration April 22.

As part of the Earth Day cele-bration, families took part in ascavenger hunt along O’Bannon

Creek Trail and experienced 19thcentury life in the Goshen His-torical Society Log Cabin on Go-shen High School property. Par-ticipants also could create a birdfeeder, learn more about the lifecycle of tadpoles and salaman-ders and view samples of art cre-ated from recycled items.

The Clermont County ParkCommission, Cincinnati NatureCenter, Clermont County Park

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Students at Goshen High School, one of four buildings in the Goshen LocalSchool District, recently placed items in a time capsule to be opened in 50years.

Goshen studentscelebrate theirheritage

THANKS TO DARRELL EDWARDS

Goshen Local Schools pupils Luxe Brown and Layla Oehler place a timecapsule to be opened in a pillar that’s part of the memorial to the originalGoshen School Building. The capsule will be opened in 50 years.

See GOSHEN, Page 2A

\Women who volunteerand make their communitybetter are sought as nomineesfor the annual Orpha GatchCitizenship Award.

Presented by the ClermontCounty League of WomenVoters, the award honorswomen for outstanding volun-teer service.

Nominations are due June15. Visit lwvclermont.com fora nomination form.

The winner will be an-nounced at the Suffragist Din-ner set for 5:30 p.m. Aug. 25 atHoliday Inn, 4501 EastgateBlvd.Nominees must live inClermont County. Theyshould symbolize the leader-ship, energy, optimism andtrust of the early suffragists.Women currently running forpublic office are not eligiblefor the Orpha Gatch Citizen-ship Award. All nominees willbe showcased and honored atthe Suffragist Dinner.

The 19th Amendment tothe U.S. Constitution was rat-ified 95 years ago, Aug. 18,1920. It guarantees all womenwho are United States citizensthe right to vote.

Gatch was a suffragistwho worked for passage of

Nomineessought forOrpha GatchCitizenshipAward

See GATCH, Page 2A

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Commission, Live OaksAnimal Science Program,Goshen Park Commissionand the Goshen Herb So-ciety were new to thisyear’s celebration.

At the conclusion of theEarth Day program, stu-dents from all four of Go-shen Local Schools’ build-ings placed time capsulesin a pillar that’s part of amemorial to the originalGoshen School Buildingconstructed in the early20th century at stateRoute 28 and GoshenRoad. Last fall, students

celebrated their educa-tional heritage with thededication of a state his-torical marker at that me-morial.

Want to know what’s happen-ing in Goshen Local Schools?Follow me on Twitter @Cin-dyLSchroeder.

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the 19th Amendment.She was the first womanto serve on the MilfordBoard of Education af-ter being elected in 1924.She served for eightyears, including holdingthe office of vice presi-dent. She founded theClermont CountyLeague of Women Vot-ers. Gatch was active atthe Milford MethodistChurch where shetaught Sunday schooland sang in the choir.

It was Gatch’s dedica-tion to the communitythat inspired this annualaward. To attend, visitthe League’s website atlwvclermont.com forreservation informa-tion.

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CommunityAll-Stars

Community Press is in-viting you to hop on the All-Star Game bandwagon.What memories do youhave of previous All-StarGames in Cincinnati (orother cities)? What hasbaseball meant to you;what does it mean to younow? Share photos if havethem. Email rmalo-ney@community-press.com.

Find our guide to allthings ASG 2015 at Cincin-nati.com:http://cin.ci/1FRQHJr.

TQL fundraiser helpstroops

Total Quality Logistics’annual fundraising eventto support the troops isscheduled for May 11-17.

A portion from everyload TQL arranges will bedonated to the Yellow Rib-bon Support Center. Thecenter, which was startedby parents of a GreaterCincinnati area soldierwho was captured andkilled in Iraq, sends carepackages to soldiers serv-ing in harm’s way.

TQL’s campaign, Haulsfor Heroes, has been an an-

nual effort for the compa-ny since 2009, raisingmore than $72,000, accord-ing to a press release. TQLformalized the name of thefundraiser this year to re-flect the broad impact itsMemorial Day effort hashad, and in the hopes of ex-panding its reach in theyears to come.

Women voters hostannual meeting

The Clermont CountyLeague of Women Voterswill hold its annual meet-ing Tuesday, May 19. Socialtime begins at 6 p.m.; din-ner is at 6:30 p.m. and themeeting is at 7:15 p.m. Ifyou are a member, youhave been contacted al-ready, if you are wishing tobecome a member, this isan opportunity.

The meeting will be atPinebrook RetirementCommunity, 5877 Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill Road, just offthe state Route 28 bypasseast of Interstate 275. Thecost is $25 per person.

All-you-can-eatspaghetti dinner

Milford Lodge No. 54, atthe Masonic Temple, 32Water St., will hold an all-you-can-eat spaghetti din-ner 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Saturday, May 16. Also in-cluded is an extensive sal-ad bar, bread, dessert, softdrinks, tea and coffee.

The cost is adults $6 andchildren $3. Everyone isinvited to attend; you donot have to be a Mason.

Milford Librarystreet sale

The Milford Public Li-brary, 19 Water St., (akaMilford’s Mystery Li-brary) is holding a streetsale to coincide with theMilford city-wide yardsale Friday, May 15.

Furniture, interiorstuff and tasteful bric-a-brac will be available for

purchase. Show up early,keep your eyes open andspy a bargain. There willbe volunteers around tohelp out and provide con-versation to those who liketo chat.

Share memories ofStarlite Drive-In

The Community Presswants to know what mem-ories you have of the Star-lite Drive-In in Amelia.What has this attractionmeant to you and how im-portant is it that the drive-in be save? Share any pho-tos that you have. Emailcschroeder@community-press.com.

Library to host focusgroups The ClermontCounty Public Librarywants to know what youlike about the services andprograms at the branches.Library staff will host thefollowing focus groupsand the public is encour-aged to participate:

» May 19, Milford at 6p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 1099Ohio 131.

» Bethel at 6 p.m. Tues-day, May 26, 611 W. PlaneSt.

You don’t have to regis-ter, just attend. Some ofthe questions to be askedinclude:

» What do you use the li-brary for?

» Do you access the li-brary’s downloadable/electronic resources andthe website?

» How satisfied are youwith the library?

The answers will beused by library staff whenwriting the 2015-2018 stra-tegic plan.

For more information,call Theresa Herron, li-brary communicationsmanager, at 735-7162.

Goshen helpingstudents transition

A new program a yearin the making is aimed athelping students transition

to Goshen Middle School.Goshen Middle School

is part of an educationalnetwork called MakingMiddle Grades Work. Aspart of this group, Goshenadministrators and staffwork with area repre-sentatives to establish bestpractices in helping stu-dents succeed.

The new transition planincludes several new or re-vamped events to help stu-dents get to know the newbuilding and staff. Two keyevents include a studenttour during the school dayand a parent-student nightwhere parents and stu-dents can learn about Go-shen Middle School cul-ture and processes.

The fifth-grade tourwill be during the schoolday May 21. A parent infor-mation night will be 6 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. May 21 at Go-shen Middle School.

Goshen Fire & EMSgets equipment

Goshen Fire & EMS re-cently received a $178,281grant from the Depart-ment of Homeland Securi-ty for needed safety equip-ment.

The grant will enablethe Clermont County de-partment to replace 26 setsof self-contained breath-ing apparatus needed byfirefighters to maintain anadequate air supply whenentering dangerous condi-tions. The department’scurrent equipment is near-ing the end of its service-able life.

The grant covers 95percent of the cost of theequipment.

“Firefighters need cer-tain crucial tools to dotheir job in a potentiallydeadly environment, andair tanks and breathingequipment are such tools,”said Steve Pegram, chiefof Goshen Fire & EMS.

New Richmondalumni dinner

New Richmond HighSchool Alumni Dinner forthe classes of 1934-1965will be 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sat-urday, June 20, at LocustCorner School, 3431LocustCorner Road.

Send name, graduationyear, number of guests anda check for $16 per guestby June 1 to: New Rich-mond Class Reunion, P.O.Box 284, New Richmond,Ohio, 45157.

Amelia High School50-year reunion

Amelia High School’sClass of 1965 will host a re-union the weekend of June26 and June 27.

Events on Friday in-clude a tour of the highschool from 1p.m. to 3 p.m.and a dinner at Elk RunGolf Club from 5:30 p.m. to9 p.m.

A picnic is scheduledfor 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat-urday at Woodland MoundPark.

Invitations were mailedApril 24.

For additional informa-tion, call 662-3398.

‘Community HistoryBrown Bag Series’

The Greater MilfordArea Historical Societyhas kicked off its secondannual “Community Histo-ry Brown Bag Series” withGreenlawn Cemetery nextup.

Each educational ses-sion will feature a specifichistoric site in the Milfordand Miami Township area.

The free sessions arenoon to 1 p.m. and open tothe public. Bring yourlunch.

Following are dates andlocations of the sessions,featuring the history ofthese subjects:

» The Milford LiquorCourt – May 20 in theHodges Room of the Mil-ford Municipal Building,

745 Center St.» The Milford Fire De-

partment – June 18 at thefire station at 687 U.S. 50.

» SEM Villa RetirementCommunityCQ – July 16 atSEM Villa Theater, 201Mound St.

“Milford is rich in histo-ry,” said Donna Amann,CQadministrator of theGreater Milford Area His-torical Society.

“Our lunch-time seriesis a fun way to bring a bit ofthat history alive and pro-vide interesting factsabout a variety of locationsin our area.”

RSVP by emailing in-fo@milfordhistory.net orphoning 248-0324.

Milford’s Row HouseGallery issues call toartists

Row House Gallery andCustom Framing is look-ing for professional artistsworking in all mediums toparticipate in an art show,“A Local Icon Lives – TheStonelick CoveredBridge.” The show willopen with an artists’ recep-tion at the gallery July 18and run through July 25.Row House is at 211 MainSt., Milford.

This call to artists is tocelebrate the restorationand mid-April reopeningof a Clermont County his-torical icon, the StonelickCovered Bridge. Artistswho meet the guidelines ofthe program may submitone piece of art for the Julyexhibit and sale. All artistsmust register by May 20 tobe eligible to participate. Acall to artists document isavailable at Row House; or,by download from the RowHouse website (www.ro-whouse.com). Artists mayalso request the call to art-ists document via email tothe gallery’s marketing co-ordinator, Mary Ward, Ma-ry Ward and Associates, atmaryward@cinci.rr.com.

BRIEFLY

A butterfly safariwill begin at the HarshaLake Visitor Center at 1p.m. Saturday, May 16,to search for swallow-tails, red admirals, sul-phurs, hairstreaks andmore.

Guests will be able tolearn how to spot thesebutterflies and invitethem to their own yard,according to a press re-lease.

Children must be 7-years-old to attend.Guests are welcome tobring binoculars. Allprograms are offeredfree of charge. For moreinformation or to regis-ter, call the Corps ParkRanger at 513-797-6081.

Rain, overcast skies ortemperatures below 60degrees will cancel theprogram.

The Harsha Lake Vis-itor Center is at 2185Slade Road just off stateRoute 222, about fivemiles south of Batavia.If guests use Map Questor GPS, the visitor cen-ter is about 1½ miles fur-ther on Slade Road, pastthe main dam and Corpsboat ramp.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 12Festival Hours 7:00pm-12:00am

Rides: Wristband special 7-11pm $15.00Band: The Leroy Ellington Band

SUNDAY, JUNE 14Festival Hours: 4:00pm-10:00pm

Rides: 4-10pmRides: Wristband special 4-6pm $10.00Band: Acoustic BluesFunny Clowns 5-7pmStilt Walker & Juggler 7-9pmCincinnati Firemen with truck 5:30pmCincinnati Circus Fire Show 6pm

SATURDAY, JUNE 13Festival Hours 5:00pm-12:00am

Rides: 5pm-12amQ102 Broadcast Live 5-7pmFritsch from the Jeff & Jenn Morning Show will be on-siteBand: Dan Varner Band

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I’m pretty sure you won’t see a photo like the mo-rels pictured here just anywhere.

What a bounty! Of course, I can’t tellyou where we forage for them, but takemy word for it: they were huge and agourmet treat.

Morels are going for about $60 apound right now. Jean Robert de Cavelhas them on his menu, and other chefslucky enough to have a source are do-ing the same thing. But it’s fun to knowthat a country girl and her friends canenjoy the whole process, from foragingto eating.

Here’s my simple recipe with op-tions for using other mushrooms. Mushrooms containantioxidants and vitamin D, which lots of folks havein short supply.

Readers want to knowWhat is an easy way to chop mint and basil without

making it turn dark?The reason herbs turn dark after chopping is that

they oxidize - the cut parts exposed to air turn dark asthey sit. To quickly chop a lot of mint or basil, stackseveral leaves and roll them up tight long ways, like acigar. Then slice width-wise into narrow pieces tomake long thin strips, also called julienne slices. Chopthe strips again for smaller slices, or leave them as isand you’ll get pretty ribbons of herbs.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herbalist, educator, Jungle Jim’sEastgate culinary professional and author. Find her blog onlineat Abouteating.com. Email her at columns@community-press.com with “Rita’s kitchen” in the subject line. Call 513-248-7130, ext. 356.

Rita has a secret morel patch, whip up lasagna for 2Sautéed gourmet mushrooms

Delicious as a side, or an appetizer on good qualitytoast. Try them as a topping for grilled steak. If you arelucky enough to have morels, let them soak about 10minutes in water with a bit of salt added. This makes allthe little creatures that might be in the mushrooms leavetheir happy abode.

Then drain, rinse and drain again. Dry thoroughlyand cut into halves or quarters. If you are using the mixedwild mushroom blends, slice as necessary.

Now this is a go to taste recipe. Use a large skillet sothat mushrooms cook quickly without steaming. I tossed insome watercress from our spring-fed pool right at the end.

Jean Robert adds a splash of liqueur. I sometimes adda splash of brandy while the mushrooms are cooking.

8 oz. mushrooms1/4 cup butter or bit more if needed - I usually add

more1 small shallot, minced1 teaspoon garlic, mincedSalt and pepper to tasteHeavy whipping cream, unwhipped (optional)Parsley chopped (optional)

Heat butter and add shallots and garlic together.Cook over low heat until shallots are tender but notbrown. Add everything but cream and cook over mediumheat until mushrooms are tender. Add cream to taste andlet it cook a bit until desired consistency is reached.

Lasagna for twoCorey, an East Side reader, needs recipes for two.

So if you have some to share, please do. “We’re newlymarried and both busy with careers. I like to cook butdon’t want to have to eat leftovers for a week”, shesaid.

1 cup ricotta cheese1/2 cup Parmesan cheese1 large egg2 generous cups pasta sauce with meat4 no-cook lasagna noodles1-1/3 cups mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 400. Mix cheeses and egg. Setaside. Spread 1/3 cup sauce in bottom of sprayed loaf/bread pan. Top with one noodle. Spread another 1/3cup sauce to edges. Top with 1/3 cup cheese mixtureand 1/3 cup mozzarella. Repeat layers twice, toppingwith remaining noodle and sauce. Bake, covered, 25minutes. Uncover and sprinkle on rest of mozzarella.Bake 10 more minutes and let stand 10 minutes beforeserving.

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THURSDAY, MAY 14Art EventsWatercolors of Nancy Sulli-van, 6-8 p.m., River Hills Chris-tian Church, 6300 Price Road,The Gallery. Reception forWarren County artist. Exhibitruns through June 14. Free.677-7600. Loveland.

Exercise ClassesStrength and Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, 4350 Aicholtz Road,Variety of exercises designed toincrease muscular strength,range of movement and activityfor daily living skills. Call forpricing. 947-7333. Union Town-ship.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 6:15-7:15 p.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,930 Lila Ave., Spinning Studio.Keiser M3 indoor bike withmagnetic resistance. Ages 18and up. $10. Registration recom-mended. 831-0006; www.mia-miathleticclub.org. Milford.

Strength and Balance, 1-1:45p.m., Crossings of Amelia, 58Amelia Olive Branch Road,Move to music through varietyof exercises designed to increasemuscular strength, range ofmovement and activities fordaily living. For seniors. Call forpricing. Presented by SilverS-neakers Stretch. 478-6783.Amelia.

SilverSneakers Senior Stretch,2:30-3:15 p.m., SEM Laurels, 203Mound Ave., Free. Presented bySilverSneakers Stretch. 478-6783. Milford.

Literary - CraftsThursday Morning CraftyCrochet, 10 a.m., Union Town-ship Branch Library, 4450 GlenEste-Withamsville Road, In-structor Pat Esswein teachesbeginning crochet stitches.Bring 4-ply yarn and size “-H†crochet hook. Ages 12-99.Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 528-1744;www.clermontlibrary.org.Union Township.

Literary - LibrariesTeen Writing Club, 6 p.m.,Loveland Branch Library, 649Loveland-Madeira Road, Forteen writers interested in meet-ing other teen writers or look-ing for feedback from others.Ages 12-17. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

Music - AcousticOpen House, 8-10 p.m., GreenKayak Market and Eatery, 204Front St., Old Lodge Stage.Hosted by Jim Comodeca.Family friendly. Free. 843-6040.New Richmond.

RecreationCornhole Thursday, 7 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497

Old Ohio 74, Lounge. Non-competitive and open to public.$5. 528-9909; www.mtcarmelal-post72.org. Mount Carmel.

Tri-Chamber After HoursNetworking, 5-7 p.m., TheWorks Restaurant, 20 GrearMillitzer Lane, Join chambermembers from Loveland, Ma-deira and Milford Miami Town-ship for event on bike trail. $10,free for members. Reservationsrequired. Presented by LovelandArea Chamber of Commerce.683-1544; www.lovelandcham-ber.org. Loveland.

FRIDAY, MAY 15Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, 1596Ohio 131, Fish sandwiches,chicken fingers or six-pieceshrimp dinners. Dinners includefrench fries and homemadecoleslaw. Carry-out available.During lent: homemade mac-n-cheese. Open year round exceptholidays. $6-$6.50. Presented byLadies Auxiliary Dennis JohnsonVFW Post 6562. 575-2102.Milford.

Exercise ClassesSilverSneakers Senior Stretch,9-9:45 a.m., Union TownshipCivic Center, 4350 AicholtzRoad, Complete series of seatedand standing yoga poses. Re-storative breathing exercisesand final relaxation promotestress reduction and mentalclarity. Call for pricing. Present-ed by SilverSneakers Stretch.947-7333. Union Township.

SATURDAY, MAY 16Exercise ClassesTOPS: Take Off Pounds Sen-sibly, 9:30-10:30 a.m., AmeliaUnited Methodist Church, 19 E.Main St., Lower Level, Genera-tions Room. Talk about healthi-er choices for living a healthierlife. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by TOPS: Take OffPounds Sensibly. 800-932-8677;www.tops.org. Amelia.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.,Miami Athletic Club & WellnessCenter, $10. Registration recom-mended. 513-831-0006;www.miamiathleticclub.org.Milford.

FestivalsFirkin Festival, noon to 9 p.m.,Mt. Carmel Brewing Company,4362 Mt. Carmel-Tobasco Road,Tap Room. Mt. Carmel BrewingCompany celebrates 10 years ofbusiness with First Annual CaskFirkin Beer Festival. Foodbooths/food trucks, live musicand special small batch beers.Free. 410-7851; www.mtcar-melbrewingcompany.com.Mount Carmel.

Literary - LibrariesApplique Made Easy, 10:30

a.m. to 12:30 p.m., LovelandBranch Library, 649 Loveland-Madeira Road, Learn what an‘applique’ is and how to add itto your quilt. Ages 18 and up.Free. 369-4476; www.cincinnati-library.org. Loveland.

Music - Classic RockCheap Thrill, 8-11:30 p.m.,Green Kayak Market and Eat-ery, 204 Front St., Free. 843-6040; www.greenkayakmarket-.com. New Richmond.

NatureSpring Hike, 10 a.m., SycamorePark, 4082 Ohio 132, Follow anaturalist on a moderatelystrenuous 3-mile hike. Free.Presented by Clermont CountyPark District. 876-9013;www.clermontparks.org. Bata-via.

RecreationSporty’s Fly-In, 10 a.m. to 3p.m., Clermont County/Sporty’sAirport, 2001 Sportys Drive,Industry exhibits, educationalseminars, tours and more. Free.Presented by Sporty’s EasternCincinnati Aviation. 735-9500;www.sportys.com/flyin. BataviaTownship.

Runs / WalksClermont County March forBabies, 9 a.m., Miami Meadows

Park, 1546 Ohio 131, Moneyraised supports March of Dimesmission to help moms havefull-term pregnancies andbabies have healthy start. Free.Registration required. Presentedby March of Dimes. 769-3588;www.marchforbabies.org.Milford.

SUNDAY, MAY 17Clubs & OrganizationsFree Car Wash, 1-4 p.m., CalvinPresbyterian Church, 1177 W.Ohio Pike, Parking Lot. Weatherpermitting. Food provided forthose waiting for their cars tobe washed. Donations receivedgo to mission fund. Free. 752-2525; www.calvin-pc.org. Ame-lia.

MONDAY, MAY 18Exercise ClassesStrength and Balance, 9-9:45a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, Call for pricing. 947-7333. Union Township.

Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 6:15-7:15 p.m., Miami Athletic Club &Wellness Center, $10. Regis-tration recommended. 831-0006; www.miamiathleticclu-b.org. Milford.

Strength and Balance, 2-2:45p.m., Crossings of Amelia, Call

for pricing. 478-6783. Amelia.fitness class, 6-6:45 p.m.,Mount Moriah United Method-ist Church, 681 Mount MoriahDrive, Educational Building. 45minutes full body workout.Ages 18 and up. $6. Presentedby Judy’s Fitness. 478-6783.Withamsville.

Literary - Book ClubsBookends, 1 p.m., New Rich-mond Branch Library, 103 RiverValley Blvd., Free. 553-0570.New Richmond.

Book Discussion, 1 p.m., BethelBranch Library, 611 W. Plane St.,Copies of book available forcheckout. 734-2619. Bethel.

Book Discussion Group, 1 p.m.,Bethel Branch Library, 611 W.Plane St., Free. Presented byClermont County Public Library.734-2619; www.clermontlibra-ry.org. Bethel.

Bookends Book Discussion, 1p.m., New Richmond BranchLibrary, 103 River Valley Blvd.,Free. Presented by ClermontCounty Public Library. 553-0570;www.clermontlibrary.org. NewRichmond.

Literary - LibrariesRiver City Writer’s Group,6-7:45 p.m., New RichmondBranch Library, 103 River ValleyBlvd., Participants freely sharetheir writing endeavors, gener-ate ideas, hone their craft andnetwork with fellow writers inarea. Free. 553-0570. NewRichmond.

Preschool Storytime, 10-11a.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Enjoy books, songs, activities,crafts and more, while buildingearly literacy skills. For pre-schoolers and their caregivers.Ages 3-6. Free. 369-4476;www.cincinnatilibrary.org.Loveland.

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

Music - ClassicalLinton Music Going for Ba-roque, 7:30 p.m., CongregationBeth Adam, 10001 Loveland-Madeira Road, Michael Cher-tock, harpsichord. RandolphBowman, flute. Timothy Lees,violin. Christian Colberg, viola.$30. Presented by Linton Music.381-6868; lintonmusic.org.Loveland.

TUESDAY, MAY 19Education

NAMI Peer-to-Peer EducationCourse, 6-8 p.m., The HOPECommunity Center, 4 CeceliaDrive, Recovery educationcourse for adults with mentalillness. Ages 18 and up. Free.Registration required. Presentedby National Alliance on MentalIllness of Southwest Ohio.351-3500; www.namihc.org.Amelia.

Exercise Classesaqua ZUMBA, 1-1:45 p.m.,Comfort Inn, 4421 AicholtzRoad, $5. Presented by Zumbawith KC. 240-5180. Eastgate.

Literary - LibrariesESL Conversation Hour, 6-7p.m., Union Township BranchLibrary, 4450 Glen Este-With-amsville Road, Free. Regis-tration required. Presented byClermont County Public Library.528-1744. Union Township.

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

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, $1-$15. 528-9909;www.stuartglugibuhl.com.Mount Carmel.

ShoppingPop Up Boutique Sale, 6-9p.m., Daveed’s NEXT, 8944Columbia Road, With Stella &Dot, Elizabeth’s Closet and It’s inthe Details. Summer accessoriesand fashions. Free admission.Presented by Stella & Dot.859-802-9049; www.stelladot-.com. Landen.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20Dining EventsWings And Trivia Night, 6-9p.m., Mt. Carmel BrewingCompany, 4362 Mt. Carmel-Tobasco Road, Tap Room. LastCall Trivia. Renegade Street Eatsuses Mt. Carmel Beer as a baseto create Gourmet Wing saucesand glazes to be paired with thebeer. Ages 21 and up. $5-$9.240-2739; www.mtcarmelbre-wingcompany.com. MountCarmel.

Exercise ClassesSpinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 9:30-10:30 a.m., MiamiAthletic Club & Wellness Center,$10. Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org. Milford.

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The Mt. Carmel Brewing company celebrates 10 years of business with the Cask Firkin Beer Festival, noon to 9 p.m. Saturday,May 16, 4362 Mt. Carmel-Tobasco Road, Mt. Carmel, in the Tap Room. The festival features food booths/food trucks, live musicand special small batch beers. Admission is free. Call 410-7851; visit www.mtcarmelbrewingcompany.com.

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Live Oaks» Live Oaks students win

medals at 2015 state skills com-petition

Thirteen Live Oaks CareerCampus students earned med-als in their fields while compet-ing at the SkillsUSA Ohio statecompetition in April.

Kevin Libscomb of GlenEste, a student in the Heating,Ventilating and Air Condition-ing program, won a silver medalin the Sheet Metal competition.

Owen Reeves of Glen Este,Mikaela Vaughn of ClermontNortheastern, and Megan Yorkof Goshen won a silver medalsin the Promotional BulletinBoard event. They are all stu-dents in the Sports Rehabilita-tion and Therapy program.

Sydney Payne of Goshen,Grace Hornsby of Goshen, andAshley Collins of Glen Este, stu-dents in the Sports Rehabilita-tion and Therapy program,earned the bronze medal in theCareer Pathways Showcase(Health).

Sports Rehabilitation andTherapy students Taylor Hart-ness (Amelia), Gage Hurley(Amelia), Bailey Roberts (Mil-ford), Jessie Blevins (ClermontNortheastern), Jonah Royer(Clermont Northeastern), andLauren Schnegelsburger (Cler-mont Northeastern), receivedthe bronze medal in the ChapterBusiness Procedure event.

Grant Career Center» The Grant Career Center

chapter of the Business Profes-sionals of America recentlyproved that they were ready to“Imagine, Believe and Be-come!” at the national competi-tion in Anaheim, California, bycompeting in the State SkillCompetition and LeadershipConference in Columbus andbringing back numerousawards.

Seven BPA members trav-eled to Columbus for two daysof testing and competitiveevents. During their stay, thestudents participated in socialevents and a variety of activ-ities at the Columbus Conven-tion Center. Students were com-peting with Business Profes-sionals of America membersfrom all across the state of Ohio.

Grant Career Center Medi-cal Information Tech studentswho were recognized for theiroutstanding achievements byplacing in the top ten at the statelevel include Carrie Buckley, asenior from New Richmondwho placed in the Advanced Of-fice Systems and Procedurescontest and Katie Smith, a sen-ior from Felicity-Franklin whoplaced in the Medical OfficeProcedures competition.

Caitlyn Wilburn, a MedicalInformation Tech junior fromFelicity-Franklin, earned theopportunity to represent Grantat the National Leadership Con-ference in Anaheim, Californiaon May 5 through May 10, 2015,with her first-place win at theState Competition.

Wilburn placed first in theAdvanced Word Processingcontest where she had to dem-onstrate her ability to producevarious office documents usingadvanced features in MicrosoftWord software.

“When I was announced asone of the Top Five, I was veryexcited because I knew that Ihad earned the trip to Califor-nia. But when I was first, I wasvery proud of myself for put-ting in the extra effort that gotme there,” she said.

Wilburn will join about 6,000conference delegates fromacross the nation as they partic-ipate in national-level businessskill competitions, workshops,certification testing, generalsessions, and the national offi-cer elections. She will also havethe opportunity to visit histori-cal sites and places of interest inthe Anaheim, California area.

The Business Professionalsof America organization strivesto teach students leadership,employability and social skillswhile preparing them to enterthe business world with profes-sionalism and pride. BusinessProfessionals of America advi-sors are Jana Adams, Brian Ak-ers and Linda Back.

» The 2015 SkillsUSA OhioState Championships gatherednearly 3,000 members and advi-sors from career training pro-grams throughout Ohio, includ-ing 32 members of the Grant Ca-reer Center SkillsUSA Chapter.The 63nd Annual Skills Champi-onship was held at the Colum-

bus Convention Center in Co-lumbus, April 14 and 15.

The Ohio SkillsUSA Champi-onships consist of 90 career andleadership competitions. Par-ticipants are challenged to com-plete a project in their career-training area within a specifiedtime frame while being rated bya panel of judges from business,industry, and education.

Gold medal winners willcompete in the 51st AnnualSkillsUSA Championships inLouisville, Kentucky, June 22-26, for National Honors.

Junior Biotechnology stu-dent Kyle Barrett (Williams-burg) earned a bronze medal inthe Medical Math competition.This competition challengedstudents to demonstrate mathskills used in the medical fieldsuch as dosage calculations, ra-tio and proportions, and metricand household conversions.

The Biotechnology Team ofLindsay Zeigler, Chloe Hender-son and Emilie Shouse, all fromBethel Tate, placed second inthe Science, Math and Technol-ogy Career Pathways Show-case. Their showcase consistedof a research project and pres-entation about the health bene-fits of spices in our diet. Theteam also created a display anda brochure to showcase their re-search results.

The Biotechnology Team ofJessica Riley, Kyleigh Philpott,(Bethel-Tate) and TeganSchwettman (Felicity-Frank-lin) placed first and broughthome a Gold Medal in the Natu-ral Resources/Agriculture FoodCareer Pathways Showcase.Their showcase consisted of aresearch project and presenta-tion about the Asian LonghornBeetle infestation in our com-munity. Their Gold Medal al-lows them to represent GrantCareer Center at the NationalSkill Competition in late June inLouisville, Kentucky.

Other students competing inevents at the state level include:Jesse Noble (New Richmond)and Ian Kimmerly (Bethel-Tate), Additive Manufacturing,Engineering Design; CodyHess, Automotive RefinishingTechnology, Auto Collision,(New Richmond); The HealthKnowledge Bowl Team consist-ing of Amber Arthur (Felicity-

Franklin), Emily King (Bethel-Tate), Allie Graybill (Williams-burg), and Kristin Evans (NewRichmond); Kylie Watts, Medi-cal Terminology, Allied HealthScience, (Bethel-Tate); DaltonHenderson, Related TechnicalMath, Engineering Design,(New Richmond); the Openingand Closing Team of Miles Bur-nam, Austin Berger (New Rich-mond), Lucas Sharp, CourtneyRiggs and Taylor Ford (Felicity-Franklin) and Melissa Dameronand Katie Warfield (Bethel-

Tate); Jamie Applegate, Weld-ing Sculpture, Metal Fabrica-tion, (Williamsburg); NathanBromer, Technical Drafting,Engineering Design, (NewRichmond); and the Roboticsand Automation TechnologyTeam of BJ Ratcliff and ZacDudney (Bethel-Tate). Travel-ing with the group were SkillsU-SA officers Erin McKee, CarlyBruan, and Nathaniel Lang, aswell as observers Mariah Har-vey and Katie Mounts.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

THANKS TO PAMELA MCKINNEY

Grant Career Center SkillsUSA Champions are Lindsay Zeigler, Emilie Shouse, Chloe Henderson, Kyle Barrett, Tegan Schwettman, Kyleigh Philpott and Jessica Riley.

THANKS TO PAMELA MCKINNEY

Grant Career Center Business Professionals of America State competitiveevents winners Carrie Buckley, Caitlyn Wilburn and Katie Smith show offthe bling they won in competition.

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May 6 questionHow do you think the Su-

preme Court will rule on the is-sue of same-sex marriage? Howshould they rule?

“Against.”Mary Ann Maloney

“I hope they rule in favor ofit. It really is the final move-ment towards civil rights forall. With the court split interms of right and left it willcome down basically to Jus-tice Kennedy’s vote and hope-fully he will chose to be on theright side of history.

“People can use the Bibli-cal passages as their defensefor heterosexual union, how-ever in one of the oft-citedpassages, one should not notwork on Sundays, wearclothes of mixed thread or eatshell fish. From that standpoint Red Lobsters should bepicketed daily, yet I don’t seeit.

“Gay marriage will in noway diminish heterosexualmarriage. I don’t understandthat argument. I feel that reli-gious institutions can stillcome out against it, but to doso will only point out how big-oted the institutions are.

“In terms of religion, I looktowards the new covenantteachings of Christ and he hadnothing to say on gay mar-riage. He did have somethingto say about the difficulty ofthe rich getting into heavencomparing it to being moredifficult than a camel passingthrough the eye of a needle. Idon’t see people picketingmansions or standing next toluxury autos over in Kenwoodtelling people to repent orthey won’t get into heaven.

“It is time to gay marriageis accepted and religious in-stitutions either accept it alsoor admit that they are selec-tive in terms of what theychoose to criticize or focus onBiblicly.”

C.S.

“I believe they will ruleagainst it, as they should in re-spect for the thousands ofyears of societal norms, rath-er than trying to prove theyhave a ‘better idea.’ The legalramifications of allowing thisnew legal status opens toomany possibilities for long es-tablished taboos on animal af-fection, pedophilia, close rela-tive unions and the obviousconcerns over widespreadabuse of the tax system anddestruction of health caresystems.”

D.B.

“I believe the SupremeCourt will recognize mar-riage as the union of two peo-

ple who love, honor, supportand respect each other. Suchfaithful partnerships benefitall cultures and societies con-tributing to harmony andworld peace.”

Marie Hill

“I feel that the SupremeCourt will approve same sexmarriage. Why?, because it isgoing to be pushed andpushed down our throats untilwe have every state acceptingit. That does not make it right.And I am totally against it b/cone of the reasons man andwoman get married is to havea family eventually. Childrenneed a mom who is female anda dad who is male, period. Nottwo men who say they aremom and dad or two womenwho say they are mom anddad.

“And I do not think thatpeople are born gay. It is achoice they make. The sameholds true with transgenders.Why can’t we be happy withthe gender that our Lordmade us to be. Kids are beingsubjected to this kind of think-ing that there is somethingwrong with them so they wantto be gay or transgender.Heaven help us and I feel sosorry for my grandchildren intheir future to live in a culturewhere anything goes with norestrictions or laws. So there-fore, I am totally against theSupreme Court ruling in fa-vor of same sex marriage.”

D.M.H.

“In 2013 the U.S. SupremeCourt ruled that marriedsame-sex couples were enti-tled to federal benefits and,by declining to decide a casefrom California, effectivelyallowed same-sex marriagesthere. I suspect they willagain rule ‘in favor’ of samesex marriage across all 50states.

“The United States wasfounded on the separation ofchurch and state. While theremay be religious teachingsagainst this practice the courtwill look at the U.S. Constitu-tion not the Bible. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

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Napoleon famously said thatan army marches on its stom-ach.

Considering what our CivilWar soldiers ate, it’s a miraclethey moved at all. Their basicmarching ration was eight to 10pieces of hardtack and a pintof coffee per day.

Hardtack was a flour andwater bisquit three-inches-by-three-inches and about one-half inch thick, baked veryhard. They were commonlycalled “sheetiron crackers” or“tooth dullers.”

In keeping with this theme,a Clermont County soldierwrote about a creative use forthe crackers. He and a buddywere assigned to guard duty atCamp Dennison. Before goingto their post, he saw his friendslipping a couple of crackersinto his shirt pocket. He askedhim what he was doing. Hisfriend replied, “I heard therewere some rebel bushwhack-ers about, and I wanted to pro-tect myself if they shot at me.”

Hardtack could be nibbledalong the march. If they wereable to take a lunch break, asoldier could soak the bisquitin water or coffee, fry it in hoglard; maybe seasoning it withwild onions and a pinch of salt.This delight was called “skilly

galee.” Sometimes

the hardtackbecame wet intransit. Whenthat hap-pened, thebread literallycrawled withhatched outboll weevilworms. Veter-ans, accus-

tomed to these “worm castles,”simply picked off the worms ordumped the cracker in theircoffee and scooped the wormsout.

Coffee was known as the“elixir of life.” This was basic,no frills coffee. On the marchsoldiers were given a handfulof coffee beans that wereground with a rifle butt andbrewed in a tin cup. Most tookit black and “strong enough tofloat an iron wedge.” Yanksusually had an ample supply.But their counter parts oftenhad to make do with disagree-able substitutes made fromchicory or corn.

The most popular food onboth sides of the war was thegreat northern bean. So lovedwas the bean that a song wassung to the tune of “The SweetBye and Bye:” There’s a spot

that the soldiers all love, Themess-tent is the place that wemean. And the dish we like tosee there Is the old-fashioned,white Army bean.

Chorus“Tis the bean that we mean,“And we’d eat as we ne’er

ate before,“The Army bean, nice and

clean,“We will stick to our bean

evermore.”One recipe blended the

beans with brown sugar, mo-lasses, salt, and onions. All wasput into an iron pot. A hole wasdug into the ground and the potput in. Hot embers werebanked around the pot. Thehole was filled in, leaving anoxygen hole. The beans cookedall day.

During the Battle of Shiloh,hungry Confederates pausedduring the attack to look forYankee bean pots. This gavethe Northerners enough timeto steady their lines and even-tually win the battle.

Upon such things are warswon or lost.

Gary Knepp is an attorney whoteaches history and political scienceat Clermont College. He lives withhis family in Miami Township.

Civil War Army lived onhardtack and coffee

GaryKneppCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

It’s a shame that many West-ern leaders, including Presi-dent Obama, will not attend theMay 9 Victory Day parade inMoscow marking the 70th anni-versary of the end of WorldWar II in Europe.

Seventy years has notpatched relations between

Russia and itswartime Allies– the UnitedStates, Britainand France –who bandedwith the USSRto fight Hit-ler’s Germanybut alignedwith it on littleelse.

Seventyyears post-war,

hostility raging over the Uk-raine crisis in no way diminish-es the suffering of the SovietUnion’s people from 1941 to1945. A staggering 27 million ofthem died in the war, more thanhalf civilians, a striking num-ber juxtaposed with 300 thou-sand Americans dead.

Everyone in the formerUSSR knows wartime stories,says Valentina Kazachenok ofMinsk, in Belarus, 70 years agoa Soviet republic where one infour people died in the war.Hearing these stories, “onecannot remain indifferent,” shesays.

She offers the story of hergrandmother, with her new-born the only survivors afterGerman troops shot all otherresidents of her village.

“Not everyone today un-derstands the true cost of thesehorrifying events,” said Zum-rud Kerimova, a 20-something

in Dagestan. She worries thatyoung people do not appreciatethe magnitude of wartime trag-edy.

“Dagestan sent 180 thousandmen to the war. Half nevercame back.”

Viktoriya Putilovskaya livesin Volgograd, named Stalingradduring the war and site of someof the war’s most gruesomefighting, with more than a mil-lion Soviet military and civiliandeaths.

“Everything here is per-meated with the spirit of vic-tory and yearning for a newlife,” she says. “We must re-member the millions who gavetheir lives so we might live. Weowe them this memory.”

Victory Day hits a nervewith Russians rather as 9/11does with Americans.

“We will never let anybodyforget the millions of victims,”said Alexander Markov ofKrasnoyarsk, in Siberia. As

children, he and his brotherbegged their grandfathers,both wounded in the war, to telltheir stories. Both refused.

“We spent a lot of time withthem in silence, in reflection. Iremember the tears in theireyes.”

For today’s children, Rus-sian cities are staging Immor-tal Regiment parades in whichthey can march carrying pic-tures of their wartime ances-tors.

For those old enough toexperience first-hand WorldWar II or the post-war multi-decade housing and food short-ages, rebuilding and woundedand traumatized parents andgrandparents, “memories ofthe war exist at the geneticlevel,” Kazachenok says.

Moscow’s Victory Day pa-rade is a solemn commem-oration of a tragedy, a tribute toheroism and sacrifice, “a holi-day with tears in the eyes,”according to a well-knownVictory Day song. OrdinaryRussians hope we hear themessage they intend to convey.As Oleg Vereshchagin of Astra-khan, on the Volga River, tellsit, “As the nation that sacri-ficed more than anybody elseon the victory altar, we remem-ber what a world war is about.More than anything, we wantpeace.”

Jan Sherbin co-owns Glasnost Com-munications, a Cincinnati organiza-tion that facilitates communicationand understanding between Amer-icans and the people of the formerSoviet Union. She lives in AndersonTownship.

May 9 in Moscow sendspoignant message

Jan SherbinCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

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Alexander Markov's grandfather, asailor in the Baltic Fleet.

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Softball» On May 7, McNicholas defeated An-

derson 13-12 . McNick’s Shannon Walshwent 2-for-4 with a double and a homerun.

» Goshen defeated Amelia 4-1 May 7.Shalee Gray and Annie Gadberry eachdrove in a pair of runs.

» Mason defeated Milford 2-1 May 7.

Baseball» Mason defeated Milford 4-3 May 7.

The Eagles’ Brad Hall went 2-for-4 with adouble.

» On May 7, Goshen defeatedBlanchester 13- 8.

» Western Brown defeated ClermontNortheastern 6-3 May 7.

» McNicholas defeated St. Henry 9-8May 5. Sam Browning hit a grand slam inthe fifth to tie the game at 7-7.

Jordan Ritter drove in a pair of run-ners to win the game for the Rockets in

the bottom of the seventh.

Tennis» New Richmond shutout McNicholas

5-0 on May 6.» Goshen swept CNE 5- 0 May 7.» Anderson swept Milford 5-0 May 7.

SHORT HOPS

By Nick Robbenrobbe@communitypress.com

OWENSVILLE — ClermontNortheastern junior JennaMummert went to the statetrack and field meet last season,making the podium in highjump.

Any time a student-athletemakes it to that level of compe-tition that early in a high schoolcareer, the goal is to get back toColumbus. For now though,Mummert is just trying to havefun.

“I’ve absolutely enjoyed theseason so far,” she said. “I lovecompeting. You have to chal-lenge yourself every day, findthe motivation and learn aboutbeing your own teammate.”

The major lesson she tookfrom competing in the statemeet last year was humility. Sheand coach Pat Rexroat agreed,at that level, athletes have tostep back and recognize thesheer talent he or she is sur-rounded by.

However, Mummert isn’tworried about what anyone elsein the city, region or state is do-ing at the moment. She is onlyfocusing on what she can con-trol.

To be successful, she hasbeen working on her steps, ap-proach to the bar and curveover the bar. Essentially, itstweaking the little things andmaking sure her fundamentalsare fluid.

It has worked well so far.Mummert has won the event

in every meet she has competedin this season. She is fresh off awin at the Southern Ohio Classichosted by CNE May 6. Shejumped 5 feet, 2 inches to win.

She also has the highest jump

in the city at 5’05.00”.“She’s pretty much on target

with her goals,” Rexroat said.“There are other goals, otherheights she wants to reach. Shehas been on the cusp of 5’06 inthe last three meets.”

The season, as usual, leads up

to the conference meet and be-yond.

The Southern Buckeye Ath-letic and Academic Conferencefield events were contestedMay 12 at Williamsburg. Follow-ing that meet is the postseason.

Mummert knows what she

needs to do in order to return toJesse Owens Memorial Stadi-um, but it could all come downto her health.

She dealt with an ankle inju-ry on her plant foot last year andis currently dealing with anachy knee.

“I’d love to see what she cando when completely healthy,”Rexroat said. “I’m a deacon, nota prophet, but I expect her to beright there with her competi-tion.”

CNE’s Mummert enjoys her junior seasonBy Nick Robbenrobbe@communitypress.com

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Clermont Northeastern’s Jenna Mummert clears the bar during the high jump May 6 at the Southern Ohio Classic

Two members of the 2014-15Milford High School boys bas-ketball team, Ryan Gallimoreand Will Hannah, will continuetheir playing careers next sea-son in college.

Gallimore will play for Wit-tenberg University, while Han-nah has committed to CapitalUniversity. Both seniors wereinstrumental in the most suc-cessful season in school historylast winter.

A first team All-Eastern Cin-cinnati Conference selectionthis year, Gallimore, a 6’1” pointguard, was the Eagles’ floorgeneral, ranking fourth on thesquad in scoring at 7.7 pointsper game, while also leading theteam in assists (60) and threepointers (40).

A senior, Gallimore saved hisbest performance of the yearfor his final home game when hescored a career-high 28 points,including six three-pointersmade against Turpin.

He was a second team All-ECC choice as a junior. At Wit-tenberg, Gallimore will play forlong-time Tiger head coach BillBrown, who has won over 450games since taking over theprogram in 1993. Last season,Wittenberg finished with a rec-ord of 10-16.

Hannah had a senior seasonto remember, earning his sec-

ond consecutive All-ECC firstteam award, as well as beingtabbed honorable mention All-Southwest District.

The Eagles tallest player at6’5”, Hannah, a small forward,was amongst the league’s topscorers all season, finishing at

14.3 points per game. Duringback-to-back wins at Colerainand Kings, Hannah scored 30and 25 points respectively, withthe former a career-high. Han-nah added five rebounds pergame and was one of the topfree throw shooters in the ECC

at nearly 85 percent. At Capital,Hannah will be a part of a pro-gram led by veteran head coachDamon Goodwin, the Crusad-ers’ leader since 1994. Goodwinhas won more than 340 games inhis career and led Capital to an8-18 mark a year ago.

Milford ended the seasonwith a school record 22 wins,earning a share of the EasternCincinnati Conference Champi-onship and advancing to theOHSAA District Finals beforelosing to eventual state champi-on Wayne.

Milford’s Gallimore, Hannah sign to play at next level

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Milford High School boys basketball player Ryan Gallimore announces hisbasketball commitment to Wittenberg University. From left are: Front, LisaGallimore (mother), Ryan Gallimore, Steve Gallimore (father); Back, Milfordassistant coach Chris Vollman, Nathan Gallimore (brother) and Milford headcoach Joe Cambron.

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Milford High School basketball player Will Hannah announces hiscommitment to Capital University. From left are: Front, Vanessa Hannah(mother), Will Hannah and Paul Hannah (father); Back, Milford assistantcoach Chris Vollman, Alex Hannah (brother) and Milford head coach JoeCambron.

2B • CJN-MMA • MAY 13, 2015 LIFE

Coaches John Christmann,Andy Ey and Drew Schmidt allpatrol the coaching box downthe third baseline for their re-spective clubs and are part ofthe ‘King of the Hill’ rivalry.

However, their bond goesmuch deeper than that. At dif-ferent points in time, all threesuited up as McNicholas Rock-ets.

Ey helped the Rockets bringhome their first and only statebaseball title back in 1998. WhenSchmidt played, he was namedCo-Player of the Year in theGreater Catholic League NorthDivision as a senior.

The Redskins earned theright to call themselves King ofHill this year with the 4-2 vic-tory May 9. Winning took on abit of a different feel for coach

Ey this time around.“It feels awkward because I

played at McNick and work atMcNick,” Ey said. “Any timeyou can go back and be aroundwhere you grew up, it’s nice. Itfeels awkward beating them,but it’s nice.”

When it came time to startthe games, Schmidt said hedidn’t think about the fact heplayed in these games backthen.

He admitted he allowed him-self to think about the games thenight before if only to say he’dlike to win the games for tworeasons. It would be a goodboost going into the tournamentfollowed by the fact they’reagainst two rivals.

“As a coach, you understandthe emotion involved, but at thesame time you don’t because it’sliterally just another baseballgame,” Schmidt said. “It’s hard

to communicate that to our guysbecause they live and die withevery pitch or every out.”

The schools’ proximity toeach other is what dictates itsimportance.

These kids go from playingtogether at the age of 5 or 6 tosplitting off into differentschools at 12 or 13. Then, theyget to come back and playagainst each other as a part ofthis rivalry.

“It’s put a little more impor-tance and fun into these games.As a kid, I always enjoyed play-ing against my buddies,” Christ-mann said. “I definitely want toget the kids back into the neigh-borhood rivalry like it was whenI was at McNick.”

Christmann felt the rivalryhad taken a back seat in recentyears. That might be why theformat has changed in terms ofwhen the games are played dur-

ing the season and where.“I never experienced a great

day like this in this rivalry,”Schmidt said. “You’re bringingall three teams to one site withgood crowds and good energy.The guys this year are lucky tohave that.”

Long-standing rivalries areby no means unique to sports orthe city of Cincinnati. But, ev-ery so often, something gets dis-covered within the fabric andthat could put a little more intothe annual fracas.

“I think it’s cool because youhave three neighborhoodschools and the three coachesare McNick grads,” Christ-mann said. “I don’t know if youare going to find three schoolsin Greater Cincinnati that areneighborhood rivals and allthree coaches went to the sameschool.”

‘King of the Hill’ rivalry adds unique aspect this year

NICK ROBBE/COMMUNITY PRESS

McNick coach John Christmann rollsthrough signs against AndersonMay 9.

By Nick Robbenrobbe@communitypress.com

KENWOOD — At manyschools, returning 12players who played withregularity on a Division Istate semifinalist wouldmean added pressure.

For Moeller HighSchool’s baseball pro-gram, it’s just anotherday at the office.

Ranked preseasonNo. 11nationally by Base-ball America the Crusad-ers have not disappointedand are on pace to betterlast year’s mark of 24-5.They recently won theGreater Catholic League-South.

The Crusaders havehad the luxury of notmissing many games. Inearly April when rainspoiled the party formany Tristate teams,Moeller was at the Per-fect Game complex inGeorgia playing fourgames in five days.

“This is the seventhyear we’ve traveled(over spring break) and

it’s always been good forus,” Moeller coach TimHeld said. “The kidsseem to gel better afterbeing trapped on the buseight or 10 hours.”

In terms of talent, it isa blue and gold mine offMontgomery Road. TheCrusaders currentlyhave 13 players commit-ted to colleges, with 10 go-ing Division I. Josh Hol-lander, Bryan Soth andJoe Vranesic are going toKent State, Grant Mac-chiochi to Missouri, Bai-ley Montoya to Dayton,Kyle Dockus to WrightState, Jordan Ramey toCincinnati, Zach Hoff-man to Miami University,Mitch Bault to Ohio Do-minican, Eric Conner toWalsh and Adam Wilsonto Ohio Northern. Juniorpitchers Nick Bennettand Cameron Junker arecommitted to Louisvilleand Notre Dame, respec-tively.

Held has made thestate semifinals in six ofseven years and has totedhome the state champion-

ship trophy in 2009, 2012and 2013. When you canreload with a battle-test-ed roster, success is anexpectation.

“I thought we’d begood with Nick Bennetton the mound and GrantMacciocchi,” Held said.“With the schedule weplay, the guys that aren’tthe top two starters haveto be pretty good them-selves.”

Adding to the consis-tency of Bennett andMacciocchi on the bumphas been senior MitchBault and juniors ChrisStock and Cameron Junk-

er.At the plate, Josh Hol-

lander, Bailey Montoya,Bryan Soth, Kyle Butz,Kyle Dockus and JoeVranesic were all .300-plus hitters as juniorsand have continued toachieve. Soth just suf-fered a season-endingknee injury and Vranesicis coming off of a shoul-der issue, but hoping toreach a tournamentgroove.

Dockus has led theteam in hitting and stealsand has an on-base per-centage of more than.500.

SPRINGFIELD TWP. —James Lallathin has beennamed the St. Xavier bas-ketball coach, St. Xavierathletic director John Sul-livan announced April 29.

Lallathin just finisheda season as the men’s headbasketball coach at Ken-nesaw State after servingas the interim, associateand assistant head coachin the program during thepast four years.

Lallathin, 36, drove upto St. X the afternoon ofApril 29 from his home inGeorgia to meet with theteam April 30.

“I’m ecstatic,” Lallath-in told Cincinnati.com.“To get an opportunity towork at such a fantastichigh school both academi-cally and athletically - it’sa dream come true.”

Sullivan added, “I amvery excited to have Jim-my Lallathin as the thirdcoach in the last 65 yearsto lead the basketball pro-gram. We are confident hewill continue the stan-dards and traditions thatDick Berning and ScottMartin have establishedfor St. Xavier Basket-ball.”

Lallathin will also be anintervention specialist atthe school.

“I want to thank Presi-dent Fr. Howe, PrincipalMr. Terry Tyrrell, Athlet-ic Director Mr. John Sulli-van and the rest of the se-lection committee for giv-ing me the unbelievableopportunity of joining theSt. Xavier family,” saidLallathin. “St. X is a quint-essential high schoolwhen it comes to great ac-ademics and athleticswhile leading young menin the classroom and courtto be servant leaders ofthe future. I look forwardto getting started rightaway to continue to build aprogram that makes thiscommunity, its alums, andfuture Bombers, proud ofSt. Xavier High School.”

Lallathin went to Ken-nesaw State after fouryears as a member of thecoaching staff at MiamiUniversity.

He joined the Red-Hawks program as an ad-ministrative assistant oneseason before assumingthe role of director of bas-ketball operations andthen assistant coach. Pri-or to his time at Miami,Lallathin served a four-

year stint as the men’s as-sociate varsity headcoach at Lakota WestHigh School in his nativeWest Chester.

Lallathin said the oneconstant is basketballthroughout all his coach-ing levels over the years.

He said he will enter St.X with a clean slate and noagenda as he meets theteam. He will assemblehis coaching staff verysoon too.

Lallathin was one ofmore than 40 applicantsfor the position after long-time St. Xavier coachScott Martin resigned onMarch 18.

As a Miami Universityassistant, Lallathinrecruited former St. Xstandout Roderick Mills.Lallathin is familiar withthe various conferencesand programs around thearea.

In addition to hiscoaching responsibilities,Lallathin spent four yearsas an intervention special-ist, teaching math and sci-ence at Lakota West.

He served as the Lako-ta West Basketball CampDirector, Firebird Sum-mer Hoops Director andwas a Cincinnati AAUhead coach for a year. Lal-lathin attended LakotaHigh, where he was athree-year varsity starteron the basketball team.

He spent two years atMarietta College, wherehe was a two-year letterwinner in basketball. Lal-lathin transferred to Mi-ami in 1999 and earned hisbachelor’s degree in edu-cation in 2003.

Lallathin and his wife,Robyn, will move to Cin-cinnati with their twindaughters, Clara and Ava.

Lallathin said he is un-decided on where the fam-ily will live at the moment.

Bombers tabLallathin as newhoops head coachMike Dyermdyer@enquirer.com

Lallathin

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Moeller’s Kyle Butz tags Conner's John Frommeyer beforefiring to first to double up Cody Ware during their baseballgame at Florence Freedom Park April 30.

Moeller baseballruns with therankingsScott Springersspringer@communitypress.com

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Howdy folks! Lastweek I went to St. Thom-as More for a Boy Scoutawards night and a cov-ered dish meal. Thisyoung feller got severalawards to put on his belt.He is very active in sev-eral things. His two sis-ters are also very activein several organizations.This keeps mom and dadbusy running to take thekids to each event.

The auction at 360when the Grange has thebake sale was great, anice crowd and the folksalways look for theGrange bake sale.

I tilled up four tractortires so I could planttomatoes in them. Theseare the ones I put the fishcleanings in last fall. Icalled Dan to see if hewould like to go to U.S.Grant and eat a noonmeal so we went upthere. The meal was verygood and the fellowshipwas great. He is like me,he lost his wife also so wewill spend some time atanother meal.

Monday was a verybusy day. I got the laun-dry started, swept andran the vacuum cleaner.

Then Iwent up toRuth Ann’ssecondcousin’sand mowedfour acresof grass.Then Iwent toGrantsfarm and

got tomato plants, broc-coli plants and cucumberplants. I heard of somefolks that put the cucum-ber plants in a hangingbasket. I will try that so Ihave two hanging bas-kets already hanging upon the swing frame. I willlet you know how theydo.

When I got back homeI put eight tomato plantsin the tractor tires, Iplanted marigolds in thetractor tires then put thetomato plants in the mid-dle. The marigold flow-ers seem to keep the deerfrom eating the tomatoplants and green toma-toes. So far they have notbothered the plants. Iimagine they don’t likethe smell of the flowers.The Grants farm surehas plenty of plants,

trees, flowers, mulch inbags and in loose form.

Chester is lying in mychair this morning, heusually wants outsideearly. He has stoppedeating his canned food.This morning he didn’twant to go outside early.He ate some dry foodthen came and lay on mylap. When I am outside hewill stay with me and onSunday morning he willwatch me shower and getdressed for church thengo lay in my chair. Dur-ing the week when I putmy overalls on he isready to go outside. It isamazing how they knowwhat you are doing.

June 6 the HistoricalMuseum in Bethel willhold an “Antiques on theSquare” from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. The person incharge of the bake sale isthe lady that baked somany pies and cakes andran the Blue Haven Res-taurant. If you would liketo meet her come ondown. This is a fundrais-er for the museum. Thecommittee that is incharge of the museumwould really appreciatefor all you folks to come

and buy cakes or what-ever Linda will have.There will be a couplenew signs put up so folkscan see when the mu-seum is open and thetime and the dates. Thereis so much to see of thehistory of Bethel andsurrounding area likeEast Fork State Park.

A friend of minebrought me a couple little

peach trees he had start-ed and showed me a bookabout the time he and hisdaughter went to Wash-ington, D.C., on a flightfor veterans. The bookwas something! Hisname is Charles and Ireally appreciated himsharing the book withme.

Start your week bygoing to the house of

worship of your choiceand praising the goodLord.

God bless all...Morelater

George Rooks is a retiredpark ranger. Rooks served for28 years with the last five asmanager of East Fork StatePark.

I’m using marigolds to keep the deer away from the tomatoes

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SEM Laurel and SEMVilla will be joining theMilford Community WideYard sale from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. Friday, May 15.

SEM Villa is under newmanagement that is pro-viding housing for low in-come seniors.

“We are cleaning outstorage rooms and ga-rages that are filled withso many great items alongwith a few antiques, and itmust all go,” said RosieBryan, activities directorfor SEM Villa

“SEM Laurels alwayshas a yard sale in thespring by collecting used

items through donationsfrom their residents andwe have had some niceitems that came throughour sales,” said Rob Gei-ger, activities director atSEM Laurels.

All proceeds from theshop are used for the SEMVilla’s activities depart-ment. The shop needsgood donation items. Theshop is open from 1p.m. to2:30 p.m. Monday throughFriday

Follow the yard salesigns at the end of MoundAvenue May 15. SEM Villawill have its sale in theback parking lot behind

the building and SEM Lau-rels will have their sale inthe Recreation Room inthe lower level of theirbuilding.

For more information,call Rosie Bryan at 831-3262.

SEM Villa is at 201 and203 Mound Ave., Milford.

Shop, support SEM Villa inCommunity Wide Yard Sale

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Rob Geiger, left, activities director, SEM Laurels; Rosie Bryan,activities director, SEM Villa, and Julie Foley, administrator atSEM Villa, get ready for the Community Wide Yard Sale inMilford.

The Clermont Soil andWater Conservation Dis-trict will host a free raingarden workshop Satur-day, May 16, from 9a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Veter-ans Park in Union Town-ship.

Experts from theGreater Cincinnati RainGarden Alliance will be onhand to talk about build-ing a rain garden. At theend of the workshop, par-ticipants can add plants toan existing rain garden.

Rain gardens are builtin a shallow depressionthat is designed to absorband filter rain water, ac-cording to a press release.They are planted with pe-rennial flowers, shrubs oreven trees that soak uprain water and filter it into

the ground over a periodof one or two days, insteadof allowing it to rush offinto a storm sewer orditch.

Attendees will learnthe basics of creatingtheir own rain garden, in-cluding locating the bestsite for a rain garden, siz-ing the garden, plant se-lection and more. Anyoneattending the workshopwill be eligible to applyfor a $200 grant offeredby the Clermont SWCDfor property owners inter-ested in building theirown rain garden. Up to 10grants will be awarded.

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Rev. Michael Leshney, PastorSaturday Mass – 5:00 PM

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LINDALE BAPTIST CHURCH3052 ST. RT. 132 AMELIA, OH 45102

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John A. BrathJohn A. Brath, 75, of Goshen

died May 5. He was a US NavyVeteran.

Survived by children PaulDouglas (Polly Brown) Brath andSusan (John Gudelsky) McCart;grandchild, Taylor Shay McCart;siblings Charles R. Brath andJames J. (Linda) Brath; nephewsAndy and Alex Brath.

Preceded in death by parentsAndrew and Elizabeth Thom-asowski Brath.

Services were May 8 at St.Louis Church,, Owensville.Memorials to: Alzheimer’sAssociation.

Karen WerringHeath

Karen Werring Heath 68, diedMay 3.

Survived by husband, MyrlHeath; chil-dren Robert(Tamyra)McAfee andAlex (LaurieJo) McAfee;daughter,Lynn Norris;siblings Ruth(Dennis)Connley andJean (Paul)

Wilson; sister-in-law, Judy Wer-ring; grandchildren RobertWyatt, Tamyra Hope and Emer-ald Chalton and nine others; onegreat-grandchild; and sister-in-law, Alice Werring.

Preceded in death by parents

Russell and Mildred (Ansteatt)Werring; and siblings Donald,Paul, Jim (Eileen) Werring andJoan (Dale) McGlease.

Services will be conducted at alater date

. Anita Elaine HallAnita Elaine Hall, 70, of

Goshen died April 30.Survived by son, Bryan (Ni-

cole) Hall; grandchildren Madi-son and Katelyn Hall; and sister,Phyllis Pierson.

Preceded in death by parentsFred and Opal (nee Rice) Pierson.

Services were May 5 at TuftsSchildmeyer Family FuneralHome, Goshen.

Robin ChristineHerndon

Robin Christine Herndon, 47,of Goshen died May 4.

Survived by parents Richard D.and Alice (nee Hinkle) Herndon;children Rebecca (Derek) Wer-ling, Ricky (Terzah) and JessicaHall; grandchildren Joshua,Ashlynn and Mitchell Werling,Jaylin, Morgan, Landon andSage Hall, Marcus and MatthewHall; siblings Richard (Diane) andSteven Herndon, Kim (Frank)Sheehy, Tracy (the late Dennis)Jones, Kelley (William) Doan,Christopher (Angie) and AndrewHerndon.

Services were May 8 at EvansFuneral Home, Milford. Memori-als to: the American CancerSociety, P.O. Box 22718, Oklaho-ma City,, OK 73123.

Lillian HuffmanLillian Huffman, 91, of Milford

died May 2.Survived by children Melvin

Huffman, Judy Applegate, Sandy(Gail) Nichols, Joanne Wilson,Danny (Susan) Huffman; son-in-law, Robert Perkins; 22 grand-children; and many great-grandchildren and great-grand-children.

Preceded in death by husbandof 54 years Maynard Huffman;and daughter Linda Perkins.

Services were May 6 at E.C.Nurre Funeral Home, Amelia.

Thomas ArthurKidwell

Thomas Arthur Kidwell, 76, ofWayne Township died May 2.

Survived by wife, Minnie (neeHoward) Kidwell; childrenGeorge (Tina) Kidwell, ThomasWayne (Darlene) Kidwell, Paula(Rick) Hudson, James Kidwelland Rebecca Jones, seven grand-children; seven great-grand-children; siblings Atlas Pyles,Jack (Linda) Kidwell, Troy (Bon-nie) Kidwell, Brenda (Jim) Pow-ell, Lois (Ronnie) Wilson, Harold(Joyce) Kidwell; and many nieces

and nephews.Preceded in death by sister,

Lola Ridenour.Services are 3 p.m., Saturday,

May 16, at Monterey BaptistChurch, 5345 Newtonsville Road,Batavia, OH 45103.

Bambi Lynn ManisBambi Lynn Manis, 36, of

Goshen died May 3.Survived by mother, Linda L.

(nee Emsuer) Mason; childrenTiffany (Nathan Helms), Emilyand Nathan Manis; grandson,Christopher Isaac Helms; siblingsMark L. and Leah Mason andHollie (Gordon) Wallace; andmany nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by father,George Wesley Mason; anddaughter, Angel Nicole Mason.

Services were May 7 at TuftsSchildmeyer Family FuneralHome, Loveland.

Patricia M.Rauckhorst

Patricia M. (nee Pequignot)Rauckhorst, 79, of Milford diedApril 28.

Husband of 57 years, RichardJ. Rauckhorst, died a few dayslater on May 1.

Survived by children Mark(Lynn) Rauckhorst, Meg (Duff)Sharp, Matthew (Patty) Rauck-horst, Melissa Stubenrauch,Marie (Andy) Juergens andMichael (Joannie) Rauckhorst; 20grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; siblings KayCoons, Jeanne Turpen andKearney Pequignot; and manynieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by sister,Peg Baltes.

Services were May 4 at Our

Lady of the Sacred HeartChurch,, Reading. Memorials to:Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,701 E. Columbia Ave., Reading,OH 45215.

Richard J.Rauckhorst

Richard J. Rauckhorst, 82, ofMilford died May 1. He was a USArmy veteran.

Survived by children Mark(Lynn) Rauckhorst, Meg (Duff)Sharp, Matthew (Patty) Rauck-horst, Melissa Stubenrauch,Marie (Andy) Juergens andMichael (Joannie) Rauckhorst; 20grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and sister, MaryFrances Rauckhorst.

Preceded in death by wife of57 years, Patricia M. (nee Pe-quignot); and siblings RonnieRauckhorst, Patty Ann Graberand Helen Margaret Smith.

Services were May 4 at OurLady of the Sacred Heart Church,Reading. Memorials to St. RitaSchool for the Deaf.

Elizabeth A. RoeperElizabeth A. Roeper, 87, died

May 4.Survived by husband, Art;

children Linda (Herschel) Limingand Cathy (Doug) Vaughn;grandchildren Laura, Michelle,Melissa, Eric and Brad; great-grandchildren Thomas, Gregory,Kyle, Cody, Kayla Grace andElijah; great-great-grandson,Mason; siblings Elenora Milesand “Chuck” Corcoran; andmany nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by son, ArtJr.

Services were May 7 at Ow-ensville Church of Christ.

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GOSHEN TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsAnimal complaintReported at 1500 block of RedOak, April 13.

AssaultReported at 1700 block of Ohio28, April 14.

Breaking and enteringReported at 1600 block ofWoodville Pike, April 15.

Criminal damageReported at 1700 block of Ohio28, April 15.

DisorderReported at 7100 block of Go-shen Road, April 13.

Reported at block 10 of ValleyLane, April 13.

Reported at 1900 block of Sun-nyside Drive, April 13.

Reported at 1600 block of Ohio28, April 14.

Reported at 1600 block of LindieLane, April 15.

Reported at 5700 block of

Clements, April 13.DisputeReported at 1700 block Ohio 28,April 16.

Domestic violenceReported at 2400 block of Gibbs,April 13.

Identity fraudReported at 6600 block ofShiloh, April 16.

Loud musicReported at 1700 block of ParkerRoad, April 12.

Neighbor complaintReported at 2300 block ofWerling Way, April 14.

Reported at 6500 block of Ohio48, April 16.

Suspicious activityReported at Traylor Lane, April15.

Reported at Garden Drive, April15.

Suspicious vehicleReported at 6200 block ofBelfast Road, April 16.

TrespassingReported at 6500 block of SmithRoad, April 16.

Verbal disorderReported at 1700 block of Ohio28, April 12.

Reported at 6700 block ofGoshen Road, April 13.

MIAMI TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringMower, chain saw, etc. taken;$998 at 1100 block of ValleyForge, April 18.

Breaking and entering,litteringTrash dumped on property andentry made into shed at 6000

block of Meijer Drive, April 15.Criminal damageWindow broken at ComptonTri-State Cases at Meijer Drive,April 13.

Vehicle damaged at 5400 blockof Carterway Drive, April 18.

Criminal mischiefFirecrackers put in mail box at6300 block of Waverly Hill,April 18.

Domestic violenceReported at 5400 block of N.Timbercreek, April 13.

Reported at 900 block of Ohio28, April 17.

Reported at 5500 block ofScarlet Maple Court, April 19.

Driving under influence,drug possession,paraphernaliaDrug items located in vehicle atsite of traffic crash at area ofOhio 28 at Woodspoint Drive,April 18.

Drug possessionMale possessed suspected nar-cotics in vehicle at traffic stop atarea of Ohio 28 at Branch HillGuinea Pike, April 13.

Failure to confine dogDog attacked female’s dog atParton Ramsey Park at, April 12.

FraudFemale stated ID used with noauthorization (IRS related) at1400 block of Corbin Drive,April 13.

Female stated ID used with noauthorization (IRS related) at1100 block of Springdale, April13.

Gross sexual impositionFemale reported offense at 5900block of Meadowcreek, April13.

MenacingMale mimicked pointing of gunat complainant at Miami Mead-ows Park at, April 12.

Public indecency, criminaltrespass, disorderly conductMale exposed himself at Wen-dy’s at Ohio 28, April 18.

TheftMale attempted a theft atMeijer, drug paraphernalia wasfound in his possession at Ohio28, April 12.

16 cell tower batteries taken;$7,860 at 800 block of SmysorRoad, April 13.

POLICE REPORTS