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GOSHENTWP.—The financialfuture of Goshen schools lookspromising, but that couldchange quickly because of theunstable nature of state fund-ing.

School officials presentedthe district’s five-year forecastat the regular board meetingMay 13. The forecast predictedan increaseofabout$4.7millionin unreserved funds by fiscalyear 2017.

“We’re in fairly goodshape,” said TomBixler,president. “We’ve beenpretty proactive in ourspending and lookingout for the future. We’reprobably not in as badshape as some otherschools might be.”

A big reason for theincrease is the school’s project-edpersonnel costs andbenefits,Bixler said.

Personal services are pro-jected to decrease in fiscal year2014 before eventually jumpingup about $200,000 in fiscal year2017.

“I think the teachers have apretty good medical package,but what’s happened here isthree years ago they decided togo without getting raises,” Bix-ler said.

Althoughtheyreceivedthemthis year, teachers will not re-ceive annual step increasesfromthestateofOhionextyear,said Todd Shinkle, treasurer.

“That’s somethingwenegoti-ated with our union,” he said.

The pay freeze helped bal-ance the books, but it can’t lastforever.

“We’ll have to look at thatdown the road because peopleare going towant to be compen-sated,” Bixler said. “We haveexcellent teachers that havehelped us to achieve our ‘excel-

lent’ ratings.”Total expenditures are ex-

pected to go up about $1millionby fiscal year 2017. As far asschool budgets go, that amountsto “peanuts,” Shinkle said.

“We’re not budgeted for anincreasebecausewedon’t knowwhat the (state is) going to do,”he said. “That’s the only scarypart. The biggest part of ourrevenue we just don’t know(yet).”

Money from the state ac-counts formore than half of thedistrict’s available funds, Shin-kle said.

The fate of those funds cur-rently sits in the state Senate’s

hands.TheOhioHouseofRepresentatives passeda version of House Bill59, a budget bill that in-cludes the amount ofstate money schools willreceive. The Ohio Senatehas not voted on it yet,Shinkle said.

“The biggest thing isnot knowing what the

state is going to come backwith,” Bixler said. “We reallydon’t even have a definite (an-swer) for next year.”

Shinkle said “nobodyknows”what will happen with statefunding, but officials used thelatest information - an Aprilsimulation done by the state de-partments of education and tax-ation - to make the district’sforecast.

“In every simulation we getsomething,” he said. “We’re alow-wealth district, so it lookslike we’re going to get some-thing.”

The five-year forecast pro-jects about $700,000 in addition-al state funding for fiscal year2014. It projects another in-crease of the same amount infiscal year 2015.

“If something happens andwe don’t get that, that numberwill change significantly,” Shin-kle said. “We budgeted like wearen’t really getting anymoneyat all. That’s why expendituresare pretty much set.”

StatebudgetcausesuncertaintyBy Keith [email protected]

Ohio legislators toset next budget

Bixler

CNE SHOWCASE

Joey Neely, left, Colin Daly and Nathan Brinson perform with the high school concert band during theClermont Northeastern’s annual concert and art show May 7. For more photos from the event, see A2.KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

GOSHEN TWP. — The dreamis finally over forGoshen civicgroups that have tried to turn apiece of property on Ohio 28into a park for more than 10years.

The trustees May 14 agreedto sell at public auction the 5.9acres of land at 1799 Ohio 28.

The land has been a “con-stant source of problems,” saidRay Snyder, police chief, andthedecision tosell itwasunani-mously approved.

“Thepropertywas acquiredby a previous board manyyears ago and the initialthought was to turn it into atownship park,” Snyder said.“For a variety of reasons, pri-marily financial, that neverdidcome to fruition.”

The Goshen Chamber ofCommerce and CommunityImprovement Corporationbothmade attempts in the pastto turn the property into a full-fledged park.

“The chamber of commerceacquired some pieces of play-ground equipment,” said TomRisk, former Community Im-provement Corporation secre-tary. “They got a swing set and

even put in awalking trailthat didn’t reallywork.”

The GoshenBusinessAssoci-ationalsoput inashelter, but van-dalism kept theland from evertrulybecomingapark.

The locationof the shelter,which isn’t visi-ble from theroad made it aplace where ille-gal activitiesregularly tookplace, said Claire Corcoran,trustee.

“It’s out of sight, soyoucan’tsee it. If kids want to skipschool, it’s a good place to skipschool,” she said. “The site isactually costing us money be-cause of vandalism.”

The township also mustkeep the land up to propertymaintenance code standardsby mowing the grass and per-forming other related tasks,said Bob Seyfried, service di-rector.

In addition, a portion of thepolice department’s property

and casualty in-surance goes to-ward the vacantland, Snydersaid.

“We pay onepremium everyyear. It’s $63,000and that coversevery facet ofour operation,”he said. “Part ofthat is coveragefor this unneed-edpiece of prop-erty. I’m notsure how much,but (selling theproperty)should bring our

insurance premium down.”Riskadmittedtheparkisnot

used anymore, but said vandal-ism complaints are overblown.

“If you have a park, it’s go-ing to be vandalized,” he said.“It doesn’t matter whether itsin Madeira, Indian Hill or Go-shen.”

Risk said therewas some in-terest in the property six oreight years ago, but when thatinterest faded, so did the park.

“There was interest fromthe adjacent property owners

Unrealized park land tobe sold by Goshen Twp.By Keith [email protected]

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because it provided a bet-ter access point to theCountry Lake apart-ments,” he said. “But itdied - things change, poli-tics change.”

Now the land goes un-used.

“I don’t think a lot ofresidents even knew itwas back there,” Snydersaid. “These days, if youhave an asset that youdon’t have a use for, thatyou can put in the bank,that makes sense for us.”

Thepropertywill go ona 30-day market auction

where anyone can bid onit, he said.

The trustees must ap-prove any sale, and thatwas a deciding factor intheir decision.

“This isn’t a good timeto sell property. The lastthing Iwouldwant to do isgive property away,” Cor-coransaid. “Wedon’t haveto take the highest bid -that’s important.”

Trustees are under noobligation to accept a bidif they don’t want to, Sny-der said.

Department officialshave not gotten the prop-erty appraised, yet, hesaid.

“I plan to wait and seeif any legitimate offers

come in before spendingthemoneyonavaluation,”Snyder said. “If there areno reasonable offers for itthen I’ll list if for sale onGovdeals.com.”

Whenthetownshipwasdonated the property in1996 it was valued at$226,000. The property isnowvalued at $126,200 ac-cording to informationfound on the county audi-tor’s website.

“We’re not getting ridof a park, we’re gettingrid of six acres that vari-ous civic groups thoughtmight be developed into apark some day,” Snydersaid. “But here we are 20years later and that neverhappened.”

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GOSHEN — Youth or-ganizations, members ofthe community and any-one else interested is in-vited to honor GoshenTownship’s veterans attheMemorial DayParadeMay 27.

“You don’t have to livein Goshen to be in this pa-rade,” said Jim Allen, aGoshen resident organiz-ing the event. “You don’teven have to call me. Allyou have to do is showup.”

Line up for the paradestarts at 9 a.m. at theMarr/Cook ElementarySchoolparking lot on6696Goshen Road. The paradeofficially starts at 10 a.m.

and will be followed by aceremony to pay tributeto the country’s veterans.

“We want to take thetime to honor those whohave served for us,” saidLisa Allen, Goshen’s fis-cal officer. “Mostly, wewould just appreciateparticipation, because it’smore about honoring vet-erans than it is about us.”

Fire Chief Steve Pe-gram will speak at theceremony following theparade. Allen said itwas a“simple decision” to askPegram to speak.

“When (Pegram) washired years ago I wasagainst it. I was wrong,he’s quite the communityguy,” he said. “The trou-ble with politicians isthey say the same thing

everywhere they go. Iwanted to use somebodylocal.”

The grand marshal oftheparade also serves theGoshen community - andhas for many years.

The Dick Rose familywill serve as grand mar-shals for the day, putting“hundreds of years” ofcommitment to the areaas firefighters on display,Allen said.

“The Dick Rose familyhas never been honoredtogether. I thought it wasa good choice to honor thewhole family,” he said.“As firefighters, they’rethe best.”

For questions aboutthe parade or to requestmore information, callJimAllen at 513-390-6249.

Celebrate veterans thisMemorial Day in GoshenBy Keith [email protected]

STONELICK TWP. — TheClermont Northeasternschool district hosted itsannual concert and artshow by the lake May 7.

It was held inside thisyear because of weatherconditions, but that didn’tkeep students from im-pressing with their artis-tic and musical talents.

The event featuredmusical performancesfrom all school buildingsin the district.

CNE showcases music and artBy Keith [email protected]

Chrissy Mullins, left, KateWalters and Katelyn Phillipsperform at the annualconcert and art show. KEITHBIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Jakob Hamblin, left, Crystal Gott, CJ Haggard, QuintinKidwell and Jacob Bowman prepare for a song during theconcert and art showMay 7. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY

PRESS

Nick Galvin plays the drums during the annual concert andart show. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Nick Tipton, left, and Jonah Watson focus during theirperformance. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Briana Whalen and Olivia Johnson stand in front of apaper machete dessert they made for the annual concertand art show by the lake. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY

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MAY 22, 2013 • CJN-MMA • A3NEWS

Sgt. FrankBuschmeierwas awaist gunner on the crew of“Miss Irish” when they flewtheirfirstmissionMarch3,1944.Nearly 70 years later, Friday,May 10, 2013, the 90-year-oldWorld War II veteran receivedthree medals he earned for hisservice.

U.S.Rep.BradWenstruppre-sented Buschmeier of Milfordwith the Good Conduct Medal,American Campaign Medal andPOW Medal during a ceremonyat the Tri-State Warbird Mu-seum in Batavia. All of Busch-meier’s childrenwereonhand tosee Wenstrup pin the medals ontheir father. A crowd of peoplejoined grandchildren, nieces,nephews,cousinsandotherfam-ily to watch the ceremony.

“I am humbled and honoredto be able to be a part of some-thing like this,” said Wenstrup.“I loved the line from the film‘Saving Private Ryan’ wherethey say: ‘Earn this.’ We need toearn what they’ve left for us.They laid it all out. I amjust tick-led to be any part of this.”

William Buschmeier, Frank’sson, contacted Wenstrup to en-list his help in finally securingthe proper recognition andmed-als earned by his father. Wen-strup said itmeant a lot to play arole in getting the medalsBuschmeier deserved, and tohelp preserve the memory ofthat generation. Wenstrup re-flected on some of the heroic ef-forts of Buschmeier while heservedinthe350thBombSquad-ron of the 100th BombGroup.

“Anyone who served in thatcapacity, served as a POW,” saidWenstrup. “Think of thestrength hemust have hadwith-in himself to be able to endurethat.And then tocomehomeandlive a normal life as best theycan. It’s amazing.”

Buschmeier today uses awalker or his baseball bat craft-ed into a cane, to help him staysteady on his feet. The brightcheery smile stretched acrosshisfacewouldlightupanyroom.If thefamilyhasn’t toldyou,he’llquickly warn you that once hegets started, there’s no stoppinghim from sharing his stories.Yet, like so many from “TheGreatest Generation,” Busch-meier is humble about the med-als.

“I didn’t really do anything toearn them,” he said. “I justturned 20 when I went over-seas.”

During the ceremony, BillBuschmeier of Anderson Town-ship, shared a little about howhis dad earned those medalswith Second Lt. Pilot John Gib-bons and the rest of the crew ofthe B-17G Flying Fortress,named “Miss Irish.” Like themissionMarch 4, 1944, despite acall back due to weather, thecrewpressed on to complete thefirst bombing of the capital ofGermany. Just two days later,the crew flew one of the mostcostly missions of all.

“What a historic day,” saidBill Buschmeier. “On 06 March44, they took off once again forBerlin in the B-17 named “MissIrish” This day proved to be oneof the most costly missions ofthe 8th Air Force; losing 69heavy Bombers and 14 Fighteraircraft that day. It was an al-most continual running battlewith the Luftwaffe; to and fromthe target.”

The “Miss Irish” came homein one piece that day. Such wasthe intensity of their aerial com-bat, General Doolittle told themheknewofnoothercrewthatre-ceived such a baptism of fire.Then came March 19, 1944. The“Miss Irish” was scheduled tofly an easymission they called a“milk run” because there wouldbe little flak and no fighters.They were going to bomb V1rocket sites on the French coast.

“However, while over thecoast they began to encounterGerman 88mm flak,” recounted

Bill Buschmeier, in his remarksduring the medal ceremony.

First there was a burst at thefrontof theplane,asecondat theback, and then a dead-on strikeblast into the radio room, nearlyblowing the aircraft in two andinstantly killing the radio opera-tor. The blast left a 7-by-12-foothole in the plane. By the timeBuschmeier turned around, thebody of radio operator EdWalk-er had disappeared through thehole.

“I called thepilot and said thewhole radio room has beenblown away,” Frank Busch-meier recalled. “He came backinto the bomb bay and all hecould see was the English Chan-nel down there, and the water.”

Pilot John Gibbons couldn’tswim, and knew quite well hecouldn’t doggie paddle the Eng-lishChannel.Thecrewdidwhat-ever they could to keep the air-craft from breaking up. Busch-meier somehow spliced severedcrucial control cables back to-gether.

Gibbons regained control ofthe plane. The crew threw outweapons, ammunition and re-leased bombs out of the bombbay into the sea. As their pilotpointed the crippled aircraft to-ward the nearest airfield, he or-dered the crew to bail out. Theyrefused to jump; sticking withhimall theway.Buschmeierstillsays it was the smoothest land-ing ever.

“I always had faith in him,”Buschmeier said. “He was a

great pilot; calm, cool, and col-lectedguy.Hedidn’tgetexcited.Iflewwithotherguysthatwouldpanic. That’s the reason I said hewas the greatest pilot to sit be-hindtheyokeof theB-17.Hewasone hell of a pilot. Thatwas JohnGibbons.”

Frank Buschmeier flewmanymissions with other pilotsonce Gibbons tour of duty wasover.Asmissionsnumbered intothe 30s - 35 missions were re-quired tocompletea tourofduty- he was often awakened at 2:30a.m. to start the next mission.His mind wandered to the un-thinkable as he shook off sleepand began to prepare.

“Is this the day I’m goingdown,” hewondered then. “AmIgonna be wounded? Am I gonnabe killed? What the hell is goingto happen? After a little while, itwearsoffbecauseyou’regettingready to go. That takes yourmind off it.”

Then, on his 34th mission,just one shy of the required 35,Frank Buschmeier was shotdown over Germany. Several ofhis crewmates were capturedand immediately hung from thetrees and killed. He suffered aleg wound, was captured, takenprisoner, and then survived ninemonths as a prisoner of war.

“After Iwas captured, a civil-ian kept hitting me in the facewith a pistol and I was allbloody,” said Buschmeier, re-calling the start of his ordeal.Two guards grabbed Busch-meierandheldhimforhoursbe-

fore calling him to come. “Comewhat,” he responded at the time.He says they told him theyweretaking him to a hospital.

“You’re going to take me outin the woods and shoot me,” hesaidhe felt sure thatwashis fatethen. He felt the terror. “I feltsure that was what was going tohappen.”

They took him to a hospital,put two stitches in his seven-inch leg wound, spread sulphuron it, and wrapped it with cratepaper.Hewasput in awardwiththe Luftwaffe pilots.

“I walked in there and no ani-mosity was shown at all,” hesaid. “They almost sat up at at-tention in their beds. I’m surethey felt: ‘I knew what I wentthrough, I’m sure you wentthrough the same thing.’ Whyshould we fight now? It’s overand done with.”

In that moment, nearly 70years ago, Frank Buschmeierknewtheywereall justmen.Butitwasnotoveranddonewith.Hewas moved to another buildingand remembers being led downsteps into a dungeon. He waslocked in a six by eight roomwith an iron door which had aholewithaslideopendoortotalkthrough.

“What they did was comeback and stick a pistol throughit,” he said. “I’d stoopback in thecorner tomake it damn hard forthem. You’d have to be a damngood shot.”

Buschmeier was held in aGerman Stalag prison camp

near the Baltic Sea. There werefour compounds with thousandsofguysthere.Onceamonththeywere allowed to go get a bookfrom a library. His leg woundhadn’t healed enough to walkovertogetabook.Oneoftheoth-er guys shared his books withhim.

“He could read real fast,”said Buschmeier. “He’d read abook thengive it tome.Then theRed Cross sent footballs over,and softballs. I remember wewere playing football. I was thiscrippled guy that couldn’t runtwo steps.”

It was months before his leghealed enough for him to evenwalk; he never thought about es-caping. Just before they wereliberated in April 1945, the Rus-sian Guerillas were closing in.The end was near for the Ger-mans.Buschmeier tellshowCol-onel Hubert “Hub” Zemkebroughthiscaptivity toanamaz-ing end.

“Zemke talked to theGermancommandant,” Buschmeier re-called. “Hesaid ‘Youknowit’sallover. Tell you what, tonight atmidnight take your guys andgetout of here and I’ll take over thecamp.’ That’s what they did.”

The next day, Zemke sentrunners out topickup theAmer-ican mines. They opened thedoors and guys just started run-ning. Somewent sight-seeing allover the country. Buschmeierdoesn’t know how some of themever got back. What did he do?

“Istayedrightthere,”hesaid.“The Russian Guerillas were inthe town. You could hear theirtommyguns ‘brrr-att, brr-att’ allnight long.”

Finally C-46 cargo planescame in and flew them out ofthere. Buschmeier said theywere taken to some place called“Camp Lucky Strike” up on theFrench coast. Everyone slept intents. There was one huge tentnicknamed “Grand Central Sta-tion.”

“Everybody walked in therelooking for buddies,” saidBuschmeier. “I walked in thereone day and a guy tappedme onthe back. I turned around andhereitwaskidfrombackhome.”

Back home is exactly whereBuschmeier went. His grandfa-ther was one of the founding fa-thers of Terrace Park. It wasn’tlong before he met Elaine at aLeBlond Machine company pic-nic. They married, had childrenand lived out as normal a life aspossible. Elaine passed awaythree years ago at the age of 87.Friday, May 10, 2013, Wenstruppinned three medals on thepocket of Buschmeier’s pinkshirt.

“Pink was Elaine’s favoritecolor,” he said. “I wore this tohonor her memory.”

With all his children there tohonor him, maybe Frank’s sonsaid about his father: “I am solucky,” Bill said. “It is so impor-tant to us because, even thoughit was such a short period oftime, it was such an impact onhis life.”

Former WWII bomber, POW receives medalsBy Chuck [email protected]

Frank Buschmeier displays hisWorld War II medals during amedal ceremony at the Tri-StateWarbird Museum Friday, May 10.CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

A print depicts members of the “Miss Irish” crew fromWorld War II. From left are: Waist gunner FrankBuschmeier, pilot John Gibbons and radio operator Ed Walker, who was killed in action when the “Miss Irish”was struck by an 88-mm German Luftwaffe flak March 19, 1944. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

The children of World War II veteran Frank Buschmeier together with U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup during theceremony to present Frank with medals he earned for his service. In front, from left are: Nancy Brennan, BillBuschmeier, Frank Buschmeier, Wenstrup, Linda McGearry and Chris Beuerlein. Back row: Sons Rick, Mikeand Bob Buschmeier. CHUCK GIBSON/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

A4 • CJN-MMA • MAY 22, 2013 NEWS

As the House Ways andMeans Committee beginsoversight hearings to inves-tigate political targeting attheIRS,U.S.Rep.BradWen-strup’s (R-2nd District) of-fice is collecting any and allinformation directly relatedto alleged IRS misconductfrom constituents.

“Nobody is above the law,and everybody must beequal under the law. I find itunconscionable that the IRSwas targeting Ohioans fortheir political persuasions.IRSpractices led to one con-stituent being singled out byname in agent questions tounrelated 501(c)(4) appli-cants. It is a chilling realitythat IRS agentswere target-ing private citizens to sup-press and delay the unre-strained exercise of freespeech,” Wenstrup said.

“I call on any of my con-stituents who have informa-tion thatmayhelp theHouseinvestigation, whether as anIRS employee in Cincinnatior a 501(c)(4) applicant, tosubmit details to my officeso that I can get it in thehands of the House investi-gators. It is incredibly im-portant that the Congresshas complete and accurateinformationaboutwhathap-pened, who was involved,and how far up the chain ofresponsibility this goes,”said Wenstrup.

Visit http://wen-strup.house.gov/news/docu-mentsingle.aspx?Documen-tID=333984 to submit infor-mation or call 474-7777.

Wenstrupasksconstituentsto share IRSinformation

Skyline fundraiserGoshen Middle School stu-

dents will be at Skyline Chili toserve you dinner from 4 p.m. to9 p.m. Monday, May 27, 1877Ohio 28.

A portion of the proceedsraised will support the eighth-grade graduation ceremony.Another portion will supportother end-of-the-year activitiesat the school.

Graduation is set for 7 p.m.Wednesday, May 29. Dessertswill be provided for the stu-dents and their families.

Coalition meetingPartners for a Drug-Free

Milford Miami Township willmeet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 28,at Milford High School, RoomN67. The public is welcome.

Natural gas inspectionsDuke Energy, through its

vendor,TheSouthernCrossCo.,will conductmandatory interiorgas meter and line inspectionsin area homes and small busi-nesses.

Inspections will take placebetween 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. andwill run through early October.

The inspections maintaincompliance with federal pipe-line regulations, and help en-sure Duke Energy is able to de-liver natural gas to its custom-ers in a safe and reliable man-ner.

The Southern Cross Co. willattempt to call customers aboutone month before inspectorsarescheduled tobe inanarea. Ifno one is homewhen inspectorsarrive, adoorhangerwill be leftinstructing customers to call866-609-9864 to schedule an ap-pointment.

Southern Cross Co. employ-eeswill:Carryphoto IDcardsatall times, wear yellow safetyvests with their logo and havesignage on their vehicles identi-

fying the companyCustomers may also contact

Duke Energy at 800-544-6900 toverify a contractor’s identity.

Memorial DayWatch for Memorial Day

photos on Cincinnati.com/cler-montcounty May 27. The Com-munity Press will be at numer-ous parades and events that dayto share photos with the com-munity.

GenealogyTheClermontCountyGenea-

logical Society will meet at 1p.m. Saturday, June1, at theDo-ris Wood Library, 180 S. ThirdSt. in Batavia.

Themeeting is free and opento thepublic. Formore informa-tion, visitwww.rootsweb.ances-try.com/~ohclecgs/ or call 723-3423.

The June program is aboutCamp Dennison and the CivilWar. What was Camp Dennisonlike during the Civil War?Whatwas it likeforourancestorswhowere there? Historian GaryKnepp will give an overview ofCamp Dennison’s place in theCivil War.

Nominees soughtTheLeagueofWomenVoters

is looking for a few good wom-en. To be more precise, Leaguemembers would like to honorClermontCountywomenvolun-teers who demonstrate strongleadership and commitment intheir efforts.

Each year, at the SuffragistDinner, the League in ClermontCountycelebrates thehistoryofwomen leaders, beginning withleadership in voting rights andcontinuing into all areas of com-munity life. A major part of theevening consists of honoringeach of the nominees for hervolunteer leadership. The cul-mination of the evening is therecognition of one of thesewomenwith the presentation of

the Orpha Gatch Award.Orpha Gatch was a Suffrag-

ette whomarched, chained her-self to courthouse doors andfought for the right to vote be-fore marrying John Gatch andmoving to Milford, where shebecame a civic leader andhelpedformtheoriginalLeagueof Women Voters in the county.

NominateaClermontCountywoman for her volunteer lead-ership by visiting lwvclermont-.com. Click on “NominationForm”andcompleteandsubmityour nomination before June28.

The Suffragist Dinner willbe Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Recep-tions in Eastgate.

Count butterfliesGet outdoors and join in the

only Butterfly Count in Cler-mont County. Styled afterChristmas Bird Counts, all but-terflies in a 15-mile circle cen-tered around East Fork StatePark are counted.With somuchterritory, volunteers are need-ed. Meet at the Corps VisitorCenter on Slade Road at 9 a.m.Saturday, June 8. We will breakinto groups led by veteran but-terflierswhoarehappy to sharetheir knowledge and visit loca-tions filled with flowers andbutterflies. Bringwater, snacksand apackable lunch if youplanto stay past lunch. Also bringfieldguidesandclose-focusbin-oculars if you have them, butnot nets. The group will gatherfor refreshments anda final tal-ly at the visitor center about3:30 p.m.

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Miami Township fire, service departmentsmay purchase new radio equipment soon

MIAMI TWP. — Fire and ser-vice department officials couldsave more than $20,000 by pur-chasing new radios this sum-mer.

“There’s an opportunity topurchase Motorola radios onsale,” said Larry FronkCQ, ad-ministrator.

Both departments can save asignificant amount of money ifradios are purchased this yearinstead of next, he said.

Motorola is offering a dis-count of $400 per radio, makingit a good time to replace oldermodels, said James Whitworth,fire chief.

Each radio will cost on aver-age$4,550 after thediscount, hesaid.

Department officials plan toorder 40 radios, Whitworthsaid.

Also, the county is in theprocess of upgrading its radiosystem. Those updates will befinalized in 2014 and makemuch of the township’s current

equipment obso-lete, wrote Har-old Thiele, assis-tant fire chief, ina memo to thetrustees.

The depart-ment staff bud-geted $200,000for replacementradio equipment, Whitworthsaid, and sought approval tospend that amount at the trust-ees’ regular work session May13.

Althoughmoneyhasbeensetaside by department officialsfor radio replacements, theyapplied for a regional grant. Ifawarded, the township wouldreceive 80 percent funding for20 portable radios.

“The problem is we don’tknowwhen the grant will be ap-proved,” Whitworth said.

The current grant cycle iscoming to an end, but there isn’ta deadline grants must beawarded by, he said. The Moto-rola discount expires at the endof June.

“We’re going to delay the

purchase as longas possible untilwe know the out-come of thegrant,” Whit-worth said.“We’re trying todo the best wecan to leveragepublic dollars to

achieve the greatest savingspossible.”

The actual cost of the radioscomes in less than the budgetedamount, but Whitworth saidthatdoesn’t take intoaccountallthe additional fees.

“There’s the installation ofmobile radios, programming,engraving, extra batteries, carchargers and battery char-gers,” Whitworth said. “That isgoing to challenge us.”

Without the grant and dis-count, everything will cost$212,000, he said. If the grant isapproved and the departmentuses Motorola’s discount, it’spossible they could have somemoney left over.

“Whatever we have leftoverwewill just not spend, so essen-

tially that goes back into thebudget in what we call the car-ryover,”Whitworth said. “Sowelook at that asmoney to add intonext year’s available funds.”

The service department alsohas issues with its radio equip-ment. Three radios do notwork,said Mike Mantel, service di-rector.

“We’ve had Motorola comeout and take a look at our equip-ment and it still doesn’t work,”Mantel said.

Service department officialswould like to piggyback off thefire department’s request toconvince Motorola to offer aneven greater discount, he said.

“We’re looking at 20 radios,”Mantel said. “I don’t have hardnumbers, but it would bearound $100,000.”

The serviceworkers primar-ily uses radios forwinter opera-tions and to assist in emergencysituations, he said.

While the trustees acknowl-edged the importance of prop-erly functioning equipment,they raised concerns.

“Let’s just call this what this

is,” said Mary Makley Wolff,trustee. “This is capitalism atits finest. (Motorola) is pretend-ing they are giving us this greatdiscount so we can say to thepublic we saved $20,000. ”

Trustee Karl Schultz arguedit was important for both de-partments to stay near, if notahead, of the technologicalcurve.

“You just can’t buy some-thing and never replace it,”Schultz said. “It doesn’t worklike that.”

Wolff agreed the promotionwas “enticing,” but cautionedagainst creating need wherethere doesn’t have to be.

“I just want to make sureyou’re not getting hoodwinked.We get told all the time that weneed to do something but whenyou look deeper you see wereally don’t,” she said. “But ifit’s what you need, then I’m infavor of it.”

No order has been placed atthis time. Whitworth said it willtakeeight to10weeks to receiveand train his staff on the newequipment.

By Keith [email protected]

MantelFronk

The Ohio Department ofEducation named Charles L.Seipelt Elementary School aHigh Progress School of Hon-or, based on its 2011-2012 LocalReportCard. InMarch, SeipeltwasalsonamedanODESchoolof Promise for closing themathematics and readingachievement gap for studentswho represent a range of so-cioeconomic and ethnic back-grounds.

ODE established the HighProgress Schools of Honorprogramthisyear torecognizeOhio schools that have sus-tained or increased studentachievement over time inreading, math and graduationrates, while serving many dis-advantaged students.

“It is a huge honor to re-ceive both awards from thestate. The staff at Seipeltworks collaboratively to de-sign instruction and appropri-ate intervention for each indi-vidual student,” said SeipeltPrincipal Melissa Borger.“Failure is not an option, suc-cess is for all.”

ODE plans to spotlight Sei-pelt asanoutstandingexampleof what is possible when stu-dents, educators, parents andcommunitymembers come to-gether andbelieve all studentscan succeed. In the comingweeks, Seipelt will receive aSchools of Honor banner fromODE to display.

“Schools of Honor” buildsonODE’s “Schools ofPromise”program by honoring award-

ees that maintain or improvestudent achievement in read-ing and mathematics, alongwith other performance crite-ria.Of the164SchoolsofProm-ise identified earlier this year,only 44 in the state are alsohigh-performing or high-pro-gress schools. All three pro-grams also require schools tohave 40 percent or more oftheir students eligible for freeor reduced meals.

“Seipelt’s success is a greattestimony to how a staff work-ing together with parents toimplement research- basedapproaches to instructiongives every child in theirschool nomatterwhat their so-cioeconomic background theskills for success in school andin life,” said Milford Superin-tendent, Dr. Robert Farrell.

Seipelt is one of six elemen-tary schools in theMilford Ex-empted Village District withan enrollment of 382 students.

High Progress Schools ofHonor – Distinguishing Char-acteristics:

• Score in the top10 percentof schools as ranked by gainsin student achievement inreading and mathematics dur-ing the previous five-year pe-riod.

• Met or exceeded the OhioValue-Added measure of stu-dent growth for the threemostrecent years.

• Had a Local Report Cardrating of effective or higher.

•Met Adequate Yearly Pro-gress.

Seipelt Elementary named OhioHigh Progress School of Honor

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Mark Price, left, is sworn in as a part-time Milford police officer bylaw director Mike Minniear April 16 during a city council meeting.ROXANNA SWIFT/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

MIAMI TWP. — Brandy Shin-kle gave life to her daughter,Briley, who was born June 4,2012.

The little girl quickly re-turned the favor.

A post-partum Pap smearled to further testing that re-vealed Shinkle –who has a sec-ond daughter, 7-year-old Bri-anna, with husband Brian –had cervical cancer.

Last December, six monthsafter Briley’s birth, the MiamiTownship mother of two had ahysterectomy.

“I owe my life to my secondchild and that doctor becausewithout them I honestly do notknowhow long thiswould have

gone on until it was found, andit was spreading very quick-ly,” said Shinkle, now 29.

“My goal in life is to get mystory out as much as possible.

“If one woman goes and hasher check-up because of whathappened to me, my job isdone,” Shinkle said.

One way Shinkle is spread-ing the news about the impor-tance of routine gynecologicalcheckups is by participatingin the third annual “PantiesAcross the Bridge” Saturday,July 13, on the Purple PeopleBridge between Cincinnatiand Newport, Kentucky.

The event, in which partici-pants hang women’s under-pants across the bridge to rep-resent the some 3,800 womenwho die of cervical cancer

each year, is sponsored by theJaymie Jamison Foundationfor Hope.

Shinkle has joined the foun-dation named for a 34-year-oldHamersville mother who diedof the disease in 2011.

“We try to let women knowhow important it is for womento get your yearly Pap smear,”said Jamison’s mother, CherylSaylor, also of Hamersville.

“Don’t let them go, becauseJaymie went three and a halfyears and 10 months later shewas gone.”

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— Reds fans might re-memberBrianWilsonasaplayer, coach and scout.But his three daughtersremember him as a fabu-lous toe-painter and a gra-cious guest to some of themost lavish tea parties ofall time.

AtUCClermont’s base-ball game April 16, mem-bers of the CincinnatiReds and Batavia Town-ship community dedicat-ed a field in honor of bothfacets of Wilson’s life. Itnow will be the officialhome of the UC ClermontCougars.

Wilson spent 13 yearsin the Reds organizationbefore he died of a heartattack in 2006 at age 33.He was the scout whosigned outfielder JayBruce to the Reds in 2005.

“This field is truly afield of dreams, built outof Jay Bruce’s desire tohonor the man who madeJay’s dream of playingmajor league baseballcome true,” said Bob Cas-tellini, Reds CEO.

When Bruce signed anew contract in 2010, hedonated a portion of it tothe team’s CommunityFund, and asked them tobuild a field Wilson couldbe proud of.

“It’s a token of my ap-preciation, but like I said,itdoesn’t evenbegin toex-plain the gratitude I haveand the chance that hegave me to play for theReds and startmy profes-sionalcareer,”Brucesaid.“I don’t think people haveto (give back to the com-munity), but for me it’s amoral obligation.”

Not only does the fieldhonor Wilson, but it givesUC Clermont a place itcan finally call home.

“Because of you all,our father’s legacy willnot only live on in my sis-ters and me, but throughthis field,” said CarsonWilson, Brian’s daughter.

Bruce funds UC Clermont’s new fieldBy Keith [email protected]

Members of the UC Clermont softball team pose with Jay Bruce of the Cincinnati Reds atthe newly dedicated Brian Wilson Field in Batavia Tuesday, April 16. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE

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MILFORD — CouncilmembersMay8heard thefirst reading of an ordi-nance that would allowthe purchase of propertyusing tax increment fi-nancing (TIF) money.

The city has two exist-ing TIF districts in theRiver’s Edge area, saidCity Manager JeffWright.

The districts, whichwere created in 2003 and2005, do not allow the pur-chase of property for eco-nomic development, saidcouncil member AmyBrewer.

“The function to usethe proceeds as a way tolead to thecreationofnewdevelopments and jobs isa common tool and prac-

tice in other communi-ties,” she said.

Enabling the purchaseof property using TIFmoney would provide op-portunities for new con-struction on vacant areasin the River’s Edge com-merce district, she said.The potential for econom-ic development wouldgive the city a competi-tive advantage.

If city officials were topurchase property in theTIF districts, it could besold to business ownersfor development, Wrightsaid.

“The city would not bea long-termpropertyown-er,” he said.

Most of the property inthe River’s Edge com-merce district is ownedby Cincinnati United Con-tractors, Wright said. A

couple parcels also areowned byWalmart.

“These propertieshave been vacant forquite some time,” Brewersaid.

Walmart recently con-ducted an auction for aproperty in the district,but there was no buyer,Wright said.

The Walmat land wasnot offered at a price thecity was willing to pay,said Mayor Geoff Pitt-man.

The idea behind the or-dinance is to give the citya means to buy land if itbecomes available at areasonable price, he said.This also would give busi-ness owners the ability towork with a local land-owner instead one situat-ed out of state.

The city becameaware

of the opportunity to buyland owned byWalmart inRiver’sEdgeandattendedthe auction, but officialsare not out looking forland, Pittman said.

Because only fourcouncil members werepresent, the ordinancecould not be approved,said Law Director Mi-chael Minniear. A secondreading will be heard atthe next regular councilmeeting, and councilmembers will vote to ap-prove or reject the ordi-nance.

Council members willmeet Tuesday, May 21, atthe city building, 745 Cen-ter St.

The city has no pur-chase agreements, norspecific properties inmind for acquisition,Wright said.

Milford considers development possibilitiesBy Roxanna [email protected]

A8 • CJN-MMA • MAY 22, 2013

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COMMUNITYPRESSEditor: Theresa Herron, [email protected], 248-7128

MILFORD — Milford HighSchool’s Marketing Manage-ment and Research class isn’tan ordinary class.

Ordinary classes don’t fly toAnaheim, California, to com-pete against students fromacross the world.

“It is basically a class of stu-dents who are very interestedin learning about marketing,”said Terri Rothfuss, the classinstructor. “DECA is a compo-nent of that class. It’s a club, ina sense, where the kids cancompete in district, state andnational levels.”

Four students from Milfordtraveled to California andspent April 24 throughApril 27there participating in the DE-CA International Career De-velopment Conference. Anoth-er attended a leadership con-ference in the area.

They didn’t bring home anymedals, but just making it thatfar was an accomplishment,Rothfuss said.

“This year, we did not do aswell as I’d hoped. But this is aninternational competition, soyou have kids from Germany,youhavekids fromCanadaandall these other places,” Roth-fuss said. “We’re talking prob-ably 16,000 people at this con-ference. They made it there,they did good and I’m proud ofthem.”

The students learned a lot

about networking from theconference, said Lauren Woo-ten, a juniorwhomade the trip.It also gave them a chance toimplement some of the thingsthey learned in class, she said.

“DECA is more hands-onthan any other business classI’ve ever taken,” Wooten said,“It gives you techniques. Itgives you a lot of experienceand insight into therealworld.”

Marketing studentsreturn from CaliforniaBy Keith [email protected]

A group of Milford high school students traveled to California tocompete in the international DECA marketing competition and takepart in a leadership conference. From left in front are: Britni Toms,Lauren Wooten and Ally Casey. Back row: Sam Cole and TaylorHawks. KEITH BIERYGOLICK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Milford/Great Oaksstudents among topfuture educators inAmerica

Students in the Great OaksTeaching Professions programat Milford High School made anational impactwithapresenta-tion on learning disabilities thatwowed the judges and earnedthem first place in the nation atthe National Future EducatorsAssociation (FEA) Conferencein Orlando.

The Teaching Professionsstudents earned the right to at-tend the conference as nationalsemi-finalists based on re-search they did on learning dis-abilities. InOrlando, theygavea15-minute presentation on howto make learning attainable tostudents with disabilities.

“These students did so wellin the presentation that thejudges stayed for almost twohours after the competition inorder to talkwith them,” said in-structor Jennifer Shay-Nors-worthy. “They told the studentsthat theycameacrossasprofes-sionals already working in thefield, not as high school stu-dents.”

The presentation includedstudent-made videos as well assuch innovative ideas as a“calming caddy,” a pencil con-traption they created to helpstudents learn to write proper-ly, and a sensory box for stu-dents to practice letters andnumbers. Students then wereasked to repeat their presenta-tion for the entire conferenceofmore than500educators and fu-ture educators.

“The students were full ofprofessionalism and represent-ed Great Oaks and Milfordwell,” Shay-Norsworthy said.

They were awarded firstplace in the “ResearchingLearning Disabilities” catego-ry, beating teams from Dela-ware, Ohio and Virginia.

Students who wrote the ini-tial research paper for initialsemi-finalist qualification are:JuniorsGraceBrown,ElizabethSanchez; seniors Kelsey Ander-son, Jenna Gilman, MollyGreen, Tori Seitz and KatieSwing. The three students whopresented atNationals inOrlan-do are: Katie Swing, Jenna Gil-man and Tori Seitz.

The Teaching Professionsprogram is a satellite programof Great Oaks Career Campuseat Milford High School.

GraduatesChatfield College in St. Mar-

tin and Cincinnati conducted its42nd commencement exercisesMay 11.

Clermont County graduateswho received associate degreeswere Angela Handra, Goshen;Brittany Holton, Goshen;Megan Housh, Bethel; JenniferIreton, Williamsburg; Julie Pe-ters, Loveland; Dallas Pickel-heimer, Amelia; Matthew Voto,Goshen; and Ricky Wilson, Wil-lamsburg.

HonorDuring the ceremony, Chat-

field presented Loveland resi-dent Daniel Rolfes and JudgeWilliamMcClain with honorarydoctorate degrees in public ser-vice. Daniel Rolfes gave thecommencement address.

Daniel Rolfes is a long-timemember of the Chatfield Col-lege Board of Trustees, a greatsupporter of education, anddedicated to Chatfield Collegeand its mission. He has spent alifetime as a successful entre-preneur, who began a small mo-bile home business in 1969,whichbefore long,grewinto thesuccessful Holiday Homes, andthen expanded to land develop-ment, site built homes, broker-age services and insurance ser-vices.

As a result of his belief instrong business practices andcustomer satisfaction, thatbusiness has now grown intoMeridaianMarkemanagement,a holding companywith diverseinterests fromhousingdevelop-ment to office parks, to bank-ing.

Milford SchoolsFoundation gets $2,500

On Saturday, April 20, KimBorcherding, owner of Bor-cherding Buick GMC, present-ed $2,500 to the Partnership forMilford Schools, a parent andcommunity group dedicated tosupporting Milford schools.

The nonprofit is one of twowinners in the dealership’s$5,000 Neighbor-2-Neighbor so-cial media contest.

The contest, that ran Febru-ary throughMarch,encouragedFacebook fans to vote for theirfavorite school, awarding theschool with the most votes$5,000.

After gathering 145 entriesand 1,000 votes, Borcherdingsplit the prize money betweenthe two top vote-getters: Part-nership forMilford Schools andMcAuley High School.

Neighbor-2-Neighbor is anextension of Borcherding’scharity activities and longtimeinvestment in the local schoolsand community.

“I wish we could give $5,000to every school that participat-ed - they’re all great schools anddeserve it,” said Borcherding.“We have a wonderful commu-nity here in Cincinnati andNorthern Kentucky. I can’timagining living or doing busi-ness anywhere else. It’s just agreat bunch of people who real-ly care about each other andabout making things better.”

Backs accepted intoNational Society ofCollegiate Scholars

Andrew Michael Backs ofMilford has accepted member-ship in The National Society ofCollegiate Scholars (NSCS).

“NSCS is more than just asymbol of academic achieve-ment. Membership gives stu-dents access to a number ofamazing benefits including ca-reer and networking resources,scholarships, travel andserviceprojects both on campus and inthe community,” said StephenE. Loflin, NSCS founder andchief executive officer.

Xavier honorsXavier University held its

AllHonorsDayrecentlyandthefollowing students were hon-ored:

James Wiederhold ofBlanchester received The Mu-sic Award. This is presented tomusicmajors who have demon-strated outstanding musicaland academic achievement anddedicated leadership in the ac-tivities of the department ofmusic.

Matthew Hammer of Mil-ford received the Williams Mil-itary Science Award. This is Inmemory of Col. Charles F. Wil-liams andpresented to the first-year advanced course militarysciencestudent rankinghighestinscholarshipandservice to thedepartment of ROTC.

Alyssa Brady of Milford re-ceived the Nursing FacultyAward, presented to a studentcompleting the baccalaureatenursing degree program whoexemplifies the highest stan-dards in nursing care.

Jacob Burlew of Milford re-ceived the Biology Award pre-sented to senior biology majorsdemonstrating superiorachievement in scholarship, re-search and co-curricular activ-ities.

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CHARLES L. SEIPELTELEMENTARY SCHOOLThe following students have earnedhonors for the third quarter of 2012-2013.

High HonorsFourth grade - Liddy Dow, Joey Eppert,A.J. Eversman, Ian Golden, Brian Hall,Lauren Hickey, Spenser Hore, DylanMcWhorter, LeahMierke, Emily Pruitt,Caroline Smith, Lauren Albertz, OliviaCraycraft, Lucas Forrest, JeremiahFruth, Nyah Goslin, Colton Hupp,Tiffany Lau, Avery Osborne, VinceRingland, AshtonWatson and KristinaWaugh.Fifth grade - Alex Berrones, JamesCollver, Josh Johnson, Will McCarthy,BrandonMcKinney, Skylar Munz,Karissa Seibel, JacobWhite, ErinnTerrell, Samantha Stamper, ConnorAsbury, Will Bradley, Karl Chavez,

Cami Duncan, Grace Holliday, Saman-tha LeMar, Jackson Isenhower, AhjaJones, Noah Osborne, Ethan Pettigrewand Logan Osborne-Williams.Sixth grade - Madison Atwell, HannahBarton, Hope Barton, Madison Shoe-maker, Steven Huxell, MadelynnRichards, Cameron Sherman, JuliePham, Kasey Shumard, Lydia Thode-sen, Ryan Carraro, Ashley Coursey,Megan Craine, Xavier Cullen, ZacharyD' Orazio, Harrison Eckels, MikaylaFritch, Markell Hoskins, MadisonMcWhorter and James Erkens.

HonorsFourth grade - Kara Bowling, BryanByas, Kaleb Gelter, Hayden Harvey,JohnMickler, Sara Rogala, ParkerStevens, Hannah Tipton, Kelsey Ar-wine, Charles Baker, Cassidy Hall, LucasHall, Madison Jessee, Zachary Lea, JackMcKenney, Zoe Stamper, Nicholas

Pruitt, Austin Tarter andMakayla Coll-ver.Fifth grade - Seth Bennett, Derek Elliott,Randall Felts, Brenna Goslin, ChrisHayes, Hillary Huffer, Bobby McCane,Olivia Pattison, Ryan Shuler, OliviaWothington, Elijah Hall, Alexis Hodges,Gabrielle Zink, Madison Lankford,Heather McCane, Gavin Poe, HaileeMineer, Adam Salva, Eli Velie, GraceWallace and DarianWoodruff.Sixth grade - Hailey Banks, NicholasBarnes, Rachelle Boshears, Dylan Can-non, Michael Carraro, Rease Cordes,Alyssa Davies, Felicity Gentry, KeeganHarding, Jennifer Jenkins, Jaden Lewis,Evan Perez, Joshua Pruitt, DylanWilton,Jordyn Cannon, Mason Doherty, BriannaJessee, BraydonMcConnaughey, HaileySingleton, LoganMiller, Lucas Neidhart,Faith Nowak, Martez Smith, KevinTauber, Kerera Verson, JamesWard andEli Zink.

HONOR ROLLS

Dean’s listWright State spring semester - Daniela Fish-

er, Emily Greenway, Caroline Gruber and Ash-ley Lowery.

GraduatesCincinnati State - Brett Bitzer, James Han-

son, SuzyMorisch and Julia Schulenin.

COLLEGE CORNER

About 252 kindergartnersfrom Marr/Cook Elementaryvisited the Goshen Fire Depart-ment during the week of April26.

The students learned aboutfire safety, went through a sim-ulated fire drill and met thetownship’s firefighters, saidJennifer Ferone, a teacher whoorganized the trip.

“They let us go in the fire-house and watch a fire-safetymovie,” saidBradyLewis, akin-dergartner at Marr/Cook. “Welearnedaboutwhat todo if therewas smoke (in the house).”

The children participated ina drill where “real smoke wascoming in” the house, said Car-lie Eifert, a kindergartner atMarr/Cook.

“We wanted to teach themfire safety because there are somanykidswhodiebecause theydon’tknowwhattodoif there’safire,” Ferone said.

Hannah Laney said her fa-

vorite part of the trip was ex-ploring the fire trucks, but shealso learned how to escape if afire happened at her house.

“We learned the hot stuff isonthetopandthecoldstuff isonthebottom,”shesaid.“Theytoldus to get low and go.”

Marr/Cook kindergartenersvisit Goshen Twp. firefightersBy Keith [email protected]

About 252 kindergartners fromMarr/Cook Elementary visited theGoshen Fire Department to learn more about fire safety. From left infront are: Margaret Dalton, Caleb Carter, Noah Dorsey-Prather, AidenFouts, Mason Lovin, Naomi Adams, Zach Durham, Alexa Childress,Colt Thacker, Cameron Mullenix, Elizabeth Mason and Jared Jordan.Back row: Firefighter Nick Stiens, Lucy Reed, Jasmine Kramer, LandonSchubert, Riley Butts, River Leadmon, John Bonham, firefighter SeanFelock, Damon Buchanon, Skylar Young, Chloe Cooper, Izabel Kirk,firefighter Chuck Jones, Coebe Makstaller, Lillianna Camacho,Madyson Pegg, firefighter Doug Engled, Haleigh Parker, Layla Larkinand firefighter Scott Murphy. PROVIDED


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ROCKETS BLAST OFF TO COLLEGE

Nine Clermont Northeastern Rockets signed their National Lettersof Intent May 7 to play their respective sport in college. From leftare: Emily Anderson, softball, University of Toledo; McKena Miller,softball, Middle Tennessee State; Chelsae Osborn, softball,Georgetown; Carly Aselage, basketball, Dennison; JoeyCockerham, baseball Miami Hamilton; Zane Bierman, baseball,Trine University; Derick Schmidt, football, Georgetown; ClayCousino, football, Miami University; Austin Thompson, football,Wilmington. THANKS TO CLERMONT NORTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL

Tournament baseball»Goshen defeated Taft 5-4,

May 14 in Division II sectionalaction. TheWarriors took downNorwood6-1,May16 to advanceto the Division II sectional fi-nals where will face a fellowSBC opponent in New Rich-mond May 23.

»Milford advanced to thesectional finals after a 9-2 vic-tory over Fairfield, May 16.Senior Zach Cook tossed a com-plete game to pick up his fifthvictory of the season. The Ea-gles will play Turpin May 23.

» Clermont Northeasternadvanced to its fourth-consecu-tive Division II sectional finalafter an 8-0 victory overTaylor,May 16. Junior Nick Tiptonstruck out 10 to earn his fourth

win of the season. The Rocketswill play Wyoming May 23 atLebanon.

Tournament softball» Clermont Northeastern

opened the postseason with animpressive 22-0 victory overMariemont in Division III sec-tional play. Senior Emily An-derson struck out 12, while fel-low senior McKena Miller was2-for-3 with a double, triple andfive RBI. In round two, the La-dy Rockets once again rolled toa five-inning 21-0 victory overSt. Bernard. Anderson struckout 14. CNE played MadeiraMay 20 in the sectional semifi-nals after press deadline.

»Goshen shut out Bethel-Tate 3-0, May 14 in the openinground of Division II sectionalplay. The Lady Warriors lost toIndian Hill 3-2, May 16 to bringtheir season to an end.

»Kayla Gregory went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a tripleand two RBI, while Carly Ven-tus hit a home run and drove intwo as Milford shut out Amelia10-0, May 15 in Division I sec-tional play. The Lady Eaglestook on Mason in the sectionalfinal May 20 after press dead-line.

Regular season baseball»Milford captured the inau-

gural ECC title after a 6-5come-from-behind victoryover Walnut Hills May 13. Sen-ior Joe Zurschmeide was 4-for-4 with two RBI for the Ea-gles.

Regular season tennis»Goshen lost to Batavia 4-1,

May 13. The doubles team ofCole Hadley and Chris Tread-way picked up the lone victoryfor the Warriors.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Tom [email protected]

OWENSVILLE—Darnell Park-er is heading home.

Well, sort of.TheFindlay,Ohio,nativewas

hired in April as the new boys’basketball coach at ClermontNortheastern and is returningto Clermont County; the firstplace he lived after moving tothe Queen City.

“I’m extremely excited,”Parker said about taking thejob. “It’s definitely a job thatwhen it came open I was veryexcited about the prospects ofgetting.”

After playing point guard atFindlay High School and thenBluffton College (now Univer-sity), Parker moved to Cincin-nati where he coached the GlenEste middle schoolers beforeleaving for Finneytown, wherehe was a varsity assistant aswell as the junior varsity headcoach.

While he’s always played thegame, it wasn’t until an injuryhis freshman year at Blufftonwhen he realized coaching maybe in his future.

“I got on opportunity to be aplayer-coach and that iswhere Igained the love for coaching,”he said. “After I graduated Itook work (in Cincinnati) andstartedcoaching in theAAUcir-cuit.”

Most coaches share a similarlove for the game. In this caseParker believes it was not onlyhis passion for basketball, but

his dedication to the student-athlete that separated him fromother candidates for the Rock-ets’ job.

“… Regardless what a stu-dent-athlete wants to do afterthey graduate, it’s part of myjob and responsibility to givethem every avenue to pursuethose dreams,” Parker said. “Iwant themtobe thebest basket-ball players they can be, as wellas being the best person theycan be.”

The Rockets havewon sevenleague titles in school history,but just one in the last 12 years.To change that trend, Parker in-tends on imposing his team’swill on their opponents, not viceversa.

“Inmyfirstmeetingwith thekids, the first thing I told themwas, ‘guys, it is our program,our team and our way,’” thecoach said. “What that means isregardless of what the otherteam is doing, we are going tohandle our business on and offthe court in a certainmanner.…Teams in the (Southern Buck-eye Conference) are going tohave to adjust to us.”

Parker is far away fromknowingwhat his teamwill looklike come November, but whathe does know is his guys areready for what’s to come.

“… I’m excited about thegroup,” Parker said. “I knowthere weren’t a lot of wins lastyear, but the kids went througha lot of basketball situationswhere I think it will benefitthem this season.”

New coachhopes CNEcan imposeits willBy Tom [email protected]

New CNE boys basketball coach Darnell Parker - a Findlay, Ohio, native- takes over a Rocket program that has just one league title in the past12 years.

MILFORD — Fast-pitch soft-ball tends to be predicated onthe arm of a pitcher moretimes than not.

While the Milford Lady Ea-gles’ pitchingwasoutstanding,when Katie Noll wasn’t on hergame, the rest her team hadher back. Six Lady Eagles fin-ished the regular season withdouble-digit RBI and sevengirls hit over .333. That’s espe-cially outstanding consideringcoach Christy Gregory’s ros-ter boasts eight freshmen orsophomores.

“They grew every day,”Gregory said of her team. “…The second half of the season,things really fell intoplaceandthey didn’t crash under thepressure. In all of my years –and I’ve had a state final fourteam – this is a true team.”

Whether it was Glen Estetransfer Kayla Gregory in theleadoff spot or freshman Han-nah Huffer, it was somebodydifferent every night.

“We had some consistency,buteverydayitwasn’t justthatone big hero,” the coach said.

“And that is rare in softball.”With a league title in mind,

the team got behind the eightball early after two losses toLoveland. After beating GlenEste for the first time in sixyears May 1 and then doing itagain in an epic 15-inning con-test, the title was within theirgrasp once again. After Turpinupset Loveland, the Lady Ea-gles were one victory awayfrom a share of the inauguralEastern Cincinnati Confer-ence title, but lost to Kings 2-1,May 14 to finish the regularseason at 15-12 (9-3 ECC).

“We just didn’t hit,” Greg-ory said said of the loss toKings. “Our offense was flatand that was very disappoint-ing.Oneofourgoalswas towinleague, however being such anew mix of girls, the coaching

changes and things like that,second-place and knocking onthe door for league is satisfy-ing to us.”

Junior Kayla Gregory ex-celled in a new environmentputting together better num-bers than when she was a Tro-jan, whileKatieNoll surprisedthe coaching staff with herpower on themound.

“For (Kayla) to come hereand make the transition andsurround herself with newpeople and the girls to sur-round her, it went reallysmooth,” Gregory said, who isKayla’sstepmother.“…(Katie)cameoutandmadeour jobeas-ier by overpowering and out-smarting the hitters by usingall her tools.”

SeniorCarlyVetnus provid-ed thepowerfor the team. In81plate appearances, she hit aleague-leading four homeruns.

“She is a very strong girland if she gets her pitch, shecan read it well and it’s a no-doubter,” Gregory said. “Sheslumped a little bit (in themid-dleof theseason), Iputher fur-ther back in the lineup and shestarted producing.”

Milford junior Kayla Gregory slaps a single to left field off Loveland pitcher Olivia Pifer as the two teamssquared off April 18. Gregory led the ECC with a .490 batting average and was third with 18 runs battedin. TOM SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

Production flies all overMilford Eagles’ fieldBy Tom [email protected] TOURNAMENT PLAY

Milford beat Amelia 10-0 infive innings, May 15 in DivisionI sectional tournament action.The Lady Eagles took on Ma-son May 20 in the sectionalfinals at Sycamore after pressdeadline.

MAY 22, 2013 • CJN-MMA • A11SPORTS & RECREATION

KENWOOD — It’s beenfive years since MoellerHigh School was not inthe Ohio Division I vol-leyball finals and CoachMatt McLaughlin is hop-ing to keep the streakalive.

Recent tournamentvictories put the Crusad-ers in that position. TheboysbeatSycamoreMay18, advancing themto thestate quarterfinals at3:15p.m.May25atWalshJesuit.

McLaughlin’s menhad the good fortune ofhosting the state tourna-ment last year and cameaway with the state title.This season, Moellersailed through theGreat-er Catholic League-South and finished theregular season with justone blemish.

That loss came to Hil-liard Darby in four setsat the finals of the Cen-tervilleElite tournamentonApril 27.Aweekprior,the Crusaders haddowned Darby in fivesets in the home gym offMontgomery Road.

As always, the teamplayeda topnotch sched-ule of area and regionschools that should havethem ready.

“I hope so, but youcan’t take anything forgranted,” McLaughlinsaid. “Everybody’sequal. I certainly hopeour strength of schedulewill help us, but we don’tdiscount anyone.”

For 2013, McLaughlinearned a second-straightGCL-South Coach of theYear award. He’s now

two-for-two in that cate-gory since taking overforGregUllandafter the2011 season.

“Certainly it’s an hon-or,” McLaughlin said.“Morethananything, I’mthrilled for my players.They work real hard; notjust in season, but out ofseason.”

McLaughlin alsoplayed on Moeller’s 2004and 2005 title teams, sohe’s experienced thethrill of victory on thecourt and on the side-lines.

“Two totally differentexperiences,” McLaugh-lin explained. “Winningas a coach, I got to see agroup of kids that had

worked so hard earn thisreward. That was a lot offun.”

This spring’s versionof volleyballers features11 seniors - many withhigh honors.

Middle blocker CaseyPieper was GCL Southand South region Playerof the Year; libero JaredEngelhartwasfirst-teamGCL and second-teamSouth region; right hitterZach Priest was second-team GCL and second-teamSouthregion; setterMitch Sander was Southregion honorable men-tion aswas outside hitterTony Pisciotta.

Pieper, Engelhart andPriest have been stal-warts around the net, butSander and Pisciotta hadtobide their timeoncom-petitive teams.

“Mitchell Sander hadvery few starts for uslast year andbecameourstarting setter,”McLaughlin said. “TonyPisciotta only playedback row last year andhas played all the wayaround.”

Of the departinggroup, only Priest is setto play in college, goingto Division III CarthageCollege in Wisconsin.Mitch Sander is weigh-ing some options, butstandout Casey Pieper ishitting the books at Day-ton before he hits theball.

“I think he’s lookingforward to being a nor-mal kid and having achance to work on hisschoolwork,” McLaugh-lin said. “He’ll balancethe fun of college withthe fun of club volleyballand get a great degree.”

Crusaders in for the killBy Scott [email protected]

Moeller senior Zach Priestjump-serves for theCrusaders. TOM

SKEEN/COMMUNITY PRESS

MT. WASHINGTON —Power is one thing. Preci-sion is another.

While much of highschool softball is predi-cated on the former,McNicholas High SchoolseniorpitcherAbbyJoneshas made a career of thelatter.

“IknowI’mnotoverpo-wering, but for me it’svery important I concen-trate on my location andelevation,” Jones said. “Ican hit a spot.”

She said her best pitchis the rise ball.

“It starts out coming inwaist high either inside oroutside, but it breaks upright over the hands,” shesaid. “I hear the othercoaches yelling ‘Nothingover yourhands.’ I get it. Iswing at those, too.They’re tough to lay off.”

Rockets head coachTim Ross said she’s verysmart.

“She has great controland canput the ball prettymuch wherever shewants. She has masteredthe art of the subtlechange of speed and she’sdeveloped a devastating

change-up, which is ahugechangeof speed. Shecan mix it up,” Ross said.

She’s mixed up hittersto the tune of 12 wins and147 strikeouts throughMay 10, both good forthird in the Girls GreaterCincinnati League. Jonesmore often than not willhelp herself offensively.Heron-basepercentage isover .500, highlightedbyabatting average in the.450s.

“She doesn’t hit for alot of power, but she’s anexcellent two-strike hit-ter,” Ross said. “She han-dles the bat so well andwill fight off pitches untilshe can drop one in thehole.”

Jones likes the familyaspect of the game.

“Last year and thisyear I’ve really enjoyedthe chance to play withmy sister (sophomorecatcherPaigeJones),”shesaid. “I’m really glad wegot to play together somuch.”

Speaking of catchers,Jones said her battery-mate freshman year -then-senior Haley Mehr-ing -hadaprofoundeffecton her play.

“She really tookmeun-

derherwing,showedmealot about playing highschool softball,” she said.“I love playing with theteammates I have. I try toinspire them. That’s how Iwas taught.”

Ross appreciates theleadership Jones pro-vides.

“I’ve had her for fouryears and it’s been a plea-sure,” he said. “She’sgrown froma skinny littlefreshman with braces outto here into a matureyoung woman. She’s veryperceptive; she’s seesthings a lot of people heragemissbecauseshe’snotjust focused on herself.

“It certainlymakesmylife easier. She’s not only agood pitcher, but she’salso a good leader. Peoplelook up to her becauseshe’s such a hard worker.As she’s gotten older she’sgotten a better under-standing of what shewants, not just in softball,but in life.”

Part of that life in-cludes matriculatingacross the river to Thom-as More College, whereshe will study biology onherway toacareer inden-tistry while continuing toplay softball.

Precision propelsRocket seniorByMark D. [email protected]

McNicholas High School senior pitcher Abby Jones has been a stalwart on the mound andat the plate for the Rockets. MARK D. MOTZ/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Soccer UnlimitedThe schedule for the OSYSA/

Soccer Unlimited Soccer Campsrun by Jack Hermans and OhioSouth is now available at http://tinyurl.com/cmtr3t5.

Included in the schedule arecamps in Hyde Park, College Hill,Anderson, Deer Park, Milford,Bethel, Sycamore Township,Fairfax, Batavia and TerracePark.

For more information, contactOhio South at 576-9555 or JackHermans at 232-7916 or [email protected].

Wilmington campWilmington College will offer

a girls basketball camp for girlsin grades four to 11.

The camp will be offered dailyon the beautiful campus ofWilmington College. The campruns 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., fromMonday, June 17, until Wednes-day, June 19. Pre-registrationcost is $95.

Leading the camp will behead coach Jerry Scheve. In 22years at the college, Scheve hascompiled an outstanding 415-176 record with the Lady Quak-ers, including a national champi-onship in 2004. The purpose ofthe camp is to provide eachcamper with a greater un-

derstanding of the funda-mentals of both offensive anddefensive basketball. This will beaccomplished by enthusiasticallyemphasizing these funda-mentals on a daily basis.

Brochures can be foundonline at http://tinyurl.com/d7r4upl

Call assistant coach MarkHuelsman at 937-382-6661, ext.625 and leave a message if noone is in.

Elevate basketballThere is still time to register

for children’s summer camps atSonrise Church, 8136 WoosterPike, Mariemont.

Elevate Basketball Camps willbe offered at the church inmid-to-late June for boys andgirls entering grades 2-7. Thefirst camp will be 9-11:30 a.m.,Monday, June 17, throughFriday, June 21, for secondthrough fourth grade.

During that same weekElevate will offer a camp forfifth through seventh gradeboys from1-4 p.m. A girls campfor secondthrough seventh-graders will be offered from9-11:30 a.m., Monday, June 24through Friday, June 28.

Cost is $30. Participants re-ceive a t-shirt and will learn

basketball skills in a nurturingenvironment. Register atwww.sonrise-church.com/elevatebasketball.com.

Camp Hoopla happens1-4p.m., Monday, July 15, throughFriday, July 19, at the church andoffers a variety of activitieswhere kids choose two tracksfrom a variety of disciplinesincluding: art studio, basketball,cheernastics, drama, kitchenchaos, “no boys allowed,”production team, tell the world,the wild and weird science.

Cost is $40. The camp theme isThe Wild and is based on theBible verse 2 Corinthians 5:17,“This means that anyone whobelongs to Christ has become anew person. The old life is gone.A new life has begun.”

To register: www. sonrise-church.com/ camphoopla.

Email the church [email protected].

Challenger soccerChallenger Sports is having

several of its British SoccerCamps in the area:

» NWCC SAYMilford, week ofJuly 29.

Visit www.challengersports.com.

SUMMER SPORTS CAMPS

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Becca 5K RunRemembrance ribbons for

cancer come in all colors butour reminder is a happy,healthy 8-year-old named Re-becca.

Just a few weeks past hersecond birthday, our “munch-kin” was diagnosed with ALL,acute lymphoma leukemia.Only parents who’ve heardthat diagnosis canunderstandthe fear and the terror.

Some ofRebecca’s ongoingsymptoms that summer in-cluded an almost constant earinfection, scrapes thatwouldn’t heal, and especiallythe bruising for no apparentreason. Bandages for her“owies” were just a part oflife.

By Thanksgiving 2006, ourprincess had lost her energy,her appetite, and when yougave her a hug, she’d cry outin pain. The next day hermother asked the doctor tocheck for anemia. By mid-night she was admitted to theoncology unit at Children’swhere she stayed for weeks.Her best friend was her IVpole she named “Sammy.”

The LORD heard our pray-ers. Recently she told me thatin just one more year doctorsmay say she’ll be cured. .

To celebrate,we invite run-ners and walkers to sign upfor Becca’s 5K Run-for-the-Cure Saturday, June l, at Leg-endary Run. For more infor-mation, call the Pierce Town-ship Police Department at752-4100 or visit [email protected].

Libbee BennettMonroe Township

Right to WorkLeonard Harding’s May 15

article about right to workwas typical. The sarcasmstarted immediately with hislittle poem. He blames allwork-related problems on“Republicans” and “TeaP-ers.” News flash: Many Dem-ocrats also support right towork.

Union workers struggle tomake a living just as non-union members. Many peoplework multiple part-time jobsbecause unions have madeoutrageous demands that im-pede business owners fromkeeping employees on a full-time payroll. Union demandsoftenburdenbusinessesmorethan their profit bases cansupport.

Comparisons betweenunions and chambers of com-merce or other organizationsare pointless - they’re rabbitholes. Union bosses are as biga part of the wage problem inthis country as business own-ers who oppose them. Everycity in the U.S. has hundredsof unions with which to con-tend, eachonewantingapieceof pie. Just booking ameetingat a hotel in a big city costsdozens of times more thancommon sense would dictate.Fees must be paid to multipleunions as workers from eachunionperformmundane tasksthat could all easily be com-pleted by a single worker.

Right to work is a reactionto union greed.

Judy CarpenterPierce Township

Kasich is a problemAs a Miami Township resi-

dent and public school educa-tor, I voted for andamdelight-ed by the passage of the Mil-

ford school levy on May 7. Ihave concerns, however, notwith the fiscal responsibilityof the district, but with poli-cies in state government thatcontinue to increase the bur-den of taxes on middle-classproperty owners and wageearners like myself, while al-leviating the load on corpora-tions and wealthy constitu-ents.

The district is losing $4.5million in revenue from thestate. This is a new trend inOhio, thanks toGovernorKas-ich. According to Policy Mat-ters Ohio, this shortfall leadsto issues such as larger classsizes, reduced course offer-ings, laid- off staff, less ma-terials for classrooms and in-creases in “pay-to-play” re-quirements for extra-curric-ular activities. At the sametime, Kasich’s policies arebenefiting corporations andthe rich by decreasing theirtax burden.

It’s been said that it’s easyto tell what a person or entityvalues by the way he (or it)spends his (or its) money.From the beginning of Kas-ich’s tenure, his values havebeenmade crystal clear in hisdisregard for public educa-tion and services, public em-ployees and middle-classfamilies.

Christina ConoverMiami Township

Watergate? Déjà vuBenghazi … IRS … Justice

Department: Anyone whodoesn’t believe these blatantatrocities originated at 1600Pennsylvania Avenue is ei-ther a raging liberal or a blith-ering idiot. (Pardon the re-dundancy). Woodward andBernstein, we need you now!

John JosephClermont County Tea Party

Goshen Township

Yes, union bustersSo Called Right to Work

legislation is meant to bustthe unions and John Joseph’ssecond-handhorror stories donothing to argue that fact.Certainly the abuses he citesare not union specific. In myexperience union membersworked just as hard as I did tohelp generate the profit thatour company enjoyed. I canadd that every pay raise andbenefit I was given was bar-gained for and won by unionmembers first.

Corporate profits rose in2012 by18.6 percentwhile em-ployee wages remain stag-nant. As many companiesback away from paying a liv-ing wage or offering healthbenefits, their fortunes arebeingsubsidizedby thepublicassistance these workersneed to survive. CorporateAmerica loves a quietly des-perate workforce.

Ohioans need to see thedanger in So Called Right toWork. Unions exist becausethe majority of workers votefor that representation. Theirvoices are more effectivewhen joined together. Theyhave that right and anyonewho does not want to partici-pate has the right not to applythere. Right to Work legisla-tion will result in taking awaythe human dignity of beingheard in the workplace. Ap-parently, dignity does not fitthe Tea Party demographic.

Karen MarottaBatavia

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Memorial Day is fast ap-proaching; a day of paradesand ceremonies to honor thosewho made the ultimate sacri-fice for our country. If you aretaking part in these events,take a close look at the flag. Inthe morning, it should be low-ered to half-staff to honor themen and women who gavetheir lives to protect this na-tion. In the afternoon, it shouldbe fully raised to remind usthat we all must ensure thosesacrifices are never in vain.

The solemn responsibility toprotect our nation falls to eachand every one of us, but nonemore so than our service menand women. This is why it is soimportant for our country touphold our commitments toour veterans.

As your representative, Ihold this commitment to ourtroops, past, present and fu-ture, very dear. Unfortunately,issues at the Veterans Admini-stration (VA) are delayingopportunities for our servicemen and women to get thetreatment they deserve. I re-cently visited the VA RegionalOffice in Cleveland to bringthe cases of 40 southern Ohioveterans to their direct atten-tion. Each veteran had falleninto the claims backlog, mean-ing they have been waiting 125days or more for a decision.

On average, Ohio veteranswait 368 days to have theirinitial claims adjudicated.Since my visit, these 40 veter-ans have been able to receiveupdates and their claims aregetting closer to completion.While this progress representsdrastic improvement for localveterans and their families, theproblem is much larger thanjust these 40 cases.

The VA claims process has

fallen intosuch a statethat nearly 70percent of allcases slip intothe backlog.Part of thereason thisbacklog existsis because theVA has nottaken advan-tage of ad-

vances in technology. For ex-ample, instead of automatical-ly transferring military rec-ords to the VA, new veteransare asked to track down theirfiles and transfer them to theVA independently. This proc-ess is time-consuming, expen-sive and unnecessary in thisera of technology.

VA Secretary Eric Shinsekiand Director of Ohio’s Depart-ment of Veterans ServicesColonel TomMoe also visitedthe Cleveland VA RegionalOffice during my time there.Wemet with local staff andevaluated the improvementsbeing made. Secretary Shinse-ki assured me that reducingthe backlog is his highest prior-ity and he is keeping a closewatch on the progress beingmade for Ohio veterans.

He has overseen significantimprovements, including pro-cedural changes implementedto speed up the process, butthere is still a long way to gobefore our veterans get thetreatment they deserve. As amember of the Veterans Af-fairs Committee, I will workwith him for as long as it takesto fix this broken system.

As the flag goes back up onMemorial Day, the torch ispassed from those who gavetheir lives to those who con-tinue the fight. Our treatment

of the men and women whoserve reflects our values as anation, which is why it is timeto hold the VA accountable fortheir shortcomings. I assureyou that I go to work every daywith this mission in mind.

Until then, keep this in mind- if you are having problemswith a federal agency, such asthe VA, you can call my officeto determine how we can helpyou. You can also email methrough my website atwww.Wenstrup.house.gov. Asyour representative, it is bothmy job and my honor to serveyou.

U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstruprepresents Ohio’s 2nd Congressional

District, which includes all ofClermont County. His local office

number is 513-474-7777.

Rep. Wenstrup works toimprove VA claims process

U.S. Rep. BradWenstrupCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

May15 questionShould Ohio’s legislature pass

a right-to-work law? Why or whynot?

“Yes, Ohio should be a righttoworkstateas italready is inatleast one school district I usedto work for.

“My current employer of-fered me a job at $4.50 an hour,plus tips,plusexcellentbenefitsto which I graciuosly acceptedtheir offer without the union’sinvolvement. Now the unionwants to come into my place ofemployment and cannot guar-antee anything to which I don’talready have, but if they aresuccessful in infiltrating then Ihave no choice but to join andfork over a portion ofmy checkfor dues.

“This choice should be mineto make if I want to join as wellas other hard working peoplewhochoosetoperformandhavetimely attendance instead ofhaving to be protected becausethey are lazy or dont want toshow up. If public sector em-ployees, such as the classifiedemployees of FinneytownSchool District, have the choiceof not belonging to the union,then private sector employeesshould have the same choice?”

Vernon Etler

“‘Right to work’ is the pseud-onym for right to impede –unions.

“Those who say ‘who cares,I’m not in union,’ do not realizethat every ‘right’ employeespossess has been vigorouslyfought. The 10-hour work day,the six-dayworkweek followedby the five-dayweek, overtime,safety issues, workers comp,paid vacation time, health carebenefits, plain old better wages–allwerefought forandwon,byunions. Sometimes fought to thedeath, literally, of strikingworkers.

“It may surprise some thatmost so-called employee rightscan be rescinded at will by em-ployers. Those that cannot, be-cause of law? Well, those lawswere and are being fought.

“A current example is healthcare insurance, which by thewill of the American public (nonational health care!) is finan-cially the foundation of ourhealth care system. Guesswhat? It can be withdrawn. A

law (Obama Care), to require itis being bitterly fought.

“Unions brought health carebenefits into existence, just likethe other above mentioneditems. Right to work, meaningthe right not to join a union in aunion business, is indeed a rightindividualsmightwant touse. Itis not in their best interests toexercise that right.

“Unions overstepping? Canand should be addressed. Righthere we are talking about busi-ness overstepping.”

F.N.

“Absolutely! We are at a bigdisadvantage to most states inthe South and now to Indianaand Michigan. That loud suck-ing sound that you hear is thesound of all those Ohio jobs go-ing south, west, and north.

“Where are the Republicanoffice-holders on this?Where isthere backbone? It was for is-sues likeright-to-work that theywere elected and now you can’tfind themwith a search party.”

T.H.

“If I am correct in my think-ing, ‘right to work’ laws forbidcompanies from forcing em-ployees to join a union in orderto get a job. If Ohio workers donot have that protection thenyes, we need such a law.”

R.V.

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Clermont County to celebrateMemorial Day with many eventsMemorial Day, originally

called Decoration Day,isadayofremembrance

for those who died in service toour nation.

Clermont County residentswillobservethedaywithavarie-ty of events.

AmeliaAmerican Legion Post 773 is

sponsoring a parade Monday,May 27, along Main Street. Theparadebeginsat8a.m.Lineup isjust west of Chapel Road nearTire Discounters at 7:30 am. Itwill finish in frontofAmeliaEle-mentary School, 5 E. Main St.,where there will be a short pro-gram. The parade will includethe Amelia High School band,Scout organizations and a firingsquad will be on site

BataviaThe Clermont County Veter-

ans’ Service Commission andBatavia American Legion Post237 will host the annual countyMemorial Day Parade Monday,May 27. The parade will line upbeginning at 11 a.m. at AztecPlumbing, 140W.Main St. in Ba-tavia. The parade steps off atnoon. Anyone interested in par-ticipating can call the veterans’services office at 732-7363.

BethelMembers of American Le-

gion Post 406 will visit severallocationsMemorialDay,May27.The visits will start at 10 a.m. atthe Early Settlers BurialGround, 321 N. Main St. Themembers then will go to the OldBethel Church in the state parkEast Fork Lake State Park for atribute to sailors lost at sea, andto thememorial behind theMid-way Theater in Bethel and fin-ishing at the Tate TownshipCemetery.

Members of the Old BethelChurchwill conduct aMemorialDay service at 10 a.m. Monday,May27, at the church, just northof Bantam, Ohio, on the EastFork State Park property. Theservice will end in time for theAmerican Legion Service forveterans buried in the adjoiningcemetery. The Kinner Expresswill provide music.

Goshen TownshipLine up for the annualMemo-

rial Day Parade starts at 9 a.m.and the parade begins at 10 a.m.at Marr/Cook ElementarySchool, 6696 Goshen Road. Theparade ends at theGoshenCem-etery onMain Street and a cere-mony will follow.

MilfordTheannualMemorialDayPa-

radeisplannedforMonday,May27, assembling at Victor StierPost 450. The parade will beginat 9:30 a.m. stopping at the Me-morial Park on Main Street. Itwill proceed east on U.S. 50 toGreenlawn Cemetery. A smallcontingent will follow to St. An-drew cemetery for a remem-brance ceremony.

The parade committee hopes

tomake this a bigger parade forliving veterans and also for thefamiliesof thosewhohavemadethe ultimate sacrifice. The com-mittee invites representativesfrom all wars and conflicts. Toparticipate, call Mark Chandlerat 831-0198.

The committee invites theparents of fallen heroes to par-ticipate. Contact Jo Ann Weigelat 404-6880 to take part.

Also invited are Boy Scouts,Girl Scouts, church groups andorganizations. Call either num-ber for details.

Miami TownshipA Memorial Day concert is 3

p.m. to5p.m.Monday,May27, inthe“Spiritof ‘76Park”insideMi-ami Meadows Park, 1546 Ohio131. Featured will be Mike andVickie Long of Mt. Orab with a1922 Tangley Calliope playingpatriotic songs; John Hale ofNew Richmond; retired Cincin-nati Symphony pianist PatsyMeyers; Clermont County histo-rian Gary Knepp; and TownCrier Bill Knepp. Bring lawnchairs and refreshments. Ad-mission and parking are free.

New RichmondMembers of the Veterans

Color Guard of New Richmondwill visit 16 cemeteries and fivememorials Monday, May 27, be-ginning at 8 a.m. The cemeterystops, inorder,are:Collard,Mos-cow, Mt. Zion, Laurel, FranklinChapel, Nicholsville, Monroe(Nicholsville), Ten Mile, PierceTownship, Mt. Pisgah, More-land, St. Peter’s, Samarian, Wat-kins Hill, Green Mound and OldTyme(NewRichmondFoundersCemetery).

The memorials are: MoscowVeterans Memorial, Grant’sBirthplace, American LegionPost 550, VFW Post 6770 andNewRichmondVeteransMemo-rial. The visits will conclude at 1p.m. with a service at the NewRichmond Veterans Memorialnear thebandstand,FrontStreetand SusannaWay.

Union Township

The Vietnam Veterans ofAmerica, Clermont CountyChapter 649, will hold a 24-hourvigil in honor of Memorial Day.

The opening ceremony willbe at 2 p.m. Sunday,May 26, andthe closing remarks will be at 2p.m.Monday,May27.Thepublicis welcome and encouraged toparticipate.

During the vigil, chaptermembers and volunteers willplaceAmerican flags atopwhitecrosses set up in honor of mili-tary personnel who fought and

died in World War I, World WarII,Korea,Vietnam,theGulfWar,Operation Enduring Freedomand Operation Iraqi Freedom.

State Senator JoeUeckerwillbe the event speaker.

For more information, callGeorge Kinnaird at 675-9276.

WithamsvilleAmerican Legion Post 72will

host a Memorial Day Parade at10 a.m. inWithamsvilleMonday,May 27. Gather at the Withams-ville Church of Christ, 846 OhioPike,acrossfromthefirestationon Ohio Pike at 9 a.m. All Scout

and church groups, businessesare invited to participate. Theparadewill leave thechurchandtraveldownOhioPike toMt.Mo-riah Cemetery.

Legion members will lead aMemorial Day ceremony at thecemetery. Legionnaires, Sons ofthe Legion, Girl Scouts and BoyScouts will decorate the gravesat the cemetery prior to Memo-rial Day. The Amelia and GlenEstebandswillparticipate in theparadeandperformattheceme-tery. All are invited to come outand show support for those whohave paid the ultimate sacrificeandremember thoseserving thecountry today.

For further information, callCommander Ron Hartman, 528-9909 or 377-8240. Anyone whowants to be part of the paradeshould be at the church for line-up.

WilliamsburgMemorial Day activities in-

clude a parade and visits to sev-eral cemeteries Monday, May27. Members of American Le-gion Post 288 will visit thesecemeteries: Greenberry at 8:15a.m.;Bloomroseat8:40a.m.;Tay-lor-Chapel at 9:15a.m.;NewHar-mony at 9:40 a.m.; Clover at 10a.m.; and Concord at 10:30 a.m.

The parade lineup will be 11a.m. at Williamsburg Communi-ty Park andMain Street. The pa-radewill begin at11:30 a.m.witha short ceremony on the bridgeat Main Street for the men whowent down at sea in ships. Theparade will proceed to the Wil-liamsburg Cemetery on GayStreet.

All service organizations arewelcome to participate.

Willowville ElementarySchool

Willowville Elementary stu-dentswillparticipate inaparadefrom 12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Fri-day, May 24, on the schoolgrounds.

Students will march aroundthe building, listen to guestspeakers and sing songs. Thepublic is invited to attend.

The Williamsburg Fire Department participated in the village’s 2012 Memorial Day parade. LISA J. MAUCH/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Barry Metzger places flowers at the Felicity cemetery in honor ofMemorial Day 2012. THANKS TO RALPH ADAMS

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THURSDAY, MAY 23Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, 2010 Wolfangel Road,$5. 379-4900. Anderson Town-ship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, 5767 Wolfpen-PleasantHill Road, Fusion of jazz dance,resistance training, Pilates, yogaand kickboxing. $38 per month.Presented by Jazzercise Milford.476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.SilverSneakers, 9-10 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center,4350 Aicholtz Road, Variety ofexercises designed to increasemuscular strength, range ofmovement and activity for dailyliving skills. Call for pricing.947-7344. Union Township.SilverSneakers Yoga Stretch,12:30-1:15 p.m., Miami TownshipCivic Center, 6101Meijer Drive,Series of seated and standingyoga poses. Chair supportoffered to safely perform varietyof postures designed to increaseflexibility, balance and range ofmovement. For seniors. Present-ed by SilverSneakers. 478-6783.Miami Township.

Holiday - Memorial DayAmerican Legion Post 318Poppy Giveaway, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Kroger Anderson TowneCenter, 7580 Beechmont Ave.,Receive a free red crepe paperflower to symbolize, honor andremember veterans that losttheir life serving our country.Benefits American Legion Post318 veterans’ service programs.Free; donations accepted.Presented by American LegionPost 318. 233-4400. AndersonTownship.

NatureAnimal Tales, 11 a.m., Wood-land Mound, 8250 Old KelloggRoad, Free, vehicle permitrequired. Presented by HamiltonCounty Park District. 521-7275;www.greatparks.org. AndersonTownship.

RecreationJeep and Truck Night, 6-9 p.m.,Quaker Steak & Lube, 590Chamber Drive, Parking lot. Fortrucks, Jeeps or off-road vehi-cles. Free. 831-5823; www.qua-kersteakandlube.com.Milford.

ShoppingJoseph-Beth BooksellersExpress Fundraiser, 8 a.m.-10p.m., Joseph-Beth BooksellersExpress, 4450 Eastgate SouthDrive, Inside Jungle Jim’s Inter-national Market Eastgate. Areaschools can register to earnmoney back on all purchases bytheir students, parents andteachers shopping at expressstore. Benefits Local schools.412-5700; ext. 1140. Eastgate.

Volunteer EventsFamily Volunteer Day, 9 a.m.-noon, Cincinnati Nature Centerat RoweWoods, 4949 TealtownRoad, Help remove invasivespecies and prepare the PlayS-cape for summer. Free. 831-1711;[email protected]. UnionTownship.

FRIDAY, MAY 24Business ClassesJob Search Learning Labs,1-3:30 p.m., Anderson SeniorCenter, 7970 Beechmont Ave.,Technically-oriented learningopportunities for those in jobtransition. Free. Presented byJob Search Learning Labs. 474-3100; www.jobsearchlearnin-glabs.wikidot.com. AndersonTownship.

Dining EventsFish Fry, 6-7:30 p.m., DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562, 1596Ohio 131, Fish sandwiches,chicken fingers or six-pieceshrimp dinner. Includes coleslawand French fries. Carryoutavailable. $5.50 and up. Present-ed by Ladies Auxiliary DennisJohnson VFW Post 6562. 575-2102.Milford.Friday Night Grillouts, 5-8p.m., Lake Isabella, 10174 Love-land-Madeira Road, Itemsavailable a la carte. Presented byHamilton County Park District.521-7275, ext. 285; www.great-parks.org. Symmes Township.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,

Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Chair Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, 267Mount Holly Road, Yoga thatbegins and ends in chair. Stand-ing poses when applicable.Focus on core strength, flexibil-ity, breathing and relaxation. $6drop-in or $50 for 10 classes.Presented by Yoga with Sharon.237-4574. Amelia.SilverSneakers Yoga Stretch,9-10 a.m., Union Township CivicCenter, 4350 Aicholtz Road,Complete series of seated andstanding yoga poses. Restorativebreathing exercises and finalrelaxation promote stress reduc-tion and mental clarity. Call forpricing. Presented by SilverS-neakers. 478-6783. Union Town-ship.

Holiday - Memorial DayAmerican Legion Post 318Poppy Giveaway, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Kroger Anderson TowneCenter, Free; donations accept-ed. 233-4400. Anderson Town-ship.

Music - AcousticMike Combs and Bill Galvin, 6p.m., Stonekry Resale Books,8253 Beechmont Ave., Free.474-0123; www.stonekry.org.Anderson Township.

Music - BluesCOLD Tuna, 8 p.m.-midnight,Quaker Steak & Lube, 590Chamber Drive, Acoustic/electricrock-n-blues frommembers ofthe Tuna Project. Free. 831-5823;www.thetunaproject.com.Milford.

Music - CountryTanaMatz, 8 p.m., Green KayakMarket and Eatery, 204 FrontSt., Free. 843-6040; www.green-kayakmarket.com. New Rich-mond.

NatureHomeschool: WildernessSurvival Basics, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Cincinnati Nature Center atLong Branch Farm and Trails,6926 Gaynor Road, Primitiveskills instructor Brian Truittdelves into hierarchy of survival:shelter building, water puri-fication, fire making and food.For ages 10 and up. $55, $40members. Registration required.831-1711. Goshen Township.Small Wonders, 10 a.m., Wood-land Mound, 8250 Old KelloggRoad, Worms. Registrationrequired online by May 24.Hands-on activities, crafts andoutdoor adventures to spark anearly interest in nature. For Ages18 months-2 years. $5, vehiclepermit required. Presented byHamilton County Park District.521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Anderson Township.

ShoppingJoseph-Beth BooksellersExpress Fundraiser, 8 a.m.-10p.m., Joseph-Beth BooksellersExpress, 412-5700; ext. 1140.Eastgate.

SATURDAY, MAY 25BenefitsHeels and Hounds, 4-7 p.m.,Wags Park, 3810 Church St.,Complimentary light bites,refreshments, mini pet spaservices, treat taste-testing,giveaways, cocktails and shop-ping. Puppy fashion show at 6p.m. Free swag bag for first 100attendees. Benefits BrownCounty Animal Shelter. $10, $5members. 322-5432; www.heel-sandhounds.eventbright.com.Newtown.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 9:30-10:30a.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Mat Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, 267Mount Holly Road, Focus oncore strength, flexibility, breath-ing and relaxation. $6 drop-in or10 classes for $50. Presented byYoga with Sharon. 237-4574.Amelia.Spinning on Keiser M3 Free-wheel, 8:30-9:30 a.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.

X-Fit Classes, 10-11 a.m., MiamiAthletic Club &Wellness Center,930 Lila Ave., Join certifiedtrainers for Group X-Fit class toimprove your conditioning andstrength. Ages 18 and up. $10.Registration recommended.831-0006; www.miamiathlet-icclub.org.Milford.

FestivalsLocal Fest, Noon-5 p.m., Grail-ville Retreat and Program Cen-ter, 932 O’Bannonville Road,Artwork of local artisans andtheir wares, bites and light farefrom local food vendors andmusic by Jeremy Pinnell and the55s. Free. 683-2340;bit.ly/14i0TrH. Loveland.

Holiday - Memorial DayAmerican Legion Post 318Poppy Giveaway, 10 a.m.-8p.m., Kroger Anderson TowneCenter, Free; donations accept-ed. 233-4400. Anderson Town-ship.

NatureSpring Bird Walk, 8 a.m., Cin-cinnati Nature Center at LongBranch Farm and Trails, 6926Gaynor Road, Meet in parkinglot. Join bird guide and hiketrails. Beginners welcome. Bringbinoculars and dress for weath-er. Ages 18 and up. Membersfree; nonmembers pay dailyadmission. 831-1711. GoshenTownship.Snake Count, 2 p.m., WoodlandMound, 8250 Old Kellogg Road,Seasongood Nature Center.Search for snakes along the trailand record data for the Centerfor Snake Conservation’s citizenscience project. Free, vehiclepermit required. Presented byHamilton County Park District.521-7275; www.greatparks.org.Anderson Township.

PetsPet Adoptions, 1-4 p.m., Pep-permint Pig, 8255 BeechmontAve., Cats and dogs available foradoption. 474-0005; www.pep-permintpig.org. AndersonTownship.

Runs / WalksFull MoonWalk: FlowerMoon, 9 a.m., Cincinnati NatureCenter at RoweWoods, 4949Tealtown Road, Meet at RoweWoods Kiosk. Hit trails at nightwith full moon and naturalhistory readings. For ages 8 andup. $8, free for members. Regis-tration required. 831-1711;www.cincynature.org. Union

Township.


SUNDAY, MAY 26Art OpeningsBikes in Bloom, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.,City of Milford, Unused bicycles,tricycles, Big Wheels - anythingnon-motorized with wheels andpedals are decorated with plantsand flowers for display through-out the Milford, Miami Town-ship and Terrace Park areas.Locations at website. Programswith locations, People’s ChoiceAward ballot and informationare available at local businesseslisted on website. Exhibit con-tinues through July 4. Presentedby Greater Milford Events & ArtsCouncil. 831-4192; www.gmea-c.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesCardio Kick Boxing, 6-7 p.m.,ATA Taekwondo Black BeltAcademy, 8510 Beechmont Ave.,Led by George Sizemore, fourth-degree black belt and co-ownerof ATA Black Belt Academy.Family friendly. $5. 652-0286;www.atacincinnati.com. An-derson Township.

Music - AcousticSteve Free, 8 p.m., Green KayakMarket and Eatery, 204 FrontSt., Old Lodge Stage. Award-winning singer/songwriter. Free.843-6040; www.facebook.com/greenkayakmarket. New Rich-mond.

RecreationCar Cruise In, 4-8 p.m., QuakerSteak & Lube, 590 ChamberDrive, For old, restored, highperformance or car with a story.Free. 831-5823; www.quaker-steakandlube.com.Milford.


MONDAY, MAY 27Art ExhibitsBikes in Bloom, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.,City of Milford, Unused bicycles,tricycles, Big Wheels - anythingnon-motorized with wheels and

pedals are decorated with plantsand flowers for display through-out the Milford, Miami Town-ship and Terrace Park areas.Locations at website. Programswith locations, People’s ChoiceAward ballot and informationare available at local businesseslisted on website. Presented byGreater Milford Events & ArtsCouncil. 831-4192; www.gmea-c.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesJazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, 135N. Union St., Zumba fitness andZumba Gold classes. $5. Present-ed by Kimberley “KC” Coniglio.240-5180; www.zumbawithkc-.com. Bethel.Zumba Class, 7-8 p.m., LemingHouse, 5951 Buckwheat Road,Summer Rackley leads high-intensity workout. Latin dancesteps. Ages 18 and up. $25 for sixweeks. Presented by MiamiTownship Parks and Recreation.248-3727; www.miamitwpoh-.gov.Miami Township.

Holiday - Memorial DayAnderson Legion Post 318Memorial Ceremony, 8:40a.m., Mount Moriah Cemetery,686 Mount Moriah Drive, Hon-oring military veterans withColor Guard and Rifle Squad,placing small flags and flowerson representative veteran’sgraves and a rifle salute andplaying of “Taps,” Presented byAmerican Legion Post 318.474-4194; www.post318.org.Union Township.Anderson Legion Post 318Memorial Ceremony, 9:05a.m., Veterans Park -- AndersonTownship, 8531 Forest Road,Honoring military veterans withColor Guard and Rifle Squad,placing small flags and flowerson representative veteran’sgraves and a rifle salute andplaying of “Taps,” Presented byAmerican Legion Post 318.474-4194; www.post318.org.Anderson Township.Anderson Legion Post 318Memorial Ceremony, 10:55a.m., Clough Pike BaptistChurch, 1025 Clough Pike,Honoring military veterans withColor Guard and Rifle Squad,placing small flags and flowerson representative veteran’sgraves and a rifle salute andplaying of “Taps,” Presented byAmerican Legion Post 318.474-4194; www.post318.org.Amelia.Anderson Legion Post 318Memorial Ceremony, 9:05a.m., Five Mile Chapel, 7769 OldFive Mile Road, Cemetery.Honoring military veterans withColor Guard and Rifle Squad,placing small flags and flowerson representative veteran’sgraves and a rifle salute andplaying of “Taps,” Presented byAmerican Legion Post 318.474-4194; www.post318.org.Anderson Township.

RecreationStreet Customs Night CruiseIn, 6-9 p.m., Quaker Steak &Lube, 590 Chamber Drive,Parking lot. For imports, customvehicles, rat rods, cruisers, highperformance, Corvettes orMustangs. 831-5823; www.qua-kersteakandlube.com.Milford.

Religious - CommunityMondayMeals, 6-7 p.m., Lu-theran Church of the Resurrec-tion, 1950 Nagel Road, Commu-nity meal. Free, donationsaccepted. 474-4938. AndersonTownship.


TUESDAY, MAY 28Art ExhibitsBikes in Bloom, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.,City of Milford, 831-4192;www.gmeac.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesChair Yoga, 9-10:10 a.m., Yogawith Sharon Studio 1, $6 drop-inor $50 for 10 classes. 237-4574.Amelia.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers Market, 3-7p.m., Loveland Station, W.Loveland Avenue, E. Broadwayand Second streets, Parking lot.Featuring 32 vendors from area

offering vegetables, fruits,meat, eggs, bread, pizza, past-ries, cookies, syrup, lavenderproducts, soaps, lotions, gour-met popsicles, gelato, herbs,alpaca products, hummus,honey, coffee, olive oil andcheese. Free. Presented byLoveland Farmers Market.683-0150; www.lovelandfm-.com. Loveland.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 29Art & Craft ClassesFree Knitting Classes, 7-8:30p.m., Milford Heights Church ofChrist, 1646 Ohio 28, Basicknitting techniques, fresh ideasand short devotional time. Free.575-1874.Milford.

Art ExhibitsBikes in Bloom, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.,City of Milford, 831-4192;www.gmeac.org.Milford.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.Zumbawith KC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,Bethel Community Center, $5.240-5180; www.zumbawithkc-.com. Bethel.

Health / WellnessTriHealth Mobile Mammog-raphy Screening, 8:30a.m.-3:30 p.m., Loveland FamilyMedicine, 411W. Loveland Ave.,No. 102, Digital screening mam-mography. Registration re-quired. Presented by TriHealthWomen’s Services Van. 569-6565; www.trihealth.com.Loveland.

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


THURSDAY, MAY 30Art ExhibitsBikes in Bloom, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.,City of Milford, 831-4192;www.gmeac.org.Milford.

Drink TastingsPairedWine Tasting, 6-9 p.m.,Winedog Fine Wines & Fine Art,451A Ohio Pike, Six wines servedwith gourmet appetizers thatpair well with each. Music andartwork on display in gallery.$19.75. Reservations required.Through June 27. 888-288-0668;www.winedog.com. AndersonTownship.

Exercise ClassesZumba Fitness Class, 6:30-7:30p.m., Clough United MethodistChurch, $5. 379-4900. AndersonTownship.Jazzercise, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,Trinity United Methodist ChurchMilford, $38 per month. 476-7522; www.jazzercise.com.Milford.SilverSneakers, 9-10 a.m.,Union Township Civic Center,Call for pricing. 947-7344. UnionTownship.SilverSneakers Yoga Stretch,12:30-1:15 p.m., Miami TownshipCivic Center, 478-6783.MiamiTownship.

RecreationJeep and Truck Night, 6-9 p.m.,Quaker Steak & Lube, Free.831-5823; www.quakerstea-kandlube.com.Milford.


FRIDAY, MAY 31Art ExhibitsBikes in Bloom, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.,City of Milford, 831-4192;www.gmeac.org.Milford.

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Bikes in Bloom returns to the Milford and Miami Townshipcommunity May 26 through July 4. The garden art project issponsored by the Greater Milford Events and Arts Council.The Miami Township Civic Center's “Art Blossoms,”pictured, won the Best in Show award at the 2012 Bikes inBloom. For more information, call 831-4192 or visitwww.gmeac.org. PROVIDED.

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Talk about multi-task-ing. I was writing thiscolumn when my hus-band, Frank, called outfrom the garden to in-

spect therows ofcorn.

“It’scoming upspotty,” hesaid, andblamed therobins forpluckingseedlingsout of theground.

While I was out, Idecided to pot up some ofMom’s peppermint toplant around her and myDad’s graves for Memo-rial Day. Then I wentback in to finish my col-umn. Ten minutes later Igot called out again, thistime to plant another rowof potatoes. So it hasbeen one busy morning.I’m not complaining be-cause I know the little bitof planting we’re doingnow will morph into anabundant harvest.

Today’s column couldbe called “the restaurantissue,” since the recipesshared are from famouseateries.

Opera cream cake“like” Knotty Pineon the Bayou

A few years ago, aWestern Hills readershared her version forthis customer favoritefrom Knotty Pine Restau-

rant in Kentucky. “Soclose you won’t be able totell the difference,” shesaid.

Christine V. is just thelatest of readers whocontinue to request therecipe, so I finally madeit myself. After tasting it,I wondered why I waitedso long! I made a fewchanges dependent uponwhat ingredients I had.Those are in parentheses.You choose which ingre-dients appeal to you.

Don’t be put off by thelist of instructions, thecake comes togethereasily and would be per-fect to tote to that Memo-rial Day picnic. Becauseit’s baked in a jelly rollpan, it isn’t a real highriser, and is very moist.The browned butter icingelevates it into the kindof cake that begs for “onemore bite.”

Howmany does itserve? I got 16 servingsand could have gottenmore.

CakeWhisk together and

set aside:

2 cups sugar2 cups all-purpose flour1⁄2 teaspoon salt

Bring to boil:

2 sticks margarine (I usedunsalted butter)

1 cup water4 tablespoons unsweetenedcocoa powder

Cool, then add sugar,flour and salt mixture,and blend well.

Then beat in:

2 large eggs1⁄2 cup sour cream (plus 1teaspoon vanilla)

1 teaspoon baking soda

Batter will be thin.Pour into sprayed jelly-roll pan and bake in pre-heated 400 degree oven20 minutes.

Icing:Boil until golden:

11⁄2 sticks butter (I usedunsalted)

This is what I callbrowned butter: Cook inpan over medium heatuntil butter boils andbegins to turn golden. Itwill foam up a bit. Becareful as it can burneasily. It’s done whenbutter turns tan color andyou see specks of lightgolden brown on bottom.

This takes a fewminutes.Remove from heat rightaway, stir browned bitsin and pour into bowl tocool.

To cooled brownedbutter, add and beat untilfluffy (it will look lumpyat first):

1pound powdered sugar2 teaspoons vanilla6-8 tablespoons whippingcream (I used evaporatedmilk)

Spread on cooled cakeright in pan. Store inrefrigerator.

Tip from Rita’sKitchen

A jelly roll pan (about10 inches by 15 inches) isbigger than a cookiesheet and has sides.

Kayla Dunlap’sCarrabba’s dippingoil/sauce

Kayla, a Fort Thomasreader, shares a goodrecipe for this dippingoil. She said: “Bonnieasked for help finding arecipe similar to Carrab-ba’s. Here’s one I haveused.”

1 tablespoonminced basil1 tablespoon choppedparsley (Italian is best)

1 tablespoonminced garlic1 teaspoon dried thyme1 teaspoon dried oregano1 teaspoon ground blackpepper

1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt or 1⁄2teaspoon ground sea salt

1⁄2 teaspoon choppedrosemary

1⁄4 teaspoon crushed redpepper flakes

1⁄2 teaspoon olive oil (Plusadditional 3-4tablespoons)

1⁄8 teaspoon fresh lemonjuice

Combine all of theingredients, except oiland lemon. Put in a smallfood processor. Chopbriefly until all ingredi-ents are about the same.Stir in oil and lemonjuice. To serve: Combineabout 11⁄2 teaspoons spiceblend to 3 to 4 table-spoons additional oliveoil on a small dish.

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

‘Restaurant’column with twocloned recipes

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Manymake it sound asif you’re going to be ar-rested unless you paythem now. But if youknowwhat to expect, youcan handle it without aproblem.

Larry Brondhaver ofAnderson Township saidhe received such a callrecently.

“I was told there’sgoing to be papers deliv-ered tome by the sheriff.They tried twice to deliv-er the papers and nobodywas here they said. ‘Will

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have tomake an appear-ance if we don’t. I said,‘An appearance?Where?’He said, ‘In court’,”Brondhaver said.

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allegedly owed by hisson. “Theywantme tomake a payment, andtheywant it for him. It’sfor a bill he supposedlyowes to U.S. Bank,” hesaid.

Brondhaver then didsomething everyoneshould do. He asked forproof of the debt, alleged-ly owed by his son. Soon,he received a letter in themail. “It says theywantto settle with you for lessthanwhat you owe, ofcourse. Formy son theywant $352 processing feenow, right now. That feewill carry over for anoth-ermonth,” he said.

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But this is more thanjust a play. Each guestreceives a book to recordclues throughout theevening. Tables work as ateam to solve the mys-tery, and the winnersreceive a prize. In casethere are any “hams” inthe crowd, a few will beoffered the opportunityto play a part extempora-neously. Everyone elsecan relax, record theirclues and enjoy the play.

You may recognize afew unsavory charactersin the play, such as God-father Dixon Rodenberg(a.k.a. Clermont CountySheriff Tim Rodenberg).

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We have a squirrelbox that was given to usby some folks in George-town. Last week RuthAnn and I were sitting onthe porch when Chessytook off for the mapletree. Up the tree shewent. I said I think I seea squirrel in the box, soChessy got to the boxand looked in with oneeye. We could hear thesquirrel barking at her.She put one paw in andjerked it out real quick.She would get on top ofthe box, look over theedge, then climb down soshe could look in thehole. The squirrel keptbarking at her, then somebirds got her attention onup in the tree and shetried to get to them, thenback to the box, then thesquirrel started barkingagain. This went on forabout half an hour. Shewould climb around thetree, up and down, tryingto figure how to getdown. About this time, itstarted to thunder andrain real hard. She didn’thave any trouble gettingdown. She came runningback to the porch wherewe were sitting in thedry.

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Last Friday a neigh-bor and fellow Granger,Kate, helped us countused eyeglasses and allkinds of batteries. Thethree of us spent threehours counting glasses,cases, lens that were outof frames and the batter-ies. We ended up with520 pairs of glasses, plus70 pairs of sunglasses,239 cases and 44 looseslenses. These will betaken to Pomeroy, Ohio,and be cataloged then betaken by volunteer op-tometrists to third worldcountries and fitted forthe people there. TheGrange has been doingthis for several years.Our Grange at Nich-olsville had the mostglasses, cases, sunglass-es and loose lens with atotal of 872. This is a lot

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Now on Saturday weleft home at 5:45 a.m. togo to Mowrystown toride to the Grange Campat Zanesville with Mark.This meeting was for theGrange deputies andofficers. There werefolks that had a horsetrailer to haul the poptabs to sell. There were

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Bishop volunteerswith police departmentsin Miami Township, Mil-ford, Goshen Townshipand Loveland. He alsovolunteers with CrimeStoppers andPro SeniorsOhio.Hedonateshis timeperforming tasks suchasfundraising, speaking tothe elderly about seniorfrauds, coordinatingShop with a Cop, patrol-ling Miami Township aspartof theCitizensonPa-trol and more.

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favorite TV shows. The number of shows andchannels you’ll get depends on where you live.People living in large metropolitan areas mayget up to 53 static-free channels, while people inoutlying areas will get less. That means even ifyou’re in a rural area that just pulls inNBC,ABC,CBS, FOXandPBSbroadcasts there’s hundredsof shows each year towatch for free.Consumers report that the crystal clear pic-

ture quality with Clear-Cast is the best they’veever seen. That’s because you get virtually allpure uncompressed signals direct from thebroadcasters for free.Clear-Cast was engineered to link up directly

like a huge outdoor directional antenna but in alightweight, slim-line package. Its sturdy copperalloy and polymer construction will most likelyfar outlast yourTV.It just couldn’t be any easier to get Free over-

the-air digital TV showswithClear-Cast. Simplyplug it into your TV, place Clear-Cast on a win-dow pane and run autoscan. It works on virtu-ally anymodelTVand is easily hidden out of sightbehind a curtain orwindow treatment.Thousands of Cincinnati area residents are

expected to call to get Clear-Cast because it justdoesn’t make any sense to keep paying for TVwhen you can get hundreds of shows absolutelyfree.So, Cincinnati area residents lucky enough to

find their zip code listed in today’s publicationneed to immediately call the Free TV Hotlinebefore the 48-hour deadline to get Clear-Castthat pulls in Free TV with crystal clear digitalpicture. If lines are busy keep trying, all callswillbe answered.!

How It Works: Just plug it in to your TV and pull in Free TV channels in crystal clear digitalpicture with no cable, satellite or internet connection and no monthly bills

! NEVER PAY A BILL AGAIN: Ohioans will be on the lookout for their postal carrier because thousands of Clear-Casts willsoon be delivered to lucky Cincinnati area residents who beat the 48-hour order deadline and live in any of the zip code areaslisted above. Everyone is getting Clear-Cast because it pulls in nothing but Free TV channels with no cable, satellite or internetconnection and no monthly bills.

How to get Free TV: Listed below are the Cincinnati area zip codes that can get Free TV channels with nomonthly bills. If you find the first two digits of your zip code immediately call 1-888-752-7147 beginning at pre-cisely 8:30am this morning. Today’s announcement photo above shows just a handful of the major over-the-airbroadcast networks you can receive with Clear-Cast for free. It saves a ton of money by not picking up expen-sive cable only channels like ESPN so there’s never a monthly bill. This is all possible because a U.S. Federal Lawmakes TV broadcasters transmit their signals in digital format, which allows everyone to use Clear-Cast to pull inFree TV channels with no monthly bills. CompTek is giving every U.S. household a 50% off discount to help coverthe cost of Clear-Cast. Clear-Cast, the sleek micro antenna device is a one-time purchase that plugs in to your TVto pull in Free TV channels in crystal clear digital picture with no monthly bills. Each Clear-Cast normally costs$98, but U.S. households who beat the 48-hour deadline are authorized to get a 50% off discount for each Clear-Cast and cover just $49 and shipping as long as they call the Free TV Hotline at 1-888-752-7147 before the dead-line ends or online at www.clear-cast.com. Trademarks and programs are the property of their respective ownersand are not affiliated with or endorsing Clear-Cast.

Public gets Free TV with no monthly billsFederal law makes TV network giants broadcast Free TV signals regionally in crystal clear digital picture inall 50 states allowing U.S. households to pull in Free TV with a sleek $49 micro antenna device engineered to pullin nothing but Free TV channels with no cable, satellite or internet connection and no monthly bills

Who Gets Free TV: Listed below are the Cincinnati area zip codes that can get Free over the airTV channels. If you find the first two digits of your zip code immediately call: 1-888-752-7147

! NO MORE BILLS: Clear-Cast, the sleek microantenna device is engineered to pull in nothing butFree TV channels. It was invented by a renownedNASA Space Technology Hall of Fame scientist, whocurrently holds 23 U.S. Gov’t patents. Clear-Cast linksup directly to pull in Free over-the-air TV channelswith crystal clear digital picture and no monthly bills.

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MIAMI TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJoshua L. Williams, 25, 70 Mel-doy Lane, theft, April 30.Jordan L. Marrs, 20, 1355 RidgeCrest, nuisance animal, May 1.Megan Chandler, 21, 947 Ohio28 No. 10, intoxicated in road-way, disorderly conduct, May 3.John R. Kreta, 21, 2118 Oak-wood, disorderly conduct, May3.JohnathanM. Maskiell, 22, 2061Ohio 125 No. 180, intoxicated inroadway, disorderly conduct,May 3.Paul J. Gilday Jr., 28, 969 Ohio 28No. 147, endangering children,May 2.Ronald Benton, 60, TaylorsCrossing, driving under influ-ence, open container, May 3.Christopher Casanova, 19, 5706Crabapple Way, domesticviolence, May 5.Three Juveniles, 16, underageconsumption, May 5.Juvenile, 15, underage consump-tion, May 5.Austin J. Fischer, 18, 1476 CorbinDrive, drug possession, May 5.

Incidents/investigations

AssaultMale was assaulted at 14 Mead-ow Drive, May 1.Male juvenile was assaulted atbasketball court at 10 CommonsDrive, May 4.Breaking and enteringScrap copper taken; $350 at6455 Branch Hill Guinea, April29.Criminal damageWindows shot with BB gun at1259 Ohio 50, April 30.Door keyed on vehicle at Meijerat 1802 Ohio 28, May 1.Mailbox damaged at 5765Meadow View, May 3.Glass door shattered at 1273Hickory Woods, May 5.Lamp post damaged at 902Carpenter, May 3.Disorderly conductReported at Live Oaks at Buck-wheat Road, April 30.Domestic violenceAt Ohio 28, May 5.Endangering children3-year-old baby found wander-ing alone in park area at 969Ohio 28, May 2.Felonious assaultFemale was beaten with stick inKroger lot at Branch Hill GuineaPike, April 29.

Nuisance animalDog, barking constantly report-ed at 1355 Ridge Crest, May 1.TheftMerchandise taken fromMeijer;$60 at Ohio 28, April 29.Cash taken; $999 at 6039 CaroleDrive, April 29.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers; $36 at WardsCorner, April 30.Sign taken from pond area atarea of Courtney &Windstar,April 24.Hair products taken fromMeijerat Ohio 28, April 30.Computer scam reported at 5437Hoffman Road, April 30.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers; $30 at Ohio 50,May 1.Mailbox taken at 6073 DonnaJay, April 28.Gas sensing unit, Duke Energy,taken; $1,497 at 1099 Ohio 28,May 3.Money from deposit and GPSunit taken at Car Star of Mil-ford; $331 at Ohio 28, May 3.Tool kit taken fromMeijer; $80at Ohio 28, May 4.Change, etc. taken from vehicleat 6269 Deerhaven, May 5.Gasoline not paid for at Thorn-

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MILFORDArrests/citationsBenjamin Hauser, 35, 519 Bran-don Ave., criminal damage,May 6.Dezerae E. Moore, 32, 2730 Ohio222, warrant, May 6.Joseph A. Lindhorst, 33, 1703Oakbrook, warrant, May 6.Romulus Tamas, 19, 322 St.Andrew Drive, contempt ofcourt, May 7.Ryan Downing, 24, 919 MohawkTrail No. 5, domestic violence,May 9.Duane K. Allen, 27, 210 Elm St.,contempt of court, May 9.Christina K. Starkey, 34, 310 FourSeasons Drive, theft, May 10.Matthew Horwarth, 29, 1764Ohio 131, driving under influ-ence, drug abuse, May 10.Johnathan Geraci, 19, 2001Stillwater Lane, failure tocontrol vehicle, May 11.Travis N. Richardson, 24, 653Arlington Drive, warrant, May11.Jessica B. Barton, 27, 3 VicksburgDrive, contempt of court, May12.Michael L. Penny, 25, 220 PolkSt., contempt of court, May 12.David G. Warfield Jr., 24, 4997Ohio 222, drug paraphernalia,May 13.

Incidents/investigationsDomestic disputeAt Center Street, May 10.Domestic violenceAt Mohawk Trail, May 8.Passing bad checksBad check was received; $350 at701 Edgecombe, May 7.TheftNetbook not returned to ownerat 511Dot St., May 6.Political sign taken at 604 MainSt., May 6.Smart phone taken at 601 Edge-combe, May 7.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers at 100 ChamberDrive, May 8.Gasoline not paid for at UnitedDairy Farmers at 100 ChamberDrive, May 8.GPS unit taken from van atMethodist Church at MainStreet, May 8.Reported at Walmart at 201Chamber Drive, May 8.Reported at Walmart at 201Chamber Drive, May 9.Vehicle broken into at RaveMotion Pictures at 500 Ri-versedge, May 10.Unlisted items taken fromvehicle at Rave Motion Picturesat 500 Riversedge, May 10.

GOSHEN TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsMary Atwood, 49, 6703 Pin Oak,

felonious assault, domesticviolence.ShannonWalker, 28, 1111 ShaylerRoad, theft.Anthony Harvey, 47, 6606 Ohio48, theft.

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringAt 212 Redbird, April 30.At 1461Ohio 28, May 2.DisorderAt 103 Heather, April 29.At 5105 Oakmont Drive, April 30.At Buddy Lane, May 1.At 1785 Ohio 28 No. 240, May 3.At 102 Heather, April 29.DisputeAt 6703 Pin Oak, April 28.At 9 Gateway, April 28.At 2251Ohio 28, May 1.Domestic violenceAt Pin Oak, April 28.HarassmentAt Redbird Drive, May 2.SolicitingAt 1785 Ohio 28, April 30.TheftAt 629 Redman, May 1.At 6329 Liberty Lane, May 1.At 6725 Dick Flynn, May 2.At 1579 Ohio 28, May 3.At 905 Country Lake, May 3.

CLERMONT COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICEArrests/citationsAnthony John Harvey, 47, 3666Oakwood Drive, Amelia, theftat 2749 Ohio 131, Newtonsville,May 7.

Incidents/investigationsBreaking and enteringAt 3026 Park Road, Goshen, May9.TheftAt 2749 Ohio 131, Newtonsville,April 16.At 3021 Park Road, Goshen, May11.At 3021 Park Road, Goshen, May7.At 3086 Park Road, Goshen, May7.

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GOSHEN TOWNSHIP2555 Allegro Lane, RobertTipton to American Homes 4Rent Properties Four LLC, 0.1100acre, $139,000.6308 Belfast Drive, Tony Emer-son & Carolyn Mason to Richard& Stephanie Hinners, 0.4590acre, $119,000.6476 Cedar Lake Lane, Joshua &Renae Kellerman to Jeffrey &Susan Grimm, $232,000.6291 Cedar lane, Charles & VickiButler to Bryan Hughbanks,1.3040 acre, $89,900.7158 Hill Station Road, SeanForman & AmandaWalker toCharles & Karyn Forman,112.8690 acre, $135,500.7250 Shiloh Road, Jerry & LoriPatterson to William & TheresaPennington, 1.0100 acre,$159,900.6589 Smith Road, Federal Na-tional Mortgage Assoc. toMollie Mills, 0.4390 acre,$30,000.3029 Tenor Drive, Raejeana &Dennis Eppert to Joseph &Kelley Schatzel, 0.2540 acre,$127,500.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP2834 Jackson Pike, John & EvelynCollins to Susan & DouglasRuehl, 2.1600 acre, $178,000.3123 Pennington Lane, FederalNational Mortgage Assoc. toMidfirst Bank, 1.0000 acre,$75,000.3123 Pennington Lane, MidfirstBank to William Henson, 1.0000acre, $25,000.

MIAMI TOWNSHIP1516 Crown Point Lane, SandyHoover & Kimberly Frey, co-trustees to Daniel & Jillian Wolf,0.5760 acre, $432,000.1202 Deblin Drive, Federal HomeLoan Mortgage Corp. to CedarFamily Limited Partnership,0.4700 acre, $50,200.798 Decade Lane, Timothy &DawnWade to Scioto Proper-ties SP-15 LLC, 5.1100 acre,$169,000.

1206 Eagle Creek Trail, RonaldNyzen to Evaristo Montes Jr.,1.0400 acre, $194,900.1208 Fox Horn Court, FischerSingle Family Homes II LLC toMichael & Christel Skorup,$312,749.5654 Harvest Ridge, Kenneth &Doris Dicken to Paula Anstaett,0.2940 acre, $236,000.1568 Hunt Club Drive, Donald &Tanya Strider to AifengWang,0.3580 acre, $218,000.1089 Michelle Trail, Adam & ErinRoy to Stacy & Michelle Nance,0.2930 acre, $175,900.5876 Monassas Run Road, Sean&Melissa Morrison to AdamSchneider & Lindsey Harris,0.3240 acre, $235,000.6112 Oakbridge Way Unit 203,Dorothy & Patricia McEndree toDorothy & Kathyrn Miller,$93,500.6193 Redhawk Court, Jarrod &Erica Pontius to Patrick &Kimberly Keyser, 0.6110 acre,$500,000.1173 Ronlee Drive, MarshallHubbard, et al. to FederalHome Loan Mortgage Corp.,0.4700 acre, $73,333.34.6230 Rustler Court, Michael &Rosemary Gibson to Adam &Megan Asbrock, 0.6890 acre,$237,800.5771 Tall Oaks Drive, CitiMort-gage Inc. to Michelle Walton,0.1700 acre, $73,000.1028 W. Bridle Path, JasonHerman to Paul & MichelleTurnpaugh, 0.3110 acre,$236,500.6225 Watchcreek Way No. 202,Mary Snyder, trustee to JoanGlassford, $87,000.6053 Weber Oaks Drive, Jeffrey& Virginia Hollingsworth toScott & Amanda Roettele,0.2170 acre, $200,000.6311Weber Woods Court,Fischer Single Family Homes IILLC to Jennifer Terhar, 0.668acre, $282,625.6046 Windy Hollow Court,Alexander Strawn Jr., to Jean-nette Hryniewich & Jill Dies-man, 0.5830 acre, $289,000.5897 Hanley Close, LaurenYoung to Bruce & Cathy Cutler,$60,000.5422 Hillside Terrace, HoytMalsbary, et al. to JPMorgan

Chase Bank NA, 1.0300 acre,$83,334.5555 Mount Zion Road, ToddLang, et al. to Federal HomeLoan Mortgage Corp., 1.9300acre, $150,000.1566 Orchard Valley Drive, Julius& Francis Rassin to John King-ton & Christina Duttweiler,0.4620 acre, $157,400.6532 Oriskany Drive, Phillip &Marci Wheeler to Maeve Ken-nedy & Charles Arnold, 0.4900acre, $275,000.6689 Sandy Shores Drive, Daniel& Alicia Drew to Christopher &Deborah Huff, 0.7350 acre,$645,000.1079 Sophia Drive, Fischer SingleFamily Homes II LLC to Robert &Lauren Chappell, 0.0743 acre,$282,882.1109 Springridge Court, Christian& Diana Forte to AndrewGeonetta & Christy Holthaus-Geonetta, 0.5650 acre,$300,000.5441 Sugar Camp Road, CharlesWright, et al. to Federal HomeLoan Mortgage Corp., 0.5370acre, $60,000.1528 Summit Ridge Road, Ange-la Watson to Megan & Benja-min Clark, 0.1830 acre,$169,500.1802 Wheatfield Way, AprilMcCane to Anthony Suma,0.1650 acre, $167,500.891Windrow Lane, Peter & BethRobinson to Daniel Spencer,0.5490 acre, $268,000.5627 Wittmer Meadows Drive,Maronda Homes of CincinnatiLLC to Margaret Roundtree,0.2954 acre, $214,719.5978 Woodsbend Drive, CapvenLLC to Bjorn Coekaerts & SaraRuell, 0.3180 acre, $180,000.

MILFORD112 Michigan Drive: FederalNational Mortgage Associationto Michaelson Jennifer D. &Marc D.; $411,001.616 Lewis Avenue, Federal HomeLoan Mortgage Corp. to PeteGriesdorn LLC, 0.2045 acre,$65,000.104 W. Stoneridge Drive, BeanEquities LLC to Jessica & JoshuaRamsey, 0.2750 acre, $209,000.776 Forest Ave., Shirley & JonDavid Soellner to Matthew

Caster & Jennifer Logan, 0.1370acre, $119,400.966 May Street, Michael Shoupeto Jeffrey & Jacqueline Slusher,trustees, 0.2330 acre, $82,180.

OWENSVILLE VILLAGE223 East Main St., James Moore-field to Bank of New YorkMallon, as trustee, 0.2510 acre,$45,000.2393 Whitmer Road, Estate ofBeverly Stroup to Philip & ReneShumard, 0.4590 acre, $95,000.

STONELICK TOWNSHIP5972 Belfast Road, RobertJackson to Ann & Ralph Pat-terson, 0.5130 acre, $94,000.2611 Bergen Road, Jeffrey &Dara Teaney to Bobby Stewart,1.1500 acre, $120,000.2463 Ohio 131, Kean &MaryCrank to Bradley & Tami Voth,10.9300 acre, $327,000.2249 U.S. Route 50, Joseph

Hodge to Ursula & TimothyFerguson, 1.0360 acre, $49,500.5466 Newtonsville HutchinsonRoad, George Fels, Receiver forCedar Trace Golf Club LLC toJMAKLO Properties LLC,$485,000.2269 Baas Road, Roberta Taylorto Philip & Sarah Taylor, 1.0000acre, $59,500.2272 Baas Road, Curtis WayneSears to Phillip & Sarah Taylor,1.5970 acre, $14,000.2143 Cedarville Road, JD SmithHoldings LLC to Shape UpProperties LLC, 0.6600 acre,$39,900.2453 Ohio 131, Michael Waddleto Eric Ziegler, 0.4590 acre,$80,000.5040 Ohio 276, Estate of Can-dace Virgin to Jarrod & Cather-ine Butcher, 4.7210 acre,$224,500.5628 Stonelick Williams CornerRoad, John &Mary Suddarth, et

al. to Joseph Pierson, 0.5100acre, $6,600.

WAYNE TOWNSHIP2768 Lair Road, EWS Construc-tion Inc. to Robert & AshleyJackson, 0.3912 acre, $144,900.6281Manila Road, Geary & AnnPeel to Robert Garrison, 0.7500acre, $114,000.6305 Manila Road, ThomasRitter, et al. to JPMorgan ChaseBank NA, 0.9600 acre, $48,000.Marathon Edenton Road, Rich-ard Rumpke, trustee to Joann &Paul Gregory Sr., 3.4000 acre,$28,000.5977 Hunt Road, Michelle &Kevin McManaway to SandraDunford, 3.0350 acre, $25,000.7013 Garrison Spurling Road,Virgil & Rosella Phipps to Kristy& Matthew Anderson, 0.8400acre, $94,990.

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Saint Peter Church1192 Bethel-New Richmond Rd

New Richmond, Ohio 45157Phone 553-3267

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

Sunday Masses – 8:30 & 11:00www.stpeternewrichmond.org

Saint Mary Church,Bethel3398 Ohio SR 125

Phone 734-4041

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

Sunday Mass – 10:30 AMwww.stmaryparishfamily.org

ROMAN CATHOLIC

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

797-4189Sunday School..............................9:30amSunday Morning Worship............10:30amSunday Evening Worship...............6:30pmWednesday Prayer Service ...........7:00pm

www.lindalebaptist.com

Sunday School 10am; Morning Worship 11am;Sunday Evening Service 6pm;

Wednesday Eve. Prayer Service & Bible Study, 7:00pmReaching the Heart of Clermont County

BATAVIA BAPTIST TEMPLE770 South Riverside, Batavia OH 45103

Raymond D. Jones, Pastor732-2739

BAPTIST

MONUMENTS BAPTIST CHURCH2831 State Route 222

Mark Pence, Pastor 513-313-2401SS 9:30AM, Sun Worship 10:45AM

Wed. Prayer Service 7:00PMChildcare Provided for All Serviceswww.monumentsbaptist.org

Growing in Faith EarlyLearning Center

NOW ENROLLING513-427-4271

www.monumentsbaptist.org/growinginfaith

CLOUGH PIKE BAPTIST CHURCH1025 CLOUGH PIKESunday School 9:30am

Morning Worship 10:45amWednesday Night Worship &

Prayer Service 7:00pmNursery provided for all services/

Youth & Children’s Programswww.cloughpike.com 752-3521

SOUTHERN BAPTIST

RIVER OF LIFEAssembly of God

1793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 451531793 U.S. 52, Moscow, Ohio 45153Pastor: Ralph Ollendick

Sun. Contemporary ServiceSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00amSS -9:45am,Worship 11:00am

Wed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmWed.- Informal Biblestudy 7-8pmCome ExperienceThe Presence of the Lord In Our Services

Services:Sunday Worship 10:30 AM - Children’s Church

Wednesday Worship 7:00 PM - Rangers and Girl’s MinistryFriday 24 hour prayer 6:00 PM

509 Roney LaneCincinnati Ohio 45244

T: 513.528.3200E: [email protected]

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5910 Price Road,Milford831-3770

www.faithchurch.net

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McClelland, Right on Price, church soon on Right

EVANGELICAL FREE

THE CHURCH OF THEGOOD SAMARITAN25 Amelia Olive Branch Rd.

Sunday 10:30am ... Holy Eucharist10:30am...Sunday School

(Lil’ Samaritans)

Handicap Accessible513-753-4115

www.GoodSamaritanEpiscopal.org

ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH& ST. THOMAS NURSERY SCHOOL100 Miami Ave, Terrace Park,OH 831-2052

www.stthomasepiscopal.orgSunday 8am Holy Eucharist, Rite I9:15am Christian Formation &Discovery Hour for all ages*

10:30am Choral Eucharist, Rite II**Child care for children up to 4 in a staffed nursery from 9-noon*Child care for children up to 4 in a staffed nursery from 9-noon

EPISCOPAL

GOSHEN CHURCH OF GODReal People...In a Real Church...

Worshipping a Real God!1675 Hillstation Road, Goshen, Ohio 45122722-1699 www.goshenchurchofgod.org

Pastor Tim McGloneService Schedule

Sunday School 10:00amSunday Worship 10:45am

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00pmWednesday Youth Service 7:00pm

Saturday Service 7:00pmContemporary and Traditional live Worship Music and Multimedia

CHURCH OF GOD

GLEN ESTE CHURCHOF CHRIST

937 Old State Route 74 (Behind Meijer)513-753-8223 www.gecc.net

Sunday Worship: 8:30 & 10:30amBible Study: 9:30am & 6:00pm

Youth Groups: 6:00pm

CHURCH OF CHRIST

681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

Ark of Learning

Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

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GOSHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH6710 Goshen Rd, Goshen

Across from Goshen High School513-722-2541

www.goshenmethodist.orgSunday School 9:30am

Worship 10:30amBlended Worship

Traditional and ContemporaryYouth Fellowship 6:00pm

Nursery Available

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

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 11:00 AM withChildrens Church & NurseryPASTOR MARIE SMITH

www.cloughchurch.org

Blended Worship 8:00 & 10:45 amContemporary Worship 9:30 amSunday School 9:30 & 10:45 am

Nursery Care for Age 3 & underFull Program for Children, Youth,Music, Small Groups & moreHandicapped Accessible

Bill Bowdle -Sr. PastorSteve Fultz - Assoc. Pastor;J. D. Young - Youth Director

Janet Bowdle - Children’s Director

BETHEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

402 W. Plane St.Bethel, Ohio513-734-7201

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH199 Gay Street

Williamsburg, Ohio 45176Phone: 513-724-7985

Sunday School: 9:30A.M.Worship:10:30A.M.(SupervisedNursery)

PRESCHOOL: Tues, Weds, Thurs

PRESBYTERIAN

LOVELANDPRESBYTERIAN

CHURCHA Loving, Praying, Caring ChurchJoin us for Sunday Services

Sunday School .........9:15 - 10:00amFellowship...............10:00 - 10:30amWorship Service .....10:30 - 11:30am

360 Robin Av (off Oak St) Loveland OH

683-2525www.LPCUSA.org • [email protected]

PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

A New Life - A New ProspectiveA New Song

Pastor: Michael Fite info: 753-31593868 McMan Rd., Withamsville, OH 45245

(behind the Water Works car wash)Sunday Worship. 10:00amwww.newsongohio.com

8:45am, 10:15am & 11:45am

Sunday Night Service Time at 6pm

Youth Service at 6pm (in Youth Center)

Watch LIVE online

Sunday's at 10:15am, 11:45am & 6pm

www.LCchurch.tv

Cincinnati Fox19 @ 11am

Troy P. Ervin, Pastor4359 E. Bauman Lane | Batavia, OH 45103

513-735-2555www.LCchurch.tv

Sunday Morning 10:00AMContemporary Worship

Practical MessageClasses for Children & Teens

Nursery Care

Sunday Night Live 6:00PMExciting classes for all ages!

We have many other groupsthat meet on a regular basis

4050 Tollgate Rd,Williamsburg, OH

513-724-3341www.cmcchurch.comMark Otten, Pastor

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Trinity United Methodist“Encircling People with God’s Love”

Traditional Worship.......8:15am & 11:00amContemporary Worship..................9:30amSunday School...............................9:30am

Nursery Available5767 Pleasant Hill Rd (next to Milford Jr. High)

513-831-0262www.trinitymilford.org

UNITED METHODIST

Samuel BrabantSamuel Howard Brabant, 67,

died May 4. He worked for JimBeam.

Survived by wife BonnieBrabant; sons Kenneth (Michele),Don Brabant; daughter-in-lawMary Brabant; grandchildrenToni, Cody, Megan, JessicaBrabant; mother Ethel Campbell;siblings Patricia Brabant Duncan,Durain (Carl) Hurd, Dewey(June), Chris (Rene), David Camp-bell, Gayle (Rudy) Diskete; niecesShonda Jo Brabant Duncan,Tanya Duncan, Samantha Camp-bell, Shonda Sue Sowders; cous-ins Joy, Emma, Anita, Roger,Clifford Keaton, Bill, Charles,Bobby, Diane Routt. Preceded indeath by father Joseph Brabant,cousin Danny Keaton.

Services were May 13 at theGoshen Church of God. Arrange-ments by Evans Funeral Home.

Gail ButlerGail A. Butler, 64, Milford, died

May 11.Survived by brother Raymond

(Earlene) Butler; nieces Susan(Les) Mason, Angel (James)Kaldmo; six great-nieces andnephews. Preceded in death byparents Sam Butler, Shirley (Ray)Hunter.

Services were May 15 at Crav-er-Riggs Funeral Home. Memori-als to: American Diabetes Associ-ation, 4555 Lake Forest Drive,Suite 396, Cincinnati, OH 45242.

David GilmanDavid Gilman, 62, Goshen,

died May 13. He was a mechanic.Survived by brothers Gareth,

John Gilman. Preceded in deathby parents Harlan, CatherineGilman.

Services were May 17 at TuftsSchildmeyer Family Funeral

Home.

James LongJames A. Long, 89, Milford,

died May 8. He was a productionmanager for the BurroughsCorporation.

He was a Navy veteran ofWorldWar II and Korea.

Survived by wife MildredSimpson Long; son Richard Long;granddaughter Madeline (Pat-rick) Jones; sister Daisy Collins.Preceded in death by son RobertLong, parents Daisy, JosephLong, siblings Virginia Water-man, Evelyn Bailey, Charles Long.

Services were May 13 at Pleas-ant Hill Baptist Church. Arrange-ments by Evans Funeral Home.

LindaWilson-MartinLinda LouWilson-Martin, 63,

died April 4 in Lewes, Del.Survived by husband Ron

Martin; sons Jeff, Mike Martin;grandchildren Donovan, Lilly,Beckett Martin; siblings Richard,Jerry, ThomasWilson, ShirleyLing, Lois Lewis, NancyWood,Sue Fester, Beverly Mahaffey,Judy Sheperd, Kathy Peyton,Diane Bertsch, Barbara Stapp.Preceded in death by parentsHubert, Louise Wilson.

Services were April 11 in Elli-

cott City, Md. Arrangements byHarry Witzke’s Family FuneralHome. Memorials to: HowardCounty Public School System,Pupil Personnel Fund, 10920Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, MD21042.

Debra MustardDebra KingMustard, Milford,

died May 5.Survived by

husbandAlexander“Sandy”Mus-tard; fatherRobert King;siblings Kath-ryn, Scott (DaveHurlbert) King.Preceded in

death by mother Mary King.A memorial gathering is 1-3

p.m. Friday, May 17, at Craver-Riggs Funeral Home. Memorialsto: Hospice of Cincinnati, P.O. Box633597, Cincinnati, OH 45263 orAmerican Cancer Society, 2808Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH45206.

Barbara PellegriniBarbara Joan Pellegrini, 87,

Milford, died May 9. She was apolice clerk for the Milford PoliceDepartment.

Survived by children KathyOney, Pam Hatfield, Mike, Jim,Barry Sr. Pellegrini; grandchildrenCraig, Kevin Oney, Sarah, Emily,Barry Jr. Pellegrini.

Services were May 15 at St.Andrew Catholic Church. Ar-rangements by Evans FuneralHome. Memorials to EvercareHospice.

Marvin WashMarvinWash, 90, Milford, died

May 13. He was an accountantfor the Ford Motor Company.

He was a Navy veteran ofWorldWar II.

Survived by wife RubyWash;sonMarkWash; grandchildrenAllison (Adam) Turner, Stephen,ReubenWash.

Services were May 16 at EvansFuneral Home. Memorials to:GraceWorks Baptist Church, P.O.Box 605, Milford, OH 45150.

DEATHS

ABOUTOBITUARIESBasic obituary informa-

tion and a color pho-tograph of your loved oneis published withoutcharge. Call 248-7128 for asubmission form. To pub-lish a larger memorialtribute, call 242-4000 forpricing details.

Mustard

Christ PresbyterianChurch

Blessing of the Animals andBlessing of the CommunityGardens will take place at 2 p.m.Saturday, June 1.

The church is at 5657 PleasantView Drive, Milford.

Epiphany UnitedMethodist Church

Members will host a blooddrive from 5:30 p.m. to 8p.m.May 22. Call for an appoint-ment.

The church is at 6635 Love-land-Miamiville Road; 677-9866.

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