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MADISONVILLE — Cat en-thusiasts or those simplywanting to help a good causecan attend an upcoming Oscar-themed event.

The Ohio Alleycat Re-source and Spay/Neuter Clinicwill hold its fifth annual A’ca-t’emy Awards Extravaganzafrom 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 21, at The Phoenix,812 Race St.

“The more cats we help, themore important fundraisingis,” said Charlotte White-Hull,director of the communitycats program for Ohio Alley-cat Resource and steeringteam member for the event.

White-Hull said the event isthe premiere fundraiser forthe facility, which on a givenday may house about 70 cats.

In addition to providing in-formation on caring for feral

and stray cats, the facilityserves as a shelter for home-less cats that can be adoptedand also provides low-costspay and neutering services.

White-Hull said Ohio Alley-cat set an adoption record lastyear of almost 400 cats. Theclinic also helped spay andneuter around 9,800 cats.

“We’re experiencing tre-mendous growth in the num-ber of cats helped,” White-Hull said. “We want to be ableto continue these programs.”

The event will include a si-lent auction, raffle and games.

A dinner and dessert will alsobe served.

Several Dayton, Kentucky,firefighters who helped res-cue a disabled youngsters catfrom a residential fire will alsobe honored.

General admission ticketsare $65. VIP tickets for a cock-tail reception starting at 5:30p.m. are $100.

The deadline for reserva-tions is Saturday, Feb. 14. Res-ervations can be made onlineat bit.ly/1xzvf35or by calling297-3072.

In the spirit of the occasion,Ohio Alleycat is also having avideo contest in which the win-ning entries will be screened.Prizes will be awarded in thecategories of drama, actionand comedy.

The videos should be 30 sec-onds or less. The deadline forentries is Saturday, Feb. 7. Forinformation visit Ohio Alley-cat’s online site.

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Charlotte White-Hull with Ohio Alleycat Resource and Spay/Neuter Clinic is gearing up for the shelter's annualA'cat'emy Awards Extravaganza Feb. 21. She is shown with friend and shelter resident Augustus.

Oscar-themedA’cat’emyawards helpslocal shelterBy Forrest [email protected] A’CAT’EMY

AWARDSEXTRAVAGANZA

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HYDE PARK — Some resi-dents on Observatory Avenuearen’t sure they want a zonechange. Especially without aplan in place.

Developers with RWA Ar-chitecture and Design haveasked for the Hyde Park Neigh-borhood Council’s support inchanging zoning for a parcel ofproperty at the corner of Lin-wood and Observatory ave-nues.

Council members, though,seemed reluctant to weigh in ona plan that lacked any specificdetails.

Michael Mauch and JohnIsch with RWA want to changethe zoning at that location fromsingle family to office limited.They said with the city consid-ering a broad-based revision ofits zoning code, a plan whichhas been under discussion formore than a year, it made senseto implement a zone change at2777 Observatory Ave.

Although Mauch and Ischsaid they don’t have a specificdevelopment plan in place, theysaid having heard from city of-ficials about the potential zon-ing changes, they believed nowwas “an appropriate time” tomake zoning change request.

However, the lack of specif-ics raised concerns both amongcouncil members and severalHyde Park residents.

It’s unsettling to have a zon-ing change without a plan, saidJohn Graber, who lives on Mor-

ton Street.Kelly Mahon, a resident who

lives next to the parcel, said shehas concerns about potentially“setting something up” notknowing specifically what itmight be.

Mahon said she also had con-cerns that if something werebuilt, traffic would increase onboth Observatory and Linwood.

Board member Gary Wol-lenweber, who is also chairmanof council’s Zoning Committee,said he did not think a small de-velopment would have a sig-nificant impact on traffic in thearea. He said the zoning changewould allow for a “low densitybusiness.”

However, Wollenweberagreed that it was hard to voteon a zoning change lacking spe-cific details.

Zone changewithout specificplan concernsHyde ParkBy Forrest [email protected]


Members of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Council listen to concerns byseveral residents about a zoning change request at the corner ofObservatory and Linwood avenues. A recommendation to change thezoning at that location was made by a developer during council's Januarymeeting.


A developer has requested a zonechange for a parcel of property atthe corner of Observatory andLinwood avenues. However, nospecific development plan has beenpresented.

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The idea of having a“kit-bag” for packingyour troubles in wassomething for WWI sol-diers to sing about.

Foster children in theCincinnati area might besinging a similar tunewhen they too receivebags from the “Cases forLove” suitcase drivestarted by College Hillresident Julie Phillippi-Whitney.

For this drive, resi-dents throughout South-western Ohio, NorthernKentucky, SoutheasternIndiana and Dayton areasked to donate theirgently used or new lug-gage, duffels or back-packs, any shape, color orsize. The bags can bedropped off at any SibcyCline location or at Uni-versity Moving and Stor-age, 8735 Rite Track Wayin West Chester Town-ship, between the hoursof 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday, nowthrough Feb. 13. You canalso follow the campaignon Facebook atwww.facebook.com/Cases4Love.

Whitney said the inspi-ration for this massiveluggage drive came froman episode of ABC “WorldNews Tonight” that fea-tured a story about thefoster children in Rich-mond, Virginia, who hadto carry all of their be-

longings in a black trashbag as they moved fromhome to home. The reportmoved her to tears.

The story told about arestaurant owner who or-ganized a citywide suit-case drive to help provideeach of the 288 childrenin Richmond’s foster careprogram with luggage.More than 500 bags werereceived.

“What really movedme was the fact that thechildren stated that theythemselves felt like ‘gar-bage’ when they carriedtheir possessions in atrash bag as they movedinto their foster homes,”Whitney said. “Havingthe suitcases made themfeel that they were finally‘at home.’”

That was all it took forWhitney to take action.The busy owner of herown communicationsbusiness, Phillippi-Whit-ney Communications, shebegan to plan a luggagedrive here. Through hernetwork of friends, andleveraging the power ofFacebook, Whitney be-gan identifying and mak-ing contacts. She firstcontacted HamiltonCounty Job and FamilyServices, which indicat-ed that there is a need forluggage. The agency alsoreached out to Warm Wel-comes, a foster care out-reach program in ButlerCounty.

With as many as 1,200children in the care onany given day, there is al-ways a need for assis-tance with the manymoves handled on an on-going basis, noted MoiraWeir, director of Hamil-ton County Job and Fam-ily Services.

“We might be called toa house in the middle ofthe night, with only a

short time to gather upthe children and movethem to a safe place,” shewrote in an email. “Theseare heartbreaking situa-tions, where children areremoved from theirhomes and suddenlyplaced with someonethey don’t know. If we canmake that experience alittle less traumatic bypacking some of thethings they hold dear intoa nice little suitcase sothey can carry a piece ofhome with them, we wantto do that.”

Sibcy Cline also em-braced the project. PamSibcy, vice president ofmarketing for SibcyCline, noted that the com-pany is happy to partici-pate in Cases for Loveand hope that the suit-cases help to bring com-fort to children whenthey move into their newhomes.

Sibcy Cline Agent W.Drake Jackson, Ken-wood, said that the lug-gage donation volume at

his office is good averag-ing about five bags perday. With more than 40bags collected, the officehas exceeded its goal, hesaid. Jackson is suppor-tive of the luggage cam-paign and knows howchildren can benefit fromthe suitcases.

As a child growing upin North Avondale, Jack-son said he knew a lot offoster children.

“These kids didn’tknow where they weregoing to end up,” he said.All kids want to fit in andhave a sense of belong-ing. “Giving them a suit-case gives them a senseof ownership and pride,”Jackson added.

Some of what he saw inthe foster children fromhis childhood, he said, healso sees in his adopteddaughter, Annie, who isfrom Korea. Annie was ababy when adopted bythe Jackson family.

“To me, anything wecan do to make our worlda better-place to live, es-pecially for children, it’sa great thing,” Jacksonsaid.

Once the campaignends, University Movingand Storage has volun-teered to provide severaltrucks to pick up the suit-cases in each of the 22Sibcy Cline locations andtransport them to jobsand family services.

“We are extremelythankful to Julie Whitneyfor this great idea, SibcyCline for collecting thecases, and UniversityMoving and Storage com-pany for transporting,”Weir wrote. “This makesa difficult experience abit easier for the childrenwe serve. It also helpswith self-esteem; theyhave something nice tocall their own.”

Cases of Love campaignbenefits foster childrenBy Sheila [email protected]

THANKS TO SUSAN KNABE

Area Sibcy Cline offices aredrop off sites for the Casesof Love campaign.

A lot of what is driv-ing this is fear of the un-known, said new boardmember Tony Haslinger,who also admitted tohaving some reserva-tions.

Cincinnati City Plan-ner Justin Lamorella,who attended the Janu-ary Hyde Park Neigh-borhood Council meet-ing, said the city has hadzoning change requestsin the past without a spe-cific development planin place.

Board member JanetBuening recommended

council make a motionencouraging the city notto approve a zone changeuntil more informationwas available.

Council, though, in-stead passed a motion,that avoided weighing inone way or another onthe zoning change untilmore details have beenprovided.

ZoningContinued from Page A1

State Rep. Tom Brink-man (R-Mt. Lookout) wassworn in as a member ofthe Ohio House of Repre-sentatives for the 131stGeneral Assembly. Herepresents the 27th OhioHouse District, which in-cludes portions of east-ern Hamilton County.

“It is an honor to onceagain serve my friendsand neighbors,” Brink-man said.

Brinkman is a gradu-ate of The George Wash-ington University inWashington, D.C., with abachelor of arts degree inhistory and political sci-ence.

Brinkman served inthe Ohio House previous-ly from 2001-2008. He hasreceived various awardsas a legislator, being rec-ognized as Mount Look-

out Civic Club Man of theYear in 2008 and also asmost principled legisla-tor twice. He has also re-ceived the Watchdog ofthe Treasury Award

three times. He lives in Mount

Lookout with his wife,Cathy, where they haveraised their family of sixchildren.

Brinkman sworn inas state representative

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Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel swears in State Rep. TomBrinkman.

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Orpha Ann Gatch wasa real presence at Mil-ford First United Meth-odist Church, whethershe was playing the or-gan or not.

Which surely pleasedher ancestors.

“Orpha Ann Gatch notonly is a lifelong mem-ber of Milford First Unit-ed Methodist, but also alink to Philip Gatch, oneof the founders of thechurch in 1797,” said theRev. Mark Weatherman,pastor of discipleship atthe church.

“Ann has been an en-couragement to themembers of MilfordFirst for years.

“Not only in her 45years as organist, but inthe last few years whenshe was always in thefourth pew, lectern side,smiling, enjoying theworship,” Weathermansaid.

“Ann will be sorelymissed.”

Gatch died at herhome in Terrace ParkJan. 9.

She was 95-years-old.Besides being church

organist for 45 years,Gatch taught music atCincinnati Country DaySchool in Indian Hill for35 years.

She earned a bachelordegree at the Universityof Cincinnati and a mas-ter’s degree in music atthe University of Michi-gan.

Gatch was a co-host of“Sharps and Flats,” amusical quiz radio pro-gram for children onWKRC in the 1950s.

She gave private pi-ano lessons to studentsof all ages during herteaching career and af-ter retirement.

Gatch enjoyed theCincinnati SymphonyOrchestra and the Cin-cinnati Opera and in re-cent years sponsoredsome performances.

“Ann Gatch was a

true patron of the finearts,” said Tim Carpen-ter, who is director ofmusic at Milford FirstUnited MethodistChurch, as well as a cho-ral music teacher at Mil-ford Junior High School,co-director of the Cler-mont Festival Choraleand vice president of theGreater Cincinnati Cho-ral Consortium.

Gatch also was a pa-triot.

She served in theWAVES (Women Ac-cepted for VolunteerEmergency Service) forthe U.S. Navy duringWorld War II, operatinga flight simulator at Na-val Air Station Pensacolain Florida designed toteach returning pilotsthe latest techniques ininstrument flying atnight and under adverseweather conditions.

Gatch is survived byher sister, Diana Avril(Tom), her brother, Lew-is Gatch (Noralee), 12nieces and nephews and17 grandnieces andgrandnephews.

She was preceded indeath by her parents,three sisters and a broth-er.

Gatch is the daughterof Orpha Gatch, afterwhom the ClermontCounty League of Wom-en Voters named a citi-zenship award given an-nually at a “suffragistevent” to recognize therecipient’s volunteerismand leadership qualities.

Meanwhile, the fam-ily of Orpha Ann Gatchwill visit with friends at10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 16, atMilford First UnitedMethodist Church at 541Main St.

A funeral service willfollow at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials for “at homecare” may be made toHospice of Cincinnati,P.O. Box 633597, Cincin-nati, Ohio, 45263.

The family is beingserved by Evans FuneralHome in Milford.

Gatch: A MilfordFirst UMC andmusic mavenBy Jeanne [email protected]

Anderson Township isringing in the New Yearwith big news in the formof a movie theater.

Carmike Cinemas Inc.,based in Columbus, Geor-gia, is planning to open anine-screen luxury dine-in theater in AndersonTowne Center. Rob Rin-derman, a spokesman forCarmike Cinemas, saidmovie-goers can dine inthe theater while watch-ing their movie of choice.A centralized kitchen will

provide a full menu of din-ing options plus patronscan enjoy a full-servicebar.

During its Jan. 15 meet-ing, the Anderson Town-ship Board of Trustees isexpected to consider a li-quor permit for the thea-ter.

“We’re very excited tobe bringing a luxury din-ing theater to Anderson,”Rinderman said. If allgoes well with the permit-ting process, the theatercould break ground inmid-2015.

“We’re very excited tosee the changes going onat the Anderson TowneCenter not only with thetheater, but with Kroger,”Township AdministratorVicky Earhart said. A sim-ilar sentiment was sharedby Trustee Josh Gerth.

“I am very excitedabout it. It is somethingwe’ve wanted in the town-ship for a long time,”Gerth said. With the Krog-er expansion and the thea-ter, the township is realiz-

ing its downtown area vi-sion, he said.

The theater will notonly serve residents butwill also attract others tothe township and gener-ate business.

“It’s just another bit ofgreat news we’ve hadhere in the township late-ly,” Trustee Andrew Pap-pas said. A zone changerequest was recently ap-proved making way forthe expansion of Kroger.The township is experi-encing the revitalizationof Beechmont Avenuewith new businesses andrestaurants either open-ing or announcing plans toopen. And now, a much an-ticipated theater is com-ing to the township.

“It’s just an excitingtime in Anderson,” Pap-pas said. “The theater is agreat addition to theTowne Center and makesa great anchor for theback half of the complexwhere Kmart was locat-ed.”

Carmike Cinemas hasfive theaters in Ohio lo-cated in Ashtabula, Find-lay, Solon, St. Clairsvilleand Steubenville. Thiswill be the cinemas’ firsttheater in SouthwesternOhio.

New Anderson theater to include dining, barBy Sheila [email protected]

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The lobby area of a Carmike Cinemas dine-in theater.

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A rendering of the box office area of a Carmike Cinemastheater proposed for Anderson Towne Centre.

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EASTERN HILLSJOURNALEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Cardinal Pacelli School

» Cardinal Pacelli Schoolannounced the recipients of its2015 Monsignor Edward QuinnScholarship Award. Five sixth-grade students were selected.

The scholarship award is inmemory of The Rev. EdwardQuinn, who founded Our LordChrist the King Parish almost90 years ago and oversaw theconstruction of the parishschool.

“Many of our older parish-ioners recall Father Quinn’sstrong belief in the importanceof a Catholic Education,” theRev. Edward Smith said. “Wewanted to be able to assist ourfamilies whose children excelin academics, service and char-acter. We know the cost of aCatholic education is becomingmore of a concern for familiesas well as our parish. It is in hismemory that these scholar-ships are dedicated.”

All sixth-grade students atCardinal Pacelli School wererequired to take a multiplechoice exam that included allcore subject areas and submita typed essay applying basicChristian principles to lifesituations. In addition, commu-nity service performed, class-room and school records werealso reviewed in the evalua-tion. The students were as-signed an identification num-ber to assist in the confidenti-ality of the grading.

“We wanted the identity ofthe students to remain anony-mous,” Principal Kim Roy said.After the testing was complet-ed and the scores calculated,the scholarships were awardedto the top five performers.

“While all of the studentsdeserve to be rewarded fortheir efforts, the students whowere awarded the scholarshipare exceptionally hard work-ers and produced amazingwork. The recipients of thescholarship exemplified whatwe hope for all Cardinal Pacellistudents,” sixth-grade Englishteacher Mandy Kirk said.

The winners: Ben Habel – full two-year

scholarship winner. Lily Clare Hines – partial

two-year scholarship winner. Nicholas Pauly - partial

two-year scholarship winner. Ali Acevedo Rodriguez -

partial two-year scholarshipwinner.

Katie Sumerel - partial two-year scholarship winner.

Mariemont High School» Mariemont High School

hosted two visitors from Liuz-hou, China. As part of the Cin-cinnati Sister City Exchange,in partnership with the Chil-dren’s Department of the Pub-lic Library of Cincinnati andHamilton County, Chen Yan Yi(aka Carrie) and Huang YanFei (aka Vicky) visited Marie-mont High School, as an oppor-tunity to visit a local school togive a presentation about lifein China and Chinese culture.

In 1988, Cincinnati becamethe first sister city of Luizhou.

Carrie works as a highschool English teacher in Luiz-hou, and has taught for overeight years. Vicky works forthe Liuzhou Foreign AffairsOffice. They visited studentsin Kelly Anders’ Spanish classand Fanghong Yu’s Mandarinclass.

Mercy Montessori School» A team of four innovative

students at Mercy Montessorihas created a project that usestechnology within the Mon-tessori math environment.

Elise Bergeron (fifth-grade), Audrey Hull (fourth-grade), Hank Perry (sixth-grade) and Aidan Stephenson(sixth-grade) are all members

of Mercy’s First Lego League,an after-school team that intro-duces students in grades fourto eight to the fun and excite-ment of science and technol-

ogy. (FIRST is an acronym for:For Inspiration and Recog-nition of Science and Technol-ogy). More than 265,000 chil-dren from 80 countries partici-

pate on FLL Teams. The 2014 FLL World Class

Challenge asked teams to cre-ate a solution that improvesthe way students learn. Mer-cy’s team, called the Marvel-

ous Montessori Math Makers,came up with an idea that util-izes sensors on Montessorimath materials to provideimmediate feedback abouttheir usage and project com-pletion through an app. “MAT,”or Math Assistance Technol-ogy, is interactive and guidesthe student through math les-sons. The student would usethis if they were having trou-ble and a teacher or older stu-dent was not available to helpthem. Mercy’s team liked thisproject because it upheld thepart of the Montessori philoso-phy that encourages studentsto be responsible for their ownlearning.

The team also worked withMercy Montessori alumnusNick Farina (’94). Farina headsthe mobile technology divisionof Aruba Networks in Port-land, Ore., a company thatwrites apps and manufacturesBluetooth sensors. ThroughSkype meetings, Nick volun-teered to review the FLL pro-ject and provided feedback.Overall, he loved their idea andthought it was very realistic.

The team also focuses onRobot Design and the FLLCore Values during their meet-ings. The Core Values teachthe team about friendly com-petition and teamwork. CoreValue work usually takes theform of fun team-buildingactivities. The Robot Game hasthe team working to design arobot, programming it to per-form the missions, testing, andrunning it. At the end of theseason, the team competes in aregional tournament and isjudged on all three programelements, the annual chal-lenge, core values and robotdesign.

FLL coach Kim Perry lovesthat these students are experi-encing real life applicationsthrough the First Lego League.

“Kids on the team get topractice what they are learn-ing in school on something thatis real. For instance, the re-search methodology they arelearning from Mercy teacherand FLL coach Libby Cherring-ton. Usually, students have towait until high school or col-lege to do that.”

For more information aboutFIRST LEGO League pleasevisit www.firstlegoleague.org.

Saint Ursula Academy» U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup

visited students at Saint UrsulaAcademy in December afterthe girls wrote letters to arealawmakers during social stud-ies class to learn more aboutthe governing process.

Prior to the fall elections,Saint Ursula college prepara-tory American governmentteacher Marti Butz asked hersocial studies students to learnabout the issues and to write tosomeone in leadership to askquestions and share commentsabout their district.

A few of the students wroteto Wenstrup, asking him tocome and visit their class andto talk about life in leadershipand the US government. Heaccepted the invitation andvisited Saint Ursula Dec. 16.

Wenstrup answered ques-tions from the students aboutchallenges in his district likejobs, the budget and battlingthe region’s heroin epidemic.He also talked broadly when heanswered questions aboutimmigration, economic issues,and national security.

Wenstrup said the students’letters were filled with goodquestions, such as “why shouldstudents be informed and in-volved?” He responded, “Be-cause the future is yours,” andexplained that active and en-gaged people can make a realdifference.

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

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Mercy Montessori First Lego league team members Hank Perry (Hyde Park), Audrey Hull (Clifton), Elise Bergeron(Anderson Township) and Aidan Stephenson (Hyde Park).

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Cardinal Pacelli students who won Monsignor Edward Quinn scholarships, from left: Ben Habel, Lily Clare Hines,Nicholas Pauly and Ali Acevedo Rodriguez. Not pictured, Katie Sumerel.

THANKS TO JOSEPHINE MCKENDRICK

Mariemont High School hosted two visitors from Liuzhou, China.

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Saint Ursula students wrote to U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup and invited him tothe school. From left: Maggie Curoe of Anderson Township, McKenzieLauver of New Richmond, Sylvia Wampler of Mount Lookout and KateGibler of Anderson Township.

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U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup talks tosocial studies students at SaintUrsula Academy.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 29Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, 4426 Brazee St., Learnbasic glass cutting, wet grinder,foil wrap and solder. Ages 12-80.$30-$100. Presented by SharpArt. 389-6742; [email protected]. Oakley.

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, noon to 8 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, 4426 Brazee St.,gallery One One. Paper: exhibi-tion of works by local artistsstudying at Manifest DrawingCenter. Pop: new, non-curatedexhibition features works cre-ated by local artists with die cutpaper that folds and tucks tobecome a workable 3D artistcanvas. Free. 321-0206; www.bra-zeestreetstudios.com. Oakley.

Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., Oakley Recre-ation Center, 3882 Paxton Ave.,Slow natural movements im-prove health of body, mind andspirit. They reduce tension,improve circulation and balanceand increase strength and flex-ibility. $109 includes 24 classesfollowed by free month ofcontinuing practice meetings.Other packages also available.Through March 31. 304-6055;www.usa.taoist.org. Oakley.

Literary - SigningsJ. Ivy, 7-8 p.m., Joseph-BethBooksellers-Rookwood, 2692Madison Road, Author discussesand signs “Dear Father.” Hip-hop’s favorite poet and GrammyAward-winning artist bares hissoul in this inspirational memoirof pain transformed into healingand empowerment. Free. 396-8960; www.josephbeth.com.Norwood.

RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30a.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,6915 Beechmont Ave., $2 perchild per class. Presented byAnderson Township Park District.388-5082. Anderson Township.

FRIDAY, JAN. 30Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Drink TastingsFriday Evening Tasting, 6-8p.m. Super Game Wines., RemkeMarket Oakley, 3872 PaxtonAve., $5 for five samples andsnacks from deli and bakery.Through Feb. 13. 619-5454.Oakley.

Wine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, 7737 Five Mile Road,Taste four different wines. Ages21 and up. $1 per two-ouncetaste. 232-6611. Anderson Town-ship.

Literary - BookstoresStory Time with Miss Sarah,9:30-10 a.m., Blue ManateeChildren’s Bookstore, 3054Madison Road, With Miss Sarahand her guitar. Free. 731-2665.Oakley.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resurrec-tion, 1950 Nagel Road, Learnage-old technique of waxingUkrainian eggs. Bring six un-cooked eggs. $15. Registrationrequired. 713-3541; www.lcresur-rection.org. Anderson Township.

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Literary - SigningsLunar Ball with Marissa Meyer,6-8:30 p.m., Joseph-Beth Book-sellers-Rookwood, 2692 MadisonRoad, For release of new book.Prizes for best New Beijingcostumes. Followed by talk andsigning. Tickets free with pur-chase of “Fairest.” 396-8960;www.josephbeth.com. Nor-wood.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Free. Presented byCBB Production. 528-9909.

Mount Carmel.

Music - ConcertsAja, 8 p.m., 20th Century Theater,3021 Madison Road, Steely Dantribute band. $20. 731-8000;www.the20thcenturythea-ter.com. Oakley.

SUNDAY, FEB. 1Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 1-5 p.m., Brazee Street Stu-dios, $30-$100. 389-6742; [email protected].

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 1-4 p.m., AndersonCenter, 7850 Five Mile Road,Lower atrium. Learn about thehistory of Anderson Townshipthrough photos, hands-onexhibits and artifacts. Free.Presented by Anderson TownshipHistorical Society. 231-2114;andersontownshiphistoricalsocie-ty.org. Anderson Township.

MONDAY, FEB. 2Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

Introduction to Knitting theGaptastic Cowl, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Skills learned: knit, purl, cast on,knitting on circular needles, castoff, swatching, understandinggauge and stitch count andbeginning pattern reading. Ages20-93. $120 for six sessions.Registration required. Presentedby Woman’s Art Club Founda-tion. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

Beginning Cable Knitting withToby Ganz, 12:30-2:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Learn necessary skills needed toknit a cable sweater with ease.Ages 20-93. $100 five classes.Registration required. Presentedby Woman’s Art Club Founda-tion. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.


TUESDAY, FEB. 3Art & Craft ClassesOil Painting with Jan Boone,noon to 3 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Forbeginning and intermediatepainters. Instruction covers basicpainting techniques, gooddrawing and creative use ofcolor. Ages 18 and up. $120.Registration required. ThroughFeb. 17. 791-7044; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.


EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 6-8:30 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; anderson-townshiphistoricalsociety.org.Anderson Township.

Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., Oakley Recre-ation Center, $109 includes 24classes followed by free monthof continuing practice meetings.Other packages also available.304-6055; www.usa.taoist.org.Oakley.

Tai Chi Workshop, 11 a.m. tonoon, Yum’s Cincinnati HwaRang Do, 3603 Church St., In-troduction to ancient art ofrelaxation, meditation andenergy building. $15 per class or$69 for six weeks. 760-5986;www.cincyhrd.com. Newtown.

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 7 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 72, 497 Old Ohio 74,$1-$15. 528-9909; www.stuart-glugibuhl.com. Mount Carmel.

Preschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30a.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,$2 per child per class. 388-5082.Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4Art & Craft ClassesCostumed Portrait Painting

and Drawing Class, 12:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Students have opportunity towork from costumed model ateach class. Class focuses on studyof values, color temperature,composition, painting anddrawing techniques. $210 persession, plus $30 modeling feeper session. Registration re-quired. 259-9302; www.deb-orahridgley.com. Mariemont.


EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 1-4 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; anderson-townshiphistoricalsociety.org.Anderson Township.

Literary - Story TimesStory Time, 10:30-11 a.m., BlueManatee Children’s Bookstore,3054 Madison Road, On LaPageStage. Stories, songs and more.Free. 731-2665. Oakley.

THURSDAY, FEB. 5Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, noon to 8 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, Free. 321-0206;www.brazeestreetstudios.com.Oakley.

EducationTV Toastmasters Club Meeting,6-7:30 p.m., Anderson Center,7850 Five Mile Road, Learn-by-doing club in which membershone communication and listen-ing skills in comfortable, friendlyatmosphere with added benefitof viewing their speeches onYouTube. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by TV Toastmasters.Through Dec. 19. 378-7654;www.tvtoastmasters.com. An-derson Township.


Music - ConcertsDave Mason’s Traffic Jam, 8p.m., 20th Century Theater, 3021Madison Road, Seated-onlyshow. SOLD OUT. 731-8000;www.the20thcenturythea-ter.com. Oakley.

RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30a.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,$2 per child per class. 388-5082.Anderson Township.

FRIDAY, FEB. 6Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Drink TastingsFriday Evening Tasting, 6-8p.m. Music Wines., Remke Mar-ket Oakley, $5 for five samplesand snacks from deli and bakery.619-5454. Oakley.

Wine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, $1 per two-ounce taste.232-6611. Anderson Township.

Literary - BookstoresStory Time with Miss Sarah,9:30-10 a.m., Blue ManateeChildren’s Bookstore, Free.731-2665. Oakley.

On Stage - TheaterCat on a Hot Tin Roof, 7 p.m.,Anderson High School, 7560Forest Road, Titus Auditorium.Amid a whirlwind of sexuality,greed, repression and decay,journey to a place where thetruth seeps into our lives nomatter how we struggle againstit. Ages 18 and up. $10. Reserva-tions required. Presented byAnderson Theatre. 232-2772;www.andersontheatre.com.Anderson Township.

SATURDAY, FEB. 7Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resurrec-tion, $15. Registration required.713-3541; www.lcresurrectio-n.org. Anderson Township.


Art OpeningsWoman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 3-6 p.m., Woman’s Art

Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Viewand acquire works by womenwho have achieved SignatureStatus through juried process.Exhibit continues through Feb.22. Free. Presented by TheWoman’s Art Club of Cincinnati.272-3700; www.artatthebar-n.org. Mariemont.

Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, Free.528-9909. Mount Carmel.

On Stage - TheaterCat on a Hot Tin Roof, 7 p.m.,Anderson High School, $10.Reservations required. 232-2772;www.andersontheatre.com.Anderson Township.

SUNDAY, FEB. 8Art ExhibitsWoman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 1-4 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn. Viewand acquire works by womenwho have achieved SignatureStatus through juried process.Free. Presented by The Woman’sArt Club of Cincinnati. ThroughFeb. 22. 272-3700; www.artat-thebarn.org. Mariemont.


On Stage - TheaterCat on a Hot Tin Roof, 2 p.m.,Anderson High School, $10.Reservations required. 232-2772;www.andersontheatre.com.Anderson Township.

MONDAY, FEB. 9Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained Glass Class-es, 6:30-9 p.m., Brazee StreetStudios, $30-$100. 389-6742;[email protected]. Oakley.

Introduction to Knitting theGaptastic Cowl, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $120 for six sessions.Registration required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.

Beginning Cable Knitting withToby Ganz, 12:30-2:30 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, $100 five classes. Regis-tration required. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.


EducationWomen’s Self-Defense, 7 p.-9p.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,6915 Beechmont Ave., Hands-onworkshop on ways to minimizechances of becoming a victim

and maximize chances of surviv-ing an attack. Ages 15 and up.$25, $20 residents. Registrationrequired. Presented by AndersonTownship Park District. 388-4513.Anderson Township.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10Art & Craft ClassesOil Painting with Jan Boone,noon- to 3 p.m., Woman’s ArtClub Cultural Center, $120.Registration required. 791-7044;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.


Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.

EducationAnderson Township HistoryRoom, 6-8:30 p.m., AndersonCenter, Free. 231-2114; anderson-townshiphistoricalsociety.org.Anderson Township.


Tai Chi Workshop, 11 a.m. tonoon, Yum’s Cincinnati HwaRang Do, $15 per class or $69 forsix weeks. 760-5986; www.cin-cyhrd.com. Newtown.

RecreationBingo Tuesday, 7 p.m., AmericanLegion Post 72, $1-$15. 528-9909;www.stuartglugibuhl.com.Mount Carmel.

Preschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30a.m., Beech Acres Park RecPlex,$2 per child per class. 388-5082.Anderson Township.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.

Woman’s Art Club of Cincin-nati Signature Member Exhi-bition, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wom-an’s Art Club Cultural Center,Free. 272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.


Literary - Story TimesStory Time, 10:30-11 a.m., BlueManatee Children’s Bookstore,Free. 731-2665. Oakley.

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Oil Painting with Jan Boon will be noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Woman’s Art Club Cultural Center, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Mariemont. This class for beginning and intermediate painters covers basic painting techniques, good drawing and creative useof color. The class is for ages 18 and up. Cost is $120. Registration is required. The class is offered through Feb. 17. For moreinformation, call 791-7044, or visit www.artatthebarn.org. Boon paints at the home of Mike and Sue Madsen outside ofWilliamsburg.

JANUARY 28, 2015 • EASTERN HILLS JOURNAL • A7NEWS

A surprise documentcame in the mail. It wasfrom the Ohio Senatehonoring me “for exem-plary achievement inyour community andinspiration to individualsto excel in numerous

areas ofendeavor.”

Well, norecog-nition isearned byoneself.You, myreaders,share inthis awardsince thiscolumntruly is a

community endeavor andthe sharing of recipes,threads of wisdom andstories of family, foodand fun is all part of aweekly “visit” that wehave together.

Whether your teamfor the Super Bowl isSeattle or New England,you’ll need some heartyfixins’ to keep energy upduring the game. Hereare a couple of our fam-ily’s favorites.

Hanky pankiesI love the fact that this

recipe is being embracedby a younger generationof fans. Simple, comfortfoods like this are theones that disappear fastwhen we’re entertaining.I usually double this andfreeze some. Here’s mylatest version

1/2 pound groundsirloin

1/2 pound hot sau-sage (you can use reg-ular for a mild version)

Few dashes Worces-

tershire1 pound cubed Vel-

veeta1/2 teaspoon dried

oreganoGarlic powder to

tasteParty rye roundsCook the beef and

sausage. I use a potatomasher to break the meatup, then stir in rest ofingredients and cookuntil cheese melts. Serveon party rye or in hol-lowed out rye round. Youcan refrigerate this mix-ture and run the roundsunder the broiler to re-heat, or reheat mixture inmicrowave.

Chicken chiliThe ancho chili pow-

der is simply grounddried poblanos. The lasttime I made this, I usedboneless chicken thighsand breasts. You’ll need atotal of about 4 cups(which is what you’ll get,more or less from anaverage deli chicken). Ipoached them in broth.Also I had to add morespices to boost the flavor.Chili is a personal thing. Ilearned that when I was ajudge for a chili cook-off.I like to make this a dayahead. When I rewarm it,I usually add morespices, etc. Adapted froma recipe shared by CathyH., a Madeira reader.

1 rotisserie chicken,skin removed and meatshredded coarsely

1 can, 15 oz. Cannelli-ni beans, drained

1 can, 15 oz. GreatNorthern beans,drained

Olive oil1-2 jalapeno peppers,

minced1 large bell pepper or

2 poblanos, chopped - Ilike poblanos

2 generous cups on-ion, chopped or to taste

1 generous table-spoon garlic, minced orto taste

1 teaspoon groundcoriander

1-1/2 teaspoons an-cho chili powder

1 tablespoon cumin1 quart chicken brothCouple cups frozen

corn, thawed - optSalt and pepperJuice of 2 limes plus

extra for garnishAlso for garnish: torn

cilantro leaves, sourcream, chopped toma-toes, crushed tortillachips

Mash half the beanswith a potato masher.Film pot with oil andsauté peppers, onion andgarlic just until onionsare a little soft. Addspices and cook for aminute or so until yousmell their flavor. Pour inbroth, bring to a boil andlower to a simmer. Addbeans and corn and sim-mer 30 minutes or so.

Stir in chicken until heat-ed through. Add limejuice to taste. Serve withgarnishes.

Rita’s Italianseasoning

Savory is herb of theyear and one that’s un-derused. It has an aro-matic peppery flavor,good in bean dishes (Ger-mans call it the beanherb) since it helps dispelgas. This recipe containsno salt.

Mix together:3 tablespoons dried

basil

3 tablespoons driedoregano

1 teaspoon driedthyme

1 teaspoon driedrosemary, crushed

2 tablespoons driedparsley

1 teaspoon driedsavory

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

Indulge in comfort foods for Super Bowl

Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN

THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD

Hanky pankie served in hollowed-out rye makes a good Super Bowl comfort food.

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During my college years, Ihad the opportunity to visitmy brother and his wife whilethey were with the PeaceCorps in Sierra Leone, Africa.

I had the opportunity totravel and observe varioustribal customs and traditionsof different neighboring vil-lages. To my amazement,even after the years of lostethnic tribal traditions due toEuropean imperialism, I stillfound many customary triballanguages and traditions in-tact. The unique traditional,cultural and ritualistic ele-ments can define one tribalgroup from another in aneighboring village. The vari-ations give each group thedistinctive feeling of commu-nity, which bonds the tribalunit together.

In present day, Africannations are becoming verywesternized, diluting someexclusive traditions passedon by generations as familiesmove from small villages todisperse in large overcrowd-ed cities. With less focus gen-erally on individual heritageworldwide, humankind islosing many of its ancestraland cultural legacy ethnic-

ities.Today in

many coun-tries, the cul-tural major-ities are theones declar-ing the maincelebrationdays for high-lighting theircultural heri-

tage. The minority popula-tions of these countries havethe challenging task to pre-serve their own cultural cus-toms.

Many ethnic groups stillenjoy their traditions. This isportrayed in the popular play“Fiddler on The Roof,” wherethe main character Tevyeshares the importance oftraditions in his small Jewishvillage in Russia. Below is ashort narrative from the mu-sical play “Fiddler on theRoof,” where Tevye talksabout their family traditions:

Tevye: “ Because of ourtraditions, we’ve kept ourbalance for many years. Herein Anatevka, we have tradi-tions for everything…

“How to sleep, how toeat…how to work…how to

wear clothes. For instance,we always keep our headscovered and always wear alittle prayer shawl. Thisshows our constant devotionto God. You may ask, ‘Howdid this tradition get started?’I’ll tell you.

“I don’t know. But it’s atradition…and because of ourtraditions…

“Every one of us knowswho he is and what God ex-pects of him to do. Traditions,traditions. Without our tradi-tions our lives would be asshaky as… a fiddler on theroof!”

I have a tradition whensomething really miserablehappens. After a few mo-ments, I realize it’s not theend of the world, that it couldhave been worse, and so, Itreat myself to ice cream.This tradition customarilytakes place at my local DairyQueen. I have been a regularweekly customer and knewthe lady before owning theshop. She knows my standardorder of one-quart containerof soft serve vanilla.

Similar to the old TV show“Cheers,” “where everyoneknows your name.” My bar

this time is the local icecream pub. I guess that tellsyou how my life is; it alsoshould tell you that I appreci-ate when I “luck out,” even onthe worst of frustrated prob-lem days.

Now on the best of dayswhen I just fixed my dish-washer or somehow managedto accomplish somethingextremely challenging, a beeris in order. Remember theMiller Beer commercial? It’s“Miller Time!” It’s time for abeer, a special reward.

Just be careful not to setyourself up for too many“Miller Times.” I can see itnow: That was quick…Oh!“It’s Miller Time!,” …Iwashed the dishes...Oh! “It’sMiller Time!” I got the an-swer to No. 4 on the cross-word puzzle…Oh! “It’s MillerTime!” This tradition, espe-cially with afternoon successstories, can lead to this cus-tomary beer event…ending inanother tradition…a nap.

Wes Adamson is a resident of Wyo-ming. His work has been acceptedfor publication by two literarymagazines: “River and South Re-view” and “Driftwood Press.”

Traditions can be anchor or lifesaver

Wes AdamsonCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Our health care systemprocesses are a chaotic dys-functional nightmare! This iswrong for patients, physi-cians and health care work-ers. It is time for immediateand drastic change.

With a $222 trillion budgetshortfall (long term debt), wecannot afford to continuesuch waste and corruption.

The Tea Party missed itsopportunity to eliminate anentire agency of government,the VA, when they stood back,saying nothing and doingeven less, during the VA’srecent crisis. Putting all vet-erans on Medicare could havesolved the medical problemsand eliminated about $50billion in cost to taxpayers.

Everyone, at one time oranother, needs to get fixed.So, in the interest of the costvs. the benefit, we shoulddevelop a "Get Fixed” card.You would take this cardanywhere you like, anywherein the world, and “get fixed,”anyone at any age. Is this toosimplistic, too understand-able; or, is it too evil, andagainst God’s plan for yourlife?

You may call this programanything you wish. Therewould be no insurance compa-nies involved. This aloneshould reduce net costs byabout 25 percent. This reduc-tion does not include the sav-ings due to fighting with in-surance companies who donot wish to cover a procedureor medication; or the reams ofpaperwork or computer en-tries for separate insurancecompanies.

All procedures, all drugs,all tests, prostheses and hos-pital stays would be at negoti-ated prices. Because thereare no insurance companies,the reimbursement to doctorsand hospitals would be higher.

Our drug costs would be inline with those of other coun-tries. Old people would not

have to buytheir drugs inCanada andMexico.

Becausethe reim-bursement todoctors andhospitalswould behigher, theywould not feel

the need to pad the bill tobreak even. Doctors couldmake more money with fewerpatients.

In theory, everyone wouldget fixed, regardless of his orher station in life, at a loweroverall net cost than is pos-sible under our system today.

The practice of medicinewould improve, as our doc-tors would demand and re-ceive the procedures andappliances used in other coun-tries.

Example: The AnteriorApproach to hip replacementwas practiced in Europe for40 years before it was allowedin the US. This is unaccept-able medical practice. Thisprocedure allows the patientto walk within a few hours,and go home after one day. Itresults in far less pain; and,physical therapy is far easierfor the patient and the thera-pist.

Presently, the troops whoare blown up in the MiddleEast, are not brought directlyto the US. They stop in Ger-many, so that they may re-ceive the latest in prostheticdevices and surgical proce-dures. These devices andprocedures are not alwaysavailable here, as the FDA’s510K approval process is sovery time consuming andexpensive, that new devicesand surgical procedures oftendon’t make it to our surgicaltheatres.

James Baker is a 38-year residentof Indian Hill.

Occasionally, everyoneneeds to get fixed

James BakerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

January is National Glauco-ma Awareness Month, and thedoctors at Cincinnati Eye In-stitute need your help tospread the word about this

sight stealingdisease.

In the Unit-ed States,more than 2.7million peopleover the age of40 have glau-coma, but halfof those peopledon’t knowthey have thedisease. This isbecause, in

most cases, there are no symp-toms at first. In fact, as muchas 40 percent of vision can belost without a person noticing,and unfortunately, once visionis lost it can’t be restored. Thisis why glaucoma is often re-ferred to as “the sneak thief ofsight.”

Glaucoma is the leadingcause of preventable blindnessin the United States. In tech-nical terms, it is a group ofdiseases that cause damage tothe optic nerve, resulting in agradual loss of vision. Withouttreatment, patients with glau-coma will slowly lose theirperipheral, or side vision, sothat they seem to be lookingthrough a tunnel. Over time,straight-ahead vision may de-crease until no vision remains.With treatment, loss of visioncan be slowed, and in somecases even stopped altogether.

There is no cure for glauco-ma, but it can be controlled.Early detection and treatmentare the keys to protecting youreyes against vision loss. So,what can you do? The simpleanswer is, make an appoint-ment for a full eye exam. TheAmerican Academy of Oph-thalmology recommends thatadults with no signs or riskfactors for eye disease get abaseline eye disease screeningat age 40 – the time when earlysigns of disease and changes invision may start to occur.Based on the results of thisscreening, your eye doctor canprescribe treatment, or sug-gest intervals for follow-upexams.

For those who have alreadybeen diagnosed with glaucoma,we need your help, too. Weencourage you to talk to familyand friends, and have a con-versation about the disease.This is especially importantbecause those with a familyhistory of glaucoma are at ahigher risk of developing it.

For National GlaucomaAwareness Month, the doctorsat Cincinnati Eye Institutewould like to encourage you tolearn more about your eyehealth. While age, race, andfamily history are importantrisk factors to consider, anyonecan develop glaucoma. If youhaven’t had your eyes checkedin a few years, consider sched-uling an appointment with youreye doctor. If you think you areat risk, we encourage you totake action. Don’t let glaucomasneak up on you. After all, yoursight depends on it.

Dr. Linda J. Greff specializes in adultand pediatric glaucoma. She lives inPleasant Ridge.

Dangers ofglaucomacan beeye-opening

Dr. Linda J.GreffCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Jan. 21 questionThe city of Cincinnati re-

leased a report earlier thismonth which detailed a de-crease in crime within the city.Do you feel safe, or safer, inthe city than you have in thepast? Why or why not?

“I believe that downtownCincinnati is safer now. Iused to be able to park down-town for free at any parkingmeter after 6 p.m. Now mostof those meters are taken upby red ‘valet’ bags. Theretends to be a gauntlet of beg-gars seeking handouts asone walks the streets.Therefore I prefer TheBanks area. The Banks has alarge parking garage andmany places to mingle alaNewport Levy. Go Figure!”

T.D.T.

Jan. 14 questionSome people have criti-

cized recent school closingsdue to cold weather. What doyou think about the practiceof canceling classes when themercury dips?

“My biggest issue withthe closing or delay ofschools when the temper-atures are low is that schoolsare adapting to studentshabits as opposed to stu-dents adapting to the situa-tion.

“When I look around atthe kids walking or standingwaiting for buses it appearsthat many of them are notdressed for the weather. Nowinter coats, fall type,sweatshirt hoodies, no hatsor gloves.

“When I was a kid, grow-ing up in Northern Ohio(walking to school, up hillboth ways) would walk orwait for the bus in a wintercoat, with gloves and a hat. Itcertainly wasn’t great, butthe clothing made it bear-able and safe.

“So it may be a matter ofstudents realizing that when

it is cold, you dress up like itis cold outside. This may al-low the temperature whichcauses school closings or de-lays to happen at a lowertemperature, to the pointwhere even with appropri-ate winter clothing it couldstill be dangerous.

“As a final note, my kidsdon’t dress appropriatelyand they both have wintercoats. I try and what I re-peatedly tell my son is “Eventhe toughest guys in my highschool owned winter coats,hats and gloves and theywore them when it was win-ter.” He just nods from hishoodie, grabs his lunch withno gloves and heads out intothe cold, cold weather.”

C.S.

“I wonder if those who areobjecting to the school clos-ings due to the cold weatherare aware of the fact that theschool buses are diesel en-gines which do not work wellin extremely cold temper-atures. Not only are the chil-dren spared the waiting insub zero wind chills, butthey are also spared waitingin a bus with no heat when itbreaks down and a tow truckis required.

“The schools could re-main open and require par-ents to bring the childrenone car at a time. Just imag-ine that traffic jam!”

D.O’C.

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

Boys basketball» Walnut Hills downed Piq-

ua in the Flyin’ To The HoopClassic Jan. 19, 96-48. SeniorMaCio Teague scored a careerhigh 51 points for the Eagles.

» Seven Hills lost two of itslast three games last week.The Stingers lost to New Rich-mond 57-56 Jan. 17.

Purcell Marian beat SevenHills 52-46 on Jan. 20 as seniorLandis Owensby had 14 points.

» Summit Country Daynipped Cincinnati Hills Chris-tian Academy 52-51 Jan. 16.Will Drosos led the Eagles with12 points.

» Mariemont lost twogames last week to Wyoming63-41 Jan. 16 and Madeira 52-49 Jan. 20.

» Moeller beat St. John’s Je-suit 51-49 in overtime Jan. 18.Senior Grant Pitman led theCrusaders with 16 points.

Girls basketball» Walnut Hills defeated

Withrow 47-37 on Jan. 21. Sen-ior Taylor Darks and junior Ar-ielle Varner had 19 pointsapiece.

» Summit Country Day de-feated Seven Hills 60-19Jan. 17. Ravin Alexander ledthe Silver Knights with 16points.

New Miami defeated theStingers 43-36 Jan. 21. Summitdefeated CHCA 57-30 Jan. 21.

» Madeira defeated Marie-

mont 49-37 Jan. 17. AislynHartman led the Warriors with22 points.

The Warriors defeated Tay-lor 54-34 Jan. 21. Julia Whittel-sey scored 18 points.

» McAuley defeated St. Ur-sula 56-42 Jan. 22. KarleeProctor and Madeleine Mor-rissey scored eight pointsapiece for the Bulldogs.

» Mount Notre Damedowned Lakota East 52-31 onJan. 20. Senior Naomi Daven-port led the Cougars with 17points.

On Jan. 22, MND beat Seton56-35 with senior Dani Kisselscoring 20 points.

» Purcell Marian won overWoodward 82-26 on Jan. 22with sophomore Stormi Ter-rell scoring a career-high 30points.

Boys bowling» Purcell Marian beat Sum-

mit Country Day by eight pinson Jan. 20. Junior Tyler Heitk-er led the Cavaliers with a 341series.

Boys swimming» Walnut Hills beat Taylor

Jan. 22. Freshman DanielCashell won the 200 individualmedley and 500 freestyle.

Girls swimming» Walnut Hills beat Taylor

Jan. 22. Senior Brookley Gar-ry won the 200 individual med-ley and 100 freestyle.

Coaching opportunity» MND is currently looking

SHORT HOPS

By Scott Springer and Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com

SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Purcell Marian senior LandisOwensby handles the ball againstsenior Stefan Antonsson of SevenHills Jan. 20. The Cavaliers beat theStingers 52-46 behind Owensby’s14 points.See HOPS, Page B2

E. WALNUT HILLS — Aftercapturing Southwest OhioCoaches Classic titles in the200 and 400 medley relays,the 400 freestyle relay and afew more events, the St. Ursu-la Bulldogs took home the topspot in the meet with 463points.

In addition to the relays,the Bulldogs got a couple ofbreakout performances fromdifferent classes. Some swim-mers believe that showing inthe meet made the rest of thestate take notice.

“I think we surprised therest of Ohio with what wedid,” Molly Zilch said. “Espe-cially with our relays, I thinkwe stepped in and showed therest of the state what we cando.”

Head coach Ann Gartnersaid it was a great weekendacross the board and addedthat the team is deep, an im-portant factor when trying tobuild good relay teams. Eachleg of the race is just as impor-tant as the one that precededit.

“As much as people thinkit’s an individual sport, to puttogether a good relay, youhave to be a good team,” Ma-rissa DelGado said. “Eachperson contributes throughnot just your own stroke, butto the overall time.”

Relay swimmers such asHannah Foster, Zilch, DelGa-do and Josie Grote agreedthat another important facetof a good relay team is thebond that comes along with it.

“Our relay team is reallyclose and we get each otherhyped before every race,”Grote said. “I think whatmakes a good relay team isseeing if someone is nervous,you get them calmed downand ready to swim.”

Grote added that whenev-er she is feeling uneasy be-fore a race, all it takes for herto get back in the zone is a highfive or a slap on the back fromher teammates.

Gartner said when thegirls are racing, there is thisfeeling of gratefulness for theteam support, and that pro-pels them to be the best repre-

JIM OWENS FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

St. Ursula Academy’s Ashley Voelkerding takes off after MarissaDelGado touches the wall at the Southwest Swimming and DivingClassic at Keating Natatorium at St. Xavier High School.

St. Ursula relays putteam on the mapBy Nick [email protected]

See BULLDOGS, Page B2

HYDE PARK — Since playinginto March last season with 21wins, the Clark Montessori boysbasketball team had a coachtake another job, two transfersfollow and three regulars grad-uate.

Despite the personnel losses,the Cougars are on target to wintheir first Miami Valley Confer-ence league title since 2012. Ifthey weren’t supposed to suc-ceed, someone forgot to tell newcoach Darnell Parker.

The Cougars have a fewtough games to go, but appear tohave regained their swagger.Some may say they never lost it.

“It’s a team that in the pastwas used to winning,” Parkersaid. “We’re doing it a differentway this year, so I’m excitedabout what the guys are doing.”

Leading Clark is slithery,sharp-shooting senior KevinLewis. He’s the second-leadingscorer in the MVC and theteam’s top marksman from thefree throw line and 3-point arc.

Inside, senior Torraye Shat-tuck is a double-double threat at6-foot-4.

“Kevin (Lewis) and Torraye(Shattuck) have been our stal-warts here in this program for along time,” Parker said. “Welost a couple guys to a transferand a few guys graduated, but‘next man up’ is our mantrahere. We’ll just keep pushingand do what we can.”

Helping Shattuck on theboards is 6-3 senior RaheemDotson and 6-5 junior Mosi Dan-iel, both part-time players ayear ago.

From the football team, lead-ing rusher Micah Blythe hasstepped up to become the team’ssecond-leading scorer. The rug-ged guard also has a knack forstealing the basketball.

“He’s one of the toughestkids I’ve ever been around,”Parker said. “He plays hard of-fensive and defensively. Youcan see that football mentalityin him and I’m proud of whathe’s doing this year.”

Along side Blythe, Lewis isaveraging 18 points a game androughly six rebounds and threesteals per game. The 6-foot, 150-pound senior has had one dou-ble-double this season and ahigh game of 29 points againstGeorgetown Jan. 3.

“Kevin’s confidence is offthe charts and he’s scoring real-

ly well for us,” Parker said.“More than that, he’s being aleader. He has a bright futurethe rest of this year and be-yond.”

Though the Cougars lead theMVC-Scarlet Division, Parkerwill wait until season’s end toenjoy the accolades.

“This conference is so bal-anced that any team could comein and knock the other off at anytime,” Parker said. “We weredown 18 to Seven Hills, we weredown against CCD, it really

Clark Montessori boysbasketball stays ontrack with new coachBy Scott [email protected]


Clark Montessori senior Kevin Lewis sets up the Cougars on Jan. 16 againstSt. Bernard.

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ClarkMontessoriseniorRaheemDotson(20) andjunior MosiDaniel boxout againstSt. Bernardon Jan. 16.

See COUGARS, Page B2

ONLINE EXTRASFor video of the Clark Cougarsgo to http://cin.ci/1ub0uG8

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INDIAN HILL — Follow-ing a Cincinnati CountryDay turnover with 4.6seconds left, Seven Hillshead coach Willie Hillcalled timeout to set up aplay.

The Stingers inbound-ed the ball as seniorguard Brian Goerte-moeller peeled off his de-fender. He took a pass,raced toward the bucketand got the layup to beatthe clock and give histeam a 46-44 win.

“It was a well-de-signed play and every-one executed it perfect-ly,” Goertemoeller said.

For head coach GregRoss and the Indians, it’sone of the more gut-wrenching ways to losegiven the events that ledto the outcome.

With time slippingaway and his team trail-ing by two, Indians’ sen-ior forward CameronAlldred got the ball onthe left block, drew a de-fender and dished theball to teammate MylesJackson.

Jackson hit the shot totie the game at 44.

The Stingers failed toscore on their next pos-session after a heavilycontested shot drew iron.The Indians pulled downthe rebound, crossed halfcourt and called timeout.

Ross choreographedthe play he wanted andgot the ball into Alldred’shands. Alldred took a

dribble, might havedrawn contact and fell tothe ground.

The official insteadwhistled him for travel-ing and that set up theStingers for their finalplay.

Seven Hills 46, Cin-cinnati Country Day 44

Seven Hills (9-5) - An-derson 10 2, Robinson 3 39, Antonsson 2 0 4, Callow

6 0 12, Goertemoeller 3 07, Hunter 10 2, Clark 10 3,Sizer 3 1 7. Totals: 20 4 46

CCD (8-5) - Scheper 2 05, Thurman 0 6 6, O’brien2 3 7, Snell 10 2, Alldred 3412, Jordan 2 0 4, Jackson2 2 6, Stegman 0 2 2. To-tals: 12 17 44

Halftime: CCD 21-20.3-pointers: S 2 (Goerte-moeller, Clark); C 3(Alldred 2, Scherper)

Seven Hillsstings CCD withlast-second shotBy Nick [email protected]

JIM OWENS FOR THE ENQUIRER

Seven Hills guard Alex Hunter, left, and teammate StefanAntonsson react after Hunter scored and drew a foul in theboys basketball game against Seven Hills Jan. 23 at CCDS.

INDIAN HILL — SeeingCincinnati Country Daysenior swimmer AllieWooden’s name near thetop of the standings aftera swim meet is a fairlycommon occurrence.

At the Southwest OhioCoaches Classic Jan. 17-18, the Southern Califor-nia signee swept the fourfreestyle events that sheswam. She won the 100,200, 500 and the mile.

“I went in excited torace and knowing that itwas my last Classic,”Wooden said. “I’d beenworking on skills thatwould help me such as myturns and dolphin kicksaway from the wall.”

After swimming themile, she returned to thepool for her final event,the 100.

Indians’ head coach

Benson Spurling said it’suncommon for a swim-mer to swim the mile andthe 100 in the same day be-cause there is a differentmentality to both races.

After getting over ini-tial trepidation, Woodentook to the pool for theperfect encore to an al-ready successful day.

In that 100 freestylerace, she left her oppo-nents in her wake andtouched the wall in 50.61seconds – a new meet rec-ord. She replaced the 30-year-old record held byFinneytown’s BuffyKreiger.

“After winning thosethree events, I knew that Icouldn’t let the 100 be myworst race of the day,” shesaid.

A successful Classicserves as the perfectspringboard into the restof the season and there isstill plenty on Wooden’s

plate.Her goals include

reaching the time stan-dards for NCAA B cutsand qualifying for the Na-tional Club Swimming As-sociation national meet.

“I’m just hoping to getthe most out of my sea-son,” she said.

In the more immediatefuture, Wooden is sure tobe a swimmer to watch inthe district and statemeets come February.

Both she and Spurlingdo not know which eventsshe will swim just yet, but,it might not matter.

“She is carrying a goodfeeling after having oneof the best Classics of anyswimmer I’ve seen,” thecoach said. “I think she’llbe contending again forstate titles in the eventsthat she swims. She’s inthe best position I’ve seenher in these last threeyears.”

JIM OWENS/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Cincinnati Country Day's Allie Wooden won all four freestyle events that she swam in theSouthwest Ohio Coaches Classic finals at St. Xavier’s Keating Natatorium.

CCD’s Wooden weavingwonderful swim seasonBy Nick [email protected]

doesn’t matter. We haveto play hard if we want towin.”

Clark Montessorifaces the Gray Divisionleader, Cincinnati Chris-tian, on Friday on theirhome floor, the “C-House”. On Feb. 3, they’llbe challenged at Milfordand Feb. 6 is a rematchagainst Summit CountryDay. The Cougars defeat-ed the Silver Knights bya point on Dec. 20.

All three gamesshould help them pre-pare for the postseasontournament.

“We want to be play-ing our best basketball amonth from now,” Park-er said. “Our goal whenwe get there is to do somedamage.”

CougarsContinued from Page B1


Clark Montessori senior Torraye Shattuck finished with 17points Jan. 16 in a 72-33 win over St. Bernard.

sentative of the team andthe school they can be.

Being the best theycan be is what the Bull-dogs need to do for up-

coming events. They have a dual meet

against Ursuline Thurs-day and the Girls Great-er Catholic League meet,the sectional meet andthe district meet at Mi-ami University comingup in February. Then,should they have swim-

mers advance, the statemeet.

The Bulldogs believethey have a chance toplace high as individualsand as a team.

“Ursula has put to-gether the best team thatwe’ve seen in a longtime,” DelGado said.

BulldogsContinued from Page B1

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» Summit CountryDay girls’ basketballhead coach Beth Sim-

mons picked up her200th win last week. TheSilver Knights were un-defeated heading intothe Jan. 24 contestagainst North CollegeHill.

HopsContinued from Page B1

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At the annual ProKidsSoiree, ProKids ExecutiveDirector Tracy Cook an-nounced that four couplesshare in the year’s Com-munity Builder award fortheir combined efforts forProKids throughout theyears and in a variety ofroles.

Jeb and Nirvani Headof Indian Hill, and Dickand Joanie Paulsen, Benand Amy Russert and Bil-ly and Valerie Thomason,all of Hyde Park, werehonored.

“Combined they have76 years of service to andin support of ProKids andour children,” Cook said.“They know ProKids is notan agency or a system thatcares about kids, it is acommitted community.These couples are thefoundation of ProKids’Committed Community.

Among the eight, theyhave served as boardmembers, treasurers, sec-retaries, president-elects,presidents, chairs andmembers of committees,fundraisers, event plan-

ners, key note speakers,table captains for the Pro-Kids’ breakfast, copywrit-ers, founding members ofProKids Friends of Chil-dren Society, hosts andhostesses of meetings andparties, strategists, policywonks, tacticians, liaisons,advisers and mentors toProKids board and staffmembers,” Cook said.

“They have generouslygiven both time and trea-sure, year after year,”Cook added. “And theyhave given us the gift oftheir best thinking to growProKids to reach morewaiting children. Theyhave introduced morepeople to ProKids than wecan count. They have lenttheir own voices to ourwounded children.”

The couples share Pro-Kids’ vision of a safe, per-manent, and nurturinghome for every child.They have worked both in-dividually and closely to-gether to grow ProKids’impact. All of them haveseen ProKids through thetoughest times and have

played pivotal roles inProKids’ re-birth and ex-pansion, Cook said.

ProKids envisions asafe, permanent and nur-turing home for everychild. As a nonprofit or-ganization in HamiltonCounty, Ohio, that mobili-zes the community bytraining and supportingvolunteers who break thevicious cycle of childabuse and neglect. Pro-Kids Court AppointedSpecial Advocates (CASAvolunteers) speak up forabused and neglected chil-dren, guiding them to safeenvironments where theycan thrive.

For more than 30 years,ProKids has changed thearc of children’s livesthrough engaged volun-teers, a proactive staffand a Committed Commu-nity. We work to create anew cycle of growing upsafe and secure, funda-mentally changing the fu-ture for children and forGreater Cincinnati. Findout more at www.pro-kids.org.

THANKS TO JULIE KEMBLE BORTHS

Honored at the annual ProKids Soiree were, from left: Nirvani and Jeb Head, Billy andValerieThomason, Ben and Amy Russert and Dick Paulsen, joined by ProKids Executive DirectorTracy Cook.

Four couples honored by ProKidsfor changing children’s lives

20th Century Thea-tre’s second annualThanksgiv’n Rock’n Eveconcert and food drivecollected 1,235 fooditems for the OakleyCommunity EmergencyFood Pantry, quadru-pling last year’s efforts.

Last year, the drivecollected just more than300 food items.

Dewey’s Pizza, one ofthe sponsors, brought ina significant amount, ex-panding the drive to in-clude all of the compa-ny’s stores in Cincinnati,Dayton, Columbus,Cleveland and St. Louis.Each of the stores donateto its local food pantry.

MadTree Breweryalso sponsored.

Headlining the eventwas The Cliftones. The

Almight Get Down alsoplayed as well as The

Chris Comer Jazz Explo-sion.

20th Century food drivequadruples 2013 bounty

THANKS TO BRIAN GIEBEL

Food pantry volunteers & 20th Century Staff working theThanksgiv'n Rock'n Eve 2014 Food Drive are, from left:standing, Stan Messerly, Will Griffiths, Brian Giebel, DebCase and Tom Case; kneeling, Brian Pritz and Evelyn Ries.

Through Feb. 28, thePublic Library of Cincin-nati and Hamilton Coun-ty is looking to discovernew and talented poetsfrom the Cincinnati Re-gion.

Adults, ages 18 andolder, are invited to en-ter. The Poetry Contest isco-sponsored by theGreater Cincinnati Writ-er’s League. Entries willbe judged in March by acommittee comprised oflocal literary profession-als.

Judging will be anon-ymous and decisions arefinal. Up to four winnerswill have their poempublished on our website

and will be given the op-portunity to read theirpoem at the Main Li-brary’s Poetry in theGarden Series, whichwill be held Tuesday eve-nings in April.

Contest rules:» Each poet may sub-

mit no more than one po-em.

» Poems must be orig-inal content and unpub-lished in any public me-dium.

» Poems must be suit-able for a general audi-ence.

» Poems must be sub-mitted in a Word docu-ment, no longer than 40lines, at least 12-point

font, on one 8.5-by-11page; prose poems nolonger than 300 words.

» Entries must be sub-mitted using our onlineform by Feb. 28 atwww.cincinnatilibrary.org/news/2014/poetry-contest.aspx.

» Entries that are notin compliance with theserules are subject to dis-qualification.

» The Library is notresponsible for entriesthat were not received.

» By entering thiscontest, you give the Li-brary permission to pub-lish your name and po-em, should your entrywin.

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Anderson HillsUnited MethodistChurchTraditional worship is 8:30 a.m.and 11 a.m. in the sanctuary.Contemporary services are 9:30a.m. and 11 a.m. Family andstudent ministry programs areat 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

The church is at 7515 ForestRoad, Anderson Township;231-4172; andersonhillsumc.org.

Christ ChurchCathedralFrom Jan. 22-25, the church willhost the broadcast of a diversegroup of scholars, faith leadersand economists, including Dr.Cornel West, Archbishop ofCanterbury Justin Welby andDr. Barbara Ehrenreich, as theyoffer strategies for developinga more just economy and instillthe confidence to take actionfor social change at TrinityInstitute’s 44th National Theo-logical Conference, “CreatingCommon Good: A PracticalConference on Economic Equal-ity” at Trinity Church in NewYork City.

Christ Church Cathedral willoffer all aspects of the confer-ence in real time via webcast,where participants can submitquestions for speakers via emailduring the live Q&A. Onsitereflection groups will be coor-dinated using materials pre-pared and provided by TrinityInstitute.

Conference participation is opento anyone interested in apractical, theological perspec-tive on economic inequalityand is ideal for seminarians,students and young churchleaders looking for thought-leadership from experts andactivists. The conference isbeing offered free-of-charge,but registration required. (Seedetails at christchurchcincinnati.org/2015TI.)

The church is at 218 E. Fourth St.,Cincinnati; 621-1817.

Clough UnitedMethodist ChurchFinancial Peace University iscoming to the church begin-ning Feb. 2. This nine-weekDVD-based study by DaveRamsey teaches families how tomanage their money andeliminate debit. The averagefamily taking this course elim-inates $5,300 in debt whiledaving $2,700 within the first90 days. This study is open tothe community and will beoffered from 7-8:30 p.m. Mon-day evenings, at the church.Cost for materials is $100 andincludes a lifetime membershipin Financial Peace. For moreinformation, call Lindey Kunz at519-1140 or Tim Jacob at 707-2058. To see a preview of thecourse, visit www.daveram-sey.com/fpu/preview/.

The church is at 2010 WolfangelRoad, Anderson Township.

Faith ChristianFellowship ChurchThe church and tek’non YouthMinistries will be hosting theSweetheart Ball from 6:15-9:30p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, forguests 18 and older. There willbe a spaghetti dinner, snacks,refreshments, door prizes,music and dancing. Child Care isavailable up to age 9. There isno charge. Please verify atten-dance by calling Dave Zellner at474-2303.

The church is at 6800 School St.,Newtown.

Grace BaptistChurchA free community breakfast isserved from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.each Sunday. No reservations

are needed, and all are wel-come. A family-friendly break-fast will be served.

The church is at 1004 Main St.,Milford; www.gracebaptist-milford.org.

Mount WashingtonBaptist ChurchThe Young Adult Community ishosting a pancake dinner in theFellowship Hall of the churchfrom 6-8 p.m. Feb. 8. This eventwill take the place of themonthly Sunday Night Praiseservice for February. Everyone isinvited to this event. Studentsfrom various colleges in GreaterCincinnati are also being in-vited to join our community forfresh cooked pancakes and liveworship. You will definitelywant to bring your friends tothis event. There will be a prizefor the most pancakes eaten.For more information, [email protected]

The church is at 2005 SuttonAvenue, Mount Washington;233-4445

Mount WashingtonPresbyterian ChurchAll are welcome Sunday morn-ings at 9:30 for Sunday Schooland blended worship and at 11a.m. for traditional worshipservice. The church’s focus is onarea hunger needs and weprovide food and volunteertime to groups including theSEM Pantry, the Batavia YWCAPantry, Tender Mercies, theDrop Inn Center and similarorganizations throughout theyear.

The church is at 6474 BeechmontAve., Mount Washington;231-2650;www.mwpc-church.org.

Mount WashingtonUnited MethodistChurchOn the second Saturday of everymonth, the community isinvited to a free dinner from5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at thechurch.

The church is at 6365 CorblyRoad; 231-3946;www.mtwashumc.org.

Parkside ChristianChurchFinancial Peace University will beoffered from 6-8 p.m. Sunday,Jan. 25-March 22. It teachesGod's ways of handling money.Through video teaching, classdiscussions and interactive smallgroup activities, FPU presentsbiblical, practical steps to getrid of debt, manage money,spend and save wisely, andmore. Go to www.daveram-sey.com/fpu/home/ to registerfor the class.

The church is at 6986 SalemRoad, Anderson Township;231-9482.

Sonrise ChurchSonRise Church is announcingthe launch of a CelebrateRecovery ministry group. Cele-brate Recovery is a Christ-centered program based on theBeatitudes addressing many oflife’s hurts, hang-ups andhabits.

The church is at 8136 WoosterPike; 576-6000.

Trinity UnitedMethodist ChurchWeekly Sunday services aretraditional at 8:15 a.m. and 11a.m. and contemporary worship(and children’s Sunday school)at 9:30 a.m.

The church is at 5767 Wolfpen-Pleasant Hill Road, Milford;831-0262;www.trinitymilford.org

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The Hamilton CountyRecycling and SolidWaste District recognizedbusinesses, schools, citi-zens and communities, formaking a difference in re-cycling and waste reduc-tion at the 10th annual Re-cycling Awards Ceremo-ny.

“Today we acknowl-edged 16 different indi-viduals, communities,and organizations includ-ing a motivated highschool student who estab-

lished a permanent wastereduction program at hisschool district, as well as alarge health care systemthat implemented recy-cling and reuse programsat its many facilities.”said Michelle Balz, assis-tant director of HamiltonCounty Recycling and Sol-id Waste District. “The va-riety of this year’s awardrecipients illustrates thatrecycling is one thing wecan all do.”

The 2014 local Recy-

cling Award recipients in-clude:

» Outstanding SchoolRecycling ProgramAward: Fairview-CliftonGerman LanguageSchool.

» Student Recycler ofthe Year: Casey Smith,Loveland High School.

» Outstanding Recy-cling Educator Award:Mary Mullen, Seton HighSchool.

» Best Community Re-cycling Program Award

(>10,000 population): Cityof Montgomery.

» Best Community Re-cycling Program Award(<10,000 population): Vil-lage of Mariemont.

» Most Improved Com-munity Recycling Pro-gram Award: City of DeerPark.

» Innovative Commu-nity Recycling ProgramAward: City of ForestPark.

» Excellence in PublicRecycling Award: Bunbu-

ry and Buckle Up MusicFestivals.

» Recycling at WorkProgram of the YearAward: TriHealth.

» The InterchangeBusiness of the YearAward: StreamKey.

» Outstanding Recy-cling in a Bar or Restau-rant: Verde Salad & More.

» Outstanding Recy-cling in a Multi-FamilyResidence Award: Bur-ney View Apartments.

» Friend of Recycling:

Jan Pastrick.» The John Van Volken-

burgh Award for Recy-cling Innovation: Syca-more Community SchoolDistrict.

» Innovation in WasteReduction Award: Da-Lite Screen Co.

» Excellence in ReuseAward: Goodwill Indus-tries.

Photos of the award re-cipients may be viewed atHamiltonCountyRecycle-s.org.

Outstanding recycling achievements acknowledged in Hamilton County

Internationally ac-claimed fashion photog-rapher Rick Guidotti hasphotographed many ofthe world’s most elite su-per models; however, it isthe story of focusing hislens on the beauty ofthose who have genetic,physical, and behavioraldifferences that has in-spired millions aroundthe globe to reinterpretthe meaning of beauty.

The Cincinnati ReelA-bilities Film Festival or-ganized by LADDbrought him to Cincin-

nati in September toshare his message withschools including Sum-mit Country Day Schooland the greater commu-nity through a series ofevents including a Foto-Focus exhibit. Guidottialso photographed localfamilies and will be usingthose photos in an exhibitthat will be on displayduring the CincinnatiReelAbilities Film Festi-val Feb. 27 to March 7.

For more informationon the Festival, pleasevisit www.cincyra.org.

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Hamilton CountyAuditor Dusty Rhodessays the recent passageof House Bill 85 in-creases the amount ofhomestead exemptionfor military veteranswho are rated 100 per-cent disabled from aservice-connected dis-ability from $25,000 to$50,000. It also ex-empts these disabledveterans and theirspouses from income/means testing.

“Although disabledveterans have alwaysbeen in a position to ap-ply for the standardHomestead exemptionfor the elderly and dis-abled, this bill providesan enhanced benefit tothose veterans whoqualify as 100 percentdisabled from a ser-vice-connected disabil-ity. The bill is designedto increase their deduc-tion from $25,000 to$50,000. This means adisabled veteran whoqualifies would onlyhave to pay taxes on$100,000 of a home val-ued at $150,000,”Rhodes said.

“To receive the in-creased exemption un-der the bill, a home-owner must be a veter-an of the United Statesarmed forces, re-serves, or NationalGuard who was honor-ably discharged with aservice-connected to-tal and permanent dis-ability certified by theUnited States Depart-ment of Veterans Af-fairs or other federalagency. When applyingfor the exemption, theveteran must provideappropriate writtenconfirmation from thefederal governmentthat the service-con-nected disability ratingis 100 percent,” he said.

Applications may befiled from until June 1.

Any disabled veter-an receiving the stan-dard Homestead creditneeds to complete anew application to re-ceive the enhanced ex-emption.

For more informa-tion, please contact theAuditor’s HomesteadDepartment at 513-946-4099.

New lawincreaseshomesteadexemptionfor disabledveterans

Legacies Upscale Re-sale in Hyde Park hasbeen finding treasure,funding hope on behalf ofCancer Support Commu-nity Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky formore than 20 years.

At a volunteer appreci-ation , it was announcedLegacies will contribute$210,000 toward the CSCmission in 2014. Since1994, Legacies has con-tributed more than $1.7million to CSC which of-fers social and emotionalsupport and services freeof charge to anyone im-pacted by cancer throughprofessionally-led sup-port groups, educationalworkshops and presenta-tions, healthy lifestyleprograms and social ac-tivities.

In attendance weretwo of the original foun-ders of Legacies, CarolynScheve and Patty Crotty,

general manager LauraBeverly, office staff, andmore than 40 volunteerswho comprise the bulk ofthe Legacies workforce,logging enough hours to

equal eight full-time staffmembers. Also repre-sented was Cancer Sup-port Community throughexecutive director Mi-chelle Johnson and other

staff members. As of Nov. 30, Legacies

sold 35,000 one of a kinditems through 18,000 indi-vidual transactions. New

in 2014, Legacieslaunched its in-store bou-tique, highlightingpurses and jewelry and todate, more than 1,000purses have been sold.

In 1994, a dozen wom-en created a store sellingdonated and consignedhome furnishings to ben-efit The Wellness Com-munity, now known asCancer Support Commu-nity Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky.LEGACIES quicklygained a reputation as asource of reasonably-priced, high-end mer-chandise benefiting agreat cause. They includesupport groups, healthylifestyle classes, educa-tional programs, socialactivities, community re-source referrals andtreatment decision sup-port… so that no onefaces cancer alone.

Legacies Upscale Resale contributes$210,000 to Cancer Support Community

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Michelle Johnson, Cancer Support Community executive director; Linda Grypp, Legaciesvolunteer holiday coordinator; Patty Crotty, Legacies founder; Carolyn Scheve, Legaciesfounder, and Laura Beverly, Legacies general manager, with the check presented to CancerSupport Community.

The Southwest OhioAir Quality Agency had abusy year in 2014, as itcontinues to serve the airquality monitoring, per-mitting and enforcementneeds of Butler, Cler-mont, Hamilton and War-ren counties.

The agency did not is-sue a single smog alertduring the 2014 ozoneseason. Favorable weath-er, industrial pollutioncontrols and citizenspracticing conservationhabits combined to helpkeep ozone below the Un-healthy for SensitiveGroups level.

One of the agency’smost recognized publicinitiatives is its Idle Freeprogram. Multipleschools and public ser-vices joined in 2014. Theagency provides freesigns and brochures, aswell as educational andcommunication assis-tance to schools and oth-er entities that wish toimplement an Idle Freecampaign.

The agency would liketo acknowledge the fol-lowing organizations forgoing idle free in 2014:

Cincinnati ChristianSchool;

Cincinnati CountryDay School;

Cincinnati PublicSchools (Covedale Ele-

mentary and Fairview-Clifton German Lan-guage School);

Clermont County Pub-lic Library;

Clermont Northeast-ern Schools;

Finneytown LocalSchools;

Forest Hills SchoolDistrict (Maddux Ele-mentary);

Kings Local SchoolDistrict (J.F. Burns Ele-mentary);

New RichmondSchools;

Northwest LocalSchools District (Pleas-ant Run Elementary);

Public Library of Cin-cinnati and HamiltonCounty;

Roger Bacon HighSchool;

Springboro Communi-ty Schools;

Warren County ParkDistrict;

West Clermont LocalSchools ;

Williamsburg LocalSchools (WilliamsburgElementary).

Being idle free is theeasiest, no-cost way thata citizen can help with airquality. The agencyworks with schools, com-munities, businesses,parks and libraries to en-courage motorists to turnoff their vehicles whennot driving. People often

idle when picking up ordropping off children, atfast food and bank drive-thrus and while checkingtheir phones whileparked. Idling generatesunnecessary air pollutionwhile wasting gasoline,and consequently, mon-ey.

To implement an idle-free campaign, pleasecontact the agency at 513-513-7754 or visit south-westohioair.org.

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dunnhumbyUSA re-cently promoted Lee Al-len and Anna Saffer inthe Cincinnati office.

Allen, Senior ClientLead, Client Leadership,will be responsible fordeveloping strategy andengagement solutionsfor select dunnhumbyclients. Previously Ms.Allen served as SeniorAssociate, Client Leader-ship, where she was re-sponsible for developingand implementing data-based solutions for dunn-humby clients. Prior tojoining dunnhumbyUSA,Ms. Allen spent fiveyears at The Kroger Co.Ms. Allen earned a Bach-elor of Business in Mar-keting and Managementfrom Xavier University,Williams College of Busi-ness. She resides in HydePark.

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Romeo’s pizza intop 100

The Top 100 Pizza Listfor 2014 was recently re-leased by Pizza Todaymagazine (http://www.pizzatoday.com/

departments/features/2014-top-100-pizza-companies/) and Ro-meo's Pizza was listed asthe 94th largest pizzacompany in the country.Romeo's Pizza is an Ohiobased company com-posed of both franchiseand corporate owned lo-cations in NortheastOhio, Cincinnati and Co-lumbus.

Romeo’s Pizza has alocation at 3646 EdwardsRoad in Hyde Park.

Romeo's Pizza startedwith one store in 2001andhas grown to 36 stores.Over the past 18 months,Romeo's Pizza hasopened 7 new store loca-tions, resulting in a dou-ble digit sales increasefor the Ohio based pizzachain. Romeo's Pizza an-ticipates an additional5-8 new stores in 2015. By2016, Romeo's Pizza is ex-pected to reach the 50store mark.

Romeo's Pizza haswon over 20 differentawards for their pizzasincluding Best GourmetPizza in America withthe Great Ranch & PotatoPizza, Best Pizza in theMidwest three timeswith the Butcher ShopPizza, and the Best Pizzain Columbus four yearsin a row-2009, 2010, 2011and 2012. Romeo's Pizzahas been featured on theFood Network and wasnamed to Pizza Today'sTop 100 List of PizzaCompanies.

Romeo's Pizza hasgrown from a singlestore in Medina, Ohio to36 locations throughoutOhio. Full menu and listof locations are availableat http://www.romeospizza.com.

BUSINESS NOTES

When homeownersfeel they may have foun-dation cracks or base-ment seepage, howmuch should they ex-pect to pay? Can the costever be $0? Homeown-ers that pay for anyrepair that is the wrongrepair have just paid toomuch.

A highly rated con-tractor on Angies Listquoted a 75-year-oldwidow about $30,000because she had a minorreccurring crack in thehallway in the center ofthe house. The samecontractor quoted$20,000 to a Cincinnatipolice officer for a mi-nor crack in their foun-dation.

When I said no to anytype of foundation re-pair, the widow asked togive me a hug.

The police officer’shouse did have someother minor deficienciesthat could be repaired.The cost for the founda-tion settlement repairwas less than $1,000. Theexpectation was that Iwould suggest the$20,000 repair. I justsmiled and was happy Ihelped them save mon-ey.

Yes-terday, Isaw aclientthat hadseveralcracks inthe con-cretebeamsabovethe ga-rage

doors. He had contacteda contractor first. Theysent out their best per-son, who proceeded tosuggest soil pressure onthe opposite end of thehouse was causing thecracks and gave propos-als of $6,000 and $8,000.The true cause was therusting of steel reinforc-ing rods inside the wall.The suggested repairfor these cracks willprobably be less than$2,000. I was satisfiedthat using my knowl-edge of structures savedthis homeowner a largeamount of money.

The free estimatesfrom contractors can beextremely expensiveand it is very commonthat the salesmen fromcontractors not under-standing the causes ofthe foundation issues or

transfer of stresses andforces. Even if the con-tractors suggested re-pair may seem appropri-ate, it is very commonthat the salesman to notunderstand the repairmay only be a partialrepair instead of a fullsolution to the problem.

About four years ago,our client had contract-ed with a well knownwaterproofing companyto repair the rear wall oftheir home. They in-stalled steel beams, butthe wall kept moving sothey installed morebeams. This was an in-complete repair. Finally,the deck and brick fellof the back of the house.They offered a minimalreimbursement to havethe client go away andwould not give her theirinsurance informationfor her to file a claim.

In previous articles Ihave written and pub-lished in the communitynewspapers and on An-gies List, I have beenaddressing differenttypes of foundationmovement and base-ment leaks. By provid-ing this data, I havebeen trying to help pro-tect the homeowner

from spending moneyneedlessly with a con-tractor. Angies Listmembers should read allof the reviews for con-tractors. Angies Listgives a higher signif-icance to reviews frommembers that have actu-ally hired the company,which skews the re-views. If you read all ofthe reviews, includingones from members thathave only received anestimate, a better un-derstanding of the com-pany may be received.

To answer my firstquestions, sometimesthe foundation repaircosts may be $0 and anyamount over that shouldbe spent in confidenceof having the right solu-tion. Any money spenton the improper repairis too much. The engi-neer is your first step tofind if any repair is sug-gested and what may bethe most economical andeffective repair.

Michael Montgomery of Buy-ers Protection Group is alicensed engineer in Ohio,Kentucky and Indiana. Con-tact him at 1-800-285-3001;www.engineeringandfounda-tions.com.

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Castle House, a chil-dren’s boutique, recentlyreopened at its newly ren-ovated location, 3435 Ed-wards Road in Hyde Park.

The store has a rich his-tory in Cincinnati, closingearlier this year afternearly 60 years in busi-ness. It was opened in 1955by Mel Castle, who thensold the store in 1966 toJoan Stamm, who operat-ed the store until its clos-ing.

The store was thenbought and is being re-opened by Jennifer Bas-tos, a Hyde Park residentand mother of threeyoung children who has abackground in finance.

“Castle House was aninstitution in Cincinnati,and I was devastatedwhen it closed,” Bastossaid. “I live just two

blocks away, I love kid’sclothes and fashion, andfrom working in finance, Iunderstood the aspects ofrunning a business. I sawthis as a challenge and agreat opportunity to bringback a beloved institutionin the community.”

Bastos emphasizesCastle House’s customerservice and overall expe-rience. She built a brandnew playroom completewith iPads, television,games and a chalkboardto entertain childrenwhile parents and grand-parents are shopping.

“Castle House is differ-ent from your typical chil-dren’s clothing store.There is no other storelike it in the community,with brands and customerservice you won’t findanywhere else. Our mer-

chandise ranges from in-fant to teenager and everyemployee knows how toproperly fit children,”said Bastos.

The store specializes inclothing for special occa-sions including First Com-munions, weddings, holi-days and birthdays. Theywill be the only store inthe Midwest to sell Klen-field’s first line of specialoccasion dresses; Klen-field is featured on thepopular TLC show “SayYes to the Dress.”

The new store has aconcierge service, wherecustomers can call oremail in for a gift and theywill wrap it and ship it.Bastos also created a giftwall, where customerscan easily find gifts spe-cific to any occasion suchas baptisms, birthdays or

First Communion.“I have so much re-

spect for the previousowner Joan Stamm and Ireally feel honored to beable to continue this greatlegacy and tradition,”Bastos said.

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CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Incidents/investigationsAggravated menacing5500 block of Dunning Place,Jan. 10.

Assault3500 block of Madison Road,Jan. 8.

Burglary2700 block of Atlantic Ave., Jan.7.

3200 block of Erie Ave., Jan. 5.3400 block of Golden Ave., Jan.3.

6200 block of Roe St., Jan. 9.Criminaldamaging/endangering4700 block of Madison Road,Jan. 10.

4700 block of Marburg Ave., Jan.8.

900 block of Ellison Ave., Jan. 4.Domestic violence4200 block of Romaine Drive,Jan. 8.

Menacing4700 block of Madison Road,Jan. 10.

Theft3700 block of Hyde Park Ave.,Jan. 11.

700 block of Minot Ave., Jan. 5.2800 block of Minot Ave., Jan. 5.3500 block of Columbia Park-way, Jan. 10.

3600 block of Kroger Ave., Jan.3.

3600 block of Saybrook Ave.,Jan. 7.

3700 block of Paxton Ave., Jan.7.

3700 block of Saybrook Ave.,Jan. 7.

3900 block of Millsbrae Ave.,Jan. 5.

400 block of Delta Ave., Jan. 11.400 block of Delta Ave., Jan. 8.4100 block of Eastern Ave., Jan.5.

4600 block of Plainville, Jan. 9.4700 block of Marburg Ave., Jan.5.



COLUMBIA TOWNSHIPIncidents/investigationsTheft5200 block of Ridge Road, Dec.4.

Touchscreen DVD player re-moved from 5612 ViewpointeDrive, Dec. 5.

FAIRFAXIncidents/investigationsTheftA watch taken from Walmart;$40 at 4000 block of Red BankRoad, Dec. 29.

Groceries, etc. taken fromWalmart; $760 at 4000 block ofRed Bank Road, Dec. 29.

Household items taken fromWalmart; $73 at 4000 block ofRed Bank Road, Dec. 31.

Wallet taken from Walmart at4000 block of Red Bank Road,Jan. 1.

Reported at Walmart at 4000block of Red Bank Road, Jan. 4.

GPs unit taken from Walmart;$200 at 4000 block of Red BankRoad, Jan. 8.

Clothes taken from Walmart;$224 at 4000 block of Red BankRoad, Jan. 8.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSCommunity Press publishes incident records provided by

local police departments. All reports published are publicrecords.

To contact your local police department: » Cincinnati, District 2, 979-4440» Columbia Township, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office,683-3444» Fairfax, 271-7250» Mariemont, 271-4089» Terrace Park, 831-2137 or 825-2280.

ABOUT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERSInformation is provided as a public service by the office

of Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes. Neighbor-hood designations are approximate.

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP5286 Ridge Ave.: Freeman,Michael S. to Walt SweeneyPontiac-GMC; $60,000.

COLUMBIA TUSCULUM417 Stanley Ave.: Heitzman,Scott to Sinclair Homes LLC;$240,000.

419 Stanley Ave.: Heitzman,Scott to Sinclair Homes LLC;$240,000.

427 Stanley Ave.: Heitzman,Scott to Sinclair Homes LLC;$240,000.

476 Stanley Ave.: Mirre, David E.to Stammen, Connie Lou;$275,500.

546 Tusculum Ave.: Schwabe-row, Matthew P. to Ventuto,Daniel J.; $144,000.

HYDE PARK3630 Bellecrest Ave.: Davenport,P. Gayle to Morgan, Margo E. &Robert; $210,000.

3637 Bellecrest Ave.: Pucke,Shannon M. to Ernest, Tammy;$298,000.

Corbin Drive: Corbin PropertyLLC to Long, Augustine A. &Lori L.; $130,000.

3492 Forestoak Court: McElroy,Lori Wigor to Whittaker, DavidW. & Julia K.; $313,500.

3635 Herschel Ave.: Clemens

Family Ptnshp to Kifer, Donald& Anne; $270,000.

2308 Madison Road: A&R EquityLLC to Octagon HP. LLC;$865,000.

3616 Marburg Ave.: Parker,Christopher Allen & Emily Annto Loewenstine, Joshua;$289,900.

3630 Michigan Ave.: HH GroupLLC to Welsh, Scott A.;$375,000.

1301 Morten Ave.: Harris, Dan-ielle L. to Finley, Melissa K.;$213,000.

MADISONVILLE4503 Homer Ave.: Link, Diana M.to Fellenbaum, Georges Sauty& Lauren Russ; $132,400.

6307 Sierra St.: Hawkins, Frank-lin W. & Annie T. to Rogers,Jeffrey; $45,000.

5713 Sierra Park Place: Hawkins,Franklin W. & Annie T. toRogers, Jeffrey; $35,000.

MARIEMONT6973 Cambridge Ave.: Bench-mark Capital Investors LLC toSwebilius, Therese Besl;$160,000.

MOUNT LOOKOUT733 Wakefield Drive: CincinnatiRealty Group LLC The to Blum,Daniel D.; $510,000.

OAKLEYAddress not available: WestfieldStation LLC to Floyd, Richard P.Jr.; $341,246.

3313 Bach Ave.: Hammersmith,Glenn to Kovatch, Michael;$195,000.

3712 Brotherton Road: Gray,James Hto Gonzales, Dante A.& Stacey L.; $126,000.

3931 Marburg Ave.: Milheim,Daniel & Carolyn to Thelen,Brendan; $235,300.

2751 Minot Ave.: Wesling, MarkJ. to Rumpke, Megan; $235,000.

4221 Paxton Ave.: Armstrong,Robert Andrew to Fague,Bradley J.; $206,000.

4322 Twenty-Eighth St.:Gerhardt, Bruce to Ross,Todd M.; $100,000.

TERRACE PARK720 Elm Ave.: Kenneway,Matthew E. & Tara C. toWaterson, Mary Kathleen &Nicholas Co-Tr.; $732,000.

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