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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 BECAUSE COMMUNITY MATTERS

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CelebrationsStudents at St. Vincent Ferrer

School in Kenwood spent theweek of Jan. 29-Feb. 5 cele-brating Catholic Schools Week.

See photos, A2

Footloose on tapIndian Hill High School Thea-

tre will perform “Footloose at7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, andFriday, Feb. 24; and 2 p.m. and7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25.

See photos, A5

Primary battleTwo experienced Republican

state legislators are battling eachother in the primary race for thenew 27th Ohio House District.

Incumbent State Rep. PeterStautberg will have to defeat hispredecessor in the 34th HouseDistrict, Tom Brinkman, in orderto run in the November generalelection for his third term.

Brinkman represented the34th District before being term-limited out in 2008. Stautbergsucceeded him.

Full story, A3

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Nearly 200 graduates, friendsand supporters of theUniversity of Notre Damerecently gathered for theNotre Dame Club of GreaterCincinnati’s 38th annualreverse raffle scholarshipfundraiser.

The Indian Hill ExemptedVillage School District has be-gun the process of finding a newsuperintendent.

The school board recentlyapproved entering into a con-tract with executive searchfirm Hazard, Young, Attea andAssociates.

The contract to hire Hazardand Associates will cost taxpay-ers $17,500, plus an estimated$3,500 for expenses.

Board member Tim Sharprecommended allowing up to

$10,000 for poten-tial expenses.

Superinten-dent Jane Knud-son, who servedas superinten-dent for sevenyears, will retirein July.

Knudson saida contributing factor in the se-lection of Hazard and Asso-ciates was its experience inrecruiting for school districtssimilar to Indian Hill.

According to Knudson, thecompany has had a high successrate in choosing superinten-

dents who haveremained withthe districts forwhich they werechosen.

Board mem-ber Kim Lewis,who serves on theboard’s Person-nel Committee,

said recruitment will be an inte-gral part of the process and willinvolve a nationwide search.

Sharp said the firm helps fill“a void” in conducting searchesfor “suburban, high performingschool districts.”

“I think our (search) net will

be wider with this firm,” hesaid.

Other search firms underconsideration were Hudepohland Associates and School ExecConnect.

Lewis said cost considera-tions were also a factor. Hazardand Associates charges a setfee, she said.

The board is expected to be-gin planning sessions regardingthe superintendent search inFebruary.

Knudson has been with thedistrict for 23 years starting asa principal at Indian Hill Pri-mary School.

Superintendent search cost: $21KBy Forrest [email protected]

Knudson Lewis

Indian Hill High School English teachersBecky McFarlan and Gretchen Bloom-strom are going to Walt Disney World thissummer. However, it’s not to ride SpaceMountain.

Both have been selected by the CollegeBoard to speak at the AP Annual Confer-ence, which will be located at the park.

Their presentation titled “Preparationfor All,” will focus on increasing student en-rollment in advanced placement Englishcourses.

“We prepared for this conference basedon our practices and curriculum at the highschool,” said McFarlan, who teaches 12th-grade English.

McFarlan has spoken at other AP AnnualConferences.

“An area of interest this year is AP en-rollment,” she said.

McFarlan and Bloomstrom, who teaches11th-grade English, pooled their knowledgein preparing a proposal for the conference.

“This proposal includes laying thegroundwork at the freshman and sopho-more levels,” said Bloomstrom.

Bloomstrom said their efforts comple-

mented one another. McFarlan has taughtadvanced placement courses for 26 years,while Bloomstrom has just recently begunteaching advanced placement courses.

“A lot of this was pulled from personalexperience,” said McFarlan about contentwhich will be incorporated into the presen-tation.

Bloomstrom said she is looking forwardto meeting with other teachers involvedwith advanced placement courses.

“It’s a convention for you to learn fromother AP teachers and districts all over thenation and world,” she said.

Teachers are gearing up for conferenceBy Forrest [email protected]

Indian Hill High School English teachers Becky McFarlan, left, and Gretchen Bloomstrom, who both teach advanced placement Englishcourses, have been selected to speak at an upcoming annual conference. FORREST SELLERS/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

rangers focused their attentionthere.

While the stolen vehicles werereturned in this particular case,Dressel said it’s important resi-dents “lock up” their belongings.He said in two of the incidents,residents left their keys in theircars, although one of those carswas parked in a garage the sus-pects allegedly broke into.

Indian Hill Rangers recentlyparticipated in a joint investiga-tion leading to the arrests of twosuspects who were allegedly in-volved in multiple vehiclebreak-ins and thefts in IndianHill and nearby communities.

Rangers worked with theBlue Ash, Deer Park and Madei-

ra police departments, as well asthe Hamilton County Sheriff’s Of-fice to arrest the individuals.

Jacob Montgomery, 19, DeerPark, and a 13-year-old boy fromDeer Park allegedly stole threecars from village homes, accord-ing to police.

Capt. Mike Dressel said thepair allegedly stole a Chevy Mali-bu, Acura MXD and a 2005 AstonMartin DB9 during their crime

spree, which came to an end Jan.25.

All three vehicles were recov-ered.

“These two boys hit everybodyand got carried away,” he said.

Dressel said he and Det. ShawnPerdue worked night and day tofind the suspects in the weeksleading to their arrest. He said thethree cars were stolen from thesouth area of the village, and

Two arrests made in vehicle theftsBy Rob [email protected]

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By Leah [email protected]

A student serves the ball to the green team during thegreen vs. white volleyball game. The Catholic SchoolsWeek activity took place Thursday afternoon, with thewhole school in attendance. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY

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St. Vincent Ferrer students cheer on their xclassmatesduring the green vs. white volleyball game. Thursdayafternoon's activity for Catholic Schools Week, parentswere invited to watch their children play in thethird-annual tournament. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY

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St. Vincent Ferrer studentscongratulate anotherstudent for earning a pointfor their team. The greenvs. white volleyball gamewas one of several CatholicSchools Week activities theschool sponsored. LEAH

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Christian juggler Tom Sparough gets high fives from St. Vincent Ferrer students at hisperformance Friday afternoon. Sparough performed at the school as an activity forCatholic Schools Week. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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Two experienced Re-publican state legisla-tors are battling eachother in the primaryrace for the new 27thOhio House District.

Incumbent State Rep.Peter Stautberg willhave to defeat his prede-cessor in the 34th HouseDistrict, Tom Brinkman,in order to run in the No-vember general electionfor his third term.

Brinkman represent-ed the 34th District be-fore being term-limitedout in 2008.

Stautberg succeededhim.

But recently ap-proved redrawn bordersfor the Ohio House dis-tricts placed bothStautberg, of AndersonTownship, and Brink-man, of Mount Lookout,in the new 27th District.

The new district in-cludes fewer Cincinnatineighborhoods and moreeastern Hamilton Coun-ty communities – includ-ing the village of IndianHill – than the old 34thdid.

The winner of theGOP primary will faceDemocrat Nathan Wiss-man, of Anderson Town-ship.

Brinkman portraysStautberg as a state rep-

resentative who is out oftouch with his constitu-ents.

“The local communi-ties have been ignoredfor the past three yearsby Peter,” said Brink-man, who prided himselfon regularly attendingvillage, township andcity public meetingswhen he was in office.“In an age when thestate tends to be shiftingthe burden of mandatesto the locals and alsocutting funding, being intouch with them is veryimportant.”

Stautberg stronglydenied that he’s ignoredthe communities in hisdistrict.

“I do keep in touchwith the community offi-cials and the administra-tors,” he said. “Theyknow how to get a hold ofme. I meet with the su-perintendents of schoolsquarterly to keep up tospeed with what’s goingon and to discuss whattheir needs are.”

Stautberg said he’s

demonstrated his lead-ership skills in theHouse. He’s chairman ofthe Public Utilities Com-mittee and had beenchairman of the Waysand Means Committee.

He was a lead sponsorof bill requiring govern-ment efficiency perfor-mance audits that wasfolded into a Senate billand became law.

The Ways and MeansCommittee he chairedpassed the eliminationof the estate tax that lat-er became law.

“I will let my recordspeak for itself,” Stautb-erg said.

“I think I’ve demon-strated effective leader-ship in this position. I’mnot sure (Brinkman’s)record would reflect thesame thing.”

Brinkman, who is amember of the CoalitionOpposed to AdditionalSpending and Taxes(COAST), said he hasmore experience thanStautberg as a state leg-islator.

“I can hit the groundrunning,” he said.

“I know more of theins and outs of state gov-ernment than he does.”

Primer: Brinkmantakes on StautbergGannett News Service

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TOM BRINKMANParty: RepublicanResidence: Mount LookoutAge: 54Occupation: Sales agent for New York Life Insurance Co.Education: Bachelor’s degree from George WashingtonUniversityPolitical experience: Ohio House representative from 2001to 2008

PETER STAUTBERGParty: RepublicanResidence: Anderson TownshipAge: 47Occupation: Attorney with Fifth Third BankEducation: Bachelor’s degree from Kenyon College; MBAand law degrees from Ohio State UniversityPolitical experience: Serving his second term in the OhioHouse

Daniel Alan Harder,age 14, of Kenwood, re-cently earned the highestadvancement rank theBoy Scouts of Americaoffers, the prestigiousEagle Scout Award.

Harder was recog-nized in a Court of Honorceremony given by BoyScout Troop 243 at Arm-strong Chapel in IndianHill.

Only two percent ofScouts attain the rank ofEagle Scout. Each candi-date must earn 21 meritbadges and successfullycomplete a community orchurch related project toearn Eagle status.

Harder has earned 41merit badges thus far.

He completed his Ea-gle Scout project at Step-ping Stones Center in In-dian Hill.

Harder liked the ideaof working at SteppingStones center becauseone of his friends fromschool attends summercamp there.

Harder, with the helpof his fellow Scouts, de-signed and constructedshelving units for thestorage room in the Step-ping Stones recreationcenter.

Stepping Stones is anon-profit community

agency that provides ser-vices for children andadults with disabilities.

Harder started CubScouts as a Tiger Cub inthe first grade andearned their highestaward, The Arrow ofLight.

Harder has been in-ducted into the Boy ScoutOrder of the Arrow andwas selected to attend theBoy Scouts NationalYouth Leadership Train-ing program last summer.

Harder served as As-sistant Patrol Leader, Pa-trol Leader, Den Chiefand Assistant Senior Pa-trol Leader.

He participated in theBoy Scouts High Adven-ture Sea Base excursionto the Bahamas and hasorganized his troop par-ticipation in the BoyScout prized High Adven-ture trip, to Philmont,New Mexico, next sum-mer.

Harder is a freshmanat Indian Hill HighSchool, where he is on thegolf, basketball, and ten-nis teams, is active in Lat-in Club, choir, and isFreshman Class Presi-dent.

Daniel is the son ofJohn and Sue Harder ofKenwood.

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Parents teach distracted driving dangers to kidstexting and driving.

Jeanne and Johnny MacBrown, residents of Well-man, Texas, and foundersof the Remember Alex

Madeira students sawfirst-hand the results of afatal car wreck caused by

Brown Foundation, spoketo students at MadeiraHigh School Tuesday toshow them the impact thattexting and driving canhave on many lives, notjust one.

Their daughter, Alex,died Nov. 10, 2009, in awreck that was caused be-cause she was texting onher way to school, drivingher Chevy pickup truck ona rural road. She flippedher truck over, whichthrew her through thewindshield because shewasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

Madeira students wereable to see Alex’s truck inthe same condition it wasin at the crash.

The shattered glass,crushed roof, flat tires andcrumpled truck bed were avisual reminder of whatcan happen when a driveris not paying necessary at-tention to the road.

The Browns travel thecountry to give talks suchas Tuesday’s at Madeiraand several other aroundthe Tristate this week, try-ing as often as possible todrive in their own truck,emblazoned with theirdaughter’s photo, so theycan tow Alex’s to theirspeaking engagements.

While they planned toonly do a few around theirhometown, word spreadand soon they were travel-ing the country.

The Browns have givenmore than 250 presenta-tions, and fund their trans-portation by donations.

“Have you ever thoughtabout your funeral?”Jeanne Brown asked Ma-deira students in their au-ditorium.

“You probably should ifyou continue to text anddrive.”

She suggested gettingout a notebook and writingdown what they want fortheir funeral.

“It might soundcreepy,” she said. “But itwill come in handy for yourfamily if you continue.”

Jeanne tried to put de-tails into perspective forthe students, telling themmedical expenses for Alexwere about $150,000,which, she said, wouldhave been more if she hadworn her seatbelt and sur-vived, and added that in-surance did not cover fu-neral costs.

“I don’t know what yourfamily’s financial situa-tions are,” she said. “… ButI’ve never seen $150,000.”

The Browns asked stu-dents to sign a pledge stat-ing they will not text anddrive, and suggested possi-ble apps for smart phonesto prevent texting anddriving.

PhoneGuard is an appthat when the phone de-tects movement over 10miles per hour, the phonereceives messages butautomatically sends oneback stating the driver isunable to answer at thetime.

TextToggle is similar,sending the automatic re-sponse, but will only workwhen the owner turns it on.

DriveSafe.ly works likethe other two, but will readmessages aloud to the driv-er when switched on.

Not all of the apps arefree and some will notwork on iPhones, but couldbe useful for someone whotexts and drives or is fre-quently tempted.

Apps are also not theonly aid for the tempteddriver. Teens in the DriverSeat, a peer-to-peer pro-gram which educates teenson about driving safety, isan award-winning pro-gram making its way intoschools to prevent dis-tracted driving.

While it is not availablefor free in Ohio, it has ex-panded outside of Texasand is in more than 500schools in Texas alone.

Madeira junior AmberCastellanos said she al-ready downloaded one ofthe apps directly after thepresentation.

“It’s scary,” she said.“My parents were just

in an accident a few daysago, and they’re fine. Thisis really sad to thinkabout.”

Castellanos, who hadjust finished looking atAlex’s truck outside in the

parking lot with fellow ju-niors Aly Davis and MariaMitchell, said after this shewill not text and drive.

“This makes me sad andvery aware,” Mitchell said.“It gives me a lot of emo-tions … I won’t text anddrive after this.”

Jeanne and Johnny MacBrown took the death oftheir daughter and the paincaused by it to spread amessage that they hopewill prevent other parents,families and friends fromhaving to go through aswell.

“Our message to othersis that God has a plan foreveryone, but it can be cutshort by making stupidchoices,” Johnny MacBrown said.

“I want parents to notmake the mistakes we didand to lead by example.”

While their Christianfaith has helped them sincetheir daughter’s death, theBrowns said if they canhelp another family whocan not get through whatthey did, they would, be-cause they can not changewhat happened.

“After you’re gone,your family is just tryingto survive one day at atime,” Jeanne told the stu-dents.

William Croylecontributed to this story.

By Leah [email protected]

Alex Brown died in 2009 after a crash in this truck, a result of texting and driving.

Madeira High School students walk past Alex Brown'swrecked Chevy Silverado. Her parents, Jeanne and JohnnyMac Brown, were at Madeira to tell their daughter's storyand educate the dangers of texting while driving. LEAH

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Jeanne Brown speaks to Madeira High School studentsabout her daughter's death and the dangers of textingwhile driving. She and her husband, Johnny Mac Brown,started the Remember Alex Brown Foundation, whichdiscourages teens from texting while driving in Alex'smemory. LEAH FIGHTMASTER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

MOREPRESENTATIONSBY THE BROWNS

Tuesday: Florence CityCouncil, 7 p.m.

Wednesday: WyomingHigh School, 10 a.m.;Mariemont High School,1:30 p.m.

Thursday: CincinnatiHills Christian Academy,10 a.m.; parent workshopat Ralph Rush Center inFlorence, 7 p.m.

Friday: Cooper HighSchool, 10 a.m.; SevenHills Academy, 1 p.m.

Daughter was killed while texting

When teenager Ren McCormack and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in Texas he’s in for a case of cultureshock. Indian Hill High School Theatre will perform “Footloose at7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, and Friday, Feb. 24; and 2 p.m. and 7:30p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. For tickets, visit www.ih.k12.oh.us/drama,or call 272-9448.

Camille Bode, front and center, practices dance moves for Indian Hill High School's"Footloose" production. THANKS TO HELENE BENTLEY

Courtney Toler, who plays Lulu Warnicker, and Jack Anderson, who plays Wes Warnicker,practice a scene in Indian Hill's production of "Footloose." THANKS TO HELENE BENTLEY

Emma Lowe, left, Courtney Toler, Jack Anderson, Jillian Skale and Rebecca Daun take a break from rehearsing for Indian Hill HighSchool's "Footloose," THANKS TO HELENE BENTLEY

Getting ready for the upcoming production of "Footloose" at Indian Hill High School isJake Road, who plays Lyle; Animaesh Manglik, who plays Jeter; and Emily Hooker, whoplays Jenny Mae. THANKS TO HELENE BENTLEY

Eric Sabarehearses forhis role asBickle inIndian HillHigh School'sproduction of"Footloose."THANKS TO

HELENE BENTLEY

"Footloose" dancer Alex Hayes and MaryWaltman, who plays Wendy Jo, take a breakfrom rehearsing for the Indian Hill High Schoolproduction. THANKS TO HELENE BENTLEY

Kick off yourSunday shoes

Caroline Breda, a dancer in Indian Hill's "Footloose," rehearses with Hugh Strike, whoplays Ren McCormack. THANKS TO HELENE BENTLEY

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

INDIAN HILL — After catching28 passes for 289 yards and threetouchdowns for Indian Hill’s foot-ball team this fall, Austin Troutdid what he’s done most of hisschool years. He reported to thegym the next day to start hoistingshots.

In his third year starting forthe Braves basketball team,Trout has teamed with fellow sen-ior Teddy Kremchek (also astandout football receiver) tokeep Indian Hill around the top ofthe Cincinnati Hills Leaguestandings. Trout and Kremchekare combining for 32 points pergame. Trout spoke to The Com-munity Press at a recent prac-tice.

Q: You’ve had a handful ofgames where you’ve just gonecrazy. What’s happened?

A: Yeah, I had a streak where Iwas just on fire, feeling it. I’mhoping I can get that back the lastcouple of games. We had sometough losses. Aiken was a toughgame. We’ve got to handle theirpress a little better.

Q: What was your high markthis year?

A: Twenty-nine against Fin-neytown. One away from 30-al-most there.

Q: Is that your career high?A: Twenty-nine is my career

high.Q:Onanight likethat,does it

feel like anything you throw upis going in?

A: Yeah, I think I had 14 pointsin the first quarter. I had like two“threes,” every shot was just fall-ing.

Q: You always score prettyconsistently, but when youscore29here, is that toughwithTeddy (Kremchek) and otherguys who can put it in the hole?

A: We have a lot of balance.Against Mariemont, Cormac(Dixon) had I think 17 points. Hehad five “threes.” We have guysthat can step up in addition to theleading scorers that we have.

Q: You’ve been a three-yearstarter, are you proud of that?

A: Senior year is starting to

come to a close. It’s gone by fast.I’m hoping to keep it up as long aswe can.

Q: Has basketball alwaysbeen your thing?

A: It’s always been my No. 1sport.

Q: It’s not like you’re lousy atfootball.

A: I like football too. If I had topick one, I’d pick basketball.

Q: Have you ever played aspring sport?

A: No, spring is my off-time.That’s my season to take a littlerest after two long seasons. Foot-ball’s tough, basketball’s tough;nothing can replace it in thespring.

Q: Did you ever do anythingin the spring?

A: I played baseball in middleschool, but once I got to highschool I figured I’d just focus ontwo. Spring has been for weight-lifting for football.

Q: No coach ever came andsaid, “Austin, you’re pretty tal-ented and coordinated, can youcome help us?”

A: No, never heard from thebaseball team.

Q: What’s your biggest rival-ry in the league?

A: Madeira and Mariemont.Right now, it’s Madeira becauseof their record.

Q: Do you know most ofthose kids?

A: Yeah, we know most of thekids from Mariemont and Madei-ra just because they’re so close.Those are the two biggest rivals.Some people say it’s Wyoming,but I say it’s those two.

Q: Are you prepared for big-ger schools in the tournament?

A: We’ve played some biggerschools like Sycamore and Clarkthat should prepare us well. Wemay have to play Aiken again inthe sectional finals if we get tothat point.

Q: You’re not sure whatyou’re doing beyond schoolhere?

A: Still not sure. I’m consider-ing trying to play basketball atthe Division III level.

Trout says he’s consideringDenison University and CentreCollege.

Braves aretough whenTrout bitesBy Scott [email protected]

Indian Hill senior Austin Trout is averaging 16 points per game for theBraves in his final prep season. SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Indian Hill coach Tim Burch directs the Braves in practice as TeddyKremchek waits to his left. Kremchek has teamed with fellow seniorAustin Trout to average 16 points per game. SCOTT SPRINGER/THE COMMUNITY

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Student athletes from across the areasigned national letters of intent to con-tinue playing their respective sports at thecollege level during signing day, Feb. 1.

On thedotted line

Reigning Division IIIlong-jump champion

Erika Armstead ofCincinnati Country Day

School signed a letter ofintent to continue her

track and field career atOhio University during

a ceremony at CCD, Feb.1. THANKS TO CINCINNATI

COUNTRY DAY

Indian Hill's JackSchaub isattending Butlerto play football.Pictured withJack on Feb. 1from left are DadAndrew Schaub,sister Lauren,Mom Christinevia Skype, andsister Ellie.THANKS TO JILL

BRUDER, INDIAN HILL

Indian Hill'sJeannetteJinkinson

signs to playsoccer at

HeidelbergFeb. 1. Left of

Jeannette isher mother,Kathy, and

father,Howard, is

on the right.THANKS TO JILL

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HILL

Indian Hill lineman Steve Bellsigned to play football at BallState on Feb. 1. Left of Steve is hisfather, Doug, and mother, MaryAnn, is to the right. THANKS TO JILL

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Ursuline Academysenior athletes Erika

Wolfer of West Chester(soccer, Eastern

Kentucky), HaleyChapline of Loveland

(field hockey, St. Louis),and Lana Bonekemper

of Indian Hill (soccer,Iowa) signed national

letters of intent atUrsuline, Feb. 1. THANKS

TO MARIANNE LANG

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CHCA plays balancing act in league playSYMMES TWP. — The

Cincinnati Hills Chris-tian Academy girls bas-ketball team lost twiceto Miami Valley Confer-ence leader SummitCountry Day this season.But those games tell astory of two differentteams.

When the two squadsfirst met in December,Summit coasted to a 33-point win. During thelast contest, Jan. 21,CHCA fell by just fourpoints.

The squad even had a

chance to win the game,according to Eagles’head coach Joe Vander-kolk.

And while CHCA(11-5) didn’t come awayvictorious, Vanderkolksaid the close gameshowed his team couldplay with any opponent.

“After the game, Itold them that eventhough we lost, we canplay with anyone and wecan beat anyone,” Van-derkolk said. “We hadour chance to win thatnight.”

CHCA vindicated thatstatement when it de-feated Cincinnati Coun-

try Day, 37-32, Feb. 1.The Eagles lost to CCDby 18 points when theteams first squared offDec. 10.

Vanderkolk addedthat his team has im-proved steadily all sea-son, but he is looking forhis team to find balanceas it prepares to enterpostseason play.

More specifically, theteam will attempt to gar-ner quality minutesfrom more players,while working on play-ing better defense andcrashing the boards.

“When we are at ourbest, we have good bal-

ance, and I’d like to keepgetting good balancefrom a wide variety ofplayers,” Vanderkolksaid.

One of the more im-pressive stat lines forCHCA belongs to Mor-gan Prescott, who is av-eraging a double-doublea game (16.2 points, 17.2rebounds).

“She’s our leadingscorer and rebounder,and she just workshard,” Vanderkolk said.“She’s ready to battlepeople and she doesn’tback down from any-one.”

The Eagles have also

gotten a boost from Ja-mie Prop, who is averag-ing 10.4 points and 9.6rebounds per game.

According to Vander-kolk, Prop has improvedboth statistical setsfrom a season ago.

“She’s improved alot...she understands herrole and what she needsto do,” Vanderkolk said.“She’s become very goodat breaking the press,and she’s also a good out-side scoring threat.”

At 10.6 points pergame, sophomore Maris-sa Koob has been aidingthe squad and playingconsistent minutes.

“She’s another bigfactor that’s helped usimprove this year, by be-ing another scoringthreat,” Vanderkolksaid.

Emily Taylor is anoth-er double-digit scoringthreat who could sneakup on teams come post-season time.

Taylor is averaging5.7 points per game, buthas shown the ability toscore by possessing astrong outside shot.

Girls from around theregion begin sectionaltournaments Feb. 18.

BY NICK [email protected]

Boys basketball» Aiken beat Indian Hill

Jan. 28, 71-52.Madeira got by Indian

Hill in the final seconds onJan. 31, 58-57, when juniorAndrew Benintendi drovethe lane and scored. Benin-tendi finished with 26points. Austin Trout led theBraves in the loss with 23.

Indian Hill nipped Ma-riemont 45-44 Feb. 3. Aus-tin Trout led the Braveswith 13 points.

» Moeller beat St. Xavi-er 47-38 on Feb. 3 as seniorJake Cummings led with 17points.

Girls basketball» Indian Hill beat Ma-

riemont Jan. 28, 70-41. Sen-ior Nicole Bell popped in 20

points for the Lady Braves.On Feb.1, Bell rang up 21

more as the Lady Bravesdefeated Deer Park 66-22.

Boys swimming» Indian Hill was fourth

at the Cincinnati HillsLeague championship onJan. 28. Senior Mack Ricewon the 200 individualmedley and 100 butterflyand was named CHL swim-mer of the year for the sec-ond consecutive season.

» Moeller was second inthe Greater CatholicLeague-South at the GCLChampionships Feb. 1. Sen-ior Christian Josephsonwon the 100 butterfly, sen-ior Matt Hobler won the100freestyle and senior HarryHamiter won the 100 back-stroke. The Crusaders alsotook the 200 medley andfreestyle relay titles.

Girls swimming» Indian Hill was second

at the CHL meet at Marie-mont Jan. 28. Senior Han-nah Vester won the 200 and500 freestyle and wasnamed the CHL swimmerof the year for a secondtime (she also won hersophomore year). RachelMcGoff won the 200 indi-vidual medley, while Alex-andra Tracy won the 100butterfly and 100 back-stroke. The Lady Bravesalso won the 200 medley re-lay and 200 freestlye relay.

Diving» Indian Hill freshman

Katherine Arnold was theCHL diving champion atthe league meet Jan. 28.

Wrestling» Moeller defeated La-

kota East 52-9 and Mason

43-9 on Jan. 28. Connor Zie-gler (106), Joey Ward (132),Dakota Sizemore (152), andWyatt Wilson (160) had pinsagainst Lakota East. Ward(132) and Dean Meyer (145)recorded pins against theComets.

On Feb. 1, Moellerslapped St. Xavier 55-3.Connor Ziegler (106), DeanMeyer (145) and ChalmerFrueauf (220) had pins forthe Crusaders.

Moeller beat Elder 52-12at The Pit on Feb. 3. JoeyWard, Matthew Lindsey(138), Dakota Sizemore andEric Lalley (285) had pins.

Hockey» Moeller blanked Olen-

tangy 6-0 on Feb. 3. AlexLittle had four goals for theCrusaders and Calvin Fixhad the shutout.

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The issue ofthe legality ofthe insidemillage actioncame intoquestionmonths beforeit was passedby the board.A group ofIndian Hilltaxpayerspetitioned Mr.

Tim Sharp, then president ofthe board, for a written opi-nion from the board’s legalcounsel regarding the legalityof the increase.

Their request was ignored.When the group continued

to challenge the board’s au-thority to use inside millage toraise more money, Mr. Sharpresponded that he had discuss-ed the matter with counsel andwas satisfied that the boardcould impose the tax increasewithout putting it to a public

vote.To this day, the board has

not produced a written legalopinion to justify its action.And past and current boardmembers stand behind the2009 decision, despite theurging of many taxpayers torepeal the millage and allow itto be voted on.

So the question is notwhether we are happy with the

performance of our schoolsand our students.

Along with several otherlocal school districts, ourschools have been rated Excel-lent with Distinction by theOhio Board of Education.

We can all be proud of this.The question is whether the

board’s inside millage actionwas “legal or illegal”? The endnever justifies the use of any

The most important issue inthe school board controversyisn’t whether our schools aregreat and whether the teach-ers, school staff and schoolboard deserve the credit. It iswhether the school board vio-lated the law by raising taxeswithout a taxpayer vote. Un-fortunately, at this point, thecourts will have to decide that.

The actions of the boardcame into question because ofone event: their November2009 passage of inside millageto raise an additional $1.7 mil-lion without taxpayer consent.

The Ohio Revised Codeprescribes how public moneyis collected and spent byschool boards, including howand when school boards mayuse inside millage to raisefunds without a taxpayer vote.

We should expect everymember of the Indian Hillschool board to follow theserules to the letter of the law.

means whatsoever, especiallythe means of disregarding thelaw.

The final say in this matterwill be determined by theseveral lawsuits filed againstthe Indian Hill school board onbehalf of upwards of 500 con-cerned taxpayers.

But the outcome of thelawsuits will reveal more thanthe legality of the inside mill-age decision. It will revealwhether the board acted prop-erly in accordance with thetrust placed in it by the resi-dents of our village.

Trust is an important partof our system of self-govern-ance. If we lose that we havelost something very importantto maintaining the reputationof our community and theexcellence of our school sys-tem.

Mary Siegel is an Indian Hillresident.

Author: Legal or illegal, that is the question

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Last week’s questionShould the Ohio General As-

sembly revoke the law that al-lows public employees to retireand then be rehired in their for-mer job, a controversial practiceknown as “double-dipping”?

“Absolutely not. The terms ofretirement for any employee inanyoccupation areseparatefromwhatever that person decides todo AFTER he or she actually re-tires. If the person is eligible to beretire, and they wish to do so, thenthey should be allowed. Whatthey do after that is nobody'sbusiness. In my own case, after Iretired, I got a part time job in adifferent line of work, but if myformer company had made an of-fer for me to continue to work ei-ther full time or part time, I cansee no impropriety or immoralityin accepting such an arrange-ment.”

Bill B.

“The general principle ofearning a pension and retiringfrom one job is reasonable. Mili-tary people do it, and no one com-plains.

“What does not pass the smelltest is ‘retiring’ and coming backto the exact same job.

“Social Security has a provi-sion that if you retire early youlose some of your benefits if yournext job pays over a certainamount. That general idea couldbe modified to make double dip-ping less profitable, particularlyfor replacing yourself. Of course,loopholes could be created by‘changing’ the position ever soslightly, so that would need to beaddressed too.”

F.N.

“No. There are far too manyvoices for ham-handed solutionsto non-problems. The legislatureneeds to be encouraged to find away to implement some over-sight to ensure that a public bene-fit exists. We already haveenough lawmakers who thinkthey were elected to be bulls in achina shop. It obviously hasn'tdone us any good.”

N.F.

“I am a retired governmentemployee but not a double-dip-per. The media gives the impres-sion that a double-dipper is cheat-ing taxpayers but there are sce-narios which show otherwise.

“Suppose, after a long govern-

ment career, you want to retire.Your employer wants to keep youa little longer (isn't it great to beappreciated?) but what incentivewill keep you working longer?You can't get a raise becauseyou're at the top of your career.So your employer is willing tohire you back after you retirewhich allows you to draw yourpension and a paycheck. If thestate thinks this is an evil prac-tice that must be banned that'stheir prerogative, but there is noharm to taxpayers. The retireewill get his pension no matterwhat, and, if he is replaced thetaxpayers are paying the sameamount of money to a new possi-bly inexperienced employee.

“When it comes to elected em-ployees, if a sheriff or other offi-cial retires, can the state tell vot-ers they cannot vote for him any-more?”

R.V.

“Morality. Much of what weteach our children has to do withjudging what 'the right thing'might be in any given situation.Too bad Americans have to makelaws to govern those Americanswho have little. This includesCongress.”

K.P.

“Revoke the law? Absolutelynot! As a former public employ-ee, I have seen a lot of double dip-ping, and this just keeps someoneelse from either moving up intothat position, or prevents newhires from having an opportuni-ty. As double dipping continues,and it does despite the ‘laws,’there are many laid off publicemployees who cannot get jobsbecause funds are used other-wise. In my opinion, no matterwhat job you retire from, pleaseenjoy your retirement and letsomeone else step into your emp-

ty shoes!”O.H.R.

“Public retirement benefitsare earned by employer and em-ployee payments to state retire-ment plans throughout theirworking years. Typically, thelonger they work and the morethey get paid, the bigger thebenefits.

“Public employees are gener-ally not eligible to collect SocialSecurity, even under theirspouse's record. Upon retire-ment, the state plan begins to paybenefits based on the previouspay and work longevity history.Nothing that happens after re-tirement affects those benefitsexcept death of the recipient.

“Getting another job after theperson begins to collect benefitsshould have no bearing on thosebenefits, even if it is the same jobthey had before. The benefits arealready earned. If the employerwants to rehire the person, oftenat a lesser pay rate, why should itbe anybody's business but theemployer and the employee?

“While it may be poor manage-ment policy because it deniesyounger employees the opportu-nity to advance, the public is notgetting cheated. If a teacher re-tires and then gets rehired by thesame school how is the publicharmed? The school is going tofill the position, why not withsomeone experienced? Do wewant our experienced retiredpublic employees to go to work innorthern KY instead?

“I retired from Procter &Gamble at age 56. Why should Inot be able to get another job, if Iwant to do so? Many private retir-ees do exactly that. What makespublic employees different?

F.S.D.

“Yes, the law should be re-voked. That double-dipper hasdeprived those on the ladder ‘be-neath him’ of furthering theirown careers and expertise intheir particular field.

“It leads me to believe thatthere is no one qualified or expe-rienced in any organization orcompany to replace that doubledipper. Was not that person on thebottom rung of the ladder at onetime? And how did he arrive atthat ‘status’ of a double dipper?The same as the person that isnow on the top rung of that ladder.

W.H.M.

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NEXT QUESTIONShould Ohio legislators ap-prove a proposed law mak-ing it illegal for drivers tostay in a highway’s left-handlane unless exiting or pass-ing another vehicle? Why orwhy not?

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When I decided to movefrom Blue Ash, I thought thecity council might actuallyhave paid my closing costs formy new home, such was the re-lationship, or lack thereof, thatwe enjoyed as a result of mycolumns.

No such luck. However, I amalways interested in what hap-pens in that happy berg, as Icontinue to believe that the citycouncil will continue to pro-duce myths and smoke regard-ing the wellbeing of ongoingprojects.

Take the airport, for exam-ple. I was once told by the may-or of Blue Ash himself thatwork on the airport park wouldbe beginning “in a few weeks.”That was in 2010 I believe.

Recently, an article high-lighted the problems that existwith the current contract. Basi-cally, under FAA rules, eitherCincinnati “unsells” the airportor closes the airport and “re-sells” it to Blue Ash. It does notlook good for the airport. Letme point out that if it does notlook good for the airport it doesnot look good for local resi-dents.

You see, Blue Ash onlybought 130 acres of the airport.The rest would still be an air-port. If Cincinnati closes theairport it would have someprime real estate to sell, andBlue Ash, strapped by themega-projects and their costs(leisure center, golf club, 130acre park project, inter-neigh-borhood interstates, er, I meansidewalks) is unlikely to comeup with the cash. Cincinnatiwould be free to sell to the high-est bidder.

So, let’s say the highest bid-der is a commercial developer.More offices and perhaps in-dustrial space, meaning moretraffic, but higher revenues forthe city. It would also diminishthe permanent versus transientpopulation ratio, which is al-ready heavily skewed towardthe transients who commute.

This mightbe great forthe city, andthe councilcould crowabout job cre-ation (for who?residents?).Maybe theycould tell theresidents howwonderful itwill be to have

all-LED traffic lights (oh, sorry,they did that already) and moremoney to develop downtown(how long have we been hear-ing about those plans?). But thequestion is, how would addingall this commercial space im-prove the quality of life forBlue Ash residents?

On the other hand, if the landis used to develop more hous-ing, I am sure existing home-owners will be delighted to seetheir home prices drop morethan they have in the last 4years, as the market is floodedwith brand new homes. Theschool system will be relievedat the extra income perhaps,and Blue Ash, as a city will getmore money for snow plowsand police cars, as above.

What irritates me in this is-sue, now as an outsider, is thatsomeone did not do their home-work, nor utilized their graymatter (and I am not talkingabout hair) to think ahead.Sooner or later that airport landwas going on the market.

If Blue Ash had not squan-dered its resources on projectsthat are nice to have but totallyunnecessary (golf playing isdeclining nationally, for exam-ple) it would have had re-sources to keep one of its primeassets – the Blue Ash Airport,which was being run free cour-tesy of the city of Cincinnati.Now that decision is out of thehands of Blue Ash.

Bruce Healey is a former Blue Ashresident who now lives in IndianHill.

Blue Ash’sairport plansout of its control

BruceHealeyCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

LIFELIFE PEOPLE | IDEAS | RECIPES

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The spirit of the Fight-ing Irish was out infull forcewhennear-

ly 200 graduates, friendsand supporters of the Uni-versity of Notre Damegathered at the RadissonHotel Cincinnati River-front in Covington for theNotre Dame Club of Great-er Cincinnati’s 38th annualreverse raffle scholarshipfundraiser.

The excitement mount-ed throughout the eveningas tickets were drawn andeliminated one at a timeuntil only five of the origi-nal 245 tickets were left.

The owners of the lastfive tickets agreed to jointogether and split the$8,000 grand prize.

With the combined pro-ceeds of the reverse raffle,a silent auction, live auc-tion, and a basket raffle,more than $17,000 wasraised for local scholar-ships and will be added tothe club’s endowed schol-arship fund.

The Notre Dame Club ofGreater Cincinnati schol-arship fund was originallyestablished by Albert Cas-tellini, a 1924 graduate ofNotre Dame, and is one ofthe oldest and largest No-tre Dame club scholarshipfunds in the country.

In the early years,funds were raised throughtrain trips to Notre Damefor football games andthen for many years, theclub held an annual holidaydinner/dance at a down-

town hotel the last week ofDecember.

Since1974, the ReverseRaffle has been the pri-mary annual fund raiserfor the scholarship fund.

The fund has a currentvalue of more than $2 mil-lion, and is comprised en-tirely of contributionsfrom the club’s fund rais-ing efforts plus individualdonations, along with in-vestment income.

Nearly 30 local stu-dents are receiving finan-cial aid to attend ND thisyear through the club’sscholarship program,with the combined aid to-taling just more than$100,000.

The steering commit-tee for the 2011 reverseraffle included Jon Dan-nemiller, Paul Dillenburg-er, Mike Gearin, JamesMinutolo, AnjelicaNguyen and Pat Weber.

Tom and Sally Tresslerchaired the basket raffleand other volunteers in-cluded Matt Dietz, AshleeEdgell, Maureen Gearin,Caitlin Kennelly, MikeMcNamara, Larry Meix-sel, Margot Minutolo, Ra-chael Poinsatte, JosephRaabe, Sarah Ring, MikeSchmitt, Michelle Simon,Marcy Slack, RebeccaTraina and Courtney We-ber.

Notre Dame supporters raise$17K for scholarships

Bebe and Dave DeVita of Lakeside Park, Ky., enjoythe evening events at the Notre Dame Club ofGreater Cincinnati's 38th annual reverse rafflescholarship fundraiser. THANKS TO JAMIE EIFERT

Bobby Burger of Monfort Heights, left, Bob Burger of Western Hills and Dr. Bob Burgerof Monfort Heights attend the Notre Dame Club of Greater Cincinnati's 38th annualreverse raffle scholarship fundraiser. THANKS TO JAMIE EIFERT

Tom Tressler of Dent, Bill Morand, Lisa Rousseau and Dave Castellini of Kenwood enjoy the evening at the Notre Dame Clubof Greater Cincinnati's 38th annual reverse raffle scholarship fundraiser. THANKS TO JAMIE EIFERT

Carolyn Olis ofCheviot, left,and Mario andAmanda Prestiof Fort Mitchellhave fun at theNotre DameClub of GreaterCincinnati's38th annualreverse rafflescholarshipfundraiser.THANKS TO JAMIE

EIFERT

Dr. Bob Burger of Monfort Heights, Tim Flynn of White Oak, TomHogan of Mariemont and Jerry Weinle enjoy the evening at NotreDame Club of Greater Cincinnati's 38th annual reverse rafflescholarship fundraiser. THANKS TO JAMIE EIFERT

B2 • INDIAN HILL JOURNAL • FEBRUARY 9, 2012

THURSDAY, FEB. 9Art ExhibitsArt at Twin Lakes by QueenCity Art Club, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,Twin Lakes at Montgomery,9840 Montgomery Road, Open-ing reception is free and refresh-ments will be served. Free.Presented by Queen City ArtClub. 895-1383; www.queenci-tyartclub.org. Montgomery.

For Arts’ Sake, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Eclectic display of paintings,photos, sculptures and mobilesby the 5300 Group, a localcollection of artistic spirits whowork in various media. Sculptureby Deborah Davidson, BillFeinberg, Sue Kemp and Barba-ra Patterson; paintings by Caro-lyn Bjornson; photography byVirginia Cox; fiber art by LeslieAlexandria; and mobiles byKaren Feinberg. Free. ThroughFeb. 19. 272-7200; www.woman-sartclub.com. Mariemont.

FilmsJewish and Israeli Film Festi-val, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. "La Rafle,”Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Award-winning internationalfilms. Festival pass: $75. Singlefilms: $10, $8 members. ThroughFeb. 16. 722-7226; www.join-thej.org/filmfestival. AmberleyVillage.

Holiday - Valentine’s DayGirl’s Night Out, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.,Little Red Gift Shop, 7925 Rem-ington Road, Book signing withCheri Brinkman, wine, snacks,chocolates, shopping, discounts,raffle and prizes. Free. 891-5111.Montgomery.

LecturesLife Before, During and Afterthe Holocaust, 11 a.m.-noonWeekly through Feb. 23., TwinLakes at Montgomery, 9840Montgomery Road, Discuss lifebefore, during and after theHolocaust. Jewish refugee fromGermany speaks about hisexperiences growing up in NaziGermany, concentration campsurvivor speaks about his experi-ences during the Holocaust anda member of the Center forHolocaust and Humanity Educa-tion presents on â€œLivesAfterâ€ the challenges andtriumphs of the survivors of theHolocaust who rebuilt their livesin Cincinnati. Family friendly.$15. Reservations recommended.Presented by The Center forHolocaust and Humanity Educa-tion. 247-1330. Montgomery.

Literary - CraftsChocolate Roses, 6:30 p.m.-7:30p.m., Loveland Branch Library,649 Loveland-Madeira Road,Teens make chocolate rose forvalentine. Ages 12-18. Free.Presented by Public Library ofCincinnati & Hamilton County.369-4476. Loveland.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7 p.m.-11p.m., Mama Vita’s, 6405 BranchHill Guinea Pike, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyChris Porter, 8 p.m. $10, $5college and military night. Ages18 and up., Go Bananas, 8410Market Place, Special engage-ment; no coupons or passesaccepted. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com. Montgo-mery.

SchoolsLittle Sprouts Preschool andKindergarten Open HouseTours, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Leaves ofLearning, 7131 Plainfield Road,Learn about newest Montessoripreschool and kindergarten.Tour facility and meet teachers.See how children get exposureto wide range of materials andactivities in science, geography,math, language, art, music andpractical life. Free. Reservationsrequired. Through Feb. 17.697-9021; www.little-sprouts.org. Deer Park.

Academic Fair, 6:30 p.m.-8:30p.m., Sycamore High School,7400 Cornell Road, Parents andstudents learn more about whatSycamore offers students. High-lights course offerings, changesin 9-12 curriculum, credit flexibil-ity opportunities and exhibits onextracurricular opportunities.Teachers, administrators andcounselors available to answerquestions and provide tours ofbuilding. Free. 686-1770;www.sycamoreschools.org.Montgomery.

Support GroupsCodependents Anonymous, 7p.m.-8 p.m., The Community ofthe Good Shepherd, 8815 E.Kemper Road, Room 31. Litera-ture discussion group. Familyfriendly. Free, donations accept-ed. Presented by CodependentsAnonymous Inc.. 800-0164.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, FEB. 10Art ExhibitsArt at Twin Lakes by QueenCity Art Club, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,Twin Lakes at Montgomery,Free. 895-1383; www.queenci-tyartclub.org. Montgomery.

BenefitsA Russian Winter’s Night, 6p.m.-11 p.m., Peterloon Estate,8605 Hopewell Road, GourmetRussian dinner, music by St.Nicholas Balalaika Orchestra,vodka tasting and live auction.Benefits campaign to build newchurch and Russian AmericanCultural Center in Loveland.$1,000 table, $300 couple, $200single. Registration required.Presented by St. George RussianOrthodox Church. 831-0737;www.stgeorgeroc.org. IndianHill.

Dining EventsOpera, Wine and Dine, 6:30p.m. Performance at 7 p.m.,Greenacres Arts Center, 8400Blome Road, Cincinnati Operaperforms selections from "Porgyand Bess." Followed by lowcountry dinner paired withspecially selected wines. $60.793-2787; www.green-acres.org.Indian Hill.

Drink TastingsGrand Wine Tasting, 6 p.m.-8p.m. Valentine’s Day theme.$25., Kroger Harper’s Point,11390 Montgomery Road,Reservations required. Present-ed by Kroger Co.. [email protected] Township.

Music - JazzApril Aloisio, 7:30 p.m.-10:30p.m., Dilly Cafe, 6818 WoosterPike, 561-5233. Mariemont.

On Stage - ComedyChris Porter, 8 p.m. $16. Ages 18and up., 10:30 p.m. $16. Ages 18and up., Go Bananas, 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.

SchoolsLittle Sprouts Preschool andKindergarten Open HouseTours, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Leaves ofLearning, Free. Reservationsrequired. 697-9021; www.little-sprouts.org. Deer Park.

SATURDAY, FEB. 11Art & Craft ClassesCaffeine and Crafts, 11 a.m.-3p.m., Caffeine Dreams, 123Railroad Ave., Bring your currentproject and work on it whiledrinking coffee and socializing.Free. 289-9713. Loveland.

Clubs & OrganizationsLuncheon, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Musicby the Cincinnati Sound., RSVPat Wards Corner, 453 WardsCorner Road, Business andprofessional women’s sorority.Benefits the Go Red for Women"Open Your Heart" campaign.$25. Reservations due by Jan. 31.Presented by Beta Sigma Phi,Cincinnati. 771-7209. Loveland.

Dining EventsSpaghetti Dinner, 5 p.m.-7p.m., Trinity Community Church,3850 E. Galbraith Road, Fellow-ship Hall. Spaghetti and meat-balls with homemade sauce,salad, bread, dessert and bever-age. $8, $3 children. 791-7631.Deer Park.

EducationWriting Across the Ennea-gram: A Spiritual Workshop& Retreat, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Grail-ville Education and RetreatCenter, 932 O’Bannonville Road,Enneagram: system of un-derstanding personality andrelationships. Join Enneagramteacher Leslie Hershberger andcreative writing teacher PaulettaHansel pair Enneagram explora-tion and creative writing forgreater self awareness. $75.Reservations required. 683-2340;www.grailville.org. Loveland.

FilmsJewish and Israeli Film Festi-val, 8 p.m.-10 p.m. "Naomi.",Mayerson JCC, Festival pass: $75.Single films: $10, $8 members.722-7226; www.jointhej.org/filmfestival. Amberley Village.

Music - BenefitsA Touch of Class, 7:15 p.m.Music by Voices in Praise, YouthVoices in Praise, Joyful Noise,Epiphany Children’s Choir andEpiphany Children’s HandbellChoir. Special performance byvarious friends from the Univer-sity Of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music., Epipha-ny United Methodist Church,6635 Loveland Miamiville Road,Benefits Voices in Praise partici-pation in the 2012 World ChoirGames. free, donation request-ed. 677-9866. Loveland.

Music - R&BBasic Truth, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,McLevy’s Pub, 8512 Market PlaceLane, Ages 21 and up. Free.793-1980; basictruth.webs.com.Montgomery. Metro City AllStars, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., deSha’sAmerican Tavern, 11320 Mont-gomery Road, Free. 247-9933;deshas.com/cincinnati. Montgo-mery.

On Stage - ComedyChris Porter, 8 p.m. $16. Ages 21and up., 10:30 p.m. $16. Ages 21and up., Go Bananas, 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.

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RecreationTween Scene, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.,Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Planned by and for tweens.Evening of food and activities inpool, gym and game room.Grades 6-8. $27, $20 members.Registration required. 761-7500;www.jointhej.org. AmberleyVillage.

Hang at the J, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.,Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Games, swimming, crafts, movie,special activities and child-friendly dinner. Bring swimsuitand towel. Grades K-5. $27, $20members. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

Y WEEK Open House, 8 a.m.-1p.m., Blue Ash YMCA, 5000YMCA Drive, Cycle-A-Thon. Free.Presented by YMCA of GreaterCincinnati. 791-5000; www.my-y.org. Blue Ash.

Seminars2nd Saturday Divorce Work-shop for Women, 8:30 a.m.-11a.m., Merrill Lynch, 5151 PfeifferRoad, Suite 100, Workshopprovides information and re-sources for women at all stagesof divorce...before, during andafter. Presented by attorneys,financial professionals andfamily therapists. Presentersinclude: Karen Levy; Beth Silver-man; Sherri Slovin; Mary EllenMalas; Kyra Raimey; ErinnMcKee Hannigan; Marie Hill;Susan Steinberg; Fran Hendrick.Free. Presented by 2nd SaturdayCincinnati. 833-1518. Blue Ash.

SUNDAY, FEB. 12Art ExhibitsFor Arts’ Sake, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-7200;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Art OpeningsFor Arts’ Sake, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Eclectic display of paintings,photos, sculptures and mobilesby the 5300 Group, a localcollection of artistic spirits whowork in various media. Sculptureby Deborah Davidson, BillFeinberg, Sue Kemp and Barba-ra Patterson; paintings by Caro-lyn Bjornson; photography byVirginia Cox; fiber art by LeslieAlexandria; and mobiles byKaren Feinberg. Exhibit con-tinues through Feb. 19. Free.272-3700; www.womansartclub-.com. Mariemont.

FilmsJewish and Israeli Film Festi-val, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. "MeltingAway.", Mayerson JCC, Festivalpass: $75. Single films: $10, $8members. 722-7226; www.join-thej.org/filmfestival. AmberleyVillage.

Music - BenefitsAutism Rocks 3, 1 p.m. Music byCincinnati Sinners, Prizoner,Sonny Moorman and 13:30.Band line up subject to change.,Bar Seventy-One, 8850 Gover-nors Hill Drive, Silent auctionand raffle by Chrome Divas.Benefits Cincinnati Center forAutism Scholarship Fund. $20,$10 ages 12 and under. Present-ed by Cincinnati Center forAutism. 774-9697; www.rockin-forautism.com. Symmes Town-ship.

Music - ClassicalValentine’s Concert, 7 p.m.-9p.m., St. Barnabas EpiscopalChurch, 10345 MontgomeryRoad, Blue Ash/MontgomerySymphony Orchestra’s version ofFrom the Top with Young ArtistCompetition winners: AnneRichardson, cello, and pianistsKevin Bao, Caroline Gao andLucy Hattemer playing Mozart,Mendelssohn, Dvorak, SaintSaens and Tchaikovsky. Free.Presented by Blue Ash/Montgo-mery Symphony Orchestra.549-2197; www.bamso.org.Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyChris Porter, 8 p.m. $10, $5 barand restaurant employee appre-

ciation night. Ages 18 and up.,Go Bananas, 984-9288; www.go-bananascomedy.com. Montgo-mery.

MONDAY, FEB. 13Art & Craft ClassesPrecious Metal Clay Demon-stration, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.,Symmes Township BranchLibrary, 11850 Enyart Road,Artist Trish Jeffers-Zeh demon-strates art of precious metalclay. She will use metal clays tomake precious metal jewelry.Free. Presented by GreaterCincinnati Lapidary and FacetingSociety. 575-1990. SymmesTownship.

Art ExhibitsArt at Twin Lakes by QueenCity Art Club, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,Twin Lakes at Montgomery,Free. 895-1383; www.queenci-tyartclub.org. Montgomery.

Clubs & OrganizationsCincinnati Toastmasters ClubNo. 472 Meeting, 7 p.m.-8:30p.m., St. Paul Community UnitedMethodist Church, 8221 MiamiRoad, Public speaking andleadership skills meeting. Familyfriendly. Free. Presented byCincinnati Toastmasters Club No.472. Through June 25. 351-5005;cincinnati.toastmastersclubs.org.Madeira.

FilmsJewish and Israeli Film Festi-val, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. "The Debt.",Mayerson JCC, Festival pass: $75.Single films: $10, $8 members.722-7226; www.jointhej.org/filmfestival. Amberley Village.

Health / WellnessHearing Solutions OpenHouse, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., HearingSolutions Blue Ash, 9741 Ken-wood Road, Free hearingscreening and evaluation.Demonstrations of new invisiblehearing aid with Chris Chimie-lewski, hearing expert. Forseniors. Free. Presented byHearing Solutions by Ellis-Scott& Associates. 248-1944. BlueAsh.

TUESDAY, FEB. 14Art ExhibitsArt at Twin Lakes by QueenCity Art Club, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,Twin Lakes at Montgomery,Free. 895-1383; www.queenci-tyartclub.org. Montgomery.

For Arts’ Sake, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-7200;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Clubs & OrganizationsTri State County Animal Re-sponse Team VolunteerMeeting and Training, 6:30p.m.-8:30 p.m., Best Friends PetCare, 11216 Gideon Lane, Screen-ing of "The Elephant in theLiving Room," a documentaryfocusing on exotic animal own-ership and its surrounding issuesin Ohio. Discussion followingscreening. Family friendly. Free.Presented by Tri State CountyAnimal Response Team.Through April 10. 702-8373;www.tristatecart.com. SycamoreTownship.

FilmsJewish and Israeli Film Festi-val, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. "La Rafle.",Mayerson JCC, Festival pass: $75.Single films: $10, $8 members.722-7226; www.jointhej.org/filmfestival. Amberley Village.

Health / WellnessMobile Mammography Unit, 7a.m.-3:30 p.m., Jewish Hospital,4777 E. Galbraith Road, Fifteen-minute screenings. Cost variesper insurance plan. Financialassistance available for qualifiedapplicants. Appointment re-quired. 686-3300. Kenwood.

Hearing Solutions OpenHouse, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., HearingSolutions Blue Ash, Free. 248-1944. Blue Ash.


WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15Art ExhibitsArt at Twin Lakes by QueenCity Art Club, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,Twin Lakes at Montgomery,Free. 895-1383; www.queenci-tyartclub.org. Montgomery. ForArts’ Sake, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,

Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-7200;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Business SeminarsClosed Loop Marketing: In-tegration of Sales and Mar-keting, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.,Towers of Kenwood, 8044Montgomery Road, Closed loopmarketing is the process thatallows you to perform an in-depth analysis of the success ofyour campaigns, connect leadgeneration to the final salesoutcome and accurately calcu-late the ROI of your marketingcampaigns. It helps you deter-mine which programs work andwhat channels are successful.Free. Registration required.Presented by InfoTrust, LLC.373-4216; www.infotrustllc.com.Kenwood.

EducationHow to Lower Your PropertyTaxes, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., SymmesTownship Branch Library, 11850Enyart Road, Learn why proper-ty taxes are so high and whatcan be done. How to successfullychallenge the value establishedby county auditor. Also, howproperty taxes and values arecalculated and who may file andappeal. Presented by EmpowerU Ohio. Free. Presented byEmpower U Ohio. 369-6001;www.empoweruohio.org.Symmes Township.

Health / WellnessHearing Solutions OpenHouse, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., HearingSolutions Blue Ash, Free. 248-1944. Blue Ash.

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


THURSDAY, FEB. 16Art ExhibitsArt at Twin Lakes by QueenCity Art Club, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,Twin Lakes at Montgomery,Free. 895-1383; www.queenci-tyartclub.org. Montgomery.

For Arts’ Sake, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-7200;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

AuctionsQuarter Auction, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.,Society for the Prevention ofCruelty to Animals Sharonville,11900 Conrey Road, Auctionwith chances costing a quarter.Variety of prizesr. BenefitsSheltered Paws Dog Rescue.Free. Presented by ShelteredPaws Dog Rescue. 489-7394;www.shelteredpaws.com.Sharonville.

FilmsJewish and Israeli Film Festi-val, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Closing Night:"Nicky’s Family" and "ThreePromises" (short)., MayersonJCC, Festival pass: $75. Singlefilms: $10, $8 members. 722-7226; www.jointhej.org/filmfes-tival. Amberley Village.

Home & GardenHot Kitchens and Cool BathsSeminar, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.,Neal’s Design Remodel Gallery,7770 E. Kemper Road, Projectconsultants and designersdiscuss trends in kitchen andbath design. Light fare provid-ed. Free. Presented by Neal’sDesign Remodel. 489-7700;www.neals.com. Sharonville.

Music - BluesSonny’s Solo Blues, 7 p.m.-11p.m., Mama Vita’s, 697-9705;www.mamavitas.com. Loveland.

On Stage - ComedyJon Dore, 8 p.m. $8, $4 collegeand military night. Ages 18 andup., Go Bananas, 8410 MarketPlace, 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.


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As the economy picksup, home sales are expect-ed to gain momentum. Ifyou’re in the market for anew home, you need to payclose attention to the in-surance provided by themoving company you hire.That’s what a Loveland

woman learned after someof her items were dam-aged during her move.

Adrienne Harmeyersays she doesn’t have a lotof furniture but what shedoes have is very nice. Shehired a moving companythat’s been in business

many years and relied onit to safely transport heritems. “The three mainthings that were damagedwere the china cabinet,my grandmother’s dropleaf table and a bookshelf.”

She says she became

concerned because shefound a large gash in herchina cabinet even beforethe move was completed.“I don’t know how it hap-pened. I think it was whenthey were taking the toppart off the china cabinetand somehow they dam-aged it. It’s a fairly largechip,” Harmeyer says.

The contract with themoving company says,“We are fully insured at noadditional charge.” So shecalled the company owner.“I said, ‘What are you

going to do?’ He said,‘Don’t worry we’ll takecare of it. We’ll have ourfurniture repair person fixit, but we’ll do all of thatonce we unload the truckand see if there’s anythingelse that’s damaged – andthen we’ll go from there.’”

When everything wasunloaded she foundscratches on a wood tableand got a repair estimateof $600 to fix the two bigitems. She submitted theestimate and says she wasshocked at the check she

receivedfrom themoversinsurancecompany. Itwasn’t for$600, butfor just $84.

Howard Ain answers consum-er complaints weekdays onWKRC-TV Local 12. Write tohim at 12 WKRC-TV, 1906Highland Ave., Cincinnati45219.

Check moving company’s insurance coverage

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KENWOOD — CincinnatiChapter of Hadassah willpresent its next CoffeeTalk/Decaf Café program,"Echoes of Our JewishHearts" at 7:30 p.m. Mon-day, Feb. 13, at the Centerfor Holocaust and Human-ity Education.

Guest speaker SarahWeiss, executive directorof CHHE, will talk aboutCincinnati Jewish trea-sures and how they came toour city.

Included will be a tourof the "Mapping Our Tears"exhibit. Refreshments willbe served.

Sarah L. Weiss, a grand-daughter of Holocaust sur-vivors, joined the staff ofCHHE in 2004, holding anumber of different rolesbefore becoming executive

director.Throughout her tenure,

she hasworked toformulatelastingpartner-ships withother or-ganizationsand educa-tional facili-ties.

Sheholds a bachelor of busi-ness administration fromthe University of Cincin-nati and is a graduate of theTeaching the Holocaustand Anti-Semitism courseat Yad Vashem Interna-tional School for HolocaustStudies.

In 2007, she was a recipi-ent of the Public Allies

Changemaker award andled 30 local high school stu-dents on an educationaljourney to Poland and Isra-el as part of a collaborativeventure between CHHEand the Jewish Federationof Cincinnati. Recently shebecame a Lerner Fellowthrough an advancedcourse sponsored by theJewish Foundation for theRighteous at ColumbiaUniversity.

She was elected recent-ly to the Ohio HolocaustCouncil and is a Commis-sioner for the CincinnatiHuman Relations Commis-sion.

There is a $5 per personadmission charge at thedoor.

Call 821-6157 to make areservation.

Learn about Jewish treasures

Weiss

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Kamman-Carey

Susan and RobertKamman are proud to an-nounce the engagementof their daughter, JaclynSusan, to Robert Nicholas,son of Cindy and RobertCarey.

Jaclyn is a graduate ofAnderson High School andNick is a graduate of Ma-son High School. Jaclyn isa 2010 Summa CumLaude graduate of MiamiUniversity, and is an Eng-lish teacher at Milford Jr.High School. Nick is a2011 graduate of MiamiUniversity and is a Person-al Banker at 5th/3rd Bank.

The couple is planning aJune 8, 2013, wedding atthe Glendale Lyceum.

There's two easy waysto find out how much drink-ing is going on among col-lege students, most ofwhom are underage.

One is to read reports,studies and appeals frompeople like the US SurgeonGeneral and the NationalCenter on Addiction andSubstance Abuse (CASA).The other is to visit the fra-ternity or sorority row inany major university on aSaturday night. Either oneshould provide a prettygood understanding of howextensive the problemreally is.

In 2007, CASA reportedthat half of all full-time col-lege students binge drink,abuse prescription drugsor abuse illegal drugs. Fur-ther, about a quarter (near-ly 2 million) of these stu-dents meet the criteria forsubstance abuse or depen-dence, about triple the ratefound in the general Amer-ican population. But it canbe hard for a college stu-dent to realize that theyneed to take the time out oftheir education for alcoholabuse rehab.

The Surgeon General's2007 Call to Action to Pre-vent Underage Drinkingstated that the highest rateof alcohol dependence isfound in American youngpeople aged18 to 20 who, hestated, "typically begandrinking years earlier."

Of course, the reallytragic part of this picture isthat some of these youngpeople won't even have thechance to develop alcohol-ism because the partiesand overuse of alcohol willresult in their deaths, or itmight be the death of an in-nocent bystander who wasin the wrong place at the

wrong time.Each month, more

names are added to the listof young people lost due toalcohol. Like Madison Lew-

is, who died Dec. 8, in a traf-fic accident. His driverwas charged with beingdrunk. He was just19 yearsold. Or Ashley Donohue, 20,

who died Dec. 3. She wasthrown out of a car as sheand other students were re-turning home from a partywhere drinking games

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CHURCH OF GODOF PROPHECY

Sunday School 10:00 amSunday Worship 11:00 am

Wed Night Bible Study 7:00 pmPastor Ed Wilson

8105 Beech Avenue - Deer Park(Just off Galbraith

across from Amity School)513-793-7422

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School 10:30amWednesday Testimonial Meeting

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

ST. GERTRUDE PARISHChurch (513) 561-5954• (513) 561-8020 SchoolMiami Ave & Shawnee Run Rd.

www.stgertrude.orgMass Schedule

Daily: 7:00, 8:00 & 11:30AMSaturday: 4:30PM

Sunday: 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00AM12:30 & 6:00PM

ROMAN CATHOLIC

Hyde Park Baptist ChurchMichigan & Erie Ave

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

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

BAPTIST

MT WASHINGTONBAPTIST CHURCH

2021 Sutton Ave231-4445

Sunday ServicesSunday School -All Ages ........9:00amWorship Gathering ...........10:00amWednesday Night....6:15pm dinner &

7:00pm...Children/Youth/AdultClasses

Nursery ProvidedHandicapped Accessible

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INDIAN HILLEpiscopal Presbyterian Church

6000 Drake Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243Phone 513-561-6805 Fax 513-561-0894

Sunday Worship8am & 10:30am

www.IndianHillChurch.org

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

3850 E. Galbraith,Deer Park

Next to DillonvaleShopping Ctr

www.TrinityCincinnati.org791-7631

Worship Service - 10:00AMSunday School - 10:15AMPastor Randy Wade

Murphy

EVANGELICAL COVENANT

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

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

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

EPISCOPAL

Experiencethe Light andSound of God

You are invited to the

Community HU Song 10 amECKWorship Service

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

7832 Five Mile RoadCincinnati, OH 452301-800-LOVE GODwww.Eckankar.org

Local(513) 674-7001www.eck-ohio.org

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681 Mt. Moriah Drive • 513.752.1333

mtmoriahumc.org

Sunday Worship: 9 & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9 a.m.

Active Youth • Outreach • Fellowship

Music Ministries • Bible Studies

Ark of Learning

Preschool and Child CareAges 3 through 12

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HARTZELL UMC8999 Applewood Dr Blue Ash

891 8527(off Larchview, off Plainfield

at Cross County Hwy.)[email protected]

Sunday School & Worship9 AM & 10:30 AM

Child Care provided 10:30AMRev. Robert Roberts, Pastor

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

Sunday Worship: 9:00 & 10:30 AM withChildrens Church & Nursery

PASTOR JONATHAN KOLLMANNwww.cloughchurch.org

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR8005 Pfeiffer Rd. Montgomery 791-3142

www.cos-umc.org"Freedom: Forgiving Others"

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

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

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

“Tired of playing church? We are too!”“Tired of playing church? We are too!”Come join us atCome join us at

CHERRY GROVE UMCCHERRY GROVE UMC1428 Eight Mile Rd.1428 Eight Mile Rd.

Worship: 9:30-10:30Worship: 9:30-10:30Fellowship: 10:30-10:45Fellowship: 10:30-10:45

Sunday School: 10:45-11:30Sunday School: 10:45-11:30Pastor: Rev. William E. GroffPastor: Rev. William E. Groff

513-474-1428 • [email protected]

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Beechmont Ave.

Contemporary Worship

4 SUNDAY SERVICES2 Traditional Worship Services

8:15 & 11:00 - Temporarily held at TitusAuditorium, (Jan - Mar) due to renovation.

2 Contemporary Worship Services9:30 & 11:00 am in our Contemporary Worship Center

Saturday Service 5:30 pmSunday School and Childcare available at 9:30 & 11:00 Services

Plenty of Parking behind Church

UNITED METHODIST

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

683-1556www.golovelive.com

Connections Christian Church7421 East GalbraithCincinnati, OH 45243

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

Jeff Hill • Ministerwww.connectionscc.org

Worship Service 10:30amSunday School 9:15 am

FAITH CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP CHURCH

(Preaching the Gospel of Hope)6830 School Street

(Newtown)

Sun. Worship 10amWed. Worship & Bible Study Service 7pmSunday School - All Ages 9-10:00amNew National Seminary Emergingwww.Kingswellseminary.org

271-8442Dr. R. Edgar Bonniwell, Sr.

Ministerwww.cfcfc.org

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Sundays9:15am &10:45am

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Armstrong ChapelUnited MethodistChurchThe church is at 5125 DrakeRoad; 561-4220;www.armstrongchapel.org.

Indian Hill EpiscopalPresbyterian ChurchEpiscopal Holy Eucharist is 8a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Adult Education is 9:15 a.m.Sunday.

Senior High Youth overnight is 6p.m. Friday.

Women’s AA is 7 p.m. Friday.Men’s AA is 8:30 a.m. Saturday.The church is pastored by Rev.David Hawley and Rev. AnneWrider.

The church is at 6000 DrakeRoad, Indian Hill; 561-6805;www.indianhillchurch.com.

Church of God ofProphecyThe church hosts Sunday Schoolat 10 a.m. and worship is at 11a.m. Sundays. Bible Study is at7 p.m. Wednesdays.

The church is at 8105 BeechAve., Deer Park; 793-7422.

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistFamily Lego night is 6:30 p.m. to8:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10. BringLegos and a dessert to share.Prizes will be given to all.

The church is at 8005 PfeifferRoad, Cincinnati, OH 45242(791-3142 and www.cos-umc.org).

ConnectionsChristian ChurchThe church has contemporaryworship at 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

The church is at 7421 E. Gal-braith Road, Madeira; 791-8348.

Good ShepherdCatholic ChurchThe church has Roman CatholicMass with contemporary musicSundays at 4 p.m. The Massdraws worshipers of all ages.Come early to get acquaintedwith the new songs whichbegin at 3:45 p.m. Stay afterMass on the first Sunday ofeach month for food, fun, andfellowship.

The church is at 8815 E. Kemper

Road, Montgomery; 503-4262.

Good ShepherdLutheran ChurchThe church is hosting Scrap-booking and More Crafts, 5:30p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every thirdMonday. Free child care isprovided. Those interested inattending must register by 5p.m. Friday before the Mondayevent. All paper projects arewelcomed including, but notlimited to, scrapbooking,stamping, card-making andphoto-frame keepsakes. Craf-ters should bring their ownphotos, albums and specialtyitems. Most other tools andsupplies will be provided. Thereis no charge for use of supplies.

Horizon CommunityChurchThe church offers new servicetimes at 8:50 a.m., 10 a.m. and11:10 a.m. each Sunday.

The church is at 3950 NewtownRoad, Anderson Township;www.horizoncc.com; 272-5800.

KenwoodFellowship Church

Weekly watercolor classes forbeginners are being offered onThursdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.Cost is $8 per session at thechurch. Call Mary Lou DeMarfor information at 891-5946.

The church offers adult biblestudy at 9 a.m. on Sunday, ateen Sunday school class and apre-kindergarten programduring worship service from10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sun-days. A buffet luncheon fol-lows. Join us for an inspiration-al time of worship and fellow-ship.

The church is at 7205 KenwoodRoad; 891-9768.

MontgomeryCommunity Church

The church is offering a seven-week class entitled “After theBoxes are Unpacked” forwomen who are new to theCincinnati area or are lookingto connect with their communi-ty. Classes began 9:30 a.m to11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17.

The church is at 11251 Montgo-mery Road; 489-0892;www.mcc.us.

MontgomeryPresbyterian ChurchThe church is at 9994 Zig ZagRoad, Montgomery;www.mwpc-church.net.

Northern HillsSynagogueThe synagogue is at 5714 FieldsErtel Road, Mason; 931-6038.

St. Paul CommunityUnited MethodistChurchJoin the church as it continuesthe series “ We Believe in andValue” Feb. 12 with Rev. DickColdwell preaching the ser-mon, “Giving God our Best.”

St. Paul Church services are 8:30a.m. and 11 a.m. for traditionalworship and 9:30 a.m. forcontemporary worship withPraise Band. Sunday School is9:30 a.m. for all ages and 11a.m. is children’s mission hour.Nursery care is provided for allservices.

Small group prayer and sharemeets every Wednesday morn-ing at 7:30 a.m. in the chapelto discuss the upcoming Sun-day morning scripture.

The church gathers from 6:30-7:30 p.m. each Wednesday forWonderful Wednesdays withsomething for the entirefamily. Please join us.

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

RELIGION

ABOUT RELIGION ITEMSThe Community Press welcomes news about a special

service, rummage sale, dinner, bazaar, festival, revival,musical presentation or any special activity that is open tothe public.Deadline: Two weeks before publication dateE-mail: [email protected] with “religion” insubject lineFax: 249-1938

Making memoriesPatrice Fabel of Indian

Hill was recently added tothe Kenzie’s Closet staff tohelp support the growingneeds of the organization’sclients.

Kenzie’s Closet, locatedin O’Bryonville, annuallyprovides complete promoutfits for close to 600 localfinancially disadvantagedhigh school junior and sen-ior girls who have been re-ferred by their teachers,principals and social ser-

vice agen-cies.

Kenzie’sCloset bou-tique makeshigh schoolprom dress-es and relat-ed accesso-ries avail-

able to students who can’tafford them so that noyoung woman in CIncinnatiwill have to miss theirprom because of family fi-nancial limitations.

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BIDDERSPortable PedestalMounted TrafficSignal System

Sealed bids will bereceived by the CityManager of the Vil-lage of Indian Hill,Ohio at the PublicWorks/Water WorksFacility until 10:00a.m. Eastern Stand-ard Time, Thursday,February 23, 2012 forthe purchase of aPortable PedestalMounted TrafficSignal System. De-tailed specificationsand bid forms are onfile at the PublicWorks/Water WorksFacility, 7100G l e n d a l e - M i l f o r dRoad, Milford, Ohio45150. Bids must beon the forms in thecontract documentand other conditionstherein describedmust be met. Eachbid must be enclosedin a sealed envelopestating on the face ofthe envelope "BIDFOR THE PUR-CHASE OF A PORT-ABLE PEDESTALMOUNTED TRAFFICCONTROL SYSTEM"and shall also bearon the face of the en-velope the name andaddress of bidder.Bids must not bewithdrawn for a peri-od of one hundredtwenty (120) days fol-lowing the bid open-ing. The Village of In-dian Hill reserves theright to reject any orall bids or to corrector waive irregularitiesin bids should it bedetermined in thebest interest of theVillage of Indian Hillto do so. 1687888

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Incidents/investigationsTheftSuspicious activity reported at 7400 Old Hickory Lane, Jan. 5.

POLICE REPORTS

ABOUT POLICE REPORTSThe Community Press publishes the names of all adults

charged with offenses. The information is a matter ofpublic record and does not imply guilt or innocence.

To contact your local police department:» Indian Hill Rangers, Chief Chuck Schlie, 561-7000

On Sunday, Feb. 12, at 7p.m., the Blue Ash/Mont-gomery Symphony Or-chestra presents its ownversion of the popularshow ‘From the Top,’ fea-turing several winners ofthe Orchestra’s YoungArtist Competition.

The concert will takeplace at the St. BarnabasEpiscopal Church, 10345Montgomery Road inMontgomery.

Suzanne Bona, host of“Sunday Baroque" onWGUC, will co-host withBAMSO music directorMichael Chertock.

The talent of the fouryoung soloists, all first-place winners of the Or-chestra’s 2010 and 2011Young Artist Competi-tions, is astounding.

Cellist Anne Richard-son, 14, made her first soloappearance with theLouisville Orchestra as afourth-grader in 2007. Shestudies with Richard Aar-on and Louise Harris, hav-ing previously studiedwith former CSO princi-pal cellist, Eric Kim. Rich-ardson has performedwith the Louisville Sym-phony, on NPR’s “Fromthe Top,” and been a first-place winner in numerouscompetitions. She will per-form the “Allegro” fromDvorak’s “Concerto forCello and Orchestra in Bminor.”

13-year-old CarolineGao, attending SycamoreJunior High, began play-ing the piano under the in-struction of Dr. Benita TseLeung when she was 5.The recipient of numer-ous competition prizes,she will be playing thefirst movement of “Men-delssohn’s Piano Concertoin G minor.”

Lucy Hattemer, a sen-ior at Walnut Hills HighSchool, was selected byCCM professor AwadaginPratt to perform a duet atthe White House as part ofthe Classical Music Stu-dent Workshop Concert.She studies piano withSchool for Creative andPerforming Arts (SCPA)piano chair, Simon Goykh-man.

In prior years, Hattem-er medaled in Cincinnati’sWorld Piano Competition,and performed twice inhonors recitals at Carne-gie Hall in New York City.She will be playing thefirst movement of Saint-Saens “Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor.”

Kevin Bao, a sopho-more at Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy HighSchool, studies piano withSergei Polusmiak, theNeyer Family Professorand Distinguished Artist-in-residence at NKU.

Bao has been featuredtwice on NPR’s “From theTop.” He made his inter-national debut in the suc-cessful performance ofhis piano solo recital at theprestigious Shanghai Ori-ental Art Center in Chinathis summer, and was in-vited back as a soloist to

play theTchaikov-sky FirstPiano Con-certo withthe Shang-hai Philhar-monicSymphonyOrchestrain June2012 as partof theShanghaiOrientalArt Cen-ter’s 2012SeasonConcert Se-ries.

He will be playingTchaikovsky’s “PianoConcerto No. 1 in B Flatminor.”

All concerts are free to

the public.The Or-chestra ap-preciatesthe supportprovidedby the cityof BlueAsh, thecity ofMontgome-ry, Art-sWave, theOhio ArtsCouncil,the Mont-gomeryWomen’sClub andthe Mont-

gomery Arts Commissionas well as that of our indi-vidual contributors.

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it’s all part of the special relationships we build here at Marjorie P. Lee.

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Woman’s clubawards grants

The Cincinnati Wom-an’s Club awardedgrants to support 10 lo-cal charities after clubmembers gave informa-tional presentations onthe non profit organiza-tions to the general clubmembership at its Nov.7meeting.

The charities high-lighted by gift research-ers included Boys &

Girls Club of GreaterCincinnati, Center forHolocaust and Human-ity Education, Centerfor Respite Care, Cincin-nati Ballet Cincy DanceProgram, CincinnatiPublic Library’s projectfor the Clifton BranchLibrary, Cincinnati Rec-reation Foundation,Emanuel CommunityCenter, Granny’s Gar-den School — School-yard Nature Network,Pro Kids and StarfireCouncil of Greater Cin-cinnati.

Marie Tsacalis of Indian Hillpresents on behalf ofCincinnati Public Library'snew Clifton Branch to herfellow Cincinnati Woman'sClub members during theClub's recent PhilanthropicGift Research Program.THANKS TO ROSEMARY

SCHLACHTER

Karen Calkins Cheyne ofSycamore Townshippresents on behalf of Boys& Girls Clubs of GreaterCincinnati to her fellowCincinnati Woman's Clubmembers during the Club'srecent Philanthropic GiftResearch Program. THANKS TO

ROSEMARY SCHLACHTER

Phyllis McSwain of West Chester, Karen Calkins Cheyne ofSycamore Township and Marie Tsacalis of Indian Hill enjoythe Philanthropic Gift Research presentations by fellowCincinnati Woman's Club members. THANKS TO ROSEMARY

SCHLACHTER

Tri-County Playersis presenting “TheRape of the Belt” byBenn W. Levy.

In this comedy, Her-acles arrives at thehome of the Amazonsto steal the royal jew-els and finds the ladieswill not surrender it,nor will they fight to

defend it. The heroesare bewildered. Heradecides to interveneand turns the Amazonqueendom upsidedown as the heretoforepeaceful women pre-pare for war.

Performance dates:Friday, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. -11 p.m.; Saturday, Feb.

11, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.Where: Sharonville

Fine Arts Center, 11165Reading Road, Sharon-ville, OH 45241

Tickets: $12, $11seniors and students

More information:513-471-2030; www.tri-countyplayers.org

Tri-County Players topresent Greek comedy

Two of the women playing Amazons in the Tri-County Players production of "TheRape of the Belt." PROVIDED

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