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A WONDERFUL‘LIFE’ B1The drama "CelebrateLife!" was staged at theBlue Ash PresbyterianChurch .

HEROSANDWICHESStudents at St. NicholasAcademy honored theircommunity heroes .See Schools, A5

MONTGOMERY — Crews areinstalling state-of-the-art up-grades to traffic signals inMontgomery, using energy-effi-cient equipment that can stoptraffic at intersections to giveemergency vehicles greenlights to their destinations.

The project along Montgo-mery Road is being funded witha $540,000 grant from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana RegionalCouncil of Governments andabout $120,000 from Montgome-ry.

Complete General Construc-tion, which is based in Colum-bus, has begun the work by in-stalling the upgrades on traffic

signals at Montgomery Roadand Kennedy Lane.

Company crews will worktheir way north to Weller Road,installing the upgrades at everysignalized intersection on Mont-gomery Road that is in between.

The exception is the intersec-tion of Montgomery and Pfeif-fer roads, where new poles andsignals will be placed.

Upgrades to the traffic sig-nals also will be installed at theintersection of Cooper Road andMain Street.

“The work will introduce thelatest technology in LED (light-emitting diode) signals for high-er visibility and lower energycosts, emergency-vehicle pre-emption devices to detect ap-proaching emergency vehicles,

natural gas back-up generatorsand upgraded LED pedestrian-crosswalk devices and sig-nage,” said Brian Riblet, actingMontgomery public works di-rector.

The project is to be complet-ed by Aug. 15.

“Most of the work will bedone in the right-of-way areas ofthe intersections with limitedlane closures,” Riblet said.

“Any lane closures on Mont-gomery Road are restricted be-tween the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4p.m.; it is anticipated that therewill be only minimal one-laneclosures during the construc-tion.”

Visit Montgomery’s websiteat www.montgomeryohio.orgfor construction updates.

Montgomery upgrades traffic signalsBy Jeanne [email protected]

Crews are installing state-of-the-art upgrades to traffic signals inMontgomery. Here are workers near Cooper Road and Main Street.JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

BLUE ASH — – Dylan Consbruck, ofSymmes Township, was by no means theonly pilot who asked the Blue Ash CityCouncil to help save the Blue Ash Airporton April 26, but he was certainly theyoungest.

The 17-year-old Sycamore High Schoolsophomore, dressed in his Civil Air Patrolcadet program uniform, stepped smartlyto the microphone in the standing-room-only City Council meeting and said he haswitnessed the vital role small, general avi-ation airports like the Blue Ash Airportplay in the patrol’s search-and-rescue mis-sions – and in igniting the pilot’s light in thehearts of young people.

“Because of the Blue Ash Airport, I amon my way to achieving one of my dreamsthat will hopefully lead me to the Air ForceAcademy or a career in commercial avia-tion,” said Consbruck, a second lieutenantwho is earning his pilot’s license at the air-port.

Pilots who packed the Blue Ash CityCouncil meeting – many of them businesspeople – said they know exactly what thecity can do to proactively preserve the air-port on Glendale-Milford Road, which Cin-cinnati, the owner, announced in March itis closing.

The “Save the Blue Ash Airport Com-mittee” of the Flying Neutrons, a flyingclub based at the airport, said Blue Ashshould:

» Buy the 98 acres that Cincinnati ownsat the airport, which hold the airport facil-ities, and keep the airport open. Blue Ashalready owns 130 acres at the airport,which it bought from Cincinnati and

where it is building a public park.» Lease property for airport operations

to a private-sector entity that would man-age airport functions and build a travelcenter there, with Blue Ash building ac-cess to the leased airport property off ofthe public park’s access to Plainfield Road.

» Work with the Federal Aviation Ad-ministration to win grants to resurface therunway, then to relocate taxiway access tothe property to be leased for airport opera-tions and – along with the future airportmanager – develop a long-range strategyfor the airport.

Blue Ash City Council did not commentor take action after the pilots’ presentationor after another17 people spoke in supportof it.

The “Save the Blue Ash Airport Com-

mittee” said the airport could be trans-formed into a successful business enter-prise for far less than that, with the help ofprivate investment, lease agreements,fuel sales and untapped Federal AviationAdministration grants.

Blue Ash can negotiate a highly favor-able sale price, the committee said, be-cause of “AIR 21,” a federal law exceptionthat would allow Cincinnati to use pro-ceeds from the sale of the airport propertynow on the block and from the $37.5 mil-lion sale of the property Blue Ash boughtin 2007 for a public park, any way it wants,the committee said.

Ralph Hill, manager of the Greenwood,Ind., municipal airport, presented his air-port as a model for what the Blue Ash Air-port could be if Blue Ash buys it.

Save airport, pilots urge

Pilots and business people pack Blue Ash City Council chambers to ask the city to helpsave the Blue Ash Airport. JEANNE HOUCK/THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Group says it has planto keep facility openBy Jeanne [email protected]

The Indian Hill Exempted VillageSchool District began interviewingcandidates for its new superintendentSaturday, April 28.

Superintendent Jane Knudson is re-tiring in July after serv-ing with the district 23years, seven of whichwere as superintendent.

During a specialmeeting April 22, BillAttea, a senior associatewith executive searchfirm Hazard, Young, At-tea and Associates, dis-cussed the interview

process and the protocols the school

Indian HillinterviewingcandidatesBy Forrest [email protected]

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second series of inter-views.

Attea said attributes theschool board should pay at-tention to include mentalalertness, self confidence,problem-solving skills,body language and creativ-

board should follow wheninterviewing candidates.

The board will ask 16questions of each candi-date to determine leader-ship skills, people skillsand the candidate’s fit withthe board.

These questions focusmore on breadth thandepth, said Attea, addingthe more probing ques-tions would follow in the

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demonstrate the candidatecan clearly share topicswith not only the board butthe community as well, hesaid.

“We have a good pool ofapplicants to draw fromand we are looking forwardto the next step of the inter-view process,” said Eliza-beth Johnston, president ofthe school board.

Each interview will betwo hours.

Johnston said from theinitial interviews the list ofcandidates will be nar-rowed down to about two tothree, who will then partic-ipate in a second series ofinterviews to determine afinal candidate.

The second series of in-terviews is planned forearly May.

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“We have a good pool of applicantsto draw from and we are lookingforward to the next step of theinterview process.”ELIZABETH JOHNSTONIndian Hill School Board president

With summer justaround the corner, IndianHill is gearing up to makesome much needed re-pairs around the village.

There are two land-slide areas the village willaddress this summer. TheWeil Road landslide area,which is approximately800 feet north of Hope-well Road, is adjacent totwo streams convergingnear the road and causingerosion.

The public works de-partment created a tem-porary solution, but morework will be needed in thesummer.

Public Works Superin-tendent Jason Atkins saidthe temporary solutionhelped the roadway avoidmore damage, but it's onlya matter of time beforemore comprehensive fix-es are needed.

"It should make itthrough the spring," hesaid.

Project ManagerGeorge Kipp said the tem-porary fix will "buy ussome time," but the villagewill need outside help tomake a full repair.

He said Weil Road willlikely be closed for a shorttime during the repairs.

Cost of this project isestimated to be between$22,000 and $28,000.

The landslide on Wal-ton Creek Road, which islocated approximately300 feet south of Varner

Road, is due to erosion tothe roadway embankmentand could cause a loss ofroadway if not repaired.

Kipp said repairs tothis area are less urgent atthis time, and some or allof the work could be com-pleted by the public worksdepartment.

"We can get down thereand fix it with our people,"he said.

Atkins said if possiblepublic works will handlethese repairs, though itdepends on the extent ofwork needed and howmuch work the depart-

ment will need to performin the other areas of thevillage.

However, he said "if wecan do it, we will."

Kipp noted the area isfar enough away from theroad that workers canmake repairs without toomuch disruption to trafficalong Walton Creek Road.

The cost of this projectcould be between $8,000and $12,000.

The money for bothlandslide projects will betaken from the village'scapital improvement andreplacement fund.

Indian Hill will make landslide repairs near Walton CreekRoad (pictured) and Weil Road. Both areas are facingerosion due to landslide issues. ROB DOWDY/ THE COMMUNITY

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Indian Hill to addressWeil landslide issuesBy Rob [email protected]

Day of PrayerJoin the Sycamore

Township trustees, firechief, sheriff liaison, areaministers and militaryrepresentatives as theycome together in prayerfrom noon to 12:30 p.m.Thursday, May 3, at theSycamore Township Ad-ministration Building,8540 Kenwood Road.

The Moeller HighSchool band will performpatriotic music and a com-plementary lunch will beprovided by the KenwoodTowne Centre Chick-fil-A.

Everyone is welcome.In case of rain, the ob-

servance will be in thefire house next to the ad-ministration building.

Parking is in the rear.Call area coordinator

Scott Cornett for more in-formation at 403-3700.

Plainfieldresurfacing beginsMay 2

The Ohio Departmentof Transportation will be-gin resurfacing the areaof Plainfield Road nearRonald Reagan CrossCounty Highway startingWednesday, May 2. As aresult, traffic along theroadway is expected to berestricted to one lane inboth the north and southdirection of PlainfieldRoad during construc-tion. Lane closures shouldbe anticipated throughout

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BLUE ASH — ThereWilliam Brian Hobdywas, police say, heavingbag after 20-pound bag ofmulch into his truck froma display in front of theBlue Ash Kmart store.

And there a Kmartloss prevention officeralso was, police say, writ-ing down Hobdy’s licenseplate number when Hob-dy drove away - with 33bags of mulch and with-out paying for them.

Now, any yard workHobdy might have had inmind could be delayed asthe 33-year-old Syca-more Township manmakes court dates on acharge of misdemeanortheft.

Blue Ash police sayHobdy stole the mulchshortly after 6 p.m. April5 at the Kmart on HuntRoad.

“A store loss preven-tion officer observed thearrested individual, Wil-liam Brian Hobdy, load-ing the mulch into histruck at the curb in front

of the store and then(Hobdy) drove off,” po-lice Capt. James Schaff-er said.

“A license number ob-tained by the loss preven-tion officer led to the ar-rest of the offender.”

Police say the mulchcost a total of $125.

The Kmart loss pre-vention officer, who didnot want to be identified,said Hobdy was cool as acucumber as he was load-ing his truck with thebags of mulch, not look-ing around nervously tosee if he was beingwatched.

“You’ve got to think ofthe nerve it takes to sim-ply drive up to the curb inthe middle of the day,load up your truck withmulch and drive away,”the officer said.

The loss preventionofficer said he could notreveal how Kmart moni-tors and protects themerchandise displayedoutside. Suffice it to say,the officer said, Kmart isconcerned about mer-chandise inside and out-side the store.

Police: Mansteals 33bags of mulchBy Jeanne [email protected]

After a battalion com-mander learned that Bas-inger had been a premedcollege student, Basingerwas transferred to the913th Field Artillery Bat-talion’s Medical Detach-ment as a corporal/tech 5.

During an intense con-flict with the Germanarmy, Basinger suffered aconcussion. However, withno regard for his own per-sonal safety, he evacuatedtwo badly wounded sol-diers. This selfless act

U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidthelped Howard E. Basin-ger of Montgomery cele-brate his 90th birthdayApril 9 by presenting himwith the Bronze Star andother medals he earnedduring World War II.

Elaine Basinger, hiswife of more than 60 years,had requested Schmidt’shelp in obtaining the com-mendations for her hus-band, who retired in 1979after more than 30 years ofservice as a teacher andprincipal in the Deer Parkpublic school system.

Basinger, a graduate ofBlanchester High Schoolin Clinton County, was aTerrace Park resident inhis third year as a pre-medstudent at Xavier Univer-sity in Cincinnati when hedecided to enlist in theArmy.

He entered active dutyas a private on Nov. 4,1942.Basinger was assigned tothe 88th Infantry Division,which was nicknamed theBlue Devils. Blue was thecolor of the lucky four-leafclover that adorned ashoulder of their uni-forms, and they earned areputation for fighting likedevils.

Their initial missionwas to help drive the Ger-mans out of Italy. Upon ar-riving there, they engagedin combat that lasted 100days.

earned Basinger theBronze Star for heroism.

Schmidt also presentedBasinger with: the Euro-pean-African-MiddleEastern Campaign medalwith three bronze star at-tachments (indicating par-ticipation in three majorconflicts with enemyforces); the World War IIVictory Medal; the WorldWar II Honorable ServiceLapel Button; the GoodConduct Medal; and theAmerican Campaign Med-

al.Basinger was honor-

ably discharged Nov. 8,1945. Like many soldiers ofthe World War II era, Bas-inger did not want to talkabout the horrors he hadwitnessed. This was evi-dent when he came hometo resume his education.He was not interested inmedicine anymore be-cause, as he said in his ownwords, “of the many emer-gency decisions I madethat I did not feel qualifiedto make.”

Instead, he pursued hispassion for history by be-coming a teacher. Basin-ger received a bachelor’sdegree and a master’s de-gree in education and ad-ministration from XavierUniversity.

In 1948, he marriedElaine Alf, who was also ateacher. They raised fourchildren: Howard Jr., Mar-tha, David and Stephen, inMontgomery.

Basinger went on to be-come the principal of Am-ity grade school and laterHoward grade school,where he was affectionate-ly known as “Mister B.”

Basinger served on theboard of directors and aspresident of the DeerPark-Sycamore Kiwanis,and he is a past presidentof the National Associationof Gifted and TalentedChildren.

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Elaine Basinger of Montgomery (left) asked U.S. Rep. JeanSchmidt to help her husband, Howard Basinger, obtain themedals he earned during Army service in World War II.PROVIDED

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BLUE ASH — KathleenEly was punched in botheyes, but that didn’t stopthe employee of Cross-gate Bowling Lanes inBlue Ash from lookingthrough a police photolineup and picking outthe woman she says at-tacked her when she toldher to put out her ciga-rette.

The smoker, ChristaShirley, 26, of Blue Ash,is scheduled to appearFriday, May 4, in Hamil-ton County MunicipalCourt on misdemeanorcharges of assault andcriminal trespassingstemming from the inci-dent in the bowling alleyon Hunt Road in Blue

Ash.“(Shirley) did assault

the victim after the vic-tim told Shirley shecould not smoke insidethe business,” Blue AshPolice Officer StevenKeller said in a police re-port that puts the time ofthe attack at just before10 on a Saturday night,March 31.

Keller said Shirleywas removed from thebusiness.

“Shirley re-enteredthe business and assault-ed the victim again,” Kel-ler said.

Neither Shirley norEly, 26, of Reading, couldbe reached for comment.Ely’s mother said Elydoes not want to discussthe incident.

“Ms. Ely told respon-

ding officers that shehad been punched by Ms.Shirley in her mouth,both eyes and the side ofher head,” said Blue Ashpolice Lt. Steve Schueler.

“She sustained contu-sions and abrasions as aresult of the assault.

“Ms. Shirley had beenconsuming alcohol, butthe arresting officer didnot offer an opinion as toher level of intoxica-tion,” Schueler said.

“Ms. Ely and anotherwitness identified Ms.Shirley from a photolineup. (Shirley) was ar-rested on a warrant laterthat evening.”

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Police: Smoker wouldrather fight than quitBy Jeanne [email protected]

MONTGOMERY — Forthe 16th year, the Arbor DayFoundation has namedMontgomery a Tree CityUSA community.

Montgomery also wonthe Growth Award for the13th year for its commit-ment to urban forestry.

The Tree City USA Pro-gram is sponsored by theArbor Day Foundation incooperation with the Na-tional Association of StateForesters and the USDAForest Service.

Tree City USA commu-nities must have a treeboard or department, atree-care ordinance, a com-prehensivecommunityfor-estry program and an Ar-bor Day observance and

proclamation.As part of Montgom-

ery’s Arbor Day observ-ance this year, City Arbor-ist Terry Willenbrink host-ed one-and-half mile na-ture walk April 27 atPioneer Park. The groupwalked to the Johnson Na-ture Preserve at 10840Deerfield Road.

“We commend Mont-gomery’s elected officials,volunteers and its citizensfor providing vital care forits urban forest,” said JohnRosenow, chief executiveand founder of the ArborDay Foundation.

“Trees provide numer-ous environmental, eco-nomical and health bene-fits to millions of people ev-ery day, and we applaudcommunities that makeplanting and caring for

trees a top priority.”The Growth Award rec-

ognizes environmental im-provement and higher lev-els of tree care.

In 2010, Montgomeryhosted the Southwest OhioRegion Tree City USA pro-gram and banquet and alsoestablished a street treeprogram in which Montgo-mery provides propertyowners a $50 co-pay to helpoffset the costs of a treeand labor to plant it in thepublic right-of-way.

For more about your commu-nity, visit www.Cincin-nati.com/Montgomery.

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Sycamore High School’sUnified for UNIFAT stu-dent organization will hosta free benefit concert 7p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, May4, at Blue Ash Towne

Square.Raffles, T-shirts, mer-

chandise will be availablewith all proceeds going toUNIFAT School in Gulu,Uganda.

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NORTHEASTSUBURBAN LIFEEditor: Dick Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Ursuline Academy freshmenhelped students in grades K-three to learn how to improvetheir reading skills at the St.Francis Seraph Book Fair Feb. 21.

A collaborative project be-tween St. Francis Seraph Schoolin Cincinnati and Ursuline Acad-emy in Blue Ash, the book fairwas funded by a private donorand UA's Community Service De-partment. It allowed UA to buy 72K-3 books under 24 titles thatwere chosen by St. Francis; thebooks were then donated to St.Francis' library.

In preparation for the fair, UAstudents learned about the St.Francis School community, chil-dren living in poverty, U.S. litera-cy statistics and the mentor/childrelationship, specifically how toassist children with readingskills. Under the direction ofEnglish teacher Ann Hinkle, li-brarian Julie Burwinkel, commu-nity service coordinator KiraHinkle and language specialistPat Zurlinden, the freshmenspent several days creatingteaching-aid book tri-folds withpuppets, which were also donat-ed to St. Francis's library. Theteaching aids followed Ohio Edu-cation Standards for K-3 stu-dents.

During the book fair UA stu-dents interacted one-on-one withthe younger students using thebook fair books, the teaching aids

they made, and their own favor-ite picture books from childhood.

"Kids in general want to learn.They have something inside ofthem that pushes them along ajourney of literacy. For some kidsliteracy and reading is an enjoy-ment and for a large percent ofthe world literacy can be a strug-gle," said Kennedy Carstens.

Classmate Maddie Abantosaid that the field trip was alearning experience. "Everyonebenefitted from today. The chil-dren learned new words and howto read, and we learned how kidslearn."

Hinkle was very pleased with

the work her students per-formed, and how the young stu-dents reacted to the learningprocess.

The volunteer coordinator atSt. Francis, Traci Hooks, wasequally pleased with the fair.

“St. Francis Seraph studentswere delighted to have Ursulinestudents present the book fair.They kept our young students en-gaged throughout the fair—thishas been a great experience,"Hooks said.

Hinkle remarked how the lit-eracy project was a true service-learning opportunity.

Ursuline students helpyounger students read

Ursuline Academy freshmen Dani Leach of Sharonville (left) and BrookeBarrow of West Chester Township (right) work with students of St.Francis Seraph as they prepare for the school's book fair. THANKS TO

MARIANNE LANG

SHARONVILLE — Every day,visitors to southwest Ohio stayin one of hundreds of hotels, mo-tels and inns.

Their experience is affectedby the managers and staff whooperate those businesses.

Starting in 2012, Scarlet Oakswill offer a program for highschool students who want to en-ter this growing managementfield. Called Lodging Manage-ment and Hospitality Services,this program is ideal for stu-dents considering a career inrunning hotels, convention cen-ters, restaurants, banquet halls,event planning companies, andother businesses that provide awide range of services.

Students who complete theprogram can gain experience atlocal hotels and earn certifica-tion from the American Hoteland Lodging Association as wellas college credit at several col-leges and universities.

In the program, students willlearn management skills, par-ticularly those needed to run ho-

tels, convention centers, andother service industries.

Those skills include custom-er service, financial analysis,human resources development,event planning, marketing,problem solving, and decisionmaking.

Lodging Management andHospitality Services is designedto lead to careers in hotel andrestaurant management, fromthe front desk to the back office.

Typical career positions in-clude catering and banquetmanager, director of sales andmarketing, front office man-ager, event planner, executivehousekeeper, general manager,and others. Some positions willrequire experience and addi-tional education, but the Lodg-ing Management and Hospital-ity Services program will pro-vide credentials to begin a ca-reer.

For more information, con-tact Deb Moy [email protected] or 612-5706.

Scarlet Oaks to offer newhospitality program

A Sycamore High School rec-ord11students qualified for DE-CA International Competition inSalt Lake City through theirwinning performances at DECAState Competition March 17.

The students are part of theSycamore High School market-ing program, a satellite of GreatOaks Institute of Technologyand Career Development.

Junior Marketing studentswho qualified are:

» Austin Post, first in hoteland lodging management;

» Paige Berling/Alana Miller,second in hospitality services;

» Patrick Aguilar, second inbusiness financial services;

» Lindsey Neville, second inhuman resource management;

» Sarah Refaei. third in ac-counting applications, and

» Myles “Tony” Washington,fourth in restaurant and foodservice management.

Senior Marketing studentsincluded:

» Lindsey Swadner, first inretail merchandising;

» Blake Wilhelm/Nick Brun-er, second in sports and enter-tainment marketing team;

» Addison Ingle, third insports and entertainment mar-keting series.

Other Sycamore Marketingstudents who won special recog-nition by placing in the Top 10were:

» Nikhil Grandhi/Mac Au-ciello placing in sports and en-tertainment marketing team;

» Brigitte Sotto/Jo Wegner inhospitality services;

» Emma Oh/SM Dipali in

business law and ethics;» Valeria Castillo in restau-

rant and food service manage-ment;

» Colby Kreger in automo-tive services, and

» Brian Beaudry in food mar-keting.

A total of 32 students fromthe marketing program compet-ed at the state competition.Their performance at districtcompetition in January quali-fied them to compete at state.

All the competitors took awritten 100-question multiplechoice test on marketing con-cepts and had to perform an im-promptu role-play situation thatdealt with either human rela-tions problem solving, selling,promotion, economic concepts,management decision making,pricing, product development,product planning, marketingstrategies, customer serviceproblem solving or a combina-tion of the above.

DECA is an association ofhigh school marketing studentswho are pursing careers in mar-keting and management. DECAis co-curricular to the Market-ing Program. Ohio DECA has4.807 members with 144 chap-ters and National DECA has a to-tal of 185,000 student membersfor the High School Division.

The Sycamore High SchoolDECA chapter is part of the Syc-amore Marketing Management& Research Program, a satelliteprogram of the Great Oaks In-stitute of Technology and Ca-reer Development. Mark Steed-ly is the instructor.

Sycamore DECAsends 11 tointernationals

Sycamore High School students who qualified for DECAInternational competition include, from left: Sarah Refaei, NickBruner, Lindsey Swadner, Blake Wilhelm, Austin Post (front), AddisonIngle, Paige Berling, Alana Miller, Patrick Aguilar and Lindsey Neville.PROVIDED

Fourth-grade students at St.Nicholas Academy honored theircommunity heroes with a specialMass and breakfast.

Students invited local police,firefighters, bus drivers, cross-ing guards and others to showtheir appreciation and support.This event served as a follow upto the hand made gift baskets theclass made at Christmas time.Students prepared the food, deco-rated the tables, and made the in-vitations with direction fromtheir teachers Kara Seither andMelissa Stoeckel.

“I thought it was cool when thefirefighters and police came intheir uniforms to Mass. Thebreakfast was fun because we gotto eat with the people that protectus. We made the decorations andplacemats to use while they wereeating. I would love to do it again,"student Anthony Rishforthsaid.

St. Nicholas studentshonor ‘heroes’

Fourth-grader Ben Owens greeted Reading Fire Chief Kevin Kaiser at the heroes mass and breakfast at St.Nicholas Academy. THANKS TO ANN FALCI

Norwood fireman Michael Mullins has breakfast with how son,fourth-grader Michael, at St. Nicholas Academy's Community Heroesmass and breakfast. THANKS TO ANN FALCI

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SPORTSSPORTSHIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | RECREATIONAL CommunityPress.com

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

MVP» This week’s award goes

to junior CHCA pitcher Ja-cob Banks, who tossed hisfirst career no-hitter to leadCHCA to a 10-0 win overSummit Country Day April26. Banks improved to 4-0 af-ter allowing only four base-runners in his fourth com-plete game in four starts thisseason.

Baseball» Moeller beat Fenwick

1-0 behind Phillip Diehl whostruck out14 April 23. Sopho-more Zack Shannon had a tri-ple and senior Jordan Simp-son the lone RBI.

» Sycamore blanked La-kota West 1-0 on April 25. Ca-sey Huchison had the win.

Softball» Sycamore beat Tala-

wanda April 21 4-2 behind ju-nior Becca Melvin. Sopho-more Hannah Melvin had adouble.

The Lady Aves beat Mid-dletown on April 25, 6-2. Bec-ca Melvin again had the winwith junior Sydney Kelly go-ing 3-4 and driving in threeruns.

» Ursuline beat Mercy 4-0behind Danielle Stiene’s 16strikeouts April 24. HannahMehrle homered.

Tennis» Sycamore was second

in the Coaches Classic at Ma-son April 21. Dylan Stern andNikhil Grandhi won firstdoubles.

On April 24, Sycamoreshutout Middletown 5-0 asfreshmen Deepak Indrakan-ti and Nakul Narendran wonin singles along with juniorYuri Karev.

The Aviators had anothersweep April 25 over Bell-brook.

» CHCA’s Logan Henizeand Ben Wittkugel were vic-

torious at first and secondsingles during the Flight BCoaches’ Classic Finals atSycamore April 21. CHCAfinished first overall, edgingout Indian Hill by 125 points.

Boys track» Sycamore won the Mil-

ford Invitational April 20.Kedarius Bell won the 100and 200 meters and Syca-more won the 4x800.

The Aviators also took theAnderson Invitational April27. Bell won the 100, Nick Al-ston took the 200 meters,Ben Wulker won the 400 andTallin Forshey won the 3200.

» CHCA’s Connor Staar-mann won the 110 and 300hurdes at the Seven Hills In-vitational April 25.

Girls track» Sycamore won the Mil-

ford Invitational April 20.Rosy Menyhert won the1,600, Sam Siler won the3200, Anna Bailes the 300hurdles, Angela Harris thelong jump, Lisa Kohmescherthe pole vault and the LadyAves won the 4x100, 4x400,4x800 and 4x1,600.

The Lady Aves also wonthe Anderson InvitationalApril 27. Bailes won the 300hurdles, Bianca Rhoden-baugh the 400, Siler the3,200, Tori Swart the polevault, Halley Bell the triplejump, and Sycamore took the4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 re-lays.

Volleyball» Moeller beat Roger Ba-

con April 24, 27-25, 25-21, 25-14.

The Crusaders beat LaSalle on April 26 25-19, 25-19,25-16.

Girls lacrosse» Ursuline defeated Olen-

tangy Liberty 9-8, and Hud-son, 5-4, during the Hanni-gan Galipault Tournament atThomas Worthington HighSchool April 21. Claudia Rafiscored six goals.

PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS

By Scott [email protected]

CHCA starting pitcher Jacob Banks threw a no-hitter againstSummit April 26. TONY TRIBBLE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

SYCAMORE TWP. — It’s time topick your Northeast SuburbanLife 2012 Sportsman and Sport-swoman of the Year.

Voting opened Monday, April30. To place a vote, go to cincin-nati.com/preps. Find the red andblue Sportsman of the Year logoon the right-hand side (you mayneed to scroll down) and click onit for a list of newspaper ballots/links. Log into cincinnati.com us-ing your Facebook account andvote. You can vote every day up to150 times until midnight Friday,

May 18.Readers and school officials

nominated these students onlineduring two weeks in mid-April.Because of the record volume ofnominations, we were not able touse all worthy nominations thisyear. Private school nominationsare located in the home paper ofthat school.

Here are the students on yourballot:

Boys:Matt Blankenship, CHCA,

senior – Four-year varsity letterwinner in baseball who has beenselected first-team all-MVC.Threw a no hitter in the Eagles’

22-0 win over New Miami April16. Active in community serviceand has made two mission tripswith CHCA baseball to the Do-minican Republic.

Ben Mather, Sycamore, sen-

ior - Football, wrestling, diving.First team GMC at defensivelineman as a senior on 8-3 Avessquad. Sixth in GMC in sacks with5.5. Second-team GMC as a ju-nior. Second team GMC at 189pounds in wrestling as a junior.First team GMC at195 as a senior.Fifth in GMC in diving, while alsoparticipating on the wrestlingteam.

Thomas Norris, Sycamore,senior - Swimming. Districtchampion in the 200 meters andthird at the state meet. Sixth instate in 500 freestyle. Also onstate qualifying 200 and 400 free-style relays. First-team GMC

sophomore, junior and senioryears. Best GMC time in the 100butterfly. Intends to be an engi-neering major. Has been accept-ed at MIT and is also consideringthe likes of Carnegie-Mellon,Princeton, Stanford and Cal-Berkeley.

Kyle Sess, Sycamore, senior -Football, lacrosse. Co-athlete ofthe year in the GMC. First-teamGMC football and all-conferenceoffensive player of the year. 22ndin the state of Ohio in pointsscored in 2011-2012 and11th in thestate in rushing yards. Set Syca-

Vote for your Sportsman/ Sportswoman of the YearBy Scott [email protected]

See VOTE, Page A7

SYCAMORE TWP. — If a kidthrows a baseball with his lefthand, chances are he’s going toget the chance to pitch some-where along the way.

It’s the case for many youngballplayers and it’s how seniorCHCA senior Matt Blankenshipfound his way to the pitchingrubber.

The Eagles’ hurler startedplaying the game at age 9, andfrom the get-go, he’s been apitcher.

“Since the beginning, I’vebeen taught to be a pitcher and Ilove it and I’ve done it eversince,” Blankenship said.

His prep career, which stillhas a few games and a postsea-son tournament remaining, wit-nessed a capstone when Blan-kenship hurled a no hitteragainst New Miami April 16. Healso struck out 13 en route to theEagles’ 22-0 win. Blankenship is4-0 on the season. His 0.63 ERA isbest 11th best mark recorded inthe city on the Ohio side of theriver.

He said the accomplishmentranks high on his list of achieve-ments and credited his team de-fense for helping him accom-plish the fete.

“It’s always been a goal, tothrow a no-hitter, and that wasmy first one in high school. Itwas cool to see,” he said. “I’vebeen blessed to have a good teambehind me…it was a big accom-plishment.”

During the game, the south-paw was well aware of what wasat stake. He remembered beingdisappointed when his chancesfor perfect game disappearedwhen he walked a batter duringthe middle innings. But Blanken-ship collected himself andstayed focused on the task athand.

And just like in the bigleagues, when a pitcher is closeto the milestone, Blankenshipwas the loneliest guy on thebench because teammates usu-ally won’t talk to a pitcher throw-ing a no-hitter in fear of jinxinghis chances.

Regardless, Blankenshipknew what was at stake and wasable to stay focused on the task

at hand.“I was just focused on throw-

ing strikes; it’s what I had beendoing the whole game.”

Blankenship rememberedtaking the final batter to a fullcount before telling himself, “Ican’t let this guy get on. You’vegone this far, don’t mess it upnow.”

Moments later, Blankenshipgot the batter to swing at a fast-ball in the dirt to secure the no-

hitter.“To throw a no-hitter in my

senior year, it’s something I’llnever forget. It shows hard workpays off to guys who want it and Ithank God for the opportunity toplay the game.”

Blankenship will attend Indi-ana Wesleyan University onbaseball scholarship, but beforehe starts thinking about the nextlevel, he’s eager to finish out hisplaying days for CHCA.

CHCA’s BlankenshipBLANKS THECOMPETITION

Matt Blankenship pitches during a game that was part of a mission tripCHCA made to the Dominican Republic in March. THANKS TO GEOFF

BLANKENSHIP

Left-hander throwsno-hitter April 16By Nick [email protected]

“To throw a no-hitter in my senior year, it’ssomething I’ll never forget. It shows hard workpays off to guys who want it and I thank Godfor the opportunity to play the game.”MATT BLANKENSHIPCHCA pitcher

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Megan Tenhundfeld,Ursuline, senior – Golf, afour-time first-team al-GGCL selection and twotime conference golfer ofthe year. Selected byGreater Cincinnati/North-ern Kentucky Women’sSports Foundation Golferof the Year. Averaged justover 36 strokes per nineholes. As a senior, finishedsecond at sectionals, andfirst at the district match.Placed sixth at the statetournament. Received ascholarship to play at Se-ton Hall.

Sara Wesselkamper,Sycamore, senior - Gym-nastics. Top gymnast inCincinnati area in 2012.City champion on bars,third in all-around. Districtchampion on bars and all-around. State qualifier invault, bars, floor exerciseand all-around. Third atstate meet on bars, 10th onfloor and ninth all-around.Highest finisher at statefrom southwest Ohio onbars and all-around. Statequalifier as a junior onbars, beam and all-around.Cincinnati Enquirer Gym-nast of the Year as a junior

and senior. All-state schol-ar athlete team in gymnas-tics. National Honor Soci-ety. Involved in Unified forUnifat, mentors young stu-dents at Sycamore, Fash-ion for the Cure.

more single season rush-ing record with over 1,800yards from the quarter-back position. All-academ-ic GMC conference. Wonthe Roger Veith Memorialscholarship for ethics andintegrity. 4.2 GPA. HonorSociety throughout highschool. Recognized by lo-cal Kiwanis Club. Commu-nity service work throughchurch and high schoolleadership team. Involvedin GSA performing com-munity work. AttendingDayton for football.

Girls:Bridget Blood, Ursu-

line, junior – Swimming,selected all-GGCL in eachof three seasons. Has alsogarnered all-league andall-city recognition. Wonthree gold medals at thestate meet last winter. Set arecord in the 200 medleyrelay, as well as the 200 IMand 100 breaststroke.

Lauren Hancher, Syca-more, senior - Soccer, bas-ketball. Four-year letterwinner in soccer. First-team GMC and city. All-Southwest district. Three-year starter for 23-2 GMCdistrict and city championbasketball team coachedby Paula Hayden. 4.1 GPA.GMC All-Academic team

VoteContinued from Page A6

The Sycamore HighSchool girls lacrosse teamis playing with a winningintensity this early springseason. After an openingovertime loss to state rivalMedina, the Lady Aveshave reeled off three con-secutive victories, includ-ing a thrilling 10-9 winagainst Mason April 19 anda 12-8 win over MariemontApril 26.

Hayley Baas, a senior for Sycamore shown against Mason April 19, added three goalsagainst Mariemont April 26 to score a fourth of the team's 12 goals. THANKS TO TERRENCE HUGE

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Loveland Herald EditorDick [email protected], 248-7134Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-FridaySee page A2 for additional contact information.

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The mayor of Blue Ash hasgone on record saying that “forthe City of Blue Ash to pur-chase, reconfigure, and operatethe airport, expenditure equalto $3,000 for every resident ofBlue Ash would be required.For Blue Ash to incur that costwould be patently irresponsi-ble.”

This does not consider all ofthe available options and the fu-ture of Blue Ash Airport.

The citizens of Blue Ash vot-ed for a tax increase to add ame-nities in their community, on thebacks of the business employ-ees in Blue Ash. The new recre-ation center and Cooper CreekCenter are beneficiaries of thevoter mandate to make BlueAsh a more desirable place tolive and work.

The new park and the recon-figuration were also part of theIssue15 mandate. What has hap-pened to the Blue Ash Council’sinterest in the business commu-nity? They continue to bear theburden of higher employee tax-es and get no benefits from it.What kind of revenue will thepark generate!

The airport is a regional as-set that has been in continuousoperation for more than 90

years. It is anasset for thebusinesseshere. Viableoptions existbut have notbeen pursued.

The fiscalresponsibilityof the city ofBlue Ash alsoextends to the

business community.The prices the mayor has

quoted for airport reconfigura-tion have been greatly exagger-ated.

A group of local business-men have done considerable re-search and designed a plan tosave the airport with a revenueneutral position for Blue Ash.

One such businessman haspledged to build a World War llmemorial, Fixed Base Operator,corporate hangar and installfuel tanks all at no cost to BlueAsh. Blue Ash has a “bird in thehand” and is not interested inworking with this businessman,that’s fiscally irresponsible too.

The runway does not need tobe replaced – only resurfaced ata much lower price than the $4million stated by the mayor.There is also $450,000 of funds

available for this project. Theycan be applied for by the newsponsor at any time.

The most recent airportlayout plan submitted and ap-proved by the FAA was budget-ed at $3.3 million and not the $20million that the mayor has stat-ed. The FAA will provide a grantfor the reconfiguration of theairport at the rate of 90 percentof the approved amount.

The city of Blue Ash hasgrown because of the airport’shelp in making it such a uniquecommunity. We can make thisthe airport and region wherepeople want to come to spendmoney on recreation and dobusiness. The park would be-come a fly-in destination, en-hanced by the “Ultimate Sacri-fice Memorial “featuring aWorld War ll, B-17 airplane.Again all privately funded andoperated.

The future could be so muchbrighter with a flourishing air-port and the World War ll memo-rial – the perfect partners forthe park.

Tom Popp is a Symmes Townshipresident and uses his airplane in hisbusinesses.

Blue Ash to abandonour historical airport

Tom PoppCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

A first opinion: Healthcare law works

Out-going GOP Rep. JeanSchmidt’s guest column “A sec-ond opinion on health care” wasa carbon-copy of her March 26Congressional Newsletter, re-peating half-truths and avoidingthe important big picture.

Yes, the Congressional Bud-get Office estimated that about800,000 persons who have need-ed employer-sponsored healthinsurance, will voluntarilyleave the work force with the as-surance of affordable health in-surance under ObamaCare. Ifeven half of these 800,000 jobsare then made available to un-employed young people, wecould see a corresponding re-duction in unemployment. Thatshould help the country. Whyhasn’t Ms. Schmidt mentionedthis?

And yes, the CongressionalBudget Office report estimatedthat the average premium perperson in “new individual poli-cies” would be about 10 percentto13 percent higher in 2016. Per-sons paying premiums on indi-vidual policies are just 17 per-cent of all policy holders.

The majority – about 57 per-cent – of these individual policyholders will receive federal in-surance subsidies coveringabout two-thirds of the total pre-mium. The remaining 83 per-cent are employer-provided pol-icy holders who will see just anominal increase – averagingfrom $100 - $200 per year. Won-der why Ms. Schmidt wouldn’tmentioned this either?

ObamaCare is significant be-cause 30 million formerly-unin-sured Americans are becominginsured, to have the health careprotection that most of the restof us take for granted – includ-ing all present and former mem-bers of Congress.

Might we hear Ms. Schmidt’sfirst opinion about this impor-tant feature of Obama (Does)Care?

Dan NesbittMontgomery

Blue Ash needs sportsbar

I’m writing regarding a let-ter written by Linda Stern of

Blue Ash.I would have to say I agree

wholeheartedly with what shehas written. I live only a fewblocks from downtown BlueAsh; I have been saying foryears that what downtown BlueAsh needs is some sort of enter-tainment; something to do! Fri-day night concerts are fantasticbut that is it.

My husband and I walkedaround down there one day andcouldn’t believe that we had todrive somewhere else to gowatch the basketball games. Wego to Sharonville (Blue Goose),up the road to Buffalo WildWings or Newport on The Levy.

A sports bar/restaurantwould be such a draw I can notbelieve that the city can’t lookaround and see where the peo-ple of Blue Ash are going. I’velived here for 25 years and haveyet to figure out where theythink “all these people” are go-ing to be most of the time whenthey want something to do.

We even went and spent anevening in downtown Cincinnatiand have now found more to dothere than right here in walkingdistance. I just sit back and hopemaybe one day I’ll get my localsports bar.

Toni VanStoneBlue Ash

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Northeast Suburban Life andCincinnati.com recently askedreaders to share their storiesfrom the Flying Pig Marathon:

A bunch of ‘Hogwash’“I am the vice president of

the parent booster organizationfor the Blue Ash YMCA gym-nastics team.

“Last year, we volunteered torun a new station at the FlyingPig Marathon. The station wascalled the Hogwash Station,which was at mile 23 and in-volved providing runners andwalkers with their choice of wetor dry towels. The team provid-ed about 60 volunteers for thestation, who also worked to en-tertain and encourage the ath-letes.

“We had a great time runningthe Hogwash station and left themarathon greatly inspired by allof the race participants andwhat they had accomplished.

“This year, the team is run-

ning the fluid station at mile 8,where we will have about 60 vol-unteers handing out water andGatorade to the athletes. Whilevolunteering for the race re-quires a lot of effort, both beforeand during the race, it is wellworth it to feel like we havemade a difference by support-ing the efforts of the runnersand walkers.”

Eric LefebvreMadeira

In the long run, agreat experience

SWINE TIMESHave you ever participated

in the Flying Pig Marathon,either as a runner, volunteer orspectator? What are yourmemories?

Share your thoughts, andany photos (.jpg format,please), via e-mail. Send [email protected]

April 18 questionDo you believe pastor and au-

thor Rick Warren’s assertion thatdogs and cats go to heaven?Why or why not?

“If there are going to be ani-mals in heaven we may haveread about it in the Bible, Mr.Warren might be right but thereis no certain evidence that he is.Heaven was created for God’schosen people, and if He alsochooses for animals then wemay also see some dinosaursthere. What a great place it willbe. I think I’ll trust God for Hischoices.”

D.D.

“Yes, I believe that God doeshave a plan for all living things. Iam not sure what his plan is forthe dog two doors down that con-tinues to wake me up multipletimes each week. Or maybe itshould be the owner that fears alittle hell and damnation.”

MAF

April 25 questionDo you think the recent scan-

dals involving the Secret Serviceand General Services Admini-stration isanexampleofafeder-al government that is too largeand bureaucratic?

“No. It is an example of a lackof morality of people in general.

“This is a disgrace on the menwho have passed some of thehighest security checks. Thiswas shameful. The thing that isworrisome is that this was prob-ably not the first time and itmust have been ignored. It hasnothing to do with governmentbeing too big.”

K.L.S.

“In spite of the fact that theRepublican Party has madecriticism of our governmenttheir core message, and in spiteof the fact that our governmentdoes do things terribly wrong

from time to time, the U.S. gov-ernment is rather lean com-pared to most of the rest of thedeveloped world.

“The trouble with the over-simplification that the Republi-cans have wallowed in for somedecades is that we have lost asignificant part of our ability tohave a functional national dia-logue about real problems.

“It is more important for peo-ple in this nation to understandthat every Republican candi-date for president, and almostevery member of Congress andthe U.S. Senate in that party isdead set on the same type of aus-terity measures which doubledthe length of the Great Depres-sion in the U.S., and made it evenworse in Europe, back in the1930s.

“Now Europe is dominated bypeople who demonize govern-ment spending, and their cur-rent recession is much worsethan ours, but we have a lot ofpeople clamoring for more badtimes.

“President Bush, who is nohero in my book, understoodeconomic stimulus. PresidentObama has done so, and savedcountless jobs, and created aplatform for growth whichmight not have existed, andwhich is still fragile.

“Listen to the people who saythat we need a long-term pro-gram for fiscal responsibilityand a short term investment inour infrastructure. These arethe people who will guide us outof the smoke and rubble.

“And when an alcoholic or a

troubled soul emerges from thisgreat nation’s government anddoes something intolerableblame the individual and fix theproblems. Don’t pretend that itis an indictment of the wholecomplex organization that keepsus going.

N.F.

“No, these scandals are notcaused by big bureaucratic gov-ernment, they are caused by in-dividuals and managers who ex-hibit incredibly bad judgment.

“That such people are incharge may be the result of anorganization that has gotten toobig to police itself, but the expla-nation I favor is poor or nonexis-tent leadership at the top. Presi-dent Harry Truman proclaimed‘The buck stops here,’ but in to-day’s White House that concepthas been replaced with ‘Don’tblame me.’”

R.V.

“This question is almost rhe-torical. The Secret Service fallsunder the jurisdiction of theTreasury Department, so wheredoes the accountability fall, onthe Secret Service, or the Trea-sury Department?

“The federal government istoo large and bureaucratic inmany ways. There are morecommissions, sub commissions,and committees in our govern-ment than one can imagine. Ifcorporate America ran like this,you could imagine what thiscountry would be like today?”

O.H.R.

“Everything about our gov-ernment is too large and bureau-cratic. I don’t think that this iswhat our founding fathers had inmind when the government wasfirst set up.

“As far as the Secret Servicegoes, I guess no part of govern-ment on either side is beyondcorruption.”

D.D.

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The acclaimed religious musi-cal drama "Celebrate Life!" wasstaged on two evenings, April 6-7,at the Blue Ash PresbyterianChurch to celebrate the end ofHoly Week. It was a combined ef-fort of chancel choir membersfrom BAPC and Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church as wellas invited Sycamore CommunitySingers. Kenneth Tice of BAPCand Steve Berlanga of MHUMCserved as the directors.

"Celebrate Life!", which tellsthe story of Christ - his birth, min-istry, death and resurrection –was written by Buryl Red in1972.The drama features the four Gos-pel writers relating their storiesof his life through musical re-en-actment, with the choir assumingmultiple roles - angels, shep-herds, a mob and narrators/storytellers. Various and popular mu-sical genres are utilized to upliftand inspire the hearts, minds andsouls of the congregation. Hereare a few scenes.

Sopranos sing brightly. Visible here are, from left: front ,Barb Weber, Wanda Grace and Elizabeth Wessel;back, Lisa Kentrup. Weber, of BAPC, would later perform a solo, "I Quietly Turned to You." TERRENCE HUGE/FOR

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Kenneth Tice directs the full choir at the finale, "Prayer for Peace." TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

BAPC members Elmer Hennel, wife, Nancy, and Nancy Lackman enjoythe levity. TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Monfort Heights soprano Michele Cawley sings with joy. TERRENCE

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Worshipers start to gather on the evening of GoodFriday in the Blue Ash Presbyterian Church sanctuarywhere the first of two performances of "CelebrateLife!" will be staged. TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY

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"He Is Alive," extols director Kenneth Tice as heleads the choir in this rousing song of resurrection.TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

"The Three Kings" are played and sung by, from left: the frolickingPastor Mike Brewer, Mike Hudson (partially obscured) and Don Ensign.TERRENCE HUGE/FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

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THURSDAY, MAY 3Home & GardenEverything’s Coming UpRoses, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Gree-nacres Arts Center, 8400 BlomeRoad, Greenhouse. Hands-ondemonstration on growingroses. Each participant givenrose to plant and take home.Learn to pot, care for and keepyour rose healthy. Apronsprovided. Bring gloves andsheers. $35. Reservations re-quired. Presented by GreenacresFoundation. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,8740 Montgomery Road, 891-8277. Sycamore Township.

On Stage - ComedyTom Rhodes, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,$10-$14. 984-9288; www.goba-nanascomedy.com. Montgo-mery.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 7-10 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, 6200Pfeiffer Road, Full-court basket-ball games for men. $15.Through May 27. 985-0900.Montgomery.

FRIDAY, MAY 4Art ExhibitsBlossom II: Art of Flowers,Noon-5 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, 8400 Blome Road,Second in on-going series ofnational traveling exhibitions ofartworks depicting and in-terpreting flowers of all kinds.Juried exhibition is sponsored bySusan K. Black Foundation andDavid J. Wagner LLC. Free.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org. Indian Hill.

Dining EventsDinner with Salsa Friends, 8-10p.m., Cactus Pear SouthwestBistro, 9500 Kenwood Road,Private Room. Group dinnerheld on the first Friday of themonth. $10. Presented by Mid-westLatino. Through Nov. 2.791-4424; www.midwestla-tino.com. Blue Ash.

Home & GardenA Rose Is Not Just a Rose, 11a.m.-12:30 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, 8400 Blome Road,Greenhouse. Peter Schneider,noted Ohio rose expert, presentsin-depth look at roses and whychoosing the right rose for yourgarden zone is so important.$10. Reservations required.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org. Indian Hill.

Music - AcousticAcoustik Buca, 7:30 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, 247-9933.Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyTom Rhodes, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $10-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterOver the River and Throughthe Woods, 8 p.m., WaltonCreek Theater, 4101 WaltonCreek Road, Warm, familycomedy by Joe DiPietro anddirected by Ginny Weil. Nick, anItalian-American boy from NewJersey, wants to follow hisdream and move to Seattle, faraway from his beloved, butannoying, grandparents andtheir routine Sunday dinners.But both sets of grandparentsscheme to keep him from mov-ing, using the lovely, and single,Caitlin O’Hare as bait. $17.Presented by Mariemont PlayersInc. Through May 20. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.Columbia Township.

RecreationPickup Basketball, 10:30 a.m.-noon, TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, 6200 PfeifferRoad, Men and women ages 25and up. $15, free members.Through Dec. 28. 985-0900;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

Zumbathon, 6:30-9 p.m., Syca-more High School, 7400 CornellRoad, No dance skills necessary.Information about Relay for Lifeprovided. Family friendly. Bene-fits American Cancer Society. $7.Presented by Team ‘I Wish … ’for Montgomery Area Relay for

Life. 686-1770; main.acsev-ents.org/goto/wewish. Montgo-mery.

Special EventsTeen Driving Safety Clinic, 4-7p.m., Cincinnati MINI, 6131Stewart Road, Stephen Gre-goire, seven-time Indy 500driver, leads a team of racecaredrives with teens around adistraction course. Ages 16-20.Free. Registration required.527-3924; www.cincinnatimi-ni.com/. Silverton.

SATURDAY, MAY 5Art ExhibitsBlossom II: Art of Flowers,Noon-5 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, Free. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

The Colors of Spring, Noon-4p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Queen City Art Club’s newexhibit. Free. Through May 13.272-3700; www.womansartclub-.com. Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesHealthy Cooking Classes,Noon-1:30 p.m., Peachy’s HealthSmart, 7400 Montgomery Road,Peachy Seiden discusses nutri-tion and health while preparingtwo delicious, simple and easymeals. Ages 18 and up. $30.Registration required. ThroughDec. 8. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

EducationCharity Coupon Class withMoney Saving Amanda,2-3:30 p.m., Hazelwood Commu-nity Center, 11090 Oak Ave.,Learn to save money on yourgrocery bill and help homelessanimals at the same time. WithAmanda Ostrowski, couponingexpert. Benefits LuvfurmuttsAnimal Rescue. $15, $10 ad-vance, $5 seniors. Presented byLuvfurmutts Animal Rescue.851-0113; www.luvfurmutts.com.Blue Ash.

Exercise ClassesTRX Bootcamp, 9:15-10:15 a.m.,TriHealth Fitness and HealthPavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Designed for the intermediateto advanced exerciser. Totalbody workout, bootcamp style.$6-$15. Registration required.985-0900; www.trihealthpavil-ion.com. Montgomery.

ExhibitsExploring History ThroughTextiles, 1-4:30 p.m., GreaterLoveland Historical SocietyMuseum, 201 Riverside Drive,Quilts on display on loan andfrom GLHSM collection. 683-5692; www.lovelandmuseu-m.org. Loveland.

Health / WellnessDiabetes Conversation MapsSessions, 10 a.m.-noon, LisaLarkin, M.D. & Associates, 4460Red Bank Road, Suite 100,Theme: Diabetes and HealthyEating. Small group discussionsof Type 2 diabetes led by JanKellogg, certified diabeteseducator. $30 for four sessions;$10 per session. Presented byLisa Larkin, M.D. & Associates.271-5111. Madisonville.

Face Facts for Mothers andDaughters, 9:30-10:30 a.m.,TriHealth Fitness and HealthPavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Concludes May 12. Kim Sullivanfrom Pevonia Skin Care focuseson hormonal breakouts for bothteen and adult skin. $50. Regis-tration required. 985-0900;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

Home & GardenPerennial Plant Sale and FleaMarket, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St.Andrew Church, 552 Main St.,Assortment of inexpensiveperennials and bulbs. Craftitems, dishes, collectibles, an-tiques, unique items and more.Benefits St. Andrew Church.Free. Presented by St. AndrewChurch-Milford. 831-3353.Milford.

Music - ConcertsMusic at Ascension ChamberConcert Series, 7 p.m., Ascen-sion Lutheran Church, 7333Pfeiffer Road, Free, donationsaccepted. 793-3288. Montgo-mery.

Music - R&BMetro City All Stars, 7:30 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 11320Montgomery Road, Free. 247-9933; deshas.com/cincinnati.Montgomery.

Music - RockHogwild, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.,Silverton Cafe, 7201 Montgo-mery Road, Free. 791-2922.Silverton.

On Stage - ComedyTom Rhodes, 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $10-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterOver the River and Throughthe Woods, 8 p.m., WaltonCreek Theater, $17. 684-1236;www.mariemontplayers.com.Columbia Township.

RecreationYoung Professionals OpenGym, 7-10 p.m., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, $15.985-0900. Montgomery.

SUNDAY, MAY 6Art ExhibitsBlossom II: Art of Flowers,Noon-5 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, Free. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

The Colors of Spring, 2-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Art OpeningsThe Colors of Spring, 2-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Queen City Art Club’s newexhibit. Exhibit continuesthrough May 13. Free. 272-3700.Mariemont.

EducationTeen Make-Up and Skin CareWorkshop, 10 a.m.-noon,Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Free lip gloss with $50 purchaseof Glo Minerals make-up. Forages 13 and up. $30, $25 mem-bers. Registration required.761-7500; www.jointhej.org.Amberley Village.

Intergenerational Mother’sDay Writing Workshop, 1-4p.m., Women Writing for aChange, 6906 Plainfield Road,Upstairs. Women and girls of allages celebrate the ever-evolvingrelationships between mothers

and daughters. Writing skills notrequired. Light refreshmentsserved. Family friendly. $20.Presented by Women Writingfor a Change Foundation.272-1171; www.womenwri-ting.org. Silverton.

ExhibitsExploring History ThroughTextiles, 1-4:30 p.m., GreaterLoveland Historical SocietyMuseum, 683-5692; www.love-landmuseum.org. Loveland.

Home & GardenMiami Hills Garden ClubPerennial Plant Sale, 11 a.m.-5p.m., Downtown Madeira,Miami Avenue, In front ofStarbucks on Dawson Road. Partof Madeira Art Fair. Plant dona-tions after 8:30 a.m. Presentedby Miami Hills Garden Club.984-8530. Madeira.

On Stage - ComedyTom Rhodes, 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, $10-$14. 984-9288;www.gobananascomedy.com.Montgomery.


River Rat and Cat, 1-2 p.m.,Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Playhouse Off the Hill. Comedyabout friendship and coopera-tion. River Rat and Cat learnthey don’t need to be the sameor even like the same things inorder to be good friends. Free.Presented by Playhouse in thePark. 761-7500; www.jointhe-j.org. Amberley Village.


MONDAY, MAY 7Health / WellnessMindfulness-Based StressManagement, 6-8 p.m. Weeklythrough June 18., TriHealthFitness and Health Pavilion, 6200Pfeiffer Road, Learn and practicemindfulness, being aware andaccepting of what is happening

right now. $400-$450, may becovered by insurance along withco-payment. Registration re-quired. 985-0900; www.tri-healthpavilion.com. Montgo-mery.

Karaoke and Open MicAcoustic Open Mic, 7-10 p.m.,Shady O’Grady’s Pub, 9443Loveland-Madeira Road, Hostedby Bob Cushing. 791-2753.Symmes Township.

RecreationPickup Basketball, 10:30 a.m.-noon, TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, $15, free mem-bers. 985-0900; www.trihealth-pavilion.com. Montgomery.

TUESDAY, MAY 8Art ExhibitsThe Colors of Spring, 9 a.m.-2p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Farmers MarketLoveland Farmers’ Market, 3-7p.m., Loveland Station, W.Loveland Avenue, E. Broadwayand Second Streets, Located atLoveland Station parking area:Route 48 and W. Loveland Ave.Presented by Loveland Farmers’Market. Through Oct. 30. 683-0491; www.lovelandfm.com.Loveland.

Health / WellnessEating for Health, 10-11 a.m.,TriHealth Fitness and HealthPavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Road,Nutrition class highlightinghealthy nutrition principles.Topics include nutrition mini-course, truth about whole foodsor nutrition for women. WithKathy Haugen, registereddietitian. $10, free for members.Registration required. 985-0900;www.trihealthpavilion.com.Montgomery.

Parenting ClassesMore Signing, Less Whining,6:45 p.m., Bethesda NorthHospital, 10500 MontgomeryRoad, Includes pre-verbal com-munication, earlier speechdevelopment, enhanced intel-lectual development, pictorialdictionary and Signing SafariCD. $45 per couple. Registrationrequired. Presented by SigningSafari, LLC. 475-4500; www.sig-ningsafari.com. Montgomery.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 9Art ExhibitsThe Colors of Spring, 9 a.m.-2p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Cooking ClassesKid’s Healthy Cooking Classes,4-6 p.m., Peachy’s Health Smart,7400 Montgomery Road, PeachySeiden, registered dietitian andnutrition science instructor,teaches children to be morehealth conscious by encouragingthem to make healthy foodchoices and teaching them howto prepare and cook nutrient-dense meals. Ages 11-14. $40.Registration required. ThroughDec. 5. 315-3943; www.pea-chyshealthsmart.com. Silverton.

EducationThe Art of Alchemy: Discoverthe Wizard Inside You, 6-9p.m., Whole Care Chiropractic,4434 Carver Woods Drive,Second Wednesdays throughAug. 8. Experiential mastermindgroup designed to ignite per-sonal transformation throughart of alchemy. Must attend allsessions. Topics: Living Backwardin Time, Manifest Your Destiny,Quest for Holy Grail, Living theMystery. For women only. $35.Reservations required. Present-ed by Whole Living Journal.489-9515; www.wholeliving-journal.com/custom/events.html.Blue Ash.

Health / WellnessWalking the Dinosaur: Sup-port for Kids, Teens andFamilies, 6:30-8 p.m., CancerSupport Community, 4918Cooper Road, Four-week profes-sionally facilitated program forschool-age children with parentor grandparent dealing withcancer. Adults also network withother parents dealing withcancer. Free. Reservations re-

quired. 791-4060; www.cancer-supportcincinnati.org. Blue Ash.

RecreationPickup Basketball, 10:30 a.m.-noon, TriHealth Fitness andHealth Pavilion, $15, free mem-bers. 985-0900; www.trihealth-pavilion.com. Montgomery.

THURSDAY, MAY 10Art ExhibitsThe Colors of Spring, 9 a.m.-2p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

BenefitsLeague for Animal WelfareBenefit, 4-8 p.m., Little Red GiftShop, 7925 Remington Road,Book signing of Cincinnati andSoup books, snacks, wine,shopping discounts and raffle.Benefits The League for AnimalWelfare. Free. 891-5111. Mont-gomery.

Health / WellnessFoot and Ankle Screening,9:30-11:30 a.m., Cincinnati SportsClub, 3950 Red Bank Road,Complimentary screening withbrief history and exam designedto troubleshoot and modifyactivities and exercise programs.Family friendly. Free. Reserva-tions required. Presented byChrist Hospital Physical Therapy.527-4000; www.cincinnatisport-sclub.com. Fairfax.

Home & GardenFrom Garden to Kitchen, 1-2:30p.m., Greenacres Arts Center,8400 Blome Road, Greenhouse.Ron Wilson, gardening expert,and Rita Heikenfeld, certifiedherbalist, lead open-formattedsession and talk about timelytips, container gardening,gardening with herbs and more.$10. Reservations required.Presented by Greenacres Foun-dation. 891-4227; www.green-acres.org. Indian Hill.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 9 p.m., Tap House Grill,891-8277. Sycamore Township.

Literary - LibrariesGold Star Chilimobile, 4-7p.m., Symmes Township BranchLibrary, 11850 Enyart Road,Register for Summer ReadingProgram and receive free coney.Free. Presented by Public Libraryof Cincinnati & Hamilton Coun-ty. 369-6001. Symmes Township.

On Stage - ComedyRoy Wood Jr., 8 p.m., Go Ba-nanas, 8410 Market Place,Special engagement. No cou-pons or passes accepted. $10-$15. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.



Family Field Day, 6-8 p.m.,Mayerson JCC, 8485 Ridge Road,Celebrate Jewish holiday of LagB’Omer with bonfire, cookoutand games for all. Family friend-ly. Free. 761-7500; www.jointhe-j.org. Amberley Village.

FRIDAY, MAY 11Art ExhibitsBlossom II: Art of Flowers,Noon-5 p.m., Greenacres ArtsCenter, Free. 891-4227;www.green-acres.org. IndianHill.

The Colors of Spring, 9 a.m.-2p.m., Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700;www.womansartclub.com.Mariemont.

Music - AcousticAcoustik Buca, 7:30 p.m.,deSha’s American Tavern, 247-9933. Montgomery.

On Stage - ComedyRoy Wood Jr., 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., Go Bananas, $10-$15.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.


THINGS TO DO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Volunteer chef Josh Fried works the grill at a previous LagB'Omer celebration. The Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer willbe celebrated with a traditional picnic outing courtesy ofChabad Jewish Center, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, atBlue Ash Elementary, 9541 Plainfield Road, Blue Ash. Cost is$9 per person advanced reservation by May 3, or $13 perperson after May 3. Family sponsorships are available for$180. The event features a delicious barbeque (vegetarianavailable with prior request), plus fun entertainment for allages including giant inflatables, climbing equipment,basketball and tetherball courts. The highlight of the eventwill be souvenir caricatures drawn by the hilarious TwoHanded Mikey. There will also be a free raffle for tickets toa Reds game. For more information, call 793-5200, or visitwww.chabadba.com. THANKS TO RABBI BEREL COHEN

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You don’t have to liveon the south side of theOhio River to know thefirst Saturday in May isKentucky Derby Day.

Some of the fastesthorses in the world com-pete in the famous racefor the distinction ofwearing a necklace ofroses. It’s also a big party

day – coun-try ham,fried ap-ples, bis-cuits,spoonbread,green sal-ad, freshmint julepsand lemon-ade withmint.

Legendary HotBrown

From the Brown Hotelin Louisville. This is thereal deal – I called thehotel and verified therecipe. The photo is fromthe restaurant. Theywere so accommodating.I don’t know if I can waituntil Derby Day to makethis. The notes in paren-theses are mine.

Ingredients (makestwo hot browns):

2 oz. butter (¼ cup)2 oz. all-purpose flour (½

cup)1 qt. heavy cream (I’d use

whipping cream)½ cup pecorino Romano

cheese, plus 1 tbsp. forgarnish

Salt and pepper to taste14 oz. sliced roasted turkey

breast2 slices of Texas toast (crust

trimmed)4 slices of crispy bacon2 Roma tomatoes, sliced in

halfPaprika, parsley

In a two-quart sauce-pan, melt butter andslowly whisk in flouruntil combined and formsa thick paste (roux). Con-tinue to cook roux for twominutes over medium-low heat, stirring fre-quently. Whisk whippingcream into the roux andcook over medium heatuntil the cream begins tosimmer, about 2-3 min-utes. Remove sauce fromheat and slowly whisk inpecorino Romano cheeseuntil the Mornay sauce issmooth. Add salt andpepper to taste.

For each hot brown,place one slice of toast in

an oven-safe dish andcover with 7 ounces ofturkey. Take two halvesof Roma tomato and setthem alongside the baseof turkey and toast. Next,pour one half of the Mor-nay sauce to completelycover the dish. Sprinklewith additional pecorinoRomano cheese. Placeentire dish under a broil-er until cheese begins tobrown and bubble. Re-move from broiler, crosstwo pieces of crispy ba-con on top, sprinkle withpaprika and parsley, andserve immediately.

Mint julepsMake a simple syrup:

combine 1 cup water, 1

cup sugar and a generous1/2 cup roughly choppedspearmint leaves in apan. Bring to a boil andcook until sugar dis-solves. Let cool, thenstrain. Fill your frozengoblets (or even regularglasses, not frozen) withcrushed ice and pourabout 4 oz. bourbon and1/4 cup mint syrup ineach. Go to taste on this!Top each with a sprig ofmint and a straw whichhas been trimmed tobarely come up to the topof the cups.

Tip from Rita’skitchen

Spearmint or pepper-mint – which is best for

juleps?There’s always a de-

bate about this. Spear-mint is traditional, andsweeter than peppermint.Peppermint contains a lotof menthol, which makesit taste stronger. Pepper-mint is used in a lot ofmedicines and also intoothpastes, peppermintcandies and chewinggum. Spearmint is muchmilder in flavor and usedmore in the culinary area.It used to flavor chewinggum and candy.

Rita’s clone ofKentucky Derby pie

Authentic KentuckyDerby pie is a closelyguarded secret and even

the name is copyrighted.Probably my most-re-quested recipe this timeof year.

Start with an unbakedpie crust.

3 large eggs, roomtemperature

¾ cup sugar1 cup dark corn syrup½ stick butter, melted and

cooled1½ teaspoons vanillaUp to 1¼ cups chopped

pecans1 cup chocolate chips (tested

with Kroger’s Belgianchips)

Splash of bourbon (optionalbut good)

Preheat oven to 350degrees. Beat eggs andthen beat in sugar, cornsyrup, butter and vanilla.Stir in bourbon, nuts andchocolate. Bake about40-55 minutes or untilfilling is puffed and crustis golden. Cool and servewith whipped cream.Store in refrigerator.

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To register, parents andguardians must providetheir child’s current immu-nization records; officialbirth certificate/proof ofbirth; physician’s report;dental report; custody pa-pers (if applicable); proofof residence (mortgagedeed, rental/lease agree-ment); child care provid-er’s name, address andphone number (if applica-

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Come to the J on Thurs-day, May 10, from 6 p.m. to8 p.m. for free, family en-tertainment. The J is at8485 Ridge Road acrossfrom Ronald Reagan high-way.

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A look at upcoming eventsat the Sycamore Senior Center,4455 Carver Woods Drive inBlue Ash; 984-1234:

Root for the RedsSeveral Cincinnati Reds

games are on the menu forMay and June, and will con-tinue through the baseballseason. There are seniorcenter packages that includetransportation to and fromthe games, a lower level seatand a food and beveragecredit as part of the package.

This program provides aneasy way of attending ourReds games without the hassleof parking and walking to thestadium. Interested partiesmay contact Blake Williams at(513) 785-7974 for more in-formation.

Mother’s DayLuncheon

A Mothers Day celebrationwill be Friday, May 11, featur-ing a special menu and mu-sical entertainment by DaleChambers on classical guitarwith versions of ’30s and ’40sclassics. For reservations, call984-1234 by May 4.

Health screeningsand other vitalissues

There are great opportuni-ties to have free informationalscreenings for common prob-lems that affect the seniorpopulation.

» The Cincinnati Eye In-stitute’s Hearing Servicesdivision will provide freehearing screenings Friday,May 11, by appointment only.There will be a brief presenta-tion and a simple and painlesstest can be administered injust a few minutes..

CEI will also conduct freeeye screenings with informa-tion about cataracts, glauco-ma and macular degenerationon Wednesday, June 20. Theevaluation takes about 15minutes and does not requiredilation.

» The Tri-State Sleep Dis-orders Centers will be dis-cussing symptoms and implica-tions of sleep disordersWednesday, June 6, and willalso explain Medicare’s role inthe cost of these procedures.

Please call 984-1234 to signup for these and other healthoriented programs at theSycamore Senior Center.

Computer andtechnologyeducationalprograms

The computer tutors con-tinue the on-going schedulefor seniors wishing to enhancetheir computer knowledge.

Classes for beginners in-clude instruction on computerbasics using proper tech-niques.

The instructors are quitepatient with novice users andare anxious to prepare eachstudent for further access to

the Internet and email as wellas advanced subjects such aspublishing newsletters, usingspreadsheets for budgets andhome inventories, and prepar-ing presentations to performbefore groups.

There are also sessions toprovide problem solving fornew users of mobile technol-ogy including cell phones, GPSunits, digital cameras andlaptop and notebook comput-ers.

For more information,please call Kathy Timm, SSCactivities director, at 686-1010or the welcome desk at 984-1234.

Evening bingoA BBQ grill out before the

bingo game on Wednesday,May 16, will initiate the sum-mer evening bingo series atthe Sycamore Senior Center.Serving will begin at 4 p.m.and the bingo begins at 5:30p.m. Evening Bingo is held onthe third Wednesday of eachsummer month. On Wednes-day, June 20, the pre-gamegrill out will be burgers, bratsand metts. All individuals orgroups are welcome to attendevening bingo.

Veterans luncheonsArmed Forces veterans,

their widows and familiescontinue to meet for lun-cheons on the last Friday ofeach month, assemblingtogether for fun, fellowship,food and sharing. The guestpresenter for May 25 is CyndieStayton and her program is“Name that Tune.” The June29 program will feature TheScott Kelly Family.

Reservations can be madeby calling Sgt. Homer Wilsonat 745-0617 or Jackie Phillipsat 984-1203 no later than one

week before each luncheon.The Veterans’ Luncheons areheld on the last Friday of eachmonth with a featured speak-er or entertainer.

Sycamore CenterArt Show

All art lovers are cordiallyinvited to attend the CenterArtists 2012 Annual Art Showon display from June 13through June 21 with a grandopening June 14. Members ofthe Sycamore Senior CenterArtists Group created all theworks and they are for sale atthe end of the show.

For more information,please call Rose Parker at931-7305 or Kathy Timm,Sycamore Senior Center activ-ities director, at 686-1010.

”Drawing Only” or ” Drawor Paint” Art Classes are alsoavailable at the Center. Moreinformation is available bycalling Myrtle at 561-4498.

Get involvedResidents in surrounding

communities are always en-couraged to become membersand partake in the ongoingeducational, recreational andhealth support opportunitiesand outstanding volunteerexperiences available at theSycamore Senior Center, at4455 Carver Woods Drive inBlue Ash.

Call 513-984-1234 for apersonal tour or for furtherinformation on the Center’sactivities.

Groups or companies whoare interested in sponsoring aSycamore Senior Center eventmay call Joshua Howard,center director, at 686-1004 orKathy Timm, activities director,at 686-1010, to request a copyof the Corporate SponsorshipOpportunities brochure.

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On May 10, the Jewishholiday of Lag B’Omerwill be celebrated with atraditional picnic outing,hosted by Chabad JewishCenter.

This year’s Lag B’Om-er picnic will be at BlueAsh Elementary Schoolon Plainfield Road. Thespacious venue providesplenty of outdoor spacefor both adults and chil-dren to enjoy together, aswell as an indoor option inthe event of rain.

The event features adelicious barbeque (vege-tarian available with pri-or request), plus fun en-tertainment for all agesincluding giant inflat-ables, climbing equip-ment, basketball and teth-erball courts. The high-light of the event will besouvenir caricaturesdrawn by the hilariousTwo-Handed Mikey.There will also be a rafflefor tickets to a Redsgame.

Two Handed Mikey hascompeted in the NationalCaricaturist Networkwhere he has won awardsas “Most Humorous” sev-en years in a row. He is theonly caricature artist whodraws with both hands atthe same time to createfabulously funny, one of akind, professional carica-ture art.

Families who have par-ticipated in past LagB’Omer barbeques arebuzzing about this event.

“The BMX bikers at

last year’s Lag B’Omerfestival were amazing!Our whole family enjoyedthe show. This year ourkids are looking forwardto the inflatables and car-icatures,” said StefanieJaffe of Blue Ash.

Adds Paul Goldstone ofKenwood, “We loved theChabad Lag B’Omer festi-val last year! Our boysstill talk about the awe-some BMX tricks, and ouryoungest is hooked on car-ob pods ever since Mrs.Lifshitz was passing themout. We can’t wait to at-tend again this year and

check out the two handedcaricature artist!”

“Lag B’Omer is a holi-day that celebrates Jew-ish unity, and this cookoutis an opportune time forJewish members of thegreater Cincinnati com-munity to come togetherand celebrate. Every Jew,regardless of age, affili-ation or background, is in-vited to join,” says RabbiCohen, youth and familyprogram director of Cha-bad Jewish Center.

Lag B’Omer, which thisyear occurs Thursday,May 10, commemorates

the cessation of a tragicplague that occurred over2,000 years ago during theweeks following the Jew-ish holiday of Passover,wiping out 24,000 disci-ples of the great Talmudicsage Rabbi Akiva. Thesages teach that theplague was brought about

as a result of the students’lack of respect towardone another. The plagueceased on Lag B’Omer, soon this day Jews get to-gether and emphasize un-conditional love and re-spect of one’s fellow, who-ever they may be.

This day also marksthe passing of the greatsage and mystic RabbiShimon bar Yochai, who isattributed as the author ofthe Zohar, the foundation-al book of Kabalah.

On the day of his pass-ing, Rabbi Shimon in-structed his disciples tomark the date as “the day

of my joy.” Each LagB’Omer Rabbi Shimon’slife is celebrated, and histeachings continue to thisday to be an inspiration tothe Jewish People.

The event will be at5:30 p.m. Thursday, May10, at the Blue Ash Ele-mentary, 9541 PlainfieldRoad. Admission is $9 perperson advance reserva-tion by May 3, $13 per per-son after May 3, $180 fam-ily sponsorship.

For more information,call Rabbi Cohen at (513)793-5200 or visitwww.ChabadBA.com.

Caricatures by ‘Two-HandedMikey’ at annual community BBQ

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Visitors check out The Bug Man's strange creatures at aprevious year's barbeque. PROVIDED


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The Israel Center ofthe Jewish Federation ofCincinnati is partneringwith Rockwern Academyand Cincinnati HebrewDay School to host a pres-entation by Gil Cohen-Ma-gen based on his book“Hassidic Courts,” a one-of-a-kind collection ofphotographs about the in-terior lives of Hassidic

Jews in Israel. The eventwill take place at Rockw-ern Academy at 7 p.m.Thursday, May 3.

The presentation –which has toured through-out Israel and the U.S., in-cluding in Chicago, NewYork, San Diego and St.Louis – is the result of anine-year project by Co-hen-Magen, a photojour-

nalist whose photographshave graced the frontpages of some of theworld’s leading newspa-pers and magazines.

A graduate of the Ha-dassah College of Jerusa-lem's photography pro-gram, Cohen-Magenspent 10 years workingwith the news agencyReuters. Since 2001, he

has been working on a se-ries of photo essays on theHassidic Jewish commu-nities in Israel. He hasbeen given exclusive ac-cess to observe and photo-graph the religious andcultural rites of theseunique communities, cer-emonies that have neverbefore been photo-graphed or shown to theoutside world.

In his book, Cohen-Ma-gen describes his journeyand his understandings,“The spiritual magic re-vealed to me in Jerusa-lem’s Hassidic world cap-tivated me, and I decidedto explore it independent-ly. I succeeded in gainingaccess to the most closedand orthodox of the Has-sidic courts, including theanti-Zionists, and was fas-cinated by what I saw.”

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man, principal of Cincin-nati Hebrew Day School,said, "The Hassidic Courtspresentation will hopeful-ly provide us all with theopportunity to examinethe beautiful – if not oftenmisunderstood – world oftraditional Judaism."

Etti Scheier, coordina-tor of Jewish outreach andprogramming at Rockw-ern Academy, agrees, “Asa Jewish day school, we al-ways look to enhance oureducation about Israel.This presentation willprovide first-hand experi-ence for our entire com-munity into this uniquecomponent of life in Isra-el.”

Yair Cohen, communi-ty shaliach (emissary)from Israel, responds toCohen-Magen’s photo-graphs, “This presenta-tion shows the beauty of

dialogue and teaches usthat despite our differ-ences, we (the Haredi andthe secular) need to striveto understand one anoth-er. This is the responsibil-ity of not only all Israelis,but also Jews throughoutthe Diaspora.”

Cohen said, “I’m excit-ed that our two Jewish dayschools have collaboratedto bring this presentationto Cincinnati, because thebest way to unite our com-munity is to teach our chil-dren about the beauty ofthe differences in ourJewish heritage, religionand culture and the needto work together.”

The presentation isfree and open to the pub-lic. For more information,visit jewishcincin-nati.org/israel or call(513) 985-1500.

Photographer ofHassidic communities inIsrael visits Cincinnati

Gil Cohen Magdan's photo of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men harvest wheat near the Israelitown near Modiin. PROVIDED

The Cincinnati Play-house in the Park’s pro-duction of “River Rat andCat,” by playwright YYork, will perform at theMayerson JCC, 8485Ridge Road, at 1 p.m. Sun-day, May 6. This free showis open to the public and isrecommended for chil-dren ages 5 and older.

“River Rat and Cat” is ahilarious comedy aboutfriendship and coopera-tion. River Rat and Catlearn that they don’t needto be the same or even likethe same things in order tobe good friends.

Margaret Ivey (RiverRat), Aram Monisoff (Cat)and Katherine Leigh (Dale

Beaver) from the Play-house’s Bruce E. Coyle In-tern Company will appearin River Rat and Cat, withMark Lutwak directing.

Off the Hill is madepossible by The Robertand Adele Schiff FamilyFoundation. ArtsWavePresents,a programbringing musicians, danc-ers, actors and artistsfrom Cincinnati’s arts or-ganizations into neighbor-hoods for public perfor-mances, also providessupport.

For more informationabout River Rat and Cat,call the JCC at (513) 761-7500 or visit www.Jointhe-J.org.

Playhouse in thePark’s ‘RiverRat and Cat’ atJCC May 6

Shircliff named toTriHealth board

Symmes Township resi-dent and former U.S. Bankexecutive Wayne Shircliffis the newest member ofthe TriHealth Board ofTrustees.

Shircliff retired fromU.S. Bank in 2007 after a 36-year career in banking. Hewas executive vice presi-dent and regional chair-man with responsibility forCommercial banking inOhio, Kentucky and Ten-nessee. He remains an ad-visory director for U.S.Bank, a unit of Minneapo-lis-based U.S. Bancorp.

In addition to serving onthe TriHealth Board, healso serves on the boards ofMount St. Joseph and TPCRiver’s Bend. Shircliff isalso an assistant golf coachat St. Xavier High School.

Post elected to BoysHope Girls Hopeboard

Montgomery residentLawrence M. Post has beenelected to Boys Hope GirlsHope Cincinnati’s board ofdirectors.

As vice president andteam director at PNCWealth Management, Postoversees the client’s teamof wealth management pro-fessionals, striving toachieve the highest levelsof client satisfaction. Priorto joining PNC WealthManagement in 2005, Lar-ry was a partner in a CPAfirm in the Boston. His ser-vice to the community hasincluded serving on twogovernmental boards inMassachusetts, a financecommittee and schoolboard; and volunteeringeach year for the AvonWalk for Breast Cancer.

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Albert O. ThieleAlbert O. Thiele, 86, of Mont-

gomery died April 18.Survived by wife Erika Thiele;

children Harold(Susan), HeidiThiele; grand-sons Nicholas(Angela),Andrew Thiele;great-grand-daughterKristen.

Services wereApril 26 at Good ShepherdLutheran Church. Arrangementsby Craver-Riggs Funeral Home.Memorials to: Hospice of Cincin-nati, P.O. Box 633597, Cincinnati,

OH 45263 or the Sycamore SeniorCenter, 4455 Carver Woods Drive,Blue Ash, OH 45242.

Marvin DonaldThomas

Marvin Donald Thomas, 70,died April 20. He worked inpharmaceutical sales.

Survived by children Molly(Michael) Feldhaus, Matthew(Kristin) Thomas; four grand-children.

Services were April 30 at GoodShephard Church. Arrangementsby Radel Funeral Home. Memori-als to: Meadow Brook CareCenter, 8211 Weller Road, Cincin-nati, OH 45242.

DEATHS

Thiele

BLUE ASHArrests/citationsAngela Thompson, 33, 4983Twinbrook Court, domesticviolence (phyical harm) at 4983Twinbrook Court, April 18.

Juvenile, 16, domestic violence(phyical harm) at 10104 Ken-wood Road, April 23.

Charles A. Staton, 48, 3631Lewis Road, petty theft at 4150Hunt Road, April 20.

Juvenile, 18, drug possession atCooper Road at Reed HartmanHighway, April 17.

Elliott O. Borack, 20, 4001Sharon Park Lane, drug pos-session at Cooper Road at ReedHartman Highway, April 18.

Nina K. Gans, 27, 3817 Watter-son Road, possession or use ofa controlled substance at 11090Oak Ave., April 19.

Jaleel A. Tolbert, 32, 8236Meeting Road, possession oruse of a controlled substanceat Reed Hartman Highway andCreek Road, April 19.

Joseph R. Brodbeck, 26, 4023Limerick, drug paraphernaliaat Reed Hartman Highway andCreek Road, April 19.

Dennis C. Sargent, 26, 606Millvale Ave., drug parapher-nalia at 4550 Glendale-MilfordRoad, April 21.

Michael E. Marchan, 20, 840Jackies Drive, possession or useof a controlled substance at4550 Glendale-Milford Road,April 21.

Matthew J. Peterson, 30, 8801Plainfield Road, possessiondrug paraphernalia, drugpossession at Cooper Road atReed Hartman Highway, April22.

Travis W. Baker, 29, 9615 WilsonApartment A201, domesticviolence (phyical harm) at 4775Cornell Road, April 19.

Incidents/investigationsPetty theftA man said someone took aFiberglas hood, value $230,from Liberty Fiberglas at 4610Carlyn Drive, April 23.

TelecommunicationsharassmentAt 3515 Lobelia Drive, April 17.TheftA man said someone took acomputer disk, value $1; aSamsung cellular phone, value$300; a Blackberry cell phone,value $1,200, and a Blackberrycell phone, value $400, fromCoca Cola at 10151 Carver Roadapartment 5, April 19.

A woman said someone tookKey Bank checks from Blue AshRecreation Center at 4433Cooper Road, April 18.

MONTGOMERYArrests/citationsJames Williams Jr., 53, 1194Towne St. No. 3, possession ofdrugs, drug abuse instrumentsat 10500 Montgomery Road,April 19.

Raymond L. Poteat Jr., 31, 8206Pinecrest Drive, disorderlyconduct, obstruction of officialbusiness at 9390 MontgomeryRoad, April 8.

Adam E. Bohl, 18, 7577 Maple-leaf Drive, possession of drugs

at Montgomery Road, April 6.Sarina N. Sowder, 18, 6667 BrayRoad, possession of drugs atMontgomery Road, April 6.

Juvenile, 17, possession of drugsat Montgomery Road, April 6.

Mathew S. Haunert, 19, 101Brandenburg Drive, offensesinvolving underage persons atSouthwind Drive, April 11.

Logan J. Newman, 22, 10243Hightower Court, possession ofdrugs, drug paraphernalia atSouthwind Drive, April 11.

Patrick R. Costello, 22, 9259Village Green Drive, disorderlyconduct at 9390 MontgomeryRoad, April 12.

William A. Castrucci, 23, 3513W. Ohio 22/3 No. 10, possessionof drugs, drug paraphernaliaat Radabaugh Drive, April 13.

Carolyn S. Bolton, 41, 3712Trenton Court, possession ofdrugs, drug abuse instruments,theft at 10500 MontgomeryRoad, April 13.

Gregory A. Leszczuk, 40, 6625Drake Road, driving whileunder the influence at CooperRoad, April 13.

Alexis S. Gregory, 20, 4128Hoffman Ave,, possession ofdrugs, drug paraphernalia atRemington Road, April 16.

Timothy T. Akers, 45, 826 Wash-ington St., possession of drugsat Wetsbound Interstate 75,April 16.

Michael V. Price, 34, 1059 U.S.52, possession of drugs atWestbound Interstate 275,April 16.

Joseph Cione, 22, 7532 EastonCourt, drug abuse instruments,disorderly conduct at 10500Montgomery Road, April 17.

Incidents/investigationsAssaultAt 10014 Zig Zag Road, April 15.Attempt, forgery-copy, notgenuine, identityfraud-obtain, possessAt 8201 Weller Road, April 12.BurglaryAt 8676 Arcturus Drive, April 16.Burglary/breaking andenteringA man said someone took anxBox 360 game console, value$150, and $500 worth ofgames at 11279 Grandon RidgeCircle, April 9.

Domestic violenceAt 8918 Terwilleger’s Trail, April20.

Identity fraudAt 10724 Adventure Lane, April16.

At 9891 Montgomery Road,April 6.

Lost/found propertyA small baggie of marijuanawas found on the floor of themain lobby at Sycamore HighSchool at 7400 Cornell Road,

April 9.A pink and yellow makeup bagwith a marijuana pipe insidewas found at Sycamore HighSchool at 7400 Cornell Road,April 11.

MiscellaneousSomeone damaged a 2006Cadillac parked in the rear ofMontgomery Inn at Montgo-mery Road, April 22.

Person injured/sickAt 7889 Montgomery Road,April 20.

TheftA man said someone took abicycle, value $230 at 9796Delray Drive, April 22.

A woman said someone usedtwo of her debit card accountnumbers at 7741 Pfeiffer Road,April 20.

Someone took 20 vehicle airbag units, value $15,000, fromColumbia Chevrolet at 9754Montgomery Road, April 23.

A man said someone took acatalytic converter, value $500,from a vehicle and damagedthe vehicle, $200 damage at9572 Montgomery Road, April13.

SYCAMORE TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsShawney Ward, 19, 5570 FoxRoad, theft at 7875 Montgo-mery Road, April 11.

Michael Pritchett, 18, 4123 W.Liberty St., theft at 8507 Mont-gomery Road, April 13.

Benjamin Smith, 30, 3563Alaska Ave., drug possession at8001 Reading Road, April 15.

Matthew Mattstedt, 43, 8518Darnell Ave., assault at 8513Darnell Ave., April 15.

Deandre Barnes, 22, 1718 DaleRoad, theft at 7875 Montgo-mery Road, April 14.

Lynette Deatch, 50, 1313 DallasAve., theft at 7913 Montgo-mery Road, April 14.

Juvenile female, 17, domesticviolence at 12152 Cedar BreakLane, April 14.

Soraya Bivira, 29, 3307 PleasantView Drive, theft at 7875Montgomery Road, April 13.

Incidents/investigationsBurglaryResidence entered at 11933Britesilks Lane, April 17.

Misuse of credit cardsReported at 4053 Belfast Ave.,April 16.

TheftRemotes, currency and glassesof unknown value removed at7633 Montgomery Road, April15.

Catalytic converter of unknownvalue removed at 585 E. Gal-braith Road, April 19.

Laptop, cell phone headphones

valued at $1,260 removed at7800 Montgomery Road, April17.

Clothing of unknown valueremoved at 7801 MontgomeryRoad, April 17.

SYMMES TOWNSHIPArrests/citationsJohn Stacy, 23, 114 SouthernAve., theft at 9201 Fields ErtelRoad, April 14.

Brandon Hatfield, 24, 8650Totempole, domestic violenceat 8650 Totempole Drive, April14.

Elizabeth Perry, 28, 12000Mason Way, criminal damag-ing at 12000 Mason Way Court,April 15.

Incidents/investigationsAggravated robberyVictim threatened and $160 andcell phone removed at 12090Mason Road, April 13.

Criminal damagingReported at 8882 HumphreyStreet, April 13.

TheftCigarettes valued at $17 re-moved at 12006 MontgomeryRoad, April 10.

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:» Blue Ash, Chief Chris Wallace, 745-8573» Montgomery, Chief Don Simpson, 985-1600» Sycamore Township, Lt. Dan Reid, 792-7254» Symmes Township, Lt. Tom Butler, 774-6351 or 683-3444


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Ascension LutheranChurchPastor Josh is leading a Sundaymorning adult forum series onselected articles from “TheLutheran” monthly publication.The six weeks’ series includestopics such as “Sabbath,” “TenTrends to Watch” and “Bless-ings or Privileges” and willconclude on Sunday, May 27.Visitors are welcome to join thegroup for the 9:45 a.m. forum.

The church is participating in theFeinstein Challenge to fighthunger. Donated food andmoney given to the Challengewill help raise money for anti-hunger agencies, including thelocal Northeast EmergencyDistribution Services.

The Women’s Bible Study is

studying the Book of Samuel.The eight-week study is a partof the Book of Faith Series. Thewomen meet on Wednesdays9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Childcareis provided and guests arewelcome.

Sunday worship services are at8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. withprograms for all ages at 9:45a.m.

The church is at 7333 PfeifferRoad, Montgomery; 793-3288,www.ascensionlutheran-

church.com.

Blue AshPresbyterianThe church will have its annualindoor Yard and Perennial Sale,from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday,May 11, and Saturday, May 12.

The Half Price Sale will be 1p.m. Saturday, May 12. Theyhave many items to choosefrom.

The church is at 4309 CooperRoad, Blue Ash; 791-1153.

Brecon UnitedMethodist ChurchThe church offers worshipservices on Sundays at 8:30 a.m.and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School isat 9:30 a.m. Sundays.

Samaritan Closet hours are 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thurs-day and Saturday. SamaritanCloset offers clothing and foodto people with demonstratedneeds. Bread from Panera isavailable on Thursdays andSaturdays. The Samaritan Closetis next to the church.

The church is at 7388 E. KemperRoad, Sycamore Township;489-7021.

Church of God ofProphecyThe church hosts Sunday Schoolat 10 a.m. and worship is at 11a.m. Sundays. Bible Study is at 7p.m. Wednesdays.

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

Church of theSaviour UnitedMethodistSummer children’s weekdayprogram is 9 a.m. to noonTuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays. Register online atwww.cos-umc.org.

Register for vacation Bibleschool at www.cos-umc.org.Morning VBS is 9:30 a.m. tonoon, June 25-29; and eveningVBS is 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug.6-10.

The rummage sale is comingfrom 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,May 31, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.June 1.

Making Love Last a Lifetimesmall group study begins at 7p.m. Tuesday, May 22 and lastseight weeks. Register online atwww.cos-umc.org.

The annual craft show is recruit-ing vendors to buy space at theshow. Register at www.cos-u.c.org/craftshow.htm.

The church is at 8005 Pfeiffer

Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242(791-3142 andwww.cos-umc.org).

Creek Road BaptistChurchThe church is sponsoring aNational Day of Prayer event at7 p.m. Thursday, May 3, atSharonville Community Center,10990 Thornviedw Drive. Joinus as we lift up the community,state and nationin prayer. Thechurch will pray for businessleaders, fire, police, state andnational politicians as well asschools, pastors and churchesand service men and women.Call the church for more in-formation.

The church is at 3906 CreekRoad, Sharonville; 563-2410.

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. KemperRoad, Montgomery; 503-4262.

KenwoodFellowship ChurchWeekly 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. Sunday, a teenSunday school class and apre-kindergarten programduring worship service from10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sun-days. A buffet luncheon fol-lows.

The church is at 7205 KenwoodRoad; 891-9768.

Lighthouse BaptistChurchSunday school is at 10 a.m.Sunday morning service is 11a.m. Sunday evening service is 6

p.m. and Wednesday service is 7p.m. Master Clubs are 7 p.m.,Wednesdays.

The church is meeting at Raffel’sBlue Ash Banquet Center, 11330Williamson Road, Blue Ash;709-3344.

LovelandPresbyterian ChurchSunday worship time is 10 a.m.followed by fellowship classesand Sunday School classes.

The church has a youth groupfor seventh- through 12th-grade.

The church is at 360 Robin,Loveland; 683-2525.

Loveland UnitedMethodist ChurchSunday morning chapel is 8:15a.m.; 9:30 a.m. is the Engage!contemporary service; and 11a.m. is the classic traditionalservice. Sunday school for allages is at 9:30 a.m. SundaySchool for children is 11 a.m. forages 4 through sixth-grade.Nursery care will be providedall morning on Sunday.

The church is at 10975 S. Leba-non Road, Loveland; 683-1738;www.lovelandumc.org.

Sunday school for all ages is at9:30 a.m.

MontgomeryCommunity ChurchThe 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. Child care is provided. Callthe church or [email protected] for moreinformation.

The church is at 11251 Montgo-mery Road; 489-0892;www.mcc.us; www.face-book.com/after theboxes.

River Hills ChristianChurchThriving Moms is a group formoms of infants through highschool students that meetsweekly to receive encourage-ment and instruction, makefriends and have fun; conduct-ed 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; childcare provided. Call 583-0371.

The church is at 6300 Price Road,Loveland; 677-7600.

St. BarnabasEpiscopal ChurchConfirmation classes begin4-5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15.Confirmation will be at 11 a.m.May 25, at Christ Church Cathe-dral.

Save the dates for Vacation BibleSchool: Thursday, July 19through July 22. The theme is“SKY: Where kids discover thateverything is possible withGod.”

Jawin’ with John is back. Bringwine and cheese and speakwith Father John in an informalsetting. Upcoming dates arefrom 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fridays,May 11 and May 25, and Thurs-days, May 31.

The St. Barnabas Youth Choirpractices following Holy Com-munion at the 9:30 a.m. serviceand ends promptly at 11:15 a.m.All young people are welcome.

The St. Barnabas Band practicesfrom 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sun-days. The band is seeking asound person and will provideon the job training.

The next meeting of the St.Barnabas Book Club is 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 2, in thelibrary. The group will discussthe novel, “Skeletons at theFeast” by Christ Bohjalian.

The St. Barnabas Book Club ishaving the second “DowntonAbbey” screening of the 2010first season at 7 p.m. Tuesday,May 1, at the church. All arewelcome.

An Intercessory Healing PrayerService is held the first Mondayof each month at 7 p.m.

A Men’s Breakfast group meetson Wednesday mornings at8:30 a.m. at Steak N Shake inMontgomery.

Ladies Bible Study meets onTuesday mornings at 10 a.m. atthe church.

Friends in Fellowship meets thesecond Tuesday of each monthat 6:15 p.m. for a potluckdinner at the church.

A Bereavement Support Groupfor widows and widowersmeets the second and fourthSaturdays from 10 a.m. to 11a.m.

Sunday worship services are 8a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

The church is at 10345 Montgo-mery Road, Montgomery;984-8401; www.st-barnabas.org.

St. Paul CommunityUnited MethodistChurchJoin the church Sunday, May 6 asRev. Don Fruechtemeyerpreaches the sermon “Led toShare the Gospel.” The scrip-ture will be Acts 8:26-40. Com-munion will be offered at allthree services.

On Saturday, May 19, the churchis having its Junk in the Trunkyard sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.in the church parking lot. Thesale is the same day as theMadeira-wide yard sale. Spaceis availavle to rent to sell items.Church members can sell for$10, and non church memberscan sell for $15. Sellers can renta table for an additional $5, oruse their own or the trunk oftheir car. The event will beconducted rain or shine. Toregister, stop by the churchoffice by May 12. For moreinformation, visit the churchwebsite.

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 chapel todiscuss the upcoming Sundaymorning scripture.

The church gathers from 6:30p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each Wednes-day for Wonderful Wednesdayswith something for the entirefamily including children’s choir.

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

Sharonville UnitedMethodist ChurchThere is a traditional service at8:15 a.m. at 9:30 a.m. there arestudy groups and Sundayschool classes for all ages and at11 a.m. a service of a blend ofcontemporary and traditionalstyles of worship.

Plans are being made for the2013 Haiti mission trip. Applica-tions for the trip are beingaccepted.

Sign-ups for this year’s men’ssoftball team are available atthe Ministry Link Board.

A bereavement group meets forlunch on the first Thursday ofthe month.

Serendipity Seniors meet forlunch on the fourth Thursday ofthe month.

Guests and visitors are welcomeat all services and events.

The church is at 3751 CreekRoad, Sharonville; 563-0117;

www.sharonville-umc.org.

Sycamore ChristianChurchSunday worship and juniorworship services at 10:30 a.m.Sunday Bible study for all agesat 9 a.m.

Adult and Youth Bible studieseach Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Women’s Study Group at 6:30p.m. every second Wednesdayof the month. Includes lightrefreshments and special ladiesstudy.

The church is at 6555 CooperRoad, Sycamore Township;891-7891.

SycamorePresbyterian ChurchJoin us in worship at 8:45 a.m.,9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.. Sun-day School for age 3 to grade12 meets at 10:45 a.m. Childcareis available in the nurseryduring the 9:45 and 10:45services for infants through age2. Weekly adult study opportu-nities are also offered. Detailson these and other programscan be found on the churchwebsite calendar or by callingthe church office.

A new member class is offeredat 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Saturday, May 5. Lunch will beprovided. Call the church officeto register.

Top-rated Sycamore PresbyterianPre-school is now enrolling2012-2013 school year.

The church is at 11800 Mason-Montgomery Road, SymmesTownship; 683-0254; www.syca-morechurch.org.

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