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The Photography Club of GreaterCincinnati will present its annual Trav-el Series at Sharon Woods, showcasinglocal photographers’ trips around theworld and throughout the UnitedStates.

The work of seven local photogra-phers will be presented each Fridaythrough April 24.

Each artist was asked to describehis collection and the adventure thatinspired the photographs.

On March 13, Cliff Goosmann, ofMontgomery, will share photos fromhis 2013 trip to Australasia.

Where did you travel? “My wifeand I took a cruise starting in Auck-land, New Zealand and ending at Syd-ney, Australia. We stopped at manytowns, including Tauranga, Christ-church, Wellington, Dunedin in NewZealand and Hobart, Tasmania.”

Why did you travel there? “Wewent Nov. 16-28, 2013. My wife and Ihad been thinking about going to Aus-tralia and New Zealand. One day wegot an offer for a cruise where theprice, timing, itinerary and all the ar-rangements were too good to miss.”

What was the highlight of yourtrip? “Crossing the Tasman Sea had to

be the most exciting. The seas werevery rough with huge waves crashingagainst the side of the ship, but the shipwas very stable. There were manypeople from New Zealand and Aus-tralia on our ship and they were ex-tremely pleasant and fun to be with.”

What would you like viewers totake away from your photo presen-tation? “I would like the viewer towant to take this trip. Hopefully theywill leave the presentation with the

same sense of beauty, serenity, historyand ease of travel that we had on ourtrip.”

The programs at the Sharon Centreauditorium at Sharon Woods, 11450Lebanon Road, begin at 7:30 p.m. Theyare free and open to the public, but re-quire a Great Parks of Hamilton Coun-ty motor vehicle permit. The permits,$10 annual or $3 daily, can be bought atthe park.

THANKS TO CLIFF GOOSMANN

The ship cruised the Milford Sound in the southwest corner of the southern island of New Zealand.

Camera capturesNew Zealand, Australia

By Kelly [email protected]

THANKS TO CLIFF GOOSMANN

This photo of Sydney Bridge was taken from a boat during a harbor cruise

Parents upset aboutstate-mandated stan-dardized tests havefound allies in some lo-cal school district of-fices.

Education adminis-trators are expressingsimilar concerns.

Wyoming Superin-tendent Susan Langsaid the challenge hasbeen the timing anddevelopment of the as-sessments.

“We’re flying in aplane that’s currentlybeing built,” Lang saidof the assessments.“They may be goodtests, but we haven’thad the time to get theinfrastructure andstate together.

“You’ve got to lookat balancing standard-ized testing with cre-ativity and innova-tion,” Lang said. “Ifour teachers and ad-ministrators arespending a lot of timethis year to build ca-pacity, where is thatbalance?

“I believe assess-ment should be donedaily as part of in-struction. Why can’twe use some of thatformat to offset thesummative assess-ment?”

The old OhioAchievement tests forlanguage arts andmath for grades threethrough eight - and theOhio Graduation Tests(OGT) were replacedthis school year by thePartnership for As-sessment of Readinessfor College and Ca-reers (PARCC) examsthat are tied to Com-mon Core academicstandards.

Students are cur-rently taking math andreading assessments.Next month, the sci-ence and social studies

assessments will be-gin.

As a longtime ad-ministrator for Prince-ton City Schools, re-tired educator NoelTaylor questioned thecomputer literacychildren need thePARCC tests.

“Most kids are ac-quainted with the com-puter, but there aresome sophisticatedthings required ofthese tests. For somekids, it could be diffi-cult.

“That would inter-fere with judging howwell the youngstercould read or write atthat level.”

Princeton InterimSuperintendent EdTheroux said assess-ments have a place ineducation, to drive in-struction.

“I believe all educa-tors believe and wantto be held accountableto make sure our stu-dents are growing,”Theroux said, explain-ing that formative as-sessments are continu-ous in the classroom.

“There is a place forsome standardized as-sessments,” Therouxsaid of the need tocompare districts bysome measure. “How-ever, we are taking anawful lot of assess-ments, which is takingaway instruction, in-stead of spending time

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Symmes Township res-ident Zac Haines’ son isonly 2-years-old, butHaines has spoken outagainst Common Core andPARCC testing to makesure all children get theeducation they deserve.

“We need to improveeducation in the state, butmore standardize testingis not the answer,” Hainessaid.

Haines, the presidentof multiple Republicangroups in the area, ran forthe state board of educa-tion in 2014, opposed toCommon Core and formore classroom instruc-tion time. He lost, but hesaid what he learned onthe campaign trail fromtalking to teachers, par-ents and students madehim see the problems fac-ing public schools.

“I think the testing cul-ture in our public schoolsis extreme. Teachers arespending more time pre-paring students for thesetests and administeringthem than they are on ac-tually teaching,” Hainessaid.

Haines said the testsare more of a data collect-ing exercise for the statethan helpful instructionfor the students because ittakes so long for the re-sults to come in.

“The students can’t re-view them, see what theydid wrong and learn howto improve,” Haines said.

The Ohio Departmentof Education says there isno law that allows a parentor student to opt out ofstate testing and there isno state test opt-out pro-cedure or form. If a par-ent withdraws his or herchild’s participation incertain state tests, theremay be consequences forthe child, the child’steacher, and the schooland district.

Wyoming is planningan informational gather-ing for parents in March.Princeton has posted in-formation on their districtwebsites, as well.

The state is using newmath and English teststhis year supplied by themulti-state Partnershipfor Assessment of Readi-ness for College and Ca-reers. The tests are basedon the Common Corelearning standards.

Sycamore Schools Su-perintendent AdrienneJames sent a stinging let-ter to Ohio Schools Super-intendent Richard Rossdetailing her complaintsabout the state’s efforts sofar in addressing prob-lems surrounding the newand more frequent stu-dent testing.

“The changes (in test-ing) have been stagger-ing,” James wrote Ross,sharing the letter withparents in the 5,244-stu-dent Hamilton Countyschool system and copy-ing local state legislators.

“The public school sys-tem has been jerked fromone notion to another, re-quiring so much time andattention that districts areleft with no time to ad-dress internal needs. Andsadly, bearing the brunt ofit all are our children,”said James.

James told the Ohioschool leader she had

where students can growand learn.”

Theroux advocated formore local control over in-struction and testing.

“I believe we’ve got toreturn some of that localcontrol to districts so theycan be freed from man-dates in order to providethe instruction that’sneeded at the local level,the building level,” hesaid. “Make us account-able to make sure our kidsare growing each year.”

Jennifer Walden is aparent and teacher. Herdaughter attends highschool at Clermont North-eastern and she teachesfifth-grade at RussellvilleElementary School. Shehas several concernsabout the PARCC test.

“I question why we im-plement a high-stakes testin February when we stillhave a lot of time and cur-riculum left to teach thisyear,” she said in an email.“My fear is that my stu-dents will be tested oncontent that has not yetbeen covered because westill have three months ofschool left.”

Walden’s second con-cern is with the lack ofsupport schools havebeen given from the OhioDepartment of Educationin order to help preparestudents.

The major concernWalden sees with thePARCC assessment is thatschools are administeringa developmentally inap-propriate test to students,at least at the elementarylevel.

“In the fifth-grade, stu-dents are still concretethinkers, yet the assess-ment requires them to beable to think in abstractways,” Walden said in heremail. “An example of thiswould be to have a studentread two different pas-sages and then write an

“two overarching con-cerns … the abundance ofstate mandated tests andthe continued interfer-ence with what should bea local decision regardingdiagnostic tests that areadministered for internaluse.”

James joins other areasuperintendents object-ing to the new testing.Warren County’s LittleMiami Schools’ leaderGreg Power publicly de-cried the increased test-ing and Mason Schools’Gail Kist-Kline’s recenttestimony before Ohiolegislators included con-cerns about this year’sschool changes.

James and others havealso complained that thenew tests do not provideadequate data for newlyinstalled teacher evalua-tions being done thisschool year.

Ross said the state isnot only listening to suchnegative feedback butwelcomes more as theyfine-tune the frequencyand way students are test-ed.

“I am committed to im-proving testing efficiencyand reducing the testingburden on students whilemaintaining accountabil-ity in our schools,” Rosssaid in a recent statementthat accompanied a statereport modifying some ofthe testing requirements.

Ross, however, alsostated “I believe testingserves an important pur-pose for monitoring andimproving student learn-ing. Each test a studenttakes should contribute toinstructional improve-ment or school and teach-er accountability. I amcommitted to improvingtesting efficiency and re-ducing the testing burdenon students while main-taining accountability inour schools.”

The Ohio House re-cently approved a bill thatwould prohibit schoolsthis school year from re-taining students from pro-gressing students to thenext grade based on thenew tests.

The bill also addressessome parents concernsabout the data districtsand the state might share– such as individual testscores – with outside, pri-vate corporate sources.

The bill, however, doesnot affect the state’sThird Grade ReadingGuarantee, which re-quires third-graders toachieve a certain readingscore to be allowed to ad-vance to the fourth grade.

The bill was passedunanimously by theHouse earlier this monthand has gone to the OhioSenate for further consid-eration. Ohio Gov. JohnKasich recently reiterat-ed his support of the Com-mon Core reforms.

Wyoming’s Lang, whotestified Feb. 10 beforethe Senate EducationCommittee in Columbus,stressed the importanceof in-class assessments, tomore directly monitorstudent progress.

“As I talk with ourteacher leaders, we do notbelieve that these testsshould take the place ofthe in-class assessmentsused to regularly monitorstudent growth,” Langtold the committee. “Webelieve in monitoring stu-dent progress and allow-ing our teachers the free-doms to personalize in-struction.”

Reporters KurtBackscheider, Jennie Key,

Marika Lee, Kelly McBride,Cindy Schroeder, Forrest

Sellers, Sheila VilvensMichael Clark, Benjamin

Lanka and ChrissieThompson contributed.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN COLUMBUSHouse Bill 7 – which would make some required studenttests paper tigers even if given online – may be taken upby the full Ohio Senate on Wednesday, March 4.That’s according to the office of state Sen. Peggy Lehner(R-Kettering), who chairs the Senate Education Commit-tee.The March 4 Senate session is to begin at 1:30 p.m.; apreviously scheduled Senate session set for Tuesday,March 3, has been cancelled.The Senate Education Committee on Feb. 25 voted unani-mously to recommend passage of House Bill 7 after ahearing on the legislation that would prohibit some teststaken this school year by elementary and secondaryschools students from being used to determine promo-tion, retention and course credit decisions and whichwould allow high-school students to take end-of-courseexams they missed or to retake them.The Senate Education Committee also conducted a hear-ing Feb. 25 on Senate Bill 3, which would allow some testexemptions for schools in high-performing districts, buttook no vote on it, according to Lehner’s office.Meanwhile, the Ohio House of Representatives passedHouse Bill 7 94-0 on Feb. 11.Afterward, State Rep. Doug Green (R-Mt. Orab) cited aprovision prohibits schools from sharing individual stu-dent’s test scores with outside entities unless they havethe consent of either the student or his or her parents.“I am pleased we were able to close a loophole thatexisted, which would have created a huge problem forour students," Green said.“Our goal as legislators should be to do whatever is nec-essary to equip our students with the necessary skills theyneed to either gain employment when they graduatehigh school or be ahead of the game when they go tocollege.”State Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr. (R- Cincinnati), said at thetime that, “I was proud to vote ‘yes’ today on what is thefirst step to eliminate Common Core in the state of Ohio.”

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GemStreet USAShow coming toSharonville

Discover all thespring trends in custom-made jewelry, and ex-plore exotic minerals,fascinating fossils andmeteorites from aroundthe world when theGemStreet USA Show &Sale comes to CincinnatiMarch 6-8 at the Sharon-ville Convention Center.

Show hours are Fri-day and Saturday 10 a.m.to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are$6 general admission,and free for children un-der 12. The ticket is goodall weekend and parkingis free. The SharonvilleConvention Center is at11355 Chester Road.

For more informationcontact Jane Strieter-Smith, at 216-521-GEMSor gemstreetusa.com.

Wood turningexpert to visitCincinnati

Rockler Woodwork-ing and Hardware haspartnered with interna-tionally renowned Rob-ert Sorby Tools of Eng-land to present a uniquedemonstration on woodturning.

The event is 10 a..m.to 4 p.m. Friday March20, at Rockler, 333 E.Kemper Road, Spring-

dale.For more informa-

tion, call 513-671-7711.

Rick Santorum tovisit Cincinnati

Northeast HamiltonCounty Republican Clubwill host a special recep-tion and book signingwith former U.S. Sen.and presidential candi-date Rick SantorumThursday, March 19, atThe Montgomery Innrestaurant, 9440 Mont-gomery Road.

Tickets are $10 perperson for the reception,remarks, and book sign-ing starting at 6:30 p.m.,followed by a privatedinner at 7:30 p.m. (con-tributions of $250/per-son).

For more informa-tion, visit www.nehcrc-.com or contact clubPresident Zachary T.Haines, [email protected].

Wyoming Fun RunThe Wyoming School

Foundation and Wyo-ming Youth Serviceshave teamed up for the5K Fun Run March 14.

The cost is $10 foradults, and $5 for kids,ages 4 and up. Kids age 3and under eat for free.

Participants can reg-ister atwyomingschoolfoundation.org.

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TRI-COUNTYPRESSEditor: Richard Maloney, [email protected], 248-7134

Cincinnati CountryDay

» The Cincinnati Coun-try Day School chapter ofthe Cum Laude Society in-ducted nine new mem-bers during its annual as-sembly Feb. 12.

The Cum Laude Soci-ety was founded at theTome School in Marylandin 1906 with the purpose ofencouraging and recog-nizing true scholarshipamong secondary schoolstudents. The Cum Laudeschools represent aca-demic institutions of thehighest caliber in theUnited States.

This year’s CincinnatiCountry Day Cum LaudeSociety inductees fromthe Class of 2015 are:Claire Beyette of Ander-son Township, KacieBradfish of Liberty Town-ship, William Cohen of In-dian Hill, Sissi Fei of Indi-an Hill, Isabelle Hudsonof Indian Hill, GraceKrammer of West Ches-ter Township, Pranav Ma-dabhushi of West ChesterTownship, Connor Wileyof Wyoming and Alexan-dra Wooden of Indian Hill.

Class of 2015 memberswho were inducted as ju-niors last year are: MiaFatuzzo of AndersonTownship, ElizabethGrace of Milford, KaitlinHarden of Mason, Eliza-beth Miller of Madeira,Augusta Pohlman of Ter-race Park, Alexandra Su-kin of Indian Hill andHannah Taylor of Love-land.

CCDS students are in-ducted into the society onthe basis of their gradepoint averages, starting atthe beginning of sopho-more year. Ten percent ofa given class is inductedat the end of their junioryear at the awards day inJune. An additional 10 per-cent of the class is induct-ed at an assembly in Feb-ruary. All of the inducteesof a given class are thenhonored at a dinner inMarch, where they aregiven their Cum Laudepins.

EvendaleElementary

» Students at EvendaleElementary did a bookproject and presented it atthe school’s Literacy/Reading Fair Night. Thestudents did a fantasticjob on their projects andeveryone in attendanceenjoyed the knowledgethe students shared aboutthe book they read.

Mount Notre Dame» Mount Notre Dame

students traveled to Spainfor five weeks as part ofMND’s Spanish ExchangeProgram.

This year, four stu-dents participated in thisunique immersion experi-ence. Juniors Maria Beck-man, Jessie Gries, Megh-an Shea and Abbie Smithtraveled to Zaragoza,Spain, from Jan. 7 to Feb.13 to live with Spanishhost families and attendclasses with Spanish stu-dents.

The Spanish ExchangeProgram requires stu-dents to possess good for-eign language skills,strong academic skills aswell as very positiveChristian behavior and at-titudes. Students must gothrough a selection proc-ess that includes an evalu-

ation of academic and at-tendance records, teach-er input, application andinterview. Some of themany benefits of the pro-gram include increasedcultural understanding,expanded world view andpersonal growth.

“Our partnership withMarianistas School in Za-ragoza, Spain is a tangibleway that we are living ourmission to educate andempower young women tobe leaders in our globalsociety,” said Karen Day,associate head of schooland dean of academic de-velopment. “The founda-tional belief - that we arediverse learners who canlearn from our diverseworld - is fostered in thisexchange program.”

In the fall, the Spanishstudents will travel to Cin-cinnati to live and study atMND, offering MND stu-dents the opportunity toprovide the same hospi-

tality they have received. » On Feb. 13, the Mount

Notre Dame communityrallied to support cancerpatients with their locksof hair as part of MND’sEighth Beautiful Lengthscampaign.

Approximately 80 stu-dents, staff and alumnaecame together to donateeight or more inches oftheir hair in front of theentire student body aspart of Pantene’s Beauti-ful Lengths Program. Thedonated hair will be usedto make real-hair wigs forthose who are undergoingcancer treatments, at nocost. Following the event,stylists from Salon Be-l’Aire volunteered theirtime to provide stylingthroughout the day tothose individuals who do-nated hair.

In support of the causeand in solidarity with thestudents, Larry Mock,MND’s head of school,shaved his hair into a mo-

hawk and dyed it MNDblue. While likely to be atemporary hairstyle,Mock’s show of supportfurther ignited the spiritof the student body.

In conjunction with theBeautiful Lengths cam-paign, MND studentscompiled hand writtenletters that will be distrib-uted to newly diagnosedbreast cancer patientsthrough the Girls LoveMail organization. Stu-dents wrote words of en-couragement that seek toprovide hope, faith andstrength to individualscoping with such a chal-lenging disease.

“I am continuouslyoverwhelmed by theMount Notre Dame com-munity’s generosity andspirit of service,” MNDfaculty member andevent coordinator LaurenKrasniewski said. “Eachyear, our community hasfound more ways to get in-volved with this cause andgive a larger donation ofponytails to patients bat-tling cancer. The event is

particularly special inthat it is an opportunityfor our young ladies tomake a contribution otherthan their time or funds.These students make thedecision to give a valuablepiece of themselves in sol-idarity with womenacross the United States.What an extraordinaryand beautiful gift.”

MND will hold its nextBeautiful Lengths cam-paign in 2017.

Scarlet OaksFor some students,

snow days aren’t just aninterruption in learning –it can mean they miss reg-ular meals.

The staff at ScarletOaks Career Campus hadthose students in mindthis week as they talkedvia social media.

“Our staff began a con-versation on Facebook,”Scarlet Oaks dean JulieWoodward said. Theywanted to do something tohelp our students.”

That’s when the wheelsbegan turning. Cafeteria

manager Taren Boreingoffered to prepare a hotmeal, and Woodwardmade calls to families in-viting them to campus forlunch on Friday.

“We told our studentsto bring siblings, parents,whoever.”

The staff jumped in aswell. Because school wasclosed Friday, about 50students who receiveweekend meals throughthe Great Oaks Founda-tion would miss out.

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Mount Notre Dame students share the love by donating hair to cancer patients during the recent Beautiful Lengths campaign.

THANKS TO MARJORIE MILLENNOR

Evendale Elementary students Nyla Brown and Dylan Coyleare prepared to answer questions regarding the projects.

PROVIDED

Mount Notre Dame students traveled to Spain for five weeksas part of MND's Spanish Exchange Program. From left: AbbieSmith of Mason, Maria Beckman of Loveland, Meghan Shea ofLoveland and Jessie Gries of Loveland.

THANKS TO CINDY KRANZ

Class of 2015 members of the Cum Laude Society at Cincinnati Country Day School are, fromleft: front, Sissi Fei of Indian Hill, Elizabeth Grace of Milford, Grace Krammer of West ChesterTownship, Mia Fatuzzo of Anderson Township, Kaitlin Harden of Mason, Augusta Pohlman ofTerrace Park, Kacie Bradfish of Liberty Township and Hannah Taylor of Loveland; second row,Isabelle Hudson of Indian Hill and Terrace Park, Claire Beyette of Anderson Township, ElizabethMiller of Madeira, Connor Wiley of Wyoming, William Cohen of Indian Hill and Terrace Park,Alexandra Wooden of Indian Hill, Pranav Madabhushi of West Chester Township andAlexandra Sukin of Indian Hill.

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Mount Notre Dame senior Caroline Warning of SycamoreTownship donates her hair during the recent Beautiful Lengthscampaign.


Amelia Martin and GloriaDunlap, fourth-gradestudents in Jill Engler's class,are sitting in front of theirreading project.The studentswere very creative in the trifold board presentations.

PROVIDED

Scarlet Oaks instructor DanielColeman meets withassistant Dean ValerieHawkins. Despite the snow,the school served hot lunchfor students on campus Feb.20.


Evendale Elementarysecond-grade studentsKerrigan Lawson, DeclanMcGrath and Kyle Wagner atthe school's Reading/LiteracyFair.


Evendale Elementary studentJoe Marquardt with hisreport on "James and theGiant Peach," which took ablue ribbon forsecond-grade. Noah Berresand Wesley Anglin are alsostanding next to the projectthat they did for theLiteracy/Reading Fair.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 5Cooking ClassesParis in the Spring with Mari-lyn Harris, 6:30-9 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $65. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dining EventsCincinnati International WineFestival Winery Dinner, 6:30p.m. Ladera Vineyards, Carlo &Johnny, 9769 MontgomeryRoad, Visiting winemakers fromaround the world join area’sfinest chefs in own restaurantsto create multi-course diningand wine-tasting experience.Ages 21 and up. SOLD OUT.Registration required, availableonline. Presented by CincinnatiInternational Wine Festival.723-9463; www.winefestiv-al.com. Montgomery.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, $5. Presentedby Zumba with Ashley. 917-7475. Blue Ash.

Hula Hoops, Hopscotch, Hippi-ty Hops and More, 4 p.m.,Wyoming Branch Library, 500Springfield Pike, Free. Presentedby Public Library of Cincinnati &Hamilton County. 369-6014.Wyoming.

Zumba Classes, 10 a.m., HarryWhiting Brown CommunityCenter, 34 Village Square, Exer-cise dance class. Babysittingavailable. $6. 477-5369;www.hwbcommunitycenter.org.Glendale.

Cuban Salsa, 7 p8:30 p.m., HarryWhiting Brown CommunityCenter, 34 Village Square, Five-week beginner class. No partnerneeded. $80. Registrationrequired. 771-0333; www.cuban-salsacincinnati.com. Glendale.

LecturesGreat Cincinnati Sports Mo-ments, 7-8 p.m., Reading CityHall, 1000 Market St., ReadingCouncil Chambers. Sports mem-orabilia expert Steve Woltershares evening of sports memo-ries. Free. Presented by ReadingHistorical Society. 733-2787.Reading.

Literary - Book ClubsBook Discussion Group forFriends Past and Present: TheBicentennial History of Cin-cinnati Friends Meeting(1815-2015), 7 p.m., CincinnatiFriends Meeting, 8075 KellerRoad, Book provides in-depthlook at Cincinnati MonthlyMeeting of Religious Society ofFriends and how it has changedover past two centuries. Ages 18and up. Free. 791-0788;www.cincinnatifriends.org.Indian Hill.

Music - BluesSonny Moorman, 8 p.m. tomidnight, HD Beans and BottlesCafe, 6721 Montgomery Road,793-6036. Silverton.

On Stage - ComedyBengt Washburn, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, 8410Market Place Lane, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterStanton’s Garage, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, 1500 W.Galbraith Road, Comedy set inramshackle garage. $15, $12seniors, children and military.Presented by CenterStagePlayers Inc.. Through March 7.588-4910; www.centersta-geplayersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

ShoppingBook Sale, noon to 9 p.m.,Madeira Branch Library, 7200Miami Ave., Used books andaudiovisual items. Cash, check,Visa and MasterCard accepted.Most items $1-$4. Free. Present-ed by Friends of the PublicLibrary. Through March 7.369-6035; friends.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Madeira.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6Dining EventsFish Fry, 5-7:30 p.m., PleasantRun Presbyterian Church, 11565Pippin Road, Fish or chickennuggets and choice of two sides:macaroni and cheese, greenbeans, coleslaw and applesauce.Meal also includes bread, des-sert and either coffee, lemonadeor iced tea. Dinner: $8.50, $4.50per child; carryout: $8, $4 perchild. 825-4544; www.pleasan-

trunpc.org. Colerain Township.Fish Fry, 4-7 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, 8999Applewood Drive, All-you-can-eat. Atlantic cod, dipped inbatter and deep fried to goldenbrown with homemade tartarsauce provided. Dinners comewith sides of homemade maca-roni and cheese and coleslaw,complemented with breads andbeverages. Desserts. Also of-fered: two-piece grilled chickenbreast, shrimp basket dinner ortwo-piece cheese pizza dinner.$10, $5 ages 6-10, free ages 5and under. Carry-out fish sand-wich: $5. 891-8527, ext. 1. BlueAsh.

Fish Fry, 5-7 p.m., St. MatthiasCatholic Church, 1050 W. Kem-per Road, Lonsway Hall. Dinnersand a la carte items. $7 perdinner. 851-1930. Forest Park.

Fish Fry-Days, 5-8 p.m., TheCommunity of the Good Shep-herd, 8815 E. Kemper Road,Menu items: fried fish dinner,salmon dinner, shrimp dinner,fish sandwich, child’s fish dinner.Fish tacos. Soups and sidesavailable for purchase. Drive-thru and takeout available.Benefits High School YouthSummer Mission Trip. $5-$10; ala carte options available. 489-8815; www.good-shepherd.org.Montgomery.

Fish Fry, 5:30-8 p.m., St. James ofthe Valley Church, 411 Spring-field Pike, St. Charles Hall. Menuincludes fried cod, baked pota-toes, sweet potatoes, pizza,coleslaw, mac and cheese, salad,applesauce and assorted home-made desserts. Beer and popavailable for purchase. $8, $5children, free ages 4 and under.948-1218; www.wintonwyo-mingpr.org. Wyoming.

Fish Fry, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Amer-ican Legion Post 513, 7947Hamilton Ave., Cod, catfish,fantail shrimp, popcorn shrimp,crab cakes and chicken strips.Dinner include fries or maccheese or onion straws andcoleslaw, cupcakes. $6-$8.729-0061. Mount Healthy.

Fish Fry, 4:30-7 p.m., SyrianShriners Building, 9730 ReadingRoad, Dine-in service and carry-out. Fish or chicken, fries, coles-law, dessert and drink. $8.Presented by Syrian Shriners.751-3800; www.syrianshrine.org.Evendale.

On Stage - ComedyBengt Washburn, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterStanton’s Garage, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, $15, $12seniors, children and military.588-4910; www.centersta-geplayersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

ShoppingGemStreet USA Show andSale, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Shar-onville Convention Center, 11355Chester Road, Gem, mineral,jewelry, fossil and bead showand sale. $6. Presented byStrieter Productions. ThroughMarch 8. 216-521-4367;www.gemstreetusa.com. Shar-onville.

Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Madeira Branch Library, Free.369-6035; friends.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Madeira.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7Antiques ShowsMoeller High School AntiqueShow, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Moeller High School, 9001Montgomery Road, Around 80dealers offering art, books,furniture, collectibles and food.Benefits Moeller High SchoolBand. $5. Presented by MoellerBand Boosters. 791-1680. Ken-wood.

BenefitsA Cupcake Affair with a Ken-yan Flair, 7-10 p.m., PeterloonEstate, 8605 Hopewell Road,African drums, entrees infusedwith flavors of Kenya, andselection of cupcakes. Silentauction features variety of itemsfrom Cincinnati and around theworld. Benefits SOTENI interna-tional. $100. Reservations re-quired. Presented by SOTENIInternational. 729-9932;www.soteni.org. Indian Hill.

CivicCivics 101 Citizens Academy,9:30-11 a.m., Madeira CityBuilding, 7141 Miami Ave., Threesegment class about how city isorganized and how it operatesto serve community. Regis-

tration required. Presented byCity of Madeira. 561-7228;www.madeiracity.com. Madeira.

Cooking ClassesQuick and Easy: Classic Risot-to with Options with JoeWestfall, noon to 1 p.m., Cooks’Wares, 11344 MontgomeryRoad, $20. Reservations re-quired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

Dining EventsGerman Heritage Dinner, 5-7p.m., St. John United Church ofChrist - Reading, 729 JeffersonAve., Authentic German mealincluding sausage, potatoes,sauerkraut and dessert. Germanmusic and entertainment andraffle prizes. Benefits BobChristophel Memorial Schol-arship Fund supporting ReadingHigh School. $8, $4 ages 12 andunder. 821-1740; www.stjoh-nunitedcc.org. Reading.

EducationCitizenship Class, 10-11:30 p.m.,The Healing Center, 11345Century Circle West, Basic Eng-lish needed. Ages 18 and up.Free. Registration required.346-4080, ext. 350; www.hea-lingcentercincinnati.org. Spring-dale.

Exercise ClassesTai Chi Class Yang 37 ShortForm, 4-5 p.m., Yoga Fit Bou-tique, 10776 Montgomery Road,With Master Jerome Cook. Ages16-99. $20. Registration re-quired. 237-5330;www.want2gofit.com. Syca-more Township.

Music - Classic RockSonic Sun, 8 p.m., Shady O’Gra-dy’s Pub, 9443 Loveland-Madei-ra Road, 791-2753. SymmesTownship.

On Stage - ComedyBengt Washburn, 8 p.m., 10:30p.m., Go Bananas Comedy Club,$8-$14. 984-9288; www.gobana-nascomedy.com. Montgomery.

On Stage - TheaterStanton’s Garage, 8 p.m., NorthCollege Hill City Center, $15, $12seniors, children and military.588-4910; www.centersta-geplayersinc.com. North CollegeHill.

RecreationCharity Euchre Tournament,6-11:30 p.m., Wyoming CivicCenter, 1 Worthington Ave.,Featuring competitive bracketand social bracket. Split the potand raffles Free food; beer andsoft drinks available. Ages 18and up. $25. Presented by JuniorWoman’s Club of Wyoming.761-1123; www.jwc-wyo-ming.org. Wyoming.

ShoppingGemStreet USA Show andSale, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Shar-onville Convention Center, $6.216-521-4367; www.gemstreetu-sa.com. Sharonville.

Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Madeira Branch Library, Free.369-6035; friends.cincinnatilibra-ry.org. Madeira.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8Exercise ClassesFree Workout Every Sunday,2:15-3:30 p.m., Greater EmanuelApostolic Temple, 1150 W.Galbraith Road, Lower level.Chair exercise and Leslie San-sone’s low-impact, indoor,aerobic workout. Free. 324-6173.Springfield Township.

Karaoke and Open MicKaraoke, 7-11:30 p.m., Roxy’sLive, 11473 Chester Road, Free.Presented by Aretha Chapman.Sharonville.

Music - AcousticLeo Coffeehouse, 5:30 p.m.,Mount Healthy United Method-ist Church, 7612 Perry St., Week-ly venue of live acoustic folk,Americana, bluegrass, and rootsmusic. Scheduled performancesbegin at 7 p.m. Informal songcircle jam starts at 5:30 p.m.Open mic every first and thirdSunday. Free to members.Donations welcome from non-members. Presented by QueenCity Balladeers. 399-7227;www.qcballadeers.org. MountHealthy.

On Stage - ComedyBengt Washburn, 8 p.m., GoBananas Comedy Club, $8-$14.984-9288; www.gobananasco-medy.com. Montgomery.

Shopping

GemStreet USA Show andSale, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Shar-onville Convention Center, $6.216-521-4367; www.gemstreetu-sa.com. Sharonville.

MONDAY, MARCH 9Business ClassesSuccess Team: Group Coach-ing for Job Seekers, 7-9 p.m.,Family Life Center, 703 ComptonRoad, Free. Registration re-quired. 931-5777; tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finneytown.

EducationJob Search Seminar, 1:30-3p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Seminar seriesprovides speakers who teachhow to conduct successfulcontemporary job search. Reser-vations required. 931-5777;tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finney-town.

Health / WellnessUC Health Mobile DiagnosticsMammography Screenings, 9a.m. to 1 p.m., UC Health Pri-mary Care, 9275 MontgomeryRoad, Cost varies by insurance.Financial assistance available tothose who qualify. Registrationrequired. Presented by UCHealth Mobile Diagnostics.585-8266. Montgomery.

Music - BluesSonny Moorman Group, 7-11p.m., McCauly’s Pub, 6750 FieldsErtel Road, Local, power bluesgroup. 489-4047. Sharonville.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10EducationStrengths Based Career Man-agement, 1:30-3 p.m., FamilyLife Center, 703 Compton Road,Learn how to identify goodcareer fit and work towardstrength path. Reservationsrequired. 931-5777; tinyurl.com/familylifectr. Finneytown.

Exercise ClassesZumba Class, 7-8 p.m., HartzellUnited Methodist Church, $5.917-7475. Blue Ash.

Zumba, 9:30-10:30 a.m., FlemingRoad United Church of Christ,691 Fleming Road, $6. Presentedby Deb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springfield Township.

Zumba, 7:05-8:05 p.m., Spring-dale Community Center, 11999Lawnview Ave., Studio room.Beginner-Intermediate. For ages12 and up. $5. Presented byDeb’s Fitness Party.205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springdale.

Zumba, 7-8 p.m., SpringdaleCommunity Center, 11999 Lawn-view Ave., $6. Presented byDeb’s Fitness Party. 205-5064;www.debsfitnessparty.com.Springdale.

Living Life In The Flow Chi-kung/taichi, 1-2:30 p.m., Cen-tennial Barn, 110 ComptonRoad, $50. Pre-registrationdiscount. Presented by Harmon-ic Pulse Wellness. 405-1514;www.harmonicpulsewell-ness.com. Springfield Township.

Zumba Classes, 10 a.m., HarryWhiting Brown CommunityCenter, $6. 477-5369;www.hwbcommunitycenter.org.

Glendale.

Health / WellnessHolistic Health and WellnessGroup, 7-9 p.m., Family LifeCenter, 703 Compton Road,Learn from various traditions tomanage your physical, mental,and spiritual fitness. Reserva-tions required. 931-5777; tiny-url.com/familylifectr. Finney-town.

Parenting ClassesFoster Parent Training: Ses-sion 7: Independent Living;Session 8: Education Ad-vocacy; Session 10: The Ef-fects of Caregiving, 5:30-9:30p.m., The Bair Foundation, 260Northland Blvd., Suite 124, Free.Registration required. 771-1606.Springdale.

RecreationLearn to Skate with QueenCity Figure Skating Club, 6-7p.m. Weekly through April 7.,Northland Ice Skating, 10400Reading Road, 30-minute classand 20-minute practice eachweek. Six week session. $70.Registration required. Presentedby Queen City Figure SkatingClub. 563-0008. Evendale.

Support GroupsCoping with Depression, 7-9p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Group foranyone experiencing depressionwho would like to learn copingtools and strategies, gain newperspectives on your life situa-tion and appropriate self carefor weathering the storm. Not atherapy group or substitute fortherapy. Led by David P. Perlaki,Professional Christian Counselor.Free. Registration required.931-5777; www.northmin-sterchurch.net. Finneytown.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH11Cooking ClassesSteakhouse Cuisine withKaren Harmon, 6:30-9 p.m.,Cooks’ Wares, 11344 Montgo-mery Road, $55. Reservationsrequired. 489-6400. SymmesTownship.

EducationDave Ramsey’s FinancialPeace University, 7-9 p.m.Buyer Beware., Vineyard Com-munity Church, 11340 CenturyCircle East, Money managementclass designed to help you findfreedom in your finances. Ages18 and up. $93. Registrationrequired. 671-0422, ext. 265;vineyardcincinnati.com/FPU.Springdale.

Music - AcousticTom Stephenson, 6-10 p.m., TheVenue Cincinnati, 9980 Kings

Automall Drive, Free. 239-5009;www.thevenuecincinnati.com.Mason.

Music - BluegrassBluegrass Cafe, 7-9 p.m., Pit toPlate BBQ, 8021 Hamilton Ave.,Fiddlin’ Miss Kitty, VernonMcIntyre, various students andfriends. Bring an instrument andsit in. Free. Presented by FamousOld Time Music Company.931-9100; www.fotmc.com.Mount Healthy.

Music - BluesSonny Moorman, 7-10 p.m.,Meritage Restaurant, 1140Congress Ave., 376-8134;www.meritagecincy.com. Glen-dale.

Support GroupsGrief Coaching Group, 7-8:30p.m., Family Life Center, 703Compton Road, Coaches guidegroup through mourning theirloss and continuing their jour-ney. Free. Registration required.931-5777; tinyurl.com/fam-ilylifectr. Finneytown.

Now What? Determining aNew Life Direction, 7-9 p.m.,Family Life Center, 703 ComptonRoad, Group offers practicalcoach program to set a newdirection in your life. $125.Registration required. 931-5777.Finneytown.

Al-Anon Meeting, noon to 1p.m., Good Shepherd LutheranChurch Kenwood, 7701 Ken-wood Road, Room 101. Fellow-ship of relatives and friends ofalcoholics who share theirexperience, strength and hopein order to solve common prob-lems. Ages 18 and up. Free.Presented by Kenwood Al-AnonFamily Group. 947-3700. Ken-wood.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12Art OpeningsBrian Koury: Call of the LowCountry, 6-9 p.m., GalleryVeronique, 11324 MontgomeryRoad, Photographs by Cincinnatinative now based in Charleston.Work celebrates nature, wildlifeand seascapes on shores andmarshes. Exhibit continuesthrough March 28. Free. 530-5379; galleryveronique.com.Symmes Township.

Business SeminarsMontgomery Chamber ofCommerce Lunch, Learn &Leads: “Sycamore Schools”with Adrienne James, Super-intendent, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,Wright Brothers Inc., 7825Cooper Road, Free. Presented byMontgomery Ohio Chamber ofCommerce. 502-6975;www.montgomeryohiochambe-rofcommerce.com. Montgo-mery.

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The Madeira Branch Library is having a used book sale sponsored by the Friends of the PublicLibrary from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 5; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 6, and 10 a.m. to5 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Sale items include a wide selection of used books and audiovisualitems, fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, paperbacks and more. Cash, Check,Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Most items are priced from $1-$4. Proceeds benefit programsof the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County as well as items for the library collectionand some of the 11,000 programs put on each year for children and adults. Call 369-6035; visitfriends.cincinnatilibrary.org.

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I had to laugh when BillThomas of BBQ Review res-taurant in Madisonvilleagreed to share the recipe forhis iconic mac & cheese.

I heard Bill was closing hisrestaurant (but keeping therailroad dining car adjacent tothe property) so I gave him acall. Already I had severalrequests from readers whowere addicted to his mac &cheese and who asked me toget the recipe.

To give you a bit of history,Bill and I started out our culi-nary adventures about thesame time way back when.

Fast forwardsome 30-plusyears lateryears later andnow Bill wants“to take it easy.”

When I toldhim about myreaders whocan’t exist hap-pily without hismac & cheese,Bill said “I’ll

share, no problem, but itstarts with 18 pounds macaro-ni, 20 pounds of cheese, andmakes 120 pounds and no, Iwon’t even try to break it

down!” OK then...well I fid-dled with it and came up witha good recipe hopefully closeto Bill’s. I even followed histechnique for cooking themacaroni and the cheesesauce.

I served this to my family,and I never saw a bowl of mac& cheese eaten so fast. I hopeyou like it as much as we do.

Rita Nader Heikenfeld is an herb-alist, educator, Jungle Jim’s East-gate culinary professional and au-thor. Find her blog online atAbouteating.com. Call 513-248-7130,ext. 356.

BBQ Review dishes out addictingmacaroni and cheese recipe

Clone of BBQ Review’s famous mac & cheese

If you want it “cheesier” add more cheese. This is more like the oldfashioned type, with a mild flavor. This recipe doubles or triples easily.

1//2 pound elbow macaroni - 2 cups dry1 stick butter - 4 oz.1/4 cup onion, diced fine 1/4 cup flourSalt and pepper to taste4 oz. regular, not low fat, Velveeta cheese, cubed4-6 oz. shredded cheddar, divided (I used a heaping cup, probably

more like 6 oz.)2 cups milk, warmed

Boil macaroni in salted water, drain, and set aside while making sauce.Over medium heat, melt butter and stir in onion. Cook until onion is

translucent but not brown. Add flour, salt and pepper and whisk just untilflour is light brown. Stir in milk and whisk until thicker and bubbly.

Remove from heat and stir in Velveeta and a little more than half thecheddar. Stir in macaroni. The mac & cheese will be very creamy and thick-ens as it sits. Sprinkle with rest of cheddar.

Versatile cheese sauce: Sauce alone is a good all-purpose cheese sauce.

Rita’s salt free Italian seasoning

Savory is herb of the year and one that’s underused. It has an aro-matic peppery flavor, good in bean dishes (Germans call it the beanherb) since it helps you digest beans. When you’re ready to dry herbs thissummer, use this recipe and you’ll have a marvelous homemade blend.

Mix together:

3 tablespoons dried basil

2 tablespoons dried oregano1 tablespoon dried marjoram1 teaspoon dried thyme1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed1 teaspoon dried savory1/2 teaspoon dried sage2 tablespoons dried parsley - optional

Why this blend is good for you:Basil is good for cardiovascular healthOregano and marjoram help keep joints healthy, and fight colds

and fluThyme is especially good for upper respiratory healthRosemary helps keep memories sharpSavory is a good salt substitute and helps dispel gasBoost your wisdom with sageParsley is good for kidney and liver health

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PBS airs “FindingYour Roots” and “Geneal-ogy Roadshow,” but Glen-dale’s Nancy HermanParks already knows agreat deal about her an-

cestry.Johann

ChristianHoermannwas bornin Wurt-temberg,Germany,in 1838and im-migratedto Amer-ica at theage of 15.As there

was much unrest inEurope including Chris-tian’s hometown, he want-ed to avoid military ser-vice. America seemed theplace to be.

Someone decided thatno one would know howto pronounce Hoermann,and changed his lastname to Herman. Aloneand sleeping on the ex-posed cold deck of thecanal boat that trans-ported him via the Mi-ami-Erie Canal, he ar-rived in Glendale, prob-ably late in 1853. Heworked as a laborer forOhio State Rep. John M.Cochran whose 266 acrefarm extended fromKemper Road to the pre-sent site of Oak Hill Cem-etery.

In February 1865,Christian enlisted inCompany H of the 188thRegiment of the OhioVolunteer Infantry tofight in the Civil War.Deployed to Tennessee,he suffered sunstroke inAugust during a brigadedrill. He always felt thesunstroke caused hisdeclining health.

He was mustered outof the service in Nash-ville on Sept. 21, 1865,retaining his musket andits accoutrements for $6.On Sept. 24, he collectedhis discharge and payand returned to Glendale,boarding first at LouisFreyhoff’s home and thennext door.

Margaret Deutschmanwas born in Bingen-am-Rhein in Hesse-Darn-stadt, Germany, in 1848.

At the age of 4, Marga-ret arrived in New YorkCity with her family.They lived in Glendalefor a time, before movingto Alexandria, Kentucky,to a farm her father, Phil-ip, purchased for $2,000.Eventually they returnedto Glendale living onSouth Troy Avenue.When Gen. Shackelfordpursued Morgan’s Raid-ers through Glendale in1863, Margaret helpedserve his troops food atthe Century Inn.

On April 23, 1867,Christian and Margaret

married at the Sweden-borgian Church (nowChurch of the New Jeru-salem) that still standsnext door to where Nancyand her husband Randalllive today. Of the fiveHerman children, Oliverwas Nancy’s grandfatherand William became apharmacist and physi-cian. From 1869 to 1882,Christian worked forSamuel Allen as a car-riage driver and garden-er on the Allen estate. Hishealth steadily dimin-ished, and in 1872 Dr.John Patterson of Glen-dale diagnosed heart

disease.By 1883, Christian

could not climb stairs andhad to forgo manual la-bor.

When he applied for afederal invalid pension in1887-1888, men of theMeerfield, Freyhoff,Eigler, Deutschman,Elsasser, Allen and Ru-dolph families submittedtestimony regarding hisCivil War service andhealth status.

Christian’s April 1888will left his entire estateto Margaret. He diedMay 30, 1888. Margaretand other family mem-

bers rest with him inSpring Grove Cemetery.

Margaret drew a $30per month widow’s pen-sion that supplementedironing she did at theGlendale Female Collegeon Sharon Road. She wasthe last Glendale CivilWar widow to receive apension.

The house they livedin at 75 Coral Ave. stillstands, having been occu-pied by only two familiesduring its long life. In-terestingly, Hoyles patri-arch, Florence, was thesame age as Christianwhen he left home in

South Carolina for a bet-ter life.

He and wife, IreneElizabeth, bought theHerman house, now intheir family for morethan 75 years. Nancybelieves it is the firstGlendale home to havechanged hands from awhite to an African-American family.

Evelyn Perkins writes aregular column about peopleand events in the Tri-CountyPress area. Send items for hercolumn to 10127 ChesterRoad, Woodlawn, 45215, orcall her directly at 772-7379.

Herman or Hoermann, family’s local roots firm

Evelyn PerkinsCOMMUNITYPRESSCOLUMNIST

PROVIDED

Nancy Herman Parks's great grandparents, Johann ChristianHerman and Margaret Deutschman Herman.

EVELYN PERKINS FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Nancy and Randall Parks in front of the fireplace of theirlovely Glendale home.

Life changes constantly-…by the second or even less.

I know this is nothing new,but most of us don’t look at itthis way. We roll out of bedusually with a “Do I have toget up” attitude. We shouldlearn to look at each day withan attitude of anticipation.

One aspect that helps isallowing daily moments tospend on something yourpassionate about…I meanyou really enjoy doing. Weneed to look forward to eachday in some small way, be-sides… just waiting for theweekend. Enjoying simplethings daily is what the focusof life passion is clearlyabout. I must pass on a storythat was shared with me thatspeaks so obviously to thispassion.

A father had two identicaltwin sons, but their physicalappearance was the onlything, they seem to have incommon. One son was alwayslooking on the bright sideand had an over-the-top opti-mistic approach to life. If itwas raining, that only meantthat the sun would be outsoon, maybe even a goodchance to see a rainbow.

The other son’s outlookwas totally cynical and hewould counter his twinbrother by thinking if its’sunny outside, that onlymeant it was going to rain!Then reasoning next…heprobably wouldn’t be able tofind his umbrella or waterboots…proceeding to getdrench in the rain. So hemight as well just sit, being

depressedlooking outthe window atthe blue sky,thinkingabout the pos-sibility that itcould rain“cats anddogs” at anymoment.

The fatherdecided that

for their 14th birthday, hewould give them each, giftsthat would help to mellowboth of these two extremelydifferent personalities. So,on the day of their birthdays,he had them go out with amutual friend to lunch.

While they were gone, heproceeded putting a gift foreach of them near the frontdoor of their rooms, so theywould see them right awaywhen they returned home. Inthe room of his son who al-ways seemed depressed, heput a new…extremelyfancy…very expensive bicy-cle with all sorts of cool gad-gets and elite wheels foroff-road biking.

In his other son’s roomwhere the sun alwaysseemed to be shining, hedumped a large load of freshbarnyard manure in the mid-dle of this son’s bedroom.

After the boys came home,he sent them both to theirrooms to check out theirbirthday gifts. Waiting pa-tiently for about 15 to 20 min-utes, he decided to go up-stairs and see how they liked

their birthday gifts. First, he went to his more

pessimistic son’s room andfound the boy sitting in thecorner crying. He sighed andasked his son, “Why are youcrying when you just got thehottest, coolest, bicycle inthe whole world?”

The son turned to his fa-ther with tears in his eyesand said, “But dad, I justknow what is going to hap-pen! I’m going to ride thisbike down the street, hit atree, break my leg…the am-bulance probably won’t getthere in time and they willneed to amputate my leg.”

The father couldn’t takeany more of this and leftgoing to his other son’s room.There he couldn’t believewhat he was seeing. His oth-er son was playing, in the bigpile of smelly, barnyard ma-nure while having the time ofhis life, looking so happy!The dad couldn’t understandhow this son could be sowildly excited about a pile ofmanure. He asked his son,“What’s going on? How canyou be so exhilarated about apile of manure?”

“Well Dad, with this muchmanure, there’s got to be apony here somewhere!”

Wes Adamson is a resident of Wyo-ming. His work has been accepted forpublication by two literary maga-zines: “River and South Review” and“Driftwood Press.”

Finding the pony…

Wes Adamson COMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST

Feb. 25 questionWhat is your ideal place or

way to escape the winterweather?

“Upstate New York in theAdirondacks or northernMichigan are my ideal placesto escape the majority ofwimps in Cincinnati who thinkwinter is something fromwhich you need to escape. Em-brace winter, go ski (downhillor cross country), snowmobileor just take a nice winter hikein the woods. There are nocrowds. If I choose to seek awarm weather vacation thenthe Caribbean Islands are mynext choice. The western sideof Jamaica and Antiqua aremy favorites.”

M.J.F.

“Well all the ideal placesthat I know of to escape I can'tget to because I have to workand winter is a busy season forus. So instead I've decided tojust embrace winter. If I tryand realize that it can only goon for so long, and get so bad,then when the spring and sum-

mer arrives I find I am waymore grateful. However, whenit is August, and about 90 de-grees with 95 percent humid-ity I try and remember back tohow great it felt to be shovel-ing my driveway in minus 0degree weather. It is all rela-tive.”

C.S.

“Go to Montana where theyhave a lot more snow, moun-tains and incredible skiing.They also all know how todrive in the snow.”

D.B.

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TRI- COUNTYPRESSEditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573

SHARONVILLE — PrincetonHigh School has only everknown one gym. What’s nowknown as the “old” gym hasbeen home to the Vikings’ bas-ketball, volleyball and gym-nastics programs since itopened in the 1958-59 season.

On Monday night, Feb. 23,Princeton’s boys’ basketballteam played the final game onthat original floor, and fourquarters wasn’t enough as theVikings fell in overtime toFairfield 64-60.

Princeton first-year headcoach Jamal Walker said histeam’s defense fell apart latein the game. He also said theVikings committed “stupidfouls” and took “stupid shots”to help the Indians pull off thecomeback.

Fairfield trailed after eachof the first three quarters. TheIndians had a more-balancedscoring attack led by guardCedric Woods who finishedwith 16 points and four assists.Woods, who went 7-of-8 from

the foul line, hit a pair of freethrows with 17 seconds left inregulation to force overtime.Terence Gholston had 12points, followed T.C. Wellswith 11and Ben Phillips had 10for the Indians.

Princeton was eager earlyon to have history rememberits finale favorably. SeniorJordan Bradley, a 5-foot-9guard, took advantage of hisfinal home game for the Vik-ings. Bradley started thegame on a tear going 4-for-4from 3-point range with 13points in the first quarter and15 at the midway point; fin-ished with a game-high 22points.

Bradley came into thegame second in the GreaterMiami Conference in scoringwith 16.8 points per game. DJLewis added a double-doublefor the Vikings, 14 points and10 rebounds. Dominic Piercehad 12 points for Princeton.

Walker said that getting tobe a part of history is special:“It’s very nice. I think withPrinceton and the big commu-nity we have, it’s important togo out the right way and dothings the right way.”

JIM OWENS FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

The last opening game tip in Princeton's original gym at Princeton High School Feb. 23.

PRINCETON LOSES THRILLERIN OLD GYM FINALE

Vikings ready tomove into new digsBy Adam [email protected]

JIM OWENS FOR THE COMMUNITY PRESS

Princeton guard Sean Cook II attacks the middle of the Fairfield defensein the game on Feb. 23 at Princeton High School. See PRINCETON, Page B2

WYOMING — Gerry Lackey’sWyoming High School girls bas-ketball team played short-hand-ed all season. Unfortunately,late February is not the timehave depth problems.

After squeaking by Batavia40-39 in their Division II section-al opener at Withrow Feb. 24,guard Maddie Martin had to behelped to the team bus. She wasdiagnosed with a knee injuryand watched the Cowboys’ Feb.26 game at Withrow on crutches.

As a result, Wyoming wasdown an athlete and their bestdefender and fell short againstNew Richmond 48-38 to end thelatest campaign on the court at13-11.

The team had a number of in-juries and personnel issues andwas not the same group that con-vened in the 2014 summerleague to prepare for this sea-son. The most notable loss waslast year’s co-Cincinnati HillsLeague Player of the Year, AshliO’Neal to a knee injury.

O’Neal averaged 16.6 pointsper game as a sophomore to leadthe CHL and also led in assistsand steals. A preseason injurykept her out of her junior sea-son.

“It was close for her to comeback, but she didn’t want to pushit and the doctor didn’t clearher,” Lackey said. “Right now,we’re hoping to have her backfor the spring to play her AAUball and then come back strongas ever next season.”

Minus two playmakers andusing a freshman and threesophomores in their rotation,Wyoming fell victim to severalNew Richmond quick-strikingtransition plays.

“We got within three; we justran out of gas,” Lackey said.“You have to give them credit,they were the aggressor most ofthe game.”

It was the final prep contestfor seniors Olivia Cunninghamand Emily Wadds. With O’Nealmissing from this year’s equa-tion, Wadds stepped up to leadWyoming in scoring with 15.5points per game. Even aftercoaching for many years, it’sstill tough for the veteran Lack-ey after a senior’s final game.

“She (Wadds) has been an in-tegral part of what we’ve done,”he said. “It makes it tough.”

The upside of Wyoming’s in-juries has been the minutesmany young players were ableto experience.

“With our guards, it’s been

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Wyoming’s Olivia Cunninghampasses against New Richmond.

Wyominggirlsfinish outseasonBy Scott [email protected]

See WYOMING, Page B2

Boys swimming anddiving

» Charlie Donnelly ad-vanced to the Division II statediving meet in Canton for Wyo-ming. On Feb. 25, he finished19th with a score of 236.85.

The following Wyomingswimmers advanced to the Di-vision II state meet: 200 med-ley relay; Carson Burt, PhilipBrocker, 200 freestyle; Chris-topher Rutter, 200 individualmedley; Max Chou, Ian Nyb-erg, 100 butterfly; Burt, Brock-er, 100 freestyle; Stephen Bar-

rett, 500 freestyle; 200 free-style relay; Rutter, Nyberg, 100breaststroke; 400 freestyle re-lay.

In the state Division II meetFeb. 27, sophomore CarsonBurt was eighth in the 100 free-style at :47.20 and seventh inthe 200 freestyle at 1:43.79.Senior Stephen Barrett wasninth in the 200 free at 1:44.81and freshman Philip Brockerwas 12th at 1:45.99. Barrett wasalso 10th in the 500 freestyle at4:41.65. Junior ChristopherRutter was 14th in the 100breaststroke at 1:01.88 and 14thin the 200 individual medley at1:58.76.. Senior Max Chou waseighth in the 100 butterfly in

:52.00. Wyoming’s 200 free-style relay was eighth (Chou,Brocker, Rutter, Burt). Their400 freestyle relay was fourth(Chou, Barrett, Brocker, Burt)and the 200 medley relay wasseventh (Chou, senior Ian Nyb-erg, Rutter, Barrett).

» The following swimmersfrom Moeller advanced to thestate meet from the Division Idistrict meet at Miami Univer-sity Feb. 22: Jacob Peloquin,100 backstroke and 100 butter-fly, district champion in bothevents; Cooper Hodge, 200 in-dividual medley; 400 free relay(Peloquin, Justin Davidson,Kevin George, Noah Woro-betz); 200 medley relay (Woro-

betz, Peloquin, Hodge,George); Worobetz, 200 free-style; George, Austin Theo-bald, 500 freestyle; 200 free-style relay; Hodge, Worobetz,100 backstroke.

At the state Division I meetFeb. 28, Moeller finished sec-ond to St. Xavier. Senior KevinGeorge was sixth in the 500freestyle at 4:33.23. Junior Ja-cob Peloquin was seventh inthe 100 backstroke at :50.73,with senior Noah Worobetzfinshing 14th in :52.13 and ju-nior Cooper Hodge 15th at:52.49. Peloquin was fifth in the100 butterfly at :49.75. In the

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200 individual medley,Hodge was fifth at1:51.80. In the 200 free-style relay, Moeller wasseventh (Justin David-son, Dan Nymberg,George, Will McCul-lough) and the Crusad-ers were fifth in the 200medley relay in 1:34.23(Worobetz, Peloquin,Hodge, George). Moell-er took seventh in the400 freestyle relay at3:10.09 (Peloquin,Hodge, George, Woro-betz).

Girls swimmingand diving

» Emma Weber ad-vanced to the Division IIstate diving meet in Can-ton for Wyoming. OnFeb. 25, Weber finished16th overall with a scoreof 357.70.

The following Wyo-ming swimmers ad-vanced to the Division IIstate meet: Anne Crid-dle, 200 freestyle; LiaThomas, 50 freestyle;Thomas 100 freestyle;200 freestyle relay; Re-becca Prangley, 100breaststroke; 400 free-style relay.

At the state DivisionII meet Feb. 27, sopho-more Lia Thomas was13th in the 50 freestyle at24.72. Freshman Rebec-ca Prangley was 12th inthe 100 breaststroke at1:08.21. Wyoming was12th in the 200 freestylerelay (Prangley, sopho-more Anne Criddle, ju-nior Sara Washienko,Thomas) 1:41.24. TheCowboys were 12th inthe 400 freestyle relay (Prangley, Criddle, Wash-ienko, Thomas) in3:38.94.

Girls basketball» Wyoming won their

opening game in the Di-vision II sectional tour-nament at Withrow, 40-39 over Batavia Feb. 24.Senior Emily Wadds ledthe Cowboys with 23points.

The Cowboys seasoncame to a close at 13-11after a 48-38 loss to NewRichmond Feb. 26.

» Mount Notre Damedefeated Western Hillsat the Division I tourna-ment at Kings, 91-11.Senior Dani Kissel ledthe Cougars with 16points.

On Feb. 24, MNDwhipped Western Brown72-32. Senior Naomi Da-

venport led with 14points.

Boys basketball» Wyoming beat

Hughes 52-43 in the Di-vision II sectional at Ma-son Feb. 28. The Cow-boys advance to face In-dian Hill March 4.

» Princeton lost its fi-nal game on its originalgym floor, 64-60 to Fair-field in overtime Feb. 23.Senior Jordan Bradleyled the Vikings with 22points.

On Feb. 28, Princetonwas eliminated from thepostseason by North-west 56-34.

» Moeller beat Syca-more 55-19 Feb. 27 at theDivision I sectional atFairfield. Senior GrantPitman led the Crusad-ers with 11 points.

Wrestling» In the Division II

sectional tournament atBatavia, Wyoming fin-ished sixth. Yima Nya-mor was champion at 160pounds with Asa Palmerfinishing second at 145.Finishing third wereJustin Shields at 170pounds and Luke Krem-zar at 185 and Ethan Tefswas fourth at 126. Finish-ing fifth was Jacob Han-cock at 132 and Ben Pad-nos was sixth at 285.Nyamor, Palmer,Shields, Kremzar andTefs qualify for the dis-trict tournament withHancock as an alternate.

» Princeton took sev-enth as a team at the Di-vision I sectional tourna-ment Feb. 27-28 at Ham-ilton. Anthony Alexan-der (132) wasPrinceton’s only section-al champion. Aaron Tur-ner (145) is the only oth-er Viking to place in thetop four and advance tothe district tournament.

» Moeller won theGreater CatholicLeague-South tourna-ment Feb. 22. Champi-ons for the Crusaderswere Conner Ziegler(120), Jacoby Ward (138),Brett Bryant (170), SamWyche (182) and JoeHensley (285). Otherplacers: Mitchell Moore(second), Cooper Graves(fourth), Jaelen Summe-rours (third), JakeThompson (fourth),Tiese Gideon (fifth),Trevor Hankins (sec-ond), Zach Taylor(third), The-Moor Kelly(second), and Jack Mey-er (second).

The Crusaders wonthe Division I sectionalat Lebanon Feb. 28.

Champions were Mitch-ell Moore (106), ConnerZiegler (120), JacobyWard (138), Brett Bryant(160), Jack Meyer (220)and Joseph Hensley(285). Finishing runner-up was Sam Wyche at170. Taking third wasJake Thompson (132)and Trevor Hankins(160). Zach Taylor (152)and The-Moor Kelly(195) were fourth. At 126,Jaelen Summerours wasfifth. All move on to thedistrict tournament withSummerours as an alter-nate.

» Roger Bacon ad-vanced one wrestler,Kevin Dinh (195),through to the districttournament. Dinhplaced second at the Di-vision III sectional tour-nament at BlanchesterFeb. 28.

» St. Xavier tooksixth place at the Divi-sion I sectional tourna-ment at Hamilton Feb.28. Cole Jones was theBombers’ lone sectionalchampion at 220 pounds.St. Xavier also advancedthree more wrestlers tothe district tournamentwith fourth-place finish-ers: Sam Krider (113),Nick Falke (120) andJoey Barreau (152).

Girls bowling» Princeton advanced

as a team to the DivisionI district tournament af-ter taking sixth place atthe Crossgate Lanes sec-tional Feb. 25. Sopho-more Jordan Carlson ledthe Vikings with a 567three-game series

Boys bowling» Wyoming advanced

to the Division II districttournament from thesectional at ColerainFeb. 20. Senior EvanEmanuelson led with athree-game series of614. At BeavercreekFeb. 26, Wyoming fin-ished fifth. Senior SamWiethe had the high se-ries at 604.

» Moeller advancedto the Division I districttournament from thesectionals at CrossgateLanes Feb. 26. SeniorT.J. Snyder led the Cru-saders with a three-game 649 series.

» Princeton qualifiedas a team to the DivisionI district tournamentfrom the Colerain sec-tional Feb. 26. SeniorBrenden Bingham ledthe Vikings with a three-game 683 series, fol-lowed by senior AndrewBrooks’ 648 series.

BriefsContinued from Page B1

CANTON — UrsulineAcademy senior SydneyLofquist touched the wallsix seconds faster than thesecond-place finisher inthe 500 freestyle at the dis-trict meet at Miami Uni-versity Feb. 21.

Coach Brad Isham saidfor her to swim a 4:47.25 inthat race at districts, withher mind the Feb. 27-28state meet, was really ex-citing. He thought, at thetime, there was no reasonshe couldn’t be faster inthe waters at C.T. BraninNatatorium. He was right.She was almost three sec-onds faster, 4:44.50 - a newstate record.

Before Saturday’smeet he said, “she's in a

great frame of mind and ishaving fun with the rest ofher teammates."

Lofquist admitted shewas a little nervous enter-ing her swims Saturday.Her day started with the200 individual medley, arace in which she placedsecond at districts.

“(Copley’s) Madison(Myers) went in very fastin prelims, so I was a littleworried,” she said. “But, Iknew by the end of it that Ijust wanted to race. That’sall I cared about.”

If she was indeed ner-vous, it certainly didn’tshow.

She and St. Ursula’s Jo-sie Grote - who won the 200IM at districts - were run-ning close to one anotheruntil the anchor leg, whenLofquist pulled away,

beating Grote by a secondflat with a time of 1:59.91.

With one title defensedown, she set her sights onanother: The 500 free-style.

Isham’s prediction andher “just race” mentalitycame together in harmo-ny.

“From the first 100, Ijust went after it,” Lof-

quist said. “It’s kind ofwhat I do with the 500. Ijust dive in and hope forthe best. “

The best is certainlywhat she got.

Not only did she defenda second state title, shewas almost eight secondsfaster that Upper Arling-ton’s Katherine Trace.

“It’s been a long roadthrough high school andeverything,” she said.“This is an absolutely per-fect way to end it.”

Ursuline’s Lofquist defends her state titles

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Ursuline Academy's Sydney Lofquist swims the backstroke portion of the 200 IM.

Sharonville resident sets new staterecord in latest championshipBy Nick [email protected]

NICK ROBBE/COMMUNITY PRESS

Ursuline Academy seniorSydney Lofquist smiles as shelooks at her time in the 200IM.

Walker said his teamwas excited to be a part ofhistory and they were,just not the way they’dhave liked. Fairfield andPrinceton put on one more

show in a historic gymwith eight lead changesand 10 ties. The largestlead of the game was ninepoints favor Fairfield inthe extra period.

“There was a lot ofpressure on them to-night,” Walker said of histeam.

Fairfield defeated

Princeton in double over-time in the season’s firstmeeting, 69-65 Jan. 30 atFairfield.

The new PrincetonHigh School, which alsohouses the middle school,is scheduled to open in Au-gust this year completewith all new athletic facil-ities.

PrincetonContinued from Page B1

really good,” Lackey said.“They had a lot more ontheir shoulders than hadAshli been out there. Lind-say Stewart’s only a fresh-man, Maddie Martin’s a

sophomore, Clair Erny’sonly a sophomore andEmily Dudek’s only asophomore. Getting goodplaying time will pay offfor them.”

Wyoming will alsohave 5-foot-11 all-purposeplayer Haley Stewart

back next season with ahealthy O’Neal. The olderStewart averaged nearly10 points a game and sev-en rebounds, while beingamong the CHL leaders inblocks and steals.

“There’s things to lookforward to,” Lackey said.

Wyoming

MARCH 4, 2015 • TRI-COUNTY PRESS • B3LIFE

Buddy LaRosa, thefounder and chairmanemeritus of LaRosa’s Piz-za, and his sons Mark andMichael, are the featuredguests for the next UCBlue Ash College Entre-preneur Speaker Series, 7p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday,March 4, in Muntz Audito-rium at UC Blue Ash Col-lege. The event is free andopen to the public.

The UC Blue Ash Col-lege Entrepreneur Speak-er Series features suc-cessful entrepreneursfrom the region each se-mester on the UC BlueAsh campus. The guestsare interviewed by KentLutz, assistant professorof business/economics atUC Blue Ash, while alsotaking questions from theaudience. The series waslaunched last fall withJeff Wyler, chairman andCEO of the Jeff WylerAutomotive Family.

At the March 4 event,Buddy LaRosa will talkabout how he started his

first pizzeria on the WestSide in 1954 – against theadvice of his father – andhow he was able to growthat one small locationinto a regional empirewith 63 restaurants and aname that is synonymouswith great pizza. Mark La-Rosa, president and chiefculinary officer, and Mi-chael LaRosa, chief exec-utive officer, will share in-sight on innovations thathave supported thatgrowth and that helpdrive plans for further ex-pansion.

Along with the interac-tive discussion, the eventwill be immediately fol-lowed by a receptionwhen audience memberscan meet the featuredguests and enjoy free La-Rosa’s pizza.

To register for this freepresentation, or to learnmore about the UC BlueAsh College Entrepre-neur Speaker Series, go towww.ucblueash.edu/ess.

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Michael, Buddy, and Mark LaRosa will talk about how they grew the LaRosa's empire in aspecial event at UC Blue Ash.

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A rundown of news-worthy things your neigh-bors are doing:

» Colliers Interna-tional Greater Cincinnati,a leading provider of inte-grated commercial realestate services, an-nounced the appointmentof three brokerage seniorvice presidents to theMidwest Real EstateNews Commercial RealEstate Hall of Fame.

Steven L. Timmel ofGlendale, Jeffrey E. John-ston of Sharonville andChristopher B. Prosser,all brokerage senior vicepresidents at Colliers In-ternational in GreaterCincinnati, were named tothe 2014 Hall of Fame inthe December/January is-sue of Midwest Real Es-tate News.

“We are honored to benamed to the Hall of Famealong with the many es-teemed inductees fromacross the country,” Tim-mel said. “I’m proud to bea part of such a dedicated,committed and hardwork-ing team.”

“Our team was very ex-cited to receive this hon-or,” Johnson said, “espe-cially because of the as-tounding year we just had,closing on over $338 mil-lion in transactions.”

Timmel, Johnston andProsser were honoredalong with 68 other realestate professionals fromacross the country. Sinceits inception, MidwestReal Estate News has hon-ored 11 team membersfrom Colliers Interna-tional | Ohio.

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Sharonville UnitedMethodist ChurchThere are three services: tradi-tional services at 8:15 a.m. and11 a.m.; a contemporary serviceat 9:30. Sunday School classesand study groups are offered at9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

There is now a new director ofyouth ministries, Jami Nathan.

Canines for Christ is continuingtraining dogs to be service dogswho can bring comfort to those

who are shut-ins at home or inthe hospital.

Healing Hearts meet for lunchthe first Thursday of the month.

Serendipity Seniors meet forlunch the fourth Thursday.

During Lent, there will be aneight-week course using theworkbook, “The Way of LivingPrayer” by Dr. Maxie Dunham.

The services are broadcast with atwo-week delay at 10 a.m.Sunday Channel 24 at 9 p.m.

The church is at 3751 Creek

Road, Sharonville; 563-0117;sharonville-umc.org.

About religionReligion news is published at nocharge on a space-availablebasis. Items must be in by 4 p.m.Wednesday for consideration inthe following edition. E-mailannouncements to [email protected].

Fax to 248-1938. Call 248-8600.

RELIGION

A list of local fish fries:» Pleasant Run Presby-

terian Church: A series offish fries kicks off from 5to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb.20, at the church, 11565Pippin Road.

The menu includes achoice of fish or chickennuggets and choice of twosides: macaroni andcheese, green beans, co-leslaw, applesauce. Themeal also includes bread,dessert and either coffee,lemonade or ice tea. Theprice is $8.50 per adultand $4.50 per child. Carry-out prices are $8 per adultand $4 per child.

The fish fries will beFeb. 20 and 27, and March6, 13, and 20. The profitswill be used for missionprojects and boy scout

projects. This series of fish fries

is being sponsored by thewomen’s association andBoy Scouts. Call 513-825-4544, or visit pleasan-trunpc.org

» Montgomery Pres-byterian Church, 9994ZigZag Road, is having afish fry on Feb. 27, March13 and March 27 from 5-7p.m.

Join us for fried orbaked fish dinners includ-ing sides (hush puppies,French fries and coleslaw) and delicious,mouth-watering home-made desserts.

Chicken tender andmacaroni & cheese din-ners are also available.

Fried fish, baked fishand chicken tender mealsare $9.00 for adults, $5.00for children.

All macaroni andcheese dinners are $5.Carryout is available.

Proceeds from FishFry sales support Habitatfor Humanity Cincinnati,the Wounded Warrior Pro-ject and Operation GiveBack.

FISH FRIES

The University of Cin-cinnati Blue Ash Collegewill host a spring openhouse for prospectivestudents at 7 p.m. Thurs-day, March 12, in MuntzHall on the college cam-pus. Application process-ing and information pro-vided by college repre-sentatives will be avail-able beginning at 6 p.m.

The spring open houseis for prospective stu-dents who are consider-ing enrolling in the sum-mer or fall 2015 semes-ters. Students and theirfamilies can learn moreabout the college bymeeting with professors,advisors and current stu-dents, as well as taking acampus tour.

As a bonus, the $50 ap-plication fee is waived forthose who apply duringthe open house.

The event will also fea-ture a live appearance by

Q102 with morning per-sonality Jennifer Fritsch.She will give away prizes,conduct live interviewsand help provide a funand exciting atmosphereon the scenic 135-acrecampus.

“Our open house is agreat opportunity to real-ly get a feel for our col-lege by exploring specificacademic programs and

hearing directly from ourprofessors and studentsabout the UC Blue Ash ex-perience,” said CadyShort-Thompson, dean ofUC Blue Ash College.

UC Blue Ash has setrecords for attendance atits past two open houseevents and enrollmentcontinues to rise. Thenumber of students en-rolled for fall 2014 was up

4.3 percent from the pre-vious year to a total of justover 5,000 students. De-spite the growth, classesat UC Blue Ash are small,with an average of 19 stu-dents and a student toteacher ratio of 14 to 1.

To learn more aboutUC Blue Ash College, vis-it www.ucblueash.edu orcall 513-745-5700.

Learn more about UC BlueAsh at spring open house

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United Methodist Church10507 “Old” Colerain Ave

(513) 385-7883Rev. Mark Reuter

Christ, the Prince of Peace

Sunday School 9:15amWorship 10:30am - Nursery Available

www.cpopumc.org“Small enough to know you, Big enough to care”

UNITED METHODIST

Trinity Lutheran Church, LCMS5921 Springdale Rd

Rev. Richard Davenport, PastorWorship & Sunday School 10:30 a.m,

Bible Study 9:15 a.m. SundaysClassic Service and Hymnbook

www.trinitylutherancincinnati.com385-7024

Faith Lutheran LCMC8265 Winton Rd.,

Finneytownwww.faithcinci.org

Contemporary Service 9amTraditional Service 11:00am

LUTHERAN

Christ Church Glendale Episcopal Church965 Forest Ave - 771-1544

[email protected] Reverend Roger L Foote

8am Holy Eucharist I9am Holy Eucharist II11am Holy Eucharist II

Child Care 9-12

EPISCOPAL

Wyoming Baptist Church(A Church For All Seasons)

Burns and Waverly AvenuesCincinnati OH 45215

821.8430Steve Cummins, Senior PastorSunday School..............................9:00 amCoffee & Fellowship...................10:00 amPraise & Worship........................10:30 amwww.wyomingbc.homestead.com

Visitors Welcome!

SHARON BAPTISTCHURCH

4451 Fields Ertel RoadCincinnati, OH 45241

(513) [email protected]

ServicesSunday School - 10:00 amSunday Morning - 11:00 amSunday Evening - 6:00 pmWednesday - 7:00 pm EveningPrayer and Bible Study

BAPTIST

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH8580 Cheviot Rd., ColerainTwp

741-7017 www.ourfbc.comGary Jackson, Senior Pastor

Sunday School (all ages) 9:30amSunday Morning Service 10:30amSunday Evening Service 6:30pmWedn. Service/Awana 7:00pmRUI Addiction Recovery (Fri.) 7:00pm

Active Youth, College, Senior GroupsExciting Music Dept, Deaf Ministry, Nursery

INDEPENDENT BAPTIST

VINEYARD CHURCHNORTHWEST

Colerain TownshipThree Weekend Services

Saturday - 5:30 pmSunday - 9:30 & 11:15 am

9165 Round Top Road1/4 mile south of Northgate Mall513-385-4888 µ www.vcnw.org

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANCHURCH

“Life on Purpose in Community”2651 Adams Rd. (near Pippin)

Worship Assembly-Sunday 10:45amPhone 825-9553

www.highviewchristianchurch.com

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Sharonville United MethodistTraditional worship services at 8:15am & 11:00amContemporary worship service at 9:30amFaith development opportunities for all ages!3751 Creek Rd. 513-563-0117www.sharonville-umc.org

Mt HealthyUnited Methodist ChurchCorner of Compton and Perry Streets

513-931-5827Sunday School 8:45 - 9:45am

Traditional Worship 10:00 - 11:00amNursery Available Handicap Access

"Come as a guest. Leave as a friend."

Monfort HeightsUnited Methodist Church

3682 West Fork Rd , west of North BendTraditional Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Contemporary Worhip 9:45amNursery Available * Sunday School513-481-8699 * www. mhumc.org

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UNITED METHODIST

St. Paul United Church of Christ5312 Old Blue Rock Rd., off Springdale

Phone: 385-9077Rev. Michelle Torigian

Sunday Worship: 10:30amSunday School: 9:15am

Nursery Available/Handicap Accesswww.stpaulucccolerain.org

www.facebook.com/StPaulUCC

FLEMING ROADUnited Church of Christ

691 Fleming Rd 522-2780Rev Pat McKinney

Sunday School - All Ages - 9:15amSunday Worship - 10:30am

Nursery Provided

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

Northwest CommunityChurch

8735 Cheviot Rd, by Colerain HSRev. Kevin Murphy, Pastor

513-385-8973Worship and Sunday School 10AM

Handicap Accessible/Nursery Available

Salem White Oak Presbyterian

Northminster Presbyterian Church703 Compton Rd., Finneytown 931-0243

Growing Faith, Sharing Hope, Showing LoveSunday Worship Schedule

Traditional Services - 8:00 & 10:30amContemporary Services - 9:00am

Student Cafe: 10:15amChildcare Available

Jeff Hosmer & Nancy Ross- Zimmerman - Pastors

PRESBYTERIAN

EVANGELICALCOMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday School Hour (for all ages)9:15 - 10:15am

Worship Service - 10:30 to 11:45am(Childcare provided for infants/ toddlers)

Pastor: Rich LanningChurch: 2191 Struble Rd

Office: 2192 Springdale Rd542-9025

Visitors Welcome www.eccfellowship.org

At CHURCH BY THEWOODS

www.churchbythewoods.org3755 Cornell Rd.,

Sharonville , Ohio 45241You have a choice of Ministry:

1 . Traditional Sunday Worship at10:00 AM. Language: EnglishMulti-cultural, multi-generational, andmulti-ethnic.2 . Contemporary Sunday Worshipwith Freedom Church at 10:30 AM.Language: English

It’s not about Religion; it’s aboutrelationships!

www.freedomchurchcincinnati.com3. Taiwanese Traditional SundayWorship st 2:00 PM. Language:Taiwanese, UC Campus Fellowship onSaturdays,

www.cincinnatitaiwanese.org4 . Seventh Day Adventist SaturdayWorship at 10:00 AM.Language: Spanish

Loving - Caring - and SharingGod’s Word

Notes: Nursery School isprovided at each Worship time

English as a Second Language (ESL) istaught on Saturday 10-12 AM.

Various Bible Studies are available.

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN

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Upcoming programs atlocal libraries:

Vegetablegardening for kids

Thursday, March 12, 4p.m. Wyoming Branch,500 Springfield Pike, 369-6014

Plant vegetable seedsto take home and care foruntil it is warm enough toplant them in your ownhealthy vegetable garden.Children of all ages arewelcome, but those under6-years-old must bring agrown-up along. Registra-tion required.

Zumba for Kids

Thursday, March 26, 4p.m. Wyoming Branch,500 Springfield Pike, 369-6014

Zumba Kids with Jack-ie Reynolds is a modifiedversion of Zumba Fitness.Dance moves and Latinmusic are used to makefitness fun. Ages 6 yearsand up. Registration is re-quired.

Fear Factor: Fruitsand Veggies

Thursday, April 2, 4p.m. Wyoming Branch,500 Springfield Pike, 369-6014

Are you afraid of fruitsand vegetables? Over-

come your fear. Try a va-riety of fruits and vegeta-bles and earn prizes. Allages are welcome. Chil-dren under 6 years mustbring an adult to assistthem in the program. Reg-istration is required.

Yogamazing Yogafor Kids

Thursday, April 23, 4p.m. Wyoming Branch,500 Springfield Pike, 369-6014

Yoga presented by Poo-ja Malhotra. A fun-filledclass that blends yoga andplay. Children ages 5-12years. Registration is re-quired.

LOCAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS

A rundown of St. Pat-rick’s Day events at arealibraries:

McGing IrishDancers

Get in the spirit for St.Patrick’s Day with a ter-rific show by these award-winning graceful andpowerful Irish dance stu-dents. The McGing Irishdancers have been cham-pions in local, regional,national and world com-petitions. No registrationrequired.

Saturday, March 21, 11a.m.

Sharonville Branch,10980 Thornview Drive,369-6049.

Wednesday, March 25,4:30 p.m.

Wyoming Branch, 500Springfield Pike, 369-6014

Wednesday, March 25,6:30 p.m.

Symmes Township

Branch, 11850 E. EnyartRoad, 369-6001

Other events» Shamrock door hang-

erSaturday, March 14, 2

p.m.Forest Park Branch,

655 Waycross Road, 369-4478

Adults are invited tomake a shamrock doorhanger and may the luckof the Irish be with you.Registration is required.

» St. Patrick’s DayCraft

Tuesday, March 17, 4:30p.m.

Forest Park Branch,655 Waycross Road, 369-4478

Children can make afun St. Patrick’s Daycraft. Registration is re-quired.

» Celtic Music by theBuckeye Strings

Tuesday, March 17, 6:30

p.m.Sharonville Branch,

10980 Thornview Drive,369-6049

Celebrate St. Patrick’sDay with Celtic musiccourtesy of the BuckeyeStrings, a local dulcimergroup. No registration re-quired.

» The Wearing of theGreen: Irish Identities inAmerican IllustratedSheet Music

Monday, March 23,7:00 PM

Symmes TownshipBranch, 11850 E. EnyartRoad, 369-6001

Theresa Leininger, anassociate professor of arthistory at the Universityof Cincinnati, will discussthe ways in which illustra-tors, composers, and lyri-cists have portrayed Irishand Irish-American iden-tities in sheet music from1840-1925. No registrationrequired.

LIBRARY ST. PATRICK’S DAY EVENTS

A rundown of eventsfor children at area li-braries:

Circus PartySaturday, March 7,

10:30 a.m.Sharonville BranchAges 3 - 6, ages 1- 4, 18 -

36 monthsTame a lion, walk a

tightrope or jumpthrough a fiery hoop to bepart of the greatest showon earth. Registration notrequired.

Tall TailsWednesday, March 11,

10:30 a.m.Forest Park BranchAges 3 - 6, children,

families

Join the CincinnatiMuseum Center as theypresent Tall Tails. Wig-gle, waggle, hop and propas you learn about animaladaptations. Try on larg-er-than-life costumedtails and morph into dif-ferent animals. Hear aNative American taleabout two unique localanimals. Registration re-quired.

Peep Science!Monday, March 23, 4

p.m.Forest Park BranchWhat happens to a

marshmallow Peep in amicrowave? How aboutwhen you put it in water?Come in for some

“sweet” experiment-s...and maybe a snack,too! Registration not re-quired.

T-ShirtTransformation

Wednesday, March 25,7 p.m.

Sharonville BranchBring a T-shirt (or

two!) and transform it us-ing sharpies, bleach, scis-sors and more. We willprovide instructions forsharpie tie-dye, bleachdesigns, and cut and tiemethods. You must bringyour own Tshirt: all othermaterials provided. Ages12-18. Registration not re-quired.

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Advance ticket purchase required. Visit greatparks.org or call 513-521-7275, ext. 285, to purchase tickets and view menus.

March 21 (Mystery Dinner)

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June 19 A Night at the OscarsMay 16 Mirror, MirrorUpcoming Mystery Dinners

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Margaret T. O’MearaMargaret T. (nee Humbert)

O’Meara, 87, of Wyoming diedFeb. 23.

Survived by husband of 64years, Thomas R. O’Meara;children Michael (Sue) O’Meara,Patricia (Richard) Lang andTimothy (Dawn) O’Meara; andgrandchildren Ryan, Devin, Katieand Kelly O’Meara, Lisa (Mat-thew) Heineke and Laura andSean Lang.

Services were Feb. 27 at GoodShepherd Catholic Church,Montgomery. Memorials to:Vitas Hospice.

DEATHS

SPRINGDALEIncidents/investigationsRapeAttempt reported on Spring-field Pike, Feb. 9.

TheftMerchandise valued at $1,100removed from 900 block ofKemper Road, Feb. 9.

Clothing removed from 11000block of Princeton Pike, Feb. 9.

Reported on 600 block ofKemper Commons Circle, Feb.

9.

WYOMINGIncidents/investigationsCriminal damagingReported subject(s) spray paint-ed an obscene picture on carwindow. East Mills Ave., Feb.10.

Identity theft/fraudReported subject(s) used per-sonal information to attemptto apply for a student loan.

Springfield Pike, Feb. 11.Reported subject used bankinformation for an unautho-rized withdraws. Grove Ave.,Feb. 4.

Misuse of a credit cardReported subject used creditcard for an unauthorizedpurchase. Hilltop Lane, Jan. 27.

WYOMINGIncidents/investigationsCriminal damagingUnknown subject(s) spraypainted an obscene picture onthe victim’s car window, EastMills Avenue, Feb. 10.

Identity theft / fraudUnknown subject(s) used vic-tim’s personal information toattempt to apply for a studentloan, Springfield Pike, Feb. 11.

POLICE REPORTS

EVENDALE1545 Glendale Milford Road:Swifty Oil Co Inc. to R&R TakharLLC; $150,000.

SHARONVILLE3595 Cornell Road: Wilp, Ken-neth E. to Rahe, Sherri G.;$90,000.

3589 Grandview Ave.: Daniel,Betty L. to Daniel, Betty L.;$100,000.

4029 Mefford Lane: Garten,Rhonda K. to Reckman Proper-ties Ltd.; $89,000.

SPRINGDALE272 Carriage Circle Drive: Scar-berry, Lois to Bjorner, Johannes& Susanne; $112,000.

925 Kemper Road: Khougaz,Ernest G. Tr. to Skaff, Emile Tr.;$2,030,000.

1034 Terrytown Court: HiltonCapital Group LLC to Schmidt,Richard A. & Danielle D.;$53,000.

WOODLAWN7400 Springer Ave.: Allen, Edon

M. & Erick M. to Allen, Edon M.;$51,235.

9826 Springfield Pike: ShadyLawn Farms Inc. to SDJ Proper-ties LLC; $170,000.

9854 Springfield Pike: ShadyLawn Farms Inc. to SDJ Proper-ties LLC; $170,000.

WYOMING609 Springfield Pike: Wright, P.Kennard & Theresa G. to Jones,Richard A. & Holly D.; $82,500.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Hamilton County Re-cycling and Solid WasteDistrict (District) PolicyCommittee is seeking ahigh school student (ju-nior or senior) to join thecommittee.

This is a non-voting po-sition that allows the stu-dent to learn more aboutlocal environmental is-sues and how a govern-ment agency operates.

Prospective studentsare required to completean application, provide aletter of recommenda-tion, and secure both pa-

rental/guardian and prin-cipal permission to partic-ipate.

The student’s term be-gins in July with six bi-monthly meetings, con-cluding in May 2016.

The application form isavailable atHamiltonCountyRecycles.org;applications are due Fri-day, April 3.

The Policy Committeeconsists of four perma-nent members, one non-voting member and threeadditional representa-tives.

Policy Committee re-sponsibilities include re-viewing and providingguidance on programs,reviewing and approvingannual budgets, writingand implementing a 15-year solid waste manage-ment plan, and makingrecommendations to theHamilton County Boardof County Commissionerson solid waste manage-ment policies.

All Policy Committeemember positions are un-paid as is the student rep-resentative position.

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