Volume XXIX Issue 7 August 2003

Editor’s Note: Julie Rugh andJim Peterkin will be vacating the twocouncil seats they currently hold.These seats will be on the ballot inNovember’s election. Although thedeadline for nominating petitionswas August 21 at 4 p.m. (the daythis paper was mailed), you can findout more about being a write-in can-didate by contacting the board ofelections.

If you are intelligent,hardworking and a team player whocan stay objective under peer andresident pressure, then your com-munity needs you!

The title of Terrace Park Coun-cil member holds no glory, no sal-ary and no fringe benefits, but thesatisfaction of a job well done canbe yours. You will be scheduled toattend a monthly Council meeting

Please consider volunteering as a TerracePark Council memberBy Julie Rugh

and expected to prepare a reportof the activities of your committeeover the past month. Financial andlegislative decisions will be re-viewed jointly within your commit-tee and presented to Council for avote. Come well-prepared havingdone research on your topic andoffering Council several optionswhen considering purchases orservices for the Village. Expect tohave your report and recommen-dations discussed and challengedby other Council members as wellas TP residents.

The number of hours you willspend as a Council member de-pends on how thoroughly you arewilling to do your job. You can spendas little as one hour a week makinga few phone calls, up to severalhours a week meeting with resi-dents, attending committee meet-

A few questions, if you please.Have you recently renovated

your house? New construction, per-haps? Applied for a building permitor required a variance? If you an-swered “yes” to any of the above,then the recent Concerned Citizensof Terrace Park survey mailed toyour home deserves your attention.The survey asks for your zoningexperiences — whether they wentwithout a hitch or you encounteredgeneral or specific difficulties. Yoursuggestions are also welcome.Compiled, your input will provideboth CCTP and, in turn, Village gov-ernment, with historical data andsuggestions to approach a con-structive, effective review and im-provement of our zoning code and

An opportunity to “Speak Up”By Bren Fries enforcement process.

Various avenues to communi-cate your comments are available.Responses will be taken by e-mail(JPGohman@aol.com), FAX to831-7138, telephone hotline to JayGohman at 831-4675 or Jim Rauthat 831-5187 and snail mail to eitherJay or Jim. If confidentiality is re-quested, CCTP will respect it.

Several council members haveopenly voiced their concern regard-ing our current system and its ef-fectiveness in today’s Terrace Park.Your input by September 1 will makea difference in providing under-standing and encouraging action.Our code is outdated, hard to un-derstand and use and its enforce-ment needs improvement. Now isthe time to “Speak Up!”

It’s time for the pet parade!

Come join in the fun andenter your pet in our PetParade on Labor Day,Monday, Sept. 1. Valuableprizes will be awarded to the“top dogs” (or bunnies, cats,etc.). Pets will be judged at

9:30 a.m. in front of TerracePark Elementary School on Elm

Ave. Originality and creativity willreceive special consideration in the judging.

Because the Labor Day Parade immediately followsthe pet contest, it is important for everyone to be

on time. Winners will be announced and prizesawarded before the parade begins.

We hope to see you there!

ImportantDeadline Change

The deadline for theSeptember issue of theVillage Views is Friday

September 5th.

ings and returning phone calls. Theaverage monthly Council meetinglasts three hours, but be preparedto stay as late as midnight duringdifficult discussions.

The easiest part of your job willbe the people you work with. Ter-race Park employees, volunteers,other Council members and resi-dents can be dedicated, insightfuland ready to lend a helping hand.The most difficult part of your jobwill be the people you work with.

If you hear a bit of humor in myhonest description of the job of a Ter-race Park Council member then youalready understand that the mostimportant characteristic required is agood nature. Like all of the volunteeropportunities in Terrace Park, becom-ing a Council member is rewardingand challenging.

I encourage you to step up anddeclare your candidacy for the Vil-lage of Terrace Park Council. Yourcommunity needs you!

The election (November 4)Candidate Forum will be held thisyear on Thursday, October 9 at 7:30p.m. All candidates for any TerracePark office are asked to be presentto tell the electorate their qualifica-tions, commitments, goals and cur-rent issues; even if they are runningunopposed. The format will be thesame as two years ago with formerCouncilman Rick Gilchrist servingas moderator. Each candidate willhave up to four minutes for an open-ing statement before written ques-tions from the audience will behandled. The local community tele-vision station will again be present.

A “standing room only” crowdpacked the Community Building for

the 2001 forum. So, plan now to bepresent for, and participate in, thisinformative discussion of the currentimportant issues in Terrace Parkgovernment.

Candidates accessible at forum

Several residents addressedCouncil regarding recent floodingproblems. Representatives fromElm Lane, Indian Hill Road, RedBird Lane, and the Swim and Ten-nis Club, expressed concern overrecent flooding. Bob Halley of 114Red Bird Lane stated that everyyear, for almost 40 years, the run-off from Indian Hill has becomemore and more intense. Theunanimous request from residentswas that the Village seek profes-sional help for this problem andsolve it.

Vi l lage Solici tor RobertMalloy told those in attendancethat he represents several othermunicipalities as well as TerracePark and that all are experiencingthe problems caused by heavyrains. He and George Kipp, theVillage Engineer, have met withresidents over the years in an at-tempt to resolve some of the prob-lems. Malloy offered that the onlyway to logically handle the drain-age is in small steps. He ex-pressed the opinion that, unfortu-nately, there is no immediate reso-

Flooding problems dominate August Council agendaBy Susan House

lution available.Kipp reported that he was on

continuous duty for two weeks toresolve any serious situations thatoccurred due to the flooding rains.He responded to some 30 tele-phone calls from residents, andhas done everything possible tohandle the on-going flooding.Chief Robert Bacon stated thatevery week tons of gravel are be-ing removed by Village staff fromthe creek beds adjacent to ElmAvenue.

Councilman Stefan Olson, for-merly Urban Land Manager for theHamilton Co. Soil and ConservationDistrict, spoke to the group from hisexperience and stated, “These rainsare unique.” In closing he offeredthat “no engineer can defy gravity.Water comes down hill, and we livebeneath a big hill.”

Health Dept. to approve permitsThe Mayor, Olson and Bill

Fiedler, Terrace Park Building Offi-cial, met with Tim Ingham of theHamilton County Board of Health.It was determined that from this time

forward, all building permit applica-tions when submitted to our build-ing official shall first contain a “signoff” by the Hamilton County HealthDepartment. The Health Depart-ment requires a site plan and willinspect the subject property’s sep-tic system for adequacy prior toapproval of any structure that re-quires a building permit.

Council may go HollywoodGregg MacMil lan, of 112

Michigan, addressed Council re-garding coverage of the monthlyCouncil meeting by the local cablecompany. As a member of theI.C.R.C., Terrace Park can requestand receive free access to cablecoverage. The cable company willprovide the personnel, equipment,etc., at no cost. The only require-ment is that Council make the re-quest for coverage. MacMillanstated that several adjoining com-munities televise Council meet-ings regularly. The Mayor said thathe would forward the request tothe Rules & Law Committeeheaded by Councilman Terry

Howe. MacMillan said that hewould be glad to work with Howeto implement this service.In other business

Chief Bacon reported that, al-though the July Police Report in-cludes five “under age alcohol”events, he believes that the Man-datory Referral program is prov-ing to be successful, as he hasseen a decrease in such eventsover the past four months. TheChief also mentioned an effort onthe part of the police officers tostop and personally chat with

teenagers in the park in an effortto dissuade under age drinking.

Mayor Startsman reported thathe has received notice that the“East Side Neighbor to Neighbor-hood Coalition” will hold an eventon September 6, 2003, at Dale Parkin Mariemont.

George Kipp, our Engineerstated that the remaining street pav-ing and striping will be completedbefore school starts.

Councilman Peterkin intro-

Council continued on page 5

The Little Miami Scenic Trail isan integral part of Terrace Park. Itused to serve as a train line (whichmade Terrace Park an easily acces-sible winter home for the RobinsonCircus) and now is the unpavedsection of the “bike trail.”

For years, residents have won-dered when the trail through theVillage will be paved and connectedto the 81 miles of paved trail northof the Village and the eight miles ofyet-to-be-completed trail south ofthe Village. Apparently, the planningfor the completion of the 2.5 milesection of trail through our Villageis now underway.

Plans to complete bike trailare being developedMake your voice heard!

According to a postcard everyresident of Terrace Park shouldhave received in their mail, the OhioDepartment of Natural Resources(ODNR) will be on hand to answerquestions and gather informationregarding the development of thebike trail.

“As part of a statewide effortto construct a system of intercon-nected recreational trails acrossOhio, plans are being developed toextend the Little Miami Scenic Trailthrough the Village of Terrace Park,”the postcard announced. ODNR is“actively seeking input from all Ter-race Park residents before devel-

oping a design for this strategic trailsegment.”

A meeting with ODNR repre-sents is scheduled for Wednesday,August 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. atthe Community Building. Residentswith property adjoining the trail areencouraged to come between 6 p.m.and 7 p.m. All other residents shouldattend between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Please address all questions toCouncilwoman Julie Rugh at 248-1091.

Do not miss this important op-portunity to participate in the plan-ning of a potentially dramaticchange to the face of our Village.

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Letters to the Editor

June 20, 2003

To the editor:Thanks to Mr. Stirsman for mentioning the exciting success of the

Mariemont Junior and Senior High School men’s lacrosse program in theVillage Views. What makes their success so meaningful is that they con-sistently compete against larger schools including the likes of Moeller,Lakota and Sycamore. The Medina team that defeated varsity for thestate championship is a much larger school as well and the men com-peted hard, but were defeated by a superior squad.

Mr. Stirsman mentioned several Terrace Park young men that con-tributed heavily to the success of the varsity, including Steve Bollinger,Reed Peterson and Mitchel Frey, but he failed to mention that Clay Mar-tin was Third Team All State at Attack and Matt Burnheimer was SecondTeam All State as Goalie. Of the seven All State players on the Mariemontteam five are from Terrace Park!

I hope this serves as inspiration for all the young kids in the T.P.youth program. All told, over 65 percent of the Mariemont Junior andSenior High School lacrosse roster is stocked with Terrace Park players.The bar has been set high for the youngsters to follow and I am confidentthey will uphold our newly established tradition.

Eric Burnheimer504 Miami Ave.

Dear Terrace Park Neighbor - Parking rules are an important part of traf-fic safety!

Before you know it, kids will beback in school. That means moreactivity and traffic particularly dur-ing drop-off and pick-up. As part ofVillage Council’s ongoing trafficsafety effort, we want to remind ev-eryone that following parking rulesis critical. There are three areaswhere extra caution is warranted.

1.) Cars should only park onthe right side of the road. Pullingover to the left side for a drop-off orto park is illegal and dangerous. Itplaces cars in unexpected, head-onsituations as they cross on-comingtraffic. It also results in cars makingu-turns after drop offs - also illegal!

2.) Cars should never park within 30 feet of an intersection or stopsign. This creates visibility and traffic-flow problems that get furthercomplicated with our heavily used pedestrian crosswalks.

3.) “No Parking” areas exist to maintain visibility at critical placesnear play fields, schools and other locations where parked cars create atraffic hazard.

Our traffic safety program has resulted in renewed awareness amongresidents. Chief Bacon and the Safety Committee have received notesand calls from residents who support this effort. On behalf of all citizens,we appreciate the extra caution people take to keep the park safe forkids, pedestrians and cars! Terrace Park Police take parking violationsseriously and will enforce the rules with full council backing.

Thank YouT.P. Village Council Safety Committee

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Saturday July 19, 2003

6:03 a.m.: My left eyelid is priedopen by Eli’s thumb as he whispers,“Papa, are you awake?” He thenasks me if I know where his favor-ite Pokemon card is. Not knowing,I tell him that I am sure I saw hisolder brother hiding it in one of thevolumes of our EncyclopediaBritannica and that he should notwake me again until he hassearched the entire set.6:07 a.m.: I fall back asleep.6:08 a.m.: Although I am sleepingsoundly I feel a presence close tome and open my eyes to find Gabe’sface less than one half inch frommine. I scream louder than JamieLee Curtis in “Halloween” and thenwatch Gabe’s face turn into a liveversion of Edvard Munch’s painting“The Scream.” As Gabe and I bothwail hysterically, I make a mentalnote to get that Portable BedsideDefibrillator I saw on the HomeShopping Network last night.6:11 a.m.: Gabe and I are both fi-nally calm enough for him to tell methat the Tooth Fairy left him a“golden” dollar and a note in ex-change for the last of his front teeththat had fallen out the night before.He also related that his identicaltwin Eli is upset because now Gabehas both front teeth missing and Elistill has one remaining so they nolonger look exactly the same. I tellGabe to go assure Eli that he willlose that tooth soon and while he isat it he should help Eli search theencyclopedias for the missingPokemon card.6:18 a.m.: Even though my heartrate is still that of a hummingbird Idrift back to sleep.6:20 a.m.: A shriek that would makea banshee jealous pierces our bed-room door. It bursts open and Elistumbles into the room, the bloodystump of his final front tooth clutchedin his fist as a crimson stream flowsdown his chin. Apparently in his de-sire to look like Gabe’s twin againhe suggested that Gabe punch outhis tooth. Gabe was more thanhappy to oblige. I pray we have more“golden” dollars hidden somewhere.6:23 a.m.: I grudgingly surrenderand arise. As I get up I look at thenever used, dust covered alarmclock on my nightstand. I believethat falls into the category of un-planned obsolescence. I step intothe shower wondering if anyoneelse in the family needs to losesome teeth because I would loveto be of assistance.7:47 a.m.: I drive to Starbucks formy morning latte. On the way I notethat Rome may not have been builtin a day but it certainly did not takeas long as it is taking to repair theMariemont Square.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation(or at least one rant-filled Saturday of it)By Jeffrey Koreman

7:50 a.m.: I oc-cupy my time inline musing onthe orders of myfellow Starbuckspatrons in frontof me. Thewoman in frontorders a decaffeinated no-fat milklatte. I decide to e-mail Starbucksand suggest they market the drinkby calling it a “Why Bother.” Theman behind her is thirty-somethingwith a several-day growth of beard.The cashier asks him if he wouldlike to try a latte. “Naaaah, I wantplain black coffee. I don’t drink anyof that sissy stuff,” he replies, hiseyes scanning the floor, presumablyfor a spittoon. Listen up guys. If yourmasculinity is hanging from so tenu-ous a thread that it is dependent onwhether or not you get foamed milkin your coffee then it is time to con-sult a professional to sort things out.The man directly in front of me stepsto the counter and says, “I wouldlike a three shot Grande, half-cafhalf-decaf, 172 degree Fahrenheit,2 1/3 pack Sweet ‘n’ Low, 2 1/2 packEqual, soy milk, no foam, extracaramel, light whipped cream,Caramel Macchiato in a Vente cupplease.” As I feel my ulcer perfo-rating I decide to ask all of myfriends and family that should I everbegin drinking anything that takeslonger to order than it does to actu-ally drink they should just shoot me.11:45 a.m.: I have spent severalhours doing a minimal number ofchores, as I was too busy lookingfor lost toys, mediating disputes withworld shattering implications (“HeyArnold is on at 7.” “Uh-uh...it’s onat 7:30.” “7.” “7:30” “7!” “7:30!!”“Boys, listen to your Papa...HeyArnold has been cancelled and re-placed by a weekly show aboutbrussels sprouts...now go playsomewhere.”), and fighting off theurge to curl up in a ball in a cornerand weep myself to sleep.12:14 p.m.: I drive Asher to his pri-vate foreign language lesson. He islearning Chinese because we havebeen told that he will never get intoan Ivy League school without be-ing fluent by the time he is 16. Wehave been further informed thatsince he is learning only Cantoneseand not also studying Mandarin andHakka we can forget about him at-tending Harvard or Yale. Oh, well,maybe Cornell or Princeton are stillpossibilities.1:26 p.m.: I am driving back homewith Asher as I speak to Tammy onmy cell phone. As always, I lose re-ception in the middle of Indian Hill.My eye twitching, I ask myself whyit is that the worst reception in thecity is in the one area of town that

has more cell phones per capitathan a crack house.3:15 p.m.: I find myself lost some-where in Glendale trying to find thetwin’s Jai Alai practice. ApparentlyJai Alai is the 400-year-old game ofthe future and will soon be supplant-ing lacrosse, sculling, and biking asTHE sport in America. I wander upand down the streets as Gabe andEli repeatedly bounce the pelota offthe back of my head.5:44 p.m.: I return home with thetwins, who run to play with Asher,and I walk into the master bedroomin search of Tammy. On the bed Isee five outfits of men’s clothing.Each outfit is laid out with the armsof the shirts and the legs of thepants outstretched, as if the own-ers of the clothing had simply fallenback onto the bed and melted intothe mattress. Tammy emerges fromthe bathroom and smiles at me. “Isuppose you are wondering whatthis is all about,” she says.

“Yes,” I reply, “But if your expla-nation involves five guys currentlyhiding in our closet I would prefernot knowing.”

“You are so silly,” she laughs.“The other night I saw back to backepisodes of this incredible showcalled Queer Eye for the StraightGuy and I thought of you.”

“Well I am praying that it is thelast half of the show title that mademe come to mind,” I reply defensively.

“No, you don’t understand.The show is about a group of fivegay men who do a total makeoveron a straight guy to help him in hispersonal life, particularly his lovelife. They had some terrific ideasabout clothing so I thought I woulddo a little shopping for you. Whatdo you think?”

Knowing better than to answerthat question with my first impulse Ireply, “Terrific, babe.”

“Now try these outfits on andmodel them for me so I can see howyou look. I have some work to do inAsher’s room so you can come inthere wearing each one okay?” shesays as she moves toward the door.

Flashing back to a long agoepisode of a television showwhere a guy is sent to a versionof hell where he is a little girl’sdol ly I smile and say, “Suredear...I’ll be right there.” As shebegins to close the door behindher I ask, “Tam, you don’t think Ineed a makeover do you?”

She smiles lovingly and says,“Of course not honey, I love you justthe way you are,” and shuts the doorbehind her. I breathe a sigh of reliefand then hear her call from the hall-

way, “Oh by the way, I hope you’renot busy Monday morning becauseyour pedicure and eyebrow waxingare scheduled for 9:00 a.m.”6:45 p.m.: We order in pizza andwatch Nickelodeon while we eat. Ihave not seen adult TV in years. Ieat my pizza and begin to reminisceabout my childhood. I rememberbeing forced to watch what my fa-ther decided we would watch ontelevision and anticipating the daywhen I would be in charge of thet.v.. As I watch SpongeBobSquarepants chase a jellyfish I vowto myself that someday, when theboys are away to college, I will fi-nally be in control of the television.

August

25 First day of classes for all Mariemont CitySchools

30 Garage Sale 7 a.m. to Noon at the Log Cabin.Proceeds benefit TP Recreation programs.

September

1 LABOR DAY — no school.

1 TP Labor Day Parade begins at 10 a.m. TPRecreation Committee Labor Day Festival fol-lowing parade until 1 p.m. at the Village Green

2 TPE PTO Meeting 9:30 a.m. School Cafeteria

7 TP Historical Society 4 p.m. Community Build-ing. Program: TP resident Lynn Nelson dis-cusses the Robinson Circus. Contact CarolCole at 831-6771 for details.

8 AARP Luncheon Noon Community Building.Program: Ms. Jane Winkler on “Fraud, Wasteand Abuse in Health Care Billing.” For reser-vations call Betty Smith at 831-5434.

8 TP Mayor’s Court 7 p.m. Community Building

8 MHS Fine Arts Meeting 7:30 p.m.

9 MHS PTO Meeting 8:45 a.m.

9 TP Village Council 7:30 p.m. Community Building

11 Kindervelt #76 7-9 p.m. Community Building.Open information meeting — anyone interestedin becoming a member of Kindervelt is encour-aged to attend. Contact Missy Osgood at 831-2637 for more information.

15 Mariemont Boosters Meeting 7:30 p.m.

16 TPE PTO Bootique 3:20 p.m. — 5 p.m. TPE

16 Mariemont Board of Education Meeting 7:15p.m. Public welcome.

17 MJHS PTO 8:45 a.m.

20 TP Basketball Sign-ups 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. TPEGym

25 Mariemont Foundation Meeting 7:30 p.m.MJHS Library

27 Rosh Hashanah begins

29 Early dismissal Mariemont grades 7-12

I look over and see Tammy fondlingthe channel changer. A tear slipsdown my cheek as I glimpse end-less episodes of Queer Eye for theOld Guy in my future.9:48 p.m.: Tammy and I get theboys to sleep and are so exhaustedwe both crumple under the covers.She falls asleep immediately and Iknow I am not far behind. I feel theglow of the alarm clock against myface. I get up, unplug the clock,open the window, and toss it out.It lands with a satisfying smash onour walkway below. I crawl backinto bed and slide into slumberawaiting the press of a child’sthumb against my eyelid.

CHRISTIAN CLEANING LADY HAS OPENINGS.CALL KAREN @583-5093.

Jeffrey Koreman

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Neighbor to Neighbor

Eleven adventurous boys fromPack 97 returned from Cub Worldin Loveland with great memories ofBB guns, archery, a camping expe-rience called Outpost, nature hikes,fishing obstacle courses, climbinga rock wall, Dutch oven cobbler,Trading Post slushees, and wild ‘ncrazy skits.

Den leaders, Jon Saxton andSteve Gorman, led the boys on their

Pack 97’s adventuresat Cub WorldBy Cindy Gorman

four-day bivouac. The boys workedon completing service requirements(cleaning shower stalls, picking uptrash, gathering fire wood), workingon advancement skills, and display-ing great attitudes. Their positive go-get’em attitudes earned Pack 97 theDistinguished Honor Unit awardgiven at the conclusion of camp.

Pack 97 boys could be heardchanting “Four more days! Fourmore days!”

By Jeffrey Koreman

We in the Koreman clan madeour first trip to the Annual Twins DayFestival in Twinsburg, Ohio. This wasthe 28th annual three-day festivalthat takes place the first weekend ofAugust in the small town locatedbetween Akron and Cleveland. Eachyear the festival makes the GuinnessBook of World Records as the larg-est gathering of twins in the world.Last year over 2,600 sets of twinswere in attendance. Twinsburg wasnamed in honor of Aaron and MosesWilcox, who in 1817 donated sixacres of land that is now the centersquare. The brothers married sisters,held property in common, werestricken by the same ailment anddied the same day.

The festival included a paradeand a number of contests and talentshows. It also had a number of rides

Double Take and booths. The real show was injust walking around the festivalgrounds. We felt as if we were in themiddle of some strange science fic-tion movie. The twin children wereabsolutely adorable but the real treatfor us was in seeing the older setsof twins. The oldest set in attendancewas a pair of identical men who were98 years old. We even met a pair ofidentical men who met a pair of iden-tical women at the festival six yearsago. The two couples are nearingtheir fifth wedding anniversaries.Even outside the fair grounds it wasan eerie feeling. We went into a lo-cal restaurant near our hotel andbooth after booth was filled with setsof twins. This is certainly not some-thing around which to plan your sum-mer vacation but I would recommendto anybody to spend one day at thefestival at least once in your life.Even if you do not have twins I be-lieve it would be a delight.

Gabriel and Elijah Koreman with a set of older identical twins.

We are heading for Keenelandon October 8 via Croswell BusTours. The cost is $45 per personthat includes lunch, reserved seat,program and transportation. We in-vite our senior friends and neigh-bors in the Terrace Park communityto join us.

9:30 a.m. - Board the bus from theKroger Parking Lot, (SW corneracross from PNC Bank).11:30 a.m. - Lexington, lunch atSprings Inn.12:30 p.m. - Leave for Keenelandarriving approx. 12:45 p.m.1:15 p.m. - First race.5 p.m. - Leave Keeneland, arrivehome approximately 7 p.m.

The reservation deadline is Friday,September 5.

Please make your checks payableto St. Thomas Church and mail toNick Shundich, 206 Harvard Av-enue, Terrace Park, Ohio 45174.

See you at the races!

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The patient, planning natureof the Shoemaker family wasthrown for a loop when they real-ized that high-voltage power lineswere running through the backyard of their soon-to-be-builthome in Loveland. When theShoemakers couldn’ t just i fyhealth risks to their young son,they cancelled the project anddrove from their home in Oakleyto Loveland to pick up their checkfrom the developer. By chance,they took the back way home anddecided to turn onto Elm anddrive through Terrace Park. Totheir great surprise and relief,Kurt and Becky Shoemaker foundthe perfect fit for their family at909 Stanton Avenue.

“I had ridden through this areaon my bike two years ago, but itdidn’t hit our radar when we startedhouse hunting,” said Kurt. “We werelooking in Mariemont because wewanted a good school system anda sense of community.”

Becky’s parents live in Lou-isvil le and visit often, so theShoemakers wanted a guestroom and at least three bath-rooms in their new house. Theyalso wanted to be on a cul-de-sac. Having carefully plannedtheir “wish list,” the Shoemakerswere willing to wait and thoughtit would take them two or threeyears to find the perfect house.

“We saw this house once andfell in love with it,” Becky said. So,in January of this year, Kurt andBecky, 2-year-old son Corben,family dog Guthry and Dunkin thecat moved into their new home onthe cul-de-sac at the end ofStanton. By all accounts, themove has been good for every-one. The Shoemakers quickly got

Shoemakers find TerracePark fits their plansBy Sherry Holcomb involved in Terrace Park activities,

including the dinner club andbunco. Corben is also scheduledto attend pre-school at St. Tho-mas this fall.

“I have never met a group offriendlier people in my life. It seemslike everyone has the same goal,”explained Becky. “We both love ithere and hope we can stay forever.”

An added bonus to their newlocation is proximity to the bike trail.The whole family enjoys being ac-tive and going for rides with Corbenin the trailer behind dad. Withoutthe trailer, Kurt is a serious com-petitor who bikes to his job atEthicon Endo-Surgery in Blue Ashfor additional training. In fact, Kurtwould like to find other riders inTerrace Park who want to competeand train together.

Both Kurt and Becky are em-ployed at Ethicon. Kurt was re-cruited from Texas to serve as aproject manager for Ethicon’s clini-cal trials of new products and ap-

plications. Becky splits her time be-tween part-time work in the market-ing department and taking care ofCorben.

The biggest and most reward-ing job for both Kurt and Becky isparenting Corben. The typical two-year-old wants lots of attention frommom and dad, and he gets it. “It wasa real journey for us to be able tohave Corben and now we feel com-plete,” Becky explained. “He is defi-nitely our greatest accomplishmentand still a work in progress.”

Future plans for the Shoemak-ers include traveling to see friendsand family in Texas and Florida,and remodeling the house as timepermits. “We’re thrilled with thehouse, but we want to add our ownsense of style and creativity,” saysBecky. “We’re going to renovate thekitchen and a few other areas tomake it our own.” Looks like it willbe time for the Shoemakers to usetheir skills at planning and patienceonce again.

Council continued from frontpage

duced an ordinance that was ap-proved providing for the control ofblight and disease of trees withinpublic rights-of way and for plant-ing, maintaining, trimming and re-moving trees in and along thestreets of Terrace Park for theyear 2004. The ordinance pro-vides for the levying of an assess-ment upon real property in Ter-race Park for the cost and ex-pense of such work.

Counci lman Holmes an-nounced a public meeting with ar-chitects on August 19, 2003, todiscuss the proposed scenariosfor re-development of the commu-nity buiilding and facilities. Unfor-tunately that date is prior to thecirculation date of the VillageViews.

And on a personal noteChief Bacon proudly an-

nounced that he became a grand-father, for the first time, on August4. Congratulations to the chief !

July Council Highlights

● At the July meeting of the Ter-race Park Village Council, MayorStartsman announced that he willrun for re-election in November,2003. ● Chief Bacon reported that atthe end of June, 2003, a policecruiser was “totaled” in an accidentthat occurred while an officer wasresponding to a mutual aid run toNewtown for a robbery. Council ul-timately approved the purchase of

new police cruiser. ● Solicitor, Robert Malloy draftedan ordinance, which was approvedby Council to amend the Village’scurrent DUI ordinance. It reducesthe BAC from .10 to .08, to complywith the Ohio State law. ● A resolution was approvedwith conditions for the use of theproperty at 614 Wooster for thebusiness to be known as “OverCoffee.” The owner of the newbusiness, Renee Tetrault, wouldlike to operate the business from6 a.m. to 10 p.m. This request issubject to appeal, as the approvedhours of operation are presentlyfrom 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. The plannedopening date for the business,which will serve coffee, blendeddrinks, pastries, and desserts, isOctober 1, 2003. ● Councilman Stefan Olson re-ported that the Planning and Zon-ing Committee met and recom-mends that, in the case of re-quests for a zoning variance, writ-ten notification to adjoining prop-erty owners will be sent and theVillage will place “real estate” typesigns in the yard of the request-ing property owner. ● Councilman Jim Peterkin intro-duced a resolution authorizing theVillage to contract with Davey Treeto prune trees along Wooster toimprove the line of site. ● Councilman Mark Porst intro-duced and Council approved aresolution to renew an existing levyfor general operating purposes inthe amount of 3.5 mills. CouncilmanPorst reiterated that this is a renewaland does not result in increasedproperty tax.

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Becky and Kurt Shoemaker with two-year-old Corben.

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Welcome, Mr. Denny!The Terrace Park Elementary

(TPE) school bell rings out a wel-come to our new 2003/2004 interimprincipal, Bob Denny. As MikeZimmermann left to pursue an op-portunity in another district, Mr.Denny accepted the head TPE spotfor this school year in a district towhich he has long contributed.

Most recently, he stepped inas the interim principal atMariemont Junior High in 2001,and has served previously as prin-cipal at the junior high and at allthree elementary schools. In everycapacity, Mr. Denny received warmreviews from staff, students andparents alike. In all, Mr. Denny hasworked for more than 25 years asan integral member of theMariemont school system. Beforehis return to this district, he wasthe regional service center direc-tor at Northern Kentucky University.As director, he was responsible forthe professional development of 28school districts.

Superintendent Gerry Harrisfeels strongly that “we are very for-tunate to have someone of Mr. BobDenny’s caliber to step forward andassume the leadership of TerracePark Elementary. His knowledge ofour programs, our community, ourstandards and our staff is outstand-ing. His instructional and curricu-lum strengths, combined with hisembracing personality, and his en-thusiasm for students guarantee agreat year in a great school.”Please join the Terrace Park PTOin welcoming Mr. Denny and offer-ing all our support throughout theschool year.

Terrace Park Elementary PTO

They’re officialThe 2003/2004 PTO officers

are excited to work with our newprincipal this year. They are DeeWalter, president; Jenny Whitaker,vice president; Jean Marie Nelson,treasurer and Shannon DeCamp,secretary. They’ll be happy to meetyou at the first PTO meeting of theschool year Tuesday, September 2in the cafeteria. There will be loadsof volunteering opportunities!

Bootique — comingfrighteningly soon!

Halloween can never cometoo soon to Terrace Park — so

mark your calendar now for thePumpkin Festival kick-off event, theBootique, chaired by Liz Kaeser.The fun will run from 3:20 p.m. to 5p.m. on Tuesday, September 16.Monsters of all ages can buyghostly novelties that Jill Donnellyand crew will offer. Leslie McManusand her bake sale helpers willtempt you with melt-in-your-mouthbaked goods. Batty Bingo will alsobe run by Cindy Gorman. Thosewho pre-order fall mums can pickthem up from Kim Grau at theBootique, too. (Ordering informa-tion will come home in Wednesdayenvelopes. If you don’t have a stu-dent at TPE, but would like to or-der mums, contact Kim Grau at248-0793.) It’s a wonderful fallevent and all Terrace Parkers areinvited. Volunteers are needed tomake it happen, so call Liz Kaeserat 248-2651, if you dare!

Pumpkin Festival 2003!While your calendar’s out, go

ahead and put a big orange pumpkinaround Friday, October 17, 5 p.m. to8:30 p.m. (note: no school that day,let the kids sleep in to rest up!) Su-san Malone and Jane Douglas prom-ise to bring back everyone’s favoriteswhile adding some new hauntingtouches — like a children’s theaterfeaturing Will Hillenbrand’s TheHouse that Drac Built slide show!More dreaded details to come...

Liz Kaeser will open the PTO Bootique for business on Tuesday,September 16 from 3:20 p.m. - 5 p.m. Susan Malone and Jane Dou-glas will follow with the main event, Pumpkin Festival 2003, on Fri-day, October 17 from 5 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

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Soon after Christmas 2001 theTerrace Park Historical Society ar-chives moved from the Guild Roomat St. Thomas Church to the base-ment of 629 Myrtle Avenue. Thereup to 10 volunteers have workedmost Thursday afternoons. Our big-gest project has been copying ontoacid free paper all the articles inscrapbooks assembled by StanMiller over a period of over 40 years.

For those of you who didn’tknow Stan he and his wife, Effie,moved to 714 Miami with their twoboys in 1937. For many years Stanwas a kind of self appointed histo-rian of our village.

Once the scrapbook articleswere copied they had to be cut apartto be filed in our People and Sub-ject files. There the information theycontain will be easy to find for thoseinterested in doing research aboutTerrace Park people and eventsduring those years. Loose leaf note-books were also put together con-taining pictures of all the buildingsin Terrace Park. Other notebookswere assembled with obituaries andarticles about Terrace Park peopleno longer with us. Oral histories arebeing collected; our current team ofinterviewers is Jeanette Pruiss andHelen Barnett. Annie Bauer has or-ganized much of the information wehave on our Fire and EMS depart-ments and has written up their his-

Terrace Park Historical SocietyTracking our past and present for the futureBy Carol Cole

tory. Leslie Jones has started mak-ing a searchable index of all the ar-ticles in Village Views. This and agreat deal more work has beendone primarily on these Thursdayafternoons.

Now in the summer of 2003 thearchives of the Terrace Park Histori-cal Society have moved back to theirmore permanent home at St. Tho-mas Church. We have been giventwo wonderful rooms on the middlefloor of the old education building.Historical Society volunteers havegiven these rooms and the cabinetsin them a fresh coat of paint. Therewe are continuing to organize thearchives but will also be adding tothem more material from the cellarof the Community House — non-governmental materials that do nothave to be kept by the Village. Sev-eral people have come forward anddonated shelving, file cabinets,desks, chairs and computer tables.We could still use more tables,chairs and file cabinets (especiallylateral cabinets) so please let usknow if you have furniture to donate(831-6771 or cccole4@juno.com).Remember your donated items aretax deductible and will be very muchappreciated.

Among the archives we haveis an article about Charles A.Meurer, still life and landscape art-ist, written by his daughter,

Caroline Burger, for the time cap-sule buried in front of the Commu-nity House at the time of the 1993centennial celebration. The Meurerfamily lived for many years at 731Miami Avenue. In last month’s ar-ticle I told you the story of how hecame to live there.

Terrace Park was an idealplace to raise a family and to pur-sue his life’s work as an artist. TheWoodward s Farm, Robinson’s Cir-cus, and the rural landscape along

the river provided many subjects forhis paintings. He painted designsand scenery on the circus wagons.The sheep and cows on the farmwhere the County Club is now lo-cated were subjects of many of hispictures. Last month’s article alsotold you that several Terrace Parkresidents still own paintings doneby Meurer. Jeanette Pruiss hastaken pictures of some of thosepaintings for our archives. We wouldnow like others who own paintingsby Meurer to contact us and let ustake photographs of them for our ar-chives. One that we’ve had for along time (shown below) is of apainting he did of 6 Kris Circle (thenwith a Wooster Pike address) many

years ago when it was owned bythe Highlands family and had manyout buildings no longer there. TheseMeurer paintings are very valuablein showing us how some of TerracePark looked in the first half of the20th century.

Our next Historical Societymeeting will be held in the Commu-nity House at 4 p.m. on Sunday af-ternoon September 7th. LynnNelson will speak to us about theRobinson Circus. Lynn’s family hada close connection with theRobinson family, which Lynn will tellus about. She is also one of thelucky ones who remembers comingout to Terrace Park as a child to visitthe family and ride the elephants.

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Plan now to attend theMariemont Kiwanis Club’s 17th an-nual Arts and Crafts Fair to benefitMariemont High School college-bound seniors on Sunday, Septem-ber 7, from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. on theWooster Pike median strip justwest of the Mariemont Square.More than 2,000 shoppers cameto buy last year!

Co-chariman and pastMariemont Kiwanis Club President,Al Nelson, said: “There will be fourawards made during the Arts andCrafts Fair: first and second placeBest of Fair — ARTS, and first andsecond place Best of Fair —CRAFTS.”

Co-chairman and pastMariemont Kiwanis Club President,Matt Nickum, said: “The Fair willhave at least 95 exhibitors’ boothsfilled with original arts and crafts ofall sorts. We prohibit exhibitors whosimply buy at wholesale and resell.”The profits will be used to awardcollege scholarships to outstandingand deserving senior students atMariemont High School.

Raffle Ticket Chairman, MikePope, said: “Raffle tickets will besold before and during the Arts and

Mariemont Kiwanis Arts and Crafts Fair benefits MariemontHigh School studentsBy Peter Stites Crafts Fair for $1 each or six for $5.

Prizes are $200, $100, and $50.”“Each year the Kiwanis Arts

and Crafts Fair gets better,” saidMariemont Mayor and Kiwanis Clubmember, Dan Policastro, who islooking forward to this year’s event.“The Fair gives the Village an op-portunity to demonstrate the charm,beauty, and improvements in thiscommunity.”

The Mariemont Chapter ofFree and Accepted Masons of Ohio,headed by Kiwanis Club member,David Fine, will sell pizza, hotdogs,and soft drinks on the median strip.

Mariemont Kiwanis Club Presi-dent Rich Ewald, said: We’re readyfor “F Day” September 7th, the bigM.K.A. and C. Fair Day. Please joinus and pray For “A FAIR” Day!

Please direct your questionsabout the Arts and Crafts Fair to AlNelson, 831-9220, or to MattNickum at Hi Tech Graphics, 561-2292. Questions about MariemontKiwanis Club membership shouldbe directed to the club secretary,Barbara Anderson at Mari-Elders,271-5588.

We hope to see YOU Sunday,September 7, at the fair on the me-dian strip in Mariemont.

Susan Amis (l) and Erin Rosson were awarded second place in the crafts division at the 2002 KiwanisArts and Crafts fair. Fair Chairman Matt Nickum had the honor of presenting the award.

On Saturday, October 18 theMariemont Boosters will sponsorthe 9th Annual John Hubbard Me-morial Golf outing. The outing willbe held at Hickory Woods Golfcourse located in Milford. Tee timeswill begin at 12:03 p.m. The cost is$70 per golfer. After the comple-tion of play, food and drinks will beserved in the clubhouse. The out-ing will be a Texas scramble for-mat. Prizes will be awarded for thefollowing:

Longest DriveClosest to the pinLongest putt1st place team2nd place teamDead last teamSplit the pot

The Mariemont WarriorBooster Association exists to sup-port the Mariemont Jr. High andHigh School athletes and their fans.Through membership fees and fundraising events, the associationseeks to raise the funds necessaryto meet the needs of the athletesand coaches.

Additional information and on

The 2003 MariemontBoosters 9th AnnualJohn Hubbard Memo-rial Golf Outing

line entry forms can be obtained onthe Boosters Golf Outing website:h t t p : / / w w w. g e o c i t e s . c o m /mariemont_booster_golf_outing/or by contacting Tom Feie 561-0726.

Marieleder of the yearCongratulations to Mrs.

Antoinette “Cherry” Bender,Marielders nominee to the SeniorCitizens Hall of Fame and the 2003Marielder of the year.

Cherry has been a Centermember since 1989 when she be-gan her participation in the CenterArt Class. She quickly became in-volved in the crafts and knitting,contributing many fine items to thevarious Center sales. Along theway, Cherry served as President ofthe Members Council and co-chairof the Antiques and Collectiblessection of the Center’s major rum-mage sales.

We are pleased and proud toadd Cherry’s name to the Center’s

News from the Marielderswall of fame. To honor all of HamiltonCounty’s Senior Citizens Hall ofFame representatives a luncheonwill be held at the Hyatt Regencyon Friday, September 19.

Blood pressure screeningThe Marielders offers free

blood pressure screening on thesecond Thursday of every month,courtesy of Collier Nursing Ser-vices. The nurse will be availableon September 11 from 1 p.m. to 3p.m. Remember, no reservationsare necessary, just come to theCenter at 6923 Madisonvi l leRoad, Mariemont.

The healthy notes: healing powerof music

Rachel Renneker, MusicTherapist from Episcopal Retire-ment homes will be her to discussthe healing power of music onWednesday, September 17. Lunchwill be served at noon before theprogram. The cost of the lunch$2.50 reservations must be madeby September 15.

Hearing screeningCindy Whitehurst, Au.D.,

FAAA, from Mariemont HearingCenter and the Marielders aresponsoring a hearing screening onWednesday, September 17 from9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The screen-ing service is free, but a reserva-tion must be made by calling theMarielders at 271-5588.

Loss support groupEveryone experiences losses

in their lives. It may be the loss of ajot, not being able to drive, severehealth problems, of the loss of aloved one. The Marielders would like

to welcome anyone experiencinglosses to join their evening supportgroup that lets you discuss theselosses. Led by Jan Borgman fromGrief and Bereavement Institute,the group meets on the fourthWednesday of the month, Septem-ber 24, at 7 p.m. at the Center (seeaddress above).

For men onlyThe Marielders is starting a

new lunch and health program formen only. On Friday, September 26,our first guest speaker will be re-tired doctor Richard Wendel. Dr.Wendel will discuss prostate can-cer. Lunch will be served at noonand Dr. Wendel will speak immedi-ately after lunch. Lunch is $2.50and reservations must be made atthe Center (see address above) bySeptember 24.

Cholesterol screeningOn Wednesday, October 15

from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Jewish Alli-ance Technicians and theMarielders are sponsoring threecholesterol screenings. The first isa non-fasting cholesterol reading for$10. The second is a lipid profilethat requires a 12-hour fast. It in-cludes a cholesterol screening withHDL-LDL and triglycerides readingsfor $15. The third is the executiveprofile that requires a 12-hour fast.It includes a cholesterol screeningwith HDL-LDL, triglycerides, thy-roid, complete blood count and 21other screenings for $35.

Reservations must be made bycalling the Marielders at 271-5588.Please indicate which screeningsyou are interested in when youmake your reservations. Refresh-ments will be served.

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Even though you probablyhave air conditioning, the ideaof preparing a meal during thesummer or fall is usually not theidea one has in mind, especiallywith the pool beckoning or a nicewalk needed to clear the mind.With a little planning, you canreally reduce the amount of timeyou spend in the kitchen or atthe grill.

Now, I’m not talking aboutmaking those nasty leftoversyou dig out of the back of therefigerator a week (or two) later.I am talking about thinkingahead a bit and having cookedfoods at your fingertips to helpmake the meals your familyloves.

The simplest way to savetime is to grill enough meat fortwo nights, or three, or... Whengrilling, throw on some extrameat then wrap/store properlyand put some in the fridge and(maybe) some in the freezer. Toliven up the meals, serve differ-ent side dishes, or try recipesthat use the same meat in a dif-ferent entree.

On the night you grill, servechicken or beef with grilled veg-etables fresh from the farmer’smarket with a salad. The nextnight, chop up the left overchicken/beef and mix it with

A little planning, alot of good mealsBy John Harrington

pasta, frozen vegetables, somecheese in a baking dish and putin the oven (350 degrees) for20-30 minutes and it’s done.Easy, healthy (depending onhow much cheese one uses)and fun if you let the kids help.You do the chopping, there areno hot pans and they can mea-sure and mix.

There are myriad ways youcan save time, once you decideto make enough for two meals.Going to a friend’s house andyou were asked to bring asalad? Make it a pasta salad!Cook the whole box, take halfand store the rest. Voila, younow have the pasta for nextnight’s dinner. In fact, here’s asimple pasta salad recipe: in abowl, combine cooked pasta(use a fun shape for the kids)and vegetables — peppers,onions, cherry tomatoes, peas,corn whatever you like (if youare going to use frozen veggies,put in the microwave for 90 sec-onds, then sample a few tomake sure they won’t break atooth). Toss with salad dress-ing (we prefer a light Italian orbalsamic vinegar, but, again, it’syour choice).

Remember, during thesummer and fall, keep it simpleso you have time to enjoy yourfamily.

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Once again it’s that time of theyear. Our annual Terrace Park Rec-reation Commission (TPRC) LaborDay Garage sale is fast approach-ing and items have been pouring in.This year the sale will be held onSaturday, August 30th from 7 a.m.to noon at the Log Cabin. It is theprimary fund-raiser by the TPRC tosupport our recreational programs.Donations are tax deductible andforms may be picked up at the timeof drop-off.

Donation drop-offs are beingheld on various Saturdays from 8a.m. to noon. Just look for the signsaround the park and if the signs areup, someone will be at the LogCabin to assist you with your dona-tion. If you are unable to make oneof the Saturday drop-offs and wouldstill like to make a donation, pleasecall to make arrangements. If youhave large items or furniture we willmake arrangements to pick them upon Thursday, August 28th from 5

Labor Day Garage Salep.m. to 8 p.m. Please call Ralph(Wally) Heffner at 831-5941 (home)or 639-9145 (work) to make specialdrop-off arrangements or to beadded to the pick-up list.

We appreciate your donationsof gently used items. However, wecan not accept shoes, large appli-ances, magazines, encyclopediasand damaged or soiled furniture.

This year, as in the past, theonly “early bird” purchases will bethose residents that donate at leasttwo hours of their time in preparingeverything for sale.

Remember, the Labor DayGarage Sale is it a totally volunteeroperation and we need everyone’shelp in making it work. It takes a tre-mendous effort to collect, sort, priceand prepare for the sale. Over thepast several years there has beena small core of residents that havecarried the bulk of the work on theirshoulders and we are in need ofadditional help. Students, are you

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After years of service, some ofyour volunteer firefighters haveretired and there are openingsin the department. We have twodrills per month and a lot of fun.It’s a great contribution to yourvillage. If you are ready to joinus please call me. CaptainJack Gambetta @ 248-9400.

The “Concerned Citizens ofTerrace Park” (CCTP) met to dis-cuss the importance of candidatesfiling for the November electionsand to further the process of im-proving the zoning code for TerracePark. Forty to 50 members of thegroup, now numbering 90, attendedthe meeting. A decision was madeto use the group’s treasury fundsto immediately send out a letterto the residents of the Village so-liciting candidates for the Novem-ber elections and requesting citi-zen input for the zoning enforce-ment process. CCTP will hold acandidate forum on October 9,2003, and encourages everyoneto vote on November 9, 2003.

Zoning and elections topagenda at CCTP meetingBy Susan House Elizabeth Bloom, the former

Director of the Department of Plan-ning for the City of Cincinnati, anda renowned expert on the subjectof zoning, spoke to the meeting re-garding contemporary zoning meth-ods as they apply to the Village.After a cursory review of the Ter-race Park zoning ordinance, Bloomcommented that our zoning codewas like many others that are out-dated compared to contemporaryzoning standards.

She felt that the biggestchange in recent zoning codes hasto do with percentage of lot cover-age, rather than traditional “setback” requirements. Another newtechnique is the use of graphics andcharts to explain regulations. Bloom

pointed out that the TP zoning ordi-nance does not set forth clear in-structions regarding the appealsprocess and makes no provisionfor important “notice to neighbors”when any new development is con-templated. Her suggestions in-cluded Terrace Park having a newzoning ordinance drafted by a con-sultant, and then having review andapproval done by a committee con-sisting of representatives of the Vil-lage Council and Planning Com-mission, Village Staff, residents,contractors, architects, and a landuse attorney. One of the mainpoints made by Bloom was that“the more complicated and confus-ing a zoning ordinance is, theharder it is to enforce.”

in need of volunteer hours? Help-ing with the Garage Sale can countas some of your hours and it’s fun.

Let’s all remember who ben-efits from the proceeds collected atthe sale — OUR CHILDREN andOUR VILLAGE. Everyone needs todo all they can to make this year’ssale a great success. If you canvolunteer for a couple of hours orhave any questions, call theHeffners at 831-5941.

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Terrace Park Sports

Rec Baseball Coaches should contact Lon Stirsman at248 - 1067 or stirz@fuse.net if you would like a story aboutyour team in next month’s issue.

The TerracePark Thunder man-aged to make some

noise this year. They had a win-ning season in D-minor baseballand, more importantly, had a greattime developing their baseball skills.This was their first experience with

The Thunder Rolls

Front Row (l to r): Neal Stehling, Emmett Saulnier, Chris Simons,Kelly Cotes, Peter Laug, Asher Koreman, Hugh MacKay 2nd Row:Sam McManus, Adam Theye, Cody Miller, Charlie Krafft, Oliver Mauk,Will Hasset, Alec Ahrens (Jack Taylor not pictured) 3rd Row: Asst.Coaches Dan McManus, Mike Theye, Andy MacKay, & Head CoachEddie Cotes

“kid pitch” and it proved to be a re-warding one. The coaches andparents were very impressed withhow well the boys improved fromthe beginning of the season to itsend. The guys are all looking for-ward to banding together againnext year.

By Buz Ecker

The following eight rookie um-pires rose to the occasion for the2003 baseball/softball season anddid an outstanding job. Armed withknowledge of the game that sur-passed all the players, most of theparents, and a good number of thecoaches, truly these seven youngmen and one young lady per-formed admirably.

One of the instructions theyprovided to the coaches beforeeach game during ground ruleswas that we play a good sports-manship game in Terrace Park,which means you can cheeryour own team on but not tauntthe opponents. What an honor

The best of Terrace Park

it was for me, as their trainer, forthem to say that to adults. Thatissue never once came up dur-ing their games, and that is howit should be.

I’d like to particularly thank DanMcManus, William Douglas, andAlison Conner who were more thanwilling to have these umpires betrained at their games. My hat goesoff to those three.

For these eight, umpiringwas a unique and nerve rackingendeavor, especially, for their firsttime out. It was clearly a confi-dence building time for each asthey range in age from 12 to 14!

Annie, Noah, Max, Nick,

Marlene Scholl, 1 ElmwoodDrive, will join her daughter Sandrathis November in San Diego to walkthe Breast Cancer 3-Day. They willbe walking 60 miles over the courseof three days, for a cause devotedto helping women discover breastcancer early enough to beat it andcommitted to finally finding a cure.As a condition of participation,Marlene and Sandra must raise atleast $2,000 each.

The net proceeds will supportbreast cancer research, education,screening and treatment throughthe Susan G. Komen Breast Can-

Long-time Terrace Park residentwalks for a cure for breast cancer

cer Foundation and the NationalPhilanthropic Trust.

In order to meet her goalMarlene is asking for your emo-tional and financial support. If youare interested in helping her meether goal by October, you maysend a check payable to “BreastCancer 3-Day” and mail it to:Marlene Scholl, P.O. Box 64, Ter-race Park, OH 45174. You my alsodonate directly onl ine at:www.breastcancer3day.org. Se-lect “San Diego” select “Sponsora Part icipant” and type inMarlene’s name. You can watch

Noah Gibby Henry White Annie Ecker Brian Baird Nick Sylvest Freeman Jordan

Luke White Max Koehler

Photos: Laurie Baird

Luke, Henry, Freeman, and Brian,congratulations for doing yourbest, and that best was verygood. Being Chief Umpire, I amqualified to say that. Being aformer baseball player, I am quali-fied to say that. Being a 17 yearresident of Terrace Park, I am in-deed proud to say it.

Marlene’s financial progressonline and you can see her trainon the streets and trails aroundthe park (she will be the one wear-ing the fannie pack). Just give awave or a honk.About Breast Cancer

According to the Susan G.Komen Breast Cancer Foundation,more than 200,000 women in theUnited States will be diagnosedwith breasts cancer this year, andalmost 40,000 will die from the dis-ease. Ninety-seven percent ofwomen diagnosed with breast can-cer at an early stage survive formore than five years. The deathrate from the disease is declining— people are surviving. But in or-der to do so, they need access tomedical care, screening, educa-tion, and treatment. And we ulti-mately need a cure.

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