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HYDE PARK — Despite sev-eral inches of snow and a de-crease in customers, severalarea businesses were able toweather the storm.
“I think for a lot of busi-nesses, since it’s a walkablebusiness district, we still havepeople stop in,” said BrandiYauger, a sales associate atKnickers of Hyde Park. “Westill had a few customers.”
Yauger said the Erie Ave-nue clothing store, which wasamong a number of Hyde ParkSquare businesses that closedearly Feb. 16, had about a thirdof its typical sales.
“It can be inconsistent,”Yauger said. “Sometimes theweather doesn’t impact us.”
Tom Keegan, owner of Kee-gan’s Specialty Seafood Mar-ket, said he had about a 10th ofthe business he traditionallyhas.
“We’ve been pretty blessedmost of this year,” he said.“(Monday) was the first big(snow storm).”
Keegan said it’s not only theweather that has an impact,but the conditions which fol-low it.
“It would be good if (thecity) plowed the parkingspaces,” he said. “I just (shov-eled) three myself,”
Tom Denier, a pharmacistat Tischbein Pharmacy in EastHyde Park, said although theweather had an impact onbusiness, it didn’t deter someof his customers.
“We have elderly peoplewho still say, ‘I’m going out,’”Denier said. “A lot of driversstill made the trip.
“I think it’s cabin fever.”A local pub, though, may
have actually seen an uptick incustomers.
“It’s a favorite local spot ona snow day,” said NathanThomas, a bartender at Hap’sIrish Pub in East Hyde Park.
In fact, Thomas describedworking that day as “a com-plete delight.”
“We had a bunch of peoplebundled up walking in here,”he said. “We were watchingcars trying to get up the hill.”
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Hyde Park resident Nick Pompelia uses a snow blower to clear aneighbor's driveway following the snow storm on Feb. 16.
Despite weather,impact businessesnot snowed underBy Forrest [email protected]
HYDE PARK — FormerHyde Park resident EllenCoons has gone from animat-ing a peanut butter and jellysandwich to working on a holi-day institution.
Coons, a former ClarkMontessori High School stu-dent, assisted with the recentanimated production of “Elf:Buddy’s Musical Christmas.”
“It’s nice to be part ofsomething that so many peo-ple get to see,” Coons, 24, saidabout the holiday special,which was broadcast lastmonth.
Coons, who is a freelanceanimator living in Detroit,worked with a companycalled Screen Novelties,which was contracted to pro-duce the stop motion animat-ed feature.
Coons prepared a numberof the props that were fea-tured in the special. She evendesigned a background char-acter that was featured.
She said much of what shedesigned was only featuredon-screen for a split second,but she said she still enjoyed
the opportunity to point stuffout to her family while watch-ing it.
“My favorite thing was ev-ery once in awhile, I got towork in the prop depart-ment,” Coons said. “Mostlywhat I did was help the anima-tors set things up.”
She said she made Christ-mas decorations and fooditems for the special.
Ironically, it was a fooditem that was featured in oneof her first stop motion anima-tion productions created as asenior at Clark Montessori.
It was a film called“Doomed to be Lunch” whichshowcased the plight of a pea-
nut butter and jelly sandwich.Although a significant
amount of animation is nowdone by computer, Coons saidstop motion animated fea-tures continue to have an au-dience.
“Stop motion is hard to rep-licate within a computer,” shesaid, adding that people canappreciate the less polishedlook provided by stop motion.
“People can recognizethings in (a stop motion pro-duction) and see how it ismade,” she said.
Recently, Coons has beenworking on music videos for aDetroit musician. She willalso be teaching an animationclass at the College for Cre-ative Studies in Detroit.
Coons said her experienceworking on a holiday specialwith the team at Screen Nov-elties was very gratifying.
She said it was also funworking on a Christmas spe-cial, many of which she feelsare “immortalized” by view-ers who tune in annually to re-watch them.
“People feel nostalgicabout them,” Coons said.
To see some of Coons’ workvisit http://bit.ly/1x0L6pP.
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ANIMATEDON ‘ELF’
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Clark Montessori High School graduate Ellen Coons worked on the recent holiday special "Elf: Buddy'sMusical Christmas."
“My favorite thingwas every once inawhile, I got to workin the propdepartment. Mostlywhat I did was helpthe animators set things up.”ELLEN COONS,Former Hyde Park resident
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event of his own at theHealthPlex. The first an-nual indoor mini triathlonwas Jan. 25. The eventraised more than $800 forthe Crohns & Colitis Foun-dation of America andgave 18 people a chance toparticipate in the indoormini.
Just six of the partici-pants were from his tritraining program. Theothers decided on theirown to participate. All ap-parently enjoyed the ex-perience and have signedup to be part of Wiese’straining program.
This is good news toWiese and one of his stu-dents. Danny Pond grewup in Anderson Township,but lives in Madeira. Hejoined Wiese’s group totrain for the mini triath-lon along with his father,Jeff Pond. It was his stepmom, Amy, who intro-duced the idea of the minitri to the men. An employ-ee at the HealthPlex, hergoal was to get her hus-band involved. When hebaulked at the idea, Pondembraced it as a way ofgetting his dad on board.It worked.
For Pond, the group of
The winter can be atough time for both expe-rienced and would-betriathletes.
Mercy Health Health-Plex personal trainerBrendan Wiese, MountWashington, knows thisall too well. One of the pro-grams he offers is an on-going eight-week triath-lon training program. Asyou would expect, the pro-gram prepares people toparticipate in a triathlon.That’s great in the sum-mer when such events areabundant. During the win-ter, however, just try tofind a tri’.
Looking to shakethings up a bit, Wiese de-cided to organize a “tri”
eight to 10 people trainingtwice a week was a posi-tive experience.
“It was cool workingout with everyone else,”he said. “You’re all sweat-ing it out together.”
In addition to inspiringhis dad, Pond had anothergoal in mind – dropping afew pounds before hisMay wedding. Admitted-ly, it had been awhile sincehe had hit the gym muchless ran one mile
“Honestly, if you askedme four months ago to runamile - the last time I ran amile was in high schooland it seemed like thelongest thing in theworld,” Pond said. Nowhe’s in a position to run 20-minutes with no problem.Though, he’s not ready torun a full triathlon justyet.
As for his goal of drop-ping a few pounds, that’sgone extremely well.Pond has lost 35 pounds,down to 242 from 275. Histarget weight loss goal is220. Due to a cold, hemissed out on the mini tri,but it’s on his bucket list toachieve independently.
The mini triathlon fea-tured a 10-minute swim,
30-minute cycle and 20-minute run.
Wiese said Januaryseemed a good time ofyear to introduce peopleto the idea of running atriathlon. For many, thiscould be an intimidatingchallenge. The benefit ofan indoor mini tri event isthe venue. Instead of
swimming in a river, par-ticipants swim in the pool.The running is on an in-door track instead of aroad, and participantsdon’t need to bring a bike.
The trainer called thefirst annual indoor minitriathlon a successfulevent. He looks forwardto doing it again next year.
Many tried the HealthPlex tri’By Sheila [email protected]
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Mercy Health HealthPlex personal trainer Brendan Wiese andrecent indoor triathlon participant Danny Pond.
Wenstrupannounces HamiltonCounty help deskhours
U.S. Rep. Brad Wen-strup’s Traveling HelpDesk will be at the Colum-bia Township Administra-tion Building, 5686 Ken-wood Road, from 9 a.m. to10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb.26.
The Traveling HelpDesk is a monthly invita-tion for constituents tomeet one-on-one with amember of Wenstrup’sstaff. These meetings area good opportunity toshare opinions on legisla-tive issues or get assis-tance dealing with federalagencies, like the VA orSocial Security.
No appointments arenecessary for the Travel-ing Help Desk. In additionto these monthly visits,constituents are invited tocall Wenstrup’s districtoffice at 513-474-7777 orcontact him at www.Wen-strup.House.gov to sharetheir concerns.
Mariemont hoststown meeting
The annual Mariemonttown meeting will be 1
p.m. Sunday, March 1, atthe Mariemont Elemen-tary School auditorium,6750 Wooster Pike.
Nominations will betaken for candidates torepresent districts 1, 5and 6 on the MariemontVillage Council as well asfor the position of mayor.
Mayor Dan Policastrowill also provide a “Stateof the Village” address,and a report will be pro-vided by Mariemont CitySchool District Superin-tendent Steven Estepp.
For information, call561-3687 or 561-8417.
Goodwill hostsEarth Day recycling drive
This year will mark thecelebration of the OhioValley Goodwill’s secondannual Earth Day Elec-tronic Recycling Dona-tion Drive, 11a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday, April 26, at all 29Goodwill Donation Cen-ters.
Last year, Goodwill col-lected more than 20,000pounds of computers,keyboards and other elec-tronic equipment duringthis one-day event andthis year, the goal is 60,000pounds from the GreaterCincinnati community.
Find out more aboutthis exciting recyclingevent at www.cincinnati-goodwill.org.
Mariemont Playersannounces ‘TunaDoes Vegas’
Mariemont Playerspresents “Tuna Does Ve-
gas,” a comedy by EdHoward, Joe Sears andJaston Williams, at theWalton Creek Theater,4101 Walton Creek Road(just east of Mariemont),March 6 through March22.
The lovable and eccen-tric characters from the“third smallest town inTexas” reunite as theytake a rambling romp inSin City. The hilarity be-gins when oddball-conser-vative radio host ArlesStruvie announces on airthat he and his wife Ber-tha Bumiller are headingto Vegas to renew theirwedding vows...but ev-eryone in Tuna, Texasgoes along for the ride!
“Tuna Does Vegas” isdirected by Norma Niine-mets and produced byCathy Lutts and NormaNiinemets. Danny Daviesand Wayne Wright returnas all of your favoritecharacters from theaward-winning GreaterTuna productions, plussome new characters too!
Performances will beat 8 p.m. March 6, March7, March 13, March 14 andMarch 20; at 2 p.m. March8 and March 22; at 7:30p.m. March 12 and March19; at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.March 15, and at 3 p.m.and 8 p.m. March 21.
For more informationor to order tickets for “Tu-na Does Vegas,” call Be-tsy at 513-684-1236 or or-der on-line at www.marie-montplayers.com. Allseats are reserved andcost $20 each.
Warrior Coalitionwill host ‘Hidden InPlain Sight’ exhibit
A national exhibit thathelps parents and com-munity members under-stand the dangers of sub-stance abuse and otherrisky behaviors in achild’s life will visit Cin-cinnati, thanks to the ef-forts of the Warrior Coali-tion. “Hidden In PlainSight” will be at the Ma-riemont Elementary audi-torium at 7 p.m. Wednes-day, Feb. 25. This is anadult-only program.
“One very importantgoal of the Warrior Coali-tion is to educate our par-ents on detection and in-tervention strategiesshould they suspect theirchild is involved in dan-gerous behaviors. Thisexhibit will provide the at-tendees with an opportu-nity to visually see thesigns of these behaviorsas well as learn about cur-rent trends for teen-agers,” said Melanie Stu-tenroth, director of theWarrior Coalition.
The interactive exhibitcalled, “Hidden In PlainSight,” which is presentedby the Bath Township andCopley, Ohio, police de-partments is designed toreplicate a teenager’sbedroom and highlightwhere and how youth canhide risky behaviors intheir room. The exhibit isendorsed by the Commu-nity Anti-Drug Coalitionsof America. More than 150items are placed in thebedroom and adults areencouraged to walk andinteract in the setting tosee firsthand the telltalesigns of behaviors such assubstance abuse, eatingdisorders, and sexual ac-tivity.
The Warrior Coalitionis a community organiza-tion focused on protectingthe children of the Marie-mont City School districtfrom substance abuse. Asa partner of PreventionFirst, formerly Coalitionfor A Drug Free GreaterCincinnati, the WarriorCoalition provides educa-tion and awareness pro-grams to help support par-ents and encourage chil-dren to make healthychoices.
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Cardinal Pacelli School» With a student body of 371
one might be surprised to learnthat the Cardinal Pacelli Schooltalent span is quite vast.
Student talent accomplish-ments span from the crownedwinner of Miss Pre-Teen Ohio,the champion for “Anderson’sGot Talent,” the regional winnerof “So You Think You Can Danc-e’s” Nuvo competition, dancersfrom the Cincinnati Ballet’s“Nutcracker,” to winners of theHyde Park Art show.
With skills and accomplish-ments like this, the school’s FineArts Committee was deter-mined to produce a talent show.On Jan. 28, during the studentappreciation day of CatholicSchools Week, the inaugural“Pacelli’s Got Talent” pre-miered. This was a showcase of135 students ranging from pre-kindergarten to junior high, al-most 50 percent of the studentbody. Parents, grandparents,and other guests were in atten-dance. It was evident at theshow that Pacelli does have tal-ent.
“It was a really amazingthing to be a part of the audienceand watch all the confidenceour students have pour out ontothe stage. There is quite a bit oftalent in these classrooms! Iloved it!” English teacher Man-dy Kirk said.
The “Smashing Rhine-stones” - Katie Chamberlin, Sa-rah Watts, Ally Freimark, ElleLovdal and Kate Dingeldein -performed as an air band.
“We practiced for weeks, onour own and as a band. We weresurprised to discover that notplaying an actual instrumenttakes a lot of practice,” said Din-geldein, on air keyboard.Watts,air-guitarist, added, “it takes alot of people to build an air band- we’d like to thank our bandmomagers, our costume depart-ment (St. Vincent DePaulStore), our mirrors, and thesound board for pressing play.”
The singers, dancers, actors,stilt walker, comedians and co-mediennes, magician, gym-nasts, pianists, violinists andharpist. Their talents and per-formances enthralled and en-tertained parents, grandpar-ents, and students for 75 min-utes.
There will be an encore per-formance of Pacelli’s Got Talentduring the annual Christ theKing festival, Junefest.
Cincinnati Country DaySchool
» Liz Murphy has joined Cin-cinnati Country Day School as
assistant direc-tor of AnnualGiving andAlumni Rela-tions.
“A 2001 CCDSgraduate, shebrings a uniqueblend of for-prof-it and non-profitexperience to
Country Day,” Development Di-rector Chris Woodside said. “Lizwill be focusing on annual fund-raising and strengthening theschool's relationship with ouroutstanding alumni.”
Murphy comes to CountryDay from Kimberly-Clark Pro-
fessional, where she was an in-dustrial end user account man-ager, sales. Prior to that, shelived in New York City, whereshe worked in business opera-tions and sales for HauteLookInc., a member-only shoppingwebsite owned and operated byNordstrom; Piazza Sempioneproduct lines made in Italy andsold in boutiques and presti-gious department stores inNorth America, Europe and theFar East; and KEP Designs, ajewelry design firm. She gradu-ated from the University of Col-orado at Boulder in 2005.
A Mount Lookout resident,Murphy is active in the commu-nity as co-chair for the ReelA-bilities Film Festival 2015 Galaand co-chair for the ReelAbili-ties Film Festival 2013 YoungProfessional After Party GalaEvent. She’s also a member ofthe Cincinnati Art Museum’sFuture Executive Committee, anetwork of young professionalart enthusiasts committed tosupporting the museum.
Mariemont High School» Mariemont High School
students Gretchen Wittry andLila Willis had photographs se-lected as finalists for the 35thannual College & High SchoolPhotography Contest, co-spon-sored by Nikon and Photogra-pher’s Forum magazine. Morethan 17,000 photographs wereentered from the United States,Canada and around the world.
Their photos will be pub-lished in the November issue ofPhotographer’s Forum Maga-zine and exhibited at Brooks In-stitute.
All contest finalists will alsobe published in the hardcoverbook, “Best of Photography2015.”
» The motto of the Marie-mont City School district is tocreate scholars of today, lead-ers of tomorrow. As part of thatmisison, Mariemont HighSchool is focusing on leadershipqualities to help students under-stand what it takes to become aleader. Each month, one leader-ship quality is highlighted andteachers can nominate studentswho have shown this qualityduring the month.
For the month of November,
the students focused on goodleaders as good communica-tors. Teachers were able tonominate students that they felthave good communicationskills. These students were put
into a drawing and three nameswere drawn as winners. TheMariemont High School Cam-pus Life team rewarded thewinners with a Chipotle lunchthat is brought to them during
their lunch time at school. Thethree students that won are:
Erin Ramey - grade nine(nominated by Mrs. Lee Low-ery)
Mac Lewis - grade 12 (nomi-nated by Mrs. Amy Leather-wood)
Bailey Geers - grade 12(nominated by Mrs. Judy Dun-lap)
Other students who werenominated by teachers in No-vember are Ashley Murauskas,Connor Hurlock, MaddieArends, Hadley George, OliviaGriffith and Matthew Burgess.
Ursuline Academy» Ursuline Academy has an-
nounced the newly inductedmembers of the Ursuline chap-ter of Sociedad Honoraria His-pánica, (Spanish Honor Soci-ety.) The mission of the Socie-dad Honoraria Hispánica is torecognize high school achieve-ment in Spanish and Portugueseand to promote interest in His-panic and Luso-Brazilian stud-ies.
Members were inducted Jan.29, in a ceremony led by the or-ganization’s co-presidents, Fa-rida Eid ‘15 of Mason and Madi-lyn Kimmel ‘15 of Goshen, alongwith the moderator and mem-ber of Ursuline’s World Lan-guage Faculty, Ms. Blanca Ris-don.
The newly inducted mem-bers are Lillian Baldwin ‘16 ofMount Lookout, Sabrina Barber‘16 of Mason, Tess Bellamy ‘15 ofSymmes Township, Celeste Bor-gemenke ‘16 of Mason, AbigailBush ‘16 of West Chester Town-ship, Lindsey Clemmons ‘16 ofDeerfield Township, ClaireCummings ‘16 of SymmesTownship, Maya David ‘16 ofBatavia, Anna DeBrunner ‘16 ofDeerfield Township, SarahDoyle ‘16 of Hyde Park, KavyaHiryur ‘16 of Beckett Ridge,Emily Kronenberger ‘16 of Ken-wood, Sarah Locaputo ‘16 of Lib-erty Township, Mailey Lorio ‘15of Miami Township, ElizabethLotterer ‘16 of Beckett Ridge,Megan McShane ‘16 of Deer-field Township, Alison McNam-ara-Marsland ‘16 of SycamoreTownship, Abigail Morton ‘16 ofLoveland, Avery Naylor ‘16 ofMontgomery, Anjali Nelson ‘16of Deerfield Township, AnnaNoschang ‘16 of DeerfieldTownship, Isabella Proietti ‘16of Hyde Park, Grace Reilly ‘16of Hyde Park, Madaline Rinaldi‘16 of Blue Ash, Elysia Ruiz ‘16of Mason, Grace Schlaack ‘16 ofSharonville, Nisha Shabbir ‘16of Mason, Olivia Schappacher‘16 of Loveland, Alyssa Steller‘16 of Hamilton Township, andCarlye Sweeney ‘16 of HydePark.
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The Smashing Rhinestones — Katie Chamberlin, Sarah Watts, Ally Freimark, Elle Lovdal and Kate Dingeldein —perform at Cardinal Pacelli's talent show.
THANKS TO JOSEPHINE MCKENRICK
Mariemont High School students Gretchen Wittry had this photo selectedas a finalist for the 35th annual College & High School PhotographyContest.
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Erin Ramey, Mac Lewis and Bailey Geers display excellent communicationsand leadership skills at Mariemont High School.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 26Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 6:30-9 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, 4426 Brazee St.,Learn basic glass cutting, wetgrinder, foil wrap and solder.Ages 12-80. $30-$100. Presentedby Sharp Art. 389-6742; [email protected].
Open Studio Oils with ChuckMarshall, 9:30 a.m. to noon,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Tack Room. Bring currentproject for assessment andhelp; still life setups available.Ages 18 and up. $25. 404-3161.Mariemont.
Making Montages with AmyBurton, 1-3 p.m. Weeklythrough March 19., Woman’sArt Club Cultural Center, 6980Cambridge Ave., The Barn.Create montage: single pictorialcomposition made by juxtapos-ing or superimposing manypictures or designs from ownglossy photographs. Ages 18and up. $90. Registrationrequired. 561-6949; www.artat-thebarn.org. Mariemont.
Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, noon to 8 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, 4426Brazee St., gallery One One.Paper: exhibition of works bylocal artists studying at Mani-fest Drawing Center. Pop: new,non-curated exhibition featuresworks created by local artistswith die cut paper that foldsand tucks to become a work-
able 3D artist canvas. Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.
Barn Painters Exhibit, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, 6980 Cam-bridge Ave., The Barn. View andacquire fine, original oil paint-ings by 18 local artists, rangingfrom animal portraiture to stilllifes and landscapes. BenefitsWoman’s Art Club CulturalCenter. Free. Through March 1.272-3700; www.artatthe-barn.org. Mariemont.
Exercise ClassesNew Beginner Taoist Tai ChiClass, 2-3:15 p.m., OakleyRecreation Center, 3882 PaxtonAve., Slow natural movementsimprove health of body, mindand spirit. They reduce tension,improve circulation and balanceand increase strength andflexibility. $109 includes 24classes followed by free monthof continuing practice meet-ings. Other packages alsoavailable. Through March 31.304-6055; www.usa.taoist.org.Oakley.
NatureAstronomy Night, 7-8:30 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Shorttalk, astro Q&A, tour andstargazing. $5 suggested dona-tion. Reservations required.321-5186; www.cincinnatiobser-vatory.org. Mount Lookout.
RecreationPreschool Open Gym, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Beech Acres ParkRecPlex, 6915 Beechmont Ave.,$2 per child per class. Presented
by Anderson Township ParkDistrict. 388-5082. AndersonTownship.
FRIDAY, FEB. 27Art ExhibitsWorks on Paper and Pop-Out-Painting, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Brazee Street Studios, Free.321-0206; www.brazeestreet-studios.com. Oakley.
Barn Painters Exhibit, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., Woman’s Art ClubCultural Center, Free. 272-3700;www.artatthebarn.org. Marie-mont.
Art OpeningsBarn Painters Exhibit, 6-9p.m., Woman’s Art Club Cultur-al Center, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,The Barn. Meet artists and viewfine, original oil paintings by 18local artists, ranging fromanimal portraiture to still lifesand landscapes. Exhibit con-tinues through march 1. Bene-fits Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter. Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.
Drink TastingsWine Tasting, 5:30-7 p.m., WineWorld, 7737 Five Mile Road,
Taste four different wines. Ages21 and up. $1 per two-ouncetaste. Through Dec. 11. 232-6611. Anderson Township.
Cold Nights and Warm SpiritsWhiskey Tasting, 6:30-10 p.m.,Ault Park, 3600 ObservatoryAve., Pavilion. Each ticketincludes sevenone-ounce poursfrom more than 40 American,Canadian, Irish and Scotchwhiskies, light bites and livemusic. Ages 21 and up. BenefitsAult Park Advisory Council. $30.Registration required. Present-ed by Ault Park Advisory Coun-cil. 956-9876; www.aultparka-c.org. Mount Lookout.
Friday Night Tasting: In-credible Italian Reds, 6-8p.m., The Wine Merchant, 3972Edwards Road, $25, $20 ad-vance. Reservations required.731-1515; www.winemerchant-cincinnati.com. Oakley.
Health / WellnessMammography Screening, 9a.m. to 1 p.m., Hyde Park HealthCenter Terrace, 3983 RosslynDrive, Terrace. Early detection isthe best protection. The UCmobile van has 3D mammog-raphy that’s fast and conve-nient!. varies. Registrationrequired. Presented by UCHealth Mobile Diagnostics.585-8266. Hyde Park.
Literary - BookstoresStory Time with Miss Sarah,9:30-10 a.m., Blue ManateeChildren’s Bookstore, 3054Madison Road, With Miss Sarahand her guitar. Free. 731-2665.Oakley.
Music - RockThe Hanky Panks, 9:30 p.m. to1:30 a.m., Mount LookoutTavern, 3209 Linwood Ave.,Free. 871-9633. Mount Lookout.
NatureAstronomy Night, 7-8:30 p.m.,Cincinnati Observatory Center,3489 Observatory Place, Shorttalk, astro Q&A, tour andstargazing. $7, $5 children.Reservations required. 321-5186; www.cincinnatiobservato-ry.org. Mount Lookout.
On Stage - TheaterMove Over, Mrs. Markham, 8p.m., Anderson Center, 7850Five Mile Road, Several naughtycouples want to “borrowâ€the Markhams’ London flat foran assignation. Due to un-fortunate confusion they allshow up on the same night. The
result is a classic door-slammingcomedy with frustrated lovers,children’s authors, interiordecorators and the Swedish aupair in a variety of hystericallyfunny, slightly indelicate situa-tions. $15; $13 Students andSeniors. Presented by Beech-mont Players. 233-2468;www.beechmontplayers.org.Anderson Township.
SATURDAY, FEB. 28Art & Craft ClassesUkrainian Egg DecoratingClass, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Lutheran Church of the Resur-rection, 1950 Nagel Road, Learnage-old technique of waxingUkrainian eggs. Bring six un-cooked eggs. $15. Registrationrequired. Through March 28.713-3541; www.lcresurrectio-n.org. Anderson Township.
Art ExhibitsBarn Painters Exhibit, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.
Drink TastingsSaturday Premium WineFlight: Barolo: King Of Pied-mont, noon to 5 p.m., TheWine Merchant, 3972 EdwardsRoad, Taste and compare four
Barolo wines. Ages 21 and up.$15. Reservations required.731-1515; www.winemerchant-cincinnati.com. Oakley.
Music - AcousticAcoustic Music, 7-11 p.m.,American Legion Post 72, 497Old Ohio 74, Free. Presented byCBB Production. 528-9909.Mount Carmel.
Music - BluesChuck Brisbin & COLD Tuna, 9p.m. to 1 a.m., Belterra ParkGaming and EntertaimentCenter, 6301 Kellogg Ave., Free.232-8000; www.chuckbris-binmusic.com. Anderson Town-ship.
Music - ClassicalCatacoustic Consort, 7:30p.m., St. Thomas EpiscopalChurch, 100 Miami Ave., Musicby candlelight by Jean-Josephde Mondonville, for soprano,harpsichord and pardessus,with Toronto-based soprano,Shannon Mercer. $25, $10students. Presented by Cata-coustic Consort. 772-3242;www.catacoustic.com. TerracePark.
On Stage - TheaterMove Over, Mrs. Markham, 3p.m., 8 p.m., Anderson Center,$15; $13 Students and Seniors.233-2468; www.beechmont-players.org. Anderson Town-ship.
SUNDAY, MARCH 1Art ExhibitsBarn Painters Exhibit, 1-4 p.m.,Woman’s Art Club CulturalCenter, Free. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.
Music - ClassicalAnderson Community Band,7 p.m., Anderson Center, 7850Five Mile Road, Silver ScreenFavorites. Features songs andorchestral music from favoritemovies. Free. 688-8400;www.andersoncommunity-band.com. Anderson Township.
MONDAY, MARCH 2Art & Craft ClassesSharp Art: Stained GlassClasses, 6:30-9 p.m., BrazeeStreet Studios, $30-$100. 389-6742; [email protected]. Oakley.
Introduction to Knitting theGaptastic Cowl, 9:30-11:30a.m., Woman’s Art Club Cultur-al Center, 6980 Cambridge Ave.,Skills learned: knit, purl, caston, knitting on circular needles,cast off, swatching, understand-ing gauge and stitch count andbeginning pattern reading.Ages 20-93. $120 for six ses-sions. Registration required.Presented by Woman’s Art ClubFoundation. 272-3700; www.ar-tatthebarn.org. Mariemont.
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Cold Nights and Warm SpiritsWhiskey Tasting is 6:30-10p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at AultPark, 3600 Observatory Ave.,Paviolion, Mount Lookout.Each ticket includes sevenone-ounce pours from morethan 40 American, Canadian,Irish and Scotch whiskies,light bites and live music. Theevent is for ages 21 and up,and benefits Ault ParkAdvisory Council. Cost is $30.Registration is required.Presented by Ault ParkAdvisory Council. Call956-9876; visitwww.aultparkac.org.
FEBRUARY 25, 2015 • EASTERN HILLS JOURNAL • A5NEWS
When I woke up this morn-ing, five more inches of snow
had fallen, mak-ing a total of 11inches in 48hours.
It had piledup at the baseof the kitchendoor again so Ihad to literallyshove the dooropen to let my-self out. Thetemperaturegauge read 9
below, so I knew it was a per-fect day for homemade beef
stew: Mary Helen’s classicbeef stew.
Mary Helen was my bestfriend, Carol Spry Vanover’sMom. When we were kids,Carol loved to eat at my housesince there were so many ofus and Mom would serve herLebanese food straight fromthe cast iron pot.
Conversely, I enjoyed go-ing to Carol’s house since thefood was presented elegantlyat the table with cloth napkinsand so much silverware Ididn’t know what fork to pickup when. Carol’s mom was themost gourmet cook around.
Little did I know that one ofher best creations, like thisstew, was quicker and easierthan some of my Mom’s Leba-nese offerings.
Can you help?Gotta get Goetta! Will you
share your favorite goettarecipes for an upcoming col-umn?
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.
Snowy days perfect for beef stew
Rita HeikenfeldRITA’S KITCHEN
Mary Helen’s classic French beef oven stew
Even though I’ve made numerous versions of classic beef stew thatwere delicious, none were as quick as this and really, the taste of thisstew is outstanding.
Here’s the recipe with my adaptations. I used my Le Creuset ena-meled cast iron pot.
Just make sure your pot and lid are ovenproof.
2 pounds beef, cut in 1-1/2-inch cubes (I used a generous 2 poundsand bought stew beef already cut up)
2 medium onions, chopped, about 3 cups1 large clove garlic, minced - my addition which is optional (Mary
Helen did not add garlic)3 ribs celery, cut up4 medium carrots cut crosswise and then lengthwise1-1/4 cups tomato juice (I didn’t have any so used one can beef
broth mixed with 1 generous tablespoon tomato paste)1/3 cup quick/instant cooking tapiocaSalt and pepper to taste1/2 teaspoon dried basil2 medium red potatoes, chunked up (I used 3 Yukon gold)
Preheat oven to 300-325. Pour a thin film of oil in bottom of pot.Put beef in and then everything else except potatoes. Give it a stir.Cover and cook a total of 3-3/12 hours, until meat is tender but remem-ber to add potatoes during last hour of cooking. (I forgot to add pota-toes so cooked them separately and added to stew after it was done.)Good with mashed potatoes, too. If stew is too thick, add a bit of hotwater.
Tip from Rita: Stir some frozen, thawed peas in at the end.To cook in crockpot: 8-12 hours on low, 4-6 on high. Add potatoes
at beginning of cooking time.
Soothing lemon tea
Good for sore throats and colds or anytime you need a pick-me-up. Lemons are anti-viral, anti-bacterial and loaded with vitamin C forimmune system health. Honey is a traditional remedy for sore throats.
Stir together:
Juice of 1 lemon1 cup of very warm waterHoney to taste
Tip: Freeze lemons/limes whole.Just thaw, and you’ll get lots of juice.Indoor plant bonus: Natural humidifiersI over winter some tender herbs near my houseplants. I’ve learned
that indoor plants not only help put oxygen in the air during the day,they help humidify indoor air since plants release moisture throughtheir leaves. Houseplants also emit substances that suppress moldspores and bacteria.
THANKS TO RITA HEIKENFELD
A classic beef stew is perfect for a frigid day.
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Well, we’ve passed a Hall-mark and florist favorite - Val-entine’s Day! Did you do any-thing fun or romantic centeredon that day for your significantother, friends or extended fam-ily?
“Holidays” like Valentine’sDay and St. Patrick’s Day offera fabulous time for parents,grandparents, aunts, uncles andfriends to make a memory.
For many years, rightaround Valentine’s Day ourfamily would get a small enve-lope postmarked from MN (ourUncle Fred and Aunt Nelle.)Inside would be several littlestore-bought Valentine’s Daycards like we used to exchangein elementary school in the1960s and 1970s. Invariablythere would be a bunch of pow-dery sugar in the card and afew heart-shaped candies(sometimes a few were slightlybroken!) It was nice to be re-membered by our special fam-ily members.
So, remembering our UncleFred and Aunt Nelle, our fam-ily and friends recently re-ceived a hand-made, heart-shaped card out of pink paper.It’s likely there will also be a
few candyhearts and/ora check tospend on aspecial treat(movie, candy,ice cream,popcorn or???)
As we nearSt. Patrick’sDay, Easter
and the start of spring, maybesomething along these lines willresonate with you for a specialindividual(s)?
If you have particularly funefforts along these lines youwant to share with us and/orothers in future postings,please email [email protected] or call 513-330-8503.
Make and capture a memorytoday – you won’t regret it!
Steve Long, an Anderson Townshipresident, describes himself as a“memory missionary.” He and hiswife, Kim, are having fun with theirlittle, family side-business calledLong Memories, with a focus on“Making, Capturing, Organizing andSharing Memories…Now and (Virtu-ally) Forever!”
Time for memoriesto spring like flowers
Steve LongCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
One of the best things aboutAnderson Township is the carewe show for kids. When a childis lost, Anderson people dropeverything to search for thatchild.
Despite that generosity,some young people here in ourtownship still need our help.Their lives can be made muchbetter if we work to help themand their families. They are thechildren who live in povertyamong us.
Often, they live in over-crowded housing. They receivefree lunch at school, but oftendon’t eat breakfast or much fordinner, either. These are kidswho attend school alongsidewealthy kids. They may lookthe same, but often wear thesame clothing to school daily.Some have very fragile supportsystems.
Three years ago this month,a group from St. Timothy Epis-copal Church and others beganthe Whiz Kids program. Thiseffort, under the auspices ofCity Gospel Mission, providesvolunteers who tutor MercerElementary students in readingand math to lift their academicperformance. While doing thatwork, we found that many ofthese children face severepoverty-related issues.
Thanks to a generous giftfrom a donor who saw the valueof that program, the Boys &Girls Clubs of Greater Cincin-nati is launching a new club atMercer this afternoon (Feb. 18).This will give most of thesesame children an additionalthree evenings during the weekto work on their academics,healthy lifestyles, citizenshipand helpfulness toward others.If that program succeeds, itwill continue next school year.
If you want to help youngpeople, including the 53 percentof Cincinnati children whowere living in poverty (accord-ing to a 2013 Children’s Defense
Fund study), Ihope you willjoin me inattending fourWednesday-evening meet-ings about“Responding toChildhoodPoverty in OurNeighbor-hood.” All will
be at St. Timothy, 8101 Beech-mont Ave.
On Feb. 25, we will watch adocumentary on child poverty.
March 4, Brent Seelmeyer,president of the Boys & GirlsClubs of Greater Cincinnati,will talk about how their pro-grams fight childhood poverty,and how we in Anderson canhelp. I will discuss the WhizKid Program.
On March 11, Troy Jacksonof the Amos Project will talkabout the broader poverty is-sues facing greater Cincinnati.
March 18, Kristy Maruca, anindependently licensed socialworker and assistant directorfor special populations at ChildFocus Inc., will give insightsabout the difficulties of break-ing the cycle of poverty in fam-ilies. It’s more complicatedthan we often think.
Our whole community iswelcome. Each night, we willbegin at 6 p.m. with a simplesoup and salad dinner provided.The program will start at 7 p.m.and end at 8:15 with a conclud-ing prayer that asks: “How isGod Calling Me to Respond?”
Please join us, whether youhave religious beliefs or justwant to help. Our children needAnderson’s help. Questions?Contact Patricia Mahaffey atthe church, 513-474-4445, [email protected].
Judy Gardner is director of chil-dren's spiritual formation at St.Timothy, and volunteer site directorfor Mercer Whiz Kids.
Yes, childhood poverty in Anderson Township
Judy GardnerCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
A panel discussion featur-ing regional business leadersdiscussed the need to developlocal talent – young adults whohave skills that are needed intheir community. They saidthat those young adults are thekey to the continued economicsuccess of our region.
The best way to developthat talent has been discussedand debated in news articles,political speeches and forums.Are four-year or advancedcollege degrees appropriate?When are industry trainingprograms, community col-leges, adult education courses,and hands-on training the rightchoice for young adults?
The truth is that we need avariety of paths, and our youthneed to have options. Researchshows that current teenagerswill change careers multipletimes in their lives. Ohio'sefforts to introduce careereducation into lower grades isa step in that direction. Un-
derstandingchoices earlywill help themto be success-ful morequickly.
For manystudents,keeping op-tions openmeans attend-ing a career-technicalschool. They
know that becoming ready forboth a career and college bythe time they graduate offersmultiple paths.
About half of Great Oaksgraduates, for instance, godirectly to college – many ofthem with credits they'veearned in high school. Othersuse their career certification toget ahead; a cosmetology stu-dent may use the license sheearned to save money for fur-ther schooling. Or, numerousgraduates from pre-engineer-
ing, manufacturing and robot-ics programs are now workingfor local employers who willpay for their college education.
Apprenticeships in electric-ity, HVAC and other skilledtrades allow graduates to earntheir continued education.
Healthcare graduates knowthat their certifications are afoundation for advancement inmultiple directions. Somestudents even graduate fromhigh school knowing that thefield they thought they lovedisn't for them – a much easierdecision at 18 than after sever-al years of college.
The point is that our econo-my needs skilled professionals,and our youth need and want avariety of possibilities. Thechance to explore choicesearly gives many a head starton success.
Harry Snyder is president/CEO,Great Oaks Career Campuses. Helives in Batavia.
Advantages to exploring career options early
HarrySnyderCOMMUNITY PRESSGUEST COLUMNIST
Recently, Cincinnati hasseen gasoline prices fall be-low $2 per gallon. Thankfully,prices at the pumps havefollowed the collapse of crudeprices on the world market.This coupled with a continu-ing drop in unemploymentform the basis on which Presi-dent Obama may declare:“The shadow of crisis haspassed, and the State of theUnion is strong.”
During a simpler age, thechieftain is regaled as a godduring times of plenty, but issacrificed to the gods duringtimes of famine. My point isto question how much controldoes the president have overthe cost of oil? Or on a deeperlevel, why have oil pricesfallen so dramatically?
The pundits have offered asmorgasbord of reasons. Oneis the increase in domestic oiland gas production throughfracking. Another reason isthe steadfast reluctance ofSaudi Arabia and other gulfoil states to reduce their pro-duction of oil. Yet anothershakier explanation is thedumping of black market oil.
These factsare for all tosee. What isnot so readilyseen is theanswer to thequestion“why?”
Is it merecoincidencethat oil pricesare fallingsince the dra-matic in-
crease of civil strife in theMiddle East, a war in whichthe Islamic State in Iraq andSyria (ISIS) is but the tip ofthe iceberg (simply imagineicebergs on the burningsands)? It takes less imagina-tion to see this conflict as aproxy contest between thetwo regional powers of SaudiArabia and Iran. The bat-tleground is Iraq and Syria.The popular but lethal pretextis the sectarian differencebetween Sunnis and Shiites.The real prize is control of theoilfields of Iraq.
Oil continues to be theeconomic lifeline of Iran.Although the United States
has an embargo on Iranian oil,it is purchased by most coun-tries in Asia and Europe. Oilaccounts for 60 percent oftotal government revenuesand 80 percent of the totalannual value of both exportsand foreign currency earn-ings of Iran.
We are self-mistaken tobelieve the United States candeliberately drive down theprice of oil with our domesticproduction to punish Putin forhis adventures in the Crimeaand Ukraine.
The more plausible reasonfor cheap energy is the reso-luteness of Saudi Arabia andher regional gulf state alliesto bankrupt Iran.
A collateral benefit is gaso-line retailing in Cincinnati forunder $2 per gallon. The col-lateral cost is the death ofcivilians and refugees in thehundred of thousands in theMiddle East.
Charleston C.K. Wang lives inMontgomery. He is an attorneypracticing immigration and nation-ality law which includes the law ofasylum and protection of refugees.
Why gas is under $2 in Cincinnati
CharlestonC.K. WangCOMMUNITYPRESS GUESTCOLUMNIST
Feb. 18 questionThe Ohio House passed House
Bill 7, which prohibits schoolsfrom using test scores from stateassessments when determininga student’s advancement to thenext grade level. The bill alsostates that schools are not per-mitted to share individual stu-dent test scores to outside sourc-es without consent from eitherthe student or his or her parents.Is this good legislation?
“It is outstanding legisla-tion. It strikes at the heart ofthe central government con-trol of our education in thiscountry. Eliminating the feder-al access to the kinds of infor-mation requested in CommonCore testing affirms that theeducation of children belongsin the hands of the parents. Weused to have what were calledstates rights that determinedthe education, taxation and lo-cal regulation. People oftenchose to migrate to those statesthat they felt offered the kindof opportunities they wanted
for themselves and their chil-dren.’
D.B.
“... Ever since we have putso much emphasis on ‘the testscores,’ the overall educationlevel has decreased. We areforcing our teachers to teach tothe test and ignore actuallyteaching our kids how to learnor even just to have a desire tolearn. ... If we ever hope to tru-ly compete on the internationalstage, we may need to take astep or two back to the before-the-test time of teaching.”
M. J. F.
Feb. 11 questionShould parents have the right
to decide whether to have theirschool-age children vaccinated,and if they decide not to, shouldthe children be permitted to at-tend school? Why or why not?
“Absolutely no, parentsshould not have the right tochoose whether their school-age children are vaccinatedand a resounding yes, the gov-ernment should not allow un-vaccinated children to attendschool. ... It amazes and fright-ens me that such a large por-tion of the American publichave as truth the myth of anyconnection between vaccina-tions and autism simply be-cause it was discussed on ‘TheView.’ This myth was createdby a researcher who was paid$675,000 from a lawyer whowas hoping to sue vaccine man-ufacturers. It has been provedto be wrong, yet people to thisday believe there is a link be-tween vaccines and autism.”
M.F.
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Summit wrestlers have sights set on state HYDE PARK — What the team
of grapplers from GrandinRoad lacks in size, it more thanmakes up for it with its effi-ciency.
Of the six Summit CountryDay wrestlers who practicedFeb. 19, three of them – Jesseand Josh Campbell and Da-vionne Laney – are near the topof their respective weightclasses in the city.
“We’ve asked them to do a lotof different things the past cou-ple years and they’re reallystarting to come around to it,”Summit Country Day wrestlingcoach Jim Covert said.“They’ve worked their buttsoff. They really have. We’rehoping for big things.”
Through Feb. 19, JesseCampbell is 29-5 with 13 pins.He is second in the city in winsbehind Deer Park’s Austin Sie-mon.
Jesse said things have got-ten easier now he’s a senior andcredits the hard work he’s putin during practice, as well aslearning new moves outside ofpractice.
He knows he has a toughpostseason road ahead of him,but it hasn’t deterred his loftygoals.
“The goal for me has been to
qualify for state since I wasyounger,” Jesse said. “It’s mylast opportunity to do so and itwould be the perfect end to mycareer.”
Josh, a sophomore, is 31-5 at145 pounds and is fourth in thecity wins.
He’s benefited from the up-tick in practice difficulty, butalso a different mindset.
“Wrestling is about knowingthat there is always someone
out there better than you andyou have to work toward beingthe best person you can,” Joshsaid. “I’d love to be up in Colum-bus when the time rolls around.I’ll keep working and see wherethat gets me.”
Like the Campbells, Laney isin a tough weight class, but heplans on using skills and abili-ties he’s learned to get himwhere he wants to be.
He wrestles at 220 pounds
with a 20-10 record, but is on thesmaller side of the weightclass.
“I’m going to use my speedespecially against the biggerguys,” Laney said. “I’ve fo-cused more on my conditioningwhich helped last year in thepostseason. I’m trying to get tothe state tournament. I have abetter chance than I have inyears past.”
Naturally, it’s the goal of any
wrestler to advance from sec-tionals (Feb. 27-28), to districts(March 6) and place at state(March 12). But, given that allthree are in tough weight class-es, they have their work cut outfor them.
“I have a strong feeling allthree can make it through sec-tionals,” Covert said. “Up thereat districts, it’s going to be adogfight. We just want all threeto get everything they can get.”
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Summit Country Day sophomore Josh Campbell (top) works with his drilling partner.
By Nick [email protected]
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EASTERN HILLSJOURNALEditor: Melanie Laughman, [email protected], 513-248-7573
Not everyone can saythey’ve met “Dr. J” before a bigbasketball game.
On the other hand, not every-one has an emergency appen-dectomy before tip-off.
Moeller faculty memberMatt McLaughlin felt sharppains in his stomach on Wednes-day, two days before the Moell-er/St. Xavier basketball match-up. When things felt worse onThursday he went to the hospi-tal where he was checked out by“Dr. J” a/k/a Dr. Jay Johannig-man.
In the course of the examina-tion, McLaughlin informed thedoctor that he was he was ateacher and volleyball coach atMoeller and a 2005 graduate.The news brought an immedi-ate reaction from the Univer-sity of Cincinnati physician.
“He made a funny face andput his arms up in the ‘X’ mo-tion,” McLaughlin said.
As fate would have it, Johan-nigman is a St. Xavier grad andthe pair traded good-naturedGreater Catholic League barbsas the doctor was diagnosinghim with appendicitis. Johan-nigman successfully per-formed the emergency appen-dectomy on his crosstown rival,then left him a “memento” onhis hospital gown.
“When I came out of the an-esthesia, he had put two piecesof tape in the shape of an X (onthe gown),” McLaughlin said.“It said, ‘Go Bombers, BeatMoeller’ and he had signed it.”
Despite the pain from doingso, McLaughlin chuckled andproceeded to show the adhesivejab to all of his visitors.
“It was a good thing to have aGCL competitor be a friend andtake care of me,” McLaughlinsaid. “He was a phenomenaldoctor. He was good to me and
good to my parents. We kept it inthe GCL family.”
McLaughlin has a follow-upvisit with Johannigman in a cou-ple of weeks. He hopes to pre-sent “Dr. J” with one of Moell-er’s finest “Beat X” t-shirts.
(St.) X marks thespot for MoellerappendectomyBy Scott [email protected]
THANKS TO MARY FISCHER
Moeller High School teacher MattMcLaughlin was left a souvenir onhis hospital gown by Dr. JayJohannigman, a St. Xavier grad.
THANKS TO MARY FISCHER
Moeller volleyball coach MattMcLaughlin smiles after having anemergency appendectomyperformed by Dr. Jay Johannigman,a St. Xavier High School grad.
WALNUT HILLS — After agrinding season in the EasternCincinnati Conference, theWalnut Hill High School boysbasketball team would like tomake another march intoMarch like they did a couple ofyears ago.
They don’t have the one-twocombination of size and speedof Isaiah Johnson and D.J.Wingfield (now at Akron andOhio University, respectively).Also missing is the veterandepth of that squad.
On the other hand, the Ea-gles tout two of the betterguards around in MaCioTeague and Caleb Tregre.Teague tops the league in scor-ing at 26 points per game atpresstime. In just two years atWalnut, he’s tallied more than1,000 points, making the histor-ic mark on Senior Nightagainst Milford Feb. 13.
The shot was a three-point-er and the photogenic kept hiswrist flicked for all camerasand phones to record the mo-ment. Since it was a hotly-con-tested league game, coach Ri-cardo Hill was dialed in on oth-er factors.
“He’s doing his ‘bubblegum’pose and I’m screaming at himto get back on defense,” Hillsaid. “It was pretty funny onthe bench for us.”
The game was stopped for aphoto at mid-court, followed byanother with a sign in front ofthe Walnut Hills student sec-tion. Teague didn’t report backto the huddle until visiting thebleachers to hug his mother.
“She said, ‘I’m proud of you,I love you and we need more in-tensity on the defensive end,’”Teague said. “It was a phenom-enal evening; I’m blessed.”
Early in the game, with Mil-ford focused on Teague, Tregremade them pay with some cru-cial three-pointers. Often
when the 6-foot-3 Teague isdoubled, the 5-foot-10 point de-livers. His high game cameagainst Massillon Jackson with29 on Jan. 25.
“We’re definitely blessed tohave both of those guys,” Hillsaid. “We have that philosophyof ‘next man up’ when thingsaren’t going right.”
Tregre is also exploring col-lege offers like Teague. Otherseniors on the team are RobbyPerry, Crephat Grengbondai,Laine Harrett and Kyle Gilioli.However, the roster also in-cludes freshmen Omari Peek,Cory Davis, Hunter Davidsonand Kameron Gibson and soph-omore Michael Davenport inthe rotation.
“We don’t care what gradeyou’re in,” Hill said. “If youcompete in practice and earn
minutes, you’re going to getthem.”
Teague and Tregre havebeen constants since transfer-ring to Walnut Hills beforetheir junior seasons. Teaguehas surpassed 30 points sever-al times and lit up Piqua for 51on Jan. 19. His offers includeSeton Hall, Akron, Yale, Liber-ty, Oakland, Bryant and AirForce. The day before hepassed 1,000 points, San JoseState paid a visit.
He holds a 3.3 grade pointaverage at a scholasticallychallenging school and wouldlike to study pre-medicine. Nota self-promoter, his sales pitchis fairly simple.
“The first thing I can thinkof is what Tom Brady saidwhen the New England Patri-ots drafted him: ‘This is thebest the decision of your life,’”Teague said smiling.
Behind their shooters andyouth, the Eagles begin theirpostseason path Friday, Feb.27, in the Division I sectional atFairfield against Loveland.
Walnut Hills basketballpoints toward tournamentBy Scott [email protected]
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Walnut Hills freshman Omari Peek tries to sneak in for a rebound behindMilford junior Jack Engelman, left, and senior Will Hannah .
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TryoutsThe Cincy Swish will hold
spring tryouts at MariemontHigh School. The tryout fee is$10.
Girls tryouts» Third grade; Feb. 8, 11
a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Feb. 15, 11a.m.-12:30 p.m.
» Fourth grade; Feb. 8,12:45-2:15 p.m. and Feb. 15,12:45-2:5 p.m.
» Fifth grade; Feb. 8, 2:30-4p.m. and Feb. 15, 2:30-4 p.m.
» Sixth grade; Feb. 8, 4:15-5:45 p.m. and Feb. 15, 4:15-5:45p.m.
» Seventh grade; Feb. 15,6-7:30 p.m. and Feb. 22, 12-1:30 p.m.
» Eighth grade; Feb. 15,7:45-9:15 p.m. and Feb. 22,1:45-3:15 p.m.
» » Ninth grade; Feb. 22,3:30-5 p.m. and March 1,
3:30-5 p.m.
Boys tryouts*AAU rules are by age. Your
son can not be older than theage listed below by Aug. 31,2015.
» 9 years old; Feb. 8, 11a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Feb. 15, 11a.m.-12:30pm
» 10 years old; Feb. 8, 12:45-2:15 p.m. and Feb. 15, 12:45-2:15 p.m.
» 11 years old; Feb. 8, 2:30 -4p.m. and Feb. 15, 2:30-4 p.m.
» 12 years old; Feb. 8, 4:15-5:45 p.m. and Feb. 15, 4:15-5:45p.m.
» 13 years old; Feb. 22,12-1:30 p.m. and March 1,12-1:30 p.m.
» 14 years old; Feb. 22,1:45-3:15 p.m. and March 1,1:45-3:15 p.m.
Register at: cincyswish-basketball.com
SIDELINES
In just one shortyear, the CincinnatiWarrior Run doubledits donations bringingin more than $100,000for suicide awareness.The total raised to dateis $250,000.
Due to an unseason-ably warm October,paired with the addi-tion of area collegesand high school in-volvement, donationsdoubled. The 5K War-rior Run – The Race forLife drew more than2,100 participants; up52 percent from justlast year.
In partnership withthe Cincinnati Chil-dren’s Hospital’s Sur-viving The Teens pro-gram, $55,000 was do-nated for in-schoolmental health pro-graming and suicideprevention. Survivingthe Teens is in morethan 24 local schools,reaching 70,000 stu-dents. The programteaches students’ aboutwhat depression andsuicide are, providingadaptive ways of cop-ing with stressors,ways to connect andpositively communi-cate with parents, andhow to help themselvesor others who may bedepressed or suicidal.
The Warrior Run in-troduced two new ini-tiatives in 2014, to areacolleges and highschools. The CollegeChallenge was createdin honor of BroganDulle, a University ofCincinnati student whograbbed national head-lines when he wasfound dead from a sui-cide after missing formore than a week. Theprogram aims to en-courage students in a
college setting to im-prove their physicaland mental fitness.
UC, Xavier Univer-sity, Mount St. Joe,Northern KentuckyUniversity and Cincin-nati State participatedin the College Chal-lenge, competedagainst one another andtotaling donations ofmore than $35,000. Xa-vier won the 2014 chal-lenge. All colleges wereawarded a $5,000 grant,donated by the HattonFoundation, to estab-lish mental health pro-gramming.
Mariemont, Ander-son and Turpin HighSchools raised $14,000.Each high school keptthe funds they raised asa donation towards im-proving student mentalhealth and suicide pre-vention.
Due to the success ofthe 2014, the WarriorRun is in preparationfor the 2015 race withplans to be bigger andbetter than before! Tolearn more about theWarrior Run, visit:http://cincywarrior-run.org
When Nancy Eigel-Miller lost her hus-band, Jim, to suicide in2008, she thought may-be she missed the warn-ing signs. Was theresomething she couldhave done differentlyhad she known?
With questions cir-cling her mind, shethought others who hadbattled depression orlost someone to suicidemight have had thesame thoughts.
To bring awarenessto suicide, she createdthe Warrior Run (a501©3 non-profit), heldannually in Mariemont.
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Cincinnati Warrior Run gains speed, doubling donationsfor suicide awareness. Pictured from left: Dr. Michael Sorterand Kathy Strunk from Cincinnati Children’s HospitalMedical Center, Nancy Miller, Elizabeth Miller and KateMiller.
Warrior Runearns $100K forsuicide awareness
Several tournamentevents were pushed backbecause of inclementweather so not all infor-mation is complete. Seecincinnati.com for up-dates.
Boys basketball» Clark Montessori
beat Badin 72-62 on Feb.17. Senior Kevin Lewis ledthe Cougars with 18points.
» Withrow nipped An-derson 49-48 on Feb. 20.Sophomore Davon Jordanled the Tigers with 12points.
» Walnut Hills defeat-ed Loveland in overtime84-76 on Feb. 20. SeniorMaCio Teague had 37points and 13 rebounds forthe Eagles.
» Moeller beat St. Xavi-er 51-43 Feb. 20 for a shareof the Greater CatholicLeague-South title. Sopho-more Riley Voss led theCrusaders with 14 points.
» North College Hilldefeated Seven Hills 55-54Feb. 13.
» Cincinnati HillsChristian Academy de-feated Summit CountryDay 56-54 Feb. 13.
» Norwood defeatedMariemont 69-65 Feb. 17.Brennan Crowley scored24 points to lead the War-riors.
Girls basketball» Purcell Marian ended
Clark Montessori’s seasonFeb. 19 in the sectional atFairfield, 64-51. Sopho-more Stormi Terrell ledwith 29 points. Clark fin-ished 14-8 and was led byJanszen Lewis with 12points. The Lady Cava-liers played Deer ParkFeb. 24 at Fairfield afterdeadlines. A win would ad-vance them to the section-al final on Feb. 28.
» Withrow plays theAmelia/Lakota West win-ner on Feb. 26 at LakotaEast.
» The Walnut Hills/Mercy game on Feb. 21was postponed until Feb.23. With a win, the LadyEagles would play RossFeb. 24 to advance to thesectional championshipFeb. 28.
» Mariemont defeatedTaylor 65-20 on Feb. 14. Ju-lia Whittelsey scored 14points to lead all scorers.
» Summit Country Daytrounced Roger Bacon 75-29 Feb. 19.
» St. Ursula defeatedOak Hills 49-47 Feb. 19. Ri-ley Jerow led the Bulldogswith 18 points.
» Mount Notre Dame’sFeb. 21 Division I tourna-ment game with WesternHills was postponed untilFeb. 23. An MND winwould put them againstthe Western Brown/Love-land winner for a shot atthe sectional champion-ship Feb. 28.
Boys swimmingand diving
» The following SevenHills swimmers qualifiedfor the state meet in Can-ton: Pearce Kieser, SeanGray, 100 freestyle; HenryMarquardt, Tigar Cyr, 200freestyle; Tim Hagemeis-ter, Henry Marquardt, 500freestyle; Matthew Mar-quardt, Jason Guo, 100backstroke; Kieser, Tin-dar Cyr, 100 breaststroke;Matthew Marquardt, 100butterfly; Hagemeister,Nicholas Purple, TindayCyr, 200 IM; 200 freestylerelay; 400 freestyle relay;200 medley relay.
» The following Marie-
mont swimmers qualifiedfor the state meet in Can-ton: Mac Lewis, 500 free-style; Lewis, 200 yard IM;200 freestyle relay; 400freestyle relay.
Diver Charles Schoolerqualified with 403.55points.
» The following Sum-mit Country Day swim-mers qualified for thestate meet in Canton: Gar-rison Herfel, 100 free-style; Herfel, 200 free-style.
Divers Stewart Span-bauer and Mitch Reinhardqualified for the statemeet.
» The following swim-mers from Moeller ad-vanced to the state meetfrom the Division I dis-trict meet at Miami Uni-versity Feb. 22: Jacob Pe-loquin, 100 backstroke and100 butterfly, districtchampion in both events;Cooper Hodge, 200 indi-vidual medley; 400 freerelay (Peloquin, JustinDavidson, Kevin George,Noah Worobetz); 200 med-ley relay (Worobetz, Pelo-quin, Hodge, George); Wo-robetz, 200 freestyle;George, Austin Theobald,500 freestyle; 200 free-
style relay; Hodge, Woro-betz, 100 backstroke.
» The following swim-mers from Walnut Hillsadvanced to the state meetfrom the Division I dis-trict meet at Miami Uni-versity Feb. 22: CooperKeener, 100 backstroke.
Girls swimmingand diving
» The following Marie-mont swimmers qualifiedfor the state meet in Can-ton: Rachel Munschauer,Katie Gaburo, 100 free-style; Claire Gilmore, Ga-buro, 200 freestyle; Gil-more, 500 freestyle; SadieDecamp, Munschauer, 100backstroke; Leah Dupre,Brooke Woellert, NinaMorgan, 100 breaststroke;Dupre, Woellert, 200 IM;200 freestyle relay; 400freestyle relay; 200 med-ley relay.
» The following St. Ur-sula swimmers qualifiedfor the state meet in Can-ton: Hannah Foster, 50freestyle; Foster, AshleyVoelkerding, 100 free-style; Molly Zilch, KatieKerr, 200 freestyle; Kerr,Zilch, Anna Del Gado, 500freestyle; Alexandra Wall,
Chloe Dunseath, 100 back-stroke; Josie Grote, dis-trict champion, 100breaststroke; Voelkerd-ing, Marissa Del Gado, 100butterfly; Marissa Del Ga-do, Wall, Grote, districtchampion, 200 IM; 200freestyle relay, districtchampion; 400 freestylerelay, district champion;200 medley relay. TheBulldogs won the districttitle with 368.5 points.Head coach Ann Gartnerwas chosen as districtcoach of the year.
Diver Audrey Capan-nari qualified for the statemeet with 408.45 points.
» The following SevenHills swimmers qualifiedfor the state meet in Can-ton: Lucy Callard, 500freestyle; Callard, 100 but-terfly.
» Summit Country Daydiver Emma Hellmanqualified for the statemeet in Canton with473.25 points.
» The following WalnutHills swimmers advancedto the state meet from theDivision I district meet atMiami University Feb. 22:Keira Hassel, 100 butter-fly; Casey Becker, 500freestyle; Brookley Gar-ry, 100 breaststroke.
Boys bowling» Purcell Marian quali-
fied two individuals forthe district tournament atthe Division II sectional atColerain Lanes Feb. 20.Junior Tyler Heitker had athree-game series of 578and senior Shea O’Brienhad a 536.
» Seven Hills’ CoreyWilson and Jake Mosesqualified for districts withseries of 594 and 538, re-spectively.
» Summit CountryDay’s boys bowling teamqualified for districts withan overall team score of3,552 on Feb. 20.
Girls bowling» Seven Hills’ girls
bowling team qualifiedfor districts with an over-all team score of 2,774Feb. 20.
Hockey» In the state Division I
tournament, Moeller de-feated Sycamore 9-2 in Co-lumbus on Feb. 20.
SHORT HOPS
By Scott Springerand Nick [email protected]@communitypress.com
THANKS TO AARON ZUPKA
Among Clark Montessori’s district qualifiers in swimming were, from left: Rachel Johnson,Gabby Gabennesch, Mary Claire Fibbe and Raeya Gordon. The Clark Cougars qualified 14swimmers (six boys and eight girls) in 14 different events for the district meet at MiamiUniversity Feb. 20. Correction from last week: the Clark girls were second in the Miami ValleyConference. Among the qualifiers, Marihelen Gallagher also advanced in the 50 free.
NICK ROBBE/ COMMUNITY PRESS
St. Ursula’s Katie Koesterman puts up a shot during theBulldogs’ 49-47 win against Oak Hills Feb. 19.
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PurcellMarian’sStormiTerrellattempts afield goalagainstClarkMontessoriin thesectionaltournamentFeb. 19. TheLadyCavaliersprevailed64-51.
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Purcell Marian senior SimonDadosky swims in the secondheat of the 200 freestyle atthe Division II district swimmeet Feb. 20 at MiamiUniversity.
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March 6 marks the 50thanniversary of the firstrehearsal of the Cincin-nati Boychoir’s prede-cessor, All City Boys Choir,and Collegium Cincinnatiis helping the choir cele-brate. To mark the occa-sion, the church is featur-ing another work thatturns 50 in 2015 – LeonardBernstein’s “ChichesterPsalms.” The performancewill also include theworld premiere of “AHorizon Symphony,” awork about adventureand exploration, by theyoung and talentedDominick DiOrio. Trum-pets! Drums! Voices!
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One of the most heart-wrenching tellings of thecrucifixion of Jesus isTelemann’s “BrockesPassion.” Using a cast of16 soloists, Telemannpainted the extraordinarypoetry of Barthold Hein-rich Brockes using uniquecombinations of Baroqueinstruments, vocal en-sembles and choral in-terpolations. For anyonewho is a lover of the Bachpassions or simply seeks agreater understanding ofthe Passion of the Christduring the Lenten season,this concert is a must-hear. Ticket information isavailable at Collegium-Cincinnati.org.
Music Live at Lunch, ChristChurch Cathedral’s week-ly concert series, willfeature the performerslisted below in March.These free concerts arepresented at 12:10 p.m.Tuesdays. Patrons maybring their own lunch orpurchase lunch at thecathedral for $5. Allperformances in Marchwill take place in thecathedral nave.
March schedule:March 3: Collegium Cincin-nati
March 10: CollegiumCincinnati
March 17: Clark and JonesTrio: Celtic and Folk Music
March 24: Zavier UniversityEdgecliff Vocal Ensemble
March 31: Charpentier’s“Denial of St. Peter” sungby the Christ ChurchCathedral Choir
The church is at 318 E.Fourth St., Cincinnati;621-1817; www.christ-churchcincinnati.org.
Ticket information: Cincin-natiBoychoir.org
SonRise ChurchSonRise Church is an-nouncing the launch of aCelebrate Recovery minis-try group. CelebrateRecovery is a Christ-centered program basedon the Beatitudes ad-dressing many of life’shurts, hang-ups andhabits.
The church is at 8136Wooster Pike; 576-6000.
Village Church ofMariemontThe church has a tradition-al church service at 10a.m. Sundays, accompa-nied by Sunday school.
The church is at the cornerof Oak and Maple streets,Mariemont; villagechur-chof mariemont.org.
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Woman’s City Club ofGreater Cincinnati is cel-ebrating its 100th birth-day this year and inviteseveryone to join its mem-bers Friday, March 6, Atthe Omni Netherland Hallof Mirrors for a gala din-ner as the club begins itssecond century of ser-vice.
A leading civic organi-zation in the community,the club promotes justice,civic reform, and citizenengagement.
At the gala, guests willgather in the Hall of Mir-rors lobby for a receptionat 5:30 p.m. cash bar. Din-ner begins at 6:30 p.m. andthe program at 7 p.m. Thelineup of entertainmentincludes Cincinnati histo-rian Dan Hurley, who willspeak about the contribu-tions of Woman’s CityClub to the history of thecity.
MUSE, Cincinnati’sWomen’s Choir, will singabout the brave efforts of
women worldwide. Youthfrom Elementz, the UrbanArt Center, will perform.The club’s two Centennialbooks, “Stirring the Pot,”a historical cookbook byclub members past andpresent, and “Lighting theFire, Leading the Way,”the history of WCC in thelast 50 years, will be avail-able for purchase.
Individual tickets are$75. Tables of 10 are $700.Organizations, corpora-tions and individuals mayalso sponsor the event(and support the work ofthe club) at levels begin-ning at $1500. Tickets maybe bought online at wom-anscityclub.org. For moreinformation, call 513-751-0100.
WCC was founded in1915 by a group of womenwho dedicated them-selves to involving wom-en in community issuesthrough education, advo-cacy, service, and collabo-ration. Today, WCC be-lieves that all people needto be included in the deci-sions surrounding the lifeof our city, that every citi-zen is an equal stakehold-er, and that every citizenhas a voice in shaping ourshared future to promotethe common good.
Woman’s City Clubmay be best known for itsannual National Speakerforums, which since 1993have presented well-known journalists, publicofficials, scholars, writ-ers and human rights ad-vocates. On April 23, theclub will welcome as itsspeaker Mariel Heming-way, famed actor andlongtime advocate formental health awarenessand a healthy lifestyle,who will speak on “Run-ning from Crazy: A LifeJourney with MarielHemingway.”
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Students are ages 15through 18, are fully in-sured, have their ownspending money and arefluent in English. Thestudents will attend Har-rison High School eitherfor a semester or the en-tire school year. Hostfamilies are asked to pro-vide “room and board”and a loving family expe-rience. Host families canchoose the student theywould like to host; match-ing interests and a “goodfit” for their family dy-namic. Host familiesqualify for a tax deduc-tion.
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A relatively new typeof short-term loan hascome to the Tristate andbefore you decide totake out this loan youneed to fully understandthe rates, fees, term andconditions. It’s called anauto title loan and it isdrawing complaintsfrom some consumers.
The loan requires youto use your car as collat-eral. In several cases theborrower is given 30days to repay the loan,plus interest of 310 per-cent, plus fees to thetitle loan company.
Cincinnati Legal Aidlawyer Nick DiNardosays he’s received a lotof complaints aboutthese loans.
“They get trapped ina cycle of debt which isexactly what the titlelenders intended to do.They want you to comein every month and rollover these loans,” Di-Nardo says.
One such customer,Lisa Wilkerson, ofGreenhills, borrowed$1,000 when she neededmoney in an emergency.But, she was not able torepay it all, plus thefees, within the 30-daytime limit so it wasrolled into a new loan. Inthe end, she says, shepaid back more thantwice what she origi-nally borrowed.
The Ohio ConsumerLenders Associationissued me a statementsaying, “Auto equitylenders fill a gap forconsumers who typicallydo not have access toother sources of shortterm credit…Our mem-bers fill a void left by
traditionalbanks,creditcompa-nies, andmortgagelenders toprovide amuch-neededservice toworthy
borrowers who are be-ing neglected and ig-nored by others. Thisproduct has proved to beinvaluable to many con-sumers who are findingit difficult to obtain acredit card, bank loan,home-equity line ofcredit, and other formsof credit.”
The association alsosays a recent Harris Pollfound 93 percent of bor-rowers in the short-termlending industry statedthey fully understoodand weighted the risksand benefits before tak-ing out the loan. In addi-tion, the poll found 9 outof 10 borrowers saidthey were satisfied withthe product received.
So, before you takeout an auto equity titleloan make sure you havea plan for repaying thatmoney – plus the in-terest and fees – withinthe time dictated by thelender. Realize yourfailure to pay that mon-ey could result in consid-erably more moneyowed and even the lossof your vehicle due torepossession by thelender.
Howard Ain appears as theTroubleshooter on WKRC-TVLocal 12 News. Email him [email protected].
New short-term loancomes with risks
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COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP7896 Ashley View Drive: Mar-shall, Nathan T. & Alex Mar-shall to Crandall, Kelly;$400,000.
6916 Grace Ave.: Lunn, Ryan P.to Eriksen, Michael & KaylieA.; $113,500.
4128 Beech St.: Sukys, BenjaminB. & Anna R. Hastell to Ham-mond, Jerry K.; $140,000.
4128 Beech St.: Sukys, BenjaminB. & Anna R. Hastell to Sukys,Benjamin B. & Anna R. Hastell;$140,000.
COLUMBIA TUSCULUM3626 Eastern Ave.: Mullins,Randall L. & Suzanne E. Beanto Mullins, Randall L.;$161,040.
418 McDowell St.: Alexis Prop-erties LLC to Gonzalez, Noray-ma M.; $499,000.
4120 Dumont St.: Dorn, DavidG. to Allendale Drive Apart-ment LLC; $176,600.
HYDE PARK3615 Bellecrest Ave.: Reese,Clinton C. & Julia E. to Dick-son, Marie T. Tr.; $297,000.
6 Corbin Drive: Corbin PropertyLLC to Hillside Trust; $145,000.
1 Grandin Place: Sena, WilliamT. Sr. & Val to Nemeth, Julio N.& Marisa Ferreira Das Nev;$862,000.
2372 Madison Road: BenefitConcepts Inc. to Weir, Ryan T.;$80,000.
3423 Shady Lane: Colyer, GaryA. & Cynthia L. to Gardner,Kenneth E.; $160,000.
Erie Ave.: Maestro Devel-opment LLC to Steines, AnnMunson & Michael David;$539,000.
3546 Holly Lane: Heldman, Dan& Lisa to Fitzpatrick, MatthewP. & Megan A.; $405,000.
2324 Madison Road: Pojanow-ski Family Realty LLC to Shafer,John J. & Heather M.; $55,000.
1306 Meier Ave.: Heagen, PaulE. & Carol J. to Hermanson,Michael E. & Rachel M.;$269,000.
3562 Vista Ave.: Hoadley,Shanon to Tyler, James C. &Maria V,; $296,900.
MADISONVILLE4507 Butterfield Place: Shields,Lori J. to Duva, Paul & PirozziKristen; $233,000.
5811 Desmond St.: Woods,Rebecca to Woods, Ronald;
$25,000.5325 Ward St.: Coggins, Sheilato Jbb Holdings LLC Tr.;$8,000.
5123 Whetsel Ave.: Woods,Rebecca to Woods, Ronald;$25,000.
7018 Britton Ave.: BenchmarkCapital Investors LLC to Vilar-do Capital LLC; $1,700.
6698 Buckingham Place: Coley,Stanley D. & Velda to Long,Teresa; $78,800.
6733 Buckingham Place: Deut-sche Bank National Trust Co.Tr. to Montag, James & Patri-cia; $34,000.
5915 Desmond St.: Johnson,Thelma L. to Powell, Mark A.;$10,500.
6608 Haley Ave.: Finn BowlingInvestments LLC to Cook,Randy S.; $119,000.
MARIEMONT6619 Elm St.: Kirkham, Lynetteto Suburban Real EstateEnterprises LLC; $215,000.
4108 Grove Ave.: D&J CharterLLC to Piatt, Dennis L.;$200,000.
3764 Indianview Ave.: Farwell,Christopher D. to Pampush,Ryan M.; $315,000.
3724 Center Ave.: Conn, BettyL. to Lysaght, Andrew P. &Melissa E.; $550,000.
3863 Settle Road: Lysaght,Andrew P. & Melissa E. toPerez, Michael & Molly;$269,450.
3901 West St.: Nap Emery ParkLLC to Fenner, Peter & Kath-leen M.; $319,000.
MOUNT LOOKOUT3498 Arnold St.: Tobin, ThomasJ. & Josephine L. to Warden,Glenn D. & Kelly E. Gruber;$675,000.
3936 Devonshire Drive:Schrantz, John & Erin toHazenlfield, John M. & Chris-tine H. Heubi; $595,000.
3240 Glengyle Ave.: Brandon,Kevin B. to Brandon, MichaelB.; $311,461.
546 Missouri Ave.: Boston,Kenji D. & Kristen T. Rosenz-weig to Boston, Kenji D. &Kristen T. Rosenzweig;$265,000.
3226 Nash Ave.: North Amer-ican Homestead LLC to Griffin,Timothy D. Tr.; $294,400.
2868 Pineridge Ave.: Start-
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CINCINNATI DISTRICT 2Incidents/investigationsAggravated menacing5300 block of Weltner Ave., Feb.4.
Assault3100 block of Madison Road, Feb.5.
3200 block of Linwood Ave., Feb.7.
4500 block of Eastern Ave., Feb.1.
4600 block of Vendome Place,Feb. 1.
6200 block of Prentice St., Feb. 6.6400 block of Madison Road,Feb. 1.
Burglary5100 block of Jameson St., Feb. 2.5400 block of Ward St., Feb. 2.6100 block of Navarre Place, Jan.31.
Criminaldamaging/endangering4600 block of Vendome Place,Feb. 1.
6100 block of Navarre Place, Feb.2.
6300 block of Chandler St., Feb.4.
Domestic violence5400 block of Stewart Ave., Feb.2.
Robbery5000 block of Observatory Circle,Feb. 8.
Taking the identity of another2300 block of East Hill Ave., Feb.1.
2800 block of Robertson Ave.,Feb. 2.
3200 block of Columbia Parkway,Feb. 3.
Theft1300 block of Custer St., Feb. 4.2700 block of Erie Ave., Feb. 7.2700 block of Observatory Ave.,Feb. 5.
3000 block of Madison Road,Feb. 4.
3200 block of Linwood Ave., Jan.31.
3200 block of Oakley StationBlvd., Feb. 3.
3700 block of Charloe Court, Feb.4.
3700 block of Isabella Ave., Feb.5.
3700 block of Paxton Ave., Feb. 7.4200 block of Eastern Ave., Feb.3.
4300 block of Millsbrae Ave., Feb.5.
4700 block of Marburg Ave., Feb.1.
4800 block of Marburg Ave., Feb.1.
4800 block of Marburg Ave., Feb.3.
4800 block of Simpson Ave., Feb.2.
5000 block of Barrow Ave., Jan.29.
5400 block of Owasco St., Feb. 5.5800 block of Madison Road,Feb. 1.
Unauthorized use of motorvehicle2900 block of Linwood Ave., Feb.2.
4500 block of Whetsel Ave., Feb.2.
FAIRFAXIncidents/investigationsAttempt made to passcounterfeit billReported at Walmart at 4000block of Red Bank, Feb. 6.
TheftClothes taken from Walmart; $50at 4000 block of Red Bank, Feb.4.
Cold medicine and razors takenfrom Walmart; $403 at 4000block of Red Bank, Feb. 5.
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U.S. Rep. Brad Wen-strup is inviting all highschool students in Ohio’s2nd Congressional Dis-trict to enter the 2015Congressional Art Com-petition. The winner willhave his/her artwork dis-played in the U.S. Capitolfor the next year and willreceive two plane ticketsto Washington, D.C., foran awards ceremony.
Students may submittheir original, two-di-mensional artwork toWenstrup’s district of-fices in Cincinnati or Pee-bles for judging. A panelof three judges will de-termine first, second,and third place winnersamong the submissions,
alongside a “viewer’schoice” determined byonline voting. The run-ners-up will have theirartwork displayed prom-inently in one of Rep.Wenstrup’s offices.
To be considered inthe competition, studentsmust hand-deliver ormail their entries alongwith typed student re-lease forms to Wen-strup’s Cincinnati or Pee-bles district offices nolater than 5 p.m. Friday,April 24.
For a list of the rulesand guidelines, pleasevisit Wenstrup’s websiteat wenstrup.house.gov/art or call his office at513-474-7777.
Wenstrup invites students to enterCongressional Art Competition
sman, Kathryn R. to Upton,Andrew J. & Emily M. Hughes;$223,000.
3510 Principio Ave.: Kreeger,Michael C. & Renee N. toWilkes, Alexander N. & AngelaP.; $773,559.
OAKLEY3532 Brotherton Road: Ber-ridge, Timothy J. to Shvarts,Jessica; $186,000.
4306 Millsbrae Ave.: Gibson,Thomas to Bucknut PropertiesLLC; $88,000.
3404 Sawgrass Lane: Caliguri,Frank to Maeder, Michael &Mary K. Kleiman; $565,000.
3742 Woodland Ave.: Pusateri,Angelo to Perlin, Susan Frankel& Jeremy; $400,000.
3865 Hyde Park Ave.: Ricciardi,Leanne M. to Brown, RandallJay; $210,000.
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